By Neil Thomas | UD Daily

“There is no reason why India could not become a basketball power in Asia within the next ten years” says FIBA president Robert Elphinston.

Aug. 26, 2008—-A delegation from the University of Delaware traveled to New Delhi, India, in July to conduct a Youth Basketball Management Seminar as part of a U.S. Department of State-funded International Basketball Initiative. The program was held in conjunction with the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders Asia community outreach program and was hosted by the Basketball Federation of India and Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur (FIBA), the governing body for basketball in the world.
The UD delegation was led by Matthew J. Robinson, associate professor of sport management, and included Michael Williams, coordinator of athletics for the Howard County Public School System in Columbia, Md., Michael Duffy, athletic director at Howard High School, and UD graduate student Awista Ayub.

The delegation led a two-day seminar that focused on the organization and management of youth grassroots basketball programs and interscholastic basketball leagues and presented strategies for long-term programming and the sustainability of basketball teams and leagues within schools. The seminar participants also had the opportunity to observe the NBA’s Basketball without Borders camp that included the top youth players in Asia.

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