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Basketball Definition–noun | 1. | a game played by two teams of usually five players each on a rectangular court having a raised basket or goal at each end, points being scored by tossing the ball through the opponent's basket. |
| 2. | the round, inflated ball, approximately 30 in. (76 cm) in circumference, used in this game. |
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... basketball season without a crown on his head or a team of bodyguards following in his wake.Krzyzewski was changed by his experience coaching...
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Fox 5 Atlanta WAGA - Found Oct. 17, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS -- Bob Knight, the winningest coach in Division I history, left the door ajar to a return to coaching college basketball during a wide-
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Knight says he hasn't ruled out coaching again
Former Tech coach Knight says he might return to coaching
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Missouri Tigers - Found Oct. 15, 2008
Basketball Clinic on Saturday Oct. 11 and better than 40 area youths turned out for the two-hour camp. Head Coach Mike Anderson, his coaching...
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Fargo Forum - Found Oct. 10, 2008
The North Dakota State College of Science menâs basketball coaching staff will be hosting a coachesâ clinic at Blikre Athletic Center on
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Notebook | Referee Al Leonard to coach Bothell girls basketball
Seattle Times - Found Oct. 10, 2008
Leonard accepted the Bothell High School girls basketball coaching job this week, taking over a team that went 2-19 last season but has been...
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Texas' Barnes to receive coaching award
Dallas Morning News - Found Oct. 9, 2008
LOS ANGELES Men's basketball coach Rick Barnes will be honored with the John R. Wooden Award's Legends of Coaching award in April in Los Angeles.
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University of Scranton Offers Basketball Coaching Workshop
Strausnews - Found Oct. 18, 2008
... campus..The basketball coaching workshop will take place from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. The course will cover Coaching...
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Knight says he might return to coaching
Oroville Mercury-Register - Found Oct. 17, 2008
... the winningest coach in Division I history, left the door ajar to a return to coaching college basketball during a wide-ranging television...
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