Sentences with phrase «gave championship points»
However, in 1979, at the request of breeders of the drop eared variety who were disgruntled because judges most often gave championship points to the prick eared variety, the American Kennel Club reclassified the breed.
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However, in 1979, at the request of breeders of the drop - eared variety (who were disgruntled because judges most often gave championship points to the prick - eared variety), the American Kennel Club reclassified the breed.
Not exact matches
Given that we are writing this during college basketball's championship tournament, a good example is a team that starts a game with an extremely high three - point field goal shooting percentage.
Offensively, Doug Kistler pressured the desperate Deacons with his outside shooting (for 22 points), and John Frye calmly dropped in four foul shots in the final minute to give the hustling Blue Devils a 63 - 59 victory and 32 - year - old Vic Bubas a championship in his first year as a head coach.
Nor does it give back the seven playoff points that were stripped that may be critical come the postseason when Harvick is chasing a second Cup Series championship.
Long before the Wildcats» 65 - 0 loss to top - ranked Florida last Saturday — the 15th time in 71 games under Curry that Kentucky has given up at least 40 points — his ineptitude in the Bluegrass State was obvious to just about everyone except Kentucky athletic director C.M. Newton, who is closer personally to Curry than to Rick Pitino, the basketball coach who led the Wildcats to the 1996 NCAA championship.
SI looked at every season in the big four sports since 1966 — the Super Bowl era — giving cities points for winning (five for a championship, three for a conference title, one for a division title) while deducting one for a last - place finish, two for being worst in the conference and three for having the worst record in the league.
It used 10 - year averages and didn't give bonus points for championships, which meant that Penn State fans were frustrated by a low 1980s ranking (yes, the Nittany Lions won two national titles; they also won eight or fewer games five times) and Nebraska fans were angry that their Huskers were overtaken by FSU in the 1990s (yes, the Huskers won 2.5 national titles; FSU won two and was generally better in the non-title seasons).
But, most importantly, it gives Hamilton a three - point lead in the drivers» standings — the first time he has led the championship this season!
«One of our objectives,» he says, «will be to drive home the point that no region can expect to stimulate great interest in championship tennis without giving the public a chance to see it.»
It's an interesting point to make, and given our strength at other positions, it looks weaker by comparison, but I'm starting to see people argue that we are a player away from a national championship.
Given that I eventually won the championship by less than 25 points, this risky strategy early in the season had to work and it did.»
The public fascination with # 1 LSU continues, with eight out of ten spread wagers picking Les Miles» team to cover at home in this SEC championship game (even though the sportsbooks adjusted their lines to give # 14 Georgia an additional 2.5 points).
His father, basketball star Ray Allen, scored 26 points two nights later in game six of the NBA Finals to give the Celtics their first championship in 22 years.
A third - place finish by Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on Sept. 30 gave the pair an 11 - point lead (157 - 146) over Aston Martin driver Tomas Enge in the drivers championship with one race remaining.
«A licensed show is a show at which championship points may be awarded, given by a club or association which is not a member of The American Kennel Club but which has been specially licensed by The American Kennel Club to give the specific show designated in the license...»
Both give you a vantage point of the 18 - hole championship golf course below.
The constant drive to be better than your teammate is one of the biggest factors in the real world sport and Codemasters title replicates it well, especially since there's a menu in the pit - garage which gives a run down of how often your team - mate has outperformed you or by how many points he or she is ahead of you in the championship.