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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2014 | VOL. 118 NO. 59 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com EDITION PHOTOS BY LEXI BROWNING | THE PARTHENON PHOTOS BY RICHARD CRANK| THE PARTHENON BASKETBALL LEXI BROWNING | THE PARTHENON 288878 BCC CAFE INC, SOUTHERN X-POSUR C M Y K 50 INCH 2 BASKETBALL EDITION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2014 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM Men’s Basketball: Season Preview By BRAD HELTZEL Head coach Jeff Jones and will be the primary frontcourt Brown who averaged 8.3 PPG, transfer after averaging 14.0 PPG THE PARTHENON selected to the preseason all-con- Old Dominion begin year two option after averaging 9.9 PPG but shot just 33.1 percent from and 3.6 APG last season. Sharp- Men’s Basketball: Scouting ferenceAppleby team. and Alex Hamilton were of rebuilding the program after and 7.0 RPG while shooting more - shooting guard Jaqawn Raymond Conference USA University of Texas El-Paso achieving a 13-win improvement ginia Tech. returns as a junior after shoot- Another offseason, another UTEP brings back four starters last season, which led the NCAA. a starter last season. theJoining field last Brown season in the while backcourt at Vir ing 40.5 percent from three last year of change. Conference USA - thanUniversity 50 percent of from Alabama the floor asat rotation will be freshmen Lewis season. Freshmen guards JaQuel underwent more offseason re- Birmingham Sullivan and Jarvis Calhoun and Richardson, Jacob Ivory and alignment: East Carolina, Tulane withfrom alast 12-4 year’s conference team record.that fin winsODU thetied previous for sixth season. in C-USA last UAB made a recruiting splash sophomores Denzell Watts and Giddy Potts join a crowded, but and last year’s NCAA tourna- ishedReturning in a tie isfor C-USA fifth last Freshman season yearODU after will managinglook to improve five total its this offseason when it gained the Tosin Mehinti creating a young ment representative, Tulsa, all compete for a role in the rotation. defected to the American Athletic Athletic,inexperienced sophomore backcourt forwardand will Conference. C-USA will welcome Members of the Thundering Herd men’s Reggie Upshaw is the lone re- Western Kentucky and its rich basketball team kickoff the season with turning starter from last year’s basketball history as the lone Thundering Madness Oct. 23 at the Cam squad after solid production as a newcomer to the conference. freshmen when he averaged 6.4 Henderson Center. PPG and 3.5 RPG. LEXI BROWNING | THE PARTHENON new coaches patrolling the side- Middle Tennessee ranked linesC-USA with will Rice, also Florida see an influxAtlantic of and Southern Miss making head defense last season when they al- coaching changes this offseason. lowedfirst in 62.6 the conferencePPG. in scoring Rice hired Mike Rhoades, who Western Kentucky Western Kentucky joins C-USA an assistant at Virginia Com- and brings a strong program his- monwealthspent the pastUniversity five seasons alongside as tory coming from the Sun Belt head coach Shaka Smart. Florida conference where it appeared in Atlantic University brought in the NCAA Tournament 12 times Michael Curry, who most recently since its inception in 1983-84 was an associate coach for the Philadelphia 76ers. Curry played second in the Sun-Belt last sea- in the NBA for 11 seasons, served sonseason. and Thewill Hilltoppersreturn four finishedstarters as the president of the NBA Play- from that squad. ers Association, and was the Guard T.J. Price was the 10th head coach of the Detroit Pis- leading scorer in the Sun Belt last tons for the 2008-2009 season. season when he averaged 15.5 Doc Sadler accepted the South- PPG. Price’s scoring average from ern Miss coaching vacancy after last season was more than any spending last season as an assis- returning player in C-USA with tant coach under Fred Hoiberg at Iowa State. who tied the mark. Price, how- Louisiana Tech ever,the exception racked up of 63 ODU’s turnovers Bacote in Louisiana Tech tied atop C-USA 30 games last season with a pal- with a 13-3 record while achiev- of the Year Vince Hunter. Hunter, scoring offense that ranked last commitment of freshman for- try assist-turnover ratio of 0.92. ing an overall mark of 29-8 last a 6-foot-8 forward averaged 12.3 in C-USA last season, and they ward William Lee. guards. He will need to make better deci- season. LA Tech lost in the con- PPG and 6.5 RPG last season. have the means to do it with four Senior C.J. Washington, who andMiddle inexperienced Tennessee collection State of sions with the ball this season. ference tournament, however, Both Hunter and senior forward returning starters. Junior guard was selected to the C-USA pre- George Fant averaged 13.3 PPG Julian Washburn were voted to Aaron Bacote is the conference’s season team after averaging 13.0 - and 6.6 RPG and shot 53 percent the NCAA Tournament after just the preseason All-Conference leading returning scorer after PPG and 6.9 RPG last season both seeAfter State finishing graduated last fourseason senior tied missingand as a theresult cut was for anexcluded at-large from bid. USA team by coaches. averaging 15.5 PPG last season. of which ranked second on the starters.for first in Those C-USA, seniors, Middle Tennesheaded is a stalky and powerful forward Charlotte Jones said Bacote had to shoul- team, will join Lee on the front by last season’s C-USA Player of whofrom playsthe field bigger last thanseason. his Fantsize for another shot at the big dance der the scoring load last season, court. the Year, Shawn Jones, were the - as LAit was Tech voted figures as to the be preseason in the mix the conference with a 7-9 record, but with some of the new players With Washington and Lee, UAB winningest recruiting class in the rior strength. favorite in C-USA by the confer- CharlotteAfter finishing will return tied four for eighth starters in Bacote won’t have to produce as possesses a potent frontcourt program’s history. andPrice brings and experience Fant will and be inteac- ence’s coaches. LA Tech brought from last year’s team, but must much this season as a scorer and that could produce two All-C-USA This season Middle Tennessee companied by returning guards back head coach Michael White digest the loss of starting point playmaker. Team selections at the end of the will welcome eight newcomers Trency Jackson and Chris - guard Denzel Ingram who trans- Returning starter Keenan Pal- season. to the program through fresh- Harrison-Docks. Jackson (10.2 ter compiling a 74-31 record in ferred to UNC Wilmington. more (9.9 PPG, 3.9 RPG) heads a UAB’s backcourt, however, men commitments and multiple PPG last season) is the best off- on a new six-year contract af Highlighting the returning crowd of guards who could form does not possess the same cer- transfers. Guard D.J. Jones, junior the-dribble attacker WKU has. program. starters is versatile, senior guard a deep rotation in the backcourt tainty as newcomers will be JUCO transfer, leads the list of Harrison-Docks is the shooter on hisLouisiana first three Tech seasons returns with fourthe Pierria Henry who was named as Jordan Baker and Ambrose counted on to provide quality the Hilltoppers as he led the team starters from last year’s group third-team all-conference last Mosley, who both averaged more minutes. The team must make - with 46 three-pointers last sea- that led the conference with 81.0 year and was the only player in than 15 minutes per game, are up for the loss of guard Chad Fra- ingnewcomers. the rim while Jones also is a possessing high-flyer son while shooting 36.2 percent points per game, 15.7 assists per C-USA to average double digit joined by Campbell transfer, Trey zier (17.7 PPG, 4.3 APG) after he and is adept at explosively attack- from deep. game and a +5.0 turnover differ- Freeman and Deion Clark who re- decided to the leave the program eter shooter. Brad Heltzel can be con- ential. Of those returning starters, rebounds (5.1) and assists (5.8). turns from ACL surgery. and turn pro. The team did land thePerrin ability toBuford, catch fire a as a6-foot-7 perim tacted at heltzel1@marshall. guards Kenneth Smith, Raheem pointsOld Dominion(12.3) and more than five Senior forward Richard Ross a transfer in junior guard Robert swingman, joins Jones as a JUCO edu. Marshall’s Chukwuka Ezeigbo (33) goes up for a shot as East Carolina’s Britny Edwards (42) defends during the Conference USA Herd to take on Rhode Island in season opener women’s basketball game between the Marshall Thundering Herd and the East Carolina Pirates at the Cam Henderson Center, Feb. 21, 2013, in Huntington. FILE PHOTO Follow Parthenon Sports! @MUPnonSports By BRAD HELTZEL second and third respectively the results take care of them- THE PARTHENON on the team in made three- selves,” Daniel said.