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The 1942–43 Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team represented the University of Illinois. The Illinois Fighting Illini finished the season with a record of 17 wins and 1 loss. The season was cut short as three of the five starters headed off to active duty in the armed forces.
Duke University's men's basketball team is the fourth-winningest college basketball program of all time, particularly since 1980 under head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who is nicknamed "Coach K". They have won the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship five times, all under Krzyzewski, which is second behind the University of North Carolina ...
† The Associated Press began compiling a ranking of the top 20 college men's basketball teams during the 1948–1949 season. It has issued the poll continuously since the 1950–1951 season. Beginning with the 1989-1990 season, the poll expanded to 25 teams.
Rank College First Season Seasons Wins Losses Ties Win% 1 Kentucky: 1903 121 2,398 758 1 .760 2 Kansas: 1898 126 2,393 896 0 .728 3 North Carolina
Phillips Petroleum was established in 1917, amidst the burgeoning oil industry. In 1919, upon their return from World War I, a group of local individuals in Bartlesville sought employment opportunities at Phillips. Some of them, inspired by their shared experiences, decided to create a basketball team under the Phillips banner.
The Bluejays rolled to an 85-66 upset win, which marked their first over a top-ranked team in history. Before that loss, UConn had gone 14 games over a full two-month span without losing a game ...
[Free bracket contests for men's & women's tourneys for shot at $25K] Jamal Shead led the way with 13 points and eight assists, and Damian Dunn added 12 points off the bench.
In the 1986–87 season, the three-point arc was made mandatory in men's basketball, marked at 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) from the center of the basket; [4] at the same time, the three-point arc became an experimental rule in NCAA women's basketball, using the men's distance. [5] In the following season, the men's three-point line became mandatory in ...