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CCNY had posted a 17–5 record during the regular season, but had failed to attract any support in the final AP Top 20. The team was made up mostly of sophomores and was the last squad selected to play in Madison Square Garden's famed NIT, which had a 12-team field and was at that time more prestigious than the NCAA tournament.
The CCNY point-shaving scandal of 1951 was a college basketball point-shaving gambling scandal which revealed widespread bribery and match fixing going on with major colleges and universities both in and around New York City, particularly at the Madison Square Garden.
Jews and blacks composed the CCNY team and their coach was Nat Holman. [1] The team was found guilty of point-shaving; gamblers would pay money for players to lose points or not play as well as was expected. [2] The revelation of the CCNY point-shaving scandal led to other scandals: other basketball teams were caught point-shaving around the ...
The CCNY Beavers men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents City College of New York in New York City, New York, United States. The school's team currently competes in the City University of New York Athletic Conference .
CCNY defeated Bradley in the championship game of both tournaments. Winning the NCAA championship game in New York City, CCNY became the first school to win the NCAA championship in its home city. [1] CCNY became the first NCAA championship team to have an integrated roster of white and African American players, starting three African Americans ...
The City College of New York has had a long and distinguished history in physics. Three of its alumni went on to become Nobel laureates in physics: Robert Hofstadter in 1961, [132] Arno Penzias in 1978, [133] and Leon Lederman in 1988. [134] Albert Einstein gave the first of his series of United States lectures at the City College of New York ...
A handcuffed inmate whose fatal beating by correctional officers last year sparked outrage died by homicide, according to findings of an autopsy report a lawyer for the man's family shared Wednesday.
1978 - The CUNYAC was founded as the CUNY Athletic Directions Association (CUNYADA). Charter members included Baruch College, Brooklyn College, the City College of New York (CCNY), Hunter College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Lehman College, Medgar Evers College, Queens College, the College of Staten Island and York College, effective beginning the 1978–79 academic year.