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1987 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1987 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the sixth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. Wisconsin–Stevens Point defeated Concordia Moorhead in the championship game, 81–74, to claim the Pointers' first Division III national title. The championship rounds were hosted in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Bracket First round * St. John Fisher 69, NYU 59 * Stony Brook 77, Rochester (NY) 72 * Scranton 62, Marywood 57 * Elizabethtown 71, Spring Garden 56 * Wis.-Stevens Point 75, St. Norbert 58 * Alma 67, Wis.-Whitewater 48 * Rockford 69, St. Thomas (MN) 65 * William Penn 55, Augustana (IL) 53 * Southern Me. 79, Clark (MA) 70 * Emmanuel (MA) 62, Salem St. 58 * Kean 87, Allegheny 68 * Ohio Northern 68, Capital 64 * Rust 79, Buffalo St. 60 * Centre 79, UNC Greensboro 69 * Concordia-M’head 77, Stanislaus St. 64 * Pomona-Pitzer 74, Bishop 50 Regional finals * St. Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Scranton is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Lackawanna County. With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 U.S. census, Scranton is the largest city in Northeastern Pennsylvania, the Wyoming Valley, and the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 562,037 as of 2020. It is the sixth largest city in Pennsylvania. The contiguous network of five cities and more than 40 boroughs all built in a straight line in Northeastern Pennsylvania's urban area act culturally and logistically as one continuous city, so while the city of Scranton itself is a smaller town, the larger unofficial city of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre contains nearly half a million residents in roughly 200 square miles. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is the cultural and economic center of a region called Northeastern Pennsylvania, which is home to over 1.3 million residents. Scranton hosts a federal court building for the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine United States Minor Outlying Islands, Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in Compact of Free Association, free association with three Oceania, Pacific Island Sovereign state, sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Palau, Republic of Palau. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders Canada–United States border, with Canada to its north and Mexico–United States border, with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 NAIA Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1987 NAIA women's basketball tournament was the seventh annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its members in the United States and Canada. SW Oklahoma State defeated North Georgia in the championship game, 60–58, to claim the Bulldogs' fourth NAIA national title. The tournament was played in Kansas City, Missouri. Qualification The tournament field remained fixed at sixteen teams, with seeds assigned to the top eight teams. The tournament utilized a simple single-elimination format, with an additional third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinals. Bracket See also * 1987 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament *1987 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament *1987 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament *1987 NAIA men's basketball tournament The 1987 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 50th annual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1987 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 13th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States. Held during March 1987, the field included thirty-two teams and the final championship rounds were contested at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. North Park defeated Clark (MA), 106–100, to claim their record-fifth NCAA Division III national title. Bracket Regionals National finals All tournament team * Michael Starks, North Park * Mike Barach, North Park * Steve Iannarino, Wittenberg * Kermit Sharp, Clark (MA) * Donald Ellison, Stockton State See also *1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament *1987 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament *1987 NAIA men's basketball tournament *1987 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament The 1987 NCAA Division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1987 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament was the sixth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate basketball in the United States. New Haven defeated two-time defending champions Cal Poly Pomona in the championship game, 77–75, claiming the Chargers' first NCAA Division II national title. The championship rounds were contested at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, hosted by Springfield College. Regionals East Great Lakes New England North Central South South Atlantic South Central West National Finals - Springfield, Massachusetts Visiting team listed first and date March 14 in Elite Eight unless indicated Final Four Location: Springfield Civic Center Host: Springfield College All-tournament team * Joy Jeter, New Haven * Niki Bracken, Cal Poly Pomona * Michelle McCoy, Cal Poly Pomona * Charlene Taylor, New Haven * Jill Halapin, Pitt Johnstown Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1987 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 11, ended on March 29, and featured 40 teams. The Final Four were Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana Tech, and Long Beach State, with Tennessee winning its first title with a 67-44 victory over Louisiana Tech. Tennessee's Tonya Edwards was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. Notable events Upsets were not unknown in the NCAA tournaments. For example, in the prior year, two 4 seeds made it to the Final Four. However, in the first five NCAA tournaments, once a team reached the Final Four, no team had beaten a higher seeded team. That changed in 1987. One semifinal game matched defending National Champion Texas against Louisiana Tech. Although both teams were 1 seeds, the Texas team came into the tournament with only a single regular season loss, earning them the number one ranking in the country. In addition, the Final Four was played on the home court of the Longhorns. Despite that, and a crowd of ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rust Bearcats
Rust College is a private historically black college in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Founded in 1866, it is the second-oldest private college in the state. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, it is one of ten historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) founded before 1868 that are still operating. History One of the oldest colleges for African Americans in the United States, Rust was founded on November 24, 1866, by Northern missionaries with a group called the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1870, the college was chartered as Shaw University in 1870, honoring the Reverend S. O. Shaw, who made a gift of $10,000 to the institution which, adjusted for inflation, is the equivalent of approximately $,000 in . In 1892, to avoid confusion with Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, the institution changed its name to Rust University—a tribute to Rev. Richard S. Rust of Cincinnati, Ohio, a preacher, abolitionist, and the secretary o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Maine Huskies
The University of Southern Maine (USM) is a public university with campuses in Portland, Gorham and Lewiston in the U.S. state of Maine. It is the southernmost of the University of Maine System. It was founded as two separate state universities, Gorham Normal School and Portland University. The two universities, later known as Gorham State College and the University of Maine at Portland, were combined in 1970 to help streamline the public university system in Maine and eventually expanded by adding the Lewiston campus in 1988. The Portland Campus is home to the Edmund Muskie School of Public Service, the Bio Sciences Research Institute, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and the Osher Map Library, and the USM School of Business. The Gorham campus, much more residential, is home to the School of Education and Human Development and the School of Music.USM's Lewiston-Auburn College provides undergraduate and graduate degrees through its unique interdisciplinary curriculum. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Penn Statesmen
William Penn University is a private university in Oskaloosa, Iowa. It was founded by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1873 as Penn College. In 1933, the name was changed to William Penn College, and finally to William Penn University in 2000. History Penn College opened September 24, 1873. The college's name was changed from Penn College to William Penn College in 1933, sparking a controversy whether or not the institution had ceased to exist as an educational institution. That matter was settled once and for all by the Iowa Supreme Court which ruled that Penn College had not ceased to exist as an educational institution. In 2000, the name was changed again from William Penn College to William Penn University. In 1916, fire destroyed the original campus and Penn's business manager Robert Williams and freshman student Harry Oakley were killed when the four-ton college bell crashed through the main building and buried them beneath it. In 1995, Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Basketball
In United States colleges, top-tier basketball is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), and the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA). Each of these various organizations is subdivided into one to three divisions, based on the number and level of scholarships that may be provided to the athletes. Each organization has different conferences to divide up the teams into groups. Teams are selected into these conferences depending on the location of the schools. These conferences are put in due to the regional play of the teams and to have a structural schedule for each team to play for the upcoming year. During conference play the teams are ranked not only through the entire NCAA, but the conference as well in which they have tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers
The University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers (casually known as the UW-Stevens Point Pointers) are the athletic teams of the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. The Pointers athletic teams compete in NCAA Division III. Football The UW-Stevens Point football team holds the annual Spud Bowl game sponsored by local potato farms and brewery companies as the first home game of the season. The Pointers also hold the annual Pink Game, which benefits the Susan G. Komen Foundation of Central Wisconsin, and the Circle of Friends Foundation, which provides opportunities to kids with cancer. The Pointers play their home games at Goerke Field. Basketball The Pointers men's and women's basketball teams have combined for six NCAA Division III titles. The women's basketball team won the national title in 2002, 15 years after its first NCAA Division III title in 1987. The men's basketball team won back-to-back NCAA Division III titles in 2004 and 2005. Track and field The UWSP men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division III
NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their student-athletes. The NCAA's first split was into two divisions, the University and College Divisions, in 1956, the College Division was formed for smaller schools that did not have the resources of the major athletic programs across the country. The College Division split again in 1973 when the NCAA went to its current naming convention: Division I, Division II, and Division III. Division III schools are not allowed to offer athletic scholarships, while D-II schools can. Division III is the NCAA's largest division with around 450 member institutions, which are 80% private and 20% public. The median undergraduate enrollment of D-III schools is about 2,750, although the range is from 418 to over 38,000. Approximately 40% of all NCAA st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
