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2023–24 Maine Black Bears Women's Basketball Team
The 2023–24 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Maine during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by seventh-year head coach Amy Vachon, played their home games at The Pit in Memorial Gymnasium in Orono, Maine, with one game at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine as members of the America East Conference. The Black Bears finished the season 24–10, 14–2 in America East play, to finish as America East regular-season champions. They defeated UMass Lowell, Binghamton and Vermont to win the America East tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. They received the #15 seed in the Portland Regional 3, where they fell to #2 region seed Ohio State in the first round. Previous season The Black Bears finished the 2022–23 season 16–14, 11–5 in America East play, to finish in third place. They defeated Binghamton in the quarterfinals, before falling to Alban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Vachon
Amy Vachon (born August 23, 1978) is an American basketball coach and a former player. A long-time assistant at the University of Maine, Vachon took over as head coach following Richard Barron's medical absence began on January 6. As interim head coach, Vachon led the 2016–17 Lady Black Bears to an 11–6 record, including a trip to the finals of the 2017 America East women's basketball tournament. In April 2017, she was named interim head coach for the 2017–18 season. Following the end of the regular season, one in which Maine was named the America East conference regular season champion, Vachon was named Maine's permanent head coach. Playing career Vachon attended Cony High School and was twice Gatorade Player of the Year. Vachon is the daughter of long-time Cony high school head coach Paul Vachon. While in high school, Vachon played on two-state championships teams and was a four-year All-State Basketball Selection and a two-time Gatorade Player of the Year. Vachon was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes Women's Basketball Team
The 2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented Ohio State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes were led by head coach Kevin McGuff in his 11th season, and played their games at Value City Arena as a member of the Big Ten Conference. Previous season The Buckeyes finished the 2022–23 season with a 28–8 record, including 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, and advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time since 1993, before being eliminated by Virginia Tech. Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=9 style="", Regular Season , - !colspan=9 style="", , - !colspan=9 style="", Rankings References {{DEFAULTSORT:2023-24 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball seasons Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skowhegan, ME
Skowhegan () is the county seat of Somerset County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 8,620. Every August, Skowhegan hosts the annual Skowhegan State Fair, the oldest continuously held state fair in the United States. Skowhegan was originally inhabited by the indigenous Abenaki people who named the area Skowhegan, meaning "watching place or fish" and were mostly dispersed by the end of the 4th Anglo-Abenaki War. History Original inhabitants For thousands of years prior to European settlement, this region of Maine was the territory of the Kinipekw (later known as Kennebec) Norridgewock tribe of Abenaki. The Norridgewock village was located on the land now known as Madison. The Abenaki relied on agriculture (corn, beans, and squash) for a large part of their diet, supplemented by hunting, fishing, and the gathering of wild foods. The Skowhegan Falls (which have since been replaced by the Weston Dam) descended 28 feet over a half-mile on the Ken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandweiler, Luxembourg
Sandweiler (; ) is a commune and town in southern Luxembourg. It is located east of Luxembourg City. As of 2024, the town of Sandweiler, which lies in the south-west of the commune, has a population of 3721. Other settlements within the commune include Findel and Birelerhaff. The commune is dominated by Luxembourg Airport, Luxembourg's only international airport and the fifth-busiest cargo airport in Europe, which lies to the north and west of the town of Sandweiler. It is also home to the Sandweiler German war cemetery. The commune is surrounded by forests. Population Economy Two airline companies, Luxair and Cargolux, have their head offices on the grounds of Luxembourg Findel Airport in Sandweiler. DuPont Teijin Films has its headquarters in Sandweiler commune. A small retail zone can be found ''Op der Hokaul'' in the west of the town Sandweiler. Places of interest The Sandweiler German war cemetery contains the remnants of around 10900 German servicemen fallen in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangor High School (Maine)
Bangor High School, a member of the Bangor School System, is a high school in Bangor, Maine, United States. It has an enrollment of approximately 1,500 students in grades 9–12. It is Bangor's only public high school. Since its 2001–2002 selection as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education Bangor High School has consistently been recognized for the achievements of its students. For four years from 2012–2016, the school was named a National Silver Award winner by '' U.S. News & World Report''s "America's Best High Schools. In 2013, BHS was the only urban school among the state's 133 high schools to earn this designation. BHS consistently ranks among the top five Maine schools in annual rankings of America's Most Challenging Schools published by the ''Washington Post'' and journalist Jay Matthews. To determine its rankings, the Post considers the degree to which disadvantaged students outperform their state peers coupled with perce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veazie, ME
Veazie is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,814 at the 2020 census. The town is named after General Samuel Veazie, an early lumber baron and railroad operator. Veazie was originally part of Bangor, using Penobscot River water power to operate sawmills. It became a separate town in 1853 because General Veazie, its wealthiest citizen, felt that Bangor's property taxes were excessive. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 1,919 people, 828 households and 498 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 884 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 94.0% White, 0.7% African American, 1.4% Native American, 1.8% Asian, 0.2% from other races and 1.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.3% of the population. There were 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor, VT
Windsor is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. As the "Birthplace of Vermont", the town is where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted in 1777, thus marking the founding of the Vermont Republic, a sovereign state until 1791, when Vermont joined the United States. Over much of its history, Windsor was home to a variety of manufacturing enterprises. Its population was 3,559 at the 2020 census. History One of the New Hampshire grants, Windsor was chartered as a town on July 6, 1761, by colonial governor Benning Wentworth. It was first settled in August 1764 by Captain Steele Smith and his family from Farmington, Connecticut. In 1777, the signers of the Constitution of the Vermont Republic met at Old Constitution House, a tavern at the time, to declare independence from the Great Britain (the Vermont Republic would not become a state until 1791). In 1820, it was the state's largest town, a thriving center for trade and agriculture. In 1835, the first dam was built ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Hampton School
New Hampton School is an independent university-preparatory school, college preparatory high school in New Hampton, New Hampshire, United States. It has 330 students from over 30 states and 22 countries. The average class size is eleven, and the student-faculty ratio is five to one. New Hampton School does not require a uniform. New Hampton School is a member of the Independent Schools Association of Northern New England and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The school became an International Baccalaureate World School in 2010. History New Hampton School was founded on June 27, 1821, as a Free Will Baptist-oriented, coeducational institution.Merrill, Gowan et al., "A Small Gore of Land", 1977 On that day the State of New Hampshire issued a charter to the New Hampton Academy, "having had three several readings," before the House of Representatives. That charter, issued to William B. Kelley, Nathaniel Norris and Joshua Drake, provided the fram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rindge, NH
Rindge is a New England town, town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,476 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 6,014 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Rindge is home to Franklin Pierce University, the Cathedral of the Pines and part of Annett State Forest. History Native American inhabitants The land in and around Rindge was originally inhabited by ancestors of the Abenaki tribe of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Americans. Archeology, Archeological evidence from nearby Swanzey, New Hampshire, Swanzey indicates that the region was inhabited as much as 11,000 years ago (coinciding with the end of the last glacial period). As much as half of the Western Abenakis were victims of a wave of epidemics that coincided with the arrival of Europeans in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Later, many of the Western Abenaki present in southwestern New Hampshire chose to relocate to Canada (New France), Canada dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 America East Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2023 America East Women's Basketball Conference tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference that began on March 1, 2023, and ended on March 10, 2023. All tournament games were played on the home arenas of the higher-seeded school. By defeating the Albany Great Danes in the championship game, the Vermont Catamounts earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament Seeds Eight of the nine America East teams will contest the tournament. Tiebrekers will be applied as needed to determine seeding. Schedule Bracket See also *2023 America East men's basketball tournament *America East Conference women's basketball tournament The America East Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the America East Conference. The winner of the annual tournament gains an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division I ... References {{2023 NCAA Division I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albany Great Danes Women's Basketball
The Albany Great Danes women's basketball team is the basketball team that represents the University at Albany, SUNY in Albany, New York. The school's team currently competes in the America East Conference and plays its home games at SEFCU Arena. History UAlbany Women's Basketball had little success on the court since it started play in 1964–65. Its greatest success took place in 1985–86 when it went 26–4 and made it the 3rd Round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. Coach Mari Warner would lead the program into Division I play in 1999–00, but again success was limited. Through the 2000s under new coach Trina Patterson, winning was also limited. However, things began to change in 2010–11 under former head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson. That season UA finished over .500 for the first time since 1997–98. Abrahamson-Henderson led UAlbany to its then-best record in Division I history in the 2011–12, going 23–10 overall. The Great Danes brought home their first-eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binghamton Bearcats Women's Basketball
The Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball team represents Binghamton University and is located in Vestal, New York. The team currently competes in the America East Conference and plays its home games at the Binghamton University Events Center. The Bearcats have not made an appearance in the Division I tournament since joining it in 2001, but they did make appearances in the Division III Tournament from 1995 to 1998 and Division II in 1999. Postseason NCAA Division II The Bearcats made one appearance in the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament The NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament (officially styled as "Championship" instead of "Tournament") is an annual tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II women's college basketball nati .... They had a combined record of 0–1. NCAA Division III The Bearcats appeared in the NCAA Division III Tournament four times, with a combined record of 0–4. Year by year r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
