The NBA

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is North America's a professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada. It is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB),[1] which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the National Governing Body (NGB) for basketball in the United States. The NBA is one of the four major North American professional sports leagues, which include Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL).

The league was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA).[2] The league adopted the name National Basketball Association in 1949 after merging with the rival National Basketball League (NBL). The league's several international as well as individual team offices are directed out of its head offices located in the Olympic Tower at 645 Fifth Avenue in New York City. NBA Entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of offices located in Secaucus, New Jersey. (more from Wikipedia)

For information about NBA Players, please see the USA / Players section of SportsVL

• The NBA The official site of the NBA. Full coverage - history, teams, players, scores, stats, schedule etc.
• Draft Express Extensive coverage of the NBA Draft, including detailed scouting reports, articles, interviews, and analysis of the top prospects around the world, with reports from many of the camps and tournaments pertaining to the world of the NBA draft. NCAA, International, High School
• NBA All Star Official Site A Series where the best players of the East face the best in the West, in a 10 day marathon of events
• ProBasketball From the About team has a lot of links to NBA-relevant sites
• Spurs Report.com The Net's oldest news portal about the NBA's San Antonio Spurs. Fan Forums, NBA news and rumors, stats and articles.

NBA Archive / Stats

• NBA Hoops Online has a huge repository of NBA information
• Hoops Stats Provides profiles, stats, rankings, tips, matchups, comparisons, situational stats for NBA teams and NBA players
• NBA Final stats Champions and MVP's
• NBA Champions from 1946-47 to the present day
• Team rankings on NBA Basketball For power ratings in basketball including predictions, RPI, and much more including NCAA Men; NCAA Women and the NBA

NBA Portals / Servers

Providing regular news, resulys analysis, articles about the NBA

• CBS Sports has news, scores, standings, stats, schedule, teams, players...
• ESPN provides NBA headlines and news
• Fox Sports has NBA headlines, scores and articles
• HoopsVibe Provides daily NBA news and weekly NBA reviews, shoes reviews, apparels reviews, general basketball articles, match reviews, etc
• News Now Online media monitoring of Basketball for media coverage of the NBA, worldwide
• Sporting News has news articles and audio for the NBA
• Sports Illustrated has NBA articles, news, stats, teams, and rumours...
• Yahoo Sports Has NBA scores, schedules, standings, stats, teams, players, injuries - and so on
• Class Act Sports presents breaking news, analysis and commentary for the NBA

NBA Blogs / Forums

• Built From Scratch An NBA-focused blog.
• NBA Basketball Online is a social networking / blogging site for the NBA
• NBA Basketball Online An NBA blogging community
• NBA Forum from Inside Hoops
• Pro-Sports Daily has an extensive NBA Basketball forum
• Knicks Fanatics An Independent Blog of fanatics dedicated to following the New York Knicks.
• The Hoops Manifesto Intelligent basketball commentary.

The WNBA

The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States. It currently is comprised of thirteen teams from around the United States. The league was founded in 1996 as the women's counterpart to the NBA. League play started in 1997; the regular season is played from June to September with the playoffs starting in mid-September and running into October. (More from Wikipedia)

• WNBA Official site of the Women's National Basketball Association. Standings, Schedules, Stats etc
• Yahoo Sports has coverage of the WNBA

College Basketball Forums

• Basketball Forum College Basketball Forum
• College Hoops College Basketball Forum;
• Rivals.com College Basketball Forums
• Yardbarker.com College Basketball Forum

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination tournament held each spring featuring 65 college basketball teams in the United States. This tournament, organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), was first developed by the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 1939 and was the brainchild of Kansas coach Phog Allen. The NCAA would take over the tournament the following season. Colloquially known as March Madness (as the tournament takes place mainly during the month of March) or the Big Dance (as opposed to the now smaller and less prestigious NIT), the tournament takes place over three weeks at sites across the United States, and the national semifinals (the Final Four) have become one of the nation's most prominent sporting events. (More from Wikipedia)

• NCAA Men's Basketball The official site for the NCAA - news, scoreboard, stats, history
• March Madness on Demand CBS Sports and the NCAA pair up to bring you every game of the NCAA from the first game to the finals, live, online, for free.
• CBS Sports has extensive coverage of the NCAA
• D1 College Basketball has a full listing of NCAA Division1 team sites
• March Madness Contest Has a lot of useful information on the tournament, including a glossary, how it works, previous winners and some tips on finding some winners.
• Rivals.com From Yahoo Sports provides NCAA news, videos, photos, blogs, and rumours
• Sporting News provides a history of the NCAA Final Four year by year
• Sporting News provides NCAA news and blogs
• Sports Illustrated has NCAA news, columnists, teams, etc

The SEC Basketball Tournament

The SEC Basketball Tournament is the South Eastern Conference championship tournament, held annually for both Men and Women. All league schools take part in a single elimination tournament, with the winner being given an entry into the NCAA basketball tournament.

• The South Eastern Conference official site for the organisers of the SEC Mens Basketball Tournament and the SEC Womens Basketball Tournament
• The SEC Mens Basketball Tournament from SECsports, the official organisers
• The SEC Womens Basketball Tournament from SECsports, the official organisers
• Mens Tournament background information from Wikipedia and the Womens

SEC Basketball Tournament 2010

The 2010 SEC Mens basketball tournament, from March 11th to March 14th 2010. Event hosted at The Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

The 2010 SEC Womens basketball tournament, from March 4th to March 7th 2010. Event hosted at The Gwinnett Arena in Duluth, Georgia.

• Bracket for the 2010 SEC Mens Basketball Tournament (pdf)
• Bracket for the 2010 SEC Womens Basketball Tournament (pdf)

SEC Tournament History

The SEC Mens Basketball Tournament first ran from 1933 to 1952, and was picked up again in 1979 running every year since. The SEC Womens Basketball Tournament was started in 1980 and has run every year.

• Wikipedia has a full list of past winners, venues and number of wins per school for the Mens Tournament; similar information for the Womens Tournament can be found here