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1989 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1989 SWAC men's basketball tournament was held March 9–11, 1989, at F. G. Clark Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Southern Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express, M ... defeated , 86–81 in the championship game, to gain an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament. The Jaguars received the #15 seed in the Southeast region. Bracket and results References {{1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox 1988–89 Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball season SWAC men's basketball tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana's most populous parish—the equivalent of counties in other U.S. states. Since 2020, it has been the 99th-most-populous city in the United States and the second-largest city in Louisiana, after New Orleans; Baton Rouge is the 18th-most-populous state capital. According to the 2020 United States census, the city-proper had a population of 227,470; its consolidated population was 456,781 in 2020. The city is the center of the Greater Baton Rouge area—Louisiana's second-largest metropolitan area—with a population of 870,569 as of 2020, up from 802,484 in 2010. The Baton Rouge area owes its historical importance to its strategic site upon the Istrouma Bluff, the first natural bluff upriver from the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. This allowed development of a busin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988–89 Southern Jaguars Basketball Team
The 1988–89 Southern Jaguars basketball team represented Southern University during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars, led by head coach Ben Jobe, played their home games at the F. G. Clark Center and were members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 10–4 in SWAC play to finish in a tie for first place. They were champions of the SWAC tournament to earn an automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA tournament where they lost in the opening round to North Carolina. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style=, Regular season , - !colspan=9 style=, , - !colspan=9 style=, References {{DEFAULTSORT:1988-89 Southern Jaguars basketball team Southern Jaguars basketball seasons Southern Southern South South South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Jobe
Ben W. Jobe (March 2, 1933 – March 10, 2017) was an American basketball coach. He was best known as the head coach of the Southern University Jaguars – a position he held for 12 years. He has also been head coach of the men's college basketball teams at Tuskegee University, Talladega College, Alabama State University, South Carolina State University, University of Denver and Alabama A&M University. Jobe has also served as assistant coach at the University of South Carolina, Georgia Tech, and briefly served as an assistant with the NBA's Denver Nuggets. Early career Ben Jobe was raised in Nashville, Tennessee. He attended Pearl High School in Nashville where he was a successful basketball player. In 1950, Jobe earned all-district and all-state honors and was then named to the 1951 all-national high school team. Jobe then enrolled at Fisk University, earning All- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors during his junior and senior seasons. He earned a bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1989 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 16, 1989, and ended with the championship game on April 3 in Seattle. A total of 63 games were played. Michigan, coached by Steve Fisher, won the national title with an 80–79 overtime victory in the final game over Seton Hall, coached by P. J. Carlesimo. Glen Rice of Michigan set an NCAA tournament record by scoring 184 points in six games and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Just prior to the start of this tournament, Michigan coach Bill Frieder had announced that he would accept the head coaching position at Arizona State University at the end of the season. Michigan athletic director Bo Schembechler promptly fired Frieder and appointed top assistant Fisher as interim coach, stating famously, that "a Michigan man is going to coach a Michigan team." Tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
