Zoology. 1  the common cavity into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals open in birds, reptiles, amphibians, many fishes, and certain mammals. 2  a similar cavity in invertebrates.
The Wisconsin-Whitewater womenâs basketball team that finished as national runner-ups wore â guess what â purple. Mary Hardin-Baylor womenâs golf team, the Kenyon menâs swimming and diving team, the Williams menâs and womenâs tennis teams and the St. Thomas (Minn.) women won the volleyball crown in the regal color.
The NCAA, NBA [PDF], and WNBA [PDF] all enforce this general guideline. âOpposing team uniforms shall be of contrasting colors,â reads the official NCAA menâs basketball rule book. âThe home team shall wear light game jerseys and game shorts and the away team shall wear dark game jerseys and game shorts. This rule may be altered by mutual consent of the competing institutions.â How did this tradition start? Americaâs pastime probably had something to do with it. Towards the turn of the 20th century, Major League Baseball clubs began touting dark blue, black, or (usually) gray jerseys on the road, and white ones at home. Back in those days, teams sometimes had difficulty finding laundry services outside of their own cities.