noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a basketball/baseball etc game
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He was watching a baseball game on TV.
a football/basketball etc team
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China’s football team failed to qualify for the World Cup.
a football/basketball/tennis etc coach
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Jody became the women’s basketball coach.
a sports/football/basketball etc star
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Sam was a football star in college.
football/basketball etc practice
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Dale was at football practice.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
good
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Prior to that game, a Cincinnati newspaper wondered whether No. 2 Kentucky was playing better basketball than UMass.
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To beat Arizona really helps, and at least we know we can play good basketball .
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What it comes down to is who is going to be the best on the basketball court for us.
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Such a rarity these days -- a good basketball team.
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My best basketball is not based on on how many points, rebounds or assists I get.
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Rather it was good , patient basketball .
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Portland played the best basketball at the end of the year, and they won.
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They are playing some of the best basketball of the season.
great
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They came out and played great basketball .
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They look for people who not only can play great basketball , but have a great sense of humor.
high
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The son of a high school basketball coach, Knight has always relished pressure situations.
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That describes many thousands of high school basketball players, all across this land of ours.
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I remember him talking once about how he enjoyed watching his son play high school basketball .
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A.-area junior college and high school basketball for thirteen years.
professional
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Kobe Bryant jilted college for professional basketball .
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First he put himself on the professional basketball radar with a strong showing at a Fury free-agent camp.
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This is one group of professional basketball players against another.
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A good part of that education came from professional basketball .
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All of the black sources were either high school or professional basketball players.
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Does that mean professional basketball players might have to walk instead of run?
■ NOUN
career
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His faith never has interfered with his basketball career at Towson University -- until now.
coach
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Fast guys tire, a basketball coach once said of his own high-rise team, but big guys don't shrink.
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It took those games to cement his decision on a basketball coach .
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If he keeps blossoming at this rate, too, basketball coaches soon will be pitching tents in his yard.
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She finds her answer on the bulletin board where the job as varsity basketball coach is posted.
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The son of a high school basketball coach , Knight has always relished pressure situations.
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Now the girls basketball coach has given the school and the town of Bushnell even more reason to be proud.
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She was once a girls' high school basketball coach .
college
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It could have been one of the worst fold jobs in the annals of college basketball .
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The weather conditions back East postponed several college basketball games last week.
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Davey took his team on a treacherous journey this season, full of big-time, tradition-rich college basketball programs.
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This is what big-time college basketball is all about?
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We have an inalienable right to play college basketball .
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The same commute reshaped the college basketball world.
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MacKay will gladly battle college basketball instead of the 49ers.
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Time for college basketball to rescue us.
court
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The floor was criss-crossed with the markings of the basketball court .
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One day Eric went to the basketball court .
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What it comes down to is who is going to be the best on the basketball court for us.
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There are also tennis courts , a bowling green and an air-conditioned gymnasium with a regulation-sized basketball court.
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The glowing area seems to be about the size of a basketball court .
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This time we went down below the school to a basketball court .
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Behind the brig stretches a two-acre field with pull-up bars, basketball courts and trimmed grass.
game
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They may stay on the periphery watching the recess-time basketball games and jump-rope competitions from the sidelines of the playground.
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And you just might see member Mayor Richard Riordan in a morning pick-up basketball game .
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The weather conditions back East postponed several college basketball games last week.
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As are Nelson and Hennigan, even if the most memorable scene will always remain their naked basketball game .
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She took them to some basketball games .
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She turned so fast it was like a move out of a pro basketball game .
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Even by Third World standards, it was an unusual basketball game .
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This doctrine is illustrated by a New York case where a student teacher was injured while participating in a donkey basketball game .
games
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They may stay on the periphery watching the recess-time basketball games and jump-rope competitions from the sidelines of the playground.
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The weather conditions back East postponed several college basketball games last week.
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She took them to some basketball games .
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Various exhibits and events run throughout the afternoon, including basketball games , puppet shows and clowns.
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Allen and Lee love to be seen at Knicks basketball games when the team is hip and hot.
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There are points in basketball games which are pivotal.
player
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Read in studio Oxford University has been banned from fielding one of its best-ever basketball players ... because she's a woman.
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In another episode, Sanger directed an actor whose son is another former Montclair Prep basketball player .
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She then became a star basketball player in high school, taking her team to the state championship.
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Mental repetition has been shown by research on basketball players to be as effective as going through the actions.
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Smith went on to the University of Kansas as a basketball player and then on to his legendary coaching career.
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Bradley, a Hall of Fame pro basketball player , first gained prominence as a college hoops star at Princeton.
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This is one group of professional basketball players against another.
practice
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One day during basketball practice , she approached him.
pro
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You are the coach of the local pro basketball team, a unit that calls itself the Boston Celtics.
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Then he opened a movie house and said he was definitely done with pro basketball .
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She turned so fast it was like a move out of a pro basketball game.
program
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You hear a lot of people saying Jelani Gardner is making a mistake by transferring from the Cal basketball program to Pepperdine.
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The basketball program loves him equally.
school
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The son of a high school basketball coach, Knight has always relished pressure situations.
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That describes many thousands of high school basketball players, all across this land of ours.
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I remember him talking once about how he enjoyed watching his son play high school basketball .
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A.-area junior college and high school basketball for thirteen years.
shoe
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Twenty years ago there was only one type of basketball shoe on the market and very few specialist running shoes.
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First woman with her own line of basketball shoes .
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Adams's preferred footwear in the mountains was rubber-soled basketball shoes .
star
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BCohen contends that the 7-foot former basketball star slammed him against a store window and on to the ground.
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The story follows two girl basketball stars through their senior year of high school.
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Take for instance the pattern of incivility and disrespect displayed over the past several years by Chicago Bulls basketball star Dennis Rodman.
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Weinstein said Mistic, whose edgy advertising includes controversial basketball star Dennis Rodman, is strongest among young, inner-city consumers.
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With his death, University of Dayton basketball star Chris Daniels joined the tragic ranks of young athletes who just suddenly die.
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What gives it the power to tempt millions of would-be basketball stars is the years of advertising behind it.
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Hanks came with his children and wife Marva, a college basketball star at Iowa.
team
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You are the coach of the local pro basketball team , a unit that calls itself the Boston Celtics.
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The junior girls' basketball team , with Amelia watching over them, came out first in their local contest.
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As a boy he had quit many things-the basketball team , the Episcopal youth group and always enjoyed the experience.
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The outside influences have no bearing on what you can do for your basketball team ....
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Some day, hopefully, Fort Wayne will see a basketball team return and satisfy frustrated Fury fans.
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Her latest challenge is playing forward for the Richmond Rage basketball team .
■ VERB
play
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Ice Cube was spotted backstage playing basketball with members of Pearl Jam.
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Then I made him stop playing basketball for a week.
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Voice over Rebekah still manages to lead a robust life playing basketball with her two brothers and practising her flute playing.
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They came out and played great basketball .
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To beat Arizona really helps, and at least we know we can play good basketball .
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The guy's been playing amazing basketball .
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Kids who used to play baseball are now playing basketball .
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Sports were very important to the father, who himself had played football and basketball and had run track in high school.
watch
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They may stay on the periphery watching the recess-time basketball games and jump-rope competitions from the sidelines of the playground.
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I can watch basketball every day of my life.
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Children watched volleyball, basketball and soccer games.
win
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The present and future won a big basketball game Wednesday night at the Coliseum Arena.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A large, blue divider splits the gym at the Higgins Middle School into two basketball courts.
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And bad basketball without drama and suspense is not only beyond embarrassing, but even worse, beyond boring.
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Attendance is better than 21, 000 a game in the SkyDome, a cavernous building unsuited for basketball .
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He said he voted against the crime bill because it included items he opposed, such as midnight basketball programs.
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It would take six basketball teams to balance the number of scholarships awarded one football team.
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Sports were very important to the father, who himself had played football and basketball and had run track in high school.
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That team camaraderie is probably why I had played basketball so long.
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This led to a full-time position as coach of the Girls' varsity basketball team.