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2008–09 West Virginia Mountaineers Men's Basketball Team
The 2008–09 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University in the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Bob Huggins and played their home games in the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia. Pre-season During the offseason, the Mountaineers picked up four recruits who look to make an immediate impact in Morgantown. Devin Ebanks a 6–9, 205 pound forward from Oakdale, Connecticut, Oakdale, CT seems to be the Mountaineers #1 recruit, being ranked #11 on the Rivals.com Top 150 recruits. The Mountaineers also added Darryl "Truck" Bryant, a 6-2 190 pound guard from Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Jones, a 6-7 210 pound forward from Mount Vernon, New York, Mount Vernon, NY, and Dee Proby a 6-9 250 pound forward from Angelina College in Lufkin, Texas, Lufkin, TX. West Virginia was picked to finish 9th in the Big East Conference (1979–2013), Big East Pre-Season Coaches Poll. Roster Schedule and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Huggins
Robert Edward Huggins (born September 21, 1953), nicknamed "Huggy Bear", is an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach at Walsh, Akron, Cincinnati, Kansas State, and West Virginia. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022. Huggins is the sixth men's college basketball coach with 900 or more career victories. He has been to 24 total NCAA tournaments, including 23 in the last 26 seasons. He has led his teams to nine Sweet Sixteen appearances, four Elite Eight appearances (3 at Cincinnati and 1 at West Virginia University), and two Final Four appearances (1992 with Cincinnati and 2010 with West Virginia). Huggins has also lost in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament a total of 16 times. As of March 2021, Huggins has averaged 23 wins per season over the course of his career. He is also the second coach to win 300 games at two schools. Huggins released a statement announcing his resignation and retirement from West Virgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Da'Sean Butler
Da'Sean Butler (born January 25, 1988) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for West Virginia University. Butler was drafted 42nd overall by the Miami Heat in the 2010 NBA draft. College career Freshman season Butler scored a career high 21 points in a game against Seton Hall. Against Slippery Rock, Butler had 15 points and nine rebounds off the bench, then had eight points against Arkansas. He had 9 points against North Carolina State, then 10 points and six rebounds against Duquesne. Butler scored 14 points against The Citadel, 16 points against UConn, 7 points against Villanova, and then six points against St. John's. He then scored 9 points and a season-high 10 rebounds against Notre Dame, followed by 12 points and six rebounds against South Florida. Butler then had 14 points and 8 rebounds against Cincinnati, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summit, New Jersey
Summit is the northernmost City (New Jersey), city of Union County, New Jersey, Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located within the New York metropolitan area. Situated on a ridge in north Jersey, northern–central Jersey, central New Jersey, the city is located within the Raritan River, Raritan Valley and Rahway River, Rahway Valley regions, and also borders both Essex County, New Jersey, Essex and Morris County, New Jersey, Morris counties in the Passaic River, Passaic Valley region. Summit is a commercial hub and commuter town for New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 22,719, an increase of 1,262 (+5.9%) from the 2010 United States census, 2010 census count of 21,457, which in turn reflected an increase of 326 (+1.5%) from the 21,131 counted in the 2000 United States census, 2000 census. Originally incorporated as Summit Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 23, 1869, from portions of New Providence To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Hill, Florida
Spring Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hernando County, Florida, United States. The population was 113,568 at the 2020 census, up from 98,621 at the 2010 census. Spring Hill belongs to Florida's Nature Coast region and is in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area. It is east of Hernando Beach, southwest of Brooksville, and north of Tampa. History and overview Spring Hill was formerly a large tract of endangered Longleaf Pine Ecosystem and Sand Pine Scrub with very high biodiversity, and a safe haven for many imperiled species, and most of it remained unchanged until the 1970’s with large scale deforestation. It first appeared on Hernando County maps as early as 1856 along what is today Fort Dade Avenue just north of the community of Wiscon. The modern Spring Hill was founded in 1967 as a planned community, which was developed by the Deltona Corporation and the Mackle Brothers. The developers originally wanted to call the community Spring Lake and us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Ruoff
Alexander Marc Ruoff (born August 29, 1986) is a retired American professional basketball player who is an assistant coach for the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League. In college, he played shooting guard for the West Virginia Mountaineers basketball team. Ruoff set school records for the most 3-pointers made in a game and most career 3-point field goals. Early life Ruoff was born in Hamilton, Ohio, and relocated to Spring Hill, Florida in 1999. He attended Central High School in Brooksville, Florida, where he was a four-year varsity player. As a senior, Ruoff averaged 30 points and 12 rebounds before injuring his foot in December. Among other accolades, Ruoff earned all-state honors, Hernando County player of the year, and was nominated as a McDonald's All-American. He holds school records for assists, blocks, and steals, and ties the school record for points in a game. Ruoff was the first Hernando County Boys' basketball player to sign with a division one university. He was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round Rock, Texas
Round Rock is a city in Williamson and Travis County, Texas, United States, part of the Greater Austin metropolitan area. Its population is 119,468 according to the 2020 census. The city straddles the Balcones Escarpment, Texas State Historical Association a fault line in which the areas roughly east of Interstate 35 are flat and characterized by having black, fertile soils of the Blackland Prairie, and the west side of the Escarpment, which consists mostly of hilly, karst-like terrain with little topsoil and higher elevations and which is part of the Texas Hill Country. Located about north of downtown Austin, Round Rock shares a common border with Austin near Texas State Highway 45. Round Rock is the international headquarters of Dell, which employs about 16,000 people at its Round Rock facilities. Retailers in Round Rock include IKEA, Premium Outlets, and the mixed-use La Frontera center. History As the area developed into a rural Anglo community, some of the mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charleston, West Virginia
Charleston () is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in West Virginia, most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is the county seat of Kanawha County, West Virginia, Kanawha County and is at the confluence of the Elk River (West Virginia), Elk and Kanawha River, Kanawha rivers. The population was 48,864 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and estimated at 46,482 in 2024. The Charleston metropolitan area, West Virginia, Charleston metropolitan area has approximately 203,000 residents. In 1773, William Morris built the first permanent settlement in the Kanawha Valley, Fort Morris. It was built about 20 miles upstream of Charleston at the confluence of Kellys Creek, near the burned ruins of Walter Kelly's cabin, before Lord Dunmore's War, and was used extensively during the American Revolution. In 1794, the town of Charleston was incorporated by the Virginia House of Delegates with the trustees being William Morri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnston, Rhode Island
Johnston is a New England town, town in Providence County, Rhode Island, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 29,568 at the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census. Johnston is the site of the Clemence Irons House (1691), a stone-ender museum, and the Central Landfill, only landfill in Rhode Island. Incorporated on March 6, 1759, Johnston was named for the colonial attorney general, Augustus Johnston. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (2.91%) is water. Neighborhoods Neighborhoods in Johnston: Winsor Hill, Thornton, Rhode Island, Thornton (includes part of Cranston, Rhode Island, Cranston), Graniteville, Rhode Island, Graniteville, Hughesdale, Rhode Island, Hughesdale, Morgan Mills, Rhode Island, Morgan Mills, Manton, Rhode Island, Manton, Simmonsville, Rhode Island, Simmonsville, Pocasset, Johnston, Rhode Island, Pocasset, West End, Rhode Island, West End, Belknap, Rhode Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Mazzulla
Joseph Mazzulla (born June 30, 1988) is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Psycho", he played college basketball for West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball, West Virginia University as a point guard. Following his collegiate career as a point guard, Mazzulla went undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft, instead choosing to pursue a career in coaching at the college level, coaching at Glenville State University, Glenville State and Fairmont State University, Fairmont State's basketball programs as an assistant coach for 3 seasons each, before being hired to be an assistant coach for the Maine Red Claws in 2016. He was rehired at Fairmont State, this time as their basketball program's head coach, from 2017 to 2019. After these stints in coaching at the collegiate level and in the NBA G League, Mazzulla joined the Celtics as an assistant coach in 2019. After the discovery o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Jones (basketball)
Kevin Andrew Jones (born August 25, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Sun Rockers Shibuya of the B.League in Japan. He played college basketball for West Virginia University, where he was an All-American. High school career Jones attended Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, New York. As a junior, he averaged 21 points, 12 rebounds, two blocks per game. As a senior, he averaged 23 points, 14 rebounds, and two blocks per game. In 2006 and 2007, he led Mount Vernon to the New York State PHSAA championships. College career In his freshman season at West Virginia, Jones posted eight games in double figures, including a stretch of six games in a row during Big East play. In 35 games, he averaged 6.3 points and 4.9 rebounds in 19.3 minutes per game. In his sophomore season, he set a school record with 135 offensive rebounds in a season and was second on the team in three-point field goals made with 42. He was also named to the Big East All-Tournament team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldorf, Maryland
Waldorf is a census-designated place in Charles County, Maryland, United States. Located south-southeast of Washington, D.C., Waldorf is part of Southern Maryland. Its population was 81,410 at the 2020 census. Waldorf has experienced dramatic growth, increasing its population 16-fold from fewer than 5,000 residents in 1980 to its current population. It is now the largest commercial and residential area in Southern Maryland as well as a major suburb in the Washington metropolitan area. History What is now the Waldorf area was originally part of the territory of the Piscataway Indian Nation, along with all of Southern Maryland, including Charles County. Close to the current western Waldorf area, the presence of villages, Indian grave sites (holding remains of over 1,000 people) and hunting encampments of Native Americans in the United States, Native American / Indian peoples have been confirmed, by archeological study of evidence dating from 1690 back to 6,000 years ago. Europea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Flowers (basketball)
John Flowers (born June 13, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Club Atlético Peñarol of the Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol. His mother Pam Kelly-Flowers is a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. As a senior at St. Mary's Ryken High School, he averaged 18 points and 13.2 rebounds. Flowers committed to coach John Beilein at West Virginia in college and honored his commitment after Beilein left. As a senior he averaged 9.2 points per game. He reached the Final Four with West Virginia in 2010. After graduating, Flowers played his first year of professional basketball in Japan. On August 3, 2019, Flowers signed with Soles de Mexicali in Mexico. He averaged 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists per game. Flowers signed with Boulazac on June 9, 2020. He averaged 13.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game. On September 1, 2021, Flowers signed with Club Atlético Peñarol of the Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol The Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol (abbrevia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
