The Providence Jam Fest was another well-run tournament by the Hoop Group. It brought teams primarily from the northeast corridor for a good weekend of basketball, with a couple of teams from outside the area coming as well.

When Brandon Jennings opted to play in Europe last summer, many wondered if it would be the start of a trend. Jeremy Tyler is going to do the same thing, but there’s an added twist that, along with the reasons involved, makes this a bad move.

The All-American game at the Jordan Brand Classic had a roster of players that certainly rivals that of the McDonald’s All-Americans. Unfortunately, like the McDonald’s game and many other all-star games, it was at times utterly unwatchable and not exactly a showing of the best basketball we have to offer in America.

We take a look at the second game of the Jordan Brand Classic tripleheader, the Regional game that featured players from New York City, both in and around.

We take a look at some of the talent in the International game of the Jordan Brand Classic, which started the day off with some young talent from all around the world.

With the 2008-09 season in the books, we take a look back at over 100 of the games played this season.

The last leg of our weekend trip to Virginia for travel team basketball took us to the second annual Take Your Best Shot, a tournament run by the DC Assault program. The event is held in a convenient location near Dulles Airport, the Hoop Magic Sports Academy. Sunday was full of playoff round action in all divisions, and the host program had a pretty good day when it was all said and done.

A look at some of the players who competed in the Boo Williams Invitational, annually one of the best travel team tournaments held in April.

We check in with some notes from a couple of days at the Playaz Spring Fling, as the travel team season unofficially gets going.

Now that John Calipari has become the highest paid college basketball coach, and during a terrible economic downturn, talk of the salaries of college coaches is front and center. He deserves every penny he gets, as does every other college coach out there.