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2021–22 Conference USA Men's Basketball Season
The 2021–22 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2021, followed by the start of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play starts in late December 2021 and will end in March 2022, after which all 14 member teams will participate in the 2022 Conference USA tournament at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The tournament champion is guaranteed a selection to the 2022 NCAA tournament. Preseason UAB was picked as a narrow favorite to finish first in Conference USA by a poll of the league's 14 head coaches. Preseason Poll ''() first place votes'' Preseason All-Conference teams Head coaches Coaching changes Rodney Terry resigned as head coach of UTEP after three seasons to accept an assistant coaching position at Texas.Joe Golding Joseph Griffith Golding (March 26, 1921December 26, 1971) was a professional American Football halfback/defensive back in the National Football League. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division I
NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of College athletics, intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athletic powers, with large budgets, more elaborate facilities and more athletic scholarships than Divisions II and III as well as many smaller schools committed to the highest level of intercollegiate competition. This level was previously called the University Division of the NCAA, in contrast to the lower-level College Division; these terms were replaced with Roman numerals, numeric divisions in 1973. The University Division was renamed Division I, while the College Division was split in two; the College Division members that offered scholarships or wanted to compete against those who did became NCAA Division II, Division II, while those who did not want to offer scholarships became NCAA Division III, Division III. For colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Paso Times
The ''El Paso Times'' is the newspaper for the US city of El Paso, Texas. The newspaper has an approximate daily circulation of 65,000 and 125,000 on Sundays. The paper is the only English-language daily in El Paso (when the '' El Paso Herald-Post'', an afternoon paper, closed in 1997), but often competes with the Spanish-language ''El Diario de El Paso'', an offshoot of '' El Diario de Juárez'' which is published across the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Because of declining newspaper circulation with the rise of the internet, the ''El Paso Times ''has recently expanded its online capabilities and introduced continuous online updates. ''Times'' prices are $1.50 daily and $2 Sunday. For the Thanksgiving Day/Black Friday Ads edition, its cost is $5. History The paper was founded in 1881 by Marcellus Washington Carrico. The ''Times'' first published April 2, 1881. It originally started out as a weekly but within a year's time, it became the daily newspaper for the front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick McDevitt
Nicholas Bryan McDevitt (born April 21, 1979) is a college basketball coach and the current head coach for Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a public university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight Undergraduate education, undergraduate colleges as well as a college of Postgr ... (MTSU). McDevitt came to MTSU from his alma mater, UNC Asheville, where he compiled a 98–66 record and led the Bulldogs to consecutive Big South Conference regular season titles in 2017 and 2018. His 62 losses are the most in school history in just 86 games. Head coaching record References {{DEFAULTSORT:McDevitt, Nick 1979 births Living people American men's basketball coaches Basketball coaches from North Carolina Basketball players from North Carolina College men's basketball head coaches in the United States Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their home games at Crypto.com Arena, an arena shared with the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers, the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA, and have won 17 NBA championships, tied with the Boston Celtics for the most in NBA history. The franchise began with the 1947 purchase of a disbanded team, the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League (NBL). The new team began playing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, calling themselves the Minneapolis Lakers.Reavis, Tracey in Sacchare (ed) (2000). p. 95 Initially a member of the NBL, the Lakers won the 1948 NBL championship before joining the rival Bask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan D'Antoni
Lewis Joseph "Dan" D’Antoni II (born July 9, 1947) is an American former basketball player and current head coach for the Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team. He was previously an assistant coach under his younger brother, Mike D'Antoni, with the NBA's Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks, and Los Angeles Lakers. Playing career Born in Mullens, West Virginia, D'Antoni played college basketball at Marshall University from 1966–1970. He was the Thundering Herd's starting point guard from 1968–70. He led the Herd with a 17.5 scoring average in 1968–69. In 1990, he was inducted into the Marshall University Athletics Hall of Fame. Coaching career High school After D'Antoni graduated from Marshall University, he joined the Herd's coaching staff as the head coach of the freshman basketball team coaching his brother Mike, before becoming an assistant coach of the varsity squad. After failing to make the Baltimore Bullets, he became the head basketball coach at Socastee High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami Hurricanes Men's Basketball
The Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team is the college basketball team of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. The team competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The University of Miami men's basketball team was formed in 1926, but the program was later dropped by the university in 1971. In 1985, fourteen years later, the Hurricanes resumed play as an independent and joined the Big East Conference in 1991, winning the Big East regular season title in 2000. In 2004, in conjunction with the rest of the Miami athletic program, the team moved to the ACC. In 2012–2013, the team won its first regular season ACC championship as well as its first ACC championship. The team has reached the NCAA Championship's "Sweet 16" four times (1999–2000, 2012–2013, 2015–2016, and 2021–2022) and the "Elite 8" once, in 2021–2022. In the 2014–2015 season, they reached the final of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The Hurricanes are currently coached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Konkol
Eric Konkol (born November 24, 1976) is an American college basketball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball program. Coaching career On May 18, 2015, Konkol was named by Louisiana Tech as the 18th head coach of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball, Bulldogs basketball team. He replaced former head coach Mike White (basketball), Mike White who accepted the head coaching position at the University of Florida. Through seven seasons as head coach, Konkol had six seasons of more than 20 wins which is the most in Louisiana Tech men's basketball history. He was the fastest to 50 wins in school history and is currently 4th on the all-time wins list. On March 21, 2022, Konkol was hired as head coach at Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball, Tulsa. Head coaching record :1.Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Coronavirus Pandemic Personal life Konkol grew up in Amherst, Wiscons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida Gators Men's Basketball
The Florida Gators men's basketball team represents the University of Florida in the sport of basketball. The Gators compete in NCAA Division I's Southeastern Conference (SEC). Home games are played in the O'Connell Center, Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. While the University of Florida's men's basketball team first took the court in 1915, the program did not receive much support from the university for several decades. The basketball team did not have a permanent home court with adequate spectator space until the Florida Gymnasium opened in 1949, did not hire a full-time basketball coach until Norm Sloan in 1960, and did not play in a modern arena until the O'Connell Center opened in 1980. Early highlights included the program's first postseason appearance in the 1969 National Invitation Tournament with the Gators' first All-American Neal Walk, a run to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament#Sweet Sixtee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dusty May
Dusty A. May Coaching career After graduating from Eastern Greene High School in Indiana in 1995, May served as a student manager at Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball, Indiana under Bob Knight as an undergraduate from 1996 to 2000. After graduation, he had video and administrative roles with both USC Trojans men's basketball, USC and Indiana before landing his first assistant coaching job at Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball, Eastern Michigan, where he was on staff for the 2005–2006 season. May then had subsequent stops at Murray State Racers men's basketball, Murray State, and UAB Blazers men's basketball, UAB, where he served under former Indiana head coach Mike Davis (basketball, born 1960), Mike Davis. He joined the staff at Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball, Louisiana Tech where he was an assistant under both Kerry Rupp and Mike White (basketball), Mike White. May followed White to take an assistant coaching job at Florida Gators men's basketball, Florida, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VCU Rams Men's Basketball
The VCU Rams men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball team that represents Virginia Commonwealth University. The Rams joined the Atlantic 10 Conference in the 2012–13 season after previously competing in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). In 2017, VCU was ranked the 40th most valuable men's basketball program in the country by ''The Wall Street Journal''. With a valuation of $56.9 million, VCU ranked second in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and second in the A-10 Conference. The team is coached by Mike Rhoades. Since 1999, the team has played home basketball games at the E.J. Wade Arena at the Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia on the university's Monroe Park campus. Virginia Commonwealth has made it to the NCAA Final Four once in its program's history, in 2011. Additionally, the Rams won the 2010 CBI tournament and have nine conference tournaments; three being in the Sun Belt Conference, five being in the Colonial Athletic Association, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Ballard
Jeremy Ballard (born June 29, 1981) is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the FIU Panthers men's basketball team. Playing career Ballard played college basketball at Colgate, where he was a two-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection, and served as team captain his senior year. He is a devoted member of the young male's mentoring group known as "the Commission" which prides itself on the development of young men in highly competitive academic environments. Coaching career After graduation, Ballard became an assistant coach with his alma mater, where he stayed from 2004 to 2007 before joining the staff at Tulsa from 2007 to 2012. Ballard moved on to be an assistant coach under Shaka Smart at VCU until 2015, before making stops at Illinois State and Pittsburgh for one season each. He returned to VCU as an assistant coach under Mike Rhoades Michael David Rhoades (born September 21, 1972) is an American basketball coach. He is the head men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Cavaliers Men's Basketball
The Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team is the college basketball, intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Virginia. The school competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference in NCAA Division I, Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Virginia has won the #2019: Redemption National Championship, NCAA Championship, two National Invitation Tournaments, and three Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament, ACC tournament titles. The team is coached by Tony Bennett (basketball), Tony Bennett and plays home games at the on-campus John Paul Jones Arena (14,623) which opened in 2006. They have been called the ''Cavaliers'' Virginia Cavaliers#Fight song, since 1923, predating the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association, NBA by half a century. Virginia 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, won its first 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament#National Championship, NCAA Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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