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2016–17 Eastern Michigan Eagles Men's Basketball Team
The 2016–17 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixth-year head coach Rob Murphy (basketball), Rob Murphy, played their home games at the Convocation Center (Eastern Michigan University), Convocation Center in Ypsilanti, Michigan as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. Despited being voted to finish 1st in the MAC West, they finished the regular season 16–17, 7–11 in MAC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. Due to tiebreaking rules, they received the No. 8 seed in the 2017 MAC men's basketball tournament, MAC tournament. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the MAC Tournament, where they lost to 2016–17 Akron Zips men's basketball team, Akron. Previous season The 2015–16 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team, Eagles finished the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, 2015–16 season 18–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Murphy (basketball)
Robert Lewis Murphy Sr. (born September 19, 1973) is an American former basketball executive, coach and player. He was most recently employed as the assistant general manager of the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the president and general manager of the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League, the affiliate of the Pistons. He previously served as the head men's basketball coach for the Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball, Eastern Michigan Eagles from 2011 to 2021. College Rob Murphy attended and played for Central State University basketball program in Wilberforce, Ohio, from 1992 to 1996. Murphy was a two-time team captain during his junior and senior campaigns. Murphy was also named the Marauders' Defensive Player of the Year as a senior while playing for former National Basketball Association, NBA point guard, Kevin Porter (basketball, born 1950), Kevin Porter. Murphy was inducted into the CSU Hall of Fame March 1, 2022. High school coachi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is the largest city and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States. With a population of 198,917 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and estimated at 200,117 in 2024, Grand Rapids is the List of municipalities in Michigan, second-most populous city in Michigan. The Grand Rapids metropolitan area has a population of 1.16 million and a combined statistical area population of 1.5 million. Grand Rapids is situated along the Grand River (Michigan), Grand River approximately east of Lake Michigan and is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan. A historic furniture manufacturing center, Grand Rapids is home to five of the world's leading office furniture companies and is nicknamed "Furniture City". As a result of the numerous micro and craft breweries, many with notable reputations nationally such as Founders and New Holland which are known globally, Grand Rapids is also known as "Beer City USA". Due to the prominence of the Grand River, many l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butler Community College
Butler Community College (BCC) is a public community college in El Dorado, Kansas. History In 1927, El Dorado Junior College was founded. The college name has evolved over the years: Butler County Junior College, Butler County Community Junior College, Butler County Community College (BCCC), then finally to its current name of Butler Community College. The college briefly came into the national spotlight in the late 2000s when one of its students was murdered. Jackie Vietti was school president from 1995 until her retirement in December 2012. In August 2013, Kimberly Krull became president of the college. In January 2025, Kimberly Krull retired and Dr. Jackie Vietti returned as Interim President. It was announced on April 28, 2025 that the new President is Tamara Daniel. College leaders During the first 40 years of the college, Butler's leaders were known as the dean. That changed in 1963, as Edwin Walbourn was named President when the school became a community college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flossmoor, Illinois
Flossmoor () is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,704 at the 2020 census. Flossmoor is approximately south of the Chicago Loop. It is closely tied to neighboring Homewood, Illinois, Homewood, sharing a high school and park district. History Although Flossmoor's founding and settlement can be traced to the 19th century, the city was first recognized as an affluent community in the 1920s when it became known as a cultural and recreational mecca of elite country clubs and stately golf courses. The 1920 PGA Championship and the Western Open golf tournaments of 1906 and 1912 were held in town. Flossmoor was incorporated as a village in 1924. In the years since, Flossmoor has gained recognition from area real estate and tourist concerns as the "status" suburb of south/southwest suburban Chicago. By the 1970s, Flossmoor had transitioned from a white Protestant community to the home of many Jewish Americans and Italian Americans. As of the 2010s, Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Morris Colonials Men's Basketball
The Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Robert Morris University in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Horizon League. The Colonials current head coach is Andrew Toole who is in his fifteenth season at RMU. Toole was hired when, after three years in charge and 73 wins, head coach Mike Rice Jr. left the program in 2010 to take the head coaching job at Rutgers. Robert Morris has appeared nine times in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, most recently in 2025. The Colonials picked up their first ever tournament win in the Preliminary Round of the 1983 NCAA Tournament over Georgia Southern, and at the 2015 NCAA tournament, the Colonials beat North Florida in the First Four for their second win before losing to No. 1-seeded Duke (the eventual national champion) in the First Round. Five years earlier, in the 2010 NCAA tournament, the 15-seed Colonials nearly upset ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monessen, Pennsylvania
Monessen is a city in southwestern Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Monongahela River. The population was 6,876 at the 2020 census. Steel-making was a prominent industry in Monessen, and it became a third-class city in 1921. With restructuring of the steel industry in the later 20th century and loss of jobs, it is considered a Rust Belt borough in the "Mon Valley" of southwestern Pennsylvania. Monessen is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, as well as the Laurel Highlands. It sits across the Monongahela from the city of North Charleroi. History 19th century Named for the Monongahela River and the industrial German city of Essen, Monessen was created by land speculators fairly late in the history of the Mon Valley, after neighboring towns had already been settled. The East Side Land Company bought land from various farmers, laid out the streets, and then sold the lots to prospective resident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston Baptist Huskies Men's Basketball
The Houston Christian Huskies men's basketball team, known as the Houston Baptist Huskies until 2022, represents Houston Christian University in Houston, Texas, Houston, Texas, in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The team is coached by Craig Doty, who was hired on March 15, 2024. The Huskies have appeared once in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 1984. The Huskies competed as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference, Trans America Athletic Conference from 1978 to 1989. After their departure from the TAAC, the Huskies went on a two-year hiatus before returning to the NAIA. HBU competed in the NAIA from 1991 to 2008. They returned to NCAA Division I for the 2008–2009 season, where they were initially an independent, followed by membership in the Great West Conference from 2009 through 2013. They moved to the Southland Conference in the 2013–14 season. History Postseason results NCAA tournament results Houston Christian has been to the NCAA D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dix Hills, New York
Dix Hills is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place (CDP), in the Huntington, New York, Town of Huntington, on Long Island, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 26,180 at the time of the 2020 census. History Settlers traded goods with the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous Secatogue tribe for the land that became Dix Hills in 1699. The Secatogues lived in the northern portion of the region during the later half of that century. The land was known as Dick's Hills. By lore, the name traces to a local native named Dick Pechegan, likely of the Secatogues. Scholar William Wallace Tooker wrote that the addition of the English name "Dick" to the indigenous name "Pechegan" was a common practice. Tooker wrote that Pechegan's wigwam and his planted fields became the hilly area's namesake, known as the shortened "Dix Hills" by 1911. The area was mostly used for farming until after World War II. In the 1950s, Dix Hills and its neighbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Kentucky Colonels Basketball
The Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team is a college basketball team at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), located in Richmond, Kentucky, United States. The Colonels are members of the ASUN Conference, which they joined in 2021 after having been members of the Ohio Valley Conference since that league's founding in 1948. Home games are played at Alumni Coliseum, located on EKU's campus. The team last played in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 2014. The Colonels are coached by A.W. Hamilton, who came to EKU in 2018 after previous head coach Dan McHale was fired after 3 seasons. Season by season records *NOTE: Eastern Kentucky did not field a team 1917–1919 or 1943–44. Postseason NCAA tournament results The Colonels have appeared in eight NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 0–8, the second worst record of most losses without a victory in the NCAA tournament (Iona had a win in the NCAA Tournament in 1980 before the NCAA stripped it away ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithonia, Georgia
Lithonia ( , AAVE: ) is a city in eastern DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. The city's population was 2,662 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Lithonia is in the Atlanta metropolitan area. "Lithonia" means "city/town of stone". Lithonia is in the heart of the Georgian granite-quarrying and viewing region, hence the name of the town, from the Greek language, Greek , for “stone”. The huge nearby Stone Mountain is composed of granite, while the Lithonia gneiss is a form of metamorphic rock. The Stone Mountain granite is younger than, and has intrusive rock, intruded the Lithonia gneiss. The area has a history of rock quarries. The mines were served by the Georgia Railroad and Atlanta, Stone Mountain & Lithonia Railway. Some of the rock quarries have been converted to parkland, and the rail lines to rail-trail. Lithonia is one of the gateways to the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area, which is largely contained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California State University San Marcos
California State University, San Marcos (CSUSM or Cal State San Marcos) is a public university in San Marcos, California, United States. It was founded in 1989 as the 21st campus in the California State University (CSU) system. CSUSM offers 43 bachelor's degree programs, 24 master's degree programs, 8 credential programs, and 1 joint doctoral with the University of California, San Diego. CSUSM is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and also ABET, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The university had a total undergraduate enrollment of 15,431 students in fall 2024. In 2024, the university had 284 tenured faculty. The Cal State San Marcos Cougars compete in NCAA Division II as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association. History Efforts by community and political leaders to bring a state university to North County date back to the 1960s. In 1969, the Chancellor (education), chancellor of the CSU system, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corona, California
Corona (Spanish language, Spanish for "Crown") is a city in northwestern Riverside County, California, United States, directly bordering Orange County, California, Orange and San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino counties. Its current mayor is Jim Steiner. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 157,136, up from 152,374 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. Corona is surrounded by Riverside, California, Riverside to the east, Norco, California, Norco to the north and northeast, Yorba Linda, California, Yorba Linda to the northwest, Cleveland National Forest and the Santa Ana Mountains to the west, southwest, and south. Several unincorporated communities are along the rest of the city's borders. Downtown Corona is approximately southeast of Downtown Los Angeles and north-northwest of San Diego. Corona, located along the western edge of Southern California's Inland Empire region, is known as the "Circle City" due to Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
