Rick is joined again by Davyeon Ross, Co-Founder, CEO and President of ShotTracker, this week.
There is a lot going on at ShotTracker.
ShotTracker is a revolutionary sensor-based system that delivers statistics and analytics to teams, fans and broadcast networks instantly, enhancing the experience of the game — both on and off the court.
ShotTracker tracks more than 70 stats for your team. Real-time stats at your fingertips.
Ross played basketball at Benedictine College and founded Digital Sports VENTURES, an interactive technology company, which was sold to Digital Broadcasting
Group in 2011.
Rick Pitino, Jim Calhoun, and Gary Williams played no small role in the making of modern college basketball. Collectively, they’ve won more than 2,300 games and six national championships and reached thirteen Final Fours. All three have been enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Pitino, Calhoun, and Williams each spent more than two decades on the national stage, becoming celebrities in their own right as college basketball and March Madness became a multi-billion-dollar industry.
Before Pitino became the face of the Providence, Kentucky, and Louisville programs, before Calhoun turned UConn into a national power, and before Williams brought Maryland to its first national championship, all three of these coaches cut their teeth in front of modest-sized crowds in the crumbling college gymnasiums of Boston during the 1970s and early 1980s.
Boston Ball charts how this trio of coaches, seemingly out of nowhere, started a basketball revolution: Pitino at Boston University, Calhoun at Northeastern University, and Williams at Boston College. Toiling in relative obscurity, they ignited a renaissance of the “city game,” a style of play built on fast-breaking up-tempo offense, pressure defense, and board crashing. Part of a fraternity of great coaches—including Mike Jarvis, Kevin Mackey, and Tom Davis—they unknowingly invented Boston Ball, a simultaneously old and new path to the top of college basketball. Pitino, Calhoun, and Williams took advantage of the ample coaching opportunities in “America’s College Town” to craft their respective blueprints for building a winning program and turn their schools into regional powers, and these early coaching years served as their respective springboards to big-time college basketball.
Boston Ball is the story of how three ambitious young coaches learned their trade in the shadow of the dynastic Celtics, as well as the story of how the young players—in their recruitment, relationships, and basketball lives—made these teams into winners.
Clayton Trutor holds a PhD in U.S. history from Boston College and teaches at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont. He writes about college football and basketball for SB Nation and is the author of Loserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta—and How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports (Nebraska, 2022). Trutor is a regular contributor to the SABR Biography Project.
Rick is joined by Delaware Basketball Team member, Klarke Sconiers.
A fun talk, discussing her career, NIL and more with the Blue Hens senior center.
For the 2022-23 season: 12.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game
• Third-Team All-CAA
• CAA Player of the Week (Jan. 16)
• Put together four 20+ point performances this season (29 at Lehigh, 21 vs. Hofstra); scored in double figures in 20 games
• Had a career-best 29 points and tied her career-high 11 rebounds in UD’s 79-67 road win at Lehigh
• Poured in 18 points in Delaware’s B1G win over Illinois on Nov. 26
WHY DELAWARE?
“I chose Delaware because of the amazing environment and great people that surround this university. I have a great relationship with Coach Sarah and I trust in her vision for this program.”
Rick talks with one of the bright young stars in college basketball, Chris Youngblood of Kennesaw State. Chris has a chance to be one of the top Mid-Major players in the country this year for the Owls.
Honors
2022-23 – ASUN Preseason All-Conference
2020-21 – ASUN All-Freshman Team
As a Sophomore (2021-2022)
Started in 30 games … Ranked 11th overall leading scorer in the ASUN, averaging 13.9 points per game … Placed 20th overall best rebounder in the ASUN averaging 5.3 rebounds per game … Ranked 10th in made three-pointers in the ASUN with a total of 70 … Ranked 14th in most minutes played for the ASUN with 30.8 minutes per game … Lead the team in four categories: total points (417), points per game, FG % (47.6%), 3 point % (40.5%), and minutes played (30.8 per game … Completed a season high of 22 points and 5 steals against Toccoa Falls (Dec. 30) and 12 rebounds against Nebraska (Dec. 22) … Hit 5-of-9 from three-point range, including the game-clincher with 29 seconds left in KSU’s 75-70 win at Bellarmine (Feb. 5) on the way to a team-high 17 points … Second leading owl in free-throw shooting averaging 80%.
As a Freshman (2020-21)
Appeared in all 24 games, earning 20 starts … averaged 32.1 minutes per game … second on the team averaging 12.3 points per game … hit double-digits in 17 games.
Rick is joined by Mark DiMassimo of DiGo this week.
March 13th is the start of March Madness, and as many fans begin thinking about their brackets, companies should also begin thinking about their advertising strategies.
How can companies use advertising during March Madness to ensure desired behavior changes are met among consumers?
Mark DiMassimo, Founder & Creative Chief of DiGo, a creative agency promoting better habits by building businesses using Positive Behavior Change marketing can give an in-depth look into:
Consumer habits companies should consider when advertising during March Madness
How companies can best ensure they gain the desired habituation among consumers through advertising
Issues impacting college athletes companies should consider in advertising to inspire positive consumer habits
The future of advertising during college sports, and what this year’s March Madness will reveal
A fun and informative talk. Mark and Rick get you ready for what you may see along with the blocks, dunks and buzzer beaters.
Here’s the lesson Paul Shirley has learned: it doesn’t matter if it’s professional sports, writing, public speaking, engineering, or acting—there will never be enough money, fame, or success to justify all the work if you can’t enjoy the work itself. You have to fall in love with the process.
In The Process Is The Product, Paul shares the stories of failure and rebirth that have taught him this lesson with one goal in mind: helping you fall in love with your process so you can find meaning, finish projects, and accomplish the goals you set for yourself.
Featuring plenty of humor, humility, and outside sources, this is a book designed to equip readers with the tools to break big projects into smaller tasks while learning to love the work along the way.
Shirley talks his current book, his past book and some of the surprising early season success of the 2021-22 Iowa State Men’s Basketball Team. They are enjoying the “process.”
Shirley played for 17 professional basketball teams in a nine-year career, including stops in Spain, Greece, Russia, and with three teams in the NBA. He’s the author of two works of nonfiction: Can I Keep My Jersey? and Stories I Tell On Dates.
