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1950–51 San Jose State Spartans Men's Basketball Team
The 1950–51 San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team represented San Jose State College during the 1950–51 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans were led by eighth-year head coach Walt McPherson and played their home games at the Spartan Gym. SJSU played as an Independent. The Spartans finished 18–12 overall. The Spartans were invited and participated in the 1951 NCAA basketball tournament, where they lost to BYU in Kansas City, Missouri in the Sweet Sixteen. Roster Walt McPherson, alumnus of San José State, was the Spartans' head coach in 1950–51. Schedule , - !colspan=12 style=, Regular Season , - !colspan=12 style=, References {{DEFAULTSORT:1950-51 San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team San Jose State Spartans men's basketball seasons San Jose State San Jose State San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Jose, Calif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt McPherson
Walter James McPherson (December 5, 1916 – January 12, 2013) was an American basketball coach and was regarded as one of the best at San Jose State University, and former West Coast Athletic Conference commissioner. McPherson graduated from San Jose State in 1939 and played as a fullback through 1936 and 1938 trained by Dudley DeGroot. He became a basketball coach and assistant football coach, he also managed to get his basketball team in the NCAA Tournament which was the team's first time in the tournament. He also taught Carroll Williams and Billy Wilson who also started their own sport careers. McPherson retired from coaching in 1960. Personal life McPherson was involved in World War II and became a lieutenant in the United States Navy. He became a member of San Jose Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. McPherson died in 2013 in Santa Rosa, California. He is survived by two children, including poet and University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950–51 UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball Team
The 1950–51 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1950–51 NCAA men's basketball season and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. The Bruins were led by third year head coach John Wooden. They finished the regular season with a record of 19–10 and tied for the southern division championship with a record of 9–4. The Bruins lost to the Washington Huskies in the conference play-offs. Previous season The Bruins finished the regular season with a record of 24–7 and were southern division champions with a record of 10–2. They defeated the Washington State Cougars in the conference play-offs and lost to Bradley in the NCAA regional semifinals and in the regional consolation game. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style=, , - !colspan=9 style=, Source References {{DEFAULTSORT:1950-51 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team UCLA Bruins men's basketball seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beloit College
Beloit College is a private liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1846 when Wisconsin was still a territory, it is the state's oldest continuously operated college. It has an enrollment of roughly 1,000 undergraduate students. History Beloit College was founded by the group Friends for Education, which was started by seven pioneers from New England who, soon after their arrival in the Wisconsin Territory, agreed that a college needed to be established. The group raised funds for a college in their town and convinced the territorial legislature to enact the charter for Beloit College on February 2, 1846. The first building (then called Middle College) was built in 1847, and remains in operation. Classes began in the fall of 1847, with the first degrees awarded in 1851. Beloit's first president was Aaron Lucius Chapin, who served from 1849 to 1886. The college became coeducational in 1895. In 1904, Grace Ousley became the first African-American w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of United States cities by population, 67th-most populous city in the U.S., with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is located in Western Pennsylvania, southwestern Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River, which combine to form the Ohio River. It anchors the Greater Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh metropolitan area, which had a population of 2.457 million residents and is the largest metro area in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the Pennsylvania metropolitan areas, second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 26th-largest in the U.S. Pittsburgh is the principal city of the greater Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duquesne Gardens
The Duquesne Gardens (officially Duquesne Garden until 1940 and The Gardens afterward) was the main sports arena located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the first half of the 20th century. Built in 1890, the building originally served as a trolley barn, before becoming a multi-purpose arena. The Gardens opened three years after a fire destroyed the city's prior sports arena, the Schenley Park Casino, in 1896. Over the years, the Gardens was the home arena of several of Pittsburgh's historic sports teams, such as ice hockey's Pittsburgh Pirates and Pittsburgh Hornets. The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which was the first ice hockey league to openly hire and trade players, played all of its games at the Gardens. The arena was also the first hockey rink to ever use glass above the dasher boards. Developed locally by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Herculite glass was first tested in Pittsburgh. Most rinks were using wire mesh before the shatterproof glass was invent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duquesne Dukes Men's Basketball
The Duquesne Dukes represent Duquesne University in college basketball. The team, which started in 1914, has only ever played in NCAA Division I and has had six appearances in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, NCAA Tournament. The Dukes play in the Atlantic 10 Conference, of which they have been members since 1976 (minus the 1992–93 season in which the Dukes were single-season members of the Horizon League, Midwestern Collegiate Conference). Their head basketball coach is Dru Joyce III. The Dukes men's basketball team has had great success over the years, playing twice in national championship games in the 1950s and winning the National Invitation Tournament championship 1955 National Invitation Tournament, in 1955. Duquesne also emerged victorious in the 1977 Eastern 8 men's basketball tournament, 1976–77 Eastern Collegiate Basketball League (the forerunner to the Eastern Athletic Association, now known as the Atlantic 10 Conference) tournament and 2024 Atlant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draddy Gymnasium
Draddy Gymnasium is a 2,345-seat multi-purpose arena in the Bronx, New York The Bronx ( ) is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York. It shares a land border with Westchester County to its north; to its south and west, the New York City bo .... It is located on the campus of Manhattan University and is the home of the Manhattan Jaspers athletic teams including men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball. The building has a 200 meter indoor track. Draddy Gymnasium was named in the honor of the first wife and first son of alumnus Vincent dePaul Draddy, onetime quarterback at Manhattan University and later chairman of the College Football Hall of Fame. Draddy's son, Vincent Jr., was killed in an automobile accident in 1953. His wife, Ruth, died in 1974. The facility was featured in Season 1 of ''The Cosby Show'', where Clifford Huxtable trains to get ready for a relay race rematch of forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan Jaspers Basketball
The Manhattan Jaspers men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Manhattan University in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They have won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament championship five times (1993, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2015). The Jaspers have had three players named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year, most recently Luis Flores in 2003. Luis Flores is also the Manhattan Jaspers all-time leading scorer with 2046 points from 2001-2004. Their current head coach is John Gallagher, who was hired from the University of Hartford in March of 2023. Postseason NCAA tournament results The Jaspers have appeared in eight NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 3–9. NIT results The Jaspers have appeared in 18 National Invitation Tournaments (NIT). Their combined record is 8–19. CBI results The Jaspers have appeared in the College B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the List of municipalities in Wisconsin by population, second-most populous city in the state, with a population of 269,840 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Madison metropolitan area had 680,796 residents. Centrally located on an isthmus between Lakes Lake Mendota, Mendota and Lake Monona, Monona, the vicinity also encompass Lakes Lake Wingra, Wingra, Lake Kegonsa, Kegonsa and Lake Waubesa, Waubesa. Madison was founded in 1836 and is named after American Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and President James Madison. It is the county seat of Dane County. As the state capital, Madison is home to government chambers including the Wisconsin State Capitol building. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. Major companies in the area include American Family Insurance, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisconsin Field House
The Wisconsin Field House (commonly known as the UW Field House) is a multi-purpose arena owned by the University of Wisconsin–Madison and located directly south of Camp Randall Stadium. In addition to sports events, the Field House has been the site of large community gatherings such as convocations and concerts. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. with History The UW began supporting team sporting events in the 1800s. In 1892 the university completed the Red Gym for indoor sports, and in 1893 it bought Camp Randall to use as playing fields. Basketball was played at the UW beginning 1898 and grew in popularity, but the Red Gym seated only 2240 spectators, and was referred to as "the little cigar box gym." In 1925 the UW regents began discussing a larger space. With pushing from athletic director George Little (American football coach), George Little the new UW Field House was dedicated in 1930. William F. Stevens and John Knudsen designed it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950–51 Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball Team ...
The 1950–51 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his seventeenth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Schedule , - !colspan=12, Regular Season References External linksWisconsin Badgers Basketball History {{DEFAULTSORT:1950-51 Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball Team Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball seasons Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball The Wisconsin Badgers are an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference. The Wisconsin Badgers, Badgers' home games are played at the Kohl Center, located on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus in Madison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
