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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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Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
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The Arizona Wildcats mens basketball team is the intercollegiate mens basketball program representing the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. They compete in the Pac-12 Conference of NCAA Division I and are coached by Sean Miller. Arizona has a long and rich basketball history, the program came to national prominence under the tutelage of former head coach Lute Olson, who established the program as among Americas elite in college basketball. From 1985 to 2009, the Arizona basketball team reached the NCAA Division I Tournament for 25 consecutive years, despite having their 1999 and 2008 appearances later vacated by the NCAA, the media still cites Arizonas streak, and simply notes the changes. The Wildcats have reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament on four occasions and they have also made two appearances in the National Championship. In Pac-10 play, former head coach Lute Olson currently holds the record for most wins as a Pac-10 coach with 327, in addition, the team has won 15 Pac-10/12 regular season titles and six Pac-10/12 tournament championships. Arizona also holds the distinction of recording five out of the seven 17–1 Pac-10 seasons, No team has gone undefeated since the formation of the Pac-10/12. Arizona ranks 16th all time heading into the 2016–17 season with 1,737 wins, the University of Arizona fielded its first mens basketball team in 1904–05. Orin Albert Kates coached the team and drew opponents from local YMCAs, the first game Arizona played ended in a 40–32 victory over the Morenci YMCA. McKale took things to a new level, posting a 9–0 record his first season as a basketball coach, moreover, McKale elevated the program to intercollegiate play. The McKale Memorial Center, the arena for Arizona basketball, is named in his honor. From 1925 to 1961, the program was under the stewardship of Fred Enke, Coach Fred A. Enke was responsible for the early successes of Wildcat basketball. Enke amassed 509 wins in his tenure on the UA sidelines and still ranks as the second-winningest coach in school history, winning more than 60 percent of his games. Enke also led the Cats to the first four appearances in school history. Finally, he was the first coach to lead Arizona to a national ranking, two of his teams finished the season ranked in the top 15. Under Enke, UA competed in the now defunct Border Conference, under Enkes direction, Arizona won 12 conference championships, including a span in which the Cats won or shared seven consecutive Border Conference titles. No Border Conference team won as many league games or overall contests during its membership, in 1962, Arizona joined the Western Athletic Conference as a founding member after the Border Conference disbanded. In 1972, Fred Snowden was hired as the basketball coach, making Arizona the second Division I school
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Ellwood City, Pennsylvania
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Ellwood City is a borough in Beaver and Lawrence counties in the U. S. state of Pennsylvania. Ellwood City is 30 miles northwest of Pittsburgh and some 8 miles south-southeast of New Castle, in the past, Ellwood City sustained many heavy industries such as steel-tube mills, steel-car works, building-stone and limestone quarries, foundries and machine shops, and coal-mining. In 1900,2,243 people lived in Ellwood City,3,902 lived there in 1910, the population was 7,921 at the 2010 census. Of this,7,289 were in Lawrence County, and 632 in Beaver County, Ellwood City is located at 40°51′40″N 80°17′05″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has an area of 2.4 square miles, of which 2.3 square miles is land and 0.1 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 8,688 people,3,716 households, the population density was 3,716.6 people per square mile. There were 4,006 housing units at a density of 1,713.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the borough was 98. 22% White,0. 81% African American,0. 09% Native American,0. 23% Asian,0. 18% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 60% of the population. Of all households,32. 3% were made up of individuals, the average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.94. In the borough the population was out, with 22. 5% under the age of 18,7. 7% from 18 to 24,26. 5% from 25 to 44,21. 2% from 45 to 64. The median age was 41 years, for every 100 females there were 86.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.4 males, the median income for a household in the borough was $28,926, and the median income for a family was $40,758. Males had an income of $31,703 versus $21,285 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $15,784, about 8. 6% of families and 12. 3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15. 9% of those under age 18 and 11. 1% of those age 65 or over. The population at the 2010 census was 7,921, a change of -8. 8% since 2000, there were 3,721 males and 4,200 females. The median age was 42.0 years, compared to 40.1 for the state of Pennsylvania, the estimated median household income in 2007 was $35,555, while in Pennsylvania it was $48,576. Estimated per capita income in 2007 was $18,674 in Ellwood City, estimated median house or condo value in 2007 was $91,245, versus $155,000 for the state. Won 3 national championships and 4 national coach of the awards at Marietta College
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Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball
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The Pittsburgh Panthers mens basketball is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate mens basketball program of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as Pitt, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pitt mens basketball competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Panthers were retroactively recognized as the pre-NCAA Tournament national champion twice by the Helms Athletic Foundation, on March 28,2016, the school announced the hiring of Kevin Stallings as coach after the departure of Jamie Dixon. The University of Pittsburgh began playing basketball in 1905–06 under coach Benjamin Printz. The University did not field a team during the 1909–10 and 1910–11 seasons, flint led the Panthers to eight winning seasons during his ten years at the helm and coached future Pitt coach H. C. Henry Clifford Doc Carlson, MD took over as coach in 1922 and those teams were led by National Player of the Year, 3-time All-American and Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Charlie Hyatt. Carlson was a coach who would be inducted into the Naismith. He also developed the widely emulated Figure Eight Offense and also experimented with various conditioning techniques, under Carlson, and led by two-time All-American Claire Cribbs, Pitt continued success through the 1930s winning four Eastern Intercollegiate Conference Championships. On February 28,1940, Pitt played in the first ever televised basketball game, Carlson also led Pitt to its first ever NCAA appearance en route to the 1941 NCAA Final Four. Carlsons tenure at Pitts helm lasted for 30 consecutive years before he retired following the 1952–53 season, Pitt moved their competition into the Fitzgerald Field House in 1951, leaving the Pitt Pavilion, housed inside of Pitt Stadium. Pitt would continue to play in the Fieldhouse until 2002, timmons also led Pitt to an NCAA appearance in 1963 and its first NIT appearance in 1964. Timmons was succeeded by head coach Charles Buzz Ridl who became famous for his amoebe defense, with All-American Billy Knight, Ridl led Pitt to the Elite Eight in 1974, with early round victories over St. Josephs and Furman. Pitt lost to national champion North Carolina State in the Eastern Regional Final played in Raleigh. Following the graduation of Knight and Martin, Pitt made an NIT appearance the following year, Pittsburgh native Tim Grgurich, who was an assistant coach under Ridl, became Pitts next head coach. He led Pitt into the inaugural 1976–77 season of the Eastern Collegiate Basketball League and that initial year, Larry Harris, a 66 forward with an impressive outside shot and an ability to score points in traffic, won the league scoring title. Grgurich also led Pitt to the 1980 NIT, Grgurich was succeeded by Lafayette coach Dr. Roy Chipman who began Pitts rollercoaster-like ride back to national significance. In his first season at the helm, the Panthers won the Eastern Eight Conference Tournament, in the 1981 NCAA Tournament, Pitt defeated Idaho in overtime in the first round, they lost to North Carolina in the second round. Chipmans Panthers enjoyed similar success the season, defeating archrival West Virginia for their last Eastern Eight Tournament Championship
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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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Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
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The Wisconsin Badgers mens basketball team is a NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers home games are played at the Kohl Center, located on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus in Madison, Wisconsin Badger basketball began in December,1898 with the formation of its first team coached by Dr. James C. The Badgers played their first game on January 21,1899, losing to the Milwaukee Normal Alumni 25–15 in Milwaukee, in 1905, Christian Steinmetz became the first Wisconsin Badger basketball player to be named All-American. In the 1906–07 season, Wisconsin won its first share of the Big Ten Championship and they won it again the next year in 1908. Walter Meanwell began coaching the Badgers in 1911, in his first season, he led Wisconsin to an undefeated season, and then led them to another 15–0 season in 1913–14. Meanwells teams would win eight Big Ten Championships during his tenure, in 1912,1913,1914,1916,1921,1923,1924, and 1929. Between the 1917–18 and 1919–20 seasons, Guy Lowman coached the Badgers, Meanwell would also coach two All-Americans during his Wisconsin career, George Levis in 1916 and Harold Bud Foster in 1930. On December 18,1930, the first game was played in the new Wisconsin Field House, starting with the 1934–35 season, former UW basketball player Bud Foster began coaching the Wisconsin Badgers. In his first season as coach, he led the Badgers to their 12th Big Ten Conference Championship in 28 years. In 1941, Foster led the Badgers to their only NCAA Championship in history, with the help of tournament MOP John Kotz and All-American Gene Englund, the Badgers beat Washington State 39–34 in the final game of the NCAA Tournament. It was their first ever invitation to the NCAA Tournament, after winning the Big Ten Championship in that year, Foster coached three All-Americans during his tenure – Gene Englund in 1941, John Kotz in 1942 and Don Rehfeldt in 1950. The Badgers won one more Big Ten championship in 1947 and attended their second NCAA Tournament and it would be their last postseason appearance of any sort for 42 years, and their last NCAA appearance for 47 years. The mediocre records of the last decade of Fosters tenure would remain largely the norm for the Badgers for the four decades. From 1954 to 1995, the Badgers would only have eight winning seasons and they also only notched two winning records in Big Ten play, and only finished as high as fourth four times. In 1994, the Badgers returned to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1947, the revival of Wisconsin basketball began in 1995, when Dick Bennett took over after leading Wisconsin-Green Bay to mid-major prominence. In 1997, he led the Badgers to their first winning Big Ten record in 23 years, in 2000, the Badgers entered the NCAA tournament seeded #8 in the West bracket. Beyond most expectations, they defeated #9 Fresno St, #1 Arizona, #4 LSU, however, the Badgers then lost to #1 and eventual national champion Michigan State, 53–41. After three games into the 2000–01 season, Bennett abruptly retired due to burnout and his final game was a 78–75 win over eventual Final Four participant Maryland
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Miami RedHawks men's basketball
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The Miami RedHawks mens basketball team intercollegiate mens basketball program representing Miami University. The school competes in the Mid-American Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the RedHawks play home basketball games at Millett Hall in Oxford, Ohio on the university campus. Miami has reached the NCAA Championships Sweet Sixteen four times and has been the MAC regular season champions twenty times, the team is currently coached by Jack Owens. In May 2013, the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame inducted 11 players and coaches who starred in the state including Miamis Wayne Embry, Randy Ayers, Ron Harper, the RedHawks have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 17 times. The RedHawks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament six times, the RedHawks have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational two times. No.10 – Charlie Coles No.23 – Wayne Embry No.32 – Wally Szczerbiak No.34 – Ron Harper No.44 – Dick Walls No.86 – Darrell Hedric
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NC State Wolfpack men's basketball
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The NC State Wolfpack mens basketball team represents North Carolina State University in NCAA Division I mens basketball competition. The Wolfpack currently competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference, of which it was a founding member, prior to joining the ACC in 1954, the Wolfpack was a member of the Southern Conference, where they won seven conference championships. As a member of the ACC, the Wolfpack has won ten conference championships, States unexpected 1983 title was one of the most memorable in NCAA history. Since 1999, the Pack has played most of its games at PNC Arena. Prior to 1999, they played at Reynolds Coliseum, NC State began varsity intercollegiate competition in mens basketball in 1911. The teams all-time record is 1, 697–1,055, the program saw its greatest success during the head coaching tenures of Everett Case, Norm Sloan, and Jim Valvano. NC State has produced some of the ACCs best players, including Tom Burleson, Rodney Monroe, Monte Towe, David Thompson, who led the Wolfpack to its first NCAA title in 1974, has been recognized as one of college basketballs greatest players. The Wolfpack has won a total of 17 conference tournament championships and 13 regular season conference titles, State has appeared in the NCAA Tournament 26 times, with three Final Four appearances and two national titles. The Wolfpack also appeared in the Final Four of the 1947 National Invitational Tournament, in 1910 Guy Bryan formed a special committee that proposed to the university administration the organization of the schools first basketball team. The program played its first official basketball game on February 16,1911 against a much more experienced squad from Wake Forest. NC State, then known as the North Carolina A&M Farmers, lost, the two teams met again five days later in Raleigh, with A&M earning its first-ever victory, 19-18. The following year, the schools athletics council officially recognized basketball as a sport, before the 1920–21 season the university changed its name from North Carolina A&M to North Carolina State College. At that time the nickname was the Tech. That season the program joined the fledgling Southern Conference as a charter member, State College changed its nickname yet again in 1923, this time to the Red Terrors. The name was drawn from a combination of the play of Rochelle Red Johnson, also in 1923, State opened its first basketball facility, Frank Thompson Gym. The gym, named in honor of an athlete from the school who died in action during World War I. During the first years of the program, the team had no practice facility and was forced to practice on a field in nearby Pullen Park. Gus Tebell took over the team as head coach in 1924
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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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USA Basketball
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USA Basketball is a non-profit organization and the governing body for basketball in the United States. The organization represents the United States in FIBA and the mens and womens basketball teams in the United States Olympic Committee. Its chairman of the board is Jerry Colangelo and its director is Jim Tooley. The organization was founded in 1974 as the Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America and it was renamed to USA Basketball on October 12,1989, after FIBA modified its rules to allow professional basketball players to compete in international competitions. In 2007, the USA was represented by the University of Northern Iowa, in 2003, the USA was represented by a Big 12 All Star team. In 2007, the USA was represented by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, william Jones Cup Team USA Womens Pan American Team United States womens national 3x3 team Official site Official facebook USA Basketball reports from Insidehoops. com
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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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Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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The predecessor conference of the Pac-12, the Pacific Coast Conference, began playing basketball in the 1915–16 season. The PCC was split into North and South Divisions for basketball beginning with the 1922–23 season, the winners of the two divisions would play a best of three series of games to determine the PCC basketball champion. If two division teams tied, they would have a playoff to produce the division representative. Starting with the first NCAA Mens Basketball Championship in 1939, the winner of the PCC divisional playoff was given the berth in the NCAA tournament. Oregon, the 1939 PCC champion, won the game in the 1939 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament. The last divisional playoff was in the 1954–55 season, after that, there was no divisional play and all teams played each other in a round robin competition. From the 1955–56 season through the 1985–86 season, the regular season champion was awarded the NCAA tournament berth from the PCC, later AAWU, Pac-8. Beginning with the 1975 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament, the league would place at least one other at-large team in the tournament. Following the end of UCLAs dominance in the 1970s, the Pac-10 would struggle to get out of the rounds of the NCAA tournament. By the 1985–86 season, the Pac-10 was one of three remaining conferences that gave their automatic NCAA tournament bid to the regular season round-robin champion, the other two conferences were the Ivy League and the Big Ten Conference. The modern tournament format began in 1987, the first incarnation of the tournament ran from 1987 to 1990, hosted at different school sites. UCLA was awarded the tournament, which was won by the Bruins. The Arizona Wildcats would take the next three and it was dropped after 1990 upon opposition from coaches, poor revenue, and poor attendance. The Pac-10 went back to having the regular season conference champion get awarded the automatic NCAA tournament bid for the 1990–2001 seasons, during that time Arizona and UCLA both won NCAA championships. In 1998, the Big Ten began to hold a tournament, leaving the Pac-10. Los Angeles is the second largest media market in the United States, the championship game has been broadcast nationally by CBS Sports. Other models including a model and hosting the tournament at conference sites have also been considered. Ultimately, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, on March 13,2012 the Pac-12 Tournament was officially moved to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada for a three-year term
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Atlantic 10 Conference
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The Atlantic 10 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associations Division I. Although some of its members are state-funded, half of its membership is made up of private, despite the name, there are 14 full-time members, and two affiliate members that participate in womens field hockey only. The Atlantic 10 Conference was founded in 1975 as the Eastern Collegiate Basketball League, at that time, basketball was its only sport. After its first season, it added other than basketball. However, despite its official names, it was known as the Eastern 8. Further membership changes saw the league expand to its maximum of 16 members, from 1997 through 2006, the league also operated a football conference, during that period, more than 20 schools were participating in A-10 competition in at least one sport. This ended when the A-10 football programs all departed to join a new football conference sponsored by the Colonial Athletic Association, in 2012, Butler joined the conference after leaving the Horizon League and VCU joined after leaving the CAA. Conference realignment in 2013 saw the departure of Temple to the American Athletic Conference, Butler and Xavier to the reconfigured Big East, george Mason joined from the CAA, and Davidson from the Southern Conference announced they would join in 2014. The league office headquarters has been located in Newport News, Virginia since the Fall of 2009, prior to that, the headquarters was in Philadelphia, within a few miles of member schools Saint Josephs and La Salle. The conference currently has media deals with ESPN, CBS Sports Network, ^ – Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Richmond also played football within the A-10 from 1997 to 2006 after the Yankee Conference was absorbed. None of these institutions played football in the A-10 during their tenure as full members, membership dates include time in the Yankee Conference which merged into the A-10 in 1997. Notes Boston University dropped football after the 1997–98 season, connecticut moved to FBS after the 1999–2000 season, which eventually joined the Big East for that sport in the 2004–05 season. Hofstra dropped football after the 2009–10 season, Northeastern dropped football after the 2009–10 season. Villanova was originally a charter and full member of the A-10 during the 1976–77 through the 1979–80 seasons in all sports except football, Full members Full members Associate members Assoc. member Notes* - Virginia Tech did not participate in wrestling. There are a number of intense rivalries within the Atlantic 10, with rivalries that carry over from the Big 5 which includes Saint Josephs, La Salle, URI and UMass also have a long-standing rivalry. St. Bonaventure and Duquesne also maintain a rivalry that predates their affiliation with the conference, UMass and Temple also had a basketball rivalry while John Chaney was coaching Temple but it has died down a bit since, and even more so now that Temple has left the conference. Due to both sharing the Ram mascot, the Fordham - URI rivalry has increased in recent years as the competitions are heralded as The Battle of the Rams. The long-standing crosstown rivalry between Richmond and VCU, now known as the Capital City Classic, became a rivalry with VCUs arrival in the A10
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Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
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The Atlantic 10 Conference Mens Basketball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in mens basketball for the Atlantic 10 Conference. The tournament has been every year since 1977. It is a tournament, and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the automatic bid to the NCAA mens basketball tournament. †Former member of the Atlantic 10
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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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Chippewa Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
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Chippewa Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,620 at the 2010 census, the township shares the ZIP code of nearby Beaver Falls, therefore, all addresses in Chippewa Township actually carry the Beaver Falls name, despite their location within the designated township. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has an area of 15.7 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 7,021 people,2,807 households, the population density was 442.0 people per square mile. There were 2,933 housing units at a density of 184. 7/sq mi. The racial makeup of the township was 97. 61% White,0. 93% African American,0. 01% Native American,0. 61% Asian,0. 03% Pacific Islander,0. 13% from other races, and 0. 68% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 27% of the population,24. 6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the family size was 2.96. In the township the population was out, with 22. 7% under the age of 18,5. 7% from 18 to 24,26. 3% from 25 to 44,26. 9% from 45 to 64. The median age was 42 years, for every 100 females there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males, the median income for a household in the township was $51,361, and the median income for a family was $62,095. Males had an income of $44,814 versus $26,690 for females. The per capita income for the township was $23,666, about 3. 0% of families and 3. 7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4. 3% of those under age 18 and 3. 6% of those age 65 or over. Children residing in Chippewa Township attend the Blackhawk School District, there are five schools in the district, Northwestern Primary School, Patterson Primary School, Blackhawk Intermediate School, Highland Middle School, and Blackhawk High School. Students in Patterson Township attend Patterson Primary School until third grade where they merge at Blackhawk Intermediate School
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from October 1,1962 through May 22,1992. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked No.12 on TV Guides 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, particularly during the early years of Carsons tenure, his guests included politicians such as former U. S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon, former U. S. Attorney General Robert F. Psychologist Joyce Brothers was also one of Carsons most frequent guests. Carson strongly disliked prop comedy and generally refused to have such comics on his show, gallagher first appeared on The Tonight Show Dec.5,1975, when he demonstrated his prop, The Tonight Show Home Game, and Carson noted that it was his first appearance. Gallagher again appeared on May 9,1979, a show hosted by Carson, mort Sahl recalled, The producer crouches just off camera and holds up a card that says, Go to commercial. So Carson goes to a commercial and the team rushes up to his desk to discuss what had gone wrong. Actor Robert Blake once compared being interviewed by Carson to facing the death squad or Broadway on opening night, the publicity value of appearing on Tonight was so great, however, that most guests were willing to subject themselves to the risk. The shows announcer and Carsons sidekick was Ed McMahon, who from the very first show would introduce Carson with a drawn-out Heeeeeeeeeres Johnny. The catchphrase was heard nightly for 30 years, and ranked top of the TV Land poll of U. S. McMahon, who held the same role in Carsons ABC game show Who Do You Trust. For five years previously, would remain standing to the side as Carson did his monologue, laughing at his jokes, the two would usually interact in a comic spot for a short while before the first guest was introduced. McMahon stated in a 1978 profile of Carson in The New Yorker that the ‘Tonight Show’ is my staple diet, my meat and potatoes—I’m realistic enough to know that everything else stems from that. After a 1965 incident in which he ruined Carsons joke on the air McMahon was careful to, as he said and he wrote in his 1998 autobiography, My role on the show never was strictly defined. I did what had to be done when it had to be done, I was there when he needed me, and when he didnt I moved down the couch and kept quiet. I did the audience warm-up, I did commercials, for a brief period I co-hosted the first fifteen minutes of the show, and I performed in many sketches. On our thirteenth-anniversary show Johnny and I were talking at his desk and he said and he paused long enough for me to recognize my cue, so I asked, How long is it. Thats why youre here, he said, probably summing up my primary role on the show perfectly. I had to him, I had to help him get to the punch line. Many nights Id be listening to Johnny and in my mind Id reach the same ad lib just as he said it, Id have to bite my tongue not to say it out loud
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The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
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The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh is an American sports/fantasy comedy film that was released in 1979. The movie was directed by Gilbert Moses and co-produced by David Dashev and it was produced by Lorimar and distributed by United Artists. It was filmed on location in Pittsburgh and at Pittsburghs Civic Arena as well as suburban Moon Township, the film also has a cameo by longtime Pittsburgh Mayor Richard Caliguiri as himself, hosting the fictional team at a rally and shaking hands with Erving. Several players ask to be transferred to other teams, partly due to the bad publicity, believing that the team needs a miracle, ballboy/waterboy Tyrone Millman turns to astrology to improve the teams fortunes. The team is reborn as the Pittsburgh Pisces, although Moses and Tyrones sister think that Tyrones idea is absurd, they ultimately embrace the concept. The plan succeeds wildly due to the new teams eccentric skills, teamwork, singer/actress Cher was originally cast as Mona Mondieu, but she backed out at the last minute. Singer/actress Dee Dee Bridgewater who played Brandy, previously won a Tony Award for her role as Glinda in The Wiz on Broadway also under the direction of Gilbert Moses, the Spinners recorded two songs for the movie. A novelization was released in 1979, written by Richard Woodley, based upon a draft of the screenplay by Jaison Starkes. As a consequence the novel differed in several respects from the finished film, in the film, the Pisces were seen winning every game, but the novel mentions the team losing two games. Another scene involved a group of people in wheelchairs causing havoc at one game, home Video made the film available on DVD and digital download as part of its Warner Archive Collection. com
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Julius Erving
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Erving helped legitimize the American Basketball Association and was the best-known player in that league when it merged with the National Basketball Association after the 1975–76 season. Erving won three championships, four Most Valuable Player Awards, and three scoring titles with the ABAs Virginia Squires and New York Nets and the NBAs Philadelphia 76ers and he is the sixth-highest scorer in ABA/NBA history with 30,026 points. He was well known for slam dunking from the throw line in slam dunk contests and was the only player voted Most Valuable Player in both the ABA and the NBA. Erving was inducted in 1993 into the Basketball Hall of Fame and was named to the NBAs 50th Anniversary All-Time team. In 1994, Erving was named by Sports Illustrated as one of the 40 most important athletes of all time, in 2004, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. Many consider him one of the most talented players in the history of the NBA, while Connie Hawkins, Jumping Johnny Green, Elgin Baylor, Jim Pollard and Gus Johnson performed spectacular dunks before Ervings time, Dr. J brought the practice into the mainstream. His signature dunk was the slam dunk, since incorporated into the vernacular and basic set of the game in the same manner as the crossover dribble. Before Julius Erving, dunking was a practice most commonly used by the big men to show their brutal strength which was seen as style over substance, even unsportsmanlike, by many purists of the game. Erving was born in East Meadow, New York, and raised from the age of 13 in Roosevelt and he played for Roosevelt High School and received the nickname Doctor or Dr. J from a high school friend named Leon Saunders. He explains, I have a name is Leon Saunders—and he lives in Atlanta, and I started calling him the professor. So it was just between us. we were buddies, we had our nicknames and we would roll with the nicknames. Lo and behold we graduate from school together, we both go to U-Mass, and we separated for many years cause he went over to Africa and did some stuff. But now hes my golf buddy in Atlanta. and I love him, hes just like a little brother to me even though, you know, theres only months between us. But hes the professor and he was the first one to me the doctor. And thats where it came from, Julius, and finally Dr. J. Erving enrolled at the University of Massachusetts in 1968. At that time, professional basketball was in flux, split between two leagues whose players rapidly switched clubs and leagues, Erving joined the ABA in 1971 as an undrafted free agent with the Squires. Erving also holds a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Erving quickly established himself as a force and gained a reputation for hard. He led the Squires into the Eastern Division Finals, where they lost to the Rick Barry-led New York Nets in seven games, the Nets would eventually go to the finals, losing to the star-studded Indiana Pacers team
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University of Pittsburgh
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The University of Pittsburgh is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1787 after the American Revolutionary War, it was founded on the edge of the American frontier as the Pittsburgh Academy and it developed and was renamed as Western University of Pennsylvania by a change to its charter in 1819. For most of its history, Pitt was a private institution, the university also includes four undergraduate schools located at campuses within Western Pennsylvania, Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown, and Titusville. The 132-acre Pittsburgh campus has multiple contributing historic buildings of the Schenley Farms Historic District, most notably its 42-story Gothic revival centerpiece, the university has an annual operating budget of approximately $2 billion, which includes nearly $900 million in research and development expenditures. It is the second-largest non-government employer in the Pittsburgh region behind UPMC, Pitt is ranked among the top public universities in the United States in both domestic and international rankings, and has been listed as a best value in higher education by several publications. Pitt students have access to arts programs throughout the campus and city. Pitts varsity athletic teams, collectively known as the Pittsburgh Panthers, compete in Division I of the NCAA, primarily as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Founded by Hugh Henry Brackenridge as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787, the University of Pittsburgh is one of the few universities and colleges established in the 18th century in the United States. It is the oldest continuously chartered institution of learning in the U. S. west of the Allegheny Mountains, the school began as a preparatory school, presumably in a log cabin, possibly as early as 1770 in Western Pennsylvania, then a frontier. A brick building was erected in 1790 on the side of Third Street. The small two-story brick building, with a gable facing the alley, within a short period, more advanced education in the area was needed, so in 1819 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania amended the schools 1787 charter to confer university status. The school took the name the Western University of Pennsylvania, or WUP, by the 1830s, the university faced severe financial pressure to abandon its traditional liberal education in favor of the state legislatures desire for it to provide more vocational training. The decision to remain committed to liberal education nearly killed the university and it was also during this era that the founder of Mellon Bank, Thomas Mellon, graduated and later taught at WUP. The universitys buildings, along with most of its records and files, were destroyed in the Great Fire of 1845 that wiped out 20 square blocks of Pittsburgh, classes were temporarily held in Trinity Church until a new building was constructed on Duquesne Way. Only four years later, in 1849, this also was destroyed by fire. Due to the nature of these fires, operations were suspended for a few years to allow the university time to regroup. By 1854, WUP had erected a new building on the corner of Ross and Diamond streets, langley was professor of astronomy and physics and remained at WUP until 1891, when he was succeeded by another prominent astronomer, James Keeler. Growing quickly during this period, WUP outgrew its downtown facilities, the university eventually found itself on a 10-acre site on the North Sides Observatory Hill at the location of its Allegheny Observatory
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Shooting guard
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The shooting guard, also known as the two or off guard, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. A shooting guards main objective is to score points for his team, some teams ask their shooting guards to bring up the ball as well, these players are known colloquially as combo guards. A player who can switch between playing shooting guard and small forward is known as a swingman, notable swing men include Jimmy Butler, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, Joe Johnson, Andre Iguodala, Andrew Wiggins, Evan Turner and Tyreke Evans. In the NBA, shooting guards usually range from 64 to 67, the Basketball Handbook by Lee Rose describes a shooting guard as someone whose primary role is to score points. As the name suggests, most shooting guards are good long-range shooters, typically, shooting guards are taller than point guards. Height at the position varies, many bigger shooting guards also play small forward, Shooting guards should be good ball handlers and be able to pass reasonably well, though passing is not their main priority. Since good shooting guards may attract double-teams, they are frequently the teams back-up ball handlers to the point guard, Shooting guards must be able to score in various ways, especially late in a close game when defenses are tighter. They need to have a free throw percentage too, to be reliable in close games. Because of the level of offensive skills shooting guards need, they are often a teams primary scoring option. Good shooting guards can usually play point guard to a certain extent, Lee H. Rose ISBN 0-7360-4906-1 Media related to Shooting guards at Wikimedia Commons
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National Collegiate Athletic Association
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The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a non-profit association which regulates athletes of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations, and individuals. It also organizes the programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. The organization is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2014, the NCAA generated almost a billion dollars in revenue. 80 to 90% of this revenue was due to the Division I Mens Basketball Tournament and this revenue is then distributed back into various organizations and institutions across the United States. In August 1973, the current three-division setup of Division I, Division II, under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer scholarships to athletes for playing a sport. Division III schools may not offer any athletic scholarships, generally, larger schools compete in Division I and smaller schools in II and III. Division I football was divided into I-A and I-AA in 1978. Subsequently, the term Division I-AAA was briefly added to delineate Division I schools which do not field a football program at all, in 2006, Divisions I-A and I-AA were respectively renamed the Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision. Inter-collegiate sports began in the US in 1852 when crews from Harvard University, as other sports emerged, notably football and basketball, many of these same concepts and standards were adopted. Football, in particular, began to emerge as a marquee sport, the IAAUS was officially established on March 31,1906, and took its present name, the NCAA, in 1910. For several years, the NCAA was a group and rules-making body, but in 1921, the first NCAA national championship was conducted. Gradually, more rules committees were formed and more championships were created, a series of crises brought the NCAA to a crossroads after World War II. The Sanity Code – adopted to establish guidelines for recruiting and financial aid – failed to curb abuses, postseason football games were multiplying with little control, and member schools were increasingly concerned about how the new medium of television would affect football attendance. The complexity of problems and the growth in membership and championships demonstrated the need for full-time professional leadership. Walter Byers, previously an executive assistant, was named executive director in 1951. Byers wasted no time placing his stamp on the Association, as college athletics grew, the scope of the nations athletics programs diverged, forcing the NCAA to create a structure that recognized varying levels of emphasis. In 1973, the Associations membership was divided into three legislative and competitive divisions – I, II, and III, five years later in 1978, Division I members voted to create subdivisions I-A and I-AA in football. Until the 1980s, the association did not offer womens athletics, instead, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, with nearly 1000 member schools, governed womens collegiate sports in the United States
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Big East Conference
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The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in all sports except football, which is not sponsored. The conference has officially recognized as a Division I multi-sport conference. Butler University, Creighton University, and Xavier University also joined the conference on its July 1,2013 launch date. The football-playing members of the old Big East, along several other schools, formed the American Athletic Conference. However, both conferences claim 1979 as their founding date, as part of the separation agreement, the basketball schools were able to retain the basketball records while the football schools retained the football records respectively. Val Ackerman, former WNBA president, has been commissioner since June 26,2013, on the same day Ackerman was named as commissioner, it announced that it will be headquartered in New York City. None of the schools sponsor varsity football in the top-level Division I FBS. Georgetown, Villanova, and Butler do operate football programs in the second-level Division I FCS, the core of the Big East formed when Providence, St. Johns, Georgetown, and Syracuse invited Seton Hall, Connecticut, Holy Cross, Rutgers, and Boston College. Holy Cross turned down the invitation, as did Rutgers initially, while BC, Seton Hall, gavitt became the Big Easts first commissioner, and Villanova and Pittsburgh joined the conference shortly thereafter. PR firm Duffy & Shanley is credited with the branding and naming work for the conference. The conference remained largely unchanged until 1991, when it began to sponsor football, adding Miami as a member, and Rutgers, Temple, Virginia Tech. Rutgers and West Virginia upgraded to full Big East membership in 1995, Notre Dame also joined as a non-football member effective in 1995. Temple football was kicked out after the 2004 season, but rejoined in 2012, the unusual structure of the Big East, with the football and non-football schools, led to instability in the conference. The conference reorganized following the period of realignment that hobbled the Big East between 2010 and 2013. The Big East was one of the most severely impacted conferences during the most recent conference realignment period, in all,14 member schools announced their departure for other conferences, and 15 other schools announced plans to join the conference. Three of the group later backed out of their plans to join. On March 14,2013, it was reported that the Big East would be adding members in the seven to ten days. At a news conference in New York City on March 20,2013, the league was formally introduced with Butler, Xavier
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NCAA Division I
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Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. This level was called the University Division of the NCAA, in contrast to the lower level College Division. For football only, Division I was further subdivided in 1978 into Division I-A, Division I-AA, in 2006, Division I-A and I-AA were renamed Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision, respectively. FCS teams are allowed to award scholarships, a practice technically allowed. FBS teams also have to meet attendance requirements, while FCS teams do not need to meet minimum attendance requirements. Another difference is post season play, starting with the 2014 postseason, a four-team playoff called the College Football Playoff, replaced the previous one game championship format. Even so, Division I FBS football is still the only NCAA sport in which a champion is not determined by an NCAA-sanctioned championship event. All D-I schools must field teams in at least seven sports for men and seven for women or six for men and eight for women, with at least two team sports for each gender. Division I schools must meet minimum financial aid awards for their athletics program, Several other NCAA sanctioned minimums and differences that distinguish Division I from Divisions II and III. Each playing season has to be represented by each gender as well, there are contest and participant minimums for each sport, as well as scheduling criteria. Mens and womens teams have to play all but two games against Division I teams, for men, they must play one-third of all their contests in the home arena. The NCAA has limits on the financial aid each Division I member may award in each sport that the school sponsors. Equivalency sports, in which the NCAA limits the total financial aid that a school can offer in a sport to the equivalent of a set number of full scholarships. Roster limitations may or may not apply, depending on the sport, the term counter is also key to this concept. The NCAA defines a counter as an individual who is receiving financial aid that is countable against the aid limitations in a sport. The number of scholarships that Division I members may award in sport is listed below. In this table, scholarship numbers for head-count sports are indicated without a point, for equivalency sports, they are listed with a decimal point. An exception exists for players at non-scholarship FCS programs who receive aid in another sport, participants in basketball are counted in that sport, unless they also play football
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Miami University
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Miami University, is a public research university located on a 2, 138-acre campus in Oxford, Ohio,35 miles north of Cincinnati. Founded in 1809, although classes were not held until 1824, Miami University is the 10th oldest public university, the university also has regional campuses in Hamilton, Middletown and West Chester, as well as the Dolibois European Center in Luxembourg. Miami University is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a university with a high research activity. It is affiliated to the University System of Ohio, in its 2017 edition, U. S. News & World Report ranked the university 79th among national universities and the 30th top public university in the United States. Additionally, Miami University is ranked 2nd best national university for undergraduate teaching, Miami University is considered one of the original eight Public Ivy schools that provide a quality of education comparable to those of the Ivy League. Miami University has a tradition of Greek life, five social Greek-letter organizations were founded at the university earning Miami the nickname “Mother of Fraternities. ”Today, Miami University hosts over 50 fraternity and sorority chapters. Miami is renowned for its campus beauty, having been called The most beautiful campus that ever there was by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Frost, additionally, Forbes ranked the city of Oxford first on its 2016 list of the best college towns in the United States. Miamis athletic teams compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and are known as the Miami RedHawks. They compete in the Mid-American Conference in all varsity sports except ice hockey, the land was located within the Symmes Purchase, Judge John Cleves Symmes, the owner of the land, purchased the land from the government with the stipulation that he lay aside land for an academy. The Ohio Legislature appointed three surveyors in August of the year to search for a suitable township, and they selected a township off of Four Mile Creek. The Legislature passed An Act to Establish the Miami University on February 2,1809, and a board of trustees was created by the state, the township originally granted to the university was known as the College Township, and was renamed Oxford, Ohio, in 1810. The University temporarily halted due to the War of 1812. Cincinnati tried to move Miami to the city in 1822 and to divert its income to a Cincinnati college, Miami created a grammar school in 1818 to teach frontier youth, but, it was disbanded after five years. Robert Hamilton Bishop, a Presbyterian minister and professor of history, was appointed to be the first President of Miami University in 1824, the first day of classes at Miami was on November 1,1824. At its opening, there were 20 students and two faculty members in addition to Bishop, the curriculum included Greek, Latin, Algebra, Geography, and Roman history, the University offered only a Bachelor of Arts. An English Scientific Department was started in 1825, which studied modern languages, applied mathematics and it offered a certificate upon completion of coursework, not a full diploma. Miami students purchased a press, and in 1827 published their first periodical. It promptly failed, but it laid the foundation for the weekly Literary Register, the current Miami Student, founded in 1867, traces its foundation back to the Literary Register and claims to be the oldest college newspaper in the United States
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Herb Sendek
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Herbert Joseph Herb Sendek, Jr. is an American college basketball coach and the current mens basketball coach at Santa Clara. Herbert Joseph Sendek, Jr. of Slovak descent, grew up in Pittsburgh and he starred as a point guard in basketball, lettering two years, serving as team captain, and earning All-East Suburban honors. He graduated with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average and was valedictorian of the Class of 1981, Sendeks father, Herb Sr. was a teacher and basketball coach at both the high school and junior college levels. He played college basketball at Carnegie Mellon University, where he was a three-year letterman and he graduated summa cum laude in 1985 with a bachelors degree in industrial management and earned the Carnegie Merit Scholarship. In 1984–85, Sendek served as an assistant coach at Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, Sendek served as a graduate assistant coach at Providence in 1985, then as an assistant coach at Providence from 1987 to 1989. He then served as an assistant coach at Kentucky under Rick Pitino from 1989 to 1993, in 1993, Sendek accepted his first college head coaching job, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, succeeding Joby Wright, who left to become head coach at Wyoming. In his first season, 1993–94, the Redskins posted a 19–11 record, in 1994–95, Miami improved to 23–7 overall, winning the MAC championship with a 16–2 record and earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament. In the Midwest Regional, #12 seeded Miami shocked #5 seeded Arizona 71–62, in Sendeks third season at Miami, 1995–96, the team went 21–8 and finished third in the MAC. Miami earned a berth in the NIT, losing a game to Fresno State. Sendek was named the 1995 MAC Coach of the Year, after three seasons at Miami, Sendek was hired at North Carolina State in 1996, becoming the youngest head coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference. He immediately improved upon the Les Robinson era, winning 17 games for the programs first winning record in six years. The Wolfpack ended the winning eight of 11 games, advanced to the finals of the ACC Tournament. Sendek coached NC State to the NCAA tournament five consecutive years from 2002 until 2006 and he won his 100th game at NC State in 2002. In 2004, Sendek won ACC Coach of the Year and Julius Hodge, in 2005, NC State upset defending champion Connecticut in the Second Round of the NCAA tournament to advance to the Sweet 16, NC States deepest run into the tournament during Sendeks years. Due in part to an 8–38 record against Duke and North Carolina combined with failing to win an ACC championship, fan and this ultimately played a factor in Sendek deciding to leave NC State for the head coaching vacancy at Arizona State. On April 3,2006, Sendek accepted the coaching job at Arizona State. His second recruiting class included highly touted McDonalds All-American James Harden, the 2007–08 season was a great improvement over the previous season. Sendek and freshman guard James Harden led the Sun Devils to fifth place in the Pac-10 Conference, Arizona State was rewarded with a number 1 seed in the 2008 NIT
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NC State Wolfpack
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The NC State Wolfpack are the athletic teams representing North Carolina State University. They compete as a member of the NCAA Division I level, mens sports include baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and wrestling. Womens sports include basketball, cheerleading, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, the athletic teams of the Wolfpack compete in 23 intercollegiate varsity sports. Most NC State fans and athletes recognize the rivalry with the North Carolina Tar Heels as their biggest, the primary logo for NC State athletics is a red block S with an inscribed N and C. The block S has been in use since 1890 but has seen many alterations through the years, the color red was adopted from the state bird, the cardinal. It became the logo for all NC State athletic teams in 2000 and was modernized to its current design in 2006. NC State athletic teams are nicknamed the Wolfpack, the name was adopted in 1921 when a disgruntled fan described the behavior of some of the schools football players as being as unruly as a pack of wolves. Prior to the adoption of the current nickname, North Carolina State athletic teams went by names as the Aggies, the Techs, the Red Terrors. The Demon Deacon presided over the wedding, in print, the Strutting Wolf is used and is known by the name Tuffy. In September 2010, a purebred Tamaskan dog became the new live mascot, pat Popolizio was named head wrestling coach for the Wolfpack on April 10,2012. Currently in his season with the team, Popolizio is a three-time NCAA qualifier. The wrestling team competes at home on campus in the Reynolds Coliseum, NC State Wrestling also has a blog online mainly to keep up to date with the team and focus on the NCAA Championships. In 2012, Popolizio left his previous program, Binghamton University, after redshirting for a year, Gwiazdowski won national titles in 2014 and 2015, becoming the first Wolfpack wrestler to win consecutive titles. During the 2015–16 season, North Carolina State went as high as two in the national rankings and had the school record for most wins in a single season. NC State Wolfpack Wrestling achievements,11 Academic All-Americans 15 ACC Championships 28 NCAA All-Americans 6 individual NCAA Champions, Matt Reiss 167, scott Turner 150, Sylvester Terkay Hwt. Darrion Caldwell 149, Nick Gwiazdowski Hwt In addition to baseball, basketball, football, unless noted, both a mens and a womens team are fielded. S. NC State plays college rugby in the Atlantic Coast Rugby League against its traditional ACC rivals, the NC State rugby team is led by head coach Jim Latham. The Wolfpack play their games at the Upper Method Road Field
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Raleigh, North Carolina
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Raleigh is the capital of the state of North Carolina, the seat of Wake County in the United States. Raleigh is known as the City of Oaks for its oak trees. The city covers a area of 142.8 square miles. The U. S. Census Bureau estimated the population as 451,066 as of July 1,2015. It is also one of the cities in the country. The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the lost Roanoke Colony in present-day Dare County, Raleigh is home to North Carolina State University and is part of the Research Triangle area, together with Durham and Chapel Hill. The Triangle nickname originated after the 1959 creation of the Research Triangle Park, located in Durham and Wake Counties, partway between the three cities and their universities. The Research Triangle region encompasses the U. S. Census Bureaus Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Area, the Raleigh Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated population of 1,214,516 in 2013. Most of Raleigh is located within Wake County, with a small portion extending into Durham County. Raleigh is an example in the United States of a planned city. It was chosen as the site of the capital in 1788. The city was laid out in a grid pattern with the North Carolina State Capitol in Union Square at the center. Raleigh is home to cultural, educational, and historic sites. The Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Downtown Raleigh features three venues and serves as the home for the North Carolina Symphony and the Carolina Ballet. Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek is a large music amphitheater located in southeast Raleigh, one U. S. president, Andrew Johnson, was born in Raleigh. Bath, the oldest town in North Carolina, was the first nominal capital from 1705 until 1722, the colony had no permanent institutions of government until the establishment at the new capital New Bern in 1743. In December 1770, Joel Lane successfully petitioned the North Carolina General Assembly to create a new county, on January 5,1771, the bill creating Wake County was passed in the General Assembly. The county was formed from portions of Cumberland, Orange, the county gets its name from Margaret Wake Tryon, the wife of Governor William Tryon
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Ohio
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Ohio /oʊˈhaɪ. oʊ/ is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. Ohio is the 34th largest by area, the 7th most populous, the states capital and largest city is Columbus. The state takes its name from the Ohio River, the name originated from the Iroquois word ohi-yo’, meaning great river or large creek. Partitioned from the Northwest Territory, the state was admitted to the Union as the 17th state on March 1,1803, Ohio is historically known as the Buckeye State after its Ohio buckeye trees, and Ohioans are also known as Buckeyes. Ohio occupies 16 seats in the United States House of Representatives, Ohio is known for its status as both a swing state and a bellwether in national elections. Six Presidents of the United States have been elected who had Ohio as their home state, Ohios geographic location has proven to be an asset for economic growth and expansion. Because Ohio links the Northeast to the Midwest, much cargo, Ohio has the nations 10th largest highway network, and is within a one-day drive of 50% of North Americas population and 70% of North Americas manufacturing capacity. To the north, Lake Erie gives Ohio 312 miles of coastline, Ohios southern border is defined by the Ohio River, and much of the northern border is defined by Lake Erie. Ohios neighbors are Pennsylvania to the east, Michigan to the northwest, Ontario Canada, to the north, Indiana to the west, Kentucky on the south, Ohio is bounded by the Ohio River, but nearly all of the river itself belongs to Kentucky and West Virginia. Ohio has only that portion of the river between the rivers 1792 low-water mark and the present high-water mark, the border with Michigan has also changed, as a result of the Toledo War, to angle slightly northeast to the north shore of the mouth of the Maumee River. Much of Ohio features glaciated plains, with a flat area in the northwest being known as the Great Black Swamp. Most of Ohio is of low relief, but the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau features rugged hills, in 1965 the United States Congress passed the Appalachian Regional Development Act, at attempt to address the persistent poverty and growing economic despair of the Appalachian Region. This act defines 29 Ohio counties as part of Appalachia, the worst weather disaster in Ohio history occurred along the Great Miami River in 1913. Known as the Great Dayton Flood, the entire Miami River watershed flooded, as a result, the Miami Conservancy District was created as the first major flood plain engineering project in Ohio and the United States. Grand Lake St. Marys in the west central part of the state was constructed as a supply of water for canals in the era of 1820–1850. For many years this body of water, over 20 square miles, was the largest artificial lake in the world and it should be noted that Ohios canal-building projects were not the economic fiasco that similar efforts were in other states. Some cities, such as Dayton, owe their emergence to location on canals. Summers are typically hot and humid throughout the state, while winters generally range from cool to cold, precipitation in Ohio is moderate year-round
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Thad Matta
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Thad Michael Matta is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes mens basketball team. He was hired as the 13th head coach in Ohio State history on July 7,2004 after the school had fired previous coach Jim OBrien. On March 12,2015, he set a record for victories. Matta has led the Buckeyes to five Big Ten Conference regular season championships, four Big Ten Tournament titles and he led Butler in assists and three-point field goal percentage in 1987–88 and in free-throw percentage in 1988–89. He served as a captain on Barry Colliers first team in 1989–90. He earned a B. S. degree from Butler in 1990, Matta enjoyed his Butler career-high point total of 21 points against Xavier University at the Cincinnati Gardens on March 2,1989. In total, Matta spent six seasons as a assistant coach at three different universities, helping his squads compile a composite 128–58 record and make six postseason tournament appearances. He was on the bench in five conference tournament championship games. He was in the NCAA tournament five times as an assistant under four different head coaches, Matta began his coaching career at Indiana State University as a graduate assistant under head coach Tates Locke in 1990–91. Matta served as a coordinator and administrative assistant at Butler before moving into the full-time coaching ranks. The following year, Matta accepted a position at Western Carolina University under Phil Hopkins and helped the Catamounts to a 17–13 record. Western Carolina captured the Southern Conference tournament championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament, Matta returned to Miami under new head coach Charlie Coles in 1996–97 and helped the RedHawks to a 21–9 record, the MAC regular season and tournament championships and a berth in the NCAA tournament. Matta rejoined Butler Universitys staff in 1997 and helped the Bulldogs to three consecutive 20-win seasons and he established himself as one of the nations best young coaching prospects during a six-year assistant coaching stint. He served as Butlers primary recruiter, Matta took over as head coach of Butler when Barry Collier left after the 1999–2000 season to coach at the University of Nebraska. Matta was named 2000–01 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year in his first and he was also named National Rookie Coach of the Year by CBS SportsLine. com and College Insider. com. Butler won 13 of its last 15 games, eventual NCAA runner-up Arizona ended the Butler run in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Xavier advanced to three NCAA tournaments, including an Elite Eight appearance in 2004 following two second-round trips, Mattas 26 wins for the 2002–03 season marked the highest win total ever for a second-year Xavier head coach. He also broke the record for most victories by a Xavier rookie head coach
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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
