It’s easy to assume the basket Japanese Basketball League rookie Eric Roberts of Eagle River scored in final moments of his team’s blowout victory was meaningless. Hardly. The basket was actually a testament to his persistence as it represented his first points as a professional player. The 23-year-old rookie reserve converted his only shot attempt… Read more »

We’ve always had success in the NCAA Tournament, with Alaskans winning seven of eight potential title games. Maybe our good luck will rub off on today’s crop of Division I basketball talent. Five Alaska men are in the hunt for postseason titles this spring, most notably Anchorage’s Jalil Abdul-Bassit or Oregon and Eagle River’s Eric… Read more »

Our 64-player bracket to determine Alaska’s Greatest NCAA D1 Men’s Basketball Player has reached the final four. The Big 3 + 1. Mario Chalmers of Anchorage, Carlos Boozer of Juneau, Trajan Langdon of Anchorage and Kyle Bailey of Fairbanks. When it comes to the greatest D1 players from Alaska, these are the faces that make… Read more »

Our 64-player bracket to determine Alaska’s Greatest NCAA D1 Men’s Basketball Player is down to the quarterfinals. Alaska’s elite eight. Four guards from Anchorage – Mario Chalmers, Muff Butler, Devon Bookert and Trajan Langdon. Another guard from Fairbanks – Kyle Bailey. And three power forwards – Chris Devine from Eagle River, Carlos Boozer from Juneau… Read more »

During the COVID-19 outbreak Alaska Sports Blog editor Van Williams will take the opportunity to take a retrospective look at Alaska sports. Just like with the NCAA Tournament, survive and advance is the name of the game in our 64-player bracket to determine Alaska’s Greatest NCAA D1 Men’s Basketball Player. The second round in this… Read more »

During the COVID-19 outbreak Alaska Sports Blog editor Van Williams will take the opportunity to take a retrospective look at Alaska sports. The first round of the 64-player bracket in the books. We have now sliced the field in half and moved closer to determining Alaska’s Greatest NCAA D1 Men’s Basketball Player. The opening round… Read more »

During the COVID-19 outbreak Alaska Sports Blog editor Van Williams will take the opportunity to take a retrospective look at Alaska sports. Big guards, small forwards and 7-footers. Bombers and bangers. All-Americans, all-conference picks and national champions. The Last Frontier produces all types of college basketball players. As the only state in the country without… Read more »

Coming out of high school, Ruthy Hebard of Fairbanks basically had her choice of where she wanted to play college basketball. She picked the Oregon Ducks, a decision that confused some because the Pac-12 program wasn’t a perennial power on the national scale. By now, though, people have realized Hebard is an original. The 6-foot-4… Read more »