Growing Up IMG: Playing for New Orleans
By Chris Treadwell
“The process leads to progress.”
This is the newfound attitude of Christopher Dylan Brown, soon to be a senior at the IMG Basketball Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Brown, a native New Orleanean and Hurricane Katrina survivor, has been attending the Academy since he was 12-years-old, first as a [...]
IMG Basketball’s senior Andrew Davis recently went to Army for his first college basketball visit. It will also be his last visit, since he verbally committed to play for the Black Knights next year. Army is struggling in conference play this year, and Davis is part of a freshman class determined to change that.
…why Army? [...]
IMG Basketball Academy senior and Stanford commit, Dwight Powell, was named to the 2010 Jordan Brand Classic watch list.
The list features 50 of the best high school seniors, with the top 24 chosen to participate in the game, which is played at the prestigious Madison Square Garden and broadcasted live on ESPN.
Past participants include Carmelo [...]
Last week, schools from around the nation converged on Jackson, MS, for the annual Great Southern Showcase.
The Showcase includes some of the top players and programs in the country and attracts college coaches looking to sign the next star.
Scouts Inc.’s Joel Van Meter attended the event and posted some great things on two IMG Basketball [...]
Transition 3’s - Inaugural Edition
January 22, 2010
“Transition 3’s” is a list of interesting current events happening in the game of basketball.
Currently, we are half way through the NBA and Men’s and Women’s College basketball seasons and there are some great stories that need to be followed as the seasons move forward.
3 - The University of [...]
Crissa Jackson is a mainstay at Savannah State University as the starting point guard for the women’s basketball team. Her impact is clear and her progress is easily followed; she started as a freshman and led the team in four categories. The road that she took to Savannah, however, is a bit different. Stops in [...]
Khalif Toombs came to the IMG Basketball Academy’s post-grad program last year as an undersized and under-recruited point guard.
This year, he’s a scholarship player at D-I South Carolina State and getting clutch minutes against some of the nation’s top teams.
From the Press of Atlantic City:
At South Carolina State, Toombs has started 10 of 12 games [...]
Coach Mike Moreau, Director of the IMG Basketball Academy, had his most recent column posted on Hoopsworld.
The topic of this installment: Steve Nash
From a coaching standpoint, you watch a player like Nash and ask, “How can I create a drill that teaches players to do what he does?” For some of it, you can - [...]
Staying in game shape over Holiday Break
The holiday break is upon us and with that comes an interesting and important time in the basketball season. Teams have had good starts, bad starts and average starts but as many people, coaches and players will tell you, it is not about how your season starts but how [...]
How does a team get better mid-season?
With most basketball seasons now underway, teams are starting to see more their personality and who they are as a team.
This realization can be positive or negative. It’s good if your team is competitive, communicating well, helping each other and winning. It’s bad if your team is losing games [...]