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2016–17 Conference USA Men's Basketball Season
The 2016–17 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in late December and concluded in early March. 2016–17 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team, Middle Tennessee claimed the outright regular season championship with a win over 2016–17 UAB Blazers men's basketball team, UAB on February 26, 2017. 2016–17 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team, Louisiana Tech finished in second place in the regular season, three games behind the Blue Raiders. Middle Tennessee's JaCorey Williams was named Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year, C-USA Player of the Year and Kermit Davis was named the Coach of the Year. The 2017 Conference USA men's basketball tournament, C-USA tournament was held from March 8 through 11, 2017 at Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex, Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. Middle T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division I
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] |
