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Temple Owls Men's Basketball
The Temple Owls men's basketball team represents Temple University in the sport of basketball. The Owls compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). They play their home games in the Liacouras Center on the university's main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and are currently led by head coach Adam Fisher (basketball), Adam Fisher. Temple is the List of teams with the most victories in NCAA Division I men's college basketball, sixth-most winningest NCAA Division I men's college basketball program of all time, with 2,000 wins. Although they have reached the NCAA Tournament over thirty times, they are one of nine programs with that NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament bids by school, many appearances to have not won the Tournament and one of four to have never reached the National Championship Game. On March 7, 2012, the Temple Owls announced that they would be rejoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Athletic Conference
The American Athletic Conference (AAC), also known as The American, is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States, featuring 13 full member universities and 6 affiliate member universities that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. Its College football, football teams compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Member universities represent a range of private and public research universities of various enrollment sizes located primarily in Urban area, urban metropolitan areas in the Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Midwestern United States, Midwestern, and Southern United States, Southern regions of the United States. The American's legal predecessor, the Big East Conference (1979–2013), original Big East Conference, was considered one of the six collegiate Power Five conferences, power conferences of the Bowl Championship Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division I (NCAA)
NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest division of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athletic powers, with large budgets, more elaborate facilities and more athletic scholarships than Division II and Division III as well as many smaller schools committed to the highest level of intercollegiate competition. This level was previously called the University Division of the NCAA, in contrast to the lower-level College Division; these terms were replaced with numeric divisions in 1973. The University Division was renamed Division I, while the College Division was split in two; the College Division members that offered scholarships or wanted to compete against those who did became Division II, while those who did not want to offer scholarships became Division III. For college football only, D-I schools are further divided into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997–98 Duke Blue Devils Men's Basketball Team
The 1997–98 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The head coach was Mike Krzyzewski. The team played its home games in the Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Duke finished with an overall record of 32–4 (15–1 ACC). In the 1998 NCAA Tournament the Blue Devils were invited as a #1 seed. Duke advanced all the way to the Elite 8 with wins over Radford, Oklahoma State and Syracuse. But their season came to an end with a close loss to Kentucky 86–84. Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=9 style=, Regular Season , - !colspan=9 style=, ACC Tournament , - !colspan=9 style=, NCAA Tournament Departing players drafted into the NBA References {{DEFAULTSORT:1997-98 Duke Blue Devils Men's Basketball Team Duke Blue Devils Duke Blue Devils men's basketball seasons Duke Blue Devils men's b Duke Blue Devils men's b Duk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1988 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. The 50th annual edition of the tournament began on March 17, 1988, and ended with the championship game on April 4 returning to Kansas City for the 10th time. A total of 63 games were played. Kansas, coached by Larry Brown, won the national title with an 83–79 victory in the final game over Big Eight Conference rival Oklahoma, coached by Billy Tubbs. As of 2024, this was the last national championship game to feature two schools from the same conference. Danny Manning of Kansas was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Even though the Final Four was contested from its campus in Lawrence, Kansas, Kansas was considered a long shot against the top rated Sooners because Oklahoma had previously defeated the Jayhawks twice by 8 points that season—at home in Norman, Oklahoma and on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987–88 Temple Owls Men's Basketball Team
The 1987–88 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Roster *Derrick Brantley (1.9 ppg) *Duane Causwell (2.0 ppg) *Jerome Dowdell (1.5 ppg) *G Howard Evans (C) (Sr, 11.1 ppg), All A-10 (1st team) *Shawn Johnson (1.8 ppg) *Tom Katsikis (1.9 ppg) *G Mark Macon (Fr, 20.6 ppg), AP All-American (2nd team) *F Darrin Pearsall (Jr, 1.5 ppg) *F Tim Perry (Sr, 14.5 ppg), A-10 Player of Year *Ernest Pollard (1.3 ppg) *Shoun Randolph (1.0 ppg) *C Ramon Rivas (Sr, 6.9 ppg) *F Mike Vreeswyk (C) (Jr, 16.7 ppg) All A-10 (2nd team) Schedule , - !colspan=12 style=, Regular Season , - !colspan=12 style=, Atlantic 10 Tournament , - !colspan=12 style=, NCAA Tournament Rankings Awards and honors * Tim Perry – Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, First-team All-Atlantic 10 *Mark Macon – Consensus Secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chaney (basketball, Born 1932)
John Chaney (January 21, 1932 – January 29, 2021) was an American college basketball coach, best known for his success at Temple University from 1982 through 2006. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001 and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. Early life and playing career Chaney was born in Jacksonville, Florida, but grew up in Philadelphia. He began his career after graduating from Bethune–Cookman College and spending some time in the Eastern Professional Basketball League, first with the Sunbury Mercuries from 1955 to 1963 and Williamsport Billies from 1963 to 1966. Coaching career Chaney first became a basketball coach in 1963 at William L. Sayre Junior High School (now high school) at 58th and Walnut Street in Philadelphia. His teams had a 59–9 win–loss record in three seasons. Inheriting a one-win team in 1966 at Simon Gratz High School in Philadelphia, Chaney compiled a 63–23 record in six seasons. Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Hall Of Fame
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts. It serves as basketball's most complete library, in addition to promoting and preserving the history of basketball. Dedicated to Canadian-American physician James Naismith, who invented the sport in Springfield, the Hall of Fame inducted its first class in 1959, before opening its first facility on February 17, 1968. , the Hall has formally inducted 436 players, coaches, referees, and other basketball professionals. The Boston Celtics have the most inductees, with 40. History of the Springfield building The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was established in 1959, without a physical location, by Lee Williams, a former athletic director at Colby College. In the 1960s, the Hall of Fame struggled to raise enough money to construct its first facility. However, the necessary amount was raised, and the building o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Litwack
Harold "Chief" Litwack (September 20, 1907 – August 7, 1999) was an American college basketball coach. He served as head basketball coach at Temple University from 1952 to 1973, compiling a record of 373–193. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1973. Coaching career Litwack was born in Galicia, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Poland) but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Temple in 1930. He began his coaching career at Simon Gratz High School (1930–31), then he became head coach of the freshman team at Temple. Meanwhile, he was playing pro basketball with Eddie Gottlieb's all-Jewish Philadelphia Sphas, from 1930 to 1936. Before he became head coach at Temple in 1952, he also served briefly as assistant coach for the Philadelphia Warriors The history of the Golden State Warriors began in Philadelphia in 1946. In 1962, the franchise was relocated to San Francisco, California and became known as the San Francisco Warriors until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament
The 1958 NCAA University Division basketball tournament involved 24 schools playing in Single-elimination tournament, single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States. It began on March 11, and ended with the 1958 NCAA University Division basketball championship game, championship game on Saturday, March 22, in Louisville, Kentucky. A total of 28 games were played, including a third-place game in each region and a national third-place game. Led by head coach Adolph Rupp, the 1957–58 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Kentucky Wildcats won the national title with an 84–72 victory in the final game over 1957–58 Seattle Chieftains men's basketball team, Seattle, coached by John Castellani. The Chieftains led by at the half, but star forward Elgin Baylor picked up his fourth personal foul with over sixteen minutes remaining. The Chieftains were outscored by fifteen in the second half, and Baylor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 NCAA Basketball Tournament
The 1956 NCAA basketball tournament involved 25 schools playing in Single-elimination tournament, single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA college basketball. It began on March 12, 1956, and ended with the 1956 NCAA basketball championship game, championship game on March 24 on Northwestern University's campus in Evanston, Illinois. A total of 29 games were played, including a third-place game in each region and a national third-place game. The 1955–56 season was the last in which only one NCAA Tournament was held. Effective in 1956–57, the NCAA divided its membership into two competitive levels. The larger and more competitive athletic programs were placed in the University Division, and smaller programs in the College Division. Accordingly, that season would see separate tournaments contested in the 1957 NCAA University Division basketball tournament, University and 1957 NCAA College Division basketb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Four
In sports, the final four is the last four teams remaining in a playoffs, playoff tournament. Usually the final four compete in the two games of a single-elimination tournament's semi-final (penultimate) round. Of these teams, the two who win in the semi-final round play another single-elimination game whose winner is the tournament champion. In some tournaments, the two teams that lose in the semi-final round compete for third place in a third place playoff, consolation game. History The term "final four" is most often used in the United States and in sports heavily influenced by that country; elsewhere, only the term "semi-finals" is in common use. Previously, it was believed that the phrase "final four" first appeared in print in a 1975 article for the ''Official Collegiate Basketball Guide'', whose author Ed Chay was a sportswriter for the ''The Plain Dealer, Cleveland Plain Dealer''. Chay stated that the Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball, Marquette basketball team "wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helms Athletic Foundation
The Helms Athletic Foundation, founded in 1936, was a Los Angeles-based organization dedicated to the promotion of athletics and sportsmanship. Paul H. Helms was the organization's founder and benefactor, funding the foundation via his ownership of Helms Bakery. Bill Schroeder founded the organization with Helms and served as its managing director. The men were united in a love of amateur athletic competition. The organization became well known for presenting awards and trophies for local, national, and international competition, naming the Southern California Player of the Month and Year, national championships in college basketball and college football, Rose Bowl Player of the Game, Coach of the Year, Pacific Coast football player of the year, and other such awards for athletic achievement. Schroeder described himself in 1967 as a "committee of one" in selecting the championship teams. The organization dedicated Helms Hall in 1948, which housed a museum for sporting arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
