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Gene Keady became the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball head coach on April 11, 1980. Keady became the winningest coach in school history with 493 victories and second winningest coach in Big Ten Conference history, only behind former rival, Bob Knight, and was the Big Ten Coach of the Year a record seven times.
College Basketball Hall of Fame. Inducted in 2006. James Naismith ( NAY-smith; November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball. [1] [2] [3] After moving to the United States, he wrote the original basketball ...
Chick Hearn. Francis Dayle " Chick " Hearn (November 27, 1916 – August 5, 2002) was an American sportscaster who was the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association for 41 years, as well as the team's assistant general manager for seven years beginning in 1972. Hearn is remembered for his rapid ...
The Celtics–Lakers rivalry is a National Basketball Association (NBA) rivalry between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers.The Celtics and the Lakers are the two most storied franchises in the NBA, and the rivalry has been called the greatest in the league.
The 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team, nicknamed the " Dream Team ", was the first American Olympic team to feature active professional players from the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team has often been described as the greatest sports team ever assembled. [2] [3] [4]
In fantasy basketball, you can build a roster of NBA stars, solid starters, up-and-comers and veterans with something left in the tank. Then you get to manage that team all season, make trades or ...
Assists. 3,319 (3.7 apg) Stats at NBA.com. Stats at Basketball-Reference.com. World B. Free (born Lloyd Bernard Free; December 9, 1953) [1] is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1975 to 1988. Free was known as the " Prince of Mid-Air ", " Brownsville Bomber ", and most ...
The play used to return the ball to the court from outside the baseline along the opponent's basket. basket. Used interchangeably with goal, hoop, and net. The goal in the game of basketball, consisting of a net suspended from a hoop 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter and 10 ft (305 cm) above the ground. In regulation contexts it is attached to a ...