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Ricky Council IV
Ricky Nickardo Council IV (born August 3, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wichita State Shockers men's basketball, Wichita State Shockers and the Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball, Arkansas Razorbacks. Early life Council grew up in Durham, North Carolina and attended Southern School of Energy and Sustainability. He was named third-team All-State as a senior after averaging 23 points, 9.5 rebounds, and five assists per game. Council was rated a three-star college recruiting, recruit and committed to playing college basketball for Wichita State Shockers men's basketball, Wichita State over offers from Rice Owls men's basketball, Rice, Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball, Appalachian State, Elon Phoenix men's basketball, Elon, Hofstra Pride men's basketball, Hofstra, UMBC Retrievers men's basketball, UMBC, Georgia Southern Eagles men's baske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkansas Razorbacks Men's Basketball
The Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team, colloquially known as the Hogs, represents the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The team competes in the Southeastern Conference and is coached by John Calipari. Arkansas plays its home games in Bud Walton Arena on the University of Arkansas campus. The Razorbacks are a top-twenty-five program all-time by winning percentage (.641), top-twenty program by NCAA tournament games played, top-twenty program by NCAA Tournament games won, top-fifteen program by Final Four appearances, and despite playing significantly fewer seasons than most programs in major conferences, top-thirty by all-time wins. Under the coaching leadership of Nolan Richardson, the Hogs won the national championship in 1994, defeating Duke, and appeared in the championship game the following year, finishing as runner-up to UCLA. The Razorbacks have made six NCAA Final Four appearances ( 1941, 1945, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Recruiting
In college athletics in the United States, recruiting is the process in which college coaches add prospective student athletes to their roster each off-season. This process typically culminates in a Coach (sport), coach extending an athletic scholarship offer to a player who is about to be a junior (education year), junior in high school or higher. There are instances, mostly at List of NCAA conferences, lower division universities, where no athletic scholarship can be awarded and where the player pays for Tuition payments, tuition, housing, and textbook costs out of pocket or from Student financial aid in the United States, financial aid. During this recruiting process, schools must comply with rules that define who may be involved in the recruiting process, when recruiting may occur and the conditions under which recruiting may be conducted. Recruiting rules seek, as much as possible, to control intrusions into the lives of prospective student-athletes. The NCAA defines recruitin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball
The Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball program is the college basketball, intercollegiate men's basketball program of the University of Kansas. The program is classified in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference. Kansas is renowned for having one of the most prestigious and historic intercollegiate basketball programs in North America. In the United States, Kansas has six overall national championships (4 NCAA Tournament National Championships and 2 Helms National Championships), as well as being runner-up six times and having the most conference titles in the nation. The Jayhawks own the NCAA record for most consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances with 28 consecutive appearances. Since the 1984 tournament, the Jayhawks have only missed the tournament twice due to disciplinary action from the NCAA; they were ruled ineligible for the 1989 tournament and 2018 being vacated. They have not missed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 NBA Draft
The 2022 NBA draft (branded as the 2022 NBA Draft presented by State Farm for sponsorship reasons), the 76th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual NBA draft, draft, was held on June 23, 2022, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The 2022 edition marked a return to the draft's normal June date after postponements were made in 2020 NBA draft, 2020 and 2021 NBA draft, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 pandemic. This draft was the first of at least three straight NBA drafts that consisted of only 58 picks instead of the typical 60 due to the loss of a second-round pick for both the Milwaukee Bucks and the Miami Heat for violating the NBA's Tapping up, tampering rules during free agency. The first pick was made by the Orlando Magic, who selected Paolo Banchero from 2021–22 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, Duke. Banchero went on to win NBA Rookie of the Year Award, Rookie of the Year. Draft picks Notable und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KNWA-TV
KNWA-TV (channel 51) is a television station licensed to Rogers, Arkansas, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas River Valley. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Fort Smith–licensed Fox affiliate KFTA-TV (channel 24) and Eureka Springs–licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate KXNW (channel 34). The stations share studios on Dickson Street in downtown Fayetteville, with a satellite studio in Rogers. KNWA-TV's transmitter is located southeast of Garfield, Arkansas. KFTA-TV broadcasts KNWA-TV's NBC programming from its transmitter in unincorporated northeastern Crawford County (south of Artist Point) as one of its subchannels and ''vice versa''. History The station began on October 1, 1989, as KFAA, a satellite of KPOM-TV in Fort Smith.AP: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wichita Eagle
''The Wichita Eagle'' is a daily newspaper published in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Originating in the early 1870s, shortly after the city's founding, it is owned by The McClatchy Company and is the largest newspaper in Wichita and the surrounding area. In September, 1960, ''The Wichita Eagle'' purchased the assets of its longtime chief rival, the ''Wichita Beacon,'' it became ''The Wichita Eagle and Beacon'' or ''The Wichita Eagle-Beacon'', until the Beacon moniker was dropped in 1989. History Origins In 1870, ''The Vidette'' was the first newspaper established in Wichita by Fred A. Sowers and W. B. Hutchinson. It operated briefly. On April 12, 1872, ''The Wichita Eagle'' was founded and edited by Marshall M. Murdock, and it became a daily paper in May 1884. His son, Victor Murdock, was a reporter for the paper during his teens, the managing editor from 1894 to 1903, an editor from the mid-1920s until his death in 1945. In October 1872, ''The Wichita Daily Beacon'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Men's Basketball
The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Sun Belt Conference. Tony Dunkin, a former Chanticleer, is the only men's basketball player in NCAA Division I history to be named the conference player of the year all four seasons he played. Coastal Carolina has appeared four times in the NCAA Tournament, most recently in 2015. Postseason history Coastal Carolina has competed in the NCAA tournament four times and have a record of 0–4. In 1991, the Chanticleers were a 15-seed and lost 79–69 to Indiana. In 1993, the team was a 16-seed and lost 84–53 to Michigan; Michigan later vacated the victory. The Chanticleers next appeared in 2014, as a 16-seed, losing to first-seed Virginia, 70–59. In 2015, after beating Winthrop 81–70 for the Big South championship, the team made their second consecutive NCAA Tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Madison Dukes Men's Basketball
The James Madison Dukes men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The school, a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, joined the Sun Belt Conference on July 1, 2022, after having been a member of the Colonial Athletic Association since that league's establishment in 1979. The Dukes are led by head coach Preston Spradlin. The Dukes play their home games at the on-campus Atlantic Union Bank Center which seats 8,500 fans and opened in November 2020. The Dukes have appeared six times in the NCAA tournament, most recently in 2024. History The James Madison Dukes men's basketball team was founded in 1945, but was not a fully developed program until the late 1960s as James Madison University became a fully coeducational institution. The 1969–1970 season was the first as a varsity intercollegiate program. The Dukes were led by Cleve Branscum during the team's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siena Saints Men's Basketball
The Siena Saints men's basketball team (formerly the Siena Indians) represents Siena College in Loudonville, New York, Loudonville, New York (state), New York, United States. The NCAA Division I program competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and the annual Franciscan Cup. The Saints are currently coached by Gerry McNamara. He replaced Carmen Maciariello who was fired on March 20, 2024 after 5 seasons. Siena plays its home games at the 14,500 all-seater Times Union Center, MVP Arena in downtown Albany, New York, Albany. Prior to joining a conference, Siena had success in the 1950s, winning the National Catholic Invitational Tournament in 1950 and finishing the 1950–51 season ranked 18th in the AP poll. Since 1988, the team has appeared in six NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA tournaments (1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 1989, 1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 1999, 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 2002, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Southern Eagles Men's Basketball
The Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Sun Belt Conference and is coached by Charlie Henry. The Eagles have appeared three times in the NCAA tournament, most recently in 1992. Postseason results NCAA Division I The Eagles have appeared in three NCAA tournaments. Their combined record is 0–3. NCAA Division II Georgia Southern appeared in one Division II tournament. Their record was 1–1. NIT The Eagles have appeared in three National Invitation Tournaments (NIT). Their combined record is 0–3. http://i.turner.ncaa.com/dr/ncaa/ncaa/release/sites/default/files/files/nit-postseasonparticipants.pdf CBI The Eagles have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational (CBI). Their record is 0–1. Eagles in the NBA 3 former Georgia Southern players have played at least one game in the NBA The National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UMBC Retrievers Men's Basketball
The UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team represents the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I competition as a member of the America East Conference. They play their home games at Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena in Catonsville, Maryland. Their current head coach is Jim Ferry. UMBC made its first Division I postseason appearance in the NCAA tournament in 2008, for which it qualified by winning the America East tournament. The Retrievers are best known for when they qualified for their second NCAA tournament appearance in 2018 by beating the Vermont Catamounts in the America East tournament final and became the first No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed in the NCAA men's tournament, beating No. 1-seeded Virginia 74–54. The win has been called the greatest upset in college basketball history. Postseason NCAA Division I Tournament results The Retrievers have appeared in the NCAA Division I tournament two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hofstra Pride Men's Basketball
The Hofstra Pride men's basketball team, known until 2000 as the Hofstra Flying Dutchmen, is the basketball team that represents Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, United States. Hofstra played its first game in 1936, and currently competes in the Coastal Athletic Association. Hofstra has appeared four times in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, most recently in 2001. Arenas The Hofstra Pride play their games at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. They have played many games at Madison Square Garden, winning the Holiday Festival in 1998, 1999, and 2006. Hofstra is 10–9 all-time at the Garden. Hofstra has also played various games at Barclays Center and the Nassau Coliseum throughout its history. Pride in the NBA 6 former Hofstra Pride players have played at least one game in the NBA. Pride in international leagues * Eli Pemberton - Israeli Basketball Premier League Team records Longest win streaks Source: Hofstra Record Book Nota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
