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Ken Anderson (basketball)
Ken Anderson (born January 16, 1933) is an American former college basketball coach who spent 27 seasons at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. His winning percentage of .806 ranks third in college basketball history, behind only Mark Few and Adolph Rupp, and one spot ahead of John Wooden. Coaching career High school After graduating from UW–Eau Claire in 1955, Anderson began his coaching career at the high school level, with stops in Auburndale, Plymouth, Superior, and Wausau, compiling a 239–75 record with three state tournament appearances over 12 years among the schools. Fort Lewis Anderson's tenure in Superior was interrupted by the Berlin Crisis of 1961. While stationed at Fort Lewis as a U.S. Army Reserve Special Services Officer, he posted a 41–5 record as the coach of the Fort Lewis Rangers, whose roster included Green Bay Packers players Ray Nitschke and Boyd Dowler. UW–Eau Claire Anderson was hired in 1968 by Eau Claire to succeed W.L. Zorn, who had re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NAIA Men's Basketball Championships
The NAIA men's basketball national championship has been held annually by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics since 1937 to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its members in the United States and Canada. The tournament was established by James Naismith to crown a national champion for smaller colleges and universities and has been held every year since, with the exceptions of 1944 (due to World War II) and 2020 (due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Since 2022, the tournament has featured 64 teams, with teams beginning play at one of sixteen regional sites with the winners of those regionals playing at the final venue. From 1992 to 2020, the NAIA sponsored two championships, one for its Division I members and another for those in its Division II. The Division I tournament was played in Kansas City, Missouri while the Division II tournament moved locations several times (it finished, in 2020, at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1971 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 34th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The championship game featured Kentucky State University for the second time. It was the fourth time since seeding began in 1957 that the number one team won the tournament. Awards and honors *Leading scorer: *Leading rebounder: *Player of the Year: est. 1994 1971 NAIA bracket * * denotes overtime. Third-place game The third-place game featured the losing national semifinalist teams to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988. See also * 1971 NCAA University Division basketball tournament * 1971 NCAA College Division basketball tournament References {{NAIA men's basketball tournament NAIA men's basketball championship Tournament A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1970 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 33rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. Kentucky State would win the first of three straight National Championship titles, becoming the second team to win three in a row, and the third team to win three titles. The 3rd-place game would go into overtime for the second time in tournament history. The 6th seeded Eastern New Mexico State Greyhounds beat the 8th seeded Guilford Quakers 77-72 in one overtime. Awards and honors *Leading scorer: ''Travis Grant'', Kentucky State; 5 games, 57 field goals, 23 free throws, 137 total points (27.4 average points per game) *Leading rebounder: ''Elmore Smith'', Kentucky State & '' Greg Hyder'', Eastern New Mexico; 5 games, 65 rebounds, (13 average rebounds per game) *Player of the Year: est. 1994 *Most field goals made; career; ''223''; Travis Grant, Kentucky State, (1970, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
The University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire (UW–Eau Claire, UWEC or simply Eau Claire) is a public university in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System and offers Bachelor's degree, bachelor's and Master's degree, master's degrees. As of 2024, the university had an enrollment of approximately 9,500 students. The campus consists of 28 major buildings spanning . An additional of forested land is used for environmental research. UWEC is situated on the Chippewa River (Wisconsin), Chippewa River. The university is affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's Division III and the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC). The student body's mascot is Blu the Blugold. History Founded in 1916 as the Eau Claire State Normal School, the university originally offered one-, two- and three-year teachers' courses and a principals' course. At the school's founding ceremony Governor Emanuel L. Philipp said th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division III (NCAA)
NCAA Division III (D-III) is the lowest division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that do not offer athletic scholarships to student-athletes. The NCAA's first split was into two divisions, the University and College Divisions, in 1956. The College Division was formed for smaller schools that did not have the resources of the major athletic programs across the country. The College Division split again in 1973 when the NCAA went to its current naming convention: Division I, Division II, and Division III. D-I and D-II schools are allowed to offer athletic scholarships, while D-III schools are not. D-III is the NCAA's largest division with around 450 member institutions, which are 80% private and 20% public. The median undergraduate enrollment of D-III schools is about 2,750, although the range is from 418 to over 38,000. Approximately 40% of all NCAA student-athletes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elroy Hirsch
Elroy Leon "Crazylegs" Hirsch (June 17, 1923 – January 28, 2004) was an American professional American football, football player, sport executive and actor. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974. He was also named to the all-time All-Pro team selected in 1968 and to the National Football League (NFL) National Football League 1950s All-Decade Team, 1950s All-Decade Team. A native of Wausau, Wisconsin, Hirsch played college football as a Halfback (American football), halfback at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Wisconsin and the University of Michigan, helping to lead both the 1942 Wisconsin Badgers football team, 1942 Badgers and the 1943 Michigan Wolverines football team, 1943 Wolverines to No. 3 rankings in the final AP Polls. He received the nickname "Crazylegs" (sometimes "Crazy Legs") for his unusual running style. Hirsch served in the United States Marine Corps from 1944 to 1946 and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball
The Wisconsin Badgers are an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference. The Wisconsin Badgers, Badgers' home games are played at the Kohl Center, located on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus in Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin has 1,732 wins through the end of the 2024–25 season which is List of teams with the most victories in NCAA Division I men's college basketball, top 50 all-time among Division I college basketball programs. Wisconsin has appeared in the NCAA tournament 28 times. The Wisconsin Badgers currently have 50 players in their 1,000-point club as well. History Early years (1898–1911) Wisconsin Badger basketball began in December, 1898 with the formation of its first team coached by Dr. James C. Elsom. The Badgers played their first game on January 21, 1899, losing to the Milwaukee Normal Alumni 25–15 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin] In 1905, Christian Steinmetz became the first Wisconsin Badger basketball player to be named A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball At The 1979 Summer Universiade
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] |
Travis Grant
Travis Grant (born January 1, 1950) is an American former basketball small forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Los Angeles Lakers. He also was a member of the San Diego Conquistadors, Kentucky Colonels, and Indiana Pacers in the American Basketball Association (ABA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky State Thorobreds. Early years Growing up in rural Alabama under Jim Crow laws, he practiced his basketball shot using a tennis ball and a cutout five-gallon bucket as a makeshift rim. He attended Barbour County High School in Clayton, Alabama. As a senior, he was offered an opportunity to transfer to a white school, but he instead opted to stay put. College career Grant accepted a basketball scholarship from NAIA Kentucky State University, because of his relationship with head coach Lucias Mitchell, turning down other offers. As a freshman, he spent the first half of the season opener against Campbell College on the bench, entering the game in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Schade
Frank Schade (born January 22, 1950) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. As a high school junior, Schade played on the Wausau High School Lumberjacks team which finished as runners-up in the 1967 WIAA Boys Basketball Championship. While recruited to play for coach Don Haskins at Texas Western (now the University of Texas at El Paso), he elected to stay in Wisconsin to attend the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire where he scored 1599 points from 1969 to 1972. In his final year at Eau Claire, the Blugolds finished as NAIA national runners-up to Kentucky State University. Schade was selected in the 1972 NBA draft by the Kansas City–Omaha Kings, and played nine games with the team in the 1972–73 NBA season. In 2012, Schade earned his 500th victory as a coach at Oshkosh North High School Oshkosh North High School is a public secondary/high school located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Part of the Oshkosh Area School District, the school serves st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
