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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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Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
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The Kansas Jayhawks mens basketball program is the intercollegiate mens basketball program of the University of Kansas. It is one of the oldest and is one of the most successful programs in the history of basketball, the program is classified in the NCAAs Division I and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference. The Jayhawks first coach was the inventor of the game, James Naismith, Allen founded the National Association of Basketball Coaches and, with Lonborg, was an early proponent of the NCAA tournament. In 2008, ESPN ranked Kansas second on a list of the most prestigious programs of the college basketball era. The program ranks third in Division I all-time winning percentage and second in Division I all-time wins, following a 19–11 defeat of William Jewell on February 10,1908, the Jayhawks had a winning all-time record for the first time. The Jayhawks havent had a losing record since. Since the opening of Allen Fieldhouse in 1955, the Jayhawks have established a record of 750–109. Under head coach Bill Self, the Jayhawks have a 212–10 record at Allen Fieldhouse, which includes win streaks of 69,33, Kansas ranks second all-time in NCAA Division I wins with 2,198 wins, against 837 losses. This record includes a 750–109 mark at historic Allen Fieldhouse, the Jayhawks are first in NCAA history with 97 winning seasons, and tied for first in NCAA history with 100 non-losing seasons with Kentucky. Kansas has the fewest head coaches of any program that has been around 100 years, every head coach at Kansas since the inception of the NCAA Tournament has led the program to the Final Four. Kansas has had four head coaches inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame, a perennial conference powerhouse, Kansas leads Division I all-time in regular season conference titles with 60 in 110 years of conference play through the 2016–17 regular season. The Jayhawks have won a record 17 conference titles and a record 10 conference tournament titles in the 21 years of the Big 12s existence. The program also owns the best Big 12 records in both areas with a 274–57 record in conference play and a 41–10 record in tournament play. The mens basketball program began in 1898, following the arrival of Dr. James Naismith to the school. Naismith was not initially hired to coach basketball, but rather to be a chapel director, other common opponents were Haskell Institute and William Jewell College. Under Naismith, the team played just one game against a current Big 12 school, Naismith was, ironically, the only coach in the programs history to have a losing record. Including his years as coach, Naismith served as the Athletic Director, Naismith died in 1939, and his remains are buried in Lawrence, Kansas. The basketball court in Allen Fieldhouse is named James Naismith Court, on December 10,2010, the David Booth family purchased Dr. James Naismiths 13 Original Rules of the game at a Sothebys auction in New York City for the sum of $4.3 million
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Big 12 Conference
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The Big 12 Conference is a ten-school collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas. Its ten members, located in Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, additionally, the Big 12 has ten affiliate members, six for the sport of wrestling, one for womens gymnastics, and 3 for womens rowing. The Big 12 Conference is a 501 nonprofit organization incorporated in Delaware, the Big 12 was formerly composed of 12 schools, hence its name, it was formed in 1996 when four schools from the collapsing Southwest Conference joined with the pre-existing Big Eight Conference. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State were grouped with the four newcomers in the Big 12 South, TCU and West Virginia joined from the Mountain West and Big East Conferences respectively to offset two of the departing schools, bringing the conference to its current strength. Attempts to rename the Big 12 to reflect its current strength would lead to confusion with the current Big Ten Conference, the Big 12 Conference commissioner is Bob Bowlsby. Full members Assoc. member Other Conference The Big 12 Conference sponsors championship competition in ten mens, nonetheless, it is an open coed sport in NCAA college athletics, with mens, womens, and coed teams in all NCAA divisions competing against each other. TCU and West Virginia both field coed teams, through 2017, West Virginia with 19 national titles and TCU with two, together have won over half of the NCAA titles awarded since the inaugural NCAA championship in 1980. West Virginia also won four national titles. The Big 12 began athletic play in the fall of 1996, from its formation until 2011, its 12 members competed in two divisions. Between 2011 and 2012 four charter members left the conference while two joined in 2013. The Big 12 is unique among the current Power Five conferences in that it only has 10 members, despite the name, causing some confusion. From 1987 to 2015,12 or more members were required for a championship game. Former Texas Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds and former football coach Mack Brown, along with Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops, critics argued it was a competitive advantage over other contract conferences. Conferences with a game have their division champions typically play one of their toughest games of the year in the last week of the regular season. Unlike the other Power 5 conferences in which a team plays a portion of the other teams in the conference each season. This theoretically allows for the declaration of a de facto champion without the need for a rematch between the top two teams in the conference. On June 3,2016, the conference announced it would reinstate the football game in the 2017 season. This followed the passage of a new NCAA rule allowing all FBS conferences to hold football championship games regardless of their membership numbers, the Big 12 population base is centered on the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, West Virginia and Iowa
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Okmulgee, Oklahoma
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Okmulgee is a city in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population at the 2010 census was 12,321 a loss of 5.4 percent since the 2000 census figure of 13,022 and it has been the capital of the Muscogee Nation since the United States Civil War. The name is from the Creek word oki mulgee which means boiling waters in English, other translations put it as babbling brook or Effluvium. The site was chosen because of the rivers and springs. Okmulgee is 38 miles south of Tulsa and 13 miles north of Henryetta via US-75, Okmulgee was founded in 1868, when the Creek Nation began restoring order after the Civil War. In 1869, a post office was established, with Captain Frederick B. Severs as the first postmaster, the name of the post office was officially changed to the present spelling on November 15,1883. The Creeks initially built a two-story log council house to serve as their capital and this building burned in 1878 and was replaced with a stone building that stands today. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and now serves as a history museum. The St. Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway arrived in 1900, by the time of statehood in 1907, the town had 2,322 residents and had been named the seat of Okmulgee County. The present county court house was built in 1916, the discovery of oil nearby in 1907, further expanded Okmulgee, and brought several new industries to town. These included three glass factories, a factory, foundry and machine shops. The population was 4,176 in the 1920 census, Okmulgee is located at 35°37′28″N 95°57′48″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 33.8 square miles. It is located in the heart of Oklahomas Green Country, in the North East Quadrant of Oklahoma, agriculture and coal mining originally supported the local economy. Cotton, corn, feed grains, and forage were the main crops, truck farming, dairying, and poultry raising were also important. Discovery of the Morris and Lucky oil pools in 1907 brought prosperity to Okmulgee, and attracted manufacturing facilities like foundries, machine shops glass factories and a bottling plant. In the 21st Century, the most important business sectors in Okmulgee are, construction, retail trade, health care and social assistance, okmulgees major employers include Muscogee Nation, Anchor Glass, Paccar Winch-Okmulgee, C. P. East Central Electric Cooperative, Great Plains Coca-Cola, Covington Aircraft, G&H Decoy, as of the census of 2000, there were 13,022 people,5,135 households, and 3,291 families residing in the city
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Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball
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The Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represents Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States in NCAA Division I mens basketball competition. The Cowboys currently compete in the Big 12 Conference, since 1938, the team has played its home games in Gallagher-Iba Arena. Prior to 1957, the school was known as Oklahoma A&M College, on March 21,2016, Brad Underwood was hired as head coach at Oklahoma State, replacing the fired Travis Ford. Just short of one year, on March 18,2017, assistant Mike Boynton was promoted to head coach on March 24. Oklahoma State University began varsity competition in mens basketball in 1908. The Cowboys rank 35th in total victories among all NCAA Division I college basketball programs, the Cowboys have made 22 total appearances in the NCAA Tournament, reaching the NCAA Final Four six times and the NCAA Regional Finals eleven times. Oklahoma State won the NCAA Championship in 1945 and 1946, the Cowboys rank tenth in all-time Final Four appearances and seventh in total NCAA Championships. Under nine head coaches in this period Oklahoma A&M found very little success, very little success was found early on and after a six-win fifteen-loss season under first-year coach John Maulbetsch things were not looking well. However, in the three seasons Maulbetsch turned around the program, leading the Aggies to a 41–20 record culminating with a first-place finish in their last season in the Southwest Conference. The move to the Missouri Valley Conference in 1925 would halt the progress under this budding coach, after Maulbetsch resigned from the positions of football, baseball and basketball coach the Aggies would not have another winning season until Henry Iba took the reins in 1934. This period in Oklahoma State basketball history was marked with mainly football coaches heading the football, baseball and basketball teams, Henry Iba came to Oklahoma A&M College in 1934 and remained for 36 years. He retired after the 1969–70 season, for most of his tenure at A&M/OSU, he doubled as athletic director. Ibas teams were methodical, ball-controlling units that featured weaving patterns, Ibas swinging gate defense was applauded by many, and is still effective in todays game. He was known as the Iron Duke of Defense, Ibas Aggies became the first to win consecutive NCAA titles. His 1945–46 NCAA champions were led by Bob Kurland, the games first seven-foot player and they beat NYU in the 1945 finals and North Carolina in the 1946 finals. He was voted coach of the year in both seasons and his 1945 champions also defeated National Invitation Tournament champion, DePaul, and 69 center George Mikan in a classic Red Cross Benefit game. Ibas 1949 and 1951 teams also reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament, Oklahoma A&M/Oklahoma State teams won 655 games,14 Missouri Valley Championships, and one Big Eight Championship, in 36 seasons with Iba as head mens basketball coach. Mr. Iba, as he is popularly known at OSU, remained a fixture on campus until his death in 1993
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Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball
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The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles mens basketball team is the basketball team of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The team is a member of The Summit League, the team earned an automatic berth in the 2008 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament. It was their third consecutive NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament appearance, the Golden Eagles are currently coached by Scott Sutton. The Golden Eagles and Tulsa Golden Hurricane exchange a traveling trophy, before the 1993-94 season, ORU was known as the Titans. The Golden Eagles have appeared in five NCAA Tournaments, ORU, in just its eighth season of varsity competition, made the big show and almost stole the show, coming within three points of advancing to the Final Four. ORUs dream season came to an end on its floor, however, as Kansas overcame a nine-point deficit in the games final minutes to send it to overtime. ORU, at 23-6, won 20-plus games for the fifth straight season, ORU averaged 94.6 points, the fifth straight season over the 90-point mark under Trickey, whose running style helped revolutionize offensive basketball from then on. Junior guard Sam McCants paced the Titans with a 24.0 scoring average, the Titans finished 18th in the final Associated Press ranking, the second time in three years placing in the Top Twenty. ORU, behind junior center Mark Acres 28 points, gave Memphis State all it could handle but eventually bowed in defeat 92-83 to the homestanding Tigers. Acres, the MCC Player of the Year, was on his way to his third straight All-American season in which he would finish with team leading averages of 20.8 points and 10.5 rebounds. ORU, which opened the season with a 4-5 start, turned things around the rest of the way, one year after coming so close to reaching their first NCAA Tournament in over 20 years, the Golden Eagles finally advanced to the Big Dance. ORU again earned the No.1 seed for the Mid-Con Tournament, ORU romped by Chicago State, 85-72, in the title game in Tulsa, earning the schools first NCAA Tournament berth in 22 years. Junior guard Ken Tutt, who earlier missed 10 conference games with a broken foot, ORU gave the Tigers a good tussle, but eventually came up short in Dallas. The Golden Eagles enjoyed significant nationwide exposure, playing on national television three different times, including a 68-48 win over Southern Cal on ESPN2 while at the Great Alaska Shootout. The Golden Eagles kept the Mayors Cup at the Mabee Center for the third season with a 62-48 defeat of Tulsa. With seniors Caleb Green and Ken Tutt leading the way, the Golden Eagles made history by making becoming the first ORU team to reach consecutive NCAA Tournaments. Green, who became the Mid-Continent Conferences all-time leader in points and rebounds, earned conference player of the year for the third time, but it was Tutts clutch shooting which carried the Golden Eagles to the tournament title. Tutt banked in a jumper with 31 seconds remaining to give ORU a come-from behind victory over Oakland
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Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball
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The Tulsa Golden Hurricane mens basketball team represents the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, in the U. S. state of Oklahoma. The team participates in the American Athletic Conference, the Golden Hurricane hired Frank Haith from Missouri on April 17,2014 to replace Danny Manning, who had resigned to take the Wake Forest job after the 2013–14 season. The team has long been successful, especially since the hiring of Nolan Richardson in 1980, many big-name coaches previously worked at Tulsa, like University of Kansas coach Bill Self and Minnesota coach Tubby Smith. The Hurricane have been to the NCAA Tournament 14 times in their history, in addition, they have won two National Invitation Tournaments, in 1981 and 2001, and one CBI tournament. In 2005, Street & Smiths named the University of Tulsa as the 59th best college basketball program of all time, Clarence Iba, brother of Henry Iba, helped to springboard Tulsa to success when named the head coach in 1949. He coached at the school for 11 years, the longest tenure of any Tulsa coach and he became the first coach in NCAA history to win 50 games in his first two seasons. In the 1990s and 2000s, a succession of Tulsa coaches went on to big name programs across the country, including Tubby Smith, Buzz Peterson, the team remained successful throughout the string of coaches. Doug Wojcik, coach from 2005 to 2012, is the all-time winningest coach at the school with 140 wins, notable assistants in the programs history have included Billy Gillispie, Flip Saunders, Kevin O’Neill, Tom Izzo, Mike Anderson and Ron Jirsa. Tulsa has had a series of players at the program. Among those who did make it to the NBA, James King, who came back to coach the program after his NBA career, and Bingo Smith had the greatest success. King was selected to the 1968 NBA All-Star Game, and Smith scored more than 10,000 points in his career, bergen in 1907, when the school still went by the name Kendall College. It went 1–1 in its first season, following the 1908–09 season, the team went on hiatus for several years before restarting for the 1913–14 season under Harvey Allen. The team hit hard times and achieved occasional modest success until the arrival of Clarence Iba in 1949, of special note is the 1942–1943 winless squad under Mike Milligan, whose team went 0–10. Under Iba, Tulsa reached the post-season for the first time in the 1953 NIT, in 1955, Iba led the Golden Hurricane to their first Missouri Valley Conference title and NCAA tournament appearance. Joe Swank succeeded Iba in 1960 and it was under Swank that the color barrier was broken in the Tulsa basketball program. Swank had some winning seasons, but the program would be without real success until the arrival of Nolan Richardson, Nolan Richardson’s hiring helped to usher in a new era of success at Tulsa that has remained fairly consistent since then. He led the team the NIT Championship in the 1980–1981 season, Richardson also won two MVC regular season and two MVC tournament championships in his five season tenure. His flamboyant personality made him popular, his teams adopted McFadden & Whiteheads Aint No Stopping Us Now as their theme song during the Richardson years
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Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
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The Illinois Fighting Illini mens basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference. Home games are played at the State Farm Center, located on the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaigns campus in Champaign, the team is currently coached by Brad Underwood, hired on 18 March 2017. Through the end of the 2013–14 season, Illinois ranks 13th all-time in winning percentage, prior to World War II breaking out, the Fighting Illini mens basketball program had achieved a status which it had never seen prior. Under the direction of coach and athletic director Douglas R. Mills. Through his first five seasons as coach, Combes led the Fighting Illini to three NCAA Final Four appearances in 1949,1951, and 1952. During his tenure as coach, Combes increased the Fighting Illinis offensive output by changing their style of play, Combes implemented Full-court press defense, causing turnovers at a high rate which translated into Fast break points. During the 1957–58 season, Mannie Jackson and Govoner Vaughn were inserted into the lineup as the first two African-Americans to start and letter in basketball at Illinois. Combes also oversaw the Illinis move from Huff Hall to Assembly Hall in 1963, however, the Illini lost to eventual national champion Loyola in the Elite Eight of the 1963 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament. The following 1964–65 season, saw several upset victories over defending national champion UCLA Bruins and national powerhouse Kentucky Wildcats at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Henson would lead the Fighting Illini back to their glory after having a number of difficult years following the Illinois slush fund scandal. In 21 years at Illinois, Henson garnered 423 wins and 224 losses, the 214 wins in Big Ten games were the third highest total ever at the time of his retirement. At Illinois, Henson coached many future NBA players, including Eddie Johnson, Derek Harper, Ken Norman, Nick Anderson, Kendall Gill, Kenny Battle, Marcus Liberty, Steve Bardo, and Kiwane Garris. In 1981, Illinois made strides in its return to the spotlight with a 21–8 record, a third-place Big Ten finish. The team received a bye in the NCAA Tournament and beat Wyoming, 67–65, in Los Angeles to advance to the regionals in Salt Lake City. During this season, the Fighting Illini led the Big Ten in scoring for the consecutive season and were again led by Eddie Johnson. Guards Craig Tucker and Derek Harper arrived to add backcourt punch, the top-seeded and top-ranked 1989 Illini were upset 83–81 in the Final Four on a last second basket by Michigans Sean Higgins, ending the schools deepest run in the tournament at that time. Illinois had beaten the Wolverines by 12 and 16 points in two meetings that season. The 1988–89 Illinois Fighting Illini team gained the moniker Flyin Illini by Dick Vitale during an ESPN broadcast that season, the early 1990s Illini were dominated by players such as guards Andy Kauffman, Richard Keene, and Kiwane Garris, as well as centers Shelly Clark and Deon Thomas. Thomas was at the center of a report of misconduct by Iowa Hawkeyes mens basketball assistant coach Bruce Pearl, the Illini were suspended from postseason play for one season for unrelated violations uncovered during the investigation
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NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
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The tournament was created in 1939 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and was the idea of Ohio State University coach Harold Olsen. Played mostly during March, it has one of the most famous annual sporting events in the United States. The tournament teams include champions from 32 Division I conferences, and 36 teams which are awarded at-large berths, the 68 teams are divided into four regions and organized into a single-elimination bracket, which pre-determines, when a team wins a game, which team it will face next. Each team is seeded, or ranked, within its region from 1 to 32, after an initial four games between eight lower-ranked teams, the tournament occurs during the course of three weekends, at pre-selected neutral sites across the United States. The Final Four is usually played during the first weekend of April and these four teams, one from each region, compete in a pre-selected location for the national championship. The tournament has been at least partially televised since 1969, currently, the games are broadcast by CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV under the trade-name NCAA March Madness. Since 2011, all games are available for viewing nationwide and internationally, such as in the Philippines, as television coverage has grown, so too has the tournaments popularity. Currently, millions of Americans fill out a bracket, attempting to predict the outcome of all 67 games of the tournament. With 11 national titles, UCLA has the record for the most NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championships, the University of Kentucky is second, with eight national titles. The University of North Carolina is in place, with six titles, while Duke University. The University of Connecticut is sixth with four national titles, the University of Kansas and University of Louisville are tied with three championships. During that time Villanova, Michigan, UNLV, Duke, Arkansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Maryland, Syracuse, the NCAA has changed the tournament format several times since its inception, most often representing an increase of the number of teams. This section describes the tournament as it has operated since 2011, for changes during the course of its history, and to see how the tournament operated during past years, go to Format history, below. A total of 68 teams qualify for the tournament played during March, thirty-two teams earn automatic bids as their respective conference champions. Of the 32 Division I all-sports conferences, all 32 currently hold championship tournaments to determine which team receives the automatic qualification. The Ivy League was the last Division I conference that did not conduct a tournament, through the 2015–16 season, if two or more Ivies shared a regular-season championship, a one-game playoff was used to decide the tournament participant. Since 2017, the league conducts their own postseason tournament, the committee also determines where all sixty-eight teams are seeded and placed in the bracket. The tournament is divided into four regions and each region has at least sixteen teams, the committee is charged with making each of the four regions as close as possible in overall quality of teams from wherever they come from
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2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
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It began on March 18,2008, and concluded on April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. For the first time since seeding began, all four of the top seeds advanced to the Final Four. Memphis and Kansas advanced to the championship game, with Memphiss victory in the semifinals giving them a record-setting 38 for the season. Kansas, however, spoiled their national championship hopes by handing the Tigers their second loss of the season, winning the game in overtime, Memphiss entire season was later vacated by the NCAA due to eligibility concerns surrounding freshman guard Derrick Rose. Entering the tournament on March 18, the top ranked team was North Carolina in both the AP Top 25 and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Polls, followed by Memphis, UCLA and Kansas. American University, UMBC, Texas-Arlington, and Portland State all entered the tournament for the first time in their schools history, another school, Coppin State won the MEAC Tournament to become the first 20-loss school ever to make the field. Georgia, a team that otherwise would not have advanced to the tournament, won the SEC tournament to qualify, and were awarded a #14 seed, whereas the 2007 tournament did not see many upsets, the 2008 tournament was full of them. The sub-regional pod played at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, #5 seeds Drake and Clemson fell to #12 seeds Western Kentucky and Villanova while the #4 seeds in that same pod, Vanderbilt and Connecticut, were defeated by #13 seeds Siena and San Diego. Western Kentucky advanced to the West regional in Phoenix where they lost to UCLA while Villanova was one of two double digit seeds to advance to the Midwest regional. The other was #10 seed Davidson, who rode the hot shooting of Stephen Curry to defeat Gonzaga, Georgetown, and Wisconsin before nearly upsetting Kansas in the regional final. The Midwest region alone saw four of its double digit seeds advance, as in addition to Villanova, Siena, the total tournament attendance of 763,607 set a record for highest total tournament attendance, breaking the record set during the 1999 tournament. The NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship is an annual tournament featuring 65 teams representing all Division I Conferences in the nation. A play-in game determined which of the two lowest seeds would play in the first round of 64 against a top seed team. The Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65 within four regionals of 16 teams, Mount St. Marys, as the winner of the play-in game, between 2004 and 2006, the regionals were named for their host cities. April 5 and 7 Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas A total of 31 teams received bids for winning their conference tournament championship. Since the Ivy League does not hold a tournament, its regular season received the automatic bid. This left 34 at-large bids to be decided from the rest of the field by the NCAA Selection Committee, the at-large bids, along with the seeding for each team in the tournament, were announced on Sunday, March 16. Coppin State was the first team to make the tournament with 20 losses, maryland-Baltimore County, American, Texas-Arlington, and Portland State all received their first tournament bids in school history
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2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
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The 2012 NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament involving 68 schools playing to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 13,2012, and concluded with the game on April 2 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. Kentucky defeated Kansas 67-59 to win their first national championship since Tubby Smith led the team there in 1998 and this was Caliparis first national championship in four trips to the Final Four, having previously gone there with Kentucky in 2011, Memphis in 2008 and Massachusetts in 1996. Upsets were once again the story of the tournament in 2012, in the South Region, #15 Lehigh of the Patriot League defeated #2 Duke. In the West Region, #15 Norfolk State of the MEAC, making their first ever NCAA tournament appearance, defeated #2 Missouri. A team from the First Four games also won in the Round of 64 for the second year as South Florida defeated Midwest #5 seed Temple. Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed, the South Region saw four double digit seeds win in their opening games, as Colorado and Xavier joined VCU and Lehigh as victors. Xavier advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, where they were defeated by Baylor, despite the upsets, all four top seeds advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2009. Three made it to the Elite Eight, as only Michigan State of the West Region lost, Kentucky was the only one to advance to the Final Four as Syracuse and North Carolina lost in their regional finals. Two teams made their first NCAA tournament appearances in history, MEAC champion Norfolk State. Ivy League champion Harvard made its first appearance since 1946, all four teams from the state of Ohio made it to the Sweet 16, marking the first time in tournament history any state has been represented by four teams in the round of 16. This tournament was also the first tournament since 1985 to feature no teams in the Sweet 16 from the Mountain or Pacific Time Zones and it is also the first tournament ever that both national semifinals and the national championship game were regular season rematches. A total of 68 teams entered the tournament, thirty out of 31 automatic bids were given to the teams that won their conference tournament. The remaining automatic bid was awarded to the Ivy League regular season champion since they do not hold a conference tournament, the remaining 37 teams were granted at-large bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee on March 11. Eight teams—the four lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and the four lowest-seeded at-large teams—will play in the First Four, the winners of these games will advance to the main draw of the tournament. For the first time ever, the Selection Committee publicly disclosed the overall rankings for each team and this is a list of qualifying teams for the 2012 NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament. A total of 68 teams entered the tournament, thirty of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which does not conduct a tournament, went to its regular season champion
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2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
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The 2018 NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament will involve 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. It is scheduled to begin on March 13,2018 and will conclude with the game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Pending any changes to the current format, a total of 68 teams will enter the 2018 tournament,32 automatic bids shall be awarded to each program that wins their conferences tournament. The remaining 36 bids are at-large, with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee, eight teams-the four lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and the four lowest-seeded at-large teams-will play in the First Four. The winners of these games advance to the draw of the tournament. The Selection Committee will also seed the field from 1 to 68. com Tournament 2018 Womens National Invitation Tournament NCAA Mens Basketball Division I
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Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
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The Big 12 Mens Basketball Tournament is the championship mens basketball tournament in the Big 12 Conference. It is a tournament of four rounds, with the top four seeds getting byes in the first round. Starting in 2012, the top six seeds will get byes in the first round, seeding is based on regular season records. The tournament has been every year since the first full basketball season was completed in 1997. Since that time, it was held in Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri in early March for every year up until 2003, and also in 2005. In 2003,2004, and 2006 it was held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, in 2008 it was again held in Kansas City, but this time at the Sprint Center. The 2009 edition of the championship was held in Oklahoma City, on June 1,2012, it was announced that the Big 12 Tournament would stay in Kansas City through 2016. Kansas has won the most Big 12 postseason titles as well, numbers in parentheses refer to each teams finish/seed in the tournament for that year. Teams are seeded in order of highest conference record
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Big Ten Conference
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The Big Ten Conference, formerly Western Conference and Big Nine Conference, is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. The conference includes the public university in each of 11 states stretching from New Jersey to Nebraska. The Big Ten Conference was established in 1895 when Purdue University president James H, in 1905, the conference was officially incorporated as the Intercollegiate Conference Athletic Association. Big Ten member institutions are predominantly major flagship research universities with large financial endowments, large student enrollment is also a hallmark of Big Ten universities, as 12 of the 14 members feature enrollments of 30,000 or more students. Northwestern University, one of just two members with a total enrollment of fewer than 30,000 students, is the lone private university among Big Ten membership. Collectively, Big Ten universities educate more than 520,000 total students and have 5.7 million living alumni, Big Ten universities engage in $9.3 billion in funded research each year. Big Ten universities are members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance. In 2014–2015, members generated more than $10 billion in research expenditures, Johns Hopkins University was invited in 2012 to join the Big Ten as an associate member participating in mens lacrosse only. In 2015, it was accepted as an associate member in womens lacrosse. Notre Dame is scheduled to join the Big Ten in 2017 as a member in mens ice hockey. Notes Notes Notes The University of Chicago was a co-founder of the conference, lake Forest College attended the original 1895 meeting that led to the formation of the conference, but did not join it. Full members Full members Sport Affiliate Other Conference Other Conference The Big Ten Conference sponsors championship competition in 14 mens and 14 womens NCAA sanctioned sports, Notes, * Notre Dame will join the Big Ten in the 2017–18 school year as an affiliate member in mens ice hockey. It continues to field its other sports in the ACC except in football where it will continue to compete as an independent, ° Johns Hopkins joined the Big Ten in 2014 as an affiliate member in mens lacrosse, with womens lacrosse to follow in 2016. Ohio State and Penn State, like most NCAA fencing schools, have coed teams,2, Mens rowing, whether heavyweight or lightweight, is not governed by the NCAA, but instead by the Intercollegiate Rowing Association. Rutgers Mens Rowing was downgraded to Club status in 2008,3, Unlike rifle, pistol is not an NCAA-governed sport. 4, Rifle is technically a mens sport, but mens, womens, Ohio State fields a coed team. The eligibility of student-athletes was one of the topics of discussion. The Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives was founded at a meeting on February 8,1896
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Western Athletic Conference
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The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference formed on July 27,1962 and affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. The WAC thus became the first Division I conference to drop football since the Big West in 2000, the WAC then added mens soccer and became one of the NCAAs eleven Division I non-football conferences. The following institutions are the members of the WAC for the 2016–17 academic year. Notes With the elimination of football as a WAC-sponsored sport, New Mexico States football program has joined the Sun Belt as an associate member, in July 2015, UTPA merged with the University of Texas at Brownsville to create the new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The University of Texas System stated in July 2014 that the UTPA athletics program will be converted into the program at UTRGV. On November 5,2014, UTRGVs new nickname of Vaqueros was announced, the founding date for UTRGV listed in this table reflects that of Edinburg College, the institution that eventually became UTPA. According to U. S. News & World Report, RNP means a ranking was calculated, unranked means not enough information was provided to make a calculation. Chicago States continued membership is problematic, considering the schools current strained financial situation and the needs of the athletic program, in April 2016, the University Budget Committee recommended that the Athletic Department. Study the benefits of being Division I or another division, championships title totals are through Spring 2016. The following 11 schools field programs in the WAC for sports not sponsored by their primary conferences. Notes Four schools became members in mens soccer in July 2013, the WAC announced on January 9,2013 that it would reinstate the sport. Because the conference dropped football, it was necessary to add a new mens team sport to maintain its Division I status, three of these schools have past WAC connections—former full members Air Force, UNLV and San Jose State. After the WAC announced it would add mens soccer, the conference gained an eighth soccer school for the 2013 season when UMKC, which already sponsored the sport, joined. In addition, Utah Valley added the sport for 2014, UT-Pan American added it for 2015, and Chicago State is slated to add it for 2016. Four schools became members in mens swimming and diving in July 2013, the WAC announced on May 16,2013 that it would reinstate the sport. Northern Colorado joined the WAC for baseball for the 2014 season, north Dakota also joined the WAC for baseball in the 2014 season, but dropped the sport after the 2016 season. Sacramento State was formerly a member of the WAC in baseball from 1992–93 to 1995–96. Championships title totals are through Fall 2014, north Dakota will leave the WAC entirely in July 2017 after dropping its remaining WAC sports of mens and womens swimming & diving
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Henry Iba Award
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The Henry Iba Award was established in 1959 to recognize the best college basketball coach of the year by the United States Basketball Writers Association. Five nominees are presented and the individual with the most votes receives the award, the award is named for Henry Iba, who coached at Oklahoma State from 1934 to 1970. Iba won the NCAA College Championship in 1945 and 1946 and coached the U. S. Olympic Teams to two medals in 1964 and 1968. The award is presented at the Oscar Robertson Trophy Breakfast on the Friday before the Final Four, legendary UCLA Bruins coach John Wooden has the most all–time selections with seven. Of the seven other coaches with multiple Henry Iba Awards, none have received it more than twice, not including Woodens seven awards, the school with the second–most winners is Ohio State, which has had two coaches win a total of three awards
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Adolph Rupp Cup
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The award is named for former University of Kentucky head coach Adolph Rupp, who compiled an overall record of 876–190 with four recognized national championships and one NIT championship. Rupp coached Kentucky between 1930 and 1972, and his percentage of 82. 2% is still the NCAA record. The Rupp Cup is presented by the Commonwealth Athletic Club of Kentucky, the awards inaugural recipient was Phil Martelli of Saint Josephs University, who was also recognized as the Naismith National Coach of the Year that season. As of 2015, the most recent winner John Calipari is the head coach to receive the Rupp Cup twice
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Associated Press
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The Associated Press is an American multinational nonprofit news agency headquartered in New York City that operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. The AP is owned by its contributing newspapers and radio and television stations in the United States, all of which stories to the AP. Most of the AP staff are members and are represented by the Newspaper Guild, which operates under the Communications Workers of America. As of 2007, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,700 newspapers, in addition to more than 5,000 television, the photograph library of the AP consists of over 10 million images. The AP operates 243 news bureaus in 120 countries and it also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice hourly for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, as part of their cooperative agreement with the AP, most member news organizations grant automatic permission for the AP to distribute their local news reports. The AP employs the inverted pyramid formula for writing that enables the news outlets to edit a story to fit its available publication area without losing the storys essentials. Cutbacks at rival United Press International in 1993 left the AP as the United States primary news service, although UPI still produces and distributes stories and photos daily. Other English-language news services, such as the BBC, Reuters, some historians believe that the Tribune joined at this time, documents show it was a member in 1849. The New York Times became a member shortly after its founding in September 1851, initially known as the New York Associated Press, the organization faced competition from the Western Associated Press, which criticized its monopolistic news gathering and price setting practices. The revelations led to the demise of the NYAP and in December 1892, when the AP was founded, news became a salable commodity. The invention of the press allowed the New York Tribune in the 1870s to print 18,000 papers per hour. During the Civil War and Spanish–American War, there was a new incentive to print vivid, Melville Stone, who had founded the Chicago Daily News in 1875, served as AP General Manager from 1893 to 1921. He embraced the standards of accuracy, impartiality, and integrity, the cooperative grew rapidly under the leadership of Kent Cooper, who built up bureau staff in South America, Europe and, the Middle East. He introduced the telegraph typewriter or teletypewriter into newsrooms in 1914, in 1935, AP launched the Wirephoto network, which allowed transmission of news photographs over leased private telephone lines on the day they were taken. This gave AP a major advantage over other media outlets. While the first network was only between New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, eventually AP had its network across the whole United States, in 1945, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Associated Press v. The decision facilitated the growth of its main rival United Press International, AP entered the broadcast field in 1941 when it began distributing news to radio stations, it created its own radio network in 1974
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Bleacher Report
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Bleacher Report is a San Francisco-based sports news website owned by Turner, a division of Time Warner. The website focuses on trending topics in sports, with an emphasis on delivering opinion-oriented analysis and multimedia programming via varied content formats, Bleacher Report was acquired by the Turner Broadcasting System in August 2012 for $170 million. Under the Turner corporate umbrella, Finocchio remains at Bleacher Report as the units CEO. Goldberg, freund left the company in 2009. Bleacher Report announced the completion of a round of Series A funding on the occasion of its launch in February 2008. The undisclosed sum came from Hillsven Capital, Transcoast Capital, eight months later, in October 2008, Bleacher Report secured $3.5 million in Series B funding from Hillsven, Gordon Crawford, and SoftTech VC. A Series C round in December 2010, led by Crosslink Capital, in August 2011, the company announced a $22 million growth round led by Oak Investment Partners, with participation from Crosslink and Hillsven. Bleacher Report named Brian Grey as its Chief Executive Officer in 2010, Grey came to Bleacher Report from leadership roles at Fox Sports Interactive and Yahoo. In the first year of Greys tenure, Bleacher Report filled two more positions, adding Rich Calacci as Chief Revenue Officer and Drew Atherton as Chief Financial Officer. Calacci joined the company in May 2011, Atherton followed a month later in June, Calacci had previously served as CBS Interactives Senior VP of Sales. Athertons most recent experience had been at Demand Media, where he was COO, Bleacher Reports sale to TBS was announced on August 6,2012. Under the terms of the deal, Grey, Finocchio, Calacci, since Greys departure, Finocchio has headed Bleacher Report. Bleacher Report was also named one of Time magazines 50 Best Websites of 2011, there are many countries that have blocked access to bleacher reports website due to copyright violations. One of these countries is India, early criticism of Bleacher Report stemmed from the networks initial commitment to an open publishing model. SB Nation Senior MMA editor Luke Thomas described it as the Walmart of Journalism, in December 2012, a lampoon article in The Onion played on the same themes. In July 2014, Deadspin published a narrative written by Tom Schreier - a former Bleacher Report featured columnist. Bleacher Report attempted to address the concerns of its critics by making substantive reforms to its editorial. Introducing educational resources for new and veteran writers, including the B/R U new-media training program, establishing a paid team of Lead Writers to headline the networks sport-specific writer communities. In 2013, Bleacher Report hired Mike Freeman as a columnist from CBSSports. com and they then brought on National Basketball Association reporter Howard Beck from the New York Times
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USA Today
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USA Today is an internationally distributed American daily middle-market newspaper that serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15,1982, it operates from Gannetts corporate headquarters on Jones Branch Drive in McLean, Virginia and it is printed at 37 sites across the United States and at five additional sites internationally. USA Today is distributed in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, with an international edition distributed in Canada, Asia and the Pacific Islands, Gannett formally announced the launch of the paper on April 20,1982. USA Today began publishing on September 15,1982, initially launching in the Baltimore and Washington, on July 2,1984, the newspaper switched from a largely black-and-white to a color publication, featuring full color photography and graphics in all four sections. On April 8,1985, the paper published its first special bonus section, a 12-page section called Baseball 85, on May 6,1986, USA Today began printing production of its international edition in Switzerland. On April 15, USA Today launched an international printing site. On August 28,1995, an international publishing site was launched in Frankfurt, Germany, to print. On October 4,1999, USA Today began running advertisements on its front page for the first time. The paper launched a sixth printing site for its international edition on May 15,2000, in Milan, Italy, followed on July 10 by the launch of a printing facility in Charleroi. That November, USA Today migrated its operations from Gannetts previous corporate headquarters in Arlington, in 2010, USA Today launched the USA Today API for sharing data with partners of all types. On August 27,2010, USA Today announced that it would undergo a reorganization of its newsroom and it also announced that the paper would shift its focus away from print and place more emphasis on its digital platforms and launch of a new publication called USA Today Sports. On September 14,2012, USA Today underwent the first major redesign in its history, to accomplish this goal, Gannett migrated its newspaper and television station websites to the Presto platform and the USA Today site design throughout 2013 and 2014. On January 4,2014, USA Today acquired the book and film review website, on September 3,2014, USA Today announced that it would lay off roughly 70 employees in a restructuring of its newsroom and business operations. In October 2014, USA Today and OpenWager Inc. entered into a partnership to release a Bingo app called USA TODAY Bingo Cruise, USA Today is known for synthesizing news down to easy-to-read-and-comprehend stories. In the main edition circulated in the United States and some Canadian cities, each consists of four sections, News, Money, Sports. The international edition of the paper features two sections, News and Money in one, with Sports and Life in the other, atypical of most daily newspapers, the paper does not print on Saturdays and Sundays, the Friday edition serves as the weekend edition. USA Today prints each complete story on the front page of the section with the exception of the cover story. The cover story is a story that requires a jump
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John R. Wooden Award
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The John R. Wooden Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding mens and womens college basketball players. The program consists of the mens and womens Player of the Year awards, the awards, given by the Los Angeles Athletic Club, are named in honor of John Wooden, the 1932 national collegiate basketball player of the year from Purdue. Wooden later taught and coached basketball at Indiana State and UCLA. Coach Wooden, whose teams at UCLA won ten NCAA championships, was the first man to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and his 1948 Indiana State team was the NAIB National Finalist. The award, which was given only to male athletes, was first given in 1977. Starting in 2004, the award was extended to womens basketball, additionally, the Legends of Coaching Award was presented first in 1999. The 2015 presentation was broadcast on ESPN2 and the show was presented by Wendys at Los Angeles Club Nokia on Friday, each year, the Awards National Advisory Board, a 26-member panel, selects approximately 20 candidates for Player of the Year and All-American Team honors. The candidates must be students and have a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or higher throughout their college career. Players who are nominated must have made outstanding contributions to team play, the selection ballot is announced prior to the NCAA basketball tournament. The voters consist of 1,000 sportswriters and sportscasters representing the 50 states, the top ten vote-getters are selected to the All-American Team, and the results are announced following the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament. The person who receives the most votes is named the Player of the Year, the Player of the Year is awarded a trophy consisting of five bronze figures. The players school receives a trophy, as well as a scholarship grant. The other top four members of the All-American Team receive an All-American Team trophy, a jacket, each coach of the top five All-American Team members also receives a jacket. The All-American Team members ranked six through ten receive an All-American Team trophy and a jacket, the criteria for the womens Player of the Year award and All-American Team honors are similar to those for the men. For the womens award, the National Advisory Board consists of 12 members, the voters are 250 sportswriters and sportscasters. In contrast to the mens All-American Team, only five members are selected for the womens team, the Player of the Year receives a trophy, and her school receives a duplicate trophy and a scholarship grant. The concept for the trophy originated with Wooden Award Chairman, Richard Duke Llewellyn, work began on the trophy in 1975, and sculptor Don Winton, who had sculpted many top sports awards, was given the task of designing the model of the trophy. The figures are bronze plated and attached to a base plate
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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
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The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts. It serves as the sports most complete library, in addition to promoting and preserving the history of basketball, dedicated to Canadian physician and inventor of the sport James Naismith, it was opened and inducted its first class in 1959. As of the induction of the Class of 2016 on September 9,2016, the Naismith Hall of Fame was established in 1959 by Lee Williams, a former athletic director at Colby College. In the 1960s, the Basketball Hall of Fame struggled to raise money for the construction of its first facility. The Basketball Hall of Fames Board named four inductees in its first year, in addition to honoring those who contributed to basketball, the Hall of Fame sought to make contributions of its own. In 1979, the Hall of Fame sponsored the Tip-Off Classic and this Tip-Off Classic has been the start to the college basketball season ever since, and although it does not always take place in Springfield, Massachusetts, generally it returns every few years. In the 17 years that the original Basketball Hall of Fame operated at Springfield College, the popularity of the Basketball Hall of Fame necessitated that a new facility be constructed, and in 1985, an $11 million facility was built beside the scenic Connecticut River in Springfield. As the new hall opened, it also recognized women for the first time, with such as Senda Berenson Abbott. In 2002, the Basketball Hall of Fame moved again—albeit merely 100 yards south along Springfields riverfront—into a $47 million facility designed by renowned architects Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, the buildings architecture features a metallic silver, basketball-shaped sphere flanked by two similarly symmetrical rhombuses. The dome is illuminated at night and features 80,000 square foot, including numerous restaurants, the second Basketball Hall of Fame was not torn down but rather converted into an LA Fitness health clubs. The current Basketball Hall of Fame features Center Court, a basketball court on which visitors can play. Inside the building there are a gallery, many interactive exhibits, several theaters. A large theater for ceremonies seats up to 300, the honorees inducted in 2002 included the Harlem Globetrotters and Magic Johnson, a five-time NBA champion, three-time NBA finals MVP and Olympic gold medalist. As of 2011, the current Basketball Hall of Fame has greatly exceeded attendance expectations, despite the new facilitys success, a logistical problem remains for the Basketball Hall of Fame and the City of Springfield. Urban planners at universities such as UMass Amherst have called for the I-91 to be moved, in 2010, the Urban Land Institute announced a plan to make the walk between Springfields Metro Center and the Hall of Fame easier. Since 2011, the induction process employs a total of seven committees to both screen and elect candidates, since 2011, the Veterans and International Committees also vote to directly induct one candidate for each induction class. Contributor Direct Election Committee Note that other committees may choose to elect contributors, for example, the 2014 class included two contributors. However, each screening committee is limited as to the number of candidates it can put forth to the Honors Committee—10 from the North American Committee, any individual receiving at least 18 affirmative votes from the Honors Committee is approved for induction into the Hall of Fame
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Universiade
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The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation. The name is a combination of the words University and olympiad, the Universiade is often referred to in English as the World University Games or World Student Games, however, this latter term can also refer to competitions for sub-University grades students. The Universiade is the largest multi-sport event in the world apart from the Olympic Games, the most recent games were in 2017, the Winter Universiade was in Almaty, Kazakhstan, while the 2015 Summer Universiade was in Gwangju, Korea. The idea of an international sports competition between student-athletes pre-dates the 1949 formation of the International University Sports Federation, which now hosts the Universiade. This did not come to pass, but an event was created in Germany in 1909 in the form of the Academic Olympia. Five editions were held from 1909 to 1913, all of which were hosted in Germany following the cancellation of an Italy-based event, at the start of the 20th century, Jean Petitjean of France began attempting to organise a University Olympic Games. After discussion with Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, Petitjean, and later the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants, was the first to build a series of international events, beginning with the 1923 International Universities Championships. This was followed by the renamed 1924 Summer Student World Championships a year later, another name change resulted in the 1930 International University Games. The CIEs International University Games was held four times in the 1930s before having its final edition in 1947. A separate group organised an alternative university games in 1939 in Vienna, the onset of World War II ceased all major international student sport activities and the aftermath also led to division among the movement, as the CIE was disbanded and rival organisations emerged. The Union Internationale des Étudiants incorporated a university sports games into the World Festival of Youth and Students from 1947–1962, including one separate and this event principally catered for Eastern European countries. The Sports Week was held biennially until 1955, like the CIEs games before it, the FISU events were initially Western-led sports competitions. Division between the largely Western European FISU and Eastern European UIE eventually began to dissipate among broadened participation at the 1957 World University Games. This event was not directly organised by either group, instead being organised by Jean Petitjean in France, the FISU-organised Universiade became the direct successor to this competition, maintaining the biennial format into the inaugural 1959 Universiade. It was not until the 1957 World University Games that the Soviet Union began to compete in FISU events. That same year, what had previously been a European competition became a global one, with the inclusion of Brazil, Japan. The increased participation ultimately led to the establishment of the Universiade as the global student sport championship. Official website of the International University Sports Federation Official website of the German University Sports Federation Official report of the Winter Universiade Innsbruck / Seefeld 2005
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United States men's national basketball team
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The USA Basketball Mens Senior National Team, commonly known as the United States Mens National Basketball Team, represents the United States in international mens basketball. The USA team is the most successful team in competition, winning medals in all eighteen Olympic tournaments it has entered. The United States is currently ranked first in the FIBA World Rankings, traditionally composed of amateur players, a 1989 rule change by FIBA allowed USA Basketball to field teams with professional players. The first such team, known as the Dream Team, won the medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. With the introduction of professionals, the team was able to spark a run of dominance after capturing only a bronze medal in 1988. A team of professional players competed at the 1994 FIBA World Championship, in 1996,2000,2008,2012, and 2016 the USA again captured gold medals at the Olympics. Facing increased competition, the USA failed to win a medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship, determined to put an end to these failures, USA Basketball initiated a long-term project aimed at creating better, more cohesive teams. The USA won its first seven games at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan before losing against Greece in the semi-finals, the USA won gold two years later, though, at the 2008 Summer Olympics with a dominant performance. The USA continued this streak of dominance by going undefeated and capturing gold once more at the 2012 Summer Olympics,2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the United States possessed a clear advantage in the early decades of international play. Through the next six tournaments, the United States went undefeated, collecting gold while not losing a single contest in the held in London, Helsinki, Melbourne, Rome, Tokyo. Roster until the formation of the 1992 Dream Team, the 1952 team included big man Clyde Lovellette of the University of Kansas, a future Hall of Famer and NBA star, but Kurland once again led the team to victory. The 1956 team was led by San Francisco Dons Bill Russell, the 1972 Olympic mens basketball gold medal game, marking the first ever loss for the USA in Olympic play, is arguably the most controversial in Olympic history. The United States rode their seven consecutive gold medals and 63–0 Olympic record to Munich for the 1972 Summer Olympics, the team won its first eight games in convincing fashion, setting up a final against the Soviet Union. With three seconds left in the medal game, American forward Doug Collins sank two free throws to put the Americans up 50–49. However, the buzzer sounded before Collins second free throw, immediately following Collins free throws, the Soviets inbounded the ball and failed to score. But one official had whistled play to stop with one remaining after hearing the earlier horn. The Soviets argued that they had requested a timeout before Collins foul shots, the referees ordered the clock reset to three seconds and the games final seconds replayed. However, the clock was in the process of being reset when the referees put the ball in play
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College basketball
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The history of basketball is traced back to a YMCA International Training School, known today as Springfield College, located in Springfield, Massachusetts. The date of the first formal basketball game played at the Springfield YMCA Training School under Naismiths rules is generally given as December 21,1891, Basketball began to spread to college campuses by 1893. Governing bodies in Canada include U Sports and the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association, each of these various organizations are subdivided into from one to three divisions based on the number and level of scholarships that may be provided to the athletes. The first basketball games in the United States were played at YMCAs in 1891 and 1892, by 1893, the game was being played on college campuses. The original rules for basketball were very different from todays modern rules of the sport, in the beginning James Naismith established 13 original rules, The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands. The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands, but never with the fist, a player cannot run with the ball. The player must throw it from the spot on which he catches it, the ball must be held by the hands. The arms or body must not be used for holding it, no shouldering, holding, pushing, striking, or tripping in any way of an opponent is allowed. A foul will be called when a player is seen striking at the ball with the fist, or when violations of rules 3 and 4, if either side makes three consecutive fouls it shall count as a goal for the opponents. A goal shall be made when the ball is thrown or batted from the grounds into the basket and stays there, if the ball rests on the edges, and the opponent moves the basket, it shall count as a goal. When the ball out of bounds, it shall be thrown into the field. In case of dispute the umpire shall throw it straight into the field, the thrower-in is allowed five seconds. If he holds it longer, it shall go to the opponent, if any side persists in delaying the game, the umpire shall call a foul on them. The umpire shall be the judge of the men and shall note the fouls and he shall have power to disqualify men according to rule 5. The referee shall be judge of the ball and shall decide when the ball is in play, in bounds, to side it belongs. He shall decide when a goal has been made and keep account of the goals, the time shall be two fifteen-minute halves, with five minutes rest between. The side making the most goals in that time shall be declared the winner, the following is a list of some of the major NCAA Basketball rule changes with the year they went into effect. The first known college to field a team against an outside opponent was Vanderbilt University
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University of Kansas
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The University of Kansas, often referred to as KU or Kansas, is a public research university in the U. S. state of Kansas. The main campus in Lawrence, one of the largest college towns in Kansas, is on Mount Oread, two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area, the Edwards Campus in Overland Park, and the universitys medical school and hospital in Kansas City. There are also educational and research sites in Parsons, Topeka, Garden City, Hays, and Leavenworth, the university is one of the 62 members of the Association of American Universities. The university overall employed 2,814 faculty members in fall 2015, on February 20,1863, Kansas Governor Thomas Carney signed into law a bill creating the state university in Lawrence. The law was conditioned upon a gift from Lawrence of a $15,000 endowment fund, if Lawrence failed to meet these conditions, Emporia instead of Lawrence would get the university. The site selected for the university was a known as Mount Oread. Robinson and his wife Sara bestowed the 40-acre site to the State of Kansas in exchange for land elsewhere, the philanthropist Amos Adams Lawrence donated $10,000 of the necessary endowment fund, and the citizens of Lawrence raised the remaining cash by issuing notes backed by Governor Carney. On November 2,1863, Governor Carney announced that Lawrence had met the conditions to get the university. The schools Board of Regents held its first meeting in March 1865, work on the first college building began later that year. The university opened for classes on September 12,1866, during World War II, Kansas was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission. KU is home to the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, the Beach Center on Disability, Lied Center of Kansas and radio stations KJHK,90.7 FM, and KANU,91.5 FM. The university is host to several including the University of Kansas Natural History Museum. The University of Kansas is a large, state-sponsored university, with five campuses, the university offers more than 345 degree programs. In its 2017 list, U. S. News & World Report ranked KU as tied for 118th place among National Universities and 56th place among public universities. The city management and urban policy program was ranked first in the nation, uSN&WR also ranked several programs in the top 25 among U. S. universities. The Bachelor of Architecture degree was added in 1920, in 1969, the School of Architecture and Urban Design was formed with three programs, architecture, architectural engineering, and urban planning. In 2001 architectural engineering merged with civil and environmental engineering, the design programs from the discontinued School of Fine Arts were merged into the school in 2009 forming the current School of Architecture, Design, and Planning. S in 2012. The University of Kansas School of Business is a business school on the main campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence
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Allen Fieldhouse
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Allen Fieldhouse is an indoor arena on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence, Kansas. It is home of the Kansas Jayhawks mens and womens basketball teams, the arena is named after Dr. Forrest C. Phog Allen, a coach of the Jayhawks whose tenure lasted 39 years. President Bill Clinton in 2004, U. S. presidential candidate Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, ESPN The Magazine named Allen Fieldhouse the loudest college basketball arena in the country. The arena broke the Guinness World Record for loudest indoor arena on February 13,2017 against West Virgina at 130.4 dB. The prior record of 126.4 dB at Kentuckys Rupp Arena which lasted less than three weeks also had many Kansas fans present as the Jayhawks beat the #4 Wildcats 79-73. The Mens basketball program at the University of Kansas has a current record at Allen Fieldhouse, since 1994, the Jayhawks have gone 296–15 at home. Since 2007, they have gone 140–3, making Allen Fieldhouse the statistically greatest home-court advantage in all of sports during this time. The construction of Allen Fieldhouse began in 1952, but quickly ground to a halt because of a federal mandate restricting steel consumption following the Second World War and during the Korean War. However, university officials were able to find a loophole, by adding some rooms for gun and weapons storage, Allen Fieldhouse was dedicated on March 1,1955. Handicapped seating was moved courtside behind both baskets in 2001, the concourse was originally an indoor track. At times the Fieldhouse has been home to mens and womens basketball, indoor track and field, volleyball, since additional facilities were constructed to accommodate many of those needs, it is now used primarily for basketball. Max Falkenstien was a figure in the radio booth, working every home game in Allen Fieldhouse from its construction to his retirement in 2006,51 years later. Interior renovations include a new court, new windows. After 2006, new banners for the jerseys and conference. Renovations completed in 2009 include an expansion of the Booth Family Hall of Athletics and the creation of an atrium, as well as improved concessions, wider concourses. The building also received brand new locker rooms, training rooms, film rooms, a pedestrian bridge connecting the fieldhouse to the existing facility parking garage was also constructed. The improvements cost approximately $7.8 million, in December 2010, the Booth family announced they had purchased the founding document of the game of basketball, Dr. Naismiths original 13 Rules of Basketball
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Mario Chalmers
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Almario Vernard Mario Chalmers is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. He last played for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association, as a collegiate, Chalmers was named the 2006–07 Co-Defensive Player of the Year and the Most Outstanding Player of the 2008 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament. Chalmers attended Bartlett High School in Anchorage, Alaska where he was named the 4A State Player of the Year three times in a row, joining Trajan Langdon as the other player to do so. Chalmers also led his school to two championships in 2002 and 2003, and a runner-up finish in 2004. As a senior in 2004–05, he was named a McDonalds All-American as well as a third-team Parade All-American, considered a five-star recruit by Rivals. com, Chalmers was listed as the No.2 point guard and the No.12 player in the nation in 2005. Chalmers considered Arizona, North Carolina, Wake Forest and Georgia Tech before finally committing to the University of Kansas on May 21,2004, Chalmers began his college career on the bench behind guard Jeff Hawkins, but worked his way into the starting rotation in January 2006. He finished the season starting 21 of the final 22 games and he finished his freshman year averaging 11.5 points per game, second on the team. He became the freshman in Big 12 history to win Conference Player of the Week honors and was named National Freshman of the Week twice. He also set the KU and Big 12 Conference record for most steals in a season by a freshman with 89, in 33 games, he also averaged 2.2 rebounds,3.8 assists and 2.7 steals per game. Chalmers was second on the team in scoring at 12.3 points per game as a sophomore, in the Big 12 Coaches Awards, Chalmers was named Co-Defensive Player of the Year with Marcus Dove of Oklahoma State. He also earned third-team All-Big 12 and All-Big 12 Defensive Team honors and his season total of 97 steals put him in first place in Kansas basketball history for steals in a single season. Chalmers averaged 12.8 points per game during his junior year and he also led the team in assists per game, with 4.3, three-point shooting accuracy, at 46. 8%, and steals, with 97. His 97 steals tied the single season record, a record he set as a sophomore. He scored 30 points in Kansas win in the Big 12 Conference tournament title game against Texas, Chalmers was again named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team, and earned second-team All-Big 12 honors. Chalmers helped his team win the 2008 NCAA Championship with a three-point shot with 2.1 seconds left in the final game and his three just before the end of regulation brought the game into overtime, where Kansas took over and defeated the Memphis Tigers. Chalmers was named Most Outstanding Player of the tournament and it was the Jayhawks fifth national title. In April 2008, Chalmers declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final year of college eligibility, on February 16,2013, the University of Kansas basketball program retired his jersey, #15. After working out for 13 teams, Chalmers was drafted with the 34th overall pick in the round of the 2008 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves
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Darrell Arthur
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Darrell Antwonne Arthur is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks for two seasons where he was part of the 2007–08 national championship team. He was originally drafted by the New Orleans Hornets in the 2008 NBA draft and he is listed at 69,235 lb and plays the power forward position. Arthur is the first cousin of basketball player Quinton Ross. In high school, Arthur guided South Oak Cliff High School to back-to-back Texas 4A state titles in 2005 and 2006 and was the tournaments MVP both years. However, it was determined that the school illegally changed players grades to keep them eligible. Arthur went on to earn McDonalds All-American and third-team Parade All-American honors in 2006, considered a five-star recruit by Rivals. com, Arthur was listed as the No.3 power forward and the No.16 player in the nation in 2006. Arthurs uniform number in college was 00, making him the first Jayhawk to wear that number since Greg Ostertag, following his freshman season in 2006–07, he was named to the Big 12 All-Rookie team. After winning the 2008 NCAA championship, Arthur was named to the All-Big 12 first team, Arthur was selected by the New Orleans Hornets as the 27th overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft, but was promptly traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for cash. The Trail Blazers then traded Arthur to the Houston Rockets for draft rights to 25th overall pick Nicolas Batum, soon afterwards, the Rockets traded Arthur to the Memphis Grizzlies for draft rights to the 28th overall pick Donté Greene. On September 3,2008, Arthur and fellow former Kansas Jayhawks teammate Mario Chalmers were excused from NBAs Rookie Training Camp following a marijuana-related incident. Police responding to their hotel following an fire alarm at 2,00 a. m. claimed that the room smelled strongly of marijuana but none was found. Fellow NBA rookie Michael Beasley was also reported to have been in the room at the time, Beasley was later fined $50,000 for his involvement in the incident Arthur later released a statement denying any involvement with marijuana. Arthur was later fined $20,000 by the league for missing the rookie camp, on June 29,2012, the Grizzlies extended a qualifying offer to Arthur, making him a restricted free agent. On June 27,2013, Arthur was traded to the Denver Nuggets along with 55th overall draft pick Joffrey Lauvergne in exchange for Kosta Koufos, on June 23,2014, he exercised his player option for the 2014–15 season. On August 7,2015, Arthur re-signed with the Nuggets, on March 31,2016, he tied a career high with 24 points off the bench in a 101–95 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. On July 9,2016, Arthur again re-signed with the Nuggets,2006 boys high school basketball All-Americans Career statistics and player information from NBA. com, or Basketball-Reference. com ESPN. com Profile Yahoo. com Profile
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Xavier Henry
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Xavier Henry is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA Development League. He played one year of basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks before he was drafted in the 2010 NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies. Henrys brother, C. J. was a 2005 MLB draft first round pick, the brothers father, Carl, played basketball at Kansas in the 1980s and their mother played basketball for the Kansas womens team. Henry was named to the 2009 McDonalds All-American Game where he scored 14 points and he was SLAM Magazines high school diary keeper for the 2008–09 basketball season. On March 14,2009, he led Putnam City High School to the Oklahoma Class 6A state championship, on October 22,2008, Henry was in a car accident and fractured his cheekbone. He had to have surgery in November and he missed the beginning of his senior season, originally, Henry was heavily recruited by both Memphis and Kansas. On November 18,2008 Henry announced his commitment to Memphis citing the opportunity to play alongside his brother, in March 2009, Memphis head coach John Calipari took the head coaching job at the University of Kentucky, prompting Henry to reopen his recruitment. On April 23, Henry officially announced his choice to play basketball for Kansas, Henry scored 27 points in his first college game, breaking the record for most points scored by a Jayhawk in a debut game as a freshman. On December 12,2009, Henry scored 31 points against LaSalle at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, in doing so he became the first KU freshman to score 30 points in a game since Paul Pierce. Henrys 31 points was four short of the KU record for points scored by a set by KU legend Danny Manning. On April 7,2010, Henry announced that he would forgo his final three seasons of eligibility and enter the 2010 NBA draft, where he was expected to be a first round selection. On June 24, Henry was selected 12th overall in the 2010 NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies. On January 4,2012, Henry was acquired by New Orleans Hornets as a part of a trade that sent Marreese Speights to Memphis Grizzlies. Henry was assigned to the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League in March 17,2012, on September 5,2013, Henry signed with the Los Angeles Lakers. In his debut on October 29,2013, he led the Los Angeles Lakers to a 116-103 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers while scoring a career high 22 points, on February 27,2014, he was assigned to the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League. On March 2,2014, he was recalled by the Lakers, on April 11,2014, Henry underwent surgery to repair both a torn ligament in his left wrist and a cartilage abnormality in his right knee. On July 25,2014, Henry re-signed with the Lakers to a reported one-year, on October 18,2014, Henrys agents announced that he would be seeking a second opinion following his April 11 knee surgery as well as travelling to Germany for Regenokine treatment. On November 15,2014, he was reassigned to the Los Angeles D-Fenders and he was recalled the next day
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Andrew Wiggins
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Andrew Christian Wiggins is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association. He went on to earn NBA Rookie of the Year honors for the 2014–15 season, Wiggins is also a member of the Canadian national team. Wiggins was born in Toronto and raised in the nearby Thornhill neighbourhood of Vaughan and he is the son of former NBA player Mitchell Wiggins, an American, and former Olympic track and field sprinter Marita Payne-Wiggins, a Canadian who is originally from Barbados. His parents met as student athletes at Florida State University and he attended elementary school at Glen Shields Public School in Vaughan. Wiggins began playing organized basketball when he was nine, joining an Under-10 team in Toronto, at the time, he was 5 ft 7 in. Wiggins attended Vaughan Secondary School in Vaughan for his first two years of high school, in his 2010–11 sophomore year, he led the schools AAAA basketball team to a 44–1 record, en route to winning the Ontario provincial championship. In the championship game, he scored 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, in 2011, he transferred to Huntington Prep School in Huntington, West Virginia. During his junior season, he averaged 24.2 points,8.5 rebounds,4.1 assists and 2.7 blocks per game. As a senior, he averaged 23.4 points,11.2 rebounds,2.6 blocks, Wiggins was named the 2013 Naismith Prep Player of the Year on February 25. He was named the 2013 Gatorade National Player of the Year on March 28 as the top high school player. He was the first Canadian player to be so named, in May 2013, he was named Mr. Basketball USA. He was ranked number one high school player by SLAM Magazine. In April 2013, Wiggins played in the Jordan Brand Classic All-American game in Brooklyn and he scored 19 points and tied Julius Randle for lead scorer for the East team. Wiggins committed to Kansas on May 14,2013, before the announcement, he had narrowed his choices to Florida State, Kentucky, Kansas and North Carolina. Wiggins joined the Kansas team on June 19,2013, Wiggins averaged 17.1 points per game,5.9 rebounds per game, and made 34. 1% of his three-pointers in his freshman year at Kansas. On January 22,2014, Wiggins was named a Top 25 Finalist for the John R. Wooden Mens Player of the Year award by the Los Angeles Athletic Club, on February 28, he was named one of the 10 semi-finalists for Naismith College Player of the Year. On March 8,2014, Wiggins scored 41 points against West Virginia, Wiggins declared for the 2014 NBA draft on March 31,2014. On July 24, Wiggins signed his rookie contract with the Cavaliers
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Cliff Alexander
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Cliff Alexander is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Long Island Nets of the NBA Development League. He completed his season at the University of Kansas for the Jayhawks on their 2014–15 team. He declared himself eligible for the 2015 NBA draft but was undrafted and he played in high school at Curie High School in Chicago where he won Naismith and Mr. Basketball USA recognition as national player of the year. He did not play organized basketball until eighth grade, but by late in his season he became a notable contributor to his high schools varsity team. He was ranked among the top 20 prospects in the class of 2014 prior to his sophomore season. As a junior, he moved into the top 10 of the class and was recognized as an All-American. By the beginning of his season, he was considered to be a top 5 player by most talent evaluators. Following a Martin Luther King Day performance during his senior year against the one team in the country. In 2013, he represented USA Basketball in international play, several talent scouts praised his powerful game. As a high schooler, Alexander felt he was most often compared to Amare Stoudemire and he was also contrasted with crosstown rival Jahlil Okafor, especially as a senior when they vied for national attention. Alexander was heavily recruited by many top Division I basketball programs and he played in the 2014 McDonalds All-American Boys Game,2014 Jordan Brand Classic and the 2014 Nike Hoop Summit, earning co-MVP of the Jordan Brand Classic. Alexander led Curie to the 2014 Chicago Public High School League city championship in a game against Okafor that was the lead story on SportsCenter. As a freshman with Kansas, he did not play in the part of the season after the National Collegiate Athletic Association launched an investigation into his eligibility. Alexander, who was also a highly regarded player, did not play organized basketball until eighth grade. Alexander played on Curies 2010–11 varsity team as a freshman, but had little impact at first and he missed the first ten games due to a heart murmur. In late December, he started getting attention as part of the reason Curie remained undefeated. During the Chicago Public High School League and Illinois High School Association playoffs and his late-season contributions gave Curie an added dimension, as the team finished with a 28–3 record. Following his freshman season, Alexander began to be recognized by local evaluators as a top national recruit
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Wayne Selden Jr.
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Wayne Selden Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the University of Kansas, Selden first attended John D. OBryant as a freshman before transferring to Tilton School. There, he averaged 24.8 points,10.1 rebounds and four assists during his senior year, when he graduated, he was considered a five-star player and was ranked No.14 on the ESPN100 and No.12 by Rivals. com. Selden played three years of basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks. As a junior in 2015–16, he earned second-team All-Big 12 honors and was named to the 35-man midseason watchlist for the Naismith Trophy, on March 29,2016, Selden declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final year of college eligibility. After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Selden signed with the Memphis Grizzlies on August 8,2016 and he was waived by the Grizzlies on October 22,2016 after appearing in five preseason games. Seven days later, he was acquired by the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League as an affiliate of the Grizzlies, in 35 games for Iowa, he averaged 18.5 points,4.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 30.6 minutes. On March 8,2017, Selden signed a 10-day contract with the New Orleans Pelicans and he made his NBA debut six days later, recording two points, three rebounds and one assist in 15 minutes as a starter in a 100–77 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. On March 17,2017, in his third career NBA game, on March 18,2017, following the expiration of his 10-day contract with New Orleans, Selden signed a multi-year contract with the Memphis Grizzlies. Selden competed for the United States in the 2015 World University Games and he averaged 19.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in leading Team USA to an 8–0 record and an 84–77 victory over Germany in the gold medal game. Selden is the son of Wayne Selden Sr. and Lavette Pitts, and has a brother and sister, Anthony Selden and Taylor Guarino-Selden
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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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Key (basketball)
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It is a critical area on the court where much of the action takes place in a game. The key, in all games, starting with FIBAs amendments to its rules in 2010, is rectangular, prior to 2006, the key in FIBA-sanctioned tournaments was trapezoidal in shape. Both NBA and FIBA keys are 16 feet wide, while NCAA keys are narrower at 12 feet, another rule enforced is the lane violation in which players from both teams are prohibited to enter the lane until after the free throw shooter releases the ball from his hands. An innovation is the introduction of the restricted area arc directly underneath the basket where the player cannot force an offensive foul on the opposing player. In addition to the rectangle, the key includes a free-throw circle at its head or top. The width of the key in the NBA is 16 feet, including the 2-foot wide foul lanes, in U. S. college and high-school play, beginning after the 2010 FIBA World Championship, all FIBA-administered tournaments use a rectangular key 4.9 meters wide. From 1956 until 2010, FIBA-sanctioned tournaments used a trapezoidal key, the narrower end was on the free-throw line, where it was 3.6 meters, while the wider end, at the end line, measured 6 meters. The free throw circle has a radius and is centered at the midpoint of the free throw line. In the NBA and ULEB, the boundary of the closer to the basket is traced in a broken line in order to space players properly for jump balls. NBA Rule 1 requires the key to contain two 6 inches long hash marks,3 feet from the throw line, the marks indicate the so-called lower defensive box. The free throw line is 15 feet from the projection of the face of the backboard onto the court. The projection of the center of the basket onto the court is a distance of 1.575 meters from the end line in FIBA tournaments. It has been also called cup or bottle in other languages, due to the narrowness of the key, imposing centers, such as George Mikan, dominated the paint, scoring at will. To counter this, the key was widened into 12 feet from 6 feet at the onset of the 1951–52 NBA season, mens professional basketball in the United States widened it further to 16 feet in the 1964–65 NBA season to lessen the effectiveness of centers, especially Wilt Chamberlain. The NCAA retains the 12‑foot key to this day, in addition, the no-charge semicircle formally called the restricted area arc was also created. The lane is an area in which players can stay for only a limited amount of time. In American professional basketball, the team is also prohibited from staying in the key for more than three seconds, unless a player is directly guarding an offensive player. In FIBA-sanctioned tournaments, on the hand, the defending team is allowed to stay on the key for an unlimited amount of time
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University of Tulsa
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The University of Tulsa is a private university located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. The university is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. The university is renowned for its programs in law, English, computer science, natural sciences, psychology and its faculty includes prominent scholars, scientists, and writers, including Russian dissident poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, political scientist Robert Donaldson and others. The campuss design is predominantly Collegiate Gothic, the university manages the Gilcrease Museum, which includes one of the largest collections of American Western art in the world, and in 2016, The Bob Dylan Archive was placed at the university. TUs athletic teams are known as the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. The Presbyterian School for Girls was founded in Muskogee, Indian Territory, in 1894, the young school expanded to become Henry Kendall College, named in honor of Reverend Henry Kendall, secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions. The first president was William A. Caldwell, who served a brief, Kendall College, while still in Muskogee, granted the first post-secondary degree in Oklahoma in June 1898. Under King, the college was moved from its location in downtown Muskogee to a larger campus on lands donated by Creek Nation Chief Pleasant Porter. The opening of the new campus coincided with the start of the tenure of the third president, over the next ten years, Evans oversaw the struggling schools growth. At the request of the administration, the Synod of Indian Territory assumed control as trustees, when the administration was approached by the comparatively smaller town of Tulsa and offered a chance to move, the decision was made to relocate. The Tulsa Commercial Club decided to bid for the college, Club members who packaged a bid in 1907 to move the college to Tulsa included, B. Betters, H. O. McClure, L. N. Butts, W. L. North, James H. Hall, stebbins, Rev. Charles W. Kerr, C. H. Nicholson. The offer included $100,000,20 acres of real estate, the school opened to thirty-five students in September 1907, two months before Oklahoma became a state. These first students attended classes at the First Presbyterian Church until permanent buildings could be erected on the new campus and this became the start of higher education in Tulsa. Kendall Hall, the first building of the new school, was completed in 1908 and was followed by two other buildings. All three buildings have since demolished, with Kendall the last to be razed in 1972. The bell that hung in the Kendall Building tower was saved and displayed in Bayless Plaza. In 1918, the Methodist Church proposed building a college in Tulsa, the proposed college was to be named McFarlin College
