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Tigers Tübingen
Tigers Tübingen is a basketball team from Tübingen, a college town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany, playing in the ProA, the country's second tier league. Founded as SV 03 Tübingen, is affiliated with the multi-sports club SV 03 Tübingen, which was founded in 1903. In 1952, its basketball section was founded. In 2003, the name Walter Tigers Tübingen was chosen for the basketball team after the local Tübingen company Walter AG, a tool manufacturer, became the team's sponsor. The company ended their sponsorship in 2018. Tigers Tübingen play their home games at the Paul Horn-Arena, which has a capacity of 3,132 people. History In 1992/93, SV 03 Tübingen became members of the Basketball Bundesliga for the first time, but didn't manage to escape relegation; a second one-season stint followed in 2001/02. After being promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga again in 2004 the name was changed to Walter Tigers Tübingen. In 14 consecutive seasons in the top flight they never su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ProA
Proas are various types of multi-hull outrigger sailboats of the Austronesian peoples. The terms were used for native Austronesian ships in European records during the Colonial era indiscriminately, and thus can confusingly refer to the double-ended single-outrigger boats of Oceania, the double-outrigger boats of Island Southeast Asia, and sometimes ships with no outriggers or sails at all. In its most common usage, the term ''proa'' refers to the Pacific proas which consist of two (usually) unequal-length parallel hulls. It is sailed so that one hull is kept to windward, and the other to leeward. It is double-ended, since it needs to " shunt" to reverse direction when tacking. It is most famously used for the ''sakman'' ships of the Chamorro people of the Northern Marianas, which were known as the "flying proas" for their remarkable speed. In Island Southeast Asia, the term ''proa'' may also sometimes be used, but the terms perahu, prau, prahu, paraw and prow are more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyron McCoy
Clement Tyron McCoy (born November 20, 1972) is an American professional basketball coach, and former professional basketball player. At a height of 6'5" (1.96 m) tall, he played at the shooting guard position. Playing career High school McCoy attended and played high school basketball at Bethune High School, in Bethune, South Carolina. College career McCoy played college basketball at Virginia Commonwealth University. He scored 1,456 points over the span of his four-year career at VCU, leading the Rams in points per game (15.2), as a senior. Professional career Upon graduating from college in 1995, McCoy spent 13 years playing professionally in Austria, Malta, and Germany. In his ten years in the German top-flight Basketball Bundesliga, he registered 4,792 points scored in 285 games played, while representing MTV Gießen, TV Lich, the Frankfurt Skyliners, EWE Baskets Oldenburg, and Bayer Leverkusen. McCoy's career accolades include four Bundesliga All-Star Game appearances (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
