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1 MIAMI MEN’S BASKETBALL 21 MAC Championships | 17 NCAA Tournament Appearances | 26 Postseason Berths 634 Mid-American Conference Wins | Graduating Champions Miami RedHawks (0-0, 0-0 MAC) at 2018-19 SCHEDULE Butler Bulldogs (0-0, 0-0 Big East) Times are listed as Eastern Time and subject to change Game 1: Saturday, Nov. 10 • 7 p.m. NOVEMBER TM 5 TAYLOR (exh.) ............................. W, 84-53 Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,100) • Indianapolis, Ind. 10 at Butler ....................................................... 7 p.m. Series vs. Butler/Streak: Butler leads 11-1/Butler-6 12 MIDWAY ...........................................7 p.m. Last Meeting: March 14, 2006 (Butler, 53-52) 16 vs. North Dakota State@ ........................ 2 p.m. TM 17 vs. Montana/Incarnate Word@ . 11 a.m. or 5 p.m. TV: Fox Sports Net • Mike Monaco (Play by Play) 18 Bahamas Showcase@ ..................................TBA Radio: Miami IMG Sports Network Affiliates/Miami College Sports Live (MiamiRedHawks.com) 24 ARMY WEST POINT .........................2 p.m. • Steve Baker (Play by Play) Terry Bridge (Color Analyst) 28 at Xavier ................................................. 6:30 p.m. DECEMBER s 1 WILBERFORCE .................................2 p.m. 5 at Wright State........................................... 7 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS 8 PURDUE FORT WAYNE ....................2 p.m. 16 at Northern Kentucky ............................. 7 p.m. (Based on exhibition game/2017-18 Stats) 20 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE ...............7 p.m. MIAMI POTENTIAL STARTERS 30 EVANSVILLE ....................................1 p.m. No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown GP/GS PPG RPG APG 5 Precious Ayah F 6-6 R-So. Okpoama, Nigeria 15/1 1.2 1.4 0.3 JANUARY 20 Dalonte Brown F 6-7 So. Toledo, Ohio 34/33 8.0 5.4 0.3 5 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* .....................2 p.m. 2 Mekhi Lairy G 5-8 Fr. Evansville, Ind. —/— — — — 8 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* .....................7 p.m. 3 Jalen Adaway G 6-5 So. Logansport, Ind. 32/29 8.5 5.0 0.9 12 at Buffalo* .................................................... Noon 30 Abdoulaye Harouna G 6-5 R-Sr. Niamey, Niger redshirted last season 15 at Toledo* .................................................... 7 p.m. 19 AKRON* (DH)............................. 3:30 p.m. Off the Bench 22 at Ball State* ............................................... 7 p.m. No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown GP/GS PPG RPG APG 26 BOWLING GREEN* (DH) ............ 3:30 p.m. 1 Nike Sibande G 6-4 So. Indianapolis, Ind. 34/34 15.1 4.3 1.2 29 TOLEDO* .........................................7 p.m. 4 Isaiah Coleman-Lands G 6-0 So. Indianpolis, Ind. 34/5 5.5 1.9 1.9 11 Myja White G 6-1 Fr. Terre Haute, Ind. —/— — — — FEBRUARY 12 Darrian Ringo G 6-2 Sr. Brownsburg, Ind. 34/29 9.6 3.5 6.9 2 at Eastern Michigan* ................................ Noon 14 Bam Bowman F 6-8 Jr. Bowling Green, Ky. 34/6 6.2 3.5 0.3 5 at Kent State* ............................................. 7 p.m. 15 Milos Jovic G 6-4 R-So. Leskovac, Serbia redshirted last season 9 OHIO* ..............................................2 p.m. 20 Benjamin Litteken G 6-0 So. St. Louis, Mo. —/— — — — 16 at Western Michigan* ............................. 2 p.m. 19 BALL STATE* ....................................7 p.m. 21 Aleks Abrams F 6-8 R-Sr. Thousand Oaks, Calif. —/— — — — 23 at Akron* ..................................................... 2 p.m. 22 Elijah McNamara F 6-9 Fr. Pickerington, Ohio —/— — — — 26 at Bowling Green* .................................... 7 p.m. 24 Michael Ritchie F/G 6-5 So. Mt. Prospect, Ill. 7/0 0.6 0.3 0.3 ^Denotes Assists Per Game MARCH #Denotes Out for Game 2 BUFFALO* ........................................2 p.m. 5 KENT STATE* ...................................7 p.m. STORYLINES 8 at Ohio* ........................................................ 7 p.m. 1. OPENING ON NATIONAL STAGE: The Miami University men’s basketball opens MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT the 2018-19 season on national television when it travels to Butler Saturday for a 11 First Round (at Campus Sites) ...................TBA 7 p.m. tip. It will air on the various Fox Sports Net affiliates, including SportsTime (Quicken Loans Arena—Cleveland, Ohio) Ohio and Fox Sports Midwest in our viewing area. An audio broadcast will be 14 Quarterfinals ...................................................TBA available on Miami College Sports Live. 15 Semifinals .........................................................TBA 16 Championship ................................................TBA 2. WHAT CAN THEY DO FOR ENCORE: A very young team last season, Miami returns eight letterwinners for the 2018-19 campaign, including a trio of award @Denotes Islands of Bahamas Showcase (Nassau, Bahamas) winners. Sophomore guard Nike Sibande led the RedHawks in scoring at 15.1 *Denotes Mid-American Conference Game points per game and was named the Mid-American Conference Freshman of the (DH) Denotes doubleheader with Miami wom- Year. Sophomore forward Dalonte Brown joined him on the MAC All-Freshmen en’s basketball team Team after averaging 8.0 points and a team-leading 5.4 rebounds per contest. All game times listed as Eastern Time Senior guard Darrian Ringo had an incredible season in 2017-18, finishing with and subject to change a school record 236 assists and also recording 91 steals to go along with his 9.6 Follow Miami Basketball points per game average. His 3.3 steals per game average ranked seventh in the and Miami Athletics nation, while his 6.9 assists per game average ranked eighth. He was the only @MiamiOH_BBall player in all of NCAA Division I to rank in the top 10 in both categories. He earned @MiamiRedHawks a Third-Team All-MAC selection last year. 3. MIAMI IN OPENERS: This begins the 114th season of men’s basketball at Mi- Miami RedHawks ami. The RedHawks have been very successful in season openers, sporting a 75-38 (.664) record in the first 114. Last season, Miami earned a dramatic 55-54 win at Fordham when Jalen Adaway drained a layup with four seconds left to secure the victory. 2 2018-19 MIAMI UNIVERSITY REDHAWKS MEN’S BASKETBALL UP AHEAD: It’s a quick turnaround as Miami has its home opener on Monday GAMEDAY CENTRAL when it welcomes Midway to Oxford for Miami vs. Butler a 7 p.m. tip. That game will air live on Oxford, Ohio ....................................................................Location ......................................................Indianapolis, Ind. ESPN3, with an audio broadcast available 19,452 ............................................................................. Enrollment ............................................................................4.726 Mid-American (East) ..................................................Conference .......................................................................Big East on Miami College Sports Live. Millett Hall (6,400) ............................................................Arena .......................................... Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,100) Jack Owens (Eastern Illinois ‘99) ............................Head Coach .....................................LaVall Jordan (Butler ‘01) MIAMI COLLEGE SPORTS LIVE FROM Second Season ........................................................Years at School .................................................... Second Season 16-18 ......................................................................... Record at School ..................................................................... 21-14 IMG COLLEGE: In its 12th year of its Same .............................................................................Overall Record ..........................................32-38 (Third Season) partnership with IMG College, the Miami 16-18 .......................................................................... 2017-18 Record ...................................................................... 21-14 8-10 (3rd, East) ............................................2017-18 Conference Record ................................................9-9 (T6tht) College Sports Live from IMG College CBI First Round ...................................................2017-18 Postseason .................................. NCAA Second Round continues its coverage of Miami men’s 4/1 .......................................................................Starters Returning/Lost ................................................................... 3/2 8/4 .................................................................... Lettermen Returning/Lost ..............................................................10/2 basketball with a group of affiliates blanketing most of Southwest Ohio and Southeast Indiana. For all home games SATURDAY’S GAME: The Miami University men’s basketball opens the 2018-19 and a select few road games, Terry season on national television when it travels to Butler Saturday for a 7 p.m. tip. It will Bridge will deliver the play-by-play while air on the various Fox Sports Net affiliates, including SportsTime Ohio and Fox Sports Midwest in our viewing area. An audio broadcast will be available on Miami College former RedHawk men’s basketball player Sports Live. John McKenna provides the analysis. For most road games, “The Voice of the Red- ABOUT BUTLER: The Bulldogs return 10 letterwinners from a team that went 21-14 Hawks” Steve Baker will deliver the play- last season and 9-9 in the Big East. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tourna- by-play coverage, while Bridge will pro- ment as a 10 seed and knocked off seventh-seeded Arkansas, 79-62, in the first