My View/Your View: So You're Looking for Some Hoops

Need a basketball fix in April? Don't get fidgety. There's more to come before the summer months. Much more. It starts this week. A busy weekend is on tap for several high school basketball-related events. Stan Benge, coach of the 2009 USA Today national champion Ben Davis girls basketball team, is one of three Indianapolis-area coaches scheduled to speak at the Indiana Basketball Coaches' Association annual Spring Clinic at Lawrence North High School. Benge, whose state-champion Giants set a state record for girls basketball with 30 victories this season, will share his "Basketball Philosophy'' at 1 p.m. Friday. The two-day clinic, which provides a wealth of information to both young and older coaches alike, is for state-wide coaches and other IBCA members who've already registered. Benge's younger brother, Curt, the girls coach at Plainfield, will speak Saturday on "Man-to-Man Pressure Defense.'' Shaun Busick, boys coach at Zionsville, takes to the podium at 1:45 p.m. on Friday. His topic is "Building A Program K-12.'' Indiana's Tom Crean and Ball State's Billy Taylor and Indiana Fever coach Lin Dunn are also listed among the many speakers. Several IBCA awards will be presented. Other events targeted for Saturday: - The Boys Top 100 Showcase tips off at Ben Davis High School from 2- 8 p.m. - A special Senior Workout for graduating high school seniors who've yet to attract attention from college coaches should provide a golden opportunity to spur some interest for some athletes. The non-NCAA Division I workout for unsigned seniors (that means only for Divisions I, II, III, NAIA, Juco, Christian Colleges runs from 8-11 a.m. Participants need to present current transcripts complete with all test scores and a player profile. Send email regarding this event to: kmerri9491@aol.com and/or chiefs@ori.net. - The Boys and Girls City-County All-Star Games, the second of such games on back-to-back weekends, also are at Warren Central. The girls are featured at noon and the boys at 2 p.m. - The Class of 2013 Elite Mini Basketball Camp is May 16 (boys) and May 17 (girls). Call (219) 465-1111 for more information. - The Historic HOOSIER GYM Committee of Knightstown, in conjunction with Hoosier Basketball Magazine and Pacesetter Sports of Terre Haute, host the fourth annual Hoosiers' Reunion All-Star Classic on June 5. Game times for high school All-Star girls and boys doubleheader are 6- 8 p.m. - The first of back-to-back Indiana-Kentucky All-Star Games is June 13 at Conseco Fieldhouse and June 14 at Bellarmine College in Louisville. - The IBCA/IHSAA Girls Basketball Top 100 Showcase will be held at Ben Davis High School on July 11, beginning at 9 a.m. From the did-you-know-department: - Theresia Wynns, an assistant IHSAA commissioner and a girls basketball official for 19 years who's one of the nicest ladies in all of Indiana high school sports, will receive the 2009 St.Vincent Silver Medal Award at the Indiana Hall of Fame banquet on Saturday. Wynns, who was honored by the IHSAA as the outstanding official in 1983, oversees girls basketball for the state's governing body of high school sports.