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2015 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 WAC women's basketball tournament was held on March 11–14, 2015, at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. This was the fourth consecutive year the WAC Tournament took place in Vegas. Format Grand Canyon did not compete in the 2015 women's basketball tournament. As a D2 to D1 transitioning school, they were ineligible to compete in the NCAA tournament until the 2018 season, so they could not win the conference tournament since the winner received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. However Grand Canyon was eligible to win the regular season title and is eligible to compete in the WNIT or WBI should they be invited. Since Idaho left the WAC at the start of the year, 7 teams competed in the 2015 tournament in a traditional single-elimination style tournament. 1 had a bye in the first round 8, 2 played 7, 3 played 6, and 4 played 5 on Wednesday, March 11. The winners met in the semifinals on Friday, March 13. The championship was held on Saturday, March 14. Seed ...
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Orleans Arena
Orleans Arena is a 9,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Paradise, Nevada, in the Las Vegas Valley. It is located at the Orleans Hotel and Casino and is operated by Coast Casinos, a subsidiary of Boyd Gaming Corporation. The arena is the home to the Vegas Rollers of World TeamTennis since 2019. It is also an occasional home for the UNLV Rebels basketball team when the Thomas & Mack Center is in use. The arena was the home of the Las Vegas Wranglers ice hockey team from 2003 to 2014, the Las Vegas Gladiators arena football team in 2007, as well as the Las Vegas Sin women's football team. In 2020, the Vegas Golden Knights announced it was purchasing and relocating an American Hockey League (AHL) franchise. The Henderson Silver Knights play at Orleans Arena while the club's new 6,000-seat arena is constructed in Henderson, Nevada. Notable events * On July 12, 2003, Ricardo Mayorga retained The Ring welterweight championship with a majority decision over Vernon Forrest, and Zab ...
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Paradise, Nevada
Paradise is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. It was formed on December 8, 1950. Its population was 191,238 at the 2020 census, making it the fifth most populous CDP in the United States; if it were an incorporated city, it would be the fifth largest in Nevada. As an unincorporated town, it is governed by the Clark County Commission with input from the Paradise Town Advisory Board. Paradise contains Harry Reid International Airport, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), most of the Las Vegas Strip, and most of the tourist attractions in the Las Vegas area (excluding downtown). History The southern part of the Las Vegas Valley was referred to as Paradise Valley as early as 1910, owing to a high water table that made the land particularly fertile for farming. County commissioners established a Paradise school district in 1914. In 1950, mayor Ernie Cragin of Las Vegas sought ...
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''ESPNU College Basketball'' is a broadcast of NCAA Division I college basketball on ESPNU. Current play-by-play announcers *Jay Alter * Dave Armstrong *Jordan Bernfield *Allen Bestwick *Brock Bowling *Mike Couzens * Mike Crispino *Ted Emrich *Sam Farber *Dave Feldman *Lowell Galindo * Tom Hart *Mitch Holthus *Derek Jones *Chuckie Kempf *Dave LaMont *Kanoa Leahey * Robert Lee *Clay Matvick *Jon Meterparel * Mike Morgan *Beth Mowins * Mark Neely *Pat O'Keefe *Alex Perlman *Roy Philpott *Bob Picozzi *Steve Quis *Eric Rothman *David Saltzman *Matt Schick *Matt Schumacker *Anish Shroff *Paul Sunderland Current analysts * Mark Adams *Cory Alexander *Paul Biancardi *Lance Blanks *Adrian Branch *Ben Braun *Dalen Cuff *Dan Dakich *Brad Daugherty *Dan Dickau *Alex Faust *Dino Gaudio *Reid Gettys *Sean Harrington * Malcolm Huckaby * Sydney Johnson *Rob Kennedy *Kevin Lehman *Bryndon Manzer *King McClure *Tim McCormick *Myron Medcalf *David Padgett *Chris Piper *Noah Savage *Richie Sc ...
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2014 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2014 WAC women's basketball tournament will be held on March 12–15, 2014, at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada Paradise is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. It was formed on December 8, 1950. Its population was 191,238 at the 2020 census, making it the fif .... This will be the third consecutive year the WAC Tournament takes place in Vegas. Format Grand Canyon will not compete in the 2014 men's basketball tournament. As a D2 to D1 transitioning school, they are ineligible to compete in the NCAA tournament until the 2018 season, so they cannot win the conference tournament since the winner gets an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. However Grand Canyon will be eligible to win the regular season title and is eligible to compete in the WNIT or WBI should they be invited. 8 teams will compete in the 2014 tournament in a traditional single-elimination style tournam ...
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2016 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 WAC women's basketball tournament was a tournament which was held on March 9–12, 2016, at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The #1 seed in the tournament will receive a first round bye to the semifinals. Grand Canyon did not compete in the 2016 women's basketball tournament. As a D2 to D1 transitioning school, they are ineligible to compete in the NCAA tournament until the 2018 season, so they can not win the conference tournament since the winner received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. However Grand Canyon is eligible to win the regular season title and is eligible to compete in the WNIT or WBI should they be invited. New Mexico State won their second straight WAC Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the 2016 NCAA tournament. Seeds Schedule Bracket See also * 2016 WAC men's basketball tournament References {{2016 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament navbox 2015–16 Western Athletic Conference women's basketball season WA ...
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Steven Hunter
Steven Deon Hunter (born October 31, 1981) is American former professional basketball player. He is listed as a center. He most recently played for Dinamo Sassari. High school and college career Hunter played basketball at Proviso East High School, which has produced other NBA players such as Sherell Ford, Michael Finley, Jim Brewer, Doc Rivers, Dee Brown, Donnie Boyce, Reggie Jordan, Shannon Brown, Sterling Brown, and Jevon Carter. Hunter then played two years at DePaul University in Chicago, before declaring himself eligible for the 2001 NBA draft. Professional career As a rookie, Hunter set a then-career high points total with 17 points on December 5, 2001 in a 102–74 win over the Chicago Bulls. In 2002 during training camp with the Magic he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury and missed 49 games of the 2002–2003 NBA season. On April 24, 2005, then on the Phoenix Suns, Hunter scored a postseason career high 16 points, alongside grabbing 5 rebounds, in a ...
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Steve Quis
Steve Quis is an American sportscaster who is based in San Diego, CA and employed by Spectrum SportsNet, ESPN, Bally Sports West, UC San Diego and San Diego Miramar College as Public Information Officer. Broadcasting career Quis currently calls college basketball nationally for ESPN and regionally for Spectrum SportsNet and Bally Sports West in Los Angeles. He is assigned Pac-12, WCC and Mountain West Conference games, along with the Wooden Legacy tournament and the NIT. Quis currently calls the Ford CIF Southern Section Game of the Week on Bally Sports West. He also calls Big West basketball, soccer, volleyball, softball and baseball for UC San Diego on ESPN Plus, Indoor Football for the San Diego Strikeforce, college baseball for Stadium and college wrestling for CBSSN. He also spent the 2012 and 2013 seasons calling Major League Baseball games for the Los Angeles Angels on Compass Media Networks. He has served as the Voice of the LA KISS Arena League team on KCAL-9 Los Angeles, ...
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Katie Smith
Katie Smith (born June 4, 1974) is lead assistant coach for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is the former head coach of the New York Liberty. A retired professional basketball player, Smith's primary position was shooting guard, although she sometimes played small forward or point guard. She was the all-time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having achieved over 7000 points in both her ABL and WNBA career. In 2016, she was voted one of the WNBA Top 20@20. On March 31, 2018, Smith was named to the 2018 class of inductees for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In the same year, Smith was also inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Early life Smith was born in Logan, Ohio, where she spent her formative years. She began playing basketball as early as the 5th grade on a boys' team and took tap dance and ballet lessons as a youngster. She grew up in a family of student-athletes. Her father, Joh ...
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WAC Women's Basketball Tournament
The WAC women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The WAC has held a postseason tournament to crown a women's basketball champion every year since 1991. At first the regular season champion hosted it but at its height, the tournament was held at larger urban venues. With the departure of the Mountain West Conference teams, the tournament had returned to campus, with each game in the tournament being held in one campus venue, each year. Since 2011, the tournament has been held at the Orleans Arena, part of the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The winner of the WAC tournament is normally guaranteed a berth into the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament every year. An exception to this was in 2021, when California Baptist won the WAC tournament but was ineligible for the NCAA tournament because the school was in the midst of its transition from NCAA Division II to Division I. Starti ...
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