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| GOXAVIER.COM 197 XAVIER UNIVERSITY | 2011-12

XAVIER’S ACADEMIC ADVANTAGE: A TRADITION OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE • Xavier’s 7,000 students choose from 85 undergraduate majors in three colleges, 54 minors and 17 graduate programs, a doctorate program in psychology and three honors programs. • The student/faculty ratio is 12:1 and the average class size is 22 students • U.S. News & World Report has ranked Xavier among the top 10 Midwest Masters colleges and universities for 16 consecutive years, including third in the latest issue. Xavier is ranked among “The Best Colleges in America” by The Princeton Review. • Xavier is included among Forbes listing of “America’s Top Colleges” in its annual rankings, including 16th among best colleges with Master’s degree programs. • Xavier’s Williams College of Business is rated among the Best United States Business Schools by The Princeton Review. • Xavier offers international study opportunities on six continents.

HIGH DEMANDS, HIGH STANDARDS... • During the last 10 years, applications for admission to Xavier have increased more than 160%, including a record 9,305 for the class of 2014. • Xavier’s freshman to sophomore retention rate is 87%, versus the national average of 75% for similar private colleges. • Xavier’s latest Student-Athlete Graduation Success Rate, which was announced by the NCAA in October, is an impressive 94 percent. • More than 400 companies request resumes from Xavier students each year. Of XU graduates who apply to medical school, 81% are accepted versus the national average of 46%.

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EXCITEMENT AND GROWTH AROUND CAMPUS... • Xavier University has undergone a tremendous transformation. Bishop Edward Fenwick Place, the new residence/dining hall complex, opened this August. It includes 535 beds in four towers, a new dining hall with a seating capacity of 725, a green roof and a large greenspace. Xavier’s residence halls are recognized as being among the best in the country, with nearly 56% of all full-time undergraduate students living on campus. The James E. Hoff, S.J. Academic Quad opened in fall 2010 at the corner of Ledgewood and Dana Avenues. It includes the Michael J. Conaton Learning Commons, a high-tech, highly social center for learning outside the classroom and Stephen and Dolores Smith Hall, a new hi-tech home for the Williams College of Business, which features the Fifth Third Trading Center, a Wall Street style trading room with 44 Bloomberg terminals. The Hoff Quad and the residence/dining hall complex were built to LEED Silver Standards. • The Cintas Center, which opened in 2000, includes a 10,250-seat arena for men’s and women’s basketball and vol- leyball. The arena is used for Xavier commencement ceremonies and major campus events and is widely used for busi- ness and community events. Cintas Center is also home to the Schiff Conference Center. • The Gallagher Student Center, is a 24/7 student center with office and resource space for Xavier’s 100-plus student clubs and groups, a performing arts center, recreation areas and a variety of food outlets. • Xavier’s entire campus, including residence halls, is completely wireless. • Xavier was honored by the Professional Grounds Management Society as No. 1 in the country for urban university landscaping. ELITE ATHLETICS AND ACADEMICS... • Xavier saw three teams qualify for NCAA Tournament competition this past academic year, including men’s basketball (sixth straight), women’s basketball (fifth straight) and men’s soccer. Men’s tennis has earned NCAA berths three of the last four years. Baseball, men’s golf, track and field, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball are among the other current Xavier sports that have recently earned spots or placed individuals in the NCAA field. • Men’s basketball made its sixth straight NCAA Tournament appearance and its 10th in the last 11 years, including advancement to at least the NCAA Sweet 16 in three of the past four seasons, one of only five schools that can say that: Duke, Kansas, Michigan State, North Carolina and Xavier. XU made the Elite Eight in 2008 and 2004. • In 2011, men’s basketball won the A-10 Regular Season Championship for the fifth consecutive year. In addition, women’s basketball has won the A-10 regular season and/or tournament title in each of the last five years. • The new NCAA Academic Progress Rates (APR) shows that Xavier student-athletes have continued their success in the classroom as well. Xavier’s men’s and women’s tennis, women’s golf, and vol- leyball earned a perfect APR, while men’s swimming, women’s cross-country, women’s swimming, women’s indoor track, and women’s outdoor track earned scores of at least 996. Eight Xavier teams received scores in the top 25 of their respective sport: men’s tennis, women’s golf, women’s tennis, volleyball, men’s swimming, women’s indoor track, women’s outdoor track and women’s swimming.

| GOXAVIER.COM 199 FATHER GRAHAM | 2011-12

University President The Rev. Michael J. Graham, S.J. As president, Fr. Michael J. Graham, Citizen,” Graham initiated the Community to then-President James E. Hoff. In these S.J., is leading Xavier University through Building Institute and established the roles, Graham oversaw a broad range its most ambitious expansion in the insti- James and Delrose Eigel Center for Com- of University activities, which included a tution’s 180-year history. munity Engaged Learning. Through these $125 million capital campaign, the most centers, Xavier is partnering with local ambitious and successful fundraising cam- Graham’s influence is demonstrated most and regional organizations and Xavier paign in Xavier’s history at that time. recently by Bishop Edward Fenwick Place, faculty, students, and staff are becoming the new dining and residential complex in more active citizens and participants in As a parish priest active at Good Shep- the heart of campus across from Bellar- the community. herd Catholic Church in suburban Cin- mine Chapel. This eco-friendly building cinnati and with Xavier student groups, includes a green roof and a dining hall Under Graham, Xavier embarked and Graham carries out his Jesuit pastoral that seats nearly twice as many as the completed a campaign to revolutionize activities as celebrant for weddings, former facility. In 2010, Graham oversaw the student learning experience. The baptisms, and retreats as well as weekly the opening of the James E. Hoff, S.J., result was the Hoff Quad, with focuses on Sunday worship. Graham also serves on Academic Quad, which includes the state- academic excellence, integrated learning, the boards of St. Xavier High School, of-the-art Conaton Learning Commons the most current technology and outside- Center for Holocaust Education at Hebrew and Smith Hall, home to the Williams Col- the-classroom experiences. Union College and United Way of Greater lege of Business. Cincinnati, as well as the Loyola of Chi- Graham’s association with Xavier began in cago University Board of Trustees and the In addition to guiding the University 1984, when he joined the University’s fac- Atlantic 10 Presidents Council. through a major expansion, Graham has ulty as an assistant professor of history. shepherded Xavier’s spiritual growth dur- He left Xavier to pursue a master of divin- “I’m a priest and I’m a teacher,” says ing his tenure. Since becoming president ity from The Weston School of Theology, Graham. “My gifts and experience on Jan. 1, 2001, Graham has invigorated which he earned in 1988. Graham earned intersect with Xavier University at this Xavier’s Jesuit tradition of serving society a PhD in American Studies from the particular moment in time in such a way by educating students intellectually, University of Michigan in 1983 and also that what I think I’ll be able to contribute morally, and spiritually, with rigor and holds degrees in philosophy and psychol- is an enhanced sense of the University’s compassion, toward lives of solidarity, ogy. Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Graham excellence as a university, per se, and as service, and success. Under his leader- entered the Society of Jesus in 1978 and a distinctly Jesuit-Catholic university.” ship, Xavier has established an academic was ordained a priest in 1988. vision, increased the number of full-time The photos show Fr. Graham introducing faculty, enhanced interdisciplinary study Graham returned to Xavier in 1989 and U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner and expanded academic service learning has remained at the University since. (Xavier ‘77) at an XU basketball game, and study abroad. In 1994, Graham was appointed vice giving David West (XU ‘03) his XU Hall of president for the Division of University Fame trophy last Fall and cheering for XU Fulfilling his vision of the “University as Relations and in 1999, executive assistant in the NCAA Basketball Championship.

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Administrative Vice President Xavier’s NCAA & Athletic Advisory Board Leadership Dr. John Kucia

Dr. John F. Kucia is adminis- serves as chief public relations Kucia was named director trative vice president and the officer for the University. for alumni relations in 1984, principal assistant to Xavier assistant to the president in President Michael J. Graham, Kucia earned a bachelor’s de- 1986 and a University vice S.J. Kucia oversees Xavier’s In- gree in political science (1969) president in 1990. Kucia and tercollegiate Athletic Program, and a master’s degree in guid- his wife Mary (M.Ed. ’76) have the Cintas Center, Human ance and counseling (1972) five children: Kristin (’91), John Resources, Community Building from Xavier and a doctorate in (’93), Peter (’95) and twins Sr. Rose Ann Fleming Dr. Brent Richardson Institute, Government Rela- higher education management Emily (’02) and Ellen (Loyola, NCAA Faculty Representative Chairman tions, University Communica- (2004) from the University of Chicago ’02) and ten grandchil- Mount St. Joseph ‘54 Athletic Advisory Board tions, property acquisitions and Pennsylvania. dren. (1st Year; 27th Year at XU) Emory and Henry College ‘85 – 2nd Year

Fr. Hoff’s Legacy Lives On... things right and we will continue to follow technology, a Bloomberg trading center and morally to take their place in a rapidly his example.” and program centers are integrated to changing global society and work for the enhance teaching and learning. betterment of that society.” Hoff’s spirit and passion for Xavier is im- mortalized in the University’s hallmark aca- The Quad is a fitting tribute to a man During Hoff’s presidency, the University demic facility named after him. The James who oversaw tremendous transforma- raised $125 million in the largest capital E. Hoff, S.J. Academic Quadrangle, which tion of Xavier’s campus, academic quality campaign at that time in school history, opened in fall 2010, is a dynamic academic and national reputation while serving as nearly quadrupled the endowment and complex that enables Xavier to meet the president from March 1991 to December raised the funds to build Cintas Center. learning needs of 21st century students. 2000. Hoff’s vision for the University, what Hoff oversaw new construction and the Xavier is a leader among colleges and he called his most important legacy, be- renovation of existing buildings and added universities for successfully blending the came a mantra for the entire campus: “to green space to change the look and feel of technological and academic resources and prepare students intellectually, spiritually the entire campus. services that enhance learning with the Conaton Learning Commons. It provides students the facilities, technologies and The influence ofFr. James E. Hoff, services to help them master essential S.J., will never be forgotten. The former skills and gain a competitive advantage chancellor and president of Xavier Univer- in their respective disciplines and careers. sity died on July 23, 2004 at the age of 72 This high-tech, highly social center for after a four-month battle with cancer. learning outside the classroom serves as a hallmark for Xavier’s future and is recog- “Jim Hoff raised the bar at Xavier and set nized as a unique facility within American a tone that pushed the University and all higher education. of us associated with it, to dream big and strive to be better,” Michael J. Graham, The Quad also includes Smith Hall, which S.J., president of Xavier, said, adding, “He serves as home for the nationally rec- set the example–academically, spiritually, ognized Williams College of Business. athletically, in every way, of how to do Classrooms equipped with rich, robust

| GOXAVIER.COM 201 MIKE BOBINSKI | 2011-12

Associate Vice President & Athletic Director Mike Bobinski Associate Vice President Mike Bobinski swimming, women’s indoor track, women’s season, while in May the program is on since taken over as head coach at Ari- is in his 12th year as Xavier’s Director for outdoor track and women’s swimming. target to extend its streak to 85 straight zona. Bobinski also hired former women’s Athletics, coming off another year that was seniors that have graduated. Women’s basketball coach Kevin McGuff, who spent filled with tremendous accomplishments During Bobinski’s tenure as athletic direc- basketball made runs to the NCAA Elite nine years at Xavier before leaving for and progress for Xavier’s broad-based tor, nine Xavier teams have earned 37 Eight in 2001 and again in 2010. This Washington earlier this year. He also over- athletic program of 18 NCAA Division I team or individual spots in NCAA Champi- past season, women’s basketball had two saw the opening of Cintas Center. sports. Bobinski has plenty of reasons onship competition, including the baseball, student-athletes earn All-America status to smile about the success stories in the men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and achieved its highest national ranking Bobinski came to intercollegiate athletics department. men’s golf, rifle, men’s tennis, men’s and in program history at No. 4. more than 25 years ago from the business women’s soccer and women’s volleyball world, not the playing field or coaching It’s not a coincidence that Bobinski’s pas- teams. In addition, Xavier has sent individ- Bobinski, who is in the fourth year of a arena. Before coming to Xavier he was the sion for success has rubbed off on the ual standouts to five-year term on athletic director at the University of Akron, Xavier athletic program. It has shown up NCAA Champion- “Mike and I have a great relationship, very the NCAA Division and prior to that, was the associate direc- in impressive results in competition and in ship competition open and honest. Mike is the most person- I Men’s Basketball tor of athletics at the U.S. Naval Academy. the classroom. Xavier’s latest graduation in track and field. able athletic director in the business, which Committee, came Before moving to the Naval Academy, success rate is an impressive 94 percent. In the same time to Xavier in 1998 Bobinski, 53, was associate and assistant XU had 95 student-athletes honored on the span, Xavier makes communication easy. In addition, Mike as Athletic Direc- business manager at the University of Atlantic 10 Conference Academic Honor Roll teams have cap- is the ultimate competitor, which is a quality tor and served in Notre Dame from 1984 to 1989. A native in the spring of 2011, which followed up tured 24 Atlantic we have in common.” that position until of Yaphank on Long Island, N.Y., Bobinski having 83 student-athletes honored on the 10 Conference moving to the de- received his bachelor of business adminis- A-10 Honor Roll in the fall of 2010. Championships. -- Head Coach Chris Mack velopment office tration from Notre Dame in 1979, graduat- Men’s basketball in June of 2004. ing magna cum laude, while playing four The NCAA Academic Progress Rates made its sixth straight NCAA Tournament As associate vice president for develop- years for the Fighting Irish baseball team. (APR) announced in May show that Xavier appearance and women’s basketball made ment from 2004-06, Bobinski oversaw all student-athletes have continued their its fifth straight appearance in March. fund-raising efforts for Xavier including an- As a licensed certified public accountant, success in the classroom. Xavier’s men’s nual and planned giving, major gifts, grant he first went into accounting with Deloitte, and women’s tennis, women’s golf, and During Bobinski’s 11 years as Athletic services and internal operations. Bobinski Haskins and Sell and Arthur Young & volleyball earned a perfect APR, while Director, Xavier basketball has enjoyed tre- returned to athletics in 2006. Company from 1979-82. He also worked men’s swimming, women’s cross coun- mendous national success. In men’s bas- for the Walt Disney Company in Orlando try, women’s swimming, women’s indoor ketball, Xavier has averaged 25 wins over In 2009, Bobinski hired Chris Mack as from 1982-84 before moving into college track, and women’s outdoor track earned those 11 years while making the 2004 and men’s basketball head coach. He also athletics at UND in 1984. scores of at least 996. Eight Xavier teams 2008 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight and the hired Thad Matta as head men’s basketball received scores in the top 25 of their 2009 and 2010 Sweet 16. Men’s basket- coach in 2001 and Sean Miller as Xavier’s Bobinski has two children, Melissa, 24, a respective sport: men’s tennis, women’s ball had one of its student-athletes earn first associate head coach. Matta is now 2009 Xavier graduate, and Brian, 22, who golf, women’s tennis, volleyball, men’s All-America honors for the second straight head coach at Ohio State and Miller has is a junior at Ohio State.

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Rich Franchak Tom Eiser Greg Park Erin Kido Brian Hicks Kim Powers Hoyt Senior Assoc. Athletic Director Associate Athletic Director for Associate Athletic Director Assoc. Athletic Director Assistant Athletic Director Director of Student-Athlete Maryland-Baltimore County ‘86 Media Relations & SID for Business for Compliance & SWA for Marketing Academic Support Services 8th Year Xavier ‘84 – 26th Year Wittenberg ‘70 – 24th Year UCLA ‘02 – 5th Year Kentucky ‘97 – 8th Year Stanford ‘01 – 9th Year

Brett Sanders Bridget Carlin D.J. Hodge Brian Maley Becky Jackson Erik Alanson Director of Ticketing Ticket General Manager Executive Director Director for Athletic Development Academic Advisor/Life Skills Premium Seating Manager Xavier Sports Properties of Athletic Giving Northern Kentucky ‘03 Coordinator st Kentucky ‘04 – 4th Year St. John’s ‘09 – 1st Year Western Kentucky ‘91 – 4th Year Xavier ‘86 – 12th Year 5th Year Xavier ‘08 – 1 Year

Emily Hiscar Shannon Wrona Jenna Willhoit Colin Waters Jason Ashcraft Jessica Souto Assistant Director for Marketing Marketing Assistant Associate Sports Sports Information Assistant/ Sports Information Sports Information Intern Wittenberg ‘06 – 1st Year Xavier ‘10 – 1st Year Information Director Video Coordinator Assistant Xavier ‘11 – 1st Year Kentucky ‘03 – 5th Year Baker ‘07 – 2nd Year Morehead State ‘04 – 3rd Year

Mike Dunn Andy Barry Jody Geisen Carol Maas Jenny Hoerst Suzanne Wright Director of Cintas Center Cintas Center Dir. of Business Administrative Secretary Athletic Department Athletic Department Athletic Department Dayton ‘94 Operations – Cincinnati ‘86 Cincinnati ‘91 – 16th Year Secretary Secretary Secretary 13th Yr. (4th yr. in current role) 24th Yr. (3rd yr. in current role) 14th Year 6th Year Xavier ‘10 – 6th Year

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Sports The Medical Team for Xavier Athletics Medicine Staff Affiliated with TriHealth - The Community Partnership of Bethesda and Good Samaritan Hospitals Robert R. Burger, M.D., Medical Director/Orthopaedic Surgery/Head Team Physician Henry A. Stiene, M.D., Medical Director/Sports Medicine/Team Physician Kim Miller, M.D., Director of Student Health/Team Physician Timothy E. Kremchek, M.D., Medical Director/Orthopaedic Surgery/Team Physician

Rick Okragly, M.D., Internal Medicine/Team Physician Barry Wendt, M.D., Internal Medicine/Team Physician Jim Konerman, M.D., Internal Medicine/Team Physician Lanie Spaedy, M.D., Internal Medicine/Team Physician Peter S. Cha, M.D., Orthopaedic Surgery Consultant Jaideep Chunduri, M.D., Spine Consultant Ian Rodway, M.D., Spine Consultant Brian T. Skale, M.D., Cardiology Consultant Jody Jenike David Fluker Sai K. Hanumanthu, M.D., Cardiology Consultant Head Athletic Associate Head Richard E. Welling, M.D., General Surgery Consultant Trainer Athletic Trainer James A. Amis, M.D., Foot and Ankle Surgery Consultant Cincinnati ‘87 – 23rd Year Wilmington ‘86 – 2nd Year Thomas R. Kiefhaber, M.D., Hand Surgery Consultant James J. Sanitato, M.D., Ophthalmology Consultant Joseph R. Hellmann, M.D., Otolaryngology Consultant Thomas G. Saul, M.D., Neurosurgery Consultant Joseph P. Crowley, D.D.S., Director of Dental Care J. Patrick Mooney, D.D.S., Dental Care Thomas Perrino, D.D.S., Dental Care Bert J. Jacob, D.D.S., Dental Care Xavier Mascots Paul Siegel, D.D.S., M.S., Endodontist Matthew Syrek, D.C., Co-Director/Chiropractic Consultant Michael J. Rohlfs, D.C., Co-Director/Chiropractic Care Melissa Kontsis, P.T., ATC, Beacon Physical Therapist Christy Schuckman, P.T., ATC, Beacon Physical Therapist John Walker, P.T., ATC, Beacon Physical Therapist Shannon Urton, Certified Physician Assistant Mike Mulcahey Katie Rapking Sara Snyder, Certified Physician Assistant Mark Thiemann, Certified Physician Assistant Assistant Athletic Assistant Trainer Athletic Trainer Xavier ‘96 – 13th Year Xavier ‘08 – 2nd Year Strength & Conditioning Staff

Julie Blowers Kelsey Pilati Matt Jennings Cori Dayton Jake Dyslin Assistant Athletic Trainer Head Strength and Assistant Strength and Assistant Strength and Athletic Trainer Assistant Conditioning Coach Conditioning Coach Conditioning Coach Connecticut ‘07 – 2nd Year Miami (Ohio) ‘09 – 2nd Year North Carolina ‘96 – 3rd Year UNC Charlotte ‘08 – 3rd Year Iowa State ‘05 – 1st Year

204 6 STRAIGHT NCAAS | 2011-12 | MUSKETEER TRADITION/MASCOTS Why Musketeers? The Tradition ties with French origins and culture. they fail to learn the English language. The first priest, and one of the first Euro- The first Jesuit Priest of Xavier, in 1840, The Musketeer concept was based on the peans to navigate the Ohio River past the was Father John Anthony Elet, a native of suggestion of the late Reverend Francis J. site that was to become Cincinnati, was the French-speaking provinces of Belgium. Finn, S.J., a member of the Xavier Univer- a Jesuit from French Canada named the sity Board of Trustees for many years until Rev. Joseph Pierre de Bonnecamps. He was The great patron of the University, St. his death in 1928. In response to a direc- a scientist and mathematician from the Francis Xavier, a native of Spain, received tive from the Trustees, Father Finn pro- College of Quebec who made the trip in his university education at the College of posed the name Musketeers in 1925. It was 1749. Numerous historical accounts credit St. Barbe at the University of Paris and he adopted and has been a Xavier designation him with creating the first map of Ohio’s helped found the Jesuit Order in Paris in ever since. boundaries. 1540.

In naming the Musketeers, Father Finn Among the first students at Xavier in the So, as Father Finn reasoned, the Musketeer, was not only giving rebirth to a concept of decade of the 1830’s were French-speaking a dedicated guard of the King of France, chivalry that is among France’s most trea- young men from Louisiana who were was a fine symbol of the qualities that sured traditions, but he was also providing forbidden by the college regulations to use should inspire the students and particularly permanent recognition to Xavier’s strong their family tongue during recreation lest the athletic teams at Xavier University.

Xavier Mascots D’Artagnan serves as the official mascot of the Xavier University athletic teams. The legendary mascot has gone through many changes over the years, but his powerful pres- ence remained when the most recent version of the Musketeer was unveiled at the start of the 2004-05 basketball season.

The Blue Blob serves as a secondary mascot for the Xavier University athletic teams. The Blob is well known for be- ing able to excite the crowd and is a favorite among the younger Musketeer fans. The Blue Blob has even been fea- tured on SportsCenter, including a main role in a series of ESPN SportsCenter com- mercials. He is also a hit with the Junior Musketeers Club.

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MEDIA GUIDELINES Xavier Athletics Phone Directory TO THE MEDIA: This guide has been prepared to assist you in your coverage of the 2011-12 Xavier Musketeer basketball team. Let the communications/SID office know if you need additional materials or information. Updated statistics, game notes and more are available at GoXavier.com, the official Xavier Athletics web Athletic Department (FAX): 513-745-3413 (745-4390) site. Call Tom Eiser at 513-745-3124 (office) or 513-382-5565 (cell) for additional information or assistance. Basketball Office (FAX): 513-745-3417 (745-4390) INTERVIEW REQUESTS: There will be media interview availability during the week for players and head coach Chris Mack. All requests must be set up in ad- Ticket Office (FAX): 513-745-3411 (745-3063) vance through the SID Office. Direct all questions about procedures to Tom Eiser. Cintas Center Press Row Phone: 513-745-3929 PRESS, PHOTO & SCOUT PASSES: All requests for press, photo and scout passes must be made through Tom Eiser. Passes will be left at the press entrance on the north side (loading dock) of the Cintas Center. SERVICES AT GAMES: Background information is available to the media in the press room. Complete statistics and play-by-play will be available after the game Tom Eiser in the press room. Refreshments and a pre-game meal are also available in the press room. POST-GAME INTERVIEW PROCEDURE: Depending on media demand, the visiting coach will be brought into the press/interview room after the post-game Associate Athletic Director & Men’s Basketball SID “cooling off” period. After every game selected Xavier players and head coach Chris Mack will conduct interviews in the press/interview room. Please direct all Office: 513-745-3124 Xavier procedural questions to Tom Eiser. Visiting team interview requests should be made through the visiting team’s media contact. Cell: 513-382-5565 Fax: 513-745-2825 CINTAS CENTER E-Mail: [email protected] Twitter: @Eiser_XU Hoops

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Tom Eiser Associate Athletic Director

Tom Eiser, Xavier University Associate Athletic Director and Sports Information Director, is in his 26th year as the media contact for the nationally-ranked men’s basketball program. He began working with the team in 1986 and has worked with five head coaches and promoted the team through each of its last 19 NCAA Tournament seasons. From I-75 North His 2010-11 men’s basketball media guide was voted “Best in Travel I-75 north to Mitchell Avenue Exit (#6). Turn right onto Mitchell Avenue and the Nation” by CoSIDA. follow Mitchell Avenue to the top of the hill. At stop sign, turn left onto Clinton Springs Eiser’s primary responsibilities at Xavier University involve the Avenue and cross over Reading Road at next light. Clinton Springs Avenue turns into direction of the communications, media relations, broadcast Dana Avenue. General access parking lots are available off Dana Avenue between Victory production, web site, publicity, publications, record-keeping Parkway and Montgomery Road, or turn left on Montgomery Road to access additional and research for his alma mater’s 18 NCAA Division I sports. Athletic Department: To reach the Siemers Family Athletic Office lots (see printable directions and parking map on GoXavier.com). Outside of Xavier, Eiser has worked as a media specialist for Suite, including the communications/sports information and basketball the men’s and women’s FIFA World Cup competition in addition offices, enter through the West Entrance. The elevator to the athletic From I-75 South to a long list of men’s and women’s Final Four and preliminary suite area is on the right. Take the elevator to the fourth floor. Travel I-75 south to Mitchell Avenue Exit (#6). Turn left onto Mitchell Avenue and follow round NCAA basketball competition. Practice Gym: Please use the West Entrance to reach the Kohl- Mitchell to the top of the hill. At stop sign, turn left onto Clinton Springs Avenue and cross over Reading Road at next light. Clinton Springs Avenue turns into Dana Avenue. Eiser worked in radio news and sports before accepting his hepp Family Auxiliary Gym. When you enter the West Entrance, the General access parking lots are available off Dana Avenue between Victory Parkway and first job in the athletics field as the Assistant SID at the Univer- auxiliary gym is to the left. Montgomery Road, or turn left on Montgomery Road to access additional lots (see map sity of Detroit in 1985. Media and Team Entrance: Check in at the loading dock area, which is located on the North side of the Cintas Center. on GoXavier.com). Eiser, 49, is an active member of the College Sports Informa- Media Parking: Media with parking passes should park in their des- tion Directors of America, the United States Basketball Writers ignated areas. All other media/scouts must park in general access lots. From 1-71 North Association and the Public Relations Society of America. He is TV Coverage: Parking for the broadcast/production truck(s) is Take I-71 north to Dana Avenue/Montgomery Road Exit (#5). Turn right onto Duck Creek Chair of the CoSIDA I-AAA University Management Committee in the loading dock area. TV news/sports crews using “live shot” Road. At first traffic light, turn right onto Montgomery Road and continue on Montgomery and serves on the CoSIDA Strategic Branding Committee and ENG vehicles must park on the East side of the building next to the Road to general access parking lot E (see map on GoXavier.com). the Atlantic 10 Conference Marketing and PR Committee. entrance of the Schiff Conference Center, which is where the plug in is The native Cincinnatian, a 1984 graduate of Xavier University located. TV coverage of Xavier Basketball (broadcasts or “live shots”) From I-71 South with a bachelor’s degree in English, completed work this past and the reservation of parking space must be cleared in advance Take I-71 south to Dana Ave Exit (#5). Turn right from the exit ramp onto Dana Avenue. summer on a master’s degree in educational administration at through Tom Eiser, who will put the crew in touch with the appropri- At second traffic light, turn right onto Montgomery Road and continue on Montgomery Xavier. He resides in Independence, Ky. ate Cintas Center personnel. Road to general access parking lot E (see map on GoXavier.com).

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PRIMARY MEDIA

WEB SITE: GoXavier.com Impressive Broadcast Schedule

WIRE SERVICE Associated Press 312 Elm Street Cincinnati 45202 513-241-2386 Reporter: Joe Kay

NEWSPAPERS Xavier’s television pack- age is on FOX Sports Cincinnati Enquirer Ohio, with Brad Johan- (AM Daily, including Sat. & Sun.) sen doing play-by-play 312 Elm St., Cincinnati 45202 Sports Editor: Barry Forbis and Steve Wolf (XU 513-768-8438 ‘83) providing color com- XU Beat Writer: Shannon Russell mentary for the FS Ohio-produced games. Jim Day Columnist: Paul Daugherty will host the half-hour pre-game shows before those cincinnati.com XAVIER ON THE ESPN broadcasts. Check out FOXSportsOhio.com for more Xavier Newswire (Weekly) information, features and updated broadcast info. Xavier Univ., Cincinnati 45207 FAMILY OF NETWORKS Sports Editor: Sabrina Brown Nov. 11 Morgan State + 513-745-2878 Nov. 28 @ Vanderbilt Nov. 15 IPFW + www.thexunewswire.com Dec. 3 Purdue Nov. 18 Miami (Ohio) + Dec. 7 @ Butler TELEVISION Nov. 25 Georgia + Dec. 10 Cincinnati Jan. 4 @ La Salle * Dec. 18 Oral Roberts + WCPO-TV 9 (ABC) Dec. 22 Long Beach State Jan. 11 Duquesne ! Jan. 4 @ La Salle * 1720 Gilbert Ave., Cincinnati 45202 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic Jan. 18 Saint Joseph’s * Jan. 7 @ Fordham + 513-852-4078 Dec. 23 Auburn/Hawaii Feb. 1 @ George Washington * Jan. 18 Saint Joseph’s * Sports Director: John Popovich Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic www.wcpo.com Feb. 8 Rhode Island ! Jan. 25 Saint Louis + Dec. 25 Clemson/Kansas St./UTEP/SIU @ Feb. 18 Dayton ! Jan. 28 @ Charlotte + WLWT-TV 5 (NBC) Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic Feb. 21 @ Massachusetts * Feb. 1 @ George Washington * 1700 Young St., Cincinnati 45202 Dec. 31 Gonzaga Feb. 28 @ Saint Louis ! Feb. 4 @ Memphis $ 513-412-5088 Jan. 14 St. Bonaventure Mar. 3 Charlotte * Feb. 21 @ Massachusetts * Sports Director: Ken Broo Jan. 21 @ Dayton Mar. 3 Charlotte * www.wlwt.com Mar. 9 Atlantic 10 Championship * Feb. 11 @ Temple Mar. 10 Atlantic 10 Championship ! Mar. 9 Atlantic 10 Championship * WKRC-TV 12 (CBS) Feb. 25 Richmond Mar. 11 Atlantic 10 Championship ^ * FS Ohio/CBS Sports Network Regional game 1906 Highland Ave., Cincinnati 45219 * CBS Sports Network Regional broadcast on FSO $ FSN national broadcast 513-763-5455 Note: TV schedules are subject to change; ! CBS Sports Network national broadcast + Denotes FOX Sports Ohio game that will have a Sports Director: Brad Johansen up-to-date information is on GoXavier.com. half-hour pre-game show on FOX Sports Ohio www.local12.com ^ CBS national broadcast

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RADIO Xavier’s long-time radio tandem of Joe Sunderman (XU ‘79) and Byron Larkin (XU ‘88) can be heard all season on 700 WLW AM, 55KRC AM and 700 WLW and 55KRC with pre-game and post-game shows in addition to every regular season and postseason game ESPN 1530 AM broadcast. Sunderman and Larkin, who are both members of the Xavier University Athletic Hall of Fame, also host the 8044 Montgomery Rd., Suite 650, weekly “Chris Mack Show” presented by Toyota on 55KRC. There is a new spot for the coach’s show. The show airs live Cincinnati 45236 (513-686-8300) WLW Sports Director: Bill Dennison from T.G.I. Friday’s in Kenwood from 7-8 p.m. on Mondays except the last two weeks in February when the show will be on Wednesday due to travel conflicts. Talk Show Hosts: Lance McAlister Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) and Learfield Sports have announced a multi-year broadcasting agreement that will make live Xavier men’s basketball play-by- and Mo Egger play broadcasts available to SiriusXM listeners across the country. WLW Dir. of Sports Programming: The Xavier men’s basketball radio broadcasts and coach’s show are productions of Xavier Sports Properties, a property of Learfield Sports. XSP, a property of Dave Armbruster. www.700wlw.com Learfield Sports, is the exclusive multimedia rights holder for Xavier Athletics.

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