Loaded question...here is where statistics can be used to prove anything. Per game average? NFL. Total viewers? NCAA Basketball...there are more games.
The word semifinal is usually used with sports touraments. A semifinal would be one of two matches played where the winners would play for the championship. In college basketball, the Final Four games could be considered the semifinal of the NCAA tournament. In MLB, the League Championship Series could be considered the semifinal of the playoffs. In the NFL, the Conference Championship games could be considered the semifinal of the playoffs. In each of these instances, there are four teams left in the playoffs and whoever wins the games will play for the championship.
where teams of a certain ranking battle in a tournament to see who win a championship usually BCS but this rule is not yet enforced in college
The first and most well known major basketball tournament is the NBA Playoffs. In college, it is a 64 team tournament known as March Madness. There is also a tournament every four years in the Olympic Games. There is also the NIT tournament in college, and FIBA Tournament in international play.
No. The Rens played two years in Pittsburgh in the American Basketball League, losing in the preliminary round of the playoffs in 1962 and not making the playoffs in 1963. However, the Pittsburgh Pipers won the ABA championship in 1968 led by Connie Hawkins (who was also a member of the 62 Rens team before they folded).
Tim Ducan has played in 160 playoff games counting 08-09 playoffs.
According to Basketball Reference, Jelani McCoy saw no action with the Lakers in any game during the 2002 playoffs.
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There doesn't need to be Playoffs because there is a different system of determining who is in championship then in the NFL
If by NHL tournament, you mean the Stanley Cup playoffs, the winners were the Edmonton Oilers.
The team that won the 2010 playoffs were the Phoenix Suns.
Famous events for the NBA (National Basketball Association) are the NBA Draft, NBA Summer League, NBA All-Star Weekend (All-Star game, 3-point shootout, slam dunk contest), NBA Playoffs, and the NBA Finals. Other famous basketball events include the NCAA Men's Division 1 Tournament (March Madness), the Final Four, McDonald's All-American Game, WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association) All-Star game and the finals, FIBA World Championship, and Basketball at the Summer Olympics