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2015–16 Saint Mary's Gaels Men's Basketball Team
The 2015–16 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Randy Bennett's fifteenth season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels competed in the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion. They finished the season 29–6, 15–3 in WCC play to win a share of the WCC regular season conference championship. They defeated Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine to advance to the championship game of the WCC tournament where they lost to Gonzaga. As a regular season conference champion, and #1 seed in their conference tournament, who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. As a #2 seed, they defeated New Mexico State and Georgia to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Valparaiso. Previous season The Gaels finished the 2014–15 season 21–10, 13–5 in WCC play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Bennett
Randall William Bennett (born June 9, 1962) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Saint Mary's College of California. He led the team to several second-place finishes and seven NCAA tournament appearances, culminating in regular season conference championships in 2011, 2012 and 2016 as well as WCC tournament championships in 2010, 2012 and 2019. Early life and college playing career Born in Mesa, Arizona, Bennett graduated from Westwood High School in Mesa and began his collegiate career at Mesa Community College, playing under his father Tom from 1980 to 1982. Bennett then transferred to the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego). As a senior in the 1984–85 season, Bennett averaged 7.0 points and 1.5 rebounds. Bennett graduated from UC San Diego in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in biology. Coaching career While completing his degree at UC San Diego, Bennett began his coaching career in the 1985–86 season as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels Men's Basketball Team
The 2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Randy Bennett's fourteenth season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels competed in the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion. They finished the season 21–10, 13–5 in WCC play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC tournament to Portland. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Vanderbilt. Previous season The Gaels finished the season 23–12, 11–7 in WCC play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semi-finals of the WCC tournament where they lost to Gonzaga. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Utah in the first round before losing in the second round to Minnesota. Departures Incoming Transfers Recruiting Roster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minneapolis
Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins in timber and as the flour milling capital of the world. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota. Prior to European settlement, the site of Minneapolis was inhabited by Dakota people. The settlement was founded along Saint Anthony Falls on a section of land north of Fort Snelling; its growth is attributed to its proximity to the fort and the falls providing power for industrial activity. , the city has an estimated 425,336 inhabitants. It is the most populous city in the state and the 46th-most-populous city in the United States. Minneapolis, Saint Paul and the surrounding area are collectively known as the Twin Cities. Minneapolis has one of the most extensive public par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Coleman (basketball)
Joe Coleman (born June 16, 1993) is an American basketball player. He was named 2011 Minnesota Mr. Basketball and was a Top 100 ESPN Recruit. He was also a contestant on ''The Bachelorette''. High school career Coleman is a 2011 graduate from Hopkins High School. He led the school to three state championships in 2009, 2010, and 2011. In 2011, he was named Captain of the team and had a record of 32–1. After leading the team to a state championship he was then named Minnesota Mr. Basketball. During his senior year he averaged 21.5 points per game and 5.9 rebounds. College career Freshman season With the injury of Mo Walker and loss of senior Al Nolen, Coach Tubby Smith was looking for new recruits to fill the empty spots. He recruited Joe Coleman to play for the Minnesota Gophers. Here Joe would be able to use his athletic abilities to help the team. During much of his freshman year his points were scored in the paint. During his Gopher debut against Bucknell College Joe played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACB League
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, with the two lowest-placed teams relegated to the LEB Oro and replaced by the top team in that division plus the winner of the promotion playoffs. The competition was founded as the ACB Primera División on 1983 following the decision of clubs in the Liga Nacional, founded in 1957, to break away from the Spanish Basketball Federation and professionalize the league. The league's accumulated revenues were worth around €30 million in 2020, with Endesa and Movistar Plus+ contributing 50% of the revenues of the league. The league is a corporation where president Antonio Martín is responsible for its management, whilst the member clubs act as shareholders. Clubs were apportioned central payment revenues of €12 million in 2019–20. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CB 1939 Canarias
Club Cantera Base 1939 Canarias S.A.D., also known as Lenovo Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Domestically, the team plays in the top level league in Spain, the Liga ACB and in European-wide competitions, the team plays in FIBA's Basketball Champions League (BCL). Their home arena is the Santiago Martín. History The team was founded in 1994, after the old CB Canarias club, that huge financial problems at that time, merged with other teams of the Spanish island of Tenerife, to create the new Tenerife Canarias club, which only played two seasons in the Liga EBA competition, at the time when that league was the second tier level of Spanish club basketball. People who were in disagreement with that merger then created the new CB 1939 Canarias club, which inherited the colors and the logo of the club. In 2012, Iberostar Canarias was promoted to Spain's top-tier level Liga ACB compet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Covina, California
West Covina is a suburban city in Los Angeles County, California Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the List of the most populous counties in the United States, most populous county in the United States and in the U.S. state of California, ..., located east of Downtown Los Angeles in the eastern San Gabriel Valley and is part of Greater Los Angeles Area, Greater Los Angeles. The population for the city was 106,098 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. West Covina is bordered by Covina, California, Covina to the northeast, Baldwin Park, California, Baldwin Park and Irwindale, California, Irwindale to the northwest, La Puente, California, La Puente and Valinda, California, Valinda to the southwest, City of Industry, California, Industry to the south, Ramona, California (Los Angeles County), Ramona to the east, and Walnut, California, Walnut to the southeast. History West Covina was incorporated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shingle Springs, California
Shingle Springs (formerly, Shingle Spring and Shingle) is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States. The population was 4,432 at the 2010 census, up from 2,643 at the 2000 census. It is located about from Sacramento in the Gold Country foothills and sits directly on Highway 50. The towns of Coloma and Placerville are less than away. Shingle Springs is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade– Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, a federally recognized tribe of Maidu and Miwok people, are headquartered in Shingle Springs. History Before the area was settled by Anglo-Americans, a Maidu village called Bamom was located in the vicinity. Like many of the other towns in California's Mother Lode, Shingle Springs grew on the site of a mining camp set up by gold miners during the California Gold Rush, in this case a group of "49ers" who had followed the Carson-Emigrant Trail through Pleasant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Waldow
Brad Ernest Waldow (born December 30, 1991) is an American basketball player who last played for the Toyoda Gosei Scorpions of the Japanese B.League. He competed in college for the St. Mary's Gaels. Early life Waldow began playing competitive basketball in eighth grade. In his sophomore season at Ponderosa High School, he slimmed down and had a growth spurt that saw him increase his height from 6'2 to 6'7. Waldow averaged 26 points and 11 rebounds per game as a senior. Despite this, he was lightly recruited and one of the few collegiate offers came from St. Mary's. College career Waldow redshirted his freshman year at St. Mary's, which he used to add muscle to his frame. In an overtime win against San Diego on March 10, 2013, Waldow contributed 23 points, 16 rebounds, and four blocked shots and had a tooth knocked out while fighting for a rebound. He then tried to hand the tooth to coach Randy Bennett. After the incident, Waldow used a vampire mouthguard and had reconstructive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 Vanderbilt Commodores Men's Basketball Team
The 2014–15 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Kevin Stallings, in his sixteenth season at Vanderbilt. The team played their home games at Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University), Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 21–14, 9–9 in SEC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the second round of the 2015 SEC men's basketball tournament, SEC tournament where they lost to Tennessee. They were invited to the 2015 National Invitation Tournament, National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Saint Mary's in the first round and South Dakota State in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Stanford. Previous season Coach Kevin Stallings completed his fifteenth season by posting a 15–16 record during the 2013-14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 National Invitation Tournament
The 2015 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2015 NCAA tournament. The annual tournament is being played on campus sites for the first three rounds, with the Final Four and Championship game being held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The tournament began on Tuesday, March 17 and ended on Thursday, April 2. On February 6, the NCAA announced the 2015 NIT will use a 30-second shot clock (same as its WNIT counterpart) and a 4-foot (1.22 m) restricted-area arc as experimental rules for the 2015 tournament. On March 4, the NCAA announced teams that are marked as the first four teams left out of the 2015 NCAA tournament field will be the top-seeded teams in the 2015 NIT. Participants Automatic qualifiers The following teams earned automatic berths into the 2015 NIT field by virtue of having won their respective conference's regular season championship but failing to win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 Portland Pilots Men's Basketball Team
The 2014–15 Portland Pilots men's basketball team represented the University of Portland during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pilots, led by ninth-year head coach Eric Reveno, played their home games at the Chiles Center and were members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 7–11 in WCC play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the WCC tournament where they lost to BYU. They were invited to the CollegeInsdier.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Sacramento State. Previous season The Pilots finished the season 15–16, 7–11 in WCC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the first round of the West Coast Conference tournament to Loyola Marymount. Departures Recruitment Recruitment Class of 2015 Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=9 style="background:#461D7C; color:#FFFFFF;", Exhibition , - !colspan=9 style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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