A little more than 12 months ago, Khalif Toombs traveled from New Jersey to the IMG Basketball Academy in Bradenton, Fla., for a year of post-grad improvement.
He arrived at the Academy with a fierce determination to play in college, but needed some on-court refinement needed for a 5-foot-8 point guard to play D-1 basketball.
His decision [...]
In early 2008, Dan Barto, now the post-graduate national program coordinator for the IMG Basketball Academy, worked one-on-one with Chris “Birdman” Andersen.
Birdman was suspended from the league and looking to get back into shape and find a team that wanted his services. Now that Birdman has become a star in the 2009 NBA playoffs with [...]
Mississippi State University has become a huge player this offseason in men’s college basketball, thanks in part to the signing of IMG Basketball Academy’s John Riek.
Check out the story by Luke Winn on the Sports Illustrated site regarding MSU and Riek, with the Basketball Academy’s post-graduate program coordinator Dan Barto talking about Riek’s potential and [...]