Last Sunday, January 23, Jesuit students squared off in the first day of the 2011 JBA season. With ten teams playing and three hours allotted for games, athletes from all teams left the gym exhausted.
 This year features a couple new fixtures atop the leader board, with a surprisingly strong performance from the BC. With two former Jesuit basketball players...
Last Sunday, January 30, nine teams met for the second consecutive week to battle for two hours on the hardcourt. Diversiteam turned in another solid performance this week, as did Phili, both eliminating any and all opposition in their paths.
While these teams lit up the court with their electrifying performances, several others struggled mightily. Team Jacked issued another...
Heartbreak. Last year’s Jesuit Basketball Association runners-up The Crew (also known as TBC) suffered a brutal, one-point loss in the 2011 title game, a contentious finish tantamount in controversy only to the team’s now-banned jerseys, which depicted the Coors Light mountain logo.
That said, the hangover from defeat hasn’t clouded the team’s mindset going into 2012. In fact, last year’s...
Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the United States. Driving down the streets of suburban America, you can see kids playing in their driveways alone or with friends or siblings. High School basketball games are large events and attract lots of fans. It's fast-paced and exciting: what's not to love?
At Jesuit, JBDL allows athletes of all...
Standing in the historic Walsh Gym, one experiences Jesuit in a completely different way. Even when the gym is empty, the plain white walls somehow teem with years of school spirit that's stained within them. However, when it's full, the energy is electric. For many students, the notion of making Jesuit's highly competitive team seems unlikely, even if they...
As the time ticks down to zero, the nervous and sweaty Jesuit student catches the pass and fires a shot from a few feet behind the three point line, praying that it goes in, hoping this will be his big break. As the shot soars through the air, the players freeze, watching the Spalding ball clinch the win with...
Where can someone with Kendrick Perkins’ talent and Kevin Durant’s passion experience the glory of a game winning three-pointer?  Look no further than Jesuit’s own JBDL tournament.
A 4-on-4 intramural basketball league, the Jesuit Basketball Developmental League - or JBDL - offers a casual, less stressful basketball tournament than the Jesuit Basketball Association, which is usually reserved for upperclassmen.  Additionally, “everyone who...
On January 21, 2010, a group of 10 sophomores came together in room 234 after school for the 2nd annual Jesuit Basketball Developmental League Draft (JBDL).
 The JBDL is a Jesuit intramural league for freshmen and sophomores who may not be good enough or serious enough to be a part of the highly competitive school team, but still want a competitive league...
