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Quick Facts Location: ...... Charleston, S.C. 29409 Primary Media Founded: ...... 1872 Charleston Post and Courier (843-937-5586) Enrollment: ...... 1,900 Jeff Hartsell ([email protected]) Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa Jr. Nickname: ...... Bulldogs, Cadets President Colors: ...... Citadel Blue and White The State (803-771-8470) President: ...... Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa, Jr. Pat Obley ([email protected]) Athletics Director: ...... Home Court (Capacity): . McAlister Field House (6,000) Associated Press (803-799-5510) Press Row Phone: ...... (843) 953-2138 Pete Iacobelli ([email protected])

Basketball Facts WCSC-TV (843-402-5753) 2006-07 Record: ...... 7-23 Craig Birnbach ([email protected]) Conference Record (Place): ...... 4-14 (6th, South) Home: ...... 5-9 WCIV-TV (843-881-4444) Away: ...... 2-13 Josh Morton (jmorton@.com) Neutral: ...... 0-1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:...... 3/5 WCBD-TV (843-884-2288) Starters Returning/Lost: ...... 2/3 Les Robinson Brendan Clark ([email protected]) Director of Athletics Media Relations WQSC-AM (843-763-6631) Director: ...... Noelle Orr Robby Robinson ([email protected]) E-mail: ...... [email protected] Office:...... (843) 953-5353 Network (800-922-2700) Basketball Contact: ...... Noelle Orr Phil Kornblut ([email protected]) E-mail: ...... [email protected] Office:...... (843) 953-5353 Fax: ...... (843) 953-5058 Web-site: ...... www.citadelsports.com

Dr. William Sharbrough Faculty Athletics Rep.

Kelly Simpson Senior Woman Admin.

McAlister Field House Arena: McAlister Field House Capacity: 6,000 Season Opened: 1939-40 First Game: vs. Wofford (Wofford won 45-39), 1939 First Citadel Win: The Citadel 36, William & Mary 35 (1939-40) Noelle Orr All-Time McAlister Field House Record: 429-323 (.570) Men’s Basketball SID Largest Crowd: 6,000 vs. Duke in 1990-91; 6,000 vs. South Carolina in 1996-97; 6,000 vs. of Charles- ton in 1998-99 Largest Average Attendance: 2,697 in 1993-94 (37,757 in 14 games) 34 2007-08 Men’s Basketball Bu l l d o g s

2007-08 Bulldogs Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown/Last School 1 Tyrell McDowell G/F 6-5 185 Fr. Miami, Fla./Christopher Columbus 2 Monte Simmons G 6-0 170 Fr. Ft. Wayne, Ind./ South Side 4 John Reynolds G 5-11 170 Fr. Purvis, Miss/Oak Grove 5 Walter Howard F 6-6 205 R-Fr. Inverness, Fla./Citrus 10 Alex Harris G/F 6-0 165 Fr. Columbia, S.C./Lexington 12 Jonathan Brick G 6-0 185 Jr. , Md./IMG Academy 11 Neven Zeravica F 6-9 185 Fr. Osijek, Croatia/Massanutten 14 Dino Dogan F/C 7-0 215 Fr. Osijek, Croatia/Massanutten 15 Zach Urbanus G 6-2 170 Fr. Austin, Texas/Sam Bowie 20 Jon Brown G/F 6-4 175 Fr. Savannah, Ga./ Johnson 22 Cameron Wells G 6-1 195 Fr. Houston, Texas/ Bellaire 24 Austin Dahn F 6-4 195 Fr. Columbus, Ohio/ Fork Union 25 Trey Swinton G 6-1 175 So. Mount Pleasant, S.C./Wando 30 Phillip Pandak G/F 6-6 195 Fr. Richmond, Va./Fork Union 33 Daniel Eykyn G/F 6-4 215 Fr. Charleston, S.C./Bishop England 44 Demetrius Nelson F 6-8 250 Sr. Johns Island, S.C./Johns Island 45 Matt Clark F 6-8 205 Fr. Evans, Ga./ Evans

2007-08 Schedule Date. Opponent Time Nov. 9 DANIEL WEBSTER 7:00 Nov. 12 at South Carolina 7:30 Nov. 15 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 7:00 Nov. 20 at Pennsylvania 8:00 Nov. 24 WEBBER INTERNATIONAL 2:00 Nov. 26 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 7:00 Dec. 1 at Chattanooga* 7:00 Dec. 13 at Davidson* 7:00 Dec. 15 ATLANTA CHRISTIAN 2:00 Dec. 20 vs. Washington State 10:30 (at Cougar Hardwood Classic, Seattle, Wash.) Dec. 31 CORNELL 4:00 Jan. 3 ELON* 7:00 Jan. 5 APPALACHIAN STATE* 2:00 Jan. 7 at UNC Greensboro* 7:00 Jan. 12 GEORGIA SOUTHERN* 2:00 Jan. 14 * 7:00 Jan. 19 WOFFORD* 2:00 Jan. 24 DAVIDSON* 7:00 Jan. 26 UNC GREENSBORO* 2:00 Jan. 31 at Furman* 7:00 Feb. 4 at College of Charleston* 7:00 Feb. 9 at Appalachian State* 3:30 Feb. 11 at Elon* 7:30 Feb. 14 WESTERN CAROLINA* 7:00 Feb. 16 CHATTANOOGA* 2:00 Feb. 20 at Georgia Southern* 7:30 Feb. 23 at Western Carolina* 3:00 Feb. 28 FURMAN* 7:00 March 1 at Wofford* 7:00 March 7-10 at Southern Conference Tournament (at North Charleston, S.C.) Senior forward/center Demetrius Nelson

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2006-07 Results (7-23, 4-14) Date Opponent Result Score Leading Scorer Leading Rebounder Nov. 10 OHIO VALLEY W 79-58 20, Donny McLendon 14, J’Mel Everhart Nov. 12 at Michigan State L 41-73 9, Demetrius Nelson 8, J’Mel Everhart Nov. 13 at Iowa L 53-75 15, Vytautas Valiulis 12, J’Mel Everhart Nov. 16 at Charleston Southern L 63-72 16, Kevin Hammack 5, J’Mel Everhart Nov. 19 at Notre Dame L 50-74 16, Donny McLendon 5, Demetrius Nelson 5, Kevin Hammack Nov. 21 at Southern California L 58-74 17, Kevin Hammack 4, Donny McLendon Nov. 24 ASBURY W 81-60 23, Demetrius Nelson 6, Kevin Hammack 6, J’Mel Everhart 6, Demetrius Nelson Nov. 27 SOUTH CAROLINA L 59-74 17, Donny McLendon 14, J’Mel Everhart Dec. 2 ARMY L 55-63 20, Johnny McLendon 12, Demetrius Nelson Dec. 4 APPALACHIAN STATE L 52-56 13, J’Mel Everhart 6, J’Mel Everhart Dec. 18 at Western Carolina L 63-82 19, Kevin Hammack 5, Bryan Streeter Dec. 20 at West Virginia L 36-63 10, Donny McLendon 7, Johnny McLendon 10, Kevin Hammack Dec. 30 ATLANTA CHRISTIAN W 113-59 21, Donny McLendon 8, Bryan Streeter Jan. 3 at Elon W 53-50 11, Kevin Hammack 6, Kevin Hammack Jan. 6 at Wofford W 74-71 26, Johnny McLendon 6, Joseph Thompson 6, Bryan Streeter Jan. 9 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON L 62-74 16, Demetrius Nelson 6, Bryan Streeter Jan. 13 GEORGIA SOUTHERN W (OT) 74-69 32, Kevin Hammack 5, Kevin Hammack Jan. 16 at Davidson L 54-79 16, Donny McLendon 5, Donny McLendon Jan. 20 UNC GREENSBORO L 44-47 13, Demetrius Nelson 7, Donny McLendon Jan. 22 at Furman L 59-63 19, Donny McLendon 8, Kevin Hammack Jan. 27 at Appalachian State L 54-95 11, Donny McLendon 6, Kevin Hammack Feb. 3 WESTERN CAROLINA L 68-78 20, Donny McLendon 5, Donny McLendon 5, Demetrius Nelson 5, Kevin Hammack Feb. 5 ELON W (OT) 52-49 17, J’Mel Everhart 12, J’Mel Everhart Feb. 10 at Chattanooga L 43-73 19, Kevin Hammack 10, J’Mel Everhart Feb. 12 WOFFORD L 49-61 29, Kevin Hammack 14, J’Mel Everhart Feb. 17 FURMAN L 51-69 13, Demetrius Nelson 6, J’Mel Everhart Feb. 19 at Georgia Southern L 62-81 18, Kevin Hammack 5, J’Mel Everhart Feb. 22 at College of Charleston L 40-50 19, Demetrius Nelson 9, J’Mel Everhart Feb. 24 DAVIDSON L 70-87 14, Kevin Hammack 3, Chris Diasparra 14, J’Mel Everhart 3, J’Mel Everhart 3, Demetrius Nelson Feb. 28 vs. Georgia Southern (SC) L 46-62 13, J’Mel Everhart 6, J’Mel Everhart

2006-07 Statistics Overall Statistics Player GP-GS Min.-Avg. FGM-FGA Pct. 3FGM-FGA Pct. FTM-FTA Pct. R-Off. R-Def. Rebs. Avg. PF FO A TO Blk. Stl. Points Avg. Kevin Hammack 30-30 1,018-33.9 129-315 .410 43-138 .312 89-126 .706 20 87 107 3.6 79 2 99 93 10 57 390 13.0 Donny McLendon 30-28 798-26.6 122-336 .363 72-205 .351 41-61 .672 22 75 97 3.2 69 1 18 37 0 27 357 11.9 Demetrius Nelson 30-10 631-21.0 107-211 .507 0-3 .000 56-86 .651 54 65 119 4.0 68 2 11 61 6 13 270 9.0 J’Mel Everhart 27-26 836 -31.0 88-166 .530 5-24 .208 42-69 .609 72 104 176 6.5 50 1 42 67 7 26 223 8.3 Vytautas Valiulis 30-2 615-20.5 45-132 .341 20-78 .256 23-38 .605 7 47 54 1.8 60 2 44 37 0 27 133 4.4 Bryan Streeter 30-19 533-17.8 50-100 .500 1-8 .125 13-33 .394 42 51 93 3.1 49 1 9 22 2 9 114 3.8 Joseph Thompson 26-3 248-9.5 28-68 .412 9-27 .333 15-18 .833 7 23 30 1.2 28 0 14 21 2 7 80 3.1 Chris Diasparra 30-13 593-19.8 28-104 .269 17-55 .309 11-16 .688 12 38 50 1.7 38 0 30 38 1 12 84 2.8 Jonathan Brick 30-19 662-22.1 28-82 .341 13-36 .361 3-12 .250 13 34 47 1.6 63 1 70 45 0 25 72 2.4 Trey Swinton 12-0 22-1.8 5-7 .714 2-2 1.000 2-4 .500 1 4 5 0.4 1 0 2 1 1 1 14 1.2 Walter Howard 6-0 30-5.0 3-10 .300 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 6 6 1.0 3 0 3 1 2 0 7 1.2 Mark Schiavoni 10-0 49-4.9 3-12 .250 3-11 .273 1-4 .250 4 4 8 0.8 7 1 4 0 0 2 10 1.0 Travis Smith 5-0 16-3.2 1-5 .200 1-5 .200 1-2 .500 2 1 3 0.6 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 0.8 Team 56 52 108 3.6 15 Total 30 6,051 637-1,548 .411 187-595 .314 297-469 .633 312 591 903 30.1 517 11 346 441 31 206 1,758 58.6 Opponents 30 6,051 725-1,506 .481 244-624 .391 347-514 .675 278 702 980 32.7 524 - 436 431 97 206 2,041 68.0

Conference Statistics Player GP-GS Min.-Avg. FGM-FGA Pct. 3FGM-FGA Pct. FTM-FTA Pct. R-Off. R-Def. Rebs. Avg. PF FO A TO Blk. Stl. Points Avg. Kevin Hammack 18-18 653 -36.3 82-195 .421 29-86 .337 71-93 .763 13 59 72 4.0 49 1 62 63 6 25 264 14.7 Donny McLendon 18-17 511-28.4 67-209 .321 41-126 .325 23-30 .767 10 46 56 3.1 41 1 11 23 0 15 198 11.0 Demetrius Nelson 18-1 368-20.4 72-119 .605 0-1 .000 33-53 .623 23 32 55 3.1 41 1 4 37 2 7 177 9.8 J’Mel Everhart 16-15 501-31.3 49-85 .576 3-7 .429 24-41 .585 38 56 94 5.9 30 1 22 42 6 18 125 7.8 Bryan Streeter 18-16 361-20.1 36-63 .571 1-6 .167 10-28 .357 27 32 59 3.3 39 1 5 14 1 6 83 4.6 Vytautas Valiulis 18-1 344-19.1 21-66 .318 8-39 .205 11-19 .579 5 29 34 1.9 30 0 22 21 0 15 61 3.4 Joseph Thompson 16-3 157-9.8 15-40 .375 6-18 .333 10-12 .833 4 17 21 1.3 17 0 6 15 0 5 46 2.9 Chris Diasparra 18-2 308-17.1 13-50 .260 7-24 .292 1-3 .333 6 19 25 1.4 21 0 14 18 1 5 34 1.9 Jonathan Brick 18-17 437-24.3 12-48 .250 5-21 .238 3-9 .333 8 24 32 1.8 43 0 44 28 0 14 32 1.8 Trey Swinton 7-0 8-1.1 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1 1 2 0.3 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 0.6 Walter Howard 1-0 1-1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Mark Schiavoni 2-0 2-1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Travis Smith 0-0 0+-0.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 37 31 68 3.8 7 Total 18 3,651 369-879 .420 100-328 .305 186-290 .641 172 346 518 28.8 312 5 191 268 16 111 1,024 56.9 Opponents 18 3,651 438-904 .485 158-390 .405 200-307 .651 177 397 574 31.9 323 3 267 242 55 128 1,234 68.6

36 2007-08 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Bu l l d o g s Head Coach

Hometown: Davenport, Iowa Birth date: February 17, 1967 Education: B.S., The Citadel, 1989

Coaching Assistant, State, 1990-93 Assistant, VMI, 1993-94 Assistant, Furman, 1994-97 Head Coach, Frances Marion, 1997-00 Basketball Operations Director, Tulsa, 2000-01 Basketball Operations Director, Tennessee, 2001-03 Assistant, Tennessee, 2003-05 Assistant, Coastal Carolina, 2005-06 Head coach, The Citadel, 2006-present

PERSONAL DATA Full name is Edward Conroy. A native of Davenport, Iowa. He and his wife, Ginny, have three children: Riley, Hunt and Hannah.

EDUCATION Graduated from The Citadel in 1989 with a degree in business administration.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE Played basketball at The Citadel under current athletic director Les Robin- son from 1985-89. Team captain as a senior. Held the rank of Lt. Colonel in the of Cadets, the highest rank achieved by a basketball player in the modern era at The Citadel.

AT THE CITADEL Conroy was named head coach at The Citadel on April 7, 2006. He is the 27th head coach in school history. His team posted a 7-23 record in his first season at the helm with a 4-14 mark in Southern Conference play.

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE Began his career as an assistant under Les Robinson at North Carolina State. Spent a year at VMI and three seasons at Furman before serving as head coach at Frances Marion from 1997-00. Worked as director of basketball operations at Tulsa (2000-01) and Tennessee (2001-03) under coach before All-Time The Citadel Coaches serving as an assistant for the Volunteers for two season. Spent a year at Coach Seasons Years W L Pct. Coastal Carolina before returning to his alma mater. J.G. Briggs 1912-13 1 2 3 .400 Hans Kangeter 1913-16 3 15 5 .750 Harry O’Brien 1916-18 2 6 2 .750 CONROY’S YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD C.F. Myers 1918-25 7 51 26 .662 Year School Record SoCon Locke Brown 1925-26 1 10 6 .625 1997-98 Frances Marion 16-12 Benny Blatt 1926-30 4 51 22 .699 1998-99 Frances Marion 16-12 Johnny Douglas 1930-33 3 18 31 .367 1999-00 Frances Marion 9-17 Charlie Willard 1933-35 2 14 16 .450 2006-07 The Citadel 7-23 4-14 1935-40 5 45 31 .592 Frances Marion Total 41-41 Ben Parker 1940-41 2 10 17 .370 The Citadel Total 7-23 4-14 1941-42, ’43-’44 2 4 17 .190 Career Total 48-64 4-14 1942-43 1 8 6 .571 Ernest Wehman 1944-45 1 16 7 .696 Eugene Clark 1945-46 1 7 11 .389 Whitey Piro 1946-47 1 5 11 .313 Bernard O’Neil 1947-52 5 28 72 .280 Leo Zack 1952-54 2 5 32 .135 Jim Browning 1954-55 1 1 21 .045 Hank Witt 1955-56 1 2 19 .095 1956-60 4 57 38 .600 Mel Thompson 1960-67 7 67 96 .411 Coaching Staff Dick Campbell 1967-71 4 45 54 .455 Assistant Coach: Doug Novak (Tennessee, 1990) George Hill 1971-74 3 33 42 .440 Assistant Coach: Andy Fox (Cornell College, 2004) Les Robinson 1974-85 11 132 162 .411 Assistant Coach: Ron Ginyard (Georgetown, 2006) Randy Nesbit 1985-92 7 75 121 .383 Pat Dennis 1992-06 14 158 232 .407 Ed Conroy 2006-07 1 7 23 .233 www.SoConSports.com 37 Th e Ci t a d e l

The Citadel Year-By-Year Year Overall SoCon Place Coach Year Overall SoCon Place Coach 1900-01 0 1 C.S. McCall 1965-66 7 16 4 9 8th Mel Thompson 1901-12 No team 1966-67 8 16 6 7 5th Mel Thompson 1912-13 2 3 J.G. Briggs 1967-68 11 14 6 5 3rd Dick Campbell 1913-14 6 1 Hans Kangeter 1968-69 13 12 5 8 6th Dick Campbell 1914-15 5 2 Hans Kangeter 1969-70 8 16 4 8 6th Dick Campbell 1915-16 4 2 Hans Kangeter 1970-71 13 12 6 5 4th Dick Campbell 1916-17 6 1 Harry O’Brien 1971-72 12 13 5 6 5th George Hill 1917-18 0 1 Harry O’Brien 1972-73 11 15 6 7 4th George Hill 1918-19 9 0 C.F. Myers 1973-74 10 14 4 9 6th George Hill 1919-20 11 0 C.F. Myers 1974-75 5 15 2 11 7th Les Robinson 1920-21 9 6 C.F. Myers 1975-76 10 17 6 7 6th Les Robinson 1921-22 6 5 C.F. Myers 1976-77 8 19 2 9 7th Les Robinson 1922-23 5 5 C.F. Myers 1977-78 8 19 2 11 8th Les Robinson 1923-24 2 8 C.F. Myers 1978-79 20 7 10 4 3rd Les Robinson 1924-25 11 2 C.F. Myers 1979-80 14 13 6 10 6th, tie Les Robinson 1925-26 10 6 Locke Brown 1980-81 9 17 2 14 9th Les Robinson 1926-27 17 2 Benny Blatt 1981-82 14 14 7 9 6th, tie Les Robinson 1927-28 13 5 Benny Blatt 1982-83 12 16 7 9 6th Les Robinson 1928-29 12 4 Benny Blatt 1983-84 14 14 8 8 5th Les Robinson 1929-30 9 11 Benny Blatt 1984-85 18 11 11 5 3rd Les Robinson 1930-31 6 9 Johnny Douglas 1985-86 10 18 5 11 7th, tie Randy Nesbit 1931-32 8 11 Johnny Douglas 1986-87 13 15 6 10 5th Randy Nesbit 1932-33 4 11 Johnny Douglas 1987-88 8 20 5 11 8th Randy Nesbit 1933-34 8 7 Charlie Willard 1988-89 16 12 7 7 4th, tie Randy Nesbit 1934-35 6 9 Charlie Willard 1989-90 12 16 5 9 6th, tie Randy Nesbit 1935-36 7 5 Rock Norman 1990-91 6 22 1 13 8th Randy Nesbit 1936-37 7 12 Rock Norman 1991-92 10 18 3 11 6th, tie Randy Nesbit 1937-38 13 5 Rock Norman 1992-93 10 17 8 10 6th, tie Pat Dennis 1938-39 14 5 Rock Norman 1993-94 11 16 6 12 8th, tie Pat Dennis 1939-40 8 9 Rock Norman/Ben Parker 1994-95 11 16 6 8 3rd, tie, South Pat Dennis 1940-41 6 12 Ben Parker 1995-96 10 16 5 9 4th, South Pat Dennis 1941-42 2 14 Ben Clemons 1996-97 13 14 6 8 3rd, South Pat Dennis 1942-43 8 6 Bo Sherman 1997-98 15 13 6 8 2nd, tie, South Pat Dennis 1943-44 2 3 Ben Clemons 1998-99 9 18 3 13 6th, South Pat Dennis 1944-45 16 7 Ernest Wehman 1999-00 9 20 5 10 5th, South Pat Dennis 1945-46 7 11 Eugene Clark 2000-01 16 12 9 7 2nd, South Pat Dennis 1946-47 5 11 Whitey Piro 2001-02 17 12 8 8 4th, South Pat Dennis 1947-48 8 9 Bernard O’Neil 2002-03 8 20 3 13 6th, South Pat Dennis 1948-49 1 17 Bernard O’Neil 2003-04 6 22 2 14 6th, South Pat Dennis 1949-50 4 16 Bernard O’Neil 2004-05 12 16 4 12 6th, South Pat Dennis 1950-51 7 10 Bernard O’Neil 2005-06 10 21 1 14 6th, South Pat Dennis 1951-52 8 20 Bernard O’Neil 2006-07 7 23 4 14 6th, South Ed Conroy 1952-53 4 14 Leo Zack Overall 867 1,044 319 582 1953-54 1 18 1 7 10th Leo Zack 1954-55 1 21 0 10 10th Jim Browning 1955-56 2 19 0 10 10th Hank Witt 1956-57 11 14 5 9 7th Norm Sloan 1957-58 16 11 9 6 4th Norm Sloan 1958-59 15 5 7 4 3rd Norm Sloan 1959-60 15 8 8 4 4th Norm Sloan 1960-61 17 8 10 3 3rd Mel Thompson 1961-62 8 15 4 8 7th Mel Thompson 1962-63 3 20 2 10 9th Mel Thompson 1963-64 11 10 4 8 8th Mel Thompson 1964-65 13 11 8 5 3rd Mel Thompson 38 2007-08 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball