Also, Duncan said that Miami was incorrect in its assertion that the NCAA was "incompetent, unprofessional, and uncooperative" in the timing of how basketball guard Durand Scott was declared ineligible on the very day the Hurricanes began play in the 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
When the 49ers were drafting a quarterback in 1979, Walsh liked a skinny guy whom the other coaches had slammed as being too weak-armed for the NFL. But Walsh knew this quarterback had been an all-state basketball point guard in high school.
Sure, it had its moments--like shooting pool at the smoky Green Room, swimming with cute co-eds in the nearby rock quarry and even playing pick-up basketball with legendary point guard Bobby Hurley.
In high school, he was valedictorian and president of his class, played quarterback for the football team and point guard for the basketball team.
One supposes it's difficult for a 17-year-old to take business trips while keeping up a 4.0 average at Solomon Schechter School, playing point guard on the basketball team and laying out the school yearbook.
This high-octane basketball is perfectly suited to a point guard who can see the floor and make quick decisions.
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Collins is a former Mr. Basketball in Illinois who became a star guard and team captain at Duke from 1993-96.
Menard's collection of Wasilla High School yearbooks contains pictures of Palin on the honor society, student council, cross-country team and, most notably, as co-captain and point guard of the 1982 championship basketball team.
Paulus, national player of the year in high school as a quarterback for Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse and also a star on the basketball team, opted to play point guard at Duke for coach Mike Krzyzewski and after receiving his undergraduate degree enrolled at Syracuse as a graduate student for his final year of eligibility.
"I don't know how you can sit outside for a basketball game for that long, " Miami guard Durand Scott said.
"They did a good job, man, I'm happy for them, " Houston Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin, the biggest basketball star to come out of Harvard, said after the NBA team's shootaround on Friday morning.
Pro basketball player Andy Rautins is best known as a guard with the New York Knicks.
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Taking better care of the basketball and picking up its defensive intensity allowed Vermont guard Sandro Carissimo got on a six-point run that gave Vermont its first lead since 10-9 when he scored on a drive to make it 45-43.
When Heat assistant coach Bob McAdoo called Florida a "basketball state, " it caught former Florida player and current Heat forward Udonis Haslem off guard.
Though a childhood accident all but robbed him of his sight in one eye, Bing played All-American basketball at Syracuse University and went on to become an NBA Hall of Famer as a point guard, mainly for the Detroit Pistons.
Woodson, a well-known proponent of one-on-one basketball, said he was OK with Chandler's remarks, which seemed to catch Anthony off-guard. (Anthony said he'd discuss them internally with Chandler.) But either way, the coach has to find a way to get the team jump-started.
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