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1988–89 DePaul Blue Demons Men's Basketball Team
The 1988–89 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team represented DePaul University DePaul University is a private university, private Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Congregation of the Mission, Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from ... during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Joey Meyer (basketball), Joey Meyer, in his 5th season, and played their home games at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois, Rosemont. Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=9 style=, Regular Season , - !colspan=9 style=, NCAA Tournament Source: Team players drafted into the NBA References {{DEFAULTSORT:1988-89 DePaul Blue Demons men's basket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Meyer (basketball)
Joseph E. Meyer (April 2, 1949 – December 29, 2023) was an American college and professional men's basketball coach. He was the head coach of the DePaul Blue Demons from 1984 to 1997 and the Asheville Altitude in the NBA Development League (NBADL) from 2001 to 2005 before they moved to become the Tulsa 66ers, where he coached from 2006 to 2008. With Asheville, he became the only coach to win back-to-back league championships. He then coached Fort Wayne Mad Ants in the NBADL. He is currently the circuit's all-time leader in victories (226) and losses (237). He provided color commentary on radio broadcasts of Northwestern University men's basketball games on WGN-AM in Chicago. DePaul Blue Demons As a player, Meyer was captain of the . He was drafted in the 18th round of the 1971 NBA draft by the Buffalo Braves. Meyer was an assistant coach at DePaul for eleven seasons under his father, Ray Meyer. Ray Meyer coached DePaul from 1942 to 1984, winning 724 games and leading the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horton Field House
Horton may refer to: Places Antarctica * Horton Glacier, Adelaide Island, Antarctica * Horton Ledge, Queen Elizabeth Land, Antarctica Australia * Horton, Queensland, a town and locality in the Bundaberg Region * Horton River (Australia), in northern New South Wales Canada * Horton, Ontario, a township * Horton River (Canada), a tributary of the Beaufort Sea * Horton Township, Nova Scotia, an 18th-century township - see Wolfville United Kingdom * Horton Beach, Port Eynon Bay, Wales * Horton, Berkshire, a village and civil parish * Horton, Buckinghamshire, a hamlet of Ivinghoe * Horton, Cheshire, a village and former civil parish * Horton, Dorset, a village and civil parish * Horton, Gloucestershire, a village * Horton, Lancashire, a village and civil parish * Horton, Northamptonshire, a village * Horton, Blyth, Northumberland, a village * Horton, Chatton, a pair of small settlements: West Horton and East Horton, Northumberland ** Horton Moor, located north of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988–89 North Carolina Tar Heels Men's Basketball Team ...
The 1988–89 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Led by head coach Dean Smith, the Tar Heels completed yet another in a long line of impressive seasons, with 29 wins, a top ten ranking, and a Sweet 16 appearance in the NCAA tournament. Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=9 style=, , - !colspan=9 style=, , - !colspan=9 style=, Rankings NBA draft References {{DEFAULTSORT:1988-89 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball seasons North Carolina Tar Tar North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988–89 Seton Hall Pirates Men's Basketball Team
The 1988–89 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represented Seton Hall University as members of the Big East Conference during the 1988–89 NCAA men's basketball season. The Pirates were led by seventh year head coach P.J. Carlesimo. They played their home games at Walsh Gymnasium and Meadowlands Arena. Unranked to start the season, Seton Hall finished the season as national runner-up with a 31–7 overall record (11–5 in Big East play). As the No. 3 seed in the West Regional of the 1989 NCAA tournament, they defeated Southwest Missouri State, Evansville, Indiana, and UNLV to reach the Final Four. In the national semifinals, the Pirates dispatched Duke 95–78. The magical tournament run ended with an 80–79 overtime loss to Michigan in the National Championship Game. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style=, Regular season , - !colspan=9 style=, , - !colspan=9 style=, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of municipalities in Louisiana, most populous city in Louisiana and the French Louisiana region, the second-most populous in the Deep South, and the twelfth-most populous in the Southeastern United States. The city is coextensive with Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Orleans Parish. New Orleans serves as a major port and a commercial hub for the broader Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast region. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1 million, making it the most populous metropolitan area in Louisiana and the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 59th-most populous in the United States. New Orleans is world-renowned for Music of New Orleans, its distincti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana Superdome
Caesars Superdome (originally Louisiana Superdome and formerly Mercedes-Benz Superdome), commonly known as the Superdome, is a domed multi-purpose stadium in the Southern United States, southern United States, located in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the home stadium of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). Plans to build the Superdome were drawn up in 1967 by the New Orleans modernist architectural firm of Curtis and Davis Architects and Engineers, Curtis and Davis and the building opened as the Louisiana Superdome in 1975. Its steel frame covers a expanse and the dome is made of a lamellar multi-ringed frame and has a diameter of , making it the largest fixed domed structure in the world. The Superdome has hosted eight Super Bowl, Super Bowls, including the most recent, Super Bowl LIX, and six NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA championships in men's college basketball. In college football, the Sugar Bowl has been played at the Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988–89 Loyola Marymount Lions Men's Basketball Team
The 1988–89 Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team represented Loyola Marymount University during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions were led by fourth-year head coach Paul Westhead. They played their home games at Gersten Pavilion in Los Angeles, California as members of the West Coast Conference. LMU led the nation in scoring (112.5 points per game) for the second consecutive year. Junior All-American Hank Gathers became the second player in NCAA Division I history to lead the nation in scoring (32.7) and rebounding (13.7) in the same season. Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=12 style=, Non-conference regular season , - !colspan=12 style=, WCC regular season , - !colspan=12 style=, WCC Tournament , - !colspan=12 style=, NCAA Tournament Sources Rankings Awards ; All-Americans * Hank Gathers – 3rd Team (AP, UPI), 2nd Team (USBWA) ; NCAA Scoring Leader * Hank Gathers – 32.7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landover, Maryland
Landover is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 25,998. Landover is contained between Sheriff Road and Central Avenue to the south, Hill Road, Cabin Branch Drive, and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) Orange Line tracks to the west, John Hanson Highway ( U.S. Highway 50) to the north, and Washington D.C.'s Capital Beltway (Interstate 495/95) to the east. Landover borders the communities of New Carrollton, Landover Hills, Glenarden, Lanham, Ardmore, Kentland, Cheverly, Chapel Oaks, Fairmount Heights, Carmody Hills, Pepper Mill Village, Walker Mill, and Largo. History Landover was named after the town of Llandovery, Wales. The former CDPs of Landover, Dodge Park, Kentland, and Palmer Park, defined as such by the U.S. Census Bureau in the 1990 U.S. Census,"1990 COUNTY BLOCK MAP"index map Prince George's County. U.S. Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland)
The Capital Centre (later USAir Arena and US Airways Arena) was an indoor arena in the eastern United States, located in Landover, Maryland, a suburb east of Washington, D.C. The seating capacity was 18,756 for basketball and 18,130 for ice hockey, hockey. Opened in late 1973, it closed in March 2002, and was demolished that December. History In 1964, Abe Pollin became the owner of the National Basketball Association's Washington Wizards, Baltimore Bullets and wanted to reconnect the sport to the DC region. Pollin announced plans to build a $18 million multi-purpose sports arena in the Maryland beltway in 1972. Ground-breaking of the arena took place on August 24 of that year. The construction lasted for 15 months before the arena opened on December 2, 1973. It was located just outside (east) of the Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway), Capital Beltway (Interstate 495) at exit 16, less than a mile (1.6 km) southeast of FedExField, the home of the Washington Commanders of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas Men's Basketball Team
The 1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 1988–89 NCAA Division I college basketball season. John Thompson, coached them in his 17th season as head coach. They played their home games at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. They were members of the Big East Conference and finished the season with a record of 29–5, 13–3 in Big East play. They finished as the Big East regular season champions and won the 1989 Big East men's basketball tournament, the sixth Big East tournament championship in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Syracuse in the final game. They were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament – the 11th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA tournament appearances – and advanced to the East Region final before losing to the region's No. 2 seed, Duke. They were ranked No. 2 in the season's final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. Player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niagara Falls, New York
Niagara Falls is a City (New York), city in Niagara County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a total population of 48,671. It is adjacent to the Niagara River, across from the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and named after the famed Niagara Falls which they share. The city is within the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area and the Western New York region. While the city was formerly inhabited by Native Americans, Europeans who migrated to the Niagara Falls in the mid-17th century began to open businesses and develop infrastructure. Later in the 18th and 19th centuries, scientists and businessmen began harnessing the power of the Niagara River for electricity and the city began to attract manufacturers and other businesses drawn by the promise of inexpensive hydroelectric power. After the 1960s, however, the city and region experienced an economic decline. As industries left the region, affluent and middle-class families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niagara Falls Convention Center
Niagara Falls Convention and Civic Center was a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena and convention center in Niagara Falls, New York from January 12, 1974, to 2002. Planning and construction The venue was built in 1973 as part of an urban renewal project in the city of Niagara Falls. It was built in the center of a main thoroughfare, Falls Street, and blocked traffic to Niagara Falls State Park. It also eliminated Jefferson Avenue and Erie Avenue, two main thoroughfares. The building was designed by Johnson/Burgee Architects in collaboration with Jane Davis Doggett. Its arched design was inspired by the rainbows commonly seen over Niagara Falls, according to architect Philip Johnson. Locals jokingly noted its resemblance to a Quonset hut. Notable events Music Elvis Presley played two shows at the venue in June 1974 and two shows at the venue in July 1975. Bob Dylan played the venue as part of his Rolling Thunder Revue Tour in November 1975. Frank Sinatra played the venue in May 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
