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Lafayette Leopards Men's Basketball
The Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team represents Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and plays home games in Kirby Sports Center.Lafayette Leopards men's basketball media guide Accessed March 9, 2012. is the winningest coach in program history. The Leopards are currently coached by Mike Jordan since his appointment on March 29, 2022. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriot League
The Patriot League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United States. Outside the Ivy League, it is among the most selective groups of higher education institutions in the NCAA, and has a very high student-athlete graduation rate for both the NCAA graduation success rate and the federal graduation rate. The Patriot League has 10 core members: American University, the United States Military Academy (Army), Boston University, Bucknell University, Colgate University, College of the Holy Cross, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Loyola University Maryland, and the United States Naval Academy (Navy). All 10 core members participate in the NCAA's Division I for all Patriot League sports that they offer. Since not all schools sponsor every available NCAA sport, most schools are affiliated with other collegiate conferences for sports such as ice hockey and wrestling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 2000, and ended with the championship game on April 3 in Indianapolis, Indiana at the RCA Dome. A total of 63 games were played. Due to a string of upsets throughout the tournament, only one top-four seed advanced to the Final Four. That was Michigan State, who finished the season as the #2 team in the nation and was given the top seed in the Midwest Region. The highest seeded of the other three Final Four teams was Florida, who won the East Region as the fifth seed. Two eight-seeds made the Final Four, with Wisconsin and North Carolina rounding the bracket out. Wisconsin won the West Region while North Carolina won the South Region, with both regions seeing their top three seeds eliminated during the first weekend of play. Michigan State won their first national champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Ciosici
Doru Stefan Ciosici (''pronounced CHO-sitch''; born October 12, 1976) was a Romanian former basketball player known for his collegiate career at Lafayette College between 1995 and 2000, where he was the 1998 Patriot League Player of the Year. He also had a brief professional career in Italy following college. Ciosici became a schoolteacher in Bradenton, Florida. Early life Ciosici grew up in Timișoara, Romania, in a communist environment. Both of his parents were teachers and emphasized the importance of a good education. Basketball was not initially a goal of Ciosici's, but by his sophomore year in high school at Colegiul C.D. Loga he has grown to 6'11". Scouts recommended that he research American universities, and in 1995 he landed at Lafayette College to play for head coach Fran O'Hanlon, having not seen the school nor his coach in person prior to arriving. Basketball career College Ciosici entered his freshman year in 1995–96 and made an immediate impact, averaging 11. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriot League Men's Basketball Player Of The Year
The Patriot League Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Patriot League's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1990–91 season, the first under the Patriot League name and also the league's first season as an all-sports conference. There have been five repeat winners of the award: Adonal Foyle of Colgate (1996, 1997), Brian Ehlers of Lafayette (1999, 2000), CJ McCollum of Lehigh (2010, 2012), Mike Muscala of Bucknell (2011, 2013), and Tim Kempton Jr. of Lehigh (2015, 2016). Bucknell claims the most awards (8) while Colgate is second with six. Bucknell has the most individual players honored with seven. Two Patriot League members have not had a winner: Army and Loyola Maryland. No ties have ever occurred for the player of the year award. Key Winners Winners by school Footnotes * Fordham and Army were not charter members of the conference when it was established as the football-only Colonial League in 1986 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Tripucka
Michael Todd Tripucka (born September 16, 1954) is an American former basketball player best known for his college career at Lafayette College during the 1970s. A native of Bloomfield, New Jersey, Tripucka played three varsity seasons at Lafayette and led the Leopards to a 58–22 overall record and one appearance in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). He was twice selected as a first-team all-East Coast Conference (ECC) player, and at the end of his senior year of 1975–76 he was named the ECC Player of the Year. That season, Tripucka averaged a school-record 26.1 points per game, which was seventh best in all of NCAA Division I men's basketball. In one game against Saint Joseph's he scored 42 points, still the fourth-best single game effort in school history. Other still-standing single season school records include points in one season (679) and field goals attempted (520). Tripucka finished his career with 1,445 points, which through the 2015–16 season is the ninth- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Horne (basketball)
Henry Horne is an American former basketball player known for his college career at Lafayette College. A native of Piscataway, New Jersey, Horne played for three seasons for the Lafayette Leopards (1972–75). In his senior year, Horne averaged 11.3 points, 11.4 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game while helping lead them to an East Coast Conference West Division championship. He was named to the All-ECC First Team and was ECC co-Player of the Year with American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...'s Wilbur Thomas. Horne never played professionally, instead opting for a lifelong career in education administration. References External linksHenry Horne@ sports-reference.com 1950s births Living people American men's basketball players Basketball players from N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Coast Conference (Division I) Men's Basketball Player Of The Year
The East Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was a basketball award given to the East Coast Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1974–75 season and was discontinued after the league folded following the 1993–94 season. In 1994 the East Coast Conference was absorbed into the Mid-Continent Conference, now known as the Summit League. There were two ties in the award's history, 1982 and 1987. In its first year, the ECC named Players of the Year for each division — with Wilbur Thomas of American named the East Player of the Year and Henry Horne of Lafayette winning the West award. One player, Michael Brooks of La Salle, won the award three times (1978–1980) and was also named the national player of the year in 1980. Two others, Michael Anderson of Drexel and Kurk Lee of Towson, won the award twice. Key Winners Winners by school Footnotes Delaware, Saint Joseph's, and West Chester were original members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 National Invitation Tournament
The 1980 National Invitation Tournament was the 1980 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. Selected teams Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.Tournament Results (1980's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009 11/7/09 * * * |
1975 National Invitation Tournament
The 1975 National Invitation Tournament was the 38th edition of the oldest annual NCAA college basketball postseason tournament. Selected teams Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament.Tournament Results (1970's) t nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. 11/7/09 * Clemson * * Holy Cross * |
1972 National Invitation Tournament
The 1972 National Invitation Tournament was the 1972 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. Selected teams Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament.Tournament Results (1970's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009 11/7/09 * * Fordham * |
1956 National Invitation Tournament
The 1956 National Invitation Tournament was the 1956 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. Selected teams Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.Tournament Results (1950's) t nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. 11/7/09 The top four teams are seeded and receive a bye for the first round. Bracket Below is the tournament bracket.See also * * 1956 NAIA Basketball Tournament |
