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1950–51 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings
The 1950–51 NCAA men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll The Coaches Poll is a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football, Division I college basketball, and Division I college baseball teams. The football version of the poll has been known officially .... This was the first season with both polls, as the Coaches Poll (UP) was introduced. Legend AP Poll UP Poll References {{DEFAULTSORT:1950-51 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings *1950-51 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings College men's basketball rankings in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950–51 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Basketball Team
The 1950–51 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky. The head coach was Adolph Rupp. The team was a member of the Southeast Conference and played their home games at Memorial Coliseum. Two members of this team eventually returned to Kentucky as athletic director: Cliff Hagan from 1975 to 1988, and Charles Newton from 1989 to 2000. Roster NCAA basketball tournament *Mideast **Kentucky 79, Louisville 68 **Kentucky 59, St. John's, New York 43 *Final Four **Kentucky 76, Illinois 74 **Kentucky 68, Kansas State 58 Rankings Awards and honors * Bill Spivey, NCAA Men's MOP Award Team players drafted into the NBA *No one from the Wildcats men's team was selected in the 1951 NBA draft. References {{DEFAULTSORT:1950-51 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Basketball Team Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AP Poll
The Associated Press poll (AP poll) provides weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling 62 sportswriters and broadcasters from across the nation. Each voter provides their own ranking of the top 25 teams, and the individual rankings are then combined to produce the national ranking by giving a team 25 points for a first place vote, 24 for a second place vote, and so on down to 1 point for a twenty-fifth place vote. Ballots of the voting members in the AP poll are made public. College football The football poll is released Sundays at 2 pm Eastern time during the season, unless ranked teams have not finished their games. History The AP college football poll's origins go back to the 1930s. The news media began running their own polls of sports writers to determine, by popular opinion, the best college football teams in the country. One of the earliest su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coaches Poll
The Coaches Poll is a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football, Division I college basketball, and Division I college baseball teams. The football version of the poll has been known officially as the Amway Coaches Poll since 2014. The football rankings are compiled by the Amway Board of Coaches which is made up of 62 head coaches at Division I FBS institutions. All coaches are members of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). The basketball rankings are compiled by the USA Today Sports Board of Coaches which is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). The baseball rankings are compiled by the USA Today Sports Board of Coaches which is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). The football Coaches Poll was an element of the Bowl Championship Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Random House
Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. History Random House was founded in 1927 by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, two years after they acquired the Modern Library imprint from publisher Horace Liveright, which reprints classic works of literature. Cerf is quoted as saying, "We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random," which suggested the name Random House. In 1934 they published the first authorized edition of James Joyce's novel ''Ulysses'' in the Anglophone world. ''Ulysses'' transformed Random House into a formidable publisher over the next two decades. In 1936, it absorbed the firm of Smith and Haas—Robert Haas became the third partner until retiring and selling his share back to Cerf and Klopfer in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950–51 Indiana Hoosiers Men's Basketball Team
The 1950–51 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 10th year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 19–3 and a conference record of 12–2, finishing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament. Roster Schedule/Results , - !colspan=8, Regular Season , - Rankings References {{DEFAULTSORT:1950-51 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team Indiana Hoosiers The Indiana Hoosiers are the intercollegiate sports teams and players of Indiana University Bloomington, named after the colloquial term for people from the state of Indiana. The Hoosiers participate in NCAA Division I, Division I of the Nationa ... Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950–51 Oklahoma A&M Aggies Men's Basketball Team ...
The 1950–51 Oklahoma A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented Oklahoma A&M College, now known as Oklahoma State University, in NCAA competition in the 1950–51 season. NCAA tournament *West ** Oklahoma A&M 50, Montana State 46 ** Oklahoma A&M 61, Washington 57 *Final Four ** Kansas State 68, Oklahoma A&M 44 *Third Place Game ** Illinois 61, Oklahoma A&M 46 Rankings Awards and honors Team players drafted into the NBA References {{DEFAULTSORT:1950-51 Oklahoma AandM Aggies Men's Basketball Team Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball seasons Oklahoma AandM Oklahoma AandM NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950–51 UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball Team
The 1950–51 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1950–51 NCAA men's basketball season and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. The Bruins were led by third year head coach John Wooden. They finished the regular season with a record of 19–10 and tied for the southern division championship with a record of 9–4. The Bruins lost to the Washington Huskies in the conference play-offs. Previous season The Bruins finished the regular season with a record of 24–7 and were southern division champions with a record of 10–2. They defeated the Washington State Cougars in the conference play-offs and lost to Bradley in the NCAA regional semifinals and in the regional consolation game. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style=, , - !colspan=9 style=, Source References {{DEFAULTSORT:1950-51 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team UCLA Bruins men's basketball seasons U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950–51 Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball Team
The 1950–51 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1950–51 college men's basketball season. The Jayhawks were coached by Phog Allen in his 34th year of his second tenure and 36th overall. On December 16, Allen coached against one of his former players, Adolph Rupp, for the first time. Rupp was the coach at Kentucky. The Jayhawks finished the season 8–4 in the Big Seven Conference, finishing 2nd in the conference, and 16–8 overall. They were not selected to the 1951 NCAA Tournament. One notable player on the team was Dean Smith, who would later go on to a Hall of Fame coaching career at North Carolina. Roster *Clyde Lovellette *Ben Kenney *Bill Lienhard *Bill Hougland *Jerry Waugh *Charlie Hoag *Dale Engel *Sonny Enns *Dean Kelley *Clinton Bull *John Keller *Bill Schaake *Dean Wells *Ken Buller *Wally Beck *Harold Lowe *Jack Rodgers *Dean Smith *Aubrey Linville *Mark Rivard *Don Woodson [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950–51 Washington Huskies Men's Basketball Team
The 1950–51 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the NCAA college basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Tippy Dye, the Huskies were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington. The Huskies were overall in the regular season and in conference play; they won the PCC title series with a two-game sweep of Southern division winner which extended their home court winning streak to nineteen games. In the 16-team NCAA tournament, Washington defeated Texas A&M by 22 points in the opener of the West regional in then fell by four to second-ranked In the regional third place game, the Huskies defeated newly-crowned NIT champion BYU by thirteen points to end the season Dye was hired in June 1950; he was previously the head coach at The Buckeyes were Big Ten champions in the season and made the eight-team NCAA tournament. Washington ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950–51 Kansas State Wildcats Men's Basketball Team
The 1950–51 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University as a member of the Big Seven Conference during the 1950–51 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Jack Gardner, who was in his eighth season at the helm. The Wildcats reached the Final Four of the NCAA tournament, losing to Kentucky in the National championship game, and finished with a record of 25–4 (11–1 Big 7). The team played its home games at Ahearn Field House in Manhattan, Kansas. Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=6 style=, Regular season , - !colspan=6 style=, NCAA Tournament Rankings * Team players drafted into the NBA References {{DEFAULTSORT:1950-51 Kansas State Wildcats Men's Basketball Team Kansas State Kansas State Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950–51 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Basketball Team
The 1950–51 Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team represented the University of Illinois. Regular season A 13 win conference season marked only the second time since 1942 that the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball, Fighting Illini men's basketball team had completed that feat. The only time they finished with a better conference record was 1943, where they completed the season with a perfect 12-0 record. Head coach Harry Combes had guided his team to a Big Ten championship, a third-place finish in the 1951 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and a final Associated Press, AP ranking of No. 5 in the nation. This was Combes 2nd Big Ten Championship as well as his 2nd third-place finish in the NCAA tournament within his first 4 years as head coach. The 1950-51 team compiled an overall record of 22 wins and 5 losses with a conference record of 13 wins and 1 loss. The season featured a rematch with Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball, Kentucky, which ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beloit College
Beloit College is a private liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin. Founded in 1846, when Wisconsin was still a territory, it is the state's oldest continuously operated college. It is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest and has an enrollment of roughly 1,400 undergraduate students. History Beloit College was founded by the group Friends for Education, which was started by seven pioneers from New England who, soon after their arrival in the Wisconsin Territory, agreed that a college needed to be established. The group raised funds for a college in their town and convinced the territorial legislature to enact the charter for Beloit College on February 2, 1846. The first building (then called Middle College) was built in 1847, and remains in operation. Classes began in the fall of 1847, with the first degrees awarded in 1851. Beloit's first president was a Yale University graduate, Aaron Lucius Chapin, who served from 1849 to 1886. The college became coeducationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
