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UU-Korihait
Korihait ( en, Basket Sharks) is a Finnish basketball team from Uusikaupunki. It was formed as Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat, shortly UU, in 1898 and has won one Korisliiga Finnish Championship (1990) and two Finnish Cups (1986, 1988). In 1994 UU had financial problems and entered bankruptcy. Korihait then took UU's place in the league. The club play at Pohitullin Sports Hall, which has also hosted the Finland men's national handball team. Players {{player1 , num = 1 , nat = USA , first = Trevor , last = Blondin , pos = PG/SG {{player3 , num = 2 , nat = USA , first = Casey , last = Benson , pos = PG , m = 1.91 , kgs = 85 {{player3 , num = 3 , nat = FIN , first = Elias , last = Eerikinharju , pos = SG , m = 1.87 , kgs = 83 {{player3 , num = 4 , nat = FIN , first = Eemil , last = Wahlbäck , pos = SF , m = 1.95 , kgs = 80 {{player3 , num = 5 , nat = FIN , first = Elias , last = Lahdensuu , pos = SF , m = 1.93 , kgs = 88 {{player3 , num = 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korisliiga
The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In its current format, each team plays all other teams two times in the regular season, once at home and once away, for a total of 22 regular season games. The top six teams advances continues to upper stage and the bottom six teams plays lower stage after 22 games, 5 games at home and 5 games at away versus all other teams in stage. The best two teams from lower group joins to playoffs with upper group teams. Playoffs are played best of seven format, except the quarter-finals which are played best of 5 format. Pantterit holds the record for the most league titles won, with 14. The top level Finnish league for women is the Naisten Korisliiga. Logos Korisliiga logo.png, The official Korisliiga logo used until the 2015–16 season Teams Current teams From 2000s, Korisliiga in timeline Title holders * 1938-39 Ylioppilaskoripalloilijat * 1939-40 Eiran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Lee Jr
Gerald is a male Germanic given name meaning "rule of the spear" from the prefix ''ger-'' ("spear") and suffix ''-wald'' ("rule"). Variants include the English given name Jerrold, the feminine nickname Jeri and the Welsh language Gerallt and Irish language Gearalt. Gerald is less common as a surname. The name is also found in French as Gérald. Geraldine is the feminine equivalent. Given name People with the name Gerald include: Politicians * Gerald Boland, Ireland's longest-serving Minister for Justice * Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States * Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner, Lord Chancellor from 1964 to 1970 * Gerald Häfner, German MEP * Gerald Klug, Austrian politician * Gerald Lascelles (other), several people * Gerald Nabarro, British Conservative politician * Gerald S. McGowan, US Ambassador to Portugal * Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, British diplomat, soldier, and architect Sports * Gerald Asamoah, Ghanaian-born German football player * Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Teams In Finland
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate, both of which require considerable skill. On offense, players may use a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona Reid
Arizona "AZ" Reid III (born March 11, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Elitzur Eito Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He was the 2006–07 Big South Conference Player of the Year, 2007–08 Preseason Player of the Year, and the 2007–08 Big South Conference Player of the Year. Family He is the son of Arizona Reid Jr. and Tressa Smith. AZ has three brothers (Jarron Reid, Tyson Miller and Tyshone Reid) and two sisters (Kesha Smith and Tyshennia Reid). His cousin, Roosevelt Dawkins played basketball at College of Charleston. Reid came to High Point from Gaffney, South Carolina, where he was a four-year varsity player at Gaffney High School and was featured in numerous basketball magazines, such as ''SLAM''. Notable High School teammates are NFL Wide Receiver Sidney Rice and college standout Donald Sims Appalachian State University. College A 6'5" power forward for the Panthers, Reid is undersized and relies on his drive to get to the boards over playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Vanzant
Shawn Vincent Vanzant (born October 19, 1988) is an American college basketball coach and former professional basketball player who last played for the Moncton Miracles of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL). He played college basketball for Butler University before playing professionally in Finland, Canada, Ireland, and the NBA Development League. High school career Vanzant attended Wharton High School in New Tampa, Florida where he became the only player in school history to make the varsity team as a freshman. He scored 1,192 points for his high school career, becoming the first player in school history to score 1,000 career points. As a junior in 2005–06, he averaged 14.7 points and 4.9 assists per game. He earned numerous awards as a senior in 2007–08, leading his team to a 29–2 record, a district championship and the Class 5A regional final while averaging 16.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 3.4 steals per game. Over four seasons at Wharton, he helped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jussi Kumpulainen
Jussi () is a male given name. In Finnish originally it is short for Juhani or Juho, Finnish for Johannes/ John, but is also recognized as a name in its own right for official purposes. It can also be short for Justus, or a Finnish form of Justin. Notable people with the name * Jussi 69 (1972), drummer of The 69 Eyes * Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), Danish writer * Jussi Björling (1911–1960), Swedish tenor * Jussi Chydenius (1972), Finnish musician * Jussi Halla-aho (1971) Finnish Slavic linguist, blogger and a politician. * Jussi Hautamäki (1979), Finnish ski jumper * Jussi Jokinen (1983), Finnish ice hockey player * Jussi Jääskeläinen (1975), Finnish football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... player * Jussi Järventaus (born 1951), Finnish politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasi Kauha
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Pasi may refer to: * Pasi (caste), a Hindu caste of northern India * ''Pasi'' (film), a 1979 Tamil film * Pasi (given name) * Pasi (surname), a surname of the Pasi community * Pasi, Papua New Guinea, a settlement near the coast of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea * Pasi language, a Sepik language of Papua New Guinea * Pasi, a subgroup of the Adi people of the Eastern Himalayas **Pasi, a variety of the Sino-Tibetan Adi language * PASI, ICAO code for the Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport, in Sitka, Alaska See also * Patria Pasi, a Finnish-made armoured personnel carrier (APC) * Turuk Pasi, a Muslim community of Bihar, India * Passi (other) * Passy (other) Passy is an area in Paris, France. Passy may also refer to: Places * Passy Cemetery in Paris, France * Passy (Paris Métro), a station on Line 6 * Communes in France: ** Passy, Haute-Savoie, in the Haute-Savoie ''département'' ** Passy, Saône- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Herbert
Gordon Walter Herbert (born February 16, 1959) is a Canadian-Finnish professional basketball coach and a retired professional basketball player. He is the head coach of the Germany national team. Playing career Herbert attended two-year North Idaho College in Coeur d'Alene, and transferred to the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1979, where he played college basketball for the Vandals under head coach Don Monson. Prior to his senior season in he injured his wrist and was redshirted; the Vandals were and went to the NCAA tournament as Big Sky champions. As a fifth-year senior in 1981–82, Herbert started at forward and Idaho won its first sixteen games, went in the regular season, and were sixth in the AP and UPI They advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, and finished with the best record in school history While undefeated at 15–0, an article on the team appeared in ''Sports Illustrated''. Late in the regular season, Herbert was the conference player of the week. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Horton (basketball)
Daniel Horton (born April 21, 1984) is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6'3" 205 lb guard. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Horton graduated in 2002 from Cedar Hill High School in Cedar Hill, a suburb of Dallas, Texas and was named to the 2002 McDonald's High School All-American team. His brother is Jason Horton, that went to Missouri and has now graduated and is waiting to go play professionally. In 2004 two years after Daniel graduated Jason lead the Cedar Hill Longhorns to the state championship. College career Horton played four seasons for University of Michigan (UM), from 2002 to 2006. He was voted to the All-Big Ten First Team by the media. He was voted All-Big Ten Second Team (by coaches). He was the 2004 NIT MVP. He was named 2003 Big Ten Freshman of the Year. He was named to the 2003 All-Big Ten Second Team. Finished 11th on Michigan's all-time scoring list (1,614). While at Michigan, Horton averaged 14.7 points, 4.4 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.70 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Taft
Chris Taft (born March 10, 1985) is an American basketball player. NCAA career Chris Taft was born in Brooklyn, New York, and began his college career at the University of Pittsburgh after graduating from Xaverian High School in Brooklyn. Taft won the Big East Conference Rookie of the Year Award in his Freshman season and set the all-time Pittsburgh season record for field goals made as a freshman (162). Taft also earned Third Team All Big East Honors as a Freshman. In 2004–05, Taft averaged 26.5 minutes per game, 13.3 points per game, 7.5 rebounds per game, and 1.7 blocks per game, and shot 58.5% from the field. After Pittsburgh suffered a loss to the University of the Pacific in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Taft announced his entry into the 2005 NBA draft. Shortly after announcing his departure from Pittsburgh, Taft hired an agent and indefinitely lost his NCAA eligibility. Taft went to the Chicago Annual Predraft Camp which began his post-college career. Profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ognjen Kuzmić
Ognjen Kuzmić ( sr-cyrl, Огњен Кузмић, ; born May 16, 1990) is a Serbian professional basketball player for KK Crvena zvezda, Crvena zvezda of the ABA League, Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He also represented the senior Serbia national basketball team, Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he plays at the Center (basketball), center position. He was selected with the 52nd overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors and won the 2015 NBA Finals, 2015 NBA Championship with that team. Professional career Kuzmić started his senior career in OKK Borac, Borac Banja Luka and the first basketball steps began in Findo Doboj. After one season, he left to play for Korihait in the Korisliiga, Finnish league. In 2010, he returned to Bosnia to play for KK Čelik, KK Čelik Zenica. In 2011, he signed with Baloncesto Málaga, Unicaja Málaga but played the 2011–12 season with farm team, CB Axarquía, Clínicas Rincón Benahavís o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
