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Eloy Vargas
Eloy Antônio Camacho Vargas (born December 30, 1988) is a Dominican professional basketball player for Paisas Basketball of the Basketball Champions League Americas. He started his collegiate basketball career at Florida Gators men's basketball, Florida, and finished it at Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball, Kentucky, and represents the Dominican Republic national basketball team, Dominican national team in international competition. Professional career After graduating from the University of Kentucky in 2012, Vargas returned to the Dominican Republic to play for Cañeros de La Romana of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto. On August 24, 2012, Vargas signed a two-year deal with CB Clavijo of the Liga Española de Baloncesto, LEB Oro. He later left Clavijo in September 2012 before appearing in a game for them. He then signed with Alba Fehérvár of Hungary in October 2012 but did not end up joining the team. He went on to play for three Dominican teams in 2013: Cupes de los Pepines, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Center (basketball)
The center (C), or the centre, also known as the five, the big or the pivot, is one of the five Basketball position, positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is almost always the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well. In the National Basketball Association, NBA, the center is typically close to tall; centers in the Women's National Basketball Association, WNBA are typically above . Centers traditionally play close to the basket in the low post. The two tallest players in NBA history, Manute Bol and Gheorghe Mureșan, were both centers, each standing tall. Centers are valued for their ability to protect their own goal from high-percentage close attempts on defense, while scoring and rebounding with high efficiency on offense. In the 1950s and 1960s, George Mikan and Bill Russell were centerpieces of championship dynasties and defined early prototypical centers. With the addition of a three-point field goal for the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulazac Basket Dordogne
Boulazac Basket Dordogne, also known as BBD or simply Boulazac, is a French professional basketball club, based in Boulazac. The team currently plays in the LNB Pro B, the second level of basketball in France. The club plays its games in its home arena Le Palio, which can host up to 5,200 spectators. History Originally playing in Périgueux Périgueux (, ; or ) is a commune in the Dordogne department, in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Périgueux is the prefecture of Dordogne, and the capital city of Périgord. It is also the seat of ... as ''US périgourdine'', the club moved to the city of Boulazac (suburb of Périgueux) in 1992 when a new sport hall was constructed. The club evolved in French Pro B from 2005 to 2012. The club finished 2nd in the 2011–12 LNB Pro B and was finalist in the play-offs, gaining the right to compete in top Pro A league for the 2012–13 season. Season by season Players Current roster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Republic National Basketball Team
The Dominican Republic national basketball team () represents the Dominican Republic in men's international basketball competitions. In 2011 and 2012, John Calipari, the head coach of the University of Arkansas men's basketball team, served as the head coach of the team. The team placed third in the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship and fourth in the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, one position shy of qualifying for the 2012 Olympics. Competitions FIBA World Cup FIBA AmeriCup Pan American Games Centrobasket Championship Results and fixtures 2023 Team Current roster Roster for 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Past coaches The following is a list from 2011 until present: Past squads ;1999 Americas Championship * Felipe López * Soterio Ramírez * Jaime Peterson * Rafael Novas * Franklin Western * Carlos Paniagua * Juan Carlos Martínez * Carlos Payano * Okaris Lenderborg * Ricardo Greer * Ricardo Vásquez * Derick Baker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's Basket (basketball), hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I men's College basketball, basketball national champion for the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, 2011-12 season. The 74th edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2012, and concluded with the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game, championship game on April 2, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana. The Final Four consisted of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball, Kentucky, making their second appearance in the Final Four under John Calipari, Louisville Cardinals men's basketball, Louisville, making their second appearance under Rick Pitino and first since 2005, Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball, Kansas, making their first appearance since winning the 2008 national championship under head coach Bill Self by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Champions
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament for men's college basketball teams in the United States. It determines the champion of Division I, the top level of play in the NCAA, and the media often describes the winner as the national champion of college basketball. The NCAA Tournament has been held annually since 1939, except for 2020, when it was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. Its field grew from eight teams in the beginning to sixty-five teams by 2001; as of 2011, sixty-eight teams take part in the tournament. Teams can gain invitations by winning a conference championship or receiving an at-large bid from a 10-person committee. The semifinals of the tournament are known as the Final Four and are held in a different city each year, along with the championship game; Indianapolis, the city where the NCAA is based, will host the Final Four every five years until 2040. Each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liga Nacional De Baloncesto
The Liga Nacional de Baloncesto (LNB) is the top men's professional basketball league in the Dominican Republic. Established in 2005, six teams compete annually between September and October. History The league was founded on September 6, 2004 at the Hotel Lina in Santo Domingo as the ''Liga Dominicana de Baloncesto'' (Dominican Basketball League), also known as LIDOBA; the founders were a group of investors and former basketball players, supported by the Dominican Basketball Federation. Before the creation of a national league, basketball was practiced at regional and local level. The teams that participated in the first edition in 2005 were: * Cañeros de La Romana * Cocolos de San Pedro de Macorís * Constituyentes de San Cristóbal * Indios de San Francisco de Macorís * Marineros de Puerto Plata *Metros de Santiago * Panteras del Distrito Nacional *Reales de La Vega The first game was played on July 1, 2005 at the Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto between Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paisas Basketball
Paisas Basketball is a Colombian professional basketball team based in Medellin, Antioquia Department Antioquia () is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part o .... Founded in 2023, it plays in the Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano. The team plays its home games at the Coliseo Iván de Bedout, which has capacity for 6,000 people. The team was the first top level team in Antioquia in four years, after some teams had left the Colombian League. The first head coach was Bernardo González, and the club also started a youth academy, including an under-14 team. The following year, in November 2024, Paisas was announced as one of the twelve teams in the 2024–25 BCL Americas season, the top-level continental league. References {{Colombia-sport-stub Basketball teams in Colombia Basketbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peñarol (basketball)
Club Atlético Peñarol Basketball, commonly known as simply Peñarol, is the senior men's basketball section of the Uruguayan sports club Peñarol, based in Montevideo. The team played in the Uruguayan Primera División, which was organized by the Uruguayan Basketball Federation, until the club was expelled in 1997. After returning to official competitions in 2018, Peñarol currently plays in the LUB, the top division of Uruguayan basketball. Recently, Peñarol has also played in the Basketball Champions League Americas, the highest continental level. Over the club's history, they have won six Uruguayan Championships, as well as the South American Championship of Champions Clubs in 1983. History Peñarol's basketball section dates back to the late 1920s. When Club Piratas was formed; in 1931, it became Peñarol. The club's first league game, which was in the fourth division of Uruguayan basketball, was played in 1940. By 1943, the team was playing in the Uruguayan top-tier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titanes De Barranquilla
Titanes de Barranquilla (in English: Titans of Barranquilla) is a Colombian professional basketball team based in Barranquilla. The team plays in the Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano, where it has won the championship a league-record nine times since the establishment of the team in 2018. History During the 1990s, there was a professional team in the city of Barranquilla, named the Caimanes de Barranquilla. They played in the Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano and won three Colombian national championships (in 1995, 1997 and 1998). In 2003, the team was dissolved which marked the beginning of a 15-year drought of professional basketball in Barranquilla. In June 2018, the Titanes de Barranquilla were founded by a group of businessmen in cooperation with the city's Mayor's Office. The team had its debut in October 2018 against the Warrios de San Andrés at the Arena Deportiva Elías Chegwin in Barranquilla, led by Tomás Díaz, coach of the national team and multiple champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Atlético Aguada
Club Atlético Aguada, commonly known as simply Aguada, is an Uruguyan basketball team based in Montevideo. The club was established in February 1922. Aguada plays in the Liga Uruguaya de Basketball (LUB) and has won the championship three times. Honours Liga Uruguaya de Basketball Liga (Spanish and Portuguese: ''League'') or LIGA may refer to: Sports Basketball * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, women's professional basketball league in Spain Football Latin Amer ... * Champions (4): 2012–13, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2023-24 Players Current roster Depth chart Individual awards ; Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol MVP * Leandro García Morales – 2013 * Andrew Freeley - 2019 * Dwayne Davis – 2020 References External links Official website {{Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol Basketball teams in Uruguay Sport in Montevideo Basketball teams established in 1922 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Atlético Boca Juniors (baloncesto)
Boca Juniors basketball section is part of the Boca Juniors sports club based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The team plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the first division of the Argentine league system. Boca's home games are played at the Estadio Luis Conde, also called the ''Bombonerita'' (in English: "Small Bombonera"), as a reference to the club's football stadium known as the ''La Bombonera''. At the local level, the Club has four championships of the LNB (1996–97, 2003–04, 2006–07 and 2023–24), and eight national cups, in which they stand out five editions of Copa Argentina consecutively (top winner of the contest: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006), one Torneo Top 4 in 2004, one Supercopa in 2024 and one Copa Súper 20 in 2025. It also has 22 titles in the amateur era, the most notable being the 1963 Argentine Club Championship (the highest category of Argentine basketball in the amateur era). At the international level he achieved 3 titles, all of them i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
