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2005-06 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY old dominion university vs. Richmond/UAB ODU Current Record: 7-2 ODU CAA Record: 1-1 GENERAL INFORMATION HEAD COACH: LOCATION: Norfolk, Va. 23529 Blaine Taylor (Montana ’81) NICKNAME: Monarchs Career Record: 219-116 (.635) in 12 seasons FOUNDED: 1930 (as the Norfolk Division of The College Record at ODU: 77-51 (5th season) of William & Mary) Record at Montana: 142-65 (7 years) 1991-1998 ENROLLMENT: 21,200 SCHOOL COLORS: Slate Blue (PMS 540), Silver (PMS 877), & Light Blue (PMS 283) MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERS HOME COURT: Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,650) F 31 Arnaud Dahi, 6-7, Jr, Ivory Coast, Africa 14.9 ppg/ 4.2 rpg SURFACE: Wood F 20 Brian Henderson, 6-4, So, Richmond, VA. 5.7 ppg/ 3.0 rpg CONFERENCE: Colonial Athletic Association F 40 Alex Loughton, 6-9, Sr, Perth ,Australia 12.8 ppg/ 7.4 rpg PRESIDENT: Dr. Roseann Runte (SUNY New Paltz ‘68) G 10 Drew Williamson, 6-0, Jr., Burlington, NC., 8.6 ppg/ 3.7 apg ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dr. Jim Jarrett G 1 Isaiah Hunter, 6-2, Sr, Charlotte, NC. 11.7 ppg/ 3.6 rpg (SIU-Carbondale ‘59) OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3369 OFF THE BENCH SR. WOMEN’S ADMINISTRATOR: Deb Polca F 42 Valdas Vasylius, 6-7, Jr., Klaipeda, Lithuania 7.4 ppg/ 3.6 rpg ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE: 757-683-3375 TICKET OFFICE PHONE: 757 -683-4444 G 4 Brandon Johnson, 6-1, So, Orlando, FL., 3.6 ppg/2.4 rpg ATHLETIC TRAINER: Scott Johnson G 3 John Morris, 6-2, Jr., Camp Hill, PA. 2.3 ppg/ 1.9 rpg OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.odusports.com C 30 Sam Harris, 7-3, So, Newhan, Tasmania 1.3 ppg / 1.2 rpg G 11 Adbid Lidonde, 6-2, So, Sutton, MA., 1.0 ppg/0.8 rpg COACHING STAFF F 34 Jonathan Adams, 6-6, Fr., Ringold, GA. 1.8 ppg/ 2.3 rpg HEAD COACH: Blaine Taylor (Montana ‘81) F 21 Jason Thompson, 6-5, So., Sanford, NC. 0.8 ppg/1.3 rpg RECORD AT ODU: 72-50, Fifth year C 55 Janko Mrksic, 6-10, Jr., Ontario, Canada 0-0 ppg/ 0-0 rpg CAREER RECORD: 214-115 (11 yrs ) G 24 Bobby Bilicki, 5-10, Sr, Winchester, MA., 0.0 ppg/ 0.0 rpg ASSISTANTS: Jim Corrigan (Duke ‘80), Rob Wilkes (Stetson ‘93) & ODU VS RICHMOND Travis DeCuire (Montana ‘94) DIR. OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: ODU leads, 26-19 John Richardson (Elizabeth City St. ’95) First Meeting: 1977-78, UR wins, 82-81 in Richmond OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3362 BASKETBALL SECRETARY: Annette Manley Last Meeting: 2000-01, UR wins in overtime, 77-73 at Scope. 2004-05 RECORD: 28-6 (school record) ODU is 61-57 vs. Atlantic 10 teams. ODU defeated Fordham 2004-05 CAA RECORD: 15-3, CAA Champions Earlier this year, 65-52 in the second round of the Paradise Jam POST SEASON: NCAA 1st rd, lost to Michigan St., 89-81 Tournament. The Monarchs are 13-12 vs. Charlotte, 5-8 vs. (Worcester, MA.) George Washington, 4-5 vs. Dayton, 3-1 vs. Duquesne, 3-7 vs. HISTORY St. Joseph’s, 3-2 vs. Xavier, 2-2 vs. Rhode Island, 1-1 vs. St. FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL: 1930-31 Bonaventure, 1-0 vs. Fordham. OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD: 1074-782 (75 years) .574 FIRST YEAR OF DIV. I. BASKETBALL:1976-77 ODU VS. UAB DIVISION I ALL-TIME RECORD: 517-355 (29 yrs) .583 UAB leads:14-8 NO. YRS IN NCAA TRN/LAST: First Meeting: 1982-83, UAB wins, 71-60 in Birmingham Jefferson 8/ 2005, lost to #5 seed Michigan St., 89-81 Coliseum. NO. YRS IN NIT TRN/LAST: 9/ 1999 Lost 2nd rd at Butler, 75-62 Last Meeting: 1990-91, ODU wins, 94-88 in overtime in the Sun Belt Conference quarterfinals played in Mobile, GAME NOTES AL. 2005 COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONS 2005-06 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY ODU is 56-35 vs. Conference USA teams. Earlier this year, ODU list and 14th on the ODU all-time rebound list, passing Anthony defeated East Carolina, 79-53. The Monarchs are 34-14 vs. ECU, Carver (‘91). 6-0 vs. Southern Mississippi; 3-3 vs. Marshall; 2-1 vs. Tulane, 1-0 vs. Central Florida and Rice; 1-1 vs. SMU; 0-1 vs. Memphis and NOTES FROM LAST YEAR: Tulsa. 28 wins is a new school record for a single season. LAST GAME ODU had ten or less turnovers ten times. The Monarchs defeated DePaul, 87-43 Saturday night. Arnaud Dahi and Isaiah Hunter each scored 18 points and keyed ODU’s ODU held opponents to less than 40 percent shooting 17 early second half 15-2 run which propelled a 34-28 lead to a 49- times. 30 score. ODU shot .574 from the floor while the Blue Demons Shot .241. ODU outrebounded DePaul, 43-31. Isaiah Hunter 329 steals is a new school record. tied a career high with nine rebounds, while Drew Williamson dished out a career tying nine assists. All but one Monarch who Blaine Taylor won his 200th game at Hofstra. Jan. 19. played scored. The 10,650 in attendance for the ODU-VCU CAA title STATISTICAL COMPARISONS game is a new Conference record. ODU UR UAB Points 71.0 48.2 75.6 Opp Pts 58.9 50.5 69.6 ODU TV SCHEDULE FG% .443 .383 .443 Nov. 21 8:30 p.m. Wisconsin Comcast & Fox Sports OPP FG% .377 .391 .459 Dec. 3 7:00 p.m. East Carolina WITN Greenville (tape delayed 3PT FG% .317 .284 .331 on Comcast Dec. 4th at 1:30 am FT% .709 .684 .638 & 10:30 am REBS: 37.8 28.0 32.1 OPP REBS: .35.2 31.4 37.7 Dec. 10 3:00 p.m. at Drexel CN8 and WSKY channel 4 ASSTS: 14.8 12.0 16.3 Dec. 17 4:00 p.m. DePaul Comcast Turnovers 12.7 15.4 14.3 Steals 7.8 5.8 11.9 Dec. 20 7:00 p.m. at Richmond Comcast Blocks 3.9 4.9 3.1 Jan. 7 Noon Northeastern Comcast PRE-SEASON HONORS Jan. 14 Noon VCU Comcast CAA ODU picked to repeat as CAA champions Alex Loughton 1st team & Isaiah Hunter 2nd team Jan. 28 2 p.m. at GMU Comcast Feb. 11 6 p.m. at VCU ESPN2 Street & Smith’s Alex Loughton 3rd All-American Feb. 15 7 p.m. Georgia St. Comcast Lindy’s ODU ranked 21st Foxsports.com ODU ranked 21st Feb. 18 TBA Bracket Busters TBA ESPN Associated Press ODU receiving votes Feb. 23 7 p.m. at JMU Comcast ESPN/USA Today ODU receiving votes Other Notes: THIS DATE IN ODU HISTORY Old Dominion plays teams from eight different conferences, Dec. 20, 1977 All-American Ronnie Valentine scores 44 points in which include SEC, ACC, Big East, Big 10, Big Sky, Conference the 116-99 win over Tulane University. USA, Northeast, and Atlantic 10. OFFICIALS FOR TONIGHT Junior red-shirt guard John Morris graduated with a business Richmond- Frank Scagliotta, Ray Perone, Leslie Jones management degree last Sunday. He will be taking graduate UAB –Howard Burgess, Terry Moore, Frankie Bordeaux course in the same field. APPROACHING MILESTONES Bobby Bilicki made the squad as a senior walk-on. Senior Isaiah Hunter became the 41st Monarch to break the 1,000 career point mark. He did it in the first half of the VMI Loughton has three double-doubles so far this year. game and now has 1073 career points. UPCOMING GAMES Alex Loughton has 1303 career points and 757 career Dec. 22 at UAB 8:30 p.m. rebounds. He currently ranks 22nd on ODU’s all-time scoring Dec. 30 Virginia Tech 7:00 p.m. 2005 COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONS 2005-06 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY ODU HOME W-L RECORD MONARCH SEEDS IN NCAA TOURNAMENT 14-1 in 2004-05 1980 9th 1982 10th 1985 12th 14-4 in 1981-82 1986 8th 1992 15th 1995 14th 13-1 in 1979-80 & 1983-84 1997 14th 2005 12th 9-0 in 1992-93 PAST ODU NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS ODU 25-PLUS WIN SEASONS 1979-80 L 74-87 UCLA Tempe, AZ 28-6 in 2004-05 (NCAA Tournament) 1981-82 L 57-74 Wake Forest Charlotte, NC. 25-4 in 1976-77 (NIT, 1st Div. I season) 1984-85 L 68-85 SMU Hartford, CT. 25-6 in 1974-75 (NCAA Div. II Champions) 1985-86 W 72-64 West Virginia Greensboro, NC. 25-5 in 1979-80 (1st NCAA Div. I Trn.) L 61-89 Duke Greensboro, NC. 25-9 in 1998-99 (NIT 2nd round) 1991-92 L 69-88 Kentucky Worcester, MA. 1994-95 W 89-81(3ot) Villanova Albany, NY. 2004-05 HONORS L 52-64 Tulsa Albany, NY. CAA Tournament Champions 1996-97 L 51-55 New Mexico Pittsburgh, PA. CAA Player of the Year Alex Loughton 2004-05 L 81-89 Michigan St. Worcester, MA. All-CAA Alex Loughton (1st team) Isaiah Hunter (2nd team) Arnaud Dahi (3rd team) BLAINE TAYLOR AND THE NCAA TOURNAMENT CAA All-Defensive Drew Williamson 92-92 27-4 at Montana 14th seed Lost to Florida State, 78-68 CAA All-Academic Alex Loughton 1996-97 21-11 at Montana 16th seed, lost to Kentucky, 92-54 2004-05 28-6 at ODU 12th seed, lost to Michigan State, 89-81 CAA All-Tournament Alex Loughton(MVP) Isaiah Hunter CAA MONARCH RANKINGS TEAM Drew Williamson Scoring 71.0 6th Scoring Defense 58.9 5th CAA Coach of the Year Blaine Taylor Free Throw PCT .709 3rd Field Goal Pct .443 5th Texas Corpus Christi Challenge FG PCT Def.