Old Dominion University (11-5, 3-1) Vs Hofstra (9-7, 2-2) JANUARY 9, 2010
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2009–2010 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (11-5, 3-1) vs HOFSTRA (9-7, 2-2) JANUARY 9, 2010 The Monarchs have won 16 consecutive home games dating back to last season. The streak is the ninth longest in the country. ODU last lost at home on Jan. 24, MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERS 2009 to Northeastern. The Monarchs then closed the 2009-10 season with eight straight wins, including three wins at home during the CIT Tournament. The F 35 Ben Finney, 6-5, Jr, Portsmouth, VA. 8.1 ppg/ 5.6 rpg Monarchs are a perfect 8-0 at home this season. F 33 Keyon Carter, 6-8, RS-Jr, Riviera Beach, Fl. 7.1 ppg/ 5.3 rpg Nation’s Longest Home Winning Streaks C 12 Gerald Lee, 6-9, Sr, Uusikaupunki, Finland. 14.9 ppg/ 4.8 rpg 1. Kansas 51 6. New Mexico 19 G 24 Kent Bazemore, 6-5, RS-So, Kelford, NC. 8.4 ppg/ 4.1 rpg 2. Missouri 29 Tulsa 19 Pittsburgh 29 8. UNC 18 G 3 Darius James, 6-1, Jr, Virginia Beach, VA. 6.7 ppg/ 4.2 apg 4. Dayton 28 9. ODU 16 Siena 28 Eastern Ky. 16 Xavier 16 OFF THE BENCH ODU RADIO G 23 Marsharee Neely, 6-2, Sr, Greensboro, NC. 6.5 ppg/ 2.9 rpg F 21 Frank Hassell, 6-8, RS-Jr, Chesapeake, VA. 7.4 ppg/ 4.8 rpg ODU Radio: ESPN 94.1 FM C 20 Chris Cooper, 6-9, So, Dumfries, VA. 2.4 ppg/ 2.8 rpg (Ted Alexander, Kenny Gattison, Rick Kiefner) G 22 Marquel Delancey, 6-0, So, Alexandria, VA. 1.8 ppg/ 2.1. apg F 1 Nick Wright, 6-8, RS-Fr, Suffolk, VA. 2.0 ppg /1.3 rpg Comcast SportsNet Channel 35 in Hampton Roads TV announcers: John Castleberry & Cal Bowdler G 15 Trian Iliadis, 6-3, Fr, Perth, W. Australia, 3.8 ppg/ 1.4 rpg G 2 Josh Hicks, 6-2, Fr, Winston-Salem, NC. ---/--- Red Shirt C 40 Anton Larsen, 7-0, Fr, Copenhagen, Denmark ---/--- Red Shirt GENERAL INFORMATION LOCATION: Norfolk, Va. 23529 MONARCH 2009-10 SCHEDULE NICKNAME: Monarchs FOUNDED: 1930 (as the Norfolk Division of The College of William & Mary) Fri. Oct. 23 Blue-White exh. 7:00 p.m. ENROLLMENT: 23,833 Mon. Nov. 2 Barton College (exh.) 7:00 p.m. W 91-62 SCHOOL COLORS: Slate Blue (PMS 540), Silver (PMS 877), & Light Blue (PMS 283) Sat. Nov. 7 Elizabeth City State (exh.) 7:00 p.m. W 86-48 HOME COURT: Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,424) Sun. Nov. 15 Bethune Cookman 1:00 p.m. W 69-38 Tue. Nov. 17 Longwood 7:00 p.m. W 98-59 SURFACE: Wood Thurs. Nov. 19 at Liberty 7:00 p.m. W 73-41 CONFERENCE: Colonial Athletic Association Sat. Nov. 21 Marshall 7:00 p.m. W 70-62 PRESIDENT: John Broderick (Northeastern) Fri. Nov. 27 vs. Missouri% 8:30 p.m. L 61-66 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dr. Jim Jarrett (SIU-Carbondale) Sat. Nov. 28 vs. Miss. State% 8:00/5:30 p.m. L 55-69 OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3369 Wed. Dec. 2 at Richmond 7:00 p.m. L 60-67 Sat. Dec. 5 Delaware* 7:00 p.m. W 65-44 SR. WOMEN’S ADMINISTRATOR: Deb Polca Tue. Dec. 8 Mt. St. Mary’s 7:00 p.m. W 64-38 ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE: 757-683-3375 Fri. Dec. 11 at Dayton 7:00 p.m. L 50-58 TICKET OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-4444 Sat. Dec. 19 at #11 Georgetown 7:00 p.m. W 61-57 ATHLETIC TRAINER: Jason Mitchell Wed. Dec. 23 Charlotte 7:00 p.m. W 81-48 OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.odusports.com Wed. Dec. 30 Duquesne 7:00 p.m. W 63-54 Sat. Jan. 2 at George Mason* 12 noon L 55-71 Mon. Jan. 4 at Towson* 7:00 p.m. W 87-71 COACHING STAFF Wed. Jan. 6 James Madison* 7:00 p.m. W 74-72 Sat. Jan. 9 Hofstra* 4:00 p.m. Wed. Jan. 13 at UNC Wilmington* 7:00 p.m. HEAD COACH: Blaine Taylor (Montana ‘81) Sat. Jan. 16 Drexel* 7:00 p.m. RECORD AT ODU: 168-98, Ninth year Wed. Jan. 20 at Delaware* 7:00 p.m. CAREER RECORD: 310-162 (15th year) Sat. Jan. 23 at William & Mary* 7:00 p.m. ASSOCIATE COACH: Jim Corrigan (Duke’80) Thu. Jan. 28 Georgia State* 7:00 p.m. Sat. Jan. 30 at Northeastern* 4:00 p.m. ASSISTANTS: Rob Wilkes (Stetson ‘93) Wed. Feb. 3 William & Mary* 7:00 p.m. & John Richardson (Elizabeth City State ’95) Sat. Feb. 6 at VCU* 4:00 p.m. DIR. OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: Joel Hines (ODU ’05) Wed. Feb. 10 at James Madison* 7:00 p.m. OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3362 Sat. Feb. 13 George Mason* 4:00 p.m. BASKETBALL SECRETARY: Annette Manley Tue. Feb. 16 Towson* 7:00 p.m. Sat. Feb. 20 at Bracketbuster TBA Tue. Feb. 23 at Georgia State* 7:00 p.m. HISTORY Sat. Feb. 27 VCU* Noon or 4:00 p.m. March 5-8 CAA Tournament in Richmond, Va. FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL: 1930-31 % at South Padre Island Tournament OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD: 1171-830 (79 years) FIRST YEAR OF DIV. I. BASKETBALL: 1976-77 DIVISION I ALL-TIME RECORD: 611-403 (33 yrs) NO. YRS IN NCAA TRN/LAST: 9/ 2007, lost to #5 seed Butler, 57-46 NO. YRS IN NIT TRN/LAST: 10/ 2006 semi-finals, lost to Michigan, 66-43 2009 CHAMPIONS RETURNING LETTERMEN: 10 2009–2010 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY LAST TIME OUT DID YOU KNOW? Junior Ben Finney converted a fast-break lay-up with 13 seconds • ODU’s next home win will be its 100th at the Constant Center remaining and the Old Dominion defense held the lead as the Monarchs • FIVE STRAIGHT YEARS IN POST SEASON PLAY knocked off James Madison, 74-72, in front of 7,078 fans Wednesday • 119 wins the last five years is the most of any Virginia Div. I team evening at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. • 2009 CollegeInsider.com Post Season Champion • Two NCAA Tournament Appearances Trailing 72-70 with less than a minute to play, sophomore Kent • CAA regular season attendance leader three of the last four years Bazemore hit junior Frank Hassell cutting to the basket for a jam that • Defensive Player of the Year in 2008 - Brandon Johnson tied the game with 46 seconds remaining. • CAA Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2005 and 2007 - John Adams and Alex Loughton On JMU’s ensuing possession Virginia Beach native Denzel Bowles • NIT semi-finalists in 2006 had his first shot blocked by Hassell and then missed a lay-up in which • ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2006 - Alex Loughton Hassell came down with the rebounded. • CAA Coach of the Year in 2005 - Blaine Taylor • CAA Player of the Year in 2005 - Alex Loughton Hassell then found Bazemore with an outlet pass and rather than • CAA Tournament MVP in 2005 - Alex Loughton calling a timeout, ODU pushed the basketball. Bazemore hit Finney, who made a tough lay-up to put the Monarchs ahead with 13 seconds remaining. BLAINE TAYLOR Year-by-Year as a Head Coach After a Dukes timeout, Julius Wells, who hit seven three’s in the game, fired his 12th attempt of the contest, but it didn’t fall and Finney grabbed 1991-92 Montana 27-4 (NCAA) the board as time expired. 1992-93 Montana 17-11 1993-94 Montana 20-8 1994-95 Montana 21-9 (NIT) 1995-96 Montana 20-8 1996-97 Montana 21-11 (NCAA) ODU-HOFSTRA COMPARISONS 1997-98 Montana 16-14 2001-02 ODU 13-16 2002-03 ODU 12-15 ODU HU 2003-04 ODU 17-12 Scoring: 67.9 67.6 2004-05 ODU 28-6 (NCAA) 2005-06 ODU 24-10 (NIT Semifinals) Scoring Def: 57.2 64.2 2006-07 ODU 24-9 (NCAA at large) Field Goal PCT: .453 .407 2007-08 ODU 18-16 2008-09 ODU 25-10 FG PCT DEF: . 401 .378 168-95 at ODU (8 yrs) Free Throw PCT: .453 .722 142-65 at Montana (7 yrs) TOTAL: 310-160 (.650) 3PT FGPCT: .300 .320 1st Collegiate Win 3PT FGPCT DEF: .293 .261 Nov. 15, 1991 87-58 vs. Simon Fraser 100th Collegiate Win REBOUNDS: 38.4 40.1 Feb. 10, 1996, 77-46 vs. Northern Arizona Assists: 16.4 13.3 200th Collegiate Win Jan. 19, 2005, 67-66 at Hofstra Turnovers: 13.6 14.1 300th Collegiate Win Blocked Shots: 3.1 6.3 March 19, 2009, 67-59 win over The Citadel (CIT) 100th Win at ODU Dec. 2, 2006, 70-57 vs. JMU SERIES VS. HOFSTRA ODU leads the series, 11-8 ODU HAS MADE FIVE STRAIGHT Last year, the Pride defeated ODU, 60-51 in New York. The POST SEASON APPEARANCES Monarchs then beat HU in the CAA quarterfinals, 52-51 despite 2005 – NCAA Charles Jenkins’ 27 points. Gerald Lee led ODU with 20 points and 2006 – NIT Semi-finals 10 rebounds in that CAA tournament game. 2007 – NCAA 2008 - CBI quarterfinals 2009 - CIT CHAMPIONS ODU DEFENSE • ODU ranks second nationally in scoring defense. ODU 20-PLUS WIN SEASONS UNDER TAYLOR • ODU has held five teams under 50 points thus far. 2008-09 20-9 CIT Champions • ODU ranks 14th nationally in three Point field goal percentage defense 2006-07 24-9 NCAA (at-large bid) 2005-06 24-10 NIT Semi-Finals and 26th in rebound margin.