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2018–19 Norfolk State Spartans Men's Basketball Team
The 2018–19 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team represented Norfolk State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by sixth-year coach Robert Jones, played their home games at the Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall in Norfolk, Virginia as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 22–14 overall, 14–2 in MEAC play to finish in first place, and win the MEAC regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the MEAC tournament, they were upset in the championship game by No. 3 seed North Carolina Central. As a conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, and not selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, they were awarded an automatic bid to the NIT. Given a No. 8 seed in the Alabama bracket, they upset No. 1 seed Alabama in the first round, then were defeated in the second round by No. 4 seed Colorado. Previous season The Spartans finished the 2017–18 seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Jones (basketball, Born 1979)
Robert Jones (born June 26, 1979) is an American basketball coach, currently the head men's basketball coach at Norfolk State University. He was named interim head coach on April 15, 2013, and was named full head coach in February 2014. He grew up in South Jamaica, Queens, NY. In 2019, he was awarded the Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award. Coaching career Robert Jones is in the midst of his ninth season as the head coach of Norfolk State's men's basketball program. NSU's 9–1 start to the 2021–22 season is the best start in MEAC history and the second best in HBCU history. The historic start is coming off of Norfolk State's second-ever MEAC title and an NCAA Tournament berth, where the Spartans knocked off Appalachian State in the NCAA Tournament First Four. NSU finished the season 17–8. Entering the 2021–22 season, Jones has led NSU to a .742 (92–32) win percentage in MEAC play, which is fifth in the nation among coaches with at least 100 games coached. Jones has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampton, Virginia
Hampton () is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 137,148. It is the List of cities in Virginia, 7th most populous city in Virginia and List of United States cities by population, 204th most populous city in the nation. Hampton is included in the Hampton Roads United States metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area (officially known as the Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News, VA–NC MSA) which is the List of United States metropolitan statistical areas by population, 37th largest in the United States, with a total population of 1,799,674 (2020). This area, known as "America's First Region", also includes the independent cities of Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Virginia Beach, Newport News, Virginia, Newport News, Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia, Portsmou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
