VANCOUVER — Listen to Deb Huband talk about the ever-evolving state of the youngest team she has ever coached in her 23 seasons at the helm of the UBC Thunderbirds women’s basketball program, and one phrase — ‘eureka moments’ — stands out above all the others.
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The power of three! How SFU’s 2018 recruits Lenz, Swant & Kramer will flip the script and re-fortify depth of Clan women’s hoops
BURNABY — College basketball is filled with unexpected contingencies, the likes of which can, in the course of one offseason, drastically change the fabric of a program. Take the Simon Fraser Clan women’s basketball team as a prime example of that.
Simon Fraser football: New Clan head coach Thomas Ford brings unbridled optimism to the NCAA’s toughest job posting
BURNABY — The head football coaching position at Simon Fraser University might be the most challenging in any sport, at any level in the entire NCAA.
Kayla Gordon: From a coach’s intuition to her career fruition, TWU’s tiny-school recruit anchors Spartans’ hoop success
LANGLEY — You can’t realize your vision without first trusting your gut, and it was with that in mind that Cheryl Jean-Paul pondered everything about a unique package of talent she had suddenly found herself studying back in the summer of 2012.
JJ Pankratz: Clan senior helped build Simon Fraser’s NCAA hoops foundation by planting his roots on Burnaby Mountain
BURNABY — There is an old saying about getting so caught up in the moment that you can’t see the forest for the trees.
TSUMURA: My 3 big takeaways after SFU Clan men’s basketball tops Central Washington
BURNABY — You could feel it. That was the vibe in the air Thursday night in the moments before tip-off at the West Gym atop Burnaby Mountain.
Doctor’s order: UFV’s 2018 Hall of Famer Peter Wauthy discovered precision for a life in medicine started with basketball
ABBOTSFORD — Peter Wauthy never got a chance to play basketball at the Envision Financial Athletic Centre, yet after this weekend, fans of the Fraser Valley Cascades men’s basketball team will be reminded of one of their past heart-and-soul hardcourt heroes each time they pass through the mezzanine of their home gymnasium.
A Yu-Turn back to Prince George hoops! UBC’s Jordan Yu returns as a coaching Condor
LANGLEY — Yu bet. That was the headline to a story I had written almost 12 years ago in the pages of The (Vancouver) Province newspaper.
The Varsity Letters’ Super 15! It’s our annual list of B.C.’s top senior boys volleyball players!
LANGLEY — The coaches of B.C.’s four U Sports men’s volleyball programs have answered our call and cast their votes to determine B.C.’s top Grade 12 senior varsity boys volleyball player.
Bates fired as Clan head coach, Simon Fraser vows commitment to football as new coaching search begins at SFU
BURNABY — The stormiest day yet in this tumultuous era of Simon Fraser Clan football hit hard Thursday with news that the school had fired head coach Kelly Bates after three winless seasons.