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Billy Kennedy (basketball)
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William Joseph Billy Kennedy, Jr. is the head mens basketball coach at Texas A&M University. He took over the vacated by Mark Turgeon in May 2011. He previously held the position at Murray State University for five seasons. Kennedy previously held the position at Centenary and Southeastern Louisiana. He has served 13 seasons as a head coach and 13 as an assistant. Kennedy is a 1986 graduate of Southeastern Louisiana and 1984 graduate of Delgado Community College in New Orleans and he played basketball and attended Holy Cross High School in New Orleans. After serving 12 years as an assistant coach, including the four at California. There, he took over a program that had won only 30 games in the three seasons. His first team won 10 games but his second improved to a 14-14 overall record and his sixth team went 24-9, the most wins in school history, and won both the conference regular-season and tournament titles. The Lions advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history, the Louisiana Sports Writers Association, the Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches, and the National Association of Basketball Coaches selected Kennedy coach of the year in 2004 and 2005. Kennedy resigned from his position at Southeastern Louisiana to become the head coach at Miami. After serving one season as an assistant at Miami, Kennedy was named Murray States 14th mens basketball coach in 2006, taking over a team with only one returning starter, he led the Racers to a 16-14 season and second-place finish in the Ohio Valley Conference. His next two squads won 18 and 19 games, again placing second in the conference regular-season standings and his fourth team at Murray State won more games than any in school history, reaching the second round of the NCAA tournament. During the season, the Racers won a school record 17 games in a row before losing 70-65 at Morehead State University on February 25,2010. The Racers finished the season with a 31-5 record, including a 17-1 conference mark, Kennedy was named 2010 OVC and National Association of Basketball Coaches coach of the year. In 2010-11, Kennedys Racers repeated as OVC regular-season champions but fell in the tournament semifinals. As OVC regular-season champions, Murray State earned a berth in the National Invitation Tournament where it lost 89-76 at Missouri State to finish with a 23-9 season record, Kennedy was again selected OVC coach of the year. Texas A&M hired Kennedy in May 2011 after Mark Turgeon left for the Maryland head coaching job, Kennedy previously coached at A&M from 1990-91
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Southeastern Conference
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The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the Southern part of the United States. Its fourteen members include the public universities of ten states. The conference is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, the SEC participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I in sports competitions, for football, it is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly known as Division I-A. The SEC was also the first NCAA Division I conference to hold a game for college football and was one of the founding members of the Bowl Championship Series. The current SEC commissioner is Greg Sankey, the conference sponsors team championships in nine mens sports and twelve womens sports. The SEC consists of 14 member institutions located within the borders of 11 contiguous states and these divisional groupings are applied exclusively to football and baseball as well as their scheduling and standings. The other charter members were, The University of the South left the SEC on December 13,1940 and it is currently a member of the Division III Southern Athletic Association. Georgia Institute of Technology left the SEC in 1964, in 1975, it became a founding member of the Metro Conference, one of the predecessors to todays Conference USA. Georgia Tech competed in the Metro Conference in all sports except football, in 1978, Georgia Tech joined another Southern Conference offshoot, the Atlantic Coast Conference, for all sports, where it has remained ever since. Tulane University left the SEC in 1966, along with Georgia Tech, it was a charter member of the Metro Conference. Unlike Tech, however, Tulane remained in the Metro Conference until it merged with the Great Midwest Conference in 1995 to form Conference USA, Tulane remained an independent in football until C-USA began football competition in 1996. Tulane left C-USA in 2014 for the American Athletic Conference, in 1990, the SEC expanded from ten to twelve member universities with the addition of the Arkansas Razorbacks and the South Carolina Gamecocks. The two new members began SEC competition with the 1991–1992 basketball season, at the same time, the SEC organized competition for some sports into two divisions. Initially, the format was used in football, baseball. The divisional format was dropped for mens basketball following the 2011–2012 season, the 1992 and 1993 championship games were held at Legion Field in Birmingham, and all championship games from 1994 onward have been held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. On November 6,2011 the SEC commissioner announced that the University of Missouri would also join the SEC on July 1,2012, for football, Texas A&M was scheduled to compete in the Western Division, and Missouri in the Eastern Division. Texas A&M and Missouri both left the Big 12 Conference, the office of Commissioner was created in 1940. Under the leadership of Michael F, the SECU rebranded its mission to better serve as a means through which the collaborative academic endeavors and achievements of Southeastern Conference universities would be promoted and advanced
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College Station, Texas
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College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East-Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley, in the center of the region known as Texas Triangle. It is 90 miles northwest of Houston and 87 miles northeast of Austin, as of the 2010 census, College Station had a population of 93,857, which had increased to an estimated population of 100,050 as of July 2013. College Station and Bryan together make up the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area, College Station is home to the main campus of Texas A&M University, the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The city owes both its name and existence to the location along a railroad. Due largely to the presence of Texas A&M University, College Station was named by Money magazine in 2006 as the most educated city in Texas, the origins of College Station date from 1860, when the Houston and Texas Central Railway began to build through the region. Eleven years later, the site was chosen as the location for the proposed Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, in 1876, as the nation celebrated its centennial, the school opened its doors as the first public institution of higher education in the state of Texas. The population of College Station grew slowly, reaching 350 in 1884 and 391 at the turn of the century, however, during this time, transportation improvements took place in the town. In 1900, the I&GN Railroad was extended to College Station, the interurban was replaced by a city bus system in the 1920s. In 1930, the community to the north of College Station, College Station did not incorporate until 1938 with John H. Binney as the first mayor. Within a year, the city established a commission, and by 1940. The city grew under the leadership of Ernest Langford, called by some the Father of College Station, early in his first term, the city adopted a council-manager system of city government. Population growth accelerated following World War II as the nonstudent population reached 7,898 in 1950,11,396 in 1960,17,676 in 1970,30,449 in 1980,52,456 in 1990, and 67,890 in 2000. The population for the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area range from an estimated 250,846 to 271,773 by 2030. College Station is located south of the center of Brazos County at 30°36′5″N 96°18′52″W and it is bordered by the city of Bryan to the northwest. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 49.6 sq mi, of which 49.4 sq mi is land and 0.19 sq mi. The local climate is subtropical and temperate and winters are mild with periods of low temperatures usually lasting less than two months, snow and ice are extremely rare. Summers are warm and hot with occasional showers being the only variation in weather. About 27. 1% of all households were made up of individuals, the average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.98
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Reed Arena
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Reed Arena is a sports arena and entertainment venue located at the corner of Olsen Boulevard and Kimbrough Boulevard in College Station, Texas. The building replaced the G. Rollie White Coliseum, and is named for Dr, & Mrs. Chester J. Reed, a 1947 A&M graduate whose donations made the new arena possible. In 2005, Reed Arena served as the site of mens and womens first round NIT games, as the men played Clemson and the women played Tulsa. In recent years, Reed Arena has gained a reputation as one of the most hostile arenas in the nation, Reed Arena first opened its doors in 1998 as a member of Texas A&M Special Event Facilities. The arena was named after its primary donor Chester Reed, Texas A&M Class of 1947, the building hosts many official functions for Texas A&M University. With enough indoor seating capacity for 12,500 guests, the arena makes an ideal location for the graduation ceremonies, freshmen convocation. While in the stages, Chester Reed donated an operations endowment to help run the building during its first five years. However, due to initial over-estimating of revenue and budget shortfalls during construction, for all of these reasons mentioned above, Reed Arena cannot just focus on basketball and other university events. As a necessary function, the Arena has developed pipelines of support from a multitude of different stakeholders and events that operate both within the local community and internationally. The $36 million Reed Arena was designed by the Houston firm Lockwood, Andrews, the arena has seats for 12,989 fans, while an additional 2,000 people can be accommodated on the main floor for concerts. Reed Arena is able to provide group accommodations on many different levels, events can greatly vary in size, the Arena can accommodate an event involving thousands of patrons or a small meeting that contains only 15 participants on any given day. The arena floor contains 25,000 square feet of column-free space and this figure almost doubles the space any other building in the Bryan/College Station area. The second floor contains four 1,200 square feet rooms, the lower level of the arena also contains a 7,500 square feet multi-purpose room, a full-service commercial kitchen, and numerous types of dressing rooms. The arena is surrounded by four parking lots, which hold a combined 1500 cars, generally event parking costs between $5. On February 2,2007, the A&M System Board of Regents approved a plan, increasing the size of the facility to 69,400 square feet. 12 largest mens basketball crowds, Reed Arena Reed Arena Event Search Reed Arena - AggieAthletics. com Reed Rowdies Cox-McFerrin Center ground breaking announcement
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Texas A&M Aggies
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Texas A&M Aggies refers to the students, graduates, and sports teams of Texas A&M University. The nickname Aggie was once common at land-grant or Ag schools in many states, the teams compete in Division I of NCAA sports. Texas A&M was a member of the Southwest Conference until its dissolution. The Aggies competed in the Big 12 until joining the Southeastern Conference on July 1,2012, Texas A&Ms official school colors are maroon and white. The teams are referred to as Aggies and the mascot is a Rough Collie named Reveille, A&M has had two perfect seasons having gone undefeated and unscored upon in both 1917 and 1919. The football program experienced a period of success lasting from 1944 to 1971. With Emory Bellard as head coach beginning in 1972, the Aggies returned to prominence with two 10 win seasons during his short tenure and he was replaced by Tom Wilson who had little success at Texas A&M before Jackie Sherrill took over the program. Sherrill won three conference titles and two Cotton Bowl Classic postseason games. Slocum, replaced him as coach in 1989. Slocum finished in the top 25 during 10 of his 14 years at Texas A&M and won 4 conference titles, in late 2002, Dennis Franchione left his position as head coach at the University of Alabama to take over Texas A&Ms football program from Slocum. He finished the 2003 season at 4-8, Franchione finished the 2004 regular season with a 7-4 mark and an invitation to the Cotton Bowl Classic, a game the Aggies lost to Tennessee. The 2005 team regressed to 5-6 and defensive coordinator Carl Torbush was fired, in the 2007 season, the Aggies finished in a three way tie for third place with Texas Tech and Oklahoma State in the Big 12 South, leading only Baylor, which finished last. Although the team pulled out a 38-30 victory over the Longhorns on the day after Thanksgiving, former Green Bay Packers coach Mike Sherman was announced as his replacement three days later. Unfortunately, Shermans first year at A&M resulted in one of the worst records in years, the 2009 season showed some improvement with a 5-2 home record and a 6-7 overall record. More coaching changes were made after the 2009 season and the hiring of Tim DeRuyter lead the media coverage, in 2008, DeRuyter was the defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Airforce where his defense finished 11th in the NCAA in total defense, and 5th in pass defense. The Aggie Football team was featured in the ESPN movie, The Junction Boys, the film dramatized Coach Paul Bear Bryants grueling football practice sessions in 1954 in Junction, Texas. Texas A&M basketball had been dormant for much of its recent history until the mid-2000s, the Aggies have won 11 conference championships, two conference tournament titles, and have 10 NCAA tournament appearances. Under former head coach Billy Gillispie, the Aggies finished fourth in conference in 2006 only two removed from having zero wins in conference play
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Southwest Conference
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The Southwest Conference was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996. Composed primarily of schools from Texas, at times the conference included schools from Oklahoma. After a long period of stability, Arkansas left in 1991 to join the Southeastern Conference, by March 1,1914 a number of schools had responded favorably to the idea. The first organizational meeting of the conference was set to be held on April 30,1914, the date was changed because representatives from every school could not make it then. It was ultimately held on May 5 and 7,1914 at the Oriental Hotel in Dallas, Texas and it was chaired by L. Theo Bellmont. Originally, Bellmont wanted Louisiana State University and the University of Mississippi to join the conference as well, the Southwest Intercollegiate Athletic Conference became an official body on December 8,1914, at a formal meeting at the Rice Hotel in Houston. Rice University left the conference in 1916, only to re-join in 1918, phillips University was a conference member for one year. Oklahoma left in 1919 to join the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, however, the series between Texas and Oklahoma would continue as a non-conference matchup in the annual Red River Rivalry game held in Dallas. From 1925 until 1991, the University of Arkansas would be the only member not located within the state of Texas. By 1925, the name was shortened to simply Southwest Conference. After its organizational years, the conference settled into regularly scheduled meetings among its members, the SWC would be guided by seven commissioners, the first of whom, P. W. St. Clair, was appointed in 1938. In 1940, the conference took control of the then five-year-old Cotton Bowl Classic, Texas Technological College joined the SWC in 1958, followed by the University of Houston for the 1976 season. The conference celebrated its glory years in the 1960s, dominated by two teams, Texas and Arkansas. Texas won the 1963 National Championship, and Arkansas won a National Championship in 1964 in the Football Writers Association of America, in 1969, Texas won another National Championship by beating #2-ranked Arkansas 15-14 in the regular seasons final game. The 1969 Arkansas-Texas game in Fayetteville, Arkansas, attended by President Richard Nixon, is counted among the greatest college football games ever played. Texas also won the 1970 United Press International National Championship, which until 1974 was awarded prior to the bowl games, opponents usually were the runners-up from the Big 8 Conference or the Southeastern Conference, although independents Penn State and Notre Dame were also often featured. From the 1940s onward, the Cotton Bowl Classic was counted among the four bowl games. However, in the 1990s, the game declined in importance, in 1977, Notre Dame became the last team to win a national championship in the Cotton Bowl Classic by beating Texas in the January 1978 game
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Texas A&M University
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Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university in College Station, Texas, United States. It is a university and is a member of the Texas A&M University System. The systems endowment ranks in the top 10 in the nation, Texas A&Ms student body is the largest in Texas and one of the largest in the United States. In 2001, Texas A&M was inducted as a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, the schools students, alumni–over 450,000 strong–and sports teams are known as Aggies. The Texas A&M Aggies athletes currently compete in 18 varsity sports as a member of the Southeastern Conference, originally, the college taught no classes in agriculture, instead concentrating on classical studies, languages, literature, and applied mathematics. After four years, students could attain degrees in agriculture, civil and mechanical engineering. Under the leadership of President James Earl Rudder in the 1960s, A&M desegregated, became coeducational, to reflect the institutions expanded roles and academic offerings, the Texas Legislature renamed the school to Texas A&M University in 1963. The letters A&M, originally short for Agricultural and Mechanical, are retained only as a link to the universitys past, the main campus is one of the largest in the United States, spanning 5,200 acres, and is home to the George Bush Presidential Library. About one-fifth of the student body lives on campus, Texas A&M has over 1,000 officially recognized student organizations. Many students also observe the traditions, which daily life, as well as special occasions. Working with agencies such as the Texas AgriLife Research and Texas AgriLife Extension Service, the university offers degrees in over 150 courses of study through ten colleges and houses 18 research institutes. As a Senior Military College, Texas A&M is one of six American public universities with a full-time, the U. S. Congress laid the groundwork for the establishment of Texas A&M in 1862 with the adoption of the Morrill Act. To promote the liberal and practical education of the classes in the several pursuits. In 1871, the Texas Legislature used these funds to establish the states first public institution of higher education, Brazos County donated 2,416 acres near Bryan, Texas, for the schools campus. Enrollment began on October 2,1876, six students enrolled on the first day, and classes officially began on October 4,1876, with six faculty members. During the first semester, enrollment increased to 48 students, admission was limited to white males, and all students were required to participate in the Corps of Cadets and receive military training. Although traditional Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets campusologies indicate 40 students began classes on October 4,1876, enrollment climbed to 258 students before declining to 108 students in 1883, the year the University of Texas opened in Austin, Texas. In the late 1880s, many Texas residents saw no need for two colleges in Texas and clamored for an end of Texas A. M. C
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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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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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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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Big 12 Conference
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The Big 12 Conference is a ten-school collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas. Its ten members, located in Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, additionally, the Big 12 has ten affiliate members, six for the sport of wrestling, one for womens gymnastics, and 3 for womens rowing. The Big 12 Conference is a 501 nonprofit organization incorporated in Delaware, the Big 12 was formerly composed of 12 schools, hence its name, it was formed in 1996 when four schools from the collapsing Southwest Conference joined with the pre-existing Big Eight Conference. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State were grouped with the four newcomers in the Big 12 South, TCU and West Virginia joined from the Mountain West and Big East Conferences respectively to offset two of the departing schools, bringing the conference to its current strength. Attempts to rename the Big 12 to reflect its current strength would lead to confusion with the current Big Ten Conference, the Big 12 Conference commissioner is Bob Bowlsby. Full members Assoc. member Other Conference The Big 12 Conference sponsors championship competition in ten mens, nonetheless, it is an open coed sport in NCAA college athletics, with mens, womens, and coed teams in all NCAA divisions competing against each other. TCU and West Virginia both field coed teams, through 2017, West Virginia with 19 national titles and TCU with two, together have won over half of the NCAA titles awarded since the inaugural NCAA championship in 1980. West Virginia also won four national titles. The Big 12 began athletic play in the fall of 1996, from its formation until 2011, its 12 members competed in two divisions. Between 2011 and 2012 four charter members left the conference while two joined in 2013. The Big 12 is unique among the current Power Five conferences in that it only has 10 members, despite the name, causing some confusion. From 1987 to 2015,12 or more members were required for a championship game. Former Texas Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds and former football coach Mack Brown, along with Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops, critics argued it was a competitive advantage over other contract conferences. Conferences with a game have their division champions typically play one of their toughest games of the year in the last week of the regular season. Unlike the other Power 5 conferences in which a team plays a portion of the other teams in the conference each season. This theoretically allows for the declaration of a de facto champion without the need for a rematch between the top two teams in the conference. On June 3,2016, the conference announced it would reinstate the football game in the 2017 season. This followed the passage of a new NCAA rule allowing all FBS conferences to hold football championship games regardless of their membership numbers, the Big 12 population base is centered on the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, West Virginia and Iowa
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John David Crow
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John David Crow Sr. was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He won the Heisman Trophy as a halfback for the Texas A&M Aggies football team of Texas A&M University in 1957, after college, he played professional football in the National Football League for the Chicago and St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco 49ers between 1958 and 1968. After his playing career, Crow became an assistant football coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team of the University of Alabama and he moved to the NFL as an assistant with the Cleveland Browns in 1972, and then the San Diego Chargers in 1974. In December 1975, Crow was hired as football coach. He coached the team for five seasons, from 1976 to 1980. He remained as director until 1981. Crow returned to his alma mater, Texas A&M, in 1983 as an assistant athletic director and he was promoted to athletic director in 1988 and served in that capacity until 1993. Crow was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1976, a street on the campus of Texas A&M University adjacent to Kyle Field is named after him. A native of Marion in Union Parish in North Louisiana, Crow was reared to the west in Springhill in northern Webster Parish near the Arkansas state line and he graduated in 1954 from Springhill High School. Under coach Paul Bear Bryant at Texas A&M, Crow was not one of the Junction Boys, since he was a freshman in 1954, Bryants first season, and was thus ineligible to play under NCAA rules at the time. In 1956, Crow was part of the first Aggie football team to beat the University of Texas at Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, in the 1957 season, the Aggies won their first eight games and were ranked number 1 in the AP Poll. The team lost their last three games after uncertainty whether their coach, Bear Bryant, would be leaving the school. Although injured early in the season, Crow was able to play in seven games in his senior season and he rushed for 562 yards on 129 carries, with six touchdowns. Crow also caught two passes and passed for five touchdowns, while playing on defense, he intercepted the ball five times. During the 1957 season, Bryant famously quipped, If John David Crow doesn’t win the Heisman Trophy, Crow was named a scholastic All-American and won the Heisman on December 3,1957, defeating Iowa tackle Alex Karras. Crow claims not to have understood the importance of the award until sponsors flew his family and he was the first Aggie to win the Heisman, and he was the only one of Bryants players to win. Bryant then left for Alabama shortly after Crow received the Heisman, in the 1958 NFL Draft, Crow was a first–round draft pick for the Chicago Cardinals. He played 11 seasons and appeared in four Pro Bowls and he later played for the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco 49ers
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Idaho Vandals men's basketball
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The Idaho Vandals mens basketball team represents the University of Idaho, located in Moscow, Idaho, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They currently compete in the Big Sky Conference, the Vandals are currently coached by Don Verlin and play their home games at the Cowan Spectrum at the Kibbie Dome. The Vandals have appeared in four NCAA Tournaments, the Vandals have appeared in 1 National Invitation Tournament. The Vandals have participated in four CollegeInsider. com Tournaments, the Vandals have participated in the one College Basketball Invitational
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Creighton Bluejays men's basketball
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The Creighton Bluejays mens basketball team is the NCAA Division I mens basketball program of Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. They currently compete in the Big East Conference, the Bluejays have won a record 15 MVC regular season conference titles and a record 12 MVC Conference Tournament titles. The team has 20 appearances in the NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament, the Jays last played in the NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament in 2017. The Bluejays all-time record is 1, 444–964, the Bluejays play their home games at CenturyLink Center Omaha. Creighton finished sixth nationally in attendance, averaging 17,048 fans per home game in 2014–15. Before joining the Big East, Creighton had been a member of the Missouri Valley Conference until June 30,2013, the Jays participated as an independent from 1948 to 1977 before rejoining the MVC. Arthur Schabinger took over the program after Kearneys graduation and he guided the team into its first conference, the North Central Conference, in 1923. His teams would win 4 titles in the league, in 1928, Shabinger would again guide Creighton to another conference, the Missouri Valley Conference. Creightons winningest mens basketball coach for 75 years, Arthur A. Schabinger helped build the Creighton basketball program, Schabinger posted a 165-66 record as coach of the Bluejays from 1922 to 1935. Eleven of his 13 teams finished first or second in the league, Eddie Hickey took over the program for the 1935–36 season. Hickey was reared in small-town Nebraska and graduated from Creighton University School of Law in 1926, sawed-off at 55, Edward The Little Giant Hickey was a dynamic chunky man who had quarterbacked Creighton university football in the Roaring 20s. He was enamored more by the game he could if not, obviously lacking size. He was the coach of both the football and basketball teams at Creighton Preparatory for eight years before moving to Creighton University. Hickey was a master of the fast-break and winning and he immediately led the Bluejays to the Missouri Valley title in his first season. Their fast break – controlled fast break Eddie would emphasize sarcastically – featured an explosive movement that required the ball not to hit the floor. The Little Giant would take Creighton to new heights by the early 1940s, with 1943 Consensus First Team All American Ed Beisser in the middle, Hickey would lead the Jays to their first NCAA Tournament and two National Invitation Tournaments, including a Final Four in 1942. With his flair for run-sheep-run basketball, Hickey and his teams were a show in the Big Apple. World War II would briefly suspend Creightons basketball program and Hickey would return to coach for one year after the war before moving on to St. Louis
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Charlotte 49ers men's basketball
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The Charlotte 49ers mens basketball team represents the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in NCAA Division I basketball. The 49ers are a member of Conference USA, which they were a member of. Charlotte returned to C-USA in 2013 after having left the conference to join the Atlantic 10 Conference in 2005, the 49ers have also played in the Sun Belt Conference and were a member of the Metro Conference, which merged with the Great Midwest Conference to form Conference USA. The basketball team has spent the part of its short history in the shadow of the states four Atlantic Coast Conference teams. However, the 49ers have carved out a niche of their own, in their first appearance, in 1977, they advanced all the way to the Final Four—at the time, the deepest run for a first-time tournament participant. They have also earned regular and post-season championships in three different conferences, the 49ers current head coach is Mark Price, who took over on March 26,2015. Price succeeded Alan Major, who left the following the 2014-15 season. The 49ers play their games in Dale F. Halton Arena. UNC Charlotte first fielded a basketball program in 1965. Chancellor Bonnie Cone appointed Harvey Murphy, previously a physical education instructor and head of the education program at the university. Murphy coached the 49ers in the NAIA as a member of the Dixie Conference from 1965 through 1970, Bill Foster was hired to succeed Harvey Murphy after the 1969–1970 season as the 49ers moved from the NAIA to Division I as an independent. Foster notched two twenty win seasons in 1973–1974 and 1974–1975 before moving on to coach at Clemson, fosters lasting legacy on the program was bringing in two of the most notable players on the team which would advance to the 1977 Final Four, Cedric Maxwell and Melvin Watkins. After Bill Foster left for Clemson, Lee Rose was hired as the coach in 1975. Rose inherited a team coming off of two twenty win seasons and led them to the NIT championship game in his first year, the following season the 49ers became a charter member of the Sun Belt Conference. In their first year in the Sun Belt, the 49ers tallied what is still the best season in school history and they swept the regular season and tournament titles, earning the programs first NCAA Tournament berth. The ensuing NCAA tournament run is one of the most successful ever for a first-time participant. After beating Central Michigan in the first round 91–86, the 49ers dispatched Syracuse 81–59 to advance to the Elite Eight. The 49ers then took out heavily favored Michigan by a score of 75–68 to advance to the programs first, Charlotte would fall to eventual champions Marquette in the national semifinals 51–49
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Billy Gillispie
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Billy Clyde Gillispie, also known by his initials BCG and Billy Clyde, is a former American college basketball coach who most recently coached mens basketball at Ranger College. Gillispie had previously been coach at UTEP, Texas A&M, Kentucky. Gillispie was known as an excellent recruiter who has managed to put together four straight top-25 recruiting classes, in his three seasons at Texas A&M, the Aggies achieved three consecutive 20-win seasons for the first time in the programs history. Billy Clyde Gillispie was born November 7,1959 in Abilene, Texas, the child and only boy among five children of Clyde, a cattle truck driver. He grew up in Graford, Texas, a town of 494 people located about 65 miles west of Fort Worth, as a child, Gillispie worked as a paperboy, delivering copies of The Fort Worth Press. At Graford High School, Gillispie played point guard for the team and was a standout athlete in his graduating class of 20 students. Derryberry moved to Southwest Texas State University the following year, and Gillispie accompanied him, Gillispie received his degree in education from Southwest Texas State in 1983. Gillispie spent the few years building a coaching resume, spending two years as an assistant high school basketball coach before becoming a head coach at Copperas Cove High School in 1987. From 1987 to 1993, Gillispie held three high school head coaching positions, Miller and Gillispie had coached against each other in the same high school district as late as two years earlier, with Miller at Temple High School. The Baylor Bears 1996 recruiting class was ranked as high as six in the nation. After three years at Baylor, Gillispie moved to the University of Tulsa to be an assistant coach under Bill Self, when Self moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Gillispie followed, working as an assistant there for the next two years. With Gillispies assistance, Illinois landed a top 10 recruiting class in 2002, through Gillispies eight years as an assistant, he was a member of coaching staffs that won five conference championships in six years. As part of Bill Selfs staff, he was a member of the coaching staff in NCAA history to lead two different schools to the Elite Eight in successive seasons. Gillispie was hired as the coach of the mens basketball team at the University of Texas at El Paso in 2002. In his first season as a coach, the UTEP Miners finished a dismal 6–24. It was the first defeat the Harlem Globetrotters had suffered in 289 games, although the Miners were predicted to finish ninth in the Western Athletic Conference for the 2003–04 season, UTEP instead captured their first conference title in 12 years. The team finished 24–8 and received a bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament, the 18-win improvement was the best in Division I basketball that season, and one of the best in Division I history. As a result of their success, the Miners built a home following, ranking first in the NCAA in increased attendance
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UTEP Miners
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UTEP Miners is the name given to the sports teams of the University of Texas at El Paso. They are informally referred to as the Miners, UTEP, or Texas–El Paso, UTEP was a member of the Western Athletic Conference from 1967 to 2005, when they joined Rice, Tulsa, and SMU in leaving the WAC for Conference USA. The UTEP Miners are best known as the team in Texas to win a NCAA Mens Basketball Championship. UTEPs colors are orange and blue and the mascot is a miner named Paydirt Pete, the athletic director for the Miners is Bob Stull. A member of Conference USA, UTEP sponsors teams in six mens and ten womens NCAA sanctioned sports, NOTE, playing their first game in 1914, the UTEP Miners football team currently competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The team plays its games in the Sun Bowl Stadium, and head coach Mike Price recently retired from his 9th, the winner of the UTEP vs. New Mexico State University football game receives a pair of traveling trophies, The Silver Spade, the first spade used for this purpose was an old prospectors shovel dug up from an abandoned mine in the Organ Mountains near Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1947. This was the symbol of victory, and the spade was given to the winner of the game between the Miners and Aggies each year. The idea of the present Silver Spade was from UTEP student Don Henderson, in 1955 Henderson secured the present spade and each year the score of the game is engraved on the blade. This game is commonly known as The Battle of I-10. UTEP was a member of the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association, from 1941-1961, the football team won a conference championship in 1956. As Texas Western, the Miners won the 1966 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament, the 72–65 victory over Kentucky at The University of Marylands Cole Field House in College Park, Maryland is considered one of the most important games in the history of college basketball. It marked the first time that a team started 5 African-American players in a title game, at this time, Kentucky had no African-American players. The impact of the game was primarily because it occurred during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. The team was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, in June,2013, the Miners rifle team became a charter member of the Patriot Rifle Conference. UTEPs sports programs have won a total of 21 NCAA Division I national championships, UTEP is currently tied for 10th overall among schools in Mens Sports Division I championships. Mens basketball,1 Mens cross country,7 Mens indoor track & field,7 Mens outdoor track & field,6 UTEP students and alumni participated in track and field events. Don Haskins Center, seating capacity 12,000, was built in 1976 and is used by the mens and womens basketball teams
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Texas Longhorns men's basketball
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The Texas Longhorns mens basketball team represents The University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate mens basketball competition. The Longhorns currently compete in the Big 12 Conference, the University of Texas began varsity intercollegiate competition in mens basketball in 1906. Among Big 12 Conference mens basketball programs, Texas is second only to Kansas in both wins and all-time win percentage. The Texas basketball program experienced substantial success during the decades of its existence. Since 1977, the team has played its games in the Frank Erwin Special Events Center. The team is led by second-year head coach Shaka Smart. Mainland had been a nationally known basketball player as a student at Wheaton College prior to coming to UT. His Wheaton team placed out of the three competing college basketball teams in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, the first Olympic Games featuring the young sport. The Longhorns took the court for the first time on March 10,1906, Texas traveled to Waco two weeks later for a three-game series with the Bears and won all three games behind the play of Mainland. The Longhorns ultimately won seven of the eight games scheduled in the programs inaugural season. Due to inadequate funding, the UT Athletic Council canceled the program after two seasons, leaving Texas without a basketball team for the 1908 season. The Athletics Council revived the program in 1909, owing in part to the efforts of Longhorn player Morgan Vining. Metzenthin finished with an record of 13–14, not until 1959 would another UT basketball coach leave with a losing overall record. Taylor, also the Texas track coach, assumed head coaching responsibilities for the 1913 season. Taylor came to UT with a reputation for basketball expertise. At the conclusion of the 1912–13 academic year, the UTs Cactus yearbook declared and it always has been so considered until this year Prof. Carl Taylor took charge of the work and infused new life into it, L. Bellmonts teams contributed 25 victories to a winning streak that would ultimately grow to 44 games. Hendersons team recorded Texas third consecutive undefeated season in 1916 to extend the total to 40 consecutive victories. S, Attorney General under Woodrow Wilson in 1914
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Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball
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With Smiths departure to coach the Memphis Tigers, the school hired former Arkansas-Little Rock coach Chris Beard on April 15,2016. Texas Techs basketball program was founded the year the school opened its doors in 1925. The inaugural game was a 37–25 loss to Daniel Baker College, Tech would lose two more games before finally clinching their first ever victory—35–21 at Sul Ross University. Grady Higginbotham was the first coach, earning a 14–18 record over two seasons, until Pat Knight, Higgenbotham was the only Tech basketball coach to garner an overall losing record during his stay. Following Higgenbothams departure, Victor Payne led the Matadors from 1927 to 1930 and his final tally stood at 32 wins and 20 losses. W. L. Golightly coached only one season, bringing in an 11–9 record, dell Morgan held the head coaching job from 1931 to 1934, chalking up 42 wins to 29 losses. He was followed by Virgil Ballard, though Ballard coached only a single season, it was during his time that the team won their milestone 100th game, a one-point victory over House of David. Ballard left with a 15–9 record, berl Huffman was twice the head basketball coach at Texas Tech—first from 1935 to 1942 and then from 1946 to 1947. During his total of eight seasons, he garnered a record of 121–67, polk Robison was the only other person to serve two different times as the head basketball coach at the school. When Huffman left in 1942, Robison took the job, and, when Huffman left a second time in 1947, it was Robison who again filled the position, this time remaining until 1961. At a total of 18 seasons, his stay is the second longest of any Red Raiders basketball coach and he departed after leading his teams to 254 wins,195 losses, and the first two NCAA tournaments in school history. Gene Gibson followed Robison into the position, in his eight seasons, he chalked up the second best conference record in Texas Tech history and lead the Raiders to a Southwest Conference Championship in 1962. HeBob Bass led the program to a 22–15 record over a season-and-a-half before returning to basketball coaching duties. Gerald Myers became coach of the Red Raiders mid-year during the 1970/71 season and his stay was the longest of any head basketball coach at Tech, and several milestones were passed during his tenure, including wins #600, #700, #800, and #900. With a Texas Tech career record of 326–261, Myers has more wins with the Red Raiders than any mens basketball coach in school history. Myers led Tech to 16 winning seasons, two Southwest Conference championships, three SWC tournament titles, and four NCAA Tournament berths, Myers served as the schools athletic director from 1996 to 2011. James Dickey replaced Myers as head coach prior to the 1991/92 season, during his 10 seasons at Texas Tech, Dickey amassed a 166–124 win-loss record. The program also won its 1, 000th game under Dickey—a 71–62 victory at UALR, in his second year as head coach, the Red Raiders won the Southwest Conference tournament championship, the schools fourth, to secure the leagues automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament
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Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball
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The Colorado Buffaloes mens basketball team represents the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. The team competes in the Pac-12 Conference of NCAA Division I and they are currently coached by Tad Boyle. The Buffaloes have competed in twelve NCAA Tournaments, making it to the Final Four twice, Colorado has played in nine National Invitation Tournaments, winning the tournament in 1940 and making the semi-finals in 1991 and 2011. The Buffs won the Pac-12 conference tournament in 2012, their first season as a member, the Colorado Mens Basketball team was initially known as the Silver and Gold, and began play on January 10,1901 and beat State Prep School 34–10. While unafiliated their first few seasons, the joined the Rocky Mountain Conference in 1909. From 1902–1935, the school racked up a 200–151 record, in 1934, the Silver and Gold became known as the Buffaloes. CU students rented a buffalo calf to cheer the team on for the football game that year. The first coaching star for CU was Forrest B, Cox spent 13 years on the sidelines from 1936–50. In his second season with the school, the Buffaloes joined the Mountain States Conference where they won four MSC titles, under Cox, the Buffs had quite a bit of success—both individually and as a team. Cox had four All-Americans during his time with the Buffs – Jack Harvey, Jim Willcoxon, Bob Doll, Cox lead the team to three NCAA tournament bids and two NIT bids while in Boulder. John also was drafted number 3 in 1974 to the Phoenix Suns, arguably the greatest team in CU Basketball history was the 1940 squad which not only got invited to the NCAA Tournament but to the NIT Tournament as well. The Buffs won the more prestigious at the time NIT Tournament, in 1942, the Buffs lost in the NCAA Tournament Championship game to the Stanford Cardinal, which is the schools all-time best finish in that tournament. In 1947, the Buffs left the Mountain States Conference and joined the Big Seven Conference, when Cox concluded his CU career, he had the best win-loss percentage of any CU coach that was there for more than one season. Lee took over as the Buffs head coach and he led the school to two NCAA Tournament bids, including a Third Place finish in the 1955 NCAA Tournament. However, the star of this era was Burdette Burdie Haldorson also known as The Big Burd, Haldorson is arguably the best player in Colorado Mens Basketball history. He also won two medals with USA Basketball. In 1955, Haldorson led the Big 7 Conference in scoring with 23.9 points per game as he led the Buffs to the finish in the 1955 NCAA Tournament. In 1956, CU named former player Russell Sox Walseth as their head coach, Walseth graduated from CU in 1948 as a three-time letterman in both basketball and baseball for the Buffaloes, and came back to coach after stints at High School and South Dakota State
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Syracuse Orange men's basketball
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The Syracuse Orange mens basketball program is an intercollegiate mens basketball team representing Syracuse University. The program is classified in the NCAAs Division I, and the team competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Orange currently hold an active NCAA-record 46 consecutive winning seasons. In those games, the Orange lost to Indiana in 1987 and Kentucky in 1996, Syracuse fielded its first varsity basketball team in 1900-01. The program rose to prominence early in its history, being recognized by the Helms Athletic Foundation as national champions for 1918 and 1926. The program made National Invitation Tournament appearances in 1946 and 1950, won the 1951 National Campus Tournament, notable early era players included Hall of Famer Vic Hanson and racial pioneer Wilmeth Sidat-Singh. The modern era of Syracuse basketball began with the arrival of future Hall of Famer Dave Bing. As a sophomore in 1964, Bing led the team to an NIT appearance and as a senior in 1966, he led the team to its second NCAA Tournament appearance, Bings backcourt partner on these teams was future Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim. Syracuse remained competitive after Bings departure, with NIT appearances in 1967,1971, under coach Roy Danforth, in 1973, the team began a string of consecutive NCAA appearances highlighted by a Final Four appearance in 1975. The 1975 squad featured guard Jim Lee and forward Rudy Hackett and was known as Roys Runts. Following the 1976 season, Danforth was hired away by Tulane University, Boeheim extended the string of NCAA appearances to nine, with bids in each of his first four seasons, a period in which his teams won 100 games. These teams featured star forward Louis Orr and center Roosevelt Bouie and were referred to as the Louie and Bouie Show. Syracuse was a member of the Big East Conference in 1979, along with Georgetown University, St. Johns University. Over the next ten seasons, these two schools met eight times in the Big East Tournament, four times in the finals, Syracuse won the Big East Tournament in 1981, but was passed over by the NCAA Tournament. The team, featuring Danny Schayes and Leo Rautins, finished runner-up in the NIT, the team returned to the NIT in 1982, before beginning another extended streak of NCAA appearances in 1983. Heralded high school phenomenon Dwayne Pearl Washington joined the team in 1983, and led the school to NCAA appearances in 1984,1985, led by guard Lawrence Moten and forward/center John Wallace, the school returned to the NCAAs in 1994 and 1995. The 1997 squad won 19 games but was bypassed by the NCAA Tournament, the 1998,1999, and 2000 squads featuring guard Jason Hart and center Etan Thomas all earned NCAA bids. In 2000, the University also named its All-Century Team, recognizing its greatest players of the 20th century, the team made a fourth consecutive NCAA appearance in 2001, but returned to the NIT in 2002, despite having a 20-win season. This marked the first time a school with 20 wins from the Big East Conference was denied a bid to the NCAA Tournament, Anthony was named NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player
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LSU Tigers basketball
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The LSU Tigers basketball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I mens college basketball. The Tigers are currently coached by Will Wade and they play their home games in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center located on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The team participates in the Southeastern Conference, LSUs lone defeat came to the Southwest Conference co-champion Rice Owls by a score of 56–47 in Houston in one of LSUs three road games. LSU has claimed a championship for the 1935 season. Rabenhorst also led the Tigers to the 1953 Final Four with a team that finished 22–3 overall and 13–0 in conference play, from 1957–1966, LSU was coached by Jay McCreary and Frank Truitt. They combined for a record of 88–135, significant players included George Nattin, Jr. Press Maravich was head coach from 1966–1972. He had a record of 76–86 at LSU. He led the team to three winning seasons, but did not win an SEC championship or make an NCAA tournament appearance and his 1969–70 team advanced to the NIT Final Four. This era is best known for the exploits of Press Maravichs son, Pete dominated at the collegiate level averaging 44.2 points per game and was named National Player of the Year in 1970. Dale Brown was head LSU basketball coach for 25 years from 1972–1997, during his time at LSU, he led the basketball team to two final fours, four elite 8, five sweet sixteen and thirteen NCAA tournament appearances. He also led the Tigers to four regular season SEC championships, in 1996–97, Dale Brown signed Baton Rouge high school phenom Lester Earl. Earl played just 11 games at LSU before he was suspended and transferred to the University of Kansas soon afterward, while at Kansas, Earl said that an LSU assistant coach gave him money when he was at LSU. The NCAA quickly began an investigation and it found no evidence that Brown or his assistants paid Earl. However, it did find that a former booster paid Earl about $5,000 while he was attending LSU, the basketball team was placed on probation in 1998. In September 2007, Lester Earl issued an apology to Brown, then-assistant head coach Johnny Jones, Earl now claims that the NCAA pressured him into making false claims against Dale Brown or else he would lose years of NCAA eligibility. Earl said, I was pressured into telling them SOMETHING, I was 19 years old at that time. The NCAA intimidated me, manipulated me into making up things and they told me if we dont find any dirt on Coach Brown you wont be allowed to play but one more year at Kansas
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UCLA Bruins men's basketball
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The UCLA Bruins mens basketball program represents the University of California, Los Angeles in mens college basketball. Established in 1919, UCLA has won a record 11 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championships, UCLA teams coached by John Wooden won 10 national titles in 12 seasons, from 1964 to 1975, including seven straight from 1967 to 1973. UCLA went undefeated a record four times, in 1964,1967,1972, Coach Jim Harrick led the team to another NCAA title in 1995. Former coach Ben Howland led UCLA to three consecutive Final Four appearances from 2006 to 2008, UCLA won 13 consecutive regular season conference titles between 1967 and 1979, an NCAA record they currently share with Kansas, whose streak is currently active. On March 30,2013, Steve Alford was named the schools 13th head mens basketball coach, UCLA mens basketball has set several NCAA records. 11 NCAA titles 7 consecutive NCAA titles 12 NCAA title game appearances*10 consecutive Final Four appearances 25 Final Four wins*38 game NCAA Tournament winning streak 134 weeks ranked No, cozens coached the basketball team for two seasons, finishing with an overall record of 21–4. Caddy Works was the coach of the Bruins from 1921 to 1939. Works was a lawyer by profession and coached the only during the evenings. According to UCLA player and future Olympian Frank Lubin, Works was more of a coach with little basketball knowledge. Wilbur Johns was the UCLA basketball head coach from 1939 to 1948, from 1948 to 1975, John Wooden, nicknamed the Wizard of Westwood, served as head coach at UCLA. He won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period, seven of those in a row, within this period, his teams won a mens basketball-record 88 consecutive games. Prior to Woodens arrival, UCLA had only won two championship seasons in the previous 18 years. By 1962, with the no longer in place, Wooden had returned the Bruins to the top of their conference. This time, however, they would take the next step, a narrow loss, due largely to a controversial foul call, in the semifinal of the 1962 NCAA Tournament convinced Wooden that his Bruins were ready to contend for national championships. The result was a increase in scoring, giving UCLA a powerhouse team that went undefeated on its way to the schools first basketball national championship. Woodens team repeated as champions the following season before the 1966 squad fell briefly. UCLA was ineligible to play in the NCAA tournament that year, in January 1968, UCLA took its 47-game winning streak to the Astrodome in Houston, where Lew Alcindor squared off against Elvin Hayes in the Game of the Century before a national television audience. Houston upset UCLA 71-69 as Hayes scored 39 points, in a post-game interview, Wooden said, We have to start over
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Allen Fieldhouse
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Allen Fieldhouse is an indoor arena on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence, Kansas. It is home of the Kansas Jayhawks mens and womens basketball teams, the arena is named after Dr. Forrest C. Phog Allen, a coach of the Jayhawks whose tenure lasted 39 years. President Bill Clinton in 2004, U. S. presidential candidate Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, ESPN The Magazine named Allen Fieldhouse the loudest college basketball arena in the country. The arena broke the Guinness World Record for loudest indoor arena on February 13,2017 against West Virgina at 130.4 dB. The prior record of 126.4 dB at Kentuckys Rupp Arena which lasted less than three weeks also had many Kansas fans present as the Jayhawks beat the #4 Wildcats 79-73. The Mens basketball program at the University of Kansas has a current record at Allen Fieldhouse, since 1994, the Jayhawks have gone 296–15 at home. Since 2007, they have gone 140–3, making Allen Fieldhouse the statistically greatest home-court advantage in all of sports during this time. The construction of Allen Fieldhouse began in 1952, but quickly ground to a halt because of a federal mandate restricting steel consumption following the Second World War and during the Korean War. However, university officials were able to find a loophole, by adding some rooms for gun and weapons storage, Allen Fieldhouse was dedicated on March 1,1955. Handicapped seating was moved courtside behind both baskets in 2001, the concourse was originally an indoor track. At times the Fieldhouse has been home to mens and womens basketball, indoor track and field, volleyball, since additional facilities were constructed to accommodate many of those needs, it is now used primarily for basketball. Max Falkenstien was a figure in the radio booth, working every home game in Allen Fieldhouse from its construction to his retirement in 2006,51 years later. Interior renovations include a new court, new windows. After 2006, new banners for the jerseys and conference. Renovations completed in 2009 include an expansion of the Booth Family Hall of Athletics and the creation of an atrium, as well as improved concessions, wider concourses. The building also received brand new locker rooms, training rooms, film rooms, a pedestrian bridge connecting the fieldhouse to the existing facility parking garage was also constructed. The improvements cost approximately $7.8 million, in December 2010, the Booth family announced they had purchased the founding document of the game of basketball, Dr. Naismiths original 13 Rules of Basketball
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Kansas Jayhawks
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The Kansas Jayhawks, commonly referred to as KU, are the teams of the athletic department at the University of Kansas. KU is one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I, the Jayhawks are also a member of the Big 12 Conference. The name Jayhawks comes from the Kansas Jayhawker freedom fighter and anti-slavery movement during the Bleeding Kansas era of the American Civil War, the University of Kansas officially sponsors the below sports. In addition, there are also club sports for rugby, ice hockey. The school used to sponsor a team, though the sport was discontinued during the 1960s. The origin of the term Jayhawk is uncertain, the term was adopted as a nickname by a group of emigrants traveling to California in 1849. The origin of the term may go back as far as the Revolutionary War, the term became part of the lexicon of the Missouri-Kansas border in about 1858, during the Kansas territorial period. The term was used to describe militant bands nominally associated with the free-state cause, in September 1861, the town of Osceola, Missouri was burned to the ground by Jayhawkers during the Sacking of Osceola. On the 150th anniversary of that event in 2011, the town asked the University of Kansas to remove the Jayhawk as its mascot, over time, proud of their states contributions to the end of slavery and the preservation of the Union, Kansans embraced the Jayhawker term. The term came to be applied to people or items related to Kansas, when the University of Kansas fielded their first football team in 1890, like many Universities at that time, they had no official mascot. They used many different independent mascots, including a pig, eventually, sometime during the 1890s, the team was referred to as the Jayhawkers by the student body. Over time, the name was supplanted by its shorter variant. The Jayhawk appears in several Kansas cheers, most notably, the Rock Chalk, Jayhawk chant in unison before and during games. In the traditions promoted by KU, the jayhawk is said to be a combination of two birds, the jay, a noisy, quarrelsome thing known to rob other nests, and the sparrow hawk. The link between the term Jayhawkers and any kind of mythical bird, if it ever existed, had been lost or at least obscured by the time KUs bird mascot was invented in 1912. The originator of the mascot, Henry Maloy, struggled for over two years to create a pictorial symbol for the team, until hitting upon the bird idea. As explained by Mr. Maloy, the term ‘jayhawk’ in the school yell was a verb, KUs current Jayhawk tradition largely springs from Frank W. Blackmar, a KU professor. In his 1926 address on the origin of the Jayhawk, Blackmar specifically referenced the blue jay, Big 12 Conference champions have the best conference regular season record, and titles are awarded to the winner of the postseason championship tournament
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Texas Tech Red Raiders and Lady Raiders
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The Texas Tech Red Raiders and Lady Raiders are the athletic teams that represent Texas Tech University. The womens basketball team uses the name Lady Raiders, however, the universitys athletic program fields 17 varsity teams in 11 sports all of whom have combined to win 62 conference championships as well as 4 national championships. The Masked Rider and Raider Red serve as the representing the teams. Texas Tech participates in the NCAA Division I and is a member of the Big 12 Conference. From 1932 until 1956, the university belonged to the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Texas Tech was admitted to the Southwest Conference on May 12,1956. The universitys athletic director is College Football Playoff committee representative Kirby Hocutt, Bob Knight, the most victorious coach in mens Division I basketball history, coached the Red Raiders mens basketball team from 2001 to 2008. Following Bob Knights retirement in 2008, his son Pat Knight assumed head coaching duties. The Red Raiders football team, which has coached by Mike Leach from 2000 to 2009, is a member of the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and has appeared in the 19th-most bowl games of any team. Tommy Tuberville was named coach in 2010 following the firing of Mike Leach. He was replaced by former Texas Tech quarterback Kliff Kingsbury in 2013, in 1993, led by coach Marsha Sharp, the Lady Raiders basketball team won the NCAA Womens Basketball Championship. Following Sharps retirement in 2006, Kristy Curry was named Lady Raiders head coach, Red Raiders baseball coach Larry Hays, who is one of only four coaches in NCAA baseball history to win 1,500 career games, retired in 2008. Texas Tech competes in the varsity sports, Behind football. The initial team organized in 1925 and the first game, an 18–9 victory over West Texas State Teachers College, was played in 1926, in the following game, the team suffered its first ever loss, 14–9 to the team it had previously defeated. The third game in the teams history—this one against Daniel Baker College—ended in a 3–3 tie after 11 innings, freeland was the first coach of the Red Raiders, though the team was known as the Matadors at the time. He remained in the position for three years before R. Grady Higginbotham took the role, Higginbotham coached for only two years. From 1930 to 1953, Tech did not field a baseball team. When the program returned in 1954, Beattie Feathers became the coach of the Red Raiders. He was followed by Berl Huffman, Kal Segrist, and Gary Ashby, upon Ashbys departure, Larry Hays became the head coach of the team
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Kevin Durant
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Kevin Wayne Durant is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association. Durant has won an NBA Most Valuable Player Award, four NBA scoring titles, the NBA Rookie of the Year Award and he has also been selected to six All-NBA teams and eight All-Star teams. Durant was a heavily recruited high school prospect and he played one season of college basketball for the University of Texas, where he won numerous year-end awards and became the first freshman to be named Naismith College Player of the Year. In the 2007 NBA draft, he was selected with the second pick by the Seattle SuperSonics. After his rookie season, the relocated to Oklahoma City. Durant helped lead Oklahoma City to the 2012 NBA Finals, losing to the Miami Heat in five games and he played nine seasons for the Thunder organization before joining the Warriors in 2016. Durant was born on September 29,1988 in Washington, D. C. to Wanda, when Durant was an infant, his father deserted the family, Wanda and Wayne eventually divorced, and Durants grandmother Barbara Davis helped raise him. By age 13, his father re-entered his life and traveled the country with him to basketball tournaments, Durant has one sister, Brianna, and two brothers, Tony and Rayvonne. Growing up, Durant wanted to play for his team, the Toronto Raptors. During this time, he began wearing #35 as his number in honor of his AAU coach, Charles Craig. Prior to the start of the season, he committed to the University of Texas, at the conclusion of the year, he was named the Washington Post All-Met Basketball Player of the Year, as well as the Most Valuable Player of the 2006 McDonalds All-American Game. He was widely regarded as the second-best high school prospect of 2006, for the 2006–07 college season, Durant averaged 25.8 points,11.1 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game. The Longhorns finished the year with a 25–10 record overall and a 12–4 record in conference, Durant was the first freshman ever to win any of the National Player of the Year awards. On April 11, he declared for the 2007 NBA draft. His jersey was retired by the Longhorns. Durant was selected with the second pick in the 2007 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. In his first career game, he registered 18 points,5 rebounds, on November 16, he made the first game-winning shot of his career in a game against the Atlanta Hawks. At the conclusion of the season, he was named the NBA Rookie of the Year behind averages of 20.3 points,4.4 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game
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2007 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
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The tournament ended in an 88–84 overtime victory by the #1 seed Kansas Jayhawks over the #3 seed Texas Longhorns, and was the first Big 12 tournament ever to end in an overtime game. In the first preseason poll, Kansas was picked first and received 11 first-place votes, Texas A&M was picked second and received one first-place vote. As preseason polls predicted, Kansas did win the regular-season title, source, † – Denotes Tournament Champion. * – Denotes Regular Season Champion In a flip-flopping game, Texas charged out of the box to gain a lead of 32–10. Kansas, however, went on a 24–7 run to cut the Texas lead to 39–34 at the half, the lead then switched to Kansas early in the second half, but a rally by Texas pulled them ahead 73–71 in the final minutes. However, one missed free throw by Texas Craig Winder allowed a Kansas three-pointer by Mario Chalmers to tie the game with 15 seconds left. In overtime, Kansas was up five with 15.3 seconds left and it took two free throws by Kansas Darnell Jackson with just over five seconds left to seal the win, 88–84. Durant actually had a chance to score for the win in the second half and he, however, led the game with 37 points. Kansas Sherron Collins followed with 20, the game is the biggest comeback in Kansas basketball history, eclipsing a 19-point comeback over UCLA in December 1995. This was the first Big 12 Basketball Tournament to end with an overtime game, with the win, Kansas moved to 5–1 in the championship game, while Texas fell to 0–4. The 22-point comeback by the Jayhawks in the championship was the biggest in the tournaments history, the second-biggest occurred in the same tournament, when Texas came back from 18 down to defeat the Baylor Bears. This tournament was home to the lowest score in tournament history, durant also scored 92 points to surpass the previous Big 12 tournament record of 79 set by Marcus Fizer in 2000. This edition of the tournament was the first to be played in Oklahoma City, previous tournaments had been played in Kansas City, the tournament final was televised by ESPN with play-by-play and commentary by Ron Franklin, Fran Fraschilla, and Holly Rowe
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Oklahoma State Cowboys and Cowgirls
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Oklahoma State Cowboys and Cowgirls are the athletic teams that represent Oklahoma State University. The programs mascot is a cowboy named Pistol Pete, Oklahoma State participates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association s Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The universitys current athletic director is Mike Holder, in total, Oklahoma State has 51 NCAA team national titles, which ranks fourth in most NCAA team national championships. These national titles have come in wrestling, golf, basketball, baseball, the 1945 Oklahoma A&M football team was retroactively awarded a national title in October 2016 by the American Football Coaches Association. Prior to 1957, OSU was known as Oklahoma A&M, as was common with most land-grant schools, its teams were known for many years as Aggies. However, in 1923, A&M was looking for a new mascot to replace its pet tiger, a group of students saw Frank Eaton leading the Armistice Day Parade. He was approached to see if he would be interested in being the model for the new mascot, the caricature, Pistol Pete, that was drawn that year is more or less the same as the one in use today. Only a few decades removed from the cattle drive era, the cowboy was still an important figure in the Southwest, the new mascot had become so popular that by 1924, Charles Saulsberry, sports editor of the Oklahoma City Times, began calling A&Ms teams the Cowboys. Aggies and Cowboys were used interchangeably until A&M was elevated to university status in 1957, the Waving Song is one of the fight songs for Oklahoma State. At Oklahoma State football games, the song is played by the Cowboy Marching Band during the pregame traditions, following touchdowns, for other athletic events, the Waving Song is played after an OSU victory as the start of the fight song trilogy. While the song is played, fans wave their arms in the air. The songs melody is that of The Streets of New York, the lyrics used by Oklahoma State were written by H. G. Seldomridge, a professor who heard the tune on a visit to New York City. The original lyrics used the abbreviation OAMC in place of Oklahoma State and it was first sung in 1908 at a follies show at Stillwaters Grand Opera House. Ever since, it has been a tradition to play the song at OSU athletic events, Oklahoma State first took the basketball court in 1908. Under head coach Henry Iba, the team won NCAA championships in 1945, A&M center Bob Kurland was named the NCAA Tournament MVP during their two championship seasons. Kurland was the first player to win the two times. Oklahoma State has a total of six Final Four appearances, under Eddie Sutton, the team made two Final Four appearances—in 1995 and in 2004. Suttons son, Sean Sutton, began coaching the team in 2006, the team is now coached by Brad Underwood after firing Travis Ford following the 2015-2016 season
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Associated Press
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The Associated Press is an American multinational nonprofit news agency headquartered in New York City that operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. The AP is owned by its contributing newspapers and radio and television stations in the United States, all of which stories to the AP. Most of the AP staff are members and are represented by the Newspaper Guild, which operates under the Communications Workers of America. As of 2007, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,700 newspapers, in addition to more than 5,000 television, the photograph library of the AP consists of over 10 million images. The AP operates 243 news bureaus in 120 countries and it also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice hourly for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, as part of their cooperative agreement with the AP, most member news organizations grant automatic permission for the AP to distribute their local news reports. The AP employs the inverted pyramid formula for writing that enables the news outlets to edit a story to fit its available publication area without losing the storys essentials. Cutbacks at rival United Press International in 1993 left the AP as the United States primary news service, although UPI still produces and distributes stories and photos daily. Other English-language news services, such as the BBC, Reuters, some historians believe that the Tribune joined at this time, documents show it was a member in 1849. The New York Times became a member shortly after its founding in September 1851, initially known as the New York Associated Press, the organization faced competition from the Western Associated Press, which criticized its monopolistic news gathering and price setting practices. The revelations led to the demise of the NYAP and in December 1892, when the AP was founded, news became a salable commodity. The invention of the press allowed the New York Tribune in the 1870s to print 18,000 papers per hour. During the Civil War and Spanish–American War, there was a new incentive to print vivid, Melville Stone, who had founded the Chicago Daily News in 1875, served as AP General Manager from 1893 to 1921. He embraced the standards of accuracy, impartiality, and integrity, the cooperative grew rapidly under the leadership of Kent Cooper, who built up bureau staff in South America, Europe and, the Middle East. He introduced the telegraph typewriter or teletypewriter into newsrooms in 1914, in 1935, AP launched the Wirephoto network, which allowed transmission of news photographs over leased private telephone lines on the day they were taken. This gave AP a major advantage over other media outlets. While the first network was only between New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, eventually AP had its network across the whole United States, in 1945, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Associated Press v. The decision facilitated the growth of its main rival United Press International, AP entered the broadcast field in 1941 when it began distributing news to radio stations, it created its own radio network in 1974
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ESPN
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ESPN is a U. S. -based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc. a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and the Hearst Corporation. ESPN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located in Bristol, Connecticut, the network also operates offices in Miami, New York City, Seattle, Charlotte, and Los Angeles. John Skipper currently serves as president of ESPN, a position he has held since January 1,2012, as of February 2015, ESPN is available to approximately 94,396,000 paid television households in the United States. In 2011, ESPNs history and rise was chronicled by These Guys Have All the Fun, Bill Rasmussen conceived the concept of ESPN in late May 1978, after he was fired from his job with the World Hockey Associations New England Whalers. One of the first steps in Bill and his son Scotts process was finding land to build the channels broadcasting facilities, the Rasmussens first rented office space in Plainville, Connecticut. However, the plan to base ESPN there was put on hold because a local ordinance prohibiting buildings from bearing rooftop satellite dishes and this helped the credibility of the fledgling company, however there were still many doubters to the viability of their sports channel concept. ESPN launched on September 7,1979, beginning with the first telecast of what would become the flagship program. Taped in front of a live audience inside the Bristol studios. ESPNs next big break came when the acquired the rights to broadcast coverage of the early rounds of the NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament. It first aired the NCAA tournament in March 1980, creating the modern day television event known as March Madness. The channels tournament coverage also launched the career of Dick Vitale. In April of that year, ESPN created another made-for-TV spectacle, the next major stepping stone for ESPN came over the course of a couple of months in 1984. During this time period, the American Broadcasting Company purchased 100% of ESPN from the Rasmussens, for years, the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball refused to consider cable as a means of broadcasting some of their games. However, with the backing of ABC, ESPNs ability to compete for major sports contracts greatly increased, later in 1984, the U. S. ESPNs Sunday Night Football games would become the highest-rated NFL telecasts for the next 17 years. In 1992, ESPN launched ESPN Radio, a sports talk radio network providing analysis. It became the fastest growing cable channel in the U. S. during the 1990s, ownership of ABC, and in effect control of ESPN, was acquired first by Capital Cities Communications in 1985, and then by The Walt Disney Company in 1996. In 2012, ESPN generated more revenue for Disney than any of its other properties combined, alongside its live sports broadcasts, ESPN also airs a variety of sports highlight, talk, and documentary-styled shows. 30 for 30 started airing in 2009 and continues airing to this day, each episode is through the eyes of a well known filmmaker and has featured some of the biggest directors in Hollywood
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USA Today
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USA Today is an internationally distributed American daily middle-market newspaper that serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15,1982, it operates from Gannetts corporate headquarters on Jones Branch Drive in McLean, Virginia and it is printed at 37 sites across the United States and at five additional sites internationally. USA Today is distributed in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, with an international edition distributed in Canada, Asia and the Pacific Islands, Gannett formally announced the launch of the paper on April 20,1982. USA Today began publishing on September 15,1982, initially launching in the Baltimore and Washington, on July 2,1984, the newspaper switched from a largely black-and-white to a color publication, featuring full color photography and graphics in all four sections. On April 8,1985, the paper published its first special bonus section, a 12-page section called Baseball 85, on May 6,1986, USA Today began printing production of its international edition in Switzerland. On April 15, USA Today launched an international printing site. On August 28,1995, an international publishing site was launched in Frankfurt, Germany, to print. On October 4,1999, USA Today began running advertisements on its front page for the first time. The paper launched a sixth printing site for its international edition on May 15,2000, in Milan, Italy, followed on July 10 by the launch of a printing facility in Charleroi. That November, USA Today migrated its operations from Gannetts previous corporate headquarters in Arlington, in 2010, USA Today launched the USA Today API for sharing data with partners of all types. On August 27,2010, USA Today announced that it would undergo a reorganization of its newsroom and it also announced that the paper would shift its focus away from print and place more emphasis on its digital platforms and launch of a new publication called USA Today Sports. On September 14,2012, USA Today underwent the first major redesign in its history, to accomplish this goal, Gannett migrated its newspaper and television station websites to the Presto platform and the USA Today site design throughout 2013 and 2014. On January 4,2014, USA Today acquired the book and film review website, on September 3,2014, USA Today announced that it would lay off roughly 70 employees in a restructuring of its newsroom and business operations. In October 2014, USA Today and OpenWager Inc. entered into a partnership to release a Bingo app called USA TODAY Bingo Cruise, USA Today is known for synthesizing news down to easy-to-read-and-comprehend stories. In the main edition circulated in the United States and some Canadian cities, each consists of four sections, News, Money, Sports. The international edition of the paper features two sections, News and Money in one, with Sports and Life in the other, atypical of most daily newspapers, the paper does not print on Saturdays and Sundays, the Friday edition serves as the weekend edition. USA Today prints each complete story on the front page of the section with the exception of the cover story. The cover story is a story that requires a jump
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Kentucky Wildcats
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The Kentucky Wildcats are the mens and womens intercollegiate athletic squads of the University of Kentucky, a founding member of the Southeastern Conference. Historically, the teams and athletes were referred to as the Lady Kats. Collectively, the fans of the Kentucky Wildcats are often referred to as the Big Blue Nation, the nickname Wildcats became synonymous with UK shortly after a 6–2 football road victory over Illinois on October 9,1909. Later the name Wildcats became more and more popular among UK followers as well as members of the media. As a result, the nickname was adopted by the university, the university adopted blue and white as its official colors in 1892. Originally, however, UK students had decided on blue and light yellow prior to the Kentucky-Centre College football game on December 19,1887, the shade of blue, which is close to a royal blue, was chosen when a student asked the question, What color blue. At the time, Richard C. Stoll pulled off his necktie, the students then adopted that particular shade of blue. A year later, UK students officially dropped the light yellow color for white because the two colors did not look good together, UK has won 11 national championships with its latest being crowned on April 2,2012 by the mens basketball team. UK also boasts the 1988 Womens Cross County national championship,2011 rifle, UK was also crowned an NCAA co-champion, after knocking off #1 Oklahoma in the 1951 Sugar Bowl to win the 1950 National Championship in college football. Beginning in the 1890s, students at the University of Kentucky started scheduling football games with neighboring colleges, the basketball program began on campus in 1902, originally as a womens sport, a mens team was added one year later. Several decades later, in 1930, then-high school coach Adolph Rupp was hired as a coach for the university. During his tenure, he led the Kentucky Wildcats to four NCAA crowns in 1948,1949,1951 and 1958. The Wildcats later won a championship under Joe B. Hall in 1978, another in 1996 under Rick Pitino, in 1998 under Orlando Tubby Smith. Calipari has been the coach since the 2009–10 season, in 2007, the university unveiled the Joe Craft Center, a $30 million state-of-the-art basketball practice facility for both the mens and womens teams. Considered to be an elite NCAA basketball program, the University of Kentucky mens basketball team is the winningest program in the history of college basketball, the team was the first ever Division I squad to reach 2,000 victories after defeating Drexel University on December 21,2009. Kentucky also leads all NCAA schools in all-time winning percentage with an record of 2111–661. The mens team has earned a total of eight NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championships, second only to UCLAs eleven championships. UKs eight championships were won by five different coaches – Adolph Rupp in 1948,1949,1951 and 1958, Joe B. Hall in 1978, Rick Pitino in 1996, Tubby Smith in 1998, the Wildcats also won two NIT Championships in 1946 and 1976
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Mark Turgeon
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Mark Leo Turgeon is an American college basketball coach. He is currently the coach for the Maryland Terrapins. Mark Turgeon was born and raised as one of five children in Topeka, after graduating from Hayden High School, Turgeon attended The University of Kansas, where he earned a bachelors degree in Personnel Administration in 1987. He is married to Ann Fowler whom he met at KU, Turgeon played basketball at Hayden High School, helping the team post a 47-3 record and capture two consecutive Class 4A State Championships in 1982 and 1983. Turgeon earned All-State Tournament team honors in both of those years, although only 5 feet 10 inches out of high school, Turgeon earned a scholarship to play basketball at Kansas University under Coach Larry Brown. Turgeon played in four straight NCAA tournaments, becoming the first KU player to do so, the team finished that season 35–4 overall. Turgeon was a captain for both the 1986 and 1987 squads, a member of the Big Eight All-Freshmen Team in 1984. Fans called him The Surgeon because, in addition to the phrase rhyming with his surname, after his freshman year, coach Larry Brown told Turgeon that he would likely never play in the NBA and should consider becoming a coach after college. Turgeon agreed, and Brown soon began asking his advice during games and practices, Turgeon remembers that he never got the answer right, Brown always sighed, rolled his eyes, and did something differently. After Turgeon earned a degree from the University of Kansas in 1987, he took a position as an assistant to his former coach. In his first year of coaching, he helped the team win a championship in the 1988 NCAA Tournament. That team has been dubbed Danny and the Miracles due to the leadership of National Player of the Year Danny Manning, Turgeon remained on the Kansas staff when Roy Williams took over after Brown left for the San Antonio Spurs in 1989. He also served as the coach of the junior varsity team. During this time, Kansas won back-to-back Big Eight Conference Championships in 1991 and 1992, following the 1992 season, Turgeon left Kansas to become the top assistant to recently hired University of Oregon head coach Jerry Green, who had also been an assistant at Kansas. Turgeon also served as the recruiting coordinator in 1995. The following year, he signed two of the top 100 prospects in the country, Turgeon briefly left college coaching in 1997. Turgeon accepted his first head coaching position in 1998 with Jacksonville State University in Alabama, in his first year as head coach, the team accumulated an 8-18 record, finishing tied for 10th in the Trans America Conference. The following season, his team improved to 17-11, 12-6 in conference, after the 1999–2000 season, Turgeon returned to his home state as head coach of the Wichita State Shockers, a team which had had only two winning seasons in the previous 11 years
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Wichita State University
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Wichita State University is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is the third-largest university governed by the Kansas Board of Regents, Wichita State University offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in six colleges. The Graduate School offers 44 masters degrees in more than 100 areas, Wichita State University also hosts classes at four satellite locations. WSU West is located in Maize and this 9-acre campus hosts 80–100 university classes each academic semester. WSU South began offering Wichita State University coursework at a new facility in Derby in January 2008, the WSU Downtown Center houses the universitys Center for Community Support & Research and the Department of Physical Therapy. A quarter-mile northeast of campus, the Advanced Education in General Dentistry building, built in 2011, houses classrooms and it is adjacent to the universitys 75, 000-square-foot Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex, where many of WSU noncredit courses are taught. Wichita State University began in 1886 as a private Congregational preparatory school, initially it was referred to as Young Ladies College, Wichita Ladies College, and Congregational Female College. It was part of a boom in college and university creation and was envisioned to admit women twelve years and older who were able to read, write, spell and recite the parts of speech. In early 1887, the leaders received a land from the developers of the adjacent Fairmount Neighborhood and in response. Envisioned to be the Vassar of the West, the streets of the neighborhoods were named after prominent womens colleges including Vassar. Support came mainly from the Plymouth Congregational Church to build it, in 1892, a corporation bought the property and named the preparatory school Fairmount Institute. It opened in September to men and women, with an emphasis on training in preaching or teaching and it closed because of financial difficulties. In 1895, on the site, Fairmount College opened collegiate classes for men and women with funding by the Congregational Education Society. Amid growing financial troubles, the colleges supporters tried to get the city of Wichita to buy it in 1925, a second referendum passed in 1926, and that fall it became the Municipal University of Wichita. It was the first municipal university west of the Mississippi, on July 1,1964, the school officially entered the state system of higher education as Wichita State University. WSU is one of three institutions in the state of Kansas, along with Kansas State University and the University of Kansas. The Main Campus is located at 1845 North Fairmount in northeast Wichita, is bounded between the streets of 17th St N, 21st St N, Hillside St, Oliver Ave. Research facilities include the National Institute for Aviation Research, biology research labs, the WSU Field Station, chemistry research labs, the campus includes the Edwin A
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NIT Season Tip-Off
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The NIT Season Tip-Off is an annual college basketball tournament that takes place in November of each year, towards the beginning of the season. The first two rounds are held at sites, while the semifinals and the finals are held during the week of Thanksgiving in New York City. The tournament, which is a part of the season for all participating colleges, began in 1985 as the Preseason NIT. In 2005, the NCAA purchased the Mens Preseason and Postseason NIT, the tournament remains one of the most well-known preseason tournaments in NCAA Division I mens basketball, along with the Maui Invitational and the Great Alaska Shootout. The tournament had a new format in 2006, the first two rounds were held at regional common sites instead of campus sites, making the format more like the postseason NCAA Tournament. Through 2014, the semifinals and finals had always held at Madison Square Garden. In 2006, the sites were Charlotte, North Carolina, Nashville, Tennessee, Indianapolis and Spokane. The tournament returned to its previous format in 2007 then returned to the 2006 format in 2009, on September 3,2014 a new format was announced for the NIT Season Tip-Off. The NIT Season Tip-Off will no longer be an event, instead becoming a classic with set semifinal matchups in New York. The NCAA-run event will add a new due to the reduced field. Teams in the NIT Season Tip-Off will play four games at campus sites prior to the eight teams arrival in New York, Madison Square Garden hosted the semifinal and final rounds for the first three decades, since the tournaments inception. Beginning in 2015, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn will hold the two games on Thanksgiving Day, as well as the championship game the following day. Barclays Center will also have the 2016 and 2018 semis and finals, in 2017, the tournament is scheduled to move over to the nearby Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which is in the process of getting a major renovation to its facilities
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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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Michael Beasley
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Michael Paul Beasley, Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for Kansas State University for one year before declaring for the NBA draft in 2008 and he is regarded as one of the best freshman college basketball players of the 2000s. Beasley was born in the Prince Georges County town of Cheverly, Beasleys mother Fatima Smith and his four siblings moved from nearby Montgomery County to Frederick in 2005 and lived there for one year. While growing up, Beasley played for one of the countrys most successful AAU youth teams at the time, Beasley won multiple national championships with this team alongside future fellow blue-chip recruits Kevin Durant and Chris Braswell. As a high school senior he averaged 28 points and 16 rebounds per game, in 2006, Beasley was a second-team Parade All-American and was also named to the 2006 USA Mens U18 National Team member on June 26,2006. Beasley averaged team highs of 13.8 ppg. and 8.3 rpg at the 2006 FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Men in San Antonio, Texas. He ranked fifth in rebounds per game among all 2006 tournament leaders and he was named to the McDonalds All-American team. In the 2007 McDonalds All-American Boys Game, he won the MVP with 23 points and 12 rebounds, Rivals. com rated Beasley No.1 in the class of 2007 high school basketball prospects. Beasley began his year at Kansas State in the fall of 2007. In the 2007–2008 regular season, Beasley was one of the most dominant players in the country and his 26.2 points and nation-leading 12.4 rebounds were the most by a Big 12 player in any season. His 866 total points and 408 rebounds ranked third and second among all freshmen in NCAA history and he also led the nation in double-doubles, 40-point games, 30-point, 10-rebound games, and 20-point, 10-rebound games. His 28 double-doubles broke the freshman double-double record previously held by Carmelo Anthony who had 22 double-doubles in his season at Syracuse in 2002–03. On February 23,2008, Beasley scored a Big 12 record 44 points in an 86–92 loss at Baylor, Beasley became known as an unstoppable force when shooting, finishing the season shooting 53.7 percent from the field. He also finished the season shooting 39.5 percent from 3-point range, Beasley holds 30 Kansas State career, single-season and freshman records as well as 17 Big 12 single-game and single-season marks. Beasley guided the Wildcats to a 20–10 record and a 10–6 Big 12 Conference record, some of the key conference victories were a win at Oklahoma and, a home victory against Texas A&M, and a victory against then-unbeaten No. He matched a Big 12 record by equaling former Kansas player Drew Goodens record for most double-doubles in a season. He is just the 27th player in NCAA Division I history to post 26 or more double-doubles in a season and the first since Utahs Andrew Bogut did it in 2004–05. Beasley led the Wildcats to a 10–6 record in conference play, earning a number 3 seed in the 2008 Big 12 Mens Basketball Tournament at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, the Wildcats faced the No.6 seed Texas A&M Aggies and lost 77–71
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Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
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The Kansas State Wildcats mens basketball team represents Kansas State University in college basketball competition. The program is classified in the NCAA Division I, and is a member of the Big 12 Conference, the current head coach is Bruce Weber. The program began competition in 1902, and has a history of success. The first two major-conference titles captured by the school were won in the sport, in 1917 and 1919, Kansas State has gone on to capture 18 regular season conference crowns in the sport. Following the 2015–2016 season, the Wildcats had a record of 1612–1121, through the years Kansas State University has appeared in 29 NCAA basketball tournaments, most recently in 2017. The teams all-time record in the NCAA tournament is 34–32, Kansas States best finish at the tournament came in 1951, when it lost to Kentucky in the national championship game. The school has reached the Final Four 4 times, the Elite Eight 12 times, the team also had some notably successful seasons before the creation of the NIT and the NCAA tournament, including conference titles in 1917 and 1919 under coach Zora G. Clevenger. The best season in the history may have been 1959. K-State has finished ranked in the Top 10 of one of the two polls on ten occasions, and in the final top 25 polls nineteen total times, the team has also posted a winning record at home every year since 1946. After a lengthy period with little success during the 1990s and 2000s, following a twelve-year absence, the team returned to the NCAA tournament after the 2007–08 season. Following that season, Kansas State freshman Michael Beasley was named an All-American, in the 2009–10 season, the team spent much of the year ranked in the Top 10 of the AP Poll and finished second in the Big 12 with an 11–5 record. The team received a #2 seed in the 2010 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament, and beat North Texas and BYU to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where the Wildcats faced Xavier. The game was a thriller won by Kansas State 101–96. Kansas State lost in the round to Butler, the eventual national runner-up. On March 31,2012, Bruce Weber was announced as coach after Frank Martin left for South Carolina. During the 2012–2013 season, Webers first in Manhattan, Kansas State won its first regular season title since 1977. K-State has appeared in the NCAA tournament three times in Webers five seasons, Kansas State has a total of 36 All-Americans,18 regular-season conference championships and nine conference tournament championships. Kansas State University has finished in the rankings of the AP Poll or Coaches Poll on nineteen occasions throughout its history
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Baylor Bears and Lady Bears
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The Baylor Bears are the sports teams of Baylor University. Baylors mens sports teams are named the Bears, and some teams are named the Lady Bears. These teams participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association as one of the two private schools to serve as members of the Big 12 Conference. Prior to joining the Big 12, Baylor was a member of the Southwest Conference from their creation in 1914 until its dissolution in 1996. Baylor is also a member of the Big 12 Conference. The mascots of Baylor University are two black bears named Judge Joy and Judge Lady. American black bears roamed the majority of Texas in considerable abundance during Baylors founding in 1845, Baylors official school colors are green and gold. When the students returned to Waco, the combination of green and gold was recommended. During the 2011–2012 season, Baylor set an NCAA record for most combined wins in the four major sports, baseball, mens and womens basketball. The opening of McLane Stadium, with a capacity of 45,000, the Bears played their previous 64 seasons at Floyd Casey Stadium, a 50, 000-seat venue located a few miles away from campus. The Bears compete in the Big 12 Conference are currently playing their 116th year of football competition during the 2014 season. Over the programs history, the Bears have been to 20 bowl games, the football program experienced a period of success lasting from the 1970s to the mid-1990s during the tenure of head coach Grant Teaff. Since becoming a member of the Big 12 in 1996, Baylor had its best season coming in 2013 when they finished with an 8–1 conference record. In 2004, Baylor defeated its first ranked opponent since 1998, #16 ranked Texas A&M, in 2005 the team opened 3–0 for the first time since 1996 and finished 5–6, Baylor also won its first Big 12 road game at Iowa State. On November 18,2007, Baylor fired football coach Guy Morriss, during the 2010 season, Briles led Baylor to finish with a 7–5 regular season record. The 2010 season was a breakthrough for the Baylor Bears even though suffered a early season loss to rival TCU. Baylor earned an invitation to the Texas Bowl in Houston after finishing the season with a 7–5 record. The Bears subsequently lost the Texas Bowl to Illinois, however, in the regular season the Bears victories included Big 12 conference wins over Kansas and Kansas St, as well as road wins over Colorado and Texas
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Texas Longhorns
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Texas Longhorns athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of The University of Texas at Austin. The University of Texas at Austin is the institution of the University of Texas System. The womens teams are called the Lady Longhorns, but generally both the mens and womens teams are referred to as the Longhorns, and the mascot is a Texas Longhorn steer named Bevo. The Longhorn nickname appeared in Texas newspapers by 1900, the University of Texas at Austin offers a wide variety of varsity and intramural sports programs. Due to the breadth of sports offered and the quality of the programs, Texas was also listed as the number one Collegiate Licensing Company client from 2005–2013 in regards to the amount of annual trademark royalties received from the sales of its fan merchandise. A charter member of the Southwest Conference until its dissolution in 1996, the schools colors are officially Orange and White, with Burnt Orange — also known as Texas Orange – being the specific shade of orange used. The University of Texas Longhorn Band performs the alma mater as well as the university fight song at sporting events. Over the years, Longhorn sports teams have won 52 total national championships,44 of which are NCAA National Championships, the University of Texas currently fields a varsity team in nine mens sports and eleven womens sports. They are, Two Texas Longhorn running backs have won college footballs most prestigious individual award, seventeen Longhorn players and two Longhorn coaches have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, while four are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Other Longhorn players have received recognition for their performance. Texas is the third ranked NCAA Division I FBS program in football history, in terms of total wins. As of the end of the 2015 season, the Longhorns all-time record is 886–354–33, the University of Texas team plays home games in Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium which has a seating capacity of 100,119. Renovations began on the stadium November 14,2005, two following the last home football game of the 2005 season. The improvements were completed before the 2008 football season, and included additional seating, with the new permanent bleacher seating section added behind the south end zone and the total remodeling of the north end zone completed in 2008, the stadiums official capacity now stands at 100,119. This was surpassed when 101,357 saw #3-ranked Texas beat Kansas 51–20 on November 21,2009, the Longhorns are currently coached by Tom Herman, who came to Texas in November 2016 after being head coach at Houston. Mack Brown became the football coach for Texas in 1998. From 1998 through the 2008–2009 season, the Longhorns had a 124–27 win-loss record, in his first six years at Texas, Brown had a winning record but he had not managed to win the Big 12 conference or to lead the Longhorns into a Bowl Championship Series game. He was often lauded for his recruiting while being criticized for failing to win championships and that changed with the 2004 Texas Longhorns football team who played in the 2005 Rose Bowl against the Wolverines of the University of Michigan
