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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
