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Basketball
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Basketball is a non-contact team sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of five players each. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches in diameter and 10 feet high that is mounted to a backboard at each end of the court. The game was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, a team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the basket being defended by the opposition team during regular play. A field goal scores three points for the team if the player shoots from behind the three-point line. A team can also score via free throws, which are worth one point, the team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but additional time is mandated when the score is tied at the end of regulation. The ball can be advanced on the court by passing it to a teammate and it is a violation to lift, or drag, ones pivot foot without dribbling the ball, to carry it, or to hold the ball with both hands then resume dribbling. The game has many techniques for displaying skill—ball-handling, shooting, passing, dribbling, dunking, shot-blocking. The point guard directs the on court action of the team, implementing the coachs game plan, Basketball is one of the worlds most popular and widely viewed sports. Outside North America, the top clubs from national leagues qualify to continental championships such as the Euroleague, the FIBA Basketball World Cup attracts the top national teams from around the world. Each continent hosts regional competitions for teams, like EuroBasket. The FIBA Womens Basketball World Cup features the top womens basketball teams from continental championships. The main North American league is the WNBA, whereas the EuroLeague Women has been dominated by teams from the Russian Womens Basketball Premier League, in early December 1891, Canadian Dr. He sought a vigorous indoor game to keep his students occupied, after rejecting other ideas as either too rough or poorly suited to walled-in gymnasiums, he wrote the basic rules and nailed a peach basket onto a 10-foot elevated track. Basketball was originally played with a soccer ball and these laces could cause bounce passes and dribbling to be unpredictable. Eventually a lace-free ball construction method was invented, and this change to the game was endorsed by Naismith, dribbling was not part of the original game except for the bounce pass to teammates. Passing the ball was the means of ball movement. Dribbling was eventually introduced but limited by the shape of early balls. Dribbling only became a part of the game around the 1950s
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Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers mens basketball team is the college basketball program representing the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I. The program saw its first game in 1897 playing 7-on-7 basketball, the first collegiate game was against Nebraska Wesleyan University. Throughout the years, the program had 1,370 wins and 1,218 losses with 7 NCAA appearances and 16 NIT appearances, Nebraskas only major national trophy came when they won the 1996 NIT. Nebraska has the distinction of being the major conference program to have never won a single game in the NCAA Tournament. In fact, Nebraska did not make its first NCAA Tournament appearance until 1986, much of the teams success came under the tenure of Danny Nee, head coach from 1987 to 2000. Nee is the teams all-time winningest head coach with a record of 254-190, Nee led the Cornhuskers to five of their seven NCAA Tournament appearances, and six bids to the National Invitation Tournament, including the 1996 NIT Championship. Barry Collier, who led Nebraska from 2000 to August 2006 and he previously had been Butlers head coach from 1989 to 2000. Nebraska hired Doc Sadler from UTEP as mens head coach following the departure of Collier. As part of the 2010 NCAA conference realignment, Nebraskas basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference during the 2011-12 season. Sadler was fired after the first year in the Big Ten and was replaced on March 24,2012 by Tim Miles from Colorado State, while the University of Nebraska has experienced varying amounts of success for their intercollegiate athletic programs, mens basketball has been an exception. A team from the Lincoln YMCA was the opponent, and Nebraska posted an 11-8 victory at Grant Memorial Hall, the same teams played in Grant Hall three weeks later with a similar result, as NU won 23-14. Nebraska had to rally in the second game. ’’ Such was the modest beginning of a program that has enjoyed its greatest success since 1980, Nebraska doubled its schedule in 1898, losing twice to the Lincoln YMCA and splitting two games with the Omaha YMCA. A 16-12 loss against the Omaha YMCA provided evidence as to why Nebraska finished 1-3 that season, according to The Hesperian account, “The great difficulty of the University team was mere recklessness. Our boys have been playing with an interpretation of the rules. The officials were strict and of course the resulting advantage was in favor of Omaha. ’’ Then as now, Nebraska played teams from other universities for the first time in 1899, winning two games against Nebraska Wesleyan and one against Doane en route to the unofficial state championship. The next season, Nebraska played an opponent for the first time, defeating the University of Kansas, 48-8. The 1900 Cornhuskers finished 5-0 and were ranked second nationally by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. The Kansas team was coached by Dr. Naismith, the Nebraska student yearbook, Sombrero, wrote, “A closely contested game was looked for
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Big Ten Conference
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The Big Ten Conference, formerly Western Conference and Big Nine Conference, is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. The conference includes the public university in each of 11 states stretching from New Jersey to Nebraska. The Big Ten Conference was established in 1895 when Purdue University president James H, in 1905, the conference was officially incorporated as the Intercollegiate Conference Athletic Association. Big Ten member institutions are predominantly major flagship research universities with large financial endowments, large student enrollment is also a hallmark of Big Ten universities, as 12 of the 14 members feature enrollments of 30,000 or more students. Northwestern University, one of just two members with a total enrollment of fewer than 30,000 students, is the lone private university among Big Ten membership. Collectively, Big Ten universities educate more than 520,000 total students and have 5.7 million living alumni, Big Ten universities engage in $9.3 billion in funded research each year. Big Ten universities are members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance. In 2014–2015, members generated more than $10 billion in research expenditures, Johns Hopkins University was invited in 2012 to join the Big Ten as an associate member participating in mens lacrosse only. In 2015, it was accepted as an associate member in womens lacrosse. Notre Dame is scheduled to join the Big Ten in 2017 as a member in mens ice hockey. Notes Notes Notes The University of Chicago was a co-founder of the conference, lake Forest College attended the original 1895 meeting that led to the formation of the conference, but did not join it. Full members Full members Sport Affiliate Other Conference Other Conference The Big Ten Conference sponsors championship competition in 14 mens and 14 womens NCAA sanctioned sports, Notes, * Notre Dame will join the Big Ten in the 2017–18 school year as an affiliate member in mens ice hockey. It continues to field its other sports in the ACC except in football where it will continue to compete as an independent, ° Johns Hopkins joined the Big Ten in 2014 as an affiliate member in mens lacrosse, with womens lacrosse to follow in 2016. Ohio State and Penn State, like most NCAA fencing schools, have coed teams,2, Mens rowing, whether heavyweight or lightweight, is not governed by the NCAA, but instead by the Intercollegiate Rowing Association. Rutgers Mens Rowing was downgraded to Club status in 2008,3, Unlike rifle, pistol is not an NCAA-governed sport. 4, Rifle is technically a mens sport, but mens, womens, Ohio State fields a coed team. The eligibility of student-athletes was one of the topics of discussion. The Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives was founded at a meeting on February 8,1896
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Doland, South Dakota
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Doland is a city in Spink County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 180 at the 2010 census, the city was named for F. H. Doland, an original owner of the town site. A post office has been in operation in Doland since 1882, Doland is located at 44°53′39″N 98°6′3″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 0.59 square miles. Doland has been assigned the ZIP code 57436 and the FIPS place code 16820, as of the census of 2010, there were 180 people,95 households, and 47 families residing in the city. The population density was 305.1 inhabitants per square mile, there were 131 housing units at an average density of 222.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 98. 9% White,0. 6% Native American, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 7% of the population. 46. 3% of all households were made up of individuals and 17. 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 1.89 and the average family size was 2.68. The median age in the city was 50.2 years. 15. 6% of residents were under the age of 18,7. 7% were between the ages of 18 and 24, 15% were from 25 to 44,42. 8% were from 45 to 64, and 18. 9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47. 2% male and 52. 8% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 297 people,120 households, and 75 families residing in the city. The population density was 504.0 people per square mile, there were 159 housing units at an average density of 269.8 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 96. 97% White,0. 67% African American,1. 35% Native American,0. 34% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 67% of the population. 34. 2% of all households were made up of individuals and 19. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.22. In the city, the population was out with 30. 3% under the age of 18,5. 7% from 18 to 24,29. 0% from 25 to 44,20. 2% from 45 to 64. The median age was 37 years, for every 100 females there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males, the median income for a household in the city was $30,313, and the median income for a family was $35,625. Males had an income of $24,375 versus $20,357 for females
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Mayville State University
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Mayville State University is a public institution of higher learning in Mayville, North Dakota, United States, part of the North Dakota University System. The university has an attendance of 449 full-time students, the school athletic teams are called the Comets. The president is Dr. Gary Hagen, founded as a normal school by provision of the North Dakota Constitution in 1889, Mayville State was granted 30,000 acres of land and organized by the first Legislative Assembly. Classes began in 1889, with funds for the current Old Main a building provided by the Second Legislative Assembly in early 1891, in 1926, the State Board of Higher Education authorized Mayville State to grant a Bachelor of Arts in Education. The Mayville Normal School thus became a college, providing general education. Successive additions strengthened the curriculum, and as enrollment grew, new buildings appeared, in 1948, the B. A. in Education became a B. S. in Education and the first non-teaching Bachelor of Arts was offered in 1961. In 1973 and 1982, the established programs in business administration. In the early 1980s, the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of General Studies became available, the present name, Mayville State University, was approved by the legislature in 1987. On April 9,2010, the university broke ground on the first state funded building in more than 40 years, agassiz Hall, the largest residence hall has been remodeled to provide suite- and apartment-style living accommodations for men and women. An addition to the science and library buildings is providing a new home for the Division of Education, Mayville State teams, nicknamed athletically as the Comets, are part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, primarily competing as a member of the North Star Athletic Association. The Comets formerly competed in the now-defunct Dakota Athletic Conference, Mens sports include baseball, basketball and football, while womens sports include basketball, cheerleading, softball and volleyball. Mayville States softball team appeared in one Womens College World Series in 1976, the Mayville State University Comets finished runner-up at the NAIA Division II Mens Basketball National Tournament in 2007. This is the mens basketball team in North Dakota history to play in a national collegiate championship game. The Mayville State University Comets baseball program is coached by G. Scott Berry and he is the schools all-time wins leader and a 37-time DAC Coach of the Year. Mayville State University website Mayville State University athletics website
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Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs
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The Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs are the athletic teams that represent Southwest Minnesota State University, located in Marshall, Minnesota, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Mustangs compete as members of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference for all 14 varsity sports, SMSU has been competing since 1969, but has been a part of the conference since the Northern Intercollegiate Conference and the Northern Sun Conference merged to form the NSIC in 1992. The student booster club for basketball is the Mustang Maniacs and their slogan is, Our team loves us and our opponents fear us. An annual basketball tradition is Hawaiian Night, which coincides with the Winter Meltdown festival held during the second week of the Spring Semester. Intramural sports include badminton, basketball, flag football, floor hockey, broomball, racquetball, softball, tennis, ultimate Frisbee, the Mustang Rugby Club competes in the Minnesota Rugby Union and won the Minnesota Division III Championship in 2002. Recently the Mustangs Rugby Club won the Minnesota Division IIIB championship in 2010
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North Dakota State Bison men's basketball
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The North Dakota State Bison mens basketball team is a part of the athletic program at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota, U. S. They are members of the NCAA Division I and have part of The Summit League since May 2007. Home games are played at the Bison Sports Arena which is located on the NDSU campus in Fargo, the team shares a conference rival with the South Dakota State Jackrabbits. The Bison mens head coach is David Richman, prior to their transition to Division I, the Bison competed in Division II as a member of the North Central Conference. The Bison have appeared in three NCAA Division I Tournaments, from 2011–2015 the round of 64 was known as the Second Round, Round of 32 was Third Round The Bison appeared in eight NCAA Division II Tournaments. The Bison have appeared in two College Basketball Invitationals
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Colorado State Rams men's basketball
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The Colorado State Rams mens basketball team represents Colorado State University, located in Fort Collins, in the U. S. state of Colorado, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They play their games at the Moby Arena and are members of the Mountain West Conference. They are currently led by head coach Larry Eustachy, the mens basketball team at Colorado State University—then called Colorado Agricultural College—began competing in the 1901–02 season. Colorado State then joined the Western Athletic Conference in 1969–70, after 20 seasons in the WAC, Colorado State moved to its current MWC in 1999–00. Colorado State was an member of the MWC. The Rams have appeared in ten NCAA Tournaments, the Rams have appeared in nine National Invitation Tournaments. The Rams have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational, march 13,1969 in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament, Colorado State beat in-state rival and AP #18 Colorado 64–56. January 19,1984 at Moby Arena, Colorado State beat AP #5 UTEP 63-51, december 29,1989 at McNichols Sports Arena, Colorado State beat AP #24 North Carolina 78-67 in the Mile High Classic, a four-team tournament in Denver also featuring Colorado and Massachusetts. Colorado State beat Massachusetts the next night to win the tournament, december 22,1999 at the Cannon Activities Center at Laie, Hawaii, In a Pearl Harbor Classic tournament game, Colorado State upset AP #18 UCLA 55-54. John Ford made a throw with 23 seconds left that turned out to be the winning margin. December 30,2003 at Moby Arena, Colorado State hosted AP #22 Purdue, down 4 points with 7 seconds left, Colorado State committed a foul. In the double bonus, Purdue missed both free throws, CSU scored a three pointer with 0.7 seconds left. The ensuing Purdue inbound pass was tipped, the ball fell into the hands of Michael Moris who shot the game winning three pointer at the buzzer. Being that the ball was tipped, the three pointer should not have counted based on 0.7 seconds, however, CSU was awarded the points and won the game by two points. As of the 2013–14 season, Colorado State leads the series 72–31, Utah State, Colorado State and the Aggies of Utah State University were rivals in the Mountain States Conference from the 1939–40 to 1961–62 seasons. Beginning in the 2013–14 season, the two schools competed in the same conference, the Mountain West. Utah State has a 46–35 lead in the series as of the 2013–14 season, however, in between those years, the two schools continued to play each other regularly. Wyoming, In a rivalry dubbed the Border War, the Cowboys of the University of Wyoming have a 132–92 series lead over Colorado State as of the start of the 2017 conference season, as of 2013–14, Colorado leads the series 85–37
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Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
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The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the western Midwestern United States. Nine of its members are in Minnesota, with three members in South Dakota, two members in North Dakota, and one each in the states of Iowa and Nebraska. It participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association s Division II level, with the recent NSIC expansion, the original six member schools have been reunited. With the inclusion of the new member institutions, it is one of the largest Division II conferences in the country with 16 members. The conference sponsors 18 sports, ten for women and eight for men, both men and women compete in basketball, cross country, golf, and indoor and outdoor track and field. Men compete in baseball, football, and wrestling, women compete in soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, and volleyball. The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference was founded in 1932 as the Northern Teachers Athletic Conference, in 1942 the conference name was changed to the State Teachers College Conference of Minnesota. The conference switched its name to the Northern Intercollegiate Conference in 1962, in the spring of 1992 the NSIC was formed out of the merger of the NIC, the mens conference, and the womens Northern Sun Conference. The NSC had existed since 1979, Paul, and the University of Minnesota Crookston. The University of Mary and Upper Iowa University were admitted in the fall of 2006 to again expand the NSIC to 10 members, in 2007 the NSIC Board of Directors voted to expand the conference to 14 schools. League presidents voted to accept into membership Augustana College, St. Cloud State, Minnesota–Duluth and these four schools were members of the North Central Conference which disbanded after the 2007-2008 academic year. They became official members of the NSIC on July 1,2008, on January 20,2010 the NSIC Board of Directors voted to expand the conference again, this time to 16 members. The league accepted into membership the University of Sioux Falls and Minot State University, both schools moved from the NAIA, with USF leaving the Great Plains Athletic Conference, and Minot State leaving the Dakota Athletic Conference. The two schools became members in the 2012-13 academic year. The NSIC and its institutions have been members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Mankato State won wrestling national titles in 1958 and 1959, while Moorhead State won a national title in 1964. Forty-one wrestlers have claimed national titles in wrestling. Nine individuals have won titles in Mens Swimming and Diving
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Jim Phelan Award
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The Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding mens college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition. He was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008, general Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award recipients
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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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Colorado State University
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Colorado State University is a public research university located in Fort Collins, in the U. S. state of Colorado. The university is the land grant university, and the flagship university of the Colorado State University System. The current enrollment is approximately 32,236 students, including resident and non-resident instruction students, the university has approximately 1,540 faculty in eight colleges and 55 academic departments. Bachelors degrees are offered in 65 fields of study, with degrees in 55 fields. Colorado State confers doctoral degrees in 40 fields of study, in addition to a degree in veterinary medicine. In fiscal year 2012, CSU spent $375.9 million on research and development, ranking 60th in the nation overall, Colorado State University is a land-grant institution classified as a Carnegie Doctoral/RU/VH, Research Universities. CSU was founded as Colorado Agricultural College in 1870, six years before the Colorado Territory gained statehood and it was one of 68 land-grant colleges established under the Morrill Act of 1862. Doors opened to a class of 1 student in 1879. Arising from the Morrill Act, the act to create the university was signed by the Colorado Territory governor Edward M. McCook in 1870, however, during its first years the university existed only on paper. The first 30-acre parcel of land for the campus was deeded in 1871 by Robert Dazell, in 1872, the Larimer County Land Improvement Company contributed a second 80-acre parcel. The first $1000 to erect buildings was finally allocated by the legislature in 1874. The funds were not, however, and trustees were required to find a matching amount, among the institutions which donated matching funds was the local Grange, which was heavily involved in the early establishment of the university. After Colorado achieved statehood in 1876, the law establishing the college was required to be reauthorized. In 1877, the legislature created the eight-member State Board of Agriculture to govern the school. Early in the 21st century, the board was renamed the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System. Enrollment grew to 25 by 1880, during Colorado Agricultural Colleges first term in fall 1879, the school functioned more as a college-prep school than a college because of the lack of trained students. Consequently, the first course offerings were arithmetic, English, U. S. history, natural philosophy, horticulture, Students also labored on the college farm and attended daily chapel services. The spring term provided the first true college-level instruction, despite his accomplishments, Edwards resigned in spring 1882 because of conflicts with the State Board of Agriculture, a young faculty member, and with students
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University of Mary
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The University of Mary is a four-year Catholic university near Bismarck, North Dakota. The university is the largest degree-granting institution in Bismarck and it has campuses in Rome and Peru, and also operates academic programs at satellite locations in North Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri, and Arizona. It is endorsed by The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College and it was recognized as a College of Distinction, the only such institution in North Dakota. Since the University of Marys beginnings as Mary College in the late 1950s, founded in 1959 by The Benedictine Sisters of Annunciation Monastery as a womens college, it became fully co-educational in the 1960s. It achieved university status — becoming the University of Mary — in 1986, the University of Mary is the only private Catholic university in North Dakota. It has been accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges, since its incorporation in 1959, the universitys enrollment has grown from 69 to more than 3,000. Its undergraduate programs have grown from nursing and education to 52 majors, in 1986, the university began offering masters degrees in nursing, management, and education. It has added programs in business administration, counseling, occupational therapy, physical therapy, strategic leadership, project management. In 2001, the University of Mary unveiled its vision as Americas Leadership University, in this role, the university is committed to providing leadership experiences for every student. In 2005, the degree in physical therapy was replaced by a Doctor of Physical Therapy — the universitys first doctorate. The first 26 candidates in this program received their PhDsin 2006, the University of Mary has expanded options in order to make education accessible to working adults and to support lifelong learning in the region and beyond. The University of Mary Worldwide offers accelerated undergraduate and graduate programs for the adult learner, in 2005, the University of Mary launched several of its bachelors and masters programs online. Today, students can earn graduate and undergraduate degrees online through U-Mary Worldwide, in 2006, U-Mary initiated the Gary Tharaldson School of Business. Named for Gary Tharaldson, a North Dakota hospitality entrepreneur and industry innovator, the new 29, 000-square-foot flagship facility that houses the Gary Tharaldson School opened in September 2008. From the fall of 2009 to the Spring of 2010, the University of Mary searched for a facility as the base for its Rome and it found one a ten-minute bus ride from the city center. The first students to study in this Rome program left the United States in the Fall of 2010, the Catholic Studies Program, an initiative of U-Mary President Monsignor James P. Shea, was also launched in the fall of 2010. On October 19,2010, the program was named in honor of Bishop Paul A. Zipfel, sixth bishop of the Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota. The Catholic Studies program is a new program to explore the Catholic Churchs contributions to and influence on human thought and culture, past
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NCAA Division II
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Division II is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environment offered in Division III, before 1973, the NCAAs smaller schools were grouped together in the College Division. In 1973, the College Division split in two when the NCAA began using numeric designations for its competitions, nationally, ESPN televises the championship game in football, CBS televises the mens basketball championship, and ESPN2 televises the womens basketball championship. CBS Sports Network broadcasts six football games on Thursdays during the regular season, the official slogan of NCAA Division II, implemented in 2015, is Make It Yours. There are currently 300 full and 20 provisional members of Division II with seven institutions moving to full membership in September 2015, Division II schools tend to be smaller public universities and many private institutions. A large minority of Division II institutions have fewer than 2,499 students, only six institutions have more than 15,000 students. Division II has a membership, with two active member institutions in Alaska and four in Hawaii. Additionally, it is the division that has member institutions in Puerto Rico. Simon Fraser University became the first institution outside the US to enter the NCAA membership process and this occurred after the Division II Membership Committee accepted the institutions application during a July 7–9 meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. Simon Fraser, located in the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby, British Columbia, prospective members also must complete at least one year of provisional status before being accepted as full-time Division II members. In the fall of 2012, the NCAA Presidents Council officially approved Simon Fraser University as the organizations first international member. Division II institutions have to sponsor at least five sports for men and five for women, for sports other than football and basketball there are no scheduling requirements. There are not attendance requirements for football, nor arena size requirements for basketball, there are maximum financial aid awards for each sport, as well as a separate limit on financial aid awards in mens sports, that a Division II school must not exceed. Division II teams usually feature a number of local or in-state student-athletes, many Division II student-athletes pay for school through a combination of scholarship money, grants, student loans and employment earnings. Division II athletics programs are financed in the institutions budget like other departments on campus. Traditional rivalries with regional institutions dominate schedules of many Division II athletics programs, Athletic scholarships are offered in most sponsored sports at most institutions, but with more stringent limits as to the numbers offered in any one sport than at the Division I level. For example, Division II schools may give financial aid in football equivalent to 36 full scholarships, two exceptions to this rule currently exist. First, football players transferring from a Division I FBS school to a Division I FCS school do not have to sit out a year
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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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Kohl Center
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The Kohl Center is an arena and athletic center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States. The building, which opened in 1998, is the home of the mens basketball and ice hockey teams. It also housed the womens ice hockey team through 2012. Seating capacity is variable, as the center can be rearranged to accommodate a basketball court, the maximum capacity is 17,230 in its basketball configuration, and 15,359 for ice hockey. The center has three levels, with the floor holding about 7,500 people, and the two upper balconies about 4,500 each and it is the second largest indoor venue in Wisconsin and the largest outside Milwaukee. The arena is located on the southeast corner of the UW–Madison campus, at the intersection of West Dayton, the sporting arena is named after former United States Senator and Milwaukee Bucks owner Herb Kohl, who donated $25 million of his Kohls department/grocery store fortune to the building project. At the time it was the largest single donation in University of Wisconsin System history, because of the donors first name, it is sometimes locally referred to as the Herb Garden. Former Wisconsin Badgers basketball player Albert Nicholas and his wife donated $10 million toward the project, with the adjoining practice pavilion named the Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion, jack F. Kellner and his sons donated an additional $2.5 million to the project. Wisconsin-based Hammes Company developed the arena for UW–Madison in 1993, the Boldt Company was the projects general contractor. The arena has become difficult for opposing teams to play in, especially in mens basketball. Through the 2014–2015 season, the basketball team has achieved a record of 210-22 at the Kohl Center under Coach Bo Ryan. The Kohl Center boasts the nations highest attendance in mens and womens college hockey, prior to the Kohl Center, the basketball teams played at the Wisconsin Field House, while ice hockey was played at the Dane County Coliseum. The hockey teams still may play there if there is an event conflict, originally, the overhead scoreboard from the UW Field House was installed in the Kohl Center because the cost of a new scoreboard unit wasnt included in the figure for the new arena. The old scoreboard remained in the Kohl Center for seven years, and after the money was raised, at the same time a LED ribbon board was installed, which surrounds the arena below the second balcony, displaying advertising, messages, and scores. The design of the Kohl Center is modeled somewhat after that of the Field House with cantilevered balconies instead of a setback style and this was done to intimidate opponents and bring all fans close to the action. A bar and restaurant was added to the level in 2005. The area is for pre-game gatherings of boosters who have made donations to the athletic department, in 2006 a second student-athlete academic center was built on the lower level of the Kohl Center to provide student athletes easier access to academic services. Prior to the 2006 mens basketball season, the UW Athletic Department sold 48 courtside seats, the available seats sold out, and a waiting list was created for the sale of seats that become available in the future
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Summit League
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The Summit League, or The Summit, is an NCAA Division I college athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States. On June 1,2007, the changed its name from the Mid-Continent Conference. * – Oral Roberts University was a member of the conference from 1997–98 to 2011–12. When the Gateway merged its womens side into the Missouri Valley Conference, WIU moved its womens sports into the Mid-Con, the Summit League has twenty-one former members. - The then-Mid-Continent Conference did not sponsor womens sports until the 1992–93 school year, - As noted before, the Mid-Con did not sponsor womens sports until 1992–93. The association was created on June 18,1982 at the OHare Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities, in the early 1990s, the conference saw its first changes. Southwest Missouri State departed for membership in the Missouri Valley Conference as the University of Akron, then Wright State University joined in 1991 as Northern Iowa followed Southwest Missouri State to the MVC. Major changes came to the conference in 1992, first, Akron left for the Mid-American Conference and was replaced by another Ohio school, Youngstown State University. More significantly, the Mid-Continent added womens sports by absorbing the North Star Conference, all of the final NSC members except for Akron moved their womens sports into the Mid-Continent. A year later, the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee joined the Mid-Continent, none of these institutions remain in the league. Missouri-Kansas City, formerly an independent, also joined the Mid-Continent Conference in 1994, Eastern Illinois moved to the Ohio Valley Conference in 1996, reducing membership to nine programs. Troy State departed for the Trans America Athletic Conference while Central Connecticut went to the Northeast Conference in 1997, buffalo joined the MAC in 1998 while Northeastern Illinois ceased intercollegiate athletics at that time. Youngstown State switched to the Horizon League in 2001, and was replaced by Centenary College in 2003, Chicago State University announced in the spring of 2006 that it would withdraw from the conference to compete as an independent starting in the 2006-07 school year. Charter member Valparaiso University then moved to the Horizon in 2007, on August 30,2006, IPFW accepted an invitation to join the Mid-Continent Conference as a full member starting July 1,2007. The following day, North Dakota State and South Dakota State also accepted invitations to join the conference, the Summit League has continued its renewed expansion push with the admission of the University of South Dakota. The Coyotes began conference play in the 2011–12 academic year and become eligible for all championships the following season, Centenary College subsequently announced that it would leave the Summit League following the 2010–2011 campaign. Expectations that UND would join the Summit League came to an end on November 1,2010, the University of South Dakota entered into very brief negotiations to join the Big Sky as well, rather than continuing their plans to join the Summit. However, South Dakota chose instead to remain with the more compact Summit League, as the University of Nebraska Omaha began the transition to Division I athletics in all sports, it joined the Summit League on July 1,2012
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National Invitation Tournament
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The National Invitation Tournament is a mens college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City each March and April, over time it became eclipsed by the NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament – known today informally as March Madness and The Big Dance. The NIT has since been regarded more as a tournament for teams that did not receive a berth in the NCAA tournament. A second, much more recent NIT tournament is played in November, formerly the Preseason NIT, it was founded in 1985. Like the postseason NIT, its final rounds are played at Madison Square Garden, both tournaments were operated by the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association until 2005, when they were purchased by the NCAA, and the MIBA disbanded. Unless otherwise qualified, the terms NIT or National Invitation Tournament refer to the tournament in both common and official use. The first NIT was won by the Temple University Owls over the Colorado Buffaloes and this became the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association in 1948. Originally the tournament invited a field of 6 teams, with all games played at Madison Square Garden in downtown Manhattan. The field was expanded to 8 teams in 1941,12 in 1949,14 in 1965,16 in 1968,24 in 1979,32 in 1980, in 2007, the tournament reverted to the current 32-team format. Some conferences, such as the Southeastern Conference, were racially segregated, from its onset and at least into the mid-1950s, the NIT was regarded as the most prestigious showcase for college basketball. The winner of the National Invitation Tournament was regarded as more of a national champion than the actual, titular, national champion, several teams played in both the NIT and NCAA tournaments in the same year, beginning with Colorado and Duquesne in 1940. Colorado won the NIT in 1940 but subsequently finished fourth in the NCAA West Region, in 1949, some Kentucky players were bribed by gamblers to lose their first round game in the NIT. This same Kentucky team went on to win the NCAA, the champions of both the NCAA and NIT tournaments played each other for a few years during World War II. From 1943 to 1945, the American Red Cross sponsored a charity game between each years tournament champions to raise money for the war effort. The series was described by Ray Meyer as not just benefit games, the NCAA champion prevailed in all three games. The Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected the NIT champion as its champion for 1938. In 1943 the NCAA tournament moved to share Madison Square Garden with the NIT in an effort to increase the credibility of the NCAA Tournament. In 1945, The New York Times indicated that many teams could get bids to enter either tournament, the team played in the NIT instead, which it won
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Moby Arena
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Moby Arena is an 8, 745-seat basketball arena in Fort Collins, in the U. S. state of Colorado. The arena, officially known as the Colorado State Auditorium-Gymnasium, was opened on January 27,1966, the arena was built to replace South College Gymnasium, which was built in 1926 and seated 1,500 people. On the outside, the arena is a rounded rectangle over the lower level. Inside, the seating is much higher on the sidelines than in the endzones, the basketball court floor also features the rams horns pattern, created with the use of two different colors of hardwood. A video scoreboard hangs from the center of the rafters, and is surrounded by banners as well as retractable basketball hoops for use during practice, two auxiliary scoreboards are located on opposite corner walls. The arena was intended to be called the Auditorium-Gymnasium during construction. However, an article in the Colorado State Collegian mentioned the building looking like a beached whale. From that, the gymnasium was nicknamed Moby Gymnasium for Moby Dick, Athletic director Oval Jaynes renamed the gymnasium Moby Arena during his tenure in the late 1980s. The arena is home to the Colorado State University Rams basketball and volleyball teams, in 1967, it hosted two first-round games for the West and Midwest regions, for that years Mens Basketball Tournament. It also hosted the 1992 Western Athletic Conference mens basketball tournament, the Rolling Stones played the first show of their 1969 tour at the arena. Other artists to have played there are Frank Zappa, Big Head Todd, dave Matthews Band, The Fray, Blind Melon, Set Forth, Govt Mule and Ludacris. Lupe Fiasco and Three 6 Mafia, parts of the 1977 film One on One were filmed in Moby Arena. Campus Crusade for Christ hosts its U. S. staff conference every year at CSU
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South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball
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The South Dakota Coyotes mens basketball team represents the University of South Dakota in NCAA Division I basketball. They are currently members of the Summit League and they are currently led by head coach Craig Smith and play their home games at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. Prior to joining Division I beginning with the 2008–09 season, the Coyotes were members of NCAA Division II in the North Central Conference and they were Division II National Champions in 1958. The Coyotes have appeared in 13 NCAA Division II Tournaments, the Coyotes won the NCAA Division II National Championship in 1958. † - Jackson State, citing policy of the Mississippi Board of Trustees, was compelled to withdraw from the Tournament rather than competing in an interracial contest. This would be the time such an occurrence would directly mar the tournament. The Coyotes have appeared in one NAIA Tournament, the Coyotes have appeared in one National Invitation Tournament. The Coyotes have appeared in one CollegeInsider. com Postseason Tournament
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Utah State Aggies men's basketball
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The Utah State Aggies are a Division I mens college basketball team that plays in the Mountain West Conference, representing Utah State University. In the 17 years that former coach Stew Morrill was at the helm, Utah State had the 4th highest winning percentage in the nation at home, behind only Duke, Kansas, and Gonzaga. As of the end of the 2010–2011 season, the Aggies have a record of 1. The first basketball team on Utah States campus was organized in 1902, a mens team was organized in 1904, at which point the womens club fell into obscurity. The Aggies enjoyed mixed success early in their history, notching sporadic NCAA tournament appearances, perhaps the most notable event in Utah State basketball history occurred on February 8,1965, with the tragic death of Wayne Estes. Estes was a 66 forward for the Aggies, and was the second leading scorer in 1965, behind only Rick Barry. He had just amassed 2,000 career points with a 48-point showing in a victory over the University of Denver. While crossing the street, Estes accidentally clipped a power line with his head and was electrocuted. The Los Angeles Lakers had planned on drafting him in the 1st round of the NBA Draft, following Estess death, he was posthumously awarded 1st team All-American honors. All the while, it remained the most resilient and popular sport at USU, USU reached the NCAA Sweet 16 in 1962, and the Elite 8 in 1970. The Aggies havent performed well in the postseason recently, though their success at the regional level and they enjoy a particularly strong home-court advantage at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, where they are 159-12 in the Morrill era. The Aggies have a difficult time scheduling high-profile opponents, which emerge from the Smith Spectrum victorious. Although that home court has proved not so dominate in the past three years, due to the mid-major conference and relatively weak schedule that USU plays each year, the Aggies are often left out of the national spotlight. That being said, their fame continues to grow and spread throughout the country, aided by ESPN appearances, often-epic win streaks, the boisterous Aggie faithful, during the 2008-09 season, USU led the nation in field goal percentage with 49. 8%. In addition, they were 2nd in win/loss percentage and 5th in assist-to-turnover ratio, thus far in 2009-10, the Aggies lead the nation in 3-point percentage with an incredible 42. 5%. The Aggies have spent time in the rankings in two of the last six seasons, reaching as high as #19 in the Coaches Poll in 2003-04. During the 2009-2010, the Aggies reached as high as #26, one out of the actual rankings. Utah State has also won the Old Oquirrh Bucket nine times, the Bucket is the award given each year to the best college basketball team in Utah, based on records against in-state opponents
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Furman Paladins men's basketball
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The Furman Paladins mens basketball team is the basketball team that represents Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. The schools team competes in the Southern Conference. They are currently led by head coach Niko Medved and play their games at the Timmons Arena. The Paladins have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament six times, the Paladins have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament one time. The Paladins have appeared in the CollegeInsider. com Postseason Tournament three times
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Drake Bulldogs men's basketball
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The Drake Bulldogs mens basketball team represents Drake University, located in Des Moines, Iowa, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. The program is best known for making the 1969 Final Four, the first season Drake fielded a mens basketball was 1906-07. The Bulldogs finished with a 2-1 record as an independent, the next year during the 1907-08 season they were charter members of the Missouri Valley Conference. Drake would dominate the 1930s winning three titles in the decade. The Bulldogs unfortunately did not qualify for a tournament by winning the conference title as no post-season tournaments were held during the 1934-35 season. The following 1935-36 season Drake was invited to the District Olympic Tournament post-season tournament, the Bulldogs participated in the National Intercollegiate Tournament in 1937-38 and 1938–39. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s Drake would secure eight winning seasons, there was no Missouri Valley Conference play during the 1943-44 and 1944-45 seasons because of World War II. This was in part because less MVC schools were playing basketball during that time, Drake would not compete in the Missouri Valley Conference again until the 1956-57 season. The 1960s through mid-1980s saw some of the all-time great Drake teams, the Bulldogs were in the national rankings on a regular basis and the Missouri Valley Conference was one of the premier conferences in mens basketball. Drake had fourteen winning seasons during this time, Drake shared the 1963-64 conference title with Louisville and received an invitation to the National Invitational Tournament. In the tournament, Drake defeated Pittsburgh 87-82 in the first round, the 1968-69 season was by far the most accomplished in Drake history. The Bulldogs won the Missouri Valley Conference outright and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Final Four, during the tournament, Drake received a bye in the first round, defeated Texas A&M 81-63 in the Sweet Sixteen and Colorado State in the Elite Eight 84-77. The Bulldogs would fall to eventual champion UCLA 85-82 in the semifinal before routing North Carolina 104-84 in the third place game. Drake continued its run during the 1969-70 season once again capturing the Missouri Valley Conference title. The Bulldogs would qualify for their second straight NCAA Tournament, earning a bye in the first round, in the Sweet Sixteen, Drake defeated Houston 92-87, but fell to New Mexico 87-78 in the Elite Eight. In 1970-71, the Bulldogs earned their third straight Missouri Valley Conference crown, Drake received a bye in the first round, defeated Notre Dame in the Sweet Sixteen 79-72, but lost to Kansas 73-71 in the Elite Eight. Drake would win their first national tournament title during the 1974-75 season, in the tournament, the Bulldogs defeated USC 80-70, Bowling Green 78-65, and Arizona in the championship game 83-76. The Bulldogs also advanced to the National Invitational Tournament during the 1980-81 season, from 1987 to 2006, Drake did not have a winning season in mens basketball
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Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball
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The Northern Illinois Huskies mens basketball team represents Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. The schools team competes in the Mid-American Conference. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament in 1996, the Huskies are coached by Mark Montgomery. Mark Montgomery spent 10 years on the Michigan State University Staff under Coach Tom Izzo, Source, 2011–12 MAC Mens Basketball Tournament History Source, Summit League History The Huskies have won the Horizon League Tournament once in 1996. Source, Horizon League Records The Huskies have appeared in the NCAA Tournament three times, the Huskies appeared in one NCAA Division II Tournament. The Huskies appeared in one Vegas 16, NIU Huskies womens basketball Official website
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Bradley Braves men's basketball
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The Bradley Braves mens basketball team represents Bradley University, located in Peoria, Illinois, United States, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They currently compete in the Missouri Valley Conference, the team last played in the NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament in 2006, reaching the Sweet Sixteen. The Braves are currently coached by Brian Wardle, Bradley has also appeared in the National Invitation Tournament 21 times, have an all-time NIT record of 26–18, with four titles. Until the introduction of the Vegas 16 Tournament in 2016, the program held the distinction of being invited to the offering of every national postseason tournament. The Bradley Braves mens basketball plays their home games at Carver Arena. The Braves have appeared in 8 NCAA Tournaments and have advanced to two final fours and two championship games. The Braves have appeared in 21 National Invitation Tournaments and are four-time champions, the Braves have participated in one College Basketball Invitational in 2008 where they advanced to the 3–game series final. The Braves have participated in two CollegeInsider. com Postseason Tournaments, in 2009 where they advanced to the championship game. Bradley participated in the 1974 National Commissioners Invitational Tournament where they advanced to the semifinals, the Braves appeared in, and hosted, the only National Campus Basketball Tournament. The I-74 Rivalry is a rivalry game between the Illinois State and Bradley University
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Western Illinois Leathernecks men's basketball
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The Western Illinois Leathernecks mens basketball team represents Western Illinois University of Macomb, Illinois, in NCAA Division I mens college basketball competition. The schools team competes in The Summit League. The team plays its games at 5, 139-seat Western Hall and are coached by Billy Wright. Western Illinois first mens team was fielded in 1910–1911. The Leathernecks mens basketball program made the transition from Division II to Division I beginning in the 1981–82 season and they were selected to play in the College Basketball Invitational tournament following the 2011–12 regular season, the first Division I postseason appearance in school history. The leathernecks were selected again to play in the College Basketball Invitational tournament after the 2012–13 season, the Leathernecks have appeared in three NCAA Division II Tournaments. The Leathernecks have appeared in two College Basketball Invitationals
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North Central Conference
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The North Central Conference, also known as North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, was a college athletic conference which operated in the north central United States. It participated in the NCAAs Division II, the NCC was formed in 1922. Charter members of the NCC were South Dakota State College, College of St, the University of Northern Iowa was a member of the NCC from 1934 until 1978. UNI currently competes in Division I in the Missouri Valley Conference, in FCS football, in 2002 Morningside College left the NCC to join the NAIA. The University of Northern Colorado left the conference in 2003, followed in 2004 by North Dakota State University, since that time, Northern Colorado moved on to the Big Sky Conference in all sports in 2006. It was announced on November 29,2006 that the 2007-08 athletic season would be the season for the NCC. The University of North Dakota announced in the summer of 2006 that it would reclassify its athletic programs to Division I, the University of South Dakota announced on November 29,2006, that it would reclassify its athletic programs to Division I. Like North Dakota, it left the North Central Conference after the 2007-08 academic year, the University of Nebraska at Omaha joined the Mid–America Intercollegiate Athletics Association starting July 1,2008. UNO has since moved to Division I and is now in The Summit League, Nebraska Wesleyan also left, joining the Nebraska Conference. The North Central Conference was left with seven members, in 1928, Creighton University and the College of St. Thomas left the NCC. St. Thomas became a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference while Creighton left to join the Missouri Valley Conference. The NCC was left with five members, in 1934 Iowa State Teachers College joined the NCC from the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Also, Omaha University joined the NCC to bring back up to seven schools. In 1942 Augustana College left the South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference to join the North Central Conference as its eighth member, in 1946, Omaha University left the NCC to join the Central Intercollegiate Conference. The NCC is left with seven members, in 1975 Mankato State College is renamed Mankato State University. In 1976 the University of Nebraska at Omaha rejoined the NCC, membership in the NCC remains at eight schools. In 1978 the University of Northern Colorado left the Great Plains Athletic Conference, in the same year, the University of Northern Iowa left the NCC to move to the Association of Mid-Continent Universities. In 1981 Mankato State University and St, membership at this time included, Augustana, Mankato State, Morningside, Nebraska-Omaha, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, South Dakota, South Dakota State, and St. Cloud State
