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C-USA GAMES ALL GAMES TEAM W-L PCT. H A W-L PCT. H A N L 10 Streak x, y - LOUISVILLE 14-2 .875 7-1 7-1 33-5 .868 15-2 10-1 8-2 9-1 L1 y - CHARLOTTE 12-4 .750 8-0 4-4 21-8 .724 12-2 7-5 2-1 6-4 L4 y - CINCINNATI 12-4 .750 7-1 5-3 25-8 .758 15-2 6-3 4-3 7-3 L1 y - UAB 10-6 .625 5-3 5-3 22-11 .667 11-3 7-5 4-3 6-4 L1 z - DE PAUL 10-6 .625 7-1 3-5 20-11 .645 14-3 5-7 1-1 4-6 L1 z - HOUSTON 9-7 .563 6-2 3-5 18-14 .563 12-2 4-9 2-3 5-5 L4 z - MEMPHIS 9-7 .563 5-3 4-4 22-16 .579 16-7 5-5 1-4 6-4 L1 z - TCU 8-8 .563 6-2 2-6 21-14 .600 14-3 5-10 2-1 5-5 L1 z - MARQUETTE 7-9 .438 4-4 3-5 19-12 .613 15-6 4-5 0-1 4-6 L3 SAINT LOUIS 6-10 .375 3-5 3-5 9-21 .300 5-10 3-9 1-2 4-6 L1 USF 5-11 .313 3-5 2-6 14-16 .467 8-5 2-10 4-1 4-6 L1 TULANE 4-12 .250 3-5 1-7 10-18 .357 8-5 1-11 1-3 2-8 L1 EAST CAROLINA 4-12 .250 3-5 1-7 9-19 .321 6-7 1-10 2-1 4-6 L2 SOUTHERN MISS 2-14 .125 2-6 0-8 11-17 .393 7-6 0-9 4-2 1-9 W1 x – 2005 Conference USA Regular Season & Kelly Tires C-USA Tournament Champions y – Earned a NCAA Championship berth z – Earned a NIT bid

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Thursday, March 17 Monday, March 14 2005 Kelly Tires C-USA Men’s Basketball RCA Dome, , Ind. Western Michigan 54, Marquette 40 Tournament, FedExForum, Memphis, Tenn.

(7) Cincinnati 76, (10) Iowa 64 Wednesday, March 9 Tuesday, March 15 Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho DePaul 75, Missouri 70 (8) TCU 60, (9) Marquette 57 (OT) (11) UAB 82, (6) LSU 68 (5) DePaul 81, (12) Tulane 71 Wednesday, March 16 (7) Memphis 79, (10) Saint Louis 59 Friday, March 18 TCU 60, Miami (Ohio) 58 (11) USF 69, (6) Houston 64 DCU , Worcester, Mass. Memphis 90, Northeastern 65 (10) North Carolina State 75, (7) Charlotte 63 Thursday, March 10 Wichita State 85, Houston 69 (1) Louisville 85, TCU 61 Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tenn. Sunday, March 19 (4) UAB 59, DePaul 56 (4) Louisville 68, (13) Louisiana-Lafayette 62 Memphis 83, Virginia Tech 62 Memphis 83, (2) Charlotte 69 Saturday, March 19 Texas A&M 75, DePaul 72 USF 80, (3) Cincinnati 68 (2) Kentucky 69, (7) Cincinnati 60 Monday, March 21 Friday, March 11 (3) Arizona 85, (11) UAB 63 TCU 78, Western Michigan 76 (OT) Louisville 74, UAB 67 Sunday, March 20 Memphis 81, USF 68 Wednesday, March 23 (4) Louisville 76, (5) Georgia Tech 54 Saturday, March 12 NIT Quarterfinals, Memphis, Tenn. Memphis 81, Vanderbilt 68 Louisville 75, Memphis 74 Thursday, March 24 NCAA Tournament - Albuquerque Regional Saturday, March 26 2005 Conference USA All-Tournament Team The Pit, Albuquerque, N.M. NIT Quarterfinals, College Park, Md. Taquan Dean, Louisville ** MVP ** (4) Louisville 93, (1) Washington 79 Francisco Garcia, Louisville Maryland 85, TCU 73 Saturday, March 26 Terrence Leather, USF Tuesday, March 29 (4) Louisville 93, (7) West Virginia 85 (OT) Anthony Rice, Memphis NIT Semifinals Darius Washington Jr., Memphis Saturday, April 2 , New York, NY NCAA Tournament – Final Four St. Joseph’s 70, Memphis 58 CONFERENCEUSA.COM

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C-USA POLLING PLACE SAGARIN AND RPI RATINGS Associated Press (FINAL) USA Today/ESPN Coaches (FINAL) THE RPI REPORT (FINAL) SAGARIN RATINGS (FINAL) 1. Illinois 1. North Carolina Schools Schools 2. North Carolina 2. Illinois 10. Louisville 3. Louisville 3. Duke 3. LOUISVILLE 25. Cincinnati 21. Cincinnati 4. LOUISVILLE 4. Michigan State 43. Charlotte 45. UAB 5. Wake Forest 5. Kentucky 54. UAB 49. Charlotte 6. Oklahoma State 6. Arizona 79. DePaul 57. Memphis 83. TCU 64. DePaul 7. Kentucky 7. Duke 91. Houston 74. TCU 8. Washington 8. Oklahoma State 98. Marquette 96. Marquette 9. Arizona 9. Washington 112. Memphis 102. Houston 10. Gonzaga 10. 194. USF 141. USF 11. Syracuse 11. Wake Forest 209. Saint Louis 175. Saint Louis 12. Kansas 12. West Virginia 213. East Carolina 188. East Carolina 13. Connecticut 13. Villanova 264. Southern Miss 221. Southern Miss 14. Boston College 14. Utah 266. Tulane 229. Tulane 15. Michigan State 15. Kansas 16. Florida 16. Texas Tech Conferences Conferences 1. ACC 1. ACC 17. Oklahoma 17. Connecticut 2. Pac-10 2. Big East 18. Utah 18. Gonzaga 3. Big 12 3. Big 12 19. Villanova 19. Boston College 4. Big East 4. SEC 20. Wisconsin 20. Oklahoma 5. SEC 5. Big Ten 21. Alabama 21. Syracuse 6. Big Ten 6. Pac-10 22. Pacific 22. North Carolina State 7. West Coast 7. Missouri Valley 23. CINCINNATI 23. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 8. Missouri Valley 8. CONFERENCE USA 24. Texas Tech 24. Florida 9. CONFERENCE USA 9. Mountain West 25. Georgia Tech 25. CINCINNATI 10. Mid-American 10. West Coast ARV: ARV: CHARLOTTE UAB O’BANNON NAMED NCAA REGIONAL MVP CHARLOTTE Louisville senior Larry O’Bannon scored a team-high 24 points, hitting 6-of-10 MEMPHIS shots from the field, and was selected the Most Valuable Player of the NCAA Albuquerque Regional. O’Bannon and the Cardinals defeated West Virginia, 93-85 WEEK-BY-WEEK IN THE POLLS in overtime, to advance to the NCAA Final Four. Louisville juniors Taquan Dean Here is a week-by-week recap of Conference USA in the national polls. (AP listed first, and Francisco Garcia also earned spots on the Regional All-Tournament Team. followed by USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll.) Dean sank seven of the team’s 11 three-pointers in the game against West Virginia, while Garcia led the Cards in the first three games (averaging 23.7 ppg) CHA CIN DPU LOU MAR MEM UAB and chipped in 13 points against the Mountaineers. PS RV/RV RV/RV RV/RV 14/13 --/-- 23/24 RV/RV N22 RV/RV RV/RV RV/RV 12/11 RV/RV 25/24 RV/RV N29 RV/RV RV/24 --/-- 17/17 RV/RV RV/RV RV/RV PITINO FIRST TO TAKE THREE TO FINAL FOUR D6 RV/-- RV/20 --/-- 13/14 RV/RV RV/RV RV/RV Louisville head coach became the first NCAA Division I coach to take D13 --/-- 25/17 --/-- 13/14 RV/25 --/-- RV/RV three different teams to the NCAA Final Four when his 2005 Cardinals defeated D20 --/-- 22/16 --/-- 18/18 RV/RV --/-- --/-- West Virginia in the Elite Eight on Saturday. In 1987, Pitino led Providence to the D27 --/-- 22/17 --/-- 19/19 RV/RV --/-- --/RV Final Four in just his second season with the Friars. In eight seasons at the J3 --/-- 23/20 --/-- 17/16 RV/RV --/-- --/RV University of Kentucky, Pitino’s teams advanced to three Final Fours, winning the J10 RV/-- 18/13 --/-- 19/19 22/RV --/-- RV/-- 1996 title with a 76-67 victory against Syracuse in the finals and defeating his alma J17 RV/RV 20/18 --/-- 14/14 25/25 --/-- --/RV mater UMass in the semifinals, 81-74. J24 RV/RV 21/20 RV/RV 12/12 RV/RV --/-- --/--

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Tom Penders, and Neil Dougherty’s TCU Horned Frogs. The 2003-04 UH squad finished the season with a 9-18 record and this year’s team compiled an 18-14 DID YOU KNOW? record. TCU posted 12 victories last season and finished 21-14 this season after Conference USA was the only league in the nation that had nine teams with 18 or making a run to the NIT quarterfinals. Both tied for the fifth-best improvement more victories during the 2004-05 season. The Big 12, MAC and SEC were the among NCAA Division I programs: next closest with seven teams. All nine teams advanced to the postseason with four teams (Louisville, Charlotte, Cincinnati and UAB) playing in the NCAA No. School 2003-04 2004-05 Tournament, while DePaul, Houston, Marquette, Memphis and TCU were invited 14 Texas A&M 7-21 21-9 to the 2005 NIT. Seven C-USA teams have 20 or more wins and Louisville tied 13 LOUISVILLE 20-10 33-5 national champion North Carolina for the second most wins (Illinois was first) this 12 Holy Cross 13-15 25-6 season with 33 victories. The Cardinals also rode a 13-game win streak into the 12 San Diego 4-26 16-13 NCAA Final Four. 9 HOUSTON 9-18 18-14 9 TCU 12-17 21-14 9 Lipscomb 7-21 16-12

AROUND C-USA MEMPHIS (22-16, 9-7): Junior scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half, but Memphis was eliminated from the NIT on Tuesday with a 70-58 loss to St. Joseph’s in the CHARLOTTE (21-8, 12-4): Conference USA Player of the Year Eddie Basden registered semifinals. It was the third time in five years the Tigers had advanced into the NIT semifinals. his seventh double-double of the season with 15 points and 10 rebounds, but No. 7 Carney was the Tigers’ leading scorer for the third straight game and 17th time this season. Charlotte was defeated by 10th-seeded North Carolina State, 75-63, in the first round of the guard Darius Washington Jr., the C-USA Freshman of the Year, chipped in 14 points. NCAA Tournament. The 49ers had a seven-point lead at the half, shooting 56 percent from Memphis pulled to within two points (37-35) early in the second half following two free throws the field. Senior Brendan Plavich hit four straight three-pointers (he leads the nation with from Washington, but the Hawks responded with a three-pointer and never looked back. an average of 3.9 per game) in the first nine minutes of the game and drained 5-of-7 three- Carney and senior Duane Erwin grabbed six rebounds apiece. The Tigers were without the pointers in the first half to tally 15 points before the break. However, he was held scoreless services of junior Jeremy Hunt, who suffered a torn ACL in his left knee in the quarterfinal in the second half and the shots didn’t fall for the Niners as they converted on 9-of-33 field game with Vanderbilt. Memphis has won six of its last seven games entering Tuesday’s goals in the second stanza. Junior Curtis Withers also tossed in 15 points for the game, contest, shooting better than 49 percent on average and outscoring its first three NIT foes by while junior E.J. Drayton added 11 points. an average of 20 points. The Tigers defeated Northeastern (90-65), Virginia Tech (83-62) and Vanderbilt (81-68) to advance to the semifinals in . th NO. 23/25 CINCINNATI (25-8, 12-4): The Bearcats made their 14 straight trip to the NCAA Championships, earning a No. 7 seed, and advanced to the second round with a 76-64 SAINT LOUIS (9-21, 6-10): The Billikens had their two-game win streak to end the regular victory against 10th-seeded Iowa. Four UC players scored in double figures, led by senior season snapped with a 79-59 loss to Memphis in the first round of the Kelly Tires C-USA with 22 points. Junior forwards and Eric Hicks chipped in 15 Men’s Basketball Tournament. Saint Louis had won the C-USA Tournament the last time it and 10 points, respectively, and senior guard Nick Williams added 13 points. The Bearcats was held in Memphis in 2000 and it was only the second time the Billikens had lost a first- shot 57.1 percent (16-28) in the second half to extend their lead. Cincinnati also took a two- round game. Freshman guard Luke Meyer came off the bench to score a team-high 12 point lead, 35-33, over second-seeded Kentucky in the second round, but the Wildcats points. Junior Anthony Drejaj added 11 points and drained the 100th three-pointer of his eliminated UC with a 69-60 defeat. Williams was the top scorer in that contest with 16 career. His three on the night gave him 102 and the team made a season-high nine treys. points. Junior guard Jihad Muhammad tossed in 14 points and Hicks posted his 10th double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds against UK. The game was played in Indianapolis and the tri-state teams drew 40,331 fans to set a NCAA First/Second SOUTHERN MISS (11-17, 2-14): The Golden Eagles closed out the 2004-05 season with a Round record. 66-64 victory over TCU, snapping a nine-game losing streak. Junior guard Michael Ford came off the bench for a game-high 19 points. In front of a Senior Day crowd of nearly 4,000, senior guard David Haywood registered his first career double-double with 11 points and 10 DE PAUL (20-11, 10-6): Sophomore guard Sammy Mejia scored a game-high 23 points rebounds in the win. Another senior, Dante Stiggers, had a well-rounded afternoon with and seniors Quemont Greer and combined for 38, but the Blue Demons seven points, six rebounds, four assists, two blocks and a . Sophomore Jerekus were edged out by Texas A&M, 75-72, in the second round of the NIT. Greer registered his Singleton chipped in 10 points. Junior Jason Forte only made one , but he made it seventh double-double of the season (14th of his career) with 20 points and 12 rebounds count as he scored a put-back bucket with two seconds remaining for the win. against the Aggies. Diener scored a career-high 30 points to lead the Blue Demons to a 75- 70 first-round NIT victory against Missouri on March 15. Diener tied his career-high with seven three-pointers and hit 11-of-15 shots from the field. This was the third postseason TCU (21-14, 8-8): Senior guard Corey Santee scored 22 points and junior guard Nile Murry appearance for the Blue Demons in as many seasons under head coach . added 21, but the Horned Frogs dropped an 85-73 decision to Maryland on Saturday in the NIT quarterfinals. TCU hit 9-of-18 three-pointers in the first half and was down by one point (44-43) at the intermission. The Horned Frogs came out of the break and went on a 23-6 run EAST CAROLINA (9-19, 4-12): Senior Moussa Badiane had a strong finish to his ECU in the first five minutes of the second half. Santee, who drained five three-pointers in the career, but the Pirates dropped a 77-71 loss on the road at Tulane to end the regular game, finishes his career ranked fifth on the C-USA scoring chart with 1,832 career points. season on March 5. The game was a winner-take-all situation, with the victor earning the Seniors Marcus Shropshire and Aaron Curtis also chipped in 11 points against the final berth to the C-USA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Badiane registered his eighth Terrapins. Head coach Neil Dougherty’s team put together one of the best turnarounds in double-double (12th of his career) with 12 points and a game-high 13 rebounds in what the nation this season, posting nine more wins than last season’s 12-17 mark. It is the first 20- turned out to be the Pirates’ season finale. Sophomore Mike Cook led the team with 20 win season for the Horned Frogs since 2000-01 when they were 20-11. points and grabbed eight rebounds. The Pirates did outrebound Tulane, 48-30. Junior Corey Rouse went 7-of-11 from the field with 16 points. ECU finished the season at 9-19 and 4-12 in conference play. Freshman Tom Hammonds was named to the C-USA All- TULANE (10-18, 4-12): Despite the sixth double-double of the season from junior forward Freshman Team. Quincy Davis, the No. 12 seed Green Wave was defeated by DePaul, 81-71, in the first th round of the Kelly Tires C-USA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Davis, who ranks 10 in the nation with a .612 field goal percentage, scored a team-high 17 points and pulled down a HOUSTON (18-14, 9-7): Despite a season-high performance from senior Andre Owens, the game-high 11 rebounds for his ninth career double-double. Freshman David Gomez came off Cougars suffered an 85-69 loss to Wichita State in the opening round of the NIT. Owens, a the bench to add 16 points (two shy of his career-high) and classmate Taylor Rochestie, a second team all-conference selection, scored a season-high 33 points on the strength of member of the C-USA All-Freshman Team, chipped in 13 points and a career-high seven seven three-pointers. Junior forward Ramon Dyer chipped in 14 points, but the Shockers assists. closed out the game on a 19-3 run. The Cougars earned their first NIT bid since 2002 under first-year head coach Tom Penders and it was only the second time the Cougars had th advanced to the postseason since 1993. Houston made one of the best turnarounds in UAB (22-11, 10-6): The 11 -seeded Blazers upset No. 6 seed LSU, 82-68, in the first round NCAA Division I, winning nine more games overall and six more games in Conference USA. of the NCAA Championship. Junior guard Marvett McDonald, playing less than a week after his mother’s funeral, led his team with 21 points and six rebounds. Senior and his twin brother Ronell Taylor combined for 23 points with 14 and nine, respectively. Junior NO. 4/3 LOUISVILLE (33-5, 14-2): The Cardinals rode a nation-best 13-game winning Demario Eddins added 10 points in the win, all at the line. The Blazers were streak into the NCAA Final Four, before dropping a 75-57 decision to Illinois in Saturday’s plagued by poor shooting in their second round game with No. 3 Arizona, hitting a season-low semifinal. Senior Ellis Myles led the Cardinals with a team-high 17 points, hitting 8-of-12 32.8 percent from the field and starting the game 1-for-19 from three-point range. Donell from the field, and seven rebounds. Classmate Larry O’Bannon, the Albuquerque Regional Taylor (13) and Eddins (12) were the only players in double figures. UAB currently leads the MVP, and junior Taquan Dean chipped in 12 points apiece in front of the crowd of 47,754 nation in steals and is on track to lead that category for the third straight season, which is a fans. After committing only one in the first half, U of L tied a school record for feat that has never been done. UAB matched its win total of a season ago, finishing up the fewest turnovers in a game with five. The loss was also the first for the Cardinals in the regular season at 22-11. national semifinals, after winning the titles in 1980 and 1986.

USF (14-16, 5-11): Senior Terrence Leather registered three double-doubles in the No. 11 MARQUETTE (19-12, 7-9): Four Marquette starters scored in double-figures and the other seeded Bulls’ three tournament games to earn a spot on the C-USA All-Tournament Team. tied the tournament record for most rebounds in a single game, but the Golden Eagles were The Bulls upset No. 6 seed Houston, 69-64, in first-round action. They followed that up with eliminated by TCU in the first round of the C-USA Tournament by a score of 60-57 in an 80-67 win over No. 21 Cincinnati in the quarterfinals for their second win over a ranked overtime. Junior led all scorers with 16 points, stepping up for senior point opponent in a week. (USF knocked off No. 18 Charlotte in the regular season finale for both guard , the team and C-USA leader in scoring (19.7 ppg) and assists (7.0 teams on March 5). Leather ends his collegiate career with 22 double-doubles. His 39 apg). who missed the end of the season with a broken hand. Novak scored the team’s first rebounds during the three tournament games broke the previous record of 37, set by eight points on the afternoon and went 4-of-5 from behind the arc. Todd Townsend (14), Louisville’s Luke Whitehead. Classmate Brian Swift scored in double-figures in each Dameon Mason (12) and Joe Chapman (10) also scored in double figures. Senior Marcus tournament game, tossing in a team-high 17 points against Memphis in the semifinals. Jackson grabbed 16 rebounds to tie former Golden Eagle Amal McCaskill for the C-USA Tournament record. McCaskill set the record in 1996 against Memphis. Marquette concluded its season with a 54-40 loss to Western Michigan in the opening round of the NIT. Mason tallied 14 points, eight rebounds and three steals in the game.

RECORD NINE C-USA MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS CONFERENCE USA IN THE 2005 NCAA TOURNEY Conference USA compiled the third-best winning percentage in this year’s NCAA ADVANCE TO POSTSEASON Tournament. Here is a breakdown of those conference’s that compiled a .500 or Louisville advanced to the NCAA Final Four and Memphis made its third trip in better winning percentage: five years to Madison Square Garden to play in the NIT Semifinals. Conference USA sent a record nine teams to the postseason this year – four teams to the Conference Bids NCAA Record Winning % 2005 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship and five teams competed in the Atlantic Coast 5 12-4 .750 National Invitation Tournament. Besides C-USA Tournament and regular season Big Ten 5 12-5 .706 champion Louisville, Charlotte, Cincinnati and UAB each earned a NCAA Conference USA 4 6-4 .600 Tournament invitation. Pac-10 4 5-4 .556 Big East 6 7-6 .538 Louisville (33-5) made its 32nd appearance in the NCAA Championship, the fifth- Big 12 6 6-6 .500 most of any school in the nation, and its seventh as a member of Conference Southeastern 5 5-5 .500 USA. The Cardinals also made their eighth trip to the Final Four, winning the Mountain West 2 2-2 .500 1980 and 1986 national titles.

C-USA sent five teams to the 2005 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) - DRAKE DIENER WINS 3-POINT SHOOTOUT DePaul, Houston, Marquette, Memphis and TCU. DePaul senior Drake Diener and his cousin Travis Diener of Marquette, both All- Conference USA selections, provided a double dose of C-USA representation in Memphis (22-16), the C-USA Tournament runner-up, defeated Northeastern, the 17th Annual Mountain Dew College Slam Dunk and Three-Point Championship. Virginia Tech and Vanderbilt to advance to the NIT semifinals. Memphis won the Drake won the annual competition, improving his score in each of the three 2002 NIT under head coach and placed third in the 2001 NIT. The rounds. Diener opened the contest by scoring 15 points in the opening round. He Tigers hold a 19-15 (.559) all-time NIT record in 16 appearances. TCU (21-14) then had 16 to advance to the finals where he posted 20 points, four more than advanced to the quarterfinals of the NIT before being eliminated by Maryland, 85- Vermont’s T.J. Sorrentine. 73. TCU won its first two rounds on the road, handing Miami (Ohio) its only home loss of the season, 60-58, on March 16 and defeating Western Michigan, 78-76 After winning the men’s title, Diener squared off against the women’s champion in overtime, on March 21. Caity Matter of Ohio State and scored 22 points to Matter’s 11. Diener led C-USA Conference USA has produced 38 NCAA berths and 33 NIT bids since the 1995- this season in three-point field goal percentage (.462) and ranked fifth in the 96 inaugural season. nation. He holds the DePaul school records for both career three-point field goals (216) and season (85) set this year. CONFERENCE USA IN THE FINAL FOUR Travis returned from a left-hand injury that forced the senior to miss the Golden Louisville becomes the second Conference USA member to reach the NCAA Eagles final five games and cut his stellar collegiate career short to participate in Final Four in the last three seasons. Marquette advanced to the 2003 Final Four this year’s Shootout. The first team all-conference selection was a career 41.3 with wins over Holy Cross (72-68), Missouri (101-92 in OT), Pittsburgh (77-74) percent shooter from behind the arc, and also holds his school record for career and top-seeded Kentucky (83-69). In the last three years, only five conferences three-pointers (284) and season three-pointers (90, 2004). have had a team progress to the coveted Final Four. The ACC and Big 12 have been represented by three teams each, while Conference USA along with the Big East and Big 10 have each had two team representatives. MEMPHIS IN THE BIG APPLE Memphis made its third trip in five years to Madison Square Garden for the NIT Louisville also has the most Final Four appearances of all Conference USA Semifinals this week. The Tigers won the 2002 title with a 72-62 victory against programs with eight. The Cardinals were national champions in 1980 and 1986. South Carolina (a participant in the 2005 semifinals) for the program’s first Cincinnati is next with six, winning the 1961 and 1962 national titles, and Houston postseason national championship. It was the Tigers’ fourth trip to the NIT has advanced to the Final Four on five occasions. Future Conference USA semifinals, placing third in 2001 and as runner-up in 1957. member UTEP won the 1966 NCAA Tournament. The Tigers were looking for its second NIT title in four seasons, but a total of six Conference USA teams have a NIT championship banner to hang. Memphis is the FUTURE CONNECTION most recent champion (2002), while DePaul (1945), Saint Louis (1948), Louisville Another Final Four participant has a tie to next season’s Conference USA (1956), Marquette (1970) and Southern Miss (1987) also wore the NIT crown. membership. Michigan State associate head coach Doug Wojcik was hired as Incoming member Tulsa has two NIT titles under its belt from 1981 and 2001. the new head coach at the University of Tulsa on March 14. Wojcik has been with the Spartans for two seasons, helping them to a 44-18 record and a trip to the GARCIA NAMED TO WOODEN ALL-AMERICA TEAM 2005 Final Four. Prior to joining the Michigan State staff, Wojcik spent three Louisville’s Francisco Garcia was named to the Wooden Award All-America years as an assistant at the University of North Carolina – the Spartans’ Team, recognizing the top 10 players in the 2004-05 season. In opponent on Saturday. addition to Garcia, the top ten Wooden Award All-Americans, in alphabetical order, are , Dee Brown, , , J.J. Redick, , PAST CONNECTION , and . Seven conferences are Memphis Coordinator of Basketball Operations Milt Wagner, who is in his fifth represented on the All-American squad with the ACC leading the way with three season with the Tigers, was a member of the 1986 Louisville National players, followed by the Big Ten with two nominees, and the Big 12, Big East, Championship team. Wagner and his Cardinal teammates defeated Duke, 72-69, Conference USA, Mountain West and Pac-10 each accounting for one. Four in the title game. Wagner was also on the 1982 and 1983 squads that advanced Wooden Award All-Americans (Garcia, May of North Carolina, Illinois’ Brown and to the NCAA Final Four. He scored 1,834 points during his career (fifth all-time in Williams) led their respective teams to the Final Four in St. Louis. school history) and his No. 20 jersey was retired by U of L in 2000. A special player who makes everyone on the floor better, Garcia averaged 15.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.71 steals. He stepped up his production in the NCAA Tournament, averaging 21 points, 4.3 assists and 2.3 blocked shots in the first four games and earned a spot on the Albuquerque All-Regional Team. A first team all-conference selection, Garcia was also honored on the Conference USA All-Decade Team. In just three seasons, he ranked 16th on the C-USA all- time scoring chart with 1,413 career points.

Reece Gaines, Louisville (1999-2003) C-USA CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY Fourth all-time at Louisville and third in C-USA history with 1,945 career points... Conference USA celebrated its 10th anniversary during the 2004-05 season. In Led U of L in scoring (17.9), assists (5.0) and steals (1.7) as a senior in 2002-03 conjunction, the league is naming a Team of the Decade for each of the conference’s when he was named a second team All-America selection and a finalist for 19 sports. Men’s Basketball is the latest sport to have its All-Decade team released national player of the year...Twice honored on the All-C-USA first team (2002, and the squad is led by former Cincinnati star , the 1999-00 National 2003)... Double figure scorer in 31 games as a senior and in 99 games for his Player of the Year and three-time C-USA Defensive Player of the Year. The Men’s career...His 673 points as a junior was the fifth-highest ever in Conference Basketball Coach of the Decade award was won by Cincinnati’s Bob Huggins, who USA...His 475 career assists rank among the all-time C-USA leaders. has led the Bearcats to eight regular season championships and four tournament titles. Both Martin and Huggins were unanimous selections. Voting on the awards Francisco Garcia, Louisville (2002-05) was done by a media panel with one representative in each of the league’s cities. Averaged 15.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists, and 1.7 steals as one of the most Cincinnati was the only school to produce three members of the squad, while complete players in the nation...Conference USA Freshman of the Year in 2003 Louisville and Marquette each had two selections. Charlotte, DePaul and Memphis and an All-C-USA first team selection as a sophomore and junior...Preseason had one player chosen to the team. league player of the year this season and a finalist for national player of the year honors...In the midst of his third season, he already ranks among the Conference **C-USA MEN’S BASKETBALL ALL-DECADE TEAM** USA career leaders in points (1,413), assists (289) and free throw percentage Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati (1996-2000) – PLAYER OF THE DECADE (.832). Probably the most decorated player in C-USA’s first decade…consensus national player of the year as a senior in 1999-00, making a sweep of the Naismith, Oscar Travis Diener, Marquette (2001-05) Robertson (USBWAA), John Wooden, (Associated Press), NABC, Two-time all conference selection (first team – 2004; second team – 2003)… Basketball News and Basketball Times, and made everyone’s All-America Conference USA all-freshman team selection (2002)…Wooden and Cousy Award team…co-National Defensive Player of the Year by the NABC…Unanimous finalist in 2004…Wooden and Naismith mid-season all-American, and Cousy choice as C-USA Player of the Year in 1999-00…Three-time winner of the C- Award finalist in 2005…C-USA’s 10th all-time leading scorer (as of 2.6.05)…Ranks USA Defensive Player of the Year…Averaged 18.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.5 second on the school’s all-time list…Ranks eighth all-time on the school’s blocks as a senior…Set the UC career blocks record (292) and ranks No. 20 on scoring list…School’s all-time leader in three-point field goals…Ninth all-time at the UC’s career scoring list (1,279)…Second team All-C-USA as a sophomore and school in steals…Second all-time in free throw percentage and fourth in three-point first team All-C-USA as a junior…MVP of the 1998 C-USA Tournament. field goal percentage at Marquette…Second all-time on the Conference USA assist chart. DeMarco Johnson, Charlotte (1996-98)

1998 C-USA Player of the Year...two-time first team all-C-USA choice (1996-97; , Marquette (2001-03) 1997-98); three-time all-league (second team in 1995-96)...Led 49ers to 1997 C- Two-time all-conference first team selection (2002, 2003)…2003 Conference USA White Division title and NCAA second rounds in 1997 and 1998...Retired as Player of the Year…2003 Conference Defensive Player of the Year…Led league's top all-time scorer and rebounder (is still in all-time Top 5 despite Marquette to its first Conference USA Regular Season Championship and the playing just three C-USA seasons)...Two-time all-C-USA Tournament (1997; NCAA Final Four in 2003, the school’s third appearance all-time and first since 1998) ... Two-time honorable mention AP all-America...League-best 21.1 ppg in 1977… In 2003 was selected by the Associated Press, USBWA, NABC, 1998 (5th all-time in C-USA) ... 2005 career pts; 926 career rebounds ... 2nd in ESPN.com, Foxsports.com, and CNNSI.com as a first team all-American…. 2003 C-USA w/35 career double-doubles. Wooden Award All-American and finalist… Six-time conference player of the week , Cincinnati (1998-02) selection… scored a school record 710 points during his junior season (2002- Consensus first team All-American and finalist for every national player of the 03)… ranks second on the school’s all-time scoring average list (19.7 ppg). year award as a senior in 2001-02…recipient of the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the nation’s top player 6-foot or under…C-USA Player of the Year in Antonio Burks, Memphis (2001-04) both his junior and senior seasons…named national player of the year by 2004 Conference USA Player of the Year... 2004 All-C-USA first team ... Named FOXSports.com and CNN/SI.com…MVP of the 2002 C-USA ESPN.com’s 2004 C-USA Player of the Year ...Collegeinsider.com and Associated Tournament…named C-USA Player of the Week five time his senior season and Press All-America selection…Basketball Times All-South Team...Named to NABC national player of the week twice…averaged 22.0 points and 5.3 assists as a District 7 second team…Bob Cousy Award finalist, an award given to the nation’s senior in leading UC to a 31-4 record and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA top ...Only fourth Tiger with 1,000 points, 450 assists and 170 steals Tournament…closed his career as UC’s No. 2 career scorer (1,985), second only (Andre Turner, Elliot Perry and Otis Jackson were the other three)...On the Tiger to Oscar Robertson. career charts for scoring (No. 34) steals (No. 5) and assists (No. 6)...Named to All- C-USA third team in 2002-03...Tigers posted a 72-24 record in his three years, , Cincinnati (1995-97) including winning the 2002 NIT title. Played only two seasons in C-USA, but his accomplishments rank with many others who had full careers in the conference…C-USA scoring leader as a junior **C-USA MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH OF THE DECADE** with a 21.4 average, a mark topped by only two other players…his 1,367 career Bob Huggins, Cincinnati (1989-current) points ranked him No. 13 in C-USA entering the 2004-05 season, with all players Under Huggins’ tutelage, Cincinnati dominated the first decade of C-USA, winning ranked ahead of him having played at least 25 more games…two-season career outright or tying for eight regular season titles and capturing four tournament scoring average of 20.7 points ranks third with his rebounding average (9.3) titles…UC compiled a 111-29 record for a .793 winning percentage through the eighth…has C-USA’s fourth best career FG percentage (.578)…consensus first first nine seasons, 18 more wins than its closest competitor…Cincinnati compiled a team All-American in 1996-97…finalist of the Naismith and Wooden 234-62 record (.791) record in all games during this period…UC was ranked in the Awards…two-time C-USA Player of the Year…MVP of the 1996 C-USA Top 25 for 124 of 165 weekly polls, earning Top 10 rankings 77 times and holding Tournament…closed his UC career as the school’s No. 2 scorer (currently No. 3). down the No. 1 spot 15 times…UC earned a No. 1 seed for the 2002 NCAA

Quentin Richardson, DePaul (1998-00) Tournament and was a No. 2 seed three times…Huggins ranks seventh nationally Conference USA Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year (1999), the first player among active coaches in winning percentage and is 11th in total victories. to accomplish that double feat in league history…All-Conference USA first team in both 1999 and 2000… Three-time league Player of the Week honoree…Two-time All- American mention… Member of the league’s All-Freshman team in 1999…Averaged 10.8 rebounds in C-USA games as a sophomore (fourth-best in league history) and 10.6 as a freshman (fifth-best)… Tied for second all-time in C-USA history for rebounding average (10.2 rpg)… Holds DePaul school record for 3pt. field goals in a season (73 in 1999-00) and is fifth in DePaul history for rebounding average.

BASKETBALL AND BEALE STREET 2005 ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS The 2005 Kelly Tires Conference USA Men’s Basketball First Team All-Conference USA Tournament was held March 9-12 at the FedExForum in Eddie Basden Senior Charlotte downtown Memphis. Located just a few steps from Beale Street, Travis Diener Senior Marquette this state-of-the-art arena served as an outstanding showcase Francisco Garcia Junior Louisville venue for this year’s tournament. This was the third time that the city of Memphis has played host to the C-USA Tournament, as Quemont Greer Senior DePaul Curtis Withers Junior Charlotte the event was played at the Pyramid in 1996 and 2000.

Second Team All-Conference USA CARDINALS WIN SECOND C-USA TITLE Rodney Carney Junior Memphis With no time left on the clock, Memphis freshman guard and C-USA Freshman of the Terrence Leather Senior USF Year Darius Washington Jr. went to the free throw line for three attempts with the Jason Maxiell Senior Cincinnati Tigers down by two. Washington sank his first shot, but missed the next two as top- Andre Owens Senior Houston seeded Louisville escaped with a 75-74 victory over No. 7 seed Memphis in the 2005 Donell Taylor Senior UAB Kelly Tires Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament championship game at the FedExForum. The Cardinals broke a championship game record with 15 three pointers Third Team All-Conference USA (15-for-23), which also tied the record for most three pointers in any C-USA Taquan Dean Junior Louisville Tournament game. Louisville junior Francisco Garcia was 5-for-8 from behind the arc Drake Diener Senior DePaul to tie a championship game record for three-pointers in a game and finished with a Eric Hicks Junior Cincinnati team-high 19 points. Freshman Juan Palacios registered a double-double with 14 Corey Santee Senior TCU points and 11 rebounds for the Cards. Washington led Memphis with 23 points, while Darius Washington Freshman Memphis Anthony Rice matched his career-high with 20 points. Louisville's Taquan Dean was named tournament MVP. Dean was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Garcia, Conference USA All-Freshman Team Washington, Rice and USF senior Terrence Leather. With the victory, the Cardinals Joey Dorsey, Memphis earned their second C-USA Tournament title and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tom Hammonds, East Carolina Tournament. Juan Palacios, Louisville Louisville became the first C-USA school other than Cincinnati to win the regular Taylor Rochestie, Tulane season and tournament titles in the same season. The Bearcats have accomplished Darius Washington, Memphis the feat four times: 1996, 1998, 2002 and 2004. Three of those tournaments were held in Cincinnati, and the 1996 tourney was in Memphis. Conference USA Player of the Year Eddie Basden, Charlotte

C-USA TOURNAMENT NOTES Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year An odd seeded team has won the C-USA Tournament all 10 years. This year’s Eddie Basden, Charlotte champion, the Louisville Cardinals, were the fourth No. 1 seed to win the title. It was Conference USA Freshman of the Year their third trip to the finals (winning in 2003, losing to Charlotte in 1999). Darius Washington, Memphis

The host team had won three straight C-USA Tournament titles until the Cardinals Conference USA Sixth Man of the Year ended the run with a 75-74 victory over host Memphis. Ronell Taylor, UAB

Memphis fell just short of becoming the fourth team in C-USA history to win four Ray Meyer Coach of the Year games in a row in the tournament. (Saint Louis 2000, Charlotte 1999 and Marquette Rick Pitino, Louisville 1997). It marked the first time Memphis had advanced to the C-USA Championship.

U of L senior Ellis Myles registered the first triple-double in C-USA Tournament history C-USA VERSUS THE NATION'S CONFERENCES with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in an 85-61 quarterfinal victory against Conference Rec. Conference Rec. TCU. DePaul sophomore Sammy Mejia was close the day before in the Blue Demons’ America East 1-0 Metro Atlantic Athletic 0-0 81-71 victory over Tulane. Mejia tallied 18 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds. Atlantic Coast 4-6 Missouri Valley 2-3 Atlantic 10 4-4 Mountain West 1-0 Louisville set a tournament championship record with 15 three-pointers in the win over Atlantic Sun 5-2 Northeast 1-0 Memphis. Junior Francisco Garcia hit five treys in the game to tie Marquette’s Travis Big East 2-4 Ohio Valley 7-2 Diener for the individual record. Big Sky 0-0 Pac-10 3-4 Big Ten 5-7 Patriot 1-0 USF senior Terrence Leather earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team after Big 12 5-6 Southeastern 7-8 leading his No. 11 seed Bulls to upsets over Houston (69-64) and No. 21 Cincinnati Big South 1-1 Southern 4-2 (80-68). Leather recorded three double-doubles in as many games and extended a Big West 1-0 Southland 12-1 string of eight in a row. He also tallied 39 rebounds for the tournament, breaking the previous record of 37 set by Louisville’s Luke Whitehead during the 2003 Tournament. Colonial 3-2 SWAC 9-1 Horizon League 2-1 Sun Belt 8-2 The Bulls opening round victory over Houston marked only the second time in Independents 5-1 Western Athletic 2-4 tournament history that the No. 11 seed won its first game. The last occurance was Ivy 1-1 West Coast 2-1 also in Memphis when the No. 11 Tigers defeated USF, 60-58, at The Pyramid in Mid-American 7-3 Non-Division I 11-0 2000. Mid-Continent 8-1 Total 131-67 (.662) Mid-Eastern Athletic 6-0 Charlotte junior Curtis Withers scored 32 points in an 83-69 loss to Memphis in the quarterfinals. That is the third-best individual offensive output in tournament history.

UAB senior Ronell Taylor, the C-USA Sixth Man of the Year, returned to the Blazer line-up after missing the final seven games of the regular season with a broken left foot.

C-USA PAIR ON FINAL BALLOT GARCIA NAMED TO NABC ALL-AMERICAN TEAM Senior guard Travis Diener of Marquette and Louisville junior guard Francisco Louisville junior Francisco Garcia was named to the National Association of Garcia were each named to the final ballot for the Naismith Trophy, which is Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-American Second Team. Garcia had earned selected based on individual performance and team records thus far during the District 7 First Team honors and was one of 10 Conference USA players 2004-05 season. recognized by the NABC.

The Top 30 Naismith Trophy midseason list was compiled by the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Board of Selectors, comprised of leading basketball journalists, coaches TEN PLAYERS EARN NABC ALL-DISTRICT HONORS and administrators from around the country. The board based its criteria on A record 10 Conference USA men’s basketball players were named to the 2005 player performances this season. The list was narrowed down from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District teams. The 150 preseason list of 50 candidates who were announced at the beginning of the student-athletes, from 15 districts, were eligible for the NABC’s Division I All- season. America Teams.

DISTRICT 6 SECOND TEAM BASDEN NAMED TO SI.COM ALL-AMERICA TEAM Donell Taylor Senior F UAB Charlotte senior swingman Eddie Basden, the Conference USA Player of the DISTRICT 7 FIRST TEAM Year, was named to SI.com’s All-America Third Team. Basden ranks among the Rodney Carney Junior F Memphis league leaders in four major categories: scoring (11th, 15.2 ppg), rebounding Taquan Dean Junior G Louisville (seventh, 8.4 rpg), assists (ninth, 3.71 apg) and steals (first, 3.25 spg). Basden Francisco Garcia Junior F Louisville was also selected the C-USA Defensive Player of the Year and earned a spot on DISTRICT 9 SECOND TEAM Andre Owens Senior F Houston the All-Conference USA first team. Corey Santee Senior G TCU Three other Conference USA players received Honorable Mention recognition DISTRICT 10 FIRST TEAM from SI.com. Basden’s teammate, junior Curtis Withers, as well as Louisville Jason Maxiell Senior F Cincinnati junior Francisco Garcia and DePaul senior Quemont Greer were each DISTRICT 10 SECOND TEAM Eric Hicks Junior F Cincinnati acknowledged in voting by SI.com’s college hoops staff. DISTRICT 11 SECOND TEAM Travis Diener Senior G Marquette BASDEN EARNS NATIONAL DEFENSIVE AWARD Quemont Greer Senior F DePaul A two-time Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year, Charlotte's Eddie Basden is also CollegeInsider.com’s top defender in the nation for the 2004-05 CALL SECURITY season. The 6-foot-5 senior holds the C-USA record for career steals with 264 Charlotte senior forward Eddie Basden tied the Conference USA career steals and his 93 thefts this season are the third most in league history. Basden also led record during the 49ers’ 91-90 win over No. 17 Cincinnati on Feb. 5. Four days the 49ers in rebounds with 8.4 rpg. Basden's 264 career steals are also a new later, he swiped the ball from a visiting Houston team five times for 236 career Charlotte record as are his 93 thefts this season. thefts to take sole possession of the record, previously held by Cedric Smith of USF from 1998-2001. The two-time Conference USA Defensive Player of the Basden, who finished fifth in the nation in steals per game, also holds a share of Year, Basden led the Niners and C-USA with 93 steals this season (his per game the 49ers single-game steals record, with seven in a game twice in his career. average ranks fifth nationally). He becomes the first player in Charlotte history to Basden was named the National Defensive Player of the Year by ESPN College record 60 or more steals in a single season three years in a row. He set the school Basketball Analyst Jay Bilas. record for career steals during the Feb. 12 overtime win against Saint Louis and ended his career with 264 thefts. MILLENNIUM CLUB As Conference USA celebrates its 10th anniversary this season, 68 C-USA FROSH PRODUCE players have gained membership to this exclusive 1,000-point club with a total of Memphis guard Darius Washington Jr. was named the C-USA Freshman of the 14 joining this season. Louisville senior Ellis Myles became the newest member Year, and earned a spot on the All-Conference USA third team. Here is the season during the first round of the NCAA Tournament on March 18. Teammate Taquan recap for those making their collegiate debuts this season: Dean, the 2005 C-USA Tournament MVP, joined the previous weekend by scoring 41 points in three games to lead the Cardinals to the C-USA Tournament Top Freshman Scorers crown. Myles and Dean join 15 other players who tout their membership card, led Name, School GMS FG 3FG FT PTS AVG. by TCU senior Corey Santee’s 1,811 points. Santee moved into fifth place on 1. Darius Washington, MEM 38 193 47 151 584 15.4 the conference’s all-time scoring chart. Marquette senior Travis Diener also 2. Taylor Rochestie, TUL 28 106 41 51 304 10.9 ended his career in the Top 10, ranked eighth overall. 3. Juan Palacios, LOU 38 137 25 70 369 9.7 4. Tom Hammonds, ECU 28 83 33 26 225 8.0 Player (School) Season Pts (Avg.) Career Pts (C-USA Rank) 5. Collin Dennis, USF 27 57 24 41 179 6.6 Corey Santee (TCU) 501 (14.3) 1,832 (5th) Top Freshman Rebounders Travis Diener (MAR) 454 (19.7) 1,691 (8th) Name, School GMS OFF DEF TOT AVG. Jason Maxiell (CIN) 506 (15.3) 1,566 (11th) 1. Juan Palacios, LOU 38 99 148 247 6.50 Francisco Garcia (LOU) 595 (15.7) 1,413 (16th) 2. Joey Dorsey, MEM 37 92 130 222 6.00 Andre Owens (HOU) 585 (18.3) 1,407 (17th) 3. David Gomez, TUL 27 33 84 117 4.33 Quemont Greer (DPU) 530 (18.3) 1,397 (18th) 4. Ryan Amoroso, MAR 30 44 68 112 3.73 Rodney Carney (MEM) 607 (16.0) 1,265 (27th) rd 5. Darius Washington, MEM 38 37 101 138 3.63 Curtis Withers (CHA) 495 (18.0) 1,226 (33 ) Drake Diener (DPU) 441 (14.5) 1,205 (38th) Top Freshman Assist Leaders Anthony Rice (MEM) 401 (10.6) 1,200 (39th) Name, School GMS ATS AVG. Terrence Leather (USF) 527 (17.9) 1,193 (41st) 1. Darius Washington, MEM 38 144 3.79 Larry O’Bannon (LOU) 576 (15.2) 1,138 (48th) 2. Taylor Rochestie, TUL 28 103 3.68 Taquan Dean (LOU) 533 (14.4) 1,118 (54th) 3. , DPU 31 104 3.35 Demario Eddins (UAB) 412 (12.5) 1,084 (58th) 4. Dwayne Polk, SLU 30 78 2.60 Eddie Basden (CHA) 442 (15.2) 1,066 (61st) 5. Danny Brown, SLU 30 35 1.67 Ellis Myles (LOU) 383 (10.4) 1,045 (63rd) Steve Novak (MAR) 416 (13.8) 1,023 (67th)

DOUBLE DUTY LENDING A HAND OR TWO USF senior Terrence Leather became the eighth player in C-USA history to Here are the Conference USA players that posted double-figure assists during a finish among the Top 5 in scoring and rebounding during a single season. game this season: Leather has led the Bulls in both categories two seasons in a row. He averaged Player Date Opp. Assists 18.2 points per game and 9.6 rebounds (which ranks third and second, Cliff Clinkscales, DPU 12/18/04 Illinois- 13 respectively, in the conference). The last player to finish in the Top 5 in both Marcus Kinzer, TUL 12/6/04 Northwestern State 13 categories was former Cincinnati standout and 2000 AP National Player of the Travis Diener, MAR 1/8/05 Tulane 12 Year Kenyon Martin. Cliff Clinkscales, DPU 12/6/04 IUPUI 12

Mike Cook, ECU 11/28/04 Belmont-Abbey 12 LUTZ FINALIST FOR COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD Solomon Brown, USM 11/27/04 McNeese State 12 Charlotte head coach Bobby Lutz was among 10 finalists for the Jim Phelan Travis Diener, MAR 2/17/05 Louisville 11 National Coach of the Year Award, announced on Monday, Feb. 28. The 2005 Taylor Rochestie, TUL 2/9/05 Southern Miss 11 recipient was Kentucky head coach . Brian Swift, USF 2/5/05 Tulane 11 Travis Diener, MAR 1/2/05 IPFW 11 The Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award, in conjunction with Ellis Myles, LOU 3/10/05 TCU 10 CollegeInsider.com, is voted on by a 21-member panel, which is chaired by the Sammy Mejia, DPU 3/9/05 Tulane 10 former Mount St. Mary's head coach. The voting panel is made up of current and Ellis Myles, LOU 3/3/05 Charlotte 10 retired head coaches, athletic administrators and distinguished members of the Japhet McNeil, USM 2/26/05 Houston 10 media. CollegeInsider.com renamed its National Coach of the Year Award to Dante Stiggers, USM 2/19/05 Memphis 10 honor Coach Phelan. Mercer's was the first recipient of the award Brian Swift, USF 1/15/05 Marquette 10 in 2003 and St. Joseph's was honored in 2004. Previous recipients Marcus Kinzer, TUL 12/31/04 VMI 10 include Rod Barnes (Mississippi), (Mississippi), Bob Huggins Chadd Moore, CIN 12/22/04 La Salle 10 (Cincinnati), Greg Kampe (Oakland), (Duke) and Bo Ryan Lanny Smith, HOU 12/18/04 Southeastern Louisiana 10 Travis Diener, MAR 11/20/04 Kent State 10 (Wisconsin). Corey Santee, TCU 11/19/04 Texas-Arlington 10

HUNT REINJURES LEFT KNEE HITTING THE BOARDS For the second time in as many years, Memphis junior Jeremy Hunt has Conference USA teams notched 50-plus rebounds in 15 contests this season: suffered a torn ACL in his left knee. He suffered the first injury in February 2004. Opp. Surgery was scheduled following the Tigers’ NIT trip to New York. The 6-foot-4 Date Team Opponent Rebs-Rebs Score guard sustained the injury at the 8:01 mark of the first half of the March 23 NIT 1/19 Louisville East Carolina 60-41 W, 92-41 quarterfinal game against Vanderbilt, when he drove to the basket and was 11/11 Memphis Savannah State 58-36 W, 102-40 fouled. Hunt left the game at that point, and teammate Darius Washington Jr. 12/14 Louisville North Carolina A&T 58-40 W, 85-51 shot the two free throws. 11/24 Cincinnati Northern Iowa 55-45 W, 76-70 (2ot)

Hunt, a Memphis, Tenn., native, played in 26 games, starting the last seven. In 11/19 TCU Texas-Arlington 55-40 W, 90-61 1/3 East Carolina St. Andrews 54-31 W, 88-40 the postseason (Tigers are 6-1), Hunt averaged 13.7 points and 4.3 rebounds. 12/18 Tulane Alabama State 54-32 W, 71-59 He shot 45.5 percent from the field and had 18 assists and 18 steals in those 11/21 TCU Shawnee State 53-23 W, 74-60 seven starts. Hunt scored a career-high 24 points versus Northeastern in the NIT 3/5 Cincinnati Memphis 53-37 W, 62-60 first round and had a career-best seven steals against USF in the Conference 12/29 Charlotte Central Conn. St. 52-29 W, 66-52 USA Tournament semifinals. For the season, Hunt averaged 9.5 points and 3.5 1/19 Cincinnati Charlotte 52-33 W, 80-58 rebounds. He had 70 assists and 39 steals. Earlier this year, he missed eight 1/19 TCU Houston 51-31 W, 58-51 games from Dec. 7 through Jan. 9 with a broken bone in his left wrist. He missed 3/2 TCU USF 51-33 W, 70-53 the Nov. 26 game against Maryland with a chest bruise. 3/11 Louisville UAB 50-30 W, 74-67 12/21 Tulane North Carolina A&T 50-28 W, 73-54 A GRAND COUGAR 12/18 Tulane Savannah State 50-31 W, 74-55 With a 66-53 victory against Memphis at Hofheinz Pavilion on Feb. 5, the 1/29 Louisville Tulane 50-35 W, 105-69 th 12/18 Memphis Austin Peay 50-38 W, 71-66 Houston Cougars achieved the 1,000 win in program history. The Cougars have now compiled a 1,004-678 record in the storied history of the program. Head Coach Tom Penders presented the game ball to former UH mentor Guy V. HOME COOKIN’ Lewis, who led the Cougars to 592 of those wins during his 30-year tenure. Lewis Conference USA teams were 158-63 at home this season for a composite .715 led Houston to 17 postseason appearances, including five NCAA Final Four home-court winning percentage. Here’s a look at this season’s home records:

th participants. Southern Miss and TCU posted their 1,000 program wins last Team Venue Record Pct. Streak season. DePaul and Memphis have amassed more than 1,200 victories, Charlotte Halton Arena 12-2 .857 W 10 Marquette reached the 1,300-win milestone last season and Cincinnati is just one Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena 15-2 .882 W 6 victory shy of 1,500. DePaul Allstate Arena 14-3 .875 L 2 East Carolina Williams Arena 6-7 .462 L 1 CLOSE CALLS at Minges Coliseum Here is a look at how Conference USA teams have fared in games decided by Houston Hofheinz Pavilion 12-2 .923 W 4 six points or less: Louisville Freedom Hall 15-2 .882 W 3 Marquette Bradley Center 15-6 .714 L 1 Memphis FedExForum 16-7 .696 W 3 Charlotte: 8-3 Memphis: 4-5 Saint Louis Savvis Center 5-10 .333 W 1 Cincinnati: 4-3 Saint Louis: 1-10 Southern Miss Reed Green Coliseum 7-6 .538 W 1 DePaul: 5-6 Southern Miss: 4-4 TCU Daniel-Meyer Coliseum 14-3 .824 W 1 East Carolina: 5-9 TCU: 6-4 Tulane Fogelman Arena 8-4 .667 W 1 Houston: 4-4 Tulane: 4-3 New Orleans Arena 0-1 .000 L 2 Louisville: 7-3 UAB: 8-6 UAB Bartow Arena 11-3 .786 W 2 Marquette: 6-4 USF: 2-5 USF USF Sun Dome 8-5 .615 W 2 TOTAL 158-63 .715

A COACHES LEAGUE STOKES NAMED ECU MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH With the additions of Larry Eustachy (Southern Miss) and Tom Penders Ricky Stokes was appointed head men's basketball coach at East Carolina University (Houston) to the Conference USA coaching ranks, the league now boasts some by director of athletics Terry Holland on March 16. Stokes, who has played an active of the best and brightest basketball minds in the nation. C-USA’s 14 head role on coaching staffs which have made nine NCAA Tournament appearances since coaches had combined for a 3,052-1,681 (.645) ledger entering the season. That 1991, including two Sweet Sixteen and one Elite Eight showings, officially ended a two- record includes 59 NCAA Tournament appearances, six Final Fours and 27 NIT year assistant coaching position on the 2005 NIT Champion South Carolina staff. appearances. John Calipari of Memphis led the Tigers to consecutive NIT Final A 13-time NCAA Tournament veteran and two-time Final Four contributor as both a Four appearances, with UM winning the 2002 NIT crown. Calipari just recorded player and assistant coach, Stokes also arrives at ECU with four years of head coaching his 300th career win on Feb. 9, a milestone Charlotte mentor Bobby Lutz experience -- directing Virginia Tech's growth and competitiveness from the Atlantic 10 reached earlier this season. Louisville’s Rick Pitino led Kentucky to the 1996 Conference (1999-2000) to the (2000-2003) while guiding the NCAA crown and has 400-plus career wins. Nine coaches have at least 100 Hokies to 46 victories. career wins and seven have reached at least 200 coaching victories Cincinnati’s After completing an illustrious playing career at Virginia, which included three Bob Huggins and Penders have each topped the 500-win plateau. consecutive ACC championships and four straight NCAA Tournament appearances,

Stokes initiated his full-time coaching career with a one-year stay at Bowling Green COACHES RECORDS: (1988-89) before joining 's first staff at Wake Forest in 1989. During his eight Coach (School) School Career seasons in Winston-Salem, Stokes was credited with recruiting and/or coaching Bobby Lutz (CHA) 135-83 316-174 notables such as 1997 College Player-of-the-Year and NBA first-round Bob Huggins (CIN) 399-127 567-199 picks Randolph Childress and Rodney Rogers. Stokes' expertise in tutoring and Dave Leitao (DPU) 58-34 80-69 developing stellar guard play was evident in the success of All-America honoree Bill Herrion (ECU) 70-98 237-169 Childress and fellow backcourt mates Marc Blucas, Derrick McQueen, Anthony Tucker, Tom Penders (HOU) 18-14 545-375 Rusty LaRue, Tony Rutland and Jerry Braswell. During Stokes' eight-year stay at Wake Rick Pitino (LOU) 97-35 449-159 Forest, the Demon Deacons advanced to the NCAA Tournament seven times, which (MAR) 121-64 121-64 included an Elite Eight appearance in 1995-96 and a pair of Sweet Sixteen nods in John Calipari (MEM) 115-55 308-125 1992-93 and 1994-95.

Brad Soderberg (SLU) 44-48 175-121 Stokes returned to his alma mater, accepting an assistant's position at Virginia under Larry Eustachy (USM) 11-17 271-162 former college teammate Jeff Jones during the 1997-98 campaign before joining Rick Neil Dougherty (TCU) 42-50 42-50 Barnes' staff at Clemson just two weeks before Barnes' accepted the head coaching Shawn Finney (TUL) 60-86 60-86 position at Texas. He followed Barnes to Austin, where he spent the 1998-99 season as Mike Anderson (UAB) 65-34 65-34 associate head coach and played an integral role in helping the Longhorns to a 19-13 Robert McCullum (USF) 21-36 65-81 overall record, a 13-3 mark, which included the school's first-ever

basketball league title, and a NCAA first-round showing. SEVEN C-USA TEAMS AMONG TOP 100 PROGRAMS Stokes, 42, will become East Carolina's 21st head men's basketball coach in the Seven Conference USA men’s basketball teams were listed among the Top 100 in school's all-time history and directly succeed Bill Herrion, who recorded a 70-98 record Street & Smith’s Greatest College Basketball Programs of All Time. Louisville topped in six years guiding the Pirates' program and a 17-45 (.274) Conference USA regular- the C-USA honorees, coming in at No. 7 overall. The Cardinals success really began season record. in 1944 and continued when Denny Crum arrived in Louisville and guided the Cards to a 1980 and 1986 NCAA National Championship title. Current head coach Rick Pitino, who was also instrumental in the history of the No. 1 Kentucky program, has led this FINNEY WILL NOT RETURN AT TULANE year’s U of L team to a 20-4 start. Cincinnati rounds out the Top 10 programs of all- Dave Dickerson, a 15-year coaching veteran who has spent the last nine seasons on time. The Bearcats won 1961 and 1962 National Championships and head coach Bob the coaching staff at Maryland, was introduced April 1 as the new head men's basketball Huggins took them to the 1992 NCAA Final Four. Since joining C-USA in 1995, UC coach at Tulane University. He becomes the 22nd head coach in the 95-year history of has won a share of eight regular season championships and four conference the Green Wave program.

tournament titles. Dickerson has been on the staff of Gary Williams at Maryland, his alma mater, for the past nine years, including last season when he served as senior associate head coach. Marquette, a 2003 NCAA Final Four participant, comes in at No. 33 on list. That 2003 During his time in College Park, the Terrapins made nine straight post-season squad was led by All-American and C-USA Player of the Year Dwyane Wade. Current appearances, claiming the 2002 NCAA National Championship and advancing to the head coach Tom Crean has built on the success of the legendary Al McGuire, who led semifinals of this year's National Invitation Tournament. In 15 years as an assistant the Golden Eagles to a 1970 NIT Championship and a 1977 NCAA Championship. coach at four schools, his teams never had a losing season while making 10 post- The first nationally-televised college basketball game featured UCLA and Houston, season appearances. Dickerson was recognized as an AFLAC Assistant Coach of the which ranks No. 37 on Street & Smith’s chart. These two teams were ranked one and Year in 2003, was named the ACC's No. 1 Assistant Coach by Basketball News in two, respectively, at the time of the Jan. 20, 1968 tilt. DePaul earned the No. 57 spot, 2003-04 and selected the No. 4 assistant coach in the nation by Athlon for 2003-04. making 21 postseason appearances under former head coach Ray Meyer. Current ESPN's Andy Katz tabbed him an "Assistant Coach on the Rise" a year ago. Maryland mentor Dave Leitao took a share of the 2004 C-USA regular season title and led the compiled a 212-88 (.707) record during his nine seasons there and five of the Terrapins' Blue Demons back to NCAA Tournament and their first Round of 32 appearance since recruiting classes have been ranked among the nation's best during that time. He 1989. Memphis comes in at No. 61 with head coach John Calipari delivering a 2002 recruited All-America guard and current NBA all-star, Steve Francis; in addition, NIT Championship. The Tigers have made four postseason appearances under Dickerson recruits and Maryland players Chris Wilcox, , and Calipari in as many years, and two trips to the NCAA Final Four as the 1973 runner-up Lonny Baxter were all selected in the first two rounds of the NBA Draft. and in 1985. Charlotte slots in at No. 88 as one of the youngest programs on the list, entering NCAA Division I competition in 1970. The 49ers earned a trip to the NIT finals Prior to returning to his alma mater in 1996, Dickerson spent four seasons as an in 1976 and the NCAA Final Four in 1977. assistant coach at Radford University under head coach Dr. Ron Bradley where the Highlanders advanced to the Big South Tournament semifinals each season and UTEP, Tulsa and SMU, three programs joining Conference USA next season, also claimed the biggest win in school history, a 73-72 win over LSU, on Dec. 30, 1993. He made the list. UTEP, formerly known as Texas Western, ranked No. 49. The Miners was an assistant coach for basketball coaching legend at James Madison won the 1966 NCAA Championship under legendary coach . Tulsa came University in 1991-92 when the team was selected to play in the NIT, and began his in at No. 59, entering this season with 16 years of 20-plus wins, 14 NCAA berths, eight coaching career the previous season at Gardner Webb College. NIT appearances and 1,154 victories. SMU earned a spot at No. 71, with eight Southwest Conference championships under E.O. “Doc” Hayes. Dickerson, 38, replaces Shawn Finney who compiled a 60-86 record in five seasons as head coach from 2000-2005, including a 10-18 mark in 2004-05. He will begin his duties at Tulane immediately.

CINCINNATI DOUBLE TROUBLE Devan Downey G 5-10 165 Chester, S.C./Chester Throughout the season, this list will track the double-double performances Tyree Evans G 6-3 185 Richmond, Va./George Wythe compiled by Conference USA players. Abdul Herrera C 6-10 250 Miami, Fla./South Miami Senior Player (Team) This Season Career Cedric McGowan F 6-7 225 Miami, Fla./Kilgore (Texas) College

Terrence Leather (USF) 13 22 DE PAUL Ellis Myles (LOU) 12 20 F 6-7 185 Benton Harbor, Mich./Benton Harbor Corey Rouse (ECU) 11 11 Jabari Curry G 6-4 195 Detroit, Mich./Pershing Eric Hicks (CIN) 10 13 Rashad Woods G 6-5 215 Westbury, Texas/Westbury Curtis Withers (CHA) 9 28 Jason Maxiell (CIN) 8 22 EAST CAROLINA Moussa Badiane (ECU) 8 12 Dwight Burke F 6-8 235 Newark, N.J./St. Benedict’s School Quemont Greer (DPU) 7 14 HOUSTON Eddie Basden (CHA) 7 8 Emmanuel Adeife C 6-9½ 215 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Dillard Quincy Davis (TUL) 6 9 Carlton Spencer G 6-3 Santa Clarita, Calif./ Juan Palacios (LOU) 6 6 College of the Canyons Sean Banks (MEM) 4 8 Jasper Johnson (USM) 4 6 LOUISVILLE Travis Diener (MAR) 3 9 Bryan Harvey G 6-5 210 Compton, Calif./Dominguez Marcus Kinzer (TUL) 3 4 Clarence Holloway C 7-0 210 Chicago, Ill./Harlan Marlyn Bryant (USF) 3 3 Jonathan Huffman F 7-0 215 Birmingham, Ala./ Joey Dorsey (MEM) 3 3 Central Park Christian Duane Erwin (MEM) 3 3 F 6-9 215 Los Angeles, Calif./Westchester Marques Lewis (UAB) 3 3 Andre McGee G 5-10 190 Moreno Valley, Calif./Canyon Springs Izik Ohanon (SLU) 3 3 Chad Millard F 6-8 210 Goffstown, N.H./Brewster Academy Rodney Carney (MEM) 2 6 Terrence Williams F 6-5 225 Seattle, Wash./Ranier Beach Chudi Chinweze (TCU) 2 6 MARQUETTE Demario Eddins (UAB) 2 4 Dominic James G 5-10 180 Richmond, Ind./Richmond Sammy Meija (DPU) 2 4 Wesley Matthews F/G 6-5 205 Madison, Wis./Memorial Martin Iti (CHA) 2 3 Jerel McNeal F/G 6-3 190 Country Club Hills, Ill./Hillcrest James White (CIN) 2 3 Matt Mortensen F 6-5 185 Provo, Utah/Timpview Roy Bright (CIN) 2 2 Marlon Brumfield (DPU) 2 2 MEMPHIS Ramon Dyer (HOU) 2 2 Antonio Anderson 6-5 190 Lynn, Mass./Maine Central Institute/ Femi Ibikunle (TCU) 2 2 Laurinburg (N.C.) Prep Dameon Mason (MAR) 2 2 Kareem Cooper 6-11 280 Wheaton, Md./Laurinburg (N.C.) Prep Vytas Tatarunas (TUL) 2 2 Chris Douglas-Roberts 6-5 180 Detroit, Mich./Cass Tech Otis George (LOU) 1 2 Robert Dozier 6-8 190 Lithonia, Ga./Lithonia H.S./ Ryan Amoroso (MAR) 1 1 Laurinburg (N.C.) Prep Mike Cook (ECU) 1 1 Ricky Sanchez 6-11 205 Guayama, P.R./IMG (Fla.) Academy Taquan Dean (LOU) 1 1 6-9 205 Memphis, Tenn./Hamilton High School/ David Gomez (TUL) 1 1 Laurinburg (N.C.) Prep David Haywood (USM) 1 1 SAINT LOUIS Marcus Jackson (MAR) 1 1 Tommie Liddell G/F 6-5 - East St. Louis, Ill./ Chadd Moore (CIN) 1 1 Hargrave Military Academy Nile Murry (TCU) 1 1 Kevin Lisch G 6-2 - Belleville, Ill./Althoff Larry O’Bannon (LOU) 1 1 Andre Owens (HOU) 1 1 SOUTHERN MISS Taylor Rochestie (TUL) 1 1 Craig Craft G 6-3 - Raleigh, Miss./Raleigh Donnie Stith (TUL) 1 1 Brian Swift (USF) 1 1 TCU Francisco Garcia (LOU) - 1 Dallas Hunter G/F 6-5 200 Plano, Texas/Plano East Jeremy Hunt (MEM) - 1 Aliou Kane F/C 6-10 245 Blue Ridge, Va./ Cardell Johnson (UAB) - 1 Collin County (Texas) CC Clarence Masters G/F 6-5 200 Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill Allen Taylor F/C 6-9 270 Irmo, S.C./Irmo 2004 FALL SIGNEES To date, a total of 43 men’s basketball players have committed to become TULANE student-athletes at current Conference USA schools during the 2005-06 season: Daniel Puckett F 6-7 190 McEwen, Tenn./McEwen Ryan Williams G 6-2 180 Jonesboro, Ark./Jonesboro CHARLOTTE Antwon Coleman F 6-7 285 Great Falls, S.C./ UAB Wabash Valley (Ill.) College Lawrence Kinnard F 6-6 186 Memphis, Tenn./Raleigh-Egypt Jerell Jamison F 6-5 195 Cayce, S.C./Wabash Valley (Ill.) College USF Mitch Mullis F 6-7 230 Thomasville, N.C./Laurinburg Institute Zaronn Cann F 6-6 240 Brandon, Fla./Brandon Chris Howard G 6-2 - Fort Washington, Md./Friendly McHugh Mattis G/F 6-6 185 North Lauderdale, FL/ St. Petersburg JC

Team NCAA STATISTICS Scoring Offense Here is a look at where Conference USA players and teams ranked among the final School GMS W-L PTS PPG national statistical leaders as compiled by the NCAA through games of Monday, April 7. Louisville 38 33-5 3,066 80.7 4, 2005. 17. Charlotte 29 21-8 2,257 77.8 18. UAB 33 22-11 2,557 77.5 Individual 33. Cincinnati 33 25-8 2,505 75.9 Field Goal Percentage (Min. 5 FGM per game) Name, School GMS FGM FGA FG% Scoring Defense 10. Quincy Davis, TUL 28 153 250 61.2 School GMS W-L OPP. PTS OPP. PPG 16. Saint Louis 30 9-21 1824 60.8 Three-Point Field Goals Per Game Name, School GMS 3FGM 3PG Scoring Margin 1. Brendan Plavich, CHA 29 114 3.9 School GMS W-L PTS PPG OPP. PTS OPP.PPG SM 10. Taquan Dean, LOU 37 122 3.3 2. Louisville 38 33-5 3066 80.7 2436 64.1 16.6 14. Andre Owens, HOU 32 100 3.1 11. Cincinnati 33 25-8 2505 75.9 2130 64.5 11.4 33. Steve Novak, MAR 31 89 2.9 49. Drake Diener, DPU 31 85 2.7 Field-Goal Percentage School GMS W-L OPP. FG OPP. FGA OPP. FG% Three-Point Field Goal Percentage (Min. 2.5 3FGM per game) 37. Louisville 38 33-5 1011 2165 46.7 Name, School GMS 3FGM 3FGA 3FG% 5. Drake Diener, DPU 31 85 184 46.2 Field-Goal Percentage Defense 6. Steve Novak, MAR 31 89 193 46.1 School GMS W-L OPP. FG OPP. FGA OPP. FG% 9. Taquan Dean, LOU 37 122 273 44.7 2 Cincinnati 33 25-7 749 2008 37.3 40. Lanny Smith, HOU 32 80 199 40.2 4. Memphis 38 22-16 827 2155 38.4 8. Louisville 38 33-5 823 2116 38.9 Free-Throw Percentage (Min. 2.5 FTM per game) 24. Saint Louis 30 9-21 650 1623 40.0 Name, School GMS FTM FTA FG% 46. Marquette 31 19-12 691 1691 40.9 16. Francisco Garcia, LOU 37 150 171 87.7 25. Brian Swift, USF 30 80 93 86.0 Three-Point Field Goals Per Game 39. Larry O’Bannon, LOU 38 133 157 84.7 School GMS W-L 3FGM 3PG 3. Louisville 38 33-5 361 9.5 Rebounds Per Game 14. Houston 32 18-14 279 8.7 Name, School GMS REBS RPG 28. TCU 35 21-15 284 8.1 12. Corey Rouse, ECU 28 285 10.2 33. Charlotte 29 21-8 232 8.0 18. Terrence Leather, USF 29 277 9.6 44. Marquette 31 19-12 241 7.8 26. Ellis Myles, LOU 37 341 9.2 32. Eric Hicks, CIN 32 287 9.0 Three-Point Field Goal Percentage School GMS W-L 3FGM 3FGA 3FG% Assists Per Game 10. Louisville 38 33-5 361 906 39.8 Name, School GMS ASTS APG 31. Brian Swift, USF 30 161 5.4 Free-Throw Percentage School GMS W-L FTM FTA FT% Blocked Shots Per Game 39. Southern Miss 28 11-17 443 606 73.1 Name, School GMS BLKS RPG 14t. Moussa Badiane, ECU 27 75 2.8 Rebounding Margin 17. Jason Maxiell, CIN 33 90 2.7 School GMS W-L REB RPG OPP. REB OPP. RPG RM 33. Eric Hicks, CIN 32 72 2.3 18. Louisville 38 33-5 1475 38.8 1253 33.0 5.8 37. Solomon Jones, USF 30 64 2.1 19. Marquette 31 19-12 1144 36.9 963 31.1 5.8

Steals Per Game 37. DePaul 31 20-11 1131 36.5 980 31.6 4.9 Name, School GMS STLS RPG 44. Cincinnati 33 25-8 1355 41.1 1207 36.6 4.5 5. Eddie Basden, CHA 29 93 3.2 18. Brian Latham, HOU 32 84 2.6 Assists Per Game 40. Carldell Johnson, UAB 33 73 2.2 School GMS W-L ASTS APG 43. UAB 33 22-11 516 15.6 Team 47. Louisville 38 33-5 590 15.5 Won-Lost Percentage School W-L PCT. Blocked Shots Per Game 4. Louisville 33-5 .868 School GMS W-L BLKS BPG 26t. Cincinnati 25-8 .758 2. Cincinnati 33 25-8 225 6.8 39. Charlotte 21-8 .724 13. Memphis 38 22-16 205 5.4

Steals Per Game School GMS W-L STLS SPG 1. UAB 33 22-11 382 11.6 4. Houston 32 18-14 331 10.3 47. Charlotte 29 21-8 252 8.7 50. Louisville 38 33-5 327 8.6

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK SHOWING SENIOR C.L.A.S.S. C-USA WEBSITES Conference USA will name Players of the Week each Marquette point guard Travis Diener was selected Here are the official websites for each Conference Monday during the season. Players of the Week are to the fourth annual Bayer Advantage® Senior USA school: voted on by a media panel with one representative in CLASS First Team. The Senior CLASS Award - an each league city. acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement Charlotte www.charlotte49ers.com

Conference USA Players of the Week for Staying in School - was launched during the Cincinnati www.ucbearcats.com N22 Travis Diener, Marquette 2001-02 college basketball season. It is designed to DePaul www.depaulbluedemons.com N29 Taquan Dean, Louisville honor the attributes of seniors who remain East Carolina www.ecupirates.com D6 Quemont Greer, DePaul committed to their university and elect to pursue the Houston www.uhcougars.com D13 Francisco Garcia, Louisville many rewards that a senior season can bring. Louisville www.uoflsports.com Quemont Greer, DePaul Diener joined Wayne Simien of Kansas, Vermont’s Marquette www.gomarquette.com D20 Quemont Greer, DePaul Taylor Coppenrath, Syracuse’s Hakim Warrick and Memphis www.gotigersgo.com Jasper Johnson, Southern Miss of Oklahoma State on the First Team. Saint Louis www.slubillikens.com D27 Donell Taylor, UAB Southern Miss www.southernmiss.com J3 Francisco Garcia, Louisville TCU www.gofrogs.com J10 Armein Kirkland, Cincinnati FLAGSHIP RADIO STATIONS Below is the flagship radio station for each C-USA Tulane www.tulanegreenwave.com J17 Taquan Dean, Louisville UAB www.uabsports.com J24 Sammy Mejia, DePaul men’s basketball school: USF www.gousfbulls.com J31 Moussa Badiane, East Carolina Charlotte WFNZ-AM 610 Larry O’Bannon, Louisville Cincinnati WLW-AM 700 F7 Eddie Basden, Charlotte DePaul WSCR-AM 670 F14 Curtis Withers, Charlotte East Carolina WGHP-AM 1250 F21 Eddie Basden, Charlotte E-MAIL DISTRIBUTION Houston KBME-AM 790 F28 Eddie Basden, Charlotte Media may contact the Conference USA office by M7 Larry O’Bannon, Louisville Louisville WHAS-AM 840 phone (214-774-1300) or e-mail to be included on Marquette WISN-AM 1130 the league’s e-mail lists for releases and Memphis WMC-AM 790 information. Please contact Courtney Morrison- LOOKING AHEAD TO 2005-06 Saint Louis KMOX-AM 1120 Archer in the conference office (cmarcher@c- The 2005-06 season will see the introduction of six Southern Miss WXRR-FM 104.5 usa.org) with requests or questions. new programs to Conference USA. Marshall TCU KESN-FM 103.3 University, Rice University, Southern Methodist Tulane WTIX-AM 690 University (SMU), the University of Central Florida C-USA ON THE INTERNET (UCF), the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and UAB WYDE-FM 101.1 USF WTBN-AM 570/910 For the latest Conference USA news, check out the University of Tulsa and will all begin competition in C-USA beginning with the 2005-06 season. These the league's official web site: six schools will join current members East Carolina C-USA SID CONTACTS www.conferenceusa.com. University, University of Houston, University of Here are the phone numbers and email addresses Memphis, Southern Mississippi University, Tulane for each Conference USA school: University and University of Alabama at Birmingham Charlotte Tom Whitestone (UAB). The teams will play a 14-game conference schedule with a single round robin and three mirror 704/687-6310 [email protected] games. UCF and UTEP both won their respective Cincinnati Brian Teter conference tournaments this season and advanced to 513/556-5191 [email protected] the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive DePaul Scott Reed season. Rice also earned a trip to the postseason with 773/325-7525 [email protected] an invite to the NIT. East Carolina Jody Jones

252/328-4522 [email protected] Houston Rick Poulter PRESS ROW NUMBERS 713/743-9404 [email protected] Here are the press row numbers for each Conference Louisville Kenny Klein USA school: 502/852-6581 [email protected] Marquette Mike Broeker Charlotte 704/687-6310 414/288-5287 [email protected] Cincinnati 513/556-3800 Memphis Lamar Chance DePaul 847/296-6999 East Carolina 252/328-0135 901/678-2349 [email protected] Houston 713/743-9477 Saint Louis Doug McIlhagga Louisville 502/852-5567 314/977-3462 [email protected] Marquette 414/227-0580 Southern Miss Mike Martinez Memphis 901/205-2758 601/266-6240 [email protected] Saint Louis 314/589-5832 TCU Drew Harris Southern Miss 601/266-5428 817/257-5378 [email protected] TCU 817/257-7337 Tulane John Sudsbury Tulane 504/862-8122 504/314-7271 [email protected] UAB 205/934-0722 UAB Jason Falls USF 813/974-3287 205/934-0722 [email protected] USF Paul Dodson 813/974-4029 [email protected]

CHARLOTTE (21-8, 12-4 C-USA) DE PAUL (20-11, 10-6 C-USA) Time/ Opp Time/ Opp Date Opponent Result FG% FG% Rebs Date Opponent Result FG% FG% Rebs N19 LONG BEACH STATE W, 93-64 .534 .314 43-43 N20 BOWLING GREEN STATE W, 69-59 .444 .442 35-27 N22 RUTGERS L, 71-73 .473 .473 36-34 N23 EASTERN ILLINOIS W, 53-51 .478 .370 31-30 N27 at Valparaiso W, 85-71 .526 .424 32-34 N27 NORTHERN ILLINOIS L, 69-84 .415 .556 29-36 D1 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE W, 84-68 .500 .455 36-29 D1 DAYTON W, 70-59 .522 .396 36-28 D4 (22) ALABAMA L, 101-102 (3OT) .466 .488 41-48 D4 at Bradley L, 53-63 .290 .469 37-40 D8 at Davidson W, 87-68 .516 .418 39-27 D6 IUPUI W, 88-67 .603 .379 39-13 D11 GEORGIA STATE W, 80-65 .369 .410 49-37 D11 at Notre Dame (ESPN2) W, 84-73 .596 .482 30-25 D19 UNC-ASHEVILLE W, 64-52 .446 .328 42-34 D15 at Northwestern (ESPN2) L, 52-56 .442 .426 33-26 D22 at Indiana (ESPN Plus) W, 74-73 .394 .450 39-39 D18 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO W, 80-62 .542 .417 37-34 D28 vs. Yale (1) W, 80-74 .456 .492 39-36 D30 RHODE ISLAND W, 60-51 .375 .388 41-32 D29 vs. Central Connecticut St. (1) W, 66-52 .393 .351 52-29 J2 OLD DOMINION W, 73-60 .450 .385 45-30 J8 EAST CAROLINA W, 72-60 .406 .458 40-36 J6 at (20) Cincinnati (ESPN2) L, 54-83 .303 .508 35-47 J12 at UAB W, 91-85 .508 .438 44-32 J8 HOUSTON W, 68-57 .439 .322 41-31 J15 SAINT LOUIS W, 65-59 .344 .432 26-34 J15 at Tulane (ESPN Plus) W, 81-63 .493 .379 40-36 J19 at (18) Cincinnati (ESPN2) L, 80-58 .295 .444 33-52 J20 (25) MARQUETTE (ESPN2) W, 85-72 .446 .481 37-34 J22 at (25) Marquette (ESPN Plus) W, 76-66 .450 .474 41-28 J22 EAST CAROLINA W, 77-56 .491 .352 36-34 J26 TCU (ESPN Classic) W, 94-87 .554 .523 29-29 J27 at Memphis (ESPN2) L, 55-68 .393 .478 26-34 J29 at East Carolina (ESPN Plus) L, 51-54 .321 .382 37-45 J29 at Southern Miss W, 70-48 .531 .277 37-18 F5 (17) CINCINNATI (ESPN) W, 91-90 .415 .485 43-34 F1 TCU W, 64-62 .396 .404 42-32 F9 HOUSTON W, 91-71 .592 .456 30-29 F6 at Saint Louis W, 56-53 .393 .465 30-20 F12 at Saint Louis W, 83-78 (OT) .393 .453 42-37 F12 (20) CINCINNATI (ABC) W, 85-66 .469 .510 39-28 F16 DE PAUL W, 66-62 .358 .379 39-37 F16 at (23) Charlotte L, 62-66 .379 .358 37-39 F19 at Tulane W, 86-67 .424 .421 42-37 F20 at Marquette (ABC) L, 57-67 .386 .513 30-31 F23 MEMPHIS W, 80-77 .455 .475 30-37 F22 USF W, 76-69 .390 .441 43-32 F26 SOUTHERN MISS W, 81-58 .484 .371 38-42 F26 SAINT LOUIS (ESPN Plus) W, 53-49 .434 .340 40-26 M3 at (9) Louisville (ESPN2) L, 82-94 .364 .571 37-37 M2 at UAB (CSS) L, 80-81 (OT) .473 .520 33-24 M5 at USF L, 73-85 .407 .424 36-44 M5 (9) LOUISVILLE L, 62-66 .431 .438 32-30 M10 vs. Memphis (ESPN Plus) (29) L, 69-83 .348 .443 33-45 M9 vs. Tulane (ESPN2) (29) W, 81-71 .517 .490 32-29 M18 vs. North Carolina St. (CBS) (30) L, 63-75 .397 .441 36-33 M10 vs. UAB (ESPN Plus) (29) L, 56-59 .352 .383 37-35 M15 vs. Missouri (ESPN) (31) W, 75-70 .491 .397 33-37 C-USA games in Bold. HOME GAMES IN CAPS. All Times Eastern. M19 vs. Texas A&M (31) L, 72-75 .373 .500 38-30

C-USA games in Bold. HOME GAMES IN CAPS. All Times Central.

CINCINNATI (25-8, 12-4 C-USA) EAST CAROLINA (9-19, 4-12 C-USA) Time/ Opp Time/ Opp Date Opponent Result FG% FG% Rebs Date Opponent Result FG% FG% Rebs N19 VALPARAISO W, 88-70 .446 .383 39-42 N17 vs. Pepperdine (6) W, 80-58 .473 .318 43-39 N24 NORTHERN IOWA (3) W, 76-70 (2OT) .286 .422 55-45 N18 vs. Oregon State (6) W, 64-62 .421 .370 38-38 N27 vs. Purdue (2) W, 79-59 .480 .313 39-29 N19 vs. (19) North Carolina State (6) L, 61-100 .391 .627 30-36 D4 at Dayton (ESPN) W, 65-55 .404 .310 42-30 N23 at Gardner-Webb L, 60-90 .379 .448 40-41 D9 VANDERBILT (FSN South) W, 88-72 .525 .481 28-34 N28 BELMONT ABBEY W, 77-50 .532 .267 45-37 D11 DETROIT W, 61-44 .459 .293 26-40 D1 TOLEDO W, 73-71 .500 .417 32-37 D18 NORTHWESTERN STATE (3) W, 81-65 .451 .347 39-45 D7 at Western Carolina L, 72-77 (OT) .424 .518 38-34 D20 JACKSON STATE W, 95-43 .500 .239 48-44 D12 OLD DOMINION L, 50-51 .321 .353 41-39 D22 LA SALLE W, 84-63 .394 .479 39-24 D17 WINTHROP L, 55-70 .357 .418 29-30 D27 MIAMI (OHIO) W, 77-53 .489 .324 44-26 D20 vs. South Carolina (7) (CSS) L, 53-57 .346 .360 45-31 D30 vs. Longwood (4) W, 95-69 .523 .379 41-24 D29 at Clemson (FSN South) L, 40-77 .211 .556 39-40 D31 vs. (1) Illinois (4) L, 45-67 .280 .393 39-39 J3 ST. ANDREWS W, 88-40 .485 .228 54-31 J6 DE PAUL (ESPN2) W, 83-54 .508 .303 47-35 J5 USF L, 71-72 .379 .377 37-40 J8 at Saint Louis W, 69-53 .458 .364 38-34 J8 at Charlotte L, 60-72 .458 .406 36-40 J12 at East Carolina W, 84-78 .483 .460 32-47 J12 (13) CINCINNATI L, 78-84 .460 .483 47-32 J15 (19) LOUISVILLE (CBS) L, 66-69 .442 .375 26-37 J15 UAB (ESPN Plus) L, 64-76 .455 .439 37-28 J19 CHARLOTTE (ESPN2) W, 80-58 .444 .295 52-33 J19 at (14) Louisville L, 41-92 .259 .389 41-60 J22 (3) WAKE FOREST (ABC) L, 70-74 .400 .466 31-30 J22 at DePaul L, 56-77 .352 .491 34-36 J27 at USF (ESPN2) W, 74-48 .429 .259 44-38 J26 SAINT LOUIS W, 59-55 .361 .388 46-30 J29 HOUSTON W, 87-68 .466 .329 45-31 J29 CHARLOTTE (ESPN Plus) W, 54-51 .382 .321 45-37 F2 at (9) Louisville (ESPN) L, 70-77 .377 .415 44-41 F2 at Memphis L, 66-72 .382 .419 33-30 F5 at Charlotte (ESPN) L, 90-91 .485 .415 34-43 F5 at TCU L, 59-71 .345 .469 35-36 F10 XAVIER (5) (ESPN2) W, 65-54 .414 .333 43-36 F12 MARQUETTE L, 69-71 (OT) .429 .414 41-40 F12 at DePaul (ABC) L, 66-85 .510 .469 28-39 F16 at UAB W, 67-64 .455 .397 38-30 F16 SOUTHERN MISS (ESPN2) W, 83-51 .525 .385 41-18 F19 at USF L, 50-60 .309 .412 35-38 F19 UAB (ESPN) W, 72-69 .380 .433 46-23 F23 SOUTHERN MISS W, 77-66 .475 .429 41-29 F24 MARQUETTE (ESPN2) W, 80-68 .436 .368 36-45 F26 HOUSTON L, 72-76 .451 .491 29-30 F26 at TCU (ESPN Plus) W, 89-74 .612 .385 36-31 M5 at Tulane L, 71-77 .371 .500 48-30 M2 TULANE W, 77-56 .452 .382 47-28 M5 at Memphis (ESPN) W, 62-60 .328 .339 53-37 C-USA games in Bold. HOME GAMES IN CAPS. All Times Eastern. M10 vs. USF (ESPN Plus) (29) L, 68-80 .371 .452 37-41 M17 vs. Iowa (CBS) (30) W, 76-64 .474 .339 36-43 M19 vs. Kentucky (CBS) (31) L, 60-69 .328 .510 37-36

C-USA games in Bold. HOME GAMES IN CAPS. All times Eastern.

HOUSTON (18-14, 9-7 C-USA) MARQUETTE (19-12, 7-9 C-USA) Time/ Opp Time/ Opp Date Opponent Result FG% FG% Rebs Date Opponent Result FG% FG% Rebs N15 vs. Sam Houston State (8) W, 72-69 .344 .438 32-40 N14 WESTERN CAROLINA (12) W, 75-64 .379 .412 47-29 N16 vs. Missouri (8) L, 61-77 .418 .500 28-39 N15 ILLINOIS STATE (12) W, 60-32 .458 .200 45-28 N19 McNEESE STATE W, 85-72 .431 .469 44-27 N16 AIR FORCE (12) W, 69-65 .550 .478 28-16 N23 vs. Ohio State (9) L, 61-78 .393 .593 33-34 N19 SAM HOUSTON STATE (13) W, 84-71 .441 .383 45-31 N24 vs. Missouri (9) W, 57-55 .404 .322 33-45 N20 KENT STATE (13) W, 66-61 .420 .375 35-34 N27 GRAMBLING STATE W, 92-52 .423 .274 48-51 N27 at Oakland W, 95-87 .492 .394 38-44 N30 at Rice L, 73-74 .423 .500 32-40 D1 DELAWARE STATE W, 66-60 .561 .423 37-15 D4 at Lamar W, 85-77 .476 .473 31-39 D7 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W, 76-60 .397 .442 38-28 D16 NEW ORLEANS W, 78-65 .426 .414 39-37 D11 (22) WISCONSIN W, 63-54 .368 .346 44-28 D18 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA W, 68-61 .568 .426 18-36 D18 (15) ARIZONA (ESPN2) L, 43-48 .306 .346 29-40 D21 LSU W, 81-72 .403 .464 38-39 D21 NEBRASKA W, 81-62 .387 .460 44-23 D24 at (12) Washington L, 63-110 .313 .574 27-45 D29 COPPIN STATE W, 65-55 .442 .333 34-27 D29 at Texas A&M L, 80-93 .394 .549 29-47 J2 IPFW W, 91-57 .514 .429 40-30 J5 (16) LOUISVILLE W, 70-67 .364 .444 37-38 J8 at Tulane W, 82-68 .484 .441 42-31 J8 at DePaul L, 57-68 .322 .439 29-34 J13 at Memphis (ESPN2) L, 68-78 .420 .439 36-33 J11 CENTENARY W, 93-82 .448 .580 36-31 J15 USF W, 66-64 .412 .512 21-25 J15 SOUTHERN MISS W, 63-53 .379 .390 30-28 J20 at DePaul (ESPN2) L, 72-85 .481 .446 37-34 J19 at TCU L, 51-58 .323 .400 31-51 J22 CHARLOTTE L, 66-76 .474 .450 28-41 J22 at USF (ESPN Plus) W, 62-50 .426 .341 35-27 J26 at (12) Louisville (ESPN) L, 52-99 .348 .530 26-38 J26 TULANE L, 61-63 .355 .357 30-49 J29 at Saint Louis W, 55-51 (2OT) .297 .320 42-30 J29 at (20) Cincinnati L, 68-87 .329 .466 31-45 F2 UAB L, 63-86 .440 .525 28-29 F2 SAINT LOUIS W, 63-43 .368 .421 37-31 F5 SOUTHERN MISS (ESPN Plus) W, 81-72 .472 .446 30-29 F5 MEMPHIS (ESPN Plus) W, 66-53 .490 .476 33-28 F9 at TCU L, 62-63 .457 .467 34-23 F9 at Charlotte L, 71-91 .456 .592 29-30 F12 at East Carolina W, 71-69 (OT) .414 .429 40-41 F12 at Southern Miss W, 75-53 .492 .341 29-27 F17 (12) LOUISVILLE (ESPN) L, 61-64 .377 .436 33-34 F16 USF W, 68-50 .415 .455 31-28 F20 DE PAUL (ABC) W, 67-57 .513 .386 31-30 F19 TCU W, 69-57 .500 .400 28-32 F24 at (22) Cincinnati (ESPN2) L, 68-80 .436 .368 45-36 F26 at East Carolina W, 76-72 .491 .451 30-29 M2 HOUSTON W, 76-55 .556 .281 43-22 M2 at Marquette L, 55-76 .281 .556 22-43 M5 SAINT LOUIS (ESPN Plus) L, 39-51 .321 .419 31-29 M5 UAB L, 66-71 .377 .510 33-35 M9 vs. TCU (ESPN2) (29) L, 57-60 (OT) .435 .313 43-30 M9 vs. USF (ESPN Plus) (29) L, 64-69 .333 .477 33-40 M14 W. MICHIGAN (ESPN) (31) L, 40-54 .286 .370 38-37

M16 at Wichita State (31) L, 69-85 .464 .625 31-23

LOUISVILLE (33-4, 14-2 C-USA) MEMPHIS (22-16, 9-7 C-USA) Time/ Opp Time/ Opp Date Opponent Result FG% FG% Rebs Date Opponent Result FG% FG% Rebs N20 at BYU-Hawaii W, 89-79 .431 .462 39-31 N11 vs. SAVANNAH STATE (14) W, 102-40 .481 .250 58-36 N22 vs. Iowa (10) L, 71-76 .415 .451 35-38 N13 vs. GEORGE MASON (14) W, 75-58 .397 .283 48-34 N23 at Chaminade (10) W, 93-63 .516 .375 46-30 N18 vs. St. Mary’s (15) (ESPN2) W, 81-66 .508 .358 39-39 N24 vs. Stanford (10) W, 82-67 .491 .444 37-36 N19 vs. (6) Syracuse (15) (ESPN2) L, 62-77 .328 .500 30-36 D4 LAFAYETTE W, 98-57 .507 .284 49-35 N23 ARKANSAS STATE W, 79-75 .387 .403 40-45 D11 at Florida (ESPN) W, 74-70 .511 .415 23-33 N26 vs. (13) Maryland (16) (ESPN) L, 61-84 .281 .493 39-36 D14 NORTH CAROLINA A&T W, 85-51 .433 .282 58-40 D3 at Purdue W, 62-51 .464 .333 34-32 D18 (9) KENTUCKY (ESPN) L, 58-60 .435 .351 35-30 D7 vs. (11) Pittsburgh (17) (ESPN) L, 51-70 .306 .412 35-51 D21 vs. IUPUI (11) W, 80-60 .563 .404 32-22 D11 MISSISSIPPI L, 53-65 .441 .500 28-31 D22 vs. Austin Peay (11) W, 77-49 .460 .298 42-20 D18 AUSTIN PEAY W, 71-66 .406 .328 50-38 D27 MOREHEAD STATE W, 104-40 .529 .300 39-30 D20 LOUISIANA TECH L, 55-64 .339 .333 39-40 D30 EASTERN KENTUCKY W, 78-63 .468 .458 24-33 D23 PROVIDENCE (ESPN2) L, 59-72 .328 .415 39-38 J2 TENNESSEE STATE W, 98-64 .538 .371 45-31 D30 EAST TENNESSEE STATE W, 87-56 .534 .349 47-27 J5 at Houston L, 67-70 .444 .364 38-37 J6 at (11) Texas (ESPN2) L, 67-74 .396 .440 29-38 J8 TCU (ESPN Plus) W, 86-61 .519 .368 35-37 J9 SOUTHERN MISS W, 60-46 .400 .319 30-37 J11 at Southern Miss (ESPN2) W, 107-62 .569 .352 35-33 J13 (22) MARQUETTE (ESPN2) W, 78-68 .439 .420 33-36 J15 at (13) Cincinnati (CBS) W, 69-66 .375 .442 37-26 J15 TCU L, 59-61 .346 .333 38-30 J19 EAST CAROLINA W, 92-41 .389 .259 60-41 J19 at USF W, 73-67 .442 .431 34-26 J22 TENNESSEE (ESPN) W, 85-62 .569 .404 32-28 J22 at UAB (ESPN2) L, 70-73 .500 .397 29-26 J26 MARQUETTE (ESPN) W, 99-52 .530 .348 38-26 J27 DE PAUL (ESPN2) W, 68-55 .478 .393 34-26 J29 at Tulane W, 105-69 .418 .340 50-35 J29 at TCU W, 72-57 .417 .283 31-30 F2 (17) CINCINNATI (ESPN) W, 77-70 .415 .377 41-44 F2 EAST CAROLINA W, 72-66 .419 .382 30-34 F5 at UAB (ESPN2) W, 77-73 .490 .476 33-28 F5 at Houston (ESPN Plus) L, 53-66 .409 .373 36-35 F9 MEMPHIS (ESPN) L, 68-85 .338 .510 28-40 F9 at (9) Louisville (ESPN) W, 85-68 .510 .328 41-28 F12 USF W, 65-57 .370 .392 36-33 F12 TULANE (ESPN Plus) W, 103-71 .508 .355 48-42 F17 at Marquette (ESPN) W, 64-61 .377 .436 33-34 F19 at Southern Miss (ESPN Plus) W, 85-73 .565 .447 27-24 F20 SAINT LOUIS W, 84-66 .492 .471 38-22 F23 at (21) Charlotte L, 77-80 .475 .455 37-30 F26 at Memphis (ESPN) W, 53-44 .302 .192 48-47 F26 (11) LOUISVILLE (ESPN) L, 44-53 .192 .302 47-48 M3 (18) CHARLOTTE (ESPN2) W, 94-82 .571 .364 37-37 M2 at Saint Louis L, 61-70 .354 .438 36-41 M5 at DePaul (ESPN) W, 66-62 .438 .431 30-32 M5 (21) CINCINNATI (ESPN) L, 60-62 .339 .328 37-53 M10 vs. TCU (ESPN2) (29) W, 85-61 .463 .396 43-28 M9 SAINT LOUIS (ESPN Plus) (29) W, 79-59 .527 .415 36-26 M11 vs. UAB (ESPN) (29) W, 75-67 .447 .348 50-30 M10 (25) CHARLOTTE (ESPN +) (29) W, 83-69 .348 .443 45-33 M12 at Memphis (CBS) (29) W, 75-74 .510 .475 28-32 M11 USF (ESPN Plus) (29) W, 81-68 .551 .444 32-32 M18 Louisiana-Lafayette (CBS) (30) W, 68-62 .386 .453 36-37 M12 (4) LOUISVILLE (CBS) (29) L, 74-75 .475 .510 32-38 M20 Georgia Tech (CBS) (30) W, 76-54 .524 .377 37-22 M16 NORTHEASTERN (31) W, 90-65 .516 .404 37-32 M24 Washington (CBS) (30) W, 93-79 .554 .418 39-29 M19 VIRGINIA TECH (ESPN) (31) W, 83-62 .455 .355 47-35 M26 West Virginia (CBS) (30) W, 93-85 (OT) .552 .553 34-19 M23 VANDERBILT (ESPN2) (31) W, 81-68 .490 .391 40-27 A2 Illinois (CBS) (30) L, 57-72 .389 .482 26-38 M29 vs. St. Joseph’s (ESPN2) (31) L, 58-70 .393 .400 31-40

SAINT LOUIS (9-21, 6-10 C-USA) TCU (21-14, 8-8 C-USA) Time/ Opp Time/ Opp Date Opponent Result FG% FG% Rebs Date Opponent Result FG% FG% Rebs N19 vs. Austin Peay (18) L, 45-52 (OT) .262 .383 30-24 N19 TEXAS-ARLINGTON W, 90-61 .455 .333 55-40 N21 vs. Eastern Michigan (18) L, 58-61 .426 .333 33-31 N21 SHAWNEE STATE (22) W, 74-60 .435 .362 53-23 N22 vs. Troy (18) W, 63-55 .521 .362 38-23 N23 TEXAS TECH W, 83-68 .400 .379 40-41 N27 ORAL ROBERTS L, 54-55 .308 .377 40-39 N25 OLD DOMINION (22) L, 62-67 .431 .433 30-38 D4 HAWAII L, 52-53 .404 .375 41-29 N27 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (23) L, 79-85 .409 .566 33-35 D7 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE L, 47-57 .370 .412 27-37 N28 vs. Florida State (23) W, 71-70 .393 .479 32-39 D11 at (25) Gonzaga L, 45-75 .315 .520 32-36 D4 at North Texas W, 88-78 .528 .388 41-49 D15 OAKLAND W, 69-59 .415 .386 27-34 D9 at (2) Kansas (ESPN) L, 74-93 .429 .561 36-36 D18 DAYTON L, 54-62 .408 .404 32-38 D12 SMU W, 65-51 .382 .356 36-46 D21 at Southern Illinois L, 41-67 .381 .450 28-29 D18 at Vanderbilt L, 55-78 .345 .466 34-44 D29 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ST. L, 65-49 .389 .528 37-27 D21 MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE W, 93-53 .563 .391 35-29 D31 at (16) Iowa (ESPN Plus) L, 58-67 .381 .489 40-32 D22 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF W, 76-55 .436 .385 31-36 J5 TULANE W, 57-41 .429 .348 30-25 D28 GRAMBLING STATE W, 98-83 .531 .525 46-29 J8 (20) CINCINNATI L, 53-69 .364 .458 34-38 J3 TEXAS STATE W, 64-52 .436 .392 31-39 J15 at Charlotte L, 59-65 .432 .344 34-26 J8 at Louisville (ESPN Plus) L, 61-86 .368 .519 37-35 J19 at Southern Miss W, 65-63 .581 .422 25-23 J12 TULANE (ESPN Classic) W, 73-62 .369 .397 39-42 J22 TCU W, 56-48 .360 .300 34-31 J15 at Memphis W, 61-59 .333 .346 30-38 J26 at East Carolina L, 55-59 .388 .361 30-46 J19 HOUSTON W, 58-51 .400 .323 51-31 J29 MARQUETTE L, 51-55 (2OT) .320 .297 30-42 J22 at Saint Louis L, 48-56 .300 .360 31-34 F2 at Houston L, 43-63 .421 .368 31-37 J26 at Charlotte (ESPN Classic) L, 87-94 .523 .554 29-29 F6 DE PAUL L, 53-56 .465 .393 20-30 J29 MEMPHIS L, 57-72 .283 .417 30-31 F9 at USF W, 55-47 .439 .294 31-25 F1 at DePaul L, 62-64 .404 .396 32-42 F12 CHARLOTTE L, 78-83 (OT) .453 .393 37-42 F5 EAST CAROLINA W, 71-59 .469 .345 36-35 F16 IPFW W, 78-66 .609 .490 25-18 F9 MARQUETTE W, 63-62 .467 .457 23-34 F20 at (12) Louisville L, 66-84 .471 .492 22-38 F12 UAB W, 76-65 .397 .441 37-43 F23 UAB (ESPN Classic) L, 62-64 .489 .458 29-26 F19 at Houston L, 57-69 .400 .500 32-28 F26 at DePaul (ESPN Plus) L, 49-53 .340 .434 26-40 F23 at Tulane W, 77-63 .361 .364 44-42 M2 MEMPHIS W, 70-61 .438 .354 41-36 F26 (22) CINCINNATI (ESPN Plus) L, 74-89 .385 .612 31-36 M5 at Marquette (ESPN Plus) W, 51-39 .419 .321 29-31 M2 USF W, 70-53 .407 .316 33-51 M10 at Memphis (ESPN Plus) (29) L, 59-79 .415 .527 26-36 M5 at Southern Miss L, 64-66 .356 .404 39-40 M9 Marquette (ESPN2) (29) W, 60-57 (OT) .313 .435 30-43 M10 (4) Louisville (ESPN Plus) (29) L, 61-85 .396 .463 28-43 C-USA games in Bold. HOME GAMES IN CAPS. All Times Central. M16 at Miami (Ohio) (31) W, 60-58 .426 .442 30-38 M21 at Western Michigan (31) W, 78-76 (OT) .509 .394 38-40 M26 vs. Maryland (31) L, 73-85 .369 .491 37-41

SOUTHERN MISS (11-17, 2-14 C-USA) TULANE (10-18, 4-12 C-USA) Time/ Opp Time/ Opp Date Opponent Result FG% FG% Rebs Date Opponent Result FG% FG% Rebs N20 vs. Georgia State (19) L, 68-70 .436 .491 36-26 N19 at LSU (24) L, 58-83 .397 .435 30-45 N21 vs. Colorado-Colo. Springs (19) W, 75-61 .444 .488 35-32 N21 vs. Louisiana Tech (24) L, 66-69 .531 .508 22-37 N24 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA W, 65-62 .409 .409 31-33 N27 PRAIRIE VIEW W, 84-63 .600 .323 46-32 N27 McNEESE STATE W, 100-77 .644 .420 29-42 N30 at New Orleans L, 54-55 .397 .364 40-34 D3 vs. UNC Greensboro (20) L, 78-79 .464 .483 39-27 D3 LOYOLA (N.O.) W, 73-50 .443 .319 41-29 D4 vs. Centenary (20) W, 70-53 .449 .429 37-27 D6 at Northwestern State L, 72-85 .500 .460 27-35 D7 SPRING HILL W, 76-60 .511 .415 42-19 D18 SAVANNAH STATE W, 74-55 .446 .386 50-31 D11 ALCORN STATE W, 82-61 .459 .361 45-36 D21 NORTH CAROLINA A&T W, 73-54 .429 .333 50-28 D18 LSU (21) W, 88-84 (OT) .463 .508 38-33 D27 vs. Princeton (25) L, 51-59 .375 .556 35-20 D20 at South Alabama (7) (CSS) W, 69-60 .481 .434 30-28 D28 vs. Alabama State (25) W, 71-59 .382 .286 54-32 D28 WILLIAM CAREY W, 90-46 .492 .353 48-30 D31 VMI W, 82-74 .576 .492 33-29 D30 at New Orleans L, 56-67 .367 .522 33-27 J5 at Saint Louis L, 41-57 .348 .429 25-30 J5 at UAB (CSS) L, 75-83 .518 .491 39-24 J8 MARQUETTE L, 68-82 .441 .484 31-42 J9 at Memphis L, 46-60 .319 .400 37-30 J12 at TCU (ESPN Classic) L, 62-73 .397 .369 42-39 J11 (19) LOUISVILLE (ESPN2) L, 62-107 .352 .569 33-35 J15 DE PAUL (ESPN Plus) L, 63-81 .386 .493 32-37 J15 at Houston L, 53-63 .390 .379 28-30 J18 UAB W, 76-73 (OT) .545 .373 40-40 J19 SAINT LOUIS L, 63-65 .422 .581 23-25 J22 at Southern Miss L, 60-61 .351 .339 47-35 J22 TULANE W, 61-60 .339 .351 35-47 J26 at Houston W, 63-61 .357 .355 49-30 J29 DE PAUL L, 48-70 .277 .531 18-37 J29 (12) LOUISVILLE L, 69-105 .340 .418 35-50 F2 USF L, 61-72 .457 .520 22-37 F5 at USF L, 66-86 .487 .540 22-32 F5 at Marquette (ESPN Plus) L, 72-81 .446 .472 29-30 F9 SOUTHERN MISS W, 75-72 .438 .526 31-31 F9 at Tulane L, 72-75 .526 .438 31-31 F12 at Memphis (ESPN Plus) L, 71-103 .355 .508 42-48 F12 HOUSTON L, 53-73 .341 .492 27-29 F19 (23) CHARLOTTE L, 67-86 .421 .424 37-42 F16 at (21) Cincinnati (ESPN2) L, 51-83 .385 .525 18-41 F23 TCU L, 63-77 .364 .361 42-44 F19 MEMPHIS (ESPN Plus) L, 73-85 .447 .565 24-27 F26 at UAB L, 58-87 .404 .500 36-35 F23 at East Carolina L, 66-77 .429 .475 31-43 M2 at (21) Cincinnati L, 56-77 .382 .452 28-47 F26 at Charlotte L, 58-81 .371 .484 42-38 M5 EAST CAROLINA W, 77-71 .500 .371 30-48 M5 TCU W, 66-64 .404 .356 40-39 M9 vs. DePaul (ESPN2) (29) L, 71-81 .490 .517 29-32

C-USA games in Bold. HOME GAMES IN CAPS. All Times Central. C-USA games in Bold. HOME GAMES IN CAPS. All Times Central.

UAB (22-11, 10-6 C-USA) USF (14-16, 5-11 C-USA) Time/ Opp Time/ Opp Date Opponent Result FG% FG% Rebs Date Opponent Result FG% FG% Rebs N27 VA. COMMONWEALTH W, 79-55 .450 .283 43-39 N20 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN W, 76-75 .511 .472 24-29 N29 LOUISIANA TECH W, 66-54 .383 .391 29-44 N23 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M W, 63-47 .434 .320 35-38 D2 NEBRASKA (ESPN2) W, 80-66 .431 .371 38-50 N26 STETSON W, 93-65 .647 .379 28-35 D4 at Marshall W, 81-78 .492 .468 32-33 N29 vs Bethune-Cookman (27) W, 89-64 .508 .410 46-29 D10 at (5) Oklahoma State (ESPN2) L, 73-86 .348 .519 37-37 D1 at Richmond L, 72-78 .424 .466 40-35 D15 BELMONT W, 107-76 .578 .364 41-37 D3 vs. Mississippi Valley State (28) L, 57-65 .328 .365 45-45 D17 at Richmond (CSS) L, 81-96 .475 .554 37-29 D4 vs. Grand Canyon (28) W, 63-52 .533 .426 30-22 D21 vs. Clemson (26) W, 78-66 .519 .435 22-44 D11 at Michigan (ESPN Plus) L, 62-71 .464 .423 26-28 D22 vs. USC (26) L, 78-81 .441 .438 32-42 D14 at South Carolina L, 70-72 .549 .458 31-31 D23 vs. Oral Roberts (26) W, 84-77 .447 .417 41-34 D20 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL W, 74-66 .449 .460 27-33 D28 ALABAMA A&M W, 100-68 .521 .377 44-42 D29 TEXAS-ARLINGTON W, 81-51 .526 .327 33-35 D31 at South Alabama W, 82-76 .467 .558 27-29 J5 at East Carolina W, 72-71 .377 .379 40-37 J2 MURRAY STATE W, 100-80 .500 .476 42-38 J8 UAB (ESPN Plus) L, 61-62 .457 .420 37-35 J5 SOUTHERN MISS (CSS) W, 83-75 .491 .518 24-39 J15 at (22) Marquette L, 64-66 .512 .412 25-21 J8 at USF (ESPN Plus) W, 62-61 .420 .457 25-37 J19 MEMPHIS L, 67-73 .431 .442 26-34 J12 CHARLOTTE L, 85-91 .438 .508 32-44 J22 HOUSTON (ESPN Plus) L, 50-62 .341 .426 27-35 J15 at East Carolina (ESPN Plus) W, 76-64 .439 .455 28-37 J27 (20) CINCINNATI (ESPN2) L, 48-74 .259 .429 38-44 J18 at Tulane L, 73-76 (OT) .373 .545 40-40 J29 at UAB L, 71-85 .389 .517 29-35 J22 MEMPHIS (ESPN2) W, 73-70 .397 .500 26-29 F2 at Southern Miss W, 72-61 .520 .457 37-22 J29 USF W, 85-71 .517 .389 35-29 F5 TULANE W, 86-66 .540 .487 32-22 F2 at Marquette W, 86-63 .525 .440 29-28 F9 SAINT LOUIS L, 47-55 .294 .439 25-31 F5 (9) LOUISVILLE (ESPN2) L, 73-77 .476 .490 28-33 F12 at (9) Louisville L, 57-65 .392 .370 33-36 F12 at TCU L, 65-76 .441 .397 43-37 F16 at Houston L, 50-68 .455 .415 28-31 F16 EAST CAROLINA L, 64-67 .397 .455 30-38 F19 EAST CAROLINA W, 60-50 .412 .309 38-35 F19 at (21) Cincinnati (ESPN) L, 69-72 .433 .380 23-46 F22 at DePaul L, 69-76 .441 .390 32-43 F23 at Saint Louis (ESPN Classic) W, 64-62 .458 .489 24-28 M2 at TCU L, 53-70 .316 .407 33-51 F26 TULANE W, 87-58 .500 .404 35-36 M5 (18) CHARLOTTE W, 85-73 .424 .407 44-36 M2 DE PAUL (CSS) W, 81-80 (OT) .473 .420 24-33 M9 Houston (ESPN Plus) (29) W, 69-64 .477 .333 40-33 M5 at Houston W, 71-66 .510 .377 35-33 M10 Cincinnati (ESPN Plus) (29) W, 80-68 .452 .371 41-37 M10 DePaul (ESPN Plus) (29) W, 59-56 .383 .352 35-37 M11 at Memphis (ESPN Plus) (29) L, 68-81 .444 .551 32-32 M11 (4) Louisville (ESPN) (29) L, 67-74 .348 .447 30-50 M17 LSU (CBS) (30) W, 82-68 .458 .359 35-42 C-USA games in Bold. HOME GAMES IN CAPS. All Times Eastern. M19 Arizona (CBS) (30) L, 63-85 .328 .526 32-39

C-USA games in Bold. HOME GAMES IN CAPS. All Times Central.

TOURNAMENT (1) Cable Car Classic, Santa Clara, Calif. (2) John Wooden Tradition, Indianapolis, Ind. (3) Las Vegas Classic, Cincinnati, Ohio (4) Las Vegas Classic, Las Vegas, Nev. (5) Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout, Cincinnati, Ohio (6) BCA Invitational, Raleigh, N.C. (7) Coors Classic Basketball Doubleheader, Mobile, Ala. (8) Guardians Classic, Columbia, Mo. (9) Guardians Classic, Kansas City, Mo. (10) EA Sports Maui Invitational, Maui, Hawaii (11) Billy Minardi Classic, Louisville, Ky. (12) BCA Classic, Milwaukee, Wis. (13) Pepsi Blue & Gold Classic, Milwaukee, Wis. (14) Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, Memphis, Tenn. (15) Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, New York, N.Y. (16) Mass Mutual Classic, Springfield, Mass. (17) Jimmy V Classic, New York, N.Y. (18) Paradise Jam, Virgin Islands (19) Jim Thorpe Classic, Reno, Nev. (20) Gazette Hawkeye Challenge, Iowa City, Iowa (21) Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, Miss. (22) Corpus Christi Challenge, Fort Worth, Texas (23) Corpus Christi Challenge, Corpus Christi, Texas (24) LSU Tournament, Baton Rouge, La. (25) State Farm Sun Bowl Tournament, El Paso, Texas (26) Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic, Honolulu, Hawaii (27) Lakeland, Fla. (28) McCaffrey Classic, Fresno, Calif. (29) Kelly Tires C-USA Men’s Basketball Tournament, Memphis, Tenn. (30) NCAA Tournament (31) National Invitation Tournament

2004-05 Conference USA Men's Basketball INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Apr 04, 2005 (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.OWENS, Andre-HOU...... SR 32 195 100 95 585 18.3 1.ROUSE, Corey-ECU...... JR 28 104 181 285 10.2 2.GREER, Quemont-DPU...... SR 29 199 36 96 530 18.3 2.LEATHER, Terrence-USF.... SR 29 81 196 277 9.6 3.LEATHER, Terrence-USF.... SR 29 181 6 159 527 18.2 3.MYLES, Ellis-LOU...... SR 37 129 212 341 9.2 4.WITHERS, Curtis-CHA...... JR 28 175 22 131 503 18.0 4.HICKS, Eric-CIN...... JR 32 116 171 287 9.0 5.CARNEY, Rodney-MEM...... JR 38 211 76 109 607 16.0 5.JACKSON, Marcus-MAR...... SR 31 106 156 262 8.5 6.SWIFT, Brian-USF...... SR 30 160 76 80 476 15.9 6.BASDEN, Eddie-CHA...... SR 29 76 169 245 8.4 7.GARCIA, Francisco-LOU.... JR 38 187 71 150 595 15.7 7.WITHERS, Curtis-CHA...... JR 28 96 132 228 8.1 8.TAYLOR, Donell-UAB...... SR 33 177 47 110 511 15.5 8.BADIANE, Moussa-ECU...... SR 27 77 135 212 7.9 9.WASHINGTON, Darius-MEM... FR 38 193 47 151 584 15.4 9.MAXIELL, Jason-CIN...... SR 33 106 148 254 7.7 10.MAXIELL, Jason-CIN...... SR 33 164 2 176 506 15.3 10.GREER, Quemont-DPU...... SR 29 76 143 219 7.6 11.BASDEN, Eddie-CHA...... SR 29 155 22 110 442 15.2 11.PALACIOS, Juan-LOU...... FR 38 99 148 247 6.5 12.O'BANNON, Larry-LOU...... SR 38 179 85 133 576 15.2 12.BRUMFIELD, Marlon-DPU.... JR 31 86 111 197 6.4 13.COOK, Mike-ECU...... SO 28 157 30 77 421 15.0 13.ERWIN, Duane-MEM...... SR 38 82 159 241 6.3 14.SMITH, Lanny-HOU...... SO 32 153 80 83 469 14.7 14.JONES, Solomon-USF...... JR 30 61 124 185 6.2 15.DEAN, Taquan-LOU...... JR 37 173 122 65 533 14.4 15.DAVIS, Quincy-TUL...... JR 28 70 102 172 6.1 16.SANTEE, Corey-TCU...... SR 35 180 76 65 501 14.3 16.DORSEY, Joey-MEM...... FR 37 92 130 222 6.0 17.DIENER, Drake-DPU...... SR 31 143 85 70 441 14.2 17.DYER, Ramon-HOU...... JR 32 82 104 186 5.8 18.PLAVICH, Brendan-CHA..... SR 29 125 114 34 398 13.7 18.MASON, Dameon-MAR...... SO 31 65 109 174 5.6 19.HICKS, Eric-CIN...... JR 32 162 4 110 438 13.7 19.IBIKUNLE, Femi-TCU...... SO 35 68 121 189 5.4 20.DAVIS, Quincy-TUL...... JR 28 153 5 72 383 13.7 20.VOUYOUKAS, Ian-SLU...... SO 27 48 97 145 5.4 21.NOVAK, Steve-MAR...... JR 31 127 89 76 419 13.5 22.CARRUTH, Rashaad-USM..... JR 28 147 49 31 374 13.4 23.MURRY, Nile-TCU...... JR 34 132 65 96 425 12.5 24.EDDINS, Demario-UAB...... JR 33 130 13 139 412 12.5 25.BADIANE, Moussa-ECU...... SR 27 117 0 98 332 12.3 26.BRYANT, Reggie-SLU...... SR 24 97 48 50 292 12.2 27.MASON, Dameon-MAR...... SO 31 142 15 71 370 11.9 28.OHANON Izik-SLU...... SR 30 149 0 56 354 11.8 29.MEJIA, Sammy-DPU...... SO 30 136 19 62 353 11.8 30.SHROPSHIRE, Marcus-TCU... SR 35 129 85 65 408 11.7

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.DAVIS, Quincy-TUL...... JR 28 153 250 .612 1.SWIFT, Brian-USF...... SR 30 161 5.37 2.MAXIELL, Jason-CIN...... SR 33 164 302 .543 2.KINZER, Marcus-TUL...... SR 26 119 4.58 3.OHANON Izik-SLU...... SR 30 149 283 .527 3.JOHNSON, Carldell-UAB.... JR 33 151 4.58 4.HICKS, Eric-CIN...... JR 32 162 312 .519 4.McNEIL, Japhet-ECU...... SO 28 122 4.36 5.MYLES, Ellis-LOU...... SR 37 123 243 .506 5.SMITH, Lanny-HOU...... SO 32 134 4.19 6.TAYLOR, Donell-UAB...... SR 33 177 350 .506 6.GARCIA, Francisco-LOU.... JR 38 148 3.89 7.LEATHER, Terrence-USF.... SR 29 181 362 .500 7.BALDWIN, Mitchell-CHA.... JR 28 107 3.82 8.O'BANNON, Larry-LOU...... SR 38 179 365 .490 8.WASHINGTON, Darius-MEM... FR 38 144 3.79 9.PALACIOS, Juan-LOU...... FR 38 137 281 .488 9.BASDEN, Eddie-CHA...... SR 29 108 3.72 10.BASDEN, Eddie-CHA...... SR 29 155 318 .487 10.ROCHESTIE, Taylor-TUL.... FR 28 103 3.68 11.EDDINS, Demario-UAB...... JR 33 130 271 .480 11.SANTEE, Corey-TCU...... SR 35 127 3.63 12.BADIANE, Moussa-ECU...... SR 27 117 248 .472 12.CLINKSCALES, Cliff-DPU... FR 31 104 3.35 13.WITHERS, Curtis-CHA...... JR 28 175 374 .468 13.MYLES, Ellis-LOU...... SR 37 124 3.35 14.ROUSE, Corey-ECU...... JR 28 116 248 .468 14.MEJIA, Sammy-DPU...... SO 30 99 3.30 15.DIENER, Drake-DPU...... SR 31 143 307 .466 15.WHITE, James-CIN...... JR 33 102 3.09

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.DIENER, Drake-DPU...... SR 31 70 77 .909 1.BASDEN, Eddie-CHA...... SR 29 93 3.21 2.NOVAK, Steve-MAR...... JR 31 76 84 .905 2.LATHAM, Brian-HOU...... JR 32 84 2.62 3.GARCIA, Francisco-LOU.... JR 38 150 171 .877 3.JOHNSON, Carldell-UAB.... JR 33 73 2.21 4.SWIFT, Brian-USF...... SR 30 80 93 .860 4.McNEIL, Japhet-ECU...... SO 28 59 2.11 5.O'BANNON, Larry-LOU...... SR 38 133 157 .847 5.TAYLOR, Donell-UAB...... SR 33 67 2.03 6.KINZER, Marcus-TUL...... SR 26 60 71 .845 6.DYER, Ramon-HOU...... JR 32 63 1.97 7.BRYANT, Reggie-SLU...... SR 24 50 60 .833 7.STIGGERS, Dante-USM...... SR 28 48 1.71 8.SINGLETON, Jarekus-USM... SO 28 78 97 .804 8.GARCIA, Francisco-LOU.... JR 38 65 1.71 9.WHITE, James-CIN...... JR 33 83 104 .798 9.EDDINS, Demario-UAB...... JR 33 55 1.67 10.FORD, Michael-USM...... JR 28 81 102 .794 10.WASHINGTON, Darius-MEM... FR 38 63 1.66 11.MURRY, Nile-TCU...... JR 34 96 121 .793 11.TAYLOR, Ronell-UAB...... SR 26 43 1.65 12.TAYLOR, Donell-UAB...... SR 33 110 140 .786 12.BRYANT, Marlyn-USF...... SR 30 48 1.60 13.DRAYTON, E.J.-CHA...... JR 29 81 104 .779 13.DREJAJ, Anthony-SLU...... JR 30 44 1.47 14.BALDWIN, Mitchell-CHA.... JR 28 72 93 .774 14.SHROPSHIRE, Marcus-TCU... SR 35 51 1.46 15.CARNEY, Rodney-MEM...... JR 38 109 141 .773 15.KINZER, Marcus-TUL...... SR 26 37 1.42 2004-05 Conference USA Men's Basketball INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Apr 04, 2005 (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.DIENER, Drake-DPU...... SR 31 85 184 .462 1.PLAVICH, Brendan-CHA..... SR 29 114 3.93 2.NOVAK, Steve-MAR...... JR 31 89 193 .461 2.DEAN, Taquan-LOU...... JR 37 122 3.30 3.DEAN, Taquan-LOU...... JR 37 122 273 .447 3.OWENS, Andre-HOU...... SR 32 100 3.12 4.O'BANNON, Larry-LOU...... SR 38 85 200 .425 4.NOVAK, Steve-MAR...... JR 31 89 2.87 5.PREKEVICIUS, Marius-USF.. SO 26 33 82 .402 5.DIENER, Drake-DPU...... SR 31 85 2.74 6.SMITH, Lanny-HOU...... SO 32 80 199 .402 6.SWIFT, Brian-USF...... SR 30 76 2.53 7.SHROPSHIRE, Marcus-TCU... SR 35 85 212 .401 7.SMITH, Lanny-HOU...... SO 32 80 2.50 8.MURRY, Nile-TCU...... JR 34 65 163 .399 8.SHROPSHIRE, Marcus-TCU... SR 35 85 2.43 9.WASHINGTON, Darius-MEM... FR 38 47 119 .395 9.McDONALD, Marvett-UAB.... JR 33 77 2.33 TAYLOR, Donell-UAB...... SR 33 47 119 .395 10.O'BANNON, Larry-LOU...... SR 38 85 2.24 11.RICE, Anthony-MEM...... SR 38 82 208 .394 11.SANTEE, Corey-TCU...... SR 35 76 2.17 12.PLAVICH, Brendan-CHA..... SR 29 114 294 .388 12.RICE, Anthony-MEM...... SR 38 82 2.16 13.WHITE, James-CIN...... JR 33 36 94 .383 13.CARNEY, Rodney-MEM...... JR 38 76 2.00 14.WILLIAMS, Nick-CIN...... SR 32 58 152 .382 BRYANT, Reggie-SLU...... SR 24 48 2.00 15.HAYWOOD, David-USM...... SR 28 34 91 .374 15.MURRY, Nile-TCU...... JR 34 65 1.91

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.BADIANE, Moussa-ECU...... SR 27 75 2.78 1.JOHNSON, Carldell-UAB.... JR 33 151 4.6 56 1.7 2.70 2.MAXIELL, Jason-CIN...... SR 33 90 2.73 2.BALDWIN, Mitchell-CHA.... JR 28 107 3.8 45 1.6 2.38 3.HICKS, Eric-CIN...... JR 32 72 2.25 3.CLINKSCALES, Cliff-DPU... FR 31 104 3.4 45 1.5 2.31 4.JONES, Solomon-USF...... JR 30 64 2.13 4.SWIFT, Brian-USF...... SR 30 161 5.4 86 2.9 1.87 5.ITI, Martin-CHA...... SO 29 48 1.66 5.KINZER, Marcus-TUL...... SR 26 119 4.6 67 2.6 1.78 6.DYER, Ramon-HOU...... JR 32 50 1.56 6.SANTEE, Corey-TCU...... SR 35 127 3.6 73 2.1 1.74 7.ERWIN, Duane-MEM...... SR 38 57 1.50 7.MEJIA, Sammy-DPU...... SO 30 99 3.3 60 2.0 1.65 8.GARCIA, Francisco-LOU.... JR 38 56 1.47 8.WHITE, James-CIN...... JR 33 102 3.1 66 2.0 1.55 9.DAVIS, Quincy-TUL...... JR 28 41 1.46 9.McNEIL, Japhet-ECU...... SO 28 122 4.4 85 3.0 1.44 10.JACKSON, Marcus-MAR...... SR 31 40 1.29 10.GARCIA, Francisco-LOU.... JR 38 148 3.9 104 2.7 1.42 11.DORSEY, Joey-MEM...... FR 37 43 1.16 11.BASDEN, Eddie-CHA...... SR 29 108 3.7 76 2.6 1.42 12.GOMEZ, David-TUL...... FR 27 26 0.96 12.ROCHESTIE, Taylor-TUL.... FR 28 103 3.7 77 2.8 1.34 13.WITHERS, Curtis-CHA...... JR 28 25 0.89 13.SMITH, Lanny-HOU...... SO 32 134 4.2 103 3.2 1.30 14.MYLES, Ellis-LOU...... SR 37 31 0.84 14.MYLES, Ellis-LOU...... SR 37 124 3.4 112 3.0 1.11 15.BRUMFIELD, Marlon-DPU.... JR 31 25 0.81 15.WASHINGTON, Darius-MEM... FR 38 144 3.8 134 3.5 1.07

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G ------1.ROUSE, Corey-ECU...... JR 28 104 3.71 1.LEATHER, Terrence-USF.... SR 29 196 6.76 2.HICKS, Eric-CIN...... JR 32 116 3.62 2.ROUSE, Corey-ECU...... JR 28 181 6.46 3.MYLES, Ellis-LOU...... SR 37 129 3.49 3.BASDEN, Eddie-CHA...... SR 29 169 5.83 4.WITHERS, Curtis-CHA...... JR 28 96 3.43 4.MYLES, Ellis-LOU...... SR 37 212 5.73 5.JACKSON, Marcus-MAR...... SR 31 106 3.42 5.HICKS, Eric-CIN...... JR 32 171 5.34 6.MAXIELL, Jason-CIN...... SR 33 106 3.21 6.JACKSON, Marcus-MAR...... SR 31 156 5.03 7.BADIANE, Moussa-ECU...... SR 27 77 2.85 7.BADIANE, Moussa-ECU...... SR 27 135 5.00 8.LEATHER, Terrence-USF.... SR 29 81 2.79 8.GREER, Quemont-DPU...... SR 29 143 4.93 9.BRUMFIELD, Marlon-DPU.... JR 31 86 2.77 9.WITHERS, Curtis-CHA...... JR 28 132 4.71 10.GREER, Quemont-DPU...... SR 29 76 2.62 10.MAXIELL, Jason-CIN...... SR 33 148 4.48 BASDEN, Eddie-CHA...... SR 29 76 2.62 11.ERWIN, Duane-MEM...... SR 38 159 4.18 12.PALACIOS, Juan-LOU...... FR 38 99 2.61 12.JONES, Solomon-USF...... JR 30 124 4.13 13.DYER, Ramon-HOU...... JR 32 82 2.56 13.PALACIOS, Juan-LOU...... FR 38 148 3.89 14.DAVIS, Quincy-TUL...... JR 28 70 2.50 14.OHANON Izik-SLU...... SR 30 115 3.83 15.DORSEY, Joey-MEM...... FR 37 92 2.49 15.WHITE, James-CIN...... JR 33 123 3.73 2004-05 Conference USA Men's Basketball CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Apr 04, 2005 (All games)

SCORING OFFENSE SCORING DEFENSE ## Team G W-L Pts Avg/G ## Team G Pts Avg/G ------1.Louisville...... 38 33-5 3066 80.7 1.Saint Louis...... 30 1824 60.8 2.Charlotte...... 29 21-8 2257 77.8 2.DePaul...... 31 1986 64.1 3.UAB...... 33 22-11 2557 77.5 3.Louisville...... 38 2436 64.1 4.Cincinnati...... 33 25-8 2505 75.9 4.Cincinnati...... 33 2130 64.5 5.Memphis...... 38 22-16 2714 71.4 5.Marquette...... 31 2008 64.8 6.TCU...... 35 21-14 2463 70.4 6.Memphis...... 38 2490 65.5 7.Houston...... 32 18-14 2226 69.6 7.USF...... 30 1996 66.5 8.DePaul...... 31 20-11 2120 68.4 8.TCU...... 35 2385 68.1 9.Southern Miss...... 28 11-17 1897 67.8 9.Houston...... 32 2203 68.8 10.USF...... 30 14-16 2029 67.6 10.East Carolina...... 28 1934 69.1 11.Marquette...... 31 19-12 2080 67.1 11.Southern Miss...... 28 1981 70.8 12.Tulane...... 28 10-18 1864 66.6 12.UAB...... 33 2371 71.8 13.East Carolina...... 28 9-19 1793 64.0 13.Charlotte...... 29 2093 72.2 14.Saint Louis...... 30 9-21 1693 56.4 14.Tulane...... 28 2039 72.8

SCORING MARGIN FREE THROW PERCENTAGES ## Team G OFF DEF Margin ## Team G FTM FTA Pct ------1.Louisville...... 38 80.7 64.1 +16.6 1.Southern Miss...... 28 443 606 .731 2.Cincinnati...... 33 75.9 64.5 +11.4 2.Louisville...... 38 683 945 .723 3.Memphis...... 38 71.4 65.5 +5.9 3.Tulane...... 28 357 496 .720 4.Charlotte...... 29 77.8 72.2 +5.7 4.Marquette...... 31 451 635 .710 5.UAB...... 33 77.5 71.8 +5.6 5.USF...... 30 460 660 .697 6.DePaul...... 31 68.4 64.1 +4.3 6.UAB...... 33 540 776 .696 7.Marquette...... 31 67.1 64.8 +2.3 7.Cincinnati...... 33 606 878 .690 8.TCU...... 35 70.4 68.1 +2.2 8.Memphis...... 38 644 942 .684 9.USF...... 30 67.6 66.5 +1.1 9.Charlotte...... 29 499 730 .684 10.Houston...... 32 69.6 68.8 +0.7 10.DePaul...... 31 405 593 .683 11.Southern Miss...... 28 67.8 70.8 -3.0 11.Saint Louis...... 30 339 508 .667 12.Saint Louis...... 30 56.4 60.8 -4.4 12.Houston...... 32 389 614 .634 13.East Carolina...... 28 64.0 69.1 -5.0 13.East Carolina...... 28 391 620 .631 14.Tulane...... 28 66.6 72.8 -6.2 14.TCU...... 35 517 872 .593

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG FGA Pct ## Team G FG FGA Pct ------1.Louisville...... 38 1011 2165 .467 1.Cincinnati...... 33 749 2008 .373 2.UAB...... 33 900 1996 .451 2.Memphis...... 38 827 2155 .384 3.USF...... 30 699 1583 .442 3.Louisville...... 38 823 2116 .389 4.DePaul...... 31 768 1740 .441 4.Saint Louis...... 30 650 1623 .400 5.Cincinnati...... 33 839 1923 .436 5.Marquette...... 31 691 1691 .409 6.Southern Miss...... 28 654 1508 .434 6.USF...... 30 672 1628 .413 7.Charlotte...... 29 763 1767 .432 7.East Carolina...... 28 656 1576 .416 8.Tulane...... 28 671 1560 .430 8.Tulane...... 28 719 1694 .424 9.Marquette...... 31 694 1636 .424 9.DePaul...... 31 696 1635 .426 10.Memphis...... 38 906 2139 .424 10.TCU...... 35 834 1953 .427 11.TCU...... 35 831 2013 .413 11.Charlotte...... 29 767 1754 .437 12.Saint Louis...... 30 615 1503 .409 12.UAB...... 33 805 1831 .440 13.Houston...... 32 779 1945 .401 13.Houston...... 32 710 1555 .457 14.East Carolina...... 28 641 1606 .399 14.Southern Miss...... 28 703 1529 .460

3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG FGA Pct ## Team G FG FGA Pct ------1.Louisville...... 38 361 906 .398 1.Charlotte...... 29 198 626 .316 2.Charlotte...... 29 232 630 .368 2.Memphis...... 38 226 692 .327 3.Marquette...... 31 241 656 .367 3.USF...... 30 167 510 .327 4.TCU...... 35 284 791 .359 4.Louisville...... 38 262 792 .331 5.USF...... 30 171 481 .356 5.Marquette...... 31 202 604 .334 6.DePaul...... 31 179 513 .349 6.Tulane...... 28 186 547 .340 7.Cincinnati...... 33 221 634 .349 7.TCU...... 35 239 696 .343 8.Southern Miss...... 28 146 420 .348 8.Cincinnati...... 33 230 668 .344 9.UAB...... 33 217 625 .347 9.DePaul...... 31 201 575 .350 10.Memphis...... 38 258 746 .346 10.Southern Miss...... 28 176 502 .351 11.Houston...... 32 279 831 .336 11.East Carolina...... 28 183 521 .351 12.Tulane...... 28 165 529 .312 12.UAB...... 33 237 674 .352 13.Saint Louis...... 30 124 421 .295 13.Saint Louis...... 30 216 607 .356 14.East Carolina...... 28 120 413 .291 14.Houston...... 32 180 476 .378 2004-05 Conference USA Men's Basketball CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Apr 04, 2005 (All games)

REBOUNDING OFFENSE REBOUNDING DEFENSE ## Team G Reb Avg/G ## Team G Reb Avg/G ------1.Cincinnati...... 33 1355 41.1 1.Marquette...... 31 963 31.1 2.East Carolina...... 28 1118 39.9 2.DePaul...... 31 980 31.6 3.Louisville...... 38 1475 38.8 3.Southern Miss...... 28 920 32.9 4.Charlotte...... 29 1119 38.6 4.Louisville...... 38 1253 33.0 5.Memphis...... 38 1456 38.3 5.Saint Louis...... 30 1026 34.2 6.Tulane...... 28 1039 37.1 6.USF...... 30 1029 34.3 7.Marquette...... 31 1144 36.9 7.Memphis...... 38 1344 35.4 8.TCU...... 35 1286 36.7 8.East Carolina...... 28 1016 36.3 9.DePaul...... 31 1131 36.5 9.Tulane...... 28 1024 36.6 10.USF...... 30 1024 34.1 10.Cincinnati...... 33 1207 36.6 11.Southern Miss...... 28 938 33.5 11.Charlotte...... 29 1076 37.1 12.Saint Louis...... 30 992 33.1 12.UAB...... 33 1249 37.8 13.UAB...... 33 1090 33.0 13.TCU...... 35 1335 38.1 14.Houston...... 32 1050 32.8 14.Houston...... 32 1221 38.2

REBOUNDING MARGIN BLOCKED SHOTS ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin ## Team G Blocks Avg/G ------1.Louisville...... 38 1475 38.8 1253 33.0 +5.8 1.Cincinnati...... 33 225 6.82 2.Marquette...... 31 1144 36.9 963 31.1 +5.8 2.Memphis...... 38 205 5.39 3.DePaul...... 31 1131 36.5 980 31.6 +4.9 3.Houston...... 32 134 4.19 4.Cincinnati...... 33 1355 41.1 1207 36.6 +4.5 4.East Carolina...... 28 116 4.14 5.East Carolina...... 28 1118 39.9 1016 36.3 +3.6 5.Tulane...... 28 115 4.11 6.Memphis...... 38 1456 38.3 1344 35.4 +2.9 6.Louisville...... 38 148 3.89 7.Charlotte...... 29 1119 38.6 1076 37.1 +1.5 7.USF...... 30 107 3.57 8.Southern Miss...... 28 938 33.5 920 32.9 +0.6 8.DePaul...... 31 105 3.39 9.Tulane...... 28 1039 37.1 1024 36.6 +0.5 9.Charlotte...... 29 92 3.17 10.USF...... 30 1024 34.1 1029 34.3 -0.2 10.UAB...... 33 99 3.00 11.Saint Louis...... 30 992 33.1 1026 34.2 -1.1 11.Marquette...... 31 88 2.84 12.TCU...... 35 1286 36.7 1335 38.1 -1.4 12.Saint Louis...... 30 56 1.87 13.UAB...... 33 1090 33.0 1249 37.8 -4.8 13.TCU...... 35 65 1.86 14.Houston...... 32 1050 32.8 1221 38.2 -5.3 14.Southern Miss...... 28 36 1.29

ASSISTS STEALS ## Team G Assists Avg/G ## Team G Steals Avg/G ------1.UAB...... 33 516 15.64 1.UAB...... 33 382 11.58 2.Louisville...... 38 590 15.53 2.Houston...... 32 331 10.34 3.Tulane...... 28 426 15.21 3.Charlotte...... 29 252 8.69 4.Cincinnati...... 33 493 14.94 4.Louisville...... 38 327 8.61 5.Charlotte...... 29 409 14.10 5.TCU...... 35 291 8.31 6.DePaul...... 31 432 13.94 6.USF...... 30 214 7.13 7.Marquette...... 31 424 13.68 7.Memphis...... 38 271 7.13 8.TCU...... 35 457 13.06 8.Southern Miss...... 28 199 7.11 9.USF...... 30 391 13.03 9.East Carolina...... 28 178 6.36 10.Saint Louis...... 30 381 12.70 10.Saint Louis...... 30 190 6.33 11.East Carolina...... 28 350 12.50 11.Tulane...... 28 156 5.57 12.Houston...... 32 390 12.19 12.DePaul...... 31 171 5.52 13.Memphis...... 38 457 12.03 13.Cincinnati...... 33 179 5.42 14.Southern Miss...... 28 330 11.79 14.Marquette...... 31 131 4.23

TURNOVER MARGIN ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin ## Team G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio ------1.Houston...... 32 397 12.4 626 19.6 +7.16 1.UAB...... 33 516 15.6 444 13.5 1.16 2.UAB...... 33 444 13.5 674 20.4 +6.97 2.DePaul...... 31 432 13.9 375 12.1 1.15 3.Charlotte...... 29 389 13.4 469 16.2 +2.76 3.Cincinnati...... 33 493 14.9 435 13.2 1.13 4.Louisville...... 38 535 14.1 632 16.6 +2.55 4.Louisville...... 38 590 15.5 535 14.1 1.10 5.TCU...... 35 501 14.3 584 16.7 +2.37 5.Charlotte...... 29 409 14.1 389 13.4 1.05 6.Cincinnati...... 33 435 13.2 469 14.2 +1.03 6.Houston...... 32 390 12.2 397 12.4 0.98 7.DePaul...... 31 375 12.1 386 12.5 +0.35 7.Saint Louis...... 30 381 12.7 395 13.2 0.96 8.Memphis...... 38 560 14.7 547 14.4 -0.34 8.Marquette...... 31 424 13.7 449 14.5 0.94 9.Southern Miss...... 28 378 13.5 368 13.1 -0.36 9.TCU...... 35 457 13.1 501 14.3 0.91 10.USF...... 30 459 15.3 444 14.8 -0.50 10.Tulane...... 28 426 15.2 481 17.2 0.89 11.Saint Louis...... 30 395 13.2 356 11.9 -1.30 11.Southern Miss...... 28 330 11.8 378 13.5 0.87 12.East Carolina...... 28 450 16.1 375 13.4 -2.68 12.USF...... 30 391 13.0 459 15.3 0.85 13.Marquette...... 31 449 14.5 341 11.0 -3.48 13.Memphis...... 38 457 12.0 560 14.7 0.82 14.Tulane...... 28 481 17.2 318 11.4 -5.82 14.East Carolina...... 28 350 12.5 450 16.1 0.78 2004-05 Conference USA Men's Basketball CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Apr 04, 2005 (All games)

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Team G No. Avg/G ## Team G No. Avg/G ------1.Charlotte...... 29 420 14.48 1.Cincinnati...... 33 884 26.79 2.East Carolina...... 28 403 14.39 2.Louisville...... 38 986 25.95 3.Memphis...... 38 545 14.34 3.East Carolina...... 28 715 25.54 4.Cincinnati...... 33 471 14.27 4.Tulane...... 28 709 25.32 5.Houston...... 32 435 13.59 5.Saint Louis...... 30 724 24.13 6.DePaul...... 31 417 13.45 6.Charlotte...... 29 699 24.10 7.Marquette...... 31 411 13.26 7.Memphis...... 38 911 23.97 8.Louisville...... 38 489 12.87 8.TCU...... 35 839 23.97 9.TCU...... 35 447 12.77 9.Marquette...... 31 733 23.65 10.UAB...... 33 390 11.82 10.DePaul...... 31 714 23.03 11.Tulane...... 28 330 11.79 11.USF...... 30 690 23.00 12.USF...... 30 334 11.13 12.Southern Miss...... 28 638 22.79 13.Southern Miss...... 28 300 10.71 13.UAB...... 33 700 21.21 14.Saint Louis...... 30 268 8.93 14.Houston...... 32 615 19.22

3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE ## Team G 3FG Avg/G ------1.Louisville...... 38 361 9.50 2.Houston...... 32 279 8.72 3.TCU...... 35 284 8.11 4.Charlotte...... 29 232 8.00 5.Marquette...... 31 241 7.77 6.Memphis...... 38 258 6.79 7.Cincinnati...... 33 221 6.70 8.UAB...... 33 217 6.58 9.Tulane...... 28 165 5.89 10.DePaul...... 31 179 5.77 11.USF...... 30 171 5.70 12.Southern Miss...... 28 146 5.21 13.East Carolina...... 28 120 4.29 14.Saint Louis...... 30 124 4.13 2004-05 Conference USA Men's Basketball CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Apr 04, 2005 (All games)

|------CONFERENCE------| |------OVERALL------| WINNING STREAK STANDINGS W-L Pct PF PA W-L Pct PF PA Team NO. ------Louisville...... 14-2 .875 79.6 63.8 33-5 .868 80.7 64.1 Southern Miss 1 Cincinnati...... 12-4 .750 77.0 66.2 25-8 .758 75.9 64.5 Charlotte...... 12-4 .750 77.5 73.3 21-8 .724 77.8 72.2 UAB...... 10-6 .625 74.8 70.6 22-11 .667 77.5 71.8 DePaul...... 10-6 .625 67.8 64.1 20-11 .645 68.4 64.1 Memphis...... 9-7 .562 70.0 64.8 22-16 .579 71.4 65.5 Houston...... 9-7 .562 65.1 63.2 18-14 .562 69.6 68.8 TCU...... 8-8 .500 66.2 66.9 21-14 .600 70.4 68.1 Marquette...... 7-9 .438 65.6 69.9 19-12 .613 67.1 64.8 Saint Louis...... 6-10 .375 57.6 59.4 9-21 .300 56.4 60.8 USF...... 5-11 .312 63.2 67.3 14-16 .467 67.6 66.5 Tulane...... 4-12 .250 64.7 78.2 10-18 .357 66.6 72.8 East Carolina...... 4-12 .250 63.4 70.9 9-19 .321 64.0 69.1 Southern Miss...... 2-14 .125 61.2 75.1 11-17 .393 67.8 70.8

TEAM SUMMARIES Team G PF-PA Avg Score Margin FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct RebF RebA Margin ------Charlotte...... 29 2257-2093 77.8-72.2 +5.7 763-1767 .432 232-630 .368 499-730 .684 1119 1076 +1.5 Cincinnati...... 33 2505-2130 75.9-64.5 +11.4 839-1923 .436 221-634 .349 606-878 .690 1355 1207 +4.5 DePaul...... 31 2120-1986 68.4-64.1 +4.3 768-1740 .441 179-513 .349 405-593 .683 1131 980 +4.9 East Carolina...... 28 1793-1934 64.0-69.1 -5.0 641-1606 .399 120-413 .291 391-620 .631 1118 1016 +3.6 Houston...... 32 2226-2203 69.6-68.8 +0.7 779-1945 .401 279-831 .336 389-614 .634 1050 1221 -5.3 Louisville...... 38 3066-2436 80.7-64.1 +16.6 1011-2165 .467 361-906 .398 683-945 .723 1475 1253 +5.8 Marquette...... 31 2080-2008 67.1-64.8 +2.3 694-1636 .424 241-656 .367 451-635 .710 1144 963 +5.8 Memphis...... 38 2714-2490 71.4-65.5 +5.9 906-2139 .424 258-746 .346 644-942 .684 1456 1344 +2.9 Saint Louis...... 30 1693-1824 56.4-60.8 -4.4 615-1503 .409 124-421 .295 339-508 .667 992 1026 -1.1 Southern Miss...... 28 1897-1981 67.8-70.8 -3.0 654-1508 .434 146-420 .348 443-606 .731 938 920 +0.6 TCU...... 35 2463-2385 70.4-68.1 +2.2 831-2013 .413 284-791 .359 517-872 .593 1286 1335 -1.4 Tulane...... 28 1864-2039 66.6-72.8 -6.2 671-1560 .430 165-529 .312 357-496 .720 1039 1024 +0.5 UAB...... 33 2557-2371 77.5-71.8 +5.6 900-1996 .451 217-625 .347 540-776 .696 1090 1249 -4.8 USF...... 30 2029-1996 67.6-66.5 +1.1 699-1583 .442 171-481 .356 460-660 .697 1024 1029 -0.2

ATTENDANCE Team | HOME GAMES Avg | AWAY GAMES Avg | NEUT GAMES Avg | ALL GAMES Avg | ------Charlotte | 15-115421 7695 | 11-91170 8288 | 3-16313 5438 | 29-222904 7686 | Cincinnati | 18-203489 11305 | 9-94375 10486 | 6-95128 15855 | 33-392992 11909 | DePaul | 17-155718 9160 | 12-99193 8266 | 2-16536 8268 | 31-271447 8756 | East Carolina | 13-56382 4337 | 12-81993 6833 | 3-17196 5732 | 28-155571 5556 | Houston | 14-59436 4245 | 14-101160 7226 | 4-25927 6482 | 32-186523 5829 | Louisville | 18-329264 18292 | 11-147253 13387 | 9-92432 10270 | 38-568949 14972 | Marquette | 21-251274 11965 | 9-79801 8867 | 1-7944 7944 | 31-339019 10936 | Memphis | 21-200594 9552 | 12-107297 8941 | 5-26384 5277 | 38-334275 8797 | Saint Louis | 15-120450 8030 | 12-99735 8311 | 3-6154 2051 | 30-226339 7545 | Southern Miss | 13-54240 4172 | 10-63972 6397 | 5-11167 2233 | 28-129379 4621 | TCU | 17-73849 4344 | 15-113648 7577 | 3-17036 5679 | 35-204533 5844 | Tulane | 13-22184 1706 | 11-67006 6091 | 4-16155 4039 | 28-105345 3762 | UAB | 14-84518 6037 | 12-79862 6655 | 7-64310 9187 | 33-228690 6930 | USF | 13-41871 3221 | 12-99110 8259 | 5-41315 8263 | 30-182296 6077 | ------Totals | 222-1768690 7967 | 162-1325575 8183 | 60-453997 7567 | 332-2623919 7903 | 2004-05 Conference USA Men's Basketball Conference Individual Highs Through games of Apr 04, 2005 (All games)

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER GAME HIGHS ------POINTS...... 39 WITHERS, Curtis (Charlotte) at Saint Louis (2/12/05) 34 DIENER, Travis (Marquette) vs AIR FORCE (11-16-04) FIELD GOALS MADE...... 13 CARNEY, Rodney (Memphis) vs St. Mary's (11/18/04) 13 GREER, Quemont (DePaul) vs ILLINOIS-CHICAGO (12-18-04) 13 WITHERS, Curtis (Charlotte) at Saint Louis (2/12/05) 13 OWENS, Andre (Houston) at Wichita State (3-16-05) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS...... 29 OWENS, Andre (Houston) at Wichita State (3-16-05) 26 SWIFT, Brian (USF) vs CINCINNATI (1/27/05) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE.... 1.000 (8-8) LEATHER, Terrence (USF) vs STETSON (11/26/04) 1.000 (8-8) ROUSE, Corey (East Carolina) vs ST. ANDREWS (1-03-05) 3 PT FG MADE...... 8 PLAVICH, Brendan (Charlotte) vs CINCINNATI (02/05/05) 8 OWENS, Andre (Houston) at Marquette (03-02-05) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS...... 18 OWENS, Andre (Houston) at Wichita State (3-16-05) 17 PLAVICH, Brendan (Charlotte) at Indiana (12/22/04) 17 PLAVICH, Brendan (Charlotte) vs CINCINNATI (02/05/05) 17 DEAN, Taquan (Louisville) vs West Virginia (03/26/05) 3 PT PERCENTAGE...... 1.000 (5-5) SWIFT, Brian (USF) vs STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (11/20/04) 1.000 (5-5) O'BANNON, Larry (Louisville) at DePaul (3-5-05) FREE THROWS MADE...... 14 STITH, Donnie (Tulane) vs LOUISVILLE (1/29/05) 12 MAXIELL, Jason (Cincinnati) vs UAB (02-19-05) 12 NOVAK, Steve (Marquette) vs HOUSTON (03-02-05) 12 WASHINGTON, Darius (Memphis) vs VANDERBILT (03/23/05) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS...... 17 ERWIN, Duane (Memphis) vs EAST CAROLINA (02/02/05) 16 MAXIELL, Jason (Cincinnati) vs UAB (02-19-05) 16 EDDINS, Demario (UAB) vs LSU (03/17/05) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE.... 1.000 (8-8) NOVAK, Steve (Marquette) vs WESTERN CAROLINA (11-14-04) 1.000 (9-9) DIENER, Travis (Marquette) vs DELAWARE STATE (12-01-04) 1.000 (8-8) SWIFT, Brian (USF) vs Grand Canyon (12/4/04) 1.000 (8-8) BANKS, Sean (Memphis) vs LOUISIANA TECH (12/20/04) 1.000 (8-8) EDDINS, Demario (UAB) vs Clemson (12-21-04) 1.000 (8-8) DEAN, Taquan (Louisville) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (12/30/04) 1.000 (8-8) EDDINS, Demario (UAB) at South Alabama (12-31-04) 1.000 (8-8) WHITE, James (Cincinnati) vs DEPAUL (01/06/05) 1.000 (10-10) GARCIA, Francisco (Louisville) vs TCU (1/8/05) 1.000 (8-8) GARCIA, Francisco (Louisville) at Southern Miss (1/11/05) 1.000 (8-8) JOHNSON, Jasper (Southern Miss) at Houston (1/15/05) 1.000 (8-8) FORD, Michael (Southern Miss) vs SAINT LOUIS (1/19/05) 1.000 (8-8) EDDINS, Demario (UAB) vs MEMPHIS (01-22-05) 1.000 (10-10) WASHINGTON, Darius (Memphis) at UAB (01-22-05) 1.000 (8-8) RICE, Anthony (Memphis) vs DEPAUL (01/27/05) 1.000 (10-10) WASHINGTON, Darius (Memphis) at TCU (1/29/05) 1.000 (8-8) AMBRES, Mildon (Southern Miss) vs DEPAUL (1/29/05) 1.000 (14-14) STITH, Donnie (Tulane) vs LOUISVILLE (1/29/05) 1.000 (8-8) O'BANNON, Larry (Louisville) vs CINCINNATI (02/02/05) 1.000 (8-8) WITHERS, Curtis (Charlotte) vs CINCINNATI (02/05/05) 1.000 (8-8) CARNEY, Rodney (Memphis) vs TULANE (02/12/05) 1.000 (9-9) BASDEN, Eddie (Charlotte) at Tulane (2/19/05) 1.000 (8-8) KIRKLAND, Armein (Cincinnati) vs UAB (02-19-05) 1.000 (12-12) NOVAK, Steve (Marquette) vs HOUSTON (03-02-05) 1.000 (8-8) WILLIAMS, Waki (Memphis) at Charlotte (3/10/05) 1.000 (9-9) MAXIELL, Jason (Cincinnati) vs USF (3/10/05) 1.000 (8-8) MEJIA, Sammy (DePaul) vs TEXAS A&M (3-19-05) 1.000 (9-9) GARCIA, Francisco (Louisville) vs La-Lafayette (3/18/05) REBOUNDS...... 18 DORSEY, Joey (Memphis) vs AUSTIN PEAY (12/18/04) 18 MYLES, Ellis (Louisville) vs SAINT LOUIS (2/20/05) ASSISTS...... 13 KINZER, Marcus (Tulane) at Northwestern State (12/6/04) 13 CLINKSCALES, Cliff (DePaul) vs ILLINOIS-CHICAGO (12-18-04) STEALS...... 7 TAYLOR, Donell (UAB) vs LOUISIANA TECH (11-29-04) 7 BASDEN, Eddie (Charlotte) vs LA-LAFAYETTE (12/01/04) 7 STIGGERS, Dante (Southern Miss) vs ALCORN STATE (12/11/04) 7 LATHAM, Brian (Houston) vs USF (2/16/05) 7 HUNT, Jeremy (Memphis) vs USF (3/11/05) BLOCKED SHOTS...... 8 MAXIELL, Jason (Cincinnati) vs HOUSTON (01/29/05) 7 MAXIELL, Jason (Cincinnati) vs JACKSON STATE (12/20/04) 7 MAXIELL, Jason (Cincinnati) vs Longwood (12/30/04) TURNOVERS...... 9 DIENER, Travis (Marquette) at Memphis (01/13/05) 8 SMITH, Lanny (Houston) vs Sam Houston State (11-15-04) 8 BRYANT, Reggie (Saint Louis) vs Eastern Michigan (11/21/04) 8 WASHINGTON, Darius (Memphis) vs MISSISSIPPI (12/11/04) 8 MYLES, Ellis (Louisville) vs NORTH CAROLINA A&T (12/14/04) 8 CHAPMAN, Joe (Marquette) at Cincinnati (02/24/05) 8 MASON, Dameon (Marquette) vs HOUSTON (03-02-05) 2004-05 Conference USA Men's Basketball Conference Team Highs Through games of Apr 04, 2005 (All games)

TEAM HIGHS (highest totals made by) ------POINTS...... 107 UAB vs BELMONT (12-15-04) 107 Louisville at Southern Miss (1/11/05) FIELD GOALS MADE...... 38 Southern Miss vs MCNEESE STATE (11-27-04) 37 Memphis vs SAVANNAH STATE (11/11/04) 37 UAB vs BELMONT (12-15-04) 37 UAB vs ALABAMA A&M (12-28-04) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS...... 84 Cincinnati vs NORTHERN IOWA (11/24/04) 79 Louisville at Tulane (1/29/05) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE.... .647 (33-51) USF vs STETSON (11/26/04) .644 (38-59) Southern Miss vs MCNEESE STATE (11-27-04) 3 PT FG MADE...... 17 Louisville vs MARQUETTE (01/26/05) 15 TCU at Charlotte (01/26/05) 15 Louisville vs MEMPHIS (3/12/05) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS...... 36 Louisville at Tulane (1/29/05) 35 Louisville vs EAST CAROLINA (1/19/05) 35 TCU at Charlotte (01/26/05) 35 Charlotte at Louisville (3/3/05) 3 PT PERCENTAGE...... 727 (8-11) USF vs STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (11/20/04) .727 (8-11) Southern Miss vs MCNEESE STATE (11-27-04) FREE THROWS MADE...... 31 Cincinnati vs NORTHWESTERN STATE (12/18/04) 31 Louisville at Southern Miss (1/11/05) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS...... 50 TCU at Tulane (2/25/05) 46 TCU at North Texas (12/4/04) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE.... 1.000 (11-11) Louisville vs KENTUCKY (12/18/04) 1.000 (7-7) Marquette vs UAB (02-02-05) REBOUNDS...... 60 Louisville vs EAST CAROLINA (1/19/05) 58 Memphis vs SAVANNAH STATE (11/11/04) 58 Louisville vs NORTH CAROLINA A&T (12/14/04) ASSISTS...... 29 DePaul vs IUPUI (12-6-04) 28 TCU vs MD-EASTERN SHORE (12-21-04) STEALS...... 20 Louisville at Tulane (1/29/05) 20 UAB vs TULANE (02-26-05) BLOCKED SHOTS...... 13 Cincinnati vs MIAMI (OHIO) (12/27/04) 12 Cincinnati vs HOUSTON (01/29/05) TURNOVERS...... 29 Tulane at UAB (02-26-05) 28 USF at UAB (01-29-05) FOULS...... 35 TCU at North Texas (12/4/04) 35 Houston at Washington (12/24/04) 2004-05 Conference USA Men's Basketball INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Apr 04, 2005 (Conference games only)

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.WITHERS, Curtis-CHA...... JR 16 103 11 88 305 19.1 1.ROUSE, Corey-ECU...... JR 16 64 105 169 10.6 2.OWENS, Andre-HOU...... SR 16 95 47 52 289 18.1 2.LEATHER, Terrence-USF.... SR 15 44 104 148 9.9 3.WASHINGTON, Darius-MEM... FR 16 90 24 80 284 17.8 3.MYLES, Ellis-LOU...... SR 16 56 86 142 8.9 4.LEATHER, Terrence-USF.... SR 15 83 3 89 258 17.2 4.HICKS, Eric-CIN...... JR 16 49 89 138 8.6 5.BASDEN, Eddie-CHA...... SR 16 89 13 68 259 16.2 5.WITHERS, Curtis-CHA...... JR 16 59 77 136 8.5 6.SWIFT, Brian-USF...... SR 16 86 37 49 258 16.1 BADIANE, Moussa-ECU...... SR 16 44 92 136 8.5 7.GREER, Quemont-DPU...... SR 16 91 21 53 256 16.0 7.BASDEN, Eddie-CHA...... SR 16 40 94 134 8.4 O'BANNON, Larry-LOU...... SR 16 76 38 66 256 16.0 8.ERWIN, Duane-MEM...... SR 16 37 79 116 7.2 9.DIENER, Drake-DPU...... SR 16 83 51 36 253 15.8 9.MAXIELL, Jason-CIN...... SR 16 39 75 114 7.1 TAYLOR, Donell-UAB...... SR 16 91 23 48 253 15.8 10.GREER, Quemont-DPU...... SR 16 35 75 110 6.9 11.MAXIELL, Jason-CIN...... SR 16 85 0 82 252 15.8 11.JACKSON, Marcus-MAR...... SR 16 45 64 109 6.8 CARRUTH, Rashaad-USM..... JR 16 98 32 24 252 15.8 12.PALACIOS, Juan-LOU...... FR 16 43 59 102 6.4 13.CARNEY, Rodney-MEM...... JR 16 80 36 46 242 15.1 13.VOUYOUKAS, Ian-SLU...... SO 16 25 74 99 6.2 14.PLAVICH, Brendan-CHA..... SR 16 71 63 28 233 14.6 14.DYER, Ramon-HOU...... JR 16 44 53 97 6.1 SANTEE, Corey-TCU...... SR 16 84 31 34 233 14.6 15.BRYANT, Marlyn-USF...... SR 16 40 56 96 6.0 16.COOK, Mike-ECU...... SO 16 85 14 48 232 14.5 16.BRUMFIELD, Marlon-DPU.... JR 16 43 52 95 5.9 17.SMITH, Lanny-HOU...... SO 16 78 40 27 223 13.9 17.DAVIS, Quincy-TUL...... JR 16 32 59 91 5.7 18.EDDINS, Demario-UAB...... JR 16 74 8 65 221 13.8 JONES, Solomon-USF...... JR 16 27 64 91 5.7 19.GARCIA, Francisco-LOU.... JR 16 62 23 70 217 13.6 19.DORSEY, Joey-MEM...... FR 15 28 56 84 5.6 DEAN, Taquan-LOU...... JR 16 70 56 21 217 13.6 20.IBIKUNLE, Femi-TCU...... SO 16 31 56 87 5.4 21.NOVAK, Steve-MAR...... JR 16 66 45 36 213 13.3 CURTIS, Aaron-TCU...... SR 16 24 63 87 5.4 22.DAVIS, Quincy-TUL...... JR 16 81 5 43 210 13.1 23.HICKS, Eric-CIN...... JR 16 81 0 45 207 12.9 24.MURRY, Nile-TCU...... JR 15 58 28 49 193 12.9 25.OHANON Izik-SLU...... SR 16 85 0 32 202 12.6 26.BADIANE, Moussa-ECU...... SR 16 69 0 63 201 12.6 27.FORD, Michael-USM...... JR 16 63 22 51 199 12.4 28.SHROPSHIRE, Marcus-TCU... SR 16 61 42 33 197 12.3 29.WHITE, James-CIN...... JR 16 56 21 49 182 11.4 30.MASON, Dameon-MAR...... SO 16 70 8 32 180 11.2

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.DAVIS, Quincy-TUL...... JR 16 81 136 .596 1.SWIFT, Brian-USF...... SR 16 88 5.50 2.MAXIELL, Jason-CIN...... SR 16 85 150 .567 2.JOHNSON, Carldell-UAB.... JR 16 77 4.81 3.HICKS, Eric-CIN...... JR 16 81 144 .562 McNEIL, Japhet-ECU...... SO 16 77 4.81 4.LEWIS, Marques-UAB...... SR 15 46 83 .554 4.BALDWIN, Mitchell-CHA.... JR 15 64 4.27 5.OHANON Izik-SLU...... SR 16 85 156 .545 5.SMITH, Lanny-HOU...... SO 16 64 4.00 6.DIENER, Drake-DPU...... SR 16 83 153 .542 ROCHESTIE, Taylor-TUL.... FR 16 64 4.00 7.EDDINS, Demario-UAB...... JR 16 74 139 .532 KINZER, Marcus-TUL...... SR 14 56 4.00 8.TAYLOR, Donell-UAB...... SR 16 91 176 .517 8.GARCIA, Francisco-LOU.... JR 16 63 3.94 9.WASHINGTON, Darius-MEM... FR 16 90 180 .500 9.WHITE, James-CIN...... JR 16 62 3.88 10.BASDEN, Eddie-CHA...... SR 16 89 179 .497 10.WASHINGTON, Darius-MEM... FR 16 58 3.62 11.MYLES, Ellis-LOU...... SR 16 53 110 .482 11.MEJIA, Sammy-DPU...... SO 16 57 3.56 12.PALACIOS, Juan-LOU...... FR 16 60 125 .480 12.SANTEE, Corey-TCU...... SR 16 53 3.31 13.O'BANNON, Larry-LOU...... SR 16 76 161 .472 13.MYLES, Ellis-LOU...... SR 16 52 3.25 14.WHITE, James-CIN...... JR 16 56 119 .471 TAYLOR, Donell-UAB...... SR 16 52 3.25 15.WITHERS, Curtis-CHA...... JR 16 103 222 .464 BASDEN, Eddie-CHA...... SR 16 52 3.25

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.NOVAK, Steve-MAR...... JR 16 36 38 .947 1.BASDEN, Eddie-CHA...... SR 16 53 3.31 2.BRYANT, Reggie-SLU...... SR 13 27 29 .931 2.LATHAM, Brian-HOU...... JR 16 46 2.88 3.O'BANNON, Larry-LOU...... SR 16 66 74 .892 3.JOHNSON, Carldell-UAB.... JR 16 37 2.31 SHROPSHIRE, Marcus-TCU... SR 16 33 37 .892 4.DYER, Ramon-HOU...... JR 16 32 2.00 5.DIENER, Drake-DPU...... SR 16 36 41 .878 5.GARCIA, Francisco-LOU.... JR 16 30 1.88 6.SWIFT, Brian-USF...... SR 16 49 56 .875 6.DREJAJ, Anthony-SLU...... JR 16 29 1.81 7.GARCIA, Francisco-LOU.... JR 16 70 81 .864 WASHINGTON, Darius-MEM... FR 16 29 1.81 8.WHITE, James-CIN...... JR 16 49 59 .831 8.TAYLOR, Donell-UAB...... SR 16 28 1.75 9.WASHINGTON, Darius-MEM... FR 16 80 97 .825 9.SMITH, Lanny-HOU...... SO 16 26 1.62 10.WILLIAMS, Nick-CIN...... SR 15 30 37 .811 EDDINS, Demario-UAB...... JR 16 26 1.62 11.GOMEZ, David-TUL...... FR 15 33 41 .805 BRYANT, Marlyn-USF...... SR 16 26 1.62 STITH, Donnie-TUL...... FR 16 33 41 .805 12.DELANEY, Paul-UAB...... FR 14 22 1.57 13.TAYLOR, Donell-UAB...... SR 16 48 60 .800 13.McNEIL, Japhet-ECU...... SO 16 24 1.50 14.DRAYTON, E.J.-CHA...... JR 16 52 66 .788 KINZER, Marcus-TUL...... SR 14 21 1.50 15.FORD, Michael-USM...... JR 16 51 66 .773 15.SWIFT, Brian-USF...... SR 16 23 1.44 CURTIS, Aaron-TCU...... SR 16 23 1.44 SHROPSHIRE, Marcus-TCU... SR 16 23 1.44 2004-05 Conference USA Men's Basketball INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Apr 04, 2005 (Conference games only)

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.DIENER, Drake-DPU...... SR 16 51 101 .505 1.PLAVICH, Brendan-CHA..... SR 16 63 3.94 2.DEAN, Taquan-LOU...... JR 16 56 123 .455 2.DEAN, Taquan-LOU...... JR 16 56 3.50 3.NOVAK, Steve-MAR...... JR 16 45 99 .455 3.DIENER, Drake-DPU...... SR 16 51 3.19 4.O'BANNON, Larry-LOU...... SR 16 38 84 .452 4.OWENS, Andre-HOU...... SR 16 47 2.94 5.WHITE, James-CIN...... JR 16 21 48 .438 5.NOVAK, Steve-MAR...... JR 16 45 2.81 6.WASHINGTON, Darius-MEM... FR 16 24 55 .436 6.SHROPSHIRE, Marcus-TCU... SR 16 42 2.62 7.WILLIAMS, Nick-CIN...... SR 15 34 82 .415 7.McDONALD, Marvett-UAB.... JR 16 40 2.50 8.RICE, Anthony-MEM...... SR 16 37 90 .411 SMITH, Lanny-HOU...... SO 16 40 2.50 9.TAYLOR, Donell-UAB...... SR 16 23 57 .404 9.O'BANNON, Larry-LOU...... SR 16 38 2.38 10.DRAYTON, E.J.-CHA...... JR 16 17 43 .395 10.SWIFT, Brian-USF...... SR 16 37 2.31 11.MUHAMMAD, Jihad-CIN...... JR 16 32 81 .395 RICE, Anthony-MEM...... SR 16 37 2.31 12.MURRY, Nile-TCU...... JR 15 28 72 .389 12.WILLIAMS, Nick-CIN...... SR 15 34 2.27 13.SHROPSHIRE, Marcus-TCU... SR 16 42 110 .382 13.CARNEY, Rodney-MEM...... JR 16 36 2.25 14.McDONALD, Marvett-UAB.... JR 16 40 105 .381 14.MUHAMMAD, Jihad-CIN...... JR 16 32 2.00 15.PLAVICH, Brendan-CHA..... SR 16 63 167 .377 CARRUTH, Rashaad-USM..... JR 16 32 2.00

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.BADIANE, Moussa-ECU...... SR 16 41 2.56 1.BALDWIN, Mitchell-CHA.... JR 15 64 4.3 23 1.5 2.78 2.HICKS, Eric-CIN...... JR 16 34 2.12 2.JOHNSON, Carldell-UAB.... JR 16 77 4.8 32 2.0 2.41 3.MAXIELL, Jason-CIN...... SR 16 30 1.88 3.MEJIA, Sammy-DPU...... SO 16 57 3.6 30 1.9 1.90 4.DYER, Ramon-HOU...... JR 16 29 1.81 4.SWIFT, Brian-USF...... SR 16 88 5.5 51 3.2 1.73 5.JONES, Solomon-USF...... JR 16 26 1.62 5.WHITE, James-CIN...... JR 16 62 3.9 38 2.4 1.63 6.DAVIS, Quincy-TUL...... JR 16 22 1.38 6.KINZER, Marcus-TUL...... SR 14 56 4.0 35 2.5 1.60 GARCIA, Francisco-LOU.... JR 16 22 1.38 7.SMITH, Lanny-HOU...... SO 16 64 4.0 42 2.6 1.52 8.ITI, Martin-CHA...... SO 16 21 1.31 8.McNEIL, Japhet-ECU...... SO 16 77 4.8 51 3.2 1.51 9.ERWIN, Duane-MEM...... SR 16 18 1.12 9.GARCIA, Francisco-LOU.... JR 16 63 3.9 42 2.6 1.50 10.NICHOLS, Jamal-DPU...... JR 15 15 1.00 10.BASDEN, Eddie-CHA...... SR 16 52 3.2 36 2.2 1.44 DORSEY, Joey-MEM...... FR 15 15 1.00 11.MYLES, Ellis-LOU...... SR 16 52 3.2 37 2.3 1.41 12.GOMEZ, David-TUL...... FR 15 14 0.93 12.TAYLOR, Donell-UAB...... SR 16 52 3.2 38 2.4 1.37 13.WITHERS, Curtis-CHA...... JR 16 14 0.88 13.SANTEE, Corey-TCU...... SR 16 53 3.3 42 2.6 1.26 14.EDDINS, Demario-UAB...... JR 16 13 0.81 14.ROCHESTIE, Taylor-TUL.... FR 16 64 4.0 58 3.6 1.10 VOUYOUKAS, Ian-SLU...... SO 16 13 0.81 15.WASHINGTON, Darius-MEM... FR 16 58 3.6 56 3.5 1.04

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G ------1.ROUSE, Corey-ECU...... JR 16 64 4.00 1.LEATHER, Terrence-USF.... SR 15 104 6.93 2.WITHERS, Curtis-CHA...... JR 16 59 3.69 2.ROUSE, Corey-ECU...... JR 16 105 6.56 3.MYLES, Ellis-LOU...... SR 16 56 3.50 3.BASDEN, Eddie-CHA...... SR 16 94 5.88 4.HICKS, Eric-CIN...... JR 16 49 3.06 4.BADIANE, Moussa-ECU...... SR 16 92 5.75 5.LEATHER, Terrence-USF.... SR 15 44 2.93 5.HICKS, Eric-CIN...... JR 16 89 5.56 6.JACKSON, Marcus-MAR...... SR 16 45 2.81 6.MYLES, Ellis-LOU...... SR 16 86 5.38 7.BADIANE, Moussa-ECU...... SR 16 44 2.75 7.ERWIN, Duane-MEM...... SR 16 79 4.94 DYER, Ramon-HOU...... JR 16 44 2.75 8.WITHERS, Curtis-CHA...... JR 16 77 4.81 9.BRUMFIELD, Marlon-DPU.... JR 16 43 2.69 9.GREER, Quemont-DPU...... SR 16 75 4.69 PALACIOS, Juan-LOU...... FR 16 43 2.69 MAXIELL, Jason-CIN...... SR 16 75 4.69 11.BASDEN, Eddie-CHA...... SR 16 40 2.50 11.VOUYOUKAS, Ian-SLU...... SO 16 74 4.62 BRYANT, Marlyn-USF...... SR 16 40 2.50 12.JONES, Solomon-USF...... JR 16 64 4.00 13.MAXIELL, Jason-CIN...... SR 16 39 2.44 JACKSON, Marcus-MAR...... SR 16 64 4.00 14.ERWIN, Duane-MEM...... SR 16 37 2.31 14.OWENS, Andre-HOU...... SR 16 63 3.94 15.FORTE, Jason-USM...... JR 13 30 2.31 CURTIS, Aaron-TCU...... SR 16 63 3.94 2004-05 Conference USA Men's Basketball CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Apr 04, 2005 (Conference games only)

SCORING OFFENSE SCORING DEFENSE ## Team G W-L Pts Avg/G ## Team G Pts Avg/G ------1.Louisville...... 16 14-2 1273 79.6 1.Saint Louis...... 16 951 59.4 2.Charlotte...... 16 12-4 1240 77.5 2.Houston...... 16 1012 63.2 3.Cincinnati...... 16 12-4 1232 77.0 3.Louisville...... 16 1021 63.8 4.UAB...... 16 10-6 1197 74.8 4.DePaul...... 16 1026 64.1 5.Memphis...... 16 9-7 1120 70.0 5.Memphis...... 16 1036 64.8 6.DePaul...... 16 10-6 1085 67.8 6.Cincinnati...... 16 1059 66.2 7.TCU...... 16 8-8 1059 66.2 7.TCU...... 16 1070 66.9 8.Marquette...... 16 7-9 1049 65.6 8.USF...... 16 1077 67.3 9.Houston...... 16 9-7 1041 65.1 9.Marquette...... 16 1118 69.9 10.Tulane...... 16 4-12 1035 64.7 10.UAB...... 16 1129 70.6 11.East Carolina...... 16 4-12 1015 63.4 11.East Carolina...... 16 1134 70.9 12.USF...... 16 5-11 1012 63.2 12.Charlotte...... 16 1173 73.3 13.Southern Miss...... 16 2-14 980 61.2 13.Southern Miss...... 16 1201 75.1 14.Saint Louis...... 16 6-10 921 57.6 14.Tulane...... 16 1252 78.2

SCORING MARGIN FREE THROW PERCENTAGES ## Team G OFF DEF Margin ## Team G FTM FTA Pct ------1.Louisville...... 16 79.6 63.8 +15.8 1.Tulane...... 16 211 283 .746 2.Cincinnati...... 16 77.0 66.2 +10.8 2.Louisville...... 16 288 392 .735 3.Memphis...... 16 70.0 64.8 +5.2 3.Southern Miss...... 16 225 308 .731 4.UAB...... 16 74.8 70.6 +4.2 4.Charlotte...... 16 302 427 .707 5.Charlotte...... 16 77.5 73.3 +4.2 5.Saint Louis...... 16 210 297 .707 6.DePaul...... 16 67.8 64.1 +3.7 6.Marquette...... 16 218 309 .706 7.Houston...... 16 65.1 63.2 +1.8 7.Memphis...... 16 303 434 .698 8.TCU...... 16 66.2 66.9 -0.7 8.DePaul...... 16 208 298 .698 9.Saint Louis...... 16 57.6 59.4 -1.9 9.USF...... 16 253 370 .684 10.USF...... 16 63.2 67.3 -4.1 10.UAB...... 16 239 351 .681 11.Marquette...... 16 65.6 69.9 -4.3 11.Cincinnati...... 16 287 431 .666 12.East Carolina...... 16 63.4 70.9 -7.4 12.East Carolina...... 16 227 356 .638 13.Tulane...... 16 64.7 78.2 -13.6 13.TCU...... 16 251 424 .592 14.Southern Miss...... 16 61.2 75.1 -13.8 14.Houston...... 16 166 281 .591

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG FGA Pct ## Team G FG FGA Pct ------1.UAB...... 16 427 934 .457 1.Memphis...... 16 325 871 .373 2.Cincinnati...... 16 416 910 .457 2.Cincinnati...... 16 371 993 .374 3.Louisville...... 16 414 937 .442 3.Saint Louis...... 16 336 891 .377 4.DePaul...... 16 390 914 .427 4.Louisville...... 16 332 879 .378 5.Saint Louis...... 16 323 763 .423 5.USF...... 16 348 835 .417 6.Marquette...... 16 355 842 .422 6.TCU...... 16 362 864 .419 7.Memphis...... 16 351 833 .421 7.DePaul...... 16 353 839 .421 8.Charlotte...... 16 406 966 .420 8.East Carolina...... 16 381 895 .426 9.USF...... 16 339 830 .408 9.Tulane...... 16 444 1024 .434 10.Tulane...... 16 359 886 .405 10.Houston...... 16 314 721 .436 11.Southern Miss...... 16 335 830 .404 11.Marquette...... 16 385 883 .436 12.East Carolina...... 16 361 916 .394 12.Charlotte...... 16 433 963 .450 13.TCU...... 16 344 882 .390 13.UAB...... 16 382 842 .454 14.Houston...... 16 367 947 .388 14.Southern Miss...... 16 421 890 .473

3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG FGA Pct ## Team G FG FGA Pct ------1.Louisville...... 16 157 390 .403 1.Louisville...... 16 104 325 .320 2.Cincinnati...... 16 113 304 .372 2.Memphis...... 16 91 281 .324 3.Memphis...... 16 115 323 .356 3.Saint Louis...... 16 115 350 .329 4.Charlotte...... 16 126 357 .353 4.Cincinnati...... 16 119 356 .334 5.Marquette...... 16 121 343 .353 5.DePaul...... 16 97 283 .343 6.UAB...... 16 104 295 .353 6.USF...... 16 92 266 .346 7.Southern Miss...... 16 85 245 .347 7.Tulane...... 16 112 323 .347 8.TCU...... 16 120 349 .344 8.TCU...... 16 120 346 .347 9.DePaul...... 16 97 287 .338 9.Charlotte...... 16 120 344 .349 10.Houston...... 16 141 427 .330 10.East Carolina...... 16 105 299 .351 11.USF...... 16 81 247 .328 11.UAB...... 16 104 292 .356 12.Tulane...... 16 106 327 .324 12.Houston...... 16 87 243 .358 13.Saint Louis...... 16 65 211 .308 13.Marquette...... 16 111 297 .374 14.East Carolina...... 16 66 220 .300 14.Southern Miss...... 16 120 320 .375 2004-05 Conference USA Men's Basketball CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Apr 04, 2005 (Conference games only)

REBOUNDING OFFENSE REBOUNDING DEFENSE ## Team G Reb Avg/G ## Team G Reb Avg/G ------1.Cincinnati...... 16 668 41.8 1.DePaul...... 16 509 31.8 2.East Carolina...... 16 639 39.9 2.Marquette...... 16 522 32.6 3.Louisville...... 16 633 39.6 3.USF...... 16 559 34.9 4.Charlotte...... 16 602 37.6 4.Southern Miss...... 16 560 35.0 5.DePaul...... 16 598 37.4 5.Louisville...... 16 563 35.2 6.Memphis...... 16 590 36.9 6.Saint Louis...... 16 565 35.3 TCU...... 16 590 36.9 7.Memphis...... 16 566 35.4 8.Tulane...... 16 582 36.4 8.Cincinnati...... 16 577 36.1 9.Marquette...... 16 555 34.7 East Carolina...... 16 577 36.1 10.USF...... 16 540 33.8 10.UAB...... 16 583 36.4 11.Houston...... 16 515 32.2 11.Houston...... 16 593 37.1 Saint Louis...... 16 515 32.2 TCU...... 16 593 37.1 13.Southern Miss...... 16 495 30.9 13.Charlotte...... 16 608 38.0 14.UAB...... 16 493 30.8 14.Tulane...... 16 640 40.0

REBOUNDING MARGIN BLOCKED SHOTS ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin ## Team G Blocks Avg/G ------1.Cincinnati...... 16 668 41.8 577 36.1 +5.7 1.Cincinnati...... 16 92 5.75 2.DePaul...... 16 598 37.4 509 31.8 +5.6 2.Memphis...... 16 75 4.69 3.Louisville...... 16 633 39.6 563 35.2 +4.4 3.Tulane...... 16 67 4.19 4.East Carolina...... 16 639 39.9 577 36.1 +3.9 East Carolina...... 16 67 4.19 5.Marquette...... 16 555 34.7 522 32.6 +2.1 5.Houston...... 16 63 3.94 6.Memphis...... 16 590 36.9 566 35.4 +1.5 6.Louisville...... 16 58 3.62 7.TCU...... 16 590 36.9 593 37.1 -0.2 7.DePaul...... 16 57 3.56 8.Charlotte...... 16 602 37.6 608 38.0 -0.4 8.UAB...... 16 53 3.31 9.USF...... 16 540 33.8 559 34.9 -1.2 9.USF...... 16 48 3.00 10.Saint Louis...... 16 515 32.2 565 35.3 -3.1 10.Charlotte...... 16 44 2.75 11.Tulane...... 16 582 36.4 640 40.0 -3.6 11.Marquette...... 16 33 2.06 12.Southern Miss...... 16 495 30.9 560 35.0 -4.1 12.Southern Miss...... 16 29 1.81 13.Houston...... 16 515 32.2 593 37.1 -4.9 13.Saint Louis...... 16 26 1.62 14.UAB...... 16 493 30.8 583 36.4 -5.6 14.TCU...... 16 22 1.38

ASSISTS STEALS ## Team G Assists Avg/G ## Team G Steals Avg/G ------1.Cincinnati...... 16 256 16.00 1.UAB...... 16 186 11.62 2.UAB...... 16 250 15.62 2.Houston...... 16 170 10.62 3.Louisville...... 16 240 15.00 3.Louisville...... 16 143 8.94 4.Tulane...... 16 236 14.75 4.Charlotte...... 16 129 8.06 5.Marquette...... 16 224 14.00 5.TCU...... 16 115 7.19 6.Charlotte...... 16 216 13.50 6.USF...... 16 110 6.88 7.DePaul...... 16 211 13.19 Memphis...... 16 110 6.88 8.East Carolina...... 16 205 12.81 8.Saint Louis...... 16 96 6.00 9.Saint Louis...... 16 203 12.69 9.East Carolina...... 16 91 5.69 10.USF...... 16 188 11.75 Southern Miss...... 16 91 5.69 11.Houston...... 16 182 11.38 11.DePaul...... 16 89 5.56 12.TCU...... 16 178 11.12 12.Tulane...... 16 76 4.75 13.Memphis...... 16 176 11.00 13.Cincinnati...... 16 69 4.31 14.Southern Miss...... 16 149 9.31 14.Marquette...... 16 57 3.56

TURNOVER MARGIN ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin ## Team G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio ------1.Houston...... 16 178 11.1 306 19.1 +8.00 1.Charlotte...... 16 216 13.5 183 11.4 1.18 2.UAB...... 16 214 13.4 328 20.5 +7.12 2.UAB...... 16 250 15.6 214 13.4 1.17 3.Charlotte...... 16 183 11.4 242 15.1 +3.69 3.Cincinnati...... 16 256 16.0 222 13.9 1.15 4.Louisville...... 16 212 13.2 268 16.8 +3.50 4.Louisville...... 16 240 15.0 212 13.2 1.13 5.TCU...... 16 224 14.0 246 15.4 +1.38 5.DePaul...... 16 211 13.2 198 12.4 1.07 6.DePaul...... 16 198 12.4 197 12.3 -0.06 6.Houston...... 16 182 11.4 178 11.1 1.02 7.USF...... 16 251 15.7 238 14.9 -0.81 7.Saint Louis...... 16 203 12.7 208 13.0 0.98 8.Memphis...... 16 237 14.8 221 13.8 -1.00 8.Marquette...... 16 224 14.0 243 15.2 0.92 9.Cincinnati...... 16 222 13.9 198 12.4 -1.50 9.East Carolina...... 16 205 12.8 255 15.9 0.80 Saint Louis...... 16 208 13.0 184 11.5 -1.50 10.Tulane...... 16 236 14.8 296 18.5 0.80 11.Southern Miss...... 16 220 13.8 183 11.4 -2.31 11.TCU...... 16 178 11.1 224 14.0 0.79 12.East Carolina...... 16 255 15.9 195 12.2 -3.75 12.USF...... 16 188 11.8 251 15.7 0.75 13.Marquette...... 16 243 15.2 171 10.7 -4.50 13.Memphis...... 16 176 11.0 237 14.8 0.74 14.Tulane...... 16 296 18.5 164 10.2 -8.25 14.Southern Miss...... 16 149 9.3 220 13.8 0.68 2004-05 Conference USA Men's Basketball CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Apr 04, 2005 (Conference games only)

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Team G No. Avg/G ## Team G No. Avg/G ------1.Houston...... 16 230 14.38 1.Cincinnati...... 16 452 28.25 2.DePaul...... 16 226 14.12 2.Louisville...... 16 420 26.25 3.East Carolina...... 16 220 13.75 3.East Carolina...... 16 419 26.19 4.Charlotte...... 16 217 13.56 4.Tulane...... 16 406 25.38 5.TCU...... 16 216 13.50 5.Saint Louis...... 16 400 25.00 Cincinnati...... 16 216 13.50 6.Memphis...... 16 395 24.69 7.Louisville...... 16 213 13.31 7.Charlotte...... 16 385 24.06 8.Marquette...... 16 196 12.25 8.TCU...... 16 374 23.38 9.Memphis...... 16 195 12.19 9.DePaul...... 16 372 23.25 10.USF...... 16 184 11.50 10.Marquette...... 16 359 22.44 11.Tulane...... 16 176 11.00 11.USF...... 16 356 22.25 UAB...... 16 176 11.00 12.Southern Miss...... 16 343 21.44 13.Southern Miss...... 16 152 9.50 13.UAB...... 16 317 19.81 14.Saint Louis...... 16 115 7.19 14.Houston...... 16 285 17.81

3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE ## Team G 3FG Avg/G ------1.Louisville...... 16 157 9.81 2.Houston...... 16 141 8.81 3.Charlotte...... 16 126 7.88 4.Marquette...... 16 121 7.56 5.TCU...... 16 120 7.50 6.Memphis...... 16 115 7.19 7.Cincinnati...... 16 113 7.06 8.Tulane...... 16 106 6.62 9.UAB...... 16 104 6.50 10.DePaul...... 16 97 6.06 11.Southern Miss...... 16 85 5.31 12.USF...... 16 81 5.06 13.East Carolina...... 16 66 4.12 14.Saint Louis...... 16 65 4.06 2004-05 Conference USA Men's Basketball CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Apr 04, 2005 (Conference games only)

|------CONFERENCE------| |------OVERALL------| WINNING STREAK STANDINGS W-L Pct PF PA W-L Pct PF PA Team NO. ------Louisville...... 14-2 .875 79.6 63.8 14-2 .875 79.6 63.8 Louisville 6 Charlotte...... 12-4 .750 77.5 73.3 12-4 .750 77.5 73.3 Cincinnati 6 Cincinnati...... 12-4 .750 77.0 66.2 12-4 .750 77.0 66.2 UAB 4 UAB...... 10-6 .625 74.8 70.6 10-6 .625 74.8 70.6 Saint Louis 2 DePaul...... 10-6 .625 67.8 64.1 10-6 .625 67.8 64.1 USF 1 Memphis...... 9-7 .562 70.0 64.8 9-7 .562 70.0 64.8 Tulane 1 Houston...... 9-7 .562 65.1 63.2 9-7 .562 65.1 63.2 Southern Miss 1 TCU...... 8-8 .500 66.2 66.9 8-8 .500 66.2 66.9 Marquette...... 7-9 .438 65.6 69.9 7-9 .438 65.6 69.9 Saint Louis...... 6-10 .375 57.6 59.4 6-10 .375 57.6 59.4 USF...... 5-11 .312 63.2 67.3 5-11 .312 63.2 67.3 Tulane...... 4-12 .250 64.7 78.2 4-12 .250 64.7 78.2 East Carolina...... 4-12 .250 63.4 70.9 4-12 .250 63.4 70.9 Southern Miss...... 2-14 .125 61.2 75.1 2-14 .125 61.2 75.1

TEAM SUMMARIES Team G PF-PA Avg Score Margin FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct RebF RebA Margin ------Charlotte...... 16 1240-1173 77.5-73.3 +4.2 406-966 .420 126-357 .353 302-427 .707 602 608 -0.4 Cincinnati...... 16 1232-1059 77.0-66.2 +10.8 416-910 .457 113-304 .372 287-431 .666 668 577 +5.7 DePaul...... 16 1085-1026 67.8-64.1 +3.7 390-914 .427 97-287 .338 208-298 .698 598 509 +5.6 East Carolina...... 16 1015-1134 63.4-70.9 -7.4 361-916 .394 66-220 .300 227-356 .638 639 577 +3.9 Houston...... 16 1041-1012 65.1-63.2 +1.8 367-947 .388 141-427 .330 166-281 .591 515 593 -4.9 Louisville...... 16 1273-1021 79.6-63.8 +15.8 414-937 .442 157-390 .403 288-392 .735 633 563 +4.4 Marquette...... 16 1049-1118 65.6-69.9 -4.3 355-842 .422 121-343 .353 218-309 .706 555 522 +2.1 Memphis...... 16 1120-1036 70.0-64.8 +5.2 351-833 .421 115-323 .356 303-434 .698 590 566 +1.5 Saint Louis...... 16 921-951 57.6-59.4 -1.9 323-763 .423 65-211 .308 210-297 .707 515 565 -3.1 Southern Miss...... 16 980-1201 61.2-75.1 -13.8 335-830 .404 85-245 .347 225-308 .731 495 560 -4.1 TCU...... 16 1059-1070 66.2-66.9 -0.7 344-882 .390 120-349 .344 251-424 .592 590 593 -0.2 Tulane...... 16 1035-1252 64.7-78.2 -13.6 359-886 .405 106-327 .324 211-283 .746 582 640 -3.6 UAB...... 16 1197-1129 74.8-70.6 +4.2 427-934 .457 104-295 .353 239-351 .681 493 583 -5.6 USF...... 16 1012-1077 63.2-67.3 -4.1 339-830 .408 81-247 .328 253-370 .684 540 559 -1.2

ATTENDANCE Team | HOME GAMES Avg | AWAY GAMES Avg | NEUT GAMES Avg | ALL GAMES Avg | ------Charlotte | 8-63476 7934 | 8-70840 8855 | 0-0 0 | 16-134316 8395 | Cincinnati | 8-97806 12226 | 8-80966 10121 | 0-0 0 | 16-178772 11173 | DePaul | 8-86090 10761 | 8-68070 8509 | 0-0 0 | 16-154160 9635 | East Carolina | 8-35621 4453 | 8-57288 7161 | 0-0 0 | 16-92909 5807 | Houston | 8-36735 4592 | 8-55646 6956 | 0-0 0 | 16-92381 5774 | Louisville | 8-158324 19790 | 8-86982 10873 | 0-0 0 | 16-245306 15332 | Marquette | 8-114600 14325 | 8-76186 9523 | 0-0 0 | 16-190786 11924 | Memphis | 8-91628 11454 | 8-63609 7951 | 0-0 0 | 16-155237 9702 | Saint Louis | 8-65849 8231 | 8-67340 8418 | 0-0 0 | 16-133189 8324 | Southern Miss | 8-33498 4187 | 8-58525 7316 | 0-0 0 | 16-92023 5751 | TCU | 8-38696 4837 | 8-63438 7930 | 0-0 0 | 16-102134 6383 | Tulane | 8-15334 1917 | 8-53012 6626 | 0-0 0 | 16-68346 4272 | UAB | 8-55591 6949 | 8-54697 6837 | 0-0 0 | 16-110288 6893 | USF | 8-31095 3887 | 8-67744 8468 | 0-0 0 | 16-98839 6177 | ------Totals | 112-924343 8253 | 112-924343 8253 | 0-0 0 | 112-924343 8253 | 2004-05 Conference USA Men's Basketball Conference Individual Highs Through games of Apr 04, 2005 (Conference games only)

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER GAME HIGHS ------POINTS...... 39 WITHERS, Curtis (Charlotte) at Saint Louis (2/12/05) 33 O'BANNON, Larry (Louisville) vs CHARLOTTE (3/3/05) FIELD GOALS MADE...... 13 WITHERS, Curtis (Charlotte) at Saint Louis (2/12/05) 11 CARRUTH, Rashaad (Southern Miss) vs LOUISVILLE (1/11/05) 11 WASHINGTON, Darius (Memphis) at Charlotte (02/23/05) 11 O'BANNON, Larry (Louisville) vs CHARLOTTE (3/3/05) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS...... 26 SWIFT, Brian (USF) vs CINCINNATI (1/27/05) 25 OWENS, Andre (Houston) vs LOUISVILLE (1/5/05) 25 WITHERS, Curtis (Charlotte) at Saint Louis (2/12/05) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE.... .909 (10-11) HICKS, Eric (Cincinnati) at DePaul (2-12-05) .900 (9-10) HICKS, Eric (Cincinnati) at Louisville (02/02/05) 3 PT FG MADE...... 8 PLAVICH, Brendan (Charlotte) vs CINCINNATI (02/05/05) 8 OWENS, Andre (Houston) at Marquette (03-02-05) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS...... 17 PLAVICH, Brendan (Charlotte) vs CINCINNATI (02/05/05) 16 OWENS, Andre (Houston) vs LOUISVILLE (1/5/05) 16 CARNEY, Rodney (Memphis) at Saint Louis (03/02/05) 16 PLAVICH, Brendan (Charlotte) at Louisville (3/3/05) 3 PT PERCENTAGE...... 1.000 (5-5) O'BANNON, Larry (Louisville) at DePaul (3-5-05) .833 (5-6) CHAPMAN, Joe (Marquette) vs UAB (02-02-05) FREE THROWS MADE...... 14 STITH, Donnie (Tulane) vs LOUISVILLE (1/29/05) 12 MAXIELL, Jason (Cincinnati) vs UAB (02-19-05) 12 NOVAK, Steve (Marquette) vs HOUSTON (03-02-05) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS...... 17 ERWIN, Duane (Memphis) vs EAST CAROLINA (02/02/05) 16 MAXIELL, Jason (Cincinnati) vs UAB (02-19-05) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE.... 1.000 (8-8) WHITE, James (Cincinnati) vs DEPAUL (01/06/05) 1.000 (10-10) GARCIA, Francisco (Louisville) vs TCU (1/8/05) 1.000 (8-8) GARCIA, Francisco (Louisville) at Southern Miss (1/11/05) 1.000 (8-8) JOHNSON, Jasper (Southern Miss) at Houston (1/15/05) 1.000 (8-8) FORD, Michael (Southern Miss) vs SAINT LOUIS (1/19/05) 1.000 (10-10) WASHINGTON, Darius (Memphis) at UAB (01-22-05) 1.000 (8-8) EDDINS, Demario (UAB) vs MEMPHIS (01-22-05) 1.000 (8-8) RICE, Anthony (Memphis) vs DEPAUL (01/27/05) 1.000 (10-10) WASHINGTON, Darius (Memphis) at TCU (1/29/05) 1.000 (8-8) AMBRES, Mildon (Southern Miss) vs DEPAUL (1/29/05) 1.000 (14-14) STITH, Donnie (Tulane) vs LOUISVILLE (1/29/05) 1.000 (8-8) O'BANNON, Larry (Louisville) vs CINCINNATI (02/02/05) 1.000 (8-8) WITHERS, Curtis (Charlotte) vs CINCINNATI (02/05/05) 1.000 (8-8) CARNEY, Rodney (Memphis) vs TULANE (02/12/05) 1.000 (9-9) BASDEN, Eddie (Charlotte) at Tulane (2/19/05) 1.000 (8-8) KIRKLAND, Armein (Cincinnati) vs UAB (02-19-05) 1.000 (12-12) NOVAK, Steve (Marquette) vs HOUSTON (03-02-05) REBOUNDS...... 18 MYLES, Ellis (Louisville) vs SAINT LOUIS (2/20/05) 16 BADIANE, Moussa (East Carolina) vs USF (1-05-05) 16 LEATHER, Terrence (USF) at East Carolina (1-05-05) 16 HANNAH, Rodney (Houston) vs LOUISVILLE (1/5/05) 16 BADIANE, Moussa (East Carolina) at Louisville (1/19/05) 16 JACKSON, Marcus (Marquette) at Saint Louis (1/29/05) ASSISTS...... 12 DIENER, Travis (Marquette) at Tulane (1/8/05) 11 SWIFT, Brian (USF) vs TULANE (2/05/05) 11 ROCHESTIE, Taylor (Tulane) vs SOUTHERN MISS (2/9/05) 11 DIENER, Travis (Marquette) vs LOUISVILLE (02-17-05) STEALS...... 7 LATHAM, Brian (Houston) vs USF (2/16/05) 6 TAYLOR, Donell (UAB) vs SOUTHERN MISS (01-05-05) 6 WASHINGTON, Darius (Memphis) vs SOUTHERN MISS (01/09/05) 6 WASHINGTON, Darius (Memphis) vs MARQUETTE (01/13/05) 6 DYER, Ramon (Houston) vs TULANE (1/26/05) 6 BASDEN, Eddie (Charlotte) vs SOUTHERN MISS (02/26/05) BLOCKED SHOTS...... 8 MAXIELL, Jason (Cincinnati) vs HOUSTON (01/29/05) 6 GARCIA, Francisco (Louisville) vs TCU (1/8/05) 6 JACKSON, Marcus (Marquette) at Memphis (01/13/05) 6 ITI, Martin (Charlotte) vs SOUTHERN MISS (02/26/05) TURNOVERS...... 9 DIENER, Travis (Marquette) at Memphis (01/13/05) 8 CHAPMAN, Joe (Marquette) at Cincinnati (02/24/05) 8 MASON, Dameon (Marquette) vs HOUSTON (03-02-05) 2004-05 Conference USA Men's Basketball Conference Team Highs Through games of Apr 04, 2005 (Conference games only)

TEAM HIGHS (highest totals made by) ------POINTS...... 107 Louisville at Southern Miss (1/11/05) 105 Louisville at Tulane (1/29/05) FIELD GOALS MADE...... 35 Louisville vs MARQUETTE (01/26/05) 34 DePaul at Tulane (1/15/05) 34 TCU at Charlotte (01/26/05) 34 USF vs TULANE (2/05/05) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS...... 79 Louisville at Tulane (1/29/05) 76 Tulane at Memphis (02/12/05) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE.... .612 (30-49) Cincinnati at TCU (2/26/05) .592 (29-49) Charlotte vs HOUSTON (02/09/05) 3 PT FG MADE...... 17 Louisville vs MARQUETTE (01/26/05) 15 TCU at Charlotte (01/26/05) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS...... 36 Louisville at Tulane (1/29/05) 35 Louisville vs EAST CAROLINA (1/19/05) 35 TCU at Charlotte (01/26/05) 35 Charlotte at Louisville (3/3/05) 3 PT PERCENTAGE...... 667 (4-6) Saint Louis at Southern Miss (1/19/05) .611 (11-18) Tulane at USF (2/05/05) FREE THROWS MADE...... 31 Louisville at Southern Miss (1/11/05) 30 Memphis at USF (01/19/05) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS...... 50 TCU at Tulane (2/25/05) 39 Memphis vs EAST CAROLINA (02/02/05) 39 Memphis at Louisville (2/9/05) 39 Memphis vs TULANE (02/12/05) 39 Saint Louis vs MEMPHIS (03/02/05) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE.... 1.000 (7-7) Marquette vs UAB (02-02-05) .939 (31-33) Louisville at Southern Miss (1/11/05) REBOUNDS...... 60 Louisville vs EAST CAROLINA (1/19/05) 53 Cincinnati at Memphis (03/05/05) ASSISTS...... 25 Tulane vs UAB (1/19/05) 24 Louisville vs MARQUETTE (01/26/05) 24 Charlotte vs HOUSTON (02/09/05) 24 Saint Louis vs CHARLOTTE (2/12/05) 24 Louisville vs CHARLOTTE (3/3/05) STEALS...... 20 Louisville at Tulane (1/29/05) 20 UAB vs TULANE (02-26-05) BLOCKED SHOTS...... 12 Cincinnati vs HOUSTON (01/29/05) 11 Houston vs TCU (2/19/05) TURNOVERS...... 29 Tulane at UAB (02-26-05) 28 USF at UAB (01-29-05) FOULS...... 33 East Carolina at Memphis (02/02/05) 30 Memphis at Saint Louis (03/02/05)