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2014–15 Austin Peay Governors Basketball Team
The 2014–15 Austin Peay Governors basketball team represented Austin Peay State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Governors, led by 25th year head coach Dave Loos, played their home games at the Dunn Center and were members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–22, 3–13 in OVC play to finish in last place in the West Division. They failed to qualify for the OVC Tournament. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style="background:#A40936; color:#F9F4EA;", Exhibition , - !colspan=9 style="background:#A40936; color:#F9F4EA;", Regular Season References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014-15 Austin Peay Governors basketball team Austin Peay Governors men's basketball seasons Austin Peay Austin Peay Austin Peay Austin Peay (; June 1, 1876 – October 2, 1927) was an American politician who served as the 35th governor of Tennessee from 1923 to 1927. He was the state's fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Loos
David Henry Loos (born March 5, 1947) is a retired American college basketball coach who most recently served as head coach of the men's team at Austin Peay State University, where he is also a former athletic director. He was head coach from 1990 until retiring at the end of the 2016–17 Austin Peay Governors basketball team, 2016–17 season. On April 2, 2013, Loos announced that he would relinquish his position as director of athletics to focus solely on coaching basketball. Derek van der Merwe was announced as the successor to Loos on June 5, 2013. On March 5, 2016, the Loos-coached Governors won the tournament championship of the Ohio Valley Conference, thus qualifying to participate once again in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The following season, which ultimately proved to be his last as head coach, was set against the backdrop of a battle with colorectal cancer. During the 2016 offseason, he underwent surgery to remove the malignancy. A malignant lymph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian exclave, semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.89 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians who are the titular nation and form the majority of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian. For millennia, the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united for the first time by Mindaugas, who formed the Kingdom of Lithuania on 6 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Vegas Invitational (basketball)
The Las Vegas Invitational was an 8 team college basketball tournament held during Thanksgiving of NCAA Division I men's college basketball season annually since 2003. The Tournament was originally held in the gymnasium of Valley High School, until moving to the new Orleans Arena in 2006. The tourney launched with local car dealer Findlay Toyota as its sponsor. From 2006 to 2013 the sponsor of the tournament was IBN Sports. Continental Tire is the current sponsor of the tournament. Fox Sports purchased the event and the Las Vegas Classic in 2015. Brackets * – Denotes overtime period 2022 2021 The 2021 Las Vegas Invitational Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Hotel & Casino included: UAB, New Mexico, San Francisco, and Towson. 2019 2018 Teams: 2017 2016 2015 ''Note:'' *Arkansas Little Rock will only Participate on Day 1 *On November 27 East Carolina will play winner of Bethune–Cookman/Stetson, Sam Houston State will play loser of Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champaign, Illinois
Champaign ( ) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the List of municipalities in Illinois, tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in the state outside the Chicago metropolitan area. It is a principal city of the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, which had 236,000 residents in 2020. Champaign shares the main campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois with its twin city of Urbana, Illinois, Urbana, and is also home to Parkland College (United States), Parkland College, which gives the city a large student population during the academic year. Due to the university and a number of technology startup company, startup companies, it is often referred to as a hub of the Illinois Silicon Prairie. Champaign houses offices for the Fortune 500 companies Abbott Laboratories, Abbott, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Caterpillar Inc., Caterpillar, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Farm Center
The State Farm Center is a large dome-shaped 15,544-seat indoor arena located in Champaign, Illinois, owned and operated by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The arena hosts games for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball, women's basketball, and wrestling teams. It also doubles as a performance and event center, and is one of the largest venues between Chicago and St. Louis. It opened in 1963 and was known until 2013 as Assembly Hall until State Farm Insurance acquired naming rights as part of a major renovation project. Size The third largest Illinois arena after the United Center in Chicago and the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, State Farm Center has 15,544 permanent seats but, when portable chairs are placed on the floor for an in-the-round performance, there is a potential for an additional 1,000 depending on the stage configuration. Opening State Farm Center opened as Assembly Hall on March 2, 1963, and continues to attract attention for its design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homewood, Alabama
Homewood is a city in southeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is a suburb of Birmingham, located on the other side of Red Mountain due south of the city center. The population was 26,414 at the 2020 census. History Early history and development In 1800, the first settlers arrived in the area that is now known as Homewood. However, the area's population would not grow significantly until a cholera epidemic ravaged the city of Birmingham in 1873, an issue only made worse by the financial crisis brought on by the Panic of 1873. (See Timeline of Birmingham, Alabama). Seeking new beginnings and safer living spaces, many Birmingham residents began moving out of the city, buying up land and developing communities in the surrounding areas. Many of the smaller communities which would eventually become Homewood were developed during this time period, including Rosedale, Grove Park, Edgewood, and Oak Grove. Edgewood saw the greatest amount of development. The com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Hanna Center
The Pete Hanna Center is the building housing the 4,974-seat Thomas E. and Marla H. Corts Arena on the campus of Samford University in Homewood (a suburb of Birmingham), in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is home to the Samford Bulldogs basketball and volleyball teams, which previously played in Seibert Hall. The facility opened in October 2007 and is named for Pete Hanna, the owner, president and chief executive officer of Hanna Steel Corporation. The arena is named for Thomas and Marla Corts, former president and first lady of Samford University. The Pete Hanna Center opened on October 18, 2007, with a lecture by best-selling author Walter Isaacson. The Hanna Center seats 5,000 in Corts Arena and is the home to many Samford University commencement ceremonies, as well as playing host to concerts, high school basketball, and conferences. It was for a time a yearly stop from the Harlem Globetrotters. A record crowd of 5,116 watched the Samford men's basketball team take on Davids ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 Samford Bulldogs Basketball Team
The 2014–15 Samford Bulldogs basketball team represented Samford University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by first year head coach Scott Padgett, played their home games at the Pete Hanna Center and were members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 13–19, 6–12 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the SoContournament to UNC Greensboro. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style="background:#ca1009; color:#14295e;", Exhibition , - !colspan=9 style="background:#ca1009; color:#14295e;", Regular season , - !colspan=9 style="background:#ca1009; color:#14295e;", SoCon tournament References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014-15 Samford Bulldogs basketball team Samford Bulldogs men's basketball seasons Samford Samford Samford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berea College
Berea College is a private liberal arts work college in Berea, Kentucky. Founded in 1855, Berea College was the first college in the Southern United States to be coeducational and racially integrated. It was integrated from as early as 1866 until 1904, and again after 1954. The college participates in federal work-study and work college programs that cover the remaining tuition fees after subtracting the total sum a student received from Pell Grant, other grants, and scholarships. Berea's primary service region is southern Appalachia but students come from more than 40 states in the United States and 70 other countries. Approximately half of students identify as people of color. Berea offers bachelor's degrees in 33 majors. It incorporates a mandatory work-study program that requires students to engage in a minimum of 10 hours per week of work for the college. History Founded in 1855 by the abolitionist and Augusta College graduate John Gregg Fee (1816–1901), Berea C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan College
Bryan College is a private Christian college in Dayton, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in the aftermath of the 1925 Scopes trial to establish an institution of higher education that would teach from a Christian worldview. History During the Scopes trial in 1925, William Jennings Bryan expressed the wish that a school might be established in Dayton, Tennessee, "to teach truth from a Biblical perspective". On July 26, 1925, he died in his sleep in Dayton, five days after the trial ended. Following his death, a national memorial association was formed to establish such an institution in Bryan's honor. "William Jennings Bryan University" was chartered in 1930. Its stated purpose was to provide "for the purpose of establishing, conducting, and perpetuating a university for the higher education of men and women under auspices distinctly Christian and spiritual, as a testimony to the supreme glory of the Lord Jesus Christ, and to the Divine inspiration and infallibility of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
