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2018–19 Western Illinois Leathernecks Men's Basketball Team
The 2018–19 Western Illinois Leathernecks men's basketball team represented Western Illinois University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Leathernecks, led by fifth-year head coach Billy Wright, played their home games at Western Hall in Macomb, Illinois as members of the Summit League. They finished the season 10–21, 4–12 in Summit League play to finish in 8th place. They beat top-seeded South Dakota State in the quarterfinals of the Summit League tournament, before losing to North Dakota State in the semifinals. Previous season The Leathernecks finished the season 12–16, 3–11 in Summit League play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Summit League tournament to South Dakota. Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=9 style=, Exhibition , - !colspan=9 style=, Non-conference regular season , - !colspan=9 style=, Summit League regular season , - !colspan=9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Wright (basketball)
William Eugene Wright Jr. (born September 15, 1974) is an American basketball coach, currently head coach at Richmond High School in Richmond, Indiana. He was most recently head coach at Western Illinois University. He was recently hired by his high school alma mater Richmond High School to become the head coach of the men’s basketball team. Wright played point guard The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the Basketball positions, five positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position and is usually the shortest player ... at Richmond High School (where he led the team to an Indiana state title in 1992) and Bradley University. Following the close of his playing career, Wright moved into coaching. After coaching in the high school ranks for twelve years, he became an assistant coach at Western Illinois in 2008. After a short stint at Ball State during the 2013–14 season, Wrig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Kenosha () is a city in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of cities in Wisconsin, fourth-most populous city in Wisconsin, with a population of 99,986 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, Kenosha is a satellite city located roughly south of Milwaukee and north of Chicago via Interstate 94 in Wisconsin, Interstate 94 and has significant cultural and economic connections to both cities. It is the principal city of the Kenosha metropolitan statistical area (consisting only of Kenosha County) with roughly 169,000 residents. Kenosha was once a center of industrial activity; it was home to large automotive industry, automotive factories which fueled its economy during the 20th century. Like some other Rust Belt cities, Kenosha Deindustrialization, lost these factories in the 1980s, causing it to gradually transition into a services-based economy. In the 2010s, the city and sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Green, Wisconsin
Spring Green is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,566 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Spring Green. It is perhaps best known for the architect Frank Lloyd Wright's estate Taliesin and related tourism. Geography Spring Green is located at (43.177268, -90.067277). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land. The Wisconsin River runs along the southern edge of the village. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 1,628 people, 690 households, and 433 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 753 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.5% White, 0.6% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.8% of the population. There were 690 households, of which 31.2% ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schaumburg, Illinois
Schaumburg ( ) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, Cook and DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 78,723, making Schaumburg the most populous incorporated village in the United States. Schaumburg is around northwest of downtown Chicago, and northwest of O'Hare International Airport. It is part of the Golden Corridor. Schaumburg's transition from a rural community to a suburban city began with Alfred Campanelli's first large-scale suburban-style development in 1959 and Woodfield Mall's opening in 1971. Schaumburg is bordered by Hoffman Estates, Illinois, Hoffman Estates and Palatine, Illinois, Palatine to the north, Inverness, Illinois, Inverness in northwest, Rolling Meadows, Illinois, Rolling Meadows to the northeast, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Elk Grove Village to the southeast, Roselle, Illinois, Roselle to the south, Hanover Park, Illinois, Hanover Park to the southwes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waukegan, Illinois
Waukegan ( ) is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. Located north of Chicago, Waukegan is a satellite city within the greater Chicago metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, its population was 89,321, making it the most populous city in Lake County, the seventh-most populous city within the Chicago metropolitan area and the 10th-most populous city in Illinois. However, unlike nearby wealthy North Shore suburbs, Waukegan has long been classified by the Illinois state government as overall "socioeconomically distressed" despite having some middle class inhabitants. History and major events Founding and 19th century The site of present-day Waukegan was recorded as ''Rivière du Vieux Fort'' ("Old Fort River") and ''Wakaygagh'' on a 1778 map by Thomas Hutchins. By the 1820s, the French name had become "Small Fort River" in English, and the settlement was known as "Little Fort". The name "Waukegance" and then "Waukegan" (meaning "little fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and North Dakota and South Dakota to the west. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 12th-largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd-most populous, with about 5.8 million residents. Minnesota is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"; it has 14,420 bodies of fresh water covering at least ten acres each. Roughly a third of the state is Forest cover by state and territory in the United States, forested. Much of the remainder is prairie and farmland. More than 60% of Minnesotans (about 3.71 million) live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, known as the "Twin Cities", which is Minnesota's main Politics of Minnesota, political, Economy of Minnesota, economic, and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minneapolis
Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the state's List of cities in Minnesota, most populous city. Located in the state's center near the eastern border, it occupies both banks of the Upper Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and the surrounding area are collectively known as the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities, a metropolitan area with 3.69 million residents. Minneapolis is built on an artesian aquifer on flat terrain and is known for cold, snowy winters and hot, humid summers. Nicknamed the "City of Lakes", Minneapolis is abundant in water, with list of lakes in Minneapolis, thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks, and waterfalls. The city's public park system is connected by the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway. Dakota people orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manito, Illinois
Manito is a village in Mason County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,552 at the 2020 census, down from 1,642 in 2010. Geography Manito is located in northeastern Mason County. The northernmost border of the village follows the Tazewell County line. Manito is northeast of Forest City and northeast of Havana, the Mason county seat. Manito is southwest of Peoria. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Manito has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,733 people, 686 households, and 506 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 723 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 99.08% White, 0.23% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.17% Asian, and 0.35% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.29% of the population. There were 686 households, out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.8% were marrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pekin, Illinois
Pekin ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tazewell County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located on the Illinois River, Pekin is the largest city of Tazewell County and the second most populous municipality of the Peoria metropolitan area in north-central Illinois, after Peoria itself. As of the 2020 census, its population is 31,731. A small portion of the city limits extend into Peoria County. Pekin's Mineral Springs Park is near Pekin Hospital and the Miller Senior Center. The city is the location of a high-rise residential facility of the United Auto Workers; the location of the Pekin Federal Correctional Institution; and the headquarters of a regional insurance company, Pekin Insurance. History Origins of Pekin Farmer Jonathan Tharp, who came from Ohio, was the first non- native American resident of what would become Pekin, building a log cabin in 1824 on a ridge above the Illinois River at a site near the present foot of Broadway Drive. Franklin School was later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolingbrook, Illinois
Bolingbrook is a village in Will County, Illinois, Will and DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a southwest suburb of Chicago on Interstate 55 in Illinois, I-55 and U.S. Route 66 in Illinois, Historic Route 66 (Frontage Road). The village was a Planned community, new town built on the Gateway Wetlands west of the Des Plaines River in the 1960s. Bolingbrook experienced rapid growth in the 1980s and 1990s, eventually becoming Will county's second-largest town after Joliet, Illinois, Joliet. Per the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 73,922. As of 2010, it is the 17th-largest incorporated place in Illinois and the state's second-largest village. Geography Bolingbrook is approximately 28 miles southwest of Downtown Chicago. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Bolingbrook has a total area of , of which (or 99.18%) is land and (or 0.82%) is water. Bolingbrook borders the communities of Woodridge, Illinois, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it is home to 38.5% of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec). Ontario is Canada's fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area of all the Canadian provinces and territories. It is home to the nation's capital, Ottawa, and its list of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city, Toronto, which is Ontario's provincial capital. Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast. To the south, it is bordered by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York (state), New York. Almost all of Ontario's border with the United States follows riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brampton
Brampton is a city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario, and the regional seat of the Regional Municipality of Peel. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and is a List of municipalities in Ontario#Lower-tier municipalities, lower-tier municipality within the Peel Region. The city has a population of 656,480 as of the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 census, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, ninth most populous municipality in Canada and the third most populous city in the Greater Golden Horseshoe urban area, behind Toronto and Mississauga. The City of Brampton is bordered by Vaughan to the east, Halton Hills to the west, Caledon, Ontario, Caledon to the north, Mississauga to the south, and Etobicoke (Toronto) to the southeast. Named after the town of Brampton, Carlisle, Brampton in Cumberland, England, Brampton was incorporated as a village in 1853 and as a town in 1873, and became a city in 1974. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
