Sentences with phrase «regular season champions»

14 teams received automatic bids this year as conference regular season champions who didn't make the NCAA tournament.

First, as the regular season champions, they were upset by Vermont in the finals of the America East Conference Tournament, preventing a trip to the Big Dance.

The Huskers, for their part, were Big Ten regular season champions, and this is their third tournament appearance in the last four years.

Your 2017 - 18 regular season champions and overall # 1 Team McNichols ladies and gentlemen.

The championship leader at the end of the normal 26 - race section will be awarded «regular season champion» and get 15 additional playoff points, with the rest of the top 10 also getting them on a 10 (for second) to one (for 10th) playoff point basis.

The Seminoles will face the ACC regular season champion North Carolina Tar Heels in the conference final Sunday.

Not exact matches

His résumé is enough to justify it: two - time MVP, first unanimous MVP, scoring champion, NBA champion, best player on a team that won more regular season games than any team in NBA history.

Curry is also the best player on the defending champion Golden State Warriors, which last week broke a record by winning 73 games in the regular season.

The Method: A national champion is named after the regular season is completed.

The AFC Champions overcame several obstacles thrown at them and finished the regular season 14 - 2.

Allow me to rattle off what this group has accomplished in the past 3 seasons: 2010 All Sports Series Champion, 2011 Chicago League Runners - Up, 2012 Chicago League Champion, 2010 and 2011 Volleyball Tourney Runners - Up, 2012 Volleyball Tourney Champions, 2010, 2011, 2012 Regular Season Points Champion..

So there has been hardly any pressure on our first team except for in five Cup games all season, whereas ALL of our main rivals have had to contend with much harder opponents in the Champions League on a regular basis, as well as the FA and League Cups.

Defending race - winner and regular season points champion Martin Truex Jr. starts third, followed by Kevin Harvick and Brad Keselowski.

I can't see Allegri or Simione leaving their clubs who have champions league spots and are regular finalists and semi finalists in the competion to move to Arsenal, leaving their world class players like Griezmann or Higuain when we might not even have Sanchez next season.

The defending Sprint Cup champion recorded two wins, amassed 10 runner - ups and led all drivers in top fives, top 10s, laps led and average finish during the regular season.

The defending champion Cubs eventually took over and won the NL Central, but the Brewers fought and clawed until the penultimate day of the regular season.

It's time for baseball, in tandem with expansion, to focus on quality over quantity and reduce the number of regular season games so that (a) the front - end of the season is more likely to played under more favorable conditions than it currently is and (2) the determination of the sport's champion is played in conditions that showcase the championship and let it be determined without exposing those games to weather extremes.

On Tuesday, September 20, the Westgate SuperBook released regular season win totals for all 30 teams, with the reigning Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors leading the way.

It leaves seven sides to fight over the final three spots; back - to - back reigning champions Club Leon, Ronaldinho's Queretaro and last year's regular season winner Cruz Azul, along with Pumas UNAM, Pachuca, Chiapas and Santos Laguna.

Taking emotion outof the equation, however, one is left to assess WAC champion Boise State (13 — 0) based also on a relatively weak regular - season schedule, which includeda seven - point win over Wyoming (6 — 6) and a three - point victory over San JoseState (9 — 4).

The top - seeded Washington Huskies, a surprise no - show in the NCAA bracket considering their status as regular season conference champions, will play another NCAA bubble team in the Northwestern Wildcats.

Southampton were tipped for relegation at the start of the season following the exodus of first team regulars from the previous campaign, but Koeman has amazingly helped to lift the club into Champions League contention, and the 51 - year - old suggested that their strength is evident throughout the Premier League.

Arsenal have been desperate to land a defensive midfielder all season, and look to be the most likely destination for the 27 - year - old as they look to secure their regular spot in the Champions League.

Bulaga was selected in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers, and as a rookie, started 12 regular season games and four postseason games for the eventual Super Bowl Champions.

After yet another undefeated regular season, UConn looks the part of the clear tournament champion.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are NBA champions, executing one of the greatest comebacks in league history against the best regular season team ever.

If Jones could, the glamorous Nuggets, as the team with the best regular - season record in either league (60 - 24), would be able to join the NBA in» 76 -»77 as not just the ABA champions but arguably the champions of all of basketball.

SOCCER — NPSL: In the last week of regular - season play BALTIMORE (162), the Eastern Division champion, was defeated by Pittsburgh, 3 - 2, while PHILADELPHIA (157) clinched second place with 2 - 1 victories over Oakland and New York.

They have the # 3 seed locked up and will go into the regular season finale against defending Champions Team Lalez, a squad that they beat 67 - 59 back in Week 3, with nothing to lose.

Joining him will be the second - highest vote - getter and the regular season scoring champion, Dylan Kremer of Team Massie.

Indiana, the East region's No. 1 seed and regular - season Big Ten champions, struggled against a defense it had never seen.

Defending champion California, Cincinnati and Ohio State, the nation's top three teams, as expected, successfully negotiated early tests to reach the semifinals, but with them came a surprise — NYU, a team that has looked both good and terrible in regular season play.

Below is a table for the major US sports that shows the Champions, teams with the best Regular Season record, and best - performing team ATS.

The AFC Champions overcame several obstacles thrown at them and finished the regular season...

They finished in first place in the regular season in the Clausura, but lost to eventual champions Santos Laguna in the quarter finals of the playoffs as a gruelling Copa Libertadores travel schedule took its toll.

Is if it is being composed as if the season ended today and the tournament started tomorrow, or are they done with the idea of projecting the eventual regular season and conference tournament champions.

20) Rafael Benitez (Napoli)-- The former Liverpool boss has done well at Napoli, lifting the Italian Cup last season and making Champions League qualification a regular occurrence.

On the final day of the regular season, the defending champion Golden State Warriors (72 - 9) are just one win away from surpassing the 1995 - 96 Chicago Bulls for the best season in league history.

Nathan MacKinnon and co. will attempt to set up a best - of - three series with the NHL's regular - season champion with a second consecutive win.

Astra, the southernmost team in the country, were the Romanian champions last season (they finished first in the regular season and also following the championship round played by the top clubs) and qualified for the third qualifying round of the Champions League as a result, but were eliminated by FC Cochampions last season (they finished first in the regular season and also following the championship round played by the top clubs) and qualified for the third qualifying round of the Champions League as a result, but were eliminated by FC CoChampions League as a result, but were eliminated by FC Copenhagen.

covering all eligible matches of the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League and Europa League in the Regular Season;

At +2000 odds, New England would need to win every remaining regular season game and repeat as Super Bowl champions 4.8 % of the time.

Although Samper did manage four senior appearances for last season's treble winners, making his debut in the Champions League against Apoel, reports in Catalonia suggested he may move from his boyhood club in search of regular first - team football.

Paris Saint - Germain forward Hatem Ben Arfa has spoken of his dissatisfaction at his situation with the French champions and hinted that he will have to look elsewhere for regular football next season.

That time, the Golden Eagles were in the field as the Big East regular season and tournament champions.

Another thought / worry occurred to me: suppose we don't make the top 4 / Champions League this season; will any other Manager than Wenger get us back into it in the foreseeable future on a regular basis?

The Golden Eagles finished fourth in the Big East with a record of 11 - 5 and bowed out of the Big East tournament in the semifinals after a crazy bananas five set match with regular season champs and eventual tournament champion Creighton.

English Champions, Manchester United announced the signing of the promising player at a fee of # 30 million and in his first season, won the Premier league and Champions League crown playing a good number of games despite not been a regular starter.

Rossi bagged 32 goals last season in all competitions as he helped Villarreal to Champions League qualification while also securing a regular starting spot in Cesare Prandelli's Italy team — a performance which initially attracted Barcelona.

Tottenham's need for a striker is apparent after an anti-climactic end to last season, with Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch and Roman Pavlyuchenko's inability to find the net on a regular basis one of the main reasons for Spurs missing out on playing Champions League football once more.