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Stu Starner
Stu Starner (born April 8, 1943) is an American former college basketball coach. He was an NCAA Division I head men's coach for eleven seasons for Montana State University and the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Starner, a native of Hoffman, Minnesota, played basketball and football at the University of Minnesota Morris, graduating in 1965. After a successful high school coaching career in Wabasso and Richfield, Minnesota, Starner moved to the college ranks in 1978 as a graduate assistant at Minnesota. After assistant roles at Montana State and a second stint at Minnesota, Starner was hired as the head coach for Montana State in Bozeman, Montana in 1983. In 1986, Starner's Bobcats won the 1986 Big Sky Conference tournament as the 6 seed, gaining the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the only team in the field with a losing overall record. The following season, the Bobcats won the Big Sky Conference regular season title behind Conference Player of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoffman, Minnesota
Hoffman is a city in Grant County, Minnesota, United States, along the Chippewa River. The population was 681 at the 2010 census. History Hoffman was platted in 1887, and named for Robert C. Hoffman, a railroad official. A post office has been in operation at Hoffman since 1887. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Minnesota State Highways 27 and 55 are two of the main routes in the community. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 681 people, 285 households, and 150 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 325 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 95.7% White, 0.1% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.6% from other races, and 1.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.1% of the population. There were 285 households, of which 25.3% had children under the age o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gridiron Football
Gridiron football,"Gridiron football" ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved October 20, 2010. also known as North American football or, in North America, simply football, is a family of football team sports primarily played in the United States and Canada. American football, which uses 11 players, is the form played in the United States and the best known form of gridiron football worldwide, while Canadian football, which uses 12 players, predominates in Canada. Other derivative varieties include arena football, flag football and amateur games such as Touch football (American), touch and street football (American), street football. Football is played at professional gridiron football, professional, college football, collegiate, High school football, high school, semi-professional, and amateur levels. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billings Gazette
The ''Billings Gazette'' is a daily newspaper based in Billings, Montana that primarily covers issues in southeast Montana and parts of northern Wyoming. Historically it has been known as the largest newspaper in Montana and is geographically one of the most widely distributed newspapers in the nation. The Gazette employs a newsroom staff of roughly 20 reporters, editors and photographers combined. The paper frequently exchanges content with its four sister papers in the state — the Missoulian, the Helena Independent Record, The Montana Standard and the Ravalli Republic — all of which, along with the Gazette, are owned by Lee Enterprises. Lee announced a Montana State News Bureau near the end of 2020 that serves the Gazette and its sister papers. In 2013, circulation of the print edition was around 39,405 copies, and that number increased to more than 44,000 on Sundays. The Gazette websitebillingsgazette.com receives over 10 million page views per month. The Gazette has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Durham
Mick Durham is an American college basketball coach, currently men's head coach for Montana State University Billings. He had previously been head coach at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he led the program for 7 seasons. Durham was born in Chicago, but grew up in Three Forks, Montana where he led Three Forks High School to the 1974 Montana Class B State championship. He accepted a scholarship offer to nearby Montana State, where he became a three-year starter at point guard , leaving as one of the school's all-time leaders in assists and free throw percentage. Following the close of his playing career, Durham coached high school basketball at Shepherd High School in Shepherd, Montana from 1980 to 1982 before returning to Montana State as an assistant coach. Following eight seasons as an assistant to Stu Starner, Durham moved to the head coaching position in 1990 when Starner left the post for a leave of absence. In 16 seasons leading the Bobcats, Durham compiled a rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Domako
Tom Domako (born July 31, 1966)1992–93 Official CBA Guide and Register, page 284 is a retired American basketball player. He played professionally in the top leagues in France and Belgium, but is best known for his college career at Montana State University. College career Domako was born in Detroit, Michigan, but lived in the Detroit suburb of Livonia. A 6'9" forward known for his shooting touch, Domako starred at Stevenson High School before choosing Montana State for college. At MSU, Domako was a sophomore starter on the 1985–86 Bobcats team that won the Big Sky Conference tournament and made the school's first NCAA tournament appearance in 35 years. As a junior, Domako led the Big Sky Conference in scoring (20.3 points per game) and was named the Big Sky Conference Player of the Year and first-team All- Big Sky. In his senior year of 1987–88, he increased his scoring average to 22.2 points per game and repeated on the all-conference first team. Domako ended his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Player Of The Year
The Big Sky Conference Player of the Year Award, officially known as the Big Sky Conference Most Valuable Player Award, is an annual basketball award given to the Big Sky Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1978–79 season. Only one player, Larry Krystkowiak of Montana, has won the award three times (1984–86). Three others have been two-time winners: Orlando Lightfoot of Idaho (1993, 1994) and Harold Arceneaux (1999, 2000) and Damian Lillard (2010, 2012) of Weber State. Weber State has the most all-time awards (11) and individual winners (9). Montana is second in total awards with seven; Eastern Washington is second in individual winners with six. Only one current Big Sky member, Southern Utah (which joined in 2012 and will leave for the Western Athletic Conference after the 2021–22 season), has never had a winner. Key Winners Winners by school Footnotes References * * {{Men's college basketball award navbox NCAA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States. The publication has won more than 40 Pulitzer Prizes. It is owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by the Times Mirror Company. The newspaper’s coverage emphasizes California and especially Southern California stories. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to labor unions, the latter of which led to the bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. In recent decades the paper's readership has declined, and it has been beset by a series of ownership changes, staff reductions, and other controversies. In January 2018, the paper's staff voted to unionize and final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1986 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 13, 1986, and ended with the championship game on March 31 in Dallas, Texas. A total of 63 games were played. Louisville, coached by Denny Crum, won the national title with a 72–69 victory in the final game over Duke, coached by Mike Krzyzewski. Pervis Ellison of Louisville was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Louisville became the first team from outside a power conference to win the championship since the expansion to 64 teams, and remains one of only two teams to do so (the other team was UNLV in 1990). The 1986 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament was the first tournament to use a shot clock limiting the amount of time for any one offensive possession by a team prior to taking a shot at the basket. Beginning with the 1986 tournament, the shot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985–86 Montana State Bobcats Men's Basketball Team
The 1985–86 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team represented Montana State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stu Starner, the Bobcats finished in 6th place after the Big Sky regular season. The team rallied and made a run to win the Big Sky tournament and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as No. 16 seed in the West region, Montana State pushed No. 1 seed St. John's before falling, 83–74, in the opening round. Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=9 style=, Regular season , - !colspan=9 style=, Big Sky tournament , - !colspan=9 style=, NCAA Tournament References {{DEFAULTSORT:1985-86 Montana State Bobcats basketball team Montana State Bobcats men's basketball seasons Montana State Montana State Bobcats basketball Montana State Bobcats basketball Montana State Montana State University (MSU) is a public land-gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missoulian
The ''Missoulian'' is a daily newspaper printed in Missoula, Montana, United States. The newspaper has been owned by Lee Enterprises since 1959. The ''Missoulian'' is the largest published newspaper in Western Montana, and is distributed throughout the city of Missoula, and most of Western Montana. History Early years The ''Missoulian'' was established as the ''Missoula and Cedar Creek Pioneer'' on September 15, 1870, by the Magee Brothers and I. H. Morrison, under the Montana Publishing Company. Though strictly conservative politically, the paper was never intended to advance any particular "clique or party". Slightly less than a year after removing "Cedar Creek" from the name, the paper's name was trimmed to simply ''The Pioneer'' in November 1871, with W. J. McCormick, a prominent Montana politician and father of future Congressman Washington J. McCormick, as publisher. It served as a Democratic paper that was devoted to reporting on the development of western Montana. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bozeman, Montana
Bozeman is a city and the county seat of Gallatin County, Montana, United States. Located in southwest Montana, the 2020 census put Bozeman's population at 53,293, making it the fourth-largest city in Montana. It is the principal city of the Bozeman, MT Micropolitan Statistical Area, consisting of all of Gallatin County with a population of 118,960. Due to the fast growth rate Bozeman is expected to be upgraded to Montana's fourth metropolitan area. It is the largest micropolitan statistical area in Montana, the fastest growing micropolitan statistical area in the United States in 2018, 2019 and 2020, as well as the third-largest of all Montana's statistical areas. The city is named after John M. Bozeman, who established the Bozeman Trail and was a founder of the town in August 1864. The town became incorporated in April 1883 with a city council form of government, and in January 1922 transitioned to its current city manager/city commission form of government. Bozeman wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
