When Georgetown University won the NCAA men's basketball championship in 1984, head coach John Thompson made history. Thompson, though, had mixed feelings about becoming the first African American ...

I don’t know a whole lot about him except he’s a terrific basketball coach ... Jim Boeheim and Jim Calhoun. John Thompson and John Chaney. Many, many others. It’s doable if you can ...

He bent for no one. Not even Bob Knight in his prime, who ranks alongside John Thompson as the most intimidating coaching figures in college basketball history. A Season on the Brink ended up ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rick Pitino has matched wits with Mike Krzyzewski and Dean Smith, with John Thompson and Jim Boeheim ... a special place in the college basketball ecosystem: Pitino against ...