Then on Tuesday, Fitch put his club through a grueling three-hour practice.

Julson is needed for the one thing that, even with three-hour practices, Huggins cannot teach: size.

Pat Riley, whose affinity for three-hour practices is legendary, tried something different today.

VanDerveer, 43, knows only one way to coach - with one eye on videotape and the other on the team's three-hour practices.

But somebody needs a three-hour practice, and fast.

He's trying to get his athletes to relax rather than calling for another round of early-morning three-hour practices.

She would sometimes go three or four days in a row at Stanford's three-hour practices without scoring a point.

"The first thing is to cut out those three-hour practices," Williams said, smiling but serious.

The New York University women's basketball team was engaged in a spirited three-hour practice recently.

Guard Sam Cassell jammed his right wrist in today's three-hour practice.