lambert's blog

For Coaches who have followed the Basketball Highway over the past 12 years you are well aware of our commitment to the goals to educate, inform, and provide an important communication "train station" for basketball players, coaches and professionals around the world.  That has and will never be a commitment toward self focus, breast beating, or the Highway's importance to the development of the game.  For those of us who grew up on a snow covered concrete basketball court playing in sub-zero weather and almost any type of conditions with any type of ball, it isn't

I was recently asked my by good friends at Five-Star Basketball to break down some video of Jim Calhoun's UConn team at the NCAA Final Four and NABC Coaches Convention in Detroit.  I am one of those who believes there is something to learn in almost everything and as a long time coach many of the ideas I have picked up are from other fine coaches like yourselves.  I wanted to pass along to you coaches this particular link as well as the sight where you can read other top coaches insight into the Final Four teams.  While there is understandably a lot of great ideas in X's and

There is so much negative news filling every media outlet almost every day.  We become immune to even the most disturbing news each night without much of an afterthought.  That is until we are personally involved.  Then we stop, pause to reflect and absorb moments of sadness because we know "our world" has suddenly changed.  This is one of those moments for Basketball.  Yesterday we lost a great one, Mr.

With everybody focused on the start of the basketball season I'd be remiss if we didn't mention all the great college basketball coming up in the next month through the various early season tournaments.  From the College Basketball Experience Classic in Kansas City, to New York and the NIT, or Great Alaska Shootout in Anchorage, the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, or the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands there is plenty of action to watch.  While an early season loss doesn't preclude a college team from having a great run in the NCAA tournament, most coaches know that a good start