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Joey Calcaterra
Joseph Edward Calcaterra (born October 15, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the UConn Huskies and San Diego Toreros. Early life and high school career Calcaterra grew up in Novato, California and attended Marin Catholic High School. As a junior, he averaged 27.4 points, five rebounds, three assists per game and was named First Team All-State California Juniors and Second Team All-Metro Bay Area. He was named the North Bay Player of the Year as a senior. College career Calcaterra began his college basketball career with the San Diego Toreros and redshirted his true freshman season. He averaged 2.8 points per game as a redshirt freshman. Calcaterra entered his redshirt sophomore season as the Toreros' starting shooting guard and averaged 11.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game. He averaged 13.3 points over 12 games during his redshirt junior season, which was shortene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting Guard
The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two, two guard or off guard,Shooting guards are 6'3"–6'7"BBC Sports academy URL last accessed 2006-09-09. is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for their team and steal the ball on defense. Some teams ask their shooting guards to bring up the ball as well; these players are known colloquially as combo guards. A player who can switch between playing shooting guard and small forward is known as a swingman. In the NBA, shooting guards usually range from to while in the WNBA, shooting guards tend to be between and . Characteristics and styles of play ''The Basketball Handbook'' by Lee Rose describes a shooting guard as a player whose primary role is to score points. As the name suggests, most shooting guards are good long-range shooters, typically averaging 35–40 percent from three-point range. Many shooting guards are also strong and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Athletic
''The Athletic'' is a subscription-based sports website that provides national and local coverage in 47 North American cities as well as the United Kingdom. ''The Athletic'' also covers national stories from top professional and college sports (National Football League, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, NASCAR, NCAA football, NCAA basketball (U.S. only), National Hockey League, mixed martial arts, Major League Soccer (U.S. and Canada only) and association football (U.K. edition only). ''The Athletic''s coverage focuses on a mix of long-form journalism, original reporting, and in-depth analysis. Its business model is predicated on dis-aggregating the sports section of local newspapers and reaching non-local fans not reached by a local newspaper. History ''The Athletic'' was founded by Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann, former coworkers at subscription-based fitness company Strava, with the mission of producing "smarter coverage for die-hard fans." The compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021–22 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Season
The 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 9, 2021 and concluded on March 13, 2022. The 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament culminated the season and began on March 15 and concluded on April 4 with the championship game at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Rule changes The following rule changes have been recommended by the NCAA Basketball Rules Committee to the Playing Rules Oversight Panel for the 2021–22 season: *Flopping can result in a technical foul. *Increase to six personal fouls before disqualification, with a maximum of four fouls allowed per half (experimental in NIT for 2022). If a player commits four personal fouls in a single half they will be disqualified for the remainder of the game. *Allowance at the league level for coaches to use technology, live statistics and video on the bench. *Team timeouts can serve as/replace media timeouts (e.g., team calls timeout at the 18-minute mark in a half, that would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 San Diego Toreros Men's Basketball Team
The 2020–21 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team represented the University of San Diego during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Toreros were led by third-year head coach Sam Scholl. They played their home games at Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego, California as members of the West Coast Conference. Previous season The Toreros finished the 2019–20 season 9–23, 2–14 in WCC play to finish in 9th place. They lost in the first round of the WCC Tournament to Loyola Marymount. Roster Schedule and results On November 20, San Diego paused all activities for 14 days following Covid-19 positive tests, cancelling scheduled games during that time. , - !colspan=12 style=, Non-conference regular season , - !colspan=12 style=, WCC regular season , - !colspan=12 style=, Source: References {{DEFAULTSORT:2020-21 San Diego Toreros Men's Basketball Team San Diego Toreros men's basketball seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Season
The 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 25, 2020 and concluded on March 14, 2021. The 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament culminated the season and began on March 18 and concluded on April 5. Season headlines * November 11 – The Associated Press preseason All-American team was released. Iowa center Luka Garza was the lone unanimous selection (64 votes). Joining him on the team were Baylor guard Jared Butler, Illinois guard Ayo Dosunmu, Oklahoma State guard Cade Cunningham, Gonzaga guard Corey Kispert (26), and Arizona State guard Remy Martin (26). * November 15 – The UT Martin Skyhawks announced that head coach Anthony Stewart, who had been set to start his fifth season with the Skyhawks, had died earlier that day. No cause of death was given at the time. * January 18 – When the AP Poll's Week 9 top 25 rankings were released, it was the first time since December 18, 1961 that neither Duke, Kentucky, nor North Carolina were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 San Diego Toreros Men's Basketball Team
The 2019–20 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team represented the University of San Diego during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Toreros were led by second-year head coach Sam Scholl. They played their home games at Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego, California as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–14 in WCC play to finish in 9th place. They lost in the first round of the WCC tournament to Loyola Marymount. Previous season The Toreros finished the 2018–19 season 21–15, 7–9 in WCC play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Portland, Santa Clara and BYU to advanced to the semifinals of the WCC tournament where they lost to Saint Mary's. The Toreros received an at-large bid to the NIT where they lost to Memphis in the first round. Offseason Departures Incoming transfers 2019 recruiting class Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=12 style=, Non-conference regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Season
The 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 5, 2019. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded prematurely on March 12, 2020. The 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was scheduled to end in Atlanta on April 6, 2020, but was ultimately canceled. All other postseason tournaments were canceled as well. Practices officially began in late September. On March 12, 2020, the NCAA announced that all remaining winter and spring championships for both men's and women's sports were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first cancellation in the history of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The NCAA did not name an official national champion after the tournament was canceled. Kansas finished first in both major polls but has yet to claim a national championship for the season. Rule changes On June 5, 2019, the NCAA announced that its Playing Rules Oversight Panel had approved a suite of rules ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 San Diego Toreros Men's Basketball Team
The 2018–19 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team represented the University of San Diego during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Toreros were led by first-year head coach Sam Scholl. They played their home games at Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego, California as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 21-15, 7-9 to finish in 7th place. As the No. 7 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated Portland, Santa Clara and BYU to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Saint Mary’s. They received an at-large bid to the NIT where they lost in the first round to Memphis. Previous season The Toreros finished the 2017–18 season 20–14, 9–9 in WCC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They lost to BYU in the quarterfinals of the WCC tournament. The Toreros were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Hartford in the first round, in a game referred to as the Riley Wallace Classic, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Season
The 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 6, 2018. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded with the Final Four in Minneapolis on April 8, 2019. Practices officially began on September 28, 2018. The season saw Zion Williamson dominate Player of the Year honors and media attention, while Virginia won its first NCAA Championship. The NCAA Championship Game between Virginia and Texas Tech would mark the final NCAA game with a 20-foot 9 inch three-point shot line, as it moved out to the FIBA standard of 22 feet and 2 inches the following year. Rule changes On February 22, 2019, the NCAA announced a set of experimental rules that it would use in the 2019 National Invitation Tournament. The following rules were also used in the 2018 NIT: * The three-point line was moved to the FIBA standard of . When the arc approached the sideline, it changed to a line parallel to and from the sideline. * The free-throw lane was widene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Sports (United States)
Fox Sports, also referred to as Fox Sports Media Group and stylized in all caps as FOX Sports, is the sports programming division of the Fox Corporation that is responsible for sports broadcasts carried by the Fox broadcast network, Fox Sports 1 (FS1), Fox Sports 2 (FS2), and the Fox Sports Radio network. The division was formed in 1994 with Fox's acquisition of broadcast rights to National Football League (NFL) games. In subsequent years, Fox has televised the National Hockey League (NHL) (1994–1999), Major League Baseball ( 1996–present), NASCAR ( 2001–present), the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) ( 2007– 2010), Major League Soccer (MLS) ( 2003– 2011, 2015–2022), the U.S. Open golf tournament ( 2015–2019), the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) (2016–present), WWE programming (2019–present), the XFL (2020), and the United States Football League (USFL) (2022-present). On December 14, 2017, The Walt Disney Company announced plans to acquire then-parent c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Basketball Tournament
The Basketball Tournament (TBT) is an open-application, single-elimination tournament played each summer in the United States. The 2022 edition features 64 teams with a $1 million winner-take-all prize, broadcast by ESPN. TBT was founded in 2014 by Jonathan Mugar. Format Teams in TBT are arranged by the general manager, sometimes based on which college basketball program the players competed for. The tournament has had as many as 97 teams, in 2015, and as few as 24 teams, in 2020. Since 2016, the tournament has most often used a 64-team field. In 2019, the 64 teams were divided into eight regions, with each regional winner advancing to the championship venue. In 2020, the tournament field was reduced to 24 teams with all games played at a single venue, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. In 2021, the 64 teams were organized into four regions, with each region's top two teams advancing to the championship venue. The 2022 event returned to the former eight-region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
