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2014–15 Ivy League Men's Basketball Season
The 2014–15 Ivy League men's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Ivy League members. The tradition began when the league was formed during the 1956–57 season and its history extends to the predecessor Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, which was formed in 1902. Harvard and Yale shared the league title after finishing the regular season tied with identical 11-3 conference records. Harvard earned the league's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament by defeating Yale 53–51 in a one-game playoff. Overall, the conference had five postseason participants and won eight postseason games, marking the best postseason in league history. Wesley Saunders of Harvard was named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year. James Jones of Yale was named Ivy League Coach of the Year and Spencer Weisz of Princeton was named Ivy League Freshman of the Year. Brown's Cedric Kuakumensah earned h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and universities in the United States and Canada and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. The organization is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Until 1957, the NCAA was a single division for all schools. That year, the NCAA split into the University Division and the College Division. In August 1973, the current three-division system of Division I, Division II, and Division III was adopted by the NCAA membership in a special convention. Under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer scholarships to athletes for playing a sport. Division III schools may not offer any athletic scholarships. Generally, larger schools compete in Division I and smaller schools in II and III. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013–14 Brown Bears Men's Basketball Team
The 2013–14 Brown Bears men's basketball team represented Brown University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by second year head coach Mike Martin, played their home games at the Pizzitola Sports Center and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 15–14, 7–7 in Ivy League play to finish in fifth place. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) where they lost in the first round to Holy Cross. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style="background:#321414; color:#FFFFFF;", Regular season , - !colspan=9 style="background:#321414; color:#FFFFFF;", References {{DEFAULTSORT:2013-14 Brown Bears men's basketball team Brown Bears men's basketball seasons Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown is a color. It can be considered a composite color, but it is mainly a darker shade of orange. In the CMYK color model used in printing or painting, brown is usually made by combining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013–14 Harvard Crimson Men's Basketball Team
The 2013–14 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team represented Harvard University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crimson, led by seventh year head coach Tommy Amaker, played their home games at Lavietes Pavilion and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 27–5, 13–1 in Ivy League play to win the Ivy League championship and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, as a 12-seed, the Crimson upset 5-seed Cincinnati in the first round before losing in the second round to 4-seed Michigan State. Preseason On September 27, ''USA Today'' Scott Gleeson named Harvard the 31st best team in the country and projected the team to earn a number 8 seed in the 2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. When the preseason Coaches' Poll was released on October 17, three-time Ivy League defending champion Harvard received 28 points (the 32nd highest point total). When the preseason Associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Weisz
Spencer Weisz (ספנסר וייס; born May 31, 1995) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for the Princeton Tigers, completing his college career in the 2016–17 season. Playing for gold medal-winning Team USA, Weisz was the Most Valuable Player of the Under-18 basketball competition in the 2013 Maccabiah Games. He earned the 2014 Ivy League Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year Award and the 2017 Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year Award, and was a 3-time first or second team All-Ivy selection. During the summer of 2015, he was a member of the Israel national under-20 basketball team at the 2015 FIBA U-20 European Championship. Early life Weisz is a native of Florham Park, New Jersey, and is Jewish. He attended Seton Hall Prep. As a junior, he was first-team All-County. As a senior, ''The Star-Ledger'' recognized Weisz as a second-team All-State selection in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shonn Miller
Shonn Devante Miller (born August 26, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Meralco Bolts of the East Asia Super League. He played college basketball for Cornell and Connecticut. High school career Miller is a native of Euclid, Ohio and attended St. Ignatius High School. He played for the King James Shooting Stars AAU team. Miller was an Associated Press Divisions I All-Ohio Honorable Mention as a senior. College career Miller was coach Bill Courtney's first recruit at Cornell. In 2011-12, he was the Ivy League rookie of the year. He injured his shoulder in a game at Princeton and missed the final four games of the regular season, all Cornell losses. He still was named to the First Team All-Ivy League after averaging 11.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Miller was forced to sit out his junior season due to shoulder surgery as the Big Red won only two games without him. On March 3, 2015, Cornell upset league champion Harvard 57-49, with Mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maodo Lô
Maodo Lô (born 31 December 1992) is a Senegalese-German professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He previously played for Columbia University in New York City. Nicknamed The Chairman by fans at Columbia, Lô is known as one of the biggest talents in German basketball. He is the son of a Senegalese father and internationally acclaimed German painter Elvira Bach. College career He played college basketball for Columbia University of the Ivy League. He averaged 14.5 points per game during his four-year career. In 2016 he led Columbia to the CIT championship and was named MVP of the Tournament. Professional career After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Lô joined the Philadelphia 76ers summer league team. He played for the Sixers team in the Las Vegas Summer League. Brose Bamberg (2016–2018) 2016–17 season On 22 July 2016, Lô signed a contract with the German team Brose Bamberg. In his first sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siyani Chambers
Siyani Chambers (born December 14, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for BC Körmend of the Hungarian Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Harvard Crimson, finishing his career in the 2016–17 season. He was 2013 Ivy League Rookie of the Year. In 2012, he was designated Minnesota Mr. Basketball. High school Chambers played basketball at Hopkins High School in Minnesota. He helped the team win state championships in 2010 and 2011, while also helping the team to a third-place finish in 2012. In both 2011 and 2012, he was named to the all-tournament team. In 2012, he captained the team, and was named to the all-state team. He was named Minnesota Mr. Basketball as well. Chambers was considered a two-star recruit by ESPN, while Scout and Rivals ranked Chambers as a three-star prospect. ESPN ranked Chambers as the 45th best point guard in the nation. He played AAU basketball for the Howard Pulley Panthers. College career Chambers was not expecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Basketball Writers Association
The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) was founded in 1956 by National Collegiate Athletic Association director Walter Byers to serve the interests of journalists who cover college basketball. Scholarships The USBWA annually awards college scholarships to students pursuing careers in sports journalism and to children of USBWA members. Awards The USBWA annually selects a player of the year and All-America teams for both men and women in college basketball. The USBWA men's player of the year award, called the Oscar Robertson Trophy, was first established in 1959 and is considered to be the nation's oldest such award in college basketball. The USBWA also selects a national coach of the year for men and women, with the men's award named after coach Henry Iba. The USBWA also chooses a USBWA National Freshman of the Year in men's and women's basketball. In addition, the USBWA presents a number of other awards: * Two Most Courageous Awards—one for men's basketball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Association Of Basketball Coaches
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, is an American organization of men's college basketball coaches. It was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, head men's basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Formation of the NABC began when Joint Basketball Rules Committee, then the central governing authority of the game, announced without notice that it had adopted a change in the rules which virtually eliminated dribbling. Allen, a student of basketball founder James Naismith, organized a nationwide protest which ultimately resulted in the dribble remaining part of the game. In 1939, the NABC held the first national basketball tournament in Evanston, Illinois at the Northwestern Fieldhouse. Oregon defeated Ohio State for the first tournament championship. The next year, the NABC asked the NCAA to take over the administration of the tournament. In exchange, the NCAA provided complimentary tickets for NABC members to the Finals an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013–14 Penn Quakers Men's Basketball Team ...
The 2013–14 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Quakers, led by fifth year head coach Jerome Allen, played their home games at The Palestra and are members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–20, 5–9 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for sixth place. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style="background:#95001A; color:#01256E;", Regular season References {{DEFAULTSORT:2013-14 Penn Quakers men's basketball team Penn Quakers men's basketball seasons Penn Penn Quakers Penn Quakers The Penn Quakers are the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania. The school sponsors 33 varsity sports. The school has won three NCAA national championships in men's fencing and one in women's fencing. School colors There are se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Sports Information Directors Of America
College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) is an organization that focuses on professional development and support for sports information directors at all levels. It offers awards, scholarships, and grants in support of SIDs and prospective SIDs in the industry. Since 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-American recognition on male and female athletes in Divisions I, II, and III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)—covering all NCAA championship sports—and NAIA athletes. History CoSIDA began as a part of the American College Public Relations Association (ACPRA). It split and was established as a separate organization for sports information directors in 1957. CoSIDA holds an annual conference based around professional development. The first conference was held in Chicago in 1957, where there were 102 attendees. As of 2019 there are over 3,100 members in the United States and Canada. In 2008, CoSIDA launched a strategic plan to change the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academic All-American
The Academic All-America program is a student-athlete recognition program. The program selects an honorary sports team composed of the most outstanding student-athletes of a specific season for positions in various sports—who in turn are given the honorific "Academic All-American". Since 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-American recognition on male and female athletes in Divisions I, II, and III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as well as athletes in the NAIA, other U.S. four-year schools, two-year colleges, and Canadian universities, covering all championship sports. The award honors student-athletes who have performed well academically while regularly competing for their institution. It is sponsored by and presented as the Google Cloud Academic All-America® Award, having been previously sponsored by Capital One (2011–18), ''ESPN The Magazine'' (2004–2010), Verizon (2000–04) and GTE (1985–2000), and is administered by the College Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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