Sunday, February 28, 2016

Pepperdine Men's Basketball

  Today, my blog is going to be about Pepperdine Men's Basketball.  Pepperdine Men's Basketball team plays all of their home games at Firestone Fieldhouse.  Firestone Fieldhouse is located in Malibu, California.  Pepperdine's baketball team's colors, are Blue and Orange.  Pepperdine has had a few of their basketball players make it to the NBA.  The names of the players that made it to the NBA are Bob O'Brien, Dennis Johnson, Doug Christie, Bird Averitt, and Brandon Armstrong.  Pepperdine's most successful NBA player was Dennis Johnson.  Dennis Johnson was a 3 time NBA champion, 5 time NBA All star, and was the MVP of the NBA Finals in 1979.  Dennis was also inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame and had his number retired by the Celtics.  I hope you enjoyed my blog today about Pepperdine Men's Basketball.

San Jose Sharks

  Today, my blog is going to be about the San Jose Sharks.  The San Jose Sharks are a profesional hockey team that plays in San Jose, California.  The Sharks play all of their home games at SAP Center.  The Sharks haven't always played in San Jose.  They used to play in San Francisco, California from 1991-1993.  In San Francisco, the Sharks played at the Cow Palace.  The Sharks haven't ever won a Stanley Cup.  The Harks have had a few of their players inducted into the Hall of Fame.  The names of the players who were inducted into the Hall of Fame are Ed Belfour, Rob Blake, and Igor Larionov.  Hopefully this season the Sharks could win their first Stanley Cup.  I hope you enjoyed my blog this week about the San Jose Sharks.

USC Men's Basketball

  Today, my blog is going to be about USC Men's Basketball.  USC Men's Basketball team plays all of their home games at the Galen Center.  They didn't always play at the Galen Center.  They used to play in the Shrine Auditorium.  They later played in the Pan-Pacific Auditorium.  They finally moved to the Galen Center in 2006.  Usc plays in the Pac-12 Conference.  Their team colors are cardinal and gold.  Their nickname is the Trojans.  Many players from USC have made it to the NBA.  The names of the players that made it to the NBA are DeMar Derozan, O.J. Mayo, Nikola Vucevic, Taj GIbson, Nick Young, David Blu, Harold Miner, Brian Scalibrine, Gus Williams, Paul Westfall, Alex Hannum. Bill Sharman, Tex Winter, and Jack Gardner.  I hope you enjoyed my blog this week about USC Men's Basketball.

Saturday, February 27, 2016

UCLA Men's Basketball

  Today, my blog is going to be about UCLA Men's Basketball.  UCLA won ten national championships under Coach John Wooden.  John Wooden is known as one of the best college basketball head coaches of all time.  UCLA's nickname is the Bruins.  Their team colors are blue and gold.  UCLA has had many NBA players come from their basketball program. Some of the names of the NBA players that came from UCLA are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Reggie Miller, Bill Walton, Jamaal Wilkes, Kevin Love, and Russel Westbrook.  The Bruins play all of their home games at Pauley Pavilion.  Pauley Pavilion is located inside of UCLA's school campus.  Personally, I would like to play for the UCLA Men's Basketball team.