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2009–10 Charleston Cougars Men's Basketball Team
The 2009–10 College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball team represented the College of Charleston in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Bobby Cremins's fourth season at College of Charleston. The Cougars compete in the Southern Conference and played their home games at Carolina First Arena. They finished the season 22–12, 14–4 in SoCon play and advanced to the semifinals of the 2010 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament before losing to Appalachian State. They were invited to the 2010 College Basketball Invitational where they advanced to the quarterfinals before losing to VCU. Roster Source Schedule and results , - !colspan=9 style=, Exhibition , - !colspan=9 style=, Regular Season , - !colspan=9 style= , , - !colspan=9 style=, References {{DEFAULTSORT:2009-10 College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball team College Of Charleston Charleston Cougars men's basketball seasons Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Cremins
Robert Joseph Cremins Jr. (born July 4, 1947) is an American retired college basketball coach. He served as a head coach at Appalachian State, Georgia Tech, and the College of Charleston. Early years Cremins attended All Hallows High School in the Bronx, New York, where he was born to Irish immigrants from County Kerry. In 1966, he entered the University of South Carolina (USC) on a basketball scholarship, where he played under coach Frank McGuire. While Cremins was there, the South Carolina team won 61 games, with 17 losses, while Cremins was the starting point guard for three years for the Gamecocks. Cremins, known as "Cakes", was also the captain of South Carolina's 1969–70 team which went 25–3 and won USC's first (and only) ACC regular season title. He graduated from USC in 1970 with a B.S. degree in marketing, before playing professional basketball for one year in Ecuador. Early coaching career Cremins started his coaching career in 1971 as an assistant coach at P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrison High School (Georgia)
Carl Harrison High School, commonly known as Harrison High School or simply Harrison is a grades 9– 12 public high school in Kennesaw, Georgia, United States. History The school was named for Carl J. Harrison, a member of the Cobb County Board of Education, a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, elected in 1975, and later a Senator in the Georgia State Senate, elected in 1983. The 2011 movie,'' The 5th Quarter'', was based on true events that occurred in 2006, in which a member of Harrison High School's lacrosse team was killed in a car accident due to careless driving from classmates. Sports and clubs Music The Harrison High School Marching Band took part in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2009 and 2016. Notable alumni * Darvin Adams (2008) - Canadian Football League (CFL) wide receiver * Joe Bendik - Major League Soccer (MLS) goalkeeper * Bradford Cox - Rock Musician (Deerhunter and Atlas Sound) and Actor (Dropped Out) * Adam Everett (1995) - M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucker High School
Tucker High School is the only public high school in Tucker, a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. It is operated by the DeKalb County School District. Its student body consists of over 1,600 students. Tucker High's boundary includes a section of the City of Clarkston. Academics On December 17, 2012, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools announced that it had downgraded the DeKalb County School District's status from "on advisement" to "on probation" and warned the school system that the loss of their accreditation was "imminent.""DeKalb school district in 'conflict and crisis,' put on probation by accreditation agency." " ''The Atlanta Journal and Constitution''. December 17, 2012. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithonia, GA
Lithonia ( , AAVE: ) is a city in eastern DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The city's population was 2,662 at the 2020 census. Lithonia is in the Atlanta metropolitan area. "Lithonia" means "city/town of stone". Lithonia is in the heart of the Georgian granite-quarrying and viewing region, hence the name of the town, from the Greek , for “stone”. The huge nearby Stone Mountain is composed of granite, while the Lithonia gneiss is a form of metamorphic rock. The Stone Mountain granite is younger than, and has intruded the Lithonia gneiss. The area has a history of rock quarries. The mines were served by the Georgia Railroad and Atlanta, Stone Mountain & Lithonia Railway. Some of the rock quarries have been converted to parkland, and the rail lines to rail-trail. Lithonia is one of the gateways to the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area, which is largely contained inside Stonecrest, Georgia. Geography Lithonia is located in southeastern DeKalb County at (33.71265 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Walton Academy
George Walton Academy (GWA) is a K3 (preschool) through twelfth grade private school in Monroe, Georgia. It was established in 1969 as a segregation academy in response to school integration in the United States. It is now a college preparatory school. History George Walton Academy was founded in 1969 during school desegregation in Good Hope, Georgia. It is now located in Monroe, Georgia and serves PK-12th grades with a student-teacher ratio of 10:1. According to brigadier general, author, and GWA alumnus Ty Seidule, the school was founded for one purpose: "Ensure white kids didn't have to go to school with Black kids." Initially, the school was located in Good Hope, Georgia, where the school took over the facilities of two public schools, the previously all-white Good Hope School and the previously all-black Good Hope-Peters School. In 1975, the school moved from Good Hope to Monroe. As of 1983, several black children had been accepted for admission, but none had enrolled. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe, GA
Monroe is a city and the county seat of Walton County, Georgia, United States. It is located both one hour east of Atlanta via US 78 and GA 138 to I-20 and east of Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport and is one of the exurban cities in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The population was 14,928 at the 2020 U.S. census. History Monroe was founded in 1818 as seat of the newly formed Walton County. It was incorporated as a town in 1821 and as a city in 1896. Monroe was a major cotton producer in the state during the 1900s. The two main cotton mills in Monroe used to be the driving economic force in the region. Now the mills no longer produce for the cotton industry, but rather serve as economic engines for the region by housing antique markets, event space, and other unique retail. In July 1946, the area was the site of the last mass lynching in the United States. A White mob attacked and killed two Black married couples who were driving through the area. The four people w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelve original counties established under English rule in 1683 in what was then the Province of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the population stood at 2,736,074, making it the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City, and the most populous Administrative divisions of New York (state)#County, county in the state.Table 2: Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State - 2020 New York State Department of Health. Accessed January 2, 2024. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Kent School
South Kent School, a private all-boys boarding school in South Kent, Connecticut, United States, is located on a campus in western Litchfield County. It is sited on Spooner Hill east of Bull's Bridge, overlooking the former Housatonic Valley rail-line, Hatch Pond, and the 'whistle-stop' South Kent station, and is itself overlooked by Bull Mountain. The school has an operating budget of approximately $14 million and a staff of less than 100. From its inception, South Kent School was intended to offer a service-oriented education "at minimum cost for boys of ability and character, who presumably on graduation must be self-supporting. " Its motto is "''Simplicity of life, Self-reliance, and Directness of purpose''". History The hamlet of South Kent emerged in the mid-1700s on the "main road over Spooner Hill to Bull's Bridge", where Jacob Bull established an iron foundry; by 1800, an ironworks and forge were also set up near the outlet from Hatch Pond. When railroads came up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agawam, MA
Agawam is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 28,692 at the 2020 census. Agawam sits on the western side of the Connecticut River, directly across from Springfield. It is considered part of the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is contiguous with the Knowledge Corridor area, the second-largest metropolitan area in New England. Agawam contains a subsection, Feeding Hills. The Six Flags New England (formerly known as Riverside Park, one of the largest such parks in the United States) amusement park is located in Agawam, on the banks of the Connecticut River. Agawam's ZIP code, 01001, is the lowest in the contiguous United States. Etymology The Native American village originally sited on the west bank of the Connecticut River was known as Agawam, or Agawanus, Aggawom, Agawom, Onkowam, Igwam, and Auguam. It is variously speculated to mean "unloading place" and "fishcuring place", perhaps in reference to fish at Agawam Falls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Center (basketball)
The center (C), or the centre, also known as the five, the big or the pivot, is one of the five Basketball position, positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is almost always the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well. In the National Basketball Association, NBA, the center is typically close to tall; centers in the Women's National Basketball Association, WNBA are typically above . Centers traditionally play close to the basket in the low post. The two tallest players in NBA history, Manute Bol and Gheorghe Mureșan, were both centers, each standing tall. Centers are valued for their ability to protect their own goal from high-percentage close attempts on defense, while scoring and rebounding with high efficiency on offense. In the 1950s and 1960s, George Mikan and Bill Russell were centerpieces of championship dynasties and defined early prototypical centers. With the addition of a three-point field goal for the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London, England
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Lawrence (basketball)
Andrew Derek Lawrence (born 4 June 1990) is a British professional basketball player for the Surrey Scorchers of the British Basketball League. Born in London, Lawrence played college basketball for Charleston, being named in the all- SoCon second team for two years in a row in 2012 and 2013. He represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal Lawrence is the son of Renaldo Lawrence who was drafted by the San Diego Clippers in the eighth round of the 1979 NBA draft. He is also the nephew of David Lawrence who played in the British Basketball League for six seasons. He attended St. John the Baptist secondary school (SJB) in Woking, Surrey. College career In Andrew's freshman season at the College of Charleston, he appeared in all thirty-four games, averaging 4.7 points per game. On 30 January 2010 Andrew scored a season-high thirteen points against Georgia Southern University. Andrew appeared in all thirty-six games his sophomore season, including two starts. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
