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The Olympians: HoopsHD interviews Paul Loeffler and Randy Rosenbloom about 2016 Olympic gold medalist Paul George

The NBA Finals date back to 1947 (when they were known as the Basketball Association of America Finals) and the very 1st NCAA tourney was held in 1939. Olympic basketball competition is even older: it debuted as a demonstration event … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday!: HoopsHD interviews 2007 NBA champion Melvin Ely

Melvin Ely has been a winner ever since high school when he was named a 1997 McDonald’s All-American after going 93-4 during his 3 years as a starter. He played for Coach Jerry Tarkanian at Fresno State and won back-to-back … Continue reading

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RIP: HoopsHD interviews 1983 NIT champ Boyd “Tiny” Grant

Boyd “Tiny” Grant was born in Idaho on August 17, 1933, and exactly 87 years later he passed away after suffering a stroke. In between he became 1 heck of a college basketball coach: assistant to Jim Williams at Colorado … Continue reading

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Conference Preview: Mountain West

MOUNTAIN WEST The Mountain West has fallen on hard times.  The conference has not received an at-large bid to either of the last two NCAA Tournaments, and its automatic qualifiers received a 14 and a 12 seed those two years. … Continue reading

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Conference Preview: Mountain West

CLICK HERE for all of the Hoops HD Preseason Articles, Interviews, and Conference Previews MOUNTAIN WEST Here at HoopsHD, we generally group conferences into one of two categories.  The first is the “major conferences” which are regular multi-bid leagues, while … Continue reading

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Conference Preview: Mountain West

For the rest of our Preseason Coverage, CLICK HERE. MOUNTAIN WEST Putting three teams into the NCAA tournament would be a stellar year from some conferences, though maybe not the Mountain West.  Putting three teams in when one of them … Continue reading

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