Richard Andrew Pitino is an American basketball coach who is the men's head coach for St. John's Red Storm. He was also the head coach of Greece's senior national team. He has been the head coach of several teams in NCAA Division I and in the NBA, including Boston University (1978–1983), Providence College (1985–1987), the New York Knicks (1987–1989), the University of Kentucky (1989–1997), the Boston Celtics (1997–2001), the University of Louisville (2001–2017), Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and EuroLeague (2018–2020), and Iona University (2020–2023).
John Vincent Calipari is an American basketball coach. Since 2009, he has been the head coach of the University of Kentucky men's team, with whom he won the NCAA Championship in 2012. He has been named Naismith College Coach of the Year three times, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015.
The Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball program of the University of Kansas. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference. Kansas is considered one of the most prestigious college basketball programs in the country with six overall national championships, as well being runner-up six times and having the most conference titles in the nation. The Jayhawks also own the NCAA record for most consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances with 28 consecutive appearances. They were also, along with Dartmouth, the first team to appear in multiple NCAA Tournaments after making their second appearance in the 1942 tournament. The Jayhawks had been ranked in the AP poll for 231 consecutive polls, a streak that had stretched from the poll released on February 2, 2009, poll through the poll released on February 8, 2021, which is the longest streak in AP poll history. Of the 24 seasons the Big 12 conference has been in existence, Kansas has won at least a share of 19 regular-season conference titles.
The Campbell Fighting Camels are the athletic teams that represent Campbell University, located in Buies Creek, North Carolina, in intercollegiate sports at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the Coastal Athletic Association since the 2023–24 academic year. The football program competes in the FCS, formerly known as I-AA.
The Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team is the men's college basketball program representing the University of Louisville in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) of NCAA Division I. The Cardinals have officially won two NCAA championships in 1980 and 1986 ; and have officially been to 8 Final Fours in 39 official NCAA tournament appearances while compiling 61 tournament wins.
The UCLA Bruins men's basketball program represents the University of California, Los Angeles in the sport of men's basketball as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. Established in 1919, the program has won a record 11 NCAA titles. Coach John Wooden led the Bruins to 10 national titles in 12 seasons, from 1964 to 1975, including seven straight from 1967 to 1973. UCLA went undefeated a record four times. Coach Jim Harrick led the team to another NCAA title in 1995. Former coach Ben Howland led UCLA to three consecutive Final Four appearances from 2006 to 2008. As a member of the AAWU, Pacific-8 and then Pacific-10, UCLA set an NCAA Division I record with 13 consecutive regular season conference titles between 1967 and 1979 which stood until tied by Kansas in 2017. UCLA is scheduled to join the Big Ten Conference in 2024.
The 2012–13 Campbell Fighting Camels basketball team represented Campbell University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Camels, led by tenth year head coach Robbie Laing, played their home games at the John W. Pope, Jr. Convocation Center and were members of the North Division of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 13–20, 7–9 in Big South play to finish tied for third place in the North Division. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big South tournament to Gardner–Webb.
Kevin McGeehan is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Campbell University. Prior to taking the helm of the Fighting Camels basketball program, he was the associate head coach at Richmond and served as an assistant for a total of eight seasons. McGeehan was hired at Campbell in April 2013, replacing Robbie Laing. He was named Big South Coach of the Year in 2019.
The 2013–14 Campbell Fighting Camels basketball team represented Campbell University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Camels were led by new head coach Kevin McGeehan and played their home games at Gore Arena. They were members of the North Division of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 12–20, 6–10 in Big South play to finish in fourth place in the North Division. They lost in the first round of the Big South tournament to Charleston Southern.
The 2014–15 Campbell Fighting Camels basketball team represented Campbell University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Camels were led by second year Kevin McGeehan and played their home games at Gore Arena. They were members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 10–22, 4–14 in Big South play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Big South tournament to Gardner–Webb.
The 2015–16 Campbell Fighting Camels basketball team represented Campbell University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Camels were led by third year Kevin McGeehan and played their home games at Gore Arena. They were members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 12–18, 5–13 in Big South play to finish in four way tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Big South tournament to Gardner–Webb.
The 2016–17 Campbell Fighting Camels men's basketball team represented Campbell University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Camels were led by fourth-year head coach Kevin McGeehan and played their home games at Gore Arena in Buies Creek, North Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 19–18, 7–11 in Big South play to finish in a tie for seventh place. Due to tiebreakers, they received the No. 7 seed in the Big South tournament where defeated Presbyterian, UNC Asheville, and Radford to advance to the championship game where they lost to Winthrop. They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Houston Baptist and UT Martin before losing in the quarterfinals to Furman.
The 2017–18 Campbell Fighting Camels men's basketball team represented Campbell University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Camels were led by fifth-year head coach Kevin McGeehan and played their home games at Gore Arena in Buies Creek, North Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 18–16, 10–8 in Big South play to finish in fourth place. They lost to Liberty in the quarterfinals of the Big South tournament. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Miami (OH) and New Orleans before losing in the semifinals to San Francisco.
Christopher Adam Clemons is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Windy City Bulls of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Campbell Fighting Camels.
The 2018–19 Campbell Fighting Camels men's basketball team represented Campbell University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Camels, led by sixth-year head coach Kevin McGeehan played their home games at Gore Arena in Buies Creek, North Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 12–4 in Big South play to win a share of the regular season championship with Radford. They defeated Hampton in the quarterfinals of the Big South tournament before losing in the semifinals to Gardner–Webb. As a regular season conference champion and No. 1 seed in their conference tournament who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic-bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to UNC Greensboro.
The 2019–20 Campbell Fighting Camels men's basketball team represented Campbell University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Camels, led by seventh-year head coach Kevin McGeehan, played their home games at Gore Arena in Buies Creek, North Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 15–16, 6–12 in Big South play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Big South tournament to UNC Asheville.
The 2020–21 Campbell Fighting Camels men's basketball team represented Campbell University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Camels, led by 8th-year head coach Kevin McGeehan, played their home games at Gore Arena in Buies Creek, North Carolina as members of the Big South Conference.
The 2021–22 Campbell Fighting Camels men's basketball team represented Campbell University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Camels, led by 9th-year head coach Kevin McGeehan, played their home games at Gore Arena in Buies Creek, North Carolina as members of the Big South Conference.
The 2022–23 Campbell Fighting Camels men's basketball team represented Campbell University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Camels, led by 10th-year head coach Kevin McGeehan, played their home games at Gore Arena in Buies Creek, North Carolina as members of the Big South Conference.
The 2023–24 Campbell Fighting Camels men's basketball team represents Campbell University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Camels, led by 11th-year head coach Kevin McGeehan, play their home games at Gore Arena in Buies Creek, North Carolina as first-year members of the Coastal Athletic Association.
