ABBOTSFORD — To an impressionable middle schooler, they served as his early mentors, a pair of giving gurus who would not only come to share a past with Fraser Valley Cascades’ guard Riley Braich, but a path towards a common goal.
University Men’s Basketball
Gladstone’s Michael Chany: How a ‘visionary’ kid paved his path to Capilano U hoops
VANCOUVER — There is an old saying about how having vision can help you to see the impossible.
UBC’s Conor Morgan: ‘Birds hoops star puts pro career on hold for final kick at national crown
VANCOUVER — Conor Morgan has a bright future ahead of him when it comes to the prospect of making a healthy living playing the game he loves.UBC Thunderbirds’ fans, in fact, may be surprised to learn just how close the nation’s second-leading scorer came during the off-season to hanging up his blue-and-gold jersey in exchange […]
Kelowna’s Mason Bourcier stamps platinum status on UBC Thunderbirds solid gold recruiting class
VANCOUVER — Mason Bourcier is turning the 2017 recruiting class of the UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball program into the school’s own version of the NBA’s 1996 draft lottery.
TSUMURA: Clan hoops recruit O’Brien brings a little Phi Slama Jamma up Burnaby Mountain
BURNABY — The Simon Fraser Clan have added a slam-dunk recruit to the roster of its men’s basketball team.
UBC gets Grant the Great! Kelowna’s Quad-A MVP Grant Shephard chooses ‘Birds
(This is a complete write-through of the earlier story Varsity Letters broke on UBC’s signing of former Kelowna Owls basketball star Grant Shephard. There’s more quotes from all concerned including Shephard’s former high school coach Harry Parmar, and additional reporting on the impact his arrival could have on the program)VANCOUVER — Even after an inglorious end to its 2016-17 U Sports […]
SFU Clan lands ‘uncanny shooter’ Bryson, NCAA signing day nets top Washington talent
BURNABY — When it comes to talking about his shooting abilities on the basketball court, Drew Bryson brings a level of ‘wow’ to the conversation.
Tammy’s Sukh Bains turns three-year hoops odyssey into NCAA Div. 1 future at Wisc-Green Bay
In his senior year of 2013-14, at Surrey’s Tamanawis Secondary, Sukhjot Bains was voted B.C.’s No. 1 senior boys basketball player.
The Totem becomes a Thunderbird: Semi’s Wallack evokes memories of all-time UBC great
SURREY — Brian Wallack was somewhere around three years of age when a young player from Salmon Arm Secondary named Casey Archibald first donned the blue-and-gold of the UBC Thunderbirds.
Holy Cross’ Konn, Bailey of VC’s Irish each choose SFU Clan to start collegiate careers
BURNABY — A pair of B.C.’s best graduating seniors, each adept at performing in an uptempo setting, have cast their futures with the Simon Fraser Clan men’s basketball program.