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List Of All-Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Teams
The All-Pac-12 men's basketball team is an annual Pac-12 Conference men's basketball, Pac-12 Conference honor bestowed on the best players in the conference following every college basketball season. Pac-12 coaches select a 10-player first team and a five-player second team. There were two five-man teams from 1956 though 1979, followed by one 10-man first team from 1980 through 2008. For one year in 2008, there were three five-man teams selected. During the final week of the regular season, Pac-12 coaches nominate up to three players from their team to be placed on the ballot for consideration. Coaches submit their votes by the Sunday after the season ends and cannot vote for their own players. Previously, a player needed to be selected on 50 percent of the ballots to be on the team. In the 2006–07 season, only nine players received enough votes to be selected. Ties resulted in extra players being selected in some seasons. Each team member receives an award. Players who are n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball
Men's college basketball in the Pac-12 Conference began in 1915 with the formation of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). Principal members of the PCC founded the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) in 1959, and subsequently went by the names Big Five, Big Six, Pacific-8, and Pacific-10, becoming the Pac-12 in 2011. The Pac-12 includes the PCC as part of its history despite the two leagues being formed under separate charters. The most recent competing squads in the Pac-12 were the Arizona Wildcats men's basketball, Arizona Wildcats, Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball, Arizona State Sun Devils, California Golden Bears men's basketball, California Golden Bears, Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball, Colorado Buffaloes, Oregon Ducks men's basketball, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers men's basketball, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal men's basketball, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins men's basketball, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans men's basketball, USC Trojans, Ut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Badgro
Morris Hiram "Red" Badgro (December 1, 1902 – July 13, 1998) was an American professional American football, football and baseball player. He played as an End (gridiron football), end in the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1981. A native of Orillia, Washington, he attended the University of Southern California (USC) where he played baseball, basketball, and football. He then played nine seasons of professional football for the New York Yankees (NFL), New York Yankees (1927 New York Yankees (NFL) season, 1927–1928 New York Yankees (NFL) season, 1928), New York Giants (1930 New York Giants season, 1930–1935 New York Giants season, 1935), and Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL), Brooklyn Dodgers (1936 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season, 1936). He was selected as a first-team All-Pro in 1931 All-Pro Team, 1931, 1933 All-Pro Team, 1933, and 1934 All-Pro Team, 1934. He scored the first touchdown in the 1933 NFL Championship Game, first NFL Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Palmberg
Wally may refer to: People and fictional characters * Wally (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Wally the Green Monster, mascot of the Boston Red Sox * Water Wally, mascot of the Singapore's Public Utilities Board * Wally (Wallabies mascot), the official mascot of the Australia national rugby union team Arts, entertainment, and media * Wally (band), British prog rock band ** ''Wally'' (album), a 1974 album by Wally * ''La Wally'', an opera by Alfredo Catalani * Wally, an episode of the American TV series ''Highway to Heaven'' Businesses and organizations * Wally's, an American convenience store chain * Wally Yachts, a maritime design and manufacture company Other uses * Wally (anonymous), a name often called out at British rock venues in the 1970s and early '80s * The Wally, trophy given to NHRA national event race winners * WALLY, a proposed rail service in southeast Michigan, United States * The Wallies of Wessex, a group of people who squatted on gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hank Luisetti
Angelo-Giuseppi "Hank" Luisetti (June 16, 1916 – December 17, 2002) was an American college basketball player. He is considered to be one of the great innovators of the sport. In an era that featured the traditional two-handed set shot, Luisetti developed the running one-handed shot, an early version of the jump shot. Equipped with such an offensive weapon, Luisetti became one of the most dominant players in American college basketball history. While at Stanford, he joined Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Biography A graduate of Galileo High School in his native city, San Francisco, he went on to play for Stanford. He became the first player to score 50 points in a game on January 1, 1938, against Duquesne. Luisetti was named the second-best player of the mid-century (behind George Mikan) by an Associated Press poll of sportswriters and broadcasters in 1950. Luisetti's influence was aided by a celebrated game between Long Island University and Luisetti's Stanford Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Guttero
Lee A. "Rubberlegs" Guttero (July 1, 1913 – August 29, 2004) was an American basketball player who was the University of Southern California's first two-time NCAA All-American. Guttero, a center from California, played for the Trojans from 1932–33 to 1934–35 and led the team in scoring every season. He guided them to three consecutive Pacific Coast Conference championships, and during his tenure USC compiled an overall record of 54–19. Guttero was named an All-American in 1934, then a consensus All-American in 1935. He also earned three all-conference selections, and in his senior season of 1934–35 he set a still-standing school record by scoring 34.6% of his team's points. USC enshrined him into their Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002. He died on August 29, 2004, due to kidney failure Kidney failure, also known as renal failure or end-stage renal disease (ESRD), is a medical condition in which the kidneys can no longer adequately filter waste products from the bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert E
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Lee (basketball)
Harold George Lee Sr. (October 7, 1910 – October 16, 1977) was an American college basketball player who played for the University of Washington during the 1930s. He played the point guard position at tall, making him one of the pioneers of being a tall player to play that position. He was voted as a consensus NCAA All-American as a senior in 1933–34 after guiding the Huskies to the Pacific Coast Conference championship. Lee also played for the football and baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ... teams. References # # # # # 1910 births 1977 deaths All-American college men's basketball players Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players Baseball players from Washington (state) Basketball players from Washington (state) Sportspeople from B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Lewis (basketball)
Edward Collins Lewis (August 13, 1910 – January 29, 2006) was an athlete from Portland, Oregon who played basketball collegiately for Oregon State University, Oregon State College from 1929–30 to 1932–33. A lanky center with good ballhandling, passing, and shooting skills, Lewis captained the team during his senior campaign and led the Pacific Coast Conference in scoring. Lewis was named to the 1933 All-Pacific Coast Conference Team and the 1933 All-American Team. He was selected a member of the Oregon State Sports Hall of Fame in 1980. He was named to the Pacific-10 Conference's Hall of Honor in 2005. Lewis' jersey number 25 is one of only five retired from use by Oregon State University. Biography Early years Edward Collins Lewis, universally known by the nickname of "Ed," was born August 13, 1910, in Seattle, Washington. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Nemer
Jerome Nemer (January 7, 1912 – December 7, 1980) was an American athlete and attorney. He played college basketball at the University of Southern California (USC) where he became the first Jew to captain a major athletic team at that school. After basketball, Nemer practiced law in the Los Angeles area and was a partner in the firm Buchalter, Nemer, Fields and Younger. Early life and education Nemer was born in Evansville, Indiana in 1912 and moved to Southern California as a baby. He was an All-City basketball player for Los Angeles High School. He enrolled at USC in the fall of 1929 to play for the basketball and baseball teams. Sam Barry, who coached both sports, felt that the basketball team needed more help, so Nemer quit baseball to focus on basketball. Nemer also became the first Jew to captain a major athletic team during his time at USC. Basketball career Nemer earned three varsity letters while playing with the basketball team from 1930–31 through 1932–33. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Cairney
Ralph (pronounced or ) is a male name of English origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Old High German ''Radulf'', cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms are: * Ralph, the common variant form in English, which takes either of the given pronunciations. * Rafe, variant form which is less common; this spelling is always pronounced . * Raif, a very rare variant. Raif Rackstraw from H.M.S. Pinafore * Ralf, the traditional variant form in Dutch, German, Swedish, and Polish. * Ralfs, the traditional variant form in Latvian. * Raoul, the traditional variant form in French. * Raúl, the traditional variant form in Spanish. * Raul, the traditional variant form in Portuguese and Italian. * Raül, the traditional variant form in Catalan. * Rádhulbh, the traditional variant form in Irish. First name Middle Ages * Ralph the Timid (died 1057), pre-Conquest Norman earl of Hereford, England * Ralph de Gae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Linthicum
Richard Linthicum (–1979) was an American college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins. He was the school's first All-American in any sport. Linthicum was then a UCLA assistant coach and scout for five seasons. He was inducted posthumously into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 1987. Outside of basketball, Linthicum was a business manager with Columbia Pictures for eight years before serving 10 years in the U.S. Navy and 16 years in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Basketball career Linthicum attended Hollywood High School in Hollywood, California, where he earned all-city honors playing forward. His teammates included Carl Shy, who also later played at the University of California, Los Angeles. Linthicum enrolled at UCLA in 1927, and became a key player on the Bruins' freshman squad as one of their best shooters. His first-year teammates included future Olympic gold medalist Frank Lubin. Standing and weighing , Linthicum played as a forward and became UCLA's first ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art McLarney
Arthur James McLarney (December 20, 1908 – December 20, 1984) was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned three seasons, one of which was spent in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Giants (1932). Over his major league career, he compiled a .130 batting average with two runs scored, three hits, one double, and three run batted in (RBIs) in nine games played. Defensively, he played seven games at shortstop. McLarney also played two season in the minor leagues with the Class-A Williamsport Grays (1933), and the Double-A Seattle Indians (1933–34). In his two-year minor league career, he batted .255 with 126 hits, 18 doubles, two triples, and two home runs. McLarney played shortstop, second base, and first base over his career in the minors. After his playing career was over, McLarney coached college baseball, basketball, and football. During his playing career, he stood at and weighed . He was a switch-hitter who threw right-handed. Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
