Based on the numbers, China, whose 300 million basketball fans almost total the population of the United States, is the most logical place to look.
The billionaire Ballmer and rich Hansen can simply write a check to the Maloofs, whose casino business and basketball team are highly leveraged.
Suddenly, a school with an enrollment of about 12, 000, whose first graduating class wore the caps and gowns in 2001, is getting national attention because of a basketball team loaded with players whose best recruiting offers were from conferences like the Atlantic 10 and Missouri Valley.
If so inclined, a brand could blast out a Promoted Tweet to female Blackberry users in Tanzania whose interests include enterprise software and college basketball.
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However, Indiana in June had already self-imposed a one-year ban on communication between its basketball coaching staff and Adams, whose A-HOPE Foundation finds often make it to his own Indiana Elite AAU high school team.
The basketball coach is a name that anyone who follows college basketball recruiting might recognize: Jack Keefer, whose program produces a steady supply of top-level prospects, including such past Lawrence North talents as Mike Conley Jr.
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Mayor Bing, whose 100th day in office is Wednesday, is a legendary pro basketball Hall of Famer who played nine seasons with the Detroit Pistons.
Gus Johnson, a veteran TV broadcaster whose distinctively exuberant style became synonymous with the NCAA men's basketball tournament, left his longtime perch at CBS in 2011 for Fox Sports.
The school's disassociation period from Webber ends May 8, but it is unclear whether or how it will acknowledge him or the Fab Five, whose two NCAA finals banners were removed from the school's basketball arena amid the scandal.
But Disney has since sold out of the hockey business, and the Ducks, whose season ticket base has shrunk in recent years, could sure use a basketball partner in the Honda Center.
Indiana watched Butler, whose entire athletic department makes less in revenue than Indiana does on men's basketball alone, advance to consecutive NCAA tournament finals including one in Indianapolis.
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