The Patriot Center is a 10, 000 seat arena, home court for the Men's and Women's basketball team.

* Home of the legendary Hinkle Fieldhouse, the largest basketball arena in the world from 1928-1950 ( including professional arenas ).

One September 7, students poured into Allen Fieldhouse, the basketball arena, the only place on campus big enough to accommodate so many wounded.

** University of Dayton Arena, the school's basketball arena

Later that summer, the team dropped the Whalers ' colors of blue, green and silver for a new black-and-red scheme, matching the colors of the North Carolina State University Wolfpack, with whose men's basketball team the Hurricanes would share the arena in Raleigh.

Other regular events at the arena include the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus when it comes to New York City ( although the Izod Center and Nassau Coliseum also host the circus each year ), selected home games for the St. John's men's Red Storm ( college basketball ), the annual pre and postseason NIT tournaments, the NBA Draft, the Millrose Games track and field meet, and almost any other kind of indoor activity that draws large audiences, such as the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and the 2004 Republican National Convention.

The basketball / volleyball arena, Knights Arena in Rockville, was home to the Maryland Nighthawks of the Premier Basketball League for the 2007 season, before the team moved to Georgetown Preparatory School Field House.

Greenwich Park will host equestrian events and modern pentathlon, the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich will host shooting events, and The O2 arena will host gymnastics and basketball finals.

Facilities include a lighted synthetic multipurpose turf field surrounded by an eight-lane track with a nine-lane straightaway ; Kendall Sports and Dance Complex housing a swimming pool and separate diving well ; gymnasium with basketball, volleyball, and badminton courts ; weight room ; cardiovascular area ; field house with indoor track and tennis courts ; squash courts ; racquetball courts ; and three studios for dance, aerobics, yoga, and other activities ; The Orchards, an 18-hole golf course designed by Donald Ross ( home to the 2004 U. S. Women's Open ); and a 60-stall Equestrian Center with two indoor arenas ( 100 ' x 256 ' and 70 ' x 130 '), an outdoor show ring, permanent fibar dressage arena, outdoor cross-country courses, and a boathouse finished for Spring 2010.

The Clark Athletic Center was added later, including an ice hockey arena, swimming pool, and basketball courts.

Remnants of the Trojan Oaks Golf Course, which was closed in March 2010 in order to build a new basketball arena for Troy University on the grounds, are still present and are open to the public for practice.

The men's and women's basketball teams play at the J. Ollie Edmunds Center, an on-campus arena which opened in 1974 and seats approximately 5, 000 spectators.

** Cajundome-13, 500 seat multi-purpose arena ; home of the Louisiana – Lafayette Ragin ' Cajuns men's basketball team

The 1, 000 seat indoor arena is home to Guildford Heat basketball team, who have been using the venue since 2010 following a move from their previous home at the Guildford Spectrum.

Football ( be it association, rugby, or gridiron ) is typically played in a stadium while basketball and ice hockey are typically played in an arena, although many of the larger arenas hold more spectators than do the stadiums of smaller colleges or high schools.

The home of the Duke University basketball team would qualify as an arena, but the facility is called Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The complex contains Lee College Arena, the home arena for basketball and volleyball.

The main arena features a main basketball floor and a secondary volleyball arena for intercollegiate competition and four recreational courts for basketball or volleyball.

Exceptions include the basketball arena at Duke University, which is called Cameron Indoor Stadium, Red Bull Arena, which is home of the New York Red Bulls of MLS, and the now-demolished Chicago Stadium, former home of the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL and Chicago Bulls of the NBA.

Stansbury Hall was built in 1928 and included a new basketball arena named " The Fieldhouse " that held 6, 000 spectators.

The arena opened in 1970 and has previously hosted Hampton University basketball along with NBA and NHL preseason exhibition games.

Tau also has two tennis courts, a beach-volleyball field, and a basketball court, as well as Ryfylkehallen, the largest indoor football arena in the county of Rogaland.

The other long established club in the city ' Os Galitos ' was founded in 1904 and water related sports such as swimming, sailing and rowing are some of its longest traditional strongest specialities, other sections in the club include chess, basketball, snooker, pool and billiards among others, but rowing is the modality in which the club has a maintained a long and proud tradition going back more than one hundred years, reaching the highest possible excellence as a club with several of its individual and team of rowers having represented Portugal Internationally and at the Olympic games with good classifications on more than a just few occasions.

Collegiate cheerleaders at a college basketball game

The cheerleaders cheer at basketball, football, and other sports in their school.

The school spirit aspect of cheerleading involves cheering, supporting, and " pumping up " the crowd at football games, basketball games, and even wrestling meets.

The fall occurred when Yamaoka lost her balance during a basketball game between Southern Illinois University and Bradley University at the Savvis Center in St. Louis on March 5, 2006.

In addition to the traditional American team sports ( football, basketball, baseball, and ice hockey ), Dartmouth competes at the varsity level in many other sports including track and field, sailing, tennis, rowing, soccer, skiing, and lacrosse.

Varsity teams at Dalhousie include basketball, football, hockey, soccer, swimming, track and field, cross country running and volleyball.

One of the earliest college basketball games in the United States occurred at Geneva College on April 8, 1893 when the Geneva College Covenanters defeated the New Brighton YMCA.

* If possessing the ball, players must dribble ( similar to a basketball dribble ), or can take up to three steps for up to three seconds at a time without dribbling.

Perhaps one of the more telling signs of the passion and commitment to basketball at the high school level is the number and size of large basketball gymnasiums in the state.

Examples would include offering prizes to contestants who can make a half-court shot at a basketball game, or a hole-in-one at a golf tournament.

At Muir Tech, Robinson played several sports at the varsity level and lettered in four of them: football, basketball, track, and baseball.

In late January 1937, the Pasadena Star-News newspaper reported that Robinson " for two years has been the outstanding athlete at Muir, starring in football, basketball, track, baseball and tennis.

Bench played baseball and basketball and was class valedictorian at Binger High School in Binger, Oklahoma.

Men's basketball has been played at Sprint Center since March 2008, and women's basketball is played at Municipal Auditorium.

The Majors had a fierce football and basketball rivalry with Mississippi College in nearby Clinton through the 1950s before competition was suspended after an infamous student brawl at a basketball game.

Lloyd Carr, former head coach at the University of Michigan, former NFL coach Jerry Glanville, and Steve Mariucci, former head coach of the Detroit Lions, played football for NMU, and current Michigan State coach Tom Izzo played basketball at NMU.

Although there had been earlier attempts at professional basketball leagues, including the American Basketball League and the NBL, the BAA was the first league to attempt to play primarily in large arenas in major cities.

This was the first major professional sports championship for the state of Arizona and the first for a team ( in the four major North American professional sports leagues ) owned or controlled by Colangelo, whose basketball Suns made it to the NBA Finals in 1976 and 1993 but lost both times.

Category: North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players

NBA refer to the National Basketball Association, the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America

The National Basketball Association ( NBA ) is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America.

** In Lumberton, North Carolina, Daniel Green is convicted of the murder of James Jordan, the father of basketball star Michael Jordan.

During the 2008 regular season, the first ever outdoor professional basketball game in North America was played at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York between the New York Liberty and the Indiana Fever in front of over 19, 000 fans.

Furthermore, only 29 out of 82 games were televised ( over-the-air and cable combined ), and radio play-by-play coverage on WPTF was often pre-empted by North Carolina State Wolfpack basketball ( for whose broadcasts WPTF was the flagship station ), leaving these games totally unavailable to those who did not have a ticket.

The North SeaTac Park has the SeaTac Community Center, baseball, soccer ( football ), and softball fields, a disk golf course, an outdoor basketball court, an open area, playground equipment, a picnic shelter, toilet facilities, and paved walking trails.

UNC has been very successful at college basketball and women ’ s soccer, and a passion for these sports has been a distinctive feature of the town's culture, fueled by the rivalry among North Carolina's four ACC teams: the North Carolina Tar Heels, the Duke Blue Devils, the NC State Wolfpack, and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

One of the more significant long-term contributions of the ABA to professional basketball was to tap into markets in the southeast that had been collegiate basketball hotbeds ( including North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky ).

* Fayetteville Patriots, a defunct basketball team of the National Basketball Development League team, based in Fayetteville, North Carolina

Additionally, Michael Jordan, a North Carolina native, began negotiations to become part-owner of the team, but talks collapsed when Shinn refused to grant Jordan total control over the basketball side of the operation.

* Charlotte Bobcats, professional basketball team in Charlotte, North Carolina

The company has licensed the right to produce action figures of athletes in all four major North American sports — baseball, hockey, football and basketball — and several recent, successful film franchises, including The Terminator, The Matrix and Shrek.

* Kellie Harper-women's basketball head coach at North Carolina State and a graduate of White County High School

The Bedford North Lawrence High School is known for its basketball and golf programs.

* Everett Case, nicknamed " Gray Fox ," basketball coach notable for his tenure at North Carolina State University, 1946 – 1964

The school also has competitive MIAA Division I athletics, having won several state titles in different sports and given rise to former major league pitcher Brian Rose and former North Carolina Tar Heel basketball player Jess Gaspar along with UCONN Football star Jordan Todman and Georgia's Arthur Lynch.

* College basketball star Ben Woodside of the North Dakota State Bison was born and raised in Albert Lea.

* Brett Winkelman, basketball player for the North Dakota State Bison

Most recently, Danny Green, a basketball guard for University of North Carolina who hails from North Babylon, achieved success that led him to the 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.