MONARCHS The 2004-05 Old Dominion Basketball Media Guide Table of Contents QuickFacts GENERAL INFORMATION STARTERS RETURNING: (4 regulars) Quick Facts ..................................................... 1 LOCATION: Norfolk, Va. 23529 Alex Loughton 6-9 Jr. C-F 1 6.6 ppg 8.7 RPG Head Coach Blaine Taylor ............................ 2-3 NICKNAME: Monarchs 1st Team All-CAA Assistant Coaches .......................................... 4-6 FOUNDED: 1930 Isaiah Hunter 6-2 Jr. G 13.0 ppg 2.5 apg 2004-05 Outlook ............................................. 7 (as the Norfolk Div. of The College of William & Mary) 3rd Team All-CAA 2004-05 Roster ................................................ 8 ENROLLMENT: 21,200 Arnaud Dahi 6-7 So F 9.0 ppg 5.5 rpg SCHOOL COLORS: Slate Blue (PMS 540), Silver (PMS CAA All-Rookie Team Radio/T.V. Roster .......................................... 9 877),& Light Blue (PMS 283) Drew Williamson 6-0 So. G 4.0 ppg 3.3 apg Player Bios ...................................................... 10-22 HOME COURT: Ted Constant Convocation Center RETURNING LETTERMEN (4) Why Monarchs? ............................................. 23 (8,650) Valdas Vasylius 6-7 So. F 7.8 ppg 3.3 rpg Monarch Reachout ........................................ 24-25 SURFACE: Wood Kiah Thomas 6-4 Sr. G 4.4 ppg 2.5 rpg CONFERENCE: Colonial Athletic Association Abdi Lidonde 6-3 So. G 1.4 ppg 0.8 rpg Administration ............................................... 26 PRESIDENT: Dr. Roseann Runte Janko Mrksic 6-10 Jr. C 0.9 ppg 1.5 rpg Support Staff ................................................... 27 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dr. Jim Jarrett RED SHIRT RETURNEES (2) Directions to Campus ................................... 28 OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3369 Brian Henderson 6-4 Fr. G-F Academic Support ......................................... 29 SR. WOMEN’S ADMINISTRATOR: Deb Polca Richmond, VA/Varina HS 20.9 ppg Old Dominion University ............................ 30-31 ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE: 757-683-3375 John Morris 6-2 So. G TICKET OFFICE PHONE: 757 -683-4444 1.8 ppg/ 1.0 rpg. in 20023-03 Norfolk & Hampton Roads .......................... 32-33 ATHLETIC TRAINER: Scott Johnson NEWCOMERS (3) Athletic Facilities ........................................... 34 OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.odusports.com Sam Harris 7-3 Fr. C Newnham, Tasmania, Strength Training Facility & Apartments ... 35 COACHING STAFF Australia. Australian under-20 team & Media Information ........................................ 36-37 HEAD COACH: Blaine Taylor (Montana ‘81) AIS RECORD AT ODU: 42-43, Fourth year Brandon Johnson 6-1 Fr. G Orlando, FL./Edgewater HS 2003-04 in Review .......................................... 38-39 CAREER RECORD: 184-108 (10 years ) 12.4 ppg/6.4 apt/6.2 rpg/2nd team All- Travel/Athletic Directory ............................. 40 ASSISTANTS: Jim Corrigan (Duke ‘80), Rob Wilkes State, 1,040 career points/522 career Monarch Olympians ..................................... 41 (Stetson ‘93) & Travis DeCuire (Montana ‘94) assists Monarchs in the Pros ..................................... 42-44 OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3362 Jason Thompson 6-5 Fr. F Sanford, NC/ Chatham HS Retired Jerseys ................................................ 45 BASKETBALL SECRETARY: Annette Manley 25.1 ppg/ 9.2 rpg / 2,140 career points 2003-04 RECORD: 17-12 Yadkin Valley Player of the Year. Convocation Center ....................................... 44-49 2003-04 CAA RECORD: 11-7 (4th seed) NCHSA 1A Player of the Year. Colonial Athletic Association ....................... 50-51 POST SEASON: None SPORTS INFORMATION Opponents ...................................................... 52-58 HISTORY SPORTS INFORMATION DIR: Carol Hudson,Jr. RECORDS FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL: 1930-31 OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3372 OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD: 1045-776 (73 years) .574 E-MAIL: [email protected] Championship Teams ................................... 60-62 FIRST YEAR OF DIV. I. BASKETBALL:1976-77 HOME PHONE: 757-625-2061 All-Conference Monarchs ............................. 62-63 DIVISION I ALL-TIME RECORD: 488-349 (28 yrs) .583 ASSISTANT: Kim Zivkovich Post-Season Results ....................................... 64-67 NO. YRS IN NCAA TRN/LAST: 7/ 1997 Lost to E-MAIL: [email protected] All-American Monarchs ............................... 68-69 New Mexico, 55-51 SID INTERN: Bobby Parks nd Individual Records ........................................ 70 NO. YRS IN NIT TRN/LAST: 9/ 1999 Lost 2 rd at PUBLICATIONS DIR: Tina Price Butler, 75-62 E-MAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] Team Records ................................................. 71 RETURNING LETTERMEN: Eight FAX NUMBER: 757-683-3119 Vs. Ranked Teams.......................................... 72 LETTERMEN LOST: Three MAIL ADDRESS: Rm 124/Athletic Admin. Bldg/ Year-by-Year Leaders .................................... 73-74 John Waller 6-4 F-G 12.6 ppg 5.0 rpg Norfolk, Va. 23529-0201 rd Coaches & Captains ...................................... 75 3 Team All-CAA PRESS ROW NUMBERS: 757-683-5596 Troy Nance 5-9 G 3.0 ppg 4.1 apg VOICE OF THE MONARCHS: All-Time Scorers ............................................. 76 T.J.Waldon 6-4 F 2.3 ppg 2.0 rpg ESPN 1310 Radio (John Castleberry) Monarchs in Overtime .................................. 77 OFFICE PHONE: 757-671-1000 FAX: 757-671-1313 The Leaderboards .......................................... 78-79 100 Point Games ............................................ 80 Team Avg. ....................................................... 81 Home Court Advantage. .............................. 82 All-Time Starters ............................................ 83 Lettermen ........................................................ 84 Year-by-Year Results ..................................... 85-90 ODU vs. Opponents ...................................... 91-94 Athletic History ............................................. 95-96 Credits Monarch Basketball “2004-05” is a publication of the Old Dominion University office of Athletic Public Relations. EDITORS: Carol Hudson, Jr., Sports Information Director; Tina Price, Director of Athletic Publications. LAYOUT AND DESIGN: Tina Price, Director of Athletic Publications and Chrisie Henn, Athletic Publications Assistant. SPECIAL ASSISTANCE: Debbie H. Byrne, Associate Athletic Director for Public Relations and Marketing and Marcy Comstock, Sports information Assistant; PHOTOGRAPHY: Rick Voight (RSVP Media), Steve Chinnis, Timothy Boone (Avalon Commuications), Carol Hudson, The Virginian Pilot, Steve Goldman, Joe Law, Phil Hoffmann, Sam Roberts, Mitchell Layton, Steve Grieco, Ralph Fitzgerald. Martin Smith-Rodden, Scott K. Brown, Dave Denoma, NBA Entertainment, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch. PRINTING: Letton Gooch Printers, Inc., Norfolk, Va. Old Dominion University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution. This publication was printed without the support of tax dollars from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Monarch Basketball 2004-05 1 BLAINE TAYLOR Fourth Season (42-43) Career Record 184-108 (.630) Montana ‘81 laine Taylor is in his fourth season as the ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ had the nation’s eighth largest attendance increase from Monarchs head basketball coach. Last the previous year. season he guided a youthful team with Taylor posted a 142-65 record in seven seasons as only two seniors to 17 wins and were in head coach at Montana, taking his teams to the NCAA the thick of the Colonial Athletic tournament in both 1992 and 1997, and the NIT in 1995. Association race right up to the last His teams had five 20 win seasons. The most successful week of the regular season. head coach in Montana basketball history, Taylor earned B Taylor has had a long successful career, national Rookie Coach-of-the-Year honors in 1992, as well both as a head coach and as an assistant. He came to ODU as being named Big Sky Coach of the Year. In 1992, in 2000 after serving as an assistant coach for three seasons Montana was 27-4, winning the Big Sky title and advancing at Stanford University and eight years as head coach at the to the NCAA tournament. In Big Sky history, only three University of Montana. teams have won 27 games. His winning percentage of .686 In 2003-04, ODU defeated George Washington and in- is fifth best all-time in Big Sky Conference history. state rival Virginia Tech and took Charlotte and nationally The Grizzlies won 20 or more games 15 times in ranked St. Joseph’s to the final shot. The Monarchs were school history, and Taylor’s teams accomplished that five tied for first place in the CAA going into the last week of the times, in 1992 (27), 1994 (20), 1995 (21), 1996 (20) and 1997 season and reached the league’s tournament semi-finals. (21). Montana averaged 20.3 wins per year while Taylor In doing so, three Monarchs earned All-CAA honors, the was the head coach. first time in school history. At Stanford, Taylor helped lead the top-seeded The 2002-03, the Monarchs made a statement with two Cardinal to the NCAA West regional final in 2001 en route victories over two-time defending CAA champion, UNC to posting a 31-3 record, including a victory over the Wilmington. Ricardo Marsh earned All-CAA honors and Monarchs in the first round of the San Juan Shootout in then freshman center Alex Loughton was named to the ○○○○○ Puerto Rico. The Cardinal was ranked No. 1 for six weeks CAA All-Rookie squad. That season, with the opening of and advanced to the NCAA tournament in each of Taylor’s the state-of-the-art Ted Constant Convocation Center, ODU three years on Mike Montgomery’s staff.