where did the name "Dons" originate on the San Francisco Univerisity basket ball team?
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The University of San Francisco is a Jesuit, Catholic university. The key word being Jesuit in reference to the order of Catholic preists who founded the university. The term Don is often used as a nobility title in Spanish and Italian. The Jesuit order was founded in Italy.
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Phi Slamma Jamma was the nickname given to the University of Houston's Cougar basketball team from 1982 to 1984. This team was coached by the legendary Guy V. Lewis. They were especially known for their dunking skills and getting the ball to the basket in a hurry. The name was coined by Tommy Bonk, a writer for the Houston Post newspaper.\n\nThe team lost a close championship game against the North Carolina State Wolfpack in 1983, by a score of 54-52. The Georgetown Hoyas team defeated the Cougars in a championship game the next year.\n\nThe team included:\n\nBenny Anders \nClyde "The Glide" Drexler \nEric Dickens \nBryan Williams \nDerek Giles \nGary Orsak \nDavid Bunce \nDan Bunce \nRenaldo Thomas \nAlvin Franklin \nReid "Spot" Gettys \nLarry "Mr. Mean" Micheaux \nAkeem "The Dream" Olajuwon \nMichael Young \nDave Rose \nRob Williams \nIn 1994, Olajuwon & Drexler later reunited on the Houston Rockets team when Drexler was traded from the Portland Trail Blazers. The Rockets went on to win back to back NBA championships and earned Houston the nickname "Clutch City".
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karl malone dunked a tootsie roll against the spurs in 1995.  the rest is history.
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The Order of Friars Minor (commonly called the Franciscans) is a mendicant religious order of men tracing their origin to Francis of Assisi and following the Rule of St. Francis. The official Latin name is the Ordo Fratrum Minorum (literally, "Order of Little Brothers"); Francis thus referred to his followers as "Fraticelli", meaning "Little Brothers". Franciscan brothers are informally called friars. The order has historically been known as the greyfriars. Among the most important Franciscans are its founder, Francis, as well as Anthony of Padua, Bonaventure, John Duns Scotus, Roger Bacon, Alexander of Hales, William of Ockham, and Giovanni da Pian del Carpini.
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This is not a complete list:\n\nRELATIVES IN THE NBL, BAA, NBA & ABA\nCompiled by John Grasso and Robert Bradley\n\nFATHERS & SONS\nBARRY - Rick and Brent, Jon & Drew\nBIBBY - Henry and Mike\nBRYANT - Joe and Kobe\nCHAPMAN - Wayne and Rex\nDUMAS - Rich and Richard\nELLIS - Leroy and Leron\nFERRY - Bob and Danny\nGUOKAS - Matt and Matt, Jr.\nHIGGINS - Earle and Sean\nHOSKET - Bill and Bill\nJONES - Wali and Askia\nMANNING - Ed and Danny\nMARAVICH - Press and Pete\nMcGUIRE - Al and Allie\nMIKAN - George and Larry\nMOUNT - Pete and Rick\nPAXSON - Jim, Sr. and Jim, Jr. & John\nPIATKOWSKI - Walt and Eric\nSALVADORI - Al and Kevin\nSCHAYES - Dolph and Danny\nSZCZERBIAK - Walt and Wally\nVAN BREDA KOLFF - Bill and Jan\nVANDEWEGHE - Ernie and Kiki\nVAUGHN - David and David III\nWALKER - Jimmy and Jalen Rose\nWALTON, Bill and Luke\n\nBROTHERS\nANDERSON - Willie and Shandon\nBARRY - Brent, Jon and Drew\nBRADLEY - Charles and Dudley\nCORLEY - Ken and Ray\nDAVIS - Brad and Mickey\nDOUGLAS - John and Leon\nFISHER - Derek and WASHINGTON - Duane\nFITZGERALD - Bob and Dick\nGERVIN - George and Derrick\nGONDREZICK - Glen and Grant\nGRANT - Harvey and Horace (twins)\nGUOKAS - Al and Matt, Sr.\nJOHNSON - Eric and Vinnie\nJONES - Caldwell, Charles, Major and Wil\nJONES - Nick and Steve\nKING - Albert and Bernard\nLEE - Ron and Russell\nMcCRAY - Rodney and Scooter\nMcGUIRE - Al and Dick\nMELCHIONNI - Bill and Gary\nMIKAN - Ed and George\nNATT - Calvin and Kenny\nNORRIS - Audie and Sylvester\nO'BANNON - Ed and Charles\nOGDEN - Bud and Ralph\nOTTEN - Don and Mac\nPAXSON - Jim , Jr. and John\nPEARCY - George and Henry\nPERSON - Chuck and Wesley\nPRICE - Brent and Mark\nPRICE - Jim and Mike\nROLLINS - Kenny and Phil\nRUSSELL - Campy , Frank and Walker\nSCHEFFLER - Steve and Tom\nSHORT - Eugene and Purvis\nSIMMONS - Connie and Johnny\nSOJOURNER - Mike and Willie\nSTITH - Sam and Tom\nTHOMAS - Carl and Charles (twins)\nTRAPP - George and John Q.\nVAN ARSDALE - Dick and Tom (twins)\nVINCENT - Jay and Sam\nWILEY - Michael and Morton\nWILKINS - Dominique and Gerald\nWILLIAMS - Gus and Ray\n\nCOUSINS\nEvers Burns and Len Elmore\nVince Carter and Tracy McGrady\nJevon Crudup and Robert Parish\nByron Irvin and Doc Rivers\nStephon Marbury and Jamal Thomas\nLamond and Tracy Murray\nWillis Reed and Orlando Woolridge\nDanny Vranes and Jeff Judkins\n\nSECOND COUSINS\nRobert Parish and Larry Robinson\n\nUNCLES AND NEPHEWS\nJim Brewer and Doc Rivers\nWalter Davis and Hubert Davis\nAl Guokas and Matt Guokas, Jr.\nMel Hutchins and Kiki Vandeweghe\nJohn Long and Grant Long\nJohn Long and Terry Mills\nDick McGuire and Allie McGuire\nEd Mikan and Larry Mikan\n\nGRANDFATHER AND GRANDSON\nJohnny Townsend and Eric Montross\nBruce Hale and Brent, Jon & Drew Barry
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The first to go directly to the NBA from high school are Bill Willoughby and Darryl Dawkins in 1975 who both played in the "NBA" during the 1975-76 season.   \n\nMoses Malone was the first high schooler to play "professional baskeball" but his first "NBA" season season was played during the 1976-1977 season, a year after than both Willoughby and Dawkins had played in the NBA.
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California State University Bakersfield\n   California State University Channel Islands\n   California State University Chico\n   California State University Dominguez Hills\n   California State University East Bay\n   California State University Fresno\n   California State University Fullerton\n   Humboldt State University\n   California State University Long Beach\n   California State University Los Angeles\n   California Maritime Academy\n   California State University Monterey Bay\n   California State University Northridge\n   California State Polytechnic University, Pomona\n   California State University Sacramento\n   California State University San Bernardino\n   San Diego State University\n   San Francisco State University\n   San Jose State University\n   California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo\n   California State University San Marcos\n   Sonoma State University\n   California State University Stanislaus
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The mascot for CSUN is the Matador, which was suggested in 1958 by student submissions. The Matador was chosen over the other four finalists, the Apollos, Falcons, Rancheros and Titans. The Matador is said to reflect the region's Hispanic heritage.
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San Francisco 49ers.  1982, 1985, 1989–90, 1995\nDallas Cowboys.  1972, 1978, 1993–4, 1996
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In early December 1891, Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian physician of McGill University and minister on the faculty of a college for YMCA professionals (today, Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, sought a vigorous indoor game to keep his students occupied and at proper levels of fitness during the long New England winters. After rejecting other ideas as either too rough or poorly suited to walled-in gymnasiums, he modified a a childhood game titled "Duck on a rock" and wrote the basic rules.[1] He nailed a peach basket onto the 10-foot (3.05 m) elevated track. In contrast with modern basketball nets, this peach basket retained its bottom. Therefore balls scored into the basket had to be poked out with a long dowel each time. Women's basketball began in 1892 at Smith College when Senda Berenson, a physical education teacher, modified Naismith's rules for women. The first official basketball game was played in the YMCA gymnasium on January 20, 1892 with nine players, on a court just half the size of a present-day National Basketball Association (NBA) court. "Basket ball", the name suggested by one of Naismith's students, was popular from the beginning.
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Basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891 (that's where the Basketball Hall of Fame is). You can find lots more about the history of the game at the Basketball Hall of Fame website (see link below).
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Bol and Mugsy are probably correct.\n\nCurrently, the answers are Yao Ming and Earl Boykins.
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Stockton\n\nGuys, do me a favor, answer this question for me.\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aoh127ND0nkthDNCefPeNLjzy6IX?qid=20060618213803AAFZcOr
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It is called "dabulls" in various places and seems to be used in association with the Chicago Bulls.\n\nThere is a better version of it here:\nhttp://members.tripod.com/~no14me/dabulls.mid\n\nAnd an even better version here:\nhttp://www.ilovewavs.com/TV/Sports/TV%20Theme%20-%20Chicago%20Bulls%20Theme.wav
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The Harlem Globetrotters are a basketball team that combines athleticism and comedy to create one of the best-known sports entertainment franchises in the world. Created by Abe Saperstein in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, the team adopted the name Harlem because of its connotations as a leading African-American community. Over the years it has toured more than 100 countries, playing more than 20,000 exhibition games, mostly against deliberately ineffective opposition like the Washington Generals (1953–1995) and the New York Nationals (1995–present).\n\nThe Globetrotters are well known throughout the basketball world. The organization started in the Negro American Legion League as the "Giles Post", and in 1926 turned professional as the "Savoy Big Five". That year, promoter Saperstein bought the team and re-named it the Harlem Globetrotters, after the most famous of all African American neighborhoods. After four decades of existence, the Globetrotters played their first "home" game in Harlem in 1968.\n\nThe Globetrotters were initially a serious competitive team, despite their flair for entertainment. Initially, they would only clown for the audience after establishing a safe lead in the game. In 1940, they accepted an invitation to participate in the World Professional Basketball Tournament. Defeating the New York Rens in the semi-finals, they advanced to the championship game, where they beat the Chicago Bruins in overtime by a score of 31-29.\n\nThe Globetrotters beat the premier professional team, George Mikan and the Minneapolis Lakers, for two games in a row in 1948 and 1949, with the Lakers winning the third contest. The February 1948 win (by a score of 61-59, on a buzzer beater) was a hallmark in professional basketball history, as the all-black Globetrotters proved they were on an equal footing with the all-white Lakers. Momentum for ending the NBA's color line grew, and in 1950, Chuck Cooper became the first black player drafted by an NBA team. From that time on the Globetrotters had increasing difficulty attracting and retaining top talent.
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The inventor of basketball is Dr. James Naismith. He invented it as a sport to play in between football and baseball seasons.
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1.The Houston Rockets had the name dubbed first with Ralph Sampson a 7 footer and Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon the other 7 footer.\n\n2.The other Texas team the San Antonio Spurs had the better version of the twin towers Tim Duncan and "The Admiral" David Robinson, both future hall of famers. Not to take anything away from Dream cause he's a lock for sure too.\n\nDream won 2 championships w/out Sampson and Duncan and Robinson won 2 together.