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2020–21 Appalachian State Mountaineers Men's Basketball Team
The 2020–21 Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team represented Appalachian State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers, led by second-year head coach Dustin Kerns, played their home games at the George M. Holmes Convocation Center in Boone, North Carolina as members of the Sun Belt Conference. With the creation of divisions to cut down on travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 pandemic, they played in the East Division. They finished the season 17–12, 7–8 in Sun Belt Play to finish 4th in the East Division. They defeated 2020–21 Little Rock Trojans men's basketball team, Little Rock, 2020–21 Texas State Bobcats men's basketball team, Texas State, 2020–21 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team, Coastal Carolina, and 2020–21 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team, Georgia State to win the 2021 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament, Sun Belt tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dustin Kerns
Dustin Kerns (born February 1, 1980) is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team. Coaching career Kerns served as a student assistant at Clemson University, Clemson for its Clemson Tigers men's basketball, men's basketball team, and after graduation landed his first coaching job at Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's basketball, Tennessee Tech. Following a one-year stop as a graduate assistant at Tennessee Volunteers basketball, Tennessee, Kerns joined Mike Young (basketball), Mike Young's staff at Wofford Terriers men's basketball, Wofford from 2004 to 2007, then moved on to Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball, Santa Clara as an assistant from 2007 to 2013. He returned to Wofford as the associate head coach in 2013, where he was on staff for the Terriers' 2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 2014 and 2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 2015 NCAA Tournament appearances. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Men's Basketball Team
The 2019–20 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chanticleers, led by 13th-year head coach Cliff Ellis, played their home games at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 16–17, 8–12 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They defeated UT Arlington in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament before losing in the second round to Appalachian State. Previous season The Chanticleers finished the 2018–19 season 17–17, 9–9 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for 6th place. They were defeated by Louisiana–Monroe in the second round of the Sun Belt tournament. They were invited to the CBI, where they defeated Howard in the first round, West Virginia in the quarterfinals, before falling to DePaul in the semifinals. Roster Schedule and results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Kings Mountain is a small suburb, suburban city within the Charlotte metropolitan area in Cleveland County, North Carolina, Cleveland and Gaston County, North Carolina, Gaston counties, North Carolina, United States. Most of the city is in Cleveland County, with a small eastern portion in Gaston County. The population was 10,296 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. History Originally the settlement was called White Plains, but the city was incorporated on October 16, 1874, and the name was changed. It was decided that "Kings Mountain" would be a more appropriate name since the community was close to the site of the historic 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain in York County, South Carolina, a turning point in the American Revolutionary War. The Battle of Kings Mountain was proclaimed as "the turning point of the American Revolution" by Thomas Jefferson. Liberty Mountain, a play performed at the local theater, recounts the events of the battle. The downtown area is home to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntersville, North Carolina
Huntersville is a large suburban town in northern Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Mecklenburg County () is a County (United States), county located in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 1,115,482, making it th ..., United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 61,376, making Huntersville the 15th-most populous municipality in North Carolina. It is located in the Charlotte metropolitan area and is north of Charlotte. History and etymology Originally named "Craighead", the town was renamed to honor Robert Boston Hunter, a local cotton farmer and land owner. The town was incorporated in 1873. Geography Huntersville is in northern Mecklenburg County, bordered to the south by Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte and to the north by the town of Cornelius, North Carolina, Cornelius. The town has several exclaves to the east, some bordered to the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem is a city in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the List of municipalities in North Carolina, fifth-most populous city in North Carolina and the List of United States cities by population, 91st-most populous city in the United States. The population of the Winston-Salem Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area was estimated to be 695,630 in 2023. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina's Piedmont Triad region, home to about 1.7 million residents. Winston-Salem is called the "Twin City" for its dual heritage, and the "Camel City" as a reference to the city's historic involvement in the tobacco industry related to locally based R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, R. J. Reynolds' Camel (cigarette), Camel cigarettes. Many North Carolina, North Carolinians refer to the city as "Winston" in informal speech. Winston-Salem is also home to si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte ( ) is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making Charlotte the List of United States cities by population, 14th-most populous city in the United States, the seventh-most populous city in Southern United States, the South, and the second-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida. Charlotte is the cultural, economic, and transportation center of the Charlotte metropolitan area, whose estimated 2023 population of 2,805,115 ranked Metropolitan statistical area, 22nd in the United States. The Charlotte metropolitan area is part of an 18-county market region and combined statistical area with an estimated population of 3,387,115 as of 2023. Between 2004 and 2014, Charlotte was among the country's fastest-grow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando, Florida
Orlando ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. The city proper had a population of 307,573 at the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Florida behind Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa, Florida, Tampa and the state's most populous inland city. Part of Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2.67 million in 2020. It is the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida behind Miami metropolitan area, Miami and Tampa Bay area, Tampa Bay. Orlando is one of the most-visited cities in the world primarily due to tourism, major events, and convention traffic. It is the fourth-most visited city in the U.S. after New York City, Miami, and Los Angeles, with over 3.5 million visitors as of 2023. Orlando International Airport is the List of the busiest airports in the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brentwood, New York
Brentwood is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet in the Islip, New York, Town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 62,387 at the 2020 Census, making it the most populous CDP in Suffolk County and on all of Long Island outside of New York City. History Early history In 1844, the area was established as Thompson Station and Suffolk Station, two new stations on the expansion of the Main Line (Long Island Rail Road), Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. On March 21, 1851, it became the utopian community named Socialist Community of Modern Times, Modern Times. The colony was established on of land by Josiah Warren and Stephen Pearl Andrews. In 1864, it was renamed Brentwood after the town of Brentwood, Essex, in England. By contract, all the land in the colony was bought and sold at cost, with being the maximum allowable lot size. The community was said to be based on the idea of self-owne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boynton Beach, Florida
Boynton Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is situated about north of Miami. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded a population of 80,380. Boynton Beach is located in the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to 6,138,333 people at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is named after Nathan Boynton, a American Civil War, Civil War Major (United States), major and Michigan politician who became one of the first settlers in the area in 1895. Boynton Beach is located north of Delray Beach, Florida, Delray Beach, south of Hypoluxo, Florida, Hypoluxo and Lantana, Florida, Lantana, and east of Golf, Florida, Golf, while the municipalities of Briny Breezes, Florida, Briny Breezes, Gulf Stream, Florida, Gulf Stream, Manalapan, Florida, Manalapan, and Ocean Ridge, Florida, Ocean Ridge are situated to the east across the Intracoastal Waterway. Native Americans inhabited modern-day Boynton Beach thousan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huber Heights, Ohio
Huber Heights is a city in Montgomery and Miami Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a suburb of Dayton. The population was 43,439 at the 2020 census. This was a 14% increase since the 2010 census, making it the largest growth in Montgomery County in the last decade. History Hubert Heights' origins trace back to the now- defunct Wayne Township, which was settled in the early to mid-1800s. Wayne Township was incorporated as the City of Huber Heights on January 23, 1981. The city is named for Charles Huber, the developer who constructed a number of the houses that later constituted the city. Suburban development began in the area in 1956. Huber Heights continued to grow by annexing parcels in Miami County. Geography Most of Huber Heights is in Montgomery County, while the city has more recently annexed land in Miami County. One small parcel of the city was located in Greene County, but it was detached from the city in 2013. According to the United States Census Bureau, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snellville, Georgia
Snellville is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, Gwinnett County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States, east of Atlanta. Its population was 20,573 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is a developed suburb of Atlanta and a part of the Atlanta metropolitan area, and is located roughly 33 miles east of downtown Atlanta via U.S. Route 78 in Georgia, US 78 and Interstate 285 (Georgia), Interstate 285. History Creek Indians inhabited the area. English settlers In 1884, Thomas Snell and James Sawyer, 17-year-old friends from London, secretly planned a voyage to the United States. On March 18, James Sawyer and his brother, Charles, left England. However, Snell's parents, having learned of the plan, would not allow him to leave, thus delaying his departure. The Sawyer brothers arrived in New York City on April 1, and after a few weeks, headed toward Athens, Georgia, and then to Madison County, Georgia, Madison County, where they stayed and worked on a farm for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decatur, Georgia
Decatur () is a city and the county seat of DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. With a population of 24,928 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the municipality is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple ZIP Codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear Decatur as the address. The city is served by three Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, MARTA rail stations (Decatur station, Decatur, East Lake station, East Lake, and Avondale station (MARTA), Avondale). The city is located approximately northeast of Downtown Atlanta and shares its western border with both the city of Atlanta (the Kirkwood and Lake Claire neighborhoods) and unincorporated DeKalb County. The Druid Hills, Georgia, Druid Hills neighborhood is to the northwest of Decatur. History Early history Prior to European settlement, the Decatur area was largely forested (a remnant of old-growth forest near Decatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
