By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns| Your Phil of Hoops
22
Jan
2009
It must really chap the NCAA’s hide that they have no way to truly regulate travel team basketball with high school players. It is out of their jurisdiction, but make no mistake: they have had their sights set on this for a while now. And on Friday, their latest bad move came to pass, as this April and those in future years will not have any live weekends of travel team basketball for Division I coaches to evaluate.
NCAA President Myles Brand will cut back on the extent of his travel and number of public appearances because of a medical condition diagnosed in late December. Brand did not specify the medical condition but said he will continue to perform his duties as president of the governing body of college athletics. The former Indiana [...]

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Managing Editor Phil Kasiecki spent Friday (3/20) discussing NCAA first-round action on ESPN 1040 in Tampa. Download the broadcast! (5.7 MB)