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☆ Dawn Staley: South Carolina’s three titles in seven years speak volumes of coach’s remarkable tenure
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Ben Morse | Sarah Sidner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Caitlin Clark’s last dance in the NCAA dominated conversation ahead of Sunday’s women’s national championship game. Could the Iowa star cap off her historic time in college basketball with the final and so-far elusive accolade: a national title? Staley celebrates winning her third national title. After a year in Syracuse, she transferred to South Carolina in 2021, playing back-up to Boston during the team’s 2022 national title run. South Carolina players credit Staley for helping their development on the court.

Persons: Caitlin Clark’s, Clark, Dawn Staley’s, juggernaut Staley, South Carolina vanquishing Clark, ” Staley, “, ”, Staley, Gregory Shamus, ’, that’s, Gamecocks weren’t, Nancy Wilson, Susan Walvius, A’ja Wilson, Wilson, –, Kamilla Cardoso, Cardoso, Morry Gash, AP Cardoso, she’s, She’s, Dawn Staley, Lisa Bluder, Andy Lyons, you’re, You’re, Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer, UConn’s Geno Auriemma, Raven Johnson, It’s, Gerry Broome, Paopao, ” Paopao Organizations: CNN, NCAA, South Carolina Gamecocks, Mortgage, South Carolina, Gamecocks, Hawkeyes, South, WNBA, Las Vegas Aces, Boston, Indiana Fever, Getty Locations: Sunday’s, Iowa, Cleveland , Ohio, Columbia, South, South Carolina, Brazil, Syracuse, Boston, ” Iowa

☆ The men's Final Four coaches earn on average nearly double the women's salaries for the same job. Here's how much all 8 head coaches make.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Cork Gaines | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Four men's teams and four women's teams are competing to be the 2024 March Madness national champions. The average salary is $4 million for Final Four men's coaches and $2.15 million for women's coaches. Related storiesThe four men's basketball head coaches have an average salary of $4 million. Michael Conroy/AP ImagesThe gap in pay between college women's basketball and men's basketball head coaches is even more pronounced if we extend beyond the Final Four teams. The average salary of the top 20 women's basketball coaches is $1.5 million a year.

Persons: —, Dan Hurley, Dawn Staley, Geno Auriemma, Nate Oats, Matt Painter, Kevin Keatts, Lisa Bluder, Wes Moore, Michael Conroy, Bill, LSU's Kim Mulkey Organizations: Service, USA, University of Connecticut, UConn, Alabama, Purdue, Carolina State, Iowa, Final Locations: Dawn Staley of South Carolina, Carolina, Kansas

☆ Caitlin Clark put on 8 pounds of muscle to 'take her game to the next level.' Here's how she did it, according to the trainer who helped her.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Meredith Cash | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Advertisement"That hindered me at points last year; people were physical with me," Clark told Haley Jones on the "Sometimes I Hoop" podcast. AdvertisementSummer 2022 "was the first summer where we actually had a full summer of training," Alexander said. Alexander told the New York Times she saw that video and told Clark: "I don't think you were running fast enough." The final piece of the puzzle for Clark or any other player, Alexander said, is their commitment to doing their "best every single day." AP Photo/Michael Conroy"I think that's really showed throughout conference play especially, but obviously earlier in the year too," Clark told Jones.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Lindsay Alexander, —, She's, Achilles, she's, Clark, Haley Jones, Alexander, Charlie Neibergall, Clark hasn't, David Berding, Iowa's, Charlie Neibergall Alexander, we're, Lisa Bluder, That's, Ronald Cortes, Michael Conroy, Jones, it's, It's Organizations: Iowa Hawkeyes, Service, Hawkeyes, Maryland Terrapins, AP, US, New York Times, Iowa State Cyclones, National Locations: Hungary

“It’s a very difficult time in college basketball, because it’s free agency. “So, I think the NCAA enforcement staff just should be disbanded. That’s why I say — so I‘m not knocking the enforcement staff — they’re going to get taken to court every time they try to make a rule. The final ruling from the NCAA’s outside enforcement arm on the FBI case came down in November 2022 and exonerated Pitino. You’ve got to really innovate, get creative and understand these rules right now — or lack of rules.”___AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball

Persons: Rick Pitino, “, John's, It’s, …, Pitino, stoking, ” Pitino, can’t, — they’re, You’ve, ” Organizations: Hall of Fame, NCAA, University of Tennessee, UConn, Madison, Garden, Huskies, Kentucky, Louisville, FBI, Iona Locations: Tennessee, Virginia, Louisville

The national championship game in women's basketball last spring was unforgettable for a lot of good reasons. The game will also be remembered for its controversial officiating and The Associated Press has learned that an NCAA review concluded the refereeing did not meet expectations. The organization had planned a review of NCAA Tournament officiating after the 2024 championship concludes next April, but it was sped up by a year after criticism of the LSU-Iowa showdown. “Doing that assessment was a good step showing that they are trying to address it.”The NCAA review was conducted by the Pictor Group. In the past, some of the NCAA Tournament officials would also work WNIT games.

Persons: Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark, Lynn Holzman, Reese, ”, Courtney Banghart, “, ” Holzman, Clark Organizations: LSU, Iowa, Associated Press, NCAA, Basketball Coaches, Pictor, NCAA women’s, AP, womens Locations: Iowa, North Carolina

☆ Self-made millionaire shares 5 rich people habits he copied to make his first $1 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Alan Corey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

For inspiration, I looked at the people I knew who lived rich lives, like my childhood basketball coaches. Now, I'm a self-made millionaire with 366 units in my property portfolio. I run my own business and coach basketball in my spare time. But they understood that time was their most precious commodity, and they wanted to spend it coaching basketball. They taught me that real wealth is about devoting your time to things that really matters to you.

Organizations: NBA Locations: Atlanta, New York City

☆ One Small Change Goes a Long Way After College Hoops Corruption Scandal
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Billy Witz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Tyler Boston has several strikes against him. For one, he’s a 5-foot-10 high school senior without the size to be easily noticed by college recruiters. For another, college basketball coaches can afford to be picky with high school players because the transfer portal is brimming with older players who have an extra pandemic year of eligibility. The DMV Live event was among the roughly 50 N.C.A.A.-certified events around the country in which college coaches were permitted to make in-person evaluations of players with their high school teams. stadium, to the New York City Public Schools Athletic League Showcase in Brooklyn.

Persons: Tyler Boston Organizations: Boston, Las, of Columbia, DMV, New York City Public Schools Athletic League Locations: Atlanta, Las Vegas, Potomac, Md, Washington, of Columbia , Maryland, Virginia, Appleton , Wis, Brooklyn

☆ For LSU and South Carolina, It’s the Final Four of Sideline Style
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

When Louisiana State University women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey strode from the court after yet another win last month, she peeled off her pink butterfly-bedazzled blazer. The move was more rock star than 60-year-old college coach, but it was in keeping with Ms. Mulkey’s razzle-dazzle. Ms. Mulkey, along with the University of South Carolina’s Dawn Staley, is leading the charge for a new wave of women’s college basketball coaches using fashion as a crucial part of their public image. Friday night, in the hotly anticipated Women’s Final Four, millions worldwide will be tuning in to watch the formidable face-offs of South Carolina vs. Iowa, and LSU vs. Virginia Tech. Many of them will also be paying close attention to what Ms. Staley and Ms. Mulkey, superstar, title-winning coaches who earn seven-figure salaries, are wearing.

☆ How an early investor in StockX and The Athletic built a sports VC firm and got the Cavs owner to back him
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Colin Salao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Vasu Kulkarni is the founder and CEO of Courtside VC, a venture firm focused on sports. His company was one of the early investors of StockX and The Athletic, but "missed" on Overtime. Kulkarni built Courtside VC to help sports startup founders like himAs Krossover grew into a multimillion-dollar company, Kulkarni began to realize the opportunity to invest in other sports-related startups. But Courtside VC has hit on enough startups to raise another $55 million in 2019. Courtside VC has invested in focusing on youth sports, fitness and wellness, esports, sneaker culture, and real-money gaming.

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