Galesburg will open in the Galesburg Thanksgiving Tourney on Friday, November 16. The schedule for the tourney has not been set but this year's tourney will have ten teams- Galesburg, East Moline, Springfield, Springfield SHG, Metamora, Washington, Champaign STM, Champaign Central, Danville Schlarman, and Rockford East. Champaign St. Thomas More, Champaign Central, and Washington are all new to the field.
Gone will be the Galesburg King Tourney. Replacing it on the schedule will be the one day Galesburg Invite, and the Downstate Classic. The Galesburg Invite will include Galesburg, Dunlap, Bloomington, and Macomb. The four team tourney will have teams square off in the morning, and then the winners and losers playing each other in the afternoon. The one day tourney will include both FS and Varsity divisions. Games will be played on Saturday, January 5.
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The Extra Champions Have
The other day, I was driving and listening to ESPNU on the
radio. They were having a discussion about what college coaches look for in
athletes. The obvious was that it starts with physical characteristics- size,
strength, speed. The consensus of most of the coaches was that while many
athletes share impressive physical characteristics, champions have a different
set of psychological or personal qualities. Listening to this discussion, it
became obvious to me that high school, college, and pro coaches all are looking
for some very important intangibles in their athletes.
Passion- This past winter, Loyola’s Porter Mosher talked
about his experience working as an assistant for the legendary coach, Rick
Majerus. Mosher described coming back from a recruiting trip, and describing
players he had observed. He would describe how they moved, their athleticism,
and how they could shoot. According to Mosher, Majerus would at some point interrupt
and ask, “Yes, but does he love the game?” Majerus view was that to become a
champion you had to invest incredible time and sweat. And you could not put the
time and sweat needed unless you loved what you were doing.
The point of Majerus, to become a champion, basketball must
be a priority. To become great, it has to be something you WANT to do.
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