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2016–17 Texas Longhorns Men's Basketball Team
The 2016–17 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by second-year head coach Shaka Smart and played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas as members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 11–22, 4–14 in Big 12 play play to finish in last place. They defeated Texas Tech in the first round of the Big 12 tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to West Virginia. Previous season The Longhorns finished the 2015–16 season 20–13, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in fourth place in conference. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament to Baylor. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the First Round to Northern Iowa. Departures Incoming transfers Recruiting Recruiting class of 2017 Roster Schedule and results , - !col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaka Smart
Shaka Dingani Smart (born April 8, 1977) is an American men's college basketball coach. He is the current head men's basketball coach at Marquette University. Early life and playing career Smart grew up in Oregon, Wisconsin. In high school, Smart was a three-year starter for Oregon High School in his hometown. He was a second-team All-Badger Conference pick as a senior and by the end of his career was the all-time assists leader at Oregon High for a career (458), season (201) and single game (20). Smart attended Division III Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where he remains the school's career assists leader (542) twenty years after his playing career ended. In 1999, as a senior, he was an All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) selection, named the NCAC Scholar Athlete of the Year, and among 20 students in the country selected for the ''USA Today'' All-USA Academic team. On ESPN's ''Pardon the Interruption'', he credited his personal relationship with then head coach Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2015–16 season. The 78th edition of the Tournament began on March 15, 2016, and concluded with the championship game on April 4 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. Upsets were the story of the first round of the Tournament; No. 15 seed Middle Tennessee upset No. 2 seed Michigan State in the biggest upset, just the eighth ever win for a No. 15 seed over a No. 2. At least one 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 seed won a first-round game for the third time ever and the first time since 2013. In the Final Four, Villanova defeated Oklahoma, while North Carolina defeated Syracuse (the "Cinderella team" of the tournament). Villanova then defeated North Carolina to win the championship on a three-point buzzer beater by Kris Jenkins. Pundits calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Ridley
Cameron DeVon Ridley (born October 27, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who played for Bumi Borneo Pontianak of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). Career Ridley was a former McDonald's All-American. In his four-year career at Texas, he averaged 8.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game. Ridley averaged 11.1 points, a team-high 8.5 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game as a senior. He played in 13 games before fracturing his foot and missing all of conference play. He played for the Chicago Bulls in NBA Summer League. In April 2021, Ridley signed with GNBC from Madagascar ahead of the 2021 BAL season. He made his BAL debut against US Monastir and scored 12 points before falling out with an injury. BAL career statistics , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Ibeh
Prince Chinenye Ibeh (born June 3, 1994) is a British-Rwandan professional basketball player for APR of the Rwanda Basketball League. College career Ibeh played college basketball at Texas from 2012 to 2016. Ibeh scored 17 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked five shots in a 71-54 win over TCU on January 26, 2016. As a senior, he stepped into a bigger role due to an injury to Cameron Ridley. He averaged 4.1 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 2.0 blocks per game, shooting 57.8 percent. He was named the 2016 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and was selected to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team. Professional career Long Island Nets (2017–2018) The Long Island Nets, the NBA Development League affiliate of the Brooklyn Nets, signed Ibeh in February 2017. In his second game with the Nets, Ibeh recorded 3 points and 6 rebounds in almost 15 minutes of playing time against the Raptors 905. Yokohama (2018–2019) After his tenure with the Long Island Nets, Ibeh signed with the Yokohama B-Cors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom") , image_map = , mapsize = 220px , map_caption = Interactive map of San Antonio , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1= State , subdivision_name1 = Texas , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name2 = Bexar, Comal, Medina , established_title = Foundation , established_date = May 1, 1718 , established_title1 = Incorporated , established_date1 = June 5, 1837 , named_for = Saint Anthony of Padua , government_type = Council-Manager , governing_body = San Antonio City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Ron Nirenberg ( I) , leader_title2 = City Manager , leader_name2 = Erik Walsh , leader_title3 = City Council , leader_name3 = , unit_pref = Imperial , area_total_sq_mi = 504.64 , area_total_km2 = 1307.00 , area_land_sq_mi = 498.85 , area_land_km2 = 1292.02 , area_water_sq_mi = 5.79 , area_water_km2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connor Lammert
Connor Austin Lammert (born August 31, 1994) is an American former professional basketball player for Cyberdyne Ibaraki Robots The is a professional basketball team that competes in the Eastern Conference of the First Division of the Japanese B.League. Roster Notable players *Toarlyn Fitzpatrick * Chukwudiebere Maduabum * Yusuke Okada * Juan Pattillo ... in Japan. References External linksTexas Longhorns bio 1994 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Japan American men's basketball players Basketball players from Tampa, Florida Basketball players from San Antonio Cyberdyne Ibaraki Robots players Hiroshima Dragonflies players Kobe Storks players Power forwards Texas Longhorns men's basketball players {{US-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston
Houston (; ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in Texas, the Southern United States#Major cities, most populous city in the Southern United States, the List of United States cities by population, fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the List of North American cities by population, sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in 2020. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat and largest city of Harris County, Texas, Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous List of metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas–Fort Worth. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle. Comprising a land area of , Houston is the List of Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans
New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans . ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nueva Orleans) is a consolidated city-parish located along the in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 according to the 2020 U.S. census, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javan Felix
Javan Rodd Felix (born July 28, 1994) is an American men's basketball coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach at New Orleans. He played college basketball for Texas. High school career Felix attended St. Augustine High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Along with Craig Victor, he led the school to the 2011 state championship. Felix was considered to be one of top prospects in Louisiana from the Class of 2012 and committed to Texas, saying it had been "my dream school for me for a long time." College career Felix started his first two seasons at Texas and became known for his three-point shooting. He suffered three concussions in a 12-month span, which made coaches more cautious about playing him. Even so, he averaged 11.6 points per game as a sophomore. As a junior, Felix posted averages of 13.7 points, 2.2 boards, and 2.0 assists per game. On December 12, 2015, Felix hit the game-winning jump shot at the buzzer in an 84–82 upset of No. 3 North Carolina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garland, Texas
Garland is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located northeast of Dallas and is a part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is located within Dallas County, Texas, Dallas County except for small portions located in Collin County, Texas, Collin and Rockwall County, Texas, Rockwall Counties. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 226,876. In 2019, the population rose to 239,928, making it the List of United States cities by population, 93rd-most populous city in the United States, United States of America and the List of cities in Texas by population, 12th-most populous city in Texas; by 2020, it had a population of 246,018. Garland is the third largest city in Dallas County by population and has access to downtown Dallas via public transportation including two Blue Line (Dallas Area Rapid Transit), Dart Blue Line stations and buses. History Immigrants began arriving in the Peters colony area around 1850, but a community was not created until 1874. Two communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demarcus Holland
Demarcus Dejuan Holland (born March 2, 1994) is an American basketball player. He played four seasons of college basketball with the Texas Longhorns. A 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) tall shooting guard, he was a Big 12 All-Defensive Team selection in 2014. Following his college career, Holland turned professional and played in the NBA G League, as well as in Italy, Germany, Finland and Mozambique, among others. Professional career Plaza Fernando Valerio (2016–2017) Holland started his professional career with Plaza Fernando Valerio in Italy. South Bay Lakers (2017–2018) Holland returned to the United States to play with the South Bay Lakers of the NBA D-League in 2017. In the 2017–18 season, he averaged 8.5 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. Agua Caliente Clippers (2018–2019) On December 2, 2018, Holland was traded to the Agua Caliente Clippers in exchange for a first-round draft pick. BC Nokia (2019–2020) On September 25, 2019, Holland signed a one-year contract with BC No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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