Author Archives: Jon Teitel

In Memoriam: HoopsHD interviews Kim Skinner about his father Roy

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Jon Teitel

It has been a rough few years for Vanderbilt basketball but it looks like Coach Jerry Stackhouse finally has things going in the right direction as the team won 19 games this year for the 1st time since 2017. 1 … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday!: HoopsHD interviews Rhonda Lundin Bennett about Ramon Sessions

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Jon Teitel

As the NBA regular season comes to a close, 1 person who knows plenty about postseason basketball is Ramon Sessions. At Myrtle Beach High School he led his team to the 3A State Championship as a sophomore. As a player … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday!: HoopsHD interviews Jeff Neubauer about Mike Rose

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Jon Teitel

Mike Rose is an excellent example of a player who kept improving during each of his 4 years in college. As a freshman at Eastern Kentucky he only scored 6.2 PPG in 20.4 minutes/game, but as a sophomore he started … Continue reading →

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Tourney Talk: HoopsHD interviews Duke band member Grace Dessert

Posted on April 3, 2022 by Jon Teitel

Last night Duke lost to North Carolina 81-77 in the Final 4, which was the final game of Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s incomparable career. And what a game it was for these 2 Tobacco Road foes in their 1st-ever meeting in … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday!: HoopsHD interviews former Florida A&M coach Mike Gillespie

Posted on April 2, 2022 by Jon Teitel

It has been 15 years since the Rattlers made the NCAA tourney but they had a nice stretch back in the day when they made it 3 times during a 9-year stretch from 1999-2007. The coach responsible for 2 of … Continue reading →

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Basketball and Brains: HoopsHD interviews Belmont Academic All-American Luke Smith

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Jon Teitel

April is not only a time for basketball players to start creating their legacies (Armando Bacot, Ochai Agbaji, etc.) but also a time to reflect on the careers of those seniors that have finally come to a close. Luke Smith … Continue reading →

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