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Summer Preview Table Of Contents/Media Information 2010-11 Men’s Basketball 2011 NEC Basketball Tournament Northeast Conference 399 Campus Drive, 1st Floor Following an 18-game regular season, the eight- Somerset, NJ 08873 team NEC Tournament will be conducted for a sev- Phone (732) 469-0440 enth consecutive year in a playoff format with all Fax (732) 469-0744 games being played at the home of the higher seed. www.northeastconference.org After the quarterfinals, teams will be reseeded so www.facebook.com/necsports the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remain- www.twitter.com/necsports www.youtube.com/necsports ing seed in the semifinals. Quarterfinal play takes place on Thursday, March 3, followed by the semifi- nal round on Sunday, March 6. The championship game, to be televised by ESPN2, will be contested on Wednesday, March 9 at 7:00 pm. Scholars. Athletes. Leaders. Table Of Contents Northeast Conference Staff Men’s Basketball Directory _______________ 4 2010-11 League Notes _______________ 5-10 Commissioner 2009-10 Season Review ________________ 11 Noreen Morris [email protected] NEC Men’s Basketball Signings _______ 12-15 Ext. 1 2010-11 NEC Composite Schedule ___ 16-17 Associate Commissioner (PR/Television) Bryant University ___________________ 18-19 Ronald Ratner [email protected] Central Connecticut St. University _____ 20-21 Ext. 6 Fairleigh Dickinson University ________ 22-23 Assistant Commissioner (Marketing/Operations) Long Island University ______________ 24-25 Andrew Alia [email protected] Monmouth University _______________ 26-27 Ext. 4 Mount St. Mary’s University __________ 28-29 Assistant Commissioner (Compliance) Quinnipiac University _______________ 30-31 Joyce Bell [email protected] Robert Morris University _____________ 32-33 Ext. 2 Sacred Heart University ______________ 34-35 Assistant Commissioner (Sport Services) St. Francis (NY) College ______________ 36-37 Michelle Boone Saint Francis (PA) University _________ 38-39 [email protected] Ext. 5 Wagner College ____________________ 40-41 Director of Sport Services 2009-10 Individual Statistics ________ 42-43 Quinnipiac Senior Center Justin Rutty Ben Shove 2009-10 Team Statistics _____________ 44-46 2009-10 First Team All-NEC [email protected] Ext. 3 2009-10 Individual Statistics (Conf. Only) __ 47-48 Enters Season With 1,158 Points & 808 Rebounds Assistant Director of Communications 2009-10 Team Statistics (Conf. Only) ___ 49-51 Ralph Ventre www.northeastconference.org [email protected] Ext. 7 2010-11 Northeast Conference Championship Dates Assistant Director of Events & Operations Kevin Sanchez [email protected] Championship Date Site/Host Ext. 8 Men's & Women's Cross Country Oct. 30 CCSU Field Hockey Nov. 5-6 High Seed Media Relations Intern Allison Whalen Women's Soccer Nov. 5, 7 High Seed [email protected] Men's Soccer Nov. 12, 14 High Seed Ext. 9 Women's Volleyball Nov. 20-21 High Seed Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials Indoor Track & Field Feb. 12-13 P.G. County Sports Complex (Landover, MD) Tom Lopes Women's Swimming Feb. 17-19 MIT (Cambridge, MA) Men's Basketball Mar. 3, 6 & 9 High Seeds Women's Basketball Mar. 5, 8 & 13 High Seeds Northeast Conference Women's Bowling Mar. 26-27 Parkway Lanes, Elmwood Park, NJ (FDU) Men’s Basketball Summer Preview Men's & Women's Tennis Apr. 15-17 Mercer County Tennis Center (West Windsor, NJ) Women's Golf Apr. 21-23 LPGA International (Daytona Beach, FL) Written and edited by Ron Ratner, NEC Associ- Women's Lacrosse Apr. 29 & May 1 High Seed ate Commissioner. The preview is designed to Men's Golf Apr. 29 - May 1 TBD assist members of the media. Further informa- Men's Lacrosse May 6, 8 High Seed tion can be requested by contacting Ron Ratner at the NEC or the individual NEC SIDs. Outdoor Track & Field May 7-8 Monmouth Softball May 13-14 High Seed All rosters and schedules listed in the NEC Sum- Baseball May 19-21 TBD mer Preview are tentative and subject to change. 3 Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Contacts Summer Preview Northeast Conference Staff Title Name E-Mail Phone Number Commissioner Noreen Morris [email protected] (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 1 Associate 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 Asst. Director of Events & Operations Kevin Sanchez [email protected] (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 8 Media Relations Intern Allison Whalen [email protected] (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 9 Coordinator of Basketball Officials Tom Lopes NEC Website/Fax Number www.northeastconference.org (732) 469-0744 Northeast Conference Basketball Membership Information Bryant Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson (to become core member of NEC in 2012-13) Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Paul Schlickmann (860) 832-3038 David Langford (201) 692-2208 Bill Smith (401) 232-6559 Asst. AD/Sports Information Sports Information Director Assistant Sports Information Director Tom Pincince (860) 832-3089 Sara Naggar (201) 692-2499 Allison Weinberger (401) 232-6558 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach Howie Dickenman (860) 832-3093 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 Robert Burke (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 Assistant Sports Information Director Sports Information Director Sports Information Director Greg Ott (203) 582-5387 Jim Duzyk (412) 262-8314 Bill Peterson (203) 396-8125 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach Tom Moore (203) 582-3784 Andrew Toole (412) 397-4967 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 Glenn Braica (718) 489-5265 Don Friday (814) 472-3277 Dan Hurley (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 2010-11 Men’s Basketball Happy Anniversary! NEC’s Postseason Duo The 2010-11 season marks the 30th year of Northeast The NEC sent two teams to the postseason for the fourth time in the last five years when Robert Morris represented the conference in the 2010 NCAA Conference men’s basketball. Founded in 1981 as the Tournament and co-regular season champion Quinnipiac was selected to participate in the Postseason NIT. In first round NCAA action in Providence, basketball only ECAC-Metro Conference, the league be- RI, the Colonials nearly pulled off one of the biggest upsets in tournament history. Seeded 15th, Robert Morris led #2 Villanova for most of the game gan sponsoring additional sports in 1985 and changed and was up by eight with four minutes to play before the Wildcats rallied to force overtime and eventually prevailed, 73-70. Quinnipiac made its first its name to the Northeast Conference in 1988. As mem- ever Division I postseason appearance in an 81-61 setback to Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. In 2008-09, Robert Morris hung tough with second- bership and sport sponsorship continued to grow over seeded Michigan State, holding a 28-26 advantage late the first half before eventually succumbing, 77-62, in a first round NCAA Tournament the next decade, the NEC has expanded its base to six matchup. That same week in the inaugural College Insider Tournament, Mount St. Mary’s fell victim to a late James Madison rally in a 69-58 defeat states, 23 championship sports and now has access to in Harrisonburg, VA. In 2007-08, Mount St. Mary’s defeated Coppin State, 69-60, before dropping a 113-74 decision to #1 seed North Carolina NCAA automatic bids or play-in access in 14 sports. in the NCAA Tournament, while Robert Morris came up just short in its first round Postseason NIT game, falling at Syracuse, 87-81. In 2005-06, Monmouth advanced to the NCAA Tournament and defeated Hampton, 71-49, prior to a 58-45 setback to #1 seed Villanova. That same year, 2011 NEC Tournament Format Fairleigh Dickinson dropped an 80-77 encounter at Manhattan in the Postseason NIT.