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Cheick Diallo
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Cheick Diallo is a Malian professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association. Diallo was a recruit and was widely considered one of the top players in the Class of 2015. He was the MVP of the 2015 McDonalds All-American Boys Game and he played one season of college basketball for Kansas before declaring for the 2016 NBA draft, where he was selected with the 33rd overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers. Diallo was born and raised in Kayes, Mali and it took approximately 15 hours to drive from his hometown to Bamako, the countrys capital city. He was the youngest in his family and had five brothers, Diallo moved to the United States in February 2012 in pursuit of a basketball career. He was not fluent in the English language at the time and he recalled the time, It was so tough. I left my parents, my friends, my brothers, everything, at first, I was thinking, I just want to go back. But one day I said, No, not yet, I want to stay and work hard here before I go back to Mali. Diallo began playing basketball in 2010, through its international program, Diallo began attending Our Savior New American School in Centereach, New York. He played with Chris Obekpa in his season and, at first, was dominated by the fellow African big man. Diallo said, I didnt know what I was doing, in later seasons, he became more effective for his team and attracted attention through his shot-blocking, rebounding, and versatility. Diallo was invited to the NBPA Top 100 camp in 2013, Diallo missed the first five games of his freshman season with Kansas after the NCAA failed to clear him to play due to eligibility concerns. In his lone season at Kansas, Diallo averaged 3.0 points and 2.5 rebounds in 7.5 minutes per game, in April 2016, Diallo declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final three years of college eligibility. In May 2016, at the NBA Draft Combine, Diallo registered a 7-foot, 4½-inch wingspan, on June 23,2016, he was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers with the 33rd overall pick in 2016 NBA draft. On the evening of the draft, Diallo was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans, on July 22,2016, he signed with the Pelicans after averaging 10.2 points,9.4 rebounds and 2.2 blocks in five Summer League games. He made his NBA debut on October 29,2016, recording one rebound, during his rookie season, he has had multiple assignments with the Austin Spurs, Long Island Nets and Greensboro Swarm of the NBA Development League, pursuant to the flexible assignment rule. Diallo played in just two games for a total of seven minutes over the Pelicans first 23 games of the season, on December 10, he played in just under 31 minutes off the bench and scored 19 points in the Pelicans 133–105 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. He also recorded 10 rebounds and shot 8-of-15 from the field
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United Center
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United Center is an indoor sports arena located in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The United Center is home to both the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League, the arena is named after its city-based corporate sponsor, United Airlines. The plan to build the arena was created by then Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz, the United Centers predecessor was the Chicago Stadium, the original Madhouse on Madison, which was demolished after the new arena opened for business on August 18,1994. The first-ever event at the United Center was the WWF event SummerSlam, due to the 1994–95 NHL lockout, the Blackhawks did not move in until January 1995. The Bulls and Blackhawks operate the United Center through the United Center Joint Venture and it covers 960,000 square feet and is located on a 46-acre parcel, west of the Chicago Loop. The arena is the largest in the United States in physical size and its exterior bears a striking resemblance to that of Chicago Stadium. It seats 19,717 for hockey,20,917 for basketball, the United Center hosts over 200 events per year and has drawn over 20 million visitors since its opening. It is known for routinely exceeding seating capacity for Bulls and Blackhawks games, United Centers acoustics were designed to amplify the noise level in order to recreate The Roar – the din of noise that made Chicago Stadium famous, especially during hockey games. During hockey season, an Allen Organ that is a replica of the old arenas famous Barton organ is used, the building is 140 feet tall, and cost $175 million to build, mainly consisting of concrete and 3,500 tons of steel. The planning had 216 luxury skyboxes, and as of the 2009–10 renovation, both the Chicago Blackhawks and the Chicago Bulls play here during their seasons with some of their games happening on back to back nights. With this, the floor for the Bulls games is laid across the top of the ice that the Blackhawks play on. The floor is put together like a puzzle and taken apart when the Blackhawks have a game, the arena was the Bulls home during their second run of three consecutive championships, hosting the 1996,1997, and 1998 NBA Finals. The Bulls won the 1996 and 1997 series in the game at home. It also hosted the last of World Championship Wrestlings annual Spring Stampede pay-per-view in 2000, the arena has hosted the Stanley Cup Finals three times, in 2010,2013, and 2015. The Blackhawks won the first two Stanley Cups on the ice of their opponent in the game of the series. However, they won the 2015 series against the Tampa Bay Lightning at home in the sixth game, on the weekend of March 5–6,2011, the Professional Bull Riders made their Built Ford Tough Series debut at the United Center. It was their third Chicago-area visit, having previously visited Rosemonts Allstate Arena in 2006 and 2008, the event at the United Center presented a unique scenario as instead of dirt, white crushed stone was used to cover the arena floor. The Blackhawks announced that hockey legends Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita would receive bronze statues in their honor outside of the United Center during the 2011–12 NHL season, the Illinois State High School Hockey Championships are hosted at the United Center yearly for the Blackhawk Cup
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Official (basketball)
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In basketball, an official is a person who has the responsibility to enforce the rules and maintain the order of the game. The title of official also applies to the scorers and timekeepers, officials are usually referred to as referees, however, generally there is one lead referee and one or two umpires, depending on whether there is a two- or three-person crew. In the NBA, the official is called the crew chief. In FIBA-sanctioned play, two-man crews consist of a referee and an umpire, regardless, both classes of officials have equal rights to control almost all aspects of the game. In most cases, the lead official performs the jump ball to begin the contest, though NFHS, in American high school and college basketball, the officials generally wear black and white striped shirts with black side panels, black pants and black shoes. Some state high school association allow officials to wear shirts with black pin strips instead of the black. NBA officials wear shirts with black slacks and black shoes. The NBA shirt is grey with black colored shoulders and sleeves, the WNBA referee shirt is similar to the NBA referee shirt, except that its shoulder and sleeve colors are orange and the WNBA logo takes the place of the NBA logo. FIBA officials wear a grey and black official referee shirt, black trousers, black socks, officials in competitions organized by Euroleague Basketball —the Euroleague and Eurocup—wear an orange referee shirt. Officials in the Israel Basketball Association generally wear the Euroleagues orange uniform shirt, most officials slacks are currently belt-less, while most officials shirts are collar-less, V-neck shirts. All officials wear a whistle that is used to play as a result of a foul or a violation on the court. In all instances of officiating, hand signals are used to indicate the nature of the infraction or to administer the game, in higher levels of college and professional ball, all officials wear a timing device on the belt-line called PTS. The device is used by on court officials to start and stop the clock in a timely manner, rather than waiting for the scoreboard operator to do so. The officials must ensure that the game runs smoothly, and this encompasses a variety of different responsibilities, from calling the game to player and spectator management. They also carry a duty of care to the players they officiate and to ensure that the court and all equipment used is in a safe and usable condition. Should there be an issue that inhibits the safe playing of the game, quite often, the job of an official surpasses that of the game at hand, as they must overcome unforeseen situations that may or may not have an influence on the game. There are two methods for officiating a basketball game, either two-person or three-person mechanics depending on how many officials are available to work the game. In two-person mechanics, each official works either the lead or the trail position, the lead position is normally along the baseline of the court, with the trail position having its starting point at the free throw line extended on the left side of the court facing the basket
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Halftime show
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A halftime show is a performance given during the brief period between the first and second halves, or the second and third quarters, of a sporting event. Halftime shows are not given for sports with an irregular or indeterminate number of divisions, the intermissions are usually given over to contests involving randomly selected audience members. The invention of the show is generally credited to Walter Lingo. Lingo was the owner of a dog kennel and sponsored an all-Native American football team, in addition to playing football, the Indians would provide various forms of entertainment, including exhibiting the dogs, players demonstrating their prowess. Dancing, and demonstrations of native culture, a modern halftime show can consist of cheerleading performances, majorette routines, marching bands playing music, or other spectacular performances. More common in times, especially in major games, is to reserve the entire halftime period for a short concert by a major recording artist. A halftime show is an element in an American football. During the interval between the second and third quarters some form of entertainment is presented on the field, the entertainment frequently consists of performances by marching bands. At high school and most college games, the bands of the two competing teams perform at halftime. Often, the cheerleaders and/or a dance team will perform, other activities may also take place, and these vary widely. During a professional game, a high school or college band may be brought in to perform. For the Super Bowl and Grey Cup games, a show involving world-renowned music stars, dancers, fireworks. Many football historians believe halftime shows originated with the Oorang Indians of the early National Football league, the team was a marketing ploy by Walter Lingo to sell and promote his airdales. He would lure audiences to his games with the promise of a halftime show. The team was called the Indians because they were made up entirely of Native Americans, the Indians players participated in helping the Oorang Airedales perform tricks for the crowd before and after the game. However, it was their halftime entertainment that made such a huge attraction in the early 1920s. There were shooting exhibitions with the dogs retrieving the targets, there were Native American dances and tomahawk and knife-throwing demonstrations. Indians player Nick Lassa, also called Long-Time-Sleep, even wrestled a bear on occasion, another show was a demonstration of the United States Indian scouts actions during World War I
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Jesse White Tumbling Team
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The Jesse White Tumbling Team is a team of acrobats that was founded in 1959 by Illinois athlete and politician Jesse White and their esteemed agent Zach Mitchell. White, who still coaches, created the team for children residing in Chicagos inner city housing projects and it serves a juvenile delinquency prevention program. Members are required to abide by Whites rules, which include staying in school, maintaining a C average in academic coursework, since the teams inception, over 10,000 children, ages 6 and up, have participated in the program. The tumblers have appeared in the movies Heaven is a Playground, Ferris Buellers Day Off and they have performed at the half time for every NBA team with the exception of the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Charlotte Hornets. They have also appeared in two presidential inaugural parades, for President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama, the Jesse White Tumbling Team makes over 1,500 appearances each year, in state and out of state. They have gone to U. S. states as far as Hawaii and they have gone to Canada 17 times, Tokyo, Japan to appear on television, China for the Chinese New Year, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, and Croatia. The Team celebrated their 50th anniversary at the United Center in February 2010
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ESPN
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ESPN is a U. S. -based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc. a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and the Hearst Corporation. ESPN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located in Bristol, Connecticut, the network also operates offices in Miami, New York City, Seattle, Charlotte, and Los Angeles. John Skipper currently serves as president of ESPN, a position he has held since January 1,2012, as of February 2015, ESPN is available to approximately 94,396,000 paid television households in the United States. In 2011, ESPNs history and rise was chronicled by These Guys Have All the Fun, Bill Rasmussen conceived the concept of ESPN in late May 1978, after he was fired from his job with the World Hockey Associations New England Whalers. One of the first steps in Bill and his son Scotts process was finding land to build the channels broadcasting facilities, the Rasmussens first rented office space in Plainville, Connecticut. However, the plan to base ESPN there was put on hold because a local ordinance prohibiting buildings from bearing rooftop satellite dishes and this helped the credibility of the fledgling company, however there were still many doubters to the viability of their sports channel concept. ESPN launched on September 7,1979, beginning with the first telecast of what would become the flagship program. Taped in front of a live audience inside the Bristol studios. ESPNs next big break came when the acquired the rights to broadcast coverage of the early rounds of the NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament. It first aired the NCAA tournament in March 1980, creating the modern day television event known as March Madness. The channels tournament coverage also launched the career of Dick Vitale. In April of that year, ESPN created another made-for-TV spectacle, the next major stepping stone for ESPN came over the course of a couple of months in 1984. During this time period, the American Broadcasting Company purchased 100% of ESPN from the Rasmussens, for years, the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball refused to consider cable as a means of broadcasting some of their games. However, with the backing of ABC, ESPNs ability to compete for major sports contracts greatly increased, later in 1984, the U. S. ESPNs Sunday Night Football games would become the highest-rated NFL telecasts for the next 17 years. In 1992, ESPN launched ESPN Radio, a sports talk radio network providing analysis. It became the fastest growing cable channel in the U. S. during the 1990s, ownership of ABC, and in effect control of ESPN, was acquired first by Capital Cities Communications in 1985, and then by The Walt Disney Company in 1996. In 2012, ESPN generated more revenue for Disney than any of its other properties combined, alongside its live sports broadcasts, ESPN also airs a variety of sports highlight, talk, and documentary-styled shows. 30 for 30 started airing in 2009 and continues airing to this day, each episode is through the eyes of a well known filmmaker and has featured some of the biggest directors in Hollywood
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2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
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The 2014 McDonalds All-American Boys Game is an All-star basketball game that was played on April 2,2014 at the United Center in Chicago, home of the Chicago Bulls. It was the 37th annual McDonalds All-American Game for high school boys, the games rosters featured the best and most highly recruited blue chip boys high school basketball players graduating in 2014. Chicago, which became the first city to host the game in years in 2012. The rosters for the game were announced at 6,00 PM ET on January 29 on ESPNU, at the time of the announcement 22 of the 24 players had committed to Division I basketball programs. Duke and Kentucky led the field with four commits each, one of the games major storylines was that local big men Jahlil Okafor and Cliff Alexander opposed each other. The 2014–15 Duke Blue Devils and 2014–15 Kentucky Wildcats shared the lead among committed players at the time of the roster announcement on January 29. Three hometown players were selected for the game, Texas led the way with five natives. Rashad Vaughn committed to UNLV on February 11, but Turner remained uncommitted at the time of the game and he committed to Texas 4 weeks after the game on April 30. 8 days before the game, Okafor was recognized as the Morgan Wootten Player of the Year,2 days before the game, Grayson Allen won the slam dunk contest, James Blackmon, Jr. won the three-point contest and Tyus Jones won the skills competition. Media related to 2014 McDonalds All-American Boys Game at Wikimedia Commons Official website
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Basketball
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Basketball is a non-contact team sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of five players each. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches in diameter and 10 feet high that is mounted to a backboard at each end of the court. The game was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, a team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the basket being defended by the opposition team during regular play. A field goal scores three points for the team if the player shoots from behind the three-point line. A team can also score via free throws, which are worth one point, the team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but additional time is mandated when the score is tied at the end of regulation. The ball can be advanced on the court by passing it to a teammate and it is a violation to lift, or drag, ones pivot foot without dribbling the ball, to carry it, or to hold the ball with both hands then resume dribbling. The game has many techniques for displaying skill—ball-handling, shooting, passing, dribbling, dunking, shot-blocking. The point guard directs the on court action of the team, implementing the coachs game plan, Basketball is one of the worlds most popular and widely viewed sports. Outside North America, the top clubs from national leagues qualify to continental championships such as the Euroleague, the FIBA Basketball World Cup attracts the top national teams from around the world. Each continent hosts regional competitions for teams, like EuroBasket. The FIBA Womens Basketball World Cup features the top womens basketball teams from continental championships. The main North American league is the WNBA, whereas the EuroLeague Women has been dominated by teams from the Russian Womens Basketball Premier League, in early December 1891, Canadian Dr. He sought a vigorous indoor game to keep his students occupied, after rejecting other ideas as either too rough or poorly suited to walled-in gymnasiums, he wrote the basic rules and nailed a peach basket onto a 10-foot elevated track. Basketball was originally played with a soccer ball and these laces could cause bounce passes and dribbling to be unpredictable. Eventually a lace-free ball construction method was invented, and this change to the game was endorsed by Naismith, dribbling was not part of the original game except for the bounce pass to teammates. Passing the ball was the means of ball movement. Dribbling was eventually introduced but limited by the shape of early balls. Dribbling only became a part of the game around the 1950s
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Chicago
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Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third-most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois, and it is the county seat of Cook County. In 2012, Chicago was listed as a global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Chicago has the third-largest gross metropolitan product in the United States—about $640 billion according to 2015 estimates, the city has one of the worlds largest and most diversified economies with no single industry employing more than 14% of the workforce. In 2016, Chicago hosted over 54 million domestic and international visitors, landmarks in the city include Millennium Park, Navy Pier, the Magnificent Mile, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Campus, the Willis Tower, Museum of Science and Industry, and Lincoln Park Zoo. Chicagos culture includes the arts, novels, film, theater, especially improvisational comedy. Chicago also has sports teams in each of the major professional leagues. The city has many nicknames, the best-known being the Windy City, the name Chicago is derived from a French rendering of the Native American word shikaakwa, known to botanists as Allium tricoccum, from the Miami-Illinois language. The first known reference to the site of the current city of Chicago as Checagou was by Robert de LaSalle around 1679 in a memoir, henri Joutel, in his journal of 1688, noted that the wild garlic, called chicagoua, grew abundantly in the area. In the mid-18th century, the area was inhabited by a Native American tribe known as the Potawatomi, the first known non-indigenous permanent settler in Chicago was Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. Du Sable was of African and French descent and arrived in the 1780s and he is commonly known as the Founder of Chicago. In 1803, the United States Army built Fort Dearborn, which was destroyed in 1812 in the Battle of Fort Dearborn, the Ottawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi tribes had ceded additional land to the United States in the 1816 Treaty of St. Louis. The Potawatomi were forcibly removed from their land after the Treaty of Chicago in 1833, on August 12,1833, the Town of Chicago was organized with a population of about 200. Within seven years it grew to more than 4,000 people, on June 15,1835, the first public land sales began with Edmund Dick Taylor as U. S. The City of Chicago was incorporated on Saturday, March 4,1837, as the site of the Chicago Portage, the city became an important transportation hub between the eastern and western United States. Chicagos first railway, Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, and the Illinois, the canal allowed steamboats and sailing ships on the Great Lakes to connect to the Mississippi River. A flourishing economy brought residents from rural communities and immigrants from abroad, manufacturing and retail and finance sectors became dominant, influencing the American economy. The Chicago Board of Trade listed the first ever standardized exchange traded forward contracts and these issues also helped propel another Illinoisan, Abraham Lincoln, to the national stage
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Chicago Bulls
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The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association as a club of the leagues Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on January 16,1966, the team plays its home games at the United Center, an arena shared with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. The Bulls saw their greatest success during the 1990s and they are known for having one of the NBAs greatest dynasties, winning six NBA championships between 1991 and 1998 with two three-peats. All six championship teams were led by Hall of Famers Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, the Bulls are the only NBA franchise to win multiple championships and never lose an NBA Finals series in their history. The Bulls won 72 games during the 1995–96 NBA season, setting an NBA record that stood until the Golden State Warriors won 73 games during the 2015–16 NBA season. The Bulls were the first team in NBA history to win 70 games or more in a season. Many experts and analysts consider the 1996 Bulls to be one of the greatest teams in NBA history, Michael Jordan and Derrick Rose have both won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award while playing for the Bulls, for a total of six MVP awards. The Bulls share rivalries with the Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, Miami Heat, the Bulls rivalry with the Pistons was highlighted heavily during the late 1980s and early 1990s. On January 16,1966 Chicago was granted an NBA franchise to be called the Bulls, the Chicago Bulls became the third NBA franchise in the city, after the Chicago Stags and the Chicago Packers/Zephyrs. The Bulls founder, Dick Klein, was the Bulls only owner to play professional basketball. He served as the Bulls president and general manager in their initial years, after the 1966 NBA Expansion Draft, the newly founded Chicago Bulls were allowed to acquire players from the previously established teams in the league for the upcoming 1966–67 season. The team started in the 1966–67 NBA season, and posted the best record by a team in NBA history. In their first two seasons, the Bulls played most of their games at the International Amphitheatre, before moving to Chicago Stadium. Fan interest was diminishing after four seasons, with one game in the 1967–68 NBA season having an attendance of 891. The Bulls under Williams and head coach Dick Motta qualified for four straight playoffs and had attendances grow to over 10,000, in 1972, the Bulls set a franchise win-loss record at 57 wins and 25 losses. During the 1970s, the Bulls relied on Jerry Sloan, forwards Bob Love and Chet Walker, point guard Norm Van Lier, the team made the conference finals in 1975 but lost to the Golden State Warriors,4 games to 3. After four 50-win seasons, Williams returned to Philadelphia, and Motta decided to become GM as well, the Bulls ended up declining, winning only 24 games in the 1975–1976 season
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Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
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The Duke Blue Devils mens basketball team is the college basketball program representing Duke University. The team is fourth all-time in wins of any NCAA mens basketball program, Duke has won 5 NCAA Championships and appeared in 11 Championship Games and 16 Final Fours, and has an NCAA-best.755 NCAA tournament winning percentage. Eleven Duke players have named the National Player of the Year. Additionally, Duke has 36 players named All-Americans and 14 Academic All-Americans, Duke has been the Atlantic Coast Conference Champions a record 20 times, and also lays claim to 19 ACC regular season titles. Prior to joining the ACC, Duke won the Southern Conference championships five times. Duke has also finished the season ranked No.1 in the AP poll seven times and is second, behind only UCLA, in total weeks ranked as the number one team in the nation by the AP with 121 weeks. Additionally, the Blue Devils have the second longest streak in the AP Top 25 in history with 200 consecutive appearances from 1996 to 2007, since that designation, Duke has won two additional national titles in 2010 and 2015. The January 30 issue of The Trinity Chronicle headlined the new sport on its front page, trinitys first game ended in a loss to Wake Forest, 24–10. The game was played in the Angier B, Duke Gymnasium, later known as The Ark. The Trinity team won its first title in 1920, the championship, by beating the North Carolina State College of Agriculture. Earlier in the season they had beaten the University of North Carolina 19–18 in the first match-up between the two schools, Trinity college then became Duke University. Billy Werber, Class of 1930, became Dukes first All-American in basketball, the Gothic-style West Campus opened that year, with a new gym, later to be named for Coach Card. The Indoor Stadium opened in 1940, initially it was referred to as an Addition to the gymnasium. Part of its cost was paid for with the proceeds from the Duke football teams appearance in the 1938 Rose Bowl, in 1972 it would be named for Eddie Cameron, head coach from 1929 to 1942. In 1952, Dick Groat became the first Duke player to be named National Player of the Year, Duke left the Southern Conference to become a charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1953. The Duke team under Vic Bubas made its first appearance in the Final Four in 1963, the next year, Bubas team reached the national title game, losing to the Bruins of UCLA, who claimed 10 titles in the next 12 years. Bob Verga was Dukes star player in 1967, the basketball program won its 1000th game in 1974, making Duke only the eighth school in NCAA history to reach that figure. Gene Banks, Mike Gminski and Jim Spanarkel ran the floor, Mike Krzyzewski has been at Duke since 1980
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LSU Tigers men's basketball
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The LSU Tigers basketball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I mens college basketball. The Tigers are currently coached by Will Wade and they play their home games in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center located on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The team participates in the Southeastern Conference, LSUs lone defeat came to the Southwest Conference co-champion Rice Owls by a score of 56–47 in Houston in one of LSUs three road games. LSU has claimed a championship for the 1935 season. Rabenhorst also led the Tigers to the 1953 Final Four with a team that finished 22–3 overall and 13–0 in conference play, from 1957–1966, LSU was coached by Jay McCreary and Frank Truitt. They combined for a record of 88–135, significant players included George Nattin, Jr. Press Maravich was head coach from 1966–1972. He had a record of 76–86 at LSU. He led the team to three winning seasons, but did not win an SEC championship or make an NCAA tournament appearance and his 1969–70 team advanced to the NIT Final Four. This era is best known for the exploits of Press Maravichs son, Pete dominated at the collegiate level averaging 44.2 points per game and was named National Player of the Year in 1970. Dale Brown was head LSU basketball coach for 25 years from 1972–1997, during his time at LSU, he led the basketball team to two final fours, four elite 8, five sweet sixteen and thirteen NCAA tournament appearances. He also led the Tigers to four regular season SEC championships, in 1996–97, Dale Brown signed Baton Rouge high school phenom Lester Earl. Earl played just 11 games at LSU before he was suspended and transferred to the University of Kansas soon afterward, while at Kansas, Earl said that an LSU assistant coach gave him money when he was at LSU. The NCAA quickly began an investigation and it found no evidence that Brown or his assistants paid Earl. However, it did find that a former booster paid Earl about $5,000 while he was attending LSU, the basketball team was placed on probation in 1998. In September 2007, Lester Earl issued an apology to Brown, then-assistant head coach Johnny Jones, Earl now claims that the NCAA pressured him into making false claims against Dale Brown or else he would lose years of NCAA eligibility. Earl said, I was pressured into telling them SOMETHING, I was 19 years old at that time. The NCAA intimidated me, manipulated me into making up things and they told me if we dont find any dirt on Coach Brown you wont be allowed to play but one more year at Kansas
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Ben Simmons
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Benjamin David Simmons is an Australian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association. A versatile forward from Melbourne, Simmons attended Box Hill Senior Secondary College before moving to the United States to attend Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida. He played one season of basketball for Louisiana State University, where he was named a consensus first-team All-American. Simmons was selected with the number one pick in the 2016 NBA draft by the 76ers. He has also represented the Australian national team, Simmons was born in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, to American father Dave and Australian mother Julie. When his parents met in 1991, Julie was a single mother with four children—Melissa, Emily, Liam. After their marriage in 1994, they added Olivia and Ben to their family, even though the six children have two different biological fathers, and their age span is 15 years, they were raised as if they were full siblings. Dave is a Melbourne Tigers legend who came to the National Basketball League from the United States in 1989 after playing basketball for Oklahoma City University. Simmons was raised in Newcastle from the age of 18 months, Simmons began playing basketball at the age of seven in the Newcastle Hunters under-12 representative team and played two more years for Lake Macquarie and Newcastle. While in Newcastle, he played junior rugby league for the Western Suburbs and South Newcastle in the Newcastle Rugby League. At the age of 10, Simmons returned to Melbourne with his family, along with basketball, he also played Australian rules football at the junior level for the Beverley Hills Junior Football Club and won a number of team and league best and fairest awards. In grade 7, while attending Whitefriars College, Simmons was named MVP after he helped Whitefriars win the Year-7 Division 1A Basketball premiership. At the age of 14, Simmons was torn between his two sporting loves of basketball and Australian rules football, but eventually decided to focus on basketball. Simmons later revealed it was his football coachs decision to him in the position of ruckman that swayed his decision to pursue basketball. Later that year, despite still being 15 years of age, he was chosen to represent Australia at the FIBA Under-17 World Championship, Simmons tournament highlights included a 26-point, 10-rebound, 5-steal outing against the Czech Republic. In January 2013, Simmons moved to Montverde, Florida, to attend Montverde Academy, in April 2013, he helped Montverde rally from a 16-point deficit to beat New Jerseys St Benedicts 67–65 in the final of the High School National Tournament. After competing in the Jordan Brand Classic International Game, he returned to Melbourne where he joined the Bulleen Boomers of the Big V competition in June 2013. He played six games for Bulleen while averaging 12.3 points,8.5 rebounds,2.5 assists,1.3 steals, Simmons returned to Montverde Academy for his junior season in 2013–14
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Rebound (basketball)
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In basketball, a rebound, colloquially referred to as a board, is a statistic awarded to a player who retrieves the ball after a missed field goal or free throw. Rebounds are also given to a player who tips in a shot on his teams offensive end. Rebounds in basketball are a part in the game, as all possessions change after a shot is successfully made. A rebound can be grabbed by either a player or a defensive player. The majority of rebounds are defensive because the team on defense tends to be in position to recover missed shots. Offensive rebounds give the team another opportunity to score whether right away or by resetting the offense. A block is not considered a rebound, a ball does not need to actually rebound off the rim or backboard for a rebound to be credited. Rebounds are credited after any missed shot, including air balls, if a player takes a shot and misses and the ball bounces on the ground before someone picks it up, then the person who picks up the ball is credited for a rebound. Rebounds are credited to the first player that gains possession of the ball or to the player that successfully deflects the ball into the basket for a score. A rebound is credited to a team when it gains possession of the ball after any missed shot that is not cleared by a single player, great rebounders tend to be tall and strong. Because height is so important, most rebounds are made by centers and power forwards, the lack of height can sometimes be compensated by the strength to box out taller players away from the ball to capture the rebound. For example, Charles Barkley once led the league in rebounding despite usually being much shorter than his counterparts, also, some shorter guards can be excellent rebounders as well such as point guard Jason Kidd who led the New Jersey Nets in rebounding for several years. Great rebounders must also have a sense of timing and positioning. Great leaping ability is an important asset, but not absolutely necessary, players such as Larry Bird and Moses Malone were excellent rebounders, but were never known for their leaping ability. Bird has stated, Most rebounds are taken below the rim, the action can also be called blocking out. A team can be boxed out by players using this technique to stop the other team from rebounding. Because fighting for a rebound can be physical, rebounding is often regarded as grunt work or a hustle play. Overly aggressive boxing out or preventing being boxed out can lead to personal fouls, statistics of a players rebounds per game or rebounding average measure a players rebounding effectiveness by dividing the number of rebounds by the number of games played
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Dwayne Bacon
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Dwayne Bacon, Jr. is an American college basketball player. Dwayne Bacon attended the McKeel Academy in his native Lakeland, Florida until transferring to the IMG Academy in Bradenton, at Mckeel Academy Bacon averaged 23 points,7 rebounds, and 3 steals as a sophomore in 2012-2013. He led Mckeel to a 17-8 overall record and to the FHSAA championship tournament regional semifinals in 2013, in his junior season of 2013-2014 at IMG Academy Bacon was IMG’s leading scorer. In his only season at IMG he averaged 19.3 ppg and led in assist with 4.0 apg while shooting 42% from the field, Bacon transferred to the Oak Hill Academy for his senior season. Dwayne Bacon committed to Florida State over offers from Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech and he was ranked 14th on ESPN100. Dwayne Bacon signed with Florida State on September 5,2015, as a freshman at Florida State Bacon received the National Freshman of the week honors from CBS Sports on November 21. He was a three time ACC rookie of the week, in his first career game Bacon had 23 points,8 rebounds,2 steals and 1 assist. Bacon achieved his first career double-double in Florida State’s win over Charleston Southern with 20 points and 10 rebounds and he appeared in every game during the 2015-16 season for the Seminoles and averaged 15.8 points and 5.8 rebounds over 28.8 minutes per game. On March 23, Bacon announced via Twitter that he would test his draft status for the 2016 NBA Draft and he did not hire an agent and retained his amateur status and the ability to return to Florida State for the 2016-17 season. However, on March 28 he announced he will return to college, during his sophomore season, Bacon was named a member of the All-ACC second team for his work with Florida State that season. After his team was eliminated from the 2017 NCAA Tournament, Bacon declared for the 2017 NBA Draft on March 22,2017
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Jalen Brunson
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Jalen Brunson is an American basketball player who plays for the Villanova Wildcats mens basketball where he has completed his sophomore season for the 2016–17 team. He completed his season for Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire. According to ESPN, he ended his year of high school as the number one point guard in the country. He was selected as the 2014 Illinois Boys Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year and he was selected to participate in the 2015 McDonalds All-American Boys Game as well as the 2015 Jordan Brand Classic and to represent the Team USA in the Nike Hoop Summit. As a senior, he repeated as the 2015 Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year and that year, he led Stevenson to the Illinois High School Association Class 4A championship. Following the season, he won Illinois Mr. Basketball, Brunson holds the IHSA playoff single-game and the IHSA Class 4A championship game scoring records and set the USA Basketball single-game assist record for the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championships. He earned the MVP of the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for the medal winning Team USA. He is the son of nine-year National Basketball Association veteran Rick Brunson and he began his college career as the 2015–16 Big East Conference Preseason Freshman of the Year and was a Big East All-Freshman Team selection following the season. As a starter, he helped the 2015–16 Wildcats win the game of the 2016 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament. Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Brunson was raised in southern New Jersey until sixth grade and he is the son of Rick and Sandra Brunson. His parents met at Temple University where Rick played for the Owls mens basketball team, Rick went on to spend nine seasons in the NBA. The family first settled in Cherry Hill, New Jersey but moved seven times before settling in Lincolnshire, as a freshman, Brunson was an All-Lake County honorable mention selection in 2012, as Stevenson finished the season with a 17–11 record. During his sophomore season, Stevenson started the season 10–4 before going on a 19-game winning streak, following the season, the Associated Press named him to the Class 4A All-state second team as the only sophomore on the first or second team. Brunson averaged 21.5 points that season, on February 21,2014, junior Brunson scored 57 points in a double overtime victory over Lake Forest High School. The performance gave him both the school single-game and career scoring records, on March 21, Brunson set the IHSA playoff single game scoring record against the Jahlil Okafor-led Whitney Young High School by scoring 56 points in a 75–68 state playoff semifinal loss. Brunson averaged 26.1 points,5.4 rebounds,4.7 assists and 2.9 steals for a Stevenson team that finished the season with a 32–2 record. Two members of his school team were National Football League athletes offspring, Matt Morrissey. Brunson was named Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Illinois as a junior, following the season, Associated Press named him as the only non-senior on the Class 4A All-state first team that also included Okafor, Cliff Alexander, Tyler Ulis and Sean OMara
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Malik Newman
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Malik Tidderious Newman is an American basketball player, currently playing for the Kansas Jayhawks. He attended Callaway High School in Jackson, Mississippi and he helped lead Callaway to four straight victories in the MHSAA Class 5A boys basketball championship. As a senior his jersey number 14 was retired by the school, in August 2014, Newman was named the MVP of the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship. Newman was selected to play in the 2015 McDonalds All-American Boys Game and he was rated by Rivals. com as a five-star recruit and was ranked as the third best overall player. On April 24th 2015, he signed to play basketball at Mississippi State. Newman was the 3rd five-star to play at Mississippi State, on July 1,2016, he decided to transfer and committed to play at the University of Kansas. Per NCAA regulations he will redshirt during the Jayhawks 2016–2017 season, Mississippi State bio Video highlights of his Senior year
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Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball
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The Texas A&M Aggies mens basketball team represents Texas A&M University in NCAA Division I college basketball. The Aggies play home games at Reed Arena, a 12, 989-capacity arena in College Station, Texas on the campus of Texas A&M University. In the 2006-07 season, Texas A&M was the program in the Big 12 Conference to have both mens and womens teams competing in the NCAA Tournament - the men as a 3 seed. The mens basketball received a number 3 seed in the 2015-16 season as well. Shelby Metcalf took over the A&M basketball program in 1963 and his impact was immediate, winning the Southwest Conference with a 13-1 conference record for Texas A&Ms first title in 13 years. In his 26 years as coach at Texas A&M, he won six Southwest Conference titles. He was fired by former A&M football player and then-athletic director John David Crow after coaching 19 games of the 1989-1990 season, when asked by the media what happened between the two, Metcalf remarked, I made a comment that I didnt think John David was all that bright. And I thought I was being generous, Metcalf finished his career at A&M with an overall record of 438–306, making him the all-time winningest mens basketball coach in Southwest Conference history. John Thornton finished out the 1990 season as coach after Metcalf was fired. Soon after, Kermit Davis, Jr. was hired prior to the 1990–91 season and he resigned after one season at 8–21 and Texas A&M began investigating recruiting violations by Davis. He was soon placed on a two-year probation by the NCAA, tony Barone was hired from Creighton in 1991 to replace Davis. Barone lasted seven years as coach of the program, finishing below.500 six times. It was in 1994 that he finished with a 10–4 league record for 2nd place in the Southwest Conference and was invited to the NIT, after Barone finished last in the Big 12 Conference in 1998, Melvin Watkins was hired out of UNC-Charlotte. While a good recruiter, Watkins never finished above seventh in the Big 12 and he resigned after going winless in conference play in 2004. The Aggies, though picked by Big 12 coaches to finish last in the conference, immediately improved under Gillispie, winning their first 10 games and finishing at 21–10, along the way, the team defeated ranked, in-state rivals Texas and Texas Tech. The team earned an NIT bid, Texas A&Ms first postseason in 11 years, Gillispies second year featured further improvement, with the Aggies defeating three ranked opponents in Colorado, Texas, and Syracuse. The team finished with a record of 10–6 and a win in the Big 12 Tournament. The Aggies reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1987 as a 12-seed, the Aggies fell in the second round to LSU on the final shot of the game
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Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
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The Connecticut Huskies mens basketball program is the intercollegiate mens basketball team of the University of Connecticut, in Storrs, Connecticut. They currently play in the American Athletic Conference and are coached by Kevin Ollie, the Huskies are one of the most successful mens college basketball programs of all time. The Huskies have won 4 NCAA Tournament Championships, which puts the program at sixth-most all-time, the Huskies have also won seven Big East Tournament Championships, ten Big East regular season titles and one American Athletic Conference Tournament Championship. The Huskies have participated in 5 NCAA Final Fours and appeared in the NCAA tournament 33 times, the team has been a number one seed in the NCAA Tournament 5 times, most recently in 2009. Mens basketball at UConn began in 1901 with a game played by Connecticut Agricultural College against Windham High School in January of that year. The college team won, and by 1903 basketball was a varsity sport, after graduating from the Connecticut Agricultural College, former player Hugh Greer returned to his alma mater as a freshman coach. He was later named coach of the Huskies six games into the 1946–47 season. Greer led Connecticut to a perfect 12–0 mark for the remainder of his first season, posting a record of 16–2, this was the best single season finish in school history to that point. UConn won twelve Yankee Conference titles under Greer in 16 completed seasons, Greer also led UConn to its first seven NCAA berths and one NIT appearance while compiling an overall head coaching record of 286–112. Greer died of an attack in 1963, ten games into the 1962–63 season. He was replaced by George Wigton who led them to the NCAA tournament, throughout the 1960s and 70s, Connecticut remained a regional power and earned multiple NCAA tournament berths. In 1979, UConn became one of the seven founding schools of the Big East Conference, prior to the 1986–87 season UConn hired Northeastern head coach Jim Calhoun to take over the program. Calhouns first team finished the season with a record of 9–19, in 1988, the team showed significant improvement and gained a berth in the National Invitation Tournament. UConn went on a run in the tournament and defeated Ohio State 72–67 at Madison Square Garden to win the NIT, the 1990 Dream Season would bring UConn basketball back to the national stage. 1990 also marked the opening of Gampel Pavilion, the programs new on-campus home, in the NCAA Tournament the Huskies garnered a #1 seed in the East Region, but trailed Clemson 70–69 with 1 second remaining in the Sweet 16. Burrells full-court pass found Tate George on the far baseline, George spun, fired, and hit a buzzer-beater that is known in Connecticut simply as The Shot. They would be eliminated on a buzzer-beater 2 days later by Duke, the Final Four still eluded Calhoun and the program until the 1999 NCAA Tournament. With Richard Rip Hamilton leading the way, they claimed the programs first national title that same year, Calhouns teams would go on to win two more national championships during his tenure at UConn
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Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
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The Arizona Wildcats mens basketball team is the intercollegiate mens basketball program representing the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. They compete in the Pac-12 Conference of NCAA Division I and are coached by Sean Miller. Arizona has a long and rich basketball history, the program came to national prominence under the tutelage of former head coach Lute Olson, who established the program as among Americas elite in college basketball. From 1985 to 2009, the Arizona basketball team reached the NCAA Division I Tournament for 25 consecutive years, despite having their 1999 and 2008 appearances later vacated by the NCAA, the media still cites Arizonas streak, and simply notes the changes. The Wildcats have reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament on four occasions and they have also made two appearances in the National Championship. In Pac-10 play, former head coach Lute Olson currently holds the record for most wins as a Pac-10 coach with 327, in addition, the team has won 15 Pac-10/12 regular season titles and six Pac-10/12 tournament championships. Arizona also holds the distinction of recording five out of the seven 17–1 Pac-10 seasons, No team has gone undefeated since the formation of the Pac-10/12. Arizona ranks 16th all time heading into the 2016–17 season with 1,737 wins, the University of Arizona fielded its first mens basketball team in 1904–05. Orin Albert Kates coached the team and drew opponents from local YMCAs, the first game Arizona played ended in a 40–32 victory over the Morenci YMCA. McKale took things to a new level, posting a 9–0 record his first season as a basketball coach, moreover, McKale elevated the program to intercollegiate play. The McKale Memorial Center, the arena for Arizona basketball, is named in his honor. From 1925 to 1961, the program was under the stewardship of Fred Enke, Coach Fred A. Enke was responsible for the early successes of Wildcat basketball. Enke amassed 509 wins in his tenure on the UA sidelines and still ranks as the second-winningest coach in school history, winning more than 60 percent of his games. Enke also led the Cats to the first four appearances in school history. Finally, he was the first coach to lead Arizona to a national ranking, two of his teams finished the season ranked in the top 15. Under Enke, UA competed in the now defunct Border Conference, under Enkes direction, Arizona won 12 conference championships, including a span in which the Cats won or shared seven consecutive Border Conference titles. No Border Conference team won as many league games or overall contests during its membership, in 1962, Arizona joined the Western Athletic Conference as a founding member after the Border Conference disbanded. In 1972, Fred Snowden was hired as the basketball coach, making Arizona the second Division I school
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Austin Rivers
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Austin James Rivers is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. Rivers led Winter Park High School to back-to-back Florida 6A state championships in 2010 and 2011 and he also played in the 2011 Nike Hoop Summit for the Team USA, and was a McDonalds All-American. He was one of the top rated high school players in the class of 2011. On September 30,2010, Rivers committed to Duke University, Rivers gained national recognition after making a game winning 3-pointer against Duke rival North Carolina in 2012. He was drafted with the 10th pick in the NBA draft by the New Orleans Hornets, on January 16,2015, Rivers became the first player in NBA history to play for his father, coach Doc Rivers of the Los Angeles Clippers. In 2010, Rivers led Winter Park High School to the schools first state title in a 76–57 win against Dr. Phillips High School in the 6A state championship, Rivers scored 23 points in the game. In June 2010, Rivers was a part of the medal winning team at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship where he set a Team USA record for an U18 event with 35 points against Canada. On August 5,2010, Rivers was named to the fifth annual Boost Mobile Elite 24 game, on September 30,2010, Rivers committed to Duke University. His commitment was widely covered by ESPN and various other sports networks given his status as the Class of 2011s top recruit and he officially signed with the program on November 16,2010. On March 5,2011, Rivers led Winter Park to back to back Florida 6A state championships with a 52–44 victory over Dr. Phillips High School, Rivers was named the 2011 Naismith Prep Player of the Year on March 10,2011. He was also an All-American and All-State honoree, and played in the 2011 Nike Hoop Summit for Team USA, as a freshman, Rivers played in Dukes exhibition games in China and Dubai during an international tour in August 2011. In the first game against the China mens national team, Rivers scored 18 points on 8–15 shooting. In the second game, Rivers scored 12 points in a 78–66 victory, in the final game played in Beijing, Rivers chipped in 11 points as Duke topped the Chinese, 93–78. In his teams 86–66 victory over the Dubai national team, he scored 16 points, including 10 in the second quarter, on an array of impressive drives. On February 8,2012, his three-point basket as time expired allowed Duke to overcome an 82–72 deficit with two minutes to play in an 85–84 victory over the University of North Carolina, the victory ended North Carolinas 31 game winning streak at the Dean Smith Center. On March 16,2012, Rivers college career ended in the Round of 64 of the NCAA tournament, Rivers shot 5-14 from the field, while playing 34 minutes. Lehigh led for most of the game, earning their first NCAA Tournament victory, on March 26,2012, Rivers declared for the NBA draft, foregoing his final three years of college eligibility. Rivers was selected by the New Orleans Hornets with the 10th overall pick the 2012 NBA draft, Rivers chose to wear the #25 jersey, the same number his father wore when he was in the NBA
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Henry Ellenson
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Henry Ellenson is an American professional basketball player for the Grand Rapids Drive, on assignment from the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association. He played one season of basketball for Marquette before being drafted 18th overall by the Pistons in the 2016 NBA draft. Ellenson played basketball at Rice Lake High School, where he competed in track. In August 2014, Ellenson was a member of the United States National Team at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Dubai, scoring 21 points in the quarterfinal game with China. As a freshman in 2011–12, Ellenson averaged 12.0 ppg.7.0 rpg.1.5 apg. and 1.5 bpg. As a sophomore in 2012–13, Ellenson averaged 21.5 ppg.11.8 rpg.3.5 apg. and 1.8 bpg.7 rebounds per game, with 1.8 assists and 1.5 blocks in 33.5 minutes of action over 33 games. As a result, he earned All-Big East First Team, Big East All-Freshmen Team, on April 5,2016, Ellenson declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final three years of college eligibility. On June 23,2016, Ellenson was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 18th overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft, on July 19, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Pistons. On October 26, he made his debut in a 109–91 loss to the Toronto Raptors. During his rookie season, Ellenson has had multiple assignments with the Grand Rapids Drive, the son of John and Holly Ellenson, he has two brothers and one sister. His father played two seasons of basketball at Marquette while his brother, Wally, is a member of the mens basketball and track & field teams there
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Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association
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The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association is the regulatory body for all high school sports in Wisconsin. Its history dates to 1895, making it the earliest continually existing high school athletic organization in the country. It also provides the program for more than 10,000 officials in the state. Among its duties are the administration of state tournament series in its various sports, overseeing eligibility and conference alignment, and promoting sportsmanship. The WIAA considers its start to be a meeting in December 1896 of part of the teachers association following a state track. Meetings led to the formation of a committee, followed by a Board of Control. It has 11 members, seven chosen by regions, three at-large and a representative from the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, an Advisory Council, made up of 18 members, also provides governance and advice. It is made up of 15 members, five each from large, medium and small schools, a gender at-large representative, a minority at-large representative, until 2000, only public schools were WIAA members. Private schools had belonged to the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association, when that organization announced it would shut down, the WIAA changed its rules to allow private schools. The WIAA, unlike other states, does not add a multiplier to enrollment of private schools to contend with perceived advantages private schools have in drawing athletes. The WIAA held its own track meet in 1897 and its first state boys basketball tournament in 1920. For boys sports, it added cross country, golf, tennis, in the 1940s, wrestling, volleyball and baseball were added, in the 1950s, skiing and curling, and in the 1960s, gymnastics. These sports have been dropped by the WIAA,1965 also brought a second baseball tournament, this one for summer participants. Ice hockey was added in 1970, Soccer was added, and volleyball, football was a recognized sport but championships were only held briefly in the 1920s. The WIAA resumed playoffs in 1976, the WIAA started adding girls sports in the 1970s. Swimming was the first, followed by gymnastics, track, and tennis in 1971, golf, cross country joined the list in 1975, then basketball and softball. Girls soccer added a state tournament in 1983, the most recent addition was ice hockey in 2002. The number of classes - referred to as divisions by the WIAA, except for football, all schools sponsoring a sport are in the tournament
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Gerald Ratner Center
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The building was named after University of Chicago alumnus, Gerald Ratner. The architect of this structure that is supported by masts, cables and counterweights was César Pelli. The Ratner Athletics Center was approved for use in September 2003, Cesar Pelli & Associates Inc. was credited as the design architect and OWP/P was the architect of record. A ceremonial groundbreaking was held for the Ratner Center on October 28,2000, the Ratner Center opened to the public on September 29,2003, although it was not officially dedicated until homecoming weekend on October 11. The building, which represented a collaboration between Cesar Pelli & Associates and Chicagos OWP/P, was the first new facility on the University of Chicago campus in 68 years. It was a part of a $500 million University-wide capital improvement plan that occurred between 1999 and 2005, part of the plan included the Pelli-designed parking structure across the street from the Athletics Center. The parking structure is named the Gerald Ratner Athletics Center Parking Structure, the athletic center is known for its innovative asymmetrically supported cable-stayed structural system and S-shaped roofs. Ratner, Ph. B. ’35, J. D. ’37 and he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate and played for the baseball team during the time that the University participated in the Big Ten Conference. After graduating with a law degree, Order of the Coif, helen Myers McLoraine, also an alumnus from the 1930s, contributed in excess of $5 million to fund the swimming pool. DelGiorno worked in industrial relations and personnel at a steel plant before becoming a stockbroker for Paine Webber, the building features the 50-metre x 25-yard Myers-McLoraine Swimming Pool, which can be configured with up to 20 lanes in the 25-yard dimension and nine lanes in the 50-meter dimension. The pools configuration is flexible with a moveable bulkhead which allows for simultaneous activities and it also has a pair of one-meter diving boards. The pool depth ranges from 4 to 13.5 feet in the shallow end, the 24, 700-square-foot competition natatorium features seating for 350 spectators. The building also includes the Bernard DelGiorno fitness center, the DelGiorno Fitness Center facility occupies two levels of the Ratner center plus the rotunda area. The building also features a gym and auxiliary gym, both of which are available to recreational users. The competition gym, which is the southernmost building, accommodates practice and game site for varsity basketball, volleyball, and wrestling, the auxiliary gym is multipurpose and can accommodate indoor soccer, as well as basketball, volleyball, and badminton. The Ratner Center also serves as the home of the University of Chicago basketball, volleyball, the building also hosted the 2009 University Athletic Association Womens Volleyball Championship. The Myers-McLoraine Swimming Pool was the site of the 2005 University Athletic Association Swimming and Diving Championship and it also hosted swimming at the 2006 Gay Games. The center is available to University and hospital faculty, staff, alumni, as of 2010, the University of Chicago is one of the few remaining universities in the United States to have a swimming requirement for its undergraduate degree program
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University of Chicago
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The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It holds top-ten positions in national and international rankings and measures. The university currently enrolls approximately 5,700 students in the College, Chicagos physics department helped develop the worlds first man-made, self-sustaining nuclear reaction beneath the viewing stands of universitys Stagg Field. The university is home to the University of Chicago Press. With an estimated date of 2020, the Barack Obama Presidential Center will be housed at the university. Both Harper and future president Robert Maynard Hutchins advocated for Chicagos curriculum to be based upon theoretical and perennial issues rather than on applied sciences, the University of Chicago has many prominent alumni. 92 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with the university as professors, students, faculty, or staff, similarly,34 faculty members and 16 alumni have been awarded the MacArthur “Genius Grant”. Rockefeller on land donated by Marshall Field, while the Rockefeller donation provided money for academic operations and long-term endowment, it was stipulated that such money could not be used for buildings. The original physical campus was financed by donations from wealthy Chicagoans like Silas B, Cobb who provided the funds for the campus first building, Cobb Lecture Hall, and matched Marshall Fields pledge of $100,000. Organized as an independent institution legally, it replaced the first Baptist university of the same name, william Rainey Harper became the modern universitys first president on July 1,1891, and the university opened for classes on October 1,1892. The business school was founded thereafter in 1898, and the law school was founded in 1902, Harper died in 1906, and was replaced by a succession of three presidents whose tenures lasted until 1929. During this period, the Oriental Institute was founded to support, in 1896, the university affiliated with Shimer College in Mount Carroll, Illinois. The agreement provided that either party could terminate the affiliation on proper notice, several University of Chicago professors disliked the program, as it involved uncompensated additional labor on their part, and they believed it cheapened the academic reputation of the university. The program passed into history by 1910, in 1929, the universitys fifth president, Robert Maynard Hutchins, took office, the university underwent many changes during his 24-year tenure. In 1933, Hutchins proposed a plan to merge the University of Chicago. During his term, the University of Chicago Hospitals finished construction, also, the Committee on Social Thought, an institution distinctive of the university, was created. Money that had been raised during the 1920s and financial backing from the Rockefeller Foundation helped the school to survive through the Great Depression, during World War II, the university made important contributions to the Manhattan Project. The university was the site of the first isolation of plutonium and of the creation of the first artificial, in the early 1950s, student applications declined as a result of increasing crime and poverty in the Hyde Park neighborhood
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Candace Parker
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Candace Nicole Parker is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Womens National Basketball Association. Parker is the sister of former NBA player Anthony Parker and was the first overall pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft. In high school, Parker won the 2003 and 2004 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year awards, becoming just the second junior and the only female to receive the award twice. A versatile player, Candace mainly plays the position, but while in college, she was listed on Tennessees roster as a forward, center. She also became only the player to dunk in a WNBA game on June 22,2008. Prior to her first WNBA game, Parker had signed long-term endorsement deals with Adidas, Parker has also been selected to six All-WNBA teams and three All-Star teams. Parker became the first player to win the Rookie of the Year, Parker was born on April 19,1986 to Sara and Larry Parker in St. Louis, Missouri. She has two brothers, Anthony Parker, who is a former NBA basketball player, and Marcus Parker. Parker and her family moved to Naperville, Illinois at the age of two, where she spent her childhood and adolescent years before college and her whole family loved basketball, and she began playing at an early age. Her father played basketball at the University of Iowa in the 1970s, the Parker family were also huge Chicago Bulls fans. Candace was worried about playing basketball, fearing she would not live up to the level of play her father and brother demonstrated and it wasnt until the eighth grade that her family convinced her to play basketball. Her father helped coach and critique her, if me and my dad went to a park and he didnt think I was practicing hard enough, hed just get in the car and leave. Once I figured that out, Id always try to go to close-by-parks, like her older brother Anthony Parker, she attended Naperville Central High School in Naperville, Illinois in 2004. She is the only award winner of the USA Today High School Player of the Year. Parker also won the Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award, in 2004 she was named Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year, WBCA All-American and McDonalds All-American. She participated in the 2004 WCBA All-America Game where she scored 9 points and she was also a consensus pick as player of the year in Illinois in 2002,2003, and 2004, and was a four-year member of the All-State first team. On July 11,2003, Parker tore her ACL in her knee in a summer league game. On November 11, Parker announced her commitment to Tennessee on ESPNEWS, on December 29, Parker returned to action for Naperville Central and a few months later, led her team to its second consecutive state title
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Stephen Zimmerman
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Stephen Eric Zimmerman Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association. He played one season of basketball for UNLV before being selected with the 41st overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft by the Magic. His 114 career wins also made him the winningest player in school history, as a senior in 2014–15, Zimmerman averaged 14.7 points,10.1 rebounds,4.2 assists,1.2 steals and 2.4 blocks per game. He subsequently earned selection to the McDonalds All-American Game and the Jordan Brand Classic, Zimmerman played one season of college basketball for UNLV. As a freshman in 2015–16, he played in 26 games and averaged 10.5 points, a team-high 8.7 rebounds and he ranked second in the Mountain West Conference in blocked shots and third in rebounding. He scored in double figures 17 times, including a career-high 21 points on February 2 against New Mexico and he pulled down 10+ rebounds 13 times, including a career-best 16 boards on January 19 against Utah State. On March 28,2016, Zimmerman declared for the NBA draft, on June 23,2016, Zimmerman was selected by the Orlando Magic with the 41st overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft and afterwards he joined the Magic for the 2016 NBA Summer League. On July 7, he signed with the Magic, on October 29, he made his debut for the Magic in a 108–82 loss to the Detroit Pistons, recording four rebounds and one assist in eight minutes off the bench. During his rookie season, Zimmerman has had multiple assignments with the Erie BayHawks, the Magics D-League affiliate
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Jalen Rose
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Jalen Anthony Rose is a former American professional basketball player and current sports analyst with ESPN. In college, he was a member of the University of Michigan Wolverines Fab Five that reached the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship games as both freshmen and sophomores. Rose played in the NBA for six teams, most notably alongside Reggie Miller on the Indiana Pacers teams that made three consecutive Eastern Conference finals, including the 2000 NBA Finals, Rose was primarily a small forward however sometimes played the role of a shooting guard. As of 2014 Rose serves as the ambassador and spokesperson for the National Basketball Retired Players Association. Roses mother coined his name from a combination of his fathers name, James. Roses biological father Jimmy Walker was a former #1 overall pick who started in the backcourt alongside Jerry West in the 1972 NBA All-Star Game, Walker died in July 2007 of lung cancer. Although they eventually spoke several times over the phone, Rose never met his father in person, Rose attended the University of Michigan where the Wolverines reached two NCAA Finals games in 1992 and 1993, finishing as national runners up both times. Rose was a part of Wolverines coach Steve Fishers legendary 1991 recruiting class and he led the Fab Five in scoring his freshman year, averaging 19 points per game, and set the school freshman scoring record with 597 total points. Aside from being the most outspoken of the Fab Five, Rose was also their small forward, while he did not win a NCAA title, he racked up over 1700 points,400 rebounds,400 assists, and 100 steals. At 6-8 and playing as a point guard, some reporters started comparing Rose to his schoolboy idol Magic Johnson. Of the players called before the jury in the University of Michigan basketball scandal. Rose played for six different NBA teams, forging a solid pro career after skipping his senior season at Michigan and he was selected 13th overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 1994 NBA draft. After two years with Denver, he was traded to the Indiana Pacers, along with Reggie Williams and a future first round pick, for Mark Jackson, Ricky Pierce. Over the course of his 13-year NBA career, Rose earned more than $100,000,000 in salary compensation, despite his successes in Indiana, he was not readily accepted early on. Rose frequently logged DNPCDs under Coach Larry Brown, Rose also often spoke out about the fact he was being used as a backup two-guard and small forward over his preference, which was point guard. It was not until Larry Bird took over coaching duties did Rose finally begin to blossom, as a member of the Indiana Pacers, Rose helped the team get back on its feet after a disastrous 1996–97 season and make it to three consecutive Eastern Conference Finals appearances. After helping lead his team to the 2000 NBA Finals, Rose went on to average 25 points per game in the six game series, however, the Pacers lost the series to the Los Angeles Lakers. After 16 games in the 2003–04 season, Rose was traded to the Toronto Raptors, along with power forwards Donyell Marshall and Lonny Baxter
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Isaiah Briscoe
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Isaiah Briscoe is an American college basketball player for the Kentucky Wildcats. He was ranked among the top point guards in the class of 2015 by Rivals. com, Scout. com. He completed his season for Roselle Catholic High School in the 2014–15 academic year. Briscoe was born in Union, New Jersey and his father, George Briscoe, is a hall of famer and former guard at Stockton State College, his sister, Iasia Hemingway, played at Syracuse University and his cousin, Kyrie Irving, is an NBA player. When he was in grade, he was not selected to an elite AAU team. After his eighth-grade year at Kawameeh Middle School in Union, Briscoe repeated the grade at Good Shepherd Academy in Irvington and he was invited to the LeBron James Skills Academy. Briscoe played well, using his body to get to the rim, Briscoe was one of only three players from the 2015 class to be invited. After the eighth grade, He attended Saint Benedicts Preparatory School and he teamed with current Milwaukee Bucks point guard, Tyler Ennis, to lead the Gray Bees to the brink of an ESPN National High School Invitational championship. They lost on a last-second 3-pointer to Montverde Academy, 67-65, Briscoe had 11 points in the game. Isaiah averaged 15.1 points,4.6 assists,3.5 rebounds and 2.3 steals his sophomore season for the 32-2 Gray Bees, Briscoe transferred Roselle Catholic High School for his junior year, where he was coached by Dave Boff. He led the team to titles in 2014 and 2015. As a senior, Briscoe averaged 21 points, five rebounds and he models his game after Deron Williams and Tyreke Evans. Prior to his year, Briscoe led the AAU New Jersey Playaz to the championship at the 2014 Nike Peach Jam in South Carolina. He posted averages of 19.2 points and 5 assists over 23 total games in the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League in 2014, isaiah finished as Rivals. com #10 nationally ranked player and the #1 point guard in the class of 2015. He committed to Kentucky on November 13,2014 live on ESPNU, puts me in the best position to play basketball after college, Briscoe said. Calipari puts you on the highest stage, the last couple years, all his point guards have been in the NBA. Im just trying to be the next one and he chose Kentucky over St. Johns. He was the consensus top point guard, was ranked No.13 overall player by ESPN and Scout, No.10 by Rivals
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Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
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The Indiana Hoosiers mens basketball team is the intercollegiate mens basketball program representing Indiana University. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in NCAA Division I, the Hoosiers play on Branch McCracken Court at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana on the IU campus. Indiana has won five NCAA Championships in mens basketball — the first two under coach Branch McCracken and the three under Bob Knight. The Hoosiers five NCAA Championships are tied for fourth in history with Duke, trailing only UCLA, Kentucky, Indianas 1976 squad remains the last undefeated NCAA mens basketball champion. The Hoosiers are seventh in NCAA Tournament appearances, seventh in NCAA Tournament victories, ninth in Final Four appearances, the Hoosiers have won 22 Big Ten Conference Championships and have the best winning percentage in conference games at nearly 60 percent. No team has had more All-Big Ten selections than the Hoosiers with 53, the Hoosiers also rank seventh in all-time AP poll appearances and sixth in the number of weeks spent ranked No.1. Every four-year mens basketball letterman since 1973 has earned a trip to the NCAA basketball tournament, additionally, every four-year player since 1950 has played on a nationally ranked squad at Indiana. The Hoosiers are among the most storied programs in the history of college basketball, a 2012 study listed Indiana as the third most valuable collegiate basketball program in the country. Indiana has ranked in the top 15 nationally in basketball attendance every season since Assembly Hall opened in 1972. Indiana has three main rivalries including in-state, against the Purdue Boilermakers, and out-of-state, against the Kentucky Wildcats, Indiana players wear warm-up pants that are striped red and white, like the stripes of a candy cane. They were first worn by the team in the 1970s under head coach Bob Knight, at the time they were in keeping with the fashion trends of the 1970s, but despite changing styles they have since become an iconic part of playing for Indiana. IU star guard Steve Alford said, As you watch television and you watch the IU games, so when you finally got to put those on, those are pretty special. Rusty Stillions, Director of Indianas Equipment Operations, said the pants were originally only for team members. However, changes in licensing agreements permitted the public to buy them as well. They have since become a staple at games and other Indiana basketball events, beginning in 2014, during Hoosier Hysteria, former IU basketball players have presented to the new players their first pair of candy striped pants. This practice symbolizes a passing-of-the-torch and carrying on the rich tradition, the team is widely noted for their simple game jerseys. Unlike most schools, Indiana doesnt have players names on the back of jerseys that players wear on the court, the notion behind the nameless jerseys is that players play for the team name on the front, not the individuals name on the back. In keeping with Indianas longstanding principle of putting team over player, adidas is the current outfitter of Indiana athletics
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Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
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The Michigan State Spartans mens basketball team represents Michigan State University and competes in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I College basketball. Their home games are played at the Breslin Student Events Center, Tom Izzo has been the head coach since 1995. The Spartans have won two NCAA championships and 13 Big Ten Conference Championships and their two National Championships came in the 1979 NCAA Tournament and the 2000 NCAA Tournament. The 1979 National Championship Game was the most watched basketball game in history. The 1979 National Championship team was coached by Jud Heathcote and included tournament MVP Magic Johnson, Greg Kelser, the Spartans defeated the previously unbeaten Indiana State Sycamores, led by future Hall of Famer Larry Bird. The 2000 National Championship team defeated the Florida Gators in the final, the team was coached by Tom Izzo and led by players Morris Peterson, Charlie Bell, Jason Richardson and tournament MVP Mateen Cleaves. Michigan State has the eighth most all-time Final Four appearances with nine, the program is also ninth all-time in NCAA tournament winning percentage. The first established coach for Michigan Agricultural College, Charles Bemies was also the first athletic director in history, while also coaching the football, baseball. His two-year stint as head coach ended in 1901. Michigan Agricultural College’s second basketball coach was George Denman. Denman is the basketball coach to go undefeated during his tenure. His team still holds the record for largest margin of victory with a 102–3 defeat of Alma College in 1902, mAC’s first full-time athletic director and one of the Spartans’ most successful coaches, Chester Brewer led the football, basketball, and baseball squads to winning records. He holds the highest winning percentage of any Spartan basketball coach with at least four seasons at.736 and his team also defeated Michigan in the schools’ first meeting in 1909. George Gauthier was the first alumnus to lead a Michigan State basketball squad and he compiled a career record of 41–38 over four seasons. Gauthier left after 29 games in 1919–20, posting a 15–14 record, lyman Frimodig coached the final seven games of the season, going 6–1. He would also serve as coach for the next two seasons. He is third in victories with 231. Van Alstyne coached MSU’s first All-American, Roger Grove, in 1930. ”His 47–45 loss to Kentucky in 1948 set the record for the largest crowd in Jenison Field House history, in one season under Alton Kircher, the Spartans finished 4–18. Following the conclusion of the 1950 season, the Spartans would join the Big Ten Conference, Pete Newell was hired from San Francisco following a successful four years with the Dons where he went 70–37 and won the 1949 NIT
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California Golden Bears men's basketball
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The California Golden Bears basketball team is the college basketball team of the University of California, Berkeley. The program has seen throughout the years, culminating in a national championship in 1959 under coach Pete Newell. The current head coach is Cuonzo Martin, who began his tenure in 2014, the team plays its home games at Haas Pavilion, which was built on top of the old Harmon Gymnasium using money donated in part by the owners of Levi-Strauss. The arena was known as Mens Gymnasium and then later Harmon Gymnasium until the late 1990s when it went through renovations which displaced the team for two seasons. The Golden Bears first played basketball intercollegiately in 1907 and began conference play in 1915. The 1920s was the dominant decade for Cal basketball, as the Bears won 6 conference titles under coaches E. H. Wright, Cal was retroactively recognized as the pre-NCAA Tournament national champion for the 1926–27 season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Cal reached the pinnacle of the sport during the tenure of Pete Newell, the Golden Bears earned the conference title four out of his five years and in 1959, won the NCAA title. In Newells last year, Cal came close to another NCAA title, the fortunes of Cal mens basketball would never be the same after Newell. The next quarter-century would mostly be a one for the program, despite having players such as Butch Hays. From 1960 to 1985, the Bears tallied only two winning seasons in conference play, lou Campanelli served as head coach from 1986 -1993. The highlight of this era was a 75–67 victory over UCLA in 1986 that ended a 25-year,52 game losing streak to the Bruins. Campanelli in his first season took the Golden Bears to the 1986 National Invitation Tournament, in 1990, Campanelli led the Golden Bears to their first NCAA Tournament in 30 years. Cal also won the 1999 National Invitation Tournament, with a thrilling 61-60 victory over Clemson in the title game, in 2006, the Golden Bears reached their first Pacific Life Pac-10 Mens Basketball Tournament championship game. Despite Californias 71-52 loss to UCLA in the game, Powe was named Most Valuable Player for the tournament. From 1996–2008, under Ben Braun, Cal qualified for the NCAA tournament three times in the 2000s and six times overall. However, after finishing near the bottom of the Pac-10 for the second straight year, the former coach of rival Stanford, Mike Montgomery, succeeded Braun. In his first year the Bears finished tied for third in the Pac-10 and made it to the NCAA Tournament, in Montgomerys second season, the Bears won their first conference title in 50 years. They were able to one-up their previous season by winning their first round matchup against the Louisville Cardinals but fell to the national champions, Duke
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UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball
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The UNLV Runnin Rebels are a NCAA Division I mens basketball team who play at the Thomas & Mack Center or T-Mobile Arena in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada, United States. As of 2009, UNLV has the fourth-highest winning percentage in Division I history, ranking behind Kentucky, North Carolina and Kansas, UNLV is 33–19 all-time in the NCAA tournament with a 63.5 winning percentage. In July 2008, ESPNU named the program the eighth most prestigious collegiate basketball program in the nation since the 1984–85 season, in 1977, just seven years after joining Division I, The Rebels made the Final Four in a squad today known as the Hardway Eight. Ten years later, the made the Final Four with one loss. In 1990, UNLV won the NCAA Championship by beating Duke by a margin of 103–73, becoming the first team. Before becoming a powerhouse in the late 1970s, UNLV was often referred to as Tumbleweed Tech due to its relative obscurity. Led by famed coach Jerry Tarkanian, the Runnin Rebels were among the most exciting teams in the nation and they consistently led the nation in points scored, turnovers forced, and most importantly – wins. The Runnin Rebels were well known for going on long runs that turned close games into blowouts, Tarkanian was suspected of violating numerous NCAA regulations and was forced out in 1992 by then–president Robert Maxson. In 1998 Tarkanian received a $2.5 million out of court settlement when he sued the NCAA for violations stemming from its investigation of UNLV. On November 26,2005, for his achievements as coach of the Runnin Rebels, the last Rebel squad coached by Tarkanian won their tenth consecutive Big West Conference regular season title, but was barred from the NCAA Tournament due to probation. The Rebels had actually been barred from the 1991 Tournament only months after winning the title, the years after Tarkanians departure were tumultuous. UNLV hired former Villanova coach Rollie Massimino to replace Tarkanian, but after a 15–13 season in 1993–94, the community was outraged to discover that Massimino had been awarded a secret contract — a deal that ultimately led to Maxsons departure from UNLV. Massimino was replaced by well–respected Tarkanian assistant Tim Grgurich, but he lasted just 7 games in 1994 before resigning. Howie Landa and Cleveland Edwards finished the 1994–95 season, which ended with a 12–16 record—the schools first losing season in 34 years, the team hired UMass assistant Bill Bayno for the 1995–96 season. With a still-depleted roster, Baynos first year ended with a 10–16 record, however, Bayno engineered a very quick return to respectability. He was an excellent recruiter, bringing in future NBA talent including Shawn Marion, Tyrone Nesby, the Rebels returned to the NCAA Tournament in 1997, their first appearance in six years. Bayno was let go in 2000, after the NCAA found that UNLV had violated rules while recruiting Lamar Odom, Odom ultimately chose Rhode Island over UNLV. It was in the wake of Bayno that UNLV began looking for a coach to act as an anchor for the program
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Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball
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The Mississippi State Bulldogs mens basketball program represents Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi, in mens NCAA Division I basketball. The Bulldogs play in the Southeastern Conference, on March 23,2015, Mississippi State named former UCLA head coach, Ben Howland as its 20th head basketball coach. The Bulldogs have been to the NCAA Tournament ten times, the first time in 1963, three previous bids were turned down because of a state policy barring collegiate teams from playing in integrated events. The 1963 team, however, famously snuck out of the state in the dead of night to play, six of the ten NCAA appearances have been earned in the past 10 seasons under former MSU Head Basketball Coach, Rick Stansbury. The Bulldogs have won 4 conference tournament championships, one as a member of the Southern Conference in 1923, Mississippi State has several notable alumni including Erick Dampier, Bailey Howell, and Jarvis Varnado. Mississippi State also has several National Basketball Association players who committed to MSU, some of those names include Jonathan Bender, Monta Ellis, and Travis Outlaw. Mississippi States most successful coaches include Babe McCarthy, Richard Williams, Babe McCarthys place in history includes taking his team to the 1963 NCAA Tournament under the cover of darkness despite the Mississippi Governors court order restricting their participation. As in all sports, Mississippi States rival is the University of Mississippi, Mississippi State leads the series over Ole Miss 142–112. Former MSU Head Coach Rick Stansbury is 21–8 vs the Rebels, Mississippi State and Alabama are considered rivals on the court, with only 90 miles separating the two programs. The Crimson Tide lead the all-time series 120-74, notable basketball players who attended and played at Mississippi State University. Arnett Moultrie, 1st round,2012 NBA draft, Jarvis Varnado, 2nd round,2010 NBA draft. NCAA career record holder with 564 blocked shots, one of only two college players to have at least 1000 points,1000 rebounds, and 500 blocked shots, the other being David Robinson. Lawrence Roberts, 2nd round,2005 NBA draft, derrick Zimmerman, 2nd round,2003 NBA draft. Tyrone Washington, 2nd round,1999 NBA draft, dontae Jones, 1st round,1996 NBA draft. Erick Dampier, 1st round,1996 NBA draft, jeff Malone, 1st round,1983 NBA draft. Rickey Brown, 1st round,1980 NBA draft, wiley Peck, 1st round,1979 NBA draft. Bailey Howell, 1st round,1959 NBA draft, elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997. The years the Bulldogs won were as follows,1995,1996,2003,2004,2007,2008,2010 The Bulldogs have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 10 times, the Bulldogs have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament eight times
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Brandon Ingram
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Brandon Xavier Ingram is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Ingram had a high school basketball career at Kinston in North Carolina. He attended Duke University for one season of basketball and earned second-team all-conference honors in the Atlantic Coast Conference as a freshman. After the season, Ingram decided to forego his remaining eligibility and declared for the 2016 NBA draft. Ingram was born on September 2,1997, in Kinston and he is the son of Donald and Joann Ingram. He has two half-siblings, a brother, Donovan, and an older sister, Brittany. He shares a father with Donovan and a mother with Brittany, Ingrams father started his career as a police officer and a manager of a local gym, but he is now full-time at a welding plant, where he makes fork lifts. Before that, Donald was a would-be hoops star, pushing his way through the semi-pro leagues, Stackhouse, an ex-NBA star and Kinston native, forged a friendship with Ingrams father on the basketball court. While Ingram grew up in a house on Highland Avenue in Kinston, his brother Donovan grew up in a different house but would spend weekends with Brandon. Kinston had a high crime rate, but Ingram kept his focus on basketball. Before Ingram was a teenager, his brother allowed him to play with him and he described this experience as the best thing that ever happened to my game. His brother, known as Bo, went on to college basketball for South Plains College. By the time Brandon reached eighth grade, Stackhouse became Ingrams Amateur Athletic Union coach and those influences took me to the next level, said Ingram, whose foundation as a player came from his father. His father was a school and collegiate referee who stated Brandon was trained correctly. He grew up knowing the rules of the game, Ingram played all four years of his high school basketball career at Kinston High School and helped lead Kinston to four straight state championships during his time there. During his freshmen year at Kinston, he came off the bench on the varsity basketball team, in his first year with the Kinston Vikings, the team defeated Cuthbertson High School by three points to win the 2012 NCHSAA 2-A boys basketball state championship in Reynolds Coliseum. As a sophomore, Kinston defeated Cuthbertson for the year in a row to win the state title. Prior to the start of Ingrams junior year, he began to show improvement during the 2013 summer while playing AAU basketball, Ingram led the Kinston Vikings to a its third consecutive state title where he scored 28 points to go along with his 16 rebounds against North Rowan
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Jaylen Brown
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Jaylen Brown is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the California Golden Bears, as a freshman, he earned first-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12 and was named the conferences Freshman of the Year. After the season, he decided to forgo his college eligibility. Brown attended Joseph Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia, as a senior, he helped lead his team to a victory in the Georgia High School Association AAAAAA state championship. With 0.6 seconds remaining, Brown hit two free throws to give Wheeler a 59–58 victory. Brown was rated as a recruit and was ranked by Scout. com, ESPN, and 247Sports. com as the fourth best recruit in his class behind Ben Simmons, Skal Labissière. Rivals. com ranked him third in his class, Brown won a 2014 FIBA Americas Championship gold medal as part of the 2014 USA Basketball Mens U18 National Team while playing alongside future NBA players Stanley Johnson and Justise Winslow. Brown was also selected to play in the 2015 McDonalds All-American Boys Game, on May 1,2015, Brown committed to play for the Golden Bears at the University of California, Berkeley, under coach Cuonzo Martin and alongside fellow top-recruit Ivan Rabb. He is listed as a forward and is heralded as an all-round prospect due to his athleticism. During his time at California, he attended a masters degree class as a freshman for the Cultural Studies of Sport in Education. In addition to that, Brown also learned how to speak Spanish relatively well in his time in California, with him planning on learning three more languages by the age of 25. While playing for California, provided 14.6 points,5.4 rebounds and he had his best scoring games on November 27,2015, against Richmond and January 27,2016, against Utah by recording 27 points in each game. He recorded a season-high 11 rebounds twice during victories on November 23,2015, against Sam Houston State and on January 1,2016, on January 23,2016, Brown recorded a season-high 7 assists to go with 15 points in a 74–73 victory over Arizona. However, Brown also earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors and be the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year for the production he gave to the Golden Bears all year long. On June 23,2016, Brown was selected by the Boston Celtics with the third pick in the 2016 NBA draft. On July 27,2016, he signed his rookie contract with the Celtics after averaging 16.0 points,6.2 rebounds and 2.3 steals in six Summer League games. He made his debut for the Celtics in their opener on October 26,2016 against the Brooklyn Nets. In 19 minutes off the bench, he scored nine points on 3-of-4 shooting in a 122–117 win, in his first career start on November 3,2016, Brown scored 19 points in a 128–122 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers
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Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
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The Purdue Boilermakers basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and is a member of the Big Ten Conference. Purdue basketball has the most Big Ten Championships with 23, the Boilermakers have reached two NCAA Tournament Final Fours. The 1931–32 team was named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation. Purdue has sent more than 30 players to the NBA, including two overall No.1 picks in the NBA draft, Purdue shares a traditional rivalry with in-state foe Indiana University, and holds a 117–89 all-time series lead. The history of Purdue basketball dates back to 1896 with their first game against the Lafayette YMCA, in the 1902–03 season, head coach C. I. Freeman, in his season, led them to an undefeated 8–0 record. Upon conclusion of the season, the university recognized the popularity of the sport, the Boilermakers began play in the Big Ten Conference three years later, with its first championship coming in 1911 under the direction of Ralph Jones. In 1917, Ward Piggy Lambert, a basketball player at Wabash College, was named head coach of the Boilermakers. What followed was one of the most dominant eras of Purdue Basketball on the conference, under Lambert, Purdue became a front-runner in the development of the fast-paced game as it is today. Lambert compiled a record of 371–152, a.709 winning percentage. His 228 wins in Big Ten play have been bested by only Indianas Bob Knight, Lambert won an unprecedented 11 Big Ten Championships, which Bobby Knight later tied for most in conference history. In 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively recognized Purdue as its champion for 1932. The Premo-Porretta Power Poll later recognized the Boilermakers as the 1932 national champion as well, Ward Lambert announced his resignation on January 23,1946. That same year and the following under new head coach Mel Taube. Center Paul Hoffman became the only Boiler to be named a First Team-All Big Ten selection four times in 1947, after Mel Taubes four and a half seasons, Ray Eddy, a former player and teammate of John Wooden under Lambert, took over as head coach. In 1955, his team played one of the longest games in basketball history. Schaus led the Boilermakers to the 1974 NIT Championship, becoming the first Big Ten team to capture the NIT title, in the 1978–79 season, new head coach Lee Rose introduced Purdue basketball to a new approach with a slowed-down, controlled style of play. With All-American center Joe Barry Carroll, he led them to the 1979 NIT Finals, in 1980, Gene Keady, the head coach of Western Kentucky and former assistant to Eddie Sutton with the Arkansas Razorbacks, was named the new head coach of the Boilermakers
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