For Team USA, another game another win
the5thcorner.com 7/8/2009 — Team USA In the third game for Team USA in the World University Games it was once again a very easy road for head coach Bo Ryan and his 12 men squad. But, for us Tar Heels, the great part of the 108 to 77 win over Greece was that Deon Thompson led all scorers with 17 points (8 for 10 ...

Thompson, Team USA 1 & 1
the5thcorner.com 6/29/2009 — Team USA In their first game of the exhibition round (aka the round-robin Serbia International) the USA Basketball World University Games team had to come from behind to beat Team Canada. It took a great fourth quarter to do so, where Deon Thompson and company outscored their opponents 28 ...

Team USA beat Russia by 67 to 63
the5thcorner.com 7/1/2009 — Team USA I doubt that a head coach, especially one that works for Division I program, would be listening to a blogger like myself, but it seems that I was pretty dead on when I said in my last post about Deon Thompson and Team USA the squad needed the big man from Chapel Hill on the court ...

Thompson makes the World University Games Team
the5thcorner.com 6/20/2009 — Deon Thompson As I had talked about a while back, Deon Thompson was trying out for the 2009 Men’s World University Games Team. I am now glad to report that after a three day work out the forward (and only returning starter from a national title team) from Chapel Hill will be among the ...

Team USA takes down S, Korea 113-76
the5thcorner.com 7/7/2009 — Deon Thompson In the second game of the World University Games Deon Thompson & Co. had no problem beating South Korea. It was not really even a contest, as Team USA beat down its second opponent of the tournament, this time with a lopsided score of 113 to 76, of which 82 came in the ...

USA falls to Russia 69 to 68
the5thcorner.com 7/11/2009 — After bringing good news from over seas for the last week or so, it’s time to say that Team USA won’t be playing in the Gold Medal game, as it was beaten by the Russian team 69 to 68 . And while the score might say it was a tight game, the reality is a lot different. Head coach Bo ...

Bo Ryan's X Zone Offense and Options
coachingbetterbball.blogspot.com 8/2/2009 — If you are looking for a good continuity zone offense, probably the best one that I've come across is Bo Ryan's "X" zone offense. The only drawback is that if you run Bo Ryan's Swing continuity offense against man defense like Wisconsin does, you'll need to make quite a few adjustments to teach ...

USA Basketball
usabasketball.com 7/6/2009 — July 4, 2009 • Belgrade, Serbia • Additional Quotes • Box Score • Photo Gallery In a well-balanced team effort that saw all 12 players score, including seven in double digits, the 2009 USA Men’s World University Games Team (2-0) out-gunned ...

USA Basketball
usabasketball.com 6/30/2009 — June 29, 2009 • Belgrade, Serbia • Additional Quotes • Box Score • Photo Gallery Corey Fisher (Villanova / Bronx, N.Y.) scored 15 points and Deon Thompson (North Carolina / Torrance, Calif.) added 12 to go with nine boards as the 2009 USA ...

USA! USA! USA! USA!
joshqpublic.com 7/4/2009 — Four Great Sports Moments For The Fourth Of July: Peace out homies. Six Two and Even!

Western Carolina football player dies following workout — USATODAY.com College Football - Top Stories 7/9/2009
A junior defensive back at Western Carolina has died after participating in a voluntary offseason workout. Western Carolina spokesman ...

2009 College Football Preview: South Carolina Gamecocks Part 1 (Games 1-6) — Bleacher Report - College Football 7/9/2009
Steve Spurrier enters his fifth year as coach of South Carolina. Spurrier must replace the top three playmakers on each side of the ball. The Gamecocks finished last in the conference in rushing offense and eighth in scoring last year with 20.8 points ...

Western Carolina DB dies in offseason workout — SI.com - NCAA Football 7/9/2009
CULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) -- A junior defensive back at Western Carolina, Ja'Quayvin Smalls, has died after participating in a voluntary offseason workout.

Rating the Out of Conference Schedules: Big East — Bleacher Report - College Football 7/9/2009
Continuing my survey of out of conference (OOC) schedules, I decided to take a look at the Big East, the weakest of the Automatic Qualifying (AQ) conferences.  The Big East is still trying to recover from the ACC's great raid.  With only ...

College Football Preview 2009: South Carolina Gamecocks Part 2 (Games 7-13) — Bleacher Report - College Football 7/9/2009
Oct 17 will start the second half of the season for the Gamecocks. South Carolina will be sitting at 4-2 (1-2 in SEC play) looking to finish strong for the old ball coach. The schedule is not easy for the Gamecocks in the second half with 5 SEC games ...