Basketball coaches, dozens of them, Zoom together twice a week

TEMPE, AZ - FEBRUARY 22: Arizona State Sun Devils head coach Bobby Hurley sits on the bench during the college basketball game between the Oregon State Beavers and the Arizona State Sun Devils on February 22, 2020 at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe,AZ.

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Mike Jensen

The invitations go out twice a week, 107 of them for the latest Zoom Sunday night — coaches from all layers of basketball, high school, and AAU to the NBA. Heavily college. Heavily Philly.

“It was basically just to get our network together, so to speak," said Rider University assistant Geoff Arnold. “For lack of a better term, the guys called the Bru Crew.”

Arnold thought of it after being a guest on a couple of academic Zoom calls. To help moderate, Arnold brought in an old friend, Arizona State social sciences professor Scott Brooks, who got his doctorate at Penn.

The invitations go out twice a week, 107 of them for the latest Zoom Sunday night — coaches from all layers of basketball, high school, and AAU to the NBA. Heavily college. Heavily Philly.

“It was basically just to get our network together, so to speak," said Rider University assistant Geoff Arnold. “For lack of a better term, the guys called the Bru Crew.”

Arnold thought of it after being a guest on a couple of academic Zoom calls. To help moderate, Arnold brought in an old friend, Arizona State social sciences professor Scott Brooks, who got his doctorate at Penn.

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