|
List Of Bradley Braves Men's Basketball Seasons
This is a list of seasons completed by the Bradley Braves men's college basketball team. Seasons References {{Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball team seasons Bradley Braves The Bradley Braves are the intercollegiate athletics teams of Bradley University, located in Peoria, Illinois, United States. The Braves' athletic program is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) and competes at the Division I (NCAA), ... Bradley Braves basketball seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley Braves Men's Basketball
The Bradley Braves men's basketball team represents Bradley University, located in Peoria, Illinois, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They compete as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. The Braves are currently coached by Brian Wardle and play their home games at Carver Arena. Bradley has appeared in nine NCAA Tournaments, including two Final Fours and national championship games in 1950 and 1954. They last appeared in the NCAA tournament in 2019 (they qualified for the 2020 tournament which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic), and last reached the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 2006. The Braves have also appeared in the National Invitation Tournament 23 times with an all-time NIT record of 27–20 and have won four NIT championships (1957, 1960, 1964, and 1982), second only to St. John's in appearances (30) and titles (5). Until the introduction of the Vegas 16 tournament in 2016, the program was invited to the initial offering of every national postseas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 NIT
The 1958 National Invitation Tournament was the 1958 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. Selected teams Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.Tournament Results (1950s) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009 11/7/09 * Bradley * * |
Stan Albeck
Charles Stanley Albeck (May 17, 1931 – March 25, 2021) was an American professional basketball coach. Albeck coached for several teams in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA), including the Denver Rockets, the San Diego Conquistadors (often subbing for an absent Wilt Chamberlain), the Cleveland Cavaliers, the San Antonio Spurs, the New Jersey Nets, and the Chicago Bulls. Early life Albeck was born in Chenoa, Illinois, on May 17, 1931, to parents Chad and Ruby Albeck. He attended Chenoa High School in his hometown. Albeck played college basketball for the Bradley Braves from 1950 to 1952 and during the 1954–55 season after a two-year stint in the United States Army. He obtained a bachelor's degree at Bradley University in 1955 and his master's at Michigan State University in 1957.''Who's Who in the World'' 1987–1988 edition. p. 14 Coaching career Albeck began his coaching at Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan. His next head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1986 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 13, 1986, and ended with the championship game on March 31 in Dallas, Texas. A total of 63 games were played. Louisville, coached by Denny Crum, won the national title with a 72–69 victory in the final game over Duke, coached by Mike Krzyzewski. Pervis Ellison of Louisville was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Louisville became the first team from outside a power conference to win the championship since the expansion to 64 teams, and remains one of only two teams to do so (the other team was UNLV in 1990). The 1986 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament was the first tournament to use a shot clock limiting the amount of time for any one offensive possession by a team prior to taking a shot at the basket. Beginning with the 1986 tournament, the sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 NIT
The 1982 National Invitation Tournament was the 1982 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. Selected teams Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.Tournament Results (1980's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009 11/7/09 Bracket Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.Semifinals & finals See also * 1982 National Women's In ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1980 NCAA Division I basketball tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 6, 1980, and ended with the championship game on March 24 at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. A total of 48 games were played, including a national third-place game. Louisville, coached by Denny Crum, won the national title with a 59–54 victory in the final game over UCLA, coached by Larry Brown. Darrell Griffith of Louisville was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Structurally speaking, this was the first tournament of the modern era. For the first time: # An unlimited number of at-large teams could come from any conference. (From 1975 to 1979, conferences were allowed only one at-large entry.) # The bracket was seeded to make each region as evenly competitive as possible. (Previously, geographic considerations had trumped this.) # All teams were seeded sole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Versace
Richard Patrick Versace (; April 16, 1940 – February 25, 2022) was an American basketball coach and executive. He was also the first American of Puerto Rican descent to have coached a National Basketball Association (NBA) team. Early life Versace was born in Fort Bragg (North Carolina), Fort Bragg, North Carolina. His parents were Colonel Humbert Joseph Versace, an Italian American, and Marie Teresa Rios, a Puerto Rican-Irish American author. The 1960s television sitcom ''The Flying Nun'' was based on one of her books. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, though he did not play basketball. Versace coached at the high school and collegiate level and in the NBA. Versace coached at St. Joseph High School (Kenosha, Wisconsin), St. Joseph High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and Gordon Tech High School, Gordon Tech in Chicago. Oddly, his first coaching position after college was at Forrest-Strawn-Wing High School in the small Central Illinois community of Forrest during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Commissioners Invitational Tournament
The National Commissioners Invitational Tournament was an eight-team postseason men's college basketball tournament run by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It was introduced in 1974 as the Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament. Invitees were runner-up teams in major conferences, which were required to participate, creating a threat to the established National Invitation Tournament (NIT), which, at that time, the NCAA did not control. Bobby Knight, head coach of Indiana, winner of the inaugural tournament, did not want to participate, because he believed it was created to "run the NIT out of business," which he opposed. The tournament lasted only two years before being discontinued after changes to the NCAA tournament rules, which allowed more than one team per conference to participate. Summary The tournament was won in 1974 by Indiana over USC, 85–60, in St. Louis, Missouri. The 1974 tournament featured a collection of teams that came in second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 NIT
The National Invitation Tournament was originated by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association in 1938. Responsibility for its administration was transferred two years later to local colleges, first known as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Committee and in 1948, as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association (MIBA), which comprised representatives from five New York City schools: Fordham University, Manhattan College, New York University, St. John's University, and Wagner College. Originally all of the teams qualifying for the tournament were invited to New York City, and all games were played at Madison Square Garden. The tournament originally consisted of only six teams, which later expanded to eight teams in 1941, 12 teams in 1949, 14 teams in 1965, 16 teams in 1968, 24 teams in 1979, 32 teams in 1980, and 40 teams from 2002 through 2006. In 2007, the tournament reverted to the current 32-team format. Perennial power Kansas made its first NIT app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Stowell
Joseph R. Stowell (born December 24, 1926) is an American former college basketball coach and broadcaster. After attending Bradley University and playing on the basketball team from 1947 to 1950, he returned as an assistant coach in 1956 and became Bradley's ninth head coach in 1965.http://centralillinoisproud.com/content/fulltext/?cid=2672 During his thirteen seasons as Bradley's head coach he won 197 games. He was fired as head coach in 1978. His basketball resume also features two seasons coaching high school boys and two years coaching the Bradley University women. In 1985 Stowell joined Dave Snell as a WMBD (AM) WMBD (1470 hertz, kHz) is a commercial radio, commercial radio station, the oldest in Peoria, Illinois. It broadcasts a talk radio, news/talk radio format, format and is owned by Duke Wright with the license held by Midwest Communications, Inc ... broadcaster for Bradley basketball games, and worked in that position until 2010. References {{DEFAUL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 NIT
The National Invitation Tournament was originated by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association in 1938. Responsibility for its administration was transferred two years later to local colleges, first known as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Committee and in 1948, as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association (MIBA), which comprised representatives from five New York City schools: Fordham University, Manhattan College, New York University, St. John's University, and Wagner College. Originally all of the teams qualifying for the tournament were invited to New York City, and all games were played at Madison Square Garden. The tournament originally consisted of only six teams, which later expanded to eight teams in 1941, 12 teams in 1949, 14 teams in 1965, 16 teams in 1968, 24 teams in 1979, 32 teams in 1980, and 40 teams from 2002 through 2006. In 2007, the tournament reverted to the current 32-team format. Selected teams Below is a list of the 14 team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 NIT
The 1964 National Invitation Tournament was the 1964 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. Selected teams Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.Tournament Results (1960's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. 11/7/09 * * * DePaul * |
