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GAME 18 | AT CINCINNATI UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH floriDA Amy Woodruff, Assistant Director of Communications BULLS Men’S BASKETBALL O: (813) 974-4087 | C: (813) 410-1194 | [email protected] 2010-11 SCHEDULE USF SEEKING FIRST BIG EAST VICTORY DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/SCORE AND FIRST TRUE ROAD WIN OF 2010-11 11/12 Southern Miss L, 60-53 11/15 St. Francis (NY) BHSN W, 74-71 SETTING THE SCENE 11/18 at UCF CBS College Sports L, 65-59 Jan. 12, 2011 | Cincinnati, Ohio | 5/3 Arena South Padre Invitational, Texas 11/ 21 Georgia Southern# BEN/BHSN W, 76-63 VERSUS TV: BIG EAST Network-MSG | BHSN | FSN-OH 11/23 Liberty # BEN/BHSN W, 60-43 Radio: 1250 WHNZ - Jim Lighthall, Anddrikk Frazier 11/26 vs. No. 23 BYU $ FCS L, 77-75 (2ot) 11/27 vs. Texas Tech $ W, 64-61 USF NO. 25 cincinnati Webcast: BullsVision on GoUSFBulls.com 12/1 RV/- VCU BEN/BHSN W, 60-59 (ot) 12/4 at FAU L, 42-50 BULLS BEARCATS Series: USF trails 7-21 Last Meeting: Feb. 16, 2010 12/12 at Kent State ESPNU L, 56-51 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT 12/15 Auburn ESPNU W, 61-49 L, 86-77 vs. Louisville L, 72-61 at Villanova USF won, 65-57 in Tampa 12/18 James Madison L, 66-61 Officials: John Gaffney, Bill McCarthy, Ed Hightower 12/22 at RV/-Cleveland State L, 69-62 RECORD RECORD 12/28 at Seton Hall * BEN/SNY/BHSN L, 64-55 6-11 (0-4) 15-1 (2-1) 12/31 at No. 4 UConn * ESPNU L, 66-61 (ot) PLAYER TO WATCH 1/6 No. 7 Villanova * ESPNU L, 83-71 RETURNING LEADERS RETURNING LEADERS Ron Anderson Jr. may not be a nightly starter for Scoring per Game Scoring per Game the Bulls, but he does make his presence known 1/9 RV/No. 23 Louisville* BENSNY/BHSN L, 86-77 Gilchrist, 13.0 ppg Dixon, 12.6 ppg on the boards, whether he is in the first five or 1/12 at No. 25 Cincinnati * BENMSG/BHSN 7 p.m. Poland, 10.2 ppg Gates, 12.1 ppg comes off the bench. Anderson 1/16 Providence * ESPN3.com Noon Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game Jr. has had double-digit 1/20 at Rutgers * ESPN/ESPN2 7 p.m. Anderson Jr., 7.6 rpg Gates, 7.2 rpg rebounds in five games 1/23 at West Virginia * BENSNY/BHSN 2 p.m. Assists Assists per Game Crater, 4.6 apg Wright, 3.6 apg this year, averaging 1/27 DePaul * ESPNU 9 p.m. 7.6 per game. Against 2/2 at Providence * BENSNY/BHSN 7 p.m. Liberty, he had 15 in 2/5 Syracuse * BEN-GW/WFTS 2 p.m. HEAD CoACH HEAD CoACH Stan Heath Mic Cronin just the first half. He is 2/9 Marquette * ESPN/ESPN2 7 p.m. Overall: 159-142 (10th) Overall: 145-93 (8th) also scoring 7.9 points per 2/12 Notre Dame * BEN-GW/WFTS Noon At USF: 47-65 (4th) At UC: 76-69 (5th) game, hitting 52.2 percent 2/16 at Pittsburgh * ESPN/ESPN2 7 p.m. of his shots. 2/19 Georgetown * BENSNY 7 p.m. 2/26 at DePaul * BEN-GW/WFTS 2 p.m. 3/2 Pittsburgh * ESPNU 9 p.m. THE GAME 3/5 at St. John’s * MSG/WFTS 8 p.m. The University of South Florida men’s basketball team looks to earn its first BIG EAST win of the season when the 3/8-12 BIG EAST Championship Bulls face No. 25 Cincinnati on Jan. 12 at 5/3 Bank Arena in Ohio. NotES: Games can be heard on either of 1250 WHNZ or 620 WDAE radio stations, as well as THE SERIES BullsVision Radio on GoUSFBulls.com BHSN - Bright House Sports Network USF has won four of the last seven meetings with Cincinnati, but is 7-21 in the overall series with the Bearcats BEN-GW - BIG EAST Network Game of the Week All home games are listed in bold dating back to the 1974-75 season. All home games are played at the Sun Dome Game times are subject to change # South Padre Invitational game played in Tampa $ South Padre Invitational game played in Texas THE BROADCASTS * BIG EAST game Catch the game on the BIG EAST Network-MSG, Bright House Sports Network in Tampa, MSG+or FSN-OH, with Mark Brown and Bob Wenzel providing insight. Listeners can also tune in to 1250 WHNZ Radio with Jim Lighthall RADIO - 1250 WHNZ (pxp) and Anddrikk Frazier (analyst) making the call, and on BullsVision Radio at GoUSFBulls.com. USF - IMG Sports Jim Lighthall, play-by-play Anddrikk Frazier, analyst THE COACHES SOCIAL MEDIA USF: Head coach Stan Heath is in his 24th season of coaching, 10th as a head coach and fourth at USF. He has USF - GoUSFBulls.com posted a 159-142 overall record and is 47-65 at USF. Heath has made three NCAA appearances (2002-Kent State, Twitter: Coach_Heath Facebook: USF Athletics 2006 and 2007- Arkansas) and one NIT appearance in his nine-year career. TICKETS Cincinnati: Coach Mic Cronin is 145-93 in eight years as a head coach and 76-69 in his fifth year at Cincinnati. USF Home Games - 1-800-GoBulls Cronin, a native of Cincinnati, also coached at Murray State and was an assistant at both Louisville and Cincinnati before becoming the Bearcats’ head coach. GAME 18 | AT CINCINNATI 2010-11 USF GAME NotES - PAgE 2 USF Communications USF MEDIA POLICIES MBB Contact Amy Woodruff Assistant Director of Communications WEEKly MEDIA LUNCHEON Cell (813) 410-1194 USF hosts a weekly press conference during a regular game week, with the date depending upon the game schedule. Coach Email [email protected] Heath will take the podium at Noon and requested players will be available Second Contact TBA between 11 a.m. and Noon. Players must be requested through Amy Wood- Cell TBA ruff by Monday at Noon. The USF Communications office will make every WE ARE USF E-mail TBA effort to accommodate requests. When referring to the University please be Website www.GoUSFBulls.com aware of the following policy regarding usage. CREDENTIAL REQUESTS First references to the school and its intercol- legiate athletics program should always be the 2010-11 USF Quick Facts Credential requests are taken via e-mail. Please e-mail Amy Woodruff University of South Florida. The only secondary Location Tampa, Fla. ([email protected]) and Charlie Terenzio ([email protected]). Requests must reference used should be USF or Bulls. Please Stadium Sun Dome be made a week in advance of the game. Media attending games will have refrain from using South Florida, S. Florida, Capacity 10,411 to show ID and pass through security to enter the Sun Dome. Any misuse South Fla. or any other similar combination. First Year of Basketball 1971-72 of credentials will result in removal from the Sun Dome and the permanent Enrollment 45,244 voiding of the credential. IT’S AUGUSTUS, Not GUS Founded 1956 When referring to USF’s 6-10 junior forward, please use Augustus Gilchrist in all references, Colors Green (PMS 343), Gold (PMS 4515) INTERVIEWS not Gus. Nickname Bulls The daily practice schedule is listed below. Coach Heath and requested players Conference BIG EAST DOn’T FORGET THE JR. President Dr. Judy Genshaft are available at the beginning of practice throughout the season. Please con- tact Amy Woodruff ([email protected]) to request attendance at practice. Please use “Jr.” in all references to forward Ron Faculty Representative Dr. Bob Sullins Anderson Jr. Director of Athletics Doug Woolard Head Coach Stan Heath PLAYER INTERVIEWS Alma Mater Eastern Michigan, 1988 Under no circumstances should media members contact a USF student-ath- Record at USF 47-65 / 4th season lete without prior consent and approval from the USF Communications office and/or basketball contact Amy Woodruff. The Overall Record 159-142 / 10th season same policy applies to the family members of student-athletes. 2009-10 Overall Record 20-13 2009-10 BIG EAST Conference Record 9-9 STAFF INTERVIEWS 2009-10 BIG EAST Conference Finish T-8th All interview requests for assistant coaches or athletics department staff members must also be approved and cleared by the ASSISTANT CoACHES USF Communications office and/or basketball contact Amy Woodruff. Jeremy Cox (Mesa State, 1991) Reggie Hanson (Kentucky, 1991) PostgAME POLICY Eric Skeeters (Coppin State, 1997) The USF locker room is closed at all times. Coach Heath and a handful of USF players will report to the media room for inter- Andy Hipsher (Akron, 2003) views. USF will take interview requests for players and assistant coaches with 10 minutes remaining in the game. On the road, USF will conduct interviews at the designated location by the host institution. HIstory First Season of Basketball 1971-72 BIG EAST TELECONFERENCE Overall All-Time Record 537-596 The BIG EAST men’s basketball coaches will hold a teleconference for the media each Thursday during the basketball season, NCAA Appearances Two (1989-90, 1991-92) NIT Appearances Eight (1980-81, 1982-83, 1984-85, beginning Jan. 6. Each coach will be available for approximately eight minutes. Media representatives wishing to participate 1990-91, 1994-95, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2009-10) should contact the BIG EAST office or consult the weekly press release for the phone number. The 16 coaches will be broken Conference Regular Season Titles None up into two groups of eight. Conference Tourn. Titles One (Sun Belt, 1989-90) Coach Stan Heath will be on the teleconference at 11:08 a.m.