USC’s Young Leaving Early for NBA: USC’s Nick Young will forgo his senior year and enter the NBA draft to fulfill a personal dream and help out his family. The 6-6, 200-pound junior said it was a tough decision to make but that the deciding factor was his wish to help his family have a better life. Young, 21, averaged 17.5 points and 4.6 rebounds per game this season, leading the Trojans to two NCAA tournament victories before falling to North Carolina in the third round. He was also selected to the All-Pac 10 first-team for the second consecutive season. Young, USC ‘s sixth all-time leading scorer, said he’s been told he’ll be a first-round pick. [4/18/07]
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The Seven C’s of Leadership
Former college basketball coach Mike Jarvis is back with a new book, The Seven C's of Leadership.
"Every one of us has leadership within us and this book offers fascinating principals that work in any setting—from the locker room to the executive board room. In The Seven C's of Leadership, Coach Jarvis lays out the essential ingredients of leadership."
-Jay Wright, NCAA Championship Men’s Basketball Coach, Villanova University
"At a time in America when we are witnessing an epidemic of opioid addictions and deaths, along with suicides, we need Coach Jarvis' Seven C's of Leadership – grounded in the power of Christ alone where we should all make our stand.”
-Lietenant Colonel Allen B. West (U.S. Army, Retired), Bronze Star recipient, and Member 112th U.S. Congress
"The Seven C's of Leadership is a slam dunk! Coach Jarvis has always been an outstanding leader because he has the ability to decipher what true leadership really means.”
-Dale Brown, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, LSU, 1972-1997, Member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and Shaquille O’Neal’s college coach