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Excuses Don’t Belong on the Basketball Court
Excuses are for mediocre players. Forget them. There are thousands of excuses available to all losers. To have a good excuse is to have what every other loser in the history of the world has had. Don’t make the ridiculous mistake of thinking that your particular brand of excuse is somehow more valid than the last 20 million that have been uttered.
Coaching Clinic Notes: WNBA Connecticut Sun Head Coach Mike Thibault
Head Coach Mike Thibault of the Connecticut Sun, has firmly established himself as one of the premier coaches in the WNBA. Listen in as he shares his insights during the PGC online coaching clinics series.
PGC Grads win Canadian National Championship: Langlois Named Tournament MVP
The top-seeded and tournament host Windsor Lancers captured the first “Bronze Baby Trophy” in program history thanks to a 63-49 win over the No. 2 ranked Saskatchewan Huskies in the gold-medal final of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) 2011 Women’s National Championship.
PGC Grad, Kyle Coston, Leads TWU to Canadian National Championship Finals
On Sunday, March 13, 2011, the Trinity Western University Spartans battled perennial Canadian national champion Carleton University Ravens in the 2011 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) National Championship finals. PGC grad, Kyle Coston, a fourth-year forward from Blaine, Wash., added 13 points and nine boards in the championship game.
50 PGC Grads Will Compete in the 2011 NCAA and WNIT Tournaments
PGC Basketball is thrilled to announce that 50 PGC graduates will be competing on teams during the 2011 NCAA and WNIT tournaments. Men’s NCAA (3 PGC Grads) Alex Tyus, Florida
PGC GRADS FROM MARQUETTE AND UC-SANTA BARBARA EARN ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
Marquette senior guards Angel Robinson and Tatiyiana McMorris earned All-BIG EAST Conference honors. Robinson was named to the All-BIG EAST First Team, while McMorris picked up second team honors.
PGC GRAD DAWN EVANS HEADLINES 2010-11 ALL-CAA BASKETBALL TEAM
James Madison senior guard Dawn Evans was selected as the 2011 Colonial Athletic Association women’s basketball Player of the Year in voting by the league’s head coaches. The announcement was made Wednesday evening at the CAA’s pre-tournament banquet in National Harbor, Maryland.
PGC GRAD JACQUI KALIN NAMED MVC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
University of Northern Iowa women’s basketball junior, Jacqui Kalin, has been named the 2011 Jackie Stiles MVC Player of the Year – becoming the first-ever Panther in league history to earn this award. Kalin is the league leader in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.6) and free throw percentage (.921), ranks third in scoring (15.1), seventh in three-point field goals made (1.8) and eighth in assists (3.1).
