1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team 1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team The 1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team represented the City College of New York. The head coach was Nat Holman, who was one of the game's greatest innovators and playmakers. Unlike today, where colleges recruit players from all over the country, the 1950 CCNY team was composed of "kids from the sidewalks of New York City," who had been recruited by Holman's assistant coach Harold "Bobby" Sand from PSAL schools such as Taft, Clinton, Boys, Erasmus, and Franklin High Schools. The "Starting 5" consisted of two black and three Jewish players. The team is
Kenya national basketball team to qualify" Kenya national basketball team Kenya national basketball team is the basketball team in Kenya. It is operated by the Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF). Kenya hosted the 1993 FIBA Africa Championship where the team surprisingly reached the Final Four, its best performance to date. Basketball in Kenya was started in Mang'u High School in the 1960s by the Marianist Brothers when Brother Frank Russell took over as Principal. He had previous experience in the USA as a sports master and basketball coach in several schools. Team for the 2015 Afrobasket Qualification: Other current notable players from Kenya: "yet to