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1928–29 Georgetown Hoyas Men's Basketball Team
The 1928–29 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1928–29 NCAA college basketball season. Elmer Ripley coached it in his second season as head coach. Georgetown was an independent and played its home games to Clendenen Gymnasium on the campus of American University in Washington, D.C., this season, the only Georgetown team to use Clendenen Gymnasium as its home court, although Georgetown played a handful of games there early the next season. It finished the season with a record of 12–5. Season recap Junior guard and team captain Fred Mesmer had become a starter and team leader in his first varsity season the previous year. He was an important defensive presence for the team during the season and an excellent passer. He led the Hoyas in scoring, averaging 8.5 points per game. Junior center Don Dutton, who had emerged as a standout the previous season, moved to forward in a notable 33–17 Georgetown victory at Yale on Janua ...
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Elmer Ripley
Elmer H. Ripley (July 21, 1891 – April 29, 1982) was an American basketball coach. He coached college basketball at seven different schools and for several professional teams. Early life Ripley was born in Staten Island, New York on July 21, 1891. After graduating from local Curtis High School, he attended Brown University. Playing career Ripley began his career as a player before making the switch to coach in 1922. At age 19, Ripley decided to leave Brown to play basketball professionally with the Interstate League Brooklyn Trolly Dodgers, the New York League's Utica Utes and the " Original Celtics" club. Ripley would enjoy numerous achievements including being voted among the ten best pro players from 1909 to 1926. Coaching career After playing, he went on to coach basketball at several major American universities and traveled the world teaching the game. Ripley began his first professional coaching tenure with Wagner College in 1922, before moving into a position at ...
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1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas Men's Basketball Team
The 1942–43 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1942–43 NCAA men's basketball season, 1942–43 NCAA college basketball season. Elmer Ripley coached it in his seventh of ten seasons as head coach; it was also the fifth and final season of his second of three stints at the helm. The team returned to Tech Gymnasium – where Georgetown had played its home games from 1929–30 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1929 to 1939–40 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1940 – on the campus of McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C., for its home games. It finished with a record of and became the first Georgetown team in history to participate in a post-season tournament, advancing to the 1943 NCAA basketball championship game, final game of the 1943 NCAA basketball tournament, NCAA tournament, losing to 1942–43 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team, Wyoming. Its youth and inexperience led it to be nicknamed t ...
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Marquette University High School
Marquette University High School (MUHS) is a private, all-male, Jesuit school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement, an accreditation division of Cognia. It is also a member of both the National Catholic Educational Association and the Jesuit Schools Network. History Founded as St. Aloysius Academy in 1857 on 2nd and Michigan St, the institution was renamed to St. Gall's Academy and moved location in 1864. The institution became Marquette College in 1881 when a new school was opened on 10th and State St, on the top of a hill. The hilltop location gave rise to the nickname and mascot: the Hilltoppers. In 1907 Marquette College became Marquette University and formally separated from Marquette Academy. In 1922 Marquette Academy became Marquette University High School, and the campus at its current location was completed in 1925. Campus Marquette University High School is located a ...
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Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee is the List of cities in Wisconsin, most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the List of United States cities by population, 31st-most populous city in the United States and the fifth-most populous city in the Midwest with a population of 577,222 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. The Milwaukee metropolitan area is the Metropolitan statistical area, 40th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. with 1.57 million residents. Founded in the early 19th century and incorporated in 1846, Milwaukee grew rapidly due to its location as a port city. History of Milwaukee, Its history was heavily influenced by German immigrants and it continues to be a Germans in Milwaukee, center for German-American culture, specifically known for Beer in Milwaukee, its brewing industry. The city developed as an industrial powerhouse during the 19t ...
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Xavier High School (New York City)
Xavier High School is an American independent university-preparatory high school for boys run by the USA East Province of the Society of Jesus, in the Chelsea neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. Named for St. Francis Xavier (1506–1552), it was founded by John Larkin in 1847 as the College of St. Francis Xavier and also known as St. Francis Xavier College. History The school was founded in 1847 by John Larkin, a professor at St. John's College in Rosehill Manor, then in Westchester County, now a part of the Borough of the Bronx, and which later became Fordham University. It taught boys from the age of eight to twenty-one. The Regents of the University of the State of New York chartered Xavier in 1861. A military-training unit began at the school in 1886 under the direction of the National Guard, and membership became mandatory in 1892. Five years later, collegiate and secondary studies were separated into different departments, and the coll ...
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United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ...
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Short Hills, NJ
Short Hills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) situated within Millburn, in Essex County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey, and part of the New York metropolitan area. The community is a commuter town for residents who work in Manhattan. As of the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 14,422. In the ''Forbes'' magazine's rankings of the ''Most Expensive ZIP Codes in the United States'', Short Hills was listed among the top 100 nationwide, coming in 66th in 2006 (with a median sale price of $1,200,000) and 67th in 2012 (median of $1,951,846). The median household income in Short Hills, according to the United States Census Bureau, exceeded $250,000 in the period from 2018-2022, while per capita income, as of the 2020 United States Census, was $153,124. Short Hills is home to the upscale Mall at Short Hills, also known as the Short Hills Mall, located near affluent communities in neighboring Morris and Union counties along the Passaic River. ...
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1931–32 Georgetown Hoyas Men's Basketball Team
The 1931–32 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1931–32 NCAA men's basketball season, 1931–32 NCAA college basketball season. Fred Mesmer coached it in his first season as head coach. Georgetown was an independent and played its home games at Tech Gymnasium on the campus of McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C. The team finished with a record of 6–11. Mesmer had played Guard (basketball), guard on Georgetowns 1927–28 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1927–28, 1928–29 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1928–29, and 1929–30 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1929–30 teams before graduating in 1930. Less than two years after graduation, he was hired at the age of 23 as the Hoyas head coach. A popular sports figure on campus, he would coach Georgetown for seven seasons, leaving after the end of the 1937–38 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1937–38 season with an overall record of ...
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Fred Mesmer
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1933–34 Georgetown Hoyas Men's Basketball Team
The 1933–34 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1933–34 NCAA college basketball season. Fred Mesmer coached it in his third season as head coach. The team was a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference (EIC) and played its home games at Tech Gymnasium on the campus of McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C. The team was the first of two winning teams during Mesmers seven-season tenure, finishing with a record of 12–11 overall, 5–5 in the EIC. Season recap Junior forward Ed Hargaden emerged as Georgetown's star player this season, especially during the latter part of the schedule. He scored 18 of the Hoyas 30 points against Canisius, 15 of their 27 in an EIC game at Pittsburgh, 20 of their 53 points in a victory over Loyola of Maryland, and 15 of their 32 in a 32–28 win over EIC rival Carnegie Tech in the season finale. He finished the season with an average of 10.1 points per game – a conside ...
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Traditionally, a jersey is an item of knitted clothing, generally made of wool or cotton, with sleeves, worn as a pullover, as it does not open at the front, unlike a cardigan. It is usually close-fitting and machine knitted in contrast to a guernsey that is more often hand knit with a thicker yarn. The word is usually used interchangeably with sweater. Etymology The garment's name originates from the British Crown Dependency of Jersey in the English Channel. The island became a large exporter of knitted goods in the Elizabethan era. See also * Guernsey Guernsey ( ; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; ) is the second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes five other inhabited isl ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jersey (Clothing) Sweaters Sportswear History of fashion History of clothing (Western fashion) Tops (clothing) Knitte ...
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1930–31 Georgetown Hoyas Men's Basketball Team
The 1930–31 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1930–31 NCAA college basketball season. John Colrick coached it in his first and only season as head coach. Georgetown was an independent and played its home games at Tech Gymnasium on the campus of McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C., except for one home game it played at Ryan Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus. It finished with a record of 5–16. Season recap After the Hoyas disappointing 13–12 record the previous season, Georgetown had hired Colrick from his ''alma mater'', Notre Dame, to serve as a football assistant and, following that, to take over as the Hoyas head basketball coach. At Notre Dame, he had assisted head coach George Keogan; employing an up-tempo offense known as the "Western-style" offense, Keogan never had a losing season in his 20 years as Notre Dames head coach between 1923 and 1943. Georgetowns athletics department hoped that Colri ...
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