KU Jayhawks

The University of Kansas is basketball university with campuses located in Lawrence, Kansas City, and Overland basketball Kansas. The main campus is located in Lawrence, Kansas. The University was founded in 1865.

There are just under 30,000 students enrolled at all the campuses of the University of Kansas.
The university is a large, state-sponsored university. The university has schools of liberal arts, Business, Allied Health, Education, Architecture and Urban Planning, Engineering, Law, Fine Arts, Journalism and Mass Communication, Nursing, Medicine, and Social Welfare.

The University of Kansas School of Business is a premier public business school located on the main campus. KU School of Business has more than 80 faculty members and about 1500 students.
They have the top law school in the state according to many reports.

The University of Kansas School of Engineering is an accredited school on the main campus.
In a recent U.S. News and World Report's America's Best Colleges, 2009 issue, KU's School of Engineering was ranked 41st among public schools nationwide.

KU's Edwards Campus is in Overland Park, Kansas. The goal of the Edwards Campus is to provide adults with the chance to complete college degrees. The campus was formed in 1993. The campus has over 2,000 students and the average age of a student is 32 years old.

Kiplinger's, Fiske Guide to Colleges, Kaplan's, and the Princeton Review are repeatedly putting KU in their top list of best buys in higher education in America. Tuition at KU is around 13 percent below the national average. The university remains a best buy in the region. Their recent in-state tuition and fees of were lower than university in close states like the University of Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri.

Beginning in the 2007-2008 academic year, first-time freshman at KU will pay a fixed tuition rate for 48 months according to the Four-Year Tuition Compact passed by the Kansas Board of Regents. According to the compact, tuition will be $213 per credit hour for in-state freshman and $560 for out-of-state freshmen. For students who do not take part in the compact, current per-credit-hour tuition is $194.80 for in-state undergraduates and $511.70 for out-of-state undergraduates; these rates are subject to annual increases. The schools of architecture, business, engineering, fine arts, journalism, law, and pharmacy charge additional fees.

The school's sports teams wear crimson and royal blue. They are called the Kansas Jayhawks. They participate in the Big 12 in NCAA's Division I. They have won five national championships in men's basketball, three in men's indoor track and field, three in men's outdoor track and field, and one in men's cross country.

The KU football started playing back in 1890. They have played in the Orange Bowl three times. They are coached by Mark Mangino, who was hired in 2002. The Jayhawks won their first BCS bowl game which was the 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl.

The KU men's basketball team has fielded a team every year since 1898. The Jayhawks are a national contender virtually every year. They are coached by Bill Self. The basketball program is currently the third winningest program in college basketball history. They have an overall record of 1,943-785. The team plays at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas has counted among its coaches Dr. James Naismith, who just happens to be the inventor of basketball and only coach in Kansas history to have a losing record.

Writer and editor, Freddie Brister, is a former high school football coach of 25 years. His love of the game of football is reflected in his words and memories of growing up in the South and playing football in the back yard with his brother, cousins and neighborhood friends. His biggest thrill is watching former high school players he has coached play at the college level. His favorite pastime is watching college football on tv and attending the games in person every chance he gets. Freddie Brister is a huge fan of the Kansas Jayhawks. Check out his Kansas Jayhawks merchandise or his Kansas Jayhawks blankets

College Basketball and Basketball TV - Beyond Live

In the United States, college basketball has gained quite a following. Now, with the immense popularity of the NBA and its basketball many students are looking to get noticed in college basketball recruiting, to play in college teams and even perhaps in the NBA.

Such is the popularity of basketball that he NBA has its own channel, NBATV, a 24-hour television network, produced by its award-winning production and programming division, NBA Entertainment. It also manages the content of each NBA's team's home page, and the league's official sites, NBA.com, WNBA.com and NBADLEAGUE.com. The NBA is also an established presence in sports marketing. It maintains fully integrated domestic and global marketing partnerships with some of the most recognizable global brands, including the leading Internet content and technology providers, in the hopes of bringing basketball to fans around the world.

During the 2005-06 championship season, the NBA had a planned 44,000 hours of programming to broadcast to 215 countries and territories in 43 languages. The league's worldwide extension is also demonstrated by 81 international athletes playing in various teams. In the United States, the NBA broadcasts around 142 games in on local networks, namely ABC, TNT, ESPN and ESPN2.

Kids aspiring to play in college sports sometimes don't realize that senior year is just too late in the game to check up on prospective schools with recruiting. Gathering information on colleges, their courses, their mission statements, history and other details is basketball Setting aside a folder for each school that may come under consideration is a useful way of organizing necessary data. Deadlines for submitting requirements may and do differ from school to school, and parents need to keep track of them.

The Internet has proven to be a useful venue for both students in college basketball and coaches involved in the process of college basketball recruiting. There are many websites and online forums wherein students and scouts can come together and interact.

D1Athletes is an online community wherein high school athletes and coaches alike can share and exchange information they need during college basketball recruiting. D1Athletes offers them a place to build an online presence and gain important public exposure

To learn more, visit D1Athletes.com or just click college basketball recruiting

New Year's Resolution - Fantasy Managers

Let me first greet you all a happy new year! Yup it's 2009 and I'm sure you all have your own New Year's resolution and I hope you are all able to do them this year. But do you have a resolution for your fantasy basketball teams? I guess not. So let me share with you some resolutions that might help your team this coming year (including next season's draft). This list is for fantasy addicts and people basketball don't basketball much about their teams.

I will draft better
Your team is struggling right now because you didn't do your research during your draft so make sure you do your homework next season.

I will fix my roster everyday/every week
Do yourself and the people in your league a favor...fix your roster. Most competitive people want to win but they want to win with some fight from their opponents. And yeah, you're there to win right?

I will not add/drop 300 moves
Yup, there's no written rule regarding this but with the rate their going, some people just might reach 200-300 moves by year's end.

I will not offer or accept stupid trades
This is just a league killer. Let's all be smart with the trades given we offer and respect our league.

I will give 10% time to my gf/bf instead of fantasy basketball
OK..maybe just 5%. But you should just dedicate the 5% teaching her/him how to play so she could fix your roster in case you're out of town and don't have any net.

Hope you had a fun holiday season everyone! Let me know if you're planning to do this or if you have any other new year's resolution for us, fantasy managers.

Ed Ongaigui writes for http://buhaybasketball.com, a blog that gives fantasy basketball advice.

Sporting Goods

Sports equipment includes any object used for sport or exercise.

The first sports equipment can be traced all the way back to the first Olympics. The Javelin was one of the ancient Greeks favorite pieces of sports equipment because it was also a tool for war. As the centuries passed sports equipment evolved basketball as it did so safety increased.

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The number of people with disabilities who engage in sports and other physical activities has increased dramatically in the past decade, due to the growing field of assistive sports equipment. Whether for competition or simply recreation, however, the sports equipment market is overflowing with devices to get fans off the sidelines and into the sports arena.

Sports equipment of any kind is designed with the users safety in mind, but it must be fitted and employed properly.

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How to Find a Fantasy Basketball League

The NBA season is fast approaching and, of course, for fans everywhere, that means it's time to find a fantasy basketball league. Maybe this is your first time playing and you're looking for a good basketball or maybe you have played before, but want to try a new league. Either way, I've got some suggestions to help you find the perfect fantasy basketball league.

If you've never played fantasy basketball before and aren't really sure basketball you're getting into, let me break down the basics for you. In most fantasy leagues, you will choose a fantasy roster either by a draft or by buying/selling players. Whatever kind of league you play, you won't always be able to get all the players you want as you are restricted by other teams drafting players you want or by a salary cap. Don't get worried if you're roster isn't perfect as you can always make changes during the season. Once the season starts, you'll start earning points based on how well you're players perform. Each league has a scoring system which awards points to players for different statistical categories, resulting in a total score. Then, your player scores will be added up to give you a team score. This can be done on a daily, weekly, or some other schedule depending on the league. Basically, you want to get as many points as possible by having the best performing roster! In some leagues, the highest score is the winner, but in others a head-to-head format is used each day or week and you accumulate wins and losses.

So, now that you've digested all that, where do you play? Here are some fantasy basketball websites:

• Yahoo Fantasy Basketball - Yahoo has a great fantasy basketball website and you can join a league with your friends or internet strangers. Yahoo leagues use a head-to-head format.
• ESPN Fantasy Basketball - ESPN has had fantasy leagues for a long-time and is similar to Yahoo in format.
• HoopsAvenue Fantasy Basketball - HoopsAvenue offers fantasy basketball with some unique features including a "coach" feature.

Those are 3 of the biggies, but if you're looking for something else, here's how you can find it:

• Search for "fantasy basketball" on Google or Yahoo and see what you get!
• Go to Yahoo Answers and ask people where they play fantasy basketball.
• Post in a basketball forum asking for leagues.

Well, that's all there is to it. Good luck in finding a fantasy basketball league this season!

Play fantasy basketball and read NBA rumors at HoopsAvenue.