College Basketball

Mike Stokes, Bill Thomas, Craig Esherick, Mike MacDermott, Jeff Bullis, David Blue, Terry Fenlon, Emmet Fitzgerald, David Dunn (transferred to Alabama), Brian Kelly, Vladimir Bosanac, Mike Sabol (transferred to American), and Brendan Gaughan were all Caucasian players under scholarship during John Thompson Sr.'s (JT) tenure at Georgetown. Actually during the 1970s, several Caucasian basketball players were quite prominent and even had starting roles when JT was coach. Mike Stokes was part of the first recruiting class (Class of 1976) under JT. He had significant playing time and showed a lot of promise during his freshman year, but I do not know what happened afterwards. Other Caucasian players including Thomas, Esherick, MacDermott, and Bullis also had significant playing time either as starters or important role players during the 70s. It was during the 1980s that JT apparently stopped using white basketball players. He did recruit a few though (including Danny Ferry and Rex Chapman) but they went elsewhere. That was when the perception was created that JT was allegedly a racist who refused to utilize white players. He didn't have a single Caucasian player on scholarship from 1984 until the end of the 80s. During the early 1990s, JT had several Caucasian players on the roster, but most were benchwarmers and only Brian Kelly had a significant role. Afterwards, JT again stopped using Caucasian players and through most of the 1990s, there was not a single Caucasian player on Georgetown's basketball team (not even as a walk-on or benchwarmer). Source: http://www.hoyabasketball.com/rosters/bb-recruits.htm

In 1963, Loyola set the NCAA tournament record for largest margin of victory (69 points) with a 111-42 victory over Tennessee Tech in the first round.

The institution was founded in 1881, when most of hte staff of Oskaloosa College left that college to establish what would become Drake University, founded by Francis Marion Drake. From its foundign in 1881, Drake University maintained affiliation with the Christian Church although no religious affiliation is officially recognized today.

Yes, the Miami Hurricanes briefly dropped their men's basketball program from 1971 to 1985 due to financial struggles and lack of success. They reinstated the program in 1985 and have since become a competitive team in college basketball.

Eddie Sutton was the first (and maybe the only) coach to do it. Creighton in 1974, Arkansas in 1977, Kentucky 1n 1986 and Oklahoma State in 1991.

Tom Penders (Rhode Island, Texas, George Washington, Houston) and Rick Pitino (Boston, Providence, Kentucky, Louisville) have also done it.

If Elmore Smith of Kentucky State College/University, who averaged 21.6 ppg and 22.7 rpg in 1968-1971, isn't on your list, it's bogus. He is the only player on the NCAA Top 5 Total Rebounding List who only played three years, including his collegiate basketball record 799 in 1970-1971 season.

Cardinal red & white are the official colors as voted on by the UA student body in 1895.

Some are underhandedly trying to change this by adding grey and black to the scheme, but this is incorrect.

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W.W.H. Mustaine was the first men's basketball coach, starting in 1904, when UK was known as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky. Edwin Sweetland was their first paid basketball coach, starting in 1909, when UK was known as Kentucky State University or State University of Lexington. Sweetland was also the football coach at the time. Coaches after Sweetland but before the legendary Adolph Rupp included George Buchheit, Ray Eklund and John Mauer.

Butler University is located in Indianapolis, Indiana.

UCLA BRUINS NORTH CARILINA TAR HEELS MEMPHIS TIGERS

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Ronnie Carr. He played for Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC He made the shot on Nov. 29, 1980

Most wins, 1985 through 2006: Florida State........219 Nebraska.............218 Miami (Fl) ..........218 Michigan.............205 Tennessee............202 Florida..............202

Yes, UCLA is an NCAA division 1 school. It is in the Pac 10. It consists of teams such as USC and Washington State.

Charlie Bickford, #53, University of Maine at Augusta, 2006-2007

In actuality, the longest running rivalry in College Basketball dates back more than 100 years and is between two New York City Schools. The reason it is little known is because neither school competes in what might be referred to as major college sports.

The rivalry between Pratt Institute and Cooper Union based in Brooklyn and Greenwich Village respectively dates to the late 1800's and pre-dates the existence of basketball programs at both Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Michigan State previously played in the Michigan Collegiate Athletic Association which is currently the oldest of all collegiate leagues. Michigan State was then known as Michigan Agricultural College. In 1907 Michigan State became an independent and in 1949 announced that the school would be joining the Big Ten Conference.

1975-1976 Philadelphia Flyers. It will be shattered by the Wings in 2 games

Don MacLean UCLA '92 scored the all-time best 2608 points in 127 games (20.5 ppg).