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2023–24 San Francisco Dons Men's Basketball Team
The 2023–24 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team represented the University of San Francisco during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dons were led by second-year head coach Chris Gerlufsen and played their home games at the War Memorial Gymnasium at the Sobrato Center as members of the West Coast Conference (WCC). They finished the season 23–11, 11–5 in WCC play, to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC tournament, they defeated Portland in the quarterfinals, before losing to Gonzaga in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Cincinnati. Previous season The Dons finished the 2022–23 season 20–14, 7–9 in WCC play, to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. In the WCC tournament as the 6 seed, they defeated Pacific in the second round and Santa Clara in the quarterfinals before losing to Gonzaga in the semifinals. Despite having 20 wins, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Gerlufsen
Chris Gerlufsen (born September 16, 1976) is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the San Francisco Dons men's basketball team. He served as the acting head coach for Hawaii during their 2019–20 season while head coach Eran Ganot took a leave of medical absence, compiling an 8–5 record during that period. Early life and college Gerlufsen is a native of Philadelphia, and the son of former University of Massachusetts head coach Ron Gerlufsen. Gerlufsen played at Randolph–Macon College in Ashland, Virginia where he was a guard and a captain on teams that made the NCAA Division III tournament twice. Gerlufsen graduated from Randolph–Macon with a degree in business and economics in 1998. Coaching career Early coaching career Gerlufsen began his coaching career at Washington College in Maryland as a graduate assistant in 1998, before spending a season at Southwestern. He joined The Citadel in 2000, where he was a graduate assistant for a year befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 Gonzaga Bulldogs Men's Basketball Team
The 2022–23 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University, located in Spokane, Washington, in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, also unofficially nicknamed the "Zags", was led by head coach Mark Few, in his 24th season as head coach, and played home games at the on-campus McCarthey Athletic Center as members of the West Coast Conference (WCC). The Zags finished the regular season 26–5, 14–2 in WCC play, to win a share of the regular season championship. They defeated San Francisco in the semifinals of the WCC tournament before defeating Saint Mary's to win the WCC championship. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they defeated Grand Canyon, TCU, and UCLA to advance to the Elite Eight. There they lost to UConn to finish their season 31–6. On January 19, 2023, the Zags lost to Loyola Marymount at the McCarthey Athletic Center, ending their 76-game home winning streak, which was the longest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fontana, CA
Fontana is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Founded by Azariel Blanchard Miller in 1913, it remained essentially rural until World War II, when entrepreneur Henry J. Kaiser built a large steel mill in the area. It is now a regional hub of the trucking industry, with the east–west Interstate 10 in California, Interstate 10 and Foothill Freeway, State Route 210 crossing the city and Interstate 15 in California, Interstate 15 passing diagonally through its northwestern quadrant. The city is about east of Los Angeles. The United States Census Bureau reported that Fontana's 2020 population was 208,393, making it the second-most-populous city in San Bernardino County and the 20th largest in the state. History Native Americans inhabited the area. Fontana, formerly Rosena from 1890 to 1919, was founded in 1919 by Azariel Blanchard Miller. The name ''fontana'' is Italian language, Italian for fountain or water source; the city is close to the Santa Ana Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malik Thomas
Malik Thomas (born February 4, 2002) is an American college basketball player for the Virginia Cavaliers of the Atlantic Coast Conference. He previously played for the USC Trojans and San Francisco Dons. High school career Thomas attended Damien High School in La Verne, California. During his time at Damien, he became the school's all-time leading scorer. As a junior, Thomas averaged 25.4 points and seven rebounds per game. As a senior, he averaged 21.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. As a result, he was named the Gatorade California Boys Basketball Player of the Year. A four-star recruit, Thomas committed to play college basketball at the University of Southern California. College career Thomas played sparingly for two seasons at USC, before transferring to the University of San Francisco. As a senior, in his second season with San Francisco, Thomas emerged as the team's leading scorer. He also emerged as one of the West Coast Conference's leading scorers. On May 10, 2025 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. Located in the Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its large number of canals, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Amstel River, which was dammed to control flooding. Originally a small fishing village in the 12th century, Amsterdam became a major world port during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, when the Netherlands was an economic powerhouse. Amsterdam was the leading centre for finance and trade, as well as a hub of secular art production. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the city expanded and new neighborhoods and suburbs were built. The city has a long tradition of openness, liberalism, and tolerance. Cycling is key to the city's mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona State Sun Devils Men's Basketball
The Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Big 12 Conference. The Arizona State Sun Devils have appeared in the NCAA tournament 17 times, including 3 Elite Eights (1961, 1963, 1975). They have won eight conference championships (four WAC, and four Border Conference) and finished in the final AP rankings seven times. The highest national ranking the Sun Devils have achieved is AP No. 3 under Bobby Hurley during the 2017–18 season and No. 3 under Ned Wulk during the 1980–81 season when the starting lineup included future NBA stars Byron Scott, Fat Lever, and Alton Lister. 38 ASU Sun Devils have been selected in the NBA draft, including eleven-time NBA All-Star James Harden, Byron Scott, Isaac Austin, Lafayette Lever, Alton Lister, Lionel Hollins, Sam Williams, Jeff Pendergraph, Mario Bennett, Tommy Smith, Ike Diogu, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prairie Village, KS
Prairie Village is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and located within the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 22,957. History After the successful development of the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri, real estate magnate J. C. Nichols turned toward development of his native Johnson County, just a few miles from the Plaza. Prairie Village was platted in 1941 and was named after Prairie School, which was established almost a century before. In 1949, Prairie Village was named the best planned community in America by the National Association of Home Builders. It incorporated in 1951. Remnants of the Santa Fe Trail The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pioneered in 1821 by William Becknell, who departed from the Boonslick region along the Missouri River, the ... are found in the city. Shawnee, Osag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, and a centre for international diplomacy. Geneva hosts the highest number of international organizations in the world, and has been referred to as the world's most compact metropolis and the "Peace Capital". Geneva is a global city, an international financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy hosting the highest number of international organizations in the world, including the headquarters of many agencies of the United Nations and the ICRC and IFRC of the Red Cross. In the aftermath of World War I, it hosted the League of Nations. It was where the Geneva Conventions on humanitarian treatment in war were signed. It shares a unique distinction with municipalities such as New York City, Basel, and Strasbourg as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida Gators Men's Basketball
The Florida Gators men's basketball team represents the University of Florida in the sport of basketball. The Gators compete in NCAA Division I's Southeastern Conference (SEC). Home games are played on Billy Donovan Court in the O'Connell Center, Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida, Gainesville campus. While the University of Florida's men's basketball team first took the court in 1915, the program did not receive much support from the university for several decades. The basketball team did not have a permanent home court with adequate seating capacity until the Florida Gymnasium opened in 1949, and did not hire a full-time basketball coach until Norm Sloan in 1960, and did not play in a modern arena until the O'Connell Center opened in 1980. Early highlights included the program's first postseason appearance in the 1969 National Invitation Tournament with the Gators' first All-American Neal Walk, a run to the NCAA Division I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending partly through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to its east. It covers about , and is the county seat and most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Kaseya Center, and has won three List of NBA champions, NBA championships. The franchise began play in the 1988–89 NBA season, 1988–89 season as an expansion team. After a period of mediocrity, the Heat gained relevance in the mid-1990s when Pat Riley became team president and head coach. Riley constructed the trades for Alonzo Mourning and Tim Hardaway, which propelled the team into NBA playoffs, playoff contention. Mourning and Hardaway led the Heat to four consecutive division titles prior to their departures in 2001 and 2002, respectively. The team also experienced success after drafting Dwyane Wade in 2003. Led by Wade, following a trade for former NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Shaquil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 NBA Draft
The 2023 NBA draft, the 77th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual NBA draft, draft, was held on June 22, 2023, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The draft consisted of 58 picks instead of the typical 60 for the second year in a row due to the loss of a second-round pick for both the Chicago Bulls and the Philadelphia 76ers for violating the NBA's Tapping up, tampering rules during free agency. The first overall selection was made by the San Antonio Spurs, who selected the 7'3" French center Victor Wembanyama. Wembanyama went on to win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, Rookie of the Year. Draft picks Notable undrafted players These players were not selected in the 2023 NBA draft, but have played at least one regular-season or playoff game in the NBA. Trades involving draft picks Pre-draft trades Prior to the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between teams. Post-draft trades Post-draf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
