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2024–25 UCF Knights Men's Basketball Team
The 2024–25 UCF Knights men's basketball team represented the University of Central Florida during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, marking their second season as members of the Big 12 Conference. The Knights, in the program's 56th season of basketball, were led by ninth-year head coach Johnny Dawkins and played their home games at the Addition Financial Arena. Previous season The Knights finished the 2023–24 season 17–16, 7–11 in Big 12 Play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They defeated Oklahoma State in the First Round of the Big 12 Tournament before losing in the second round to BYU. The Knights received an at-large bid to the NIT, where they were defeated by South Florida in the first round. Preseason Big 12 Preseason Poll Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team ;First Team ;Second Team * Player of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas * Co-Newcomer of the Year: Jeremy Roach, Baylor & Coleman Hawkins, Kansas State * Freshman of the Year: V. J. ...
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Johnny Dawkins
Johnny Earl Dawkins Jr. (born September 28, 1963) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the UCF men's basketball team. From 2008 to 2016, he was the head coach of Stanford. He was a two-time All-American and national player of the year as a senior in 1986 while at Duke from 1982 to 1986. Dawkins subsequently played nine seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the San Antonio Spurs (1986–1989), Philadelphia 76ers (1989–1994), and Detroit Pistons (1994–1995). From 1998 to 2008, he served as an assistant basketball coach at his alma mater, Duke. Playing career College Dawkins was born and raised in Washington, D.C. He played basketball at Mackin Catholic High School in Washington, D.C. before enrolling at Duke University. At Duke, he became the team's all-time leading scorer with 2,556 points, which stood until 2006 when JJ Redick surpassed it. In Dawkins' senior year at Duke, the 1985–86 season, the Duke Blue ...
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LJ Cryer
Lionel "LJ" Cryer Jr. (born October 9, 2001) is an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the Houston Cougars and Baylor Bears. High school career Cryer played basketball for Morton Ranch High School in Katy, Texas. As a junior, he averaged 27.5 points, 5.8 assists, and 2.9 rebounds per game, earning District 19-6A MVP honors. In the regular season finale of his senior season, Cryer had a 50-point, 10-assist game against Mayde Creek High School. In his senior season, Cryer averaged 34.2 points, 5.3 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game. He finished with 3,488 career points, the most in Houston area public school history. Cryer was selected as All-Greater Houston Player of the Year by the ''Houston Chronicle'', and repeated as District 19-6A MVP. A four-star recruit, he committed to playing college basketball for Baylor over offers from Houston, Colorado, LSU, Purdue and Stephen F. Austin, among others. College career Cryer received limited playing ...
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Cleveland
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border. Cleveland is the most populous city on Lake Erie, the second-most populous city in Ohio, and the 53rd-most populous city in the U.S. with a population of 372,624 in 2020. The city anchors the Cleveland metropolitan area, the 33rd-largest in the U.S. at 2.18 million residents, as well as the larger Cleveland– Akron– Canton combined statistical area with 3.63 million residents. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve in modern-day Northeast Ohio by General Moses Cleaveland, after whom the city was named. The city's location on the river and the lake shore allowed it to grow into a major commercial and industrial metropolis by the late 19th century, ...
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Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Virginia)
Episcopal High School (also known as the High School, Episcopal and EHS), founded in 1839, is a boarding school located in Alexandria, Virginia. The Holy Hill campus houses 440 students from 31 states, the District of Columbia and 16 countries. The school is 100-percent boarding and is the only all-boarding school of its caliber located in a major metropolitan area. History Episcopal High School was founded in 1839 as the first high school in Virginia. The Rev. William N. Pendleton and three assistant heads initially taught 35 boys at the boarding facility which occupied of land. It was originally known as the Howard School, from its location at the site of an earlier school. It became known affectionately as "The High School". The central administration building, Hoxton House, dates to around 1805, built by Martha Washington's eldest granddaughter, Elizabeth Parke Custis Law. In 1840, Episcopal's student body tripled in size to accommodate more than 100 boys. It continued to ...
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Boyds, Maryland
Boyds is an unincorporated community in exurban Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, located approximately north of Washington, D.C. Its ZIP Code is 20841. According to the United States 2020 Census, the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) for Boyds covers an area of about and has a population of 9,538. Black Hill Regional Park, Little Seneca Lake, and Seneca Creek State Park are located in Boyds. History The community was named for Colonel James Alexander Boyd (1823–1896), a Scottish immigrant who was a construction engineer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Boyd built a temporary village to house construction workers as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad built the Metropolitan Branch line after the American Civil War. The railroad line began service in 1873. After the railroad station opened, a mill, stores, and other businesses were established in the area. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opened a brick railroad station in 1887. The railroad station was demo ...
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Chicago
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the county seat, seat of Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a Chicago Portage, portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but ...
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Memphis Tigers Men's Basketball
The Memphis Tigers men's basketball team represents the University of Memphis in NCAA Division I men's college basketball. The Tigers have competed in the American Athletic Conference since 2013. As of 2020, the Tigers had the 26th highest winning percentage in National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA history. While the Tigers have an on-campus arena, Elma Roane Fieldhouse (which is still the primary home for Memphis Tigers women's basketball, Tigers women's basketball), the team has played home games off campus since the mid-1960s. The Tigers moved to the Mid-South Coliseum at the Memphis Fairgrounds in 1966, and then to downtown Memphis at Memphis Pyramid, The Pyramid, initially built for the team in 1991 and later home to the National Basketball Association, NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. In 2004, both teams moved to a new downtown venue, FedExForum. ''ESPN Stats and Information Department'' ranked Memphis as the 19th most successful basketball program from 1962 to 2012 in their ...
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San Diego
San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.4 million, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth-most populous city in the United States. San Diego is the county seat, seat of San Diego County. It is known for its mild Mediterranean climate, extensive List of beaches in San Diego County, beaches and List of parks in San Diego, parks, long association with the United States Navy, and recent emergence as a wireless, electronics, List of hospitals in San Diego, healthcare, and biotechnology development center. Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego has been referred to as the ''Birthplace of California'', as it was the first site visited and settled by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United States. In 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California, 200 years later. ...
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UTSA Roadrunners Men's Basketball
The UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team represents the University of Texas at San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas, US in National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA NCAA Division I, Division I as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American) from the 2023–24 season. Originally competing as an NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball), NCAA independent in 1981–82, the Roadrunners moved to the Trans-America Athletic Conference (now known as the ASUN Conference) in 1986–87, then moved to the Southland Conference in 1991–92, then moved to the Western Athletic Conference in 2012–2013, then moved to Conference USA in 2013–2014 where they remained for the next 10 seasons. UTSA plays its home games at the on-campus Convocation Center (University of Texas at San Antonio), Convocation Center, and is coached by Austin Claunch. UTSA has won four conference tournaments and three conference regular season championships. The team has made a total of four NCAA ...
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La Marque, Texas
La Marque ( ) is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States, south of Houston. The city population in 2020 was 18,030. La Marque experienced considerable growth in the 1950s, during which the city provided a general administrative and trades and crafts workforce helping to support the petrochemical complex in adjoining Texas City. It is the hometown of United States Senate, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and Norm Bulaich, Norman Bulaich. History La Marque, also once known as Highlands and Buttermilk Junction, is an incorporated residential community on Interstate Highway 45, State Highway 3 (Texas), State Highway 3, and Farm Roads 519, 1765, and 2004, some 12 miles northwest of Galveston in northwestern Galveston County. The community was originally known as Highlands, probably for its location near Highland Creek, and was renamed in the 1890s when residents learned of another mainland community of the same name. Madam St. Ambrose, a French Catholic Ursuline Sister an ...
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Coleman Hawkins (basketball)
Coleman Hawkins (born December 10, 2001) is an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the Kansas State Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference and the Illinois Fighting Illini of the Big Ten Conference. Early life and high school career Hawkins grew up in Antelope, California and initially attended Antelope High School. He transferred to Prolific Prep in Napa, California after his sophomore year. As a senior, he averaged 12.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 6.5 assists per game, leading his team to a 31–3 record. Hawkins was rated a three-star recruit and committed to playing college basketball for Illinois over offers from Rutgers, San Diego State, Marquette, and USC. College career Hawkins played in 25 games, all coming off the bench, during his freshman season at Illinois and averaged 1.4 points per game. He played in all 33 of the Fighting Illini's games with 14 starts during his sophomore season, averaging 5.9 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. Hawkins entered h ...
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Jeremy Roach
Jeremy Hunter Roach (born November 1, 2001) is an American college basketball player for the Baylor Bears of the Big 12 Conference. He previously played for the Duke Blue Devils. High school career As a freshman in 2016–17, Roach averaged 11.1 points to help lead his team to a 17–4 record and a runner-up finish in the WCAC. As a sophomore in 2017–18, Roach averaged 15.2 points to help his team to a 33–4 record, including 18–0 in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, and a VISAA championship. Roach would miss the rest of his junior season after he suffered a torn ACL during a scrimmage. As a senior, he averaged 19.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game and guided his school to the VISAA D-I State Championship. Roach was selected to play in the McDonald's All-American Game, Jordan Brand Classic and Nike Hoop Summit, but all three games were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Recruiting Roach was a consensus five-star recruit and one of t ...
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