2012-13 GAME NOTEBOOK Men's Basketball 2012-13 Watch the Bucs
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2012-13 GAME NOTEBOOK 2012-13 Schedule and Results (2012-13 Season • All Times EST) Date Opponent Time/Score 11/3 CARSON-NEWMAN ^ (ASun.TV) 4 p.m. 11/10 at Virginia Tech (ESPN3) 2 p.m. 11/17 TENNESSEE TECH (ASun.TV) 4 p.m. 11/20 at Charleston Southern 7:30 p.m. 11/23 at Georgia 7:00 p.m. 11/29 MILLIGAN COLLEGE (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. 12/5 at James Madison 7 p.m. 12/8 at North Carolina 7:30 p.m. 12/14 at Ole Miss 8 p.m. 12/18 CHARLESTON SO. (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic 12/22 vs. Arizona 10:30 p.m. 12/23 vs. Miam OR Hawaii TBA 12/25 TBD TBA 1/2 VCU (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. 1/5 at Lipscomb * (ASun.TV) 7:30 p.m. 1/7 at N. Kentucky * (ASun.TV) 7:30 p.m. 1/10 STETSON * (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. 1/12 FGCU * (ASun.TV) 4 p.m. 1/17 at Mercer * (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. 1/19 at Kennesaw State * (ASun.TV) 2:30 p.m. 1/24 JACKSONVILLE * (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. 1/26 NORTH FLORIDA * (ASun.TV) 4 p.m. 1/28 at USC Upstate * (ASun.TV) 7:30 p.m. 1/31 N. KENTUCKY * (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. 2/2 LIPSCOMB * (ASun.TV) 4 p.m. 2/7 at FGCU * (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. 2/9 at Stetson * (ASun.TV) 3:15 p.m. 2/14 KENNESAW STATE * (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. 2/16 MERCER * (ASun.TV) 4 p.m. 2/21 at North Florida * (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. 2/23 at Jacksonville * (ASun.TV) 3:15 p.m. 3/1 USC UPSTATE * (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. ETSU 3/6-9 A-Sun Tournament $ TBA Home games in BOLD CAPS ^ Exhibition games; * A-Sun Conference game; Men’s Basketball 2012-13 $ A-Sun Tournament Broadcast games in (parenthesis): — Comcast SportsSoutheast (CSS) — ASun.TV live video stream (ASun.TV) — ESPN3.com live video stream (ESPN3) The Buccaneers vs. Virginia Tech Nov. 10, 2012 -- Cassell Coliseum -- 2 p.m. (EST) Radio: Buc Sports Network -- Web: ESPN3 -- TV: None Watch the ETSU (2011-12 Record: 17-14 Overall, 10-8 A-Sun) Probable Starters (Note: 2010-11 statistics) No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. G/GS PPG RPG APG Min/G Bucs LIVE on 5 Sheldon Cooley G Sr. 6-3 180 27/26 9.6 3.1 1.9 30.2 20 Hunter Harris F Jr. 6-7 220 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ASun.TV 21 John Walton F So. 6-7 200 12/0 0.7 1.3 0.0 7.7 Once again this season, ETSU fans around 23 Marcus Dubose G Sr. 6-2 180 31/22 10.8 2.8 0.5 25.8 the globe will have the opportunity to watch 35 Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard F Jr. 6-5 250 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A the Bucs play via Internet video streaming at Reserves ASun.TV. All home games as well as most 1 Petey McClain G Fr. 6-0 185 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A road games in A-Sun play will be broadcast 2 Jarvis Jones G Sr. 6-2 190 31/8 5.9 1.9 1.0 20.9 on A-Sun.TV FOR FREE . 3 Mario Stramaglia G Fr. 6-1 180 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 4 Rashawn Rembert G So. 6-3 185 19/0 1.5 0.6 0.3 6.2 11 Todd Halvorsen G Jr. 6-2 190 4/0 0.0 0.3 0.3 2.5 12 Yunio Barrueta G Fr. 6-4 215 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 15 Lester Wilson F Fr. 6-4 205 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 34 Lukas Poderis F Sr. 6-8 230 31/7 4.0 4.6 0.4 20.5 44 Ron Giplaye F Jr. 6-6 230 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Head Coach: Murry Bartow (Alabama-Birmingham, ’85) Assistant Coaches: Mike Boyd (Northern Michigan, ’70), Scott Wagers (Tennessee Wesleyan, ‘89), Thomas Johnson (Montevallo, ’81), NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES ... 1968, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010 ETSU vs. Virginia Tech Media Information We are “ETSU” East Tennessee State’s Athletic Media Relations Offi ce is The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request available to assist members of the media with their questions to be called “ETSU” ... East Tennessee State in first reference and requests about Buccaneer basketball. Contact Associate is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... Athletic Director Michael White with any questions about the On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buc- Bucs. caneers, but Bucs is also acceptable. Michael White, Assoc. AD ........(423) 439-4220 (W) Buc bits (Basketball Contact) ...................(423) 956-1461 (C) After several years of quality returning players and at least Kevin Brown, Asst. Director. ..(423) 439-5612 (W) some level of certainty regarding what to expect heading Kyle Mattracion, GA .................(423) 439-5612 (W) into the winter months, the 2012-13 ETSU men’s basketball team will enter the new cam- Media Relations Fax ........................(423) 439-6138 paign with sev- ETSU’s Record vs. A-Sun Press Row Phone ............................ (423) 439-5329 eral questions Media Relations Mailing Address . P.O. Box 70707 and concerns. School Overall Tourn. ........................................... Johnson City, TN., 37614 ... The loss of Florida Gulf Coast 8-2 N/A Overnight Address ....Memorial Center, Rm. 146-W standout se- Jacksonville 11-5 1-0 Corner of State of Franklin and John Rober Bell niors such as Kennesaw State 13-1 1-0 Adam Sollazzo Johnson City, TN., 37614 Lipscomb 30-11 2-0 .................................................................................................................... (Tampa), Isiah Brown (Miami, Mercer 12-3 1-0 Fla.) and Tom- North Florida 14-1 1-1 my Hubbard USC Upstate 8-2 N/A Quick Facts for ETSU Hoops (Boston) will be hard to over- Stetson 11-7 2-0 GENERAL I NFORMATION come, consider- Northern Kentucky 0-0 0-0 Location ...........................................................Johnson City, Tenn. ing that group Founded ................................................................................. 1911 combined for a Nickname.....................................................................Buccaneers total of 3,091 points in their careers ... A year ago, the Bucs Enrollment ...........................................................................15,000 enjoyed quality wins such as a road victory over Atlantic 10 Colors ..........................................................Navy Blue & Old Gold Conference foe Charlotte, and finished with a respectable Arena ....................................ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (5,740) 17 victories on the season. The team finished fourth in the Affi liation ................................................................NCAA Division I Atlantic Sun Conference standings at 10-8, reaching the league tournament semifinals. ... This season, the Bucs top Conference ..................................................................Atlantic Sun two returning starters are guards Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) President .............................. Dr. Brian Noland (West Virginia, ’91) and Marcus Dubose (Hartsville, S.C.), who both combined to Athletics Director .................................Dave Mullins (Samford ’68) score 19.7 points per game a year ago. ... Along with those Athletics Phone...................................................... (423) 439-4343 two, fellow guard Jarvis Jones (Memphis) and forward Lukas Ticket Offi ce Phone ............................................... (423) 439-5371 Poderis (Port Richey, Fla.) are the only other ETSU players to Athletic Website ............................................www.ETSUBucs.com be returning after playing significant minutes last year, but HISTORY Poderis is now lost for the season with a left foot injury and First year of basketball ......................................................1918-19 will be forced to redshirt ... With so few returning, experienced players, ETSU will be looking to some unproven returning play- Overall all-time record ....................................................1,207-952 ers, as well as a recruiting class that includes three incoming NCAA Tournament appearances/last ..................................9/2010 freshmen and a pair of junior college transfers, to come in and NCAA Tournament record ........................................................2-10 make an immediate impact. Sophomores Rashawn Rembert NIT appearances/last ..........................................................2/2007 (Tampa) and John Walton (Memphis), along with redshirt Last post-season opponent ................Iona in CIT semifi nals, 2011 freshman Lester Wilson (Knoxville) are expected to increase Result ................................................................................L, 83-80 their production this year, while true freshmen guards Petey McClain (Mobile, Ala.), Mario Stramaglia (Birmingham, Ala.), COACHING S TAFF and Yunio Barrueta (Miami, Fla.) will look to blossom into early Head Coach...................Murry Bartow (Alabama-Birmingham ‘85) contributors. ... On the interior, Poderis and Walton will need Record at ETSU .....................................178-113 (.612), 10th year help from junior college transfers Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard Career Record .........................................281-196 (.589), 16 years BUCCANEER BASKETBALL (Georgetown, S.C.) and Hunter Harris (Nashville). While they Overall NCAA Tournament Record .................................0-4 (.000) may have plenty of questions entering the season, the Bucs’ NCAA Tournament Record at ETSU ...............................0-3 (.000) schedule will not provide much patience for development. Basketball Offi ce Phone ........................................ (423) 439-4207 The team will face teams such as North Carolina, Virginia Best Time To Reach Coach .........................................Contact SID Tech, Ole Miss and Georgia in the opening weeks of the Assistant Coaches .......................................................................... season, and will host 2011 Final Four participant VCU (Jan. 2) just days before the start of the Atlantic Sun Conference Scott Wagers (Tennessee Weslyean, ‘89), 13th year at ETSU slate. The team will also enjoy a Christmas holiday trip to the Mike Boyd (Northern Michigan University), 10th year at ETSU Diamond Head Classic and face Arizona in the first round of Thomas Johnson (Montevallo, ’80), Third year at ETSU that event on Dec. 22. Trainer .......................................................................... Brett Lewis TEAM I NFORMATION Last time out 2011-12 Record .................17-14 overall, 10-8 conference record JOHNSON CITY (Nov.