Basketball season is upon us, so let's search the Net and see what's available. I found sites for college, professional, and even wheelchair basketball. 

At College Hoops Insider, you can hear audio clips, look at stats and standings, play fantasy league basketball, and listen to live games via RealAudio. http://www.collegehoopsinsider.com/

Yahoo! Men's College Basketball:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Basketball/
College_and_University/Men/ 

Recreation:Sports:Basketball:College:Men:Teams has links to sites such as Mississippi State Bulldogs, Texas A&M Aggies, Auburn Tigers, and Tulane Green Wave.
http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/
Basketball/College_and_University/Men/Teams/ 

Yahoo! Women's College Basketball News:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/
Basketball/College_and_University/Women/ 

Recreation:Sports:Basketball:College:Women:Teams features women's teams such as LSU Lady Techsters, McMaster Marauders, Alabama Crimson Tide, and Georgia Tech Lady Jackets. http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/
Basketball/College_and_University/Women/Teams/ 

Yahoo! Scoreboard, National Basketball Association: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/  

Recreation:Sports:Basketball:Leagues:National Basketball Association (NBA):Teams has links to teams such as the Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, and Orlando Magic. http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Basketball/Leagues/
National_Basketball_Association__NBA_/
Association__NBA_/Teams/

The Coach's Edge: The Innovative Leader in Sports Analysis, features moving play diagrams. If you leave the site before seeing the diagrams move, you have not really seen The Coach's Edge. http://www.coachesedge.com/

At ESPNET SportsZone: Live Audio, listen to your favorite NBA games and other sports radio programs over the Internet. http://espnet.sportszone.com/editors/liveaudio/index.html

Alleyoop.com is the basketball page for thinking fans. Features include the Transaction Zone, College Top 20, NBA Rankings, Readers Speak, '96-'97 Season Preview, and 1996 in Review. http://www.alleyoop.com/  

At the National Wheelchair Basketball Association site, you'll find a history of wheelchair basketball, women's wheelchair basketball, a youth division, and a conference directory and teams. http://www.nwba.org/

At NBA.com, you can hear a question and answer session with all 29 coaches on audio and review all of the off-season player moves. You can also sign up to receive a weekly e-mail. http://www.nba.com/

NBA Chat is a place where you can chat online with basketball enthusiasts from around the world, especially NBA fans! http://wbs.net/webchat3.so?cmd=cmd_doorway:NBA_Chat 

The Continental Basketball Association page contains CBA draft picks team by team. http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Basketball/Leagues/
Continental_Basketball_Association__CBA_/ 

The American Basketball League Web Site contains features such as Teams and Players, ABL Gear, Games and Tickets, Net Fans, ABL Home Court, Hoop News, and Statistics. http://www.ableague.com/

Trade or buy basketball trading cards at the Perfect Image Trading Cards - Collectibles site. http://www.wwcd.com/pimage/basket.html

Basketfan is a mailing list for basketball fans. Write to majordomo@escape.ca with the words "subscribe basketfan" (without the quotes) in the body of the message.  

Usenet Newsgroups:

rec.collecting.sport.basketball; rec.sport.basketball.college; rec.sport.basketball.misc; rec.sport.basketball.pro; rec.sport.basketball.women; and rec.sport.basketball.fantasy  

NBA Coverage is a mailing list containing things such as injury lists, transactions and game odds, front page stories, scoreboards, league leaders, and weekly team reports. To subscribe, send an e-mail to NBA@merc.com and they'll send a subscription form to complete.  

The UCL Official Home Site is the NBA's premier simulation league. You can sign up to receive a UCL weekly update, or find out about the UCL, the teams, players, and team history. http://www.primenet.com/~bcelts7/ucl.html 

At SI Online (Sports Illustrated), you'll find NBA news, stats, and scores, a photo gallery, SI for Kids, SI Store, and much more.http://pathfinder.com/@@IFiwfgUAvzpNJtrx/si/  

College Sports Online features fight songs, a recruiting scene, conferences and schools, a bowl scene, and college sports happenings. http://www.collegesports-online.com/  

On the College Basketball Page, you'll find web sites and schedules for individual teams (men and women), information on women's basketball, NCAA Tournament, polls, and schedules. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/wsr/Web/
bball/bball.html  

Ultimate Basketball contains basketball pictures, NBA team logos, and basketball links. http://www.odyssey.com.au/sports/bball.html

At D.S.C.: Basketball, find out who are the best in the NBA today, and who are the best players ever. This site contains information about Dream Teams and NBA pictures. http://web.horizontes.com.br/~dsc/

Covering the NBA contains game archives, current NBA transactions, the NBA Preseason, and information on the Eastern and Western Conferences. http://www2.nando.net/SportServer/basketball/nba.html

On Hoops is a spot where you can read opinionated news about the NBA. http://www.onhoops.com/

Next week, we're going to look at an assortment of fun and amazing sites on the WWW. Until then, enjoy the Web!

Robin Nobles is a freelance writer who can be reached at robinnobles@robinsnest.com.

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