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2019–20 Seton Hall Pirates Men's Basketball Team
The 2019–20 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represented Seton Hall University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by tenth-year head coach Kevin Willard. The Pirates played their home games at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey and Walsh Gymnasium in South Orange, New Jersey as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 21–9, 13–5 in Big East play, which put them in a three-way tie for first place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big East tournament, they were slated to play Marquette in the quarterfinals, but the Tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the rest of the NCAA postseason. Previous season The Pirates finished the 2018–19 season 20–14, 9–9 in Big East play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. In the Big East tournament, they defeated Georgetown in the quarterfinals and Marquette in the semifinals before losing to Villanova by two points in the final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Willard
Kevin Schreiber Willard (born April 6, 1975) is an American college basketball coach and the incoming men's basketball head coach at Villanova University. Willard played basketball at Western Kentucky during the 1992–93 season before transferring to Pittsburgh to finish his playing career. Willard's father, Ralph Willard, was the associate head coach at Louisville and a former head men's basketball coach at Western Kentucky, Pittsburgh, and Holy Cross. Kevin Willard started his coaching career in the NBA ranks, working on the bench with coach Rick Pitino of the Boston Celtics. After Pitino resigned from the Celtics in 2001, Willard followed him to Louisville, and spent the next six years there as his assistant. He is the former head coach of Iona College, where he took over the reins after Jeff Ruland was fired after going 2–28 in 2007. Willard came to Iona after spending 10 years as an assistant under Rick Pitino. In his third season with Iona, Willard led the Gaels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Season
The 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 6, 2018. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded with the Final Four at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 8, 2019. Practices officially began on September 28, 2018. The season saw Zion Williamson dominate Player of the Year honors and media attention, while Virginia won its first NCAA Championship. The NCAA Championship Game between Virginia and Texas Tech would mark the final NCAA game with a 20-foot 9 inch three-point shot line, as it moved out to the FIBA standard of 22 feet and 2 inches the following year. Rule changes On February 22, 2019, the NCAA announced a set of experimental rules that it would use in the 2019 National Invitation Tournament. The following rules were also used in the 2018 NIT: * The three-point line was moved to the FIBA standard of . When the arc approached the sideline, it changed to a line parallel to and from the sideline. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacred Heart Pioneers Men's Basketball
The Sacred Heart Pioneers men's basketball team represents Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They play their home games at the William H. Pitt Center. During their time as members of the NCAA Division II, they were national champions in 1986. History In 1983, Keith Bennett became the school's leading career scorer. He was named a National Association of Basketball Coaches The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, is an American organization of men's college basketball coaches. It was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the men's basketball head coach for the Univ ... Division II All-American in 1981, 1982, and 1983, and Regional Player of the Year in 1982 and 1983. 2014–15 was the 50th season of Pioneer basketball. Sacred Heart's first year of competition was the 1965–66 season under coach Don Feeley. Sacred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the List of municipalities in Connecticut, most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut and the List of cities in New England by population, fifth-most populous city in New England, with a population of 148,654 in 2020. Located in eastern Fairfield County, Connecticut, Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnock River on Long Island Sound, it is a port city from Manhattan and from The Bronx. It borders the towns of Trumbull, Connecticut, Trumbull to the north, Fairfield, Connecticut, Fairfield to the west, and Stratford, Connecticut, Stratford to the east. Bridgeport and other towns in Fairfield County make up the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, as well as the Greater Bridgeport, Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk–Danbury metropolitan statistical area, the second largest Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area in Connecticut. The Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk–Danbury metropolis forms part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrese Samuel
Tyrese Samuel (born March 10, 2000) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Vancouver Bandits of the CEBL. He played college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates and the Florida Gators. High school career Samuel initially attended Riverdale Baptist at Upper Marlboro, Maryland where he won a Maryland state championship. Afterwards, he transferred to Orangeville Prep at Orangeville, Ontario where he averaged 15 points, eight rebounds, three assists, three steals and one block as a senior seasonhelping the team finish with a 19–2, the third best in the country. In 2019, Samuel attended the Basketball Without Borders camp, where he was named an All-Star. College career Samuel played college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates and the Florida Gators. In 154 career games, he totalled 1,315 points, 779 rebounds, 123 assists, 108 steals and 107 blocks. In his last year, at Florida, Samuel played 36 games and averaged 13.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.1 steal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canisius Golden Griffins Men's Basketball
: ''For information on all Canisius University sports, see Canisius Golden Griffins'' The Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball team, or the Griffs, represent Canisius University in Buffalo, New York, United States. Canisius is a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and play their home games at Koessler Center. Canisius has appeared in the NCAA tournament four times, most recently in 1996. In 1955 and 1956, the Golden Griffins appeared in the NCAA tournament Elite Eight. Golden Griffins in the ABA/NBA * Andrew Anderson, played for the Oakland Oaks, Miami Floridians and Los Angeles Stars (1967–70) * Leroy Chollet, played for the Syracuse Nationals (1949–51) * Larry Fogle, played for the New York Knicks (1975–76) * Herm Hedderick, played for the New York Knicks (1955–56) * Charles Jordan, played for Indiana Pacers (1975–76) *Mike Macaluso, played for Buffalo Braves (1973–74) * Bob MacKinnon, played for Syracuse Nationals (1949–50) *Anthony Masiello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is a Administrative divisions of New York (state), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York and county seat of Erie County, New York, Erie County. It lies in Western New York at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River on the Canada–United States border, Canadian border. With a population of 278,349 according to the 2020 census, Buffalo is the List of municipalities in New York, second-most populous city in New York State after New York City, and the List of United States cities by population, 82nd-most populous city in the U.S. Buffalo is the primary city of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 1.1 million in 2020, making it the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 49th-largest metro area in the U.S. Before the 17th century, the region was inhabited by nomadic Paleo-Indians who were succeeded by the Neutral Confederacy, Neutral, Erie people, Erie, and Iroquois nations. In the early 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makurdi
Makurdi is the capital of Benue State, located in central Nigeria, and part of the Middle Belt region of central Nigeria. The city is situated along the Benue River. In 2017, Makurdi's urban population was 517,342. The town is divided by the River Benue into the north and south banks, which are connected by two bridges: the railway bridge, which was built in 1932, and the new dual carriage bridge commissioned in 1978. The southern part of the town is made up of several neighborhoods or wards; the Central Ward, Old GRA, Ankpa Ward, Wadata, High Level, Wurukum (Low Level), New GRA, Nyiman layout, Achusa, etc. Important establishments and offices located here include the Government House, The State Secretariat, The Federal Secretariat, The Central Bank of Nigeria Regional headquarters, Commercial Banks, Telecommunication companies, Police Headquarters, Nigeria Prisons Service, Aper Aku Stadium, Nigeria Air Force Base, Makurdi, The Makurdi Modern Market, the Federal Medical Centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 Wofford Terriers Men's Basketball Team
The 2018–19 Wofford Terriers men's basketball team represented Wofford College during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Terriers, led by 17th-year head coach Mike Young (basketball), Mike Young, played their home games at the newly opened Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium in Spartanburg, South Carolina as members of the Southern Conference. On February 25, 2019, the Terriers entered the AP Poll at No. 24. This was Wofford's first AP Poll appearance in program history. They finished the season 30–5, and 18–0 in SoCon play, to win the regular season championship. They defeated 2018–19 VMI Keydets basketball team, VMI, 2018–19 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team, East Tennessee State, and 2018–19 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team, UNC Greensboro to be champions of the 2019 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, SoCon tournament. They received the SoCon's automatic-bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I men's baske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball national champion for the 2018–19 season. The 81st annual edition of the tournament began on March 19, 2019, and concluded with the championship game on April 8, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Virginia Cavaliers, with Virginia winning 85–77 in overtime. Two schools made their first appearances in the tournament: Big South champion Gardner–Webb and Southland champion Abilene Christian. For the first time since 2001 (also hosted in Minneapolis), no #8 seed survived the first round of the tournament. This was also the first time since the First Four was established in 2011 that no team in the First Four advanced past the first round of the tournament. This was the first Final Four since 2012 that did not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 Villanova Wildcats Men's Basketball Team
The 2018–19 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Jay Wright in his 18th year, the Wildcats played their home games at the Finneran Pavilion on the school's campus in the Philadelphia suburb of Villanova, Pennsylvania and Wells Fargo Center as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 26–10, 13–5 in Big East play to finish in first place. They defeated Providence, Xavier, and Seton Hall to win the Big East tournament. As a result, the Wildcats received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the South region. There they defeated Saint Mary's before being defeated by Purdue in the Second Round. Previous season The Wildcats finished the 2017–18 season 36–4, 14–4 in Big East play to finish in second place. They defeated Marquette, Butler, and Providence to win the Big East tournament championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 Marquette Golden Eagles Men's Basketball Team
The 2018–19 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by fifth-year head coach Steve Wojciechowski, played their home games for the first time at Fiserv Forum as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 24–10, to finish for 2nd place. In the Big East tournament, they defeated St John’s in the Quarterfinals before losing to Seton Hall in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they were upset by Murray State in the First Round. Previous season The Golden Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 21–14, 9–9 in Big East play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 7 seed in the Big East tournament, they defeated DePaul in the first round before losing to eventual tournament champion Villanova in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
