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Francesco Stanco, a segno due volte nelle ultime quattro partite, è già diventato un punto di riferimento: «Io il Toni granata, ma ammiro Klose» di Diego Zilio http://mattinopadova.gelocal.it/sport/2015/02/11/news/sono-il-toni-granata-ma-il-mio-mito-e-klose-1.10846014 CITTADELLA - Il Toni granata che si ispira a Klose . Francesco Stanco ha stupito tutti a Cittadella, realizzando due gol per niente banali in quattro partite e diventando subito un punto di riferimento per la manovra di Claudio Foscarini. Roba che al Modena, che ancora ne detiene il cartellino, e al Pisa, in cui ha giocato nella prima parte della stagione, si staranno mangiando le mani.  «Ma io non sono qui in cerca di rivincite. A Pisa non mi sono ambientato per diversi motivi, mentre a Modena ho tanti amici che ora sono contenti per me», afferma il 27enne attaccante di Pavullo nel Frignano, in provincia di Modena . «Arrivando qui non dovevo vendicarmi di nessuno, ma solo cercare di far bene»....

di CHRISTIAN GIORDANO, SKY SPORT 24 Non azzanna più tra noi, Tark "The Shark". Lo Squalo: un po' per quel suo rito - diventato iconico - di addentare un asciugamano bianco in panchina; e molto per l'impronunciabilità, per gli americani, di quel nome armeno: Tarkanian. Mamma Rose rifugiata dal genocidio della Prima guerra mondiale; il padre portato via dalla tubercolosi quando Jerry ha tredici anni e la famiglia trasferita a Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, da Euclid, Ohio, dove Jerry era nato e cresciuto. Col pallino del basket. Anche se di geometrie euclidee, con le sue squadre, sul parquet se n'è sempre visto poco. Trent'anni da capoallenatore in Division One, ha inventato nel deserto del Nevada il programma dei Runnin' Rebels: con lui alla guida, il titolo NCAA 1990 con trenta punti di scarto (103-73) in finale alla Duke del santone Mike Krzyzewski ma anche 4 Final Four e 42 - dicasi 42 - suoi giocatori scelti dalla NBA, di cui 12 al prim...

Class: Sophomore Hometown: Memphis, Tenn. High School: Southwind HS Height / Weight: 6-5 / 200 Position: G Experience: 1L 2014-15 Season Notes: Shot 6-of-9 from the field and tallied a game-high 20 points in the season-opener vs. UT Martin (Nov. 14); also added four steals, four rebounds and two blocks ... Had a game-high three steals at Ohio State (Nov. 18) ... Had a game-high three steals and added seven points and three assists vs. NJIT (Nov. 24) ... Went for a career-high 22 points on 10-of-16 shooting leading MU to a win over Arizona State (Dec. 16) ... Dropped 19 points vs. North Dakota (Dec. 22) ... Hit 6-of-8 shots and scored 13 points vs. Morgan State (Dec. 28). 2013-14 Season Notes: Earned his first collegiate start vs. Providence (Jan. 30) along with fellow freshman Deonte Burton (Jan. 30) ... Tallied 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the field including a pair of 3-pointers vs. Samford (Dec. 28), leading the team in scoring for the first time in his career; ...

Class: Senior Hometown: Oakland, Calif. High School: Castro Valley HS Height / Weight: 6-6 / 215 Position: F Experience: 3L 2014-15 Season Notes:  Scored 16 points and also led the team with seven rebounds and a game-high four steals vs. UT Martin (Nov. 14) ... Posted a team-high five assists and added five boards at Ohio State (Nov. 18) ... Poured in a career-high 23 points on 11-of-15 shooting from the field vs. Omaha (Nov. 22) and also led the team in rebounds (8), blocks (2), steals (3) while adding four assists ... Nine rebounds matched a career-high and registered a game-high 20 points, including a career-best eight free throws on 13 trips to the foul line, vs. NJIT (Nov. 24) ... Posted 12 points, six rebounds and a pair of steals in win over Georgia Tech (Nov. 27) at the Orlando Classic ... Pulled down a team-best eight rebounds in 36 minutes of action against Tennessee (Nov. 30) at the Orlando Classic ... Grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds against North Dakota (D...

Class: Senior Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska High School: The Hotchkiss School Height / Weight: 6-1 / 210 Position: G Experience: 3L 2014-15 Season Notes:  Posted a career-high two blocked shots vs. UT Martin (Nov. 14) ... Came off the bench to score a career-high 17 points, including a career-best eight field goals, and added five assists vs. Omaha (Nov. 22) ... Earned his first starting assignment of the campaign vs. NJIT (Nov. 24) and dished out a team-high four assists ... Contributed seven points, five rebounds and five assists in win over Georgia Tech (Nov. 27) at the Orlando Classic ... Notched second 3-pointer of the season and was a perfect 4-of-4 from the field for 11 points in victory vs. Tennessee (Nov. 30) in the third-place game at the Orlando Classic ... Went 6-of-10 from the field to score 15 points, while pulling down a career-high nine rebounds and dishing out six asssists in a win over North Dakota (Dec. 22) ... Grabbed six rebounds and had five helpers ...

Class: RS Freshman Hometown: Milwaukee, Wis. High School: Dominican HS Height / Weight: 6-2 / 185 Position: G Experience: HS 2014-15 Season Notes:  Played 25 minutes and scored six points while adding four assists vs. UT Martin (Nov. 14) in his Marquette debut ... Knocked down a pair of second-half 3-pointers, scoring eight of MU's 13 bench points, and added two assists at No. 20 Ohio State (Nov. 18) ... Scored in double figures for the first time in his MU career with 15 points vs. Omaha (Nov. 22) ... Earned his first collegiate start vs. NJIT (Nov. 24) and answered with 18 points ... Scored 15 points and added three assists and three steals in loss to No. 20/19 Michigan State (Nov. 28) at the Orlando Classic ... Posted a career-high 30 points on 8-of-17 shooting from the floor (5-of-9 from 3-point range) in 67-59 win over Tennessee (Nov. 30) in the third-place game at the Orlando Classic ... Against Arizona State he knocked down nine free throws, tying a career high, ...

Class: Sophomore Hometown: Germantown, Wis. High School: Germantown HS Last College: Indiana Height / Weight: 6-11 / 245 Position: C Experience: TR 2014-15 Season Notes :  Made his season debut after becoming eligible on Dec. 16 vs. Arizona State by hitting 9-of-11 field goals, grabbing nine rebounds on his way to 19 points ... Followed that performance up with a career-high 22 points on a perfect 8-for-8 from the field vs. Alabama A&M (Dec. 19) ... Went 6-for-6 and scored 15 points, while pulling down nine rebounds vs. Morgan State (Dec. 28) ... Earned his first start in a win over Providence and scored 11 points (Jan. 3) ... Hit 6-of-6 field goals and scored 13 points in a career-high 33 minutes at Georgetown (Jan. 6). Indiana (2013-14):  Appeared in 13 games off the bench for the Hoosiers ... Averaged 2.8 points and 2.1 rebounds per game in 10.0 minutes per night ... Made his collegiate debut against Chicago State on Nov. 8 ... Chipped in six points...

Graduating student-athletes, record win totals, sold-out crowds, regular-season and tournament titles, postseason success and a three-time All-American son are part of the legacy that Greg McDermott has created in his first four seasons on The Hilltop . Named the 16th head coach in Creighton men’s basketball history on April 27, 2010, McDermott has gone 107-38 in his first four seasons, while returning the program to the national rankings with an up-tempo style of play that has fans turning out in record numbers.  Last season McDermott’s club led the nation in three-point percentage , three-pointers made and assist/turnover ratio, while also ranking second in three-pointers per game and assists per game . His son, Doug, swept all 14 National Player of the Year awards , led the nation in scoring (26.7 ppg.), became the fifth-leading scorer in Division I history (3,150 career points) and went on to become the 11th overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft (Chicago Bulls)...

by Creighton Bluejays Media Guide A sense of excitement is in the air as Creighton Basketball opens the 2014-15 season. The Championship Center, a 42,000 foot facility that contains 2 practice courts, 12 basket standards, an athletic performance center, offices, a locker room and players lounge opened in June and gives the Bluejays top-notch facilities. The new building is only fitting, because Greg McDermott will rely on some new faces in 2014-15 to plug the holes left by the winningest senior class in program history . Grant Gibbs, Jahenns Manigat, Ethan Wragge and National Player of the Year Doug McDermott graduated with 107 wins, three straight years with an NCAA Tournament win, and 5,964 points, 2,250 rebounds and 1,062 assists under their belt. The lone returning starter, senior point guard Austin Chatman , has started every game the past two seasons while piloting the Bluejays to a combined 55-16 record . Chatman will be asked to take on a more ...

By Jim Owczarski October 10, 2014 Coaches and other players were like ‘this kid is crazy.’ He would do whatever – it did not matter. - Josh Davalli The echo remains for Mike Dahlem, even after 30 years : hair, bone and flesh meeting wood, that supple smack that turns your stomach; the instantaneous ring of the iron under the bleachers that brings your shoulders to your ears. Steve Wojciechowski was just a seventh grader , an uncurbed point guard hurtling for a ball he couldn’t save. Dahlem was a junior varsity coach at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Baltimore, scouting potential players. He immediately made a call to his head varsity coach, Ray Mullis. There’s a kid we gotta get and you better come see him before other people know. Josh Davalli still hears an echo, too. Five years after Dahlem watched Wojciechowski Superman into the bleachers, the feverish guard was the senior captain at Cardinal Gibbons – and didn’t like the way his team was warming up prior to a game ...

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2014-15-ncaa-basketball-preview-the-big-east-villanova-wildcats-georgetown-hoyas-xavier-butler-creighton-marquette/ GRANTLAND - November 7, 2014   by Mark Titus   I’ve been critical of how Coach K disciples receive automatic praise from the college basketball world, even though they’ve combined to coach more than 110 seasons and they don’t have a single Final Four to show for it. Mike Krzyzewski is the best college basketball coach ever. We can give him credit for that while also acknowledging that his coaching tree has a lot of proving left to do. Yet, like clockwork, another Coach K disciple has been hired — this time at Marquette — and, like Pavlov’s dogs, another fan base is salivating over the thought of having a Coach K Jr. running its program. Well, I’ve got news for you, Marquette fans: After reading this Wojo profile from Jim Owczarski , you should know that … … I’M ALL IN ON WOJO!!! How could anyone who reads that article ...

http://mattinopadova.gelocal.it/sport/2015/02/05/news/schenetti-il-granata-redivivo-il-peggio-e-passato-adesso-sono-pronto-ad-aiutare-il-citta-1.10806648 L’esterno sinora ha giocato due partite, colpa di una brutta infiammazione al ginocchio. Preso il terzo portiere: Matteo Vaccarecci, ex Barletta e Frosinone di Diego Zilio , Il Mattino - Padova 5 febbraio 2015 CITTADELLA - «Il nostro miglior acquisto? Sarà sicuramente Andrea Schenetti, quando rientrerà in gruppo». Un bell’attestato di stima da parte di Claudio Foscarini, in pieno “mercato di riparazione”. E allora eccolo qui l’uomo nuovo del Cittadella versione 2015, da una settimana tornato finalmente a disposizione dell’allenatore granata, che lo ha portato con sé in panchina già nella gara contro il Trapani, dopo tre lunghi mesi di calvario. «Fa piacere ascoltare certe dichiarazioni», sottolinea il talentuoso esterno destro. «La società, d’altra parte, mi è sempre stata vicina in questo periodo e io non vedevo l’ora di...

Un altro autogol per il presidente dopo Optì Poba.  La Federazione: Nessun conflitto d’interesse...  Indignazione sul web di MARCO IARIA , Gazzetta dello Sport , 7 febbraio 2015 Dopo Optì Poba, i libri in nota spese Figc. Ancora un altro scivolone per Carlo Tavecchio, stavolta nella duplice veste di presidente federale e di autore di «Ti racconto il calcio», libro acquistato in 20 mila copie dalla Federcalcio per un totale di oltre 100 mila euro, come denunciato da Il Fatto Quotidiano. Un autogol non solo per l’inopportunità nel mettere in conto alla Figc un libro scritto da chi ne è il massimo dirigente, ma anche perché tutto ciò è stato fatto a novembre, nel pieno dell’era della spending review e dei tagli del Coni, che tante polemiche tra il calcio e gli altri sport hanno sollevato. IRA  Ieri Tavecchio era a Milano per partecipare al consiglio di Lega. All’uscita, davanti a taccuini e microfoni, ...

Hometown:   Severna Park, Md. Position:        Head Coach Alma Mater:  Duke (1998) Steve Wojciechowski , (pronounced woe-ju-HOW-skee) associate head coach under Mike Krzyzewski at Duke University, has been named the 17th head coach of the Marquette University men's basketball program, announced President-Elect Dr. Michael R. Lovell and Interim President Robert A. Wild, S.J. Wojciechowski, 38, served as an assistant coach at Duke since the 1999-2000 season and was promoted to associate head coach in the summer of 2008 . As a player and coach , he is a part of Duke's winning tradition, serving on the coaching staff for 2 NCAA tournament champions . During his tenure, the Blue Devils posted an incredible 441-92 record and competed in the NCAA tournament every year . President-Elect Lovell met extensively with Wojciechowski during the past week. "Steve has led under one of the top coaches in the nation for more than a decade, and h...

Secondo anno per la nuova Big East che potrebbe terminare, ancora una volta, con la vittoria finale di Villanova. In una conference molto equilibrata, di livello superiore rispetto a quella passata , però non sarebbe una grande sorpresa vedere una fra Georgetown e Xavier battagliare fino all’ultimo per il titolo . Senza dimenticare, ovviamente, Butler e St. John’s , pronte a stupire. Dovranno invece abbandonare i sogni di gloria, almeno per questa stagione, Creighton e Marquette , con De Paul impegnata a smentire, per la 7a stagione consecutiva , l’ultimo posto in graduatoria. LE MEDIE - CREIGHTON BLUE JAYS Doug Mc Dermott è uscito dal gruppo (quasi cit.). Battute a parte, i Bluejays devono fare i conti con la partenza di quattro quinti del loro starting-five . Oltre al nuovo giocatore dei Bulls , hanno lasciato Creighton anche Gibbs, Maniget e Wragger , tutti punti-cardine di un sistema che vedrà in Chatman l’unico reduce dalla scorsa annata .  McDermott padre, però,...

Former Marquette guard Travis Diener is No. 6 in school history with 1,691 points and third in assists with 617 È stato uno dei giocatori più amati del nostro campionato negli ultimi anni, grazie alle 4 stagioni con la Dinamo Sassari . Travis Diener ha lasciato il segno anche negli Stati Uniti: assieme a giocatori come Dwyane Wade e Steve Novak , ha portato Marquette alla semifinale nazionale NCAA – poi persa con Kansas – nel 2003 e in seguito ha giocato per cinque stagioni nella NBA.  Playmaker dalla fenomenale visione di gioco, Diener è sempre stato anche un ottimo tiratore dell’arco . Prima di ritirarsi quest’estate, l’ex playmaker della Dinamo è riuscito a vincere il suo primo trofeo italiano: la Coppa Italia . Dopo una carriera così intensa, terminata a 32 anni, Diener ha accettato subito di tornare a lavorare nel mondo del basket e più precisamente nell’ateneo con il quale aveva raggiunto traguardi straordinari. Marquette lo ha assunto a giugno come Directo...