College Kicks On Court: Coaches Rock Sneakers on the Sidelines

The forever changing college basketball rankings changed again, but the growing popularity of the Nike LeBron X iD remains a constant. Players dug deep into their closets to bring heat out this week. In honor of Coaches vs. Cancer, coaches tucked the hard bottoms away in favor of sneakers. Illinois’ coach,?John Groce?may have taken the prize with a pair of?Nike Dunks?to match the Fightin’ Illini team colors. Michigan Head Coach?John Beilein?and North Carolina State coach?Mark Gottfried?both repped?adidas with the?X-Hale?and?X-Hale 2, respectively. Miami Hurricanes guard tandem?Shane Larkin?and?Durand Scott?rocked “Volt” colorways of the?Nike Air Zoom Huarache 2K4?and?Nike Hyperdunk 2011, and Larking wore the?Nike Air Foamposite One “Pearlized Pink”?in their second game this week. Arizona’s Solomon Hill turned heads when he laced up the rarely seen Nike Zoom Kobe VI “Lower Marion Aces” PE. Tobacco Road blazed the courts as well, as both UNC and Duke sported hot kicks this week. Also, a big shoutout goes to?Davion Pearson?of Central Wyoming College for submitting his game photo rocking the?Nike Zoom Kobe VII “Cheetah Print”. Click through the large gallery and hit us on?Twitter?using the hashtag #CollegeKOC?to let us know which team brought it the best in this installment of?College Kicks on Court.

Florida State Coach Leonard Hamilton argues a call in the Nike Air Force 1 Low White/White Robert Gilchrist commits a foul in the Air Jordan 12 White/Red Miami Coach Jim Larranaga huddles with his staff in the Nike Air Force 1 Low White/White Erik Swoope flies in the Nike Kobe 8 “Christmas” Shane Larkin looks to pass in the Nike Air Foamposite “One Polarized Pink” Julian Gamble goes for a block in a Jordan Spizike iD Durand Scott goes up for a layup in the Nike Hyperdunk 2011 “Volt” Kenny Kadji dunks in a Nike LeBron X iD Trey McKinney Jones goes up for two in the Air Jordan 12 “Cool Grey” Shane Larkin defends Tyler Thornton in the Nike Air Zoom Huarache 2K4 “Volt” and Nike Flight One Black/White, respectively