DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610 Phone: (508) 793-2583 • Fax: (508) 793-2309 2012-2013 Holy Cross Men’s Basketball Holy Cross (0-0, 0-0 PL) at Liberty Tax Classic November 9-11, 2012 Constant Convocation Center (8,472) • Norfolk, Va. GAME DAY QUICK FACTS: 2012-2013 Schedule & Results Live Video Streaming: www.ODUSports.com (only games involving Old Dominion) Unoffi cial Live Statistics: www.ODUSports.com (all games) DATE OPPONENT . .TIME / SCORE Old Dominion Radio: WVSP 94.1 FM, Yorktown, Va.; www.espnradio941. Nov. 4 ASSUMPTION (exh.) . .L, 63-71 com, internet Nov. 9 at Old Dominion # . 7:15 p.m. Texas San-Antonio Radio: KTKR 760 AM, San Antonio, Texas; www. Nov. 10 vs. Texas-San Antonio # . 5:00 p.m. ticket760.com, internet Nov. 11 vs. Morgan State # . 4:15 p.m. PROBABLE HOLY CROSS STARTERS: Nov. 14 MAINE . .7:00 p.m. Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG Nov. 21 at St. John’s . 7:30 p.m. F 13 Malcolm Miller 6-6 190 So. 0.0 0.0 Nov. 24 NEW HAMPSHIRE . .4:00 p.m. F 50 Dave Dudzinski 6-9 227 So. 0.0 0.0 Nov. 27 at Providence . .7:00 p.m. C 44 Phil Beans 6-9 233 Sr. 0.0 0.0 Dec. 1 at Hartford . .7:00 p.m. G 3 Justin Burrell 5-9 165 Fr. 0.0 0.0 Dec. 5 at Sacred Heart . 7:00 p.m. G 32 Jordan Stevens 6-5 200 Sr. 0.0 0.0 Dec. 8 DARTMOUTH . .4:00 p.m. Dec. 18 at San Francisco . 10:00 p.m. CRUSADERS SET TO OPEN SEASON AT LIBERTY TAX CLASSIC: Dec. 22 at Harvard . 2:00 p.m. Holy Cross will begin the 2012-2013 campaign with three games at the Dec. 29 at Boston College . 2:00 p.m. Liberty Tax Classic, which will take place from Nov. 9-11 in Norfolk, Jan. 4 YALE . .7:00 p.m. Va., on the campus of Old Dominion University. The Crusaders open the Jan. 8 COLUMBIA . .7:00 p.m. tournament against host Old Dominion on Friday, Nov. 9, at 7:15 p.m. Jan. 12 at Lehigh * . 2:00 p.m. Holy Cross will then take on Texas-San Antonio at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 16 at Navy * . 7:00 p.m. Nov. 10, and Morgan State at 4:15 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11. Following the Jan. 19 AMERICAN * . .2:00 p.m. Liberty Tax Classic, the Crusaders will return to the Hart Center to face Jan. 23 at Lafayette * . .7:00 p.m. Maine in their home opener on Wednesday, Nov. 14. Jan. 26 BUCKNELL * . .4:00 p.m. Jan. 30 ARMY * . .7:00 p.m. THE SERIES WITH OLD DOMINION: This will be the fi rst-ever meeting Feb. 2 at Colgate * . 2:00 p.m. between the Crusaders and the Monarchs on the hardwood. Against the 11 Feb. 9 LEHIGH * . .4:00 p.m. schools which currently compete in the Colonial Athletic Association, Holy Cross stands 25-9 all-time (1-0 against Delaware, 0-2 vs. George Mason, Feb. 12 NAVY * . .7:00 p.m. 1-0 against Georgia State, 5-2 vs. Hofstra, 13-5 against Northeastern and Feb. 17 at American * . 12:00 p.m. 5-0 vs. William & Mary). Feb. 20 LAFAYETTE * . .7:00 p.m. Feb. 24 at Bucknell * . 12:00 p.m. THE SERIES WITH TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO: This will be the fi rst-ever Feb. 27 at Army * . .7:00 p.m. meeting between the Crusaders and the Roadrunners on the hardwood. Holy Mar. 2 COLGATE * . .12:00 p.m. Cross has only played one game in its history against the 10 schools which Mar. 6 Patriot League Quarterfi nals currently compete in the Western Athletic Conference, defeating Seattle Mar. 9 Patriot League Semifi nals 77-72 on March 10, 1952, during the National Invitation Tournament at Mar. 13 Patriot League Championship Game Madison Square Garden. Home games listed in BOLD CAPS THE SERIES WITH MORGAN STATE: This will be the fi rst-ever meet- * Patriot League games ing between the Crusaders and the Bears on the hardwood. Against the 13 # Liberty Tax Classic, Norfolk, Va. schools which currently compete in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, All times listed are Eastern Standard Time Holy Cross stands 4-0 all-time with marks of 1-0 against Florida A&M and 3-0 against Hampton. WWW.GOHOLYCROSS.COM HOLY CROSS IN ROAD OPENERS: The Crusaders have an all-time Media Services & Policies record of 45-48 in their opening road contest of the season. Holy Cross has lost its fi rst away game in each of the last four years, but prior to that the Crusaders had won four straight times in their opening road contest of the INTERVIEWS season. Holy Cross posted victories at Fairfi eld in 2007-2008 (67-54), at Personal interviews with head coach Milan Brown, his staff and Harvard in 2006-2007 (82-69), at William & Mary in 2005-2006 (67-55) players can be arranged through Charles Bare at (508) 793-2583 and at Boston University in 2004-2005 (58-48). or [email protected]. Arrangements for all interviews should be made at least 24 hours in advance. Home phone numbers will CRUSADERS PICKED FOURTH IN PRESEASON POLL: In the 2012- not be given out, and on game day, only postgame interviews will 2013 Patriot League preseason poll, Holy Cross was picked to fi nish in be granted. fourth place in voting by the conference’s head coaches and sports infor- mation directors. The Crusaders received 55 total points in the conference POSTGAME PROCEDURES preseason poll, to tie with Lafayette for fourth place. Lehigh placed fi rst in The Holy Cross basketball locker room is closed to the media. Mem- the poll with 96 total points and 12 fi rst-place votes, followed by Bucknell bers of the media should submit player interview requests to Charles in second with 88 points and four fi rst-place votes, and American in third Bare of Holy Cross by the fi ve-minute mark of the second half. For with 66 points. The preseason rankings were rounded out by Army (sixth, games at the Hart Center, requested players and coaches from both 47 points), Colgate (seventh, 26 points) and Navy (eighth, 15 points). teams will meet with the media outside of their locker rooms follow- ing a 10-minute cooling off period. DUDZINSKI PLAYS BIG DOWN LOW: Junior forward Dave Dudzinski (Elburn, Ill.) should once again be a key player for the Crusaders in the MORGAN STATE MEDIA INFORMATION low post positions this year. In 29 games played last season, Dudzinski Any media member wishing to speak to head coach Todd Bozeman or averaged 9.4 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.1 blocks, while making 48.7 a Morgan State player should contact SID Leonard Haynes at (443) percent (97 of 199) of his fi eld goal attempts and 83.1 percent of his free 885-3831 or [email protected]. throws (69 of 83). During last year’s victory over Lehigh, he led the team with career highs of 23 points and fi ve blocked shots, in addition to pulling OLD DOMINION MEDIA INFORMATION down eight rebounds and hitting nine of 11 fi eld goal attempts. A few of Any media member wishing to speak to head coach Blaine Taylor or Dudzinski’s other top performances last year came at Providence (21 points, an Old Dominion player should contact SID Carol Hudson at (757) career-high 11 rebounds), against San Francisco (20 points, six rebounds), 683-3372 or [email protected]. at Maine (20 points, fi ve rebounds, two steals), at Dartmouth (14 points, eight rebounds, two blocks) and at the College of Charleston (14 points, TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO MEDIA INFORMATION fi ve rebounds, two steals). During the 2010-2011 season, he was named Any media member wishing to speak to head coach Brooks Thompson to the Patriot League All-Rookie team, after averaging 4.6 points and 2.8 or a Texas-San Antonio player should contact SID Kyle Stephens at rebounds in 27 games played, while hitting 54.8 percent (51 of 93) of his (210) 458-4551 or [email protected]. fi eld goal attempts. Over the course of his collegiate career, Dudzinski has now totaled 396 points, 248 rebounds and 42 blocked shots, while connect- ing on 50.7 percent (148 of 292) of his fi eld goal attempts and 78.0 percent FOR OPENERS: Holy Cross owns an all-time record of 65-28 in its open- (85 of 109) of his free throws. ing game of the season. The Crusaders have lost their opener in each of the last three seasons, but prior to that had posted six straight victories on opening day. This year will mark the 49th time Holy Cross has opened the Assumption Recap season on the road, with the Crusaders posting a 29-19 mark in the previ- ous 48 contests. Over the last 13 years, Holy Cross stands 8-5 in season openers. During that time, Holy Cross has defeated Providence (54-43 in Dave Dudzinski scored a game-high 19 points, but Holy Cross lost 1999-2000), Quinnipiac (85-57 in 2001-2002), Boston University (59-57 an exhibition game against Assumption at the Hart Center, 71-63, in 2003-2004; 58-48 in 2004-2005), High Point (85-73 in 2005-2006), on Nov.