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1995 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1995 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 58th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. Awards and honors *Leading scorers: *Leading rebounder: *Player of the Year: Nate Driggers (Montevallo). 1995 NAIA bracket * * denotes overtime.See also * * |
Mabee Center
Mabee Center is a 10,154-seat multi-purpose arena, located on the campus of Oral Roberts University, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.Bill Haisten, "Still Fine at 40: Built in 1972, ORU’s Mabee Center remains an effective venue today." ''Tulsa World'', December 21, 2012. Reprintehere The building opened in 1972 and was designed by architect Frank Wallace, who designed most of the buildings on the ORU campus. It carries the name of Tulsa oilman John Mabee, whose foundation donated $1 million toward its construction.David Edwin Harrell, Jr., ''Oral Roberts: An American Life'' (Indiana University Press, 1985), , pp. 225, 398, & passimExcerpts availableat Google Books. The facility received several substantial upgrades in 2021 including: new arena seats, exterior blue paint, blue glass panels, a brand new sound system, all new LED house lights, concourse level remodeling, digital screens, state-of-the-art wifi, and new suites. An adjacent building, smaller but similar in shape, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 1,023,988 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, with urban development extending into Osage, Rogers, and Wagoner counties. Tulsa was settled between 1828 and 1836 by the Lochapoka Band of Creek Native American tribe and most of Tulsa is still part of the territory of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Historically, a robust energy sector fueled Tulsa's economy; however, today the city has diversified and leading sectors include finance, aviation, telecommunications and technology. Two institutions of higher education within the city have sports teams at the NCAA Division I level: Oral Roberts University and the University of Tulsa. As well, the University of Oklaho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Association Of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to its student athletes. For the 2021–22 season, it has 252 member institutions, of which two are in British Columbia, one in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the rest in the conterminous United States, with over 77,000 student-athletes participating. The NAIA, whose headquarters is in Kansas City, Missouri, sponsors 27 national championships. The CBS Sports Network, formerly called CSTV, serves as the national media outlet for the NAIA. In 2014, ESPNU began carrying the NAIA Football National Championship. History In 1937, James Naismith and local leaders, including George Goldman and Emil Liston, staged the first National College Basketball Tournament at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, of which Goldman was director, one year befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1995 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its Division II members in the United States and Canada for the 1994–95 basketball season. Bethel (IN) defeated hosts Northwest Nazarene in the championship game, 103–95 after overtime, to claim the Pilots' first NAIA national title. The tournament was played at the Montgomery Fieldhouse at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho. Qualification The tournament field expanded for the second time in two years, increasing by eight teams from twenty-four to thirty-two teams. The top sixteen teams were now seeded, and no teams were given a bye into the second round. The tournament continued to utilize a single-elimination format. Bracket See also *1995 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament *1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament *1995 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament The 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 1995, and ended with the championship game on April 3 at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington. A total of 63 games were played. The Final Four consisted of UCLA, making their fifteenth appearance and first since the 1980 team that eventually saw their appearance vacated, Oklahoma State, making their fifth appearance and first since 1951, North Carolina, making their twelfth appearance and second in three years, and Arkansas, the defending national champions. The championship game saw UCLA win their eleventh national championship and first (and only) national title under Jim Harrick by defeating Arkansas 89–78, foiling the Razorbacks' hopes of back to back national titles. UCLA's Ed O'Bannon was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Schedule and venues T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1995 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 48 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1994-95 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Southern Indiana and UC Riverside's William Wilson was the Most Outstanding Player. Regional participants *denotes tie Regionals East - Indiana, Pennsylvania Location: Memorial Field House Host: Indiana University of Pennsylvania *Third Place - Millersville 89, Gannon 76 South Central - Saint Joseph, Missouri Location: MWSC Fieldhouse Host: Missouri Western State University *Third Place - Mississippi College 90, Missouri Western State 77 West - Riverside, California Location: UCR Student Recreation Center Host: University of California, Riverside *Third Place - Cal State LA 78, UC Davis 74 North Central - Hays, Kansas Location: Gross Memorial Coliseum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1995 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 21st 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. The field expanded to its current size and format of sixty-four teams allocated across four sectionals. The national semifinals, third-place final, and championship final were contested in Buffalo, New York. Wisconsin–Platteville defeated Manchester (IN), 69–55, in the final, clinching their second national title (and first since 1991). The Pioneers (31–0) were led by future Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan and were the first men's Division III program to complete an undefeated season since Potsdam in 1986. Championship Rounds *Site: Buffalo, New York See also *1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament *1995 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament * 1995 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament * 1995 NAIA Div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1995 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its Division I members in the United States and Canada for the 1994–95 basketball season. Top-seeded defending champions Southern Nazarene defeated Southeastern Oklahoma State in the championship game, 78–77, to claim the Redskins' third NAIA national title. This would ultimately be the second of four consecutive championships for Southern Nazarene. The tournament was played at the Oman Arena in Jackson, Tennessee. Qualification The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, with the top sixteen teams receiving seeds. The tournament continued to utilize a simple single-elimination format. Bracket See also *1995 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament *1995 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament *1995 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament The 1995 NCAA Division II women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 In Sports In Oklahoma
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strikes Kobe, Japan, killing 5,000-6,000 people; The Unabomber Manifesto is published in several U.S. newspapers; Gravestones mark the victims of the Srebrenica massacre near the end of the Bosnian War; Windows 95 is launched by Microsoft for PC; The first exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered; Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Space station Mir in a display of U.S.-Russian cooperation; The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is bombed by domestic terrorists, killing 168., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 O. J. Simpson murder case rect 200 0 400 200 Kobe earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Unabomber Manifesto rect 0 200 300 400 Oklahoma City bombing rect 300 200 600 400 Srebrenica massacre rect 0 400 200 600 Space Shuttle Atlanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March 1995 Sports Events In The United States
March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the second of seven months to have a length of 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20 or 21 marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March. Origin The name of March comes from '' Martius'', the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named after Mars, the Roman god of war, and an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus. His month ''Martius'' was the beginning of the season for warfare, and the festivals held in his honor during the month were mirrored by others in October, when the season for these activities came to a close. ''Martius'' remained the first month of the Roman calendar year perhaps a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
