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Anytime I get the opportunity to correlate sports and business I take it. We can learn so much from coaches and teams and their journeys. The current state of collegiate sports is all about learning to adapt and persevere to achieve success. #xp2win #nil #portal #transfer #sports #ncaa #collegiate Revolutionizing Collegiate Sports: The Impact of NIL and Transfer Portal — Jim Webb | People Builders

What kind of Champion you are, matters! 🏆🏆🏆 With the popularity of basketball across our great nation and their being so many great players playing a lot of different tournaments and leagues have been created. This is great for competition, this increases opportunities. However, we live in a world where there can only be one Number 1. American fans, all the players and teams, and the basketball community wants to know the answer to this one simple question, "Who is the best professional basketball team in the USA, outside the NBA"? The United States Basketball Championship USBC is an invitational tournament that seeks to find the top pro basketball team across the country and have them play till there is only 1 United States Basketball Champion, the #1 pro basketball team in America. The great thing about sports is all arguments can be settled on the court. If you want to be the best, you have to prove it and earn it by beating the best. If you want to become a Champion, you have to compete and fight for it. The United States Basketball Championship invites 96 teams nationwide. Every game and every point are important in order to increase your team's chances of lifting that Trophy and earning your name at the top of the list. If you a team or a player this is your opportunity to play, win, and earn your spot in history as well as becoming a National Champion, the Champion of the United States of America in men's professional basketball. #usbn #2024usbc #champion #basketballchampion #championship #basketballchampionship #usabasketball

Happy March Madness Day! Today is the official launch of the annual NCAA March Madness tournament! And things are about to get exciting. In the spirit of Sports as a key driver of audiences, connected experiences and monetization in our business, we wanted to make sure you have all your trivia ready to go. Here's what you might have never known, but will make a fun fact on your Zooms and in your brackets and at the dinner table. FIRST: The original phrase is believed to date back to the 1800s and is through to be connected Rabbits - aka a March hare. For the excited behavior of rabbits in March. NOW, onto Basketball. According to NCAA.com, Deadspin and Sportspro.com - The first NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was played in 1939.  It had eight teams.  - Oregon is the first NCAA tournament champion, beating Ohio State for the title. (our CMO Shannon Pruitt is a proud Duck so GO DUCKS!) - The NCAA tournament field grew to 16 teams in 1951, doubled to 32 in 1975 and expanded to its current size of 64 teams in 1985.  - The term 'March Madness' was first used in reference to basketball by an Illinois high school official, Henry V. Porter, in 1939.  - March Madness wouldn't become associated with the NCAA tournament until Brent Musberger used it during coverage of the 1982 tournament. (The Power of Influence) - North Carolina leads with the most wins ever with 131, followed by Kentucky with 130, and Duke with 118 - Although the NCAA Division I basketball tournament has been around since 1939, the women were not included until 1982. Women had a long fight with the NCAA before that, even after Title IX was passed in 1972, to realize this big change. - In 2023, the Women's Final beat the men's for viewship and set a record with 9.9 million views. This far surpassed 2022s average of 4.9 million viewers and and the previous record of 5.2 million set for the 2002 title game. T The 2023 Women’s March Madness shattered numerous viewership records, with the ‘Elite Eight’ games averaging 2.2 million viewers, up 43% YoY. #sports #womenssports #ncaa #Marchmadness #media #livesports #liveevents #eyeballs #ratings #basketball

The Premier Lacrosse League assigned each of its eight clubs to home markets prior to the start of the 2024 season. The barnstorming league made the move in an attempt to begin building ‘generational fandom’ (think: the love for ones’ team gets passed down). It believes tying clubs to geo-locations is the surest way to cultivate an impassioned fan base and simultaneously grow its business.  “Our goal is to create true foundational fandom that starts to elevate and move lacrosse into the upper tier of sports consumption,” Jerod Laughlin (SVP of growth, PLL) said. Early indications suggest the league is headed in the right direction. Performance Through Week 5 -Onsite merchandise sales are up 38% YoY -Attendance up 15.9% YoY -App users (+46.6%) and user sessions (+98.8%) are both up YoY -Social media views have increased YoY at the league (+49.61%) and team (143.49%) levels -PLL Play youth tournament participation has risen 21% YoY #strategy #sportsbiz #lacrosse #local #NewYork cc: Randall Friedman Ryan Dastrup, PhD Jacie Brandes Tom Brady Long Ellis III Michael Rabil https://lnkd.in/eZDQcE6n

🏆2024 United States Basketball Championship 2024 USBC presented by USBN Across America there is leagues and leagues of professional basketball teams. New leagues come and go. More new teams pop up as other teams disappear. The USBC only cares about 1. The best professional basketball team in America, outside the NBA. No matter what league, what state, or who you have played, USBC wants the answer to, "Who is the #1 Pro Basketball Team in America"? The 2024 format for the USBC will invite 96 teams from all around the country to participate. Teams must win their Region Tournament in Round 1. Twelve Team make it to the Round 2, the Tournament of 12 (T12) where every game and every point matters. The top two teams from the standings after Round 2 advance to the USBC Finals, Round 3, the 2024 United States Basketball Championship. The winner will be the #1 Ranked Professional Basketball Team in the Nation. The rest of the competing teams will fill out the Top 50 Teams. These ranks will remain in place till the 2025 USBC is over. The USBC is just one of the USBN's tools to improve, enhance, and promote professional basketball in the USA, that is not the NBA. It is USBN's goal to expand viewership, enhance coverage, and supporting grassroots basketball development. Through its' strategic advertising and partnerships, brands can leverage USBN's extensive reach and engaged audience to increase brand awareness, drive customer engagement, and demonstrate commitment to sports and community. #usbn #2024usbc #basketball #usabasketball #namingrights #sponsorshipopportunity

With many student-athletes now earning millions of dollars via NIL deals from Collectives, outside deals and coming in the fall of 2025 from their school's revenue-sharing as a result of House vs. NCAA, there are many tax and financial planning considerations to take into account. Off Court Management Group, LLC may be able to assist in some of these areas to help save taxes, plan for your future as well as protect student-athletes from liability. #offcourtmanagement #NIL #HouseVsNCAA

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U.S. college basketball fans are ready for "March Madness", were top teams face off against underdog teams in a series of games. 🏀 How many remember the time a group of college basketball players beat one of the greatest collections of professional NBA players of all time, the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team? That Olympic team was made up of top talent like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, Scottie Pippen, Karl Malone, and Patrick Ewing. 🌟 Despite being made up of some of the greatest players of all time, they LOST to the college players in a 20-minute scrimmage before the Olympics. But if they have brought together a group of high performers, why didn't they get the great result they expected? Scottie Pippen had the answer, when asked why it happened: “We didn’t know how to play with each other.” The group then focused their practices on how to play together AS A TEAM. They went on to win EVERY game they played in the Olympics, scoring over 100 points in every game. They left with the gold medal. 🥇 If you have picked top performers for your project or management team but aren't seeing high-performing results, you may have the same challenge and opportunity! #marchmadness #teamperformance #leadership #highperformingteam https://lnkd.in/eEE5ikd2

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As Women’s History Month draws to a close, I find myself immersed in the excitement of March Madness, thanks to Cheick Thiero. As a lifelong gender champion, I am compelled to highlight the groundbreaking achievements in NCAA women’s college basketball. From the coaches to the players, they are continuously shattering barriers. Two names take center stage: Hall of Famer Coach Dawn Staley of the South Carolina Gamecocks and Caitlin Clark, the superstar of the Iowa Hawkeyes projected to be the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming WNBA draft on April 15. Key facts to note: 🔥 The first two rounds of the women’s NCAA tournament broke attendance and viewership records set just last year – and it wasn’t even close. 🏀 This past Monday's matchup between Iowa and West Virginia drew 4.9 million viewers, setting a record for a women’s D-I tournament game before the Final Four. 📺👀 Before even stepping into the WNBA, Caitlin Clark just received an offer of $5 million to join the Big3, a 3-on-3 professional basketball league founded by Ice Cube, a legendary Generation X rapper, hip-hop icon, and actor who has employed several former NBA players. 💰💥 Dawn Staley is the 2nd highest-paid coach and deserves all her flowers as the shining example of exemplary leadership, which is why her women’s team has again earned the #1 overall seed. Tune in for this Friday’s first game, which promises to be historic. 🌟🏆 In this video, Coach Staley drops some gems of teachable moments in the depths of adversity that build character and show that even in loss, there are ways to win. In the words of Coach Dawn Staley, there is a demand for new storylines for women’s basketball! #Marchmadness #ncaatournament #leadership #womenofimpact #basketball #education #sports #storytelling