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Some of the Cal Golden Bears retired numbers hanging on the rafters at Haas Pavilion, September 2009. Teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) retire jersey numbers of players who either are considered by the team to have made significant contributions to that team's success, or who have experienced untimely deaths during their playing career.
However, only seven jersey numbers are retired, as honoree Jack Cobb played before jersey numbers were the norm, meaning he had no number to retire. Justin Jackson and Joel Berry are the most recent players to be honored, following the 2016–17 season. Jackson qualified by being named the ACC Player of the Year and a first-team All-American.
Numbers retired by the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL, displayed at the former Joe Louis Arena in December 2015. Retiring the number of an athlete is an honor a team bestows upon a player, usually after the player has left the team, retires from the sport, or dies, by taking the number formerly worn on their uniform out of circulation.
Basketball conference affiliations represents those of the 2024–25 NCAA basketball season. [2] Alaska is the only state without a Division I basketball program, but it does have two Division II programs: the Alaska–Anchorage Seawolves and the Alaska Nanooks (the latter representing the University of Alaska's original Fairbanks campus).
Lists of National Football League retired numbers (32 P) Pages in category "Lists of retired numbers" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Bennett came to Virginia ahead of the 2009-2010 season after three years at Washington State. After one trip to the NCAA tournament in his first four seasons in Charlottesville, Virginia became a ...
North Carolina’s legendary men’s basketball coach Dean Smith tasked his longtime administrative assistant Linda Woods to gather the coaching staff into his office. It was time to let them know.
He was also named all-state in baseball and soccer. [6] He has been named, retroactively, Mr. Basketball USA for 1959. [7] Raftery played for the La Salle Explorers men's basketball team under coach Donald "Dudey" Moore. During his freshman year he scored a freshman record 370 points, followed by a team leading 17.8 points per game in his ...