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Josh Bostic
Joshua Lamont Bostic (born May 12, 1987) is an American professional basketball player for KK Włocławek, Anwil Włocławek of the Polish Basketball League. Standing at , he is a small forward. College career Bostic went to the University of Findlay and wrapped up his college career as National Association of Basketball Coaches, NABC NCAA Division II National Player of the Year, Division II Bulletin Player of the Year, Midwest Region Player of the Year and Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Player of the Year. He led the Findlay Oilers to winning the 2009 NCAA Division 2 championship, averaging 18.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.4 steals a contest during the 2008–09 season. Professional career Bostic went undrafted in the 2009 NBA draft. In August 2009, he signed with Kyoto Hannaryz of Japan for the 2009–10 season. On November 1, 2010, Bostic was selected by the New Mexico Thunderbirds in the third round of the 2010 NBA D-League Draft. On Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Forward
The small forward (SF), also known as the three or swingman, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers but taller, larger, and stronger than either of the guard positions. They are strategic and are often relied upon to score, defend, create open lanes, and rebound for their team. The small forward is considered to be perhaps the most versatile of the five main basketball positions as they contribute offensively and defensively. In the NBA, small forwards generally range from 6' 5" (1.96 m) to 6' 10" (2.08 m); in the WNBA, they are usually between 6' 0" (1.83 m) to 6' 2" (1.88 m). This puts them at the average height of all professional basketball players because they are taller than the guards, but shorter than the power forward and center. Small forwards are responsible for scoring points and defending, and often are secondary or tertiary rebounders behind the pow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinamo Basket Sassari
Polisportiva Dinamo, commonly known as Dinamo Sassari and currently known as Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Sassari, Sardinia. They are the current European Cup Champions. The club plays in the Italian LBA, the highest level club competition in Italian professional basketball. Dinamo was founded in 1960, and in the past, due to sponsorship deals, has also been known as Banco Popolare Sassari (1989–90). The club plays in the Serie A (the highest level for the men's basketball competitions in Italy), since 2010. Dinamo Sassari is notable for being the club in Italian professional basketball to have made the impressive score of 158 points scored in a single game (with no overtimes), during the 1994–95 Serie A2 regular season, versus Pallacanestro Pavia (91); which is the highest score ever made by any club in Italy. History In 1994–95 the Dinamo team scored 158 points in a regular seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Basketball League
Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK) (English language, English: Polish Basketball League) is a professional men's club basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Poland. It constitutes the first and highest-tier level of the Polish basketball league system, Polish league pyramid. The winning team of the final round are crowned the Polish Champions of that season. It began in 1947–48, with the name of I Liga, and was originally organized by the Polish Basketball Federation. The league changed to its current form, beginning with the 1997–98 season, after the Polska Liga Koszykówki SA, PLK SA (the Polish Basketball League Joint-stock company) took control over the league (the PLK SA was created in 1995). In 2000–01 season the league turned professional. The PLK, which is played under FIBA Europe, FIBA rules, currently consists of 16 teams. A PLK season is split into a league stage and a playoffs stage (since 1984–85 season). At the end of the league stage, the top eight teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) is a competitive List of NCAA conferences, college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the NCAA Division II, Division II level. The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. Its eleven member institutions are located in the Midwestern United States in the states of Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin. There are three affiliate members who compete in the GLIAC for sports not sponsored by their home conference. Sponsorship of American football, football was dropped by the GLIAC after the 1989 season. Conference schools sponsoring football joined with members of the Heartland Football Conference to form the Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference (MIFC), which began play in 1990. The MIFC merged with the GLIAC in July 1999, and the GLIAC resumed sponsorship of football that fall. History Chronological timeline * 1972: The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
The 2009 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 2008–09 basketball season. It began on March 14, 2008, and concluded as the Findlay Oilers defeated the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos 56–53 in overtime on March 28. Regionals Southeast – Augusta, Georgia Location: Christenberry Fieldhouse Host: Augusta State University South – Lakeland, Florida Location: Jenkins Field House Host: Florida Southern College West – Laie, Hawaii Location: George Q. Cannon Activities Center Host: Brigham Young University-Hawai'i Central – Marshall, Minnesota Location: R/A Facility Host: Southwest Minnesota State University Atlantic – Erie, Pennsylvania Location: Hammermill Center Host: Gannon University South Central – Warrensburg, Missouri Location: CMU Fieldhouse Host: Central Missouri Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament (officially styled by the NCAA as a "Championship" instead of a "Tournament") is an annual championship tournament for colleges and universities that are members of NCAA Division II, a grouping of schools in the United States (plus Simon Fraser Clan, one school in Canada) that are generally smaller than the higher-profile institutions of NCAA Division I, Division I. The tournament, originally known as the NCAA College Division Basketball Championship, was established in 1957, immediately after the NCAA subdivided its member schools into the University Division (today's Division I) and College Division. It became the Division II championship in 1974, when the NCAA split the College Division into the limited-Athletic scholarship, scholarship Division II and the non-scholarship NCAA Division III, Division III, and added the "Men's" designation in 1982 when the NCAA began sponsoring NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Championship, a Div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NABC Player Of The Year
The NABC Player of the Year is an award given annually by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) to recognize the top player in men's college basketball. The award has been given since the 1974–75 season to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I basketball players. The association added awards for Division II and Division III players in 1983, and for National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and junior college players in 2008. The awards have previously been sponsored by State Farm Insurance. In Division I, Duke has the most all-time awards with six and the most separate recipients with five. Their rival, North Carolina, as well as Kansas are tied for second in both awards and individual recipients, with four each. There have been three ties for NABC Player of the Year (2002, 2004, 2006), and only two players have won the award multiple times ( Jason Williams and Ralph Sampson, with only Sampson having been the sole winner of tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 PLK Season
The 2018–19 Polish Basketball League (PLK) season, the Energa Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 85th season of the Polish Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Poland. Anwil Włocławek defended its title and repeated as Polish champions. Teams Czarni Słupsk withdrew during the 2017–18 PLK season because of financial problems. On 17 May 2018, Spójnia Stargard promoted to the PLK as the winners of the I Liga, after defeating Sokół Łańcut 3–0 in the playoff finals. Also, during the pre-season, PGE Turów Zgorzelec withdrew from the tournament. Locations and venues Regular season League table Results Playoffs Quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a best-of-five format (2-2-1) while the finals in a best-of-seven one (2-2-1-1-1). Bracket Quarter-finals Semi-finals Third place series Finals Awards All official awards of the 2018–19 PLK season. PLK Most Valuable Player PLK Best Defender P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-PLK Team
The All-PLK Team is an annual honour for the five best players of a given Polish Basketball League (PLK) regular season. The team is voted by press reporters from around the country. Teams The player in bold was named the PLK Most Valuable Player The PLK Most Valuable Player award is given annually at the end of the regular season of the Polish Basketball League (PLK), the highest professional basketball league in Poland, to the most valuable player of the league. Originally, the award was ... of the given season. References External linksPolska Liga Koszykówki - Official SitePolish League at Eurobasket.com {{PLK First Team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CSM U Oradea
CSM Oradea, also known as simply Oradea, is a Romania professional basketball club, based in Oradea, Romania. The club competes in the Liga Națională, the highest level of basketball in Romania. History CSM Oradea was founded in 2003, but the team promoted to the first division in 2005. The team best performance was in 2012 when they reached Romanian Cup semi-finals and in 2013 when the team won the 3rd place. In the 2012–2013 season the team finished on second place at the end of the regular season (23 wins and 7 losses) and qualify for the Play-offs. In the first round the team lost with 3–1 against U Mobitelco Cluj Napoca, and then the team lost 3–1 against future champions Asesoft Ploieşti. The team played for the 3rd place against Gaz Metan Mediaş and won with 2–1. In the 2013–14 season the team made its first European appearance, as they would play in the third tier EuroChallenge. It also made the Cup Final for the first time, as well as the Liga Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Włocławek
Klub Koszykówki Włocławek (in English: Basketball Club Włocławek), or known for sponsorship reasons as Anwil Włocławek, is a Polish professional basketball club, based in Włocławek, Poland. The team plays in the Polish Basketball League (PLK) and internationally in the European North Basketball League. Their home arena is Hala Mistrzów. The club has won the PLK championship three times – in 2003, 2018 and 2019. The club has also won four Polish Basketball Cup, Polish Cup titles and three Polish Basketball Supercup, Polish Supercup titles. History In the 2017–18 PLK season, 2017–18 season, Anwil finished first in the regular season with a 24–8 record. In the following 2017–18 PLK season#Playoffs, playoffs, Anwil beat Turów Zgorzelec in the quarterfinals and defending champions Basket Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra in the semifinals. On 4 June 2018, Włocławek won its second PLK title after defeating Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 65–73 in Game 6 of the finals. Anw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
