2006-07 MONARCH BASKETBALL Old Dominion University OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (22-7, 14-3) Vs
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2006-07 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (22-7, 14-3) vs. WILLIAM & MARY February 24, 2007 GENERAL INFORMATION ODU VS. W&M LOCATION: Norfolk, Va. 23529 ODU leads 55-14. The Monarchs defeated the Tribe back on Jan. NICKNAME: Monarchs 24, 59-44. W&M led 27-14 at halftime, but the Monarchs ran off 14 FOUNDED: 1930 (as the Norfolk Div. of straight to start the second half and take a 28-27 lead with 14:57 The College of William & Mary) left. ODU shot .577 from the floor in the second half to the Tribes ENROLLMENT: 21,500 .318. Valdas Vasylius led ODU with 21 points and six rebounds. SCHOOL COLORS: Slate Blue (PMS 540), Silver (PMS 877), & Light Blue (PMS 283) Arnaud Dahi hauled down nine rebounds. W&M last beat the HOME COURT: Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,424) Monarchs in 2003-04, 69-53 in W&M Hall. SURFACE: Wood CONFERENCE: Colonial Athletic Association PRESIDENT: Dr. Roseann Runte (SUNY New Paltz ‘68) MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dr. Jim Jarrett (SIU-Carbondale ‘59) OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3369 F 42 Valdas Vasylius, 6-7, Sr, Klaipeda, Lithuania, 16.0 ppg/ 6.2 rpg SR. WOMEN’S ADMINISTRATOR: Deb Polca F 31 Arnaud Dahi, 6-7, Sr, Ivory Coast, Africa, 10.0 ppg/ 6.4 ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE: 757-683-3375 TICKET OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-4444 G 4 Brandon Johnson, 6-1, Jr, Orlando, FL, 8.5 ppg/ 3.9 apg ATHLETIC TRAINER: Scott Johnson G 20 Brian Henderson, 6-4, Jr, Richmond, VA, 9.3 ppg/ 3.0 rpg OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.odusports.com G 10 Drew Williamson, 6-0, Sr, Burlington, NC, 11.2 ppg/ 4.7 apg COACHING STAFF OFF THE BENCH HEAD COACH: Blaine Taylor (Montana ‘81) C 12 Gerald Lee, 6-9, Fr, Uusikaupunki, Finland, 4.0 ppg/ 3.0 rpg RECORD AT ODU: 116-66, sixth year CAREER RECORD: 257-135 (12 yrs ) F 34 Jonathan Adams, 6-6, So, Ringgold, GA, 3.2 ppg/ 3.5 rpg ASSISTANTS: Jim Corrigan (Duke’80), C 30 Sam Harris, 7-3, Jr, Newnham, Tasmania, 1.8 ppg/ 1.3 rpg Rob Wilkes (Stetson ‘93) & G 11 Abdi Lidonde, 6-2, So, Sutton, MA, 4.9 ppg/ 2.2 rpg Travis DeCuire (Montana ‘94) G 23 Marsharee Neely, 6-3, Fr, Greensboro, NC, 2.5 ppg/0.6 rpg DIR. OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: G 3 John Morris, 6-2, Sr, Camp Hill, PA, 1.0 ppg/ 0.3 rpg John Richardson (Elizabeth City St. ’95) OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3362 BASKETBALL SECRETARY: Annette Manley 2005-06 RECORD: 24-10 ODU RADIO 2005-06 CAA RECORD: 13-5, 4th place POST SEASON: NIT Semi Finals. Tony Mercurio, Rick Kiefner, Billy Mann. 79-61 W at Colorado; 70-66 W vs. Manhattan, 61-51 W at Hofstra; OFFICIALS: Tim Nestor, Alan Spainhour, William Humes 43-66 L Michigan. 2006 RPI Ratings NCAA: 52 ODU INDIVIDUALS VS. W&M RPI Ratings.com: 52 College RPI.com: 69 GP FG FT RBS/AV A TP/AV Sagarin: 53 Adams 3 1-7 0-0 8/2.7 5 2/0.7 Dahi 8 19-47 17-19 34/4.3 5 52/6.5 HISTORY Harris 4 2-7 1-2 4/1.0 0 5/1.2 Henderson 7 6-25 3-4 7/1.0 7 19/2.7 FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL: 1930-31 Johnson 4 4-14 4-6 9/2.3 6 13/3.3 OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD: 1116-797 (76 years) .574 Lidonde 3 5-16 6-6 16/5.1 5 18/6.0 FIRST YEAR OF DIV. I. BASKETBALL: 1976-77 Morris 5 4-12 1-2 6/1.6 2 11/2.1 DIVISION I ALL-TIME RECORD: 560-372 (30 yrs) .598 Vasylius 7 32-54 13-30 30/4.3 5 81/11.6 NO. YRS IN NCAA TRN/LAST: 8/ 2005, L to #5 seed Michigan St., 89-81 Williamson 8 21-45 8-12 22/2.8 32 73/9.1 NO. YRS IN NIT TRN/LAST: 10/ 2006 semi-finals, Lee 1 1-1 1-2 4/4.0 0 3/3.0 Neely 1 0-1 0-0 1/1.0 1 0.0.0 2006-07 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY LAST GAME ODU BY THE NUMBERS ODU won its tenth straight game with a 79-65 victory over Towson Wednesday night. Valdas Vasylius led ODU with 16 points, Arnaud 1. NBA All-Star Dahi added 12 and 13 rebounds and Brandon Johnson scored 12, Chris Gatling in 1997 Grabbed seven boards and came up with five steals. The ten wins 1. Two-time CAA Player of the Year & is the longest winning streak for ODU since it won 22 straight back Tournament MVP Odell Hodge 2. Second straight year ODU has led the CAA UPCOMING GAMES in attendance. Drew Williamson has led the CAA in best assist/turnover ratio. CAA Tournament , March 2-5 3. CAA Coach of The Year’s Oliver Purnell(1993) Jeff Capel (1995) THIS YEAR’S CAPTAINS Blaine Taylor (2005) 3. Sellouts last year at the Ted. This year’s captains are senior Drew Williamson, Arnaud Dahi 4. CAA Championships and John Morris. 1992 1995 Drew Williamson is doing an internship with the Old Dominion Intercollegiate Foundation. 1997 2005 John Morris is in graduate school working towards a degree in 4. Home crowds over 8,000 last year. business. He received his undergraduate degree last December. 4. Number of times ODU was on ESPN2 last year 5. CoSIDA Academic All-Americans BLAINE TAYLOR VS. THE CAA Dave Moyer Reese Neyland Delaware 8-4 Gray Eubank Drexel 8-5 Kevin Larkin Georgia State 3-0 Alex Loughton George Mason 6-6 6. Monarchs with retired jerseys Hofstra 8-7 Leo Anthony #5 JMU 9-3 Dave Twardzik #14 Northeastern 2-1 Joel Copeland #32 UNCW 7-2 Wilson Washington #52 Towson 10-0 VCU 4-11 Kenny Gattison #44 W&M 10-2 Mark West #45 8. Past NBA Players – Cal Bowdler TAYLOR JOINS 100 CAREER WIN CLUB AT ODU Chris Gatling Mark West Head coach Blaine Taylor won his 100th career game at ODU. Kenny Gattison He joins former Monarch head coaches Bud Metheny (198-163); Dave Twardzik Sonny Allen (181-94); Paul Webb (196-99) and Jeff Capel, II (122-98). Mark Davis Wilson Washington Ronnie Valentine ODU ON TV 9. Number of returnees for the Monarchs this year. 12 Number of teams in the CAA 14. Number of wins at home in 2005 and 2006 (14-1) 14 regular season games will be televised this season. 18. Number of NIT and NCAA appearances since 1976-77. The tv schedule is as follows: Nov. 10 Monmouth – Cox Cable 20. Number of games on TV this season. Nov. 11 Arkansas State – Cox Cable 21. ODU ended Hofstra’s 21-game home winning streak in the NIT quarter finals. Nov. 12 Clemson – Cox Cable Nov. 25 Richmond – Comcast (MA) 25. Number of points Arnaud Dahi scored against Wisconson. Dec. 2 James Madison – Comcast (MA) 31. Career double-doubles for Alex Loughton Jan. 6 George Mason – Comcast (MA) &SNY 42. Number of career 1,000 point career scorers in ODU history. Jan. 8 at Hofstra – MSG 45. Alex Loughton’s career high (vs. Charlotte in 2003) Jan. 13 Drexel – Comcast (MA & P) & SNY 52. Number of wins for ODU the past two years. Jan. 20 at VCU – Comcast (MA) 116. Number of wins by Blaine Taylor at ODU. Jan. 27 at UNC Wilmington (Comcast MA,P, TWC) Feb. 1 at Drexel (ESPNU) Feb. 3 at George Mason (ESPNU) Feb. 10 VCU (CN8) WSKY Feb. 13 Hofstra (Comcast MA,P, SNY) Feb. 17 at Toledo (ESPN 360º) 2006-07 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RPI RATINGS ODU’S WINNINGEST CLASSES Realtime 41 The ODU senior class of Drew Williamson, Valdas Vasylius and RPI Ratings.com 44 Arnaud Dahi are the winningest four-year class in ODU history. They Sagarin 66 won 17 as freshmen, 28 as sophomores, 24 last year and already won 21 games this year which gives them for the mark with 91. 2. Joey Carruthers, Jeff Furhmann, (‘77) 89 wins MID MAJOR TOP 10 (two division II Final Fours, one title and Division I NIT) 1. Southern Illinois 23-5 3. Odell Hodge (‘97) 85 wins (he acually played part of 5 years 2. Winthrop 23-4 because of knee injury two wins at the beginning of the 1994-95 3. Butler 24-4 year) three NIT’s one NCAA and one CAA crown in 1997 if you 4. Davidson 23-4 take the two wins away from 1994-95, then he has 83 wins. 5. ODU 21-7 6. Appalachian State 21-6 4. Ronnie McAdoo, Billy Mann (‘82) 84 wins 7. Akron 20-5 (two NCAA’s, two NIT, 1979 NIT Quarts, Two ECAC titles) 8. VCU 22-6 9. Drexel 20-7 10. Crieghton 18-9 4. Ronnie Valentine (‘80) 84 wins (two NIT’s, One NCAA, one ECAC title) 6. Alex and Isaiah (‘06) 81 wins (CAA title, NCAA trn, NIT Semi-finals) THREE 20 WIN SEASONS IN A ROW 7. Kenny Gattison, Ronie Wade, Hanley, Thomas (‘86) 80 wins ODU has won 20 or more games three straight years. ODU (2 sun belt finals, two NCAA, advanced to 2nd rd in 86, two NIT’s) also won 20 or more straight in 1993,94, and 1995, but the last three straight years, the Monarchs have won 20 or more before the Conference tournament.