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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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Berwyn, Illinois
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Berwyn /ˈbɜːrwᵻn/ is a suburban city in Cook County, Illinois, coterminous with Berwyn Township, which was formed in 1908 after breaking off from Cicero Township. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 56,657. As of the census of 2010, there were 56,657 people and 18,910 households in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 60. 48% White,6. 40% African American,0. 59% Native American,2. 52% Asian,0. 03% Pacific Islander,26. 61% some other race, and 3. 37% from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up 59. 44% of the population, the population density was 14,527.4 inhabitants per square mile. Berwyn also has the highest population density of any township in Illinois and it and Cicero are the only townships in Illinois that have a higher population density than the city of Chicago. The top five ancestries reported in Berwyn as of the 2009-2011 American Community Survey were Italian, German, Irish. 24. 6% of all households were made up of individuals, the average household size was 2.99, and the average family size was 3.62. The age distribution was 27. 8% under the age of 18,10. 0% from 18 to 24,30. 5% from 25 to 44,22. 4% from 45 to 64, the median age was 32.9 years. For every 100 females there were 98.1 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males. For the period 2009-11, the median annual income for a household in the city was $50,388. Male full-time workers had an income of $42,099 versus $34,989 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,143, about 12. 5% of families and 14. 5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19. 9% of those under age 18 and 11. 8% of those age 65 or over. The land that makes up Berwyn was originally fairly marshy. As the glaciers receded at the end of the last ice age, over time, Lake Chicago grew smaller and became Lake Michigan, and the stream that connected the lake to the Illinois River became a swamp known as Mud Lake. Mud Lake extended nearly to the border of todays Berwyn. In 1846, the first land in Berwyn was deeded to Theodore Doty who built the 8-foot-wide Plank Road from Chicago to Ottawa and this thoroughfare became what is now Ogden Avenue in South Berwyn. However, few people were interested in grassy marshland, Mud Lake extended nearly to the southern border of todays Berwyn, and the land flooded regularly during heavy rains
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Center (basketball)
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The center, also known as the five or the big man, is one of the five positions in a regular basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a deal of strength. The tallest player to ever be drafted in the NBA was the 78 Yasutaka Okayama from Japan, the tallest players to ever play in the NBA, at 77, are centers Gheorghe Mureșan and Manute Bol. Standing at 72, Margo Dydek is the tallest player to have played in the WNBA. The center is considered a component for a successful team. But recently, the NBA has turned into a point guard league, great centers have been the foundation for most of the dynasties in both the NBA and NCAA. In the 1960s, Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain further transformed basketball by combining height with a level of athleticism than previous centers. Following the retirement of George Mikan, the rivalry of the two big men came to dominate the NBA, many of the records set by these two players have endured today. Most notably, Chamberlain and Russell hold the top eighteen season averages for rebounds, Bill Russell led the University of San Francisco to two consecutive NCAA Championships. He joined the Boston Celtics and helped make them one of the greatest dynasties in NBA history, Russell revolutionized defensive strategy with his shot-blocking, rebounding and physical man-to-man defense. His principal rival, Wilt Chamberlain, listed at 71,275 pounds, Chamberlain played college ball for the Kansas Jayhawks, leading them to the 1957 title game against the North Carolina Tar Heels. Although the Jayhawks lost by one point in overtime, Chamberlain was named the tournaments Most Outstanding Player. He also won seven scoring titles, eleven rebounding titles, and four regular season Most Valuable Player awards, including the distinction, in 1960, stronger than any player of his era, he was usually capable of scoring and rebounding at will. Most notably, Chamberlain is the player in NBA history to average more than 50 points in a season. He also holds the NBAs all-time records for rebounding average, rebounds in a single game, in contrast to the Celtics dynasty of the 1960s, the 1970s were a decade of parity in the NBA, with eight different champions and no back-to-back winners. At the college level, the UCLA Bruins, under Coach John Wooden, built the greatest dynasty in NCAA basketball history, UCLA had already won two consecutive titles in 1964 and 1965 with teams that pressed and emphasized guard play. After not winning in 1966, Woodens teams changed their style when Lew Alcindor became eligible and he led UCLA to three championships-in 1967,68 and 69-while winning the first Naismith College Player of the Year Award. During his college career, the NCAA enacted a ban on dunking primarily because of Alcindors dominant use of the shot
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West Leyden High School
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West Leyden High School is a high school in Northlake, Illinois. First opened for enrollment in 1959, the mascot of West Leyden High School was originally the Knights until 1981. At this time, the East and West Leyden High School athletic programs merged to create a team currently known as the Eagles. West Leydens class of 2008 had an average composite ACT score of points below the state average. Overall, the school did not achieve AYP in reading or mathematics, since 1981, West Leyden and East Leyden have had a combined athletics program. Prior to the schools unifying into a program, West Leydens teams were stylized as the Knights. While East Leydens team nickname of Eagles was retained for the combined program, as a separate team, the only team to finish in the top four of their respective Illinois High School Association was the 1968—69 wrestling team. School Activities Include, The Leyden Fine Arts program is composed of music, art, various music groups, ranging from choral groups to instrumental orchestras, have excelled in multiple regional, state and national competitions. Choral participants have consistently been top performers in the Illinois Music Educators Association competitions, the Leyden Chamber Singers annually perform in the Madrigal Dinner, singing pieces from the. The Marching Band has also travelled to locations throughout the United States, including Pennsylvania, Florida. Student performers have also been participants of the Illinois High School Theater Associations, students throughout the state compete for roles in the annual performance of a classical musical or drama production. Tom Dore is a play-by-play announcer known for his association with the Chicago Bulls. Manny Flores, Chicago City Council member from the 1st ward, tom Rooney, Republican member of the Illinois Senate. He has taught U. S. history at West Leyden for over twenty years, frankie Sullivan is the lead guitarist in the band Survivor. Together with fellow Leyden alumni Rick Weigand they formed the band in 1978 and he was nominated for an Academy Award in 1982, in the category Best Original Song for co-writing the song Eye of the Tiger from the film Rocky III
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East Leyden High School
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East Leyden High School is a secondary school located in Franklin Park, Illinois which educates grades 9-12. Both are part Leyden High School District 212, East Leydens class of 2008 had an average composite ACT score of 19.8,0.7 points below the state average. 86. 1% of the class graduated. Overall, the school did not achieve AYP in reading, and one student subgroup failed to meet expectations in reading, West Leyden and East Leyden have competed as a combined athletic program since the 1981—82 school year. The school competes in the West Suburban Conference and it is also a full member of the Illinois High School Association, which governs most sports and competitive activities in Illinois. Teams are stylized as the Eagles, with the IHSA referring to the program as Franklin Park-Northlake. The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in, basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field. Young men may compete in baseball, football, and wrestling, while women may compete in badminton, bowling, cheerleading. While not sponsored by the IHSA, the Athletic Department also oversees a team for young women. As recently as 2006, Forbes magazine listed her as one of the ten most powerful women on Earth, jonathan Cain is a keyboardist and songwriter for the American rock band Journey. Ned Colletti is a Major League Baseball executive, currently the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tom Dore is a former University of Missouri and professional player who later became a broadcaster of the Chicago Bulls. Dan Galorath, chief architect of SEER-SEM project management software and CEO of Galorath Inc, glen Grunwald is an NBA executive. Formerly the general manager of the Toronto Raptors, he is currently a president for the New York Knicks. Jimmy Rodgers is a coach, most noted for being head coach of the Boston Celtics. Mike Shanahan is the college and NFL coach, most notable for his years as head coach of the Denver Broncos. Craig Wilson was a Major League Baseball infielder, playing for the Chicago White Sox and he was also a member of the 1992 team which participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Charles Farina was the wrestling coach and was elected into the National Federation of State High School Associations Hall of Fame in 1987
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Xavier Musketeers men's basketball
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The Xavier Musketeers mens basketball team represents Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The schools team competes in the Big East Conference. The Musketeers are currently coached by Chris Mack, of all Division I programs yet to make a Final 4, Xavier has the most all-time tournament wins with 27. Xavier has appeared in the NCAA Tournament 27 times,15 times in the last 17 years, Xavier won four Atlantic 10 Tournament Championships. Xavier has won or shared 17 regular season championships, while winning 9 conference tournament championships. Xavier has been listed among the top-20 most valuable college basketball programs in the US, the first Xavier Basketball game on record was February 20,1920 at the Fenwick Club in Cincinnati. Coached by Joe Meyer, the Musketeers compiled a 94–52 record during Meyers 13-year run as coach from 1920 to 1933. The Musketeers success continued under second head coach Clem Crowe, during Crowes 10 years as Xavier head coach, Xavier compiled a record of 96–78. Crowes 96 wins as a head coach rank fourth all-time among Xavier head coaches, following the 1942–43 season, play was suspended for the following two seasons because of World War II. In 1945, the program resumed under the leadership of head coach Ed Burns, in his one season as head coach, Burns compiled a record of 3-16. In 1946, Burns was replaced by Lew Hirt, Xavier finished in 4th place, losing to Hamline University in the national third-place game, 58–59. 1948 was the only year Xavier appeared in the NAIA Tournament, in 1951, Hirt was replaced as head coach by Ned Wulk. Wulk guided the Musketeers to National Invitational Tournament appearances in 1956 and 1957, the 1956 appearance marked Xaviers first NIT win, an 84–80 victory over Saint Louis. After a loss to Bradley in the 1957 NIT, Wulk was replaced as coach by Jim McCafferty. McCafferty led the Musketeers back to a third straight NIT in 1958, with wins over Niagara, Bradley, St. Bonaventure and Dayton, Xavier captured the NIT. That was the first postseason championship won by any Ohio Division I school, in 1961, McCafferty led Xavier to their first appearance in the NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament. On March 14,1961, Xavier fell to Morehead State at the Kentucky State Fairgrounds in Louisville, McCafferty was replaced as head coach in 1963. He would be followed by Don Ruberg, George Krajack, Dick Campbell, in 1979, Xavier was one of the charter members of the Midwestern City Conference, which also included Butler, Evansville, Loyola, Oklahoma City, and Oral Roberts
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Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
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The Wake Forest Demon Deacons mens basketball team participates in the Atlantic Coast Conference and their homecourt is the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Wake Forest made the Final Four in 1962 and through the years, the Demon Deacons have won the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament four times, in 1961,1962,1995, and 1996. Wake Forests biggest rivalries are with the North Carolina Tar Heels, the Duke Blue Devils, the most recent coach is Danny Manning, who was hired on April 4,2014. See Category, Wake Forest Demon Deacons mens basketball players Chris Paul Al-Farouq Aminu Ish Smith Jeff Teague James Johnson Head Coach – Danny Manning Asst. It was named after Lawrence Joel, an Army medic from Winston-Salem who was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1967 for action in Vietnam on November 8,1965. The memorial was designed by James Ford in New York, and it is home to Wake Forests mens and womens basketball teams, and is adjacent to the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds. The arena replaced the old Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum, which was torn down for the LJVM Coliseums construction, banners hang in the rafters commemorating past players retired numbers and the late Skip Prosser. There are also banners recognizing the Demon Deacons past NCAA and ACC successes, the arena is home to the Screamin Demon student section. Wake Forests black and gold tie-dyed apparel and Zombie Nation were both implemented upon Prossers arrival at Wake Forest, the Miller Center is the basketball teams on-campus home. It houses the locker rooms, team meeting rooms, coaches offices. The players utilize the Miller Center for practice, meetings, academic work, the Dave Budd Practice Gym has a full-length court, six stand alone baskets, bleacher seating and banners honoring some of the best players to ever don the black and gold. On March 5,2014, Wake Forest announced a $7.5 million donation from WFU alum Bob McCreary towards a 95,000 square foot sports performance center. The Sports Performance Center is designed to meet the needs of more than 350 student-athletes who compete in 18 sports. The building will be located on Wake Forests main campus near the Miller Center, the building will house the football programs headquarters and will provide invaluable resources to the basketball program as well. The sports performance center will feature a very robust strength and conditioning facility that will provide all athletes ample room, the Demon Deacons have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 23 times. The Demon Deacons have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament six times and they were NIT champions in 2000
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UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball
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The UNC Wilmington Seahawks mens basketball team represents UNC Wilmington or UNCW. The team plays in the Colonial Athletic Association, the Seahawks last played in the NCAA tournament in 2017. 1976–1984, Independent 1984–present, Colonial Athletic Association UNC Wilmington began playing Division I NCAA basketball in the 1976–77 season, the above records do not include the years UNC Wilmington played as a junior college or in the NAIA. The Seahawks have appeared in the Division I NCAA tournament six times, the Seahawks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament two times. The Seahawks have appeared in the CollegeInsider. com Postseason Tournament one time
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Richmond Spiders men's basketball
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The Richmond Spiders mens basketball team represents the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia and currently competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team plays its games at the Robins Center. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament in 2011 under head coach Chris Mooney, the Spiders hold the distinction of being the only basketball program to win NCAA tournament games as a 12,13,14, and 15 seed. Chris Mooney – Head Coach Rob Jones – Associate Head Coach Kim Lewis – Assistant Coach Marcus Jenkins – Assistant Coach The Spiders have appeared in nine NCAA Tournaments, the Spiders have appeared in nine National Invitation Tournaments. *The NIT in 2006 began using a seeding and region system similar to what is used in the NCAA Tournament, the Spiders have appeared in three College Basketball Invitational tournaments. The following Spider players have selected in the National Basketball Association draft
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DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball
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The DePaul Blue Demons mens basketball program is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate mens basketball program of DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. The team competes in the Big East Conference and plays their games in the Allstate Arena in Rosemont. DePaul was independent for much of its history and has enjoyed success with such great players as George Mikan in the 1940s. Ray Meyer coached at DePaul for over 40 years, from 1942 to 1984. After going to the Final Four of the 1979 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament, success continued with multiple NCAA appearances under his son, Joey Meyer, throughout the 1980s. DePaul joined the Great Midwest Conference in 1991 which later merged with the Metro Conference in 1995 to become Conference USA, the Blue Demons advanced to the second round of the 2004 NCAA tournament before being eliminated by eventual national champion Connecticut. DePaul left for the Big East Conference for the 2005–2006 season, the most recent mens basketball coach was Oliver Purnell, with Dave Leitao returning for the 2015-16 season in his second tenure as the Demons coach. The coach prior to Purnell was Jerry Wainwright, who joined DePaul in 2005, in the 2006–2007 season, the Blue Demons beat powerhouse #5 Kansas 64-57, pulling off one of the greatest upsets in school history. They also beat 2007 NCAA tournament teams California, Northwestern State, Marquette, Connecticut, the team made it to the NIT and lost in the bracket final to Air Force 52-51. The Demons opened up the 2008 season with two of their star players gone to the NBA, Four games into the 2007–2008 season, Wainwright logged his 200th career win as a head coach. The 2007–08 season saw the Demons with a 10–19 record, DePaul had upsets over Villanova, then ranked #15 nationally and ultimately a member of the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, and Northwestern. However, things took a turn for the worse during the 2008–2009 season, DePaul went 0–18 in Big East play, setting a school-record for longest losing streak. DePaul, however, has not had a record in any season since 2006-07. The Blue Demons have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 22 times and their appearances in the tournament from 1986–1989 have been vacated by the NCAA thus their official record is 15–21. * Vacated by the NCAA The Blue Demons have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament 16 times and they were NIT Champions in 1945. NCAA Mens Division I Final Four appearances by coaches NCAA Mens Division I Final Four appearances by school Official Site of DePaul Blue Demons Basketball
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Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball
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The Fresno State Bulldogs mens basketball team represents California State University, Fresno, located in Fresno, California, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They play their games at the Save Mart Center and are members of the Mountain West Conference beginning in 2012–13. Their current head coach is Rodney Terry and they were member of the Western Athletic Conference from 1992–2012. The Bulldogs have appeared in six* NCAA Tournaments, * Their appearance in the 2000 tournament was vacated due to the use of an ineligible player. The Bulldogs have appeared in ten National Invitation Tournaments and their combined record is 14–10 and were champions in 1983. The Bulldogs have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational
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Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball
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The Marquette Golden Eagles mens basketball team represents Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Marquette currently competes in the Big East and it last played in the NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament in 2013, but was selected for the upcoming 2017 tournament. The team plays its games at the BMO Harris Bradley Center in downtown Milwaukee. Despite only having 8,000 undergraduates, Marquette was ranked 10th in average attendance among NCAA Division 1 teams in 2009 and 2010. Source, Marquette is the university to spurn an NCAA invite and did so due to a low seeding in the 1970 NCAA Tournament. They were ranked 8th in the country at the time and were one of the favorites to win the NCAA championship and they were invited to the 1970 NIT which they won. The NCAA later instituted a rule which forbid an NCAA Division I level mens basketball team from spurning an NCAA bid for an NIT bid, an antitrust case by the NIT ensued over this issue, and the NCAA settled out of court. The following numbers have been retired by Marquette, Players currently in the NBA Players formerly in the NBA List is as of 2015–16 season
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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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National Invitation Tournament
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The National Invitation Tournament is a mens college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City each March and April, over time it became eclipsed by the NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament – known today informally as March Madness and The Big Dance. The NIT has since been regarded more as a tournament for teams that did not receive a berth in the NCAA tournament. A second, much more recent NIT tournament is played in November, formerly the Preseason NIT, it was founded in 1985. Like the postseason NIT, its final rounds are played at Madison Square Garden, both tournaments were operated by the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association until 2005, when they were purchased by the NCAA, and the MIBA disbanded. Unless otherwise qualified, the terms NIT or National Invitation Tournament refer to the tournament in both common and official use. The first NIT was won by the Temple University Owls over the Colorado Buffaloes and this became the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association in 1948. Originally the tournament invited a field of 6 teams, with all games played at Madison Square Garden in downtown Manhattan. The field was expanded to 8 teams in 1941,12 in 1949,14 in 1965,16 in 1968,24 in 1979,32 in 1980, in 2007, the tournament reverted to the current 32-team format. Some conferences, such as the Southeastern Conference, were racially segregated, from its onset and at least into the mid-1950s, the NIT was regarded as the most prestigious showcase for college basketball. The winner of the National Invitation Tournament was regarded as more of a national champion than the actual, titular, national champion, several teams played in both the NIT and NCAA tournaments in the same year, beginning with Colorado and Duquesne in 1940. Colorado won the NIT in 1940 but subsequently finished fourth in the NCAA West Region, in 1949, some Kentucky players were bribed by gamblers to lose their first round game in the NIT. This same Kentucky team went on to win the NCAA, the champions of both the NCAA and NIT tournaments played each other for a few years during World War II. From 1943 to 1945, the American Red Cross sponsored a charity game between each years tournament champions to raise money for the war effort. The series was described by Ray Meyer as not just benefit games, the NCAA champion prevailed in all three games. The Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected the NIT champion as its champion for 1938. In 1943 the NCAA tournament moved to share Madison Square Garden with the NIT in an effort to increase the credibility of the NCAA Tournament. In 1945, The New York Times indicated that many teams could get bids to enter either tournament, the team played in the NIT instead, which it won
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Colonial Athletic Association
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Most of its members are public universities, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond. The CAA was historically a Southern conference until the addition of five northeastern schools after the turn of the 21st century, the CAA was founded in 1979 as the ECAC South basketball league. It was renamed the Colonial Athletic Association in 1985 when it added championships in other sports, as of 2006, it organizes championships in 21 mens and womens sports. The addition of Northeastern University in 2005 gave the conference the NCAA minimum of six football programs needed to sponsor football, for the 2007 football season, all of the Atlantic 10 Conferences football programs joined the CAA football conference, as agreed upon in May 2005. The CAA has expanded in recent years, following the exits of longtime members such as the United States Naval Academy, the University of Richmond, East Carolina University, and American University. In 2001, the conference added four additional universities, Towson University, Drexel University, Hofstra University. Four years later the league expanded again when Georgia State University and Northeastern University joined, Virginia Commonwealth University left for the Atlantic 10 Conference in July 2012. More changes came in 2013, Old Dominion University left for Conference USA, Georgia State joined the Sun Belt Conference, in 2006, George Mason became the first CAA team to reach the Final Four. In 2011, the VCU Rams became the second CAA team to reach the Final Four, as well as the first team to win five games en route, on March 25,2013, George Mason University left the CAA to join the Atlantic-10 Conference. Shortly after, the CAA ceased sponsorship of wrestling due to the lack of teams, the 2015–16 basketball season saw the conference RPI reach its highest rating when it finished the season ranked 9th in the nation. Notes ‡ – Towson joined the league as a member in 1979, left in 1981 to join the ECAC-Metro Conference. Notes Full members Full members Assoc. members Assoc. member The CAA sponsors championship competitions in ten mens, twelve schools are associate members in three sports. Neither cheerleading nor dance team competitions are sponsored by the NCAA, RS = regular-season champion, T = tournament champion Note, The conference was known as the ECAC South from 1979 to 1985. In December 2012 the CAA announced that the 2014 through 2016 tournaments would be held at the then known as 1st Mariner Arena, now known as Royal Farms Arena. It marked the first time the tournament was held outside the state of Virginia, for this reason, there are no true football associate members as every member of CAA Football is a full-member of the football-only conference. In the 2004–05 academic year, the CAA had five schools that sponsored football, all of them as football-only members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. In 2005, as noted, Northeastern accepted the CAAs offer of membership. At that time, the CAA announced it would launch its new conference in 2007
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University of North Carolina at Wilmington
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The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, sometimes referred to as UNC Wilmington, is a public, co-educational university located in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. UNCW enrolls 15,740 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students each year as part of the 17-campus University of North Carolina System, UNCW opened its doors on September 4,1947 as Wilmington College. Further accreditation came in 1952 from the Southern Association of Colleges, six years later, July 1,1969, the name of the school was changed to The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, making UNCW the fifth campus of the University of North Carolina system. On August 22,1977, UNCW was authorized to offer its first graduate programs at the masters level, the school offers 54 bachelors degrees,29 masters degrees and four doctoral degrees, Ed. D. Marine Biology and Psychology and a Doctorate in Nursing Practice, the university offers degrees in humanities, sciences, health, business and professional fields. The university’s highly ranked marine science program draws a variety of undergraduate and graduate students from across the United States, the proximity to the Atlantic Ocean is a draw for incoming freshmen. Teal is the school color of UNCW, with navy. The average high school GPA was 4.13 for incoming freshmen in 2016, in 2000, the Student Recreation Center was opened to students, staff, and faculty members. It houses three basketball courts, exercise machines, a training area, an indoor running track. It also includes an exercise room which supports multiple clubs and activities, including Yoga, Pilates. In 2012, the Student Recreation Center completed an expansion of facilities and this construction doubled the size of the existing Recreation Center. Some notable Lumina events included a multi-part, high-definition screening of BBCs Planet Earth series over the span of several weekends, Galloway Hall is UNCWs first residence facility on campus, and has a standard hall-style double room arrangement with shared bathrooms for the entire hall. Housing 400 students, predominately first-years, Galloway has a social atmosphere. Graham-Hewlett and Belk residence halls are configured in suite-style hall arrangements with up to eight individuals sharing a bathroom, graham-Hewlett houses 384 residents and Belk houses 192 residents, and both facilities consist of predominately first-year students. Originally a co-ed facility, Belk Hall was all female for some years before returning co-ed beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year. Schwartz Hall houses 160 residents, and is home to mostly first-year students, a double room layout features shared bathrooms but is distinguished by its pod layout in contrast with the typical hall style areas. Newer residence halls on campus include Honors, Innovation and Cornerstone Hall and are arranged with a courtyard between them to form what is referred to as Tri-House. These residence halls were constructed in the late 1990s and early 2000s and are home to the living and learning communities, in addition to standard residence halls, UNCW also has on-campus apartments and suites
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University of Richmond
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The University of Richmond is a private, nonsectarian, liberal arts college located in the city of Richmond, Virginia, with small portions of the campus extending into surrounding Henrico County. After 1834, the Columbia House was the academic building of Richmond College. During the American Civil War, the student body formed a regiment. Richmond Colleges buildings were used as a hospital for Confederate troops, the college invested all of its funds in Confederate war bonds, and the outcome of the war left it bankrupt. In 1866, James Thomas donated $5,000 to reopen the college, Williams School of Law opened in 1870. In 1894, the college elected Dr. Frederic W. Boatwright president, President Boatwright would serve for 51 years. The universitys main library, Boatwright Memorial Library, is named in Boatwrights honor, symbolically, the library and its soaring academic gothic tower occupy the highest spot on the grounds. Its grounds were landscaped in 1913, by Warren H, Manning under the supervision of Charles Gillette. The institution was renamed University of Richmond in 1920 with the college renamed Richmond College. The distinction of colleges was phased out in the late 20th century, but the parts of the campus continue to be referred to as the Westhampton. In 1949, the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business opened, followed by the School of Continuing Studies in 1962, in constant dollars, it remains among the largest. Robins goal was to make Richmond one of the best private universities in the country, in partnership with the Universitys president E. Bruce Heilman and development director H. Gerald Quigg the $10 million matching grant component of the gift raised over an additional $60 million, during World War II, Richmond 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. In 1987, a donation of $20 million by Robert S. Jepson, the school, which opened in 1992, was the first of its kind in the U. S. In 1990, the missions of Richmond and Westhampton Colleges were combined to form the School of Arts. On October 15,1992, candidates George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, addressing a crowd of nearly 9,000, President Obama visited the University of Richmond to present the American Jobs Act on September 11,2011. Dr. Ronald A. Crutcher is the current president of the University of Richmond and he is former member of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He is recognized to be the first cellist to receive the doctor of arts degree from Yale
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DePaul University
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DePaul University is a private university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul, in 1998, it became the largest Catholic university by enrollment in the United States. Following in the footsteps of its founders, DePaul places special emphasis on recruiting first-generation students, DePauls two main campuses are located in Lincoln Park and the Loop. The Lincoln Park Campus is home to the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Science and Health and it also houses the School of Music, the Theatre School, and the John T. Richardson Library. The Loop campus houses the Colleges of Communication, Computing and Digital Media, and Law, as well as the School of Public Service and the School for New Learning. It is also home to the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, the Loop campus also houses the Loop Library and the Rinn Law Library. The student body represents a wide array of religious, ethnic, DePauls intercollegiate athletic teams, known as the Blue Demons, compete in the Big East Conference. DePauls mens basketball team has made 18 NCAA tournament appearances and appeared in two Final Fours, originally named St. Vincents College, DePaul University was founded in 1898 by the Congregation of the Mission priests and brothers, known as the Vincentians. Followers of 17th-century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul, they founded the university to serve Roman Catholic children of immigrants, Student enrollment grew from 70 in 1898 to 200 in 1903 in what is now the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. In response, the Vincentians re-chartered in 1907 as DePaul University, DePaul began admitting women in 1911 and awarded degrees to its first female graduates in 1912. It was one of the first Catholic universities to admit students in a co-educational setting. DePaul established the School of Music and the College of Commerce, in 1914, the College began offering courses in Chicagos Loop, the precursor of DePauls second primary campus. In 1915, the Illinois College of Law completed its affiliation with the university, although finances were rocky, the university continued to grow and build in the 1920s. In 1926, the university was first accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Universities, when DePaul’s first sports teams were formed in the early 1900s, the monogram D was selected for the uniforms. From this originated the nickname D-men which evolved into Demons, the color blue, which signifies loyalty and was chosen in 1901 by a vote of the student body, was added to the name to create the Blue Demons. By 1930 more than 5,000 students were enrolled in eight colleges, the Great Depression led to fluctuations in enrollment and tuition as well as cutbacks, including elimination of the football team in 1939. In 1938, the Department of Elementary Education was established, reportedly the one in the Midwest. With the entry of the United States into World War I in 1918, DePaul formed a unit of the US Army Reserve Officer Training Corps, DePaul also mobilized for World War II, offering its facilities for war training and free courses to train people for industry work
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Colorado College
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The Colorado College is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, near the foot of the Rocky Mountains. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell, the college enrolls approximately 2,000 undergraduates at its 90-acre campus,70 miles south of Denver. The college offers 42 majors and 33 minors, and has a student-faculty ratio of 10,1, famous alumni include Ken Salazar, Lynne Cheney, James Heckman, and Marc Webb. Colorado College is affiliated with the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Most sports teams are in the NCAA Division III, with the exception of Division I teams in mens hockey and womens soccer. Colorado College was founded in 1874 on land designated by U. S. Civil War veteran General William Jackson Palmer, founder Thomas Nelson Haskell, described it as a coeducational liberal arts college in the tradition of Oberlin College. Like many U. S. colleges and universities that have endured from the 19th century, it now is secular in outlook, Cutler Hall, the colleges first building, was completed in 1880 and the first degrees were conferred in 1882. The Beta-Omega Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity was chartered in 1904, William F. Slocum, president from 1888 to 1917, oversaw the initial building of the campus, expanded the library and recruited top scholars in a number of fields. In 1930 Shove Chapel was erected by Mr. John Gray, katharine Lee Bates wrote America the Beautiful during her summer teaching position at Colorado College in 1893. The tune has become somewhat of a school anthem for Colorado College and is commonly sung at commencement. In addition to its programs, the college offers a Master of Arts in Teaching degree. Tutt Library has approximately half a million bound volumes, in 2012, Colorado College yielded a student-to-faculty ratio of 10,1. Blocks are only three weeks long during the session, during which there are also graduate blocks of differing lengths. In parallel with the students, professors teach only one block at a time, classes are generally capped at 25 students to encourage a more personalized academic experience. In its 2017 edition, U. S. News & World Report ranks Colorado College as tied for 24th-best liberal arts college in the nation and No.2 among the most innovative national liberal arts colleges. The most innovative schools are making the most innovative improvements in terms of curriculum, faculty, students, campus life. Kiplingers Personal Finance places Colorado College 22nd in its 2016 ranking of best value liberal arts colleges in the United States, in 2016, Forbes rated it 57th overall in Americas Top Colleges, which ranked 660 national universities and liberal arts colleges. CC is considered a Hidden Ivy, CC was also ranked 19th on Newsweeks Most Desirable Urban Schools list in the same year. In 2012, Colorado College placed 12th in Niches Colleges with the Happiest Students, Colorado College is considered a most selective school by U. S. News & World Report
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Bachelor of Arts
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A Bachelor of Arts is a bachelors degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both. Bachelor of Arts degree programs take three to four years depending on the country, academic institution, and specific specializations, majors or minors. The word baccalaureus or baccalarium should not be confused with baccalaureatus, degree diplomas generally are printed on high-quality paper or parchment, individual institutions set the preferred abbreviation for their degrees. In Pakistan, the Bachelor of Arts degree can also be attained within two years as an external degree, in colleges and universities in Australia, New Zealand, Nepal and South Africa, the BA degree can be taken over three years of full-time study. Unlike in other countries, students do not receive a grade for their Bachelor of Arts degree with varying levels of honours. Qualified students may be admitted, after they have achieved their Bachelors program with an overall grade point average. Thus, to achieve a Bachelor Honours degree, a postgraduate year. A student who holds a Honours degree is eligible for entry to either a Doctorate or a very high research Master´s degree program. Education in Canada is controlled by the Provinces and can be different depending on the province in Canada. Canadian universities typically offer a 3-year Bachelor of Arts degrees, in many universities and colleges, Bachelor of Arts degrees are differentiated either as Bachelors of Arts or as honours Bachelor of Arts degree. The honours degrees are designated with the abbreviation in brackets of. It should not be confused with the consecutive Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours, Latin Baccalaureatus in Artibus Cum Honore, BA hon. de jure without brackets and with a dot. It is a degree, which is considered to be the equivalent of a corresponding maîtrise degree under the French influenced system. Going back in history, a three-year Bachelor of Arts degree was called a pass degree or general degree. Students may be required to undertake a long high-quality research empirical thesis combined with a selection of courses from the relevant field of studies. The consecutive B. cum Honore degree is essential if students ultimate goal is to study towards a two- or three-year very high research masters´ degree qualification. A student holding a Baccalaureatus Cum Honore degree also may choose to complete a Doctor of Philosophy program without the requirement to first complete a masters degree, over the years, in some universities certain Baccalaureatus cum Honore programs have been changed to corresponding master´s degrees. In general, in all four countries, the B. A. degree is the standard required for entry into a masters programme, in science, a BA hons degree is generally a prerequisite for entrance to a Ph. D program or a very-high-research-activity master´s programme
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University of Denver
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The University of Denver is a coeducational, four-year university in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1864, it is the oldest independent private university in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States, DU enrolls approximately 5,600 undergraduate students and 6,100 graduate students. The 125-acre main campus is an arboretum and is located primarily in the University Neighborhood. The seminary was founded as a Methodist institution and struggled in the years of its existence. In 1880 it was renamed the University of Denver, although doing business as the University of Denver, DU is still legally named Colorado Seminary. The university grew and prospered alongside the growth, appealing primarily to a regional student body prior to World War II. The heart of the campus has a number of historic buildings, the longest-standing building is University Hall, built in the Romanesque Revival style which has served DU since 1890. The cornerstone to this building is one mile above sea level. Just a few blocks off campus sits the historic Chamberlin Observatory, still a fully operational observatory, it is open to the public twice a week as well as one Saturday a month. The central campus area also includes Evans Chapel, an 1870s-vintage small church which was located in downtown Denver. Buchtel Tower is all that remains of the former Buchtel Chapel, the administrative offices are located in the Mary Reed Building, a former library built in 1932 in the Collegiate Gothic style. Margery Reed Hall was also built in the gothic style in 1929. Margery Reed Hall has recently been designated to house the Undergraduate Program for the Daniels College of Business, the update for the building was to include more classroom space, a larger hall to host guest speakers, as well as mechanical and technical improvements. In 2005 the Graduate School of Social Work completed the renovation and significant expansion of its building, in autumn 2003, DU opened a new $63.5 million facility for its College of Law, what was later named the Sturm College of Law. The building includes a library with personal computers accessible to students. Donald and Susan Sturm, owners of Denver-based American National Bank, had given $20 million to the University of Denver College of Law, the gift is the largest single donation in the 112-year history of the law school and among the largest gifts ever to the university. The Daniels College of Business was completed in September 1999 at the cost of $25 million, F. W. Olin Hall was built in 1997 to house Biological and Natural Sciences. Olin Hall promotes an exceptional collaborative learning and study space for DU science students, additionally, the university opened the $70 million Robert and Judi Newman Center for Performing Arts, which houses the acclaimed Lamont School of Music
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Northlake, Illinois
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Northlake is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,323 at the 2010 census, the citys moniker is The City of Friendly People. The name Northlake came from two streets, North Avenue and Lake Street, according to the 2010 census, Northlake has a total area of 3.17 square miles, all land. As of the census of 2010, there were 12,323 people,3,983 households, the population density was 3,887.4 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 66. 9% White,3. 2% African American,0. 5% Native American,2. 8% Asian,0. 03% Pacific Islander,23. 7% some other race, and 2. 9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 52. 9% of the population,26. 4% of all households were individuals, and 15. 4% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.03, and the family size was 3.72. In the city, the population was out with 25. 4% under the age of 18,10. 0% from 18 to 24,25. 9% from 25 to 44,25. 0% from 45 to 64. The median age was 36.3 years, for every 100 females there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males, for the period 2007-2011, the estimated median annual income for a household in the city was $54,066, and the median income for a family was $61,391. Male full-time workers had an income of $42,713 versus $30,885 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,574, about 4. 0% of families and 7. 4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9. 0% of those under age 18 and 9. 0% of those age 65 or over. A Dominicks distribution center was located in Northlake until the chains closure. Empire Today is headquartered in Northlake, Northlake is serviced by two elementary school districts, District 87 and District 83. Proviso Township High Schools District 209, the section is served by Proviso West High School in Hillside, private schools, St. John Vianney Parkview Baptist Academy Triton College is the designated community college. The Centerpoint Preserve is a 32-acre preserve that was donated to the City of Northlake by Centerpoint Properties, located in the heart of Northlake, Centerpoint Preserve has become the center of activity for the city. The park has a path and a dog park. Along the walking path there are many different workout stations for pull ups, wall hurdles, squat bars, sit-up benches, the park is monitored by several cameras, and the Northlake police department surveys the area often, making it a safe place to work out at night
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Montrose, Colorado
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The City of Montrose is the Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Montrose County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 19,132 at the 2010 United States Census, the main road that leads in and out of Montrose is U. S. Highway 50. The town is located in south-western Colorado, and is known for its regional recreational areas. Demographically, the town is majority white, with a large Hispanic population and it is also the home of a few major engineering projects, namely the Gunnison Tunnel. Montrose was incorporated on May 2,1882 and named after Sir Walter Scotts novel A Legend of Montrose, the Denver & Rio Grande railroad was built west toward Grand Junction and reached Montrose later in 1882, and the town became an important regional shipping center. A branch railroad line served the mineral-rich San Juan Mountains to the south, the Uncompahgre Project is one of the oldest of those in the area by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation. The canal is used for recreation, water rushing through the canal below the tunnel creates a kayak-surfing spot called the M-wave. However, the wave is on property and is unsafe for inexperienced riders. Tourist and recreation opportunities are important to the regional economy, Montrose is a gateway to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park to the east of town. In the winter, it is a hub for ski areas of the San Juan Mountains to the south. Early in the history, prehistoric people lived in the vicinity. The panels recorded cultural events and were a means of artistic expression, the site is listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties and the National Register of Historic Places. Montrose is the birthplace of American screenwriter and novelist Dalton Trumbo, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.5 square miles, all of it is land. Montrose is in the end of the Uncompahgre valley, and is built on the Uncompahgre river. It is surrounded by, to the north, Grand Mesa, to the east, the Black Canyon, to the south, the San Juan Mountains, the valley is arid, and is only arable due to the water from the Gunnison Tunnel. Montrose features a semi-arid Continental climate zone, the town sits on high grasslands in the Uncompahgre Valley of Western Colorado. Snowfall occurs during the winter but is short lived due to the high altitude. As of the census of 2000, there were 12,344 people,5,244 households, the population density was 1,076.3 people per square mile
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Franklin Park, Illinois
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Franklin Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 18,333 at the 2010 census, Franklin Park is located at 41°56′2″N 87°52′24″W. According to the 2010 census, Franklin Park has an area of 4.77 square miles. As of the census of 2010, there were 18,333 people,6,178 households, the population density was 3,843.4 people per square mile. There were 6,569 housing units at a density of 1,377.1 per square mile. The racial makeup of the village was 74. 7% White,1. 3% African American,0. 4% Native American,3. 1% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,18. 0% some other race, and 2. 5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 43. 1% of the population,22. 7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9. 3% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.96, and the family size was 3.51. In the village, the population was out with 24. 7% under the age of 18,10. 2% from 18 to 24,28. 7% from 25 to 44,25. 4% from 45 to 64. The median age was 35.6 years, for every 100 females there were 100.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.1 males, for the period 2007-11, the estimated median annual income for a household in the village was $55,500, and the median income for a family was $62,232. Male full-time workers had an income of $44,502 versus $31,186 for females. The per capita income for the village was $20,925, about 11. 2% of families and 12. 2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18. 9% of those under age 18 and 7. 2% of those age 65 or over. Franklin Park is home to Grand Stand Pizza, in 2005 voted Best Thin Crust in Chicago by Fox News Chicago, castle & Co, R&M Trucking Co. Cyprian Catholic Elementary School Guerin College Preparatory High School Triton College is the community college. Leo Bartoline, Illinois legislator and lawyer, former GM of Los Angeles Dodgers, winningest NL General Manager during his 9-year term from 2006-2014. Glen Grunwald, only high school All-State basketball player in Illinois history. Former GM of Toronto Raptors and New York Knicks, mike Shanahan, coach for the Los Angeles Raiders, Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos, and Washington Redskins
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Chicago
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Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third-most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois, and it is the county seat of Cook County. In 2012, Chicago was listed as a global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Chicago has the third-largest gross metropolitan product in the United States—about $640 billion according to 2015 estimates, the city has one of the worlds largest and most diversified economies with no single industry employing more than 14% of the workforce. In 2016, Chicago hosted over 54 million domestic and international visitors, landmarks in the city include Millennium Park, Navy Pier, the Magnificent Mile, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Campus, the Willis Tower, Museum of Science and Industry, and Lincoln Park Zoo. Chicagos culture includes the arts, novels, film, theater, especially improvisational comedy. Chicago also has sports teams in each of the major professional leagues. The city has many nicknames, the best-known being the Windy City, the name Chicago is derived from a French rendering of the Native American word shikaakwa, known to botanists as Allium tricoccum, from the Miami-Illinois language. The first known reference to the site of the current city of Chicago as Checagou was by Robert de LaSalle around 1679 in a memoir, henri Joutel, in his journal of 1688, noted that the wild garlic, called chicagoua, grew abundantly in the area. In the mid-18th century, the area was inhabited by a Native American tribe known as the Potawatomi, the first known non-indigenous permanent settler in Chicago was Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. Du Sable was of African and French descent and arrived in the 1780s and he is commonly known as the Founder of Chicago. In 1803, the United States Army built Fort Dearborn, which was destroyed in 1812 in the Battle of Fort Dearborn, the Ottawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi tribes had ceded additional land to the United States in the 1816 Treaty of St. Louis. The Potawatomi were forcibly removed from their land after the Treaty of Chicago in 1833, on August 12,1833, the Town of Chicago was organized with a population of about 200. Within seven years it grew to more than 4,000 people, on June 15,1835, the first public land sales began with Edmund Dick Taylor as U. S. The City of Chicago was incorporated on Saturday, March 4,1837, as the site of the Chicago Portage, the city became an important transportation hub between the eastern and western United States. Chicagos first railway, Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, and the Illinois, the canal allowed steamboats and sailing ships on the Great Lakes to connect to the Mississippi River. A flourishing economy brought residents from rural communities and immigrants from abroad, manufacturing and retail and finance sectors became dominant, influencing the American economy. The Chicago Board of Trade listed the first ever standardized exchange traded forward contracts and these issues also helped propel another Illinoisan, Abraham Lincoln, to the national stage
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Dave Odom
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George David Dave Odom is a retired American mens college basketball coach, who most recently coached at the University of South Carolina. He had previously held the position at East Carolina University and Wake Forest University. Odom began his career in sports at Goldsboro High School, in North Carolina, after graduating in 1961, he attended Guilford College where he played quarterback on the football team for three years, as well as playing basketball for all four years. As a senior in 1965, Odom was named the colleges most outstanding athlete and he was also inducted into the Guilford College Athletics Hall of Fame in 1983. After graduation in 1965, Odom accepted a job as the coach of Goldsboro High School while enrolled at East Carolina University in pursuit of a degree in physical education. Odom coached Goldsboro High School for four seasons between 1965 and 1969, after graduating from East Carolina in 1969, Odom took a job at Durham High School. He coached at Durham for seven years where he was voted his leagues coach of the five times. Odom began his coaching career as an assistant at Wake Forest University in 1976 under head coach Carl Tacy. After three years at Wake Forest, Odom became the coach at East Carolina University, where his squad compiled a 16-11 record. Odom stayed with the program until 1982, when he was offered a chance to return to the Atlantic Coast Conference as an assistant at the University of Virginia, during this time, Odom coached future No.1 NBA draft pick Ralph Sampson, who graduated in 1983. Odom served as acting coach when Holland missed several games due to illness in the 1988-1989 season. Odom left Virginia in 1989 to return to Winston-Salem as the coach of Wake Forest University. Upon his arrival in Winston-Salem, Odom inherited a team that had suffered four straight losing seasons under head coach Bob Staak, during this time, Wake Forest earned 7 straight NCAA Tournament appearances and one National Invitation Tournament championship. Odom was named ACC coach of the year in 1991,1994 and 1995 and he led his team to consecutive ACC Championships in 1995 and 1996. Much of the success during these two years is attributed to star center Tim Duncan, whom he recruited as a player in the U. S. Virgin Islands in 1994. In 1996, the team defended its title with a record of 26-6 by defeating Georgia Tech by a score of 75-74. Odom left Wake Forest to accept the job as coach of the University of South Carolina in 2001. During his tenure at South Carolina, his team earned one NCAA tournament bid and he was named SEC Coach of the Year in 2004
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USC Trojans men's basketball
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The program was formerly coached by Tim Floyd, until his resignation on June 9,2009. Other staff members include Phil Johnson, Bob Cantu, Gib Arnold, Rob Brooks, Kevin ONeill, who last coached in the NCAA at Arizona, was named the head coach by Mike Garrett on June 20,2009. ONeill was terminated in January 2013 after a 7–10 start, longtime assistant Bob Cantu was given interim duties. On April 1,2013, Andy Enfield, head coach of the Florida Gulf Coast University team known for its upsets during the 2013 NCAA Tournament, was named head coach, the USC Trojans are 1, 500–1,097 all-time in intercollegiate basketball games. Sam Barry and four of his USC players have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches, on December 7,1906 the Los Angeles Herald declared, Basketball Is Started At U. S. C. The first official game of USC basketball was an interclass drubbing by the freshman over the sophomores, USC would later host its debut intercollegiate basketball game, the first of its kind in Southern California, on January 16,1907 with an 18–15 win over Occidental College. After a standout season in 1910, when USC placed second in the league, several football headmen served as basketball coaches during that time, including Ralph Glaze, Dean Cromwell, Elmer Gloomy Gus Henderson, and Leo Calland. In addition, USCs basketball team was often littered with football standouts such as USC Athletic Hall of Famers Morley Drury, in 1922 USC joined the Pacific Coast Conference. The Trojans then won their first conference title in 1928 under Callands leadership, edging past the Washington Huskies in the second and final game of the conference championship series. With a see-sawing score for most of the game, Charley Bone buried two shots in the last minute to secure the 27–26 victory and begin a new era of achievement for USC basketball. Jones recommended Sam Barry, one of his assistants at the University of Iowa who had also coached Hawkeye basketball for seven years. Barry agreed to follow Jones west, once more joining his staff while also taking control of the basketball program. Barry brought with him a style of play uncommon outside the midwest. His strategic innovations would lay the groundwork for the Triangle offense and it is rumored that other conference coaches are eyeing the Trojans with no little anxiety, the Daily Trojan mused in the lead up to Barrys first season. The Trojans would finish the 1929–30 season with an record of 15–5. USC defeated the Washington Huskies in three games to win the PCC championship for the time in school history. Guard Johnny Lehners and center Jess Mortensen received All-America honors at the end of the season, producing three more All-Americans, USC dominated the PCC South Division for much of the 1930s, with five straight division titles from 1932 to 1936 and a title in 1939. In 1935 the Trojans also won the title with a victory over Oregon State in Corvallis
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2002 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
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The 2002 NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12,2002, and ended with the game on April 1 in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome. A total of 64 games were played and this was the first year that the tournament used the so-called pod system, in which the eight first- and second-round sites are distributed around the four regionals. Teams were assigned to first round spots in order to travel for as many teams as possible. Maryland defeated Indiana 64-52 in the game to win their first ever national championship. Juan Dixon of Maryland was named the tournaments Most Outstanding Player, for the second straight tournament, the Elite Eight featured at least one double-digit seed. South Region tenth-seed Kent State and West Region twelfth-seed Missouri played in their regional finals, with Kent State losing to Indiana. This also marked the first time since 1987 that no team from the states of North Carolina nor Kentucky reached the Final Four, louis, Missouri University Arena, Albuquerque, New Mexico March 15 and 17 American Airlines Center, Dallas MCI Center, Washington, D. C. This time they would take advantage of their trip, after falling behind 13-2 to the Kansas Jayhawks to begin the game, Maryland stormed to a 44-37 lead at halftime. They expanded their lead to 20, 83-63, with 6,11 left in the game, roy Williams Kansas squad did not quit and closed the gap to 4 with under a minute remaining, but the Terps survived to advance to the championship, 97-88. Maryland senior Juan Dixon led the contest in scoring with 33, Indiana 73, Oklahoma 64 Mike Daviss Indiana Hoosiers continued their Cinderella ride in the NCAA Tournament by defeating another higher ranked team, the Oklahoma Sooners. Oklahoma led most of the first half, and took a 34-30 lead into halftime, however, with the score 60-60 late in the 2nd half Indiana broke ahead for good with an easy bucket from Jeff Newton, who led the Hoosiers with 19 points. The Hoosiers outscored the Sooners by 13 in the 2nd half, Oklahoma was coached by Kelvin Sampson, who later in his career would succeed Davis as IU head coach. April 1,2002 Maryland 64, Indiana 52 The Maryland Terrapins completed the task they set out to do one year earlier by defeating the Indiana Hoosiers 64-52. Maryland led virtually the entire game except for a point with 9,52 left in the basketball game when Indiana took a 44-42 lead. Maryland answered the Hoosier run and ended the game with a 22-8 run to bring home the schools first, senior Juan Dixon was named the tournaments Most Outstanding Player. ESPN broadcast the game, then turned coverage over to CBS Sports for the remaining 63 games. They were carried on a basis until the Elite Eight
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2004 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
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The 2004 NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16,2004, and ended with the game on April 5 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. A total of 64 games were played, the NCAA named, for the first time, the four tournament regions after regional site host cities instead of the East, Midwest, South, and West designations. It was also the first year that the matchups for the semifinals were determined at least in part by the overall seeding of the top team in each regional. The top four teams in the tournament were Kentucky, Duke, Stanford, had all of those teams advanced to the Final Four, Kentucky would have played Saint Josephs and Duke would have played Stanford in the semifinal games. Of those teams, only Duke advanced to the Final Four, Connecticut defeated Georgia Tech 82-73 to win their second national championship in as many tries. Emeka Okafor of Connecticut was named the tournaments Most Outstanding Player, as they had in 1999, Connecticut won their regional championship in Phoenix, Arizona. Two of the top seeds failed to make it past the opening weekend. Kentucky, number one seed of the St. Louis region, incidentally, both teams were defeated by schools from Alabama, as Kentucky fell to UAB while Stanford lost to Alabama. Due to their strong 2003-04 season, Gonzaga achieved its highest NCAA tournament seed until 2013 by receiving the #2 seed in the St. Louis region, Gonzaga would receive a #1 seed in the 2013 tournament. The team failed to advance beyond the first weekend of the tournament, Louis Regional, Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri April 3 and 5 Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas *Florida A&M University won the Opening Round game. The America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, CAA, Horizon League, Mid-Continent, Ivy, MAC, MEAC, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, SoCon, Southland, SWAC, and Sun Belt conferences all went 0–1. The columns R32, S16, E8, F4, and CG respectively stand for the Round of 32, Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, Final Four, and Championship Game. By contrast, all three of Dukes centers fouled out, including Shelden Williams, who committed his fifth foul with 3,04 to play, in addition, Duke went without a field goal for the last 4½ minutes until Chris Duhons meaningless three-pointer at the buzzer. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski was denied his 65th NCAA Tournament victory which would have tied him with Dean Smith for the all-time record, Georgia Tech led for most of the game including a seven-point edge at halftime. However, Oklahoma State was able to tie the game on John Lucass three-pointer with 26.3 seconds left, Georgia Tech then milked the clock which set up Bynums game-winner. Georgia Tech advanced to their first ever National Championship appearance, Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton was denied yet another chance at an elusive national title. April 5,2004 Connecticut 82, Georgia Tech 73 The 2004 National Championship Game proved to be a coronation for the Connecticut Huskies as they handled Paul Hewitts Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
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Maui Invitational Tournament
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It is hosted by Chaminade University of Honolulu, an NCAA Division II school. Seven NCAA Division I mens basketball teams are invited to Maui to complete the field, the Maui Invitational has been played since 1984, is carried by ESPN. Maui Jim became the sponsor of the tournament in 2015. The tournament had its roots in a game that is considered one of the greatest upsets in college history, on December 23,1982 the top-ranked and undefeated University of Virginia made a scheduled trip to Honolulu for a game. Originally seeking to play the University of Hawaii, Virginia agreed to play Chaminade, shortly after the upset, Virginia head coach Terry Holland congratulated Chaminades athletic director, Mike Vasconcellos, and suggested to him that he consider beginning a Hawaii tournament. Two years later, the Maui Classic was inaugurated with Chaminade reaching the finals, today the tournament provides schools an opportunity to compete on a neutral court with some of the top basketball programs in the country. Associated Press college basketball editor Jim OConnell calls the Maui Jim Maui Invitational the best in-season tournament in the country – the standard by all others are compared. Some 108 schools representing 26 conferences and 40 states have competed in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational, beginning with the 2011 tournament, the field includes four additional mainland teams that play the Maui-bound teams at home. The four mainland teams will play each other in regional games. The winner from each game will square off in the championship contest, former player and TV commentator Bill Walton is a huge fan of the tournament and Maui Jim. He always has fun on the island when covering the tournament, each year more than 4,000 out-of state visitors—boosters, players, officials, team and game personnel, media representatives, sponsors, production crews and basketball fans in general—attend. The tournament has brought more than $110 million to Mauis economy since the debut in 1984. Cal Chaminade LSU Marquette Michigan Notre Dame VCU Wichita State Arizona Auburn Duke Gonzaga Illinois Iowa State San Diego State Xavier Official website
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Sirius XM Holdings
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The company also has a major investment in Canada called SiriusXM Canada, an affiliate company that provides Sirius and XM service in Canada. At the end of 2013, Sirius reorganized their corporate structure, the merger brought the combined companies a total of more than 18.5 million subscribers based on current subscriber numbers on the date of merging. The deal was valued at $3.3 billion, not including debt, through Q32016, Sirius XM has 31 million subscribers. The proposed merger was opposed by those who felt a merger would create a monopoly, Sirius and XM argued that a merger was the only way that satellite radio could survive. Sirius Satellite Radio was founded by Martine Rothblatt, David Margolese, in 1990, Rothblatt founded Satellite CD Radio in Washington, DC. The company was the first to petition the FCC to assign unused frequencies for radio broadcast. In April 1992, Rothblatt resigned as chairman and CEO to start a research foundation. Former NASA engineer Briskman, who designed the companys technology, was then appointed chairman. Six months later, in November 1992, Rogers Wireless co-founder Margolese, in 1997, after Margolese had obtained regulatory clearance and effectively created the industry, the FCC also sold a license to XM Satellite Radio, which followed Siriuss example. Joe Clayton, former CEO of Global Crossing, followed as CEO from November 2001 until November 2004, Clayton stayed on as chairman until July 2008. Mel Karmazin, former president of Viacom, became CEO in November 2004, following the Allocation NPRM, the FCC established a December 15,1992 cut-off date for applications proposing satellite DARS to be considered in conjunction with CD Radios application. One such application came from American Mobile Radio Corporation the predecessor company to XM Satellite Radio, XM Satellite Radio was founded by Lon Levin and Gary Parsons. Its planned financing was complete by July 2000, at which point XM had raised $1.26 billion and secured installation agreements with General Motors, Honda and Toyota. Initially scheduled for September 12,2001, XMs service start date was postponed due to the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, XM Satellite Radios first broadcast was on September 25,2001, nearly four months before Sirius. Gary Parsons served as chairman of XM Satellite Radio from its inception through the merger, Hugh Panero served as XMs CEO from 1998 until July 2007, shortly after the merger with Sirius was proposed. Nate Davis was appointed interim CEO until the merger was completed, at which point Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin took over as CEO of the merged company. After years of speculation, and three months of negotiations, the $13 billion merger between Sirius and XM was officially announced on February 19,2007. At the time, the only two satellite radio providers reported nearly 14 million combined subscribers, with neither having turned an annual profit
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Rodney Terry
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Rodney Eric Terry is an American college basketball coach who is the current head mens basketball coach at Fresno State. Born in Angleton, Texas, Terry graduated from Angleton High School, Terry graduated from St. Edwards in 1990 with a bachelors degree in business administration with a minor in physical education. Terry began his career as an assistant coach at St. Edwards in the 1990–91 season. Then, Terry became an assistant at James Bowie High School also in Austin, after his stint at Bowie, Terry became a head coach for the first time at Somerville High School in Somerville, Texas. In his two seasons at Somerville, Terry went 49–21 and led Somerville to the Class 2A semifinals in 1994, Terry returned to Angleton High School to be head coach in the 1995–96 season, during which he had a 15–13 record for a cumulative 64–34 high school coaching record. In 1996, Terry moved up to the college level as an assistant at Baylor under Harry Miller. After two years at Baylor, Terry joined the staff of Jerry Wainwright as assistant coach at UNCW, during a stint that lasted from 1998 to 2002, Terry helped UNCW make the 2000 and 2002 NCAA Tournaments by way of winning the CAA Tournaments. As a #13 seed in 2002, UNCW upset #4 seed USC in the first round for the first NCAA Tournament win in program history, on June 11,2002, Terry joined Texas as an assistant coach under Rick Barnes. At Texas, Terry helped recruit McDonalds All-American players like Kevin Durant, D. J. Augustin, Texas also made NCAA Tournament runs to the Final Four in 2003 and to the Elite Eight in 2006 and 2008. Terry replaced Steve Cleveland as head coach at Fresno State on April 7,2011, Fresno State went 13–20 in Terrys first season in 2011–12. The following season in 2012–13, Fresno State moved to the Mountain West Conference, Fresno State went 21–18 and made the College Basketball Invitational in 2013–14 for the programs first 20-win season and postseason appearance since the 2006–07 season. Despite a 1–7 start, Fresno State finished 9–9 in MW play, Fresno State lost the CBI in three games to Siena. In June 2014, Fresno State extended Terrys contract through 2017, despite a 15–17 record in 2014–15, Fresno State improved to 10–8 in MW play and beat four teams that made that years NCAA Tournament, Boise State, San Diego State, UC Irvine, and Wyoming. On January 3,2015, Fresno State beat #25 San Diego State for its first win over an opponent since 2002. Terry led Fresno State to a 25–10 record, MW Tournament title, a #14 seed, Fresno State lost to #3 seed Utah in the first round 80-69. Following a three-year extension and nearly $50,000 annual raise in January 2016, Fresno State extended Terry through the 2020–21 season in December 2016
