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2019–20 Georgetown Hoyas Men's Basketball Team
The 2019–20 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hoyas, led by third-year head coach Patrick Ewing, played their home games at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., as members of the Big East Conference. They lost to St. John's in the first round of the 2020 Big East men's basketball tournament, finished with a record of 15–17 overall and 5–13 in Big East play, and had no postseason play. Previous season The Hoyas finished the 2018–19 season at 19–14, 9–9 in Big East play, to finish in sixth place in the conference. As the No. 6 seed in the Big East tournament, they lost in the first round to Seton Hall. Invited to the National Invitation Tournament, they lost in the first round to Harvard. Georgetown finished the season with a winning record, a non-losing conference record, and an invitation to a postseason tournament, all for the first time since 2014–15. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Ewing
Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Georgetown University men's team. He played most of his career as the starting center for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) before ending his playing career with brief stints with the Seattle SuperSonics and Orlando Magic. Ewing is regarded as one of the greatest centers of all time, playing a dominant role in the New York Knicks 1990's success. Highly recruited out of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ewing played center for Georgetown for four years—in three of which the team reached the NCAA Championship Game. ESPN in 2008 designated him the 16th-greatest college basketball player of all time. He had a seventeen-year NBA career, predominantly playing for the New York Knicks, where he was an eleven-time all-star and named to seven All-NBA teams. The Knicks appeared in the NBA Finals twice (1994 and 1999) du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhode Island Rams Men's Basketball
The Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was recently under the direction of head coach David Cox, who was formerly Assistant Coach to Dan Hurley for four years at Rhode Island. The Rams play their home games at the Ryan Center (capacity 7,657) which opened in 2002. The Rams experienced their greatest success by making the Elite Eight in 1998, pulling within 3 points of making their first Final Four in just their 7th appearance before ultimately losing to Stanford. Current coaching staff All-Americans Rhode Island has had three All-Americans in its history. Postseason NCAA tournament results The Rams have appeared in ten NCAA tournaments. They have a combined 8–10 record. Tom Garrick holds the Rhode Island single-tournament game scoring record with 29 points in 1988 during a march to the Sweet Sixteen. The eighth-seeded 1997–98 Rams, led by senior guards Tys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qudus Wahab
Qudus Abolaji Wahab (born 30 January 2000) is a Nigerian college basketball player for the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball, Georgetown Hoyas of the Big East Conference. He previously played for the Maryland Terrapins men's basketball, Maryland. Early life and high school career Wahab was raised in Lagos, Nigeria, spending the first 15 years of his life there before moving to the United States. He spent his freshman and sophomore years of high school at the Virginia Academy before transferring to the Flint Hill School for the rest of his high school career. Recruiting Wahab committed to Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball, Georgetown under head coach Patrick Ewing on January 30, 2019, his 19th birthday over UConn Huskies men's basketball, UConn, Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse Orange men's basketball, Syracuse. College career Georgetown (first stint) Wahab played in 32 games, starting 7, and averaged 5.5 points and 14.7 minutes per game, along w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCF Knights Men's Basketball
The UCF Knights men's basketball team represents The University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, United States. UCF competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the American Athletic Conference (The American). The Knights play their home games in the Addition Financial Arena located on the university's main campus. They are coached by Johnny Dawkins who was hired in 2016. The Knights have appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament six times (1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982), including the Final Four in 1978. UCF has reached the NCAA Division I Tournament five times (1994, 1996, 2004, 2005, and 2019). UCF has won five conference championships, one regular season championship, and four tournament championships. History UCF played its first intercollegiate basketball game before the team even had a nickname. In the Division II era, under Torchy Clark, UCF found great success including a DII Final Four appearance. UCF ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Upper Marlboro, officially the Town of Upper Marlboro, is the seat of Prince George's County, Maryland. Aso of the 2020 census, the population was 652. although Greater Upper Marlboro is many times larger. Etymology Upper Marlboro was established in 1706 as "Marlborough Town", after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. In 1744, the town was renamed to "Upper Marlborough". In the late 19th century, the town's name changed from Upper Marlborough to Upper Marlboro. The name change is linked to a postal clerk who felt that the last three letters, "ugh", did not properly fit on the rubber stamps being used at the time. By 1893, postal guides were referring to the town as Upper Marlboro and the name stuck, despite a proposed ballot to have it changed back in 1968. History The area of Upper Marlboro was first settled around 1695. It was named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, an ancestor of Winston Churchill. The land, which was to become the town, was part of sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jones County Junior College
Jones College is a public community college in Ellisville, Mississippi. It is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and serves its eight-county district consisting of Clarke, Covington, Greene, Jasper, Jones, Perry, Smith and Wayne counties. The college holds membership in the Mississippi Association of Colleges, the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference and NJCAA. Although a community college, its sports teams have some achieved some notability. In 1955, the Jones County Junior College football team became the first all-white team in Mississippi to play a racially integrated team. This occurred when Jones County played in the Junior Rose Bowl, now the Pasadena Bowl, against Compton Community College in Compton, California. In 2014, the men's basketball team defeated Indian Hills Community College to win the NJCAA National Championship. History In 1922, Mississippi allowed college courses to be included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
Breaux Bridge (;Jack A. Reynolds. "Breaux Bridge" entry i"Louisiana Placenames of Romance Origin."LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses #7852. 1942. p. 77. french: Pont-Breaux; frc, Pont-(de)-Breaux ) is a small city in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population is 8,139 as of the 2010 census, up from 7,281 in 2000. It is part of the Lafayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. Originally dubbed "La Capitale Mondiale de l’Écrevisse," Breaux Bridge was officially designated the ''Crawfish Capital of the World'' by former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives Bob Angelle. Breaux Bridge hosts an annual Crawfish Festival, and is regionally noted for listing nicknames in its telephone directory. History On August 25, 1829, Scholastique Picou Breaux founded Breaux Bridge, Louisiana at the age of 33. Scholastique was born Scholastique Melanie Picou on July 25, 1796. At a young age, she married Agricole Breaux; together, they had five children. In 1817, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UT Arlington Mavericks Men's Basketball
The UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Western Athletic Conference. Home games are played at College Park Center, located on the University of Texas at Arlington's campus in Arlington. The team appeared in the 2008 NCAA tournament, losing against the #1 seed Memphis in the first round, although Memphis was later forced to vacate the win due to infractions committed by the program. History The Mavericks are one of the founding teams of the Southland Conference, which began with five institutions on March 15, 1963. Although only 21 of 62 seasons have resulted in an overall winning record, 10 of the past 14 seasons have winning records, including a school record 27 wins in the 2016–2017 season (as of the conclusion of the 2020–21 season). The team won an outright Southland Conference regular season championship in 2011/2012, along with a tie for the 2004 regular season champion and a 2008 conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas
Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and County seat, seat of Dallas County, Texas, Dallas County with portions extending into Collin County, Texas, Collin, Denton County, Texas, Denton, Kaufman County, Texas, Kaufman and Rockwall County, Texas, Rockwall counties. With a 2020 United States census, 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the List of United States cities by population, ninth most-populous city in the U.S. and the List of cities in Texas by population, third-largest in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in the North Texas region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of municipalities in Florida, second-most populous city in Florida and the eleventh-most populous city in the Southeastern United States. The Miami metropolitan area is the ninth largest in the U.S. with a population of 6.138 million in 2020. The city has the List of tallest buildings in the United States#Cities with the most skyscrapers, third-largest skyline in the U.S. with over List of tallest buildings in Miami, 300 high-rises, 58 of which exceed . Miami is a major center and leader in finance, commerce, culture, arts, and international trade. Miami's metropolitan area is by far the largest urban econ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trey Mourning
Alonzo Harding "Trey" Mourning III (born August 21, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Nelson Giants of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas. High school career Mourning attended Ransom Everglades School where he was a five-year member of the varsity team and started his final three years. In his senior season, he became the team's captain and averaged 29 points and 10 rebounds while leading Ransom to Florida's Class 4A regional semifinals for the second consecutive year. That year, he set his school's single-game scoring record with 52 points, 22 rebounds and 12 blocks in a 94–65 victory against La Salle and was named a first team all-state selection as well as player of the year for Florida's Dade and Broward counties. College career Just like his father, Mourning played college basketball for Georgetown. During his first three seasons, he came from the bench, missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Hill, Virginia
South Hill is a town in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,650 at the 2010 census. Located on major Interstate and U.S. highways, it has a full-service hospital (serving patients from several rural counties), a tobacco market, and several hotels. South Hill has a close relationship with the neighboring town of La Crosse. Lake Gaston, a large reservoir popular with boaters and fishermen, is a short distance to the southwest. The Colonial Theatre was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. Geography South Hill is located at (36.726759, −78.130597). The town has a total area of 6.31 square miles (16.4 km2), of which 6.27 square miles (16.4 km2) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km2) (0.47%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 4,403 people, 1,809 households, and 1,190 families living in the town. The population density was 696.2 people per square mile (269.0/km2). T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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