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2021–22 Ivy League Men's Basketball Season
The 2021–22 Ivy League men's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Ivy League members after the league did not play during the 2020–21 season. Previously, the tradition began when the league was formed during the 1956–57 season and its history extends to the predecessor Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, which was formed in 1902. Princeton earned the league title after finishing the regular season 12–2 within the Ivy League. However, Yale earned the league's bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament after defeating Pennsylvania, 67–61, in the semifinals and Princeton, 66–64, in the finals of the inaugural conference tournament. Tosan Evbuomwan of Princeton was named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year The Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Ivy League's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1974–75 season. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. It also organizes the Athletics (physical culture), athletic programs of colleges and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. The headquarters is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Until the 1956–57 academic year, the NCAA was a single division for all schools. That year, the NCAA split into the NCAA University Division, University Division and the NCAA College Division, College Division. In August 1973, the current three-division system of NCAA Division I, Division I, NCAA Division II, Division II, and NCAA Division III, Division III was adopted by the NCAA membership in a special convention. Under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer athletic scholarships to students. Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956–57 NCAA University Division Men's Basketball Season
The 1956–57 NCAA men's University Division basketball season began in December 1956. It progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1957 NCAA University Division basketball tournament championship game on March 23, 1957, at Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City), Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri. The 1956–57 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, North Carolina Tar Heels won their first NCAA national championship with a 54–53 triple-Overtime (sports), overtime victory over the 1956–57 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Kansas Jayhawks. Rule changes * The width of the free throw lane (also known as the "Key (basketball), key"), increased from . * When teams lined up along the key for a free throw, it became mandatory that the two spaces adjacent to the end line be occupied by opponents of the player shooting the free throw. Previously, one player from each team occupied the spaces adj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azar Swain
Azar (, ) is the ninth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. Azar has thirty days. It begins in November and ends in December by the Gregorian calendar. Azar corresponds to the Tropical Astrological month of Sagittarius. Azar is the third month of autumn, and is followed by Dey. The name is derived from Atar, the Zoroastrian concept of holy fire. Events * 5 - 1296 - the National Hockey League (NHL), the successor to the National Hockey Association (NHA), is founded. Its first games were held on 27 Azar. * 9 - 1297 - Union of Transylvania with Romania * 6 - 1306 - Macy's New York employees march on Thanksgiving Day, making this parade a precursor to the modern day Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. * 16 - 1320 - Bombing of Pearl Harbor, beginning the Pacific War * 17 - 1320 - President Franklin Roosevelt delivers his Day of Infamy speech to Congress, urging it to declare war against Japan * 25 - 1368 - Romanian Revolution begins with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Kirkwood
Noah (; , also Noach) appears as the last of the Antediluvian Patriarchs (Bible), patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5–9), the Quran and Baháʼí literature, Baha'i writings, and extra-canonical, extracanonically. The Genesis flood narrative is among the best-known stories of the Bible. In this account, God "regrets" making mankind because they filled the world with evil. Noah then labors faithfully to build the Noah's Ark, Ark at God's command, ultimately saving not only his own family, but mankind itself and all land animals, from extinction during the Great Flood, Flood. Afterwards, God makes a Covenant (biblical), covenant with Noah and promises never again to destroy the earth with a flood. Noah is also portrayed as a "tiller of the soil" who is the first to cultivate the vine. After the flood, God commands Noah and his sons to "be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth." The sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
