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2017–18 Georgia Bulldogs Basketball Team
The 2017–18 Georgia bulldogs basketball team represented the University of Georgia during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Mark Fox (basketball), Mark Fox in his ninth season at UGA. They played their home games at Stegeman Coliseum as members of the Southeastern Conference. The Bulldogs finished the season 18–15, 7–11 in 2017–18 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season, SEC play to finish in a tie for 11th place. As the No. 12 seed in the 2018 SEC men's basketball tournament, SEC tournament, they defeated 2017–18 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Vanderbilt and 2017–18 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Missouri before losing to 2017–18 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Kentucky in the quarterfinals. On March 10, 2018, the school fired head coach Mark Fox after nine seasons at Georgia. On March 13, the school hired former Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball, Indiana coach Tom Crean (basketba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Fox (basketball)
Mark Leslie Fox (born January 13, 1969) is a men's college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball, University of Kentucky. Fox was previously the head coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball, Nevada Wolf Pack from 2004–2009, the Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball, Georgia Bulldogs from 2009–2018, and the California Golden Bears men's basketball, California Golden Bears from 2019–2023. He served the 2023–24 season as the Director of Student-Athlete Relations and NIL Partnerships for the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball, Georgetown Hoyas. Coaching career Nevada Fox was the head coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack basketball team from 2004 to 2009. While with the Wolf Pack, Fox compiled an overall record of 123–43. He also guided the Wolf Pack to five postseason appearances in five years including three NCAA tournaments. The Wolf Pack also won the Western Athletic Conference regular-season championship in 2005, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016–17 Tennessee Volunteers Basketball Team
The 2016–17 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Volunteers were led by second-year head coach Rick Barnes. The team played its home games at Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 8–10 in SEC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the second round of the SEC tournament to Georgia. Previous season The Vols posted a record of 15–19, 6–12 in SEC play, during the 2015–16 season and finished in 12th place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament where they lost to LSU. Roster turnover Departures Incoming transfers Recruiting 2016 Source: 2017 Source: Roster Depth chart Source: Schedule Tennessee opened the season against the Chattanooga Mocs. Additionally they played these games: at East Tennessee Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Bloomfield Hills is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northern Metro Detroit, suburb of Detroit on the Woodward Corridor, Bloomfield Hills is located roughly northwest of downtown Detroit, and is surrounded on most sides by Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan, Bloomfield Township. As of the 2020 United States census, the city had a population of 4,460. History On June 28, 1820, Oakland County was divided into two townships: Pontiac Township, Michigan, Pontiac Township and Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan, Bloomfield Township, the latter covering the southern part of the county that would include West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, West Bloomfield Township, Royal Oak, Michigan, Royal Oak and Southfield, Michigan, Southfield. What is now Bloomfield Hills was a farming area until the turn of the 20th century when wealthy Detroit residents bought up the land. The settlement became a village in 1927, and in 1932 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens Christian School
Athens Christian School (ACS) is a private, PreK– 12 non-denominational Christian school located in Athens, Georgia, United States. History Radio minister and bookstore owner Buhl Cummings opened Athens Christian School with his wife in 1970. They offered Bible study and opened each day with worship and prayer. The initial enrollment consisted of white children whose parents wanted to avoid enrolling them in racially integrated public schools. According to historian Ashton Ellett, white elites enrolled their children in Athens Christian School as part of the transition to a class-based system of racial exclusion that was nominally colorblind and revolved around the rhetoric of individual rights, personal freedom, and meritocratic enrollment. In 1985, Athens Christian School suspend a student for participating in an off-campus theater's production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Headmaster Buhl Cummings explained that school banned dancing because "it inflames the passions of youth" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens, Georgia
Athens is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Downtown Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta. The University of Georgia, the state's flagship public university and an Research I university, R1 research institution, is in Athens and contributed to its initial growth. In 1991, after a vote the preceding year, the original City of Athens abandoned its charter to form a unified government with Clarke County, Georgia, Clarke County, referred to jointly as Athens–Clarke County where it is the county seat. As of 2021, the Athens-Clarke County's official website's population of the consolidated city-county (all of Clarke County except Winterville, Georgia, Winterville and a portion of Bogart, Georgia, Bogart) was 128,711. Athens is the Georgia (U.S. state)#Major cities, sixth-most populous city in Georgia, and the principal city of the Athens-Clarke County, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area, Athens metropolitan area, which had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Claxton
Nicolas Devir Claxton (born April 17, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Georgia Bulldogs. Claxton was selected by the Nets with the 31st overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft. High school career Claxton attended Legacy Charter School in Greenville, South Carolina. In his senior season, he averaged 17.4 points,7.8 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game and became the fourth player in school history to record 1,000 career points. Claxton was a three-star recruit and chose to play for Georgia over Baylor, Florida State, NC State, and South Carolina. Professional career Brooklyn Nets (2019–present) Early years and limited role (2019–2021) On June 20, 2019, Claxton was selected with the 31st overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft by the Brooklyn Nets. On July 7, the Nets announced that they had signed Claxton. He made his NBA debut on November 8, recording eight point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayshaun Hammonds
Rayshaun Hammonds (born November 10, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Suwon KT Sonicboom of the Korean Basketball League (KBL). He played college basketball for the Georgia Bulldogs. High school career Hammonds attended Norcross High School. In the summer of 2016, he averaged 18 points, eight rebounds, and nearly two steals and two assists per game in the Nike EYBL. As a senior, Hammonds averaged 18 points and 11 rebounds per game and led the team to the Class 7A final. He was named Gwinnett County player of the year by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was considered a four-star prospect, ranked the 38th best player in his class by ESPN. On his 18th birthday, November 10, 2016, Hammonds committed to Georgia over offers from Texas, Miami (Florida) and Memphis. College career In his debut versus Bryant, Hammonds became the first Georgia freshman to start his first game since Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in 2011 and finished with 17 points. As a fresh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glennville, Georgia
Glennville is a city in southeastern Tattnall County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 3,834. Geography Glennville lies within the coastal plain of Georgia, surrounded by farmland and forest. The Altamaha River is to the southwest. Less than 2 miles to the east of Glennville, Beards Creek forms the border with Long County; just east of the creek is the edge of Fort Stewart. The nearest major city is Savannah, approximately east of Glennville. Baxley, Georgia, is southwest of Glennville. According to the United States Census Bureau, as of 2020 the city had a total area of , of which was land and was water. Major highways There are multiple partial concurrencies among route numbers; descriptions are omitted here for simplicity: * ; travels north–south through downtown. * * * Climate Demographics As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,834 people residing in the city; these included 1,477 households and 1,07 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booneville, Mississippi
Booneville is a city in the U.S. state of Mississippi and is the county seat of Prentiss County, Mississippi, Prentiss County. It is located in the hilly North Mississippi region, and ecologically is part of the Southeastern Plains region. The city of Booneville is nicknamed "the City of Hospitality," in reference to the town's southern hospitality. The city flag, welcome sign, and city website have an image of a magnolia blossom, a symbol of hospitality as well as the List of U.S. state and territory flowers, state flower of Mississippi. Booneville was incorporated in 1861 and named after R.H. Boone, a relative of Daniel Boone. The population was 8,743 at the 2010 census. It is one of 21 certified Mississippi retirement cities. Booneville is home to Northeast Mississippi Community College, the tenth-largest community college by enrollment in the state. History The land of Booneville was bought by B.B. Boone, G.W. Williams, and W.P. Curlee from the Chickasaw tribesman Le-Ho-Yea. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newnan, Georgia
Newnan is a city in and the county seat of Coweta County, Georgia, United States, about southwest of Atlanta. Its population was 42,549 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 33,039 in 2010 United States census, 2010. History Newnan was established as county seat of Coweta County (replacing the defunct town of Bullsboro) in 1828, and was named for North Carolinian General Daniel Newnan. It quickly became a prosperous magnet for lawyers, doctors, other professionals, and merchants. Much of Newnan's prosperity was due to its thriving cotton industry, which relied on slavery. Newnan was largely untouched by the American Civil War, Civil War due to its status as a hospital city (for both Union Army, Union and Confederate States Army, Confederate troops), and as a result still features much antebellum architecture. During the Atlanta Campaign, Confederate cavalry defeated Union forces at the nearby Battle of Brown's Mill. Subsequently, architect Kennon Perry (1890– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County. With a population of 520,070 (2024 estimate) living within the city limits, Atlanta is the eighth most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast and List of United States cities by population, 36th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census. Atlanta is classified as a Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Beta +, Beta + global city and is the principal city of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, the core of which includes Cobb County, Georgia, Cobb, Clayton County, Georgia, Clayton and Gwinnett County, Georgia, Gwinnett counties, in addition to Fulton and DeKalb. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016–17 Belmont Bruins Men's Basketball Team
The 2016–17 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team represented Belmont University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins, led by 31st-year head coach Rick Byrd, played their home games at the Curb Event Center in Nashville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in the East Division. They finished the season 23–7, 15–1 in OVC play, to win the regular-season championship. In the 2017 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament, OVC tournament, they lost in the semifinals to 2016–17 Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball team, Jacksonville State. As a regular-season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament title, they received an automatic bid to the 2017 National Invitation Tournament, National Invitation Tournament where they defeated 2016–17 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team, Georgia in the first round before losing to 2016–17 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team, Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
