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• Server change tomorrow night!

  I want to let everyone know that we will be moving Florida Hoops to a new server late tomorrow night. The down time should be minimal. However, in order to keep up with the demand, it is necessary that we make these changes. We will have some subtle di...

• Kelly Beckham Named 2009 Florida Dairy Farmers Coach-of-the-Year

  GAINESVILLE (April 8) --- Gainesville High S...

• Brandon Knight Named 2009 Florida Dairy Farmers Mr. Basketball

  GAINESVILLE (April 8) --- Ft. Lauderdale Pine Crest High School’s Brandon Knight has been ...

• Travel Team Rankings

  Rick has been doing a phenomonal job  with his team previews and event reports. Eric got a chance to visit the Ralei Sealy event last weekend and Rick was in St. Petersburg. So, between the two of them they have seen every major team in the state,...

• What Could Have Been

  This is a tale of three schools.  All three lack any kind of recent history of sustained basketball success.  And yet, if the schools had been able to keep the players that resid...

• YO! BK!

  Brandon Knight is a great player.  He's a consensus top five player nationally in the class of 2010.  He's earned many individual honors as well as two state championships with P...

• UNCF All-Star Game

  The 2009 United Negro College Fund All-Star High School...

• The "B.O.B" Awards!!

  In contrast to what many believe about BOB, the economy has impacted the group.

  Season ending rankings!!

  Does one game define a team's season? What does it take to really define a season? Our Power 12 rankings are complete for the 2008-2009 season. There are several teams that made the trip...

• The Road to Lakeland - Finals

  Our swami's crystal ball definitely was cloudy on the last round as who could have possibly called a couple of the upsets that took place. The staff went 8 of 12 for a miserable 67%. Wel...

• The Road to Lakeland - Final Four

  Well, we finally made it. All roads lead to Lakeland at this point in the playoffs. We'll see new champions in several classes and it looks like we'll see several teams repeat. The last ...

• It Happens Every Year

  Get used to it.

  Every year at this time, the various members of "BOB" (the Brotherhood of Basketball) ...

• A feel good story

  The Road to Lakeland - Regional Finals

  The Road to Lakeland - Round 2

  A few hiccups along the way will force us to revise several of our selections for the Second Round. Some question marks on who is going to step up and make it to the Regional Finals will...

• The Road to Lakeland - Round 1 Results

  All that I can say is "Wow!" what a First Round. A shocking conclusion in Class 6A as our favorite to capture the state championship ends their season with two losses in a row. Class 5A ...

• The Road to Lakeland - Class 6A

  It seems that the toughest class to call year in and year out is Class 6A. Who's year is it? Is it a team out of Orlando, Miami, or Ft. Lauderdale? Look back at the last ten years...

• Anyone having trouble?

  My weekly phone calls with my hoops friends yielded an interesting comment about the message board. It seems some of them had trouble viewing and posting to it over the last several days...

• The Road to Lakeland - Class 5A

  Will there be a different champion in Class 5A this year? Well, Northeast proved that there just could be after their win over Dillard in the District 16 final in Region IV. Actually, a ...

• The Road to Lakeland - Class 4A

  Some great contests are going to come from Class 4A over the next couple of weeks. A “you pick ‘em remark” from one staff member, our crystal ball was dropped and it‘s still clou...