basketball tournament

collocation in English

meaningsofbasketballandtournament

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basketball
noun
uk
/ˈbɑː.skɪt.bɔːl/us
/ˈbæs.kət.bɑːl/
a game played by two teams of five players who score points by throwing a large ball through an open net hanging from a ...
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tournament
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʊə.nə.mənt/us
/ˈtɝː.nə.mənt/
a competition for teams or single players in which a series of games is played, and the winners of each game play against each other until only one winner ...
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(Definition ofbasketballandtournamentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Several events were held, the most prominent was thebasketballtournament.
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The cost of running an average four-daybasketballtournamentwas about $16,000, and the arena lost about $3,000 per tournament.
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It has also hosted the women'sbasketballtournamenteleven times, only one of which was a regional site.
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The tournament began in 1973 as a high school boys'basketballtournamentwith a seven-team format.
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It does not contain arenas which have hosted games in abasketballtournamentif the venue currently has no permanent basketball tenant.
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His feelings are eventually returned after thebasketballtournament.
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The athletic season highlight for that year was winning the 33rd districtbasketballtournament.
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Although a handful of other state associations had sponsored track meets, none had ever attempted to organize a statewidebasketballtournament.
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Basketball is also popular, with abasketballtournamentbeing held every summer.
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The girls' basketball team also qualified for the girls' statebasketballtournamentthat season.
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The school won the fourth place on thebasketballtournament.
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In 1998 the pep band was one of eight schools chosen from a pool of 58 to perform at the statebasketballtournament.
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Karvonen used to work for the local television station as an analyst during the high school statebasketballtournament.
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Fifteen nations, an unusually low number for thebasketballtournament, competed in the event, with 174 participants.
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The men's team was second in thebasketballtournamentin 2000 and 2009.
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During the state high schoolbasketballtournamentin 1938, one of these fell during a windstorm, injuring two spectators, resulting in their permanent removal.
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The event included classes in aerobics, exhibitions of tae kwan do and abasketballtournament.
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They returned to the tournament a year later, as well as in 2006 and 2011, having won their conferencebasketballtournament.
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It has been the home of the girls' volleyball tournament since 1990 and the girls'basketballtournamentsince 1992.
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This name change coincided with the playing of the first collegebasketballtournamentgame in the arena's history.
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