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Morgan State Bears Men's Basketball
The Morgan State Bears men's basketball team represents Morgan State University, located in Baltimore, Maryland, in Division I basketball competition. They currently compete in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The Bears are currently coached by Kevin Broadus and play their home games at the Talmadge L. Hill Field House (4,250). They were the 1974 NCAA Division II national champions. History The program hosted the first interracial American basketball game played south of the Mason–Dixon line on February 12, 1952, a 65–63 loss to Loyola College in Maryland. Post-season NCAA Division I Tournament results The Bears have appeared in two NCAA Division I Tournaments. Their combined record is 0–2. National Invitation Tournament results The Bears have appeared in one National Invitation Tournament. Their combined record is 0–1. The Basketball Classic results The Bears have appeared in The Basketball Classic one time. Their record is 0–1. NCAA Division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan State University
Morgan State University (Morgan State or MSU) is a public historically black research university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the largest of Maryland's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In 1867, the university, then known as the Centenary Biblical Institute, changed its name to Morgan College to honor Reverend Lyttleton Morgan, the first chairman of its board of trustees and a land donor to the college. It became a university in 1975. Morgan State is a member of Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Although a public institution, Morgan State is not part of the University System of Maryland. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". History Morgan State University (MSU) is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1867 as the Centenary Biblical Institute, a Methodist Episcopal seminary, to train young men in the ministry. At the time of his death, Thomas Kelso, co-founder and president of the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament in which 65 schools competed to determine the national champion of the men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2008–09 basketball season. The tournament began on March 17, 2009, and concluded with the championship game on April 6 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, where the University of North Carolina defeated Michigan State to become the champion. The 2009 tournament marked the first time for a Final Four having a minimum seating capacity of 70,000 and by having most of the tournament in the February Sweeps of the Nielsen Ratings due to the digital television transition in the United States on June 12, 2009, which also made this the last NCAA basketball tournament, in all three divisions, to air in analog television. The University of Detroit Mercy hosted the Final Four, which was the 71st edition. Prior to the start of the tournament, the top ranked team was Lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeWayne Jackson
Dewayne Jackson (born November 30, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Sagesse Club in the Lebanese Basketball League. He played for Homenetmen Club in the 2016-17 season and he averaged 21.1 points per game, 5.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.5 steals. Jackson attended Morgan State University in Maryland and played on their men's basketball team from 2009-2013. At Morgan State, Jackson averaged 12.5 points per game over the 128 games in which he appeared. On August 14, 2018, he signed with Champville SC. Jackson spent the 2020-21 season with Al Ahly Tripoli and helped lead the team to a league title. On August 28, 2021, he signed in Bahrain with Al-Muharraq. The Basketball Tournament DeWayne Jackson played for HBC Sicklerville in the 2018 edition of 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 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin Webster
Marvin Nathaniel Webster (April 13, 1952 – April 4, 2009) was an American professional basketball player. He played one season in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and nine in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Denver Nuggets (1975–77), Seattle SuperSonics (1977–78), New York Knickerbockers (1978–84) and Milwaukee Bucks (1986–87). College career Born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of a Baltimore preacher, Webster attended Edmondson High School in the city. A four-year basketball letterman at Morgan State University, he earned the nickname "The Human Eraser" as a junior when he averaged eight blocked shots a game while helping the Bears capture the 1974 NCAA Division II Championship. He averaged 21 points and 22.4 rebounds and was named Division II player of the year. Webster still holds eight career school records: 1,990 points, 2,267 rebounds, 19.5 rebounds per game, 785 field goals made, 424 free throws made, 644 free throws attempted, 722 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reggie Holmes
Reggie Holmes (born August 8, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Kymis of the Greek Basket League. A shooting guard, he is best known for his college career, where he was an All-American and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year at Morgan State University. College career Holmes came to Morgan State from Southern High School and St. Frances Academy, both in Baltimore, Maryland. He played there from 2006 to 2010, leaving as the school's all-time leading scorer with 2,049 points. As a junior, Holmes scored 20 points in the 2009 MEAC men's basketball tournament MEAC tournament final and was named tournament Most Valuable Player, leading the Bears to their first Division I NCAA tournament appearance. As a senior, Holmes again helped the Bears to a MEAC championship and an NCAA tournament bid. For the season, he averaged 21.4 points per game and at the close of the season was named conference Player of the Year and an honorab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament
The 1976 NCAA Division II basketball tournament involved 32 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 1975–76 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Puget Sound and Puget Sound's Curt Peterson was the Most Outstanding Player. Regional participants *denotes tie Regionals Great Lakes - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville *Third Place - Wright State 72, St. Joseph's 68 New England - Fairfield, Connecticut Location: Alumni Hall Host: University of Bridgeport *Third Place - Bentley 83, Quinnipiac 77 South - Chattanooga, Tennessee Location: Maclellan Gymnasium Host: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga *Third Place - Rollins 101, Florida Tech 91 South Central - Thibodeaux, Louisiana Location: Stopher Gym Host: Nicholls State University *Third Place - Lincoln ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament
The 1975 NCAA Division II basketball tournament involved 32 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 1974–75 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Old Dominion University and Old Dominion's Wilson Washington was the Most Outstanding Player. Regional participants *denotes tie Regionals New England - Waltham, Massachusetts Location: Dana Center Host: Bentley College *Third Place - Hartford 102, Sacred Heart 91 East - Erie, Pennsylvania Location: Hammermill Center Host: Gannon University *Third Place - Philadelphia U 80, Hartwick 75 South Central - New Orleans, Louisiana Location: Human Performance Center Host: University of New Orleans *Third Place - Southern 103, West Georgia 98 West - Irvine, California Location: Crawford Hall Host: University of California, Irvine *Third Place - UC Davis 84, UC Irvine 70 North Cent ... [...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] |
2022 The Basketball Classic
The 2022 The Basketball Classic (TBC) was a single-elimination men's college basketball postseason tournament featuring National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams not selected to participate in the NCAA Tournament or the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The tournament began on March 15 with the semifinals played on March 29 and the championship game played on April 1. The tournament was won by the Fresno State Bulldogs. The Basketball Classic was founded by Eracism. This was the tournament's inaugural edition, officially known as the 2022 The Basketball Classic presented by Eracism. All games were streamed on ESPN+. Structure Tournament organizers originally announced that there would be 32 teams in the field. However, when the participating teams were named, there were only 21 listed. Three teams then withdrew prior to competing, leaving the actual field size at 18 for the tournament. In lieu of a traditional bracket, a model previously used by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Basketball Classic
The Basketball Classic presented by ERACE is a single-elimination, fully-bracketed men's college basketball postseason tournament created in 2022 as successor to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, featuring 32 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams not selected to participate in the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, the NIT, or the 2022 College Basketball Invitational. All games will be streamed on ESPN+. In lieu of a traditional bracket, The Basketball Classic will use the old NIT model in which the matchups will be set after each round. The Basketball Classic was founded by Collegeinsider.com to replace the former CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, which was discontinued after its scheduled 2020 and 2021 tournaments were cancelled because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 National Invitation Tournament
The 2008 National Invitation Tournament (known through sponsorship as the MasterCard NIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 32 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The 71st annual tournament began on March 18 on campus sites and ended on April 3 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Each regular season conference champion that did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament received an automatic bid to this tournament. The remaining slots were filled by the NIT Selection Committee. The first, second, and third rounds were played on the higher seeded team's home court, with the semi-finals and finals played at Madison Square Garden. The Ohio State Buckeyes won the tournament. Selection Committee The 2008 NIT Selection Committee consists of the following former college basketball coaches and administrators: * Rudy Davalos * Don DeVoe * Gene Keady * Reggie M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitational Tournament (NIT) is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Played at regional sites and traditionally at Madison Square Garden (Final Four) in New York City each March and April, it was founded in 1938 and was originally the most prestigious post-season showcase for college basketball. The 2021 tournament, in which all games were played in Denton and Frisco, Texas, marked the first time that the NIT's semifinals and championship games were not hosted at Madison Square Garden; MSG won't play host to the games entirely starting in 2023. Over time, it became eclipsed by the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, which is now known informally as "March Madness." The NIT is now a tournament for teams that do not receive a berth in the NCAA tournament. A second, much more recent "NIT" tournament is played in November and known as the NIT Season Tip-Off. Formerly the "Preseason NIT", it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
