25. Max Yon         Fr.   6'5"              San Antonio Reagan (TX)                              Air Force Yon is beginning to get minutes. Last night he had 10 points, 2 rebounds and was Player of the Game as Air Force had it's first ever victory over a Top 20 team in it's history vs San Diego State. 24. Tre Nichols    Sr.  5'11"            Killeen  (TX)                                                      ...

This is the beginning of my 12th year of involvement with the summer basketball scene.  As founder of the Texas D1 Ambassadors I've had the privelege of coaching many high level players at National Camps and coaching Texas players for 9 years on the "circuit".  It was with mixed emotions two years ago when I stepped down from coaching on a regular basis and took on my Founder role and perhaps most important ...

As the NCAA tournament and it's March Madness nears  the D1 Ambassadors alumni keeps on rolling along with outstanding performances every week.  It's impressive what the boys have done, especially the Class of 2010 and 2011 who are getting major minutes as freshmen, sophomores and redshirt freshmen. 25.  Daniel Alexander      RS-Fr.   6'9"      Dripping Springs (TX)               Texas A&M Alexander had ...

[caption id="attachment_9635" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Picture Compliments of Jeff Huehn/UTSA Athletics"][/caption] NACOGDOCHES — Sophomore Judy Jones recorded her second consecutive double-double with a season-high 19 points and 11 rebounds, but it was not enough and Stephen F. Austin snapped a three-game losing streak against the Roadrunners with a 73-64 victory on Saturday at Johnson Coli ...

[video id="TSXzpEZBKys" type="youtube"] Baylor keeps stacking it's front line.  With a commitment already in the books from 2012 P 7'2" Isaiah Austin the Bears have now added 6' 7" man child Ricardo Gathers of Reserve Riverside Academy (LA).  Gathers orginally committed to St. John's but had a change of heart and did not sign in November.  He is ranked #37 Nationally in the Class of 2012 by Rivals.com [capt ...

The StatSheet Big 12 Freshman of the Week Award Texas D1 Ambassadors alum, Oklahoma State's Brian Williams Brian Williams was on the floor an average of 38 minutes as a starter for Oklahoma State. His average in scoring (14.5 pts per game) topped all Big 12 freshmen. In an 80-63 win over Texas Tech, Williams tallied 6 points and 4 rebounds. Following that in a 64-60 loss to Baylor, he led all scoring with 2 ...

What a week for the D1 Nation and it's D1 Ambassadors college alumni.  Did anyone catch the Sports Center highlight of Memphis Tigers F 6'5" D.J. Stephens catching one off the rim and tomahawking it home?  Wow.  The Pride of Harker Heights (TX) is a highlight guy and a threat to posterize someone every time out. [caption id="attachment_9456" align="aligncenter" width="202" caption="D.J. Stephens: Memphis ...

While other folks are getting ready for their Super Bowl Parties and what turned out to be a heck of a game, the D1 Nation never sleeps.  It's basketball all day, every day.  The pulse of grassroots basketball has a lot in common in that respect with Texas Tech Head Coach Billy Clyde Gillispie.  Today, Texas Tech offered and 2013 F 6'7" Blake Danielak accepted.  Texas Tech fans and most of the basketball wo ...

Seems like there's not a lot these days can be done without red tape and a whole lot of paper shuffling.  2012 G Daryl Milburn of Baton Rouge McKinley (LA) had received his McDonald's All American nominee certificate, yet he was not included on the official list released last week.  His dad was miffed and called me about it. [caption id="attachment_9324" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="2012 G Daryl ...

One of the most enjoyable things about being the standard bearer for publicity in the Killeen-Austin-San Antonio area is seeing the kids we've touched with the D1 Ambassadors now manifest their talents in the classroom and on the court at the college level.  It takes about 4 hours for me to comb through every NCAA game on a weekly basis to compile all of our alumni's performances of the week.  It's a labor ...