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The 2024–25 Air Force Falcons men's basketball team represents the United States Air Force Academy during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Falcons, led by head coach Joe Scott in his fifth season in his second stint with the team (ninth overall), play their home games at Clune Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado as members of the Mountain West Conference.
Glenn M. Curtis (March 4, 1894 – November 24, 1958) [1] [2] was an American basketball coach. He was the head coach at Indiana State University from 1938 to 1946. He won 122 games and led the Sycamores to three NAIA Tournaments, reaching the national title game in 1946.
Indiana has a rich basketball heritage that reaches back to the formative years of the sport itself. Although Canadian educator and inventor James Naismith developed basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891, Indiana is where high school basketball was born. In 1925, Naismith visited an Indiana basketball state finals game along with ...
It adopted the name National Basketball Association at the start of the 1949–50 season when it absorbed the National Basketball League (NBL). [1] The NBA is an active member of USA Basketball, which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) as the National Governing Body (NGB) for basketball in the country. [2]
The 2024–25 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team represents Bowling Green State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Falcons, led by second-year head coach Todd Simon, play their home games at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio as members of the Mid-American Conference.
The Falcons have appeared in four NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 1–5. Their drought of 55 years (as of 2025) is tied for the third longest active and fourth longest all time between tournament appearances. 1962–63 team that competed in NCAA tournaments Nate Thurmond led the Falcons to NCAA appearances in 1962 and 1963
Jerry scored a career high 41 points on January 10, 1966, against Eastern Illinois, the second most in school history, (at that time) only behind Butch Wade's 43. With 2,147 career points he was the first of three Sycamores to reach the 2,000 point plateau, along with Larry Bird and John Sherman Williams .
Born in Columbus, Indiana, Butch Wade attended Columbus High School (which was renamed Columbus North High School in 1973). He led the Bulldogs to an undefeated regular season in 1963; they finished the year at 25–1, including an IHSAA Sectional and Regional titles to reach the 3rd round (Sweet 16) of the State Tourney. They lost to the ...