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Southeastern Conference
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The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the Southern part of the United States. Its fourteen members include the public universities of ten states. The conference is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, the SEC participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I in sports competitions, for football, it is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly known as Division I-A. The SEC was also the first NCAA Division I conference to hold a game for college football and was one of the founding members of the Bowl Championship Series. The current SEC commissioner is Greg Sankey, the conference sponsors team championships in nine mens sports and twelve womens sports. The SEC consists of 14 member institutions located within the borders of 11 contiguous states and these divisional groupings are applied exclusively to football and baseball as well as their scheduling and standings. The other charter members were, The University of the South left the SEC on December 13,1940 and it is currently a member of the Division III Southern Athletic Association. Georgia Institute of Technology left the SEC in 1964, in 1975, it became a founding member of the Metro Conference, one of the predecessors to todays Conference USA. Georgia Tech competed in the Metro Conference in all sports except football, in 1978, Georgia Tech joined another Southern Conference offshoot, the Atlantic Coast Conference, for all sports, where it has remained ever since. Tulane University left the SEC in 1966, along with Georgia Tech, it was a charter member of the Metro Conference. Unlike Tech, however, Tulane remained in the Metro Conference until it merged with the Great Midwest Conference in 1995 to form Conference USA, Tulane remained an independent in football until C-USA began football competition in 1996. Tulane left C-USA in 2014 for the American Athletic Conference, in 1990, the SEC expanded from ten to twelve member universities with the addition of the Arkansas Razorbacks and the South Carolina Gamecocks. The two new members began SEC competition with the 1991–1992 basketball season, at the same time, the SEC organized competition for some sports into two divisions. Initially, the format was used in football, baseball. The divisional format was dropped for mens basketball following the 2011–2012 season, the 1992 and 1993 championship games were held at Legion Field in Birmingham, and all championship games from 1994 onward have been held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. On November 6,2011 the SEC commissioner announced that the University of Missouri would also join the SEC on July 1,2012, for football, Texas A&M was scheduled to compete in the Western Division, and Missouri in the Eastern Division. Texas A&M and Missouri both left the Big 12 Conference, the office of Commissioner was created in 1940. Under the leadership of Michael F, the SECU rebranded its mission to better serve as a means through which the collaborative academic endeavors and achievements of Southeastern Conference universities would be promoted and advanced
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Baton Rouge is the capital of the U. S. state of Louisiana and its second-largest city. It forms the seat of East Baton Rouge Parish and is located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River. As the Capital City, Baton Rouge is the hub for Louisiana. The metropolitan area surrounding the city, known as Greater Baton Rouge, is also the second-largest in Louisiana, the urban area has around 594,309 inhabitants. Baton Rouge is an industrial, petrochemical, medical, research, motion picture. The Port of Greater Baton Rouge is the tenth largest in the United States in terms of tonnage shipped, the Baton Rouge area owes its historical importance to its strategic site upon the Istrouma Bluff, the first natural bluff upriver from the Mississippi River Delta. This allowed development of a business quarter safe from seasonal flooding, in addition, the city built a levee system stretching from the bluff southward to protect the riverfront and low-lying agricultural areas. The city is a rich center, with settlement by immigrants from numerous European nations. It was ruled by seven different governments, French, British, and Spanish in the era, West Floridian, United States territory and state, Confederate. Human habitation in the Baton Rouge area has been dated to 12000 –6500 BC based on evidence found along the Mississippi, Comite, earthwork mounds were built by hunter-gatherer societies in the Middle Archaic period, from roughly the 4th millennium BC. Eastern Muskogean began to diversify internally in the first half of the 1st millennium AD, at the time, the region appeared to be occupied by a collection of moderately-sized native chiefdoms interspersed with autonomous villages and tribal groups. French explorer Sieur dIberville led a party up the Mississippi River in 1699. The explorers saw a red pole marking the boundary between the Houma and Bayogoula tribal hunting grounds, see also Red Sticks for the ceremonial use of red sticks among the Muscogee. The location of the red pole was presumably at Scotts Bluff and it was reportedly a 30-foot-high painted pole adorned with fish bones. The settlement of Baton Rouge by Europeans began in 1721 when a military post was established by French colonists. Since European settlement, Baton Rouge has been governed by France, Britain, Spain, Louisiana, the Republic of West Florida, the Confederate States, and the United States. In 1755, when French-speaking settlers of Acadia in Canadas Maritime provinces were driven into exile by British forces, popularly known as Cajuns, the descendants of the Acadians maintained a separate culture. During the first half of the 19th century, the city grew steadily as the result of steamboat trade, Baton Rouge was incorporated in 1817
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Valparaiso High School
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Valparaiso High School is a public high school in Valparaiso, Indiana. The Institute closed by 1869 and the building was purchased that year by the city of Valparaiso for $10,000, a third story was added to the original building and an addition which doubled the available classroom space. In the first year, there were 400 students and 10 teachers, three years later in 1874, the first graduation ceremonies were held for Valparaiso High School. As the community continued to grow in population, overcrowding became a common problem, in 1903, the building was condemned and demolished and replaced with a new building on the same site. During the period before the new facility was completed, classes were held at locations in town. The new building cost around $80,000 and was designed by Charles Lembke, the school faced towards the east and to allow for more attic space, was constructed with a Mansard roof, and also featured large chimneys and a tiered fountain. Although some sources report that the school included all grades, it was most likely used only as a high school, enrollment continued to rise so that by the 1920s, a construction of a new school was necessary. A new high school opened in 1927 at 605 North Campbell Street and this building served as the high school until 1972, and continues to be used as Benjamin Franklin Middle School. The current high school building at 2727 North Campbell Street opened in 1972, in 1988 a field house was added to the west of the original building. In 1997 a roof was added and in 2004 work began on renovating the football stadium. On Wednesday, November 24,2004, at approximately 7,50 a. m. five students were attacked in a classroom by a 15-year-old student who was armed with a machete and a tree saw. None of the students involved suffered major injuries, and all, the initiative recognizes schools that are successful at providing quality education to all students. The school also promotes leadership, a model of civility, Valparaiso High School has offered the IB Diploma Program since August 1995. Students at VHS usually take IB exams in May, 2006–2007 Graduation Rate,90. 6% 2007–2008 ISTEP Test PerformanceThe ISTEP exam is a graduation requirement as well as a standard to assess students knowledge of basic subjects. Former NBA player for the New Orleans Hornets, Chicago Bulls, chris Funk – guitarist for indie folk rock band The Decemberists Robbie Hummel – current professional basketball player for the Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. Former NBA player for the Minnesota Timberwolves, former pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics and Chicago Cubs. Former University of Notre Dame football and baseball player, list of high schools in Indiana Valparaiso High School
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Valparaiso, Indiana
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Valparaiso is a city and the county seat of Porter County, Indiana, United States. The population was 31,730 at the 2010 census, the site of present-day Valparaiso was included in the purchase of land from the Potawatomi people by the U. S. Government in October 1832. Chiquas town or Chipuaw was located a mile east of the current Courthouse along the Sauk Trail, chiquas town existed from at or before 1830 until after 1832. The location is just north of the crossing on State Route 2. Located on the ancient Naive American trail from Rock Island to Detroit, the city was once called the City of Churches due to the large number of churches located here at the end of the 19th Century. The city also has a history of being a transportation hub for the region. In 1858, the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad reached Valparaiso, by 1910, an interurban railway connected the city to Gary, Indiana. Today, while the city no longer has a train station, it is still very much a part of the Crossroads of America due to its proximity to I-65, I-80, I-90. Additionally, the Canadian National railroad still runs through the downtown area, until 1991, it was the terminal of Amtraks Calumet commuter service. The city is situated at the junctions of U. S. Route 30, State Road 2, and State Road 49. According to the 2010 census, Valparaiso has an area of 15.578 square miles. The city is situated on the Valparaiso Moraine, glaciation has left numerous features on the landscape here. Kettle lakes and knobs make up much of this area of Northwest Indiana. Many glacial erratics can be throughout the city. The moraine has left the city with mostly clay soil, as of the census of 2010, there were 31,730 people,12,610 households, and 7,117 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,043.1 inhabitants per square mile, there were 13,506 housing units at an average density of 869.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 89. 9% White,3. 3% African American,0. 3% Native American,2. 1% Asian,0. 1% Pacific Islander,2. 2% from other races, and 2. 1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7. 1% of the population,34. 5% of all households were made up of individuals and 11. 3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older
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Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball
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The Valparaiso Crusaders mens basketball team represents Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana. The basketball team competes in the Horizon League, the Crusaders play in the Athletics-Recreation Center, which has a nominal capacity of 5,432. The record capacity 5,444 was reached on March 23,2016 in the NIT Quarterfinal, the team last played in the NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament in 2015. On April 7,2016, the school promoted assistant coach Matt Lottich to the head coach position following Bryce Drew accepting the head coaching position at Vanderbilt on April 6,2016. The Crusaders first game was in 1917, under the coaching of Sidney Winters, the team lost to Chicago. The team would finish 7-2 that year, in 1988, Homer Drew took the job as head coach and remained until retiring in May 2011. He was then succeeded by his son Bryce,1988 was also the year that the Crusaders defeated 19th-ranked Notre Dame in a game that came to be known as The Lutheran Miracle. The 1944–45 team was billed as The Worlds Tallest Team and that year, they defeated Long Island University in a game played in Madison Square Garden. The Crusaders joined the Indiana Collegiate Conference for the 1950–1951 season, the Crusaders advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 1961–62. In 1968–69, they hosted an NCAA tournament game for the first time, the Crusaders joined Division I before the 1978–79 season. After four years as an independent, they became members of the Association of Mid-Continent Universities. In 2007, Valparaiso became a member of the Horizon League, under coach Homer Drew, the Crusaders became a conference power. They won their first Mid-Continent championship in 1995, led by star player Bryce Drew, however, the team was not invited to the NCAA Tournament. The Crusaders won the 1996 conference championship and received their first invitation to the Division I NCAA Tournament, in the 1998 Tournament, the Crusaders won their first Tournament game, defeating the University of Mississippi on a last second shot by Bryce Drew. The Crusaders won their second game against Florida State University before losing in the Sweet 16 to the University of Rhode Island. The Crusaders won the Mid-Continent Conferences automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament every year until 2001, when Southern Utah University won the conference tournament. In Coach Scott Drews only year as coach, the team advanced to the National Invitation Tournament where, in their first game televised by ESPN. The Crusaders played in the game of the Mid-Continent Conference Tournament every year between 1995 and 2004
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1998 NBA draft
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The 1998 NBA draft took place on June 24,1998, at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This draft helped turn around three struggling franchises, the Dallas Mavericks, the Sacramento Kings, and the Toronto Raptors, the Mavericks, despite having a talented nucleus of Jason Kidd, Jamal Mashburn and Jimmy Jackson in the mid-1990s, had not had a winning season since 1989–1990. By the end of the 1997 season, all three players were traded and it was time to rebuild, with the sixth selection in 1998, they drafted Robert Traylor and quickly traded him to the Milwaukee Bucks for Dirk Nowitzki and Pat Garrity. They then traded Garrity in a package to the Phoenix Suns for Steve Nash, with Nash and Nowitzki, the Mavericks quickly went from a lottery team in the late 1990s to a perennial playoff contender throughout the 2000s. Nowitzki went on to win the 2011 NBA Finals with Dallas without Nash, meanwhile, the Raptors were a recent expansion team that had failed to win more than 30 games in its first three seasons. With the fourth pick they selected Antawn Jamison, whom they quickly dealt to the Golden State Warriors for Vince Carter, the Kings, having been a perennial lottery bound franchise, skyrocketed in popularity with the addition of Chris Webber and 7th pick Jason Williams. The Kings went to the playoffs that year and took the defending Western Conference Champions to the game of their 1st round Playoff series. First overall pick Michael Olowokandi is regarded by Sports Illustrated as one of the biggest draft busts in NBA history. Five players from the 1998 draft class have played in the NBA All-Star Game at least once in their careers, Nowitzki, Carter, Jamison, Paul Pierce, all of them have reached the 20,000 points plateau during their careers except for Lewis. Only Nowitzki currently plays for his original team and these players were not selected in the 1998 NBA Draft but have played at least one game in the NBA. Archived from the original on 2001-02-14, cS1 maint, BOT, original-url status unknown 1998 NBA Draft at Basketball-Reference. com
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Houston Rockets
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The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association, as a club of the leagues Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its games at the Toyota Center, located in downtown Houston. The Rockets have won two NBA championships and four Western Conference titles, the team was established as the San Diego Rockets, an expansion team originally based in San Diego, in 1967. In 1971, the Rockets moved to Houston, the Rockets won only 15 games in their debut season as a franchise in 1967. In the 1968 NBA draft, the Rockets, picking first overall, selected power forward Elvin Hayes, the Rockets did not finish a season with a winning record until the 1976–77 season, when they traded for center Moses Malone. Malone went on to win the NBA Most Valuable Player award twice and he also led the Rockets to the NBA Finals in 1981 where they were defeated in six games by the Boston Celtics, led by Larry Bird and future Rockets coach Kevin McHale. In 1984, the Rockets drafted center Hakeem Olajuwon, who would be paired with 7 feet 4 inches Ralph Sampson, nicknamed the Twin Towers, they led the team to the 1986 NBA Finals—the second NBA Finals appearance in franchise history—where Houston was again defeated by the Boston Celtics. The Rockets continued to reach the playoffs throughout the 1980s, Rudy Tomjanovich took over as head coach midway through the 1991–92 season, ushering in the most successful period in franchise history. Olajuwon-led Rockets went to the 1994 NBA Finals and won franchises first championship against Patrick Ewing, Houston became the lowest-seeded team in NBA history to win the title. After Yaos early retirement in 2011, the Rockets entered a period of rebuilding, the acquisition of franchise player James Harden in 2012 has launched the Rockets back into championship contention in the mid-2010s. The Rockets, under general manager Daryl Morey, are notable for popularizing the use of advanced statistical analytics in player acquisitions and style of play. The Rockets were founded in 1967 in San Diego by Robert Breitbard, Breitbard brought in Jack McMahon, then coach of the Cincinnati Royals, to serve as the Rockets coach and general manager. The Rockets lost 67 games in their season, which was an NBA record for losses in a season at the time. Because of the low performance and attendance, Breitbard looked to sell the team, and in 1971, Texas Sports Investments bought the franchise for $5.6 million, and moved the team to Houston. The franchise became the first NBA team in Texas, and the nickname Rockets took on greater relevance after the move. It was also around this time that the Rockets would unveil their classic yellow and red logo, winter left soon after, being fired in January 1973 following a ten-game losing streak, and was replaced by Johnny Egan. Egan led the Rockets back to the playoffs in 1975, where the franchise also managed to win their first round against the New York Knicks, subsequently losing to the veteran Boston Celtics in 5 games
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Point guard
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The point guard, also called the one or point, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position, point guards are expected to run the teams offense by controlling the ball and making sure that it gets to the right players at the right time. A point guard, like other player positions in basketball, specializes in certain skills, a point guards primary job is to facilitate scoring opportunities for his/her team, or sometimes for themselves. Lee Rose has described a point guard as a coach on the floor and this involves setting up plays on the court, getting the ball to the teammate in the best position to score, and controlling the tempo of the game. A point guard should know when and how to instigate a fast break, point guards are expected to be vocal floor leaders. A point guard needs always to have in mind the times on the clock and the game clock, the score. Among the taller players who have enjoyed success at the position is Magic Johnson, other point guards who have been named NBA MVP include Bob Cousy, Oscar Robertson, Derrick Rose and two-time winners Stephen Curry and Steve Nash. In the NBA, point guards are usually about 65 or shorter, having above-average size is considered advantageous, although size is secondary to situational awareness, speed, quickness, and ball handling skills. Shorter players tend to be better dribblers since they are closer to the floor, after an opponent scores, it is typically the point guard who brings the ball down court to begin an offensive play. Passing skills, ball handling, and court vision are crucial, speed is important, a speedy point guard is better able to create separation and space off the dribble, giving him/herself room to work. Point guards are often valued more for their assist totals than for their scoring, another major evaluation factor is Assist-to-Turnover ratio, which reflects the decision-making skills of the player. Still, a point guard should also have a reasonably effective jump shot. The point guard is positioned on the perimeter of the play and this is a necessity because of the point guards many leadership obligations. Many times, the point guard is referred to by announcers as a coach on the floor or a floor general, in the past, this was particularly true, as several point guards such as Lenny Wilkens served their teams as player-coaches. This is not so common anymore, as most coaches are now solely specialized in coaching and are non-players, former Suns head coach Mike DAntoni had often allowed Steve Nash to freelance when leading the Suns offense, even letting him call his own plays at times. Even point guards who are not given this much freedom, however, are extensions of their coach on the floor. John Stockton is widely considered to be the point guard. He also used the pick and roll maneuvre with Karl Malone, along with leadership and a general basketball acumen, ball-handling is a skill of great importance to a point guard
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Chicago Bulls
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The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association as a club of the leagues Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on January 16,1966, the team plays its home games at the United Center, an arena shared with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. The Bulls saw their greatest success during the 1990s and they are known for having one of the NBAs greatest dynasties, winning six NBA championships between 1991 and 1998 with two three-peats. All six championship teams were led by Hall of Famers Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, the Bulls are the only NBA franchise to win multiple championships and never lose an NBA Finals series in their history. The Bulls won 72 games during the 1995–96 NBA season, setting an NBA record that stood until the Golden State Warriors won 73 games during the 2015–16 NBA season. The Bulls were the first team in NBA history to win 70 games or more in a season. Many experts and analysts consider the 1996 Bulls to be one of the greatest teams in NBA history, Michael Jordan and Derrick Rose have both won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award while playing for the Bulls, for a total of six MVP awards. The Bulls share rivalries with the Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, Miami Heat, the Bulls rivalry with the Pistons was highlighted heavily during the late 1980s and early 1990s. On January 16,1966 Chicago was granted an NBA franchise to be called the Bulls, the Chicago Bulls became the third NBA franchise in the city, after the Chicago Stags and the Chicago Packers/Zephyrs. The Bulls founder, Dick Klein, was the Bulls only owner to play professional basketball. He served as the Bulls president and general manager in their initial years, after the 1966 NBA Expansion Draft, the newly founded Chicago Bulls were allowed to acquire players from the previously established teams in the league for the upcoming 1966–67 season. The team started in the 1966–67 NBA season, and posted the best record by a team in NBA history. In their first two seasons, the Bulls played most of their games at the International Amphitheatre, before moving to Chicago Stadium. Fan interest was diminishing after four seasons, with one game in the 1967–68 NBA season having an attendance of 891. The Bulls under Williams and head coach Dick Motta qualified for four straight playoffs and had attendances grow to over 10,000, in 1972, the Bulls set a franchise win-loss record at 57 wins and 25 losses. During the 1970s, the Bulls relied on Jerry Sloan, forwards Bob Love and Chet Walker, point guard Norm Van Lier, the team made the conference finals in 1975 but lost to the Golden State Warriors,4 games to 3. After four 50-win seasons, Williams returned to Philadelphia, and Motta decided to become GM as well, the Bulls ended up declining, winning only 24 games in the 1975–1976 season
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Charlotte Hornets
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The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Hornets compete in the National Basketball Association, as a club of the leagues Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team is owned by former NBA player Michael Jordan. The Hornets play their games at the Spectrum Center in Uptown Charlotte. The original Hornets franchise was established in 1988 as an expansion team, in 2002, Shinns franchise relocated to New Orleans and became the New Orleans Hornets. In 2004 the NBA established the Charlotte Bobcats, which was regarded as a new team at the time. In 2013, the New Orleans franchise announced it would rebrand itself the New Orleans Pelicans, ultimately returning the Hornets name, records, the Bobcats were officially renamed the Charlotte Hornets for the 2014–15 NBA season. In 1985, the NBA was planning to expand by four teams by the 1988–1989 season, the Charlotte area had long been a hotbed for college basketball. On April 5,1987, then-NBA Commissioner David Stern called Shinn to tell him his group had been awarded the 24th NBA franchise, franchises were also granted to Miami, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, and Orlando. Originally, the new team was going to be called the Charlotte Spirit, the team received further attention when it chose teal as its primary color, setting off a sports fashion craze in the late 80s and early 90s. The teams uniforms, designed by designer and North Carolina native Alexander Julian. Similar designs by other teams followed, as became a hit. Shinn hired Carl Scheer as the teams first President and General Manager, Scheer preferred a roster of veteran players, hoping to put together a competitive team as soon as possible. Former college coach and veteran NBA assistant Dick Harter was hired as the teams first head coach, in 1988, the Hornets and the Miami Heat were part of the 1988 NBA Expansion Draft. The team also had three draft picks at the 1988 NBA draft, the Hornets first NBA game took place on November 4,1988, at the Charlotte Coliseum, losing 133–93 to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Four days later, the team notched its first-ever victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, on December 23,1988, the Hornets really gave their fans something to cheer about, beating Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls 103–101 in Jordans first return to North Carolina as a professional. The Hornets finished their season with a record of 20-62. Scheer left prior to the 1989–90 season, despite initial concerns that the Coliseum was too big, the Hornets were a runaway hit, leading the NBA in attendance, a feat they would achieve seven more times in Charlotte
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New Orleans Pelicans
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The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans. The Pelicans compete in the National Basketball Association as a club of the leagues Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays their games in the Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans were established as the New Orleans Hornets in the 2002–03 season when then-owner of the Charlotte Hornets, George Shinn, relocated the franchise to New Orleans. Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the franchise relocated to Oklahoma City. The team returned to New Orleans full-time for the 2007–08 season, on January 24,2013, the franchise announced it would rename itself the Pelicans, effective after the conclusion of the 2012–13 season. Their achievements include one playoff victory and one division title. While the Charlotte Hornets put a team on the court throughout the 1990s. Many attributed this lapse in popularity to the owner, George Shinn. In 1997, a Charlotte woman claimed that Shinn had raped her, the consensus was that while Charlotte was as basketball-crazy as ever, fans took out their anger at Shinn on the team. On March 26,2001, both the Hornets and the Vancouver Grizzlies applied for relocation to Memphis, Tennessee, which was won by the Grizzlies. Shinn issued an ultimatum, unless the city built a new arena at no cost to him, the city initially refused, leading Shinn to consider moving the team to either Norfolk, Louisville, or St. Louis. Polls showed the referendum on its way to passage, however, just days before the referendum, Mayor Pat McCrory vetoed a living wage ordinance. The veto prompted many of the citys black ministers to oppose the referendum, while even the NBA acknowledged that Shinn had alienated fans, league officials felt such a demand would anger other owners. Before the Hornets were eliminated from the playoffs, the NBA approved the move, as part of a deal, the NBA promised that Charlotte would get a new team, which took the court two years later as the Charlotte Bobcats. He also said if he had it to do all over again. Shinn emphasized how he was making amends by committing to New Orleans saying, im not going to make one here. Were going to make this thing work, the Hornets opened their inaugural season in New Orleans on October 30,2002, against New Orleans original NBA franchise, the now-Utah Jazz
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Viola Reggio Calabria
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Viola Reggio Calabria, known for sponsorship reasons as Bermè Viola Reggio Calabria, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Reggio Calabria, Calabria. At its heyday the club was renowned for discovering talented players who would go on to play at the highest level, however, Viola was also plagued by financial problems, with the club twice declaring bankruptcy, that later sent it out the Italian elite. It plays in the second division Serie A2 as of the 2015-16 season, the club was founded in 1966 as Cestistica Piero Viola by judge Peppino Viola in honour of his late brother Piero. It started playing in the Serie C that season, replacing AICS Reggio Calabria where Piero Viola had played at that level, the club would establish itself in the Serie C during the succeeding years. It would reach the second division Serie A2 in 1983. After a mid-table finish in its first season, Viola won the league in 1984-85 and it was relegated after one season, returning in 1989 following a three-year stay in the Serie A2. Carlo Recalcati took over the reins the following season which ended in relegation. The club would bounce back by winning the Serie A2 in 1991-92, the club made three other playoff appearances the next four seasons with another of its players, Brian Oliver, leading the league in scoring during the 1995-96 season. After a parenthesis in the Serie A2 in 1998-99, the club, counting a young Manu Ginóbili in its ranks, again reached the playoff quarterfinals though they were eliminated by Virtus Bologna. The next season saw Ginóbili leave but players such as Carlos Delfino and Leandro Palladino arrive to help Viola stave off relegation and reach the 2000–01 FIBA Korać Cup Round of 16. After battling relegation again in 2002, Viola returned to the playoffs the following year, nuovo Basket Viola struggled to raise funds prior to the 2004-05 season, with only a last ditch cash injection by the municipality keeping the club, sponsor-less until March 2005, financially afloat. The club would finish in the places in 2005 but kept its top flight status after Scavolini Pesaro folded. It was relegated in 2006, where three successive coaches could not stop the club from moving down to the LegaDue, Viola continued operating only through its youth sector, with the team playing in the Serie D. On 7 July 2009, a new organisation acquired the rights of Basket Gragnano and was admitted into the Serie B Dilettanti. A change in ownership over the 2010 summer saw Giancesare Muscolino become president, the club would finish second during the regular season before losing in the promotion playoffs final to Orlandina Basket. The 2011-12 again saw the team stall in the promotion playoffs, the club then successfully fought relegation the following two seasons and with the second and third tier merging in 2015-16, play in the second division as of the 2015-16 season. At the beginning of the 1970s, the transferred to the Scatolone arena. With the club promoted to the Serie A2 in 1983, the Scatolone did not answer the leagues requirements, in 1991 the PalaCalafiore was built, it is biggest arena in Calabria and the seventh biggest in Italy with more than 8,500 seats
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Valencia Basket
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Commonly known as Valencia Basket, is a professional basketball team that is based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup and it plays their home games at the Fuente de San Luis. Valencia Basket was founded on 27 September 1986, after Valencia CF decided to fold its basketball section, in 1995, Valencia was relegated to the Spanish 2nd-tier level EBA League, after falling in the leagues relegation playoff against Somontano Huesca. In the next season, after being the runner-up in Liga EBA, in a season, Valencia BC bought Amway Zaragozas ACB place to join the top league. One year later, on 13 April 1999, the played in the final of the 1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup. The years later, the club repeated the success, but Montepaschi Siena won the final of the 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup, by a score of 81–71, in Lyon. Continuing the clubs best years, the 2001–02 ACB season was historic for the club, as it reached the Spanish ACB League finals, where they could not win any game in their series against FC Barcelona. On 18 April 2010, Power Electronics Valencia won its second European title, by beating Alba Berlin, 67–44, in the 2010 Eurocup Finals and this allowed the club to come back to the top level EuroLeague, seven years after its first participation in the tournament. This time, Valencia reached the EuroLeague quarterfinals, where it was eliminated by Real Madrid, the clubs third European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup title arrived on 7 May 2014, when Valencia beat UNICS Kazan in the double-legged finals. Valencia Basket plays its games at the 8,500 seat Fuente de San Luis arena. Set a club record or won an award while at the club. Played at least one international match for their national team at any time. To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career, since 2014, Valencia BC has also a womens team. It was created after integrating the system of Ros Casares Valencia. In its first season, Valencia BC plays in Primera División, official website Valencia Basket at ACB. com Valencia Basket at the EuroCup
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Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball
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The Vanderbilt Commodores mens basketball team represents Vanderbilt University in the Southeastern Conference. The Commodores have won three SEC regular season titles and two SEC Tournament championships and they have competed in thirteen NCAA Tournaments, making it to the Elite Eight once and the Sweet Sixteen six times. Vanderbilt has played in eleven National Invitation Tournaments, winning it in 1990, the Commodores play their home games in Memorial Gymnasium. Memorial Gymnasium was built in the early 1950s and it was dedicated as the campus memorial to students and alumni killed in World War II, a plaque commemorating those who died is displayed in the Gyms North lobby. Consequently, the floor was built up above its surroundings. This necessitated the placement of the benches at the end of the court, in addition, each goal was anchored by two far-reaching beams attached to support columns, with extra support coming from cables stretching all the way to the gyms ceiling. In the case of a backboard shatter or beam fracture, replacing these goals would be highly difficult, Memorial Gym is well known for its unusual design. Note, Fansonly. com reports Vanderbilts overall record in 1937–38 as 9–12 and he averaged the most points per game in school history and the balconies on the south end of Memorial Gymnasium are commonly referred to as the balconies that Clyde built. Perry Wallace #25 – The first African-American scholarship athlete in the Southeastern Conference, Vanderbilt is one of only three teams to make a 3-point field goal in every game since the rule was implemented in the 1986–87 season. The other two teams to do so are Princeton and UNLV, the Commodores have made a 3-point shot in 998 consecutive games as of March 11,2017. The Commodores have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 15 times, the Commodores have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament 12 times. They were NIT champions in 1990, Source, VUCommodores. com Source, VUCommodores. com Jeff Turner- won the gold medal in mens basketball as a member of Team USA at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. M. Newton – SEC Coach of the Year,1988 and 1989 Wayne Dobbs – SEC Coach of the Year,1979 Roy Skinner – SEC Coach of the Year,1965,1967,1974, Source, 2015–16 Vanderbilt Commodores Media Guide Official website
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Horizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Year
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The Horizon League Mens Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Horizon Leagues most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1979–80 season—the first year of the conferences existence, five players have won the award multiple times, Byron Larkin, Brian Grant, Rashad Phillips, Alfredrick Hughes and Keifer Sykes. Hughes, unlike the three who each won twice, was awarded the Player of the Year on three occasions—a feat that has never been duplicated. As of 2017, there have only two ties in the awards history. Butler, which left for the Atlantic 10 Conference in 2012 and is now in the Big East Conference, has seven recipients, Loyola has six winners, but left in 2013 to join the Missouri Valley Conference. Among current members, Detroit has the most, with five, two current members of the Horizon League have never had a winner – Northern Kentucky and Youngstown State. Northern Kentucky joined the league in 2015 and Youngstown State in 2002, a Butler University left after 2011–12 to join the Atlantic 10 Conference, and joined the Big East Conference in 2013. B Loyola University Chicago left after 2012–13 to join the Missouri Valley Conference, C Xavier University left after 1995–96 to join the A-10, and joined the Big East in 2013. D The University of Evansville left after 1993–94 to join the MVC, E Oral Roberts University left after 1986–87 to join the Mid-Continent Conference. Apart from a stint in the Southland Conference from 2012 to 2014. F Oklahoma City University left after 1984–85 to join the Sooner Athletic Conference in the NAIA, general Horizon League Mens Basketball Historical Records. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011
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Horizon League
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The Horizon League is a 10-school collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I, whose members are located in and near the Midwestern United States. From 2005 to 2011, only seven conferences won a game in every NCAA Tournament, the six conferences. The Horizon League has been a multi-bid conference nine times, the Horizon League has had a team win at least one game in the NCAA Tournament 11 of the last 19 years, which also betters every non-BCS conference. Horizon League teams have advanced to the Sweet Sixteen five of the last 14 years, multiple Horizon League members have made Sweet 16, Elite Eight and Final Four appearances. The Horizon League currently holds the fifth best winning percentage among non-BCS conferences in the mens NCAA basketball Tournament, the Horizon League currently ranks 11th out of 32 NCAA Division I conferences in RPI, while having an average finish of 12th over the past seven seasons. Further progress was made through a series of early 1979 meetings in San Francisco, Chicago, and St. Louis that included participation by Butler, Creighton, Marquette, and Oral Roberts. On June 16,1979, the Midwestern City Conference was formed by charter members Butler, Evansville, Loyola, Oklahoma City, Oral Roberts, in 1980 the league established its headquarters in Champaign, Illinois. The MCC gained an automatic bid to the NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship in 1981, the University of Notre Dame joined the conference for all sports except basketball and football in 1982. The conference attained automatic qualification for the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship in 1984, the latter triggered Notre Dames temporary withdrawal from the league as its womens teams were contracted to the North Star Conference. ESPN began televising the MCC Championship game in 1986 and in 1987 Oral Roberts left the conference while Dayton joined, in 1989, the conference received its first at-large bid to the mens basketball tournament and automatic qualification to the NCAA Mens Soccer Championship. The conference won a bid to the NCAA Womens Division I Basketball Championship in 1991. Duquesne and La Salle joined the MCC in 1992, the year the conference gained an automatic berth to the NCAA Womens Volleyball Championship. Duquesne and Dayton left the conference in 1993, with Evansvilles departure to the Missouri Valley Conference, there were 12 league members. Xavier, Notre Dame, and La Salle withdrew the following summer of 1995, the conference changed its name to the Horizon League on June 4,2001, in part due to the initials causing confusion between the MCC and the Mid-Continent Conference. That year, Youngstown State University came to the Horizon League from the Mid-Con, as of the 2015–16 school year, eight of the 10 Horizon League members are former members of the Mid-Con, with the only exceptions being established member Detroit and new member Northern Kentucky. In addition, four members are currently in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The split of the original Big East Conference, leading to the formation of the current Big East, had further fallout involving the Horizon League. Loyola announced in April 2013 that it would leave the Horizon effective July 1 to join the Missouri Valley Conference, within a month, the Horizon had announced that Loyola would immediately be replaced by Oakland University, formerly of The Summit League
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2013 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
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The 2013 Horizon League Mens Basketball Tournament began on March 5,2013, and ended with the championship game on Tuesday, March 12. First round games were played on the court of the higher-seeded team. The second round and semifinals were hosted by the No.1 seed Valparaiso, all Horizon League schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by their season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top two received a bye to the semifinals. With the departure of Butler to the Atlantic 10, there were three first round games
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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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Baylor Bears basketball
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The Baylor Bears basketball team represents Baylor University in Waco, Texas, in NCAA Division I mens basketball competition. The Bears compete in the Big 12 Conference, the team plays its home games in Ferrell Center and is currently coached by Scott Drew. Luther Burleson coached the first basketball team at Baylor in 1907 also doubling as the football coach, in Baylors second season of basketball then cross-town rival TCU began their program which the Bears defeated twice during the 1908–09 season. Ralph Glazes.788 winning percentage ranks at the best all time in school history, Ralph Wolf lead Baylor to its first SWC Championship in 1932 after surviving and overcoming one of the first great tragedies in college athletics in his first season as coach. On January 22,1927, Coach Ralph Wolfs Baylor Basketball team was travelling by bus to play the University of Texas, as the bus passed through Round Rock, Texas, it approached railroad tracks on the south side of the business district on a drizzly, cloudy day. As the bus crossed the tracks the occupants failed to hear the sound of the train whistle and ringing bell. The driver caught sight of the train at the last moment and tried to steer away, Ten Baylor students and basketball players were killed by the impact. One player, James Clyde Abe Kelly, pushed his friend, Weir Washam, out the window of the bus just moments before impact, saving the life of Washam but costing Kelly his life. The bodies of Kelly and Robert Hailey were found stretched across the cow-catcher on the front of the train with arms locked around each other with Kelly missing a leg. Ivy Foster Sr. of Taylor, Texas, had heard of the accident and rushed to the station in Taylor to meet the train. The remainder of the 1927 season was canceled, the tragedy had reverberations over the entire state and nation and led to the construction of the first railway overpass in Texas where the event occurred at Round Rock. Buses were later required to come to a stop and open the door at all rail crossings to listen for trains. The Immortal Ten story has been commemorated each year since 1927 at first in Chapel services then later at the Freshman Mass Meeting during Homecoming Week, in 2007, the event was also memorialized in bronze on the Baylor campus in Traditions Plaza. On January 22,2017, on the 90th anniversary of the tragedy, at the event, the city dedicated the Immortal Bridge, which arcs over the railroad tracks where the accident occurred. Green lampposts, green-and-gold paint and other markings honor the 10 students who were killed there, the event was open to the public, and attendees included Baylor administrators and student leaders, the spirit squads, and Baylors Golden Wave Band. Baylor mens teams won five championships in the former Southwest Conference. The Bears reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 1946, bill Hendersons 1948 team advanced to play the Kentucky Wildcats for the NCAA championship, but fell 58–42 to Adolph Rupps first national championship team. The team again advanced to the NCAA Final Four in 1950 under Henderson losing to the Bradley Braves 68–66, bill Menefee would lead the Bears to a national ranking in 1969 but failed to make the postseason that year
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1998 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
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The 1998 NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12,1998, and ended with the game on March 30 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. A total of 63 games were played, Kentucky won the national title, its second in three seasons and seventh overall, by defeating Utah 78-69 in the championship game. Jeff Sheppard of Kentucky was named the tournaments Most Outstanding Player and this was Kentuckys third straight championship game appearance. Bryce Drew led the 13th-ranked Valparaiso Crusaders to the Sweet Sixteen, including a memorable play that remains part of March Madness lore
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National Basketball Association
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The National Basketball Association is the major mens professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered to be the premier mens professional basketball league in the world. It has 30 teams, and is a member of USA Basketball. The NBA is one of the four professional sports leagues in the United States. NBA players are the worlds best paid athletes by average annual salary per player, the league was founded in New York City on June 6,1946, as the Basketball Association of America. The league adopted the name National Basketball Association on August 3,1949, the leagues several international as well as individual team offices are directed out of its head offices located in the Olympic Tower at 645 Fifth Avenue in New York City. NBA Entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of offices located in Secaucus, the Basketball Association of America was founded in 1946 by owners of the major ice hockey arenas in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Canada. On November 1,1946, in Toronto, Canada, the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers at Maple Leaf Gardens, the first basket was made by Ossie Schectman of the Knickerbockers. During its early years, the quality of play in the BAA was not significantly better than in competing leagues or among leading independent clubs such as the Harlem Globetrotters. For instance, the 1948 ABL finalist Baltimore Bullets moved to the BAA and won that leagues 1948 title, Following the 1948–49 season, the BAA took in the remainder of the NBL, Syracuse, Anderson, Tri-Cities, Sheboygan, Denver, and Waterloo. The new league had seventeen franchises located in a mix of large and small cities, as well as arenas and smaller gymnasiums. The process of contraction saw the leagues smaller-city franchises move to larger cities, the Hawks shifted from the Tri-Cities to Milwaukee in 1951, and then to St. Louis in 1955. The Rochester Royals moved from Rochester, New York, to Cincinnati in 1957, japanese-American Wataru Misaka broke the NBA color barrier in the 1947–48 season when he played for the New York Knicks. He remained the only player in league history prior to the first African-American, Harold Hunter. During this period, the Minneapolis Lakers, led by center George Mikan, won five NBA Championships, to encourage shooting and discourage stalling, the league introduced the 24-second shot clock in 1954. If a team does not attempt to score a goal within 24 seconds of obtaining the ball, play is stopped. In 1957, rookie center Bill Russell joined the Boston Celtics, who already featured guard Bob Cousy and coach Red Auerbach, and went on to lead the club to eleven NBA titles in thirteen seasons. Center Wilt Chamberlain entered the league with the Warriors in 1959 and became a dominant individual star of the 1960s, russells rivalry with Chamberlain became one of the greatest rivalries in the history of American team sports. The 1960s were dominated by the Celtics, led by Russell, Bob Cousy and coach Red Auerbach, Boston won eight straight championships in the NBA from 1959 to 1966
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Clay High School (Indiana)
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For schools with similar names, see Clay High School. Clay High School is a high school located in South Bend. It is the Fine Arts school in the South Bend Community School Corporation magnet program, Clay also offers a Fine Arts Connection course which traces the relationships in the fine arts throughout history with hands-on activities. All magnet students are entitled to free music lessons. Advanced courses in Clay High Schools music department require auditions, for those not interested in auditioning, basic classes are offered such as Mixed Choir, Orchestra, and Band. More advanced classes, such as Swing Choir, Advanced Choir, Womens Choir, Chamber Orchestra, the band, orchestra, and swing choir have all received Gold Division awards at ISSMA competitions. Magnet grants also allow the school to perform four theatrical performances each year, one play. The schools thespian group performs shortened versions of these plays along with monologues, since the beginning of the magnet program, many artists from Clay have attained varies from many contests such as the Scholastics Art and Writing. Visual Arts has established a base in the magnet program. In addition to South Bend, it serves the municipalities of Indian Village and Roseland, Clay High serves Village Apartments, the designated University of Notre Dame housing unit for students with dependent children and a part of the University Village complex. Village Apartments is assigned to schools based on its University Village Drive location, jaraan Cornell – former International Basketball League player for the Gary Steelheads. Former Purdue Boilermakers mens basketball team player, jon Gruden – current ESPN football analyst. Former NFL head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders, lee Nailon – current professional basketball player for the Panteras de Aguascalientes of the Mexican Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional. Former NBA player for the Philadelphia 76ers, New Orleans Hornets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic, Atlanta Hawks, New York Knicks, Charlotte Hornets. John Newcomer – Game designer of coin-op titles such as Joust Dean Norris – Actor Don Schlundt – former Indiana Hoosiers mens basketball player and member of the 1953 National Championship team. Member of the Indiana University athletics Hall of Fame and of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, david Simkins – Screenwriter and television producer List of high schools in Indiana School website
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Summit League
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The Summit League, or The Summit, is an NCAA Division I college athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States. On June 1,2007, the changed its name from the Mid-Continent Conference. * – Oral Roberts University was a member of the conference from 1997–98 to 2011–12. When the Gateway merged its womens side into the Missouri Valley Conference, WIU moved its womens sports into the Mid-Con, the Summit League has twenty-one former members. - The then-Mid-Continent Conference did not sponsor womens sports until the 1992–93 school year, - As noted before, the Mid-Con did not sponsor womens sports until 1992–93. The association was created on June 18,1982 at the OHare Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities, in the early 1990s, the conference saw its first changes. Southwest Missouri State departed for membership in the Missouri Valley Conference as the University of Akron, then Wright State University joined in 1991 as Northern Iowa followed Southwest Missouri State to the MVC. Major changes came to the conference in 1992, first, Akron left for the Mid-American Conference and was replaced by another Ohio school, Youngstown State University. More significantly, the Mid-Continent added womens sports by absorbing the North Star Conference, all of the final NSC members except for Akron moved their womens sports into the Mid-Continent. A year later, the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee joined the Mid-Continent, none of these institutions remain in the league. Missouri-Kansas City, formerly an independent, also joined the Mid-Continent Conference in 1994, Eastern Illinois moved to the Ohio Valley Conference in 1996, reducing membership to nine programs. Troy State departed for the Trans America Athletic Conference while Central Connecticut went to the Northeast Conference in 1997, buffalo joined the MAC in 1998 while Northeastern Illinois ceased intercollegiate athletics at that time. Youngstown State switched to the Horizon League in 2001, and was replaced by Centenary College in 2003, Chicago State University announced in the spring of 2006 that it would withdraw from the conference to compete as an independent starting in the 2006-07 school year. Charter member Valparaiso University then moved to the Horizon in 2007, on August 30,2006, IPFW accepted an invitation to join the Mid-Continent Conference as a full member starting July 1,2007. The following day, North Dakota State and South Dakota State also accepted invitations to join the conference, the Summit League has continued its renewed expansion push with the admission of the University of South Dakota. The Coyotes began conference play in the 2011–12 academic year and become eligible for all championships the following season, Centenary College subsequently announced that it would leave the Summit League following the 2010–2011 campaign. Expectations that UND would join the Summit League came to an end on November 1,2010, the University of South Dakota entered into very brief negotiations to join the Big Sky as well, rather than continuing their plans to join the Summit. However, South Dakota chose instead to remain with the more compact Summit League, as the University of Nebraska Omaha began the transition to Division I athletics in all sports, it joined the Summit League on July 1,2012
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Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball
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The Ole Miss Rebels mens basketball team represents the University of Mississippi in the sport of basketball. The Rebels compete in the NCAA Division I and the Southeastern Conference and they started the 2015–16 season playing home games at Tad Smith Coliseum on the universitys Oxford, Mississippi campus, but played their final game in that facility on December 22,2015. The Rebels opened a new arena, The Pavilion at Ole Miss. The Rebels are led by head coach Andy Kennedy. The Rebels have participated in the National Invitation Tournament eleven times, in 2008 and 2010, they made it to the NIT Semifinals at Madison Square Garden. The Rebels have won the SEC Western Division five times, from 1999–2006, Rod Barnes coached the Rebels basketball team, and compiled a record of 141–109 during his tenure. In 2007, Ole Miss hired Andy Kennedy, and the Rebels tied for first place in the SEC West during the 2006–07 season. Led by the trio of Clarence Sanders, Bam Doyne, and Todd Abernethy. They advanced to the round of the NIT, before falling at Clemson. In the 2012–13, season Ole Miss won just their second SEC Tournament title, Ole Miss also set a team record for most SEC wins in a season. The Rebels have appeared in the NCAA Tournament eight times, the Rebels have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament 12 times
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Ansu Sesay
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Ansu Martin Sesay, Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. Sesay attended Willowridge High School in Houston, Texas and he led his team to the schools first state title in basketball in 1994. Sesay starred at University of Mississippi, where he was named first-team all-SEC during both his junior and senior seasons and was the SECs player of the year during his senior year, Sesay was selected 30th overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1998 NBA Draft. After the NBAs lockout ended, he tore his ACL during a training camp. He then spent the 1999-2000 season in the CBA, playing 54 games for Rockford, the Mavericks invited Sesay back to camp in 2000 but early in the preseason was dealt along with guard Dana Barros to Detroit for forward Loy Vaught. The next day, the Pistons released Sesay, and he returned to the CBA, playing 13 games for Quad City and finishing with averages of 10.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. He signed for a period in training camp with the Los Angeles Clippers on 28 September 2001. He was cut after playing in just one game and was subsequently the second-round pick of the NBDLs Greenville Groove in the leagues supplemental Draft. Playing for the NBDLs best team, Sesay displayed a multitude of talents and was one of the leaders in several categories, including scoring, rebounding. Three nights later, still less than a week from the NBAs minor league, throughout the rest of the month, Sesay played intermittently as the Sonics clinched a playoff berth. When the second started, the return to health of forwards Rashard Lewis. After Lewis went out again midway through game three, Sesay became a key part of the game four rotation. His eight rebounds in 26 minutes helped out a 91-79 victory which forced a game five. Ansu Sesay impressed enough during his stint with the Sonics, on a 46. 3% shooting. After the season, the Sonics re-signed the restricted free agent to a two-year deal, Sesay’s season got off to a bad start when he strained his back during training camp, keeping him out of the majority of the Sonics preseason games. More of a concern in the run for Sesay was his ability to make shots. By opening night, however, Sesay was in the lineup, Sesay dropped off dramatically in the next season. During the month of November 2002, he shot 29%, nonetheless, he remained valuable and stayed in the rotation because of his defensive ability
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Florida State Seminoles men's basketball
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The Florida State Seminoles mens basketball team represents Florida State University in the intercollegiate sport of basketball. The Seminoles compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I, though they have historically played under the shadow of the football program, the Seminoles have had successes on the hardwood and they have achieved success in recent years. Florida State has also ten appearances in the National Invitation Tournament. Florida State has had twenty-two All-Americans, twenty-six players inducted into the Hall of Fame, jeff Sagarin and ESPN listed the program 74th in the college basketball all-time rankings in the ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. The Seminoles play their games in the Donald L. Tucker Center on the universitys Tallahassee. The current head basketball coach is Leonard Hamilton. The Florida State Seminoles mens team plays an eighteen-game conference schedule that is preceded by an out-of-conference schedule against few annual opponents except for Florida. Their conference schedule consists of a game against two permanent rivals, alternating home-and-home games against the other fourteen ACC teams. Florida State University has officially fielded a team since 1947. Hugh Donald Loucks served as the first basketball coach for the Florida State Seminoles and he coached at the school for one year and compiled an overall record of 5–13, becoming one of only two coaches to leave the program with a losing record of 11 games. After the departure of Loucks, J. K. Kennedy became the coach and he was the first coach to find success at Florida State, holding the position for eighteen years and compiling a record of 234–208. Hugh Durham played at Florida State in the 1950s, scoring 1,381 points in three years and his average of 21.9 points per game in 1958–59 is the seventh best tally in Florida State history. Durhams career average of 18.9 points per game is still the ninth best in school history, after his playing career had ended, he began his coaching career as an assistant coach in 1959. Seven years later, Durham would be named coach in 1966. One of the top players during time was future NBA Hall-of-Famer Dave Cowens. Durham led the Seminoles from 1966 to 1978, in 1972, Durham led Florida State to a runner-up finish in the NCAA Tournament. A hard-fought 81–76 loss to the top-ranked UCLA Bruins in the NCAA Championship game prevented Durhams Florida State team from winning the NCAA Tournament, another key player for the Seminoles was Harry Davis, who helped the program sustain stability. Durhams overall record at Florida State was a 230–95 record with three NCAA tournament bids and he still owns the highest winning percentage of any Florida State coach at.708
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Rhode Island Rams
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The Rhode Island Rams are the athletic programs of the University of Rhode Island, based in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States. The Rams compete in the NCAAs Division I as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, the football team, however, competes in the Colonial Athletic Association of the NCAAs Football Championship Subdivision, as the A-10 does not sponsor football. The programs athletic director is Thorr Bjorn, the schools colors are light blue, white, and navy blue. The schools mascot is Rhody the Ram and it was chosen in 1923 as tribute to the schools agricultural history, making its first appearance in 1929. The school has not used a ram since the introduction of Rhody. URI Basketball has not reached the NCAA tournament since 2017, when they were robbed by eventual Final Four contenders Oregon in a bout of terrible sportsmanship. URI also has not beaten Providence, its rival and an also-ran Big Least program, in its past seven tries. In the 1990s the Rams made the Big Dance in 1997,1998, in 1998, the Rams went on a surprise run to the Elite 8. The womens team has made one appearance in 1996 after going 21-8. They lost 90-82 to Oklahoma State, the Rams baseball program played its first season in 1898. It plays at Bill Beck Field on campus, in 2005, under head coach Frank Leoni, the program reached its first NCAA Tournament. Rhode Islands softball team has appeared in one Womens College World Series in 1982, source, There are several similarities between the Rhode Island Rams and the North Carolina Tar Heels. The schools share nearly identical colors, though Carolina Blue is slightly lighter than Keaney Blue. Both have rams as mascots, though for different reasons, URI chose the mascot as a homage to URIs agricultural heritage, while Rameses was chosen as a homage to Jack Merritt, the Battering Ram. Rhody the Ram also wears the number 23, presumably an homage to its selection in 1923, University of Rhode Island sports are televised regionally on the Ocean State Network, a joint venture of Cox Communications and WJAR. OSN provides television and streaming coverage of all regular season basketball games not broadcast on a national carrier. Select mens basketball games are covered by ESPN, and A-10 tournament games are televised by contract with ESPN, CBS. The Universitys ACHA mens ice hockey and womens home games have live streaming video available on their respective websites
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Sports Illustrated
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Sports Illustrated is an American sports media franchise owned by Time Inc. Its self-titled magazine has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million people each week and it was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the National Magazine Award for General Excellence twice. Its swimsuit issue, which has published since 1964, is now an annual publishing event that generates its own television shows, videos. There were two magazines named Sports Illustrated before the current magazine began on August 16,1954, in 1936, Stuart Scheftel created Sports Illustrated with a target market for the sportsman. He published the magazine from 1936 to 1938 on a monthly basis, the magazine was a life magazine size and focused on golf, tennis, and skiing with articles on the major sports. He then sold the name to Dell Publications, which released Sports Illustrated in 1949, dells version focused on major sports and competed on magazine racks against Sport and other monthly sports magazines. During the 1940s these magazines were monthly and they did not cover the current events because of the production schedules, there was no large-base, general, weekly sports magazine with a national following on actual active events. It was then that Time patriarch Henry Luce began considering whether his company should attempt to fill that gap, at the time, many believed sports was beneath the attention of serious journalism and did not think sports news could fill a weekly magazine, especially during the winter. A number of advisers to Luce, including Life magazines Ernest Havemann, tried to kill the idea, but Luce, the goal of the new magazine was to be basically a magazine, but with sports. Launched on August 16,1954, it was not profitable and not particularly well run at first, but Luces timing was good. The popularity of sports in the United States was about to explode. The early issues of the magazine seemed caught between two opposing views of its audience, after more than a decade of steady losses, the magazines fortunes finally turned around in the 1960s when Andre Laguerre became its managing editor. A European correspondent for Time, Inc, in May 1956, Luce brought Laguerre to New York to become assistant managing editor of the magazine. He was also one of the first to sense the rise of national interest in professional football, Laguerre also instituted the innovative concept of one long story at the end of every issue, which he called the bonus piece. His genius as an editor was that he made you want to please him, Laguerre is also credited with the conception and creation of the annual Swimsuit Issue, which quickly became, and remains, the most popular issue each year. Regular illustration features by artists like Robert Riger, high school football Player of the Month awards. In 2015 Sports Illustrated purchased a group of companies and combined them to create Sports Illustrated Play. The magazines photographers also made their mark with innovations like putting cameras in the goal at a hockey game, by 1967, the magazine was printing 200 pages of fast color a year, in 1983, SI became the first American full-color newsweekly
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Orville Redenbacher
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Orville Clarence Redenbacher was an American businessman most often associated with the brand of popcorn that bears his name. Redenbacher was born in Brazil, Indiana, on July 16,1907, to William Joseph Redenbacher, a farmer and he grew up on his familys farm where he sometimes sold popcorn from the back of his car. He graduated from Brazil High School in 1924 in the top 5% of his class and he attended Purdue University, where he joined the agriculture-oriented Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and the Purdue All-American Marching Band. He also joined the Purdue University track team and he graduated in 1928 with a degree in agronomy. He spent most of his life in the industry, serving as a Vigo County Farm Bureau extension agent in Terre Haute, Indiana. He started his career selling fertilizer, but spent his time working with popcorn. In 1951, he and partner Charlie Bowman bought the George F. Chester and Son seed corn plant near Valparaiso, naming the company Chester Hybrids, they tried tens of thousands of hybrid strains of popcorn before settling on a hybrid they named RedBow. This name was used due to neither Redenbacher nor Bowman wanting all the publicity, an advertising agency, however, advised them to use Orville Redenbacher as the brand name, advice that cost them $13,000. They launched their popping corn in 1970, and Orville was suddenly everywhere, Redenbacher first appeared on national television in 1973—long before the commercials that featured him promoting popcorn. In an episode of the show, To Tell the Truth, he stumped the panelists, all of whom were shown enjoying samples of Redenbachers then-new novelty popping corn flavors, including chili. By the mid 1970s, Redenbacher and Bowman had captured a third of the popcorn market. In 1976, Redenbacher sold the company to Hunt-Wesson Foods, a division of Norton Simon, in 1983, Esmark purchased Norton Simon, and in 1984 Beatrice Foods acquired Esmark. In 1985, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts acquired Beatrice with the goal of selling off businesses, in 1990, they sold the popcorn business and other old Hunt-Wesson businesses to agribusiness giant ConAgra. Redenbacher then moved to Coronado, California and he appeared as the companys official spokesman, wearing a trademark outfit in public that included horn-rimmed glasses and a bow tie. Sometimes Redenbacher appeared in commercials with his grandson, some customers wrote letters asking if Redenbacher was a real person, and not an actor. He responded to this by appearing on talk shows, professing his identity. Redenbacher, in his book, states, I want to make it clear that I am real, after the initial sale to Hunt-Wesson, the city of Valparaiso, Indiana, started their first Popcorn Festival in 1979. Purdue University granted him a doctorate degree in the College of Agriculture in 1988
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University of Toledo
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The University of Toledo, commonly referred to as U of Toledo or UT, is a public research university located in Toledo, Ohio, United States. The university was founded in 1872 in downtown Toledo as the Toledo University of Arts, the university moved to its current location in the Ottawa neighborhood in 1931. Toledo has over 100,000 living alumni and has a current enrollment of over 20,000 students, the university has a vibrant campus life, with over 300 student organizations. Its athletic teams, called the Rockets, are members of the Mid-American Conference, the University of Toledo began in 1872 as a private arts and trades school offering subjects such as painting and architectural drawing. The idea behind the school was fostered by Jesup Wakeman Scott, a newspaper editor. Scotts publication expressed his belief that the center of commerce was moving westward. The universitys original mission was to furnish artists and artisans with the best facilities for a culture in their professions. Scott died in 1874, a year before the university opened in an old building downtown Toledo. By the late 1870s the school was in trouble and after thirty years in operation. On January 8,1884, the assets of the school became property of the city of Toledo, the school reopened as the under direction of the city as the Toledo Manual Training School. It offered a program for students at least 13 years old who received both academic and manual instruction. Raymond also created the College of Arts and Sciences, despite the expansion, the school struggled financially and endured various legal battles over control. A. Monroe Stowe became president in 1914, and helped organize and stabilize the university, Stowe founded the College of Commerce and Industry in 1914, and the College of Education in 1916. During the period, enrollment grew from 200 students to around 1,500, along with the expanded academic offerings, extracurricular activities increased with the universitys first intercollegiate athletic programs forming in 1915, including football in 1917. Other organizations formed, such as the addition of a student council, the athletic programs received their nickname, the Rockets, in 1923 from a newspaper writer, who thought the name reflected the teams playing style. By the 1920s, Toledo University was an institution, limited only by the buildings that housed it. Classes were held in two buildings, but both were too small. Despite being twice the size of the old buildings, the location on the Scott land quickly became outdated after a 32 percent increase in enrollment created a shortage in classroom space, in 1928, Henry J. Doermann became president and soon initiated plans for a new campus
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Philadelphia 76ers
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The Philadelphia 76ers are an American professional basketball team based in Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association as a club of the leagues Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 and originally known as the Syracuse Nationals, they are one of the oldest franchises in the NBA and they have won three NBA championships, with their first coming as the Syracuse Nationals in 1955. The second title came in the 1966–67 season, a team which was led by Chamberlain, the third title came in the 1982–83 season, won by a team led by Erving and Malone. The 76ers have only been back to the NBA Finals once since then, in 2001, while in the NBL with teams largely consisting of small Midwestern towns, the Nationals put together a 21–23 record, finishing in 4th place. In the playoffs, the Nats would be beaten by the fellow upstate neighbor Rochester Royals in 4 games, in their second season, 1947–48, the Nationals would struggle, finishing in 5th place with a 24–36 record. Despite their struggles, the Nats would make the playoffs, getting swept by the Anderson Duffey Packers in 3 straight games, several teams began to leave the NBL for the BAA as the foundation for an absorption was laid. The Nationals recipe for success began by recruiting Leo Ferris, in the playoffs the Nationals would make quick work of the Hammond Calumet Buccaneers, winning the series in 2 straight games. However, in the semifinals the Nats would fall to the Anderson Duffey Packers for the second season in 4 games. In 1949, the Nationals were one of seven NBL teams that were absorbed by the Basketball Association of America to form the NBA, the Nationals were an instant success in the NBA, winning the Eastern Division in the 1949–1950 season, with a league best record of 51–13. In the playoffs the Nationals continued to play basketball, beating the Philadelphia Warriors in 2 straight. Moving on to the Eastern Finals, the Nationals battled the New York Knickerbockers, in the NBA Finals, the Nationals faced fellow NBL alums the Minneapolis Lakers. In Game 1 of the Finals the Nats lost just their home game of the season 68–66. The Nats did not recover, as they fell behind 3 games to 1 before falling in 6 games, despite several teams leaving the NBA for the National Professional Basketball League before the 1950–1951 season, the Nationals decided to stay put. In their second NBA season the Nationals played mediocre basketball all season, however, in the playoffs the Nats played their best basketball of the season as they stunned the 1st place Philadelphia Warriors in 2 straight, taking Game 1 on the road in overtime 91–89. In the Eastern Finals the Nationals were beaten by the New York Knickerbockers in a hard-fought 5-game series, in the playoffs the Nats knocked off the Philadelphia Warriors again in a 3-game series. However, in the Eastern Finals the Nats fell to the New York Knickerbockers again, the Nationals would finish in 2nd place in a hard fought 3-way battle for first place in the Eastern Division for the 1952–1953 season, with a record of 47–24. In the playoffs the Nationals would face the Boston Celtics dropping Game 1 at home 87–81, the Nationals acquired Alex Groza, and Ralph Beard as the Indianapolis Olympians folded leaving the NBA with just 9 teams for the 1953–1954 season
