Thursday, Dec. 4,  2025

5:30 p.m.

Courtroom, Old Courthouse Museum

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Most casual fans don't realize that two-year college basketball, aka "JUCO," is the second-highest level of play after Division I. To win consistently at the JUCO level, you need a bunch of D-I players. But if they're D-I players, and they're at a two-year college, there's probably a reason.... Noted higher education writer and former championship basketball coach Rob Jenkins pulls back the curtain on that little-known world, weaving a story of triumph and hardship, humor and pathos, euphoric wins and humiliating defeats. His personal JUCO odyssey covered 13 years and three institutions in three different states, involving hundreds of players, coaches, and administrators. Along the way, he learned what it means to lead, to fail, and to get back up again.