Posted on March 28, 2013 During this 75th anniversay celebration of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, Steve McKee's memory blog CENTAUR SEASONS is remembering not to forget John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins. HOW? By listening here to the Coach talk about the game and his life (and his life in the game) in a wide-ranging, never-before-heard, two-hour audio conversation conducted 16 years after he retired in 1975. A MARCH MADNESS SPECIAL, exclusively on CENTAUR SEASONS. A multipart … [Read more...]
Sweet 16 Sale!
Sorry, the sale has ended ... but we do have the products available from the coaches listed below so you can still learn from the best!! We are currently running a Sweet 16 Sale over at the Hoops U. Basketball Store. If you're looking to learn from some of the best college coaches in the country, this is the time to invest in yourself! You will find a huge selection of DVDs, books, and video downloads to add to your coaching library! All products from coaches that made the Sweet 16 in both the … [Read more...]
On CENTAUR SEASONS, never-before-heard conversations with John Wooden — today’s talk: POETRY, PLAYERS … AND THE ‘PYRAMID OF SUCCESS’
Posted on March 27, 2013 During this 75th anniversay celebration of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, Steve McKee's memory blog CENTAUR SEASONS here on HoopsU.com is remembering not to forget John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins. HOW? By listening here to the Coach talk about the game and his life (and his life in the game) in a wide-ranging, never-before-heard, two-hour audio conversation conducted 16 years after he retired in 1975. A MARCH MADNESS SPECIAL, brought to you by … [Read more...]
On CENTAUR SEASONS, never-before-heard conversations with JOHN WOODEN — today’s talk: WINNING WITH WALTON, AND THE NC STATE LOSS
Posted on March 26, 2013 During this 75th anniversay celebration of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, the memory blog CENTAUR SEASONS here on HoppsU.com is remembering not to forget John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins. HOW? By listening here to the Coach talk about the game and his life (and his life in the game) in a wide-ranging, never-before-heard, two-hour audio conversation conducted 16 years after he retired in 1975. A MARCH MADNESS special brought to you by HoopsU.com, … [Read more...]
Here on CENTAUR SEASONS, never-before-heard conversations with John Wooden. Today’s talk: AT INDIANA STATE, BREAKING BARRIERS
Posted March 22, 2013 During this 75th anniversary celebration of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, the memory blog CENTAUR SEASONS here on HoopsU.com is remembering not to forget John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins. How? By listening here to the Coach talk about the game and his life (and his life in the game) in a wide-ranging, never-before-heard, two-hour audio conversation conducted 16 years after he retired in 1975. A MARCH MADNESS special on HoopsU.com, brought … [Read more...]
Here on CENTAUR SEASONS, never-before-heard conversations with John Wooden. Today’s Talk: A QUITTER, BUT ONLY ONCE
Posted March 21, 2013 During this 75th anniversary celebration of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, Steve McKee's memory blog, CENTAUR SEASONS, here on HoopsU.com is remembering not to forget John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins. How? By listening here to the Coach talk about the game and his life (and his life in the game) in a wide-ranging, never-before-heard, two-hour audio conversation conducted 16 years after he retired in 1975. A MARCH MADNESS special, brought to you on … [Read more...]
Here on CENTAUR SEASONS, never-before-heard conversations with John Wooden. Today’s talk: THE PLEASURES OF WINNING — WITHOUT ALCINDOR, WITHOUT WALTON
Posted on March 20, 2013 During this 75th anniversay celebration of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, the memory blog CENTAUR SEASONS on HoopsU.com remembers not to forget John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins with a never-before-heard, two-hour audio interview. A MARCH MADNESS SPECIAL, brought to you here on HoopsU.com exclusively through CENTAUR SEASONS. A multipart series now through the Final Four Today’s feature: THE PLEASURES OF WINNING -- WITHOUT ALCINDOR, WITHOUT WALTON. To … [Read more...]
Here on CENTAUR SEASONS, never-before-heard conversations with John Wooden — today’s talk: A TEACHER, NOT A COACH
Posted on March 19, 2013 During this 75th anniversay celebration of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, the memory blog CENTAUR SEASONS here on HoopsU.com remembers not to forget John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins with a wide-ranging, never-before-heard, two-hour audio interview. A MARCH MADNESS special, brought to you on HoopsU.com exclusively through CENTAUR SEASONS. The first installment of a multipart series now till the Final Four Today’s featured section: A TEACHER, NOT A … [Read more...]
CENTAUR SEASONS: What I should have learned from the teammate who played me onto the bench …
Posted March 7, 2013 Meet John Cooper. The anti-Steve McKee. If you’ve been a regular reader of CENTAUR SEASONS, especially the “History of the Events of the Allentown College’s 1972-1973 B-Ball season …,” the diary of my junior season, you already know him. With our 6-and-11 campaign now mercifully over, I looked around for a way to wrap things up in a CENTAUR SEASONS post or two. From outside the box Coop came immediately to mind. John Cooper is the 6-foot-4 big guy who played me … [Read more...]
CENTAUR SEASONS: “A history of the events of the Allentown College’s 1972-1973 B-ball season, as chronicled by, and with the personal memoirs + occassional philosophizing of the author, one Stephen J. McKee’ — all 145 handwritten diary pages, all 29 inputted posts.
Posted March 6, 2013 Our 1972-1973 Centaur Season -- subject of (deep breath) "A History of the Events of the Allentown College's 1972-1973 B-ball Season, as Chronicled by, and with the Personal Memoirs + Occassional Philosophizing of the Author, One Stephen J. McKee" -- ended on February 27 with a 72-67 victory over Baptist Bible College. That rare victory brought our record to 6-and-11. But in our last six games, all at home, we were 4-and-2. When you play on a team like the Centaurs, … [Read more...]