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Men's Basketball Earns NABC Team Academic Excellence Award
7/11/2019 11:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
NABC Committee on Academics honors Creighton
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 11, 2019) -- The Creighton men's basketball team has been recognized by the National Association of Basketball Coaches as a recipient of the seventh annual Team Academic Excellence Award.
Created by the NABC Committee on Academics, these awards recognize outstanding academic achievement by a team with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better for the 2018-19 season. In order to earn a NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, institutions in the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA must count the grade point averages of all men's student-athletes who competed during the 2018-19 season.
Creighton is one of two Division I schools in the state listed (Nebraska-Omaha), and one of five BIG EAST members (Butler, DePaul, Seton Hall, Villanova) recognized.
Coached by Greg McDermott, Creighton finished the 2018-19 season with a 20-15 record, tied for third in the BIG EAST Conference, and reached the quarterfinals of the NIT.
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About the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC)
Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. For additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, go to www.nabc.org.
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2018-19 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards
Created by the NABC Committee on Academics, these awards recognize outstanding academic achievement by a team with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better for the 2018-19 season. In order to earn a NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, institutions in the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA must count the grade point averages of all men's student-athletes who competed during the 2018-19 season.
Creighton is one of two Division I schools in the state listed (Nebraska-Omaha), and one of five BIG EAST members (Butler, DePaul, Seton Hall, Villanova) recognized.
Coached by Greg McDermott, Creighton finished the 2018-19 season with a 20-15 record, tied for third in the BIG EAST Conference, and reached the quarterfinals of the NIT.
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About the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC)
Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. For additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, go to www.nabc.org.
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2018-19 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards
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| Anderson University (IN) |
| Augsburg University |
| Azusa Pacific University |
| Baker University |
| Barton College |
| Bates College |
| Bentley University |
| Bradley University |
| Briar Cliff University |
| Brigham Young University |
| Bucknell University |
| Butler University |
| Cairn University |
| California Baptist University |
| California Institute of Technology |
| California Lutheran University |
| California State |
| Carleton College |
| Carnegie Mellon University |
| Carthage College |
| Castleton University |
| Chaminade University of Honolulu |
| Clarkson University |
| Coe College |
| College of the Holy Cross |
| Colorado Christian University |
| Colorado College |
| Colorado Mesa University |
| Concordia College |
| Concordia University Wisconsin |
| Creighton University |
| Crown College |
| Dallas Baptist University |
| Denison University |
| DePaul University Dominican University of CA |
| East Carolina University |
| East Texas Baptist University |
| Edgewood College |
| Elizabethtown College |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. (AZ) |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. (FL) |
| Emerson College |
| Florida Gulf Coast University |
| Franklin & Marshall College |
| Franklin College |
| Georgia College & State University |
| Gettysburg College |
| Gonzaga University |
| Grace College |
| Hamline University |
| Harvard University |
| Henderson State University |
| High Point University |
| Hillsdale College |
| Hope College |
| Houston Baptist University |
| Idaho State University |
| Illinois Wesleyan University |
| IUPUI |
| Kenyon College |
| Lewis University |
| Liberty University |
| Linfield College |
| Maine Maritime Academy |
| Marist College |
| Menlo College |
| Midland University |
| Milligan College |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering |
| Missouri Baptist University |
| Mitchell College |
| Muhlenberg College |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University |
| New Mexico State University |
| New York University |
| Newberry College |
| North Dakota State University |
| Northern Kentucky University |
| Northwestern University |
| Ohio State University |
| Ohio Wesleyan University |
| Olivet Nazarene University |
| Oral Roberts University |
| Pace University |
| Piedmont College |
| Point Loma Nazarene University |
| Pratt Institute |
| Principia College |
| Quinnipiac University |
| Rockhurst University |
| Roosevelt University |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
| Saint John's University (Minn.) |
| Saint Joseph's College of Maine |
| Saint Mary's University (MN) |
| Salve Regina University Sarah Lawrence College |
| Seattle Pacific University |
| Seattle University |
| Seton Hall University |
| Simpson College |
| Southwestern University |
| Springfield College |
| St. Cloud State University |
| St. Edward's University |
| St. John Fisher College |
| Stanford University |
| Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Suffolk University |
| Susquehanna University |
| The College of St. Scholastica |
| Trinity College |
| Trinity University (TX) |
| Union College |
| University of Arkansas Fort Smith |
| University of Indianapolis |
| University of Louisville |
| University of Mary |
| University of Nebraska Omaha |
| University of Northwestern-St. Paul |
| University of Notre Dame |
| University of Rio Grande |
| University of Rochester |
| University of South Carolina Upstate |
| University of St. Thomas |
| University of the Sciences |
| University of Toledo |
| University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
| University of Wisconsin-Stevens Pt. |
| Ursinus College |
| Utah Valley University |
| Villanova University |
| Wabash College |
| Wake Forest University |
| Wartburg College |
| Washington & Jefferson College |
| Washington University St. Louis |
| Wayland Baptist University |
| Western Carolina University |
| Western Michigan University |
| Wheaton College (IL) |
| Willamette University |
| William Jewell College |
| Winona State University |
| Wright State University |
| Yale University |
| Yeshiva University York College of Pennsylvania |
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