UNCW Men’s Basketball CAA Schedule set
New UNCW men’s basketball skipper Buzz Peterson gets his first taste of Colonial Athletic Association action in early December when the Seahawks travel to Fairfax, Va., on Dec. 4 to battle George Mason, conference officials announced this week.
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Basketball-Serb Krstic fined $43,950 and banned over mass brawl
Serbian center Nenad Krstic of the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder has been suspended for three games and fined 45,000 Swiss francs ($43,950) over last week’s mass brawl at a basketball tournament in Greece.
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Evan from The Legendary Shots throws a ball from the top of the Vulcan monument in Birmingham, Alabama. To our knowledge, this is the farthest shot (direct distance from shooter to goal) ever made. Whether it’s also the longest (horizontal distance) is debatable (Dude Perfect’s at Kyle Field is about the same length). THANK YOU VULCAN STAFF! MEASUREMENTS: Height: The platform is 134 feet above ground level, and the ball was released from about 6 feet above the platform. The goal was 10 feet high and was placed about 10 feet below the base of the statue, meaning the height from hoop to shooter was 140 feet. Length: This is harder to tell, but we had a few people pace it off, and they came in at between 50 and 60 paces. The average person’s pace is about 3 feet, so the length of the shot is about 150-180 feet. Direct distance: Since height^2 + length^2 = distance^2, the distance from the shooter’s hand to the hoop is about 205-228 feet.
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Cal Poly Pomona to take on Duke in exhibition
Cal Poly Pomona men’s basketball coach Greg Kamansky leaves little doubt on how he views one of the first games on the upcoming schedule. “It’s probably the most exciting (game) that has ever happened in the history of athletics at this school,” said Kamansky, beginning his 11th season at the helm.
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Men’s basketball: FGCU finalizes deal to play at Arkansas on Nov. 22
Florida Gulf Coast University men’s basketball coach Dave Balza confirmed Tuesday that his Eagles will play at Arkansas on Nov. 22 as part of the four-team Razorback Challenge.
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Michigan picks up basketball recruit from Columbus
Michigan today received its second verbal commitment for the basketball recruiting class of 2011, according to umhoops.com: 6-foot-1 point guard Trey Burke of Columbus (Ohio) Northland.
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Husker basketball welcomes LSU transfer Spencer, four other walk-ons
By: Max Olson Bo Spencer, a two-year starting point guard who recently left LSU, has enrolled at Nebraska and is one of five walk-ons who joined the men’s basketball program Monday…
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