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Indiana Collegiate Conference
The Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) was a men's college athletic conference in the United States, in existence from 1950 to 1978. It consisted solely of schools in Indiana. The charter members of the conference were Indiana State University, Butler University, Valparaiso University Valparaiso University (Valpo) is a private university in Valparaiso, Indiana, United States. It is an independent Lutheran university with five colleges. It enrolls nearly 2,300 students and has a campus. The university is known for its Luthe ..., the University of Evansville, Ball State University, and Saint Joseph's College (Indiana), joined in 1953 by DePauw University. History The ICC was an offshoot of the older, larger Indiana Intercollegiate Conference (IIC), which dated from 1922 but began to fall apart in the aftermath of World War II. Preliminary discussions leading to its creation began after eight smaller IIC members broke away to form the Hoosier College Conference (HCC) in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiana Intercollegiate Conference
The Indiana Intercollegiate Conference (IIC) was an American college athletic conference formed in 1922 to govern intercollegiate competition in male sports in the state of Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s .... The IIC was the third state-based collegiate athletic conference attempted in Indiana, after the Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association (IIAA) and the Indiana College Athletic League (ICAL), but had many more members than its predecessors. The size and diversity of the IIC made it a loosely-constructed organization and doomed it to fail in the long run. Most of its members ended up joining the Hoosier College Conference (established 1947) or the Indiana Collegiate Conference (established 1950). Founding The official founding of the Indiana I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region (North America), Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Its members compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. For College football, football, the conference participates in the NCAA's NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members located in Illinois, Indiana, and New York (state), New York. The MAC is headquartered in the Public Square, Cleveland, Public Square district in downtown Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, and has two members in the nearby Akron, Ohio, metropolitan statistical area, Akron area. The conference ranks highest among all ten NCAA Division I FBS conferences for graduation rates. History The five charter members of the Mid-American Conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aluminum Bowl
The Aluminum Bowl was a one-time postseason college football bowl game held in 1956 as the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) championship game. It featured the Montana State University-Bozeman and St. Joseph's College. Montana State had finished the season with a perfect 8–0 record, including the first " Brawl of the Wild" victory in Missoula over Montana since 1902. '''', retrieved February 10, 2009. The game took place at 2 p.m. EST on December 22, 1956, at |
Cigar Bowl
The Cigar Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game held in Tampa, Florida that featured teams from smaller college programs. There were nine editions of the bowl, which was usually played on or around New Year's Day each season from 1946 college football season, 1946 through 1954 college football season, 1954. It was played at Phillips Field (Florida), Phillips Field, which was located across the Hillsborough River (Florida), Hillsborough River from downtown Tampa at the current site of Tampa Preparatory School and Julian Lane Riverfront Park. Its name was inspired by the History of Tampa#Cigar industry, local cigar industry, which had been the main driver of Tampa's growth from an isolated village to a prosperous city around the turn of the 20th century. The Cigar Bowl marked the first bowl appearances for the Florida State Seminoles football, Florida State Seminoles (following the 1949 college football season, 1949 season) and the Tampa Spartans football, Tampa Spartans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cy Proffitt
Searle Truman "Cy" Proffitt (October 26, 1911 – February 13, 1996) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Indianapolis Kautskys in the National Basketball League (United States), National Basketball League and averaged 4.3 points per game. References 1911 births 1996 deaths American men's basketball players Basketball players from Indiana Butler Bulldogs men's basketball players Forwards (basketball) Indianapolis Kautskys players People from Lebanon, Indiana Sportspeople from Boone County, Indiana Basketball player-coaches 20th-century American sportsmen {{1910s-US-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin College (Indiana)
Franklin College is a private liberal arts college in Franklin, Indiana. It was founded in 1834 and has a wooded campus spanning including athletic fields and a biology woodland. The college offers its approximately 1,000 students Bachelor of Arts degrees in 49 majors from 25 academic disciplines, 43 minors, 11 pre-professional programs, and 5 cooperative programs. The college also offers a Master of Science in Athletic Training and a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies. In 1842, the college began admitting women, becoming the first coeducational institution in Indiana and the seventh in the nation. Franklin College has historically maintained an affiliation with the American Baptist Churches USA. History Franklin College was originally founded in 1834 as the Indiana Baptist Manual-Labor Institute, a manual labor college. Ten years later, the Indiana General Assembly changed the school's name to Franklin College. Campus Located in Franklin, the college's cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LeRoy Heminger
LeRoy Frederich Heminger (1914 – March 27, 1977) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Shurtleff College in Alton, Illinois from 1946 to 1948 and Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana from 1949 to 1952. Heminger was the athletic director at Paoli High School in Paoli, Indiana Paoli ( ) is a town within Paoli Township and the county seat of Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 3,677 at the 2010 census. History Paoli was laid out and platted in 1816. It was named for Pasquale Paoli Ash, the ... from 1938 until 1941, when he was hired by Shurtleff College. He also coached basketball and track at Shurtleff before he was hired in 1949 by Franklin College to coach football, baseball, and golf. Heminger was a graduate of Peru High School and Franklin College. He died on March 27, 1977, at Johnson Country Memorial Hospital in Franklin. Hemminger served in the United States Navy and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is an annual men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since 2023, all rounds of the tournament are played at various sites across the country which are selected annually. From its founding in 1938 to 2022, the semifinals and finals were always played at Madison Square Garden (MSG) in New York City. Predating the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament by one year, the NIT was considered the most prestigious post-season showcase for college basketball before its status was superseded in the mid-1950s by the NCAA tournament. A second, much more recent "NIT" tournament is played in November and known as the NIT Season Tip-Off. Formerly the "Preseason NIT" (and still sometimes referred to as such colloquially), it was founded in 1985. Unlike the postseason NIT, its final rounds are played at Madison Square Garden. Both tournaments were operated by the Metropolitan Intercollegiate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA University Division
The NCAA University Division was a historic subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) consisting of member schools competing at the highest level of college sports. The University Division was first established as a basis for determining eligibility to participate in the 1957 NCAA University Division basketball tournament. It was replaced in 1973 with the creation of NCAA Division I. Origin The University Division began for purposes of college basketball. In August 1956, NCAA executive director Walter Byers announced that, starting in 1957, the NCAA would hold separate basketball tournaments for major schools and smaller colleges. Approximately 156 major schools competing in the "University Division" would compete for 24 spots in the University Division tournament, while 285 smaller schools in the " College Division" would compete for 32 spots in a separate tournament. From its inception, the University Division included all member schools in NCAA-allied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. It also organizes the Athletics (physical culture), athletic programs of colleges and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. The headquarters is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Until the 1956–57 academic year, the NCAA was a single division for all schools. That year, the NCAA split into the NCAA University Division, University Division and the NCAA College Division, College Division. In August 1973, the current three-division system of NCAA Division I, Division I, NCAA Division II, Division II, and NCAA Division III, Division III was adopted by the NCAA membership in a special convention. Under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer athletic scholarships to students. Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the athletic teams that represent the University of Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish participate in 26 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I intercollegiate sports and in the NCAA's Division I in all sports, with many teams competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Notre Dame is one of only 16 universities in the United States that play Division I FBS football and Division I men's ice hockey. The school colors are gold and blue and the mascot is the Leprechaun. It was founded on November 23, 1887, with football in Notre Dame, Indiana. History of the Fighting Irish Moniker The exact origin of the moniker "Fighting Irish" is unknown and has been the subject of debates and research. It was first attested to as early as 1909, and became more popular in the 1910s, becoming the official nickname in 1927. Prior to that, the athletes and teams at Notre Dame were known by many different unofficial names. During the Knute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
