BR YANT BASKETBALL 1984-85 $1.00 RYANT COLLEGE BRYANT COLLEGE 1984-85 Basketball Guide 1984-85 Schedule Table of Contents NOVEMBER 1984-85 Outlook 2-3 Friday 16 NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE 7:30 1984-85 Roster 5 Saturday 24 PLYMOUTH STATE 7:30 Head Coach Leon Drury 6 Monday 26 at Lowell 7:30 Assistant Coach Mike McGuinn 7 Firday 30 at Bridgeport Tournament 1983-84 Results 8 Indian Profiles 9-20 DECEMBER 1,000-Point Club 22 Saturday 1 at Bridgeport Tournament Bryant Coaches Thru the Years 23 Tuesday 4 at Rhode Island College 8:00 Bryant Basketball Records 24-26 Thursday 6 SOUTHERN CONN. 7:30 All-Time Roster 27 Tuesday 11 CENTRAL CONN. 7:30 All-Time Scores 28-29 Thursday 13 at Rhode Island 7:30 Northeast-8 Conference Schedule 30 Friday 28 at Sacred Heart Tournament Northeast-8 Conference Statistics 31 Saturday 29 at Sacred Heart Tournament Northeast-8 Conference Opponents 32-33 Sunday 30 at Sacred Heart Tournament Non-Conference Opponents 34-35 Series Records vs. 84-85 Opponents 36 JANUARY Wednesday 16 STONEHILL 7:30 Saturday 19 MERRIMACK 7:30 Wednesday 23 at Bentley 7:30 Saturday 26 at AIC 7:30 Monday 28 ST. ANSELM 7:30 Wednesday 30 at Springfield 7:30 FEBRUARY Saturday 2 at Assumption 7:30 ON THE Wednesday 6 BENTLEY 7:30 COVER Saturday 9 at Merrimack 7:30 Sunday 10 AIC 7:30 Wednesday 13 at St. Anselm 7:30 Saturday 16 ASSUMPTION 7:30 No, Bryant coach Leon Drury isn't planning a new strategy Wednesday 20 at Stonehill 7:30 for catching the opposition off-guard. 22 7:00 Pictured on the front cover of the Guide, with several members Friday ST. JOSEPH'S of the 1984-85 Bryant basketball team, is Debbie Mowry, 1984 Saturday 23 SPRINGFIELD 7:30 Miss Rhode Island Universe and a former Bryant basketball cheerleader. A 1983 Bryant grad, Debbie was a member of the basketball cheerleading squad in both 1982 and 1983. She currently is a full-time member of a certified public accounting firm while also carrying out modeling assignments throughout New England. 1984-85 Outlook BIGGER & BETTER Bryant basketball fans are hoping bigger also means better in 1985. The 1984-85 Indians basketball forces will be one of the big­ gest squads in Bryant history and coach Leon Drury hopes the extra size can put the Indians back on the road to success after two consecutive losing seasons. "Our fans will see a different type of team this year," Drury said. "In the past few years, we have had problems under the boards. So last year we set size as our recruiting priority." The search for some added muscle brought three freshmen to Smithfield who have an average height of 6-foot, 6-inches and an average weight of 240 pounds. The biggest newcomer will be Dave Ewing, a 7-foot, 1/4 inch freshman center from Katonah, New York. "Dave will be the biggest player to ever wear a Bryant uniform," Drury offered. "He only started playing basketball a few years ago so he needs some experience. But, in time, we feel he can become an outstanding college player" Experience, however, isn't the problem for the two other new big men, Michael Reed and Art Whitehead. Reed is a 6-6, 222-pound forward from Classical High in Pro­ vidence, R. I. A two-time, first-team All-State selection, last year Michael gave Classical the R.I. state Class A championship by scoring the winning basket in a one-point victory in the champ­ ionship game. In addition to outstanding rebounding ability, Reed also possesses an excellent shooting touch from the 10-15 foot range. Whitehead is a 235-pound forward from Terryville High in Con­ necticut, where he specialized in intimidating boardwork. Despite the addition of these talented newcomers, Drury ex­ pects his biggest offensive punch will be one of the six lettermen on the squad, junior forward Gregg Cooper. Cooper, a 6-6, 200-pounder from Augusta, Maine has been one of the Indians top scorers in each of the past two years. In his two-year college career, he has scored 589 points, averag­ ing 9.6 as a freshman two years ago and 13.8 last year. Cooper is the only returning letterman who averaged in double figures last year. With some added help inside this year, we think Gregg will be able to take full advantage of his shooting talents," Drury offered. "We expect great things from him this season" « Joining Cooper, Reed, Whitehead and Ewing in the frontcourt will be two other tested veterans, Rich Lombardi, a 6-6, 218-pound senior forward and Bob Brown, a 6-8, 206-pound junior center. Lombardi and Brown were the No. 2 and No. 3 rebounders respectively on last year's team with a combined Virtually all of the Conference's other seven teams are veteran average of 10 rebounds per game. laden units compared to Bryant's young team. In a pre-season Another veteran Drury hopes will reach his full potential this poll of Conference coaches Bryant was ranked last. year is sophomore guard Manny Barrows. Barrows, another American International, the regular season champion the past former Providence Classical star, earned a spot in the starting two years, appears to be the team to beat once agan this year. lineup midway through last season and averaged close to 10 Coach Jim Powell has virtually the same lineup this season that points per game over the final 10 games of the season. posted a 23-8 mark last year. The Yellow Jackets, 46-17 over Rodney Gill, a sophomore who sat out most of last year with the past two seasons, received seven of the eight first place votes a foot injury, and Tom Larranaga, a 5-11 freshman from Wayne, in the coaches' poll. N.J., should make up the rest of the backcourt corps. Assumption was the No. 2 choice of the coaches followed by The Indians main objective in 84-85 will be winning their first Bentley, Springfield, Merrimack, St. Anselm and Bryant respec­ Northeast-8 Conference championship, but it wouldn't be easy. tively. Wibon Brand Of The Pros UUiEum Kareem Abdul-Jabbar SHOTMAKER BASKETBALL B1352 Wibon Isiah Thomas AUTOGRAPH BASKETBALL B1355 U)i£aon David Thompson POINTMAKER BASKETBALL B1360 UKE&on Mark Aguirre SHOTMAKER BASKETBALL B1365 1984-85 Bryant Indians Mi kill J NO. NAME POSITION CLASS HEIGHT WEIGHT HIGH SCHOOL HOMETOWN 11 Manny Barrows G SO 6-0 170 Classical Providence, RI 40 Robert P. Brown F JR 6-7 200 Marian Prep Framingham, MA 41 Gregg S. Cooper F JR 6-5 199 Cony Augusta, ME 20 Steve DiChiara G SO 6-2 170 LaSalle North Providence, RI 43 Dave Ewing c FR 7-0 274 Somers Somers, NY 12 Rodney B. Gill G SO 6-1 155 Southampton Southampton, NY 14 Tom Larranaga G FR 6-0 155 Wayne Valley Wayne, NJ 32 Rich Lombardi F SR 6-5 220 Rockville Vernon, CT 24 Chris O'Connell G FR 5-11 160 Ledyard Gales Ferry, CT 23 Michael Reed F FR 6-5 200 Classical Providence, RI 33 Eric Stewart F JR 6-5 200 Mt. View Thorndike, ME 42 Art Whitehead F FR 6-4V2 220 Terryville Terryville, CT LEON DRURY Head Coach — Director of Athletics In his role as Bryant athletic director, Drury has upgraded the entire Bryant athletic program, making it one of the most prestigious and successful Division Two programs in the Northeast. Under Drury's direction, the Bryant varsity sports program has increased from 11 to its present 16 teams. In addition, nearly 90 percent of the College's 3,000 students take part in the 16-sport intramural program. Since he assumed the position of athletic director in 1978, Drury has spearheaded a drive that has seen the College's on- campus athletic facilities nearly double in the past four years with the addition of the Multi-purpose activities center in 1980 and the opening of 10 acres of new varsity and intramural athletic fields two years ago. The new athletic fields and activities center gives Bryant students nearly 30 acres of athletic facilities. One of the moving forces behind the creation of the Northeast 8 athletic conference, he has diligently worked to promote the Conference image throughout the country. THE DRURY YEARS Year Record Pet. 1978-79 18-10 .643 1979-80 20- 7 .741 1980-81 18-10 .643 1981-82 14-12 .538 1982-83 12-16 .429 1983-84 6-21 .222 Before taking over as the athletic director and head coach at Bryant, he has served six years as the College's assistant athletic director and assistant men's basketball coach. During his tenure as assistant coach he was responsible for the recruitment of two of Bryant's three All-American basketball players - Ernie DeWitt and Paul Seymour. Drury came to Bryant in 1973, following a three-year tenure as Brown University's freshmen basketball coach. In 1971-72, his third year as Brown freshmen coach, the Brown Cubs posted the best record in Brown freshmen basketball history with an 18-2 slate. Many of those freshmen players went on to give Brown its most successful basketball era in history from 1972-75. In the spring of 1972 he left Brown for Bryant. The 110-52 record the Indians basketball forces posted during his tenure As both an administrator and coach, Leon Drury's name is as assistant coach and his recruiting accomplishments led to synonymous with success.