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Will Richard
William Richard (born December 24, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Belmont Bruins and the Florida Gators. He was drafted by the Memphis Grizzlies with the 56th pick in the second round of the 2025 NBA draft. Early life and high school career Richard grew up in Fairburn, Georgia and attended the Woodward Academy. Coming out of high school, he committed to playing college basketball for Belmont. College career Belmont In the first round of the 2022 National Invitation Tournament, Richard notched 22 points and eight rebounds in a loss to Vanderbilt. As a freshman in 2021–22, he averaged 12.1 points and six rebounds per game while shooting 32.6 percent from three, earning Ohio Valley Conference all-newcomer team honors. After the season, Richard entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal. Florida Richard transferred to play for the Florida Gator ... [...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] |
NCAA Transfer Portal
The NCAA transfer portal is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) application, database, and compliance tool created to manage and facilitate the process for student athletes seeking to transfer between member institutions. It is intended to bring greater transparency to the transfer process and to enable student athletes to publicize their desire to transfer. The transfer portal is an NCAA-wide database covering all three NCAA divisions, although most media coverage of the transfer portal involves its use in the top-level DivisionI (D-I). The portal launched on October15, 2018. New regulations adopted in 2021 allowed student-athletes in D-I football, men's and women's basketball, men's ice hockey, and baseball to change schools using the portal once without sitting out a year after the transfer, creating uniform transfer rules for all NCAA sports across all divisions. In 2024, the NCAA ratified a change to the transfer rule that granted college athletes immedia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 Florida Gators Men's Basketball Team
The 2022–23 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by first-year head coach Todd Golden, and played their home games at the O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 16–15, 9–9 in SEC Play to finish in eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the SEC tournament, they lost in the second round to Mississippi State. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost to UCF 67–49 in the first round. Previous season The Gators finished the 2021–22 season 20–14, 9–9 in SEC Play to finish a five-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 9 seed in the SEC tournament, they lost in the second round to Texas A&M. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Iona in the first round before losing to Xavier. On March 13, 2022, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Season
The 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 7, 2022. The regular season ended on March 12, 2023, with the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament beginning with the First Four on March 14 and ending with the championship game at NRG Stadium in Houston on April 3. Rule changes The following rule changes were recommended by the NCAA Basketball Rules Committee to the Playing Rules Oversight Panel for the 2022−23 season: * Flopping will now result in a Class B technical foul. Previously players called for flopping received a warning before a technical foul was assessed. * Conferences (and the NIT) will continue to allow (on an experimental basis) the use of live and prerecorded video streams at the team bench. * Conferences (and the NIT) who choose to use five electronic-media timeouts in the second half of their games will be able to experiment with a new format for granting those timeouts. Currently, for a game using five electronic-med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021–22 Belmont Bruins Men's Basketball Team
The 2021–22 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team represented Belmont University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins, led by third-year head coach Casey Alexander, played their home games at the Curb Event Center in Nashville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 25–8, 15–3 in OVC play, to finish in second place. They lost in the semifinals of the OVC tournament to Morehead State. They received an invite to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) where they lost to Vanderbilt in the first round. On September 18, 2021, Belmont announced that this would be the last season for the team in the OVC as they would join the Missouri Valley Conference on July 1, 2022. Previous season In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Bruins finished the 2020–21 season 26–4, 18–2 in OVC play, to win the regular-season championship. They defeated SIU–Edwardsville and Jacksonville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021–22 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Season
The 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 9, 2021 and concluded on March 13, 2022. The 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament culminated the season and began on March 15 and concluded on April 4 with the championship game at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Rule changes Following the Supreme Court of the United States June 2021 ruling in the ''National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston'' case, student athlete compensation, such as payment for name, image and likeness (NIL), became permissible for NCAA scholarship athletes on July 1, 2021. The following rule changes have been recommended by the NCAA Basketball Rules Committee to the Playing Rules Oversight Panel for the 2021–22 season: *Flopping can result in a technical foul. *Increase to six personal fouls before disqualification, with a maximum of four fouls allowed per half (experimental in NIT for 2022). If a player commits four personal fouls in a single hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 NBA Draft
The 2020 NBA draft was held on November 18, 2020. The draft was originally scheduled to be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on June 25, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was instead conducted at ESPN's facilities in Bristol, Connecticut, with the event held via videoconferencing. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. It was televised nationally on ESPN. The draft lottery was originally scheduled to take place on May 19, 2020, but due in part to the 2020 NBA Bubble, it was rescheduled to take place on August 20, 2020, instead. This was the first draft since 1975 to not be held in June and was also the second to be done later than that month after the inaugural 1947 draft, which was conducted in July by the NBA's predecessor, the Basketball Association of America (BAA). This draft also featured the lack of a proper "green room" due to pande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justinian Jessup
Justinian Jessup (born May 23, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Boise State Broncos and was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the 51st overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft. Early life Jessup lived in Boise during fourth and fifth grades and played club basketball under former Bronco basketball player Roberto Bergersen. He spent long hours in the gym as a small child improving his basketball game. Jessup lettered four years at Longmont High School. As a junior, he led the team in every major statistical category with averages of 17.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 3.2 steals per game while leading Longmont to the state title game. He was named the 2015 Colorado 4A Player of the Year, Northern League Athlete of the Year, and was selected to the all-state first team. In his senior season, he was ranked the No. 8 prospect in Colorad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jahmai Mashack
Jahmai Hasan Mashack (born November 10, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers and was selected by the Houston Rockets with the last pick in the second round (59th) of the 2025 NBA draft. Early life and high school career Mashack was born on November 10, 2002, in Riverside, California. His father, Elton, was a first-team All-West Coast Conference (WCC) performer in basketball for the Loyola Marymount Lions, while his mother, Meika, competed in track and field for the UNLV Rebels. At age four, he battled Guillain–Barré syndrome, which he recovered from but required years of physical therapy. He attended Etiwanda High School in Rancho Cucamonga and was a top basketball player there, excelling on defense. He helped Etiwanda to the CIF Southern California Regional final as a junior and as a senior helped them to the title while being named th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 Houston Cougars Men's Basketball Team
The 2024–25 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars were led by 11th-year head coach Kelvin Sampson. The team played their home games at the Fertitta Center as second-year members of the Big 12 Conference. With a win over Cincinnati on March 1, 2025, the Cougars clinched their second straight outright Big 12 regular season conference championship. Previous season The Cougars finished the 2023–24 season 28–3, 15–3 in Big 12 play to win the regular season championship in their first year in the conference. They defeated TCU and Texas Tech to advance to the Big 12 tournament championship game where they lost to Iowa State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in the South Regional. They defeated Longwood in the First Round and Texas A&M in overtime in the Second Round to advance to their fifth consecutive Sweet Sixteen. There t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
The 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. It determined the national champion for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and was contested by two No. 1 seeds: the 2024–25 Florida Gators men's basketball team, Florida Gators from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the 2024–25 Houston Cougars men's basketball team, Houston Cougars from the Big 12 Conference. The game was played on April 7, 2025, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. The Gators overcame a twelve point deficit late in the second half to defeat Houston, 65–63, and win their first national championship since 2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game, 2007. Florida, the SEC regular season runners-up, won the 2025 SEC men's basketball tournament, SEC tournament and were seeded first in the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament#West regional – San Francisco, Califor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 Texas A&M Aggies Men's Basketball Team
The 2024–25 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented Texas A&M University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Reed Arena located in College Station, Texas as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 11–7 in SEC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the second round of the SEC tournament to Texas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the South region. They defeated Yale in the first round before losing to Michigan in the second round. On April 1, 2025, head coach Buzz Williams left the team to become the head coach at Maryland. Previous season The Aggies finished the 2023–24 season 21–15, 9–9 in SEC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the SEC tournament, they defeated Ole Miss and Kentucky to advance to the semifinals, where they lost to F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
