Schedule

2013 WBCA National Convention
Schedule of Events (tentative and subject to change)

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All events are listed in local time (Central time).
All sessions are open to all registrants unless otherwise noted.
ENMCC - Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

Friday, April 5, 2013
10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. WBCA Executive Committee Meeting - New Orleans Marriott
1 - 4 p.m. WBCA Board of Directors Meeting - New Orleans Marriott
1 - 8 p.m. WBCA Convention Registration - ENMCC
1 - 8 p.m. 4Kay® Run Hydrated Presented by Northwestern Mutual Packet pick up - ENMCC
2 - 5 p.m. Horizon League Meeting - New Orleans Marriott
3:30 - 5:30 p.m. Roundtables - ENMCC
7 - 8:30 p.m. Wow 4Yow Welcome Party - Bourbon Vieux at 501 Bourbon Street (departing from New Orleans Marriott lobby at 6:45 p.m. for a Wow 4Yow Parade to Bourbon Vieux; Play 4Kay participants will be recognized; capacity is limited to first 500 guests)
7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Women's Final Four Salute Premiere - Mardi Gras World

Saturday, April 6, 2013
6:30 a.m. 4Kay® Run Hydrated presented by Northwestern Mutual Registration & Packet pick up - Tourney Town (Center Stage)
8 - 9 a.m. 4Kay® Run Hydrated presented by Northwestern Mutual - Tourney Town (Center Stage)
8 - 10 a.m. Roundtables - ENMCC Hall G lobby
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Tip-Off Reception presented by United States Marine Corps - ENMCC
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. POWERADE/NCAA® Youth Clinics - Joe Brown Memorial Park and Isidore Newman School
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. WBCA Courtside Expo - ENMCC
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. WBCA Convention Registration - ENMCC
9 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. On-Court Sessions - ENMCC

• 9 - 9:45 a.m. Daynia La-Force, Northeastern, "Dribble Drive Offense"
• 10:15 - 11 a.m. Tina Martin, Delaware, "2-3 Match Up Zone and Transition Zone"
• 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Jackie Ansley, Performance Training Inc., "Visionary Reaction Training with Precise Basketball Movements"
• 12:45 - 1:30 p.m. Jim Crowley, St. Bonaventure, "Player Development: Forward Individual and Guard Individual"
• 2 - 2:45 p.m. Kris Huffman, DePaul University, TBD
• 3 - 3:45 p.m. Gary Blair, Texas A&M, "Inbound Plays and Other Winning Plays"

10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Tourney Town^TM - Adjacent to New Orleans Arena
10 - 11:30 a.m. Assistant Coaches Business Meeting and Panel Discussion - ENMCC
11 a.m. - noon Learning Lab: "Elevating Athletic Performance to a new level." Joan Shafer, Whole-In-One - ENMCC
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Ohio Valley Conference Meeting - New Orleans Marriott
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Directors of Basketball Operations Office Hours - ENMCC
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Video Coordinators Office Hours - ENMCC
11 a.m. - 3:50 p.m. NCAA Open Practices (11 a.m. - Noon High Seed Semifinal Game 1 Practice, 12:10 - 1:10 p.m. Low Seed Semifinal Game 1 Practice, 1:40 - 2:40 p.m. High Seed Semifinal Game 2, 2:50 - 3:50 p.m. Low Seed Semifinal Game 2) - New Orleans Arena
Noon - 1 p.m. Learning Lab: "Excel Still More" Best Practices for Head Coaches" Coquese Washington and Stephanie Zonars, Penn State - ENMCC
Noon - 5 p.m. Kay Yow Cancer Fund Board Meeting - New Orleans Marriott
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Recruiting of a JUCO Student-Athlete - ENMCC
1:10 - 1:40 p.m. WBCA Coaches' All-America Team Presentation - New Orleans Arena
1 - 2 p.m. Learning Lab: "Training mental strength: Why You Need to Make the Time." Mora Kanim, Coaching C.L.O.U.T., LLC. - ENMCC
1 - 3 p.m. Roundtables - ENMCC
2 - 3:30 p.m. Learning Lab: "Selection and Development of Team Captains." Eric Kapitulik, The Program, LLC - ENMCC
2 - 4:30 p.m. Division I Conference Captains (DI Conference Captains only) - ENMCC
4:30 p.m. WBCA High School All-America Game presented by NIKE - New Orleans Arena
5:09 p.m. Men's Final Four - Game #1
7:49 p.m. (Approximately 40 minutes after game #1 Men's Final Four) Men's Final Four - Game #2

Sunday, April 7, 2013
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. FCA Non-Denominational Service - New Orleans Marriott
8:30 - 9 a.m. On-Court Skill Development: "Advanced Preseason and Postseason Skill Development." Nadine Domond, ND Basketball Services - ENMCC
8:30 - 10 a.m. Roundtables - ENMCC
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. WBCA Courtside Expo - ENMCC
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. WBCA Convention Registration - ENMCC
9 - 10 a.m. FCA/Kay Yow Heart of a Coach Award Breakfast (No additional fee) - New Orleans Marriott
9:15 a.m. - 4 p.m. On-Court Sessions - ENMCC

• 9:15 - 10 a.m. Jim Jabir, Dayton, "Offensive Transition - 'Phoenix' "
• 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. Michele Savage, Davidson College, "Triangle Offense"
• 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Linn Dunn, Indiana Fever, "3 Major Keys to Success - Defend; Rebound; Balanced Offense"
• 1 - 1:45 p.m. Carmen Dolfo, Western Washington, "Man to Man, Switching Defense & Fundamentals and Drills"
• 2:15 - 3 p.m. Bonnie Henrickson, Kansas, "Kansas Practice Drills"
• 3:15 - 4 p.m. Quentin Hillsman, Syracuse, "2-3 Zone Defense"

9:30 - 11 a.m. Division II Conference Captains (Conference Captains only) - ENMCC
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tourney Town - Adjacent to New Orleans Arena
10 - 11 a.m. Learning Lab: "A Dozen Laws of Mental Performance - Improve Your Game without Working Harder." Cathy Crosslin, Instar Performance - ENMCC
10:30 a.m. - noon Male Coaches of Women's Basketball - ENMCC
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Directors of Basketball Operations Roundtables - ENMCC
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Pac-12 Conference Meeting - New Orleans Marriott
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Video Coordinators Office Hours - ENMCC
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Learning Lab: "The Science (And Advantages) of Personality Recruiting." Dan Tudor, Tudor Collegiate Strategies - ENMCC
Noon - 3 p.m. Ivy League Meeting - New Orleans Marriott
12:30 - 2 p.m. Division I Coaches Speed Scheduling: Basketball Travelers Speed (Game) Dating Session "Speed Dating" - ENMCC
12:30 - 2 p.m. Division III Conference Captains (DIII Conference Captains only) - ENMCC
12:30 - 2:30 p.m. Black Coaches and Administrators Meeting - ENMCC
1 - 2 p.m. Asian Coaches Association (ACA) meeting - ENMCC
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Learning Lab: "Stop the Drama! Why Conflict Resolution is a Challenge: What Coaches can do to Help Their Teams Move Past Disagreements & Focus on Winning." Doc Robyn Odegaard
2 - 3:30 p.m. WBCA Ethics Committee Meeting - New Orleans Marriott
5:30 p.m. Women's Final Four - Game #1 - New Orleans Arena
8 p.m. Women's Final Four - Game #2 - New Orleans Arena

Monday, April 8, 2013
7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. WBCA Convention Registration - New Orleans Marriott
8 - 9:30 a.m. General Session (all divisions) - New Orleans Marriott
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Division II Business Meeting presented by adidas (Division II coaches only) - ENMCC
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Division III Business Meeting presented by adidas (Division III coaches only) - ENMCC
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. NAIA Business Meeting presented by adidas (NAIA coaches only) - ENMCC
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. JC/CC Business Meeting presented by adidas (JC/CC coaches only) - ENMCC
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. High School Business Meeting presented by adidas (High school and AAU coaches only) - ENMCC
10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Division I Business Meeting and Legislative Voting (Division I coaches only) - ENMCC
1 - 2 p.m. Division II Roundtables - ENMCC
1 - 2 p.m. Division III Roundtables - ENMCC
2:30 - 4 p.m. Assistant Coaches Roundtables presented by NIKE - ENMCC
4 - 5 p.m. WBCA Member Reception - ENMCC
5 - 7 p.m. WBCA Awards Show - ENMCC
7:30 - 11:30 p.m. Under Armour Basketball Viewing Party of Men's Championship Game (tip off 8:23pm) - Manning's restaurant

Tuesday, April 9, 2013
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Assistant Coaches Roundtables presented by NIKE - New Orleans Marriott
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Learning Lab: "Excel Still More" Best Practices for Head Coaches" Coquese Washington and Stephanie Zonars, Penn State - New Orleans Marriott
10 - 11 a.m. WBCA Alumni Breakfast (invitation only) - New Orleans Marriott
10 - 11 a.m. Learning Lab: "Recruiting Your Prospect after they've Committed." Dan Tudor, Tudor Collegiate Strategies - New Orleans Marriott
10 - 11 a.m. Learning Lab: "LGBT Athletes Join the Team: A Discussion of Challenges and Solutions." Helen Carroll, NCLR; Dr. Pat Griffin, Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Ashland Johnson, NCLR; and Nevin Caple, Brache the Silence Campaign - New Orleans Marriott
10 - 11 a.m. Learning Lab: "A Dozen Laws of Mental Performance - Improve Your Game without Working Harder." Cathy Crosslin, Instar Performance - New Orleans Marriott
10 - 11 a.m. NACWAA panel - "Why We Hire Who We Hire, presented by NACWAA" Joan McDermott, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Julie Hermann, University of Louisville; Lee McElroy, University of Albany - New Orleans Marriott
10 a.m. - noon Committee on Basketball Issues (committee members only) - New Orleans Marriott
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Assistant Coaches Roundtables presented by NIKE - New Orleans Marriott
3 - 7 p.m. Tourney Town - Adjacent to New Orleans Arena
3:30 - 5:30 p.m. - POWERADE NCAA Youth mini-clinics - Tourney Town
7:30 p.m. Women's Championship Game - New Orleans Arena
10:30 p.m. NCAA/WBCA Coaches' Trophy Presentation - Tourney Town

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