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 ...

Usually I update the D1 Nation's alumni performances on a weekly basis.  Last night one of the Texas D1 Ambassadors most athletic alumni made his mark on the big stage.  Redshirt freshman Brian Williams of Baton Rouge Glen Oaks (LA) went to work. [caption id="attachment_9180" align="aligncenter" width="550" caption="Brian Williams: Oklahoma State"][/caption] Last night, #2 ranked Missouri came to Stillwater ...

[video id="Omq-YhH-f1o" type="youtube"] Big props to Converse Wagner and Texas D1 Ambassadors alum, Andre Roberson.  The super sophomore is one of the country's top double double men for the Colorado Buffaloes.  Here's a montage of dunks against Longwood, Texas A&M, Kansas State, Indiana and most recently Arizona State.  Andre is scheduled to go at the #5 pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. [caption id="attachm ...

Council approves basketball recruiting model The Division I Leadership Council approved the final elements of the men’s basketball recruiting model and will forward its recommendations for both summer access and on-campus evaluations to the Division I Board of Directors for its consideration Saturday. The Council approved a summer access model that will allow an entering or continuing men’s basketball stude ...

This week the D1 Nation had some scintillating performances. We also had a couple of newcomers to our performers of the week as two of our freshmen made their inaugural place on the top performances. 25.  Mark Nwakamma  Fr     6'6"         Leander (TX)                                        Hartford Nwakamma continues to imprint himself with increased minutes as he had 12 points 3 rebounds and 3 assists vs ...

The McDonald's All American Game is the most recognizable of all the national all star games at the end of a player's senior year.  The nominees for the March 28th game in Chicago have been released.  It will eventually be whittled down to 24 players for the prestigious affair. [caption id="attachment_8893" align="aligncenter" width="286" caption="John Henson: Circa July 2008"][/caption] The D1 Ambassadors ...

Huge congratulations to Texas D1 Ambassadors alumni Darrington "Butta" Hobson. The former New Mexico Lobo and Mountain West Conference MVP was drafted with the 37th pick overall in the NBA's 2010 Draft. Unfortunately, two hip surgeries put him on the shelf before he ever played a minute for the Milwaukee Bucks and he's spent the majority of the last few months in Albuquerque, NM rehabbing and getting ready ...