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1968–69 Weber State Wildcats Men's Basketball Team
The 1968–69 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Weber State College during the 1968–69 NCAA University Division basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Wildcats were led by first-year head coach Phil Johnson and played their home games on campus at Wildcat Gym in Ogden, Utah. They were in the regular season and in conference play. For the second consecutive season, Weber State won the Big Sky title and played in the 25-team NCAA tournament. In the West regional at Las Cruces, New Mexico, they defeated Seattle by two points and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, against third-ranked Santa Clara. The Broncos won by four points in overtime, and Weber won the third-place game over #12 New Mexico State by two. Johnson had been an assistant coach at Weber under Dick Motta, his high school coach, who left to become head coach of the NBA's Chicago Bulls. After his third year as head coach of the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Johnson (basketball, Born 1941)
Philip Donald Johnson (born September 6, 1941) is a former college basketball player and a former basketball coach. He played college basketball at Utah State University and Weber State, and has coached collegiately at Weber State University. Early life and college playing career Philip Donald Johnson, a native of Grace, Idaho, graduated from Grace High School in 1959. He attended Utah State University for one year before transferring to Weber College (now Weber State University) in Ogden, Utah, where he played on the Wildcats basketball team for one season. In 1961, Johnson returned to Utah State University and played two years on the Utah State Aggies basketball team. Playing under coach LaDell Andersen, Johnson was part of Utah State teams that made the NCAA tournaments of 1962 and 1963. Johnson averaged 12.3 points and 7.1 rebounds in his senior season and graduated from Utah State in 1963 with a B.S. in physical education, and in 1964 he completed his master's degree. Coac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Clara Broncos Men's Basketball
The Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball team represents Santa Clara University in NCAA Division I basketball competition. The team plays home games at the Leavey Center in Santa Clara, California and have been members of the West Coast Conference since its formation in 1952. The team is currently coached by Herb Sendek, who had previously been the head coach at NC State and Arizona State. Sendek was hired on March 29, 2016. Santa Clara has a long history of basketball success, having appeared in 11 NCAA Tournaments and 5 National Invitational Tournaments and producing a number of both collegiate All-Americans and NBA players. Recently, the 2010–11 team won the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament, and the 2012–13 team won the 2013 College Basketball Invitational. They are currently the only team to have won a CBI and a CIT. History Basketball made its inauspicious debut at Santa Clara in 1904 with a 9–7 victory over Alameda High School. Later that year, Santa Clara play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Time Zone
The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when standard time ( UTC−07:00) is in effect, and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time ( UTC−06:00). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time at the 105th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. In the United States, the exact specification for the location of time zones and the dividing lines between zones is set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations at 49 CFR 71. In the United States and Canada, this time zone is generically called Mountain Time (MT). Specifically, it is Mountain Standard Time (MST) when observing standard time, and Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) when observing daylight saving time. The term refers to the Rocky Mountains, which range from British Columbia to New Mexico. In Mexico, this time zone is known as the or ("Pacific Zone"). In the US and Canada, the Mountain Time Zone is to the east of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968–69 NCAA University Division Men's Basketball Rankings
The 1968–69 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. Legend AP Poll This was the first season since 1959–60 that AP polls throughout the season included 20 ranked teams. UPI Poll References {{DEFAULTSORT:1968-69 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings *1968-69 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings College men's basketball rankings in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, most populous U.S. state and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 3rd largest by area. It is also the most populated Administrative division, subnational entity in North America and the 34th most populous in the world. The Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous Statistical area (United States), urban regions respectively, with the former having more than 18.7million residents and the latter having over 9.6million. Sacramento, California, Sacramento is the state's capital, while Los Angeles is the List of largest California cities by population, most populous city in the state and the List of United States cities by population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces (; "the crosses") is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New Mexico and the seat of Doña Ana County. As of the 2020 census the population was 111,385. Las Cruces is the largest city in both Doña Ana County and southern New Mexico. The Las Cruces metropolitan area had an estimated population of 213,849 in 2017. It is the principal city of a metropolitan statistical area which encompasses all of Doña Ana County and is part of the larger El Paso–Las Cruces combined statistical area. Las Cruces is the economic and geographic center of the Mesilla Valley, the agricultural region on the floodplain of the Rio Grande which extends from Hatch to the west side of El Paso, Texas. Las Cruces is the home of New Mexico State University (NMSU), New Mexico's only land-grant university. The city's major employer is the federal government on nearby White Sands Test Facility and White Sands Missile Range. The Organ Mountains, to the east, are dominant in the city's lands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971–72 Chicago Bulls Season
The 1971–72 NBA season was the Bulls' sixth season in the NBA. Offseason Draft picks Roster Regular season Season standings :z – clinched division title :y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot Record vs. opponents Game log Playoffs , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 1 , March 28 , @ Los Angeles L 80–95, Jerry Sloan (18) , Clifford Ray (17) , Norm Van Lier (4) , The Forum17,505 , 0–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 2 , March 30 , @ Los Angeles L 124–131, Bob Love (26) , Clifford Ray (12) , Norm Van Lier (10) , The Forum17,505 , 0–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 3 , April 2 , Los Angeles L 101–108, Norm Van Lier (22) , Clifford Ray (20) , Norm Van Lier (8) , Chicago Stadium17,805 , 0–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 4 , April 4 , Los Angeles L 97–108, Clifford Ray (20) , Clifford Ray (17) , Norm Van Lier (11) , Chicago Stadium18,847 , 0–4 , - Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968–69 Chicago Bulls Season ...
The 1968–69 NBA season was the Bulls' third season in the NBA. Draft picks Roster Regular season Season standings :x – clinched playoff spot Record vs. opponents Game log Player statistics Awards and records *Jerry Sloan, NBA All-Defensive First Team *Jerry Sloan, NBA All-Star Game References {{DEFAULTSORT:1968-69 Chicago Bulls Season Chicago Chicago Bulls seasons Chicago Bulls Chicago Bulls The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on January 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Motta
John Richard Motta (born September 3, 1931) is an American former basketball coach whose career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) spanned 25 years. Motta coached the Washington Bullets to the 1978 NBA Championship, and he won the 1971 NBA Coach of the Year Award with the Chicago Bulls. Motta is eighth all-time with 1,952 games as coach, while ranking 13th in wins and fourth in losses; he has the most wins of eligible coaches not currently inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. In 25 seasons as a coach, he reached the postseason fourteen times. Known as a strict disciplinarian with high expectations for his players, Motta developed a reputation for putting together well-conditioned, tough, physical teams. He was known for his eccentric personality and fiery temper, which included infamously throwing his jacket at a referee, kicking a basketball into the stands and throwing a dollar bill onto the court and demanding it to play after a GM traded one of his players for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Mexico State Aggies Men's Basketball
The New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team represents New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Founded in 1904, the Aggies currently compete in the Western Athletic Conference and last played in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 2022. The Aggies are one of 34 college basketball teams with multiple NBA retired jerseys from former players (Sam Lacey and John Williamson) and a team that reached the NCAA Final Four (in 1970). The team plays home games in the Pan American Center. The Aggies' head coach is Greg Heiar. A Lou Henson-coached team gained national attention during the 1970 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament by advancing to the Final Four. In 1992, a Neil McCarthy-coached team advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, though that appearance has since been vacated. Aggie Basketball has seen 25 NCAA tournament appearances, 5 NIT Tournament appearances, 19 regular season conference championships, and 12 conference tournament championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Visscher
Eugene Visscher (November 23, 1940 – August 6, 2022) was an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach at Weber State University from 1971 to 1974 and at Northern Arizona University Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public research university based in Flagstaff, Arizona. It was founded in 1899 as the final public university established in the Arizona Territory, 13 years before Arizona was admitted as the 48th state. ... from 1981 to 1983. A native of Muskegon, Michigan, he died in Michigan at the age of 81 on August 6, 2022. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Visscher, Gene 1940 births 2022 deaths American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973) draft picks Basketball coaches from Michigan Basketball players from Michigan Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball coaches Sportspeople from Muskegon, Michigan Weber State Wildcats men's basketball coaches Weber State Wild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
