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Roneeka Hodges
Roneeka Hodges (born July 19, 1982) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the LSU Tigers and Florida State Seminoles. She was selected fifteenth overall by the Houston Comets in the 2005 WNBA draft and played in the WNBA for eleven seasons with the Comets, Minnesota Lynx, San Antonio Silver Stars, Indiana Fever, Tulsa Shock, and Atlanta Dream. Hodges also had an extensive playing career overseas, playing in many different countries until 2019. Hodges started her coaching career in 2019 as a special advisor at LSU. She then worked as an assistant coach in the college ranks for the Old Dominion Monarchs and Colgate Raiders, before becoming an assistant coach in the WNBA with the New York Liberty and Connecticut Sun. Personal life Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, she is the twin sister of former WNBA player Doneeka H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. The league comprises 13 teams (scheduled to expand to 15 in 2026). The WNBA is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. The WNBA was founded on April 24, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association (NBA); league play began in 1997. The regular season runs from May to September, with each team playing 44 games. The top eight teams (regardless of conference) qualify for the playoffs, culminating in the WNBA Finals, which is played in October. The WNBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game occurs midway through the season in July. The league hosts an annual mid-season competition, the WNBA Commissioner's Cup, Commissioner's Cup. The WNBA is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) as the Sport governing body, governing body for basketball in the United States. History League foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulsa Shock
The Tulsa Shock were a professional basketball team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Detroit, Michigan before the 1998 WNBA season began; the team moved to Tulsa before the 2010 season. The team was owned by Tulsa Pro Hoops LLC, which is led by Bill Cameron and David Box. On July 20, 2015, Cameron announced that the franchise would move to Arlington, Texas for the 2016 WNBA season, rebranding as the Dallas Wings. The Shock qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in their final year in Tulsa in 2015. The franchise has been home to players such as shooting guard Deanna Nolan, women's professional basketball all-time leading scorer Katie Smith, NBA Hall of Fame forward Karl Malone's daughter Cheryl Ford, and Australian center Liz Cambage. In 2003, 2006, 2007, and 2008 (as Detroit in the Eastern Conference), the Shock went to the WNBA Finals; they won in 2003, 2006 and 2008, bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan American Games
The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of the Americas, every four years, the year before Summer Olympic Games, Summer Olympics. It is the second-oldest continental games in the world. The only 1990 Winter Pan American Games, Winter Pan American Games were held in 1990. In 2021 Junior Pan American Games, 2021, the Junior Pan American Games was held for the first time specifically for young athletes. The Pan American Sports Organization is the governing body of the Pan American Games movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter. The most recent event was the 2023 Pan American Games, XIX Pan American Games, held in Santiago from 20 October to 5 November 2023. The 2027 Pan American Games, XX Pan American Games will be held in 2027. Since the 2007 Pan America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 WNBA Finals
The 2024 WNBA Finals, officially the WNBA Finals 2024 presented by YouTube TV for sponsorship reasons, was the best-of-five championship series for the 2024 season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The finals featured the first-seeded New York Liberty, who advanced to their second straight finals, and the second-seeded Minnesota Lynx. The Liberty defeated the Lynx in five games, winning their first WNBA Championship in franchise history. This was the last WNBA finals to use the best-of-five format as it will expand to a best-of-seven format in 2025. Road to the Finals Standings Playoffs In November 2021, the WNBA Board of Governors formalized a new playoff system that would structure the 2022 playoffs onward. The new playoff format scraps the single-elimination games of the first two rounds in favor of a best-of-3 quarterfinal round. As a result, all eight playoff teams, seeded according to overall regular season record regardless of conference (1 vs. 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of WNBA Champions
The WNBA Finals is the championship series of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the conclusion of the league's WNBA Playoffs, postseason each fall. The series was named the WNBA Championship until 2002. The series is played between the winners of the playoff semifinals. At the conclusion of the championship round, the winner of the WNBA Finals is presented the championship trophy. The WNBA Finals has been played at the conclusion of every WNBA season in history, the first being held in 1997 WNBA Championship, 1997. Since 2005, the winner of the WNBA Finals has been determined through a 2–2–1 format. The first, second, and fifth games of the series are played at the arena of the team who earned home court advantage by having the better record during the regular season. Beginning in 2025, the Finals will switch to a best-of-seven series with a 2–2–1–1–1 format similar to that of the NBA Finals. History The WNBA's playoff format has changed seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the ACC's eighteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s NCAA Division I, Division I. ACC College football, football teams compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The ACC sponsors competition in twenty-eight sports with many of its member institutions held in high regard nationally. Current members of the conference are: Boston College, University of California, Berkeley, California, Clemson University, Clemson, Duke University, Duke, Florida State University, Florida State, Georgia Tech, University of Louisville, Louisville, University of Miami, Miami, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, North Carolina State University, NC State, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Southern Methodist Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun are an American professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut. The Sun compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference. The team is currently the only major league List of professional sports teams in Connecticut, professional sports team based in Connecticut. The team was established as the Orlando Miracle in 1999 WNBA season, 1999, during the league's Expansion team, expansion from ten to twelve teams, as a sister team to the National Basketball Association, NBA's Orlando Magic. In 2003, as financial strains left the team on the brink of disbanding, the Mohegan Tribe, Mohegan Indian tribe purchased and relocated the team to Mohegan Sun, becoming the first Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe to own a professional sports franchise. The team's name comes from its affiliation with Mohegan Sun and its logo is reflective of a modern interpretatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Liberty
The New York Liberty are an American professional basketball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Liberty compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference. The team was founded in 1997 and is one of the eight original franchises of the league. The team is owned by Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai, the majority owners of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets. The team plays its home games at Barclays Center. The Liberty have qualified for the WNBA playoffs in nineteen of its twenty-eight years. The franchise has been home to many well-known players such as Teresa Weatherspoon, Rebecca Lobo, Becky Hammon, Leilani Mitchell, Essence Carson, Cappie Pondexter, Tina Charles (basketball), Tina Charles, the team's first-ever No.1 overall draft pick Sabrina Ionescu, Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones, and Courtney Vandersloot. The Liberty have three conference championships, and one WNBA cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colgate Raiders Women's Basketball
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Colgate may refer to: Places *Colgate, North Dakota, US *Colgate, Wisconsin, US * Colgate, West Sussex, England, UK *Colgate, Saskatchewan, Canada Other * Colgate (name) *Colgate (toothpaste), a product of Colgate-Palmolive *Colgate-Palmolive, a corporation *''The Colgate Comedy Hour'', an American musical variety television show sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive * Colgate Clock (Indiana), an octagonal clock in Clarksville, Indiana * Colgate Clock (Jersey City), an octagonal clock in Jersey City, New Jersey *Colgate University, a private liberal arts college in Madison County, New York * Colgate (pony), a character in My Little Pony See also * Coalgate (other) * Colgate Clock (other) *Colegate Colegate is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Colegate (1884–1956), British politician * Isabel Colegate (1931–2023), English writer and literary agent See also * St George's Church, Colegate, Norwich, England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Dominion Monarchs Women's Basketball
The Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball team (formerly the Lady Monarchs) represents Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. The team currently competes in the NCAA Division I as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The ODU Monarchs women's basketball team contributed to the initial rise in popularity of women's intercollegiate basketball in the United States in the 1970s. Women's college basketball was organized under the auspices of the AIAW in the early 1970s, at a time when competitive power was distributed among small colleges that had established a niche (such as Immaculata, Delta State, West Chester State, Wayland Baptist and Stephen F. Austin). ODU won two AIAW national championships in 1979 and 1980 in dominating fashion with star players, Nancy Lieberman and Anne Donovan. Led by Medina Dixon and Tracy Claxton, ODU won the NCAA Division I championship in their 1984–85 season, defeating the University of Georgia 70–65. Old Dominion, along with UCLA a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadium Casablanca
Stadium Casablanca (also known as Mann-Filter for sponsorship reasons), was a sports club based in Zaragoza. The women's basketball section played in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto until 2020 when the structure of the club was integrare into the Basket Zaragoza team. Season by season References Women's basketball teams in Spain Liga Femenina de Baloncesto teams 1948 establishments in Spain Basketball teams established in 1948 Sport in Zaragoza Basketball teams in Aragon {{spain-basketball-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diósgyőri VTK (basketball)
Diósgyőri VTK is a Hungarian women's basketball club playing in the Hungarian Championship. It was founded after World War II. In 1991, it separated from the Diósgyőri VTK football club and began to play as Diósgyőri KSK. It won the National Cup in 1993 and 1994 and it was a regular in the Ronchetti Cup through the 1990s. It has subsequently made four appearances in the Eurocup. In 2006, the club dissolved but was re-founded in 2011. In 2013, the club re-joined the DVTK. The club made history by reaching first time the Euroleague in 2022 and the next year they were very close to Final Four. And the most awaited moment has come in 2024 when DVTK won the Hungarian Championship first time in the club history. Titles * Hungarian Championship ** Champion (1): 2023/2024 ** Runner-up (6): 1991/1992, 1993/1994, 1995/1996, 2014/2015, 2018/2019, 2024/2025 ** Bronze medal (4): 1958/1959, 1992/1993, 1994/1995, 2004/2005 * Hungarian Cup ** Winner (5): 1992/1993, 1993/1994, 2015/201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
