Tag: green bay men’s basketball
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Alumni Charity Challenge | Summerfest, The World’s Largest Music Festival
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Former Marquette Golden Eagle, Green Bay Phoenix (alumni Love, Sykes and Baker raising funds for Boys & Girls Club of Green Bay), Wisconsin Badger, and Milwaukee Panther basketball stars re-unite to raise money for charity and to prove who is still number one on the court. On Friday, July 8th, at 2:30 p.m. join us at…
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Freshman Kamari McGee leads GB men’s basketball into Horizon League Tourney
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Green Bay men’s basketball guard Kamari McGee has been named the Nike #HLMBB Freshman of the Week, the league office announced Monday afternoon. It’s the third time McGee has received the honor this year. McGee led Green Bay to a 1-1 week to close out the regular season Horizon League schedule this…
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Green Bay men’s basketball returns home for games against Wright State, Northern Kentucky
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The Green Bay men’s basketball team returns home to begin a stretch of five games in 11 days, including four home games. Wednesday, Feb. 9 – 7 p.m. CT – RESCH CENTER Wright State (14-10, 11-4 HL) vs. Green Bay (4-18, 3-10 HL) Cellcom Giveaway Series Links: Watch | Listen | Live Stats | Tickets Friday, Feb. 11 – 7 p.m. CT…
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Former UWGB basketball star Keifer Sykes signs with Indiana Pacers, joins old friend Alfonzo McKinnie in NBA
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Kiefer Sykes joins UW-Green Bay teammate Alfonzo McKinnie in the NBA. McKinnie landed with the Chicago Bulls on a hardship exception earlier this month and signed a couple of 10-day contracts before earning a standard contract for the rest of the season Sunday. He entered the league’s health and safety protocols on the same day…
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Chicago-Native Alfonzo McKinnie Just Looks Happy to be Here
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In the midst of an NBA season that has turned out to be more chaotic than Benny the Bull in a china shop (broken vases and popcorn everywhere), I think we all need a feel-good story. (UW-Green Bay alumnus) Alfonzo McKinnie has been nothing but a pleasant surprise since joining the Bulls on a 10-day hardship…
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Chicago native Alfonzo McKinnie signs a 10-day contract with the Bulls | WGN-TV
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CHICAGO – For a second time this season, a native of the “Windy City” will be getting the opportunity to play with his hometown NBA team.This time, it’s a former star from Marshall High School who will get to put on the Bulls’ uniform starting on Saturday night. McKinnie is an alumnus ’15 (Communication) of…
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UWGB’s basketball glory years subject of new book
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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron A. Mitchell has been a UW-Green Bay basketball fan for nearly his entire life.”I went to my first game back in 1989 as a six-year-old kid and it was love at first sight,” the Green Bay Preble alumnus said. As a kid, he had a front row seat to Green…
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Aaron Mitchell discusses new book ‘Phoenix Rising’ | WFRV Local 5 – Green Bay, Appleton
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – Local 5 Sports Director sat down with author Aaron Mitchell to discuss his new book “Phoenix Rising: A Playbook for Building a Mid-Major College Basketball Program!” Phoenix Rising is a book about the UW-Green Bay men’s basketball program. It tells the story of how the UW-Green Bay program rose to…
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Aaron Mitchell explores UW-Green Bay men’s basketball in ‘Phoenix Rising’ book
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Aaron A. Mitchell attended his first University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men’s basketball game in 1989, when his father took him to an exhibition against the Soviet Union Spartak at Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena. He was six at the time, and from that moment, he was hooked. “You walk in that very first time, and as…
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Overlooked then, millionaires now – Chicago Sun-Times
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The Chicago Sun-Times recently posted a story about five local players who had success in high school, but no one predicted their rise to NBA stardom. The story included Alfonzo McKinnie, who played for the Green Bay Phoenix: Alfonzo McKinnie, Marshall (Free Agent) Road to the NBA: This is a long and incredible road to…