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1984 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1984 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the third annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. Rust defeated Elizabethtown in the championship game, 51–49, to claim the Bearcats' first Division III national title. The championship rounds were hosted in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Bracket First Round * Susquehanna 77, Allegheny 61 * Elizabethtown 67, Scranton 58 * TCNJ 78, Rochester (NY) 58 * Buffalo St. 81, New Rochelle 67 * Eastern Conn. St. 54, Bridgewater St. 48 * Salem St. 69, WPI 50 * Stockton 77, Ohio Northern 69 * Kean 79, Muskingum 69 * Pitt.-Johnstown 64, Wis.-Whitewater 60 * Wis.-La Crosse 77, Carroll (WI) 67 * North Central (IL) 65, William Penn 57 * Gettysburg 79, Millikin 74 * Concordia-M’head 77, Pomona-Pitzer 58 * Bishop 71, St. Thomas (MN) 67 * Knoxville 82, UNC Greensboro 74 * Rust 83, Va. Wesleyan 65 Regional Finals * Elizabethtown 73, Susqueha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Scranton is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Lackawanna County. With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Scranton is the largest city in Northeastern Pennsylvania, the Wyoming Valley, and the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 562,037 as of 2020. It is List of cities and boroughs in Pennsylvania by population, the sixth largest city in Pennsylvania. The contiguous network of five cities and more than 40 boroughs all built in a straight line in Northeastern Pennsylvania's urban area act culturally and logistically as one continuous city, so while the city of Scranton itself is a smaller town, the larger unofficial city of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre contains nearly half a million residents in roughly 200 square miles. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is the cultural and economic center of a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TCNJ Lions
The TCNJ Lions are the athletic teams representing The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). They are a member of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) and compete within Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Overview The school fields 11 varsity sports teams for men and women each and has captured 44 team national championships, as well as more than 40 individual and relay national championships, across multiple programs. The school's two most successful are the Women's Lacrosse team with 12 NCAA Division III Championships and the Women's Field Hockey team with 11 Division III NCAA Championships, the most of any team in D-III for either sport. The wrestling team hosts has placed in the top 20 nationally for 30 consecutive years, including 5 national championships (1979, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987), 5 runner-up finishes, and numerous finishes in the top 5. TCNJ's varsity teams are the top combined first- and second-place finishers of all 424 Division I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 NAIA Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1984 NAIA women's basketball tournament was the fourth annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its members in the United States and Canada. UNC Asheville defeated Portland in the championship game, 72–70 after one overtime period, to claim the Bulldogs' first NAIA national title. The tournament was played in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Qualification The tournament field expanded for the first time since its establishment, increasing from eight to sixteen teams. The top eight teams were seeded. The tournament utilized a simple single-elimination format, with an additional third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinals. Bracket See also * 1984 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament * 1984 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament * 1984 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament * 1984 NAIA men's basketball tournament References {{DEFAULTSORT:1984 Naia Women's Division I Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1984 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the tenth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States. Held during March 1984, the field included 32 teams and the final championship rounds were contested at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Wisconsin–Whitewater defeated Clark (MA), 103–86, to claim their first NCAA Division III national title. Bracket Regionals National finals See also *1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament * 1984 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament *1984 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament The 1984 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the third annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. Rust defeated Eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1984 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament was the third annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of women's collegiate basketball among its Division II membership in the United States. Central Missouri State defeated defending champions Virginia Union in the championship game, 80–73, claiming the Jennies' first Division II national title. The championship rounds were contested at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, hosted by Springfield College. Regionals East Great Lakes New England North Central South South Atlantic South Central West National Finals - Springfield, Massachusetts Visiting team listed first in Elite Eight Final Four Location: Springfield Civic Center Host: Springfield College All-tournament team * Carla Eades, Central Missouri State * Veta Williams, Virginia Union * Janice Washington, Valdosta State * Rosie Jones, Central Missouri State * Donna Burks, Dayton See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1984 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 16 and ended on April 1. It featured 32 teams, four fewer than the previous year. Tennessee, Louisiana Tech, Cheyney, and Southern California were the Final Four, with Southern California defeating Tennessee, 72-61, for its second straight title. USC's Cheryl Miller was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. The semi-finals and finals were held in Pauley Pavilion on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, California. Notable events Three of the four team earning a bid to the Final Four did so winning the Regional game on their own floor. The exception, the East Regional was held at a neutral site, the Norfolk Scope, but that was the home town of Old Dominion, who had won 45 consecutive home games, before meeting Cheyney State in the East Regional final. Cheyney State won by a score of 80–71. The win matched them up against the three seed Tennessee, who upset Georgia to win the Mideast Regional. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Tigers
Bishop College was a historically black college, founded in Marshall, Texas, United States, in 1881 by the Baptist Home Mission Society. It was intended to serve students in east Texas, where the majority of the black population lived at the time. In 1961 the administration moved the college into Dallas, Texas. It closed in 1988. In 2006 the president of Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky reached out to Bishop College alumni, proposing to have them "adopt" his college as an alma mater. He offered scholarships to their descendants, with a chance to have their diploma read "Bishop College". This was part of an effort to increase minority enrollment at Georgetown. History The college was founded by the Baptist Home Mission Society in 1881 as the result of a movement to build a college for African-American Baptists. Nathan Bishop, who had been the superintendent of several major school systems in New England, started this effort. Baylor University President Rufus C. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UPJ Mountain Cats
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ or Pitt-Johnstown) is a state-related college in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is a baccalaureate degree-granting regional campus of the University of Pittsburgh. The university is located in Richland Township, a suburban area of Johnstown, and was founded in 1927 as one of the first regional campuses of a major university in the United States. History The University of Pittsburgh first established a presence in the area prior to World War I, when the Johnstown School Board asked the university to offer continuing education courses at extension class sites in local teachers' institutions. By 1926, a more permanent relationship was sought by the school board, and UPJ was officially founded as a two-year college of the University of Pittsburgh on September 24, 1927. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s it held classes in the Johnstown High School building in the Kernville neighborhood which adjoins downtown Johnstown. After World War II, the Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kean Cougars
Kean University () is a public university in Union and Hillside, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Kean University was founded in 1855 in Newark, New Jersey, as the Newark Normal School. Initially established for the exclusive purpose of being a teacher-education college it became New Jersey State Teachers College in 1937. In 1958, following a post-war boom of students and increasing demands for a more comprehensive curriculum, the college was relocated from Newark to Union Township, site of the Kean family's ancestral home at Liberty Hall. After its move to the historic Livingston-Kean Estate, which includes the entire Liberty Hall acreage, the historic James Townley House, and Kean Hall, which historically housed the library of United States Senator Hamilton Fish Kean and served as a political meeting place, the school became Newark State College, a comprehensive institution providing a full range of academic programs and majors. Rena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rust Bearcats
Rust College is a private historically black college in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Founded in 1866, it is the second-oldest private college in the state. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelical ..., it is one of ten historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) founded before 1868 that are still operating. History One of the oldest colleges for African Americans in the United States, Rust was founded on November 24, 1866, by Northern United States, Northern missionaries with a group called the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1870, the college was chartered as Shaw University in 1870, honoring the Reverend S. O. Shaw, who made a gift of $10,000 to the institution which, adjusted for inflation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
