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Summer Preview Table Of Contents/Media Information 2009-10 Men’s Basketball 2010 NEC Basketball Tournament Northeast Conference Following an 18-game regular season, the eight- 399 Campus Drive, 1st Floor team NEC Tournament will be conducted for a sixth Somerset, NJ 08873 consecutive year in a playoff format with all games Phone (732) 469-0440 being played at the home of the higher seed. After Fax (732) 469-0744 the quarterfinals, teams will be reseeded so the www.northeastconference.org highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals. Quarterfinal play takes place on Thursday, March 4, followed by the semifinal round on Sunday, March 7. The championship game, to be televised by ESPN2, will be contested on Wednesday, March 10 at 7:00 pm. Providing Opportunities. Building Futures. Table Of Contents Northeast Conference Staff Men’s Basketball Directory _______________ 4 2009-10 League Notes ________________ 5-9 Commissioner 2008-09 Season Review ________________ 10 TBA NEC Men’s Basketball Signings _______ 11-13 Interim Commissioner (PR/Television) 2009-10 NEC Composite Schedule ___ 14-15 Ronald Ratner [email protected] Bryant University ___________________ 16-17 Ext. 6 Central Connecticut St. University _____ 18-19 Assistant Commissioner (Marketing/Operations) Fairleigh Dickinson University ________ 20-21 Andrew Alia Long Island University ______________ 22-23 [email protected] Monmouth University _______________ 24-25 Ext. 4 Mount St. Mary’s University __________ 26-27 Assistant Commissioner (Compliance) Quinnipiac University _______________ 28-29 Joyce Bell [email protected] Robert Morris University _____________ 30-31 Ext. 2 Sacred Heart University ______________ 32-33 Assistant Commissioner (Sport Services) St. Francis (NY) College ______________ 34-35 Michelle Boone Saint Francis (PA) University _________ 36-37 [email protected] Ext. 5 Wagner College ____________________ 38-39 2008-09 Individual Statistics ________ 40-41 Mount St. Mary’s Senior Guard Jeremy Goode Director of Sport Services 2008-09 Team Statistics _____________ 42-44 2008-09 First Team All-NEC Ben Shove Leads Active NEC Players With 1,283 Points & 471 Assists [email protected] 2008-09 Individual Statistics (Conf. Only) __ 45-46 Ext. 3 2008-09 Team Statistics (Conf. Only) ___ 47-49 www.northeastconference.org Assistant Director of Communications Ralph Ventre [email protected] 2009-10 NEC Championship Dates Ext. 7 Championship Date Site/Host Media Relations Interns Lindsey Williams Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Oct. 31 Quinnipiac University [email protected], Ext. 9 Field Hockey Nov. 6-7 High Seed Women's Soccer Nov. 6, 8 High Seed Jaclyn Swierc Men's Soccer Nov. 13, 15 High Seed [email protected], Ext. 8 Women's Volleyball Nov. 21-22 High Seed Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials IWomen's Swimming Feb. 11-13 Yale University Tom Lopes Indoor Track & Field Feb. 20-21 P.G. County Sports Complex (Landover, MD) Men's Basketball Mar. 4, 7 & 10 High Seeds Women's Basketball Mar. 6-7 Saint Francis (PA) (quarterfinals and semifinals) Northeast Conference Mar. 14 Higher Seed (championship) Men’s Basketball Summer Preview Men’s & Women’s Tennis Apr. 16-18 Mercer County Tennis Center (tentative) (West Windsor, NJ) Written and edited by Ron Ratner, NEC Associ- Women's Lacrosse Apr. 23, 25 High Seed ate Commissioner. The preview is designed to Women’s Golf Apr. 23-25 TBA assist members of the media. Further informa- Men's Golf Apr. 30 - May 2 TBA tion can be requested by contacting Ron Ratner at the NEC or the individual NEC SIDs. Outdoor Track & Field May 1-2 Mount St. Mary’s University Softball May 14-15 TBA All rosters and schedules listed in the NEC Sum- Baseball May 20-22 TBA mer Preview are tentative and subject to change. 3 Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Contacts Summer Preview NEC Staff Title Name E-Mail Phone Number Commissioner TBA (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 1 Interim Commissioner (PR/Television) Ron Ratner [email protected] (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 6 Assistant Commissioner (Compliance) Joyce Bell [email protected] (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 2 Assistant Commissioner (Marketing/Operations) Andrew Alia [email protected] (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 4 Assistant Commissioner (Sport Services) Michelle Boone [email protected] (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 5 Director of Sport Services Ben Shove [email protected] (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 3 Asst. Director of Communications Ralph Ventre [email protected] (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 7 Media Relations Intern Lindsey Williams [email protected] (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 9 Media Relations Intern Jaclyn Swierc [email protected] (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 8 Coordinator of Basketball Officials Tom Lopes NEC Website/Fax Number www.northeastconference.org (732) 469-0744 NEC Basketball Membership Information Bryant Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson (to become core member of NEC in 2012-13) Temporary Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Paul Resetarits (860) 832-3038 David Langford (201) 692-2208 Bill Smith (401) 232-6559 Asst. AD/Sports Information Sports Information Director Sports Information Director Tom Pincince (860) 832-3089 Sara Naggar (201) 692-2499 Jason Sullivan (401) 232-6072 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach Howie Dickenman (860) 832-3053 Greg Vetrone (201) 692-2126 Tim O’Shea (401) 232-6077 Sports Information Fax (401) 232-6361 Sports Information Fax (860) 832-3084 Sports Information Fax (201) 692-9361 Long Island Monmouth Mount St. Mary’s Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Director of Athletics John Suarez (718) 488-1030 Dr. Marilyn McNeil (732) 571-3415 Lynne Robinson (301) 447-5000 Sports Information Director Sports Information Director Sports Information Director Jeff Mead (718) 488-1420 Chris Tobin (732) 263-5180 Mark Vandergrift (301) 447-5384 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach Jim Ferry (718) 488-1528 Dave Calloway (732) 571-7584 Milan Brown (301) 447-5387 Sports Information Fax (718) 488-3302 Sports Information Fax (732) 571-3535 Sports Information Fax (301) 447-5300 Quinnipiac Robert Morris Sacred Heart Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Jack McDonald (203) 582-8621 Dr. Craig Coleman (412) 262-8302 C. Donald Cook (203) 365-7649 Asst. Sports Information Director Sports Information Director Sports Information Director Greg Ott (203) 582-5387 Jim Duzyk (412) 262-8314 Gene Gumbs (203) 396-8127 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach Tom Moore (203) 582-3784 Mike Rice (412) 397-3297 Dave Bike (203) 371-7848 Sports Information Fax (203) 582-5385 Sports Information Fax (412) 262-8557 Sports Information Fax (203) 365-7696 St. Francis (NY) Saint Francis (PA) Wagner Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Irma Garcia (718) 489-5486 Bob Krimmel (814) 472-3280 Walt Hameline (718) 390-3488 Sports Information Director Sports Information Director Sports Information Director David Gansell (718) 489-5369 Bob Volkert (814) 472-3128 John Beisser (718) 390-3227 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach Brian Nash (718) 489-5265 Don Friday (814) 472-3277 Mike Deane (718) 390-3468 Sports Information Fax (718) 797-2140 Sports Information Fax (814) 472-3196 Sports Information Fax (718) 390-3347 4 Summer Preview League Notes 2009-10 Men’s Basketball NEC’s Postseason Pair 2009 NEC Tournament Format The NEC sent two teams to the postseason for the third time in the last four years when Robert Morris represented the conference in the 2009 NCAA Following an 18-game regular season, the eight-team Tournament and league runner-up Mount St. Mary’s was selected to participate in the inaugural College Insider Postseason Tournament (CIT). In first NEC Tournament will be conducted for a sixth con- round NCAA action in Minneapolis, MN, the Colonials hung tough with second-seeded Michigan State, holding a 28-26 advantage late the first half before eventually succumbing, 77-62. Mount St. Mary’s fell victim to a late James Madison rally in a 69-58 setback in Harrisonburg, VA in CIT first secutive year in a playoff format with all games being round play. The Mount trailed by just two with six minutes remaining, but a 15-3 Duke rally over the next five minutes spelled the difference. In 2008, played at the home of the higher seed. After the quar- Mount St. Mary’s defeated Coppin State, 69-60, before dropping a 113-74 decision to #1 seed North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament, while Robert terfinals, teams will be reseeded so the highest remain- Morris came up just short in its first round Postseason NIT game, falling at Syracuse, 87-81. In 2006, Monmouth advanced to the NCAA Tournament ing seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semi- and defeated Hampton, 71-49, prior to a 58-45 setback to #1 seed Villanova. That same year, Fairleigh Dickinson dropped an 80-77 encounter at Manhattan in the Postseason NIT. finals. Quarterfinal play takes place on Thursday, March 4, followed by the semifinal round on Sunday, March Back-To-Back Quest Continues 7. The championship game, to be televised by ESPN2, It has now been 15 years since an NEC program captured back-to-back conference tournament titles. Not since 1993 and 1994 when Rider claimed league crowns has a program been able to turn the trick, though FDU and Mount St. Mary’s came within a hair’s length of doing so. The Knights fell will be contested on Wednesday, March 10 at 7:00 pm. to Monmouth on a last second layup in the 2006 NEC title game, while the Mount lost to Robert Morris last season on a shot with 2.2 seconds to play.