Table of Contents Rider University Basketball Media Guide 2007-2008
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TABLE OF CONTENTS RIDER UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 2007-2008 Table of Contents ABOUT Media Information/Outlets. 2-3 Directions . 4 Quick Facts/Bronc Briefs . 4 About Rider University . 5 President Mordechai Rozanski . 6 Director of Athletics Don Harnum . 7 Broncs in the Classroom/Academic Support. 8-9 Strength and Conditioning. 10-11 Broncs’/Sovereign Bank Arena . 12-13 Midnight MAACness . 14-15 2008 O'Reilly ESPNU Bracketbusters. 16 COACHES Head Coach Tommy Dempsey . 18-19 Assistant Coach Dane Fischer . 20 Assistant Coach Kevin Baggett . 21 Assistant Coach Mike Witcoskie . 22 Support Staff . 23 Athletics Staff . 24 PLAYERS TV/Radio Roster . 26 2007-08 Roster . 27 Player Profiles . 28-49 Outlook . 52-53 CONFERENCE INFORMATION About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference . 54-55 2006-07 Final Standings/ All-MAAC Teams . 56 OPPONENTS 2007-08 Opponent Information . 58-63 YEAR IN REVIEW 2006-07 Game Summaries/Box Scores . 66-73 2006-07 Final Statistics/Results . 74 TEAM HISTORY Career Leaders . 76 Individual and Team Records. 77 Rider Athletics Hall of Fame . 78-81 In the Game Beyond Rider. 82-83 All-Time Roster . 84-85 Year by Year Results. 86-93 Photography: Peter G. Borg, Rider University photographer Series Records vs. All Opponents . 94-95 Design: Mike Scott ’02, graphic design assistant Awards . 96-97 Content: Bud Focht, sports information director/men’s basketball contact Team Picture . Inside Back Cover Brian Solomon ’91, assistant sports information director 2007-08 Schedule . Back Cover Page 1 MEDIA INFORMATION RIDER UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 2007-2008 Media Information for Contests at Rider Message to the Media The Rider University Office of Sports Information, located in the east wing This is your copy of the 2007-2008 Rider of the Department of Athletics in Alumni Gym, extends a cordial welcome University basketball media guide which we to all working media covering Rider basketball. The coverage given to Rider is greatly appreciated and the sports information staff will do every- sincerely hope will make your job of covering thing possible to assist you in your game duties. the Broncs a little easier. If you desire Credentials additional information, please feel free to Media credentials are available by contacting Bud Focht, sports information contact the Rider University Office of Sports director, Rider University, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, N.J. 08648-3099, 609-896-5138, fax 609-896-0341 or e-mail [email protected]. Information in Alumni Gym. Bud Focht is now in his 27th season as the Radio Rider sports information director and is Visiting radio stations will have access to a visitor’s phone line at a charge of $100 or on a reciprocal home-and-home agreement for the primary outlet of present at all Rider home games to serve the the visiting team. Other outlets will need clearance and must make special needs of the media. Requests for interviews, arrangements through the sports information office. feature stories, photographs, statistics and Parking background information are welcomed. Free parking is available in lots directly behind Alumni Gym on the Rider campus. There is no reserved parking, but public parking is near and sufficient. Press Row Press row is located on the baseline in front of the stage. Seating will be marked. Media requiring a seat along press row must inform the sports information office in advance. If your name does not appear, see Bud Focht. Please do not sit in a seat with someone else’s name on it. Media Room The media room is located in the Shapiro Conference Room on the second floor of the Student Recreation Center, the building adjacent to Alumni Gym. Pregame notes and media guides from both teams are available in the Bud Focht Brian Solomon ’91 press room. Telephone lines, electrical outlets as well as wireless Internet is available. Final box scores and play-by-play will be available during the Sports Information Assistant Sports post-game press conference. Director Information Director Post-game Interviews Post-game interviews with coaches and players from both teams take place in the media room. ONLY MEMBERS OF THE RESPECTIVE BASKETBALL TEAMS ARE PERMITTED IN THE LOCKER ROOMS. General Interview Policy Interviews during the week with players or Coach Dempsey may be set up by calling the sports information office or by contacting the basketball office at 609-896-5076 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rider Basketball Radio Network Daryl Fein - play-by-play announcer Steve Rudenstein - color analyst Page 2 BASKETBALL MEDIA OUTLETS RIDER UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 2007-2008 NEWSPAPERS Burlington County Times News Channel 12 TV 4284 Route 130 North George Falkowski, sports The Times of Trenton Willingboro, N.J. 08046 450 Raritan Center Parkway John Nalbone, Mark Eckel, 609-871-8081 Fax: 609-871-0490 Edison, N.J. 08837 Craig Haley, sports [email protected] 908-346-3283 Fax: 732-417-1484 Jim Gauger, sports editor www.phillyburbs.com WBUD Radio/Flagship Station Harvey Yavener, sports columnist Camden County Courier Post P.O. Box 5698 500 Perry Street P.O. Box 5300 Trenton, N.J. 08638 Trenton, N.J. 08618 Cherry Hill, N.J. 08034 609-882-4600 Fax: 609-406-7956 609-989-5742 Fax: 609-989-8368 856-486-2424 Fax: 856-663-2831 [email protected] [email protected] WJHR Radio 1040 AM www.njtimes.com www.courierpostonline.com 110 Locktown Road Flemington, N.J. 08822 Trentonion Asbury Park Press 908-996-0172 Aaron Bracy, sports editor 3601 Highway 66 Joe O’Gorman Neptune, N.J. 07754 WBCB Radio 600 Perry Street 732-922-6000 Fax: 732-643-4012 200 Magnolia Road Trenton, N.J. 08618 [email protected] Levittown, Pa. 19054 609-989-7800 Fax: 609-393-6072 www.app.com 215-949-1490 Fax: 215-949-3671 [email protected] [email protected] USA Today CONFERENCE www.trentonion.com 1000 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, Va. 22209 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Star Ledger 703-276-3721 Fax: 703-907-4465 Jill Skotarczak, assistant commissioner/ Colin Stephenson, Tom Luicci, Ed Barmakian www.usatoday.com media relations One Star-Ledger Plaza 712 Amboy Avenue Newark, N.J. 07102 RADIO-TELEVISION Edison, N.J. 08837-3554 973-392-4203 Fax: 908-789-4744 732-738-5455 Fax: 732-738-8366 [email protected] CN8 www. maacsports.com www.nj.com/starledger John Anderson, sports director Philadelphia Inquirer 940 Prospect Street WIRE SERVICE Mike Jensen, college basketball Trenton, N.J. 08618 400 N. Broad Street 609-394-3860 Fax: 609-394-6983 Associated Press Philadelphia, Pa. 19101 Tom Canavan, sports Madison Square Garden 215-854-4550 Fax: 215-854-4564 50 Park Place #800 Bob Page [email protected] Newark, N.J. 07102-4305 4 Penn Plaza www.philly.com/inquirer 201-642-0151 New York, N.Y. 10001 800-645-0091 Trenton Fax: 609-392-3525 Philadelphia Daily News 212-465-5955 Fax: 212-465-5943 Dana Pennett O’Neil, college basketball CAMPUS New Jersey Network 400 N. Broad Street Jerry Henry, sports Philadelphia, Pa. 19101 25 S. Stockton Street Rider News 215-854-5700 Fax: 215-854-5524 Trenton, N.J. 08608 Charles Guthrie, sports editor [email protected] 609-777-5000 Fax: 609-633-2921 Rider University www.philly.com/dailynews Lawrenceville, N.J. 08648-3099 WZBN TV 609-896-5256 Bucks County Courier Times Greg Zanoni, general manager Fax: 609-895-5696 Gary Silvers, sports editor 77 Shady Lane Jennifer Wielgus, college basketball Trenton, N.J. 08619-1878 WRRC Radio 8400 Route 13 609-587-2500 Fax: 609-587-0011 Rider University Levittown, Pa. 19067 Bart Luedeke Center 215-949-4000 Fax: 215-949-4177 Lawrenceville, N.J. 08648-3099 [email protected] 609-896-5369 www.phillyburbs.com Fax: 609-219-4722 Page 3 BRONC BRIEFS RIDER UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 2007-2008 Directions to Rider Location: Lawrenceville, NJ Enrollment: 5,861 (4,638 undergraduate) From New York and North Jersey: Founded: 1865 From the New Jersey Turnpike: Take the NJ Academic Units: College of Business Administration; College of Liberal Arts, Education, Turnpike South to Exit 7A (I-195 West). and Sciences; College of Continuing Studies; and Westminster Choir College Follow I-195 West to the exit for I-295 North (Princeton). I-295 North will become Colors: Cranberry, White, Gray I-95 South. Take Exit 7A off of I-95 South Nickname: to U.S. Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider is Broncs a quarter mile on the right. Athletic Affiliations: NCAA Division I, ECAC From U.S. Route 1 South: take the exit for I- Conference: 95 South (sign says “To Pennsylvania”). Bear Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) right at junction, following signs for I-95 President: Mordechai Rozanski, Ph.D. South (Pennsylvania). Take exit 7A off of I- Athletic Director: 95 South to U.S. Route 206 South (Trenton). Don Harnum 609-896-5054 Rider is a quarter mile on the right. Associate Athletic Director: Karin Torchia 609-896-5249 From Pennsylvania: Associate Athletic Director: Greg Busch 609-895-5642 Senior Woman Administrator: Take I-95 North, straight over the Delaware Nancy Roberts 609-896-5056 River into New Jersey. Take Exit 7A off of I- Faculty Athletic Representative: Jonathan Husch, Ph.D. 95 to U.S. Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider Academic Support Coordinator: is a quarter mile on the right. Sonya Hurt From the Pennsylvania Turnpike: take the Head Coach: Tommy Dempsey PA Turnpike east to Exit 28 (Philadelphia) Alma Mater: and take U.S. Route 1 North to I-95 North. Susquehanna ’97 Continue on I-95 North, straight over the Assistant Coach: Dane Fischer (Ithaca ’02) 609-896-5079 Delaware River into New Jersey.