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2012–13 Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Season
The 2012–13 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2012, followed by the start of the 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2013 and concluded in March 2013. Toledo won the regular season title with a record of 15–1 by three games over Ball State, Akron, and Central Michigan. Rachel Tecca of Akron was named MAC player of the year. Fourth seeded Central Michigan won the MAC tournament over third seeded Akron. Crystal Bradford of Central Michigan was the tournament MVP. Central Michigan lost to Oklahoma in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Toledo, Akron, Bowling Green, Miami and Ball State played in the WNIT. Preseason awards The preseason poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 30, 2012. Preseason women's basketball poll ''(First place votes in parentheses)'' East Division # (16) # (13) # (1) # Ohio # # West Division # (24) # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. It also organizes the Athletics (physical culture), athletic programs of colleges and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. The headquarters is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Until the 1956–57 academic year, the NCAA was a single division for all schools. That year, the NCAA split into the NCAA University Division, University Division and the NCAA College Division, College Division. In August 1973, the current three-division system of NCAA Division I, Division I, NCAA Division II, Division II, and NCAA Division III, Division III was adopted by the NCAA membership in a special convention. Under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer athletic scholarships to students. Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division I (NCAA)
NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest division of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athletic powers, with large budgets, more elaborate facilities and more athletic scholarships than Division II and Division III as well as many smaller schools committed to the highest level of intercollegiate competition. This level was previously called the University Division of the NCAA, in contrast to the lower-level College Division; these terms were replaced with numeric divisions in 1973. The University Division was renamed Division I, while the College Division was split in two; the College Division members that offered scholarships or wanted to compete against those who did became Division II, while those who did not want to offer scholarships became Division III. For college football only, D-I schools are further divided into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Basketball
College basketball is basketball that is played by teams of Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. In the Higher education in the United States, United States, colleges and universities are governed by collegiate athletic bodies, including the 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. Teams with more talent tend to win over teams with less talent. Each organization has different conferences to divide the teams into groups. Traditionally, the location of a school has been a significant factor in determining conference affiliation. The bulk of the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Bradford
Crystal Bradford (born November 1, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. A star college player at Central Michigan University, she made history being the first player in the CMU program to ever be drafted to the WNBA. She was drafted seventh overall by the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2015 WNBA draft. High school career Crystal Bradford attended Inkster High School and was rated as the No. 37 prospect in the nation by ESPN, the ninth-best guard ... named Class A all-state special mention by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan and second team all-state by the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News as a junior ... earned Class B all-state honors from the Associated Press, second-team all-state honors from the Detroit News and third-team all-state honors from the Detroit Free Press as a sophomore ... earned second-team All-Detroit honors from the Detroit Free Press and first team honors from the Detroit News as a sophomore ... was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011–12 Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Season
The 2011–12 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2011, followed by the start of the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2012 and concluded in March 2012. Bowling Green won the regular season title with a record of 14–2 by one game over Eastern Michigan and Toledo. Tavelyn James of Eastern Michigan was named MAC player of the year. Third seeded Eastern won the 2012 MAC women's basketball tournament, MAC tournament over fifth seeded Central Michigan. Tavelyn James of Eastern Michigan was the tournament MVP. Eastern Michigan lost to South Carolina in the first round of the 2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, NCAA tournament. Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Miami, and Toledo played in the 2012 Women's National Invitation Tournament, WNIT. Preseason awards The preseason poll and league awards were announced by the league office on November 1, 2011. Preseaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013–14 Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Season
The 2013–14 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2013, followed by the start of the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2014 and concluded in March 2014. Bowling Green won the regular season title with a record of 17–1 by one game over Central Michigan. Crystal Bradford of Central Michigan was named MAC player of the year. Third seeded Akron won the MAC tournament over fifth seeded Ball State. Rachel Tecca of Akron was the tournament MVP. Akron lost to Purdue in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Bowling Green, Central Michigan and Ball State played in the WNIT. Preseason awards The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 29, 2013. Preseason women's basketball coaches poll ''(First place votes in parentheses)'' East Division # (9) # (3) # # # Ohio # West Division # (12) # # # # # Tournament champs C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012–13 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Season
The 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November and ended with the 2013 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, Final Four in New Orleans, April 7–9. Season headlines *October 30 – The AP preseason All-American team was named. Three players received all 40 possible votes from the media panel—Baylor Lady Bears basketball, Baylor Center (basketball), center Brittney Griner, Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball, Notre Dame point guard Skylar Diggins, and Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens women's basketball, Delaware's multi-positional Elena Delle Donne. They were joined by Stanford Cardinal women's basketball, Stanford Power forward (basketball), power forward Chiney Ogwumike (23 votes), Baylor point guard Odyssey Sims (19), and Maryland Terrapins women's basketball, Maryland power forward Alyssa Thomas (19). Sims and Thomas tied in the voting, creating a sixth spot on the team. *December 15 – The seven Big East Conference (1979–2013), Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2013 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament was the post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region (North America), Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Its members co ... (MAC) 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, 2012–13 college basketball season. The 2013 tournament was held March 9–16, 2013. Fourth seeded Central Michigan won the championship over third seeded Akron. Crystal Bradford of Central Michigan was the MVP. Format First round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 9. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena, between March 13–16. The top two seeds received byes into the semifinals, with the three and four seeds receiving a bye to the quarterfinals. Seeds Bracket All-Tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
