Story vs. Topic

Headline: A Presidential Performance

 Georgetown blows by Duke with the President and VP sitting courtside.

STORY lines:

1) Coverage of Georgetown's blowout of Duke. Video of game highlights, interviews from both coaches and 2 players from each team, pictures of the game, a paragraph devoted to President Obama at the game as well as some pictures of him sitting courtside.

2) President Obama watching the game courtside with VP Biden. Video of them during the game as well as the video of President Obama while he was in the booth with the two game announcers. Pictures of the President throughout the game. Reaction from both teams about having the President and VP at the game.

3) Georgetown bounces back from their big loss to Syracuse the game before. Show video highlight of Georgetown's last game. Compare the stats between last game and this game. Get reaction from Coach Thompson on what the differences were.

4) Austin Freeman's play the past two games. He's shot well. Chart showing his stats for the season and then a separate chart for the past 2 games. Video of Freeman talking about his recent play.

5) Coaches wearing sneakers to raise awareness for the fight against cancer. Background on the initiative and coaches feelings about wearing sneakers with their suits.

TOPICS

1) Look at teams who have shot over 70% from the field in the past 5 years. Were the teams playing at home or away, did they win or lose, how many 3-pointers did they take. The information could be put into a chart. Show video of some of the teams from their games in which they shot 70%.

2) Past President's who have attended a college sporting event. Have a slideshow of pictures of each President at the game. Give the outcome for each game. Possibly make a map with pinpoints of the locations where each President watched a game.

3) Complete review of the Duke/Georgetown series since it's inception. Coaches feedback on the two teams playing, series history; who is leading the series, any standout performances by individual players. Slideshow of pictures from the series for each year, video of coaches talking about the series and video of fans talking about this series.

4) Review of how much extra security is needed when a President attends a college game. Timeline of the procedures secret service and the arena follows when preparing for the President's arrival. 

5) Review of the coaches wearing sneakers initiative. Statistics showing how much has been raised, slideshow of past coaches wearing the sneakers. Video of  former NC State head coach Jim Valvano's final speech at the ESPY's before he passed away from cancer. Video of local coaches talking about the importance of wearing the sneakers to raise cancer awareness.