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1977–78 Evansville Purple Aces Men's Basketball Team
The 1977–78 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the University of Evansville during the 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by first-time head coach Bobby Watson after the departure of Arad McCutchan, who had spent the previous 31 years as coach of the program. Former Purple Aces player Jerry Sloan had previously accepted an offer to become the new head coach but left following five days with the team. The season was the Purple Aces' first time playing in NCAA Division I after years of success in NCAA Division II competition. The Purple Aces lost their first two games of the season against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and the DePaul Blue Demons. The Purple Aces' only win of the season came in a home game on December 6, 1977, against the Pittsburgh Panthers. On December 10, 1977, the Purple Aces lost an away game to the 11th-ranked Indiana State Sycamores. On December 13, 1977, all 14 members of the varsity team and some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Watson (basketball Coach)
Robert Lee Watson (August 8, 1942 – December 13, 1977) was an American basketball coach. He was in his first season as a head coach for the Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball, Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team when he and his team were killed in the Air Indiana Flight 216, 1977 Air Indiana Flight 216 crash. Watson was a college basketball player for the VMI Keydets basketball, VMI Keydets and began his coaching career at a Virginia high school. His early coaching career was interrupted by two stints in the Vietnam War but he returned as an assistant coach for the Xavier Musketeers men's basketball, Xavier Musketeers. Watson first came to prominence as the head coach for the Ferrum College#Athletics, Ferrum Panthers from 1971 to 1973. He worked as an assistant coach for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball, Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball, Oral Roberts Golden Eagles. Watson was hired as the head coach of the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munster, IN
Munster is a suburban town in North Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States. It is in the Chicago metropolitan area, approximately southeast of the Chicago Loop, and shares municipal boundaries with Hammond to the north, Highland to the east, Dyer and Schererville to the south, and Lansing and Lynwood directly west of the Illinois border. Its population was 23,603 at the 2010 US Census. Geography Munster is located at (41.551457, -87.501431), at a point on an ancient shoreline of Lake Michigan (known as the Calumet Shoreline) which is today Ridge Road. This ridge runs east and west through the north part of town, hence the town's nickname "Town on the Ridge". The town's boundaries contain three small lakes, one of which, located within Centennial Park, is marshy and undeveloped. Munster is bordered on the north by the Little Calumet River, a shallow river surrounded by a thin strip of wooded area; and on the West by the Illinois state line. According to the 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hulman Center
The Hulman Center is a 10,200-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.Hulman Center at nmnathletics.com, URL accessed December 5, 2009 Archived 12/5/09 History Initially named the Hulman Civic University Center, the facility opened on December 14, 1973.at indstate.edu, URL accessed December 5, 2009 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumni Hall (DePaul University)
Alumni Hall was a 5,308-seat multi-purpose arena in Chicago on DePaul's Lincoln Park campus. History Alumni Hall was dedicated on December 16, 1956, and was owned and operated by DePaul University. It replaced the University Auditorium, the school's prior on-campus gym. A student-led fundraising campaign raised $25,000 over five weeks. This covered part of the building cost, which totaled $2 million. Construction began on Oct. 3 in 1955 and finished in December 1956. The 44-year-old building consisted of classrooms, offices, an arena, a gymnasium with 5,200 seats, a swimming pool, locker rooms, handball courts and a cafeteria. Alumni Hall's value was equivalent to $18 million today. It was home to the DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team from 1956 until they moved to the Rosemont Horizon in 1980. The DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team played all their home games at Alumni Hall from 1974 to 2000, while the men's team played occasional games there. The DePaul Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Men's Basketball
The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Western Kentucky University (WKU) in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Hilltoppers currently compete in Conference USA. The team's most recent appearance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was in 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 2013. Rick Stansbury was announced as the team's current head coach on March 28, 2016. The men's basketball program has the 16th most victories in the history of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA and has attained the eighth best winning percentage in NCAA history. The school made an NCAA Final Four appearance in 1971, which was later vacated, and has made four NIT Final Four appearances, including three in the early days of the NIT when it was on par with the NCAA tournament. The program has won numerous Ohio Valley Conference championships and was very competitive in its previous conference, the Sun Belt, Sun Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Military Institute
la, Consilio et Animis (on seal) , mottoeng = "In peace a glorious asset, In war a tower of strength""By courage and wisdom" (on seal) , established = , type = Public senior military college , accreditation = SACS , endowment = $696.8 million (2021) , superintendent = Cedric T. Wins , faculty = 143 full-time and 55 part-time (Fall 2019) , students = 1,685 , city = Lexington , state = Virginia , country = United States , pushpin_map = Shenandoah Valley#USA Virginia#USA , pushpin_map_caption = Location in Shenandoah Valley##Location in Virginia##Location in United States , coordinates = , campus = Distant Town , campus_size= , colors = Red, Yellow, & White , nickname = Keydets , mascot = Moe the Kangaroo , sporting_affiliations = , website = , logo = Virginia Military Institute full logo.png , logo_size = 150 , free_label=Newspaper , free='' The Cadet'' Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is a public senior military college in Lexington, Virginia. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffersonville, IN
Jeffersonville is a city and the county seat of Clark County, Indiana, United States, situated along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It lies directly across the Ohio River to the north of Louisville, Kentucky, along I-65. The population was 49,447 at the 2020 census. Jeffersonville began its existence as a settlement around Fort Finney after 1786 and was named after Thomas Jefferson in 1801, the year he took office. History 18th century Pre-founding The foundation for what would become Jeffersonville began in 1786 when Fort Finney was established near where the Kennedy Bridge is today. U.S. Army planners chose the location for its view of a nearby bend in the Ohio River, which offered a strategic advantage in the protection of settlers from Native Americans. Overtime, a settlement grew. In 1791 the fort was renamed to Fort Steuben in honor of Baron von Steuben. Then in 1793 the fort was abandoned. 19th century E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell City, IN
Tell City is a city in Troy Township, Perry County, in the U.S. state of Indiana, along the Ohio River. The population was 7,272 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Perry County. History Tell City traces its 150+ year old roots to a meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, in November 1856. A group of Swiss-German immigrants met there to organize a society known as the "Swiss Colonization Society." Its purpose was to obtain affordable homesteads for mechanics, shopkeepers, factory workers and small farmers in a location where all could live in harmony. The Society decided to purchase a tract of land three miles (5 km) square to be surveyed into a city plot. The group sent out to purchase the land was told to keep in mind a healthful climate, fertile soil, good water, ample timber, and a location near a navigable river and a railroad, if possible. Purchase of such a site was made in July 1857. The tract, containing , was laid out in 392 town blocks with 7,328 building lot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
