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Chapters: Umass Minutemen Basketball Coaches, Umass Minutemen Basketball Players, Marcus Camby, Rick Pitino, John Calipari, Julius Erving, Travis Ford, Steve Lappas, Bruiser Flint, Stephane Lasme, Al Skinner, Derek Kellogg, Johnny Orr, Mullins Center, Gary Forbes, Tony Gaffney, Harold Gore, Commonwealth Classic, Tony Barbee, Walter Hargesheimer, Chris Lowe, Kitwana Rhymer, Matt Zunic, Lou Roe, John Robic, Chuck Martin, Curry Hicks Cage, Lari Ketner, Rashaun Freeman, James Life. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 121. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Rick Pitino (born September 18, 1952)) is an American basketball coach. Since 2001, he has been the head coach at the University of Louisville. He has also served as head coach at Boston University, Providence College and the University of Kentucky, leading that program to the NCAA championship in 1996. He has coached on the professional level for the NBA's New York Knicks and Boston Celtics with mixed results. Pitino holds the distinction of being the only men's coach in NCAA history to lead three different schools (Providence, Kentucky, and Louisville) to the Final Four. In addition, Pitino has achieved a measure of success as an author and a motivational speaker. Pitino an Italian American and native of New York City, grew up in the Village of Bayville and was captain of the St. Dominic High School basketball team in nearby Oyster Bay, Long Island. He enrolled at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1970. He was a standout guard for the Minutemen basketball team. His 329 career assists rank tenth all-time at UMass, as of the 2008-2009 season. He led the team in assists as a junior and senior. The 168 assists as a senior is the eighth-best single season total ever there. Pitino was a freshman at the same time future NBA legend Jul...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=408442 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Marcus Camby, Rick Pitino, Julius Erving, Stephane Lasme, Al Skinner, Derek Kellogg, Gary Forbes, Tony Gaffney, Tony Barbee, Chris Lowe, Kitwana Rhymer, Lou Roe, Lari Ketner, Rashaun Freeman, James Life. Excerpt:For the 19th-century baseball player, see Al Skinner (baseball) . Al Skinner Albert L. ( Al ) Skinner (born June 16, 1952 in Mount Vernon, New York ) is an American men's college basketball head coach and a former collegiate and professional basketball player. He was formerly the head coach of the Boston College men's basketball team . Playing career College Skinner played at the University of Massachusetts . While on the freshman team in the 1970-71 season, the varsity team was led by Julius Erving , in what would be Erving's final season in college. (Skinner and Erving would later play together professionally.) Skinner was also a teammate of Rick Pitino . Left to right: Al Skinner, Jack Leaman, and Julius Erving at the ceremony to retire Skinner's UMass jersey. Skinner scored 1,235 points in his three years on the varsity squad. He led the team in rebounding each of those three years, and in scoring in his junior and senior seasons. As a senior, he averaged a double-double with 18.8 points and 11.0 rebounds. That scoring average also led the Yankee Conference . He recorded the first triple-double in UMass history, with 28 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists against St. Peter's on Dec. 28, 1973 in Springfield MA . Skinner was a three-time Yankee Conference First Team selection. He led UMass to two straight YC titles in the 1972-73 and 1973-74 seasons. As a senior in 1973-74, he was the team captain and an All-America honorable mention selection. His jersey number 30 was retired in a ceremony at UMass on Feb. 18, 2004. Professional Skinner was drafted by the Boston Celt... ... Read more

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Chapters: Marcus Camby, Nykesha Sales, Chris Dudley, Ryan Gomes, Vin Baker, John Bagley, Jared Jordan, Charles D. Smith, John Williamson, Randy Smith, Keith Closs, Courtney Alexander, Mike Gminski, Chris Smith, Greg Stokes, Johnny Egan, Sly Williams, Gary Voce, Tyson Wheeler, Bob Staak, John Garris. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 77. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Marcus D. Camby (born March 22, 1974 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American professional basketball player, who currently plays for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA. He is a former defensive player of the year during the 200607 NBA season, leading the league in blocked shots per game. Camby is also a two-time member of the NBA all-defensive team. Camby, a native of Connecticut, began his high school career at Conard High School in West Hartford. He transferred to Hartford Public High School where he finished his High School education. Camby played three seasons at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is second all-time in total blocked shots (336) at UMass and the fourth-ever college player to have at least 300 total career blocked shots. He had an NCAA freshman record 105 total rejections during his first year at UMass. Camby won the John R. Wooden Award and the Naismith College Player of the Year Award during the 199596 season. He led UMass to numerous #1 rankings and the 1996 NCAA Final Four. In the NCAA tournament, Camby set a tourney record of 43 total blocked shots in 11 games. UMass' visit to the Final Four was later officially nullified by the NCAA because Camby had been found to have accepted $28,000 from two sports agents. According to a 1997 Sports Illustrated article, the agents, John Lounsbury and Wesley Spears of Connecticut, had hoped that Camby would hire them to represent him when he bec...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=149792 ... Read more