NortheastNortheast ConferenceConference Men’s Basketball NCAA Tournament Media Packet

NCAANCAA TournamentTournament First Round

#16 Monmouth vs. #1 Villanova March 1 7, 2006

Wachovia Center Philadelphia, PA 2005-06 MEN’SMEN’SMEN’S BASKETBALLBASKETBALLBASKETBALL NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 200 Cottontail Lane, Vantage Court North, Somerset, NJ 08873 Men’s Basketball Contact: Ron Ratner, Interim Commissioner Phone: 732-469-0440/Fax: 732-469-0744/Web: www.northeastconference.org E-Mail: [email protected] Central Connecticut State • Fairleigh Dickinson • Long Island • Monmouth • Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac • Robert Morris • Sacred Heart • St. Francis (NY) • St. Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Men’s Basketball Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Facts & Figures (through NCAA opening round game) NEC In The Postseason School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral NCAA Tournament • Opening Round (Dayton, OH) 1. Fairleigh Dickinson* 14-4 .778 20-12 .625 L2 11-3 8-8 1-1 Tuesday, March 14 2. Central Connecticut St.* 13-5 .722 18-11 .621 L1 11-4 7-7 0-0 3. Monmouth* 12-6 .667 19-14 .576 W4 8-4 9-8 2-2 Monmouth 71, Hampton, 49 4. Mount St. Mary's* 11-7 .611 13-17 .433 L2 7-6 5-9 1-2 NCAA Tournament • First Round (Philadelphia, PA) 5. Robert Morris* 10-8 .556 15-14 .517 L1 11-2 4-12 0-0 Friday, March 17 6. Long Island* 9-9 .500 12-16 .429 L1 8-4 4-10 0-2 #16 Monmouth vs. #1 Villanova, 3:00 pm 7. Sacred Heart* 8-10 .444 11-17 .393 L2 8-5 3-12 0-0 8. Quinnipiac* 7-11 .389 12-16 .429 L2 8-5 3-10 1-1 Postseason NIT St. Francis (NY) 7-11 .389 10-17 .370 L3 8-5 2-12 0-0 Tuesday, March 14 10. Wagner 6-12 .333 13-14 .481 W1 7-6 6-8 0-0 #9 Manhattan 80, #10 Fairleigh Dickinson 77 11. St. Francis (PA) 2-16 .111 4-24 .143 L4 3-9 1-13 0-2 * Clinched NEC Tournament berth. Top eight teams qualify for NEC Tournament. 2006 NEC Basketball Tournament (all games held at higher seed) 2005-06 NEC Men’s Basketball Award Winners Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2 Player of the Year #1 Fairleigh Dickinson 66, #8 Quinnipiac 65 Chad Timberlake Fairleigh Dickinson G 6-4 190 Sr Brooklyn, NY/New Utrecht #2 CCSU 86, #7 Sacred Heart 68 #3 Monmouth 74, #6 Long Island 63 Rookie of the Year #5 Robert Morris 67, #4 Mt. St. Mary’s 66 Jeremy Chappell Robert Morris G 6-3 175 Fr Cincinnati, OH/Northwest Semifinals Sunday, March 5 Defensive Player of the Year Mychal Kearse Mount St. Mary’s G 6-4 201 Jr Charlotte, NC/Providence Day Monmouth 62, CCSU 48 Fairleigh Dickinson 71, Robert Morris 55 Jim Phelan Coach of the Year Championship Howie Dickenman Central Connecticut State Wednesday, March 8 Monmouth 49, Fairleigh Dickinson 48 2005-06 NEC Men’s Basketball First Team All-Conference Name School Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School 2006 NEC All-Tournament Team Justin Chiera CCSU G 6-1 181 Sr Colonia, NY/Colonia Jeremy Chappell Robert Morris 19.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg A.J. Jackson Robert Morris F 6-6 230 Jr Monessen, PA/Monessen (E. Tennessee St.) Chad Timberlake FDU 12.3 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 5.0 apg Andrea Crosariol FDU 15.0 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 4.7 bpg Chad Timberlake Fairleigh Dickinson G 6-4 190 Sr Brooklyn, NY/New Utrecht Chris Kenny Monmouth 12.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg Kibwe Trim Sacred Heart C 6-10 230 Sr San Juan, Trinidad/St. Mary’s Marques Alston Monmouth 12.0 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 3.0 apg James Williams Long Island G 5-10 180 Jr DeSoto, TX/DeSoto Tournament Most Valuable Player Marques Alston Monmouth 12.0 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 3.0 apg 2005-06 NEC Men’s Basketball Second Team All-Conference 14 pts., 10 reb. & 3 blocks in title game Name School Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School Choice Hotels Choice Hotels Marques Alston Monmouth F 6-4 230 Jr Neptune, NJ/Neptune NEC Player of the Week NEC Rookie of the Week Jarrid Frye Sacred Heart G 6-4 190 Jr Maspeth, NY/Martin Luther Nov. 21 Justin Chiera, CCSU Nov. 21 Cameron Tyler, FDU Gordon Klaiber Fairleigh Dickinson F 6-9 205 Sr Greenbelt, MD/National Christian Academy Nov. 28 Durell Vinson, WC Nov. 28 Whitney Coleman, MU Landy Thompson Mount St. Mary’s G 6-1 178 Sr Germantown, MD/Archbishop Spalding Dec. 5 Obie Nwadike, CCSU Dec. 5 Grant Surprenant, SFPA Durell Vinson Wagner F 6-7 215 Jr Vineland, NJ/St. Augustine Prep Dec. 12 Jarrid Frye, SHU Dec. 12 Jeremy Chappell, RMU Dec. 19 Derek Coleman, RMU Dec. 19 Jeremy Chappell, RMU Jan. 3 Mark Porter, WC Jan. 3 Jeremy Chappell, RMU 2005-06 NEC Men’s Basketball All-Rookie Team Jan. 9 Tony Lee, RMU Jan. 9 Sam Atupem, MSM Jan. 16 A.J. Jackson, RMU Jan. 16 Whitney Coleman, MU Name School Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School Landy Thompson, MSM Jan. 23 Sam Atupem, MSM Jan. 23 Kibwe Trim, SHU Jan. 30 Jeremy Chappell, RMU Sam Atupem Mount St. Mary’s F 6-7 230 Fr Newport News, VA/Woodside Jan. 30 Chad Timberlake, FDU Feb. 6 Joey Butler, MSM Jeremy Chappell Robert Morris G 6-3 175 Fr Cincinnati, OH/Northwest Feb. 6 Chad Timberlake, FDU Feb. 13 Jeremy Chappell, RMU Feb. 13 Gordon Klaiber, FDU Feb. 20 Jamal Smith, WC Whitney Coleman Monmouth G 6-2 180 Fr Salem, CT/East Lynne (St. Thomas More Prep (CT)) Feb. 20 Chad Timberlake, FDU Feb. 27 Mike Shipman, MU Marquis Ford St. Francis (PA) G 5-11 175 Fr St. Petersburg, FL/St. Petersburg Feb. 27 Marques Alston, MU Jamal Smith Wagner G 6-5 210 Fr Baltimore, MD/Towson Catholic 2006 NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament Games held at campus sites. Higher seed hosts all games. Teams will be reseeded after quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship

#1 Fairleigh Dickinson

Thursday, March 2 Fairleigh Dickinson (66-65) 7:00 pm at Highest Remaining Seed #8 Quinnipiac Sunday, March 5 Fairleigh Dickinson (71-55) 4:00 pm (MSG) #2 CCSU

Thursday, March 2 Lowest Remaining Seed 7:00 pm Robert Morris (67-66) #7 Sacred Heart Wednesday, March 8 Monmouth (49-48) 7:30 pm #3 Monmouth ESPN2 NEC Champion

Thursday, March 2 CCSU (86-68) 7:00 pm at 2nd Highest Remaining Seed #6 Long Island Sunday, March 5 1:00 pm (CN8) #4 Mount St. Mary’s Monmouth (62-48)

Thursday, March 2 3rd Highest Remaining Seed 7:00 pm Monmouth (74-63) #5 Robert Morris

2006 NEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Games held at campus sites. Higher seed hosts all games. Teams will be reseeded after quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship

#1 Sacred Heart

Saturday, March 4 Sacred Heart (83-55) 4:00 pm Highest Remaining Seed #8 Fairleigh Dickinson Tuesday, March 7 Sacred Heart (64-50) 7:00 pm #2 Quinnipiac

Saturday, March 4 Lowest Remaining Seed 1:00 pm Long Island (80-70)

#7 CCSU Saturday, March 11 2:00 pm Sacred Heart (69-65) #3 Robert Morris MSG Network NEC Champion

Saturday, March 4 Quinnipiac (68-64 (OT)) 7:30 pm 2nd Highest Remaining Seed #6 Mount St. Mary’s Tuesday, March 7 Quinnipiac (58-46) 7:00 pm #4 Monmouth

Saturday, March 4 3rd Highest Remaining Seed 7:00 pm Robert Morris (65-56) #5 Long Island 2005-06 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson Long Island (18-11, 13-5 NEC) (20-12, 14-4 NEC) (12-16, 9-9 NEC) Mohegan Sun Classic at CCSU at Guardians Classic (Morgantown, WV) N 22 Columbia L 63-80 N 18 Birmingham Southern W 76-67 N 12 vs. Wofford L 62-73 N 26 at Penn State L 64-80 N 19 Northeastern L 90-94 N 13 Lousiana Monroe W 74-58 N 29 at SMU L 62-74 N 22 at Florida International L 61-71 N 18 at #24 Maryland L 85-111 N 26 Dowling W 96-50 D 3 at New Hampshire W 59-56 N 28 at Binghamton W 69-66 N 29 QUINNIPIAC W 76-70 D 10 Hartford W 85-80 D 3 at Harvard W 87-79 D 2 at Canisius W 69-65 (2 OT) D 14 at Harvard L 79-91 D 5 at St. Bonaventure L 56-85 D 5 at Seton Hall L 57-65 D 22 CCNY W 80-39 D 9 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 72-61 D 10 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 71-68 at College of Charleston Classic D 18 La Salle L 106-107 (4 OT) D 17 Drexel L 49-54 D 29 vs. Rider L 59-63 D 22 Binghamton W 72-68 D 22 at St. Peter’s L 77-82 D 30 vs. Longwood L 69-86 D 29 at Delaware L 73-79 D 28 at #10 Louisville L 66-89 J 5 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 73-64 J 5 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 57-73 J 7 at LONG ISLAND W 83-74 J 7 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 74-83 J 9 at SACRED HEART L 71-74 J 12 at QUINNIPIAC L 81-102 J 14 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 74-88 J 12 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 73-70 (OT) J 12 MONMOUTH L 57-61 J 20 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 64-55 J 14 at ROBERT MORRIS L 66-70 J 14 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 88-74 J 23 SACRED HEART W 81-73 J 18 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 67-70 J 19 QUINNIPIAC W 79-69 J 26 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 66-49 J 23 at QUINNIPIAC L 69-82 J 21 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 59-57 (OT) J 28 at ROBERT MORRIS W 84-83 J 26 SACRED HEART W 63-60 J 26 WAGNER W 57-40 F 2 LONG ISLAND W 78-65 J 28 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 68-58 F 4 at WAGNER W 87-72 J 28 WAGNER W 75-65 F 2 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 76-68 (OT) F 6 ROBERT MORRIS W 93-78 F 2 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 65-78 F 4 at MONMOUTH L 48-63 F 9 at LONG ISLAND W 96-74 F 4 at SACRED HEART W 80-65 F 10 at ROBERT MORRIS L 74-77 F 11 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 69-58 F 9 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 74-96 F 12 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) L 51-52 F 16 at SACRED HEART W 85-76 F 11 MONMOUTH W 78-72 F18 at Wisconsin-Green Bay (BracketBuster Pool Game) W 68-64 F 16 at WAGNER W 74-55 F 13 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 61-62 F 20 at MONMOUTH L 89-96 (2 OT) F 16 ROBERT MORRIS W 74-69 F 18 SACRED HEART W 73-56 F 22 WAGNER L 66-72 F 22 LONG ISLAND W 81-58 F 27 MONMOUTH W 79-62 F 18 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 72-60 F 25 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 88-58 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) F 22 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 58-81 F 27 at QUINNIPIAC W 79-67 M 2 #8 Quinnipiac W 66-65 F 24 at WAGNER W 75-60 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 5 #5 Robert Morris W 71-55 F 27 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 67-64 M 2 #7 Sacred Heart W 86-68 M 8 #3 Monmouth L 48-49 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 5 #2 Monmouth L 48-62 Postseason NIT M 2 at #3 Monmouth L 63-74 M 14 at Manhattan L 77-80 NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS

Monmouth Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac (19-14, 12-6 NEC) (13-17, 11-7 NEC) (12-16, 7-11 NEC)

N 21 at San Francisco L 66-70 N 18 at Virginia Tech L 62-74 at Columbia Tournament at Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, AK) N 21 Binghamton W 62-53 N 18 vs. Troy State L 83-94 (OT) N 24 vs. Southern Illinois W 80-68 N 26 at Old Dominion L 57-80 N 25 vs. South Carolina L 56-62 N 19 vs. New Hampshire W 64-62 N 26 vs. Oral Roberts L 54-62 N 30 at La Salle L 51-73 N 22 Concordia W 106-57 D 3 Rider L 67-75 D 3 Loyola (MD) L 71-76 N 29 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 70-76 D 6 at St. Peter’s L 60-73 D 7 at American L 60-80 D 2 at Cornell W 55-45 D 8 at Seton Hall L 45-61 D 10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 68-71 D 5 Colgate W 67-59 D 12 at Lehigh L 57-71 at San Juan Shootout D 10 ROBERT MORRIS L 85-90 D 14 at Princeton W 41-21 D 19 vs. Akron L 61-74 D 19 Dartmouth W 88-77 D 18 SACRED HEART W 73-64 D 20 vs. Liberty W 63-59 D 28 at Hartford W 56-54 D 22 at Rhode Island L 72-87 D 31 Drexel L 49-53 D 21 vs. UT-Chatanooga L 74-85 (OT) D 31 at Penn State L 53-65 D 30 at #2 Connecticut L 75-111 J 3 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 66-59 J 5 at WAGNER L 63-81 J 5 ROBERT MORRIS L 75-87 J 3 Lafayette L 63-76 J 7 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 55-53 J 5 at LONG ISLAND W 73-57 J 7 Brown L 60-64 J 12 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE W 61-57 J 7 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 60-43 J 12 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 102-81 J 14 at QUINNIPIAC W 85-82 (OT) J 10 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 84-56 J 14 MONMOUTH L 82-85 (OT) J 19 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 54--64 J 12 SACRED HEART W 78-69 J 19 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 69-79 J 21 QUINNIPIAC W 80-74 (2 OT) J 21 at MONMOUTH L 74-80 (2 OT) J 26 at ROBERT MORRIS L 65-73 J 19 at MONMOUTH W 64-54 J 28 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 74-56 J 21 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 57-59 (OT) J 23 LONG ISLAND W 82-69 F 4 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE W 63-48 J 26 at QUINNIPIAC L 62-68 J 26 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 68-62 F 6 at WAGNER W 74-58 J 28 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 58-68 J 28 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 66-70 F 11 at LONG ISLAND L 72-78 F 2 ROBERT MORRIS W 60-59 F 2 SACRED HEART W 72-68 F 13 WAGNER W 61-55 F 4 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 71-56 F 4 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 73-68 F 18 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 69-75 F 9 at SACRED HEART L 54-57 F 20 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 96-89 (2 OT) F 10 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 65-62 F 25 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 74-68 F 11 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 58-69 F 12 at ROBERT MORRIS L 77-89 F 27 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 62-79 F 13 LONG ISLAND W 62-61 F 18 WAGNER L 60-64 F 18 MONMOUTH W 75-69 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) F 20 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 78-82 M 2 #6 Long Island W 74-63 F 20 QUINNIPIAC W 82-78 F 25 at SACRED HEART W 71-65 M 5 at #2 CCSU W 62-48 F 25 at ROBERT MORRIS W 64-62 M 8 at #1 Fairleigh Dickinson W 49-48 F 27 WAGNER L 66-77 F 27 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 67-79 NCAA Tournament NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 14 vs. #16 Hampton (in Dayton) W 71-49 M 2 at #1 Fairleigh Dickinson L 65-66 M 17 vs. #1 Villanova (in Philadelphia) 3:00 pm M 2 #5 Robert Morris L 66-67 NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS 2005-06 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Robert Morris Sacred Heart St. Francis (NY) (15-14, 10-8 NEC) (11-17, 8-10 NEC) (10-17, 7-11 NEC)

N 18 at St. Bonaventure L 61-80 N 19 at Rhode Island L 50-56 N 18 Fairfield W 69-64 N 23 at Pittsburgh L 59-86 N 21 at Albany W 63-61 N 22 at St. John’s L 50-64 N 26 Lock Haven W 100-64 N 25 Harvard L 72-75 N 26 at Fordham W 66-60 N 28 Maine W 62-53 N 28 at Yale L 67-72 N 29 at Pittsburgh L 58-79 D 3 at Duquesne L 58-73 N 30 Columbia L 59-61 D 3 Binghamton L 56-64 D 6 at New Hampshire L 65-71 D 3 at #8 Boston College L 66-77 D 6 at Lafayette L 81-89 (OT) D 10 at QUINNIPIAC W 90-85 D 5 Army W 76-62 D 9 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 61-72 D 17 Charleston Southern W 97-85 D 7 Lehigh W 66-55 D 18 Hartford W 55-45 D 22 at #25 Iowa L 51-73 D 10 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 74-72 D 22 Hofstra L 57-73 D 29 Medaille W 109-36 D 18 at MONMOUTH L 64-73 D 30 at Manhattan L 78-89 J 2 WAGNER W 95-90 J 2 at Miami (FL) L 57-63 J 5 at MONMOUTH W 87-75 J 3 MONMOUTH L 59-66 J 7 WAGNER W 61-50 J 7 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 43-60 J 12 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 73-71 J 9 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE W 74-71 J 14 LONG ISLAND W 70-66 J 12 at ROBERT MORRIS L 71-73 J 12 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 69-78 J 19 at SACRED HEART L 60-73 J 14 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 65-56 J 14 at WAGNER W 70-62 J 21 at WAGNER L 69-75 J 18 LONG ISLAND W 70-67 J 19 ROBERT MORRIS W 73-60 J 24 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 79-67 J 20 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 55-64 J 21 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 65-54 J 26 MONMOUTH W 73-65 J 23 at WAGNER L 58-68 J 23 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 73-81 J 28 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 83-84 J 28 QUINNIPIAC W 70-66 J 26 at LONG ISLAND L 60-63 F 2 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 59-60 F 2 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 68-76 (OT) F 2 at QUINNIPIAC L 68-72 F 6 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 78-93 F 4 at QUINNIPIAC L 68-73 F 10 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE W 77-74 F 4 LONG ISLAND L 65-80 F 9 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 57-54 F 9 WAGNER W 57-49 F 12 QUINNIPIAC W 89-77 F 11 SACRED HEART W 62-58 F 16 at LONG ISLAND L 69-74 F 11 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 58-62 F 16 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 69-46 F 18 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 69-70 (OT) F 16 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 76-85 F 18 ROBERT MORRIS W 70- 69 (OT) F 21 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 70-54 F 18 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 56-73 F 25 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 62-64 F 21 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 81-73 F 21 at SACRED HEART L 73-81 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) F 25 QUINNIPIAC L 65-71 F 25 at MONMOUTH L 68-74 M 2 at #4 Mount St. Mary’s W 67-66 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) F 27 at LONG ISLAND L 64-67 M 5 at #1 Fairleigh Dickinson L 55-71 M 2 at #2 Central Connecticut State L 68-86 NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS

St. Francis (PA) Wagner (4-24, 2-16 NEC) (13-14, 6-12 NEC)

at Coaches vs. Cancer Classic (at Syracuse) N 19 John Jay W 86-44 N 8 vs. Cornell L 54-75 N 22 American W 75-59 N 9 vs. Bethune-Cookman L 52-63 (OT) N 26 at Vermont L 67-71 N 19 Youngstown State W 71-58 N 29 at Brown W 72-59 N 21 Lock Haven W 74-54 D 3 at Yale W 73-69 N 26 at Ohio L 61-77 D 6 Columbia W 83-71 N 30 at #19 George Washington L 68-85 D 17 at Rhode Island W 63-61 D 3 at St. Bonaventure L 65-69 D 21 at #12 UCLA L 72-74 D 10 SACRED HEART L 72-74 D 30 Stony Brook W 67-54 D 18 at Penn State L 74-88 J 2 at ROBERT MORRIS L 90-95 D 28 at La Salle L 55-85 J 5 QUINNIPIAC W 81-63 J 2 American L 52-62 J 7 at SACRED HEART L 50-61 J 5 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 64-73 J 14 SACRED HEART L 62-70 J 7 at MONMOUTH L 53-55 J 19 ST. FRANCIS (PA) L 61-68 J 10 MOUNT ST. MARY'S L 56-84 J 21 ROBERT MORRIS W 75-69 J 12 LONG ISLAND L 70-73 (OT) J 23 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 68-58 J 14 ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 56-65 J 26 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 40-57 J 19 at WAGNER W 68-61 J 28 at LONG ISLAND L 65-75 J 21 at SACRED HEART L 54-65 J 24 at ROBERT MORRIS L 67-79 F 4 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 72-87 J 26 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 49-66 F 6 MONMOUTH L 58-74 J 28 MONMOUTH L 56-74 F 9 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 49-57 F 4 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 56-71 F 13 at MONMOUTH L 55-61 F 10 QUINNIPIAC L 62-65 F 16 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 55-74 F 12 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE W 52-51 F 18 at QUINNIPIAC W 64-60 F 16 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 46-69 F 22 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 70-54 F 18 at LONG ISLAND L 60-72 F 24 LONG ISLAND L 60-75 F 21 ROBERT MORRIS L 54-70 F 27 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 77-66 F 25 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 58-88 NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS #16 Monmouth In The NCAA Tournament seed Monmouth This is Monmouth’s fourth trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Knights also qualified for NCAA (19-14, 12-6 NEC) postseason play in 1996, 2001 and 2004. 1996 NCAA Tournament • East Regional #4 Marquette 68, #13 Monmouth 44 2001 NCAA Tournament • Midwest Regional • Monmouth became the first NEC team in 23 years to win an NCAA Tournament #1 Duke 95, #16 Monmouth 52 game, stopping #16 Hampton in an opening round game held at the UD Arena in Dayton, OH on Tuesday. The 22-point margin of victory set a new opening round record. 2004 NCAA Tournament • Atlanta Regional • In that contest, senior guard Chris Kenny (Spring Lake, NJ/Christian Brothers Acad- #2 Mississippi State 85, #15 Monmouth 52 emy) established an opening round record and UD Arena mark (in NCAA play) with six three- 2006 NCAA Tournament • Minneapolis Regional pointers en-route to a game-high 20 points. #16 Monmouth 71, #16 Hampton 49 (opening round game) • Junior center John Bunch (Randallstown, MD/Randallstown) came off the bench to contrib- ute seven points, six boards and five blocks in 21 minutes. The Hawks rejected 10 shots in the game. • The Hawks have held three straight opponents under 50 points. • Senior guard Tyler Azzarelli (Tampa, FL/H.B. Plant), who dished for a career-high nine NEC vs. Villanova, Big East assists vs. Hampton, has boosted his career assist total to 321, fifth on the Monmouth all-time list. While no team from the NEC faced Villanova this season, the league did post an 0-8 record The Hawks are 15-6 since he returned from a foot injury that sidelined him for ten games. against Big East opponents in 2005-06. In NCAA Tournament play, the NEC is 0-6 all-time • Monmouth does not have a single player who ranks in the NEC top-10 in scoring, rebounding, against the Big East, including 0-1 vs. Villanova as the Wildcats stopped Long Island, 101- assists or steals. 91, in the 1997 tourney. • Monmouth has posted six straight winning seasons in NEC play, the longest current stretch in the conference. The Hawks have also guaranteed their sixth straight winning year overall, the most since moving to Division I in 1983. • Likewise, Monmouth is the only team in the New York-Metropolitan area (includes New York, NEC, Monmouth vs. NCAA Tournament Field Long Island, New Jersey and Southern Connecticut) that has posted six straight winning campaigns. The NEC is 3-10 against the 2006 NCAA Tournament field. Monmouth is 2-2 vs. the field, • Monmouth leads the NEC in both scoring defense (63.5 ppg) and FG percentage defense (.395). including an 80-68 win over Missouri Valley Conference champion Southern Illinois at the The Hawks will likely finish as the league leader in scoring defense for the 13th time in the last 18 years. Great Alaska Shootout on November 24. • The Hawks have not lost two straight games since December 8 (Seton Hall, 61-45) and December 12 (Lehigh, 71-57). Sacred Heart 63, Albany 61 Nov. 21 Albany, NY Pittsburgh 86, Robert Morris 59 Nov. 23 Pittsburgh, PA Monmouth 80, Southern Illinois 68 Nov. 24 Anchorage, AK Mr. NEC Oral Roberts 62, Monmouth 54 Nov. 26 Anchorage, AK Monmouth Head Coach Dave Calloway Pittsburgh 79, St. Francis (NY) 58 Nov. 29 Pittsburgh, PA George Washington 85, St. Francis (PA) 68 Nov. 30 Washington, D.C. A four-year letterwinner and NEC all-star back in his playing days with Monmouth, Boston College 77, Sacred Heart 66 Dec. 3 Chestnut Hill, MA Dave Calloway has participated in eighth NEC Championship games with the Hawks Seton Hall 65, FDU 57 Dec. 5 East Rutherford, NJ as a player or coach. He played in two (losing in 1988 and 1990) and served as a Seton Hall 61, Monmouth 45 Dec. 8 East Rutherford, NJ UCLA 74, Wagner 72 Dec. 21 Los Angeles, CA Monmouth assistant in three more (winning in 1996; losing in 1994 and 1997) before Iowa 73, Robert Morris 51 Dec. 22 Iowa City, IA striking gold as a head coach in 2001, 2004 and 2006. UConn 111, Quinnipiac 75 Dec. 30 Storrs, CT Monmouth 71, Hampton 49 Mar. 14 Dayton, OH • Monmouth won its third NEC Tournament championship in six years and fourth overall with a 49-48 win over top-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson on March 8 #7in Hackensack, NJ. The Hawks, seeded #3 in the tournament, also claimed NEC titles in 1996, NEC In The NCAA Tournament 2001 and 2004. • The Hawks became the first team not seeded #1 or #2 to win the NEC Tournament since Mount The NEC has posted a 2-24 record in NCAA Tournament competition over the last 25 years. The St. Mary’s took home the trophy as a #6 seed in 1999. league’s lone wins were Robert Morris’ 64-54 triumph over Georgia Southern in a first round • Monmouth is the only school in league history to capture the NEC championship seeded third. game in 1983 and Monmouth’s 71-49 conquest of Hampton in the 2006 opening round tilt. The Hawks also won it all as a #3 seed in 1996. The NEC has had several near misses against highly rated competition in the tournament, includ- • The win over Fairleigh Dickinson earned Monmouth a place in history as the only NEC program ing Robert Morris’ 55-53 setback to #5 Purdue in 1983 and FDU’s 59-55 loss at the hands of #1 to win both semifinal and title games on the road. Michigan in 1985. • Kenny emerged as the hero for Monmouth in the championship game, when after a missed FDU free throw, he took a cross court feed from Azzarelli, drove across the lane and hit a layup with 2.1 Year Team Seed W/L Opponent Score seconds left on the clock. 1982 Robert Morris 12* L Indiana 94-62 1983 Robert Morris 12*^ W Georgia Southern 64-54 • Kenny scored his 1,000th career point on a three-pointer early in the title contest and enters Robert Morris 12* L Purdue 55-53 Friday’s game against Villanova with 1,025 to his credit. 1984 Long Island NA^ L Northeastern 90-87 • Kenny also broke the school record for games played in the NEC championship tilt. He has suited 1985 Fairleigh Dickinson 16 L Michigan 59-55 up 122 times in his career, eclipsing the mark of 120 held by former teammate Jason Krayl (2000-04). 1986 Marist 15 L Georgia Tech 68-53 • Junior forward Marques Alston (Neptune, NJ/Neptune) was named NEC Tournament 1987 Marist 14 L Pittsburgh 93-68 Most Valuable Player after averaging 12.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists in three games. He tallied 1988 Fairleigh Dickinson 16 L Purdue 94-79 1989 Robert Morris 16 L Arizona 94-60 his first double-double of the season with 14 points, 10 boards and three rejections in the finale. 1990 Robert Morris 15 L Kansas 79-71 • Kenny was also named to the NEC All-Tournament team. 1991 St. Francis (PA) 15 L Arizona 93-80 • The Hawks held their three NEC Tournament opponents to an average of 53.0 points per outing 1992 Robert Morris 16 L UCLA 73-53 and 32.0 percent shooting from the floor. 1993 Rider 16 L Kentucky 96-52 • Three Monmouth players - Kenny (12.7 ppg), Alston (12.0 ppg) and junior forward Dejan 1994 Rider 15 L Connecticut 64-46 Delic (Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro/Bridgton Academy (ME)) (11.0 ppg) - averaged 1995 Mount St. Mary’s 16 L Kentucky 113-67 1996 Monmouth 13 L Marquette 68-44 in double digits in NEC Tournament play. Kenny was 9-9 from the charity stripe and 7-16 from three- 1997 Long Island 13 L Villanova 101-91 point range. 1998 Fairleigh Dickinson 15 L Connecticut 93-85 • Alston, Azzarelli, Delic and Kennedy all have NCAA Tournament experience, having competed 1999 Mount St. Mary’s 16 L Michigan State 76-53 against Mississippi State back in 2004. 2000 Central Connecticut State 15 L Iowa State 88-78 • Alston was named to the all-NEC second team this season, while freshman guard Whitney 2001 Monmouth 16 L Duke 95-52 Coleman (Salem, CT/East Lynne) was tabbed to the all-Rookie team. 2002 Central Connecticut State 14 L Pittsburgh 71-54 2003 Wagner 15 L Pittsburgh 87-61 • With three victories, Monmouth improved to 21-14 in NEC Tournament play. The Hawks’ four 2004 Monmouth 15 L Mississippi State 85-52 league championships are tied for second in NEC annals with Fairleigh Dickinson and one behind 2005 Fairleigh Dickinson 16 L Illinois 67-55 all-time leader Robert Morris. 2006 Monmouth 16 W Hampton 71-49 • Bunch has established a school single-season record with 73 blocked shots this season. The 7’ 2”, 320 lb. center is second in the conference in total rejections. He came off the bench to * 48 team NCAA Tournament field ^ NCAA First Round games to determine #12 seed contribute six points, seven boards and six blocks in 29 minutes against FDU. # NCAA Opening Round game • On the season, Delic and Alston lead the Hawks with 12.1 ppg and 11.8 ppg, respectively. Monmouth University: The Road To The NCAA Tournament

2006 Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship #3 Monmouth 49, #1 Fairleigh Dickinson 48

Hackensack, NJ -- If anyone knows about improbable finishes, it's Chris Kenny. Alston brought the visitors to their feet with 14:58 left when he faked out Gordon Klaiber on the wing and dunked over Crosariol and completed the three-point play to tie the score at 36. The Monmouth guard was on the court as a freshman when Princeton's Ed Persia heaved an Bunch then gave the Hawks their first lead since early in the game when he dunked off a feed from 80-foot shot at the buzzer to defeat the Hawks. In the Northeast Conference championship game Azzarelli with 13:07 left. Wednesday night, it was Kenny's turn to write a storybook ending. Fairleigh Dickinson led by as many as 12 midway through the first half. The Hawks stayed in the Kenny scored on a driving layup with 2 seconds to play after a missed free throw, lifting Mon- game by making five of seven 3-pointers in the half, but were 4-for-24 on two-point attempts. mouth over Fairleigh Dickinson 49-48 to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years. The shot clock above one basket malfunctioned late in the first half, forcing officials to put a clock on the floor near FDU's basket for the second half. "I never dreamed I'd be in this situation," said Kenny, who said the last game-winning shot he could remember making was in middle school. "It was like one of those 'Rocky' movies, where NEC All-Tournament Team we fought all game and in the final round we threw the knockout punch." Marques Alston, Monmouth (MVP) Chris Kenny, Monmouth Bernell Murray missed the front end of a one-and-one with 8.3 seconds left after Monmouth's Andrea Crosariol, FDU Dejan Delic made two free throws to bring the Hawks to 48-47 with 8.5 seconds remaining. Chad Timberlake, FDU Jeremy Chappell, Robert Morris Marques Alston rebounded the miss and fed Tyler Azzarelli, who quickly got the ball to Kenny streaking down the court. Monmouth coach Dave Calloway elected not to call a timeout before Murray's free throw to set up a play. NEC Championship Monmouth at Fairleigh Dickinson (3/8/06) "We called a 'scramble,' which basically means 'Just go!' Calloway said. "My thinking was, why let the defense get set up? We weren't going to a better shot than we would in transition." VISITORS: Monmouth TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS After a timeout, Fairleigh Dickinson was unable to get a shot off at the buzzer. ## Player FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 01 DELIC, Dejan f 1 4 1 3 3 7 1 2 3 4 6 1 3 1 2 28 23 ALSTON, Marques f 6 8 1 1 1 1 1 9 10 2 14 2 4 3 1 37 Alston had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead Monmouth (18-14), which became the first NEC 13 HALLETT, Corey c 1 8 0 0 1 1 3 3 6 2 3 2 0 0 0 11 team seeded lower than one or two to win the conference tournament since Mount St. Mary's 03 AZZARELLI, Tyler g 4 7 2 3 0 0 0 4 4 1 10 4 2 0 2 35 in 1999. Andrea Crosariol led top-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson (20-11) with 12 points and 12 35 KENNY, Chris g 3 11 2 5 0 0 0 3 3 2 8 0 0 0 0 31 rebounds. 05 COLEMAN, Whitney 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 18 10 SHIPMAN, Mike 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 Monmouth reached the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years. In 2004, the 34 WILSON, Brent 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Hawks lost to Mississippi State 85-52 in the first round. Fairleigh Dickinson was trying to return 55 BUNCH, John 3 9 0 0 0 2 5 2 7 0 6 0 2 6 0 29 to the tournament for the second year in a row. TM TEAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 19 52 6 12 5 11 13 28 41 12 49 10 15 10 5 200

No NEC team has won a first-round NCAA Tournament game in 23 tries. Robert Morris won a TOTAL FG%: .365 DEADBALL play-in game to earn a No. 12 seed in 1983 when the tournament featured a 48-team field. 3-Pt. FG%: .500 REBOUNDS F Throw %: .455 4 On Wednesday, neither team led by more than three points in the game's final 15 minutes. Fairleigh Dickinson hung in despite one field goal in the first 10 minutes of the second half as HOME TEAM: Fairleigh Dickinson Monmouth made up a nine-point deficit and led 39-36 with 12 minutes left. TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 30 PEEPLES, Michael f 3 6 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 3 9 0 0 0 0 40 Monmouth scored 15 points in the second half. 50 KLAIBER, Gordon f 3 17 1 6 4 7 5 6 11 1 11 2 1 0 2 35 35 CROSARIOL, Andrea c 6 12 0 0 0 1 5 7 12 3 12 2 4 3 0 38 "Their defensive scheme was excellent," Fairleigh Dickinson coach Tom Green said. "They 1 TIMBERLAKE, Chad g 2 6 1 3 2 2 2 4 6 2 7 6 0 0 2 40 forced us into bad shots, and we hurried some shots. My hat's off to them -- they were well 22 MURRAY, Bernell g 1 7 1 5 0 1 0 3 3 2 3 0 4 1 2 33 prepared." 00 HARRIS, Andre 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 15 TYLER, Cameron 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 7 Still, Fairleigh Dickinson led 48-45 with less than 20 seconds remaining after Michael Peeples' TM TEAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 driving basket. But Peeples then fouled Delic, who had missed four of five attempts in the game Totals 18 56 4 17 8 13 14 21 35 11 48 10 11 4 6 200 to that point, and Delic made both to make the score 48-47. TOTAL FG%: .321 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG%: .235 REBOUNDS When Murray was fouled, Green said he decided not to call timeout to set his defense because F Throw %: .615 1,1 his assistants assured him the players knew their assignments. But when Murray missed, Kenny had a virtually unobstructed path to the basket. Date: 03/08/06 Site: Hackensack, NJ - Rothman Center Attendance: 1,846 Officials: Tommy Lopes; Ray Perone; Brian O'Connell; "After the rebound came down, all hell kind of broke loose, and the rest was history," Green said. Technical fouls: Monmouth-None. Fairleigh Dickinson-None. Score by Periods 1 2 Total Monmouth trailed 33-24 at halftime but erased that deficit in the first five minutes as 7-foot-2, Monmouth 24 25 - 49 320-pound center John Bunch began to assert himself with two blocks and a score in the lane Fairleigh Dickinson 33 15 - 48 against the 7-foot Crosariol. Bunch finished with six points, six blocks and seven rebounds. Monmouth University: The Road To The NCAA Tournament

2006 Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament 2006 Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals Semifinals #3 Monmouth 74, #6 Long Island 73 #3 Monmouth 62, #2 CCSU 48

West Long Branch, NJ -- Monmouth University men’s basketball team used a balanced offensive attack New Britain, CT -- Senior Chris Kenney scored 19 points, while junior John Bunch added 10 points, eight and tenacious defense to shut down Long Island University in a Northeast Conference tournament quarter- rebounds and five blocks to lead Monmouth past Central Connecticut, 62-48, in Northeast Conference final match-up on Thursday night in Boylan Gym. Second-team All-NEC forward Marques Alston (Neptune, Tournament semifinal action. The Hawks, who improve to 17-14 overall, will move on to the championship N.J.) and fellow junior Dejan Delic (Belgrade, Sebria-Montenegro) combined for 32 points, 29 of which game, which will be televised on espn2 Wednesday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. CCSU, meanwhile, ends its season with an 18-11 record. Sophomore Tristan Blackwood and senior Lenny Jefferson led the Blue Devils with came in the second half. The Blue and White defense, which LIU lit up for 78 points and 16 trifectas in its 12 and 11 points, respectively. win over the Hawks on February 11, shut down the high powered Blackbird offense forcing 22 turnovers and 33.3% (8-for-24) shooting from beyond the arc. Facing a 27-21 deficit coming into the second half, Central drew to within one point (35-34) 6:30 into the period. However, the Hawks countered with a 12-2 run to grab their largest lead to that point in the contest. Monmouth jumped out to a 12-4 advantage at the 16:00 mark, when senior Chris Kenny (Spring Lake, N.J.) An Obie Nwadike layup made it a 52-45 game with 1:41 left, but Monmouth went 10-for-10 from the free hit his second three-pointer of the contest, before the Blackbirds responded with an 8-0 spurt to knot the throw line to seal the victory. score at 12-12 with 13:22 showing, paced by five consecutive points from Esa Maki-Tulokas (Forssa, Finland). Monmouth, which never trailed, opened the game with a 10-0 run and fought off several Blue Devil rallies to keep its six-point lead at halftime. Central trailed by just five points at the 4:17 mark, but Dejan Delic hit his second triple of the opening 20 minutes to stretch the Hawk lead back to nine points (27-18). A Maki-Tulokas tied the score once again, at 18-18, with 10:05 left, as the forward registered a three-point Blackwood three-pointer ended the half's scoring with 1:05 on the clock. play, highlighted by a dunk over John Bunch (Randallstown, Md.). Long Island then rattled off a 16-10 run to take a 34-28 advantage with 1:41 left until the half, as the Hawks went scoreless for 4:46. The draught Central missed its first nine shots during the Hawks' 10-0 spurt to start the game and finished the half shooting ended when Delic dropped in both ends of a one-and-one with 38 seconds remaining, to trim the edge to just 23.5 percent from the floor. CCSU hoisted 34 shots, making just 8, and went just 2-for-6 from the free 34-30. Long Island came up empty on two attempts as the first half ran out, to hold the 34-30 lead at the throw line. The Hawks, meanwhile, made 10-of-21 (.476) attempts from the floor, including 4-of-9 from intermission. beyond the arc. Heading to the locker rooms, Blackwood led all scorers with 10 points on 4-for-15 shooting, while Delic, Monmouth came out of the locker rooms firing as they went on a 9-0 run to start the second half with an a junior, led Monmouth with eight points. old-fashion three point play by Kenny with 17:00 remaining giving the Hawks a 39-34 advantage. Long Island would not be silenced as they answered with five straight points of their own, tying the game 39-39 on a The Blue Devils stayed within seven points to start the second half, and Jefferson made it a one point contest three-point play by Aubin Scott (Hempstead, N.Y.) with 16:28 remaining. with a three-pointer with 13:30 to play in the game. The triple capped a 7-1 Central run. Monmouth, however, stretched its lead to 11 points following a Bunch dunk less than six minutes later. The two squads A trifecta from Delic with 9:34 remaining in regulation extended the Blue and White lead to six, 53-47. The traded layups before a Justin Chiera three-pointer brought the Blue Devils to within seven points (50-43) Blackbirds cut the lead to two, 53-51, on a dunk by Maki-Tulokas with 8:29 left in the contest. Consecutive for the first time over the waning minutes. lay-ups by Alston with 4:45 remaining pushed the Blue and White lead to seven, 65-56. Central Connecticut held the Hawks without a field goal over the final 7:44, but Monmouth triggered 13- of-15 free throws during that same time frame. Kenney led the barrage from the free throw line, going 8- A three-pointer by Donovin McLendon (Miami, Fla.) with 1:52 left in the second half cut the Hawks’ lead for-8, while Bunch started the 10-for-10 run to end the game with a pair following Nwadike's layup. to 67-63, the closest they would come the rest of the way. The Blue and White scored the next seven points, five-of-six from the free throw line, to seal the victory, 74-63. Overall, the Blue Devils finished 19-for-72 (.264) from the field and 6-for-29 (.207) on three-point at- tempts. Monmouth, on the other hand, shot 45 percent (18-for-40) from the floor and 37.5 percent (6-for- Both teams had four player in double-digits with Alston leading all scorers with 17 points. The junior also 16) from beyond the arc. grabbed eight rebounds and six assists in the contest. Delic chipped in 15 points, while Kenny scored 11 points and Bunch connected for 10 points off the bench for the Hawks. CCSU, which had 21 offensive rebounds, held a slight overall rebounding advantage, grabbing 40 boards to Monmouth's 38.

Long Island had three players with 13 points with Scott registering a double-double with 13 points and 12 Nwadike, a junior, led all players with 14 caroms. rebounds. First-team All-NEC guard James Williams (DeSoto, Texas) chipped in 13 points, while Maki- Tulokas scored 13 points and grabbed 7 boards. Tyrone Mattison (Toronto, Ontario) scored 12 points for the Delic finished with 12 points for the Hawks. Blackbirds.

LONG ISLAND MONMOUTH WILLIAMS, James 4-10 2-2 13; MAKI-TULOKAS, Esa 5-7 1-1 13; SCOTT, Aubin 3-8 7-7 13; KENNY, Chris 4-7 8-8 19; DELIC, Dejan 4-9 2-2 12; BUNCH, John 2-2 6-10 10; HALLETT, Corey 3-4 0-0 6; MATTISON, Tyrone 4-9 2-2 12; KOTOROBAI, Eugene 2-8 1-3 5; MCLENDON, Donovin 1-3 0-0 3; COLEMAN, Whitney 2-6 1-2 5; ALSTON, Marques 1-5 3-3 5; AZZARELLI, Tyler 1-2 0-1 3; ALLEN, Kellen 1-3 0-0 2; MORKELIUNAS, Paska 1-3 0-0 2; MEEKINS, Evan 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-53 13-15 63. SHIPMAN, Mike 1-4 0-0 2; WILSON, Brent 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 18-40 20-26 62. MONMOUTH CENTRAL CONN. ST. ALSTON, Marques 8-15 0-0 17; DELIC, Dejan 4-10 5-9 15; KENNY, Chris 4-8 1-1 11; BUNCH, John 5-7 0-1 10; BLACKWOOD, Tristan 5-20 0-0 12; JEFFERSON, Lenny 4-12 1-2 11; NWADIKE, Obie 3-9 0-0 6; HALLETT, Corey 4-7 0-0 8; SHIPMAN, Mike 2-4 3-3 7; AZZARELLI, Tyler 1-2 2-2 4; HICKENBOTTOM, Jason 2-7 2-4 6; CHIERA, Justin 2-10 0-0 6; MOJICA, Javier 1-5 1-2 3; COLEMAN, Whitney 1-4 0-0 2; WILSON, Brent 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-58 11-16 74. SOBERS, Jemino 1-6 0-0 2; BEAUDET, Ingo 1-1 0-0 2; WINTERS, Chris 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 19-72 4-8 48. Long Island 34 29 - 63 Monmouth 27 35 - 62 Monmouth 30 44 - 74 Central Conn. St. 21 27 - 48 3-point goals: Long Island 8-24 (WILLIAMS, James 3-7; MATTISON, Tyrone 2-5; MAKI-TULOKAS, Esa 3-point goals: Monmouth 6-16 (KENNY, Chris 3-5; DELIC, Dejan 2-6; AZZARELLI, Tyler 1-2; 2-2; MCLENDON, Donovin 1-3; MORKELIUNAS, Paska 0-1; MEEKINS, Evan 0-2; KOTOROBAI, Eugene 0- COLEMAN, Whitney 0-2; ALSTON, Marques 0-1), Central Conn. St. 6-29 (JEFFERSON, Lenny 2-5; 4), Monmouth 5-14 (DELIC, Dejan 2-4; KENNY, Chris 2-6; ALSTON, Marques 1-2; SHIPMAN, Mike 0-2). BLACKWOOD, Tristan 2-13; CHIERA, Justin 2-7; MOJICA, Javier 0-1; WINTERS, Chris 0-2; Fouled out: Long Island-SCOTT, Aubin, Monmouth-None. HICKENBOTTOM, Jason 0-1). Rebounds: Long Island 34 (SCOTT, Aubin 12), Monmouth 31 (ALSTON, Marques 8). Fouled out: Monmouth-None, Central Conn. St.-None. Assists: Long Island 11 (WILLIAMS, James 3; SCOTT, Aubin 3), Monmouth 20 (AZZARELLI, Tyler 7). Rebounds: Monmouth 38 (HALLETT, Corey 9), Central Conn. St. 40 (NWADIKE, Obie 14). Total fouls: Long Island 19, Monmouth 18. Assists: Monmouth 12 (DELIC, Dejan 3), Central Conn. St. 10 (NWADIKE, Obie 3; CHIERA, Justin 3). Attendance: 1,131 Total fouls: Monmouth 11, Central Conn. St. 18. Attendance: 2,614 NEC Men’s Basketball 2006 NEC Basketball Tournament Facts/Figures Schedule

NEC In RPI Rankings College Insider Mid-Major Poll 2006 NEC (through games of 3/12) (December 22) Men’s Basketball Tournament School Rank School Record all games to be held at home of higher seed teams will be reseeded following quarterfinals CCSU 165 TBA Gonzaga (31) 7-2 Fairleigh Dickinson 145 2. Creighton 7-0 Long Island 274 3. East Tennessee State 7-2 Thursday, March 2 Sunday, March 5 Wednesday, March 8 Monmouth 144 4. Wichita State 7-2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Mount St. Mary’s 230 5. Southern Illinois 7-1 Times TBA 1:00 pm (CN8) 7:30 pm (ESPN2) Quinnipiac 260 The Northeast Conference began a year-long 6. College of Charleston 6-1 4:00 pm (MSG) Robert Morris 213 celebration of its 25th Anniversary in Septem- 7. Illinois-Chicago 9-2 Sacred Heart 262 ber with the unveiling of its Silver Anniversary St. Francis (NY) 271 logo8. and Utah the State announcement of promotions, 5-1 9. Murray State 8-1 St. Francis (PA) 323 web-based activities and flashbacks through- 2006 NEC Tournament Men’s Championship Bracket Wagner 232 out10. the Bradley 2005-06 campaign as the league 7-3 pays tribute to its history. March 2 March 5 March 8 NEC 26 TBA (#1 vs. #8) Highest Remaining Seed

1:00 pm or 4:00 pm Close Games Double-Doubles TBA Lowest Remaining Seed (five points or less) (top-15) (#2 vs. #7)

Teams will 7:30 PM School Rec. Player Total be reseeded A.J. Jackson, RMU 14 for semifinals (ESPN2) NCAA Central Connecticut State 3-6 Tournament TBA Fairleigh Dickinson 5-4 Kibwe Trim, SHU 14 Automatic Bid Obie Nwadike, CCSU 13 (#3 vs. #6) 2nd Highest Remaining Seed Long Island 6-4 Durell Vinson, WC 13 1:00 pm or 4:00 pm Monmouth 5-2 Mychal Kearse, MSM 6 TBA 3rd Highest Remaining Seed Mount St. Mary’s 5-5 Andrea Crosariol, FDU 5 (#4 vs. #5) Quinnipiac 4-7 Tony Lee, RMU 5 Robert Morris 6-5 Jarrid Frye, SHU 4 Sacred Heart 4-6 Kevin Jolley, QU 4 St. Francis (NY) 5-3 Gordon Klaiber, FDU 4 Aubin Scott, LIU 4 St. Francis (PA) 1-5 NEC Men’s Basketball Chad Timberlake, FDU 3 vs. the competition Wagner 4-3 Chris Wehye, QU 3 Six tied with 2 NEC vs...

NEC Coaching Records America East 11-3 Mid-American 0-2 ACC 0-3 Mid-Con 0-1 Year Conf. Games Overall Record Atlantic Sun 0-0 MEAC 1-1 Missouri Valley 1-0 Coach (School) Hired Rec. Pct. Rec. Pct. Atlantic 10 2-10 Big East 0-8 Mountain West 0-0 Tom Green (FDU) 1984 244-154 .613 378-292 .564 Big Sky 0-0 NAIA 0-0 Howie Dickenman (CCSU) 1997 101-65 .608 156-133 .540 Big South 3-0 Ohio Valley 0-0 Dave Calloway (MU) 1998 97-63 .606 129-120 .518 Big Ten 0-4 Pac 10 0-1 Mark Schmidt (RMU) 2001 49-43 .533 65-78 .455 Big-12 0-0 Patriot 4-4 Mike Deane (WC) 2003 26-28 .481 382-267 .589 Big West 0-0 SEC 0-1 Milan Brown (MSM) 2003 24-30 .444 30-56 .349 Colonial 0-6 Southern 0-2 Southland 1-0 Jim Ferry (LIU) 2002 30-42 .417 147-88 .625 Conference USA 0-1 Division II 4-0 SWAC 0-0 Bobby Jones (SFPA) 1999 53-77 .408 71-123 .366 Division III 3-0 Sun Belt 0-2 Joe DeSantis (QU) 1998 59-91 .393 104-173 .375 Horizon 2-0 WCC 0-1 Brian Nash (SFNY) 2005 7-11 .389 10-17 .370 Independent 0-1 WAC 0-0 Dave Bike (SHU) 1999 40-90 .308 427-387 .525 Ivy 7-7 Overall 42-64 MAAC 2-6 NEC Past Champions NEC Men’s Basketball 2006 Monmouth 1998 Fairleigh Dickinson 1990 Robert Morris Streaks vs. NEC Opponents 2005 Fairleigh Dickinson 1997 Long Island 1989 Robert Morris 2004 Monmouth 1996 Monmouth 1988 FDU 2003 Wagner 1995 Mount St. Mary's 1987 Marist Winner Loser Streak Winner Loser Streak 2002 Central Connecticut St. 1994 Rider 1986 Marist FDU Long Island 8 2001 Monmouth 1993 Rider 1985 Fairleigh Dickinson CCSU Long Island 7 2000 Central Connecticut St. 1992 Robert Morris 1984 Long Island Monmouth CCSU 7 1999 Mount St. Mary’s 1991 St. Francis (PA) FDU Mount St. Mary’s 5 Monmouth St. Francis (NY) 5 NEC Men’s Basketball NEC Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll/All-Conference Teams NCAA Statistics

Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll NEC In NCAA Statistics (Top-30 - through games of March 13) 1. Fairleigh Dickinson (8) 7. Quinnipiac Ind. Category Rank Player School Statistics 2. Monmouth (1) 8. Mount St. Mary’s Rebounds 15th Obie Nwaike CCSU 10.3 rpg Wagner 9. St. Francis (PA) 25th Durell Vinson WC 9.6 rpg 4. Long Island (1) 10. Robert Morris Blocks 11th Andrea Crosariol FDU 3.0 bpg FG% 9th Kibwe Trim SHU .618 5. Central Connecticut State 11. Sacred Heart 3PFG/Game 18th Justin Chiera CCSU 3.3/game St. Francis (NY) 24th James Williams LIU 3.2/game 3PFG% 20th Derek Coleman RMU .423 27th James Williams LIU .418

Northeast Conference Preseason All-Conference Team Team Category Rank School Statistics FG% Defense 23rd Monmouth .399 Name School Pos. Class Rebound Margin 29th Wagner +4.8 rpg Joey Henley Sacred Heart F Jr 3PFG 12th Robert Morris 9.0/game 17th Long Island 8.6/game Gordon Klaiber Fairleigh Dickinson F Jr Blocks 9th FDU 6.4 bpg Landy Thompson Mount St. Mary’s G Jr Ind. Game Highs Rank Player School Statistics Chad Timberlake Fairleigh Dickinson G Sr Points 29th A.J. Jackson RMU 39 vs. QU (2/12/06) James Williams Long Island G Jr Rebounds 12th Obie Nwadike CCSU 20 vs. SFNY (2/2/06) 3PFG Made 16th Sean Dantzler SFNY 8 vs. MU (2/25/06) FT% 1st Dejan Delic MU 1.000 (14-14) vs. QU (1/21/06) NEC Men’s Basketball 1st Chris Wehye QU 1.000 (10-10) vs. MU (1/21/06) Foreign Born Players 1st James Williams LIU 1.000 (11-11) vs. MU (2/11/06) 3PFG% 16th Bernell Murray FDU .778 (7-9) vs. MU (2/20/06)

Team Game Highs Rank Team Statistics Name School Cl Hometown, Country 3PFG 14th Long Island 16 vs. Monmouth (2/11/06) Alex Nunner Monmouth Fr Leibnitz, Austria 14th Robert Morris 16 vs. FDU (1/28/06) Nicola Traykov St. Francis (NY) So Sofia, Bulgaria 3PFG% 9th FDU .684 (13-19) vs. LIU (2/9/06) Tristan Blackwood CCSU So Toronto, Ontario, Canada Jemino Sobers CCSU Jr Scarborough, Ontaio, Canada NEC Men’s Basketball Active Leaders Eugene Kotorobai Long Island Jr Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Tyrone Mattison Long Island Fr Toronto, Ontario, Canada Leading Active NEC Scorers Corey Hallett Monmouth Jr Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada Colson Senat Robert Morris So Montreal, Quebec, Canada Player Team Cl Points NEC All-Time (top-50) Landy Thompson MSM Sr 1,733 15th Esa Maki-Tulokas Long Island Jr Forrsa, Finland Gordon Klaiber FDU Sr 1,589 35th Sami Pekkola St. Francis (NY) So Lahti, Finland Chad Timberlake FDU Sr 1,391 James Williams LIU Jr 1,239 Andrea Crosariol FDU Jr Abano T., Italy Kibwe Trim SHU Sr 1,237 Deki Delic Monmouth Jr Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro Justin Chiera CCSU Sr 1,135 Kibwe Trim Sacred Heart Sr San Juan, Trinindad Rahsaan Benton SFPA Sr 1,045 Chris Kenny MU Sr 1,025 Charles Cook MSM Sr 985 13 players representing seven countries. Christian Brown SFNY Sr 912 Kiel Butler MSM Sr 914 Craig Benson QU Sr 910 NEC Men’s Basketball 2004-05 Standings Leading Active NEC Rebounders Player Team Cl Rebounds NEC All-Time (top-50) Gordon Klaiber FDU Sr 698 25th School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Obie Nwadike CCSU Jr 652 33rd 1. Monmouth* 14-4 .778 16-13 .552 Kibwe Trim SHU Sr 626 42nd 2. Fairleigh Dickinson*^ 13-5 .722 20-13 .606 Mychal Kearse MSM Jr 554 Durell Vinson WC Jr 535 3. Robert Morris* 11-7 .611 14-15 .483 4. St. Francis (PA)* 10-8 .556 15-13 .536 Leading Active NEC Assists Long Island* 10-8 .556 14-15 .483 Player Team Cl Assists NEC All-Time Wagner* 10-8 .556 13-17 .433 Chad Timberlake FDU Sr 349 39th 7. St. Francis (NY)* 9-9 .500 13-15 .464 Chris Sumner MSM Sr 348 40th 8. Central Connecticut State* 8-10 .444 12-16 .429 DeEarnest McLemore WC Sr 327 45th Garrett Farha SFPA Sr 323 47th 9. Quinnipiac 6-12 .333 10-17 .370 Landy Thompson MSM Sr 322 48th 10. Mount St. Mary's 5-13 .278 7-20 .259 Tyler Azzarelli MU Sr 321 49th 11. Sacred Heart 3-15 .167 4-23 .148 James Williams LIU Sr 290 Derek Coleman RMU Jr 288 Justin Chiera CCSU Sr 253 * NEC Tournament participants ^ NEC Tournament champion Lenny Jefferson CCSU Sr 252 NEC Tournament Titles and Records

School Titles Last Tourney Record Robert Morris 5 1992 22-17 Fairleigh Dickinson 4 2005 27-20 Monmouth 4 2006 21-14 Long Island 2 1997 20-18 Central Conn State 2 2002 11-6 Mount St. Mary's 2 1999 11-9 Wagner 1 2003 14-19 St. Francis (PA) 1 1991 6-16 St. Francis (NY) 0 10-20 Quinnipiac 0 3-3 Sacred Heart 0 0-2

Past NEC Tournament Winners and Most Valuable Players

2006 -- Monmouth def. Fairleigh Dickinson, 49-48 (Marques Alston) 2005 -- Fairleigh Dickinson def. Wagner, 58-52 (Tamien Trent) 2004 -- Monmouth def. Central Connecticut State, 67-55 (Blake Hamilton) 2003 -- Wagner def. St. Francis (NY), 78-61 (Jermaine Hall) 2002 -- Central Connecticut State def. Quinnipiac, 78-71 (Damian Battles) 2001 -- Monmouth def. St. Francis (NY), 67-64 (Rahsaan Johnson) 2000 -- Central Connecticut State def. Robert Morris, 63-46 (Rick Mickens) 1999 -- Mount St. Mary's def. Central Connecticut State, 72-56 (Gregory Harris) 1998 -- Fairleigh Dickinson def. Long Island, 105-91 (Rahshon Turner) 1997 -- Long Island def. Monmouth, 72-67 (Charles Jones) 1996 -- Monmouth def. Rider, 60-59 (Corey Albano) 1995 -- Mount St. Mary's def. Rider, 69-62 (Silas Cheung) 1994 -- Rider def. Monmouth, 62-56 (Charles Smith) 1993 -- Rider def. Wagner, 65-64 (Darrick Suber) 1992 -- Robert Morris def. Marist, 85-81 (Myron Walker) 1991 -- St. Francis (PA) def. Fairleigh Dickinson, 97-82 (Mike Luzzolino) 1990 -- Robert Morris def. Monmouth, 71-66 (Alex Blackwell) 1989 -- Robert Morris def. Fairleigh Dickinson, 67-66 (Vaughn Luton) 1988 -- Fairleigh Dickinson def. Monmouth, 90-75 (Jaime Latney) 1987 -- Marist def. Fairleigh Dickinson, 64-55 (Drafton Davis) 1986 -- Marist def. Fairleigh Dickinson, 57-56 (Rik Smits) 1985 -- Fairleigh Dickinson def. Loyola-MD, 63-59 (Larry Hampton) 1984 -- Long Island def. Robert Morris, 87-81 (Carey Scurry) 1983 -- Robert Morris def. Long Island, 79-67 (Chipper Harris) 1982 -- Robert Morris def. Long Island, 85-84 (Tom Parks)

All-Time NEC Head-To-Head • Tournament

CCSU FDU LIU MU MSM QUIN RMU SHU SFNY SFPA WC Current NEC Former NEC Overall CCSU ------1-0 1-0 0-3 0-1 1-0 1-0 2-0 3-1 0-0 0-0 9-5 2-1 11-6 FDU 0-1 ---- 5-2 4-3 0-1 1-0 3-4 0-0 2-2 2-1 6-1 23-15 4-5 27-20 LIU 0-1 2-5 ---- 2-1 1-2 0-0 3-3 0-0 2-1 1-1 1-2 12-16 8-2 20-18 MU 3-0 3-4 1-2 ---- 2-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-2 2-1 2-2 18-12 3-2 21-14 MSM 1-0 1-0 2-1 0-2 ---- 0-0 1-2 0-0 3-0 1-1 0-1 9-7 2-2 11-9 QUIN 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 ---- 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 3-3 0-0 3-3 RMU 0-1 4-3 3-3 1-2 2-1 0-0 ---- 0-0 1-2 4-0 1-2 16-15 6-2 22-17 SHU 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 ---- 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 SFNY 1-3 2-2 1-2 2-2 0-3 0-0 2-1 0-0 ---- 0-2 2-3 10-18 0-2 10-20 SFPA 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-1 0-1 0-4 0-0 2-0 ---- 0-1 6-12 0-4 6-16 WC 0-0 1-6 2-1 2-2 1-0 1-1 2-1 0-0 3-2 1-0 ---- 13-14 1-5 14-19 Northeast Conference Monmouth Combined Team Statistics (Through games of Mar 14, 2006) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (19-14) (8-4) (9-8) (2-2) CONFERENCE...... (12-6) (7-2) (5-4) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (7-8) (1-2) (4-4) (2-2)

Avg |---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------23 ALSTON, Marques..... 33-32 28.7 144-300 .480 22-75 .293 81-112 .723 50 126 176 5.3 53 2 74 75 10 34 391 11.8 01 DELIC, Dejan...... 30-27 28.6 116-300 .387 64-195 .328 68-95 .716 13 88 101 3.4 67 3 63 53 4 27 364 12.1 35 KENNY, Chris...... 33-32 29.5 97-245 .396 47-140 .336 50-64 .781 11 88 99 3.0 90 2 54 50 2 39 291 8.8 05 COLEMAN, Whitney.... 33-17 27.6 87-188 .463 25-56 .446 29-41 .707 20 77 97 2.9 76 3 69 72 6 34 228 6.9 03 AZZARELLI, Tyler.... 23-22 30.4 71-158 .449 28-80 .350 39-65 .600 12 66 78 3.4 63 3 78 41 1 46 209 9.1 55 BUNCH, John...... 24-0 20.8 75-140 .536 0-0 .000 47-89 .528 37 93 130 5.4 47 2 25 52 73 7 197 8.2 13 HALLETT, Corey...... 33-32 16.5 73-162 .451 1-6 .167 17-29 .586 40 66 106 3.2 61 0 21 41 17 22 164 5.0 10 SHIPMAN, Mike...... 26-0 21.6 51-104 .490 10-31 .323 34-49 .694 22 53 75 2.9 40 2 60 48 1 26 146 5.6 34 WILSON, Brent...... 33-2 11.3 32-72 .444 0-1 .000 13-20 .650 15 36 51 1.5 35 0 17 15 3 4 77 2.3 02 NUNNER, Alex...... 26-1 7.9 13-33 .394 10-25 .400 1-2 .500 2 18 20 0.8 9 0 19 20 0 4 37 1.4 20 JOHNSON, Tyson...... 16-0 7.4 12-32 .375 5-13 .385 8-13 .615 7 12 19 1.2 10 0 6 13 3 4 37 2.3 11 AGER, Jon...... 3-0 6.7 2-7 .286 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0 2 2 0.7 2 0 2 3 0 0 5 1.7 33 BAZAZ, Steve...... 6-0 1.5 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM...... 61 67 128 3.9 0 8 Total...... 33 773-1744 .443 213-627 .340 387-580 .667 290 793 1083 32.8 553 17 490 492 120 247 2146 65.0 Opponents...... 33 745-1884 .395 224-693 .323 383-549 .698 429 787 1216 36.8 570 - 443 511 95 240 2097 63.5

TEAM STATISTICS MU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 2146 2097 11/21/05 at San Francisco L 66-70 2119 Points per game...... 65.0 63.5 11/24/05 vs Southern Illinois W 80-68 6882 Scoring margin...... +1.5 - 11/25/05 vs South Carolina L 56-62 7259 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 773-1744 745-1884 11/26/05 vs Oral Roberts L 54-62 7321 Field goal pct...... 443 .395 12/03/05 RIDER L 67-75 2011 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 213-627 224-693 12/06/05 at St. Peter's L 60-73 2236 3-point FG pct...... 340 .323 12/08/05 at Seton Hall L 45-61 5034 3-pt FG made per game...... 6.5 6.8 12/12/05 at Lehigh L 57-71 439 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 387-580 383-549 12/14/05 at Princeton W 41-21 2535 Free throw pct...... 667 .698 *12/18/05 SACRED HEART W 73-64 1346 REBOUNDS...... 1083 1216 12/28/05 at Hartford W 56-54 1388 Rebounds per game...... 32.8 36.8 12/31/05 DREXEL L 49-53 1421 Rebounding margin...... -4.0 - *01/03/06 at St. Francis (NY) W 66-59 211 ASSISTS...... 490 443 *01/05/06 ROBERT MORRIS L 75-87 1014 Assists per game...... 14.8 13.4 *01/07/06 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 55-53 2004 TURNOVERS...... 492 511 *01/12/06 at Central Conn. St. W 61-57 1855 Turnovers per game...... 14.9 15.5 *01/14/06 at Quinnipiac W OT 85-82 890 Turnover margin...... +0.6 - *01/19/06 MOUNT ST. MARY'S L 54-64 1834 Assist/turnover ratio...... 1.0 0.9 *01/21/06 QUINNIPIAC W O2 80-74 1944 STEALS...... 247 240 *01/26/06 at Robert Morris L 65-73 1073 Steals per game...... 7.5 7.3 *01/28/06 at St. Francis (PA) W 74-56 2423 BLOCKS...... 120 95 *02/04/06 CENTRAL CONN. ST. W 63-48 2096 Blocks per game...... 3.6 2.9 *02/06/06 at Wagner W 74-58 1682 WINNING STREAK...... 4 - *02/11/06 at Long Island L 72-78 559 Home win streak...... 6 - *02/13/06 WAGNER W 61-55 1622 ATTENDANCE...... 20999 58811 *02/18/06 at Mount St. Mary's L 69-75 1503 Home games-Avg/Game...... 12-1750 17-1740 *02/20/06 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W O2 96-89 2329 Neutral site-Avg/Game...... - 4-7306 *02/25/06 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 74-68 2247 *02/27/06 at Fairleigh Dickinson L 62-79 3024 BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total 03/02/06 LONG ISLAND W 74-63 1131 ------03/05/06 at Central Conn. St. W 62-48 2614 Team...... 988 1092 33 33 - 2146 03/08/06 at Fairleigh Dickinson W 49-48 - Opponents... 978 1069 30 20 - 2097 03/14/06 vs Hampton W 71-49 7764 * denotes conference game Northeast Conference Monmouth Combined Team Statistics (NEC Tournament Only)

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (3-0) (1-0) (2-0) (0-0) CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (3-0) (1-0) (2-0) (0-0)

Avg |---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------35 KENNY, Chris...... 3-3 32.0 11-26 .423 7-16 .438 9-9 1.000 0 9 9 3.0 8 0 2 3 0 2 38 12.7 23 ALSTON, Marques..... 3-3 30.3 15-28 .536 2-4 .500 4-4 1.000 2 18 20 6.7 3 0 9 9 5 3 36 12.0 01 DELIC, Dejan...... 3-3 30.7 9-23 .391 5-13 .385 10-18 .556 4 6 10 3.3 8 0 6 4 1 4 33 11.0 55 BUNCH, John...... 3-0 23.3 10-18 .556 0-0 .000 6-13 .462 7 11 18 6.0 5 0 5 6 13 0 26 8.7 03 AZZARELLI, Tyler.... 3-3 29.7 6-11 .545 3-5 .600 2-3 .667 1 9 10 3.3 6 0 13 5 0 6 17 5.7 13 HALLETT, Corey...... 3-3 13.0 8-19 .421 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 4 12 16 5.3 4 0 2 1 2 1 17 5.7 10 SHIPMAN, Mike...... 3-0 15.3 3-10 .300 0-2 .000 3-3 1.000 2 6 8 2.7 3 0 1 3 0 1 9 3.0 05 COLEMAN, Whitney.... 3-0 17.7 3-11 .273 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 1 4 5 1.7 1 0 4 3 0 2 7 2.3 34 WILSON, Brent...... 3-0 7.3 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.7 02 NUNNER, Alex...... 1-0 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 33 BAZAZ, Steve...... 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 0.0 TM TEAM...... 7 5 12 4.0 0 2 Total...... 3 66-150 .440 17-42 .405 36-53 .679 28 82 110 36.7 41 0 42 37 21 19 185 61.7 Opponents...... 3 58-181 .320 18-70 .257 25-36 .694 46 63 109 36.3 48 - 31 38 9 19 159 53.0

TEAM STATISTICS MU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 185 159 03/02/06 LONG ISLAND W 74-63 1131 Points per game...... 61.7 53.0 03/05/06 at Central Conn. St. W 62-48 2614 Scoring margin...... +8.7 - 03/08/06 at Fairleigh Dickinson W 49-48 - FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 66-150 58-181 * denotes conference game Field goal pct...... 440 .320 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 17-42 18-70 3-point FG pct...... 405 .257 3-pt FG made per game...... 5.7 6.0 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 36-53 25-36 Free throw pct...... 679 .694 REBOUNDS...... 110 109 Rebounds per game...... 36.7 36.3 Rebounding margin...... +0.3 - ASSISTS...... 42 31 Assists per game...... 14.0 10.3 TURNOVERS...... 37 38 Turnovers per game...... 12.3 12.7 Turnover margin...... +0.3 - Assist/turnover ratio...... 1.1 0.8 STEALS...... 19 19 Steals per game...... 6.3 6.3 BLOCKS...... 21 9 Blocks per game...... 7.0 3.0 WINNING STREAK...... 3 - Home win streak...... 1 - ATTENDANCE...... 1131 2614 Home games-Avg/Game...... 1-1131 2-1307 Neutral site-Avg/Game...... - 0-0

BY PERIOD 1st 2nd Total ------Team...... 81 104 - 185 Opponents... 88 71 - 159 2005-06 Northeast Conference INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Mar 14, 2006 (All games)

To be ranked, a player must appear in at least 75.0% of their team's games.

SCORING REBOUNDING ## Player-Team Cl G FG 3FG FT Pts Avg/G ## Player-Team Cl G OFF DEF TOT Avg/G ------1.TRIM, Kibwe-SHU...... 28 194 0 149 537 19.2 1.NWADIKE, Obie-CCSU...... 29 115 184 299 10.3 2.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 28 168 33 106 475 17.0 2.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 27 109 150 259 9.6 3.WILLIAMS, James-LIU...... 28 144 89 89 466 16.6 3.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 28 78 181 259 9.2 4.FRYE, Jarrid-SHU...... 28 162 19 108 451 16.1 4.TRIM, Kibwe-SHU...... 28 99 142 241 8.6 5.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 30 175 39 68 457 15.2 5.KEARSE, Mychal-MSM...... 28 72 145 217 7.8 6.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 27 174 0 62 410 15.2 6.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 28 90 109 199 7.1 7.KLAIBER, Gordon-FDU...... 30 148 49 102 447 14.9 7.CROSARIOL, Andrea-FDU.... 32 81 143 224 7.0 8.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 27 130 71 54 385 14.3 8.SCOTT, Aubin-LIU...... 25 54 117 171 6.8 9.CHIERA, Justin-CCSU...... 29 137 97 41 412 14.2 9.FRYE, Jarrid-SHU...... 28 41 139 180 6.4 10.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 29 151 53 55 410 14.1 10.WEHYE, Chris-QU...... 28 51 112 163 5.8 11.THOMPSON, Landy-MSM...... 30 134 73 71 412 13.7 11.KLAIBER, Gordon-FDU...... 30 48 126 174 5.8 12.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 28 125 19 83 352 12.6 12.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 29 63 102 165 5.7 13.BENTON, Rahsaan-SFPA..... 28 110 70 59 349 12.5 13.AKINYANJU, Victor-QU..... 21 51 65 116 5.5 14.WINCHESTER, John-QU...... 28 108 46 84 346 12.4 14.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 30 59 106 165 5.5 15.NWADIKE, Obie-CCSU...... 29 119 0 119 357 12.3 15.ALSTON, Marques-MU...... 33 50 126 176 5.3 16.DELIC, Dejan-MU...... 30 116 64 68 364 12.1 16.JOLLEY, Kevin-QU...... 28 42 106 148 5.3 17.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 27 104 24 90 322 11.9 17.BROWN, Christian-SFNY.... 27 25 116 141 5.2 18.COLEMAN, Derek-RMU...... 29 106 74 59 345 11.9 18.LAWRENCE, Jelani-SFPA.... 28 69 77 146 5.2 19.ALSTON, Marques-MU...... 33 144 22 81 391 11.8 19.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 28 51 91 142 5.1 20.SHEPPARD, Allan-SFNY..... 27 122 5 64 313 11.6 20.ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 24 46 70 116 4.8 21.CROSARIOL, Andrea-FDU.... 32 147 0 66 360 11.2 22.LAWRENCE, Jelani-SFPA.... 28 122 3 55 302 10.8 23.BROWN, Christian-SFNY.... 27 91 47 59 288 10.7 24.KEARSE, Mychal-MSM...... 28 91 9 105 296 10.6 25.GONZALEZ, Adam-QU...... 28 99 27 70 295 10.5 26.JEFFERSON, Lenny-CCSU.... 26 83 43 64 273 10.5 27.MCLEMORE, DeEarnest-WC... 25 92 13 56 253 10.1 28.WEHYE, Chris-QU...... 28 106 23 40 275 9.8 29.SCOTT, Aubin-LIU...... 25 91 7 54 243 9.7 30.ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 24 75 0 76 226 9.4

FIELD GOAL PCT (Min. 3.0 made per game) ASSISTS ## Player-Team Cl G FG FGA Pct ## Player-Team Cl G Assists Avg/G ------1.ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 24 75 119 .630 1.COLEMAN, Derek-RMU...... 29 137 4.72 2.CROSARIOL, Andrea-FDU.... 32 147 237 .620 2.FARHA, Garrett-SFPA...... 28 129 4.61 3.TRIM, Kibwe-SHU...... 28 194 314 .618 3.MCLEMORE, DeEarnest-WC... 25 115 4.60 4.SCOTT, Aubin-LIU...... 25 91 151 .603 4.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 30 126 4.20 5.LAWRENCE, Jelani-SFPA.... 28 122 213 .573 5.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 27 113 4.19 6.JOLLEY, Kevin-QU...... 28 87 154 .565 6.HOBSON, Tavio-SHU...... 27 111 4.11 7.AKINYANJU, Victor-QU..... 21 67 121 .554 7.GONZALEZ, Adam-QU...... 28 109 3.89 8.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 27 174 328 .530 8.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 28 95 3.39 9.ATUPEM, Sam-MSM...... 23 70 138 .507 9.MURRAY, Bernell-FDU...... 32 108 3.38 10.NWADIKE, Obie-CCSU...... 29 119 236 .504 10.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 27 89 3.30 11.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 30 175 356 .492 11.WILLIAMS, James-LIU...... 28 92 3.29 12.SHEPPARD, Allan-SFNY..... 27 122 249 .490 12.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 28 90 3.21 13.ALSTON, Marques-MU...... 33 144 300 .480 13.BUTLER, Joey-MSM...... 30 89 2.97 14.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 28 125 268 .466 14.CHIERA, Justin-CCSU...... 29 86 2.97 15.SMITH, Jamal-WC...... 24 72 155 .465 15.FORD, Marquis-SFPA...... 27 75 2.78

FREE THROW PCT (Min. 2.0 made per game) STEALS ## Player-Team Cl G FTM FTA Pct ## Player-Team Cl G Steals Avg/G ------1.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 27 54 60 .900 1.HOBSON, Tavio-SHU...... 27 57 2.11 2.BENTON, Rahsaan-SFPA..... 28 59 67 .881 2.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 28 53 1.89 3.JEFFERSON, Lenny-CCSU.... 26 64 73 .877 3.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 29 54 1.86 4.COLEMAN, Derek-RMU...... 29 59 71 .831 4.FRYE, Jarrid-SHU...... 28 49 1.75 5.WILLIAMS, James-LIU...... 28 89 108 .824 5.KEARSE, Mychal-MSM...... 28 46 1.64 6.GONZALEZ, Adam-QU...... 28 70 87 .805 6.KLAIBER, Gordon-FDU...... 30 48 1.60 7.ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 24 76 96 .792 7.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 30 41 1.37 8.KEARSE, Mychal-MSM...... 28 105 136 .772 8.SCOTT, Aubin-LIU...... 25 34 1.36 9.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 27 90 117 .769 9.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 27 35 1.30 10.BUTLER, Kiel-MSM...... 23 48 64 .750 10.MURRAY, Bernell-FDU...... 32 41 1.28 11.THOMPSON, Landy-MSM...... 30 71 96 .740 11.SMITH, Tristan-SFNY...... 27 34 1.26 12.WINCHESTER, John-QU...... 28 84 114 .737 BROWN, Christian-SFNY.... 27 34 1.26 13.ALSTON, Marques-MU...... 33 81 112 .723 13.MATTISON, Tyrone-LIU..... 23 28 1.22 14.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 28 106 147 .721 14.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 28 34 1.21 15.DELIC, Dejan-MU...... 30 68 95 .716 15.THOMPSON, Landy-MSM...... 30 36 1.20 2005-06 Northeast Conference INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Mar 14, 2006 (All games)

3-POINT FG PCT (Min. 1.0 made per game) 3-POINT FG MADE ## Player-Team Cl G 3FG FGA Pct ## Player-Team Cl G 3FG Avg/G ------1.JEFFERSON, Lenny-CCSU.... 26 43 98 .439 1.CHIERA, Justin-CCSU...... 29 97 3.34 2.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 28 31 72 .431 2.WILLIAMS, James-LIU...... 28 89 3.18 3.COLEMAN, Derek-RMU...... 29 74 175 .423 3.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 27 71 2.63 4.WILLIAMS, James-LIU...... 28 89 213 .418 4.COLEMAN, Derek-RMU...... 29 74 2.55 5.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 28 33 80 .412 5.BENTON, Rahsaan-SFPA..... 28 70 2.50 6.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 27 71 177 .401 6.THOMPSON, Landy-MSM...... 30 73 2.43 7.CHIERA, Justin-CCSU...... 29 97 244 .398 7.DELIC, Dejan-MU...... 30 64 2.13 8.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 29 53 134 .396 8.SURPRENANT, Grant-SFPA... 28 55 1.96 9.DANTZLER, Sean-SFNY...... 24 46 118 .390 9.BENSON, Craig-QU...... 26 51 1.96 10.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 30 39 101 .386 10.DANTZLER, Sean-SFNY...... 24 46 1.92 11.MUNDWEILER, Joey-WC...... 27 41 108 .380 11.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 29 53 1.83 12.BROWN, Christian-SFNY.... 27 47 124 .379 12.BROWN, Christian-SFNY.... 27 47 1.74 13.VITALE, Matt-WC...... 27 39 104 .375 13.JEFFERSON, Lenny-CCSU.... 26 43 1.65 14.PEEPLES, Michael-FDU..... 32 39 106 .368 14.WINCHESTER, John-QU...... 28 46 1.64 15.JONES, Randy-LIU...... 26 33 90 .367 15.KLAIBER, Gordon-FDU...... 30 49 1.63

BLOCKED SHOTS ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO (Min. 3.0 assists/game) ## Player-Team Cl G Blocks Avg/G ## Player-Team Cl G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio ------1.CROSARIOL, Andrea-FDU.... 32 96 3.00 1.FARHA, Garrett-SFPA...... 28 129 4.6 61 2.2 2.11 2.AKINYANJU, Victor-QU..... 21 30 1.43 2.MCLEMORE, DeEarnest-WC... 25 115 4.6 56 2.2 2.05 3.KLAIBER, Gordon-FDU...... 30 41 1.37 3.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 30 126 4.2 63 2.1 2.00 4.LAWRENCE, Jelani-SFPA.... 28 36 1.29 4.MURRAY, Bernell-FDU...... 32 108 3.4 59 1.8 1.83 5.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 27 34 1.26 5.COLEMAN, Derek-RMU...... 29 137 4.7 78 2.7 1.76 6.SOBERS, Jemino-CCSU...... 28 30 1.07 6.GONZALEZ, Adam-QU...... 28 109 3.9 64 2.3 1.70 7.ST. ROBERT, James-SFNY... 24 23 0.96 7.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 27 113 4.2 69 2.6 1.64 ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 24 23 0.96 8.HOBSON, Tavio-SHU...... 27 111 4.1 80 3.0 1.39 9.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 29 26 0.90 9.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 28 90 3.2 70 2.5 1.29 10.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 28 24 0.86 10.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 27 89 3.3 72 2.7 1.24 11.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 28 23 0.82 11.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 28 95 3.4 94 3.4 1.01 12.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 27 22 0.81 12.WILLIAMS, James-LIU...... 28 92 3.3 92 3.3 1.00 13.LUNDY, T.J.-SFPA...... 24 19 0.79 14.ATUPEM, Sam-MSM...... 23 17 0.74 15.MITCHELL, Markus-MSM..... 30 21 0.70

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G ------1.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 27 109 4.04 1.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 28 181 6.46 2.NWADIKE, Obie-CCSU...... 29 115 3.97 2.NWADIKE, Obie-CCSU...... 29 184 6.34 3.TRIM, Kibwe-SHU...... 28 99 3.54 3.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 27 150 5.56 4.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 28 90 3.21 4.KEARSE, Mychal-MSM...... 28 145 5.18 5.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 28 78 2.79 5.TRIM, Kibwe-SHU...... 28 142 5.07 6.KEARSE, Mychal-MSM...... 28 72 2.57 6.FRYE, Jarrid-SHU...... 28 139 4.96 7.CROSARIOL, Andrea-FDU.... 32 81 2.53 7.SCOTT, Aubin-LIU...... 25 117 4.68 8.LAWRENCE, Jelani-SFPA.... 28 69 2.46 8.CROSARIOL, Andrea-FDU.... 32 143 4.47 9.AKINYANJU, Victor-QU..... 21 51 2.43 9.BROWN, Christian-SFNY.... 27 116 4.30 10.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 29 63 2.17 10.KLAIBER, Gordon-FDU...... 30 126 4.20 11.SCOTT, Aubin-LIU...... 25 54 2.16 11.WEHYE, Chris-QU...... 28 112 4.00 12.MORKELIUNAS, Paska-LIU... 28 56 2.00 12.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 28 109 3.89 13.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 30 59 1.97 13.ALSTON, Marques-MU...... 33 126 3.82 14.ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 24 46 1.92 14.JOLLEY, Kevin-QU...... 28 106 3.79 15.WEHYE, Chris-QU...... 28 51 1.82 15.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 30 106 3.53 KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 28 51 1.82 2005-06 Northeast Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Mar 14, 2006 (All games)

SCORING OFFENSE SCORING DEFENSE ## Team G W-L Pts Avg/G ## Team G Pts Avg/G ------1.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 20-12 2377 74.3 1.Monmouth...... 33 2097 63.5 2.Robert Morris...... 29 15-14 2136 73.7 2.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 1995 66.5 3.Quinnipiac...... 28 12-16 2059 73.5 3.Wagner...... 27 1798 66.6 4.Central Conn. St.... 29 18-11 2102 72.5 4.St. Francis (NY).... 27 1812 67.1 5.Long Island...... 28 12-16 1931 69.0 5.Central Conn. St.... 29 1968 67.9 6.Wagner...... 27 13-14 1812 67.1 6.Sacred Heart...... 28 1902 67.9 7.Sacred Heart...... 28 11-17 1853 66.2 7.St. Francis (PA).... 28 1971 70.4 8.Monmouth...... 33 19-14 2146 65.0 8.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 2265 70.8 9.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 13-17 1939 64.6 9.Long Island...... 28 2003 71.5 10.St. Francis (NY).... 27 10-17 1721 63.7 10.Robert Morris...... 29 2075 71.6 11.St. Francis (PA).... 28 4-24 1679 60.0 11.Quinnipiac...... 28 2072 74.0

SCORING MARGIN FREE THROW PERCENTAGES ## Team G OFF DEF Margin ## Team G FTM FTA Pct ------1.Central Conn. St.... 29 72.5 67.9 +4.6 1.Quinnipiac...... 28 444 614 .723 2.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 74.3 70.8 +3.5 2.Central Conn. St.... 29 430 596 .721 3.Robert Morris...... 29 73.7 71.6 +2.1 3.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 404 562 .719 4.Monmouth...... 33 65.0 63.5 +1.5 4.Robert Morris...... 29 400 558 .717 5.Wagner...... 27 67.1 66.6 +0.5 5.Sacred Heart...... 28 415 598 .694 6.Quinnipiac...... 28 73.5 74.0 -0.5 6.Long Island...... 28 365 536 .681 7.Sacred Heart...... 28 66.2 67.9 -1.8 7.St. Francis (PA).... 28 273 409 .667 8.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 64.6 66.5 -1.9 8.Monmouth...... 33 387 580 .667 9.Long Island...... 28 69.0 71.5 -2.6 9.St. Francis (NY).... 27 312 474 .658 10.St. Francis (NY).... 27 63.7 67.1 -3.4 10.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 427 662 .645 11.St. Francis (PA).... 28 60.0 70.4 -10.4 11.Wagner...... 27 337 530 .636

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG FGA Pct ## Team G FG FGA Pct ------1.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 871 1909 .456 1.Monmouth...... 33 745 1884 .395 2.Sacred Heart...... 28 656 1458 .450 2.Wagner...... 27 638 1538 .415 3.Central Conn. St.... 29 721 1624 .444 3.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 822 1980 .415 4.Monmouth...... 33 773 1744 .443 4.St. Francis (NY).... 27 617 1431 .431 5.Quinnipiac...... 28 710 1605 .442 5.Sacred Heart...... 28 668 1546 .432 6.Wagner...... 27 663 1509 .439 6.Quinnipiac...... 28 721 1635 .441 7.Robert Morris...... 29 738 1711 .431 7.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 682 1535 .444 8.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 680 1642 .414 8.Robert Morris...... 29 773 1681 .460 9.Long Island...... 28 661 1603 .412 9.Long Island...... 28 727 1571 .463 10.St. Francis (NY).... 27 617 1501 .411 10.Central Conn. St.... 29 731 1577 .464 11.St. Francis (PA).... 28 602 1507 .399 11.St. Francis (PA).... 28 728 1536 .474

3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG FGA Pct ## Team G FG FGA Pct ------1.Robert Morris...... 29 260 674 .386 1.Wagner...... 27 163 520 .313 2.Central Conn. St.... 29 230 598 .385 2.St. Francis (NY).... 27 153 480 .319 3.Long Island...... 28 242 659 .367 3.Quinnipiac...... 28 166 518 .320 4.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 208 586 .355 4.Monmouth...... 33 224 693 .323 5.Wagner...... 27 149 425 .351 5.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 179 553 .324 6.St. Francis (NY).... 27 175 510 .343 6.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 207 592 .350 7.Monmouth...... 33 213 627 .340 7.Central Conn. St.... 29 198 562 .352 8.St. Francis (PA).... 28 202 600 .337 8.Robert Morris...... 29 219 621 .353 9.Quinnipiac...... 28 195 583 .334 9.Long Island...... 28 179 507 .353 10.Sacred Heart...... 28 126 411 .307 10.Sacred Heart...... 28 195 552 .353 11.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 175 580 .302 11.St. Francis (PA).... 28 181 467 .388

REBOUNDING OFFENSE REBOUNDING DEFENSE ## Team G Reb Avg/G ## Team G Reb Avg/G ------1.Wagner...... 27 1040 38.5 1.Central Conn. St.... 29 914 31.5 2.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 1176 36.8 2.Sacred Heart...... 28 907 32.4 3.Quinnipiac...... 28 1024 36.6 3.Wagner...... 27 911 33.7 4.Robert Morris...... 29 1047 36.1 4.Robert Morris...... 29 1015 35.0 5.Sacred Heart...... 28 978 34.9 5.Quinnipiac...... 28 982 35.1 6.St. Francis (NY).... 27 931 34.5 6.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 1070 35.7 7.Central Conn. St.... 29 995 34.3 7.St. Francis (NY).... 27 971 36.0 8.Long Island...... 28 942 33.6 8.St. Francis (PA).... 28 1018 36.4 9.Monmouth...... 33 1083 32.8 9.Monmouth...... 33 1216 36.8 10.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 964 32.1 10.Long Island...... 28 1037 37.0 11.St. Francis (PA).... 28 871 31.1 11.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 1226 38.3 2005-06 Northeast Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Mar 14, 2006 (All games)

REBOUNDING MARGIN BLOCKED SHOTS ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin ## Team G Blocks Avg/G ------1.Wagner...... 27 1040 38.5 911 33.7 +4.8 1.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 203 6.34 2.Central Conn. St.... 29 995 34.3 914 31.5 +2.8 2.Monmouth...... 33 120 3.64 3.Sacred Heart...... 28 978 34.9 907 32.4 +2.5 3.St. Francis (NY).... 27 97 3.59 4.Quinnipiac...... 28 1024 36.6 982 35.1 +1.5 4.Wagner...... 27 93 3.44 5.Robert Morris...... 29 1047 36.1 1015 35.0 +1.1 5.Quinnipiac...... 28 87 3.11 6.St. Francis (NY).... 27 931 34.5 971 36.0 -1.5 6.St. Francis (PA).... 28 84 3.00 7.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 1176 36.8 1226 38.3 -1.6 7.Robert Morris...... 29 81 2.79 8.Long Island...... 28 942 33.6 1037 37.0 -3.4 8.Sacred Heart...... 28 73 2.61 9.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 964 32.1 1070 35.7 -3.5 9.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 78 2.60 10.Monmouth...... 33 1083 32.8 1216 36.8 -4.0 10.Long Island...... 28 67 2.39 11.St. Francis (PA).... 28 871 31.1 1018 36.4 -5.2 11.Central Conn. St.... 29 68 2.34

ASSISTS STEALS ## Team G Assists Avg/G ## Team G Steals Avg/G ------1.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 506 15.81 1.St. Francis (NY).... 27 208 7.70 2.Quinnipiac...... 28 416 14.86 2.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 226 7.53 3.Monmouth...... 33 490 14.85 3.Robert Morris...... 29 218 7.52 4.Central Conn. St.... 29 428 14.76 4.Monmouth...... 33 247 7.48 5.Robert Morris...... 29 419 14.45 5.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 238 7.44 6.St. Francis (PA).... 28 361 12.89 6.Sacred Heart...... 28 207 7.39 7.Long Island...... 28 360 12.86 7.Quinnipiac...... 28 193 6.89 8.Wagner...... 27 345 12.78 8.Long Island...... 28 189 6.75 9.Sacred Heart...... 28 342 12.21 9.Central Conn. St.... 29 191 6.59 10.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 366 12.20 10.St. Francis (PA).... 28 156 5.57 11.St. Francis (NY).... 27 318 11.78 11.Wagner...... 27 145 5.37

TURNOVER MARGIN ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin ## Team G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio ------1.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 411 13.7 482 16.1 +2.37 1.Central Conn. St.... 29 428 14.8 372 12.8 1.15 2.Central Conn. St.... 29 372 12.8 414 14.3 +1.45 2.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 506 15.8 468 14.6 1.08 3.Long Island...... 28 411 14.7 431 15.4 +0.71 3.Monmouth...... 33 490 14.8 492 14.9 1.00 4.Monmouth...... 33 492 14.9 511 15.5 +0.58 4.Robert Morris...... 29 419 14.4 427 14.7 0.98 5.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 468 14.6 480 15.0 +0.38 5.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 366 12.2 411 13.7 0.89 6.Robert Morris...... 29 427 14.7 435 15.0 +0.28 6.Wagner...... 27 345 12.8 391 14.5 0.88 7.St. Francis (NY).... 27 411 15.2 418 15.5 +0.26 7.St. Francis (PA).... 28 361 12.9 411 14.7 0.88 8.Quinnipiac...... 28 475 17.0 422 15.1 -1.89 8.Long Island...... 28 360 12.9 411 14.7 0.88 9.St. Francis (PA).... 28 411 14.7 357 12.8 -1.93 9.Quinnipiac...... 28 416 14.9 475 17.0 0.88 10.Wagner...... 27 391 14.5 327 12.1 -2.37 10.St. Francis (NY).... 27 318 11.8 411 15.2 0.77 11.Sacred Heart...... 28 460 16.4 390 13.9 -2.50 11.Sacred Heart...... 28 342 12.2 460 16.4 0.74

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Team G No. Avg/G ## Team G No. Avg/G ------1.Robert Morris...... 29 392 13.52 1.Wagner...... 27 688 25.48 2.Central Conn. St.... 29 381 13.14 2.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 799 24.97 3.Wagner...... 27 352 13.04 3.Quinnipiac...... 28 693 24.75 4.Quinnipiac...... 28 331 11.82 4.Monmouth...... 33 793 24.03 5.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 377 11.78 5.Sacred Heart...... 28 660 23.57 6.St. Francis (NY).... 27 315 11.67 6.St. Francis (NY).... 27 616 22.81 7.Long Island...... 28 323 11.54 7.Robert Morris...... 29 655 22.59 8.Sacred Heart...... 28 318 11.36 8.Long Island...... 28 619 22.11 9.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 326 10.87 9.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 638 21.27 10.St. Francis (PA).... 28 296 10.57 10.Central Conn. St.... 29 614 21.17 11.Monmouth...... 33 290 8.79 11.St. Francis (PA).... 28 575 20.54

3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE ## Team G 3FG Avg/G ------1.Robert Morris...... 29 260 8.97 2.Long Island...... 28 242 8.64 3.Central Conn. St.... 29 230 7.93 4.St. Francis (PA).... 28 202 7.21 5.Quinnipiac...... 28 195 6.96 6.Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 208 6.50 7.St. Francis (NY).... 27 175 6.48 8.Monmouth...... 33 213 6.45 9.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 175 5.83 10.Wagner...... 27 149 5.52 11.Sacred Heart...... 28 126 4.50 2005-06 Northeast Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Mar 14, 2006 (All games)

|------CONFERENCE------| |------OVERALL------| WINNING STREAK STANDINGS W-L Pct PF PA W-L Pct PF PA Team NO. ------Fairleigh Dickinson. 14-4 .778 78.4 72.5 20-12 .625 74.3 70.8 Monmouth 4 Central Conn. St.... 13-5 .722 71.0 62.3 18-11 .621 72.5 67.9 Wagner 1 Monmouth...... 12-6 .667 69.9 67.7 19-14 .576 65.0 63.5 Mount St. Mary's.... 11-7 .611 66.4 62.9 13-17 .433 64.6 66.5 Robert Morris...... 10-8 .556 75.1 73.2 15-14 .517 73.7 71.6 Long Island...... 9-9 .500 69.3 71.1 12-16 .429 69.0 71.5 Sacred Heart...... 8-10 .444 67.2 68.6 11-17 .393 66.2 67.9 Quinnipiac...... 7-11 .389 73.6 75.0 12-16 .429 73.5 74.0 St. Francis (NY).... 7-11 .389 63.9 65.8 10-17 .370 63.7 67.1 Wagner...... 6-12 .333 64.1 68.7 13-14 .481 67.1 66.6 St. Francis (PA).... 2-16 .111 58.5 69.7 4-24 .143 60.0 70.4

TEAM SUMMARIES Team G PF-PA Avg Score Margin FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct RebF RebA Margin ------Central Conn. St.... 29 2102-1968 72.5-67.9 +4.6 721-1624 .444 230-598 .385 430-596 .721 995 914 +2.8 Fairleigh Dickinson. 32 2377-2265 74.3-70.8 +3.5 871-1909 .456 208-586 .355 427-662 .645 1176 1226 -1.6 Long Island...... 28 1931-2003 69.0-71.5 -2.6 661-1603 .412 242-659 .367 365-536 .681 942 1037 -3.4 Monmouth...... 33 2146-2097 65.0-63.5 +1.5 773-1744 .443 213-627 .340 387-580 .667 1083 1216 -4.0 Mount St. Mary's.... 30 1939-1995 64.6-66.5 -1.9 680-1642 .414 175-580 .302 404-562 .719 964 1070 -3.5 Quinnipiac...... 28 2059-2072 73.5-74.0 -0.5 710-1605 .442 195-583 .334 444-614 .723 1024 982 +1.5 Robert Morris...... 29 2136-2075 73.7-71.6 +2.1 738-1711 .431 260-674 .386 400-558 .717 1047 1015 +1.1 Sacred Heart...... 28 1853-1902 66.2-67.9 -1.8 656-1458 .450 126-411 .307 415-598 .694 978 907 +2.5 St. Francis (NY).... 27 1721-1812 63.7-67.1 -3.4 617-1501 .411 175-510 .343 312-474 .658 931 971 -1.5 St. Francis (PA).... 28 1679-1971 60.0-70.4 -10.4 602-1507 .399 202-600 .337 273-409 .667 871 1018 -5.2 Wagner...... 27 1812-1798 67.1-66.6 +0.5 663-1509 .439 149-425 .351 337-530 .636 1040 911 +4.8

ATTENDANCE Team | HOME GAMES Avg | AWAY GAMES Avg | NEUT GAMES Avg | ALL GAMES Avg | ------Central Conn. St. | 15-30189 2013 | 14-22823 1630 | 0-0 0 | 29-53012 1828 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 14-13966 998 | 16-59703 3731 | 2-0 0 | 32-73669 2302 | Long Island | 12-8322 694 | 14-20539 1467 | 2-1345 672 | 28-30206 1079 | Monmouth | 12-20999 1750 | 17-29585 1740 | 4-29226 7306 | 33-79810 2418 | Mount St. Mary's | 13-13646 1050 | 14-32965 2355 | 3-491 164 | 30-47102 1570 | Quinnipiac | 13-14294 1100 | 14-34766 2483 | 1-1034 1034 | 28-50094 1789 | Robert Morris | 13-13058 1004 | 16-33154 2072 | 0-0 0 | 29-46212 1594 | Sacred Heart | 13-11158 858 | 15-28742 1916 | 0-0 0 | 28-39900 1425 | St. Francis (NY) | 13-4438 341 | 14-25839 1846 | 0-0 0 | 27-30277 1121 | St. Francis (PA) | 12-16002 1334 | 14-29047 2075 | 2-0 0 | 28-45049 1609 | Wagner | 13-18135 1395 | 14-26217 1873 | 0-0 0 | 27-44352 1643 | ------Totals | 143-164207 1148 | 162-343380 2120 | 14-32096 2293 | 220-419064 1905 |