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1961–62 Michigan Wolverines Men's Basketball Team
The 1961–62 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1961–62 season. The team finished the season in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference with an overall record of 7–17 and 5–9 against conference opponents. Dave Strack was in his second year as the team's head coach. Tom Cole was the team's leading scorer with 361 points in 24 games for an average of 15.0 points per game. Cole also led the team with 223 rebounds. Statistical leaders See also * 1962 in Michigan References Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ... Michigan Wolverines men's basketball seasons Michigan Wolverines basketball Michigan Wolverines basketball {{collegebasketball-season-stub ...
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Dave Strack
David H. Strack (March 2, 1923 – January 25, 2014) was an American athletic director for the University of Arizona and head college basketball, basketball coach at the University of Michigan. He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. Early life Strack grew up in Indiana and graduated from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, where he was the basketball team's captain and MVP in 1941 and was named to the Indiana All-Star team. Strack played college basketball at the University of Michigan (UM), earning MVP honors in 1943 and 1946. Basketball career Strack briefly played professionally for the Indianapolis Kautskys of the National Basketball League (United States), NBL. He returned to UM and served as an assistant coach from 1948–49 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, 1948 to 1958–59 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, 1959, then left in June 1959 to become the head coach at the 1959–60 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team, University of ...
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James Skala
James George "Jim" Skala (September 18, 1930 – September 24, 2023) was an American basketball player and coach. He played college basketball at the University of Michigan from 1949 to 1952 and was the captain, leading scorer, and most valuable player of the 1951–52 team. He later coached basketball at Eastern Michigan University and the University of Michigan. Early years Skala grew up in Chicago and attended Lindblom High School. University of Michigan Skala attended the University of Michigan. He played college basketball at Michigan from 1949 to 1952. He was the captain, leading scorer, and most valuable player for the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team during the 1951–52 season. Skala also played football as a reserve at the end position on the 1949 and 1950 Michigan football teams. Coaching career and later years After graduating from Michigan, Skala became the head basketball coach at Eastern Michigan University. He held that position from 1954 to 1960, com ...
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Tom Jorgensen
Thomas A. Jorgensen, Jr.(January 2, 1935 – November 29, 2013) was an American basketball coach and player. He was the head coach of the Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball from 1966 to 1973, compiling a record of 95–61 (). He played college basketball at the University of Michigan from 1953 to 1956. He was also an assistant basketball coach at Michigan from 1960 to 1966. Early years Jorgensen attended Paul Robeson High School (Chicago), Parker High School in the Chicago's Englewood, Chicago, Englewood neighborhood. University of Michigan Jorgensen played college basketball at the University of Michigan from 1953 to 1956. He was the team's second leading scorer for three consecutive years. He had a career total of 862 points for the Wolverines. He was also selected as the captain of the 1955–56 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team. In 1955, ''The Michigan Daily'' wrote of Jorgensen: "His deadly outside set shot and excellent dribbling ability made him one of the ...
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Yost Ice Arena
Yost Ice Arena, formerly the Fielding H. Yost Field House, is an indoor ice hockey arena located on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. It is the home of the Michigan men's ice hockey team. Yost Field House opened in 1923 and was the home of the Michigan men's basketball team until the Crisler Center opened in 1967. It was converted into an ice arena in 1973 and has been home of the men's ice hockey team since then. It also has been the home of Michigan's women's ice hockey club team since its establishment in 1994. History Built in 1923 as a field house, the facility is named in honor of Michigan's longtime football coach and athletic director, Fielding H. Yost. For many years, it housed the men's basketball team until it relocated to the larger Crisler Arena in 1967. It also housed the track teams until 1973. In 1973, it was converted into an ice arena, replacing the outdated Michigan Coliseum, and the Michigan hockey team has used it since. Th ...
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University Of Michigan
The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Michigan is one of the earliest American research universities and is a founding member of the Association of American Universities. In the fall of 2023, the university employed 8,189 faculty members and enrolled 52,065 students in its programs. The university is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". It consists of nineteen colleges and offers 250 degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The university is Higher education accreditation in the United States, accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In 2021, it ranked third among American universities in List of countries by research and development spending, research expe ...
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College Basketball
College basketball is basketball that is played by teams of Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. In the Higher education in the United States, United States, colleges and universities are governed by collegiate athletic bodies, including the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), and the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA). Each of these various organizations is subdivided into one to three divisions, based on the number and level of scholarships that may be provided to the athletes. Teams with more talent tend to win over teams with less talent. Each organization has different conferences to divide the teams into groups. Traditionally, the location of a school has been a significant factor in determining conference affiliation. The bulk of the g ...
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's Basket (basketball), hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by boun ...
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Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives in 1896, it predates the founding of its regulating organization, the NCAA; it is the oldest NCAA Division I conference in the country. It is based in the Chicago area in Rosemont, Illinois. For many decades the conference consisted of ten prominent universities, which accounts for its name. On August 2, 2024, the conference expanded to 18 member institutions and 2 affiliate institutions. The conference competes in the NCAA Division I and its College football, football teams compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport. Big Ten member institutions are major research universities with large ...
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1962 In Michigan
Events from the year 1962 in Michigan. The Associated Press selected the top news stories of 1962 in Michigan as follows: # George W. Romney, George Romney's successful campaign to become Governor of Michigan (AP-1); # The end of the Michigan Constitutional Convention (AP-2); # The January 30 tragedy in which the Wallenda family, performing a high wire pyramid in front of 7,000 spectators at the Shrine Circus at Detroit's Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum, State Fair Coliseum, sustained two deaths and three other injuries when their human pyramid collapsed (AP-3); # Record profits and sales in the automobile business (AP-4); # Completion of the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge connecting the twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (AP-5); # The defeat of proposed tax reform in the Michigan Legislature (AP-6); # An order by the Michigan Supreme Court directing reapportionment (AP-7) # The sinking of the freighter ''Montrose'' in the Detroit ...
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