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Podcast: Hoop Heads
Episode: Ben Kaplan - Co-Author of "Pipeline to the Pros: How D3 Small College Nobodies Rose to Rule the NBA" - Episode 932
Description: Ben Kaplan is the co-author of Pipeline to the Pros: How D3, Small-College Nobodies Rose to Rule the NBA. For the first time in league history, NBA coaches and general managers are just as likely to have played Division III basketball as they are to have played in the NBA. While the number of former D3 players working in the NBA is higher than ever, small college alums have served in leadership positions since the league’s founding. Their improbable and inspiring journeys tell a bigger story – the history of small college athletics, the evolution of coaching and management in t...