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GENERAL INFORMATION 2010-11 SEASON IN REVIEW OPPONENTS Table of Contents/Credits ...... 1 Season Statistics ...... 50 Alabama A&M ...... 100 Media Information ...... 2-3 Results/Starters ...... 51 UAB ...... 100 Quick Facts ...... 2 Season Highs ...... 52 Alcorn State ...... 101 Media Relations ...... 3 Box Scores ...... 53-57 Arkansas at Little Rock ...... 101 South Alabama Radio Network...... 3 2010-11 Sun Belt Standings/Statistics...... 58 Arkansas State ...... 102 Media Outlets ...... 4 2010-11 Sun Belt Statistics/Honors ...... 59 Denver ...... 102 2010-11 News & Notes ...... 60 Florida Atlantic ...... 103 THE UNIVERSITY Florida International ...... 103 University of South Alabama ...... 6-8 HISTORY & RECORDS Florida State ...... 104 University President Gordon Moulton ...... 9 All-Time Records ...... 62 Georgia Southern ...... 104 Director of Athletics Dr. Joel Erdmann ...... 10 Career Records ...... 64 Louisiana at Lafayette...... 105 Athletics Staff ...... 11-13 Single Season Records ...... 64 Louisiana at Monroe ...... 105 Academic Services/Student Life...... 14 Single Game Records ...... 65 LSU ...... 106 NCAA Compliance ...... 15 Annual Leaders ...... 66-67 Middle Tennessee ...... 106 Sports Medicine ...... 16 All-Time Letterwinners ...... 68-69 Mississippi State ...... 107 Retired Jerseys ...... 70 Mobile ...... 107 SEASON PREVIEW All-Americans and Pros ...... 71 North Texas ...... 108 2011-12 Rosters ...... 18-19 Sun Belt Conference Honors ...... 72 San Diego ...... 108 Q&A with Head Coach Ronnie Arrow ...... 20-22 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Results ...... 73 Southern Miss...... 109 All-Time Results ...... 74-81 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ...... 109 COACHES Series History by School ...... 82-89 Troy ...... 110 Head Coach Ronnie Arrow ...... 24-26 All-Time Series Records ...... 90-91 Western Kentucky ...... 110 Coach Arrow vs. All Opponents ...... 27 Coaching Records ...... 92 Sun Belt Tournament ...... 111 Associate Head Coach Jeff Price ...... 28 Academic Awards ...... 93 Sun Belt Conference ...... 112 Assistant Coach Michael Floyd ...... 29 Postseason History ...... 94-95 Assistant Coach Dominique Taylor ...... 30 USA Athletic Hall of Fame ...... 96-97 Director of Operations Chris Coker ...... 31 Milestones ...... 98 Men’s Basketball Managers ...... 31 Strength & Conditioning Coach Joey Choron ...... 32 Assistant Athletic Trainer Matt Brown ...... 32 Basketball Support Staff ...... 32 CREDITS PLAYERS The 2011-12 University of South Alabama men’s basketball media guide is a production of the University of Javier Carter ...... 34-35 South Alabama Athletics Media Relations Offi ce. Jose Diaz ...... 36-37 Andre Gowins ...... 38-39 Covers and interior: Matt Horne, assistant director of media relations Written and edited: Matt Horne DeAndré Hersey ...... 40-41 Layout and design: Matt Horne Antione Lundy ...... 42-43 Editorial Assistance: Brian Fremund, the athletic media relations staff Augustine Rubit...... 44-45 and Elizabeth Horne Newcomers ...... 46-48 Photography: John Adams, Dan Anderson, Kevin Beasley, Chip English, Joe Imel, Bobby McDuffi e, Brad Puckett, Scott Donaldson and the media relations archives Printing: University of South Alabama Offi ce of Publication Services

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The 2011-12 South Alabama men’s basketball media guide is designed to aid members 2011-12 JAGUAR QUICK FACTS of the media covering Jaguars basketball. We appreciate your coverage and if there is Name: University of South Alabama anything we can do to assist you, please contact the Athletics Media Relations Offi ce at : Mobile, Ala. Location (251) 460-7035. The Athletic Media Relations Offi ce has certain policies and procedures Founded: 1963 that we ask for you to abide by while covering South Alabama. These are for the benefi t Enrollment: 15,009 of your needs and those of the student-athletes and coaches. We ask that you please President: V. Gordon Moulton (Georgia Tech ’65) respect these requests in order to maintain a good working atmosphere for all parties Athletics Director: Dr. Joel Erdmann (South Dakota State ’86) involved. Athletics Department Phone: (251) 460-7121 Ticket Offi ce: (251) 461-1USA (1872) MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE Nickname: Jaguars The University of South Alabama Athletic Media Relations Offi ce is located in Room Colors: Blue, Red and White 1105 of the HPELS Building located next to the Mitchell Center. Affi liation: NCAA Division I Conference: Sun Belt HOME CREDENTIAL REQUESTS Arena: The Mitchell Center (10,000) The South Alabama Athletic Media Relations Offi ce will issue credentials to WORKING press only. Passes for spouses, children or friends will not be issued. These credentials HISTORY are non-transferable and any unauthorized use of a credential will result in the pass be- First season of competition: 1968-69 ing immediately revoked. Press passes will be distributed to those working along press All-time Record: 704-518 (.576) row. A photo pass will be issued to those members of the media needing to photograph No. Years In NCAA Tournament (Last): 8 (2008) home events. All credential requests should be made in writing by sports editors or No. Years In National Invitation Tournament (Last): 4 (2007) directors of accredited media outlets on company letterhead. Request should be made no later than four hours prior to the start of the desired contest. At least one day notice is preferred. Credentials can be picked up the day before an event in the Athletic Media TEAM INFORMATION Relations Offi ce. Any credentials obtained after that time may be picked up at Media : 12-16/6-10 2010-11 Final Record/Sun Belt Record Will Call, which is located on the lower level in the Southwest corner of the Mitchell 2010-11 Sun Belt Finish: T-4th, East Division Center (Loading dock area). Media Will Call will be open approximately one-and-a-half Postseason: None hours before the start of the event. Credential requests can be sent to the Athletic Media Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/8 Relations Offi ce at 1209 Mitchell Center, Mobile, AL 36688, or faxed to (251) 460-7297. Starters Returning/Lost: 1/4 Newcomers: 8 ROAD CREDENTIAL REQUESTS Working members of the media who plan to cover South Alabama on the road are en- COACHING STAFF couraged to make credential request through the South Alabama Athletic Media Rela- Head Coach: Ronnie Arrow (Southwest Texas State ’69) tions Offi ce. Record at USA (Years): 189-144 (12 seasons) Division I Career Record: 323-235 (20 Seasons) VISITING RADIO Overall Career Record (DI and JUCO): 625-278 (30 seasons) All visiting radio crews can make credential requests either through the South Alabama Sun Belt Record: 102-76 Athletic Media Relations Offi ce or through their normal media relations contact. After Basketball Offi ce Phone: (251) 460-6104 the request is made, space will be reserved for the visiting broadcast team. Two cour- Best Time To Reach: Weekday Mornings tesy lines are available for each team, while additional lines are available for a fee. Assistant Coaches: Jeff Price (Pikeville [Ky.] ‘81); Michael Floyd (Murray State ’99); Dominique Taylor (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ’07) PHOTOGRAPHERS Only photographers shooting for accredited media outlets or for the South Alabama Director of Basketball Operations: Chris Coker (North Alabama ’94) Athletic Media Relations Offi ce will be issued photo passes and allowed on the fl oor be- hind the baskets. Photographers are allowed to shoot behind the baskets and along the MEDIA RELATIONS baselines. No photographers are permitted along the team bench sideline, in the team Assistant Athletic Director: Brian Fremund areas or in front of the courtside press row tables. Flash photography is PROHIBITED in Offi ce: (251) 414-8032 / Cell: (251) 623-3191 the Mitchell Center. E-mail: [email protected] Assistant Director (men’s basketball contact): Matt Horne PARKING Offi ce: (251) 414-8184 / Cell: 912-536-5806 Media parking is on Mitchell Center Drive, and there is also a media overfl ow lot located E-mail: [email protected] in front of the Mitchell Center located next to Old Shell Road. News stations with uplink Assistant Director: Kevin Beasley trucks MUST provide advanced notice when bringing that equipment. Offi ce: (251) 414-8033 Assistant Director: Charlie Nichols GAMEDAY SERVICES Offi ce: (251) 414-8017 The South Alabama Athletic Media Relations staff will be on hand to assist all media Offi ce Fax: (251) 460-7297 members covering Jaguar basketball. All customary game day services will be available. Media Relations Assistant: Lauren Logan All working members of the media will be provided with game notes, current statistics, Media Relations Student Assistants: Deidre Benton, Anna Box, Zac Kennedy, rosters and game programs prior to tip-off . Statistical updates will also be provided at Baley Murphy media time-outs and halftime, along with play-by-play summary on request. Athletics Website: www.USAJaguars.com

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MEDIA ROOM PRESS ROW PHONE SOUTH ALABAMA MEDIA RELATIONS A working media room with power outlets and comple- The courtside press row phone number at the Mitchell Phone: (251) 460-7035 mentary telephone lines is available to all credentialed Center is (251) 460-7418. media members. It is located in Room 1106 of the Mitch- Fax: (251) 460-7297 ell Center, in the Northeast lower level corner. Wireless INTERNET WEBCAST Brian Fremund and Ethernet connections are also available. The intent For the eighth season all of South Alabama men’s bas- Assistant Athletic Director of the press room is to provide a working facility for ketball home games will be broadcast over streamlined Football, Men’s Golf the media, professional scouts and immediate game audio via the Internet. Fans who are not able to make it Offi ce: (251) 414-8032 personnel. Family members, friends, guests and other to the Mitchell Center can listen on South Alabama Jag- Cell: (251) 623-3191 non-credentialed people cannot be accommodated. Soft uars All-Access at www.usajaguars.com. Lee Shirvanian E-mail: drinks, bottled water and a meal will be available prior will once again call all the Jags’ action. [email protected] to tip-off . FAX, E-MAIL and INTERNET PROFESSIONAL SCOUTS Media outlets may request to be included on the broad- Kevin Beasley Professional scouts may request a single-game creden- cast fax and e-mail lists to receive daily news regarding Assistant Director tial by submitting a written request on team letterhead South Alabama men’s basketball. To be added to the Volleyball, Women’s Basketball to the South Alabama Athletic Media Relations Offi ce. daily e-mail list, simply visit the South Alabama web- Offi ce: (251) 414-8033 Because of limited space, requests will be fi lled on a fi rst- site at www.usajaguars.com and sign up through the E-mail: come, fi rst-served basis. automated registration system or contact the media [email protected] relations offi ce. For complete coverage of all 17 intercol- PRACTICES legiate sports at South Alabama, point your web browser The South Alabama Athletic Media Relations staff en- to www.usajaguars.com. Each week, news releases, courages coverage of Jaguar basketball outside of games. game notes and statistics are updated. Media and fans Matt Horne As a general rule, all practices are open to the media and can view player and coaches bios, schedules, results and Assistant Director the public. There may be instances, however, when all the most comprehensive records and history pertaining Men’s Basketball, Men’s and or part of a practice session is closed. Please contact the to Jaguar athletics anywhere. South Alabama Athletics Women’s Tennis South Alabama Athletic Media Relations Offi ce in ad- information can also be found on the department’s Twit- Offi ce: (251) 414-8184 vance if you are interested in conducting interviews and/ ter feed, @USAJaguarSports. Cell: (912) 536-5806 or attending a practice session, so an escort can be made E-mail: [email protected] available. SOUTH ALABAMA RADIO NETWORK INTERVIEWS Charlie Nichols In-person interviews with members of the coaching Lee Shirvanian has been the voice of the South Ala- Assistant Director staff and student-athletes can be arranged by calling the bama Jaguars for 31 years, covering football, men’s Baseball, Women’s Golf South Alabama Athletic Media Relations Offi ce at (251) basketball and baseball. He is also co-host of the Offi ce: (251) 414-8017 460-7035 during normal business hours. Interviews with Morning Sportscenter on WNSP 105.5 FM in Mobile. E-mail: student-athletes MUST be arranged in advance through He broadcasts all men’s basketball games for the Jag- [email protected] the Athletic Media Relations Offi ce. Players are generally uars both home and away, is the voice of the football available 15 minutes before practice and immediately program, and also broadcasts nearly all of the base- following practice. Phone interviews are also available, ball games as well. Lauren Logan but will be arranged around the student-athletes’ class Media Relations Assistant and practice schedules. Student-athletes’ phone num- Shirvanian is a native of New Jersey and received his Soccer, Softball bers are not available under any circumstance. All phone bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University. He cov- Offi ce: (251) 414-8022 interview requests must be made 24 hours prior. ered Rutgers football and basketball, and covered E-mail: and pro teams while he lived [email protected] POSTGAME INTERVIEWS in New Jersey. After a 10-minute cooling off period, requested players and coaches will be made available to members of the Some of Shirvanian’s accolades include being named media. The Jaguar locker room is CLOSED both at home the New Jersey Sportscaster of the Year in 1979 and Gwen Williams and on the road. Requested players and coaches will be Mobile Sportscaster of the Year in 1985. And, in May Administrative Assistant escorted by a South Alabama Athletic Media Relations 1992, he received a South Alabama Hall of Fame Offi ce: (251) 414-8031 staff member to the designated interview area. award. E-mail: [email protected] GAME NOTES A set of game notes will be made available before each contest. A copy of these game notes will be placed on the USA Athletic Department web page at www.usajaguars. com before each game and can be downloaded from there. The game notes can also be e-mailed upon request. Student Assistants: Deidre Benton, Anna Box, Zac Kennedy, Baley Murphy

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NOTE: This is not meant to be a complete list of all South Alabama infor- ELECTRONIC MEDIA - TELEVISION mation outlets. We have listed those who, on a regular basis, cover Jaguar WKRG-TV 5 (CBS) sports or carry USA sports information. P.O. Box 160587 NEWSPAPERS Mobile, AL 36616 Mobile Press Register Phone: (251) 662-3003 P.O. Box 2488 Fax: (251) 662-3071 Mobile, AL 36630 Randy Patrick, Sports Director Phone: (251) 219-5669 Patrick’s Cell: (251) 423-5256 Fax: (251) 219-5799 Randy Kennedy, Sports Editor WALA-TV 10 (FOX) Kennedy’s Desk: (251) 219-5689 P.O. Box 1548 Tommy Hicks, Columnist/Football Beat Writer Mobile, AL 36601 Hicks’ Cell: (251) 610-7808 Phone: (251) 434-1065 Kim Shugart, Men’s Basketball/Baseball Beat Writer Fax: (251) 434-1023 Shugart’s Desk: (251) 219-5675 Rob Lehocky, Sports Director Shugart’s Cell: (251) 454-1024 Lehocky’s Cell: (251) 648-0638 Mike Herndon, Columnist/Sports Writer Herndon’s Cell: (251) 591-0915 WPMI-TV 15 (NBC) P.O. Box 9038 Foley News Mobile, AL 36691 P.O. Box 385 Phone: (251) 602-1557 Foley, AL 36536 Fax: (251) 602-1550 Phone: (251) 609-0279 Lance Crawford, Sports Director Logan Janowski, Sports Editor Crawford’s Cell: (610) 716-1218 ELECTRONIC MEDIA - RADIO Clement Townsend, Sports Reporter Steppin’ Out WNSP-FM 105.5 Radio (USA Radio) Townsend’s Cell: (251) 377-9647 WriteStuf Communications, LLC 1100 Dauphin St., Suite E P.O. Box 8215 Mobile, AL 36604 WEAR-TV 3 (ABC) Mobile, AL 36689 Phone: (251) 438-5460 4990 Mobile Highway Phone: (251) 604-0700 Call-in: (251) 694-1055, (888) 560-9754 Pensacola, FL 32506 Darron Patterson, Sports Editor Fax: (251) 438-5462 Phone: (850) 455-4599 Lee Shirvanian, Play-by-Play Announcer Fax: (850) 455-8972 Pensacola News-Journal Shirvanian’s Cell: (251) 599-4026 Dan Shugart, Sports Director 1 News Journal Plaza Shugart’s Cell: (850) 723-9160 Pensacola, FL 32501 8730 Sports Steve Nissim, Sports Reporter Phone: (850) 435-8521 14 De Luna Dr. Nissim’s Cell: (850) 723-9112 Fax: (850) 435-8633 Pensacola, FL 23506 Bob Heist, Sports Editor Phone: (850) 458-2369 Paul Marini, President/CEO Mississippi Press Marini’s E-Mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 849 Pascagoula, MS 39567-0849 Phone: (228) 934-1449 Fax: (228) 934-1474 Gareth Clary, Sports Editor

The Vanguard (Campus) Box U-25100 Mobile, AL 36688 Phone: (251) 460-6442 Fax: (251) 414-8293 Jayson Curry, Sports Editor

WIRE SERVICES Associated Press P.O. Box 1000 Montgomery, AL 36104-1000 Phone: (334) 262-5947 Fax: (334) 265-7177 John Zenor, Sports Writer

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