Sentences with phrase «longer than a basketball»

But as an amalgam, played in a space 43 % longer than a basketball court, handball is as foreign to Americans as dining at 1 a.m.

Not exact matches

Those of us who thought the trio of Russell Westbrook, Paul George, and Carmelo Anthony would produce brilliant basketball (slowly raises hand) have to reckon with the reality that it will take longer than we thought to come together.

The bottom half of the South region might be the weakest in the entire tournament, so if the Wolf Pack (or Texas, for that matter) can play its best basketball at the right time, they might be dancing far longer than anyone is currently envisioning.

Long before the Wildcats» 65 - 0 loss to top - ranked Florida last Saturday — the 15th time in 71 games under Curry that Kentucky has given up at least 40 points — his ineptitude in the Bluegrass State was obvious to just about everyone except Kentucky athletic director C.M. Newton, who is closer personally to Curry than to Rick Pitino, the basketball coach who led the Wildcats to the 1996 NCAA championship.

Ingram's long range shooting — he made a higher percentage from three - point range than two - point range in two of his four NCAA seasons — could have earned him a steady paycheck in one of Europe's many basketball leagues.

Baseball's other attractions for Ainge include less hectic traveling than in basketball, a greater chance for a long career and a part - time home in Toronto, where the Mormon church is strong.

Inevitably, this 30 - minute blackout, which often runs significantly longer than that because college basketball goes over its scheduled time, misses critical leaderboard movement and the leaders playing some of the most important and scenic early holes.

FLANNERY: My 86 - year - old grandmother has had season tickets to Indiana basketball for longer than I've been alive and she loves Oladipo.

There's other advantages different players may have such as when some come in later and physically more mature than the 1 - and - dones or some come from pro leagues rather than «amateur «NCAA and then some have simply been playing basketball longer than others.

A short, quick basketball shot is better than a long, sweeping one; a quick puncher hits hardest.»

In almost any basketball context, having longer arms than your opponent is helpful.

«The Mighty Macs ESPN Segment» is a look back at the impact that Rush had on the game of women's basketball — so good that most will wish it were longer than six minutes.

But then it could be argued that the hoops action is almost incidental in this fact - based story, for the title character, Richmond High School (though actually filmed at my alma mater, Long Beach Polytechnic High School, which somehow became the go - to ghetto high school filming location after I graduated) basketball coach Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson), is less concerned with how his young charges fare on the court than they do in the classroom and, ultimately, in the game of adult life.