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UAB is the coaches’ selection as the pre- Date Game Coverage Time season favorite in C-USA this season. The Fri., November 11 Milligan at Middle Tennessee CUSA.tv 11:00a defending regular-season champions enter Louisiana Tech at South Carolina SEC Network + 5:30p the 2016-17 campaign riding the nation’s Florida Memorial at FIU CUSA.tv 6:00p fi fth-longest win streak at 25 games. James Madison at Old Dominion CUSA.tv 6:00p Newberry at Charlotte CUSA.tv 7:00p Conference USA welcomes three new head Sul Ross State at North Texas CUSA.tv 7:00p coaches to the league this season. UAB pro- Tougaloo at Southern Miss CUSA.tv 7:00p moted Rob Ehsan, who had served as the Arkansas Pine-Bluff at UAB CUSA.tv 7:00p Blazers’ associate head coach the past two UTSA at Fresno State MW Network 9:00p seasons. UTSA added former Oklahoma as- Rainbow Classic, Honolulu, Hawaii sistant Steve Henson, while Rick Stansbury Florida Atlantic vs. Texas State 9:00p joined the WKU staff as its top man. Sat., November 12 North Carolina Central at Marshall CUSA.tv 11:00a Middle Tennessee certainly garnered some Global Sports Classic, Bowling Green, Kentucky headlines with its performance in the 2016 Alabama State at WKU CUSA.tv 7:00p NCAA Tournament. The Blue Raiders return Louisiana College at UTEP CUSA.tv 8:00p a pair of all-conference performers and some exciting newcomers. Sun., November 13 Rice at James Madison JMUSports.com 1:00p UTSA at Oregon State Pac-12 Network 4:00p C-USA teams are participating in a number Rainbow Classic, Honolulu, Hawaii of early season tournaments. Old Dominion Florida Atlantic vs. SIUE 6:30p will be in the Bahamas for the sixth annual Battle 4 Atlantis. UTEP plays Wake Forest Mon., November 14 FIU at Stetson 6:00p in the fi rst round of the Gildan Charleston Old Dominion at Richmond 6:00p Classic, with a chance to meet defending Furman at UAB CUSA.tv 7:00p national champion Villanova on day two. Charlotte at Elon 7:00p UAB meets Kansas in the CBE Hall of Fame Classic Nov. 21. Florida Atlantic opens its season in Hawaii at the Rainbow Classic, All Times Central while Southern Miss will be there during Christmas at the Diamond Head Classic.
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CHARLOTTEFIUFLORIDA ATLANTICLOUISIANA TECHMARSHALLMIDDLE TENNESSEE NORTH TEXASOLD DOMINIONRICESOUTHERN MISSUABUTEPUTSAWKU THIS WEEKEND IN CONFERENCE USA
C-USA TIPS OFF ITS 22nd SEASON ON 11-11 RETURNING ALL-CONFERENCE USA SELECTONS On Nov. 11 (11-11), Conference USA tips off its 22nd men’s basketball season at The following student-athletes are on a 2016-17 C-USA roster and received 11 a.m. CT, when defending champion Middle Tennessee hosts Milligan for its an All-Conference honor last season. Voting on the awards was done by season opener. The Blue Raiders are led by Conference USA All-Preseason Team the C-USA head coaches and media members in each conference city. selections Reggie Upshaw Jr. and Giddy Potts, along with some exciting new- comers. The team is expecting 4,000 students from Rutherford County Schools 2015-16 ALL-CONFERENCE USA SELECTIONS among the fans for the early start. Not only is this the fi rst C-USA game of the Marcus Evans, Rice, G, 6-2, 190, Chesapeake, Virginia (fi rst team) season, but marks the fi rst NCAA D-I contest of the 2016-17 campaign. The game Erik McCree, Louisiana Tech, F, 6-8, 222, Orlando, Florida (second team) will be streamed on CUSA.tv. Jeremy Combs, North Texas, F, 6-7, 196, Dallas, Texas (second team) Chris Cokley, UAB, F, 6-8, 241, Savannah, Georgia (second team) Six other C-USA teams will be playing on their home courts Friday night. Char- Giddy Potts, Middle Tennessee, G, 6-2, 220, Athens, Alabama (third team) lotte, FIU, North Texas, Old Dominion, Southern Miss and UAB each debut their Reggie Upshaw, Middle Tennessee, F, 6-8, 230, Chattanooga, Tenn. (third team) 2016-17 squads in front of their home crowds and the games will all be available William Lee, UAB, F, 6-9, 210, Plantersville, Alabama (third team) on CUSA.tv as well. Nick Norton, UAB, G, 6-10, 175, Bloomington, Illinois (third team) Lee Moore, UTEP, G, 6-4, 175, Kennesaw, Georgia (third team) UAB enters the season on a 25-game home court win streak, the fi fth-longest in 2015-16 CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM the nation, as the Blazers welcome Arkansas-Pine Bluff for a 7 p.m. CT tip. As the Jon Davis, Charlotte, G, 6-2, 193, Upper Marlboro, Maryland defending regular-season champions and the coaches preseason pick to repeat, Andrien White, Charlotte, G, 6-3, 184, Richmond, Virginia UAB returns three All-Conference selections in juniors Chris Cokley, William Lee Zoran Talley, Old Dominion, F, 6-7, 195, Merrillville, Indiana and Nick Norton, as well as the C-USA Sixth Man of the Year in senior Dirk Wil- Marcus Evans, Rice, G, 6-2, 190, Chesapeake, Virginia liams. The game also marks the debut of fi rst-year head coach Rob Ehsan, who Terry Winn, UTEP, F, 6-7, 230, Monroe, Louisiana is no stranger to the Blazers as he has been on the sidelines as an assistant and associate head coach the past four seasons. 2015-16 CONFERENCE USA ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM Brandan Stith, Old Dominion, R-So., F, 6-7, 230, Lawrenceville, Virginia Four C-USA teams are scheduled to debut on the road, beginning with Louisiana Marcus Evans, Rice, Fr., G, 6-2, 190, Chesapeake, Virginia Tech making the trip to South Carolina for a 5:30 p.m. CT tip on SEC Network William Lee, UAB, So., F, 6-9, 210, Plantersville, Alabama Plus. The Bulldogs will be led by seniors Erik McCree, a 2016 All-Conference USA second-team selection, and Qiydar Davis. Head coach Erik Konkol is also 2015-16 CONFERENCE USA FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR excited about his team stepping up to fi ll the shoes left by 2016 C-USA Player of Marcus Evans, Rice, G, 6-2, 190, Chesapeake, Virginia the Year Alex Hamilton. 2015-16 CONFERENCE USA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR William Lee, UAB, So., F, 6-9, 210, Plantersville, Alabama UTSA heads west to meet Fresno State Friday night at 9 p.m. CT on the Moun- tain West Network. It will be the debut of Roadrunner head coach Steve Henson, 2015-16 CONFERENCE USA SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR who is in his fi rst season as a head coach after spending the past 12 years as an Dirk Williams, UAB, Sr., G, 6-5, 180, Homewood, Alabama assistant at Oklahoma and UNLV. MIDDLE TENNESSEE DEFEATS MICHIGAN STATE Florida Atlantic is looking for a season as sunny as the location of its opener The 2015-16 Conference USA champion Middle Tennessee Blue Raider knocked as the Owls face Texas State in the fi rst round of the Rainbow Classic Friday off No. 2-seed and No. 2-ranked Michigan State, 90-81, to send C-USA basketball night. FAU also plays SIUE on Sunday and host Hawaii late Monday (or 4:15 a.m. into the NCAA Tournament Second Round for the second consecutive season. A ET Tuesday) on ESPN2. The Owls return four letterwinners and are also looking year after (14) UAB sent (3) Iowa State home early, MT became just the eighth No. forward to the contributions of three NCAA D-I transfers. 15-seed to achieve the improbable feat in ‘March Madness’ history and advance in the Midwest Region. In perhaps the biggest win in school history, head coach Three more C-USA teams open at home Saturday with Marshall hosting North Kermit Davis and the Blue Raiders showed the nation what they were capable Carolina Central for a noon ET start. Later that day, WKU opens its season and of by defeating the Spartans. All fi ve Middle Tennessee starters recorded double the Global Sports Challenge as host to Alabama State at 7 p.m. CT. That game fi gures in the game, led by junior Reggie Upshaw’s 21 points. Giddy Potts (19), opens the Rick Stansbury era for the Hilltoppers as the coach brings 30 years Darnell Harris (15), Perrin Buford (15) and Jaqawn Raymond (11) each joined of experience to the WKU sidelines. UTEP also opens Saturday night, welcoming Upshaw in the double-digit scoring party. The Blue Raiders shot the highest fi eld Louisiana College for a 7 p.m. MT. All three games will be on CUSA.tv. goal percentage (.559) and three-point percentage (.579) the Spartans (29-6) al- lowed all season. Over the summer, the team was also recognized with a “Biggest Rice is the fi nal C-USA team to open the 2016-17 season, when the Owls play at Upset” nomination at the ESPY Awards with Davis and several student-athletes James Madison on Sunday. Sophomore G Marcus Evans, the 2016 C-USA Fresh- attending the event in Los Angeles. man of the Year and only returning All-Conference USA fi rst-team selection, gets a trip to his home state as a native of Chesapeake, Virginia.
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CHARLOTTEFIUFLORIDA ATLANTICLOUISIANA TECHMARSHALLMIDDLE TENNESSEE NORTH TEXASOLD DOMINIONRICESOUTHERN MISSUABUTEPUTSAWKU SHOOTING STARS ODU WINS INAUGURAL VEGAS 16 FATHER-SON CONNECTIONS C-USA BASKETBALL SIDs Old Dominion earned the inaugural title of the Vegas Several Conference USA coaches will wear the Brent Stastny, Charlotte 16 after defeating Oakland, 68-67, in the champion- “Dad” and “Coach” hats during the 2016-17 sea- (704) 687-1021 / [email protected] ship fi nal. Trey Freeman was named the Tournament son. Charlotte head coach Mark Price, the son of a MVP, averaging 20 points in the Monarchs’ three coach himself, adds 6-7 guard Hudson Price to his Mike Hogan, FIU games, including 24 in the title game. Classmate line-up after the younger Price transferred from (305) 348-1496 / mihogan@fi u.edu Aaron Bacote joined Freeman on the All-Tournament TCU once his father was named to his position Justin Johnson, Florida Atlantic Team. Brandon Stith registered his 10th double-dou- with the 49ers. Price sat out last season due to (561) 302-0461 / [email protected] ble of the season with 14 points and 15 rebounds. the transfer rules, but should be ready to contrib- ute right away. ODU assistant coach Bryant Stith Kane McGuire, Louisiana Tech MARSHALL OFFENSE mentored Brandan Stith to a C-USA All-Defen- (318) 257-5071 / [email protected] Last season, Marshall ranked third nationally in sive Team last season. Now younger brother B.J. Stith will be on the fl oor for the Monarchs after Wilber DeLashmet, Marshall scoring off ense (86.0 ppg) and eighth in three- (304) 696-5276 / [email protected] point fi eld goals made (10.1 per game). That scor- transferring from his father’s alma mater Virginia. ing average bumped up to an insane 92 points In August, Southern Miss head coach Doc Sadler Eric Beovich, Middle Tennessee per game against conference opponents, shatter- hired 13-year NBA veteran and Golden Eagle (615) 898-2378 / [email protected] ing the league record. Three Herd players ranked legend Clarence Weatherspoon as an assistant among C-USA’s top 20 scorers – No. 3. James coach. Weatherspoon will be coaching his son, Justin Glover, North Texas Kelly (20.1), No. 12. Jon Elmore (15.2) and No. 20. Clarence “Clay” Weatherspoon. (940) 369-8548 / [email protected] (14.2). Although Kelly was lost to Ryan Taylor Grant Gardner, Old Dominion graduation, Elmore and Taylor return as All-Con- BLOCKINGHAM (757) 683-3395 / [email protected] ference USA preseason team members. UAB lived up to its #Blockingham hashtag last season, ranking second in the nation in that cat- Tim Andrzejewski, Rice egory at 6.1 stops per game. UAB also broke the (713) 348-3929 / [email protected] school record (187 set during the 1988-89 sea- David Cohen, Southern Miss son) and fi nished with 202 on the season. C-USA (601) 266-6240 / [email protected] Defensive Player of the Year William Lee ranked eighth on the NCAA Division I individual chart Jay D’Abramo, UAB with 2.88 blocks per game. (205) 934-7920 / [email protected]
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COACHING RECORDS CONFERENCE USA WELCOMES NEW COACHING TRIO C-USA boasts some tremendous head coaches, combining for more than Three coaches joined Conference USA schools during the postseason. WKU 2,200 career wins. UTEP head coach Tim Floyd has 450 wins within the col- added veteran coach Rick Stansbury, while UAB and UTSA added fi rst-time lege ranks, following his win in the C-USA Championship second round, and head coaches in Rob Ehsan and Steve Henson, respectively. another 90 in the NBA. Old Dominion’s Jeff Jones earned his 400th career victory during the 2015 NIT, while Middle Tennessee’s Kermit Davis picked With 293 career wins and 11 postseason trips as a head coach to his credit, up his 400th career win on Jan. 16, 2016. Stansbury was named the 15th head men’s basketball coach at WKU. A Bat- tletown, Kentucky, native and Campbellsville University Class of 2003 Hall of Many C-USA coaches were also outstanding student-athletes themselves. Famer, Stansbury comes to The Hill following two years at 2015-16 SEC regula- Jones helped his alma mater Virginia to the 1981 NCAA Final Four. Char- season champion Texas A&M, which included a run to the 2016 NCAA Sweet lotte’s Mark Price enjoyed a stellar 12-year NBA career and fi nished his ca- 16. In his 30 seasons as a head coach or an assistant coach, Stansbury’s teams reer as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history. Florida Atlantic head have gone to the postseason 18 times, playing as a Top 5 seed in the NCAA coach Michael Curry also played in the NBA. North Texas’ Tony Benford Tournament in 2016 (3), 2004 (2), 2003 (5), 2002 (3), 1996 (5) and 1995 (5) was named the 1986 SWC Tournament MVP as a senior at Texas Tech. and in the NIT in 2012 (4), 2010 (1), and 2007 (1).
Coach (School) School Career C-USA Over a 22-year run at Mississippi State, including the fi nal 14 as head coach Mark Price (CHA) 14-19 14-19 9-9 (1999-2012), he compiled a career record of 293-166 (.638), led the Bulldogs to Anthony Evans (FIU) 44-52 143-146 22-30 the postseason 11 times, with six NCAA appearances, and became Mississippi Michael Curry (FAU) 17-45 17-45 7-29 State’s all-time wins leader in the process. Eric Konkol (TECH) 23-10 23-10 12-6 Dan D’Antoni (MAR) 28-37 28-37 19-17 Henson becomes the sixth head men’s basketball coach in UTSA history. He Kermit Davis (MT) 276-175 413-250 35-17 comes to the Alamo City with 15 years of coaching experience — in which his teams posted a winning record 12 times — most recently as an assistant coach Tony Benford (NT) 54-73 54-73 21-31 under Lon Kruger at Oklahoma. During his fi ve seasons with the Sooners (2011- Jeff Jones (ODU) 70-39 425-326 34-18 16), Henson helped guide the squad to four consecutive 20-win seasons and Mike Rhoades (RICE) 24-40 221-115 15-21 NCAA Tournament berths, culminating this spring with the program’s fi fth ap- Doc Sadler (USM) 11-41 160-148 20-30 pearance in the NCAA Final Four and its fi rst since 2002. Oklahoma also saw Rob Ehsan (UAB) 0-0 0-0 0-0 an increase in its win total in each of the last fi ve campaigns. Tim Floyd (UTEP) 122-77 450-257 63-37 Steve Henson (UTSA) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Prior to his time in Norman, Henson spent seven seasons with Kruger at UNLV Rick Stansbury (WKU) 0-0 293-166 0-0 (2004-11) and he aided the Runnin’ Rebels to a 161-71 (.694) record, six post- season appearances (four NCAA Tournaments) and a pair of Mountain West Conference tournament titles. UNLV averaged 23 wins per year during his time and following a 30-7 mark and run to the 2007 Sweet 16, Rivals.com recog- CUSA TV nized Henson as one of the top 25 assistant coaches in the nation. The 2016-17 season marks the inaugural year for CUSA TV. The league’s new digital home makes all non-televised team sports available as part of Ehsan also becomes the sixth head coach at UAB and he is a familiar face to a subscription package. The site off ers all events in one location so fans Blazer fans after completing his fourth season under former head coach Je- can watch home and away matchups of their favorite team or season long rod Haase. Ehsan spent two years as an assistant coach and two as associate events from their favorite sport. The site showcases weekly feature stories head coach, and was named interim head coach when Haase was named head as well as postgame interviews, players of the week highlights and other coach at Stanford. exciting content. UAB recently celebrated back-to-back Conference USA championships, as well as a 2015 NCAA Tournament run to the Round of 32 as the youngest team in the fi eld. Prior to his time at UAB, Ehsan spent a season as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech and six seasons under Gary Williams at Maryland, where he was heavily involved with many aspects of the program, including coaching, player development, recruiting, academics, scouting, scheduling and fundrais- ing. Ehsan was also involved in the recruitment of Robert Brown, who was originally recruited by Ehsan at Virginia Tech before transferring to rejoin him at UAB, as well as UAB standout William Lee and others.
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CHARLOTTEFIUFLORIDA ATLANTICLOUISIANA TECHMARSHALLMIDDLE TENNESSEE NORTH TEXASOLD DOMINIONRICESOUTHERN MISSUABUTEPUTSAWKU BY THE NUMBERS NCAA STATISTICS DOUBLE-DOUBLES SUPERLATIVES Here are the fi nal 2015-16 NCAA statistical rankings: Player (Team) Season Career 30-POINT SCORING GAMES TEAM Jeremy Combs (NT) 0 17 Player (Team) Date Winning Percentage Brandan Stith (ODU) 0 13 14t. UAB 26-7 78.8 Justin Johnson (WKU) 0 10 Scoring Off ense Reggie Upshaw Jr. (MT) 0 14 3. Marshall 2838 86.0 Erik McCree (TECH) 0 11 20-POINT SCORING GAMES Scoring Defense Egor Koulechov (RICE) 0 7 7. Old Dominion 2339 61.6 Ryan Taylor (MAR) 0 27 Player (Team) Date Field Goal Percentage Chris Cokley (UAB) 0 7 26. UAB 942-1971 47.8 William Lee (UAB) 0 9 Field Goal Percentage Defense Terry Winn (UTEP) 0 4 23. Old Dominion 797-2007 39.7 Denzell Taylor (ODU) 0 4 20-REBOUNDING GAMES Three-Point FG Made 8. Marshall 332 10.1 Dominic Artis (UTEP) 0 3 Player (Team) Date Three-Point FG Percentage Ronald Delph (FAU) 0 3 16. Middle Tennessee 279-716 39.0 Khari Price (USM) 0 3 Assists Per Game Andrien White (CHA) 0 3 Qiydar Davis (TECH) 0 2 3. UAB 608 18.4 10-ASSIST GAMES 14. Marshall 554 16.8 Jon Elmore (MAR) 0 2 Player (Team) Date Assist-to-Turnover Ratio Marquez Letcher-Ellis (RICE) 0 2 14. UAB 608-414 1.47 Giddy Potts (MT) 0 2 Blocks Per Game Tosin Mehinti (UAB) 0 3 2. UAB 202 6.1 Rickey Brice Jr. (NT) 0 1 INDIVIDUAL Jeantal Cylla (FAU) 0 1 Points Per Game Jon Davis (CHA) 0 1 13. Trey Freeman, ODU 838 22.1 Merrill Holden (TECH) 0 1 16. Marcus Evans, RICE 685 21.4 Deckie Johnson (NT) 0 1 32. James Kelly, MAR 663 20.1 Lee Moore (UTEP) 0 1 Field Goal Percentage Cameron Smith (FIU) 0 1 5. Adrian Diaz, FIU 180-277 65.0 Zoran Talley (ODU) 0 1 20. Justin Johnson, WKU 197-327 60.2 Christian Wilson (UTSA) 0 1 22. Jeremy Combs. NT 175-291 60.1 Hakeem Baxter (UAB) 0 1 Three-Point FG Percentage Andrew Drone (RICE) 0 1 1. Giddy Potts, MT 79-156 50.6 26. Braxton Ogbueze, CHA 109-255 42.7 Three-Point FG Made 12. Braxton Ogbueze, CHA 109 3.30 Rebounds Per Game 9. Joseph Uchebo, CHA 380 11.5 18. Jeremy Combs, NT 325 10.5 26. James Kelly, MAR 324 9.8 Assists Per Game 17. Alex Hamilton, TECH 205 6.2 26. Jon Elmore, MAR 145 5.8 29 Max Guercy, RICE 182 5.7 Blocked Shots Per Game 6. Adrian Diaz, FIU 93 2.91 8. William Lee, UAB 95 2.88 21. Ronald Delph, FAU 61 2.44 Steals Per Game 15. Marcus Evans, RICE 69 2.16 Assist-to-Turnover Ratio 18. Nick Norton, UAB 162-55 3.00 Double-Doubles 19t. Joseph Uchebo, CHA 17 29t. James Kelly, MAR 15
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ASSOCIATED PRESS USA TODAY SPORTS PRESEASON RANKINGS NON-CONFERENCE RECORDS (Preseason) COACHES POLL (Preseason) C-USA COACHES VS. CONFERENCE W-L # School # School 1. UAB America East 0-0 1. Duke (58) 1. Duke (27) 2. Middle Tennessee American 0-0 2. Kentucky (2) 2. Kansas (1) 3. WKU ACC 0-0 3. Kansas 3. Villanova (1) 4. Marshall Atlantic Sun 0-0 4. Villanova (4) 4. Kentucky (2) 5. Old Dominion Atlantic 10 0-0 5. Oregon (1) 5. Oregon (1) 6. UTEP Big East 0-0 6. North Carolina 6. North Carolina 7. Louisiana Tech Big Sky 0-0 7. Xavier 7. Virginia 8. Charlotte Big South 0-0 8. Virginia 8. Xavier 9. Rice Big Ten 0-0 9. Wisconsin 9. Michigan State 10. North Texas Big 12 0-0 10. Arizona 10. Wisconsin 11. FIU Big West 0-0 11. Indiana 11. Arizona 12. Florida Atlantic Colonial 0-0 12. Michigan State 12. Indiana 13. Southern Miss Horizon 0-0 13. Louisville 13. Gonzaga 14. UTSA Ivy 0-0 14. Gonzaga 14. Louisville MAAC 0-0 15. Purdue 15. Purdue Lindy’s Sports Annuals Mid-American 0-0 16. UCLA 16. Connecticut 1. UAB MEAC 0-0 17. Saint Mary’s 17. Syracuse 2. Middle Tennessee Missouri Valley 0-0 18. Connecticut 18. West Virginia 3. WKU Mountain West 0-0 19. Syracuse 19. Saint Mary’s 4. Marshall Northeast 0-0 20. West Virginia 20. UCLA 5. Rice Ohio Valley 0-0 21. Texas 21. Maryland 6. North Texas Pac-12 0-0 22. Creighton 22. Texas 7. Louisiana Tech Patriot 0-0 SEC 0-0 23. Rhode Island 23. Creighton 8. Old Dominion Southern 0-0 24. Iowa State 24. Rhode Island 9. UTEP Southland 0-0 25. Maryland 25. Cincinnati 10. Charlotte 11. UTSA SWAC 0-0 12. FIU Summit 0-0 13. Florida Atlantic Sun Belt 0-0 14. Southern Miss West Coast 0-0 WAC 0-0 Sporting News Basketball Non-Division I 0-0 1. UAB TOTAL 0-0 (.000) 2. Middle Tennessee TEAM-BY-TEAM 3. Old Dominion NONCONFERENCE RECORDS 4. Marshall Charlotte 0-0 5. Rice FIU 0-0 6. Louisiana Tech Florida Atlantic 0-0 7. UTEP Louisiana Tech 0-0 8. North Texas Marshall 0-0 9. Charlotte Middle Tennessee 0-0 10. Florida Atlantic North Texas 0-0 11. WKU Old Dominion 0-0 12. FIU Rice 0-0 13. Southern Miss Southern Miss 0-0 14. UTSA UAB 0-0 UTEP 0-0 UTSA 0-0 WKU 0-0 TOTAL 0-0
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CHARLOTTEFIUFLORIDA ATLANTICLOUISIANA TECHMARSHALLMIDDLE TENNESSEE NORTH TEXASOLD DOMINIONRICESOUTHERN MISSUABUTEPUTSAWKU AWARDS C-USA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM Conference USA will name a Player of the Week Coaches from Conference USA’s 14 schools voted a 10-man preseason All-Conference USA team, and Freshman of the Week for men’s basketball featuring three seniors, six juniors and a sophomore. Defending regular-season champion UAB, each Monday through March 6. The awards are tournament champion Middle Tennessee and Marshall each placed two student-athletes apiece on selected by a media panel with one representa- the preseason squad. tive in each league city. Name Team Year Pos. Hometown Erik McCree Louisiana Tech Senior F Orlando, Fla. C-USA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Jon Elmore Marshall Junior G Charleston, W.Va. N14 Ryan Taylor Marshall Senior F Indianapolis, Ind. N21 Giddy Potts Middle Tennessee Junior G Athens, Ala. N18 Reggie Upshaw Jr. Middle Tennessee Senior F Chattanooga, Tenn. D5 Jeremy Combs North Texas Junior F Dallas, Texas D12 Marcus Evans Rice Sophomore G Chesapeake, Va. D19 Chris Cokley UAB Junior F Savannah, Ga. D26 William Lee UAB Junior F Plantersville, Ala. J2 Justin Johnson WKU Junior F Hazard, Ky. J9 J16 J23 C-USA MEN’S BASKETBALL TRIO NAMED TO LUTE OLSON WATCH LIST J30 Middle Tennessee senior F Reggie Upshaw Jr., Rice sophomore Marcus Evans and UAB junior F William Lee were each named to the Lute Olson Award Preseason Watch List on Nov. 7. The Lute F6 Olson Award is presented annually to the nation’s top Division I player who has played at least two F13 season. The recipient of the award will be announced at the Collegeinsider.com awards banquet on F20 April 31 in Phoenix, Ariz., site of the men’s Division I Basketball Championships. F27 M6 Upshaw enters his senior year at Middle Tennessee with his name already in high regard in the Blue Raider record books. Upshaw surpassed the 1,000-point mark for his career in the 2016 Conference USA Tournament and already ranks in the Top 10 in school history for career steals (111), blocks (79) C-USA FRESHMEN OF THE WEEK and minutes played (2,814) with a full season left to play. The Chattanooga, Tennessee, native is also N14 on pace to enter the Top 10 at Middle Tennessee for career points, fi eld goals made, rebounds, free N21 throws made, double-doubles, games played and games started during his senior campaign. N18 D5 Evans was the 2016 Conference USA Freshman of the Year, as well as All-Conference First Team D12 and All-Defensive Team. The Chesapeake, Virginia, native ranked second in the league in scoring, averaging 21.4 points per game, which also led all freshmen nationally. He also led C-USA in steals D19 (2.2 spg). His 685 points set a new school freshman record, is third on Rice’s single-season scoring D26 list and is the second-most in C-USA freshman history. Evans also averaged 4.0 rebounds and 2.8 J2 assists. His 21.4 points per game also set a C-USA freshman record. J9 J16 Lee enters his third season at UAB coming off a sophomore campaign that saw him rank eighth in J23 the NCAA with 2.9 blocked shots per game. The Plantersville, Alabama, native swatted 95 shots last season and registered at least one blocked shot in 32 of 33 games, including a career-high eight in J30 a win over Florida Atlantic. His performance helped UAB rank second in nation with 6.1 blocks per F6 game. Lee earned C-USA Defensive Player of the Year accolades to go along with his spot on the all- F13 defensive team. Additionally, Lee averaged 13.1 points and 6.2 rebounds per game and was named F20 to the All-Conference USA Third Team. F27 M6 FIVE RECOGNIZED BY LINDY’S SPORTS ANNUALS Lindy’s Sports Annuals included fi ve Conference USA men’s basketball student-athletes among its Top 25 player ratings. Three were listed among the top power forwards in the nation, with North Texas junior Jeremy Combs ranking 17th, while UAB’s William Lee and Louisiana Tech senior Erik McCree coming in at 19 and 20, respectively. Sophomore Marcus Evans of Rice was listed as the No. 18 point guard as he will move into that role full-time this season. Lee’s UAB classmate Chris Cokley was ranked as the No. 20 center.
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CHARLOTTE 49ERS FIU PANTHERS (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) Head Coach: Mark Price Head Coach: Anthony Evans Twitter: @49ersBasketball / @Charlotte49ers Twitter: @FIUHoops / @FIUathletics Facebook: Charlotte49ers Facebook: FIUSports Arena: Halton Arena (9,105) Arena: FIU Arena (5,000) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N11 NEWBERRY (CUSA.tv) 8 p.m. N11 FLORIDA MEMORIAL (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N14 at Elon 8 p.m. N14 at Stetson 7 p.m. N17 EAST CAROLINA (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. Nov. 18-20 at Red Diamond Roundball Classic, Mobile, Ala. N22 USC UPSTATE (TWC/CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N18 at South Alabama 8:05 p.m. N26 at Davidson 4 p.m. N19 vs. Jacksonville 1:30 p.m. N28 APPALACHIAN STATE (TWC/CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N20 vs. Youngstown State 1:30 p.m. N30 JAMES MADISON (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N23 AVE MARIA (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D3 OREGON STATE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N27 BINGHAMTON (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D6 at Wake Forest (ACC Network Extra) 7 p.m. N30 at Elon TBD Dec. 17 at MetroPCS Orange Bowl Classic, Sunrise, Fla. D4 at South Carolina (SECN Plus) 2 p.m. D17 vs. Florida (Sunshine) 4:30 p.m. D11 at Florida Gulf Coast 8:15 p.m. D20 at Maryland (ESPN2) 7 p.m. D15 GEORGIA SOUTHERN (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D31 NORTH TEXAS (CUSA.tv) 12 p.m. D17 NORTHERN ILLINOIS (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J2 RICE (ESPN3) 7 p.m. D21 NORTH FLORIDA (CUSA.tv) TBD J5 at WKU (FCS) 8 p.m. D31 MARSHALL (CUSA.tv) TBD J7 at Marshall (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J2 WKU (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J12 LOUISIANA TECH (ESPN3) 7 p.m. J7 at Florida Atlantic (ASN) 2 p.m. J14 SOUTHERN MISS (Campus Insiders) 7 p.m. J12 at UTEP (CUSA.tv) 9 p.m. J21 OLD DOMINION (ASN) 8 p.m. J14 at UTSA (CUSA.tv) 4 p.m. J26 at North Texas (CUSA.tv) 8 p.m. J19 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J28 at Rice (CUSA.tv) 8 p.m. J21 UAB (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F2 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (TWC/CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J26 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F4 FIU (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F2 at Old Dominion (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F9 at UAB (Campus Insiders) 8 p.m. F4 at Charlotte (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F11 at Middle Tennessee (Campus Insiders) 6 p.m. F9 RICE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F18 at Old Dominion (ESPN3) 7 p.m. F11 NORTH TEXAS (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F23 WKU (TWC/CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F16 at Southern Miss (CUSA.tv) 8 p.m. F25 MARSHALL (ASN) 6 p.m. F18 at Louisiana Tech (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. M2 at UTSA (CUSA.tv) 8 p.m. F23 UTSA (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. M4 at UTEP (CUSA.tv) 3 p.m. F25 UTEP (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. March 8-11 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. M2 at Middle Tennessee (CUSA.tv) 7:30 p.m. M4 at UAB (Campus Insiders) 8 p.m. March 8-11 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. C-USA Game All times Eastern C-USA Game All times Eastern CHARLOTTE NOTES FIU NOTES Redshirt senior Braxton Ogbueze enters the season needing 215 Senior Donte McGill returns to the Panthers as the leading scorer from points to become the 26th player in school history to score 1,000 points. a year ago, averaging 16.1 ppg as one of FIU’s most consistent players, Last season, Ogbueze connected on a Conference USA leading 109 three- hitting for better than 50.0 percent from the fi eld 15 times on the year. point fi eld goals (3.3 per game) to rank 12th nationally and place 10th on He also scored double fi gure points in 26 games on the season, which the C-USA single-season chart. included 11 games of 20 points or more. Jon Davis and Andrien White return this season after both earned a Defense continues to be a major emphasis for the Panthers, and this nod on the 2016 C-USA All-Freshman Team. Davis dished out 154 assists, season should be no diff erent. During the 2015-16 campaign, the Panthers which is the second most assists by a freshman in a season in Charlotte found themselves ranked in the top fi ve-of-six C-USA defensive catego- 49ers history. White connected on 67 three-point fi eld goals which is a ries, including scoring defense (3rd, 70.1 ppg), fi eld goal percentage de- Charlotte single-season record for three-point fi eld goals made in a sea- fense (2nd, 40.8 percent), three-point fi eld goal percentage defense (3rd, son by a freshman. 32.5 percent), rebounding defense (5th, 34.7 rpg), blocked shots (2nd, 4.3 bpg) and defensive rebounds (3rd, 27.2 rpg). @Conference_USA / @CUSAMBK ConferenceUSA #AllDayCUSA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2016-17 SEASON C-USA PRESEASON NOTEBOOK Contact: Courtney Morrison Archer [email protected]
FLORIDA ATLANTIC OWLS LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) Head Coach: Michael Curry Head Coach: Eric Konkol Twitter: @FAU_Hoops / @FAUCoachCurry Twitter: @LATechHoops / @CoachKonkol Facebook: FAU Athletics Facebook: LA TECH Athletics Arena: FAU Arena (2,980) Arena: Thomas Assembly Center (8,000) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 11-15 at Rainbow Classic, Honolulu, Hawai’i N11 at South Carolina (SECN Plus) 5:30 p.m. N11 vs. Texas State 9 p.m. N16 ALABAMA STATE (CUSA.tv) 6:30 p.m. N13 vs. SIUE 7:30 p.m. N19 at Nebraska (ESPN3) TBD N15 at Hawai’i (ESPN2) 4:15 a.m. N23 OKLAHOMA BAPTIST (CUSA.tv) 6:30 p.m. N20 EDWARD WATERS (CUSA.tv) 1 p.m. N27 MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE (CUSA.tv) 4 p.m. N22 USF (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N30 at California (Pac-12 Network) 8 p.m. N29 at Tennessee-Martin TBD D3 SOUTHESTERN LOUISIANA (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. D3 HOFSTRA (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D5 ALCORN STATE (CUSA.tv) 6:30 p.m. D6 at Ohio State (ESPN3) 7 p.m. D10 at Louisiana-Lafayette 7:15 p.m. D16 at Miami (ACC Extra) 7 p.m. D13 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (CUSA.tv) 6:30 p.m. D21 WEBBER INTERNATIONAL (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. Dec. 17 at SB Holiday Men’s Basketball Classic, Shreveport, La. D28 FLORIDA GULF COAST (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D17 vs. Grambling State 7 p.m. D31 WKU (CUSA.tv) 1 p.m. D20 FLORIDA GULF COAST (CUSA.tv) 6:30 p.m. J2 MARSHALL (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D22 LSU-SHREVEPORT (CUSA.tv) 6:30 p.m. J7 FIU (ASN) 2 p.m. J1 at Southern Miss (CUSA.tv) 2 p.m. J12 at UTSA (CUSA.tv) 8 p.m. J5 UTEP (Campus Insiders) 6:30 p.m. J14 at UTEP (CUSA.tv) 9 p.m. J7 UTSA (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. J19 UAB (beIN SPORTS) 8 p.m. J12 at Charlotte (ESPN3) 6 p.m. J21 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J14 at Old Dominion (ASN) 5 p.m. J26 at FIU (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J19 RICE (CUSA.tv) 6:30 p.m. F2 at Charlotte (CUSA.tv) 7:30 p.m. J21 NORTH TEXAS (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. F4 at Old Dominion (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J26 at UAB (ASN) 8 p.m. F9 NORTH TEXAS (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J28 at Middle Tennessee (ESPN3) 5 p.m. F11 RICE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F2 WKU (beIN SPORTS) 7 p.m. F16 at Louisiana Tech (CUSA.tv) 7:30 p.m. F4 MARSHALL (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. F18 at Southern Miss (CUSA.tv) 5 p.m. F9 at UTEP (CUSA.tv) 8 p.m. F23 UTEP (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F11 at UTSA (CUSA.tv) 3 p.m. F25 UTSA (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F16 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (CUSA.tv) 6:30 p.m. M2 at UAB (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F18 FIU (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. M4 at Middle Tennessee (ESPN3) 6 p.m. F23 at North Texas (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. March 8-11 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. F25 at Rice (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. M4 SOUTHERN MISS (ASN) 1 p.m.
C-USA Game All times Eastern C-USA Game All times Central FLORIDA ATLANTIC NOTES LOUISIANA TECH NOTES Florida Atlantic returns four starters from a year ago, when the Owls Senior F Erik McCree, a 2015-16 All-Conference USA second-team made their fi rst C-USA Championship appearance under coach Michael selection and member of the preseason All-Conference USA team, is on Curry and earned a win with an 82-58 decision over UTSA. The team also track to become the 39th Bulldog to reach the 1,000th career point pla- welcomes transfers Frank Booker (Oklahoma) and Marcus Neely (UNC- teau. In two seasons at LA Tech, McCree has totaled 895 points. Asheville), who will be available to play at the start of the season, and One of the newcomers to Louisiana Tech is not so new to Eric Konkol. Justin Massey (Brown), who will be eligible at the end of the fall semester. The second-year head coach signed power forward Omar Sherman who Redshirt sophomore Ronald Delph returns as the Owls leading scorer played his freshman year at Miami (Fla.) when Konkol was on staff with (10.5 ppg) and rebounder (6.8 rpg). the Hurricanes. The big 6-foot-9-inch, 255-pound forward is expected to The Owls took a foreign trip to the Bahamas over the summer, where make a big impact for the Bulldogs this upcoming season. they won all three of their games, took in many local sights and bonded as a team for the upcoming season.
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MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) Head Coach: Dan D’Antoni Head Coach: Kermit Davis Twitter: @HerdMBB / @HerdZone Twitter: @MT_MBB / @MT_CoachDavis Facebook: Marshall University Athletics Facebook: Blue Raider Athletics Arena: Cam Henderson Center (9,043) Arena: Murphy Center (11,520) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N12 NORTH CAROLINA CENTAL (CUSA.tv) 12 p.m. N11 MILLIGAN (CUSA.tv) 11 a.m. N16 MOREHEAD STATE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N15 MURRAY STATE (Campus Insiders) 6:30 p.m. N19 WESTERN CAROLINA (CUSA.tv) 5 p.m. N19 TENNESSEE STATE (CUSA.tv) 6:30 p.m. N21 JACKSON STATE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N22 TOLEDO (CUSA.tv) 6:30 p.m. N25 at Ohio State (BTN) 7 p.m. Nov. 25-27 at Music City Challenge, Nashville, Tenn. N30 OHIO (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N25 vs. UNC Wilmington 7:30 p.m. D3 at Eastern Kentucky 7 p.m. N26 vs. Toledo 7:30 p.m. D6 at Chattanooga 7 p.m. N27 vs. Evansville 5:30 p.m. D10 TOLEDO (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N30 at Ole Miss (SECN Plus) 7 p.m. D17 at Akron 7:30 p.m. D3 at South Alabama TBD D19 WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. D8 VANDERBILT (CBSSN) 6:30 p.m. D22 at Cincinnati (CBSSN) 8 p.m. D14 at Belmont 7 p.m. D28 at Pittsburgh (ACC Extra) 7 p.m. D17 at VCU 6 p.m. D31 at FIU (CUSA.tv) TBD D21 GEORGIA STATE (CUSA.tv) 6:30 p.m. J2 at Florida Atlantic (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J1 UAB (Campus Insiders) 3 p.m. J5 OLD DOMINION (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J5 at Rice (beIN SPORTS) 7 p.m. J7 CHARLOTTE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J7 at North Texas (CUSA.tv) 2 p.m. J12 at Middle Tennessee (beIN SPORTS) 8 p.m. J12 MARSHALL (beIN SPORTS) 7 p.m. J14 at UAB (CUSA.tv) 2 p.m. J14 WKU (ASN) 7 p.m. J21 WKU (ASN) 6 p.m. J19 at FIU (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. J26 UTSA (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J21 at Florida Atlantic (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. J28 UTEP (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J26 SOUTHERN MISS (ESPN3) 6:30 p.m. F2 at Southern Miss (CUSA.tv) 8 p.m. J28 LOUISIANA TECH (ESPN3) 5 p.m. F4 at Louisiana Tech (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F2 at UTSA (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F11 at WKU (FCS) 6 p.m. F4 at UTEP (ASN) 7 p.m. F16 UAB (CBSSN) 7 p.m. F9 OLD DOMINION (beIN SPORTS) 7 p.m. F18 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (ASN) 6 p.m. F11 CHARLOTTE (Campus Insiders) 5 p.m. F23 at Old Dominion (beIN SPORTS) 8 p.m. F16 at WKU (CBSSN) 8 p.m. F25 at Charlotte (ASN) 6 p.m. F18 at Marshall (ASN) 5 p.m. M2 RICE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F26 at UAB (CBSSN) 12 p.m. M4 NORTH TEXAS (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. M2 FIU (ESPN3) 6:30 p.m. March 8-11 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. M4 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (ESPN3) 5 p.m. March 8-11 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala.
C-USA Game All times Eastern C-USA Game All times Central MARSHALL NOTES MIDDLE TENNESSEE NOTES Marshall returns four of its fi ve starters from last year’s team that tied for The 2015-16 Middle Tennessee squad became just the eighth No. 15 seed to third in the regular season, including senior F Ryan Taylor, senior G Stevie defeat a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament with its 90-81 wire-to-wire vic- Browning, senior G Austin Loop and junior G Jon Elmore. Elmore leads all tory over Michigan State. Five Blue Raiders scored in double fi gures and the returners with 15.2 ppg (12th in C-USA) and 5.8 apg, while Taylor averaged 14.2 team shot the highest fi eld goal percentage (.559) and three-point percent- ppg (20th in C-USA) a team-high 6.6 rpg. age (.579) the Spartans allowed all season. Browning averaged 12.8 points per game a year ago. This season, in the Junior G Giddy Potts was the 2015-16 statistical national champion for Herd’s 100-76 exhibition win over Charleston, he drained seven three-pointers 3-point percentage, converting 50.6 percent of his 3-point attempts, which is and scored 31 points. Perhaps this is a good sneak peek of a team that ranked also a MT record and the second best single-season percentage in Division I third last season for scoring off ense, tossing in 86.0 ppg in 2015-16. over the last 12 seasons. The Herd also boasts two returning members of the C-USA All-Academic Senior F Reggie Upshaw led the team last season with 8.5 rpg, 76 assists Team in Elmore and Loop. The pair also showed they were a triple threat, and 51 steals, and was second with 13.7 ppg. The only other player to match combining for 147 three-pointers on the season. his 2015-16 numbers was the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft, Ben Simmons.
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NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN OLD DOMINION MONARCHS (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) Head Coach: Tony Benford Head Coach: Jeff Jones Twitter: @MeanGreenMBB Twitter: @ODUMBB / @ODUsports Facebook: MeanGreenMBB Facebook: Old Dominion University Athletics Arena: UNT Coliseum/The Super Pit (10,040) Arena: Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,472) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N11 SUL ROSS STATE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N11 JAMES MADISON (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N15 at Texas Tech (FSN Plus) 6:30 p.m. N14 at Richmond 7 p.m. N20 DREXEL (CUSA.tv) 1 p.m. Nov. 23-25 at Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas N23 at Rutgers (BTN Plus) 6:30 p.m. N23 vs. (13/14) Louisville (AXS) 8:30 p.m. N25 NIAGARA (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N24 vs. Wichita State/LSU (AXS/ESPN) 2:30/9:30 p.m N27 HARTFORD (CUSA.tv) 1 p.m. N25 vs. Baylor/Michigan St./St. John’s/VCU TBD N30 TEXAS COLLEGE (CUSA.tv) 11:30 a.m. N30 DARTMOUTH (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D3 UT-ARLINGTON (CUSA.tv) 2 p.m. D3 at Towson 2 p.m. D8 DELAWARE STATE 7 p.m. D6 at (23/24) Rhode Island 7 p.m. D17 at Sam Houston State 6:30 p.m. D10 VCU (ASN) 8 p.m. D20 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D18 GEORGIA STATE (CUSA.tv) 2 p.m. D22 SAN DIEGO (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D22 HOWARD (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D31 at Charlotte (CUSA.tv) 11 a.m. D29 WILLIAM & MARY (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J2 at Old Dominion (CUSA.tv) 4 p.m. D31 RICE (CUSA.tv) 1 p.m. J5 UAB (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J2 NORTH TEXAS (CUSA.tv) 5 p.m. J7 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (CUSA.tv) 2 p.m. J5 at Marshall (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J14 at Rice (CUSA.tv) 2 p.m. J7 at WKU (ASN) 6 p.m. J19 at Southern Miss (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J12 SOUTHERN MISS (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J21 at Louisiana Tech (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. J14 LOUISIANA TECH (ASN) 6 p.m. J26 CHARLOTTE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J21 at Charlotte (ASN) 8 p.m. J28 OLD DOMINION (CUSA.tv) 2 p.m. J26 at Rice (Campus Insiders) 8 p.m. F4 RICE (CUSA.tv) 2 p.m. J28 at North Texas (CUSA.tv) 3 p.m. F9 at Florida Atlantic (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. F2 FIU (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F11 at FIU (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. F4 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F16 UTEP (beIN SPORTS) 7 p.m. F9 at Middle Tennessee (beIN) 8 p.m. F18 UTSA (ESPN3) 2 p.m. F11 at UAB (ASN) 8 p.m. F23 LOUISIANA TECH (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F18 CHARLOTTE (ESPN3) 7 p.m. F25 SOUTHERN MISS (CUSA.tv) 2 p.m. F23 MARSHALL (beIN SPORTS) 8 p.m. M2 at WKU (FCS) 7 p.m. F25 WKU (ESPN3) 7 p.m. M4 at Marshall (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. M2 at UTEP (beIN SPORTS) 8 p.m. March 8-11 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. M4 at UTSA (CUSA.tv) 4 p.m. March 8-11 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala.
C-USA Game All times Central C-USA Game All times Eastern NORTH TEXAS NOTES OLD DOMINION NOTES Junior F Jeremy Combs, a member of the 2016 All-Conference sec- In his three seasons at the helm, head coach Jeff Jones has guided the ond team, has scored 771 points in a Mean Green uniform and will look to Monarchs to consecutive postseason appearances including trips to the NIT become the 22nd member of the North Texas 1,000 Points Club. Senior G semifi nals in 2015, the C-USA title game and the inaugural Vegas 16 Cham- J’Mychal Reese should also join the club sitting at 711 points, which does pionship crown in 2016. include two seasons at Texas A&M. Brandan Stith returns for his junior campaign after being named to Coach Tony Benford will enter the season with his deepest team in four the C-USA All-Defensive Team, while sophomore Zoran Talley earned All- seasons at North Texas. Four transfers in Ryan Woolridge (San Diego), Freshman Team recognition by the conference last season. Keith Frazier (SMU), Shane Temara (Angelina College) and Derail Green As always, Jones and the Monarchs have compiled a challenging sched- (Incarnate Word) are joining the Mean Green in 2016-17. Green also played ule for the upcoming season. The 12-game non-conference slate is high- a season for Wichita State, when the Shockers were the No. 1 team in the lighted by the Battle 4 Atlantis, as well as four games against in-state rivals NCAA Tournament. Incoming freshman A.J. Lawson, who led 5A in scoring (JMU, Richmond, VCU and William & Mary). and averaged 30-plus points per game, completes the newcomers list for this season. @Conference_USA / @CUSAMBK ConferenceUSA #AllDayCUSA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2016-17 SEASON C-USA PRESEASON NOTEBOOK Contact: Courtney Morrison Archer [email protected]
RICE OWLS SOUTHERN MISS GOLDEN EAGLES (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) Head Coach: Mike Rhoades Head Coach: Doc Sadler Twitter: @RiceBasketball / @CoachRhoades Twitter: @CoachDocSadler / @SouthernMissMBB Facebook: Rice Owls Basketball Facebook: Southern Miss Athletics Arena: Tudor Fieldhouse (5,208) Arena: Reed Green Coliseum (8,095) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N13 at James Madison (JMUSports.com) 1 p.m. N11 TOUGALOO (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N16 TEXAS SOUTHERN (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N15 at LSU (SEC Network Plus) 7 p.m. N19 at Nebraska-Omaha 1 p.m. N18 UNION (TENN.) (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N21 MONTANA STATE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N21 ALABAMA A&M (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N23 DELAWARE STATE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N30 SOUTH ALABAMA (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N26 at Incarnate Word 3 p.m. D4 at Jackson State 3:30 p.m. N30 HOUSTON BAPTIST (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D6 at Florida State (ACC Network Extra) 6 p.m. D3 at Texas Tech (FSN) 1 p.m. D10 TULANE (CUSA.tv) 4:30 p.m. D10 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D19 vs. #Mississippi State (ESPNU) 8 p.m. D15 ST. EDWARD’S (CUSA.tv) 11:45 a.m. Dec. 22-25 at Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu, Hawai’i D17 at Pittsburgh (ACC Extra) 6 p.m. D22 vs. San Diego State (ESPN2) 6 p.m. D19 NORTHWESTERN STATE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D23 vs. Tulsa/Stephen F. Austin TBD D21 ST. THOMAS (TEXAS) (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D25 vs. TBD TBD D31 at Old Dominion (CUSA.tv) 12 p.m. J1 LOUISIANA TECH (CUSA.tv) 2 p.m. J2 at Charlotte (ESPN3) 6 p.m. J5 UTSA (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J5 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (beIN SPORTS) 7 p.m. J7 UTEP (CUSA.tv) 4 p.m. J7 UAB (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J12 at Old Dominion (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. J14 NORTH TEXAS (CUSA.tv) 2 p.m. J14 at Charlotte (Campus Insiders) 6 p.m. J19 at Louisiana Tech (CUSA.tv) 6:30 p.m. J19 NORTH TEXAS (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J21 at Southern Miss (CUSA.tv) 4 p.m. J21 RICE (CUSA.tv) 4 p.m. J26 OLD DOMINION (Campus Insiders) 7 p.m. J26 at Middle Tennessee (ESPN3) 6:30 p.m. J28 CHARLOTTE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J28 at UAB (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F4 at North Texas (CUSA.tv) 2 p.m. F2 MARSHALL (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F9 at FIU (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. F4 WKU (FCS) 4 p.m. F11 at Florida Atlantic (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. F9 at UTSA (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F16 UTSA (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F11 at UTEP (CUSA.tv) 8 p.m. F18 UTEP (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F16 FIU (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F23 SOUTHERN MISS (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F18 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (CUSA.tv) 4 p.m. F25 LOUISIANA TECH 7 p.m. F23 at Rice (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. M2 at Marshall (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. F25 at North Texas (CUSA.tv) 2 p.m. M4 at WKU (FCS) 7 p.m. M4 at Louisiana Tech (ASN) 1 p.m. March 8-11 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. March 8-11 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. C-USA Game All times Central C-USA Game # at Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson All times Central RICE NOTES SOUTHERN MISS NOTES Marcus Evans was the unanimous selection as the 2015-16 C-USA Senior G Khari Price is the Golden Eagles’ top returning scoring, aver- Freshman of the Year. He earned weekly honors a school and conference aging 9.6 ppg. Price was also far away the team’s top assist threat as well, record 10 times, including the last six in a row. He also became just the totaling 131 on the year. ninth freshman in C-USA history to earn fi rst-team honors and the fi rst Seven of the team’s 17 players are newcomers, including Clarence since 2012. Evans ranked second in the league for scoring (21.4 ppg) and “Clay” Weatherspoon, Coach Clarence Weatherspoon’s son and Bilal his 685 points were second among freshmen all-time in C-USA’s 21-year Abdur-Rahim (the brother of Shareef, who was an NBA veteran and now history. Evans also led the league in steals and ranked 15th nationally (2.2 front offi ce executive for the league). per game). He is the only returning member of the All-Conference USA Southern Miss will have one of the tougher schedules in program his- First Team and was selected to the C-USA All-Preseason Team. tory. The team has contests at LSU and Florida State, as well as a neutral- Junior Egor Koulechov fi nished the 2015-16 season with 534 points to site game against Mississippi State in Jackson the day before it leaves for set the school record for most points by a sophomore. the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii. Half the fi eld on the islands was in the postseason last year, including fi rst-round opponent San Diego State as well as second-round possibilities Tulsa and SFA. Overall, the team will play at least eight games against 2015-16 postseason participants. @Conference_USA / @CUSAMBK ConferenceUSA #AllDayCUSA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2016-17 SEASON C-USA PRESEASON NOTEBOOK Contact: Courtney Morrison Archer [email protected]
UAB BLAZERS UTEP MINERS (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) Head Coach: Rob Ehsan Head Coach: Tim Floyd Twitter: @UAB_MBB / @RobEhsan Twitter: @UTEP_MBB / @UTEPAthletics Facebook: UABMensBasketball Facebook: UTEP Basketball Offi cial Page Arena: Bartow Arena (8,500) Arena: Don Haskins Center (12,000) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N11 ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N12 LOUISIANA COLLEGE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N14 FURMAN (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. Nov. 17-20 Gildan Charleston Classic, Charleston, S.C. N17 TROY (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N17 vs. Wake Forest (ESPN3) 11:30 a.m. Nov. 21-22 at CBE Hall of Fame Classic, Kansas City, Mo. N18 (4/3) Villanova/Western Michigan 11:30/1:30 p.m. N21 vs. (3/2) Kansas (ESPN2) 8:30 p.m. N20 Boise St./Charleston/Mississippi St./UCF TBD N22 vs. Georgia/George Washington TBD N23 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N27 vs. (17/19) Saint Mary’s (in Las Vegas) 4 p.m. D3 NORTHWESTERN STATE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N29 ALABAMA A&M (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D7 at New Mexico 7 p.m. D3 AUBURN (beIN SPORTS) 7:30 p.m. D13 NEW MEXICO STATE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D7 at Stephen F. Austin 7 p.m. D17 NORTHERN ARIZONA (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D10 at Memphis (ESPN3) 11 a.m. Dec. 21-22 WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational, El Paso, Texas D18 SOUTHERN (CUSA.tv) 4 p.m. D21 MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D21 at (21/22) Texas (LHN) 7 p.m. D22 AKRON/UC IRVINE (CUSA.tv) TBD D28 MILES COLLEGE (CUSA.tv) 5 p.m. D30 at New Mexico State 7 p.m. J1 at Middle Tennessee (Campus Ins.) 3 p.m. J1 at UTSA (CUSA.tv) 2 p.m. J5 at North Texas (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J5 at Louisiana Tech (Campus Insiders) 5:30 p.m. J7 at Rice (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J7 at Southern Miss (CUSA.tv) 3 p.m. J12 WKU (Campus Insiders) 7 p.m. J12 FIU (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J14 MARSHALL (CUSA.tv) 1 p.m. J14 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J19 at Florida Atlantic (beIN SPORTS) 7 p.m. J21 UTSA (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J21 at FIU (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. J26 at WKU (beIN SPORTS) 6 p.m. J26 LOUISIANA TECH (ASN) 8 p.m. J28 at Marshall (CUSA.tv) 5 p.m. J28 SOUTHERN MISS (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F2 UAB (CBS SN) 8 p.m. F2 at UTEP (CBS SN) 9 p.m. F4 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (ASN) 6 p.m. F4 at UTSA (CUSA.tv) 3 p.m. F9 LOUISIANA TECH (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F9 CHARLOTTE (Campus Insiders) 7 p.m. F11 SOUTHERN MISS (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F11 OLD DOMINION (ASN) 7 p.m. F16 at North Texas (beIN SPORTS) 6 p.m. F16 at Marshall (CBS SN) 6 p.m. F18 at Rice (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. F19 at WKU (CBS SN) 1 p.m. F23 at Florida Atlantic (CUSA.tv) 5 p.m. F26 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (CBS SN) 12 p.m. F25 at FIU (CUSA.tv) 5 p.m. M2 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. M2 OLD DOMINION (beIN SPORTS) 6 p.m. M4 FIU (Campus Insiders) 7 p.m. M4 CHARLOTTE (CUSA.tv) 1 p.m. March 8-11 hosts Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. March 8-11 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala.
C-USA Game All times Central C-USA Game All times Mountain UAB NOTES UTEP NOTES Regular-season champion UAB claimed a conference-best four all- UTEP’s most experienced returnees are senior G Dominic Artis and conference honors. Lone senior Robert Brown, who scored a game-high junior C Matt Willms. Artis dished out 170 assists last season, most among 29 points in the NIT season fi nale against BYU, was named to the fi rst returning C-USA players. He has career totals of 735 points, 277 rebounds, team. Sophomore Chris Cokley earned a spot on the second team, while 315 assists and 103 steals in three collegiate seasons (2012-14 at Oregon, classmates William Lee and Nick Norton were placed on the third team. 2015-present at UTEP). Artis averaged 11.9 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 5.2 apg and 1.3 Lee was also named the 2016 C-USA Defensive Player of the Year as spg with the Miners. Willms returns after missing the last 31 games of the the top shot blocker in the conference. He ranked eighth nationally, aver- 2015-16 season with a foot injury. Willms has appeared in 63 games, with aging 2.88 blocks per game. Lee added an average of 10.6 points and 6.3 35 starts, and collected 328 points, 241 rebounds and 58 blocked shots. rebounds per game. The top returnee in the frontcourt is sophomore Terry Winn, who Junior Dirk Williams was selected the Sixth Player of the Year, giving earned a spot on the 2016 C-USA All-Freshman Team after averaging 10.0 the Blazers the title for the second season in a row (Cokley took the honor points and 6.4 rebounds. Winn’s 204 rebounds were the fourth-most in a in 2014-15). season by a Miner freshman.
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UTSA ROADRUNNERS WKU HILLTOPPERS (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) Head Coach: Steve Henson Head Coach: Rick Stansbury Twitter: @UTSAMBB Twitter: @WKUBasketball / @WKUSports Facebook: UTSAMBB Facebook: WKUBasketball Arena: UTSA Convocation Center (2,650) Arena: E.A. Diddle Arena Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N11 at Fresno State (MWN) 9 p.m. N12 #ALABAMA STATE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N13 at Oregon State (Pac-12 Network) 4 p.m. N16 #JACKSONVILLE STATE (FCS) 8 p.m. N16 at Illinois-Chicago 7 p.m. N19 at Belmont (FCS) 7 p.m. N19 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. N22 NORTH CAROLINA A&T (FCS) 7 p.m. N22 at Lamar (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Nov. 25-26 at Global Sports Classic, Las Vegas, Nevada N25 TEXAS STATE (CUS.tv) 7:30 p.m. N25 vs. Washington (Pac-12 Network) 7 p.m. D1 at Cal Poly 9 p.m. N26 vs. UNLV/TCU TBD D3 at Utah Valley 8:30 p.m. N30 at Eastern Kentucky (FCS) 7 p.m. D7 at Texas Tech (FSN Plus) 8 p.m. D3 at Missouri (SECN Plus) 2 p.m. D10 SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE (CUSA.tv) 3 p.m. D11 at Indiana State (ESPN3) 4:30 p.m. D18 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2 p.m. D14 at (17/19) Saint Mary’s (California) 9 p.m. D21 UTAH VALLEY (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D17 at Detroit (ESPN3) 1 p.m. D29 EAST CENTRAL (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D21 OHIO (FCS) 8 p.m. J1 UTEP (CUSA.tv) 3 p.m. D28 AUSTIN PEAY (FCS) 7 p.m. J5 at Southern Miss (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. D31 at Florida Atlantic (FCS) 12 p.m. J7 at Louisiana Tech (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. J2 at FIU (FCS) 6 p.m. J12 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J5 CHARLOTTE (FCS) 7 p.m. J14 FIU (CUSA.tv) 3 p.m. J7 OLD DOMINION (ASN) 5 p.m. J21 at UTEP (CUSA.tv) 8 p.m. J12 at UAB (Campus Insiders) 7 p.m. J26 at Marshall (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. J14 at Middle Tennessee (ASN) 7 p.m. J28 at WKU (FCS) 3 p.m. J21 at Marshall (ASN) 5 p.m. F2 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. J26 UTEP (beIN SPORTS) 7 p.m. F4 UAB (CUSA.tv) 3 p.m. J28 UTSA (FCS) 3 p.m. F9 SOUTHERN MISS (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F2 at Louisiana Tech (beIN SPORTS) 7 p.m. F11 LOUISIANA TECH (CUSA.tv) 3 p.m. F4 at Southern Miss (FCS) 4 p.m. F16 at Rice (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F11 MARSHALL (FCS) 5 p.m. F18 at North Texas (CUSA.tv) 2 p.m. F16 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (CBS SN) 8 p.m. F23 at FIU (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. F19 UAB (CBS SN) 1 p.m. F25 at Florida Atlantic (CUSA.tv) 6 p.m. F23 at Charlotte (Campus Insiders) 6 p.m. M2 CHARLOTTE (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F25 at Old Dominion (ESPN3) 6 p.m. M4 OLD DOMINION (CUSA.tv) 3 p.m. M2 NORTH TEXAS (FCS) 7 p.m. March 8-11 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. M4 RICE (FCS) 7 p.m. March 8-11 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. C-USA Game All times Central C-USA Game #Global Sports Classic All times Central UTSA NOTES WKU NOTES Steve Henson is fulfi lling a dream as he enters his fi rst season as a Justin Johnson’s 507 points last season were the seventh-most by a Division I head coach. Henson, whose father coached him at McPherson sophomore in WKU history, and the 41st 500-point season overall by a [Kan.] High School, has spent the last 12 seasons as an assistant coach un- Hilltopper. He needs 344 points to reach 1,000 for his career. der Lon Kruger at Oklahoma and UNLV. While with the Sooners, Henson Senior F Ben Lawson ranks fi fth in WKU history with 128 career blocked was instrumental in the development of 2016 Naismith College Player of shots. His 66 blocks in 2015-16 were the seventh-most in a season. the Year Buddy Hield. On a team in need of backcourt help, graduate transfer guards Que Walk-on Bola Alade followed Henson from Oklahoma to UTSA and Johnson (Washington State), Junior Lomomba (Providence) and Pan- will look to make an impact with the team this season. Alade spent two cake Thomas (Hartford) will provide valuable experience this year. The seasons as a walk-on with the Sooners and spent much of that time trio has played in 281 combined games over their college careers, while guarding Hield as a member of the scout team. Lomomba helped the Friars to the NCAA Tournament the last two sea- sons. Thomas reached the NCAA Tournament in his fi rst two seasons at New Mexico before transferring to Hartford.
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