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1996–97 Southwest Texas State Bobcats Men's Basketball Team
The 1996–97 Southwest Texas State Bobcats men's basketball team represented Southwest Texas State University in the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by head coach Mike Miller, played their home games at Strahan Arena in San Marcos, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. The Bobcats finished atop the regular season conference standings, won the Southland tournament, and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As No. 16 seed in the Midwest region, Southwest Texas State was beaten by No. 1 seed and eventual Final Four participant Minnesota, 78–46. Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=12 style=, Regular season , - !colspan=12 style=, , - !colspan=12 style=, Source References {{DEFAULTSORT:1996-97 Texas State Bobcats men's basketball team Texas State Bobcats men's basketball seasons Southwest Texas State Bobcats Southwest Texas State Texas State Bobcats men' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Miller (basketball, Born 1964)
Michael E. Miller (born August 14, 1964) is an American basketball coach who is an assistant coach of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Early life Miller was born on August 14, 1964, in Monmouth, Illinois, and graduated from Monmouth High School where he was a standout basketball player where the Monmouth "Zippers" finished second in the 1982 state championship game. He played college basketball at Burlington Junior College (now Southeastern Community College) in Burlington, Iowa and East Texas State University (now Texas A&M University–Commerce). At East Texas State, he was a member of the team that won the Lone Star Conference championship in 1984. He graduated from East Texas State in 1987. Coaching career Early coaching career (1987–1994) Miller began his coaching career as an assistant coach Cistercian Prep School in Irving, Texas in 1987. He was an assistant football and baseball coach, and the head coach of the JV basketball team h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry A
Harry may refer to: Television * ''Harry'' (American TV series), 1987 comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (New Zealand TV series), 2013 crime drama starring Oscar Kightley * ''Harry'' (talk show), 2016 American daytime talk show hosted by Harry Connick Jr. People and fictional characters *Harry (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name, including **Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (born 1984) *Harry (surname), a list of people with the surname Other uses *"Harry", the tunnel used in the Stalag Luft III escape ("The Great Escape") of World War II * ''Harry'' (album), a 1969 album by Harry Nilsson *Harry (derogatory term) Harry is a Norwegian derogatory term used in slang, derived from the English name Harry. The best English translation may be "cheesy" or "tacky". '' Norsk ordbok'' defines "harry" as "tasteless, vulgar". The term "harry" was first used by upper ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prather Coliseum
Prather Coliseum is a 3,900-seat multi-purpose arena in Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States. It opened in 1964 and is home to the Northwestern State University Demons basketball team.Prather Coliseum at nsudemons.com, URL accessed November 17, 2009 Archived 11/17/09 The arena also holds concerts and events. It was named in honor of the school's most successful basketball and football coach, H. Lee Prather, who served from the 1910s through the 1940s before becoming NSU President in 1951. History The coliseum is among projects credited to the late |
Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe is the ninth-largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and is the parish seat and largest city of Ouachita Parish. With a 2020 census-tabulated population of 47,702, it is the principal city of the Monroe metropolitan statistical area, the second-largest metropolitan area in North Louisiana. Etymology As governor of Louisiana, Esteban Rodríguez Miró had ''Fort Miro'' built in 1791. Fort Miro changed its name to Monroe to commemorate the first arrival of the steamboat ''James Monroe'' in the spring of 1820. The ship's arrival was the single event, in the minds of local residents, that transformed the outpost into a town. Credit for the name is indirectly given to James Monroe of Virginia, the fifth President of the United States, for whom the ship was named. The steamboat is depicted in a mural at the main branch of the Ouachita Parish Public Library. History Early history–late 20th century Monroe's origins date back to the Spanish colonial period. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fant–Ewing Coliseum
Fant–Ewing Coliseum is a 7,085-seat multi-purpose arena in Monroe, Louisiana, United States, on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Monroe. It was built in 1971 and is home to the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks men's and women's basketball teams and women's volleyball team. The arena also hosts concerts and events. History The first men's basketball game played in Fant-Ewing was on December 1, 1971, against Sam Houston State, who defeated ULM 71–70. The Bearkats' Mike Newell made the first free throw of a two-shot foul with no time left on the clock to the disappointment of an opening night capacity crowd. It has hosted the Southland Conference men's basketball tournament five times and the Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball tournament three times. During the 2006–07 season, a student-only section was created, named the "Hawk's Nest". Gallery File:Fant–Ewing Coliseum and Malone Stadium on Bayou Desiard.jpg, Fant–Ewing Coliseum and JPS Field at Malone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Oklahoman
''The Oklahoman'' is the largest daily newspaper in Oklahoma, United States, and is the only regional daily that covers the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, Greater Oklahoma City area. The Alliance for Audited Media (formerly Audit Bureau Circulation) lists it as the 59th largest U.S. newspaper in circulation. ''The Oklahoman'' has been published by Gannett (formerly known as GateHouse Media) owned by Fortress Investment Group and its investor Softbank since October 1, 2018. On November 11, 2019, GateHouse Media and Gannett announced GateHouse Media would be acquiring Gannett and taking the Gannett name. The acquisition of Gannett was finalized on November 19, 2019. Copies are sold for $2 daily or $4 Sundays/Thanksgiving Day; prices are higher outside Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Oklahoma County and adjacent counties. Ownership The Daily Oklahoman newspaper was founded in 1894 by Samuel W. Small. Small eventually lost the paper and it was owned by a bank who leased the paper to C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-College Basketball Classic
The All-College Basketball Classic was a college basketball event that was played during the winter holidays in Oklahoma City from 1935 to 2016. The final events were held at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. The All-College followed a tournament format until 2000, it was replaced by non-conference games featuring the Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball, Oklahoma Sooners and Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball, Oklahoma State Cowboys. The All-College Basketball Classic preceded the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, NCAA, National Invitation Tournament, NIT, NAIA Men's Basketball Championships, NAIA, and NBA playoffs, NBA tournaments. The All-College Tournament was originally conceived by Henry P. Iba, the coach at Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball, Oklahoma A&M, and Bus Ham, sports editor of ''The Oklahoman''. The original purpose of the tournament was to increase interest in high school basketball in Oklahoma, and thereby to improve the quality of the college teams in the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Oklahoma, most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, its population ranks List of United States cities by population, 20th among United States cities and 8th in the Southern United States. The population grew following the 2010 Census and reached 681,054 in the 2020 United States census. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area had a population of 1,396,445, and the Oklahoma City–Shawnee, Oklahoma, Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,469,124, making it Oklahoma's largest municipality and metropolitan area by population. Oklahoma City's city limits extend somewhat into Canadian County, Oklahoma, Canadian, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie counties. However, much of those areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myriad Convention Center
Prairie Surf Studios (originally Myriad Convention Center and later Cox Convention Center) is a Filmmaking, film production complex located in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was formerly a convention center and the home of several minor league teams. History The facility, known as the Myriad Convention Center, originally was the centerpiece of Oklahoma City's first major urban renewal project, the Pei Plan (Oklahoma City), Pei Plan. In addition to the Convention Center, the project included the removal of blighted sections of the southern downtown area. The project also began the process for the design and construction of the Myriad Botanical Gardens, located directly west of the Myriad. As the Myriad, the facility received a major renovation and expansion. The US$55.8 million project was designed by Glover Bode. Flintco, who served as the renovation's general contractor, began construction in June 1997. The work was completed in August 1999. It was later named Cox Convent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996–97 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Men's Basketball Team
The 1996–97 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team represented the University of Tulsa as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1996–97 college basketball season. The Golden Hurricane played their home games at the Tulsa Convention Center. Led by head coach Steve Robinson, they finished the season 24–10 overall and 12–4 in conference play to finish second in the WAC Mountain division standings. After losing in the championship game of the WAC tournament, the team defeated Boston University in the opening round of the NCAA tournament, before falling to No. 4 seed Clemson in the round of 32. Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=9 style=, Regular season , - !colspan=9 style=, WAC Tournament , - !colspan=9 style=, NCAA Tournament Rankings * Awards and honors *Shea Seals – Third-team All-American, First-team All-WAC References {{DEFAULTSORT:1996-97 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, Jefferson County, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area, located in Southeast Texas on the Neches River about east of Houston (city center to city center). With a population of 115,282 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Beaumont is the largest municipality by population near the Louisiana border. Its metropolitan area was the List of Texas metropolitan areas, 10th largest in Texas in 2020, and List of metropolitan statistical areas, 130th in the United States. The city of Beaumont was founded in 1838. The pioneer settlement had an economy based on the development of lumber, farming, and port industries. In 1892, Joseph Eloi Broussard opened the first commercially successful rice mill in Texas, stimulating development of rice farming in the area; he also started an irrigation company (since 1933, established as the Lower Neches Valley Authority) to support r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montagne Center
Neches Federal Credit Union Arena at the Montagne Center, built in 1984, is a mixed-use event center that houses a 10,746-seat a multi-purpose arena and a variety of event spaces in Beaumont, Texas. The Montagne Center was designed especially for the basketball program with a wing designated for instructional purposes. The Montagne Center is currently home to the Lamar University Lamar University (Lamar or LU) is a public university in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Lamar has been a member of the Texas State University System since 1995. It was the flagship institution of the former Lamar University System. As of the ... Lamar Cardinals basketball, Cardinals, the Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball, Lady Cardinals basketball teams, and thLamar University Pathway Program Lamar University's language program. The arena was previously the home of the Lamar Cardinals and Lady Cardinals#Volleyball, Lady Cardinals volleyball team until renovations to McDonald Gym were completed in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
