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2022–23 Hofstra Pride Men's Basketball Team
The 2022–23 Hofstra Pride men's basketball team represented Hofstra University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pride, led by second-year head coach Speedy Claxton, played their home games at the Mack Sports Complex in Hempstead, New York as members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 25–10, 16–2 CAA play, to finish in a tie with Charleston for first place. Previous season The Pride finished the 2021–22 season 21–11, 13–5 in CAA play, to finish in third place. In the CAA tournament, they were upset by No. 6 seed Charleston in the quarterfinals. Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=12 style=, Non-conference regular season , - !colspan=12 style=, CAA regular season , - !colspan=9 style=, , - !colspan=12 style=, Sources References {{DEFAULTSORT:2022-23 Hofstra Pride Men's Basketball Team Hofstra Pride men's basketball seasons Hofstr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speedy Claxton
Craig Elliott "Speedy" Claxton (born May 8, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the Hofstra University men's basketball team. Claxton won an NBA championship in 2003 as a member of the San Antonio Spurs. In 2013, he was named as a special assistant to the head coach for the Hofstra University men's basketball program, before being hired as head coach in 2021. College Prior to his NBA career, Claxton played at Hofstra University under future Villanova University coach Jay Wright. At Hofstra, Claxton led the Flying Dutchmen to the America East Championship, where they defeated the University of Delaware in the championship game at Hofstra Arena. The team was defeated in the first round of the 2000 NCAA tournament by an Oklahoma State team led by Desmond Mason, Claxton's future NBA teammate with the New Orleans Hornets. Claxton donated money to help build the 5,000-seat arena in which the Hofstra team plays, and his number 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oregon Ducks Men's Basketball
The Oregon Ducks men's basketball team is an college basketball, intercollegiate basketball program that competes in the NCAA Division I and is a member of the Big Ten Conference, representing the University of Oregon. The Ducks play their home games at Matthew Knight Arena, which has a capacity of 12,364. Then coached by Howard Hobson, Oregon won the first NCAA men's basketball national championship in 1939. They again reached the Final Four in 2017 under head coach Dana Altman, marking the longest span between appearances in NCAA history (79 years). The Ducks have made the NCAA tournament 19 times, and have won eight conference championships. History Early years The University of Oregon men's basketball team played its first season in 1902–03 with Charles Burden as the head coach. Only two games were played that season, both against Corvallis State Agricultural College, now known as Oregon State Beavers men's basketball, Oregon State. Oregon lost both games, losing the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Haven, CT
New Haven is a city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. With a population of 135,081 as determined by the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, New Haven is List of municipalities in Connecticut, the third largest city in Connecticut after Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bridgeport and Stamford, Connecticut, Stamford, the largest city in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, and the principal municipality of Greater New Haven metropolitan area, which had a total population of 864,835 in 2020. New Haven was one of the first Planned community, planned cities in the U.S. A year after its founding by English Puritans in 1638, eight streets were laid out in a four-by-four Grid plan, grid, creating the "Nine Square Plan". The central common block is New Haven Green, the New Haven Green, a square at the center of Downtown New Haven. The Green is n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattanville College
Manhattanville University is a private university in Purchase, New York, United States. Founded in 1841 as a school at 412 Houston Street in Lower Manhattan, it was initially known as the "Academy of the Sacred Heart". In 1917, the academy received a charter from the Regents of the State of New York to raise the school officially to a collegiate level, granting degrees as the "College of the Sacred Heart". In 1937, it became known as "Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart", and from 1966 to 2024 as "Manhattanville College". In 1952 it moved to its current location in the hamlet of Purchase, New York, a suburb north of New York City. Purchase is inside the town and village of Harrison in Westchester County. Approximately 1,100 undergraduate and 900 graduate students attend Manhattanville, with students coming from 45+ countries and 35+ American states. The architectural and administrative centerpiece of the Manhattanville campus is Reid Hall (1864) which was named after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Rochelle, NY
New Rochelle ( ; in ) is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of New York City, located approximately from Midtown Manhattan. In 2020, the city had a population of 79,726, making it the 7th-largest city and 22nd-most populous municipality in New York. History 17th and 18th centuries This area was occupied by cultures of indigenous peoples for thousands of years. They made use of the rich resources of Long Island Sound and inland areas. By the 17th century, the historic Lenape bands, who spoke a language in the Algonquian family, were prominent in the area. Their territory extended from the coastal areas of western present-day Connecticut, Long Island and south through New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware. In 1654, the Siwanoy Indians, a band of Lenape (also known as the Delaware by English colonists), sold land to English settler Thomas Pell. Some 33 families established the community of ''La Nouvelle-Rochelle'' () in 1688. Many of them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Woodmere Academy
Lawrence Woodmere Academy, also known as "LWA", and "Woodmere Academy", is an independent school located in Woodmere, New York, United States. It is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools and the New York State Board of Regents. History The history of the Academy began with the founding of Lawrence Country Day School in 1891 and Woodmere Academy in 1912. The institutions merged in 1990. The motto of Woodmere Academy was ''Disce Servire'', meaning "Learn to Serve". When Woodmere Academy and Lawrence Country Day School merged, the motto was updated to ''Veritas, Integritas, Servitium'', "Truth, Integrity, Service". The students come from all parts of Long Island, as well as countries abroad. Notable alumni * Roger Berlind (1930–2020; class of 1948), theatrical producer who won 25 Tony Awards * Stuart Beck (1946–2016, Class of 1964), Lawyer and diplomat A diplomat (from ; romanization, romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hempstead, NY
The Town of Hempstead is the largest of the three Administrative divisions of New York#Town, towns in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County (alongside North Hempstead, New York, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, New York, Oyster Bay) on Long Island, in New York (state), New York, United States. The town's combined population was 793,409 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It occupies the southwestern part of the county, on the western half of Long Island. Twenty-two incorporated Administrative divisions of New York#Village, villages (one of which is named Hempstead (village), New York, Hempstead) are completely or partially within the town. Hofstra University's campus is located in Hempstead. History The town was first settled around 1644 following the establishment of a treaty between English colonists, John Carman and Robert Fordham, and the Lenape Indians in 1643. Although the settlers were from the new English colony of New Haven (1638), later incorporated into, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
