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2008-09 ATLANTIC 10MEN’S AND WOMEN’S

BASKETBALL PROSPECTUSMen’s Basketball Pages.................................................. Women’s Basketball Pages2-3 ............................................ Atlantic 10 Conference ............................................ 2-34-7 ..........................................................Notes ..................................................... 42-458-9 ....................................................... Charlotte ................................................... 46-4710-11 .....................................................Dayton .................................................... 48-4912-13 .................................................. Duquesne .................................................. 50-5114-15 ................................................... Fordham ................................................... 52-5316-17 .......................................... George Washington .......................................... 54-5518-19 .................................................... La Salle ................................................... 56-5720-21 .............................................. Massachusetts .............................................. 58-5922-23 ................................................Rhode Island ............................................... 60-6124-25 .................................................. Richmond .................................................. 62-6326-27 ............................................. St. Bonaventure ............................................. 64-6528-29 ...............................................Saint Joseph’s .............................................. 66-6730-31 ................................................. Saint Louis ................................................. 68-6932-33 .................................................... Temple .................................................... 70-7134-35 ..................................................... Xavier ..................................................... 72-7336 ............................... 2007-08 Standings/Championship Results ................................ 7437 .................................................Conference Honors ................................................. 7538-39 ...................................... Conference Team Statistics ...................................... 76-7740-41................................... Conference Individual Statistics ................................... 78-7980 ......................................... Atlantic 10 Media Information.......................................... 80

Atlantic 10 Conference230 S. Broad Street, Suite 1700

Philadelphia, PA 19102Office Phone: 215-545-6678

Office Fax: 215-545-3342www.atlantic10.org

Men’s Basketball SID:Stephen Haug

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Women’s Basketball SID:AnnMarie Person

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Communications Intern:Ben Rohde

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ATLANTIC 10 STAFFCommissioner: Bernadette McGlade

Associate Commissioner: TBAAssociate Commissioner: Jackie Campbell

Associate Commissioner: Ray CellaAssistant Commissioner: Megan Kahn

Assistant Commissioner: Celene McGowanDirector of Communications: Stephen HaugAssociate Director of Communications:

AnnMarie PersonAssistant Director of Championships: Brad Jones

Assistant Director of Compliance: Kelly WebbChampionships Intern: Pat HalloranCommunications Intern: Ben Rohde

Coordinator of MBB Officials: Jim SatalinCoordinator of WBB Officials: Marie Koch

On the Cover: 2007-08 Atlantic 10 First-Team All-Conference members Dionte Christmas (Temple),

Jessica Adair (George Washington) andAmber Harris (Xavier)

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Atlantic 10 ConferenceOn March 2, 1975, the idea

of what is now the Atlantic 10Conference was conceived.What started as an eight-school, men's basketball-onlyaffiliation has grown into a14-university, 21-sport leaguethat is universally hailed asone of the best conferencesin the country.

That growth and promi-nence is a direct result of the ideals and commit-ments of the member institutions of the Atlantic 10 -the University of Dayton, Duquesne University,Fordham University, The George WashingtonUniversity, La Salle University, University ofMassachusetts, University of North Carolina atCharlotte, University of Rhode Island, University ofRichmond, St. Bonaventure University, SaintJoseph's University, Saint Louis University, TempleUniversity, and Xavier University.

On June 2, 2008, Bernadette V. McGlade wasnamed the fifth full-time commissioner in Confer-ence history, replacing Linda Bruno, who held theposition for 13 years. McGlade's experience incollegiate athletics as a student-athlete, coach andadministrator spans more than thirty years.

"Bernadette's deep experience with arguably theclass-act athletic conference [Atlantic CoastConference] in the country makes us incrediblyexcited to be bringing her on board as commis-sioner of the Atlantic 10 Conference," said FatherMichael Graham, Xavier University president andpresident of the Atlantic 10 Presidents' Council.

The presidents and chancellors of Atlantic 10institutions have made a strong commitment tomaking the academic and athletics equation work.Over the years, the league membership has strivedto better recognize the academic accomplishmentsof its student-athletes. The Commissioner's HonorRoll, which cites every Atlantic 10 student-athletewith a 3.5 grade point average or better, recog-nized 1,247 student-athletes in the Fall 2007 while1,106 were named to the Spring 2008 Honor Roll.

The league sponsors Academic All-Conferenceteams in each of its sports and honors one student-athlete per sport as the A-10 Student-Athlete of theYear. In 2007-08, 192 student-athletes earnedAcademic All-Conference recognition. Moreover,the Atlantic 10 provides four postgraduatescholarship grants to qualified student-athletes.

The Atlantic 10 Conference had 34 teams amongthe 712 Division I sports teams honored by theNCAA with public recognition awards for theirlatest multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR)scores. These teams posted multi-year APRscores in the top 10 percent of all squads in theirrespective sports. Saint Louis and Xavier led theAtlantic 10 in the number of high-performing squadsreceiving awards with six teams each. In 20 of the21 sports sponsored by the Atlantic 10, theleague's APR scores were at or above the

conference average nationally according to themost recent data released by the NCAA.

Men's swimming & diving standout Brad Byars ofSaint Louis was among 58 NCAA winter-sportstudent-athletes to earn an educational grant forthe upcoming academic year through the NCAApostgraduate scholarship program. Byars willcontinue his education at Saint Louis Universitywhere he will pursue a Juris Doctorate andMasters of Health Care Administration.

The Atlantic 10 Conference, with a totalpopulation of nearly 74 million people within itsgeographic footprint of eight states and the Districtof Columbia, will crown champions in 21 sports thisseason: baseball, men's and women's basketball,men's and women's cross country, field hockey,men's golf, women's lacrosse, men's and women'sindoor and outdoor track & field, women's rowing,men's and women's soccer, softball, men's andwomen's swimming & diving, men's and women'stennis, and women's volleyball.

2007-08 REVIEWFor the 14th time in Conference history and fifth

since 2000, the Atlantic 10 Conference earnedmultiple at-large berths to the NCAA Men'sBasketball Tournament as league champion Templewas joined by Xavier and Saint Joseph's in the fieldof 65. Xavier advanced to the Elite Eight of theNCAA Tournament for the second time in programannals and became the 11th team to reach the EliteEight as a member of the Atlantic 10. XU ended theyear ranked eighth by ESPN/USA Today and 12thby the Associated Press. Charlotte, Dayton,Massachusetts and Rhode Island earned NIT bids,with Dayton advancing to the quarterfinals andUMass reaching the finals. In addition, Richmondgarnered a berth in the inaugural 16-team CollegeBasketball Invitational.

In women's basketball, George Washingtonreached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament forthe second straight year and was joined in thetournament by Temple and A-10 champion Xavier. Itmarked the third time in four seasons that threeteams from the Conference received NCAA berths.Charlotte and Dayton also represented the leaguein postseason play as they garnered WNIT bids.

For the first time since 1985, two teams from theAtlantic 10 advanced to the NCAA Women'sVolleyball Championship as A-10 champion Daytonand runner-up Xavier earned berths. It marked theMusketeers' first-ever NCAA at-large bid, while UDreached the second round for the first time since2003.

In men's soccer, A-10 champion Massachusettsreached the semifinals of the NCAA College Cupand ended the year ranked fourth in the finalNSCAA/Adidas top 25, while Saint Louis made itssecond consecutive NCAA appearance and earneda No. 12 ranking in the NSCAA/Adidas poll at theend of the season. Charlotte seized its first-everA-10 women's soccer championship and third

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NCAA Tournament berth.In softball, UMass won its 20th league champion-

ship and advanced to the NCAA Regional finals,Richmond captured its seventh straight A-10women's swimming & diving championship andMassachusetts took home the men's crown for thethird consecutive year and 10th time overall.

Charlotte climbed to 18th in the national baseballpolls during the regular season and defended its A-10 title, while Temple took home its first leaguechampionship in women's lacrosse since 2004. Incross country, La Salle won its fourth consecutivewomen's crown while the Explorers' men's teamwon their sixth title in the past seven years.Massachusetts captured its first A-10 field hockeychampionship since 2001 and downed Princeton inNCAA play.

Charlotte defended its league title in men's golfand earned the school's first-ever No. 1 ranking inany sport during the regular season. The 49ersfinished in a tie for eighth at the NCAA Champion-ship and ended the year ranked in the top 10 inevery major poll. Xavier won its first-ever men'stennis title and earned the accompanying NCAAautomatic berth, while Temple claimed its first A-10women's tennis crown since 2003.

Rhode Island's women's rowing team claimed itsfirst-ever A-10 championship, Charlotte defendedits women's indoor and outdoor track & field titles,the 49ers' men's team captured the indoor crownwhile Rhode Island won its third consecutive men’soutdoor track & field championship.

In all, 437 teams have represented the Atlantic 10Conference in postseason play since the 1976-77campaign.

Individually, the 2007-08 campaign was a greatsuccess both in competition and in the classroom.Kimberly Beck of George Washington garneredAssociated Press and WBCA honorable mentionwomen's basketball All-America honors in additionto being tabbed a finalist for the Nancy LiebermanAward, presented to the nation's top point guard.

Massachusetts senior Gary Forbes, the 2008Atlantic 10 Player of the Year in men's basketball,was named an honorable mention All-America bythe Associated Press, while Stanley Burrell ofXavier was tabbed a Defensive All-America byCollegeInsider.com.

Massachusetts' Zack Simmons, a member of theCollege Cup All-Tournament Team, was named athird-team men's soccer All-America and the Umbro/Soccer News National Player of the Year. CalumAngus of Saint Louis garnered second-team men'ssoccer All-America acclaim and Charlotte women'ssoccer standouts Whitney Bryant and Sam Hueckerearned fourth-team freshman All-America honors.Charlotte catcher Chris Taylor, the Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Year, earned third-team All-Americabaseball honors, while Billy Barber of Richmondand Charlotte's Corey Shaylor and Joe Yermalgarnered freshman All-America accolades. Insoftball, Massachusetts junior Brandice Balschmiter

received second-team All-America distinction, herthird All-America honor in as many seasons.

Alli Lokey of Temple was named a second-teamAll-America in field hockey, while Temple's WhitneyRichards received third-team women's lacrosse All-America honors. Teammates Jonas Enander Hedinand Corey Nagy of Charlotte garnered third-teamand honorable mention All-America golf honors,respectively, with Enander Hedin being tabbed afinalist for the prestigious Byron Nelson, Ben Hoganand Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Yearawards.

Jamie-Lee Richards and Erin Schroeder ofDayton and Xavier's Jill Quayle received honorablemention All-America honors in women's volleyball;La Salle's Sean Quigley claimed All-America honorsin men's indoor (3,000 meters/5,000 meters) andoutdoor (10,000 meters) track & field; teammatesLauren Beaudreau and Katie Sieben of Richmondqualified for the U.S. Olympic Women's Swimming &Diving Trials, while Quigley competed in the 10,000meters at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Atlantic 10 student-athletes thrived in theclassroom as well. In all, 12 Atlantic 10 student-athletes were named to ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America teams. First-teamAcademic All-America honorees were LamarraCurrie of Charlotte (women's track & field), St.Bonaventure's Randy Moley (baseball), LindseyOzimek of Charlotte (women's soccer) andFordham's Mary Beth Puccio (softball). Second-team Academic All-Americans included Paul Amess(men's golf) of Temple, St. Bonaventure's BriannaBricker (softball), Jonas Enander Hedin (men's golf)of Charlotte, Dayton's Laura Matthews (softball)and Doug Rappaport (men's soccer) of Massachu-setts. Those named third-team Academic All-Americans included Kaelyn Caldwell (women'ssoccer) of Massachusetts, George Washington'sSarah-Jo Lawrence (women's basketball) andKatelyn Murray (women's basketball) of St.Bonaventure.

Charlotte's Lindsey Ozimek (women's soccer)was named to the Lowe's Senior CLASS All-America first-team, while Carlene Hightower(women's basketball) of La Salle, GeorgeWashington's Sarah-Jo Lawrence (women'sbasketball) and Brian Roberts of Dayton (men'sbasketball) garnered second-team distinction. TheLowe's Senior CLASS Award recognizes student-athletes for great achievement during competitionand in the classroom while celebrating the loyalty ofseniors who honor their four-year commitment totheir universities. The acronym "CLASS" stands forCelebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying inSchool.

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THREE-SPEAK: Jimmy Baron of Rhode Islandenters his senior season with 243 career three-pointers, the most among active players in theAtlantic 10. The 6-3 guard is one of eight returningplayers in the league who drained at least 60 fieldgoals from beyond the arc a year ago:

Name 3FG (2007-08)Dionte Christmas, Temple 104Ricky Harris, Massachusetts 104Jimmy Baron, Rhode Island 99B.J. Raymond, Xavier 82Darrin Govens, Saint Joseph's 68Lamont Mack, Charlotte 64Kevin Lisch, Saint Louis 63David Gonzalvez, Richmond 61

SELECT COMPANY: Temple guard Dionte Christ-mas averaged a league-best 19.7 points lastseason to become just the third player in Confer-ence history to lead the Atlantic 10 in scoring insuccessive years. The two other players to holdthat distinction are John Battle of Rutgers (1984-85)and St. Bonaventure's Earl Belcher (1980-81).Christmas enters his senior campaign poised tobecome the first student-athlete in Conferenceannals to win the scoring title three times.

START YOUR ENGINES: Forty-one starters arescheduled to return for the 2008-09 campaign.While no A-10 program welcomes back all fivestarters, five schools have four returning starters.Below is a look at which A-10 team has who back:

5 None4 Charlotte, George Washington, La Salle,

Richmond, Temple3 Dayton, Rhode Island, Saint Joseph's,

Saint Louis2 Duquesne, St. Bonaventure, Massachusetts,

Xavier1 Fordham

WELCOME BACK: Former Minuteman point guardand Springfield native Derek Kellogg was named the21st head coach in Massachusetts men's basket-ball history on May 23. The 1995 UMass graduatereturns to his alma mater for his first head coachingjob after serving as an assistant coach for 12years, the last eight at the University of Memphisunder former Massachusetts head coach JohnCalipari. As a four-year letterwinner at UMass from1992-95, Kellogg played on four Atlantic 10Conference regular season and tournamentchampionship teams. The Minutemen were just thesecond team in NCAA history to win four-straightoutright season and tournament championships.During his four-year career at UMass underCalipari, the Minutemen were 111-24, including 51-11 in the Atlantic 10, and advanced to the NCAA

Tournament each year, including the Elite Eight in1995. Kellogg was named the team's captain asboth a junior and senior. He was named a 1995 All-Conference third-team selection and was a three-time All-Atlantic 10 Academic honoree. On UMass'career lists, he is fifth in assists (453), seventh inall-time three-pointers (138), as well as seventh inthree-point percentage (38.1). Kellogg played hishigh school basketball at Springfield Cathedralwhere he was a two-time Massachusetts All-Stateplayer and McDonald's honorable mention All-American.

NUMEROLOGY: Plenty of talented returnees will beback in the fold for the 2008-09 season. Below isa look inside the numbers of the returning student-athletes:

• Nine players who ranked among the league's top20 scoring leaders last season are slated to return,including two-time scoring champion DionteChristmas of Temple.

• Kahiem Seawright of Rhode Island averaged 8.4rebounds last season, good for second in theConference, and is joined by 11 players whofinished the year ranked in the top 20 of the leaguein rebounding.

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Jimmy Baron,URI


AAAAA-10 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL-10 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL-10 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL-10 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL-10 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL• The leaders in assists (Chris Lowe, UM, 6.29apg.), field goal percentage (Ahmad Nivins, SJU,.647), and assist-to-turnover ratio (DiJuan Harris,CHA, 2.77) all return in 2008-09.

• Five players who scored 30 or more points in agame last season will be back this year. Massa-chusetts junior Ricky Harris, the Chris Daniels MostImproved Player recipient in 2007-08, is slated toreturn after sharing the league-lead with 18performances of at least 20 points.

PASSING THE ROCK: Senior guard Chris Lowe ofMassachusetts led the A-10 and ranked 13thnationally in assists (6.2 apg.) last season. TheMount Vernon, N.Y., native registered at least tenassists on six different occasions, including acareer-high 14 versus La Salle on Mar. 5. Bycomparison, no other player in the Conferencedished out ten or more assists in more than onegame in 2007-08.

A LOOK BACK…

OWLS SOAR TO A-10 CHAMPIONSHIP: DionteChristmas, the Championship's Most OutstandingPlayer, scored a game-high 22 points to lead Templeto its first Atlantic 10 crown since 2001 with a 69-64 win over Saint Joseph's in the finals of the A-10Championship…SJU reached the finals of the A-10Championship for the third time in fouryears…Christmas was joined on the All-Champion-ship team by teammate Mark Tyndale, Pat Calathesand Ahmad Nivins of Saint Joseph's and Charlotte'sLeemire Goldwire…for the second consecutiveyear, the Championship was held at Boardwalk Hallin Atlantic City, N.J. The tourney will return toBoardwalk Hall in 2009.

POSTSEASON PARTY: For the 14th time inConference history and fifth since 2000, theAtlantic 10 Conference earned multiple at-largeberths to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament asleague champion Temple was joined by Xavier andSaint Joseph's in the field of 65. The A-10 earnedtwo of the six at-large bids awarded to non-BCSconferences. Charlotte, Dayton, Massachusettsand Rhode Island earned NIT berths, with Daytonadvancing to the quarterfinals and UMass reachingthe finals. In addition, Richmond garnered a bid inthe inaugural 16-team College Basketball Invitational.

BALANCE OF POWER: The Atlantic 10 had aleague-record seven teams win at least 20 gameslast season and all seven earned postseasonberths. Only the Big East (nine) had more 20-winteams. In addition, 11 of the Conference's 14 teamsreached the 15-win mark in 2007-08, the most inleague history.


B.J. Raymond, XU

ELITE STATUS: Xavier advanced to the Elite Eight ofthe NCAA Tourney for the second time in programhistory and first since 2004. The Musketeers, whofinished the year with a program-best 30 victories,were the 11th team to advance to the Elite Eight as amember of the Atlantic 10, with Temple accomplishingthe feat a league-best five times under Hall of Famecoach John Chaney.

RAISING ITS LEVEL: The Atlantic 10 posted arecord of 130-73 (.640) in non-conference action in2007-08, the fourth-highest winning percentagesince the formation of the league in 1976-77 andhighest since the 1993-94 campaign (69-35 - .663).

STAN THE MAN: Senior guard Stanley Burrell ofXavier, the 2007-08 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player ofthe Year, was one of 16 student-athletes named tothe CollegeInsider.com Defensive All-America team.Accepting his role as a defensive stopper whileguarding the opposing team's top perimeter player,Burrell anchored a Xavier defense that led the A-10in field goal percentage defense (.410) and rankedsecond in scoring defense (63.4 ppg.).


FORBES NAMED A-10PLAYER OF THE YEARGary Forbes of Massa-chusetts averaged 19.4ppg., good for second inthe Conference, andfinished tied for fifth inrebounding (7.5 rpg.).The two-time A-10 Playerof the Week selection

shared the league lead with 18 performances of 20or more points, ranked ninth in the Conference inminutes (33.72 mpg.) and added 57 three-pointersand 41 steals. The 6-7 forward/guard is thesecond Minuteman in as many seasons to earn theleague's Player of the Year honor as StephaneLasme took the award in 2006-07. Forbes alsoearned honorable mention All-America honors fromthe Associated Press.

BURRELL CITED AS TOPDEFENDERStanley Burrell led aXavier defense thatranked first in the A-10 infield goal percentagedefense (.410) andsecond in scoringdefense (63.4 ppg.). Thesenior guard registered 28steals and did not foul out of a game whileaveraging 32.2 minutes of action.

ANDERSON GARNERSROOKIE OF THE YEARHONORA program-best seven-time A-10 Rookie of theWeek selection, KevinAnderson is the first-everstudent-athlete fromRichmond to be namedthe league’s Rookie of the

Year. He ranked third on the team in scoring (10.7ppg.) and scored at least 20 points on twooccasions in Conference play. Anderson led theteam in both assists (94) and steals (55) and alsoknocked down 33 field goals from beyond the arc.


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A-10 Men’s BasketballHARRIS TABBED THELEAGUE'S MOSTIMPROVEDRicky Harris of Massachu-setts was the recipient ofthe Atlantic10’s ChrisDaniels Award, presentedto the league’s mostimproved player. The 6-2sophomore guard

averaged 18.2 ppg., good for sixth in the Confer-ence, after averaging 4.5 points as a freshman. Hefinished tied for third in the A-10 in three-pointersmade (104) and seventh in steals (1.56 spg.). Thelone sophomore to be twice named A-10 Player ofthe Week in 2007-08, Harris scored 20 or morepoints in eight of the Minutemen's 16 Conferencetilts.

MILLER EARNS COACHOF THE YEAR HONORSSean Miller earned hisfirst A-10 Coach of theYear honor after guidingXavier to a 14-2 mark inleague play, a program-best 30 overall wins, andthe second Elite Eightappearance in team

history. Miller led XU to its second consecutive A-10 regular season crown. In four seasons as headcoach of the Musketeers, he boasts a record of93-39 and has led the program to three straight 20-win seasons. A four-year standout at Pittsburgh,Miller graduated in 1992 with a bachelor's of artsdegree in communications.

DUNCAN SELECTED ASTOP PLAYER OFF THEBENCHXavier senior forwardJosh Duncan led the teamin scoring (11.6 ppg.)while shooting 49.6percent (141-of-284) injust 22.4 minutes pergame. In A-10 contests,

the Cincinnati, Ohio, resident averaged a team-high12.8 points and shot 51 percent (25-of-49) frombeyond the arc. Duncan grabbed 4.7 rpg. andearned second-team All-Conference honors. Hewas named to the Phoenix Regional All-TournamentTeam while leading the Musketeers to a program-record 30 victories and the Elite Eight of the NCAATournament.

ACHARA REPEATS ASSTUDENT-ATHLETEOF THE YEARFor the second consecu-tive year, 6-9 seniorforward/center KieronAchara of Duquesne wasnamed the A-10 Student-Athlete of the Year. TheStirling, Scotland, nativeaveraged 11.3 points and ranked second on theteam with 45 blocks while guiding Dukes to theirhighest win total (17) since the 1993-94 campaign.In the classroom, Achara boasted a 4.0 grade-pointaverage as a graduate student in Duquesne'ssports leadership program. One of 30 nominees forthe Lowe's Senior Class Award, he was a three-time All-Academic Team selection.

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RETURNING PLAYERSNo. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg11 Ian Andersen Jr. G 6-4 180 Portland, Ore./Wilson 5.8 1.3 0.514 Kyle Church Jr. G 5-11 170 Durham, N.C./Riverside 0.8 0.0 0.02 Charlie Coley* Sr. F 6-7 217 Lake Worth, Fla./Dodge City C.C. 8.7 6.2 0.631 Charles Dewhurst So. G 6-5 185 Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Latin 4.4 3.8 1.31 Michael Gerrity Jr. G 6-0 180 Yorba Linda, Ca./Mater Dei (Pepperdine) 4.7 1.4 3.53 DiJuan Harris* Jr. G 5-9 170 Charlotte, N.C./Hillsborough J.C. 3.5 1.7 3.230 Phil Jones Jr. C 6-10 260 Brooklyn, N.Y./Laurinburg (N.C.) Prep 3.3 2.9 0.415 Lamont Mack* Sr. F 6-7 230 Chicago, Ill./Angelina College 12.8 5.1 1.45 Gaby Ngoundjo So. C 6-7 240 Little Rock, Ark./Little Rock Christian 1.2 1.5 0.621 An'Juan Wilderness* So. F 6-6 215 Dunwoody, Ga./Patterson 8.1 4.9 1.1

INCOMING PLAYERS00 Javarris Barnett Fr. G 6-5 200 Charlotte, N.C./Victory Christian 14.0 6.0%20 Shamarr Bowden Fr. G 6-3 Greensboro, N.C./Miller School 17.022 Rashad Coleman Jr. F 6-5 LaGrange, Ga./Heat (Va.) Academy 26.0 6.2*indicates starter; %2006-07 stats

Charlotte 49ersQUICK FACTS

Location: Charlotte, N.C.Enrollment: 22,254Founded: 1946Chancellor: Dr. Philip DuboisAthletic Director: Judy RoseAthletic Web Site: www.Charlotte49ers.comNickname: 49ersColors: Green and WhiteHome Court/Capacity: Halton Arena/9,105

Basketball SID: Tom WhitestoneSID Office: 704-687-6310SID Fax: 704-687-4918E-Mail Address: [email protected]

HEAD COACH BOBBY LUTZAlma Mater: Charlotte (1980)Record at School: 188-126 (10 years)Overall Record: 369-217 (19 years)Associate Head Coach: Rob MoxleyAssistants: Bobby Kummer, Chris Cheeks2007-08 Record: 20-14/9-7 (Tie 4th)All-Time Conference Record: 27-21

THE LAST FIVE YEARSA-10 Finish Tournament Overall Postseason

2007-08 9-7 T-4th 2-1 20-14 NIT2006-07 7-9 9th 0-1 14-162005-06 11-5 2nd 0-1 19-13 NIT2004-05 21-8 NCAA2003-04 21-9 NCAA

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Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts AvgLeemire Goldwire 34-34 33.2 194-520 .373 128-371 .345 118-146 .808 37/111 148 4.4 91/1 58 83 3 70 634 18.6Lamont Mack 34-33 27.0 148-378 .392 64-176 .364 76-105 .724 36/139 175 5.1 122/4 46 83 11 36 436 12.8Charlie Coley 34-31 27.6 119-237 .502 0-8 .000 57-102 .559 77/133 210 6.2 83/2 19 59 46 43 295 8.7An'Juan Wilderness 34-32 27.2 92-191 .482 9-33 .273 84-144 .583 86/79 165 4.9 83/2 39 78 3 27 277 8.1Ian Andersen 31-0 13.2 58-146 .397 47-127 .370 17-24 .708 3/36 39 1.3 31/0 14 16 0 8 180 5.8Michael Gerrity 26-4 19.1 39-100 .390 5-17 .294 40-62 .645 2/35 37 1.4 43/0 91 38 1 17 123 4.7Charles Dewhurst 34-1 17.4 41-116 .353 2-5 .400 66-91 .725 54/75 129 3.8 45/0 44 48 14 21 150 4.4DiJuan Harris 34-30 21.4 30-78 .385 13-2 .464 45-64 .703 12/46 58 1.7 88/2 108 39 1 37 118 3.5Phil Jones 34-3 13.4 39-119 .328 0-4 .000 33-56 .589 44/54 98 2.9 58/2 14 17 22 7 111 3.3Gaby Ngoundjo 31-1 6.7 14-32 .438 0-1 .000 8-14 .571 21/25 46 1.5 37/0 0 20 15 5 36 1.2Kyle Church 4-0 1.3 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 0 1 0 0 3 0.8Sean Phaler 11-1 4.1 1-17 .059 1-14 .071 0-0 .000 2/5 7 0.6 7/0 3 2 2 0 3 0.3Team 58/53 111 3.3 2Total 776-1936 .401 270-786 .344 544-808 .673 432/791 1223 36.0 690/13 436 488 118 271 2366 69.6Opponents 765-1811 .422 244-713 .342 517-746 .69 3389/865 1254 36.9 728/ - 435 574 147 222 2291 67.4

2007-08 FINAL STATISTICS

Optimism abounds in Charlotte as the 49ersreturn 73 percent of their scoring, 87 percent oftheir rebounding and 86 percent of their assistsfrom a team that reached the 20-win plateau for thefifth time under head coach Bobby Lutz andadvanced to the NIT. Now in his 11th year atCharlotte, Lutz has guided the program to eightpostseason appearances and his 188 wins aretops in school annals.

Charlotte welcomes back its entire startingfrontcourt in senior forwards Lamont Mack andCharlie Coley and sophomore An'Juan Wilderness.The 6-7 Mack was the 49ers' second-leadingscorer (12.8 ppg.) and rebounder (5.1 rpg.) a yearago and displayed great range by knocking down64 field goals from beyond the arc. Coley (8.7ppg.) led the team in both rebounding (6.2 rpg.) andblocks (46), while Wilderness was an A-10 All-Rookie selection after posting averages of 8.1points and 4.9 boards, shooting 48.2 percent (92-for-191) from the floor and grabbing a team-high 86offensive rebounds.

The backcourt will be without Leemire Goldwire,who graduated after leading the team with an 18.6scoring average and league-best 128 three-pointers, but the tandem of point guards DiJuanHarris and Michael Gerrity is solid. Harris (3.5 ppg.)passed out a team-high 108 assists, led the A-10 inassist-to-turnover ratio (2.77) and was third on theteam in steals (37) as a sophomore last season.Gerrity sat out the first semester a year ago aftertransferring from Pepperdine and averaged 4.7points while dishing out 91 assists. Junior IanAndersen (5.8 ppg.) shot 37 percent (47-for-127)from beyond the arc and will be counted on to helpreplace some of Goldwire's long-range shooting.

Depth will be a huge asset for the 49ers, whohave added a pair of impact newcomers in 6-3freshman guard Shamarr Bowden (17.0 ppg.) andversatile 6-5 junior Rashad Coleman (26.0 ppg.).Freshman guard Javarris Barnett (14.0 ppg.)redshirted last season and sophomore CharlesDewhurst (4.4 ppg.) provide speed on theperimeter, with junior Phil Jones (3.3 ppg.) and

sophomore Gaby Ngoundjo (1.2 ppg.) addingpower in the paint.

2007-08 RESULTSN. 9 High Point W, 61-55

12 Appalachian State W, 84-7816 vs. Georgia Tech (1) L, 82-7717 vs. Illinois-Chicago (1) W, 64-6319 vs. Monmouth (1) (OT) L, 58-5629 Wake Forest W, 63-59

D. 5 Davidson W, 75-688 Southern Illinois W, 71-5615 at Hofstra L, 70-6818 at Tulsa L, 75-6322 Gardner-Webb W, 83-5130 Fairleigh Dickinson W, 65-59

J. 5 Maryland L, 76-729 at Clemson (#18/#19) W, 82-7212 TEMPLE W, 60-5816 SAINT JOSEPH'S W, 70-6619 at MASSACHUSETTS L, 86-7923 at LA SALLE W, 84-7826 FORDHAM W, 74-60

F. 2 RICHMOND L, 64-586 at DAYTON L, 69-649 at ST. BONAVENTURE W, 87-8313 XAVIER (#12/#13) L, 62-6017 at FORDHAM L, 53-5120 at RICHMOND (OT) L, 79-7623 SAINT LOUIS W, 81-6427 at TEMPLE L, 75-61

M. 2 DUQUESNE W, 89-826 GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 77-618 at RHODE ISLAND W, 74-6412 vs. Rhode Island (A-10) W, 75-7313 vs. Massachusetts (A-10) W, 69-6514 vs. Temple (A-10) L, 60-4519 at Nebraska (NIT) L, 67-48

(1) Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, V.I.)


Chris WrightQUICK FACTS

Location: Dayton, OhioEnrollment: 6,800Founded: 1850President: Dr. Daniel J. CurranVice President/Athletic Director: Ted KissellAthletic Web Site: www.DaytonFlyers.comNickname: FlyersColors: Red and BlueHome Court/Capacity:

University of Dayton Arena/13,266

Basketball SID: Doug HauschildSID Office: 937-229-4390SID Fax: 937-229-4461E-mail: [email protected]

HEAD COACH BRIAN GREGORYAlma Mater: Oakland (1990)Record at School: 98-60 (5 years)Overall Record: 98-60 (5 years)Assistants: Billy Schmidt, Jon Borovich,

Cornell Mann2007-08 Record: 23-11/8-8 (Tie 8th)All-Time Conference Record: 116-92


2007-08 8-8 T-8th 1-1 23-11 NIT2006-07 8-8 T-7th 1-1 19-122005-06 6-10 T-11th 0-1 14-172004-05 10-6 West T-2nd 1-1 18-112003-04 12-4 West 1st 2-1 24-9 NCAA

Dayton Flyers

RETURNING PLAYERSNo. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg30 Dan Fox Jr. F 6-4 187 Wolcottville, Ind./Lakeland 0.5 0.3 0.224 Luke Hendrick Jr. F 6-4 170 Saginaw, Mich./Nouvel Central Catholic 0.0 1.0 0.041 Kurt Huelsman* Jr. F/C 6-10 245 St. Henry, Ohio/St. Henry 5.9 4.0 0.832 Marcus Johnson* Jr. G 6-3 196 Cleveland, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary's 10.1 5.1 0.915 Charles Little Sr. F 6-6 247 Cleveland, Tenn./Cleveland 8.0 4.6 1.30 Mickey Perry Jr. G 6-2 197 Maywood, Ill./Proviso East (Wisconsin) 2.8 1.4 0.534 Devin Searcy So. F/C 6-10 226 Romulous, Mich./Romulous 1.0 1.2 0.111 Stephen Thomas So. G 6-1 170 Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral 0.7 0.5 0.21 London Warren Jr. G 6-0 185 Jacksonville, Fla/Raines 4.3 2.9 1.933 Chris Wright* So. F 6-8 226 Trotwood, Ohio/Trotwood-Madison 10.4 5.7 0.3

INCOMING PLAYERS44 Josh Benson Fr. F/C 6-9 205 Dayton, Ohio/Dunbar 18.9 11.0 4.0(b)23 Luke Fabrizius Fr. F 6-9 205 Arlington Heights, Ill./Hersey 14.7 8.0 4.0(b)4 Chris Johnson Fr. G/F 6-5 176 Columbus, Ohio/Brookhaven 26.2 13.0 2.03 Rob Lowery Jr. G 6-2 165 Forestville, Md./McDonough (Cecil J.C.) 18.2 4.7 8.222 Paul Williams Fr. G 6-4 213 Detroit, Mich./Renaissance 23.8 6.1 1.3*indicates starter; (b) blocks per game


Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts AvgBrian Roberts 34-34 34.7 208-437 .476 100-220 .455 111-129 .860 8/88 96 2.8 60/0 117 94 4 12 627 18.4Chris Wright 15-10 20.6 59-98 .602 1-5 .200 37-46 .804 30/55 85 5.7 33/0 5 30 14 5 156 10.4Marcus Johnson 34-33 29.5 111-232 .478 22-57 .386 98-129 .760 59/115 174 5.1 68/0 31 52 14 23 342 10.1Charles Little 31-0 22.0 100-201 .498 0-0 .000 47-104 .452 59/84 143 4.6 66/2 40 37 8 11 247 8.0Andres Sandoval 34-23 21.9 74-178 .416 26-86 .302 45-77 .584 26/72 98 2.9 82/2 43 32 4 33 219 6.4Jimmy Binnie 34-34 25.7 72-174 .414 40-114 .351 20-37 .541 30/103 133 3.9 57/0 48 34 5 19 204 6.0Kurt Huelsman 34-34 22.2 77-146 .527 0-0 .000 46-86 .535 59/78 137 4.0 79/2 26 55 9 9 200 5.9London Warren 34-2 18.4 55-124 .444 1-2 .500 35-68 .515 20/78 98 2.9 88/1 65 77 8 45 146 4.3Mickey Perry 23-0 9.8 25-64 .391 10-43 .233 5-11 .455 9/24 33 1.4 19/0 11 6 2 3 65 2.8Thiago Cordeiro 27-0 8.0 23-43 .535 0-0 .000 18-33 .545 20/25 45 1.7 32/0 1 14 16 0 64 2.4Devin Searcy 25-0 6.6 9-23 .391 0-0 .000 7-12 .583 16/15 31 1.2 19/0 2 6 4 5 25 1.0Stephen Thomas 23-0 5.3 6-22 .273 3-14 .214 2-4 .500 2/10 12 0.5 8/0 4 3 0 1 17 0.7Peter Zestermann 3-0 1.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1/1 2 0.7 0/0 0 0 0 0 2 0.7Dan Fox 6-0 1.7 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 2/0 2 0.3 0/0 1 0 0 0 3 0.5Michael Laing 3-0 1.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Luke Hendrick 4-0 1.3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1/3 4 1.0 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Logan Nourse 4-0 1.0 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0Team 40/41 81 2.5 0 5Total 820-1749 .469 203-542 .375 474-740 .641 382/792 1174 34.5 612/7 394 445 88 167 2317 68.1Opponents 753-1753 .430 268-755 .355 410-581 .706 307/701 1001 29.6 659/- 441 437 111 166 2184 64.2

2007-08 RESULTSN. 10 East Tennessee State W, 78-74

17 at George Mason L, 67-5621 Toledo W, 76-7024 Southern Methodist W, 82-5728 at Miami (Ohio) W, 63-62

D. 1 at Holy Cross W, 55-535 High Point W, 68-548 at Louisville (#14/#11) W, 70-6515 Coppin State W, 66-3419 American W, 63-5622 Loyola (Md.) W, 91-7429 #6/#6 Pittsburgh W, 80-55

J. 2 Akron (2OT) W, 83-819 RHODE ISLAND (#22/#20) W, 92-8312 at SAINT LOUIS (OT) W, 68-5716 MASSACHUSETTS L, 82-7124 at XAVIER (#23/#22) L, 69-4326 at RICHMOND L, 80-6330 SAINT LOUIS W, 63-36

F. 2 at RHODE ISLAND L, 82-706 CHARLOTTE W, 69-649 at GEORGE WASHINGTON L, 57-5413 DUQUESNE L, 63-6116 TEMPLE W, 77-6621 at LA SALLE (OT) L, 81-7824 at XAVIER (#10/#12) L, 57-51

M. 1 at FORDHAM W, 57-505 at ST. BONAVENTURE W, 78-738 SAINT JOSEPH'S W, 79-6712 vs. Saint Louis (A-10) (OT) W, 63-6213 vs. Xavier (#9/#12) (A-10) L, 74-6519 Cleveland State (NIT) W, 66-5724 at Illinois State (NIT) W, 55-4826 at Ohio State (NIT) L, 74-63


Dayton jumped out to a 14-1 record and No. 14national ranking before an onslaught of injuries andillnesses decimated the team. UD finished 23-11overall and advanced to the NIT quarterfinalsbefore losing at eventual champion Ohio State. TheFlyers return 10 lettermen from that team, includingthree of their top four scorers and three leadingrebounders. Missing, however, will be three-timeAll-Conference guard Brian Roberts, who endedhis career at or near the top of many of theprogram's all-time statistical categories.

Leading the way in 2008-09 will be the team'stop three rebounders from a year ago in sophomoreforward Chris Wright (5.7 rpg.), junior guardMarcus Johnson (5.1 rpg.) and senior forwardCharles Little (4.6 rpg.). All three players boastvertical leaps of 40 inches or better. The 6-8 Wrightaveraged 10.4 points and was named to theleague's All-Rookie Team despite suffering afractured ankle in the Flyers' A-10 opener. Hereturned to average double figures in the NIT.

Little, the 2007 Atlantic 10 Sixth Man of the Year,averaged eight points per game last season whileshooting 49.8 percent (100-for-201) from the field.He will be joined in the frontcourt by Kurt Huelsman,who made great strides a year ago as a sopho-more. The 6-10 center has started every game ofhis college career and averaged 5.9 points and fourboards last year. Sophomore Devin Searcy (1.0ppg.) will provide depth along the baseline.

The 6-3 Johnson averaged 10.1 points whilemaking 33 starts at shooting guard and is theFlyers' top returning marksman from three-pointrange with 22 made last season. Junior LondonWarren (4.3 ppg.) could be the fastest player in theConference in the open floor and is the likely choiceto assume the point guard duties. Warren led theteam in steals (45) and ranked second in assists(65) in 18.4 minutes per contest. Junior college All-American Rob Lowery (18.2 ppg.) will push for timeat the point, while junior Mickey Perry (2.8 ppg.) andsophomore Stephen Thomas (0.7 ppg.) add depth.

Dayton FlyersIn addition to Lowery, UD welcomes an extremely

athletic group of newcomers in freshmen guardsChris Johnson (26.2 ppg.) and Paul Williams (23.8ppg.) and forwards Josh Benson (18.9 ppg.) andLuke Fabrizius (14.7 ppg.).


Aaron Jackson


2007-08 7-9 T-9th 0-1 17-132006-07 6-10 T-10th 0-1 10-192005-06 1-15 14th 0-0 3-242004-05 5-11 West T-5th 0-1 8-222003-04 6-10 West 5th 1-1 12-17

QUICK FACTSLocation: Pittsburgh, Pa.Enrollment: 10,000Founded: 1878President: Dr. Charles DoughertyAthletic Director: Greg AmodioAthletic Web Site: www.GoDuquesne.comNickname: DukesColors: Red and BlueHome Court/Capacity:

A.J. Palumbo Center/5,358

Basketball SID: Dave SabaOffice Phone: 412-396-5861Fax Phone: 412-396-6210E-Mail: [email protected]

HEAD COACH RON EVERHARTAlma Mater: Virginia Tech (1985)Record at School: 27-32 (2 years)Overall Record: 201-204 (14 years)Assistants: Bill Barton, Steve Hall,

Scott Rigot2007-08 Record: 17-13/7-9 (Tie 9th)All-Time Conference Record: 169-312

Duquesne Dukes

RETURNING PLAYERSNo. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg30 Bill Clark So. G/F 6-5 205 Redondo Beach, Calif./ 8.2 4.3 1.4

Worcester (Mass.) Acad.13 Jason Duty Jr. G 6-1 175 Cranberry Township, Pa./Vincentian Acad. 2.3 0.9 0.620 Phillip Fayne Sr. G 6-3 220 Carbondale, Ill./Southwestern Illinois Coll.3.5 1.7 0.81 Aaron Jackson* Sr. G 6-4 185 Hartford, Conn./Worcester (Mass.) Acad. 9.0 4.0 3.555 Lucas Newton So. G 5-10 165 Weston, Fla./Westminster Acad. 0.2 0.0 0.025 Damian Saunders* So. F 6-7 210 Waterbury, Conn./Notre Dame Prep (Mass.) 6.5 5.2 1.64 Jimmy Sherwood Jr. F 6-2 190 Sharon, Mass./Cushing Acad. 0.7 1.2 0.322 David Theis So. F 6-7 230 Pittsburgh, Pa./Mercersburg Acad. 1.8 1.0 0.5

INCOMING PLAYERS23 Melquan Bolding Fr. G/F 6-4 190 Mount Vernon, N.Y./ 18.0 7.0

Notre Dame (Mass.) Prep3 Eric Evans Fr. G 5-11 195 Detroit, Mich./Northwestern 26.3 6.0 8.131 Aleksander Milovic Fr. F 6-7 220 Cetinje, Montenegro/Gymnasium 21.1 8.232 B.J. Monteiro Fr. G/F 6-5 195 Waterbury, Conn./Crosby 21.3 9.9 5.321 Shawntez Patterson Fr. F 6-7 180 Detroit, Mich./Northwestern 15.4 9.1 3.5(b)33 Rodrigo Peggau Fr. F 6-8 230 Sao Paulo, Brazil/Calverton (Md.) School 23.0%

(The Patterson School) (N.C.)2 Chase Robinson Fr. G 6-2 190 Huntsville, Ala./Lee 23.3 7.0 6.0*indicates starter; %2006-07 stats; (b) blocks per game


Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts AvgShawn James 28-15 23.8 138-252 .548 15-45 .333 63-84 .750 67/127 194 6.9 73/1 30 57 111 12 354 12.6Kojo Mensah 29-13 23.7 106-279 .380 16-67 .239 124-158 .785 49/48 97 3.3 54/1 99 89 1 41 352 12.1Kieron Achara 30-17 19.1 109-205 .532 19-52 .365 102-125 .816 38/83 121 4.0 75/2 27 44 45 16 339 11.3Reggie Jackson 29-18 21.4 94-208 .452 32-73 .438 65-83 .783 9/43 52 1.8 51/1 98 69 1 33 285 9.8Gary Tucker 30-18 24.9 98-218 .450 32-103 .311 54-79 .684 18/62 80 2.7 38/0 55 40 6 31 282 9.4Aaron Jackson 30-23 26.4 106-193 .549 12-50 .240 45-61 .738 47/74 121 4.0 62/1 105 53 3 43 269 9.0Bill Clark 30-91 9.6 80-209 .383 40-128 .313 45-70 .643 48/81 129 4.3 96/2 41 41 9 28 245 8.2Damian Saunders 30-19 22.3 78-162 .481 24-69 .348 16-38 .421 46/110 156 5.2 57/0 48 32 39 45 196 6.5Phillip Fayne 19-81 2.2 22-51 .431 9-30 .300 13-17 .765 16/17 33 1.7 29/0 16 16 2 16 66 3.5Jason Duty 25-91 1.4 18-57 .316 14-48 .292 7-9 .778 2/21 23 0.9 30/0 14 15 0 9 57 2.3David Theis 11-1 9.2 5-19 .263 2-13 .154 8-11 .727 5/6 11 1.0 26/0 6 11 3 5 20 1.8Jimmy Sherwood 6-0 4.2 2-8 .250 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 3/4 7 1.2 5/0 2 2 0 3 4 0.7Lucas Newton 6-0 1.7 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0/0 0 0.0 1/0 0 4 0 0 1 0.2Stephen Wood 3-0 1.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1/1 2 0.7 1/0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0Team 60/61 121 4.0 1 14Total 856-1863 .459 215-680 .316 543-737 .737 409/738 1147 38.2 599/8 542 487 220 282 2470 82.3Opponents 779-1835 .425 206-572 .360 459-659 .697 434/695 1129 37.6 616/- 474 554 132 188 2223 74.1

2007-08 RESULTSN. 9 Howard W, 129-59

12 Winston-Salem State W, 93-6317 at Rice W, 86-5920 at Oakland W, 92-7724 Niagara W, 76-6530 vs. Cal State Northridge (1) W, 97-74

D. 1 at Drake (1) L, 77-735 Pittsburgh (#9/#12) L, 73-688 at West Virginia L, 92-6821 Saint Francis (Pa.) W, 99-8028 Robert Morris W, 86-7030 South Carolina Upstate W, 84-66

J. 2 at Bowling Green W, 96-789 FORDHAM W, 74-6213 at RHODE ISLAND (#22/#20) L, 80-7819 at FORDHAM L, 75-7423 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 83-6726 GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 92-6730 MASSACHUSETTS L, 94-80

F. 2 at ST. BONAVENTURE L, 74-596 SAINT JOSEPH'S W, 102-889 at LA SALLE W, 101-8413 at DAYTON W, 63-6116 RICHMOND L, 69-6621 at XAVIER (#10/#12) L, 75-4824 LA SALLE L, 75-72

M. 2 at CHARLOTTE L, 89-825 at TEMPLE L, 90-858 SAINT LOUIS W, 85-5812 vs. La Salle (A-10) L, 82-79

(1) Iowa Realty Drake Tournament(Des Moines, Iowa)


Duquesne continued its turnaround under third-year head coach Ron Everhart by posting theprogram's first winning season in 14 years with a17-13 record in 2007-08. As a result, Everhart inkeda multi-year extension in the offseason that willhave him on the sidelines of the A.J. Palumbo Centerthough the 2013-14 season.

In order to maintain the program's ascent, Everhartis going to have to find a way to replace the team'stop five scorers from a year ago. The Dukes, whohave led the Atlantic 10 in scoring average in eachof the last two seasons, will look to the returning trioof senior Aaron Jackson and sophomores DamianSaunders and Bill Clark from an extremely youngnucleus that includes 11 freshmen and sophomores.

The 6-4 Jackson averaged nine points whileshooting an astounding 54.9 percent (106-for-193)from the field last season. Jackson, who boasts animpressive 1.8-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio for hiscareer and 311 assists, will slide over to the pointguard slot for the first time since his freshmancampaign. The versatile Saunders earned A-10 All-Rookie honors after averaging 6.5 points and 5.2boards, which ranked second on the team, whileleading the Dukes in steals (45). The three-timeRookie of the Week selection blocked a Duquesnefreshman-record 39 shots and displayed greatrange as evidenced by his 24 field goals frombeyond the arc. Clark appeared in every game ayear ago and averaged 8.2 points and 4.3 boardswhile leading the team in three-point field goals with40. Guards Phillip Fayne (3.5 ppg.) and Jason Duty(2.3 ppg.) will provide depth and experience in thebackcourt.

The Dukes' seven-player freshman class, ranked28th nationally by Hoop Scoop, will be looked uponto make an immediate contribution. The talentedquartet of guards includes Melquan Bolding (18.0ppg.), Eric Evans (26.3 ppg.), B.J. Monteiro (21.3ppg.) and Chase Robinson (23.3 ppg.). Monteiroearned Connecticut Player of the Year honors, whileEvans was a finalist for Michigan's "Mr. Basketball"

Duquesne Dukeshonor and Robinson was a "Mr. Basketball" finalist inAlabama. Everhart went international to bolster thefrontcourt with the addition of 6-8 Brazilian forwardRodrigo Peggau and 6-7 Aleksandar Milovic (21.1ppg.), a native of Montenegro.


Brenton Butler


2007-08 6-10 12th 0-1 12-172006-07 10-6 T-4th 1-1 18-122005-06 9-7 T-5th 2-1 15-152004-05 8-8 East 4th 1-1 13-162003-04 3-13 East T-5th 0-1 6-22

Fordham RamsQUICK FACTS

Location: Bronx, N.Y.Enrollment: 7,652Founded: 1841President: Joseph M. McShane, S.J.Exec. Athletic Director: Frank McLaughlinAthletic Web Site: www.fordhamsports.comNickname: RamsColors: Maroon and WhiteHome Court/Capacity: Rose Hill Gym/3,200

Basketball SID: Joe DiBariOffice Phone: 718-817-4240Fax Phone: 718-817-4244E-Mail: [email protected]

HEAD COACH DERECK WHITTENBURGAlma Mater: North Carolina State (1990)Record at School: 65-83 (5 years)Overall Record: 132-133 (9 years)Assistants: Travis Lyons, Jared Grasso,

Steve Treffletti2007-08 Record: 12-17/6-10 (12th)All-Time Conference Record: 66-144

RETURNING PLAYERSNo. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg20 Matt Beck Jr. G 6-1 183 Cherry Hill, N.J./St. Joseph's Prep 0.0 0.3 0.050 Chris Bethel Sr. F 6-5 217 Bronx, N.Y./St. Raymond's 3.1 1.5 0.224 Brenton Butler* Jr. G 6-2 205 Norcross, Ga./Norcross 11.0 3.4 2.344 Luke Devine Sr. C 6-10 255 Wakefield, R.I./Loomis Chafee 0.0 0.5 0.0

(Hargrave Military Academy) (Va.)10 Dan Landisch Jr. F 6-6 240 Brookfield, Wisc./Marquette HS 0.7 0.8 0.023 Mike Moore So. G 6-5 192 New Haven, Conn./Hillhouse 5.5 1.8 0.813 Ryan Munson Jr. F 6-6 220 White Port, Va./Clarke County DNP

(Hargrave Military Academy) (Va.)4 Herb Tanner Jr. G 6-4 170 Boston, Mass./Catholic Memorial 2.5 0.8 1.0

INCOMING PLAYERS-- Trey Blue Fr. G 6-3 190 South Holland, Ill/Thornwood/ 13.5 4.0

Brewster (N.H.) Prep (West Virginia)-- Alberto Estwick Fr. G 6-5 195 Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Anthony's (N.J.) 8.0 3.5-- Jio Fontan Fr. G 5-11 180 Patterson, N.J./St. Anthony's 10.5 2.3 6.5-- Khiry Gordon Fr. F 6-7 195 Philadelphia, Pa./Solebury Prep 13.5 9.0-- Jacob Green So. F 6-9 220 Clinton, Md./Gonzaga Prep 0.8 2.0%

(West Virginia)-- Lamar Thomas Fr. F 6-9 215 Littleton, Colo./Solebury (Pa.) Prep 10.5 11.0*indicates starter; %2006-07 stats



Fordham Rams

2007-08 RESULTSN. 9 at Columbia W, 79-61

12 vs. Central Missouri (1) W, 76-6613 vs. Missouri (1) L, 79-5516 at Syracuse (#25/--) L, 80-6324 College of Charleston L, 73-6828 at Manhattan W, 66-57

D. 2 Robert Morris L, 72-665 Hofstra W, 73-718 NJIT W, 88-4422 UNC-Greensboro L, 58-5428 Binghamton W, 72-6031 at Georgetown (#7/#7) L, 82-55

J. 9 at DUQUESNE L, 74-6212 at XAVIER (#24/#25) L, 68-5016 GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 66-5319 DUQUESNE W, 75-7426 at CHARLOTTE L, 74-6031 TEMPLE L, 58-50

F. 2 at SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 70-5510 RHODE ISLAND L, 65-6314 at MASSACHUSETTS W, 76-7217 CHARLOTTE W, 53-5120 at SAINT LOUIS (OT) L, 69-6523 at TEMPLE W, 78-7627 LA SALLE L, 83-78

M. 1 DAYTON L, 57-505 at RICHMOND L, 58-538 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 69-6212 vs. Saint Joseph's (A-10) L, 80-62(1) O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic

(Columbia, Mo.)

"Praise youth and it will prosper." It's an old Irishproverb that Fordham will be looking to for guidancein 2008-09. The Rams will feature six new faces,five of those freshmen who will be looking to helpthe program recover from the loss of five seniors,including four starters. To call the Rams a youngteam would not be a stretch as the roster consistsof two seniors, five juniors, two sophomores andfive freshmen. However, the squad will be anathletic and fleet-footed one that should allow sixth-year head coach Dereck Whittenburg to push thetempo and create havoc on defense.

Junior guard Brenton Butler, the lone returningstarter, will lead the Rams after finishing third on theteam in scoring (11.0 ppg.) a year ago and dishingout 68 assists. Joining Butler in the backcourt arereturnees Mike Moore and Herb Tanner. Mooreaveraged 5.5 points during his freshman seasonand shot 37.5 percent (24-of-64) from three-pointrange. Tanner (2.5 ppg.) averaged 13.9 minutesand will look to increase his scoring as a junior.

In the frontcourt, Fordham will need to fill the voidcreated by the graduation of Bryant Dunston, whoended his career as the program's second all-timeleading scorer and third all-time leading rebounder.Seniors Luke Devine (0.0 ppg.), who appeared inten games, and Chris Bethel, who averaged 3.1ppg. in eleven contests, will look to increase theirnumbers with added minutes. Junior Dan Landisch(0.7 ppg.), a rugged 6-6 forward who saw a bit ofaction at the end of last year, will also providedepth.

There's no doubt that the success of the 2008-09Rams will be directly related to the success of theirnewcomers. Leading the way are guards JioFontan (10.5 ppg.) and Alberto Estwick (8.0 ppg.),teammates on the 2007-08 St. Anthony's (N.J.)squad that went 32-0 and finished the year as thenation's top-ranked high school team. Fontan couldassume the starting point guard responsibilities andreceived rave reviews for his play over thesummer.

Also joining the program in the fall are forwards

Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts AvgBryant Dunston 29-27 33.1 165-314 .525 5-29 .172 115-176 .653 90/194 284 9.8 67/1 57 55 79 29 450 15.5Marcus Stout 29-25 33.6 152-379 .401 73-210 .348 61-84 .726 19/52 71 2.4 76/1 85 69 0 29 438 15.1Brenton Butler 29-21 31.5 94-276 .341 56-163 .344 74-102 .725 26/74 100 3.4 67/2 66 66 2 23 318 11.0Sebastian Greene 29-23 28.7 91-164 .555 11-35 .314 53-77 .688 52/108 160 5.5 88/5 41 57 9 30 246 8.5Mike Moore 28-4 15.5 52-137 .380 24-64 .375 26-39 .667 18/33 51 1.8 54/0 22 36 2 17 154 5.5Michael Binns 26-14 14.1 34-93 .366 12-43 .279 6-11 .545 18/27 45 1.7 36/0 6 10 2 8 86 3.3Chris Bethel 11-0 8.1 15-34 .441 3-8 .375 1-3 .333 9/7 16 1.5 15/0 2 3 4 6 34 3.1Kevin Anderson 29-27 26.8 20-52 .385 0-9 .000 35-56 .625 26/44 70 2.4 64/3 76 34 3 29 75 2.6Herb Tanner 28-2 13.9 25-82 .305 13-48 .271 8-19 .421 6/15 21 0.8 45/0 27 36 0 12 71 2.5Dan Landisch 12-0 2.8 2-6 .333 1-3 .333 3-4 .750 2/8 10 0.8 5/0 0 3 1 0 8 0.7Zach Wing 3-0 0.6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Luke Devine 10-2 3.9 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1/4 5 0.5 4/0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0Matt Beck 8-0 1.1 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1/1 2 0.3 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Team 41/49 90 3.1 1 11Total 650-1538 .423 198-613 .323 382-571 .669 309/616 925 31.9 523/12 382 381 102 183 1880 64.8Opponents 704-1548 .455 157-450 .349 382-542 .705 315/686 1001 34.5 553/- 376 388 72 194 1947 67.1

Khiry Gordon (13.5 ppg.) and Lamar Thomas (10.5ppg.), teammates at Solebury (Pa.) Prep, andfreshman guard Trey Blue (13.5 ppg.). Thefrontcourt will be bolstered in December with theaddition of 6-9 sophomore Jacob Green (0.8 ppg.),who will become eligible following his transfer fromWest Virginia.


Rob Diggs


2007-08 5-11 13th 0-0 9-172006-07 11-5 3rd 3-0 23-9 NCAA2005-06 16-0 1st 0-1 27-3 NCAA2004-05 11-5 West 1st 3-0 22-8 NCAA2003-04 11-5 West 2nd 1-1 18-12 NIT

QUICK FACTSLocation: Washington, D.C.Enrollment: 20,220Founded: 1821President: Steven KnappAthletic Director: Jack KvanczAthletic Web Site: www.GWsports.comNickname: ColonialsColors: Buff and BlueHome Court (Capacity):

Charles E. Smith Center/5,000

Basketball SID: Brad BowerOffice Phone: 202-994-6654Fax Phone: 202-994-2713E-Mail: [email protected]

HEAD COACH KARL HOBBSAlma Mater: Connecticut (1985)Record at School: 123-82 (7 years)Overall Record: 123-82 (7 years)Assistant Coaches: Darrell Brooks,

Roland Houston, Greg Collucci2007-08 Record: 9-17/5-11 (13th)All-Time Conference Record: 249-244

George Washington Colonials

RETURNING PLAYERSNo. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg2 Xavier Alexander* So. G 6-6 216 Forest Park, Okla./Midwest City 4.0 3.8 1.310 Jeff Del Favero Jr. G 6-2 205 Middletown, Conn./Xavier 0.0 0.2 0.05 Rob Diggs* Sr. F 6-8 202 Brandywine, Md./Gwynn Park 13.9 7.7 1.013 Jabari Edwards So. F 6-9 200 Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Benedict's Prep (N.J.) 0.0 4.0 0.022 Damian Hollis* Jr. F 6-8 205 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./J.P. Taravella 9.1 6.3 1.242 Joseph Katuka So. C 6-10 205 Zaria, Nigeria/Montverde (Fla.) Acad. 2.0 1.5 0.11 Travis King Jr. G 6-2 215 New Haven, Conn./Hyde Leadership 5.7 2.0 2.4%32 Peter Laplante Jr. F 6-8 255 Kiawah Island, S.C./Tabor Acad. (Mass.) 0.3 0.3 0.012 Johnny Lee Jr. G 5-8 166 Nashville, Tenn./Martin Luther King 1.8 1.5 2.121 Hermann Opoku Jr. F 6-9 225 Vienna, Austria/South Kent (Conn.) 1.0 1.0 0.131 Noel Wilmore Sr. G 6-3 190 Philadelphia, Pa./Chester 6.0 1.8 0.511 Wynton Witherspoon* Sr. F 6-7 197 Duluth, Ga./Berkmar (Virginia Tech) 11.0 4.2 2.2

INCOMING PLAYERS33 Matt Allbritton Fr. G 6-4 180 Dallas, Texas/Garland Christian Acad. 21.4 6.4 3.34 Jeff Alston Sr. G 5-9 175 Silver Spring, Md./Good Counsel3 Tony Taylor Fr. G 5-11 165 Sleepy Hollow, N.Y./Archbishop Stepinac 29.3 6.3 7.115 Aaron Ware Fr. G/F 6-4 190 Los Angeles, Calif./Bishop Montgomery 20.4 9.7*indicates starter; %2006-07 stats


Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts AvgRob Diggs 26-25 30.4 140-282 .496 1-7 .143 80-115 .696 80/121 201 7.7 71/4 27 53 31 21 361 13.9Wynton Witherspoon 26-14 29.4 105-245 .429 25-93 .269 51-77 .662 48/60 108 4.2 56/2 58 43 12 30 286 11.0Maureece Rice 22-22 28.0 71-206 .345 33-102 .324 28-34 .824 15/44 59 2.7 25/0 60 37 3 15 203 9.2Damian Hollis 26-22 25.8 84-198 .424 22-70 .314 47-58 .810 38/125 163 6.3 77/3 32 47 13 20 237 9.1Noel Wilmore 26-5 18.3 53-125 .424 42-100 .420 8-10 .800 9/38 47 1.8 40/0 13 18 3 13 156 6.0Cheyenne Moore 23-6 18.0 40-118 .339 21-60 .350 27-31 .871 14/36 50 2.2 49/0 23 53 3 15 128 5.6Miles Beatty 14-0 12.3 22-58 .379 9-30 .300 14-19 .737 5/11 16 1.1 9/0 15 16 0 4 67 4.8Xavier Alexander 23-14 20.2 29-77 .377 5-17 .294 28-65 .431 32/55 87 3.8 57/1 30 40 7 26 91 4.0Joseph Katuka 17-9 7.7 13-27 .481 0-0 .000 8-12 .667 12/14 26 1.5 24/0 2 16 5 1 34 2.0Johnny Lee 26-9 15.7 14-47 .298 9-31 .290 11-15 .733 11/27 38 1.5 34/0 55 34 0 16 48 1.8Hermann Opoku 23-3 6.3 10-20 .500 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 7/16 23 1.0 23/0 1 10 8 4 22 1.0Dominic Green 20- 15.0 6-17 .353 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 4/12 16 0.8 11/0 5 7 0 1 14 0.7Peter Laplante 8-0 3.1 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/2 2 0.3 4/0 0 2 0 0 2 0.3Jabari Edwards 2-0 10.5 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1/7 8 4.0 2/0 0 1 2 0 0 0.0Jeff Del Favero 6-0 0.8 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/1 1 0.2 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Travis King 1-0 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Team 46/37 83 3.2 3 12Total 588-1425 .413 169-516 .328 304-443 .686 322/606 928 35.7 485/10 321 389 87 166 1649 63.4Opponents 601-1423 .422 206-610 .338 367-543 .676 318/598 916 35.2 428/- 390 344 85 186 1775 68.3

2007-08 RESULTSN. 10 Mount St. Mary's W, 77-62

14 Boston University W, 69-5624 at Maryland-Baltimore County L, 89-7928 at UCLA (#2/#1) L, 83-60

D. 2 vs. Auburn (1) L, 74-705 Maryland-Eastern Shore W, 78-399 at Virginia Tech L, 68-3613 at Binghamton L, 71-5923 Longwood W, 63-5429 at Alabama L, 93-57

J. 10 SAINT LOUIS W, 49-2016 at FORDHAM L, 66-5319 XAVIER (#20/#20) L, 74-6623 at RHODE ISLAND L, 81-7026 at DUQUESNE L, 92-6730 SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 61-59

F. 3 at TEMPLE L, 93-806 LA SALLE L, 80-589 DAYTON W, 57-5413 at SAINT LOUIS L, 63-3816 at ST. BONAVENTURE W, 80-7123 RICHMOND W, 59-5327 RHODE ISLAND W, 85-68

M. 1 at XAVIER (#9/#11) L, 66-566 at CHARLOTTE L, 77-618 MASSACHUSETTS L, 67-63

(1) BB&T Classic (Washington, D.C.)


After making three consecutive trips to theNCAA Tournament while compiling a 72-20 recordfrom 2005-07, George Washington will take to thecourt in 2008-09 focused on proving that lastseason's 9-17 mark was an anomaly. Under thedirection of eighth-year head coach Karl Hobbs,four starters return from a roster that is bothversatile and athletic.

Senior forward Rob Diggs has steadily improvedhis scoring and rebounding production each yearand led the team in both categories (13.9 ppg., 7.7rpg.) last season. The springy 6-8 forward shot49.6 percent (140-of-282) from the floor, paced theColonials with 31 blocks and should be an All-Conference candidate in the coming year. Diggswill be joined in the frontcourt by a pair of returningstarters in senior Wynton Witherspoon and juniorDamian Hollis.

The 6-7 Witherspoon ranked second on the teamin both scoring (11.0 ppg.) and assists (2.2 apg.)and added a team-high 30 steals after sitting outthe 2006-07 campaign upon transferring fromVirginia Tech. Hollis averaged 9.1 points and 6.3boards while proving to be a difficult matchup foropponents because of his ability to drive to thebasket or use his 6-8 frame to shoot overdefenders. Juniors Peter Laplante (0.3 ppg) andHermann Opoku (1.0 ppg.) will provide depth, whilesophomores Joseph Katuka (2.0 ppg.) and JabariEdwards (0.0 ppg.) are eager to make significantcontributions.

The backcourt welcomes back a noteworthyplaymaker in sophomore Travis King, who missedall of last season after sustaining a knee injury inthe offseason. The 6-2 King averaged 5.7 pointsand 2.4 assists as a freshman during the Colonials'run to the 2007 A-10 crown. Senior shootingguard Noel Wilmore (6.0 ppg.) led GW with 42three-point field goals, which included a career-best seven trifecta's in a win over Rhode Island

last season. Sophomore Xavier Alexander (4.0ppg.), who at 6-6 provides great size on theperimeter, made 14 starts and finished second on theteam in steals (26). Walk-ons Jeff Alston, Jeff DelFavero and Johnny Lee will provide depth andexperience.

Hobbs also welcomes three freshmen to theprogram in 2008-09 in guards Matt Allbritton (21.4ppg.) and Tony Taylor (29.3 ppg.) and 6-5 forwardAaron Ware (20.4 ppg.).

George Washington Colonials


Jerrell Williams


2007-08 8-8 T-7th 1-1 15-172006-07 3-13 14th 0-0 10-202005-06 10-6 T-3rd 0-1 18-102004-05 5-11 West T-5th 1-1 10-192003-04 5-11 West 6th 0-1 10-20

QUICK FACTSLocation Philadelphia, Pa.Enrollment: 7,554Founded: 1863President: Br. Michael McGinniss, F.S.C.Athletic Director: Dr. Thomas BrennanAthletic Web Site: www.GoExplorers.comNickname: ExplorersColors: Blue and GoldHome Court/Capacity: Tom Gola Arena/4,000

Basketball SID: Kale BeersOffice Phone: 215-951-1513Fax Phone: 215-951-1694E-Mail: [email protected]

HEAD COACH JOHN GIANNINIAlma Mater: North Central (1984)Record at School: 53-66 (4 years)Overall Record: 350-215 (19 years)Assistants: Walt Fuller, Horace Owens,

Ashley Howard2007-08 Record: 15-17/8-8 (Tie 7th)All-Time Conference Record: 74-134

La Salle Explorers

RETURNING PLAYERSNo. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg5 Kimmani Barrett Jr. F 6-6 190 Paterson, N.J./Paterson Catholic 7.8 3.9 1.01 Greg Danish So. G 5-10 160 Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth 1.7 0.3 0.010 Rodney Green* Jr. G 6-5 190 Philadelphia, Pa./Prep Charter 13.4 5.0 3.42 Kyle Griffin So. G 6-3 185 Allentown, Pa./Germantown Acad. 3.5 0.9 1.434 Ruben Guillandeaux Jr. G 6-5 195 Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Patrick's (N.J.) 7.7 1.5 2.131 Paul Johnson* Sr. F 6-6 195 Washington, D.C./Gonzaga Prep 6.7 5.0 1.612 Yves Mekongo Mbala* Jr. F 6-7 210 Elizabeth, N.J./St. Patrick's 8.3 6.0 1.50 Darryl Partin So. G 6-4 180 Seattle, Wa./Charis (N.C.) Prep 2.1 1.0 0.220 Jerrell Williams* So. F 6-8 210 Paterson, N.J./ 9.1 6.4 1.2

Northfield Mount Hermon (Mass.)21 Terrell Williams So. F 6-8 210 Paterson, N.J./ 1.8 1.8 0.6

Northfield Mount Hermon (Mass.)

INCOMING PLAYERS1 Vernon Goodridge Jr. F 6-9 230 Brooklyn, N.Y./Philadelphia (Pa.) Lutheran

Christian Acad. (Mississippi State) 1.8 1.9%41 Steve Weingarten So. F 6-8 215 Baltimore, Md./Catonsville 2.9 1.3%

(Connecticut College)14 Devon White Fr. F 6-8 230 Philadelphia, Pa./Strawberry Mansion 11.6 12.0 4.0(b)*indicates starter; %2006-07 stats; (b) blocks per game


Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts AvgDarnell Harris 32-32 33.2 176-389 .452 123-257 .479 55-72 .764 6/66 72 2.3 59/1 65 36 8 36 530 16.6Rodney Green 32-32 28.9 156-342 .456 16-47 .340 102-132 .773 46/114 160 5.0 94/3 101 111 7 45 430 13.4Jerrell Williams 32-23 22.0 111-256 .434 9-40 .225 59-107 .551 81/124 205 6.4 86/4 41 86 23 20 290 9.1Yves Mekongo Mbala 32-32 27.5 82-182 .451 26-63 .413 77-108 .713 59/132 191 6.0 82/1 48 70 13 15 267 8.3Kimmani Barrett 31-6 19.8 81-165 .491 9-32 .281 71-95 .747 68/54 122 3.9 59/1 31 52 2 12 242 7.8Ruben Guillandeaux 24-1 19.2 67-148 .453 26-66 .394 25-36 .694 2/33 35 1.5 30/0 51 27 2 8 185 7.7Paul Johnson 32-32 24.7 73-164 .445 7-24 .292 60-81 .741 62/97 159 5.0 65/1 51 44 8 36 213 6.7Sherman Diaz 30-1 12.9 41-94 .436 18-52 .346 8-15 .533 19/24 43 1.4 46/0 32 28 25 17 108 3.6Kyle Griffin 15-0 14.5 17-45 .378 13-36 .361 5-7 .714 4/9 13 0.9 21/0 21 14 0 8 52 3.5Darryl Partin 21-0 7.6 14-40 .350 7-26 .269 9-11 .818 2/19 21 1.0 15/0 6 15 3 7 44 2.1Terrell Williams 30-1 9.8 20-54 .370 0-2 .000 15-33 .455 17/36 53 1.8 50/1 18 30 4 15 55 1.8Greg Danish 3-0 1.3 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 3-5 .600 0/1 1 0.3 2/0 0 1 0 0 5 1.7Brad Cohen 3-0 1.3 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0/1 1 0.3 0/0 1 1 0 0 3 1.0Team 60/50 110 3.4 1 5Total 840-1886 .445 255-648 .394 489-702 .697 426/760 1186 37.1 610/12 466 520 95 219 2424 75.8Opponents 885-1899 .466 203-584 .348 466-653 .714 338/729 1067 33.3 614/- 504 453 170 238 2439 76.2

2007-08 RESULTSN. 13 Maryland-Baltimore County L, 76-69

17 at Mount St. Mary's W, 66-6320 at Howard L, 69-6324 Saint Francis (Pa.) W, 65-5928 Central Connecticut State W, 59-55

D. 3 at Bucknell L, 67-668 at Morgan State L, 93-8719 at Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (1) W, 117-8621 vs. Mississippi (1) L, 84-7722 vs. DePaul (1) L, 93-8829 at Villanova (#18/#16) L, 71-58

J. 5 at Florida State L, 81-769 RICHMOND (3OT) L, 75-7412 at ST. BONAVENTURE W, 72-6115 at Pennsylvania W, 62-5819 at RICHMOND W, 76-6723 CHARLOTTE L, 84-7826 SAINT LOUIS L, 81-7430 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 84-61

F. 2 at XAVIER (#15/#15) L, 75-626 at GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 80-589 DUQUESNE L, 101-8413 NJIT W, 87-6518 at SAINT JOSEPH'S W, 90-8921 DAYTON (OT) W, 81-7824 at DUQUESNE W, 75-7227 at FORDHAM W, 83-78

M. 1 RHODE ISLAND L, 91-855 at MASSACHUSETTS L, 100-638 TEMPLE L, 85-6612 vs. Duquesne (A-10) W, 82-7913 vs. Temple (A-10) L, 84-75

(1) San Juan Shootout (San Juan, P.R.)


With the return of six of their top seven scorersand four starters, La Salle head coach Dr. JohnGiannini and the Explorers enter the 2008-09season with measured optimism after a 15-17campaign and seventh-place finish in the Atlantic 10after being tabbed to finish 13th in the preseasonby the league's head coaches and selected media.

Forward Paul Johnson is the lone senior on asquad that features four junior returnees who havecombined for 154 career starts. The 6-6 Johnson(6.7 ppg.) started all 32 games last season andfinished tied for third on the team with fiverebounds per contest. A pair of returning starterswill join Johnson in the frontcourt in junior YvesMekongo Mbala and 6-8 sophomore Jerrell Williams.

Mekongo Mbala averaged 8.3 points and sixboards while converting 26-of-63 (41.3 percent)attempts from three-point range. A member of theA-10 All-Rookie Team, Williams (9.1 ppg.) led theteam in rebounding (6.4 rpg.) and amassed sevendouble-doubles, tops among A-10 freshmen. JuniorKimmani Barrett (7.8 ppg.) led the team in field goalshooting at 49.1 percent (81-for-165) and gives theExplorers a talented and experienced reserve offthe bench. Sophomore Terrell Williams (1.8 ppg.)averaged 9.8 minutes per game and will providefrontcourt depth.

Junior Rodney Green ran the point for much ofhis sophomore campaign and led the Explorers inassists (101) while averaging 13.4 ppg. The 6-5guard uses his size on the perimeter to hisadvantage and registered a team-high 45 steals.Ruben Guillandeaux (7.7 ppg) knocked down 26field goals from beyond the arc is part of a juniorclass that accounted for nearly thirty percent of theteam's offense last season. Sophomore guardsKyle Griffin (3.5 ppg.) and Daryl Partin (2.1 ppg.)will look to procure increased playing time after ayear of experience.

One of the more highly regarded newcomers inthe Conference is 6-9 junior Vernon Goodridge (1.8ppg.), who sat out last season after transferring

from Mississippi State. The Brooklyn, N.Y., nativecould have a major impact at both ends of the floorfor the Explorers. Rounding out the newcomersare freshman forward Devon White (11.6 ppg.) andsophomore forward Steve Weingarten (2.9 ppg.), atransfer from Connecticut College.

La Salle Explorers


Ricky Harris

Massachusetts Minutemen


2007-08 10-6 3rd 0-1 25-11 NIT2006-07 13-3 1st 0-1 24-9 NIT2005-06 8-8 T-7th 0-1 13-152004-05 9-7 East 4th 0-1 16-122003-04 4-12 East 4th 0-1 10-19

QUICK FACTSLocation: Amherst, Mass.Enrollment: 25,876Founded: 1863President: Jack M. WilsonAthletic Director: John McCutcheonAthletic Web Site: www.umassathletics.comNickname: MinutemenColors: Maroon and WhiteHome Court/Capacity:

William D. Mullins Center/9,493

Basketball SID: Jason YellinOffice Phone: 413-577-3061Fax Phone: 413-545-1556E-Mail: [email protected]

HEAD COACH DEREK KELLOGGAlma Mater: Massachusetts (1995)Record at School: First SeasonOverall Record: First SeasonAssistants: Adam Ginsburg, Antwon Jackson,

Vance Walberg2007-08 Record: 25-11/10-6 (3rd)All-Time Conference Record: 247-245

RETURNING PLAYERSNo. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg31 Luke Bonner Sr. C 7-1 245 Concord, N.H./Trinity (West Virginia) 3.5 2.5 0.211 Gary Correia So. G 6-1 180 Providence, R.I./ 1.2 0.8 1.2

Northfield Mount Hermon (Mass.)24 Tony Gaffney Sr. F 6-8 208 Berkley, Mass./Northfield Mount Hermon 3.2 4.8 0.6

(Boston University)33 Matt Glass So. G 6-7 190 Underhill Center, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union 1.8 0.8 0.2

(Northfield Mount Hermon)5 Ricky Harris* Jr. G 6-2 175 Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall College 18.2 2.5 2.0

(Winchendon (Mass.) School)50 Matt Hill So. F 6-7 210 Middletown, Conn./Cheshire Academy 1.0 0.2 0.2

(Tilton (N.H.) School)2 Sedale Jones So. G 6-4 190 Pittsfield, Mass./Pittsfield/Notre Dame Prep 1.1 0.4 0.421 Trey Lang So. F 6-7 215 Marrietta, Ga./Wheeler 0.0 0.6 0.014 Chris Lowe* Sr. G 6-0 165 Mount Vernon, N.Y./Mount Vernon 11.8 3.3 6.3

INCOMING PLAYERS-- David Gibbs Fr. G 6-4 185 East Hartford, Conn./The Master's School 22.5 8.0 12.012 Anthony Gurley So. G 6-3 185 Boston, Mass./Newton North (Wake Forest) 6.4 1.6 0.4%-- Tyrell Lynch Fr. F 6-9 230 Niagara Falls, N.Y./Laurinburg (N.C.) Prep 6.4 1.6 0.4%-- Travon Wilcher Fr. F 6-7 210 Springfield, Mass./Lee (Maine) Academy16.0 10.0%*indicates starter; %2006-07 stats


Massachusetts Minutemen

Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts AvgGary Forbes 36-35 33.7 233-572 .407 57-195 .292 175-243 .720 65/205 270 7.5 87/1 109 113 25 41 698 19.4Ricky Harris 36-32 32.6 209-488 .428 104-278 .374 134-178 .753 19/71 90 2.5 74/1 63 73 5 56 656 18.2Etienne Brower 36-29 30.1 148-324 .457 82-191 .429 78-113 .690 74/173 247 6.9 116/6 58 49 48 26 456 12.7Chris Lowe 34-32 32.9 142-328 .433 21-61 .344 95-140 .679 31/81 112 3.3 70/1 214 99 5 57 400 11.8Dante Milligan 36-20 18.8 132-207 .638 0-0 .000 60-112 .536 82/112 194 5.4 123/12 26 61 69 27 324 9.0Luke Bonner 35-15 11.1 45-111 .405 21-59 .356 13-25 .520 29/59 88 2.5 76/1 13 14 25 6 124 3.5Tony Gaffney 35-8 20.0 42-91 .462 2-14 .143 27-50 .540 55/114 169 4.8 83/5 22 32 59 39 113 3.2Max Groebe 19-0 5.5 14-35 .400 10-28 .357 1-2 .500 2/4 6 0.3 7/0 6 3 1 3 39 2.1Matt Glass 33-2 6.8 19-53 .358 18-48 .375 3-5 .600 9/19 28 0.8 26/0 8 7 1 4 59 1.8Gary Correia 36-0 11.1 14-55 .255 13-50 .260 3-6 .500 3/24 27 0.8 32/0 42 17 0 7 44 1.2Sedale Jones 8-0 2.6 3-6 .500 2-4 .500 1-2 .500 0/3 3 0.4 7/0 1 2 0 1 9 1.1Matt Hill 5-0 1.6 2-4 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0/1 1 0.2 1/0 1 0 1 0 5 1.0Matt Pennie 3-1 2.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0/0 0 0.0 2/0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3Papa Lo 22-0 4.0 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 9/7 16 0.7 15/0 2 9 25 2 6 0.3Trey Lang 5-0 1.8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 0/3 3 0.6 2/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Nana Ampim 3-1 1.7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 1/0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0Team 65/67 132 3.7 2 4Total 1006-2281 .441 331-929 .356 591-880 .672 443/943 1386 38.5 724/27 566 484 264 269 2934 81.5Opponents 957-2252 .425 231-677 .341 579-854 .678 484/955 1439 40.0 734/- 511 544 145 236 2724 75.7

2007-08 RESULTSN. 9 vs. Cal Poly (1) W, 90-64

10 vs. Northern Illinois (1) W, 102-8711 at Northern Iowa (1) L, 75-6814 Yale W, 89-8017 Wisconsin-Green Bay W, 93-7828 at Syracuse W, 107-100

D. 1 at I.U.P.U.I. L, 89-778 vs. Marist (2) W, 83-6812 at Boston College W, 83-8015 Toledo W, 68-6122 Central Connecticut State W, 79-5529 Boston University W, 70-61

J. 2 Houston W, 95-895 at Vanderbilt (#15/#15) L, 97-889 SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 98-9216 at DAYTON (#14/#18) W, 82-7119 CHARLOTTE W, 86-7923 at SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 81-7727 XAVIER (#23/#22) L, 77-6530 at DUQUESNE W, 94-80

F. 2 at SAINT LOUIS L, 71-597 RHODE ISLAND W, 78-7610 at TEMPLE (OT) L, 80-7014 FORDHAM L, 76-7217 SAINT LOUIS W, 88-7721 at RHODE ISLAND W, 98-9124 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 79-56

M. 1 at RICHMOND W, 78-745 LA SALLE W, 100-638 at GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 67-6313 vs. Charlotte (A-10) L, 69-6518 Stephen F. Austin (NIT) W, 80-6022 Akron (NIT) W, 68-6325 at Syracuse (NIT) W, 81-77

A. 1 vs. Florida (NIT) W, 78-663 vs. Ohio State (NIT) L, 92-85

(1) BTI Tip-Off Tournament (Cedar Falls, Iowa)(2) Uncasville, Conn.


Massachusetts brought home one of its own torun the men's basketball program as formerMinuteman point guard and Springfield native DerekKellogg was named the 21st head coach inprogram history. The 1995 UMass graduate returnsto his alma mater for his first head coaching jobafter serving as an assistant coach for 12 years,the last eight at Memphis under former UMass headcoach John Calipari.

Kellogg has worked hard at continuing to buildthe foundation started under former head coachTravis Ford, who led the Minutemen to 25 wins andthe finals of the NIT last season. At Kellogg'sdisposal will be one of the nation's top backcourtswith returning starters Chris Lowe and Ricky Harrisalong with the addition of Anthony Gurley, who iseligible after sitting out last season upon transfer-ring from Wake Forest.

Lowe (11.8 ppg.) led the A-10 with an averageof 6.29 assists, which ranked in the top 15nationally. The senior point guard displayedincredible quickness directing the up-tempo attackand also added a team-high 57 steals. Harrisgarnered the league's Chris Daniels Most ImprovedPlayer Award after increasing his scoring from 4.5ppg. in 2006-07 to 18.2 ppg., good for sixth in theleague. The junior drained 104 field goals frombeyond the arc

Gurley averaged 6.3 points and knocked down32 three-point field goals as a freshman at WakeForest in 2006-07 and is expected to help pick upthe scoring load with the departure of A-10 Playerof the Year Gary Forbes. Combo guard GaryCorreia (1.2 ppg.) and swingman Matt Glass (1.8ppg.) are expected to see their roles expand assophomores after seeing action in 36 and 33games, respectively, while athletic freshman guardDavid Gibbs will be a key contributor off the bench.

The frontcourt will feature a pair of experiencedseniors in Luke Bonner and Tony Gaffney. The 7-1Bonner (3.5 ppg.) pulled down 2.5 rpg. andconnected on 21 three-pointers in 11.1 minutes ofaction. A player who epitomizes hustle anddetermination, the athletic Gaffney (3.2 ppg.)

finished fourth on the team in rebounds (4.8 rpg.)and added 59 blocks and 39 steals. Highly regardedfreshman forwards Tyrell Lynch and Travon Wilcherwill be counted on to make an immediate impact.


Keith Cothran

Rhode Island Rams


2007-08 7-9 T-9th 0-1 21-12 NIT2006-07 10-6 T-4th 2-1 19-142005-06 8-8 T-7th 0-1 14-142004-05 4-12 East 5th 0-1 6-222003-04 7-9 East 3rd 1-1 20-14 NIT

QUICK FACTSLocation: Kingston, R.I.Enrollment: 15,650Founded: 1892President: Dr. Robert L, CarothersAthletic Director: Thorr BjornAthletic Web Site: www.GoRhody.comNickname: RamsColors: Light Blue, Dark Blue and WhiteHome Court/Capacity: Ryan Center/7,657

Basketball SID: Mike LapreyOffice Phone: 401-874-2401Fax Phone: 401-874-5354E-Mail: [email protected]

HEAD COACH JIM BARONAlma Mater: St. Bonaventure (1977)Record at School: 108-107 (7 years)Overall Record: 314-309 (21 years)Assistants: Kevin Clark, Pat Clarke

2007-08 Record: 21-12/7-9 (Tie 9th)All-Time Conference Record: 199-250

RETURNING PLAYERSNo. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg20 Jimmy Baron* Sr. G 6-3 195 East Greenwich, R.I./ 14.2 2.1 1.9

Worcester (Mass.) Academy22 Keith Cothran Jr. G 6-4 195 New Haven. Conn./ 7.3 2.2 1.9

Winchendon (Mass.) School54 Jason Francis* Sr. F 6-9 280 Old Harbour, Jamaica/S.E. Illinois College 2.6 2.0 0.321 Delroy James Jr. F 6-8 220 Brooklyn, N.Y./Laurinburg (N.C.) Prep 3.3 2.4 0.55 Marquis Jones So. G 6-1 200 South Plainfield, N.J./ 1.7 1.1 1.7

St. Thomas More (Conn.)33 Kahiem Seawright* Sr. F 6-8 235 Uniondale, N.Y./Uniondale 9.2 8.4 2.115 Lamonte Ulmer Jr. F 6-6 215 New Haven, Conn./Notre Dame Prep (Mass.) 7.3 4.9 1.032 Will Martell So. C 7-0 245 Fair Haven, N.J./The Hun School 0.2 0.5 0.0

INCOMING PLAYERS2 Ben Eaves Jr. F 6-7 230 Lancashire, England/Cardinal Newman 0.1 0.5% 0.1(s)

(Connecticut)1 Stevie Mejia Fr. G 5-8 170 Boston, Mass./Lawrence Academy 19.0 4.0(s) 6.012 Orion Outerbridge Fr. F 6-9 210 Boston, Mass./New Hampton School 13.0 7.0 2.0 (b)4 Jamal Wilson Fr. G 6-5 195 Norristown, Pa./Neumann-Goretti 14.0 8.0 4.0*indicates starter; %2006-07 stats; (s) steals per game; (b) blocks per game


Rhode Island Rams

Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts AvgWill Daniels 33-33 28.5 228-455 .501 45-125 .360 114-165 .691 68/148 216 6.5 101/3 36 80 31 32 615 18.6Jimmy Baron 33-33 28.3 149-347 .429 99-244 .406 73-80 .913 24/44 68 2.1 49/2 64 38 1 18 470 14.2Parfait Bitee 33-33 29.7 128-258 .496 65-127 .512 69-87 .793 13/68 81 2.5 67/1 156 81 6 26 390 11.8Kahiem Seawright 33-33 29.1 91-207 .440 0-1 .000 121-189 .640 103/174 277 8.4 88/1 68 86 42 23 303 9.2Lamonte Ulmer 33-1 21.8 97-192 .505 0-3 .000 48-73 .658 67/94 161 4.9 45/0 32 35 25 33 242 7.3Keith Cothran 33-1 22.1 97-207 .469 11-46 .239 37-56 .661 31/43 74 2.2 71/1 63 50 8 59 242 7.3Joe Mbang 31-1 16.2 67-163 .411 20-74 .270 42-61 .689 43/85 128 4.1 42/0 9 19 10 12 196 6.3Delroy James 20-3 9.0 27-54 .500 1-8 .125 10-20 .500 12/35 47 2.4 27/0 4 19 5 8 65 3.3Jason Francis 29-27 12.0 32-52 .615 0-0 .000 12-22 .545 24/33 57 2.0 68/1 8 17 1 6 76 2.6Marquis Jones 30-0 8.9 18-48 .375 2-10 .200 14-26 .538 2/32 34 1.1 38/0 50 30 2 14 52 1.7Hakim McCullar 14-0 2.7 2-7 .286 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3/5 8 0.6 3/0 0 1 1 0 4 0.3Will Martell 13-0 2.1 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 2/4 6 0.5 4/0 0 1 0 0 3 0.2Olawale Alesh 1-0 2.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1/0 1 1.0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Team 52/53 105 3.2 3 5Total 937-1994 .470 243-639 .380 541-781 .693 445/818 1263 38.3 606/10 490 462 132 231 2658 80.5Opponents 863-1998 .432 252-713 .353 478-672 .711 430/751 1181 35.8 673/- 453 503 98 209 2456 74.4

2007-08 RESULTSN. 9 Florida Atlantic (1) W, 90-63

14 at Brown W, 75-6116 vs. South Florida (2) W, 74-6717 vs. Stetson (2) W, 80-6518 vs. Alabama-Birmingham (2) W, 74-6921 at Boston College L, 76-7224 Toledo W, 83-5728 Northeastern W, 92-72

D. 1 New Hampshire W, 87-764 Providence W, 77-608 at Syracuse W, 91-8922 Hofstra W, 88-6928 vs. Eastern Michigan (3) W, 92-75 29 vs. Georgia Southern (3) W, 85-80

J. 2 Fairleigh Dickinson W, 94-639 at DAYTON (#17/#22) L, 92-8313 DUQUESNE W, 80-7817 at SAINT LOUIS L, 68-6123 GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 81-7026 at ST. BONAVENTURE W, 89-7730 RICHMOND W, 78-64

F. 2 DAYTON W, 82-707 at MASSACHUSETTS L, 78-7610 at FORDHAM W, 65-6313 at TEMPLE (OT) L, 92-8918 XAVIER (#10/#12) L, 81-7721 MASSACHUSETTS L, 98-9124 SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 90-8327 at GEORGE WASHINGTON L, 85-68

M. 1 at LA SALLE W, 91-858 CHARLOTTE L, 74-6412 vs. Charlotte (A-10) L, 75-7318 at Creighton (NIT) L, 74-73

(1) Glenn Wilkes Classic(2) Glenn Wilkes Classic (Daytona Beach, Fla.)(3) Islander Invitational (Corpus Christi, Texas)


Rhode Island is coming off a 2007-08 season inwhich the team registered 21 victories en route to aberth in the National Invitation Tournament. TheRams return three starters and four of the team'stop six scorers from a squad that cracked thenational polls for a six-week span through earlyJanuary and suffered six losses by four points orless.

Tri-captain Jimmy Baron returns for his finalseason in Kingston after averaging 14.2 points ayear ago. The 6-3 guard established himself asone of the top three-point shooters in the countryafter knocking down 99 field goals from beyond thearc last season and enters his senior campaignwith 243 career three-pointers. Joining him as tri-captain are classmates Kahiem Seawright (9.2ppg.) and Jason Francis (2.6 ppg.). The 6-8Seawright is the A-10's top returning rebounder(8.4 rpg.) and also led URI with 42 blocks. Hegrabbed at least ten rebounds in 14 of the Rams' 33contests last season. The burly Francis shouldagain provide Rhody with a strong presence in thepaint.

Eighth-year head coach Jim Baron will look tojuniors Lamonte Ulmer, Keith Cothran and DelroyJames for athleticism and leadership. Ulmer andCothran averaged 7.3 points apiece coming off thebench last season, with the wiry Ulmer adding 4.9rpg. and the ball-hawking Cothran leading the Ramsin steals (59). The 6-8 James (3.3 ppg.) joined theteam after the first semester and displayed greatversatility at both ends of the floor while averaging6.5 points over the team's final nine contests.

Guard Marquis Jones (1.7 ppg.) recorded animpressive 1.7:1 assist-to-turnover ratio in 30games during his freshman campaign last seasonand will vie for increased minutes at the point.Sophomore center Will Martell (0.2 ppg.) will providedepth in the frontcourt after a strong offseason.

Four newcomers join the Rams in 2008-09 and allshould contend for playing time. Junior Ben Eaves,a transfer from Connecticut, is an athletic 6-7forward with long-distance shooting range, whilethe coaching staff is excited about freshmen

guards Stevie Mejia and Jamal Wilson and forwardOrion Outerbridge.


Kevin Anderson


2007-08 9-7 T-4th 0-1 16-15 CBI2006-07 4-12 T-12th 0-1 8-222005-06 6-10 T-11th 0-1 13-172004-05 8-8 West 4th 1-1 14-152003-04 10-6 West T-3rd 2-1 20-13 NCAA

QUICK FACTSLocation: Richmond, Va.Enrollment: 2,950Founded: 1830President: Dr. Edward L. AyersAthletic Director: Jim MillerAthletic Web Site: www.RichmondSpiders.comNickname: SpidersColors: Red and BlueHome Court/Capacity: Robins Center/9,071

Basketball SID: Mark KwolekOffice Phone: 804-289-8320Fax Phone: 804-349-3353E-Mail: [email protected]

HEAD COACH CHRIS MOONEYAlma Mater: Princeton (1994)Record at School: 37-54 (3 years)Overall Record: 79-93 (6 years)Assistants: Kevin McGeehan, Carlin Hartman,

Jamal Brunt2007-08 Record: 16-15/9-7 (Tie 4th)All-Time Conference Record: 58-54

Richmond Spiders

RETURNING PLAYERSNo. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg14 Kevin Anderson* So. G 5-11 165 Duluth, Ga./Peachtree Ridge 10.7 2.7 3.024 Liam Billings Fr. G 6-4 185 Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park 11.0 4.0 3.044 Ryan Butler* Jr. G 6-6 200 Richmond, Va./Douglas Freeman 5.5 2.9 2.413 Zak Estes Fr. G/F 6-4 185 Indianapolis, Ind./Brebeuf Jesuit 5.6 3.0 1.041 Dan Geriot* Jr. F/C 6-9 235 Springfield, Pa./Springfield 14.3 5.5 1.84 Jarhon Giddings Sr. F 6-9 235 Winston-Salem, N.C./R.J. Reynolds 3.9 1.7 0.45 David Gonzalvez* Jr. G/F 6-4 200 Marietta, Ga./Wheeler/ 11.7 3.0 2.0

Notre Dame Prep (Mass.)32 Justin Harper So. F 6-9 210 Richmond,Va./Meadowbrook 3.3 1.3 0.121 Kevin Hovde Jr. F/G 6-5 200 Kennett Square, Pa./Unionville 1.9 1.5 0.23 Mark McGonigal Sr. G 6-0 190 Absecon, N.J./Holy Spirit 0.1 0.3 0.3%10 Duncan McLean Sr. G 6-1 185 Wilmette, Ill./New Trier Township 0.0 0.2 0.012 Kevin Smith So. F 6-5 180 Murfreesboro, Tenn./Riverdale 4.6 2.6 1.9

INCOMING PLAYERS11 Josh Duinker Fr. F/C 6-10 215 Sydney, Australia/St. Pius X 25.6 12.2 3.0%1 Darrius Garrett Fr. F 6-8 200 Raleigh, N.C./McEachern (Ga.) 16.2 11.8 4.3(b)15 Francis Cedric Martel Fr. G 6-5 200 Montreal, Quebec/Montmorency 19.8 9.8 2.0(s)31 Conor Smith Fr. F 6-8 200 Brookfield, Wisc./Catholic Memorial 16.0 6.0 5.0%*indicates starter; %2006-07 stats; (b) blocks per game; (s) steals per game


Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts AvgDan Geriot 31-31 29.4 165-349 .473 31-78 .397 81-108 .750 45/126 171 5.5 94/6 56 78 10 22 442 14.3David Gonzalvez 31-31 33.5 119-280 .425 61-145 .421 65-83 .783 21/71 92 3.0 81/5 64 75 11 42 364 11.7Kevin Anderson 31-23 34.8 112-291 .385 33-109 .303 75-92 .815 28/55 83 2.7 67/1 94 68 6 55 332 10.7Ryan Butler 31-25 24.9 56-146 .384 35-102 .343 23-34 .676 12/77 89 2.9 82/3 74 54 4 44 170 5.5Oumar Sylla 31-8 19.5 58-144 .403 14-47 .298 33-54 .611 21/71 92 3.0 55/0 34 36 6 33 163 5.3Kevin Smith 29-6 21.6 51-101 .505 5-22 .227 27-38 .711 18/58 76 2.6 79/5 55 43 15 24 134 4.6Gaston Moliva 24-23 17.7 43-76 .566 3-6 .500 10-25 .400 23/59 82 3.4 46/1 13 24 30 10 99 4.1Jahron Giddings 31-5 10.7 45-106 .425 15-54 .278 15-26 .577 16/37 53 1.7 48/0 14 25 16 7 120 3.9Justin Harper 29-0 8.6 36-80 .450 16-43 .372 7-17 .412 16/23 39 1.3 41/1 4 13 6 6 95 3.3Kevin Hovde 29-3 9.7 22-39 .564 5-12 .417 6-9 .667 18/26 44 1.5 30/0 7 15 4 13 55 1.9Duncan McLean 10-0 1.1 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1/1 2 0.2 1/0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0Chris McClain 1-0 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Team 37/22 59 2.0 4 13Total 707-1615 .438 218-619 .352 342-4861 .704 256/626 882 28.5 628/22 416 444 108 257 1974 63.7Opponents 675-1525 .443 194-568 .342 502-690 .728 322/736 1058 34.1 540/- 374 515 96 218 2046 66.0

2007-08 RESULTSN. 5 vs. Maine (1) W, 44-42

6 at Memphis (#3/#3) (1) L, 80-6310 Norfolk State L, 72-6913 at East Carolina (OT) W, 67-6517 Maryland-Baltimore County L, 70-6820 at Rice W, 61-5524 at Marist L, 64-6228 William & Mary W, 58-55

D. 5 South Florida L, 79-658 at Virginia Commonwealth L, 65-4519 Old Dominion W, 55-4930 Virginia Military Institute W, 71-69

J. 3 Virginia Tech W, 52-499 at LA SALLE (3OT) W, 75-7412 at SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 81-6316 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 75-6419 LA SALLE L, 76-6726 DAYTON (#16/#19) W, 80-6330 at RHODE ISLAND L, 78-64

F. 2 at CHARLOTTE W, 64-586 TEMPLE W, 64-5810 SAINT LOUIS L, 64-5516 at DUQUESNE W, 69-6620 CHARLOTTE (OT) W, 79-7623 at GEORGE WASHINGTON L, 59-5327 at ST. BONAVENTURE W, 82-71

M. 1 MASSACHUSETTS L, 78-745 FORDHAM W, 58-538 at XAVIER (#8/#11) L, 86-6113 vs. Saint Joseph's (A-10) L, 61-4718 at Virginia (CBI) L, 66-64

(1) 2K Sports College Hoops Classic(Memphis, Tenn.)


In fourth-year head coach Chris Mooney's firstseason at Richmond, there were no scholarshipguards in the program. In his second season, theteam's top four scorers were freshmen. Last year,with 81 percent of the scoring coming fromfreshmen and sophomores, the Spiders finishedfourth in the Conference, earned a first round byein the A-10 Championship and a berth in theinaugural College Basketball Invitational.

Mooney, who guided UR to a 16-15 overallrecord – its first winning mark since 2003-04 – nowenters the 2008-09 campaign faced with thedistinct possibility of not having one of the league’stop players at his disposal. Junior Dan Geriot, a 6-9forward/center and third-team All-Atlantic 10selection who has started 52 games and led theSpiders in both scoring (14.3 ppg.) and rebounding(5.5 rpg.) last season, sustained a knee injuryduring summer league competition and could missthe year.

Richmond does welcome back nearly its entireteam from last season, led by athletic swingmanDavid Gonzalvez, who averaged 11.7 points andwas the Spiders’ top three-point shooter with 61field goals from beyond the arc as a sophomore.Vying for a starting role in the frontcourt is 6-9senior Jarhon Giddings (3.9 ppg.), who finishedsecond on the team with 16 blocks while averaging10.7 minutes a year ago. Giddings is the lonescholarship senior on the squad.

Sophomore Kevin Anderson, the 2007-08 Atlantic10 Rookie of the Year, assumed the starting pointguard role early on in his freshman campaign andflourished with averages of 10.7 points and threeassists while ranking fourth in the Conference inminutes (34.8 mpg.). Junior guard Ryan Butler (5.5ppg.) registered 44 steals, good for second on theteam, and shot an efficient 34.3 percent (35-of-102) from three-point range.

While Anderson made the biggest impact as arookie, classmates Kevin Smith and Justin Harperalso displayed great promise a year ago. Smithaveraged 4.6 points in 21.6 minutes of action andadded 24 steals while showing great potential onthe defensive end. An athletic 6-9 forward, Harper

Richmond Spiders(3.3 ppg.) saw action in 29 games and could bepoised for a breakout year.

The staff is excited about the impact of its threeincoming freshmen: forwards Josh Duinker andDarrius Garrett (16.2 ppg.) and guard Francis CedricMartel (19.8 ppg.). In addition, 6-8 freshman forwardConor Smith (16.0 ppg.) joins the squad after sittingout last season.


D’Lancy Carter

St. Bonaventure Bonnies


2007-08 2-14 14th 0-0 8-222006-07 4-12 T-12th 0-0 7-222005-06 2-14 13th 0-0 8-192004-05 1-15 East 6th 0-1 2-262003-04 3-13 East T-5th 0-1 7-21

QUICK FACTSLocation: St. Bonaventure, N.Y.Enrollment: 2,000Founded: 1858President: Sister Margaret Carney, O.S.F.Athletic Director: Steve WatsonAthletic Web Site: www.GoBonnies.comNickname: BonniesColors: Brown and WhiteHome Court/Capacity: Bob Lanier Court

at the Reilly Center/5,780

Basketball SID: Pat PiersonOffice Phone: 716-375-2575Fax Phone: 716-375-2383E-Mail: [email protected]

HEAD COACH MARK SCHMIDTAlma Mater: Boston College (1986)Record at School: 8-22 (1 year)Overall Record: 90-112 (7 years)Assistants: Jeff Massey, Dave Moore,

Dino Presley2007-08 Record: 8-22/2-14 (14th)All-Time Conference Record: 153-312

RETURNING PLAYERSNo. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg12 Tyler Benson* Sr. G 6-7 216 Morgantown, W.Va./Massanutten Acad. 5.3 3.5 2.250 D'Lancy Carter* Sr. F/C 6-10 256 Houston, Tex./West Side 6.6 6.2 0.9

(Vincennes University)20 Malcolm Eleby So. G 6-3 195 Philadelphia, Pa./Franklin Learning Center 2.8 1.4 1.7

INCOMING PLAYERS1 Ray Blackburn Jr. G 6-1 185 Buffalo, N.Y./Lancaster (Erie C.C.) 19.7 4.6 6.921 Da'Quan Cook Fr. F 6-9 220 Elizabeth, N.J./The Miller School 13.4 6.7 2.0%32 Michael Davenport Fr. G 6-4 185 Cincinnati, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller 11.0 5.0 1.55 Jonathan Hall Jr. G 6-5 212 Miami, Fla./Miami Senior (South Plains C.C.) 18.8 8.0 4.524 Lewis Leonard Jr. G 6-4 205 Philadelphia, Pa./Frankford 25.2 5.9 1.9

(San Bernardino Valley)4 Chris Matthews Jr. G 6-4 207 Washington, D.C./Philadelphia (Pa.) Lutheran 3.7 1.4 0.5%

Christian Academy (Washington State)44 Andrew Nicholson Fr. F 6-9 230 Mississauga, Ontario/ 18.0 13.0 6.0(b)

Father Michael Goetz Secondary33 Marquise Simmons Fr. G/F 6-8 210 Washington, D.C./Central 24.0 12.03 Maurice Thomas Jr. F 6-8 210 Philadelphia, Pa./Philadelphia Lutheran 9.4 5.4%

Christian Academy (UTEP)*indicates starter; %2006-07 stats; (b) blocks per game


Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts AvgMichael Lee 30-30 36.3 193-397 .486 32-84 .381 107-152 .704 68/172 240 8.0 64/1 43 86 16 44 525 17.5Zarryon Fereti 30-30 36.1 126-358 .352 67-188 .356 94-110 .855 19/103 122 4.1 57/0 70 65 3 20 413 13.8Tyler Relph 29-22 32.3 103-235 .438 63-148 .426 75-80 .938 16/62 78 2.7 69/1 112 85 0 25 344 11.9D'Lancy Carter 30-28 24.5 83-168 .494 0-2 .000 31-52 .596 77/109 186 6.2 94/6 26 37 24 8 197 6.6Hillary Haley 29-14 18.4 56-145 .386 17-60 .283 34-48 .708 25/46 71 2.4 59/1 17 37 2 11 163 5.6Tyler Benson 30-15 29.1 53-160 .331 29-119 .244 23-34 .676 40/64 104 3.5 93/6 65 34 8 25 158 5.3Matt Morgan 28-2 11.4 40-72 .556 0-1 .000 25-34 .735 22/46 68 2.4 38/0 6 10 11 3 105 3.8Malcom Eleby 30-8 13.4 25-73 .342 0-4 .000 33-52 .635 9/34 43 1.4 57/0 51 67 0 16 83 2.8Delonte Taylor 4-0 2.3 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2/1 3 0.8 0/0 0 1 0 0 2 0.5Perry King 8-1 1.8 0-5 .000 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 2/1 3 0.4 4/0 0 1 0 0 2 0.3Shane Hvizdak 3-0 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Owen Maxwell 1-0 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Team 36/38 74 2.5 4 5Total 680-1617 .421 208-609 .342 424-564 .752 316/676 992 33.1 535/15 390 428 64 152 1992 66.4Opponents 757-1687 .449 270-746 .362 387-553 .700 339/702 1041 34.7 546/- 474 390 81 198 2171 72.4

St. Bonaventure Bonnies2007-08 RESULTSN. 9 at Boston University L, 68-57

12 Binghamton W, 97-8016 vs. Loyola Marymount (1) W, 61-5017 at New Mexico (1) L, 81-5418 vs. Presbyterian (1) W, 79-7224 Eastern Michigan L, 63-6028 at Niagara L, 80-75

D. 1 Canisius W, 80-645 at Ohio L, 77-588 Albany W, 58-5415 at Hampton L, 55-4818 Wright State L, 54-4530 at Binghamton L, 64-59

J. 5 Bucknell W, 65-629 at XAVIER (#24/#25) L, 83-6812 LA SALLE L, 72-6116 at RICHMOND L, 75-6423 at DUQUESNE L, 83-6726 RHODE ISLAND L, 89-7730 at LA SALLE L, 84-61

F. 2 DUQUESNE W, 74-599 CHARLOTTE L, 87-8313 at SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 81-5616 GEORGE WASHINGTON L, 80-7120 TEMPLE L, 96-8224 at MASSACHUSETTS L, 79-5627 RICHMOND L, 82-71

M. 1 at SAINT LOUIS W, 70-505 DAYTON L, 78-738 at FORDHAM L, 69-62

(1) BTI Invitational (Albequerque, N.M.)


With his blue collar work ethic now instilled in theprogram, second-year head coach Mark Schmidtwill continue his revival of St. Bonaventurebasketball in 2008-09.

Schmidt and his staff will have their work cut outfor them as they welcome back just threeletterwinners, including two starters, from lastyear's squad. With the departure of seniorsZarryon Fereti, Michael Lee and Tyler Relph - theteam's top three leading scorers who accountedfor 64 percent of the offense - the Bonnies will turnto a talented group of nine newcomers to take overthe brunt of the scoring load.

Senior forward D'Lancy Carter is the team'sleading returning scorer (6.6 ppg) and rebounder(6.2 rpg) after one season in the Brown and White.The 6-10 Carter also led the squad with 24 blocksin just 24.5 minutes of action. Also back are guardsTyler Benson and Malcolm Eleby (2.8 ppg). Benson,a 6-7 senior, started half of the team's 30 games ayear ago, contributing 5.3 points and 3.5 boards percontest. Eleby came off the bench to run the pointand showed great potential, most notably a ten-point performance at Xavier.

The attention will be squarely focused onSchmidt's first full recruiting class, a six-membergroup ranked 26th in the nation by Hoop Scoop.The fresh faces include a trio of junior collegestandouts in guards Ray Blackburn (19.7 ppg.), aNJCAA Division II All-American, Jonathan Hall (18.8ppg.) and Lewis Leonard (25.2 ppg.). All three willbe counted on for their scoring abilities. Roundingout the class are 6-9 forward Andrew Nicholson(18.0 ppg.) and guards Michael Davenport (11.0ppg.) and Marquise Simmons.

Also joining the Bonnies this fall are a pair ofjunior transfers, Chris Matthews and MauriceThomas. A 6-4 guard from Washington State,Matthews averaged 3.7 points, while the 6-8Thomas, who averaged 9.4 points and 5.4rebounds at UTEP in 2006-07, will give thefrontcourt some much needed scoring potential.Freshman forward Da'Quan Cook (13.4 ppg) alsowill push for time after sitting out last season.


Ahmad Nivins


2007-08 9-7 T-4th 3-1 21-13 NCAA2006-07 9-7 6th 1-1 18-142005-06 9-7 T-5th 3-1 19-14 NIT2004-05 14-2 East 1st 2-1 24-12 NIT2003-04 16-0 East 1st 0-1 30-2 NCAA

QUICK FACTSLocation: Philadelphia, Pa.Enrollment: 4,150Founded: 1851President: Timothy R. Lannon, S.J.Assoc. VP/Athletic Director: Don DiJuliaAthletic Web Site: www.sjuhawks.comNickname: HawksColors: Crimson and GrayHome Court/Capacity:

The Palestra/8,722

Basketball SID: Marie WozniakOffice Phone: 610-660-1727Fax Phone: 610-660-1724E-Mail: [email protected]

HEAD COACH PHIL MARTELLIAlma Mater: Widener (1976)Record at School: 261-152 (13 years)Overall Record: 261-152 (13 years)Assistants: Mark Bass, David Duda

Geoff Arnold2007-08 Record: 21-13/9-7 (Tie 4th)All-Time Conference Record: 244-184

Saint Joseph’s Hawks

RETURNING PLAYERSNo. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg11 Charoy Bentley So. G 5-11 175 West Haven, Conn./Harding 0.3 0.3 0.25 C.J. Brown Jr. G 5-11 165 Newark, Del./Caravel Academy 0.5 0.4 0.00 Tasheed Carr* Sr. G 6-4 210 Philadelphia, Pa./Mt. Zion Academy (N.C.) 10.8 4.0 5.6

(Iowa State)13 Darrin Govens* Jr. G 6-1 175 Chester, Pa./Chester 9.8 2.0 2.332 Idris Hilliard So. F 6-6 211 Roselle, N.J./The Hun School 1.2 1.0 0.122 Edwin Lashley Sr. G 6-4 197 Salisbury, Md./St. Thomas More (Conn.) 1.4 0.3 0.234 Ahmad Nivins* Sr. F 6-9 235 Jersey City, N.J./St. Anthony's 14.4 5.8 0.515 Garrett Williamson Jr. G 6-5 190 Lower Merion, Pa./Lower Merion 5.3 2.7 2.6

INCOMING PLAYERS21 Temi Adebayo Fr. C 6-11 210 Washington, D.C./ 7.9 5.0 0.0

Montrose Christian (Md.)55 Mike Auriemma Fr. G 6-1 183 Manchester, Conn./East Catholic 20.0 4.0 7.040 Bryant Irwin Fr. F 6-8 220 Bridgeport, W. Va./Bridgeport 31.0 11.0 3.0 1 Chris Prescott Fr. G 6-2 190 Bloomfield, Conn./Northwest Catholic 22.0 5.0 5.045 A.J. Rogers Fr. G 6-6 210 Rosedale, N.Y./St. Anthony’s (N.J.) 7.0 8.0 2.0*indicates starter


Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts AvgPat Calathes 34-34 33.6 189-422 .448 74-185 .400 142-172 .826 66/189 255 7.5 92/5 92 78 42 42 594 17.5Ahmad Nivins 33-33 33.7 165-255 .647 0-0 .000 146-197 .741 73/120 193 5.8 93/4 16 76 39 22 476 14.4Rob Ferguson 34-34 32.7 155-300 .517 59-133 .444 36-43 .837 56/107 163 4.8 92/4 39 45 39 26 405 11.9Tasheed Carr 30-30 33.1 117-247 .474 30-88 .341 59-87 .678 17/104 121 4.0 80/3 167 84 1 47 323 10.8Darrin Govens 34-34 28.5 116-308 .377 68-181 .376 33-46 .717 18/50 68 2.0 72/0 80 42 2 44 333 9.8Garrett Williamson 34-4 23.3 59-118 .500 3-18 .167 60-92 .652 23/69 92 2.7 83/4 89 56 18 39 181 5.3D.J. Rivera 13-0 10.2 14-52 .269 0-5 .000 29-40 .725 11/10 21 1.6 21/0 4 9 2 9 57 4.4Edwin Lashley 20-0 3.5 9-19 .474 9-16 .563 1-2 .500 2/4 6 0.3 3/0 4 2 0 1 28 1.4Arvydas Lidzius 24-1 8.0 13-27 .481 3-7 .429 4-9 .444 9/11 20 0.8 23/0 1 6 1 0 33 1.4Idris Hilliard 33-0 5.7 16-35 .457 0-2 .000 8-18 .444 15/18 33 1.0 22/0 5 9 3 4 40 1.2C.J. Brown 8-0 1.1 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1/2 3 0.4 1/0 0 1 0 2 4 0.5Charoy Bentley 18-0 4.2 2-8 .250 1-5 .200 1-7 .143 0/5 5 0.3 5/0 4 12 0 3 6 0.3Rockwell Moody 14-0 4.5 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 2/6 8 0.6 9/0 1 4 7 3 4 0.3Team 44/54 98 2.9 2 8Total 859-1800 .477 246-640 .386 519-715 .726 337/749 1086 31.9 598/20 502 432 154 242 2482 73.1Opponents 807-1848 .437 257-694 .370 421-615 .685 386/701 1087 32.0 621/- 489 480 116 216 2292 67.4

2007-08 RESULTSN. 12 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (1) W, 86-66

13 vs. Syracuse (#25/--) (1) L, 72-6917 at Boston University W, 57-4827 Ball State W, 74-6329 Gonzaga (#19/#19) (OT) L, 70-65

D. 1 Penn State (2) W, 79-674 Holy Cross L, 71-669 at Creighton (OT) L, 90-8421 at Fairfield W, 78-7028 at Siena W, 74-6831 at Drexel (2) W, 69-51

J. 9 at MASSACHUSETTS W, 98-9212 RICHMOND W, 81-6316 at CHARLOTTE L, 70-6619 at Pennsylvania W, 82-4223 MASSACHUSETTS W, 81-7726 at TEMPLE W, 68-6730 at GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 61-59

F. 2 FORDHAM W, 70-554 Villanova (2) W, 77-556 at DUQUESNE L, 102-8810 at XAVIER (#13/#14) L, 76-7213 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 81-5618 LA SALLE (2) L, 90-8924 at RHODE ISLAND W, 90-8328 SAINT LOUIS L, 64-55

M. 2 TEMPLE (2) L, 57-566 XAVIER (#8/#11) W, 71-668 at DAYTON L, 79-6712 vs. Fordham (A-10) W, 80-6213 vs. Richmond (A-10) W, 61-4714 vs. Xavier (#9/#12) (A-10) W, 61-5315 vs. Temple (A-10) L, 69-6421 vs. Oklahoma (NCAA) L, 72-64

(1) NIT Season Tip-Off (Syracuse, N.Y.)(2) The Palestra (Philadelphia, Pa.)


Saint Joseph's returned to the NCAA Tournamentin 2007-08 as a resilient group battled through arollercoaster season to reach the finals of theAtlantic 10 Championship and earn the program'sfifth NCAA berth under head coach Phil Martelli.

Heading into 2008-09, the Hawks return threestarters, led by senior Ahmad Nivins (14.4 ppg.).Twice named to the All-Conference team, the 6-9forward averaged 5.8 boards while shooting 64.7percent (165-of-255) from the floor. SJU alsowelcomes back its starting backcourt in seniorTasheed Carr and junior Darrin Govens. The 6-4Carr averaged 10.8 points and 5.6 assists, good forsecond in the A-10, while demonstrating the abilityto run the offense. Govens (9.8 ppg.) startedevery game at shooting guard and finished secondon the team with 68 three-pointers.

Junior Garrett Willamson (5.3 ppg.), a 6-5 guard,is an intense defender on the perimeter who will becounted on to extend his shooting range. Heranked third on the team in assists (89) whileaveraging 23.3 minutes. Sophomore forward IdrisHilliard (1.2 ppg.) will have the chance to earn astarting spot in the frontcourt. A good rebounderand inside scorer, the 6-7 forward saw action inevery game last season. Senior guard EdwinLashley (1.4 ppg.) and sophomore Charoy Bentley(0.3 ppg.) will be vying for more playing time, whilejunior walk-on C.J. Brown (0.5 ppg.) providesenergy and depth.

An athletic and versatile five-man freshmanclass will be heavily relied upon for depth andproduction. The group includes guards MikeAuriemma (20.0 ppg.), Chris Prescott (22.0 ppg.)and A.J. Rogers (7.0 ppg.), forward Bryant Irwin(31.0 ppg.) and center Temi Adebayo (7.9 ppg.).

"Balance is certainly going to be a style of playfor us. We need five guys on the floor who canscore the ball. I think we can be better defensively,and we need to be better defensively," saysMartelli, who embarks on his 14th season on HawkHill.

"We need to have a balance between offenseand defense - we're not going to be out-shootingpeople, we need to be outplaying people. The style

for us stays the same - to be highly competitive,share the ball, take your shot when it's availableand defend to the best of your ability."

The Hawks will play their home games at ThePalestra this season as the Fieldhouse undergoesrenovations.

Saint Joseph’s Hawks


Kevin Lisch

Saint Louis Billikens


2007-08 7-9 T-9th 0-1 16-152006-07 8-8 T-7th 2-1 20-132005-06 10-6 T-3rd 0-1 16-132004-05 9-212003-04 19-13 NIT

QUICK FACTSLocation: St. Louis, Mo.Enrollment: 12,309Founded: 1818President: Lawrence Biondi, S.J.Athletic Director: Chris MayAthletic Web Site: www.slubillikens.comNickname: BillikensColors: Royal Blue and WhiteHome Court/Capacity:

Chaifetz Arena/10,600

Basketball SID: Chuck YahngOffice Phone: 314-977-2524Fax Phone: 314-977-3178E-Mail: [email protected]

HEAD COACH RICK MAJERUSAlma Mater: Marquette (1970)Record at School: 16-15 (1 year)Overall Record: 16-15 (1 year)Assistants: Alex Jensen, Porter Moser,

Chris Harriman2007-08 Record: 16-15/7-9 (Tie 9th)All-Time Conference Record: 25-23

RETURNING PLAYERSNo. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg15 Barry Eberhardt Sr. F 6-6 250 Inkster, Mich./Westland John Glenn 6.0 3.8 0.7

(Colleyville (Kan.) C.C.)10 Paul Eckerle So. G 6-1 180 Washington, Mo./St. Francis Borgia 3.8 0.7 1.325 Tommie Liddell* Sr. G 6-4 195 East St. Louis, Ill./East St. Louis 12.3 4.3 2.1

(Hargrave Military Academy(Va.))21 Kevin Lisch* Sr. G 6-2 165 Belleville, Ill./Althoff 14.6 3.8 3.1

INCOMING PLAYERS23 Kyle Cassity Fr. G 6-3 185 Pinckneyville, Ill./Pinckneyville 20.0 8.1 4.114 Brian Conklin Fr. F 6-6 220 North Eugene, Ore./North Eugene 20.4 11.2 4.6-- Ruben Cotto Fr. G 6-0 190 Alton, Ill./Alton 22.3 5.0 3.0-- Femi John Fr. G 6-2 190 St. Louis, Mo./McCluer North 17.2 4.5 2.0-- Daniel Lisch Fr. G 6-2 175 Belleville, Ill./Belleville West 9.2 3.0 1.73 Kwamain Mitchell Fr. G 5-10 165 Whitefish Bay, Wisc./Dominican 18.5 5.7 6.033 Willie Reed Fr. F 6-9 195 Kansas City, Mo./Bishop Miege DNP41 Brett Thompson Fr. C 6-10 260 Vienna, Ill./Vienna 20.0 11.0 2.0*indicates starter


Saint Louis Billikens

Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts AvgKevin Lisch 30-29 34.2 134-309 .434 61-156 .391 113-139 .813 12/102 114 3.8 59/0 96 58 4 37 42 14.7Tommie Liddell 30-29 34.2 127-299 .425 27-77 .351 79-105 .752 23/105 128 4.3 48/0 60 66 6 18 60 12.0Luke Meyer 30-30 31.4 90-196 .459 18-52 .346 58-70 .829 41/121 162 5.4 64/0 51 43 12 17 56 8.5Danny Brown 23-1 19.5 46-100 .460 21-45 .467 31-42 .738 16/49 65 2.8 38/0 29 16 7 6 44 6.3Barry Eberhardt 29-11 18.7 74-153 .484 8-24 .333 22-37 .595 32/78 110 3.8 70/1 21 36 7 8 78 6.1Bryce Husak 29-16 18.3 68-136 .500 4-10 .400 25-42 .595 38/88 126 4.3 70/3 15 47 32 2 65 5.7Paul Eckerle 30-1 18.5 38-109 .349 22-65 .338 21-32 .656 5/16 21 0.7 56/1 40 32 4 7 19 4.0Dwayne Polk 30-29 24.3 27-81 .333 11-39 .282 13-29 .448 5/43 48 1.6 47/0 63 36 7 17 78 2.6Adam Knollmeyer 22-4 5.8 11-24 .458 0-0 .000 9-12 .750 11/15 26 1.2 16/0 1 11 0 3 31 1.4Marcus Relphorde 20-0 4.5 9-26 .346 0-4 .000 4-6 .667 2/8 10 0.5 10/0 2 5 1 3 22 1.1Anthony Mitchell 8-0 4.5 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 3-5 .600 1/6 7 0.9 12/1 2 6 1 0 3 0.4Mike Jones 5-0 1.6 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1-4 .250 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 1 0 0 0 1 0.2Peyton Jacks 7-0 2.1 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0/4 4 0.6 1/0 1 3 0 1 1 0.1Team 33/69 102 3.5 1 7Total 624-1437 .434 172-474 .363 380-525 .724 219/704 923 30.8 492/6 382 366 81 119 1800 60.0Opponents 655-1551 .422 183-503 .364 353-493 .716 271/678 949 31.6 534/- 331 329 95 155 1846 61.5

2007-08 RESULTSN. 9 vs. North Carolina A&T (1) W, 54-43

10 vs. Houston Baptist (1) W, 91-5611 at Pittsburgh (#22/#20) (1) L, 69-5814 Detroit W, 66-5817 Furman W, 83-6921 at Missouri State L, 60-5624 Pacific W, 63-5428 at Kent State L, 81-40

D. 1 Long Beach State W, 52-484 at Boston College L, 61-398 Sam Houston State L, 61-5315 Southern Illinois W, 56-5119 Loyola-Chicago W, 60-4329 I.U.P.U.I W, 66-57

J. 10 at GEORGE WASHINGTON L, 49-2012 DAYTON (#17/#22) (OT) L, 68-5717 RHODE ISLAND (#23/#21) W, 68-6120 TEMPLE (OT) L, 54-5326 at LA SALLE W, 81-7430 at DAYTON L, 63-36

F. 2 MASSACHUSETTS W, 71-597 XAVIER (#13/#14) L, 70-6810 at RICHMOND W, 64-5513 GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 63-3817 at MASSACHUSETTS L, 88-7720 FORDHAM (OT) W, 69-6523 at CHARLOTTE L, 81-6428 at SAINT JOSEPH'S W, 64-55

M. 1 ST. BONAVENTURE L, 70-508 at DUQUESNE L, 85-5812 vs. Dayton (A-10) (OT) L, 63-62

(1) Hispanic College Fund Challenge(Pittsburgh, Pa.)


The Saint Louis program will usher in a new erawith the debut of its state-of-the-art, on-campusChaifetz Arena in 2008-09. Billiken supportersbelieve the 10,600-seat building is one of the fineston-campus facilities in the country, and the arenademonstrates SLU's dedication to competing at thehighest level.

Leading the way in the new building for second-year head coach Rick Majerus will be the seniorguard tandem of Kevin Lisch and Tommie Liddell.The duo has been a mainstay in the backcourt forthree seasons and after both student-athletessurpassed the 1,000-point scoring milestone lastseason, they could move into the top 10 of theprogram's all-time scoring list by season's end.Lisch was a third-team All-Conference and All-Defensive team selection last year after averaging14.6 points to go along with team highs in assists(97) and steals (38). He also knocked down 63field goals from beyond the arc, tops on the team.The 6-5 Liddell was second on the team in scoring(12.3 ppg.) and added 4.3 rpg. Both players wereinstrumental in helping the Billikens lead the A-10 inscoring defense (61.6 ppg.) last season and rankfourth in the Conference in field goal percentagedefense (.423).

Also back for his senior season is forward BarryEberhardt, a solid contributor on the frontline a yearago with averages of six points and 3.8 reboundswhile shooting 48.4 percent (75-of-155) from thefield. The only other experienced returnee from ayear ago is sophomore guard Paul Eckerle. The 6-1Eckerle (3.8 ppg.) appeared in all 31 games and hit22 three-point field goals while providing steadyplay off the bench.

A balanced and talented group of eight freshmenranked among the top 40 recruiting classesnationally by Scout.com will be counted upon toprovide immediate production. The newcomersinclude guards Kwamain Mitchell (18.5 ppg.), theGatorade Player of the Year in Wisconsin, KyleCassity (20.0 ppg.), Ruben Cotto (22.3 ppg.), Femi

John (17.2 ppg.) and Daniel Lisch (9.2 ppg.),forwards Brian Conklin (20.4 ppg.) and Willie Reedand center Brett Thompson (20.0 ppg.), whoamassed career totals of 1,776 points and 1,008boards.


Lavoy Allen


2007-08 11-5 2nd 3-0 21-13 NCAA2006-07 6-10 T-10th 0-1 12-182005-06 8-8 T-7th 2-1 17-15 NIT2004-05 11-5 East 2nd 1-1 16-14 NIT2003-04 9-7 East 2nd 0-1 15-14 NIT

QUICK FACTSLocation: Philadelphia, Pa.Enrollment: 34,000Founded: 1884President: Dr. Ann Weaver HartAthletic Director: Bill BradshawAthletic Web Site: www.owlsports.comNickname: OwlsColors: Cherry and WhiteHome Court/Capacity:

Liacouras Center/10,206

Basketball SID: Larry DoughertyOffice Phone: 215-204-2588Fax Phone: 215-204-7499E-Mail: [email protected]

HEAD COACH FRAN DUNPHYAlma Mater: La Salle (1970)Record at School: 33-31 (2 years)Overall Record: 343-224 (19 years)Assistants: Dave Duke, Matt Langel,

Shawn Trice2007-08 Record: 21-13/11-5 (2nd)All-Time Conference Record: 313-115

Temple Owls

RETURNING PLAYERSNo. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg24 Lavoy Allen* So. F 6-9 235 Morrisville, Pa./Pennsbury 8.1 5.7 1.12 Ryan Brooks Jr. G 6-4 200 Narberth, Pa./Lower Merion 8.6 2.4 1.322 Dionte Christmas* Sr. G 6-5 190 Philadelphia, Pa./ 19.7 5.9 2.5

Philadelphia Lutheran Christian Acad.21 Rafael DeLeon Sr. F 6-5 200 District Heights, Md./Bishop McNamara 0.0 1.5 0.010 Luis Guzman* Jr. G 6-3 180 Bronx, N.Y./Paramus (N.J.) Catholic 3.9 2.3 1.615 Semaj Inge Sr. G 6-4 180 Camden, N.J./Woodrow Wilson 3.1 1.3 1.13 Martavis Kee So. G 6-2 180 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas 0.0 0.0 0.041 Sergio Olmos* Sr. C 7-0 220 Valencia, Spain/Vicente Blasc Ibanez 5.8 3.6 0.930 Craig Williams So. F 6-9 240 Christiansted, St. Croix/Central 0.3 0.3 0.0

INCOMING PLAYERS11 T.J. DiLeo Fr. G 6-2 180 Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson 23.9 6.050 Micheal Eric Fr. F 6-9 220 Lagos, Nigeria/Church Farm School (Pa.) 19.0%14.0 4.0(b)23 Ramone Moore Fr. G 6-4 180 Philadelphia, Pa./Southern 25.133 Andrew Randall Fr. F 6-6 205 Philadelphia, Pa./Communications Tech 21.2 11.0 2.5(b)*indicates starter; %2006-07 stats; (b) blocks per game


Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts AvgDionte Christmas 34-33 37.2 210-478 .439 104-282 .369 146-189 .772 43/159 202 5.9 90/2 86 96 7 46 670 19.7Mark Tyndale 34-33 37.4 178-365 .488 32-87 .368 152-214 .710 45/200 245 7.2 74/0 145 117 21 54 540 15.9Ryan Brooks 34-0 27.0 101-251 .402 50-145 .345 40-46 .870 14/69 83 2.4 60/0 43 32 7 25 292 8.6Lavoy Allen 34-32 29.2 116-208 .558 2-5 .400 42-57 .737 69/124 193 5.7 105/4 55 40 52 17 276 8.1Chris Clark 34-0 22.2 79-180 .439 57-137 .416 41-48 .854 7/41 48 1.4 51/0 59 27 3 24 256 7.5Sergio Olmos 34-33 22.2 81-144 .563 0-0 .000 36-59 .610 39/83 122 3.6 104/3 30 40 49 10 198 5.8Luis Guzman 33-28 17.3 52-119 .437 15-47 .319 11-22 .500 20/55 75 2.3 64/3 54 45 4 18 130 3.9Semaj Inge 30-6 11.7 39-77 .506 6-15 .400 9-10 .900 16/24 40 1.3 51/2 36 24 5 20 93 3.1Craig Williams 6-0 1.2 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/2 2 0.3 0/0 0 0 0 0 2 0.3Martavis Kee 5-0 1.6 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0/1 1 0.2 1/0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0Rafael DeLeon 2-0 1.0 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2/1 3 1.5 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Orlando Miller 4-0 1.0 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0/1 1 0.3 1/0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0Team 47/46 93 2.7 0 10Total 857-1829 .469 266-721 .369 477-645 .740 302/806 1108 32.6 601/14 510 432 148 214 2457 72.3Opponents 818-1926 .425 256-717 .357 443-612 .724 385/758 1143 33.6 601/- 467 437 79 197 2335 68.7

2007-08 RESULTSN. 9 at Tennessee (#7/#7) L, 80-63

15 vs. Providence (1) L, 66-6416 vs. College of Charleston (1) L, 79-7618 vs. Marist (1) (OT) W, 73-6924 at Bowling Green W, 72-5526 at Akron L, 67-6529 Ohio W, 90-88

D. 6 Towson W, 69-469 Villanova (#25/#21) L, 101-9315 at Drexel W, 64-5122 Eastern Michigan W, 58-5529 vs. Florida (2) L, 86-69

J. 9 Duke (#9/#8) L, 74-6412 at CHARLOTTE L, 60-5816 XAVIER (#20/#20) W, 78-5920 at SAINT LOUIS (OT) W, 54-5323 Pennsylvania W, 80-6426 SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 68-6731 at FORDHAM W, 58-50

F. 3 GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 93-806 at RICHMOND L, 64-5810 MASSACHUSETTS (OT) W, 80-7013 RHODE ISLAND (OT) W, 92-8916 at DAYTON L, 77-6620 at ST. BONAVENTURE W, 96-8223 FORDHAM L, 78-7627 CHARLOTTE W, 75-61

M. 2 at SAINT JOSEPH'S (3) W, 57-565 DUQUESNE W, 90-858 at LA SALLE W, 85-6613 vs. La Salle (A-10) W, 84-7514 vs. Charlotte (A-10) W, 60-4515 vs. Saint Joseph's (A-10) W, 69-6420 vs. Michigan St. (#18/#20) (NCAA)L, 72-61

(1) O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off(2) BankAtlantic Center (Sunrise, Fla.)(3) The Palestra (Philadelphia, Pa.)


After a seven-year hiatus from the NCAATournament, Temple put together a remarkable runin 2007-08 to capture its seventh Atlantic 10Championship. Head coach Fran Dunphy, now inhis third season at the helm of the Cherry andWhite, is looking for an encore.

TU welcomes back four starters and tenletterwinners, including senior guard DionteChristmas (19.7 ppg.), a first-team All-Conferenceselection a year ago. Vying to become the firstplayer league history to lead the Conference inscoring three times, Christmas also pulled down 5.9rebounds per game and was named the MostOutstanding Player of the 2008 Atlantic 10Championship. Christmas drained 104 field goalsfrom beyond the arc and finished second on theteam in steals with 46.

Senior Sergio Olmos showed major improvementover the course of the season and gives the team astrong presence in the paint. The 7-0 Spaniardmore than doubled his production from hissophomore season, averaging 5.8 points and 3.6rebounds, while shooting 56.3 percent (81-of-144)from the field and adding 49 blocks. SophomoreLavoy Allen made an immediate impact in his initialcampaign and was named to the league's All-RookieTeam. The 6-9 forward averaged 8.1 points and5.7 rebounds while leading the team with 52 blocks.He scored in double figures 11 times, including 13points in the team's NCAA Tournament contestversus Michigan State.

Junior Luis Guzman became the starting pointguard in the fifth game of the season and neverrelinquished the role. The 6-3 playmaker contrib-uted 3.9 points and dished out 54 assists. RyanBrooks may not have started, but the 6-4 guardwas one of the top scorers off the bench in the A-10. The junior shooting guard was third in the teamin scoring (8.6 ppg.) a year ago. Senior guardSemaj Inge (3.1 ppg.) provided great versatility offthe bench while registering 36 assists and 20steals. Sophomores Martavis Kee (0.0 ppg.) andCraig Williams (0.3 ppg.) will look to provide depth.

Ramone Moore, who opted to sit out last seasonto concentrate on his studies, and Micheal Eric(19.0 ppg.), who was ineligible last season due toNCAA Clearinghouse rules, lead a group of four

Temple Owlsnewcomers. Moore, a 6-4 guard, is a prolific scorer(25.1 ppg.) from Philadelphia's Southern High and isexpected to make an immediate impact. Eric, a 6-9forward, will provide added muscle to the frontcourt.A pair of freshmen, guard T.J. DiLeo (23.9 ppg.) andforward Andrew Randall (21.2 ppg.), are expectedto provide depth.


Derrick Brown

Xavier Musketeers


2007-08 14-2 1st 1-1 30-7 NCAA2006-07 13-3 T-1st 1-1 25-9 NCAA2005-06 8-8 T-7th 4-0 21-11 NCAA2004-05 10-6 West T-2nd 1-1 17-122003-04 10-6 West T-3rd 4-0 26-11 NCAA

QUICK FACTSLocation: Cincinnati, OhioEnrollment: 6,700Founded: 1831President: Rev. Michael J. Graham, S.J.Athletic Director: Mike BobinskiAthletic Web Site: www.goxavier.comNickname: MusketeersColors: Navy Blue, Gray and WhiteHome Court/Capacity:

Cintas Center/10,250

Basketball SID: Tom EiserOffice Phone: 513-745-3124Fax Phone: 513-745-2825E-Mail: [email protected]

HEAD COACH SEAN MILLERAlma Mater: Pittsburgh (1992)Record at School: 93-39 (4 years)Overall Record: 93-39 (4 years)Assistants: Chris Mack, James Whitford,

Emanuel Richardson2007-08 Record: 30-7/14-2 (1st)All-Time Conference Record: 149-59

RETURNING PLAYERSNo. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg20 C.J. Anderson* Sr. G/F 6-6 220 Cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods (Manhattan) 10.7 5.9 1.55 Derrick Brown* Jr. F 6-8 225 Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade-Julienne 10.9 6.5 1.713 Stephen Duckett So. G 6-4 190 Memphis, Tenn./Bishop Byrne 0.3 0.3 0.02 Adrion Graves Jr. G 6-4 201 Cincinnati, Ohio/Hughes Center 1.9 1.0 0.633 Joe Hughes So. F 6-6 200 Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral 0.4 0.5 0.325 Danté Jackson So. G 6-5 205 Greenfield, Ohio/McClain 2.4 1.1 0.631 Jason Love Jr. F/C 6-9 255 Philadelphia, Pa./Abington Friends 6.0 5.5 0.511 B.J. Raymond Sr. G/F 6-6 226 Toledo, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit 9.9 3.0 0.9

INCOMING PLAYERS32 Kenny Frease Fr. C 7-0 265 Massillon, Ohio/Perry 20.6 12.2 2.552 Terrell Holloway Fr. G 6-0 175 Hempstead, N.Y./ 14.0 7.0

Harmony (Ohio) Community10 Mark Lyons Fr. G 6-1 165 Schenectady, N.Y./Brewster (N.H.) Acad. 21.0 3.522 Jamel McLean So. F 6-8 235 Hampton, Va./Bethel (Tulsa) 6.0 4.8 0.5%12 Brad Redford Fr. G 6-0 170 Frankenmuth, Mich./Frankenmuth 36.7 4.3 3.615 Andrew Taylor So. F 6-8 205 Toledo, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit 12.0 5.0 2.1%

(Hillsdale (Mich.) College)3 Brian Walsh Fr. G/F 6-4 185 Coraopolis, Pa./Moon 19.7 7.6 2.5*indicates starter; %2006-07 stats


Xavier Musketeers

Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts AvgJosh Duncan 37-16 22.4 141-284 .496 55-132 .417 122-143 .853 43/130 173 4.7 90/2 49 61 23 16 459 12.4Derrick Brown 37-36 28.1 148-243 .609 11-32 .344 96-136 .706 74/168 242 6.5 92/2 63 70 30 33 403 10.9Drew Lavender 36-35 30.8 125-295 .424 59-145 .407 79-91 .868 11/85 96 2.7 52/0 162 61 2 37 388 10.8C.J. Anderson 37-27 26.1 147-284 .518 0-0 .000 103-154 .669 80/139 219 5.9 91/2 54 84 10 31 397 10.7B.J. Raymond 37-9 22.9 126-281 .448 82-199 .412 31-38 .816 33/79 112 3.0 73/0 32 31 16 18 365 9.9Stanley Burrell 37-36 32.2 107-274 .391 44-112 .393 102-124 .823 18/63 81 2.2 56/0 140 84 3 28 360 9.7Jason Love 37-20 18.0 77-137 .562 0-0 .000 67-111 .604 90/112 202 5.5 94/2 17 36 30 9 221 6.0Dante Jackson 35-1 10.4 25-71 .352 17-46 .370 16-26 .615 4/36 40 1.1 48/1 20 21 2 22 83 2.4Charles Bronson 16-0 4.3 12-21 .571 0-0 .000 9-12 .750 7/10 17 1.1 11/0 2 6 3 1 33 2.1Adrion Graves 34-0 8.1 25-70 .357 2-50 .240 1-1 1.000 2/31 33 1.0 23/0 21 13 4 7 63 1.9Joe Hughes 13-0 3.2 2-6 .333 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 3/4 7 0.5 7/0 4 1 2 1 5 0.4Stephen Duckett 12-0 2.5 1-7 .143 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0/4 4 0.3 4/0 0 2 0 3 3 0.3Team 47/49 96 2.6 2 10Total 936-1973 .474 282-721 .391 626-836 .749 412/910 1322 35.7 643/9 564 480 125 206 2780 75.1Opponents 833-2034 .410 249-742 .336 432-638 .677 392/739 1131 30.6 749/- 490 477 139 243 2347 63.4

2007-08 RESULTSN. 10 Southeast Missouri State (1) W, 90-59

13 at Miami (Ohio) L, 59-5720 Coppin State (1) W, 98-4923 vs. Kent State (2) W, 78-6524 vs. Indiana (#8/#8) (2) W, 80-6528 Oakland W, 93-68

D. 1 Belmont W, 90-495 Creighton W, 79-6612 Cincinnati W, 64-5915 at Arizona State L, 77-5522 Tennessee (#12/#12) L, 82-7528 Delaware State W, 65-3331 Kansas State W, 103-77

J. 3 Virginia W, 107-806 at Auburn W, 80-579 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 83-6812 FORDHAM W, 68-5016 at TEMPLE L, 78-5919 at GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 74-6624 DAYTON (#16/#19) W, 69-4327 at MASSACHUSETTS W, 77-65

F. 2 LA SALLE W, 75-627 at SAINT LOUIS W, 70-6810 SAINT JOSEPH'S W, 76-7213 at CHARLOTTE W, 62-6018 at RHODE ISLAND W, 81-7721 DUQUESNE W, 75-4824 at DAYTON W, 57-51

M. 1 GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 66-566 at SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 71-668 RICHMOND W, 86-6113 vs. Dayton (A-10) W, 74-6514 vs. Saint Joseph's (A-10) L, 61-5320 vs. Georgia (NCAA) W, 73-6122 vs. Purdue (#20/#18) (NCAA) W, 85-7827 vs. West Virginia (NCAA) (OT) W, 79-7529 vs. UCLA (#3/#2) (NCAA) L, 76-57

(1) Chicago Challenge(2) Chicago Challenge (Chicago, Ill.)


It's difficult to discuss the 2008-09 seasonwithout talking about recent success, especially therecord-setting 2007-08 campaign behind theleadership of a trio of senior stars. Xavier made itsthird straight NCAA Tournament appearance lastseason and seventh in the last eight years. In fact,after last year's Elite Eight run, XU is one of onlynine schools that have made the Elite Eight multipletimes in the last five years. Xavier lost threestarters off of last year's team but welcomes backtwo starters, several key reserves and a highly-touted class of seven newcomers.

The Musketeers, who led the A-10 in scoringmargin (+11.7 ppg.) a year ago, return their second-leading scorer in athletic junior forward DerrickBrown (10.9 ppg.) and senior guard/forward C.J.Anderson (10.7 ppg.), who is adept at scoring intraffic and off the dribble. Brown served as acounselor at both the Nike Vince Carter SmallForward Camp and the LeBron James SkillsAcademy over the summer.

Also returning is senior guard/forward B.J.Raymond, who averaged 9.9 points and knockeddown 82 three-point field goals last season. XUwelcomes back its top three rebounders from lastseason in Brown (6.5 rpg.), Anderson (5.9 ppg.),and bruising junior forward/center Jason Love (6.0ppg., 5.5 rpg.). Sophomore guard Dante' Jackson(2.4 ppg.) averaged 10.4 minutes and showedgreat potential as a defender with 22 steals.

The talented newcomer class consists offreshmen guards Terrell Holloway (14.0 ppg.), MarkLyons (21.0 ppg.), Brad Redford (36.7 ppg.), whowon the prestigious Michigan "Mr. Basketball"Award, and Brian Walsh (19.7 ppg.), as well as 7-0All-America center Kenny Frease (20.6 ppg.). Inaddition, the Musketeers welcome 6-8 sophomoreforward Jamel McLean, a transfer from Tulsa whoaveraged six points and 4.8 rebounds while makingseven starts in 2006-07.

These additions add to fifth-year head coachSean Miller's reasons for optimism as XU guns for athird straight Atlantic 10 regular season crown.Miller, the 2007-08 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year, is93-39 (.705) in four seasons at Xavier, and alreadyranks fifth in wins in program history.


2007-08 Men’s Basketball

2008 ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIPMar. 12-15Boardwalk Hall - Atlantic City, N.J.

FIRST ROUND - Wednesday, March 12Game 1 #8 Dayton 63, #9 Saint Louis 62 (OT)Game 2 #5 Saint Joseph's 80, #12 Fordham 62Game 3 #7 La Salle 82, #10 Duquesne 79Game 4 #6 Charlotte 75, #11 Rhode Island 73

QUARTERFINAL ROUND - Thursday, March 13Game 5 #1 Xavier 74, Dayton 65Game 6 Saint Joseph's 62, #4 Richmond 47Game 7 #2 Temple 84, La Salle 75Game 8 Charlotte 69, #3 Massachusetts 65

SEMIFINAL ROUND - Friday, March 14Game 9 Saint Joseph's 61, Xavier 53Game 10 Temple 60, Charlotte 45

CHAMPIONSHIP - Saturday, March 15Game 11 Temple 69, Saint Joseph's 64

Temple University - Atlantic 10 Champions

All-Championship TeamPat Calathes, Saint Joseph'sDionte Christmas, Temple (MOP)Leemire Goldwire, CharlotteAhmad Nivins, Saint Joseph'sMark Tyndale, TempleMOP - Most Outstanding Player

POSTSEASON RESULTS

NCAA TOURNAMENTFirst RoundWest Region - Washington, D.C.M. 20 #3 Xavier 73, #14 Georgia 61M. 22 #3 Xavier 85, #6 Purdue 78

East Region - Denver, Colo.M. 20 #5 Michigan State 72, #12 Temple 61

East Region - Birmingham, Ala.M. 21 #6 Oklahoma 72,

#11 Saint Joseph's 64

Phoenix RegionalM. 27 #3 Xavier 79, #7 West Virginia 75 (OT)M. 29 #1 UCLA 76, #3 Xavier 57

National Invitation TournamentM. 18 Massachusetts 80,

Stephen F. Austin 60Creighton 74, Rhode Island 73

M. 19 Dayton 66, Cleveland State 57Nebraska 67, Charlotte 48

M. 22 Massachusetts 68, Akron 63M. 24 Dayton 55, Illinois State 48M. 25 Massachusetts 81, Syracuse 77M. 26 Ohio State 74, Dayton 63A. 1 Massachusetts 78, Florida 66

(New York, N.Y.)A. 3 Ohio State 92, Massachusetts 85

(New York, N.Y.)

College Basketball InvitationalM. 18 Virginia 66, Richmond 64

Home Team in Bold

FINAL STANDINGS ------Atlantic 10------ --------Overall-------

Xavier (NCAA) 14-2 .875 30-7 .811Temple* (NCAA) 11-5 .688 21-13 .618Massachusetts (NIT) 10-6 .625 25-11 .694Richmond (CBI) 9-7 .563 16-15 .516Saint Joseph's (NCAA) 9-7 .563 21-13 .618Charlotte (NIT) 9-7 .563 20-14 .588La Salle 8-8 .500 15-17 .469Dayton (NIT) 8-8 .500 23-11 .676Saint Louis 7-9 .438 16-15 .516Duquesne 7-9 .438 17-13 .567Rhode Island (NIT) 7-9 .438 21-12 .636Fordham 6-10 .375 12-17 .414George Washington 5-11 .313 9-17 .346St. Bonaventure 2-14 .125 8-22 .267

*Tournament Champion


2007-08 Men’s BasketballATLANTIC 10 ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMSFirst-Team Cl. Pos. Wt.Pat Calathes, Saint Joseph's Sr. G/F 6-10Dionte Christmas, Temple Jr. G 6-5Will Daniels, Rhode Island Sr. F 6-8Gary Forbes, Massachusetts Sr. F/G 6-7Brian Roberts, Dayton Sr. G 6-2

Second-TeamJosh Duncan, Xavier Sr. F 6-9Bryant Dunston, Fordham Sr. F 6-8Darnell Harris, La Salle Sr. G 6-1Drew Lavender, Xavier Sr. G 5-7Mark Tyndale, Temple Sr. G 6-5

Third-TeamStanley Burrell, Xavier Sr. G 6-3Dan Geriot, Richmond So. F/C 6-9Leemire Goldwire, Charlotte Sr. G 5-11Kevin Lisch, Saint Louis Jr. G 6-2Ahmad Nivins, Saint Joseph's Jr. F/C 6-9

Rookie TeamLavoy Allen, Temple Fr. F 6-9Kevin Anderson, Richmond Fr. G 5-11Damian Saunders, Duquesne Fr. F 6-7An'Juan Wilderness, Charlotte Fr. F 6-6Jerrell Williams, La Salle Fr. F 6-8Chris Wright, Dayton Fr. F 6-8

Defensive TeamParfait Bitee, Rhode Island Sr. G 6-2Stanley Burrell, Xavier Sr. G 6-3Bryant Dunston, Fordham Sr. F 6-8Shawn James, Duquesne Jr. F/C 6-10Kevin Lisch, Saint Louis Jr. G 6-2

Academic TeamKieron Achara, Duquesne Sr. Sports LeadershipJimmy Baron, Rhode Island Jr. Communication StudiesKevin Lisch, Saint Louis Jr. Business AdministrationYves Mekongo Mbala, La Salle So. Integrated Science &

Business TechnologyLuke Meyer, Saint Louis Gr. MBA

Player of the Year: Gary Forbes, MassachusettsRookie of the Year: Kevin Anderson, RichmondDefensive Player of the Year: Stanley Burrell, XavierChris Daniels Most Improved Player of the Year:Ricky Harris, MassachusettsSixth Man of the Year: Josh Duncan, XavierStudent-Athlete of the Year: Kieron Achara, DuquesneCoach of the Year: Sean Miller, Xavier

WEEKLY HONOR ROLLPLAYERS OF THE WEEKN. 5-10 Kieron Achara (DUQ)N. 11-17 Will Daniels (URI)/

Gary Forbes (UM)N. 18-24 Will Daniels (URI)N. 25-D. 1 Michael Lee (SBU)/

Joe Mbang (URI)D. 2-7 Leemire Goldwire (CHA)/

Drew Lavender (XU)D. 9-15 Gary Forbes (UM)D. 16-22 Dionte Christmas (TU)/

Will Daniels (URI)D. 23-29 Brian Roberts (UD)D. 30-J. 5 Pat Calathes (SJU)J. 6-12 Leemire Goldwire (CHA)/

Brian Roberts (UD)J. 13-19 Ricky Harris (UM)J. 20-26 Pat Calathes (SJU)/

Dionte Christmas (TU)J. 27-F. 2 Rob Diggs (GW)F. 3-9 Pat Calathes (SJU)/

Kevin Lisch (SLU)F. 10-16 Josh Duncan (XU)F. 17-23 Darnell Harris (LAS)/

Chris Lowe (UM)F. 24-M. 1 Dan Geriot (UR)/

Ricky Harris (UM)M. 2-8 Dionte Christmas (TU)

ROOKIES OF THE WEEKN. 5-10 Chris Wright (UD)N. 11-17 Damian Saunders (DUQ)N. 18-24 Chris Wright (UD)N. 25-D. 1 An'Juan Wilderness (CHA)D. 2-8 Chris Wright (UD)D. 9-15 Chris Wright (UD)D. 16-22 Damian Saunders (DUQ)D. 23-29 Damian Saunders (DUQ)/

Jerrell Williams (LAS)D. 30-J. 5 Kevin Smith (UR)/

Jerrell Williams (LAS)J. 6-7 Charles Dewhurst (CHA)J. 13-19 Kevin Anderson (UR)/

Paul Eckerle (SLU)J. 20-26 Jerrell Williams (LAS)J. 27-F. 2 Kevin Anderson (UR)/

Matt Morgan (SBU)F. 3-9 Matt Morgan (SBU)F. 10-16 Kevin Anderson (UR)F. 17-23 Kevin Anderson (UR)F. 24-M. 1 Kevin Anderson (UR)M. 2-8 Kevin Anderson (UR)/

Bill Clark (DUQ)


2007-08 Team StatisticsSCORING OFFENSETeam G PTS AVG1. Duquesne 30 2470 82.32. Massachusetts 36 2934 81.53. Rhode Island 33 2658 80.54. La Salle 32 2424 75.85. Xavier 37 2780 75.16. Saint Joseph's 34 2484 73.17. Temple 34 2457 72.38. Charlotte 34 2366 69.69. Dayton 34 2317 68.110. St. Bonaventure 30 1992 66.411. Fordham 29 1880 64.812. Richmond 31 1974 63.713. George Washington 26 1649 63.414. Saint Louis 31 1862 60.1

SCORING DEFENSETeam G PTS AVG1. Saint Louis 31 1909 61.62. Xavier 37 2347 63.43. Dayton 34 2184 64.24. Richmond 31 2046 66.05. Fordham 29 1947 67.16. Charlotte 34 2291 67.47. Saint Joseph's 34 2292 67.48. George Washington 26 1775 68.39. Temple 34 2335 68.710. St. Bonaventure 30 2171 72.411. Duquesne 30 2223 74.112. Rhode Island 33 2456 74.413. Massachusetts 36 2724 75.714. La Salle 32 2439 76.2

SCORING MARGINTeam G OFF DEF +/-1. Xavier 37 75.1 63.4 +11.72. Duquesne 30 82.3 74.1 +8.23. Rhode Island 33 80.5 74.4 +6.14. Massachusetts 36 81.5 75.7 +5.85. Saint Joseph's 34 73.1 67.4 +5.66. Dayton 34 68.1 64.2 +3.97. Temple 34 72.3 68.7 +3.68. Charlotte 34 69.6 67.4 +2.29. La Salle 32 75.8 76.2 -0.510. Saint Louis 31 60.1 61.6 -1.511. Fordham 29 64.8 67.1 -2.312. Richmond 31 63.7 66.0 -2.313. George Washington 26 63.4 68.3 -4.814. St. Bonaventure 30 66.4 72.4 -6.0

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGETeam G FG FGA PCT1. Saint Joseph's 34 859 1800 .4772. Xavier 37 936 1973 .4743. Rhode Island 33 937 1994 .4704. Dayton 34 820 1749 .4695. Temple 34 857 1829 .4696. Duquesne 30 856 1863 .459

7. La Salle 32 840 1886 .4458. Massachusetts 36 1006 2281 .4419. Richmond 31 707 1615 .43810. Saint Louis 31 645 1484 .43511. Fordham 29 650 1538 .42312. St. Bonaventure 30 680 1617 .42113. George Washington 26 588 1425 .41314. Charlotte 34 776 1936 .401

FREE THROW PERCENTAGETeam G FTM FTA PCT1. St. Bonaventure 30 424 564 .7522. Xavier 37 626 836 .7493. Temple 34 477 645 .7404. Duquesne 30 543 737 .7375. Saint Joseph's 34 519 715 .7266. Saint Louis 31 392 542 .7237. Richmond 31 342 486 .7048. La Salle 32 489 702 .6979. Rhode Island 33 541 781 .69310. George Washington 26 304 443 .68611. Charlotte 34 544 808 .67312. Massachusetts 36 591 880 .67213. Fordham 29 382 571 .66914. Dayton 34 474 740 .641

3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGETeam G FG FGA PCT1. La Salle 32 255 648 .3942. Xavier 37 282 721 .3913. Saint Joseph's 34 247 640 .3864. Rhode Island 33 243 639 .3805. Dayton 34 203 542 .3756. Temple 34 266 721 .3697. Saint Louis 31 180 497 .3628. Massachusetts 36 331 929 .3569. Richmond 31 218 619 .35210. Charlotte 34 270 786 .34411. St. Bonaventure 30 208 609 .34212. George Washington 26 169 516 .32813. Fordham 29 198 613 .32314. Duquesne 30 215 680 .316

Tasheed Carr, SJU


2007-08 Team StatisticsREBOUNDING MARGINTeam G OFF DEF +/-1. Xavier 37 35.7 30.6 +5.22. Dayton 34 34.5 29.6 +4.93. La Salle 32 37.1 33.3 +3.74. Rhode Island 33 38.3 35.8 +2.55. Duquesne 30 38.2 37.6 +0.66. George Washington 26 35.7 35.2 +0.57. Saint Joseph's 34 31.9 32.0 +0.08. Charlotte 34 36.0 36.9 -0.99. Saint Louis 31 30.8 31.8 -1.010. Temple 34 32.6 33.6 -1.011. Massachusetts 36 38.5 40.0 -1.512. St. Bonaventure 30 33.1 34.7 -1.613. Fordham 29 31.9 34.5 -2.614. Richmond 31 28.5 34.1 -5.7

ASSISTSTeam G AST AVG1. Duquesne 30 542 18.072. Massachusetts 36 566 15.723. Xavier 37 564 15.244. Temple 34 510 15.005. Rhode Island 33 490 14.856. Saint Joseph's 34 502 14.767. La Salle 32 466 14.568. Richmond 31 416 13.429. Fordham 29 382 13.1710. St. Bonaventure 30 390 13.0011. Charlotte 34 436 12.8212. Saint Louis 31 391 12.6113. George Washington 26 321 12.3514. Dayton 34 394 11.59

STEALSTeam G STL AVG1. Duquesne 30 282 9.402. Richmond 31 257 8.293. Charlotte 34 271 7.974. Massachusetts 36 269 7.475. Saint Joseph's 34 242 7.126. Rhode Island 33 231 7.007. La Salle 32 219 6.848. George Washington 26 166 6.389. Fordham 29 183 6.3110. Temple 34 214 6.2911. Xavier 37 206 5.5712. St. Bonaventure 30 152 5.0713. Dayton 34 167 4.9114. Saint Louis 31 127 4.10

BLOCKSTeam G BLK AVG1. Duquesne 30 220 7.33

Massachusetts 36 264 7.333. Saint Joseph's 34 154 4.534. Temple 34 148 4.355. Rhode Island 33 132 4.006. Fordham 29 102 3.52

7. Richmond 31 108 3.488. Charlotte 34 118 3.479. Xavier 37 125 3.3810. George Washington 26 87 3.3511. La Salle 32 95 2.9712. Saint Louis 31 85 2.7413. Dayton 34 88 2.5914. St. Bonaventure 30 64 2.13

TURNOVER MARGINTeam G OFF DEF +/-1. Charlotte 34 14.4 16.9 +2.532. Richmond 31 14.3 16.6 +2.293. Duquesne 30 16.2 18.5 +2.234. Massachusetts 36 13.4 15.1 +1.675. Saint Joseph's 34 12.7 14.1 +1.416. Rhode Island 33 14.0 15.2 +1.247. Fordham 29 13.1 13.4 +0.248. Temple 34 12.7 12.9 +0.159. Xavier 37 13.0 12.9 -0.0810. Dayton 34 13.1 12.9 -0.2411. St. Bonaventure 30 14.3 13.0 -1.2712. Saint Louis 31 12.4 11.1 -1.3213. George Washington 26 15.0 13.2 -1.7314. La Salle 32 16.3 14.2 -2.09

Damian Saunders, DUQ


2007-08 Individual StatisticsSCORINGPlayer G PTS AVG1. DIONTE CHRISTMAS (TU) 34 670 19.72. Gary Forbes (UM) 36 698 19.43. Leemire Goldwire (CHA) 34 634 18.64. Will Daniels (URI) 33 615 18.65. Brian Roberts (UD) 34 627 18.46. RICKY HARRIS (UM) 36 656 18.27. Michael Lee (SBU) 30 525 17.58. Pat Calathes (SJU) 34 594 17.59. Darnell Harris (LAS) 32 530 16.610. Mark Tyndale (TU) 34 540 15.911. Bryant Dunston (FOR) 29 450 15.512. Marcus Stout (FOR) 29 438 15.113. KEVIN LISCH (SLU) 31 453 14.614. AHMAD NIVINS (SJU) 33 476 14.415. DAN GERIOT (UR) 31 442 14.316. JIMMY BARON (URI) 33 470 14.217. ROB DIGGS (GW) 26 361 13.918. Zarryon Fereti (SBU) 30 413 13.819. RODNEY GREEN (LAS) 32 430 13.420. LAMONT MACK (CHA) 34 436 12.8

FIELD GOAL PCT (Min. 5.0 made per game)Player G FG FGA PCT1. AHMAD NIVINS (SJU) 33 165 255 .6472. Bryant Dunston (FOR) 29 165 314 .5253. Will Daniels (URI) 33 228 455 .5014. ROB DIGGS (GW) 26 140 282 .4965. Mark Tyndale (TU) 34 178 365 .4886. Michael Lee (SBU) 30 193 397 .4867. Brian Roberts (UD) 34 208 437 .4768. DAN GERIOT (UR) 31 165 349 .4739. Darnell Harris (LAS) 32 176 389 .45210. Pat Calathes (SJU) 34 189 422 .44811. DIONTE CHRISTMAS (TU) 34 210 478 .43912. RICKY HARRIS (UM) 36 209 488 .42813. Gary Forbes (UM) 36 233 572 .40714. Marcus Stout (FOR) 29 152 379 .40115. Leemire Goldwire (CHA) 34 194 520 .373

FREE THROW PCT (Min. 2.5 made per game)Player G FTM FTA PCT1. Tyler Relph (SBU) 29 75 80 .9382. Brian Roberts (UD) 34 111 129 .8603. Zarryon Fereti (SBU) 30 94 110 .8554. Josh Duncan (XU) 37 122 143 .8535. Pat Calathes (SJU) 34 142 172 .8266. Stanley Burrell (XU) 37 102 124 .8237. Kieron Achara (DUQ) 30 102 125 .8168. KEVIN LISCH (SLU) 31 116 143 .8119. Leemire Goldwire (CHA) 34 118 146 .80810. Kojo Mensah (DUQ) 29 124 158 .78511. RODNEY GREEN (LAS) 32 102 132 .77312. DIONTE CHRISTMAS (TU) 34 146 189 .77213. MARCUS JOHNSON (UD) 34 98 129 .76014. RICKY HARRIS (UM) 36 134 178 .75315. TOMMIE LIDDELL (SLU) 31 84 112 .750

DAN GERIOT (UR) 31 81 108 .750

3-POINT FG PCT (Min. 1.5 made per game)Player G 3FG FGA PCT1. Parfait Bitee (URI) 33 65 127 .5122. Darnell Harris (LAS) 32 123 257 .4793. Brian Roberts (UD) 34 100 220 .4554. Rob Ferguson (SJU) 34 59 133 .4445. Etienne Brower (UM) 36 82 191 .4296. Tyler Relph (SBU) 29 63 148 .4267. DAVID GONZALVEZ (UR) 31 61 145 .4218. NOEL WILMORE (GW) 26 42 100 .4209. Chris Clark (TU) 34 57 137 .41610. B.J. RAYMOND (XU) 37 82 199 .41211. Drew Lavender (XU) 36 59 145 .40712. JIMMY BARON (URI) 33 99 244 .40613. Pat Calathes (SJU) 34 74 185 .40014. KEVIN LISCH (SLU) 31 63 164 .38415. DARRIN GOVENS (SJU) 34 68 181 .376

Rodney Green, LAS

David Gonzalvez, UR


2007-08 Individual StatisticsREBOUNDINGPlayer G OFF DEF TOT AVG1. Bryant Dunston (FOR) 29 90 194 284 9.82. KAHIEM SEAWRIGHT (URI) 33 103 174 277 8.43. Michael Lee (SBU) 30 68 172 240 8.04. ROB DIGGS (GW) 26 80 121 201 7.75. Gary Forbes (UM) 36 65 205 270 7.5

Pat Calathes (SJU) 34 66 189 255 7.57. Mark Tyndale (TU) 34 45 200 245 7.28. Shawn James (DUQ) 28 67 127 194 6.99. Etienne Brower (UM) 36 74 173 247 6.910. Will Daniels (URI) 33 68 148 216 6.511. DERRICK BROWN (XU) 37 74 168 242 6.512. JERRELL WILLIAMS (LAS) 32 81 124 205 6.413. DAMIAN HOLLIS (GW) 26 38 125 163 6.314. D'LANCY CARTER (SBU) 30 77 109 186 6.215. CHARLIE COLEY (CHA) 34 77 133 210 6.216. YVES MEKONGO MBALA (LAS) 32 59 132 191 6.017. DIONTE CHRISTMAS (TU) 34 43 159 202 5.918. C.J. ANDERSON (XU) 37 80 139 219 5.919. AHMAD NIVINS (SJU) 33 73 120 193 5.820. LAVOY ALLEN (TU) 34 69 124 193 5.7

ASSISTSPlayer G AST AVG1. CHRIS LOWE (UM) 34 214 6.292. TASHEED CARR (SJU) 30 167 5.573. Parfait Bitee (URI) 33 156 4.734. Drew Lavender (XU) 36 162 4.505. Mark Tyndale (TU) 34 145 4.266. Tyler Relph (SBU) 29 112 3.867. Stanley Burrell (XU) 37 140 3.788. AARON JACKSON (DUQ) 30 105 3.50

MICHAEL GERRITY (CHA) 26 91 3.5010. Brian Roberts (UD) 34 117 3.4411. Kojo Mensah(DUQ) 29 99 3.4112. Reggie Jackson (DUQ) 29 98 3.3813. DIJUAN HARRIS (CHA) 34 108 3.1814. RODNEY GREEN (LAS) 32 101 3.1615. KEVIN LISCH (SLU) 31 97 3.13

STEALSPlayer G STL AVG1. Leemire Goldwire (CHA) 34 70 2.062. KEITH COTHRAN (URI) 33 59 1.793. KEVIN ANDERSON (UR) 31 55 1.774. CHRIS LOWE (UM) 34 57 1.685. Mark Tyndale (TU) 34 54 1.596. TASHEED CARR (SJU) 30 47 1.577. RICKY HARRIS (UM) 36 56 1.568. DAMIAN SAUNDERS (DUQ) 30 45 1.509. Michael Lee (SBU) 30 44 1.4710. AARON JACKSON (DUQ) 30 43 1.4311. RYAN BUTLER (UR) 31 44 1.4212. Kojo Mensah (DUQ) 29 41 1.4113. RODNEY GREEN (LAS) 32 45 1.4114. DAVID GONZALVEZ (UR) 31 42 1.3515. DIONTE CHRISTMAS (TU) 34 46 1.35

BLOCKSPlayer G BLK AVG1. Shawn James (DUQ) 28 111 3.962. Bryant Dunston (FOR) 29 79 2.723. Dante Milligan (UM) 36 69 1.924. TONY GAFFNEY (UM) 35 59 1.695. LAVOY ALLEN (TU) 34 52 1.536. Kieron Achara (DUQ) 30 45 1.507. SERGIO OLMOS (TU) 34 49 1.448. CHARLIE COLEY (CHA) 34 46 1.359. Etienne Brower (UM) 36 48 1.3310. DAMIAN SAUNDERS (DUQ) 30 39 1.3011. KAHIEM SEAWRIGHT (URI) 33 42 1.2712. Gaston Moliva (UR) 24 30 1.2513. Pat Calathes (SJU) 34 42 1.2414. ROB DIGGS (GW) 26 31 1.1915. AHMAD NIVINS (SJU) 33 39 1.18

RETURNING PLAYERS IN CAPS

Kahiem Seawright, URI

Chris Lowe, UM


ATLANTIC 10 MEN’S BASKETBALLCHAMPIONSHIP

March 11-14Boardwalk Hall - Atlantic City, N.J.

ATLANTIC 10 WOMEN’S BASKETBALLCHAMPIONSHIP

March 6-9Halton Arena - Charlotte, N.C.

2009 Championship Dates

For more information concerning the men’s and women’sAtlantic 10 Basketball Championships

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