2008-09 ATLANTIC 10 MEN’S AND WOMEN’S PROSPECTUS Men’s Basketball Pages...... Women’s Basketball Pages 2-3 ...... ...... 2-3 4-7 ...... Notes ...... 42-45 8-9 ...... Charlotte ...... 46-47 10-11 ...... Dayton ...... 48-49 12-13 ...... Duquesne ...... 50-51 14-15 ...... Fordham ...... 52-53 16-17 ...... George Washington ...... 54-55 18-19 ...... La Salle ...... 56-57 20-21 ...... Massachusetts ...... 58-59 22-23 ...... ...... 60-61 24-25 ...... Richmond ...... 62-63 26-27 ...... St. Bonaventure ...... 64-65 28-29 ...... Saint Joseph’s ...... 66-67 30-31 ...... Saint Louis ...... 68-69 32-33 ...... Temple ...... 70-71 34-35 ...... Xavier ...... 72-73 36 ...... 2007-08 Standings/Championship Results ...... 74 37 ...... Conference Honors ...... 75 38-39 ...... Conference Team Statistics ...... 76-77 40-41 ...... Conference Individual Statistics ...... 78-79 80 ...... Atlantic 10 Media Information...... 80

Men’s Basketball SID: ATLANTIC 10 STAFF Stephen Haug [email protected] Commissioner: Bernadette McGlade Associate Commissioner: TBA Associate Commissioner: Jackie Campbell Women’s Basketball SID: Associate Commissioner: Ray Cella AnnMarie Person Assistant Commissioner: Megan Kahn [email protected] Assistant Commissioner: Celene McGowan Director of Communications: Stephen Haug Communications Intern: Associate Director of Communications: Ben Rohde AnnMarie Person [email protected] Assistant Director of Championships: Brad Jones Assistant Director of Compliance: Kelly Webb Championships Intern: Pat Halloran Communications Intern: Ben Rohde Coordinator of MBB Officials: Coordinator of WBB Officials: Marie Koch Atlantic 10 Conference 230 S. Broad Street, Suite 1700 On the Cover: 2007-08 Atlantic 10 First-Team All- Conference members (Temple), , PA 19102 Jessica Adair (George Washington) and Office Phone: 215-545-6678 (Xavier) Office Fax: 215-545-3342 www.atlantic10.org 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 1 Atlantic 10 Conference

On March 2, 1975, the idea conference average nationally according to the of what is now the Atlantic 10 most recent data released by the NCAA. Conference was conceived. Men's swimming & diving standout Brad Byars of What started as an eight- Saint Louis was among 58 NCAA winter-sport school, men's basketball-only student-athletes to earn an educational grant for affiliation has grown into a the upcoming academic year through the NCAA 14-university, 21-sport league postgraduate scholarship program. Byars will that is universally hailed as continue his education at Bernadette one of the best conferences where he will pursue a Juris Doctorate and McGlade in the country. Masters of Health Care Administration. That growth and promi- The Atlantic 10 Conference, with a total nence is a direct result of the ideals and commit- population of nearly 74 million people within its ments of the member institutions of the Atlantic 10 - geographic footprint of eight states and the District the , , of Columbia, will crown champions in 21 sports this , The George Washington season: , men's and women's basketball, University, , University of men's and women's cross country, field hockey, Massachusetts, University of North Carolina at men's golf, women's lacrosse, men's and women's Charlotte, University of Rhode Island, University of indoor and outdoor track & field, women's rowing, Richmond, St. Bonaventure University, Saint men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and Joseph's University, Saint Louis University, Temple women's swimming & diving, men's and women's University, and Xavier University. tennis, and women's volleyball. On June 2, 2008, Bernadette V. McGlade was named the fifth full-time commissioner in Confer- 2007-08 REVIEW ence history, replacing Linda Bruno, who held the For the 14th time in Conference history and fifth position for 13 years. McGlade's experience in since 2000, the Atlantic 10 Conference earned collegiate athletics as a student-athlete, coach and multiple at-large berths to the NCAA Men's administrator spans more than thirty years. Basketball Tournament as league champion Temple "Bernadette's deep experience with arguably the was joined by Xavier and Saint Joseph's in the field class-act athletic conference [Atlantic Coast of 65. Xavier advanced to the Elite Eight of the Conference] in the country makes us incredibly NCAA Tournament for the second time in program excited to be bringing her on board as commis- annals and became the 11th team to reach the Elite sioner of the Atlantic 10 Conference," said Father Eight as a member of the Atlantic 10. XU ended the Michael Graham, Xavier University president and year ranked eighth by ESPN/USA Today and 12th president of the Atlantic 10 Presidents' Council. by the Associated Press. Charlotte, Dayton, The presidents and chancellors of Atlantic 10 Massachusetts and Rhode Island earned NIT bids, institutions have made a strong commitment to with Dayton advancing to the quarterfinals and making the academic and athletics equation work. UMass reaching the finals. In addition, Richmond Over the years, the league membership has strived garnered a berth in the inaugural 16-team College to better recognize the academic accomplishments Basketball Invitational. of its student-athletes. The Commissioner's Honor In women's basketball, George Washington Roll, which cites every Atlantic 10 student-athlete reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for with a 3.5 grade average or better, recog- the second straight year and was joined in the nized 1,247 student-athletes in the Fall 2007 while tournament by Temple and A-10 champion Xavier. It 1,106 were named to the Spring 2008 Honor Roll. marked the third time in four seasons that three The league sponsors Academic All-Conference teams from the Conference received NCAA berths. teams in each of its sports and honors one student- Charlotte and Dayton also represented the league athlete per sport as the A-10 Student-Athlete of the in postseason play as they garnered WNIT bids. Year. In 2007-08, 192 student-athletes earned For the first time since 1985, two teams from the Academic All-Conference recognition. Moreover, Atlantic 10 advanced to the NCAA Women's the Atlantic 10 provides four postgraduate Volleyball Championship as A-10 champion Dayton scholarship grants to qualified student-athletes. and runner-up Xavier earned berths. It marked the The Atlantic 10 Conference had 34 teams among Musketeers' first-ever NCAA at-large bid, while UD the 712 Division I sports teams honored by the reached the second round for the first time since NCAA with public recognition awards for their 2003. latest multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) In men's soccer, A-10 champion Massachusetts scores. These teams posted multi-year APR reached the semifinals of the NCAA College Cup scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their and ended the year ranked fourth in the final respective sports. Saint Louis and Xavier led the NSCAA/Adidas top 25, while Saint Louis made its Atlantic 10 in the number of high-performing squads second consecutive NCAA appearance and earned receiving awards with six teams each. In 20 of the a No. 12 ranking in the NSCAA/Adidas poll at the 21 sports sponsored by the Atlantic 10, the end of the season. Charlotte seized its first-ever league's APR scores were at or above the A-10 women's soccer championship and third

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NCAA Tournament berth. received second-team All-America distinction, her In softball, UMass won its 20th league champion- third All-America honor in as many seasons. ship and advanced to the NCAA Regional finals, Alli Lokey of Temple was named a second-team Richmond captured its seventh straight A-10 All-America in field hockey, while Temple's Whitney women's swimming & diving championship and Richards received third-team women's lacrosse All- Massachusetts took home the men's crown for the America honors. Teammates Jonas Enander Hedin third consecutive year and 10th time overall. and Corey Nagy of Charlotte garnered third-team Charlotte climbed to 18th in the national baseball and honorable mention All-America golf honors, polls during the regular season and defended its A- respectively, with Enander Hedin being tabbed a 10 title, while Temple took home its first league finalist for the prestigious Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan championship in women's lacrosse since 2004. In and Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year cross country, La Salle won its fourth consecutive awards. women's crown while the Explorers' men's team Jamie-Lee Richards and Erin Schroeder of won their sixth title in the past seven years. Dayton and Xavier's Jill Quayle received honorable Massachusetts captured its first A-10 field hockey mention All-America honors in women's volleyball; championship since 2001 and downed Princeton in La Salle's Sean Quigley claimed All-America honors NCAA play. in men's indoor (3,000 meters/5,000 meters) and Charlotte defended its league title in men's golf outdoor (10,000 meters) track & field; teammates and earned the school's first-ever No. 1 ranking in Lauren Beaudreau and Katie Sieben of Richmond any sport during the regular season. The 49ers qualified for the U.S. Olympic Women's Swimming & finished in a tie for eighth at the NCAA Champion- Diving Trials, while Quigley competed in the 10,000 ship and ended the year ranked in the top 10 in meters at the U.S. Olympic Trials. every major poll. Xavier won its first-ever men's Atlantic 10 student-athletes thrived in the tennis title and earned the accompanying NCAA classroom as well. In all, 12 Atlantic 10 student- automatic berth, while Temple claimed its first A-10 athletes were named to ESPN The Magazine/ women's tennis crown since 2003. CoSIDA Academic All-America teams. First-team Rhode Island's women's rowing team claimed its Academic All-America honorees were Lamarra first-ever A-10 championship, Charlotte defended Currie of Charlotte (women's track & field), St. its women's indoor and outdoor track & field titles, Bonaventure's Randy Moley (baseball), Lindsey the 49ers' men's team captured the indoor crown Ozimek of Charlotte (women's soccer) and while Rhode Island won its third consecutive men’s Fordham's Mary Beth Puccio (softball). Second- outdoor track & field championship. team Academic All-Americans included Paul Amess In all, 437 teams have represented the Atlantic 10 (men's golf) of Temple, St. Bonaventure's Brianna Conference in postseason play since the 1976-77 Bricker (softball), Jonas Enander Hedin (men's golf) campaign. of Charlotte, Dayton's Laura Matthews (softball) Individually, the 2007-08 campaign was a great and Doug Rappaport (men's soccer) of Massachu- success both in competition and in the classroom. setts. Those named third-team Academic All- Kimberly Beck of George Washington garnered Americans included Kaelyn Caldwell (women's Associated Press and WBCA honorable mention soccer) of Massachusetts, George Washington's women's basketball All-America honors in addition Sarah-Jo Lawrence (women's basketball) and to being tabbed a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Katelyn Murray (women's basketball) of St. Award, presented to the nation's top . Bonaventure. Massachusetts senior , the 2008 Charlotte's Lindsey Ozimek (women's soccer) Atlantic 10 Player of the Year in men's basketball, was named to the Lowe's Senior CLASS All- was named an honorable mention All-America by America first-team, while Carlene Hightower the Associated Press, while Stanley Burrell of (women's basketball) of La Salle, George Xavier was tabbed a Defensive All-America by Washington's Sarah-Jo Lawrence (women's CollegeInsider.com. basketball) and Brian Roberts of Dayton (men's Massachusetts' Zack Simmons, a member of the basketball) garnered second-team distinction. The College Cup All-Tournament Team, was named a Lowe's Senior CLASS Award recognizes student- third-team men's soccer All-America and the Umbro/ athletes for great achievement during competition Soccer News National Player of the Year. Calum and in the classroom while celebrating the loyalty of Angus of Saint Louis garnered second-team men's seniors who honor their four-year commitment to soccer All-America acclaim and Charlotte women's their universities. The acronym "CLASS" stands for soccer standouts Whitney Bryant and Sam Huecker Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in earned fourth-team freshman All-America honors. School. Charlotte catcher Chris Taylor, the Atlantic 10 Co- Player of the Year, earned third-team All-America baseball honors, while Billy Barber of Richmond and Charlotte's Corey Shaylor and Joe Yermal garnered freshman All-America accolades. In softball, Massachusetts junior Brandice Balschmiter

2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 3 A-10 Men’s Basketball

THREE-SPEAK: Jimmy Baron of Rhode Island Tournament each year, including the Elite Eight in enters his senior season with 243 career three- 1995. Kellogg was named the team's captain as pointers, the most among active players in the both a junior and senior. He was named a 1995 All- Atlantic 10. The 6-3 guard is one of eight returning Conference third-team selection and was a three- players in the league who drained at least 60 field time All-Atlantic 10 Academic honoree. On UMass' goals from beyond the arc a year ago: career lists, he is fifth in assists (453), seventh in all-time three-pointers (138), as well as seventh in Name 3FG (2007-08) three-point percentage (38.1). Kellogg played his Dionte Christmas, Temple 104 high school basketball at Springfield Cathedral Ricky Harris, Massachusetts 104 where he was a two-time Massachusetts All-State Jimmy Baron, Rhode Island 99 player and McDonald's honorable mention All- B.J. Raymond, Xavier 82 American. Darrin Govens, Saint Joseph's 68 Lamont Mack, Charlotte 64 NUMEROLOGY: Plenty of talented returnees will be Kevin Lisch, Saint Louis 63 back in the fold for the 2008-09 season. Below is David Gonzalvez, Richmond 61 a look inside the numbers of the returning student- athletes: SELECT COMPANY: Temple guard Dionte Christ- mas averaged a league-best 19.7 points last • Nine players who ranked among the league's top season to become just the third player in Confer- 20 scoring leaders last season are slated to return, ence history to lead the Atlantic 10 in scoring in including two-time scoring champion Dionte successive years. The two other players to hold Christmas of Temple. that distinction are John Battle of Rutgers (1984-85) and St. Bonaventure's (1980-81). • Kahiem Seawright of Rhode Island averaged 8.4 Christmas enters his senior campaign poised to rebounds last season, good for second in the become the first student-athlete in Conference Conference, and is joined by 11 players who annals to win the scoring title three times. finished the year ranked in the top 20 of the league in rebounding. START YOUR ENGINES: Forty-one starters are scheduled to return for the 2008-09 campaign. While no A-10 program welcomes back all five Jimmy Baron, starters, five schools have four returning starters. URI Below is a look at which A-10 team has who back:

5 None 4 Charlotte, George Washington, La Salle, Richmond, Temple 3 Dayton, Rhode Island, Saint Joseph's, Saint Louis 2 Duquesne, St. Bonaventure, Massachusetts, Xavier 1 Fordham

WELCOME BACK: Former Minuteman point guard and Springfield native was named the 21st head coach in Massachusetts men's basket- ball history on May 23. The 1995 UMass graduate returns to his alma mater for his first head coaching job after serving as an assistant coach for 12 years, the last eight at the University of Memphis under former Massachusetts head coach . As a four-year letterwinner at UMass from 1992-95, Kellogg played on four Atlantic 10 Conference regular season and tournament championship teams. The Minutemen were just the second team in NCAA history to win four-straight outright season and tournament championships. During his four-year career at UMass under Calipari, the Minutemen were 111-24, including 51- 11 in the Atlantic 10, and advanced to the NCAA

4 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus A-10 WOMEN’S BASKETBALLA-10 Men’s Basketball • The leaders in assists (Chris Lowe, UM, 6.29 ELITE STATUS: Xavier advanced to the Elite Eight of apg.), percentage (, SJU, the NCAA Tourney for the second time in program .647), and -to-turnover ratio (DiJuan Harris, history and first since 2004. The Musketeers, who CHA, 2.77) all return in 2008-09. finished the year with a program-best 30 victories, were the 11th team to advance to the Elite Eight as a • Five players who scored 30 or more points in a member of the Atlantic 10, with Temple accomplishing game last season will be back this year. Massa- the feat a league-best five times under Hall of Fame chusetts junior Ricky Harris, the Chris Daniels Most coach John Chaney. Improved Player recipient in 2007-08, is slated to return after sharing the league-lead with 18 RAISING ITS LEVEL: The Atlantic 10 posted a performances of at least 20 points. record of 130-73 (.640) in non-conference action in 2007-08, the fourth-highest winning percentage PASSING THE ROCK: Senior guard Chris Lowe of since the formation of the league in 1976-77 and Massachusetts led the A-10 and ranked 13th highest since the 1993-94 campaign (69-35 - .663). nationally in assists (6.2 apg.) last season. The Mount Vernon, N.Y., native registered at least ten STAN THE MAN: Senior guard Stanley Burrell of assists on six different occasions, including a Xavier, the 2007-08 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of career-high 14 versus La Salle on Mar. 5. By the Year, was one of 16 student-athletes named to comparison, no other player in the Conference the CollegeInsider.com Defensive All-America team. dished out ten or more assists in more than one Accepting his role as a defensive stopper while game in 2007-08. guarding the opposing team's top perimeter player, Burrell anchored a Xavier defense that led the A-10 A LOOK BACK… in defense (.410) and ranked second in scoring defense (63.4 ppg.). OWLS SOAR TO A-10 CHAMPIONSHIP: Dionte Christmas, the Championship's Most Outstanding Player, scored a game-high 22 points to lead Temple to its first Atlantic 10 crown since 2001 with a 69- 64 win over Saint Joseph's in the finals of the A-10 Championship…SJU reached the finals of the A-10 Championship for the third time in four years…Christmas was joined on the All-Champion- ship team by teammate , and Ahmad Nivins of Saint Joseph's and Charlotte's Leemire Goldwire…for the second consecutive year, the Championship was held at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. The tourney will return to Boardwalk Hall in 2009.

POSTSEASON PARTY: For the 14th time in Conference history and fifth since 2000, the Atlantic 10 Conference earned multiple at-large berths to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament as league champion Temple was joined by Xavier and Saint Joseph's in the field of 65. The A-10 earned two of the six at-large bids awarded to non-BCS conferences. Charlotte, Dayton, Massachusetts and Rhode Island earned NIT berths, with Dayton advancing to the quarterfinals and UMass reaching the finals. In addition, Richmond garnered a bid in the inaugural 16-team Invitational.

BALANCE OF POWER: The Atlantic 10 had a league-record seven teams win at least 20 games last season and all seven earned postseason berths. Only the Big East (nine) had more 20-win teams. In addition, 11 of the Conference's 14 teams reached the 15-win mark in 2007-08, the most in league history. B.J. Raymond, XU

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FORBES NAMED A-10 ANDERSON GARNERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Gary Forbes of Massa- HONOR chusetts averaged 19.4 A program-best seven- ppg., good for second in time A-10 Rookie of the the Conference, and Week selection, Kevin finished tied for fifth in Anderson is the first-ever rebounding (7.5 rpg.). student-athlete from The two-time A-10 Player Richmond to be named of the Week selection the league’s Rookie of the shared the league lead with 18 performances of 20 Year. He ranked third on the team in scoring (10.7 or more points, ranked ninth in the Conference in ppg.) and scored at least 20 points on two minutes (33.72 mpg.) and added 57 three-pointers occasions in Conference play. Anderson led the and 41 steals. The 6-7 forward/guard is the team in both assists (94) and steals (55) and also second Minuteman in as many seasons to earn the knocked down 33 field goals from beyond the arc. league's Player of the Year honor as Stephane Lasme took the award in 2006-07. Forbes also Anderson earned honorable mention All-America honors from the Associated Press.

Forbes

BURRELL CITED AS TOP DEFENDER Stanley Burrell led a Xavier defense that ranked first in the A-10 in field goal percentage defense (.410) and second in scoring defense (63.4 ppg.). The senior guard registered 28 steals and did not foul out of a game while averaging 32.2 minutes of action. Burrell

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HARRIS TABBED THE DUNCAN SELECTED AS LEAGUE'S MOST TOP PLAYER OFF THE IMPROVED BENCH Ricky Harris of Massachu- Xavier senior forward setts was the recipient of Josh Duncan led the team the Atlantic10’s Chris in scoring (11.6 ppg.) Daniels Award, presented while shooting 49.6 to the league’s most percent (141-of-284) in improved player. The 6-2 just 22.4 minutes per sophomore guard game. In A-10 contests, averaged 18.2 ppg., good for sixth in the Confer- the Cincinnati, Ohio, resident averaged a team-high ence, after averaging 4.5 points as a freshman. He 12.8 points and shot 51 percent (25-of-49) from finished tied for third in the A-10 in three-pointers beyond the arc. Duncan grabbed 4.7 rpg. and made (104) and seventh in steals (1.56 spg.). The earned second-team All-Conference honors. He lone sophomore to be twice named A-10 Player of was named to the Phoenix Regional All-Tournament the Week in 2007-08, Harris scored 20 or more Team while leading the Musketeers to a program- points in eight of the Minutemen's 16 Conference record 30 victories and the Elite Eight of the NCAA tilts. Tournament.

Achara

Miller

MILLER EARNS COACH ACHARA REPEATS AS OF THE YEAR HONORS STUDENT-ATHLETE earned his OF THE YEAR first A-10 Coach of the For the second consecu- Year honor after guiding tive year, 6-9 senior Xavier to a 14-2 mark in forward/ Kieron league play, a program- Achara of Duquesne was best 30 overall wins, and named the A-10 Student- the second Elite Eight Athlete of the Year. The appearance in team Stirling, Scotland, native history. Miller led XU to its second consecutive A- averaged 11.3 points and ranked second on the 10 regular season crown. In four seasons as head team with 45 blocks while guiding Dukes to their coach of the Musketeers, he boasts a record of highest win total (17) since the 1993-94 campaign. 93-39 and has led the program to three straight 20- In the classroom, Achara boasted a 4.0 grade-point win seasons. A four-year standout at Pittsburgh, average as a graduate student in Duquesne's Miller graduated in 1992 with a bachelor's of arts sports leadership program. One of 30 nominees for degree in communications. the Lowe's Senior Class Award, he was a three- time All-Academic Team selection.

2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 7 Charlotte 49ers QUICK FACTS Location: Charlotte, N.C. Enrollment: 22,254 Founded: 1946 Chancellor: Dr. Philip Dubois Athletic Director: Judy Rose Athletic Web Site: www.Charlotte49ers.com Nickname: 49ers Colors: Green and White Home Court/Capacity: Halton Arena/9,105

Basketball SID: Tom Whitestone SID Office: 704-687-6310 SID Fax: 704-687-4918 E-Mail Address: [email protected]

HEAD COACH BOBBY LUTZ Alma Mater: Charlotte (1980) Record at School: 188-126 (10 years) Overall Record: 369-217 (19 years) Associate Head Coach: Rob Moxley Assistants: Bobby Kummer, Chris Cheeks 2007-08 Record: 20-14/9-7 (Tie 4th) All-Time Conference Record: 27-21 Lamont Mack

THE LAST FIVE YEARS A-10 Finish Tournament Overall Postseason 2007-08 9-7 T-4th 2-1 20-14 NIT 2006-07 7-9 9th 0-1 14-16 2005-06 11-5 2nd 0-1 19-13 NIT 2004-05 21-8 NCAA 2003-04 21-9 NCAA RETURNING PLAYERS No. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg 11 Ian Andersen Jr. G 6-4 180 Portland, Ore./Wilson 5.8 1.3 0.5 14 Kyle Church Jr. G 5-11 170 Durham, N.C./Riverside 0.8 0.0 0.0 2 Charlie Coley* Sr. F 6-7 217 Lake Worth, Fla./Dodge City C.C. 8.7 6.2 0.6 31 Charles Dewhurst So. G 6-5 185 Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Latin 4.4 3.8 1.3 1 Michael Gerrity Jr. G 6-0 180 Yorba Linda, Ca./Mater Dei (Pepperdine) 4.7 1.4 3.5 3 DiJuan Harris* Jr. G 5-9 170 Charlotte, N.C./Hillsborough J.C. 3.5 1.7 3.2 30 Phil Jones Jr. C 6-10 260 Brooklyn, N.Y./Laurinburg (N.C.) Prep 3.3 2.9 0.4 15 Lamont Mack* Sr. F 6-7 230 , Ill./Angelina College 12.8 5.1 1.4 5 Gaby Ngoundjo So. C 6-7 240 Little Rock, Ark./Little Rock Christian 1.2 1.5 0.6 21 An'Juan Wilderness* So. F 6-6 215 Dunwoody, Ga./Patterson 8.1 4.9 1.1 INCOMING PLAYERS 00 Javarris Barnett Fr. G 6-5 200 Charlotte, N.C./Victory Christian 14.0 6.0% 20 Shamarr Bowden Fr. G 6-3 Greensboro, N.C./Miller School 17.0 22 Rashad Coleman Jr. F 6-5 LaGrange, Ga./Heat (Va.) Academy 26.0 6.2 *indicates starter; %2006-07 stats

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Optimism abounds in Charlotte as the 49ers sophomore Gaby Ngoundjo (1.2 ppg.) adding return 73 percent of their scoring, 87 percent of power in the paint. their rebounding and 86 percent of their assists from a team that reached the 20-win plateau for the fifth time under head coach Bobby Lutz and advanced to the NIT. Now in his 11th year at 2007-08 RESULTS Charlotte, Lutz has guided the program to eight N. 9 High Point W, 61-55 postseason appearances and his 188 wins are 12 Appalachian State W, 84-78 tops in school annals. 16 vs. (1) L, 82-77 Charlotte welcomes back its entire starting 17 vs. Illinois-Chicago (1) W, 64-63 frontcourt in senior forwards Lamont Mack and 19 vs. Monmouth (1) (OT) L, 58-56 Charlie Coley and sophomore An'Juan Wilderness. 29 Wake Forest W, 63-59 The 6-7 Mack was the 49ers' second-leading D. 5 Davidson W, 75-68 scorer (12.8 ppg.) and rebounder (5.1 rpg.) a year 8 Southern Illinois W, 71-56 ago and displayed great range by knocking down 15 at Hofstra L, 70-68 64 field goals from beyond the arc. Coley (8.7 ppg.) led the team in both rebounding (6.2 rpg.) and 18 at Tulsa L, 75-63 blocks (46), while Wilderness was an A-10 All- 22 Gardner-Webb W, 83-51 Rookie selection after posting averages of 8.1 30 Fairleigh Dickinson W, 65-59 points and 4.9 boards, shooting 48.2 percent (92- J. 5 Maryland L, 76-72 for-191) from the floor and grabbing a team-high 86 9 at Clemson (#18/#19) W, 82-72 offensive rebounds. 12 TEMPLE W, 60-58 The backcourt will be without Leemire Goldwire, 16 SAINT JOSEPH'S W, 70-66 who graduated after leading the team with an 18.6 19 at MASSACHUSETTS L, 86-79 scoring average and league-best 128 three- 23 at LA SALLE W, 84-78 pointers, but the tandem of point guards DiJuan 26 FORDHAM W, 74-60 Harris and Michael Gerrity is solid. Harris (3.5 ppg.) F. 2 RICHMOND L, 64-58 passed out a team-high 108 assists, led the A-10 in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.77) and was third on the 6 at DAYTON L, 69-64 team in steals (37) as a sophomore last season. 9 at ST. BONAVENTURE W, 87-83 Gerrity sat out the first semester a year ago after 13 XAVIER (#12/#13) L, 62-60 transferring from Pepperdine and averaged 4.7 17 at FORDHAM L, 53-51 points while dishing out 91 assists. Junior Ian 20 at RICHMOND (OT) L, 79-76 Andersen (5.8 ppg.) shot 37 percent (47-for-127) 23 SAINT LOUIS W, 81-64 from beyond the arc and will be counted on to help 27 at TEMPLE L, 75-61 replace some of Goldwire's long-range shooting. M. 2 DUQUESNE W, 89-82 Depth will be a huge asset for the 49ers, who 6 GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 77-61 have added a pair of impact newcomers in 6-3 8 at RHODE ISLAND W, 74-64 freshman guard Shamarr Bowden (17.0 ppg.) and 12 vs. Rhode Island (A-10) W, 75-73 versatile 6-5 junior Rashad Coleman (26.0 ppg.). Freshman guard Javarris Barnett (14.0 ppg.) 13 vs. Massachusetts (A-10) W, 69-65 redshirted last season and sophomore Charles 14 vs. Temple (A-10) L, 60-45 Dewhurst (4.4 ppg.) provide speed on the 19 at Nebraska (NIT) L, 67-48 perimeter, with junior Phil Jones (3.3 ppg.) and (1) Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, V.I.)

2007-08 FINAL STATISTICS Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Leemire Goldwire 34-34 33.2 194-520 .373 128-371 .345 118-146 .808 37/111 148 4.4 91/1 58 83 3 70 634 18.6 Lamont Mack 34-33 27.0 148-378 .392 64-176 .364 76-105 .724 36/139 175 5.1 122/4 46 83 11 36 436 12.8 Charlie Coley 34-31 27.6 119-237 .502 0-8 .000 57-102 .559 77/133 210 6.2 83/2 19 59 46 43 295 8.7 An'Juan Wilderness 34-32 27.2 92-191 .482 9-33 .273 84-144 .583 86/79 165 4.9 83/2 39 78 3 27 277 8.1 Ian Andersen 31-0 13.2 58-146 .397 47-127 .370 17-24 .708 3/36 39 1.3 31/0 14 16 0 8 180 5.8 Michael Gerrity 26-4 19.1 39-100 .390 5-17 .294 40-62 .645 2/35 37 1.4 43/0 91 38 1 17 123 4.7 Charles Dewhurst 34-1 17.4 41-116 .353 2-5 .400 66-91 .725 54/75 129 3.8 45/0 44 48 14 21 150 4.4 DiJuan Harris 34-30 21.4 30-78 .385 13-2 .464 45-64 .703 12/46 58 1.7 88/2 108 39 1 37 118 3.5 Phil Jones 34-3 13.4 39-119 .328 0-4 .000 33-56 .589 44/54 98 2.9 58/2 14 17 22 7 111 3.3 Gaby Ngoundjo 31-1 6.7 14-32 .438 0-1 .000 8-14 .571 21/25 46 1.5 37/0 0 20 15 5 36 1.2 Kyle Church 4-0 1.3 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 0 1 0 0 3 0.8 Sean Phaler 11-1 4.1 1-17 .059 1-14 .071 0-0 .000 2/5 7 0.6 7/0 3 2 2 0 3 0.3 Team 58/53 111 3.3 2 Total 776-1936 .401 270-786 .344 544-808 .673 432/791 1223 36.0 690/13 436 488 118 271 2366 69.6 Opponents 765-1811 .422 244-713 .342 517-746 .69 3389/865 1254 36.9 728/ - 435 574 147 222 2291 67.4

2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 9 QUICK FACTS Location: Dayton, Ohio Chris Wright Enrollment: 6,800 Founded: 1850 President: Dr. Daniel J. Curran Vice President/Athletic Director: Ted Kissell Athletic Web Site: www.DaytonFlyers.com Nickname: Flyers Colors: Red and Blue Home Court/Capacity: University of Dayton Arena/13,266

Basketball SID: Doug Hauschild SID Office: 937-229-4390 SID Fax: 937-229-4461 E-mail: [email protected] HEAD COACH BRIAN GREGORY Alma Mater: Oakland (1990) Record at School: 98-60 (5 years) Overall Record: 98-60 (5 years) Assistants: Billy Schmidt, Jon Borovich, Cornell Mann 2007-08 Record: 23-11/8-8 (Tie 8th) All-Time Conference Record: 116-92

THE LAST FIVE YEARS A-10 Finish Tournament Overall Postseason 2007-08 8-8 T-8th 1-1 23-11 NIT 2006-07 8-8 T-7th 1-1 19-12 2005-06 6-10 T-11th 0-1 14-17 2004-05 10-6 West T-2nd 1-1 18-11 2003-04 12-4 West 1st 2-1 24-9 NCAA

RETURNING PLAYERS No. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg 30 Dan Fox Jr. F 6-4 187 Wolcottville, Ind./Lakeland 0.5 0.3 0.2 24 Luke Hendrick Jr. F 6-4 170 Saginaw, Mich./Nouvel Central Catholic 0.0 1.0 0.0 41 Kurt Huelsman* Jr. F/C 6-10 245 St. Henry, Ohio/St. Henry 5.9 4.0 0.8 32 Marcus Johnson* Jr. G 6-3 196 Cleveland, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary's 10.1 5.1 0.9 15 Charles Little Sr. F 6-6 247 Cleveland, Tenn./Cleveland 8.0 4.6 1.3 0 Mickey Perry Jr. G 6-2 197 Maywood, Ill./Proviso East (Wisconsin) 2.8 1.4 0.5 34 Devin Searcy So. F/C 6-10 226 Romulous, Mich./Romulous 1.0 1.2 0.1 11 Stephen Thomas So. G 6-1 170 Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral 0.7 0.5 0.2 1 London Warren Jr. G 6-0 185 Jacksonville, Fla/Raines 4.3 2.9 1.9 33 Chris Wright* So. F 6-8 226 Trotwood, Ohio/Trotwood-Madison 10.4 5.7 0.3 INCOMING PLAYERS 44 Josh Benson Fr. F/C 6-9 205 Dayton, Ohio/Dunbar 18.9 11.0 4.0(b) 23 Luke Fabrizius Fr. F 6-9 205 Arlington Heights, Ill./Hersey 14.7 8.0 4.0(b) 4 Chris Johnson Fr. G/F 6-5 176 Columbus, Ohio/Brookhaven 26.2 13.0 2.0 3 Rob Lowery Jr. G 6-2 165 Forestville, Md./McDonough (Cecil J.C.) 18.2 4.7 8.2 22 Paul Williams Fr. G 6-4 213 Detroit, Mich./Renaissance 23.8 6.1 1.3 *indicates starter; (b) blocks per game

10 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus Dayton Flyers

Dayton jumped out to a 14-1 record and No. 14 In addition to Lowery, UD welcomes an extremely national ranking before an onslaught of injuries and athletic group of newcomers in freshmen guards illnesses decimated the team. UD finished 23-11 Chris Johnson (26.2 ppg.) and Paul Williams (23.8 overall and advanced to the NIT quarterfinals ppg.) and forwards Josh Benson (18.9 ppg.) and before losing at eventual champion Ohio State. The Luke Fabrizius (14.7 ppg.). Flyers return 10 lettermen from that team, including three of their top four scorers and three leading 2007-08 RESULTS rebounders. Missing, however, will be three-time N. 10 East Tennessee State W, 78-74 All-Conference guard Brian Roberts, who ended 17 at George Mason L, 67-56 his career at or near the top of many of the 21 Toledo W, 76-70 program's all-time statistical categories. 24 Southern Methodist W, 82-57 Leading the way in 2008-09 will be the team's 28 at Miami (Ohio) W, 63-62 top three rebounders from a year ago in sophomore D. 1 at Holy Cross W, 55-53 forward Chris Wright (5.7 rpg.), junior guard 5 High Point W, 68-54 Marcus Johnson (5.1 rpg.) and senior forward 8 at Louisville (#14/#11) W, 70-65 Charles Little (4.6 rpg.). All three players boast 15 Coppin State W, 66-34 vertical leaps of 40 inches or better. The 6-8 Wright averaged 10.4 points and was named to the 19 American W, 63-56 league's All-Rookie Team despite suffering a 22 Loyola (Md.) W, 91-74 fractured ankle in the Flyers' A-10 opener. He 29 #6/#6 Pittsburgh W, 80-55 returned to average double figures in the NIT. J. 2 Akron (2OT) W, 83-81 Little, the 2007 Atlantic 10 Sixth Man of the Year, 9 RHODE ISLAND (#22/#20) W, 92-83 averaged eight points per game last season while 12 at SAINT LOUIS (OT) W, 68-57 shooting 49.8 percent (100-for-201) from the field. 16 MASSACHUSETTS L, 82-71 He will be joined in the frontcourt by Kurt Huelsman, 24 at XAVIER (#23/#22) L, 69-43 who made great strides a year ago as a sopho- 26 at RICHMOND L, 80-63 more. The 6-10 center has started every game of 30 SAINT LOUIS W, 63-36 his college career and averaged 5.9 points and four F. 2 at RHODE ISLAND L, 82-70 boards last year. Sophomore Devin Searcy (1.0 ppg.) will provide depth along the baseline. 6 CHARLOTTE W, 69-64 The 6-3 Johnson averaged 10.1 points while 9 at GEORGE WASHINGTON L, 57-54 making 33 starts at and is the 13 DUQUESNE L, 63-61 Flyers' top returning marksman from three-point 16 TEMPLE W, 77-66 range with 22 made last season. Junior London 21 at LA SALLE (OT) L, 81-78 Warren (4.3 ppg.) could be the fastest player in the 24 at XAVIER (#10/#12) L, 57-51 Conference in the open floor and is the likely choice M. 1 at FORDHAM W, 57-50 to assume the point guard duties. Warren led the 5 at ST. BONAVENTURE W, 78-73 team in steals (45) and ranked second in assists 8 SAINT JOSEPH'S W, 79-67 (65) in 18.4 minutes per contest. Junior college All- 12 vs. Saint Louis (A-10) (OT) W, 63-62 American Rob Lowery (18.2 ppg.) will push for time 13 vs. Xavier (#9/#12) (A-10) L, 74-65 at the point, while junior Mickey Perry (2.8 ppg.) and sophomore Stephen Thomas (0.7 ppg.) add depth. 19 Cleveland State (NIT) W, 66-57 24 at Illinois State (NIT) W, 55-48 26 at Ohio State (NIT) L, 74-63 2007-08 FINAL STATISTICS Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Brian Roberts 34-34 34.7 208-437 .476 100-220 .455 111-129 .860 8/88 96 2.8 60/0 117 94 4 12 627 18.4 Chris Wright 15-10 20.6 59-98 .602 1-5 .200 37-46 .804 30/55 85 5.7 33/0 5 30 14 5 156 10.4 Marcus Johnson 34-33 29.5 111-232 .478 22-57 .386 98-129 .760 59/115 174 5.1 68/0 31 52 14 23 342 10.1 Charles Little 31-0 22.0 100-201 .498 0-0 .000 47-104 .452 59/84 143 4.6 66/2 40 37 8 11 247 8.0 Andres Sandoval 34-23 21.9 74-178 .416 26-86 .302 45-77 .584 26/72 98 2.9 82/2 43 32 4 33 219 6.4 Jimmy Binnie 34-34 25.7 72-174 .414 40-114 .351 20-37 .541 30/103 133 3.9 57/0 48 34 5 19 204 6.0 Kurt Huelsman 34-34 22.2 77-146 .527 0-0 .000 46-86 .535 59/78 137 4.0 79/2 26 55 9 9 200 5.9 London Warren 34-2 18.4 55-124 .444 1-2 .500 35-68 .515 20/78 98 2.9 88/1 65 77 8 45 146 4.3 Mickey Perry 23-0 9.8 25-64 .391 10-43 .233 5-11 .455 9/24 33 1.4 19/0 11 6 2 3 65 2.8 Thiago Cordeiro 27-0 8.0 23-43 .535 0-0 .000 18-33 .545 20/25 45 1.7 32/0 1 14 16 0 64 2.4 Devin Searcy 25-0 6.6 9-23 .391 0-0 .000 7-12 .583 16/15 31 1.2 19/0 2 6 4 5 25 1.0 Stephen Thomas 23-0 5.3 6-22 .273 3-14 .214 2-4 .500 2/10 12 0.5 8/0 4 3 0 1 17 0.7 Peter Zestermann 3-0 1.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1/1 2 0.7 0/0 0 0 0 0 2 0.7 Dan Fox 6-0 1.7 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 2/0 2 0.3 0/0 1 0 0 0 3 0.5 Michael Laing 3-0 1.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Luke Hendrick 4-0 1.3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1/3 4 1.0 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Logan Nourse 4-0 1.0 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 Team 40/41 81 2.5 0 5 Total 820-1749 .469 203-542 .375 474-740 .641 382/792 1174 34.5 612/7 394 445 88 167 2317 68.1 Opponents 753-1753 .430 268-755 .355 410-581 .706 307/701 1001 29.6 659/- 441 437 111 166 2184 64.2 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 11

QUICK FACTS Aaron Jackson Location: Pittsburgh, Pa. Enrollment: 10,000 Founded: 1878 President: Dr. Charles Dougherty Athletic Director: Greg Amodio Athletic Web Site: www.GoDuquesne.com Nickname: Dukes Colors: Red and Blue Home Court/Capacity: A.J. Palumbo Center/5,358

Basketball SID: Dave Saba Office Phone: 412-396-5861 Fax Phone: 412-396-6210 E-Mail: [email protected] HEAD COACH Alma Mater: Virginia Tech (1985) Record at School: 27-32 (2 years) Overall Record: 201-204 (14 years) Assistants: Bill Barton, Steve Hall, Scott Rigot 2007-08 Record: 17-13/7-9 (Tie 9th) All-Time Conference Record: 169-312

THE LAST FIVE YEARS A-10 Finish Tournament Overall Postseason 2007-08 7-9 T-9th 0-1 17-13 2006-07 6-10 T-10th 0-1 10-19 2005-06 1-15 14th 0-0 3-24 2004-05 5-11 West T-5th 0-1 8-22 2003-04 6-10 West 5th 1-1 12-17 RETURNING PLAYERS No. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg 30 Bill Clark So. G/F 6-5 205 Redondo Beach, Calif./ 8.2 4.3 1.4 Worcester (Mass.) Acad. 13 Jason Duty Jr. G 6-1 175 Cranberry Township, Pa./Vincentian Acad. 2.3 0.9 0.6 20 Phillip Fayne Sr. G 6-3 220 Carbondale, Ill./Southwestern Illinois Coll.3.5 1.7 0.8 1 Aaron Jackson* Sr. G 6-4 185 Hartford, Conn./Worcester (Mass.) Acad. 9.0 4.0 3.5 55 Lucas Newton So. G 5-10 165 Weston, Fla./Westminster Acad. 0.2 0.0 0.0 25 Damian Saunders* So. F 6-7 210 Waterbury, Conn./Notre Dame Prep (Mass.) 6.5 5.2 1.6 4 Jimmy Sherwood Jr. F 6-2 190 Sharon, Mass./Cushing Acad. 0.7 1.2 0.3 22 David Theis So. F 6-7 230 Pittsburgh, Pa./Mercersburg Acad. 1.8 1.0 0.5 INCOMING PLAYERS 23 Melquan Bolding Fr. G/F 6-4 190 Mount Vernon, N.Y./ 18.0 7.0 Notre Dame (Mass.) Prep 3 Eric Evans Fr. G 5-11 195 Detroit, Mich./Northwestern 26.3 6.0 8.1 31 Aleksander Milovic Fr. F 6-7 220 Cetinje, Montenegro/Gymnasium 21.1 8.2 32 B.J. Monteiro Fr. G/F 6-5 195 Waterbury, Conn./Crosby 21.3 9.9 5.3 21 Shawntez Patterson Fr. F 6-7 180 Detroit, Mich./Northwestern 15.4 9.1 3.5(b) 33 Rodrigo Peggau Fr. F 6-8 230 Sao Paulo, Brazil/Calverton (Md.) School 23.0% (The Patterson School) (N.C.) 2 Chase Robinson Fr. G 6-2 190 Huntsville, Ala./Lee 23.3 7.0 6.0 *indicates starter; %2006-07 stats; (b) blocks per game

12 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus Duquesne Dukes

Duquesne continued its turnaround under third- honor and Robinson was a "Mr. Basketball" finalist in year head coach Ron Everhart by posting the Alabama. Everhart went international to bolster the program's first winning season in 14 years with a frontcourt with the addition of 6-8 Brazilian forward 17-13 record in 2007-08. As a result, Everhart inked Rodrigo Peggau and 6-7 Aleksandar Milovic (21.1 a multi-year extension in the offseason that will ppg.), a native of Montenegro. have him on the sidelines of the A.J. Palumbo Center though the 2013-14 season. In order to maintain the program's ascent, Everhart is going to have to find a way to replace the team's top five scorers from a year ago. The Dukes, who 2007-08 RESULTS have led the Atlantic 10 in scoring average in each N. 9 Howard W, 129-59 of the last two seasons, will look to the returning trio 12 Winston-Salem State W, 93-63 of senior Aaron Jackson and sophomores Damian 17 at Rice W, 86-59 Saunders and Bill Clark from an extremely young 20 at Oakland W, 92-77 nucleus that includes 11 freshmen and sophomores. 24 Niagara W, 76-65 The 6-4 Jackson averaged nine points while 30 vs. Cal State Northridge (1) W, 97-74 shooting an astounding 54.9 percent (106-for-193) D. 1 at Drake (1) L, 77-73 from the field last season. Jackson, who boasts an 5 Pittsburgh (#9/#12) L, 73-68 impressive 1.8-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio for his 8 at West Virginia L, 92-68 career and 311 assists, will slide over to the point 21 Saint Francis (Pa.) W, 99-80 guard slot for the first time since his freshman 28 Robert Morris W, 86-70 campaign. The versatile Saunders earned A-10 All- 30 South Carolina Upstate W, 84-66 Rookie honors after averaging 6.5 points and 5.2 J. 2 at Bowling Green W, 96-78 boards, which ranked second on the team, while 9 FORDHAM W, 74-62 leading the Dukes in steals (45). The three-time 13 at RHODE ISLAND (#22/#20) L, 80-78 Rookie of the Week selection blocked a Duquesne 19 at FORDHAM L, 75-74 freshman-record 39 shots and displayed great 23 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 83-67 range as evidenced by his 24 field goals from 26 GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 92-67 beyond the arc. Clark appeared in every game a 30 MASSACHUSETTS L, 94-80 year ago and averaged 8.2 points and 4.3 boards F. 2 at ST. BONAVENTURE L, 74-59 while leading the team in three-point field goals with 6 SAINT JOSEPH'S W, 102-88 40. Guards Phillip Fayne (3.5 ppg.) and Jason Duty 9 at LA SALLE W, 101-84 (2.3 ppg.) will provide depth and experience in the 13 at DAYTON W, 63-61 backcourt. 16 RICHMOND L, 69-66 The Dukes' seven-player freshman class, ranked 21 at XAVIER (#10/#12) L, 75-48 28th nationally by Hoop Scoop, will be looked upon 24 LA SALLE L, 75-72 to make an immediate contribution. The talented M. 2 at CHARLOTTE L, 89-82 quartet of guards includes Melquan Bolding (18.0 5 at TEMPLE L, 90-85 ppg.), Eric Evans (26.3 ppg.), B.J. Monteiro (21.3 8 SAINT LOUIS W, 85-58 ppg.) and Chase Robinson (23.3 ppg.). Monteiro 12 vs. La Salle (A-10) L, 82-79 earned Connecticut Player of the Year honors, while (1) Iowa Realty Drake Tournament Evans was a finalist for Michigan's "Mr. Basketball" (Des Moines, Iowa)

2007-08 FINAL STATISTICS Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 28-15 23.8 138-252 .548 15-45 .333 63-84 .750 67/127 194 6.9 73/1 30 57 111 12 354 12.6 Kojo Mensah 29-13 23.7 106-279 .380 16-67 .239 124-158 .785 49/48 97 3.3 54/1 99 89 1 41 352 12.1 Kieron Achara 30-17 19.1 109-205 .532 19-52 .365 102-125 .816 38/83 121 4.0 75/2 27 44 45 16 339 11.3 Reggie Jackson 29-18 21.4 94-208 .452 32-73 .438 65-83 .783 9/43 52 1.8 51/1 98 69 1 33 285 9.8 Gary Tucker 30-18 24.9 98-218 .450 32-103 .311 54-79 .684 18/62 80 2.7 38/0 55 40 6 31 282 9.4 Aaron Jackson 30-23 26.4 106-193 .549 12-50 .240 45-61 .738 47/74 121 4.0 62/1 105 53 3 43 269 9.0 Bill Clark 30-91 9.6 80-209 .383 40-128 .313 45-70 .643 48/81 129 4.3 96/2 41 41 9 28 245 8.2 Damian Saunders 30-19 22.3 78-162 .481 24-69 .348 16-38 .421 46/110 156 5.2 57/0 48 32 39 45 196 6.5 Phillip Fayne 19-81 2.2 22-51 .431 9-30 .300 13-17 .765 16/17 33 1.7 29/0 16 16 2 16 66 3.5 Jason Duty 25-91 1.4 18-57 .316 14-48 .292 7-9 .778 2/21 23 0.9 30/0 14 15 0 9 57 2.3 David Theis 11-1 9.2 5-19 .263 2-13 .154 8-11 .727 5/6 11 1.0 26/0 6 11 3 5 20 1.8 Jimmy Sherwood 6-0 4.2 2-8 .250 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 3/4 7 1.2 5/0 2 2 0 3 4 0.7 Lucas Newton 6-0 1.7 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0/0 0 0.0 1/0 0 4 0 0 1 0.2 Stephen Wood 3-0 1.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1/1 2 0.7 1/0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 60/61 121 4.0 1 14 Total 856-1863 .459 215-680 .316 543-737 .737 409/738 1147 38.2 599/8 542 487 220 282 2470 82.3 Opponents 779-1835 .425 206-572 .360 459-659 .697 434/695 1129 37.6 616/- 474 554 132 188 2223 74.1 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 13

QUICK FACTS Brenton Butler Location: Bronx, N.Y. Enrollment: 7,652 Founded: 1841 President: Joseph M. McShane, S.J. Exec. Athletic Director: Frank McLaughlin Athletic Web Site: www.fordhamsports.com Nickname: Rams Colors: Maroon and White Home Court/Capacity: Rose Hill Gym/3,200

Basketball SID: Joe DiBari Office Phone: 718-817-4240 Fax Phone: 718-817-4244 E-Mail: [email protected]

HEAD COACH DERECK WHITTENBURG Alma Mater: North Carolina State (1990) Record at School: 65-83 (5 years) Overall Record: 132-133 (9 years) Assistants: Travis Lyons, , Steve Treffletti 2007-08 Record: 12-17/6-10 (12th) All-Time Conference Record: 66-144

THE LAST FIVE YEARS A-10 Finish Tournament Overall Postseason 2007-08 6-10 12th 0-1 12-17 2006-07 10-6 T-4th 1-1 18-12 2005-06 9-7 T-5th 2-1 15-15 2004-05 8-8 East 4th 1-1 13-16 2003-04 3-13 East T-5th 0-1 6-22 RETURNING PLAYERS No. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg 20 Matt Beck Jr. G 6-1 183 Cherry Hill, N.J./St. Joseph's Prep 0.0 0.3 0.0 50 Chris Bethel Sr. F 6-5 217 Bronx, N.Y./St. Raymond's 3.1 1.5 0.2 24 Brenton Butler* Jr. G 6-2 205 Norcross, Ga./Norcross 11.0 3.4 2.3 44 Luke Devine Sr. C 6-10 255 Wakefield, R.I./Loomis Chafee 0.0 0.5 0.0 (Hargrave Military Academy) (Va.) 10 Dan Landisch Jr. F 6-6 240 Brookfield, Wisc./Marquette HS 0.7 0.8 0.0 23 Mike Moore So. G 6-5 192 New Haven, Conn./Hillhouse 5.5 1.8 0.8 13 Ryan Munson Jr. F 6-6 220 White Port, Va./Clarke County DNP (Hargrave Military Academy) (Va.) 4 Herb Tanner Jr. G 6-4 170 , Mass./Catholic Memorial 2.5 0.8 1.0 INCOMING PLAYERS -- Trey Blue Fr. G 6-3 190 South Holland, Ill/Thornwood/ 13.5 4.0 Brewster (N.H.) Prep (West Virginia) -- Alberto Estwick Fr. G 6-5 195 Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Anthony's (N.J.) 8.0 3.5 -- Jio Fontan Fr. G 5-11 180 Patterson, N.J./St. Anthony's 10.5 2.3 6.5 -- Khiry Gordon Fr. F 6-7 195 Philadelphia, Pa./Solebury Prep 13.5 9.0 -- Jacob Green So. F 6-9 220 Clinton, Md./Gonzaga Prep 0.8 2.0% (West Virginia) -- Lamar Thomas Fr. F 6-9 215 Littleton, Colo./Solebury (Pa.) Prep 10.5 11.0 *indicates starter; %2006-07 stats

14 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus Fordham Rams

"Praise youth and it will prosper." It's an old Irish Khiry Gordon (13.5 ppg.) and Lamar Thomas (10.5 proverb that Fordham will be looking to for guidance ppg.), teammates at Solebury (Pa.) Prep, and in 2008-09. The Rams will feature six new faces, freshman guard Trey Blue (13.5 ppg.). The five of those freshmen who will be looking to help frontcourt will be bolstered in December with the the program recover from the loss of five seniors, addition of 6-9 sophomore Jacob Green (0.8 ppg.), including four starters. To call the Rams a young who will become eligible following his transfer from team would not be a stretch as the roster consists West Virginia. of two seniors, five juniors, two sophomores and five freshmen. However, the squad will be an athletic and fleet-footed one that should allow sixth- year head coach Dereck Whittenburg to push the 2007-08 RESULTS tempo and create havoc on defense. N. 9 at Columbia W, 79-61 Junior guard Brenton Butler, the lone returning 12 vs. Central Missouri (1) W, 76-66 starter, will lead the Rams after finishing third on the 13 vs. Missouri (1) L, 79-55 team in scoring (11.0 ppg.) a year ago and dishing 16 at Syracuse (#25/--) L, 80-63 out 68 assists. Joining Butler in the backcourt are 24 College of Charleston L, 73-68 returnees Mike Moore and Herb Tanner. Moore 28 at Manhattan W, 66-57 averaged 5.5 points during his freshman season D. 2 Robert Morris L, 72-66 and shot 37.5 percent (24-of-64) from three-point 5 Hofstra W, 73-71 range. Tanner (2.5 ppg.) averaged 13.9 minutes 8 NJIT W, 88-44 and will look to increase his scoring as a junior. 22 UNC-Greensboro L, 58-54 In the frontcourt, Fordham will need to fill the void 28 Binghamton W, 72-60 created by the graduation of , who 31 at Georgetown (#7/#7) L, 82-55 ended his career as the program's second all-time J. 9 at DUQUESNE L, 74-62 leading scorer and third all-time leading rebounder. 12 at XAVIER (#24/#25) L, 68-50 Seniors Luke Devine (0.0 ppg.), who appeared in 16 GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 66-53 ten games, and Chris Bethel, who averaged 3.1 19 DUQUESNE W, 75-74 ppg. in eleven contests, will look to increase their 26 at CHARLOTTE L, 74-60 numbers with added minutes. Junior Dan Landisch 31 TEMPLE L, 58-50 (0.7 ppg.), a rugged 6-6 forward who saw a bit of F. 2 at SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 70-55 action at the end of last year, will also provide 10 RHODE ISLAND L, 65-63 depth. 14 at MASSACHUSETTS W, 76-72 There's no doubt that the success of the 2008-09 17 CHARLOTTE W, 53-51 Rams will be directly related to the success of their 20 at SAINT LOUIS (OT) L, 69-65 newcomers. Leading the way are guards Jio 23 at TEMPLE W, 78-76 Fontan (10.5 ppg.) and Alberto Estwick (8.0 ppg.), 27 LA SALLE L, 83-78 teammates on the 2007-08 St. Anthony's (N.J.) M. 1 DAYTON L, 57-50 squad that went 32-0 and finished the year as the nation's top-ranked high school team. Fontan could 5 at RICHMOND L, 58-53 assume the starting point guard responsibilities and 8 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 69-62 received rave reviews for his play over the 12 vs. Saint Joseph's (A-10) L, 80-62 summer. (1) O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic Also joining the program in the fall are forwards (Columbia, Mo.) 2007-08 FINAL STATISTICS Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Bryant Dunston 29-27 33.1 165-314 .525 5-29 .172 115-176 .653 90/194 284 9.8 67/1 57 55 79 29 450 15.5 Marcus Stout 29-25 33.6 152-379 .401 73-210 .348 61-84 .726 19/52 71 2.4 76/1 85 69 0 29 438 15.1 Brenton Butler 29-21 31.5 94-276 .341 56-163 .344 74-102 .725 26/74 100 3.4 67/2 66 66 2 23 318 11.0 Sebastian Greene 29-23 28.7 91-164 .555 11-35 .314 53-77 .688 52/108 160 5.5 88/5 41 57 9 30 246 8.5 Mike Moore 28-4 15.5 52-137 .380 24-64 .375 26-39 .667 18/33 51 1.8 54/0 22 36 2 17 154 5.5 Michael Binns 26-14 14.1 34-93 .366 12-43 .279 6-11 .545 18/27 45 1.7 36/0 6 10 2 8 86 3.3 Chris Bethel 11-0 8.1 15-34 .441 3-8 .375 1-3 .333 9/7 16 1.5 15/0 2 3 4 6 34 3.1 Kevin Anderson 29-27 26.8 20-52 .385 0-9 .000 35-56 .625 26/44 70 2.4 64/3 76 34 3 29 75 2.6 Herb Tanner 28-2 13.9 25-82 .305 13-48 .271 8-19 .421 6/15 21 0.8 45/0 27 36 0 12 71 2.5 Dan Landisch 12-0 2.8 2-6 .333 1-3 .333 3-4 .750 2/8 10 0.8 5/0 0 3 1 0 8 0.7 Zach Wing 3-0 0.6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Luke Devine 10-2 3.9 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1/4 5 0.5 4/0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Matt Beck 8-0 1.1 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1/1 2 0.3 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 41/49 90 3.1 1 11 Total 650-1538 .423 198-613 .323 382-571 .669 309/616 925 31.9 523/12 382 381 102 183 1880 64.8 Opponents 704-1548 .455 157-450 .349 382-542 .705 315/686 1001 34.5 553/- 376 388 72 194 1947 67.1 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 15 George Washington Colonials

QUICK FACTS Rob Diggs Location: Washington, D.C. Enrollment: 20,220 Founded: 1821 President: Steven Knapp Athletic Director: Jack Kvancz Athletic Web Site: www.GWsports.com Nickname: Colonials Colors: Buff and Blue Home Court (Capacity): Charles E. Smith Center/5,000

Basketball SID: Brad Bower Office Phone: 202-994-6654 Fax Phone: 202-994-2713 E-Mail: [email protected] HEAD COACH Alma Mater: Connecticut (1985) Record at School: 123-82 (7 years) Overall Record: 123-82 (7 years) Assistant Coaches: Darrell Brooks, Roland Houston, Greg Collucci 2007-08 Record: 9-17/5-11 (13th) All-Time Conference Record: 249-244

THE LAST FIVE YEARS A-10 Finish Tournament Overall Postseason 2007-08 5-11 13th 0-0 9-17 2006-07 11-5 3rd 3-0 23-9 NCAA 2005-06 16-0 1st 0-1 27-3 NCAA 2004-05 11-5 West 1st 3-0 22-8 NCAA 2003-04 11-5 West 2nd 1-1 18-12 NIT RETURNING PLAYERS No. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg 2 Xavier Alexander* So. G 6-6 216 Forest Park, Okla./Midwest City 4.0 3.8 1.3 10 Jeff Del Favero Jr. G 6-2 205 Middletown, Conn./Xavier 0.0 0.2 0.0 5 Rob Diggs* Sr. F 6-8 202 Brandywine, Md./Gwynn Park 13.9 7.7 1.0 13 Jabari Edwards So. F 6-9 200 Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Benedict's Prep (N.J.) 0.0 4.0 0.0 22 Damian Hollis* Jr. F 6-8 205 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./J.P. Taravella 9.1 6.3 1.2 42 Joseph Katuka So. C 6-10 205 Zaria, Nigeria/Montverde (Fla.) Acad. 2.0 1.5 0.1 1 Travis King Jr. G 6-2 215 New Haven, Conn./Hyde Leadership 5.7 2.0 2.4% 32 Peter Laplante Jr. F 6-8 255 Kiawah Island, S.C./Tabor Acad. (Mass.) 0.3 0.3 0.0 12 Johnny Lee Jr. G 5-8 166 Nashville, Tenn./Martin Luther King 1.8 1.5 2.1 21 Hermann Opoku Jr. F 6-9 225 Vienna, Austria/South Kent (Conn.) 1.0 1.0 0.1 31 Noel Wilmore Sr. G 6-3 190 Philadelphia, Pa./Chester 6.0 1.8 0.5 11 Wynton Witherspoon* Sr. F 6-7 197 Duluth, Ga./Berkmar (Virginia Tech) 11.0 4.2 2.2 INCOMING PLAYERS 33 Matt Allbritton Fr. G 6-4 180 Dallas, Texas/Garland Christian Acad. 21.4 6.4 3.3 4 Jeff Alston Sr. G 5-9 175 Silver Spring, Md./Good Counsel 3 Tony Taylor Fr. G 5-11 165 Sleepy Hollow, N.Y./Archbishop Stepinac 29.3 6.3 7.1 15 Aaron Ware Fr. G/F 6-4 190 Los Angeles, Calif./Bishop Montgomery 20.4 9.7 *indicates starter; %2006-07 stats

16 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus George Washington Colonials

After making three consecutive trips to the last season. Sophomore Xavier Alexander (4.0 NCAA Tournament while compiling a 72-20 record ppg.), who at 6-6 provides great size on the from 2005-07, George Washington will take to the perimeter, made 14 starts and finished second on the court in 2008-09 focused on proving that last team in steals (26). Walk-ons Jeff Alston, Jeff Del season's 9-17 mark was an anomaly. Under the Favero and Johnny Lee will provide depth and direction of eighth-year head coach Karl Hobbs, experience. four starters return from a roster that is both Hobbs also welcomes three freshmen to the versatile and athletic. program in 2008-09 in guards Matt Allbritton (21.4 Senior forward Rob Diggs has steadily improved ppg.) and Tony Taylor (29.3 ppg.) and 6-5 forward his scoring and rebounding production each year Aaron Ware (20.4 ppg.). and led the team in both categories (13.9 ppg., 7.7 rpg.) last season. The springy 6-8 forward shot 49.6 percent (140-of-282) from the floor, paced the Colonials with 31 blocks and should be an All- 2007-08 RESULTS Conference candidate in the coming year. Diggs N. 10 Mount St. Mary's W, 77-62 will be joined in the frontcourt by a pair of returning 14 W, 69-56 starters in senior Wynton Witherspoon and junior 24 at Maryland-Baltimore County L, 89-79 Damian Hollis. 28 at UCLA (#2/#1) L, 83-60 The 6-7 Witherspoon ranked second on the team D. 2 vs. Auburn (1) L, 74-70 in both scoring (11.0 ppg.) and assists (2.2 apg.) 5 Maryland-Eastern Shore W, 78-39 and added a team-high 30 steals after sitting out 9 at Virginia Tech L, 68-36 the 2006-07 campaign upon transferring from 13 at Binghamton L, 71-59 Virginia Tech. Hollis averaged 9.1 points and 6.3 23 Longwood W, 63-54 boards while proving to be a difficult matchup for 29 at Alabama L, 93-57 opponents because of his ability to drive to the J. 10 SAINT LOUIS W, 49-20 basket or use his 6-8 frame to shoot over 16 at FORDHAM L, 66-53 defenders. Juniors Peter Laplante (0.3 ppg) and 19 XAVIER (#20/#20) L, 74-66 Hermann Opoku (1.0 ppg.) will provide depth, while 23 at RHODE ISLAND L, 81-70 sophomores Joseph Katuka (2.0 ppg.) and Jabari 26 at DUQUESNE L, 92-67 Edwards (0.0 ppg.) are eager to make significant 30 SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 61-59 contributions. F. 3 at TEMPLE L, 93-80 The backcourt welcomes back a noteworthy 6 LA SALLE L, 80-58 playmaker in sophomore Travis King, who missed 9 DAYTON W, 57-54 all of last season after sustaining a knee injury in 13 at SAINT LOUIS L, 63-38 the offseason. The 6-2 King averaged 5.7 points 16 at ST. BONAVENTURE W, 80-71 and 2.4 assists as a freshman during the Colonials' 23 RICHMOND W, 59-53 run to the 2007 A-10 crown. Senior shooting 27 RHODE ISLAND W, 85-68 guard Noel Wilmore (6.0 ppg.) led GW with 42 M. 1 at XAVIER (#9/#11) L, 66-56 three-point field goals, which included a career- 6 at CHARLOTTE L, 77-61 best seven trifecta's in a win over Rhode Island 8 MASSACHUSETTS L, 67-63 (1) BB&T Classic (Washington, D.C.)

2007-08 FINAL STATISTICS Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Rob Diggs 26-25 30.4 140-282 .496 1-7 .143 80-115 .696 80/121 201 7.7 71/4 27 53 31 21 361 13.9 Wynton Witherspoon 26-14 29.4 105-245 .429 25-93 .269 51-77 .662 48/60 108 4.2 56/2 58 43 12 30 286 11.0 Maureece Rice 22-22 28.0 71-206 .345 33-102 .324 28-34 .824 15/44 59 2.7 25/0 60 37 3 15 203 9.2 Damian Hollis 26-22 25.8 84-198 .424 22-70 .314 47-58 .810 38/125 163 6.3 77/3 32 47 13 20 237 9.1 Noel Wilmore 26-5 18.3 53-125 .424 42-100 .420 8-10 .800 9/38 47 1.8 40/0 13 18 3 13 156 6.0 Cheyenne Moore 23-6 18.0 40-118 .339 21-60 .350 27-31 .871 14/36 50 2.2 49/0 23 53 3 15 128 5.6 Miles Beatty 14-0 12.3 22-58 .379 9-30 .300 14-19 .737 5/11 16 1.1 9/0 15 16 0 4 67 4.8 Xavier Alexander 23-14 20.2 29-77 .377 5-17 .294 28-65 .431 32/55 87 3.8 57/1 30 40 7 26 91 4.0 Joseph Katuka 17-9 7.7 13-27 .481 0-0 .000 8-12 .667 12/14 26 1.5 24/0 2 16 5 1 34 2.0 Johnny Lee 26-9 15.7 14-47 .298 9-31 .290 11-15 .733 11/27 38 1.5 34/0 55 34 0 16 48 1.8 Hermann Opoku 23-3 6.3 10-20 .500 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 7/16 23 1.0 23/0 1 10 8 4 22 1.0 Dominic Green 20- 15.0 6-17 .353 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 4/12 16 0.8 11/0 5 7 0 1 14 0.7 Peter Laplante 8-0 3.1 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/2 2 0.3 4/0 0 2 0 0 2 0.3 Jabari Edwards 2-0 10.5 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1/7 8 4.0 2/0 0 1 2 0 0 0.0 Jeff Del Favero 6-0 0.8 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/1 1 0.2 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Travis King 1-0 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 46/37 83 3.2 3 12 Total 588-1425 .413 169-516 .328 304-443 .686 322/606 928 35.7 485/10 321 389 87 166 1649 63.4 Opponents 601-1423 .422 206-610 .338 367-543 .676 318/598 916 35.2 428/- 390 344 85 186 1775 68.3 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 17 QUICK FACTS Location Philadelphia, Pa. Jerrell Williams Enrollment: 7,554 Founded: 1863 President: Br. Michael McGinniss, F.S.C. Athletic Director: Dr. Thomas Brennan Athletic Web Site: www.GoExplorers.com Nickname: Explorers Colors: Blue and Gold Home Court/Capacity: Arena/4,000

Basketball SID: Kale Beers Office Phone: 215-951-1513 Fax Phone: 215-951-1694 E-Mail: [email protected]

HEAD COACH Alma Mater: North Central (1984) Record at School: 53-66 (4 years) Overall Record: 350-215 (19 years) Assistants: Walt Fuller, Horace Owens, Ashley Howard 2007-08 Record: 15-17/8-8 (Tie 7th) All-Time Conference Record: 74-134

THE LAST FIVE YEARS A-10 Finish Tournament Overall Postseason 2007-08 8-8 T-7th 1-1 15-17 2006-07 3-13 14th 0-0 10-20 2005-06 10-6 T-3rd 0-1 18-10 2004-05 5-11 West T-5th 1-1 10-19 2003-04 5-11 West 6th 0-1 10-20

RETURNING PLAYERS No. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg 5 Kimmani Barrett Jr. F 6-6 190 Paterson, N.J./Paterson Catholic 7.8 3.9 1.0 1 Greg Danish So. G 5-10 160 Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth 1.7 0.3 0.0 10 Rodney Green* Jr. G 6-5 190 Philadelphia, Pa./Prep Charter 13.4 5.0 3.4 2 Kyle Griffin So. G 6-3 185 Allentown, Pa./Germantown Acad. 3.5 0.9 1.4 34 Ruben Guillandeaux Jr. G 6-5 195 Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Patrick's (N.J.) 7.7 1.5 2.1 31 Paul Johnson* Sr. F 6-6 195 Washington, D.C./Gonzaga Prep 6.7 5.0 1.6 12 Yves Mekongo Mbala* Jr. F 6-7 210 Elizabeth, N.J./St. Patrick's 8.3 6.0 1.5 0 Darryl Partin So. G 6-4 180 Seattle, Wa./Charis (N.C.) Prep 2.1 1.0 0.2 20 Jerrell Williams* So. F 6-8 210 Paterson, N.J./ 9.1 6.4 1.2 Northfield Mount Hermon (Mass.) 21 Terrell Williams So. F 6-8 210 Paterson, N.J./ 1.8 1.8 0.6 Northfield Mount Hermon (Mass.) INCOMING PLAYERS 1 Vernon Goodridge Jr. F 6-9 230 Brooklyn, N.Y./Philadelphia (Pa.) Lutheran Christian Acad. (Mississippi State) 1.8 1.9% 41 Steve Weingarten So. F 6-8 215 Baltimore, Md./Catonsville 2.9 1.3% (Connecticut College) 14 Devon White Fr. F 6-8 230 Philadelphia, Pa./Strawberry Mansion 11.6 12.0 4.0(b) *indicates starter; %2006-07 stats; (b) blocks per game 18 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus La Salle Explorers

With the return of six of their top seven scorers from Mississippi State. The Brooklyn, N.Y., native and four starters, La Salle head coach Dr. John could have a major impact at both ends of the floor Giannini and the Explorers enter the 2008-09 for the Explorers. Rounding out the newcomers season with measured optimism after a 15-17 are freshman forward Devon White (11.6 ppg.) and campaign and seventh-place finish in the Atlantic 10 sophomore forward Steve Weingarten (2.9 ppg.), a after being tabbed to finish 13th in the preseason transfer from Connecticut College. by the league's head coaches and selected media. Forward Paul Johnson is the lone senior on a 2007-08 RESULTS squad that features four junior returnees who have N. 13 Maryland-Baltimore County L, 76-69 combined for 154 career starts. The 6-6 Johnson 17 at Mount St. Mary's W, 66-63 (6.7 ppg.) started all 32 games last season and 20 at Howard L, 69-63 finished tied for third on the team with five 24 Saint Francis (Pa.) W, 65-59 rebounds per contest. A pair of returning starters 28 Central Connecticut State W, 59-55 will join Johnson in the frontcourt in junior Yves D. 3 at Bucknell L, 67-66 Mekongo Mbala and 6-8 sophomore Jerrell Williams. 8 at Morgan State L, 93-87 Mekongo Mbala averaged 8.3 points and six 19 at Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (1) W, 117-86 boards while converting 26-of-63 (41.3 percent) 21 vs. Mississippi (1) L, 84-77 attempts from three-point range. A member of the 22 vs. DePaul (1) L, 93-88 A-10 All-Rookie Team, Williams (9.1 ppg.) led the 29 at Villanova (#18/#16) L, 71-58 team in rebounding (6.4 rpg.) and amassed seven double-doubles, tops among A-10 freshmen. Junior J. 5 at Florida State L, 81-76 Kimmani Barrett (7.8 ppg.) led the team in field goal 9 RICHMOND (3OT) L, 75-74 shooting at 49.1 percent (81-for-165) and gives the 12 at ST. BONAVENTURE W, 72-61 Explorers a talented and experienced reserve off 15 at Pennsylvania W, 62-58 the bench. Sophomore Terrell Williams (1.8 ppg.) 19 at RICHMOND W, 76-67 averaged 9.8 minutes per game and will provide 23 CHARLOTTE L, 84-78 frontcourt depth. 26 SAINT LOUIS L, 81-74 Junior Rodney Green ran the point for much of 30 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 84-61 his sophomore campaign and led the Explorers in F. 2 at XAVIER (#15/#15) L, 75-62 assists (101) while averaging 13.4 ppg. The 6-5 6 at GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 80-58 guard uses his size on the perimeter to his 9 DUQUESNE L, 101-84 advantage and registered a team-high 45 steals. 13 NJIT W, 87-65 Ruben Guillandeaux (7.7 ppg) knocked down 26 18 at SAINT JOSEPH'S W, 90-89 field goals from beyond the arc is part of a junior 21 DAYTON (OT) W, 81-78 class that accounted for nearly thirty percent of the 24 at DUQUESNE W, 75-72 team's offense last season. Sophomore guards 27 at FORDHAM W, 83-78 Kyle Griffin (3.5 ppg.) and Daryl Partin (2.1 ppg.) M. 1 RHODE ISLAND L, 91-85 will look to procure increased playing time after a 5 at MASSACHUSETTS L, 100-63 year of experience. 8 TEMPLE L, 85-66 One of the more highly regarded newcomers in 12 vs. Duquesne (A-10) W, 82-79 the Conference is 6-9 junior Vernon Goodridge (1.8 13 vs. Temple (A-10) L, 84-75 ppg.), who sat out last season after transferring (1) San Juan Shootout (San Juan, P.R.)

2007-08 FINAL STATISTICS Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Darnell Harris 32-32 33.2 176-389 .452 123-257 .479 55-72 .764 6/66 72 2.3 59/1 65 36 8 36 530 16.6 Rodney Green 32-32 28.9 156-342 .456 16-47 .340 102-132 .773 46/114 160 5.0 94/3 101 111 7 45 430 13.4 Jerrell Williams 32-23 22.0 111-256 .434 9-40 .225 59-107 .551 81/124 205 6.4 86/4 41 86 23 20 290 9.1 Yves Mekongo Mbala 32-32 27.5 82-182 .451 26-63 .413 77-108 .713 59/132 191 6.0 82/1 48 70 13 15 267 8.3 Kimmani Barrett 31-6 19.8 81-165 .491 9-32 .281 71-95 .747 68/54 122 3.9 59/1 31 52 2 12 242 7.8 Ruben Guillandeaux 24-1 19.2 67-148 .453 26-66 .394 25-36 .694 2/33 35 1.5 30/0 51 27 2 8 185 7.7 Paul Johnson 32-32 24.7 73-164 .445 7-24 .292 60-81 .741 62/97 159 5.0 65/1 51 44 8 36 213 6.7 Sherman Diaz 30-1 12.9 41-94 .436 18-52 .346 8-15 .533 19/24 43 1.4 46/0 32 28 25 17 108 3.6 Kyle Griffin 15-0 14.5 17-45 .378 13-36 .361 5-7 .714 4/9 13 0.9 21/0 21 14 0 8 52 3.5 Darryl Partin 21-0 7.6 14-40 .350 7-26 .269 9-11 .818 2/19 21 1.0 15/0 6 15 3 7 44 2.1 Terrell Williams 30-1 9.8 20-54 .370 0-2 .000 15-33 .455 17/36 53 1.8 50/1 18 30 4 15 55 1.8 Greg Danish 3-0 1.3 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 3-5 .600 0/1 1 0.3 2/0 0 1 0 0 5 1.7 Brad Cohen 3-0 1.3 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0/1 1 0.3 0/0 1 1 0 0 3 1.0 Team 60/50 110 3.4 1 5 Total 840-1886 .445 255-648 .394 489-702 .697 426/760 1186 37.1 610/12 466 520 95 219 2424 75.8 Opponents 885-1899 .466 203-584 .348 466-653 .714 338/729 1067 33.3 614/- 504 453 170 238 2439 76.2 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 19 Massachusetts Minutemen QUICK FACTS Location: Amherst, Mass. Ricky Harris Enrollment: 25,876 Founded: 1863 President: Jack M. Wilson Athletic Director: John McCutcheon Athletic Web Site: www.umassathletics.com Nickname: Minutemen Colors: Maroon and White Home Court/Capacity: William D. /9,493

Basketball SID: Jason Yellin Office Phone: 413-577-3061 Fax Phone: 413-545-1556 E-Mail: [email protected] HEAD COACH DEREK KELLOGG Alma Mater: Massachusetts (1995) Record at School: First Season Overall Record: First Season Assistants: Adam Ginsburg, Antwon Jackson, Vance Walberg 2007-08 Record: 25-11/10-6 (3rd) All-Time Conference Record: 247-245

THE LAST FIVE YEARS A-10 Finish Tournament Overall Postseason 2007-08 10-6 3rd 0-1 25-11 NIT 2006-07 13-3 1st 0-1 24-9 NIT 2005-06 8-8 T-7th 0-1 13-15 2004-05 9-7 East 4th 0-1 16-12 2003-04 4-12 East 4th 0-1 10-19 RETURNING PLAYERS No. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg 31 Luke Bonner Sr. C 7-1 245 Concord, N.H./Trinity (West Virginia) 3.5 2.5 0.2 11 Gary Correia So. G 6-1 180 Providence, R.I./ 1.2 0.8 1.2 Northfield Mount Hermon (Mass.) 24 Tony Gaffney Sr. F 6-8 208 Berkley, Mass./Northfield Mount Hermon 3.2 4.8 0.6 (Boston University) 33 Matt Glass So. G 6-7 190 Underhill Center, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union 1.8 0.8 0.2 (Northfield Mount Hermon) 5 Ricky Harris* Jr. G 6-2 175 Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall College 18.2 2.5 2.0 (Winchendon (Mass.) School) 50 Matt Hill So. F 6-7 210 Middletown, Conn./Cheshire Academy 1.0 0.2 0.2 (Tilton (N.H.) School) 2 Sedale Jones So. G 6-4 190 Pittsfield, Mass./Pittsfield/Notre Dame Prep 1.1 0.4 0.4 21 Trey Lang So. F 6-7 215 Marrietta, Ga./Wheeler 0.0 0.6 0.0 14 Chris Lowe* Sr. G 6-0 165 Mount Vernon, N.Y./Mount Vernon 11.8 3.3 6.3 INCOMING PLAYERS -- David Gibbs Fr. G 6-4 185 East Hartford, Conn./The Master's School 22.5 8.0 12.0 12 Anthony Gurley So. G 6-3 185 Boston, Mass./Newton North (Wake Forest) 6.4 1.6 0.4% -- Tyrell Lynch Fr. F 6-9 230 Niagara Falls, N.Y./Laurinburg (N.C.) Prep 6.4 1.6 0.4% -- Travon Wilcher Fr. F 6-7 210 Springfield, Mass./Lee (Maine) Academy16.0 10.0% *indicates starter; %2006-07 stats 20 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus Massachusetts Minutemen

Massachusetts brought home one of its own to finished fourth on the team in rebounds (4.8 rpg.) run the men's basketball program as former and added 59 blocks and 39 steals. Highly regarded Minuteman point guard and Springfield native Derek freshman forwards Tyrell Lynch and Travon Wilcher Kellogg was named the 21st head coach in will be counted on to make an immediate impact. program history. The 1995 UMass graduate returns to his alma mater for his first head coaching job 2007-08 RESULTS after serving as an assistant coach for 12 years, N. 9 vs. Cal Poly (1) W, 90-64 the last eight at Memphis under former UMass head 10 vs. Northern Illinois (1) W, 102-87 coach John Calipari. 11 at Northern Iowa (1) L, 75-68 Kellogg has worked hard at continuing to build 14 Yale W, 89-80 the foundation started under former head coach 17 Wisconsin-Green Bay W, 93-78 , who led the Minutemen to 25 wins and 28 at Syracuse W, 107-100 the finals of the NIT last season. At Kellogg's D. 1 at I.U.P.U.I. L, 89-77 disposal will be one of the nation's top backcourts 8 vs. Marist (2) W, 83-68 with returning starters Chris Lowe and Ricky Harris 12 at Boston College W, 83-80 along with the addition of Anthony Gurley, who is 15 Toledo W, 68-61 eligible after sitting out last season upon transfer- 22 Central Connecticut State W, 79-55 ring from Wake Forest. 29 Boston University W, 70-61 Lowe (11.8 ppg.) led the A-10 with an average J. 2 Houston W, 95-89 of 6.29 assists, which ranked in the top 15 5 at Vanderbilt (#15/#15) L, 97-88 nationally. The senior point guard displayed 9 SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 98-92 incredible quickness directing the up-tempo attack 16 at DAYTON (#14/#18) W, 82-71 and also added a team-high 57 steals. Harris 19 CHARLOTTE W, 86-79 garnered the league's Chris Daniels Most Improved 23 at SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 81-77 Player Award after increasing his scoring from 4.5 27 XAVIER (#23/#22) L, 77-65 ppg. in 2006-07 to 18.2 ppg., good for sixth in the 30 at DUQUESNE W, 94-80 league. The junior drained 104 field goals from F. 2 at SAINT LOUIS L, 71-59 beyond the arc 7 RHODE ISLAND W, 78-76 Gurley averaged 6.3 points and knocked down 10 at TEMPLE (OT) L, 80-70 32 three-point field goals as a freshman at Wake 14 FORDHAM L, 76-72 Forest in 2006-07 and is expected to help pick up 17 SAINT LOUIS W, 88-77 the scoring load with the departure of A-10 Player 21 at RHODE ISLAND W, 98-91 of the Year Gary Forbes. Combo guard Gary 24 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 79-56 Correia (1.2 ppg.) and swingman Matt Glass (1.8 M. 1 at RICHMOND W, 78-74 ppg.) are expected to see their roles expand as 5 LA SALLE W, 100-63 sophomores after seeing action in 36 and 33 8 at GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 67-63 games, respectively, while athletic freshman guard 13 vs. Charlotte (A-10) L, 69-65 David Gibbs will be a key contributor off the bench. 18 Stephen F. Austin (NIT) W, 80-60 The frontcourt will feature a pair of experienced 22 Akron (NIT) W, 68-63 seniors in Luke Bonner and Tony Gaffney. The 7-1 25 at Syracuse (NIT) W, 81-77 Bonner (3.5 ppg.) pulled down 2.5 rpg. and A. 1 vs. Florida (NIT) W, 78-66 connected on 21 three-pointers in 11.1 minutes of 3 vs. Ohio State (NIT) L, 92-85 action. A player who epitomizes hustle and (1) BTI Tip-Off Tournament (Cedar Falls, Iowa) determination, the athletic Gaffney (3.2 ppg.) (2) Uncasville, Conn. 2007-08 FINAL STATISTICS Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Gary Forbes 36-35 33.7 233-572 .407 57-195 .292 175-243 .720 65/205 270 7.5 87/1 109 113 25 41 698 19.4 Ricky Harris 36-32 32.6 209-488 .428 104-278 .374 134-178 .753 19/71 90 2.5 74/1 63 73 5 56 656 18.2 Etienne Brower 36-29 30.1 148-324 .457 82-191 .429 78-113 .690 74/173 247 6.9 116/6 58 49 48 26 456 12.7 Chris Lowe 34-32 32.9 142-328 .433 21-61 .344 95-140 .679 31/81 112 3.3 70/1 214 99 5 57 400 11.8 Dante Milligan 36-20 18.8 132-207 .638 0-0 .000 60-112 .536 82/112 194 5.4 123/12 26 61 69 27 324 9.0 Luke Bonner 35-15 11.1 45-111 .405 21-59 .356 13-25 .520 29/59 88 2.5 76/1 13 14 25 6 124 3.5 Tony Gaffney 35-8 20.0 42-91 .462 2-14 .143 27-50 .540 55/114 169 4.8 83/5 22 32 59 39 113 3.2 Max Groebe 19-0 5.5 14-35 .400 10-28 .357 1-2 .500 2/4 6 0.3 7/0 6 3 1 3 39 2.1 Matt Glass 33-2 6.8 19-53 .358 18-48 .375 3-5 .600 9/19 28 0.8 26/0 8 7 1 4 59 1.8 Gary Correia 36-0 11.1 14-55 .255 13-50 .260 3-6 .500 3/24 27 0.8 32/0 42 17 0 7 44 1.2 Sedale Jones 8-0 2.6 3-6 .500 2-4 .500 1-2 .500 0/3 3 0.4 7/0 1 2 0 1 9 1.1 Matt Hill 5-0 1.6 2-4 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0/1 1 0.2 1/0 1 0 1 0 5 1.0 Matt Pennie 3-1 2.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0/0 0 0.0 2/0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3 Papa Lo 22-0 4.0 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 9/7 16 0.7 15/0 2 9 25 2 6 0.3 Trey Lang 5-0 1.8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 0/3 3 0.6 2/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Nana Ampim 3-1 1.7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 1/0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 Team 65/67 132 3.7 2 4 Total 1006-2281 .441 331-929 .356 591-880 .672 443/943 1386 38.5 724/27 566 484 264 269 2934 81.5 Opponents 957-2252 .425 231-677 .341 579-854 .678 484/955 1439 40.0 734/- 511 544 145 236 2724 75.7 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 21 QUICK FACTS Location: Kingston, R.I. Keith Cothran Enrollment: 15,650 Founded: 1892 President: Dr. Robert L, Carothers Athletic Director: Thorr Bjorn Athletic Web Site: www.GoRhody.com Nickname: Rams Colors: Light Blue, Dark Blue and White Home Court/Capacity: /7,657

Basketball SID: Mike Laprey Office Phone: 401-874-2401 Fax Phone: 401-874-5354 E-Mail: [email protected]

HEAD COACH Alma Mater: St. Bonaventure (1977) Record at School: 108-107 (7 years) Overall Record: 314-309 (21 years) Assistants: Kevin Clark, Pat Clarke

2007-08 Record: 21-12/7-9 (Tie 9th) All-Time Conference Record: 199-250

THE LAST FIVE YEARS A-10 Finish Tournament Overall Postseason 2007-08 7-9 T-9th 0-1 21-12 NIT 2006-07 10-6 T-4th 2-1 19-14 2005-06 8-8 T-7th 0-1 14-14 2004-05 4-12 East 5th 0-1 6-22 2003-04 7-9 East 3rd 1-1 20-14 NIT RETURNING PLAYERS No. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg 20 Jimmy Baron* Sr. G 6-3 195 East Greenwich, R.I./ 14.2 2.1 1.9 Worcester (Mass.) Academy 22 Keith Cothran Jr. G 6-4 195 New Haven. Conn./ 7.3 2.2 1.9 Winchendon (Mass.) School 54 Jason Francis* Sr. F 6-9 280 Old Harbour, Jamaica/S.E. Illinois College 2.6 2.0 0.3 21 Jr. F 6-8 220 Brooklyn, N.Y./Laurinburg (N.C.) Prep 3.3 2.4 0.5 5 Marquis Jones So. G 6-1 200 South Plainfield, N.J./ 1.7 1.1 1.7 St. Thomas More (Conn.) 33 Kahiem Seawright* Sr. F 6-8 235 Uniondale, N.Y./Uniondale 9.2 8.4 2.1 15 Lamonte Ulmer Jr. F 6-6 215 New Haven, Conn./Notre Dame Prep (Mass.) 7.3 4.9 1.0 32 Will Martell So. C 7-0 245 Fair Haven, N.J./The Hun School 0.2 0.5 0.0 INCOMING PLAYERS 2 Ben Eaves Jr. F 6-7 230 Lancashire, England/Cardinal Newman 0.1 0.5% 0.1(s) (Connecticut) 1 Stevie Mejia Fr. G 5-8 170 Boston, Mass./Lawrence Academy 19.0 4.0(s) 6.0 12 Orion Outerbridge Fr. F 6-9 210 Boston, Mass./New Hampton School 13.0 7.0 2.0 (b) 4 Jamal Wilson Fr. G 6-5 195 Norristown, Pa./Neumann-Goretti 14.0 8.0 4.0 *indicates starter; %2006-07 stats; (s) steals per game; (b) blocks per game

22 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus Rhode Island Rams

Rhode Island is coming off a 2007-08 season in guards Stevie Mejia and Jamal Wilson and forward which the team registered 21 victories en route to a Orion Outerbridge. berth in the National Invitation Tournament. The Rams return three starters and four of the team's top six scorers from a squad that cracked the national polls for a six-week span through early January and suffered six losses by four points or less. 2007-08 RESULTS Tri-captain Jimmy Baron returns for his final N. 9 Florida Atlantic (1) W, 90-63 season in Kingston after averaging 14.2 points a 14 at Brown W, 75-61 year ago. The 6-3 guard established himself as 16 vs. South Florida (2) W, 74-67 one of the top three-point shooters in the country 17 vs. Stetson (2) W, 80-65 after knocking down 99 field goals from beyond the 18 vs. Alabama-Birmingham (2) W, 74-69 arc last season and enters his senior campaign 21 at Boston College L, 76-72 with 243 career three-pointers. Joining him as tri- 24 Toledo W, 83-57 captain are classmates Kahiem Seawright (9.2 28 Northeastern W, 92-72 ppg.) and Jason Francis (2.6 ppg.). The 6-8 D. 1 New Hampshire W, 87-76 Seawright is the A-10's top returning rebounder 4 Providence W, 77-60 (8.4 rpg.) and also led URI with 42 blocks. He 8 at Syracuse W, 91-89 grabbed at least ten rebounds in 14 of the Rams' 33 22 Hofstra W, 88-69 contests last season. The burly Francis should 28 vs. Eastern Michigan (3) W, 92-75 again provide Rhody with a strong presence in the 29 vs. Georgia Southern (3) W, 85-80 paint. J. 2 Fairleigh Dickinson W, 94-63 Eighth-year head coach Jim Baron will look to 9 at DAYTON (#17/#22) L, 92-83 juniors Lamonte Ulmer, Keith Cothran and Delroy 13 DUQUESNE W, 80-78 James for athleticism and leadership. Ulmer and 17 at SAINT LOUIS L, 68-61 Cothran averaged 7.3 points apiece coming off the 23 GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 81-70 bench last season, with the wiry Ulmer adding 4.9 26 at ST. BONAVENTURE W, 89-77 rpg. and the ball-hawking Cothran leading the Rams 30 RICHMOND W, 78-64 in steals (59). The 6-8 James (3.3 ppg.) joined the F. 2 DAYTON W, 82-70 team after the first semester and displayed great 7 at MASSACHUSETTS L, 78-76 versatility at both ends of the floor while averaging 10 at FORDHAM W, 65-63 6.5 points over the team's final nine contests. 13 at TEMPLE (OT) L, 92-89 Guard Marquis Jones (1.7 ppg.) recorded an 18 XAVIER (#10/#12) L, 81-77 impressive 1.7:1 assist-to-turnover ratio in 30 21 MASSACHUSETTS L, 98-91 games during his freshman campaign last season 24 SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 90-83 and will vie for increased minutes at the point. 27 at GEORGE WASHINGTON L, 85-68 Sophomore center Will Martell (0.2 ppg.) will provide M. 1 at LA SALLE W, 91-85 depth in the frontcourt after a strong offseason. 8 CHARLOTTE L, 74-64 Four newcomers join the Rams in 2008-09 and all 12 vs. Charlotte (A-10) L, 75-73 should contend for playing time. Junior Ben Eaves, 18 at Creighton (NIT) L, 74-73 a transfer from Connecticut, is an athletic 6-7 (1) Glenn Wilkes Classic forward with long-distance shooting range, while (2) Glenn Wilkes Classic (Daytona Beach, Fla.) the coaching staff is excited about freshmen (3) Islander Invitational (Corpus Christi, Texas)

2007-08 FINAL STATISTICS Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Will Daniels 33-33 28.5 228-455 .501 45-125 .360 114-165 .691 68/148 216 6.5 101/3 36 80 31 32 615 18.6 Jimmy Baron 33-33 28.3 149-347 .429 99-244 .406 73-80 .913 24/44 68 2.1 49/2 64 38 1 18 470 14.2 Parfait Bitee 33-33 29.7 128-258 .496 65-127 .512 69-87 .793 13/68 81 2.5 67/1 156 81 6 26 390 11.8 Kahiem Seawright 33-33 29.1 91-207 .440 0-1 .000 121-189 .640 103/174 277 8.4 88/1 68 86 42 23 303 9.2 Lamonte Ulmer 33-1 21.8 97-192 .505 0-3 .000 48-73 .658 67/94 161 4.9 45/0 32 35 25 33 242 7.3 Keith Cothran 33-1 22.1 97-207 .469 11-46 .239 37-56 .661 31/43 74 2.2 71/1 63 50 8 59 242 7.3 Joe Mbang 31-1 16.2 67-163 .411 20-74 .270 42-61 .689 43/85 128 4.1 42/0 9 19 10 12 196 6.3 Delroy James 20-3 9.0 27-54 .500 1-8 .125 10-20 .500 12/35 47 2.4 27/0 4 19 5 8 65 3.3 Jason Francis 29-27 12.0 32-52 .615 0-0 .000 12-22 .545 24/33 57 2.0 68/1 8 17 1 6 76 2.6 Marquis Jones 30-0 8.9 18-48 .375 2-10 .200 14-26 .538 2/32 34 1.1 38/0 50 30 2 14 52 1.7 Hakim McCullar 14-0 2.7 2-7 .286 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3/5 8 0.6 3/0 0 1 1 0 4 0.3 Will Martell 13-0 2.1 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 2/4 6 0.5 4/0 0 1 0 0 3 0.2 Olawale Alesh 1-0 2.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1/0 1 1.0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 52/53 105 3.2 3 5 Total 937-1994 .470 243-639 .380 541-781 .693 445/818 1263 38.3 606/10 490 462 132 231 2658 80.5 Opponents 863-1998 .432 252-713 .353 478-672 .711 430/751 1181 35.8 673/- 453 503 98 209 2456 74.4 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 23 QUICK FACTS Location: Richmond, Va. Kevin Anderson Enrollment: 2,950 Founded: 1830 President: Dr. Edward L. Ayers Athletic Director: Jim Miller Athletic Web Site: www.RichmondSpiders.com Nickname: Spiders Colors: Red and Blue Home Court/Capacity: /9,071

Basketball SID: Mark Kwolek Office Phone: 804-289-8320 Fax Phone: 804-349-3353 E-Mail: [email protected]

HEAD COACH CHRIS MOONEY Alma Mater: Princeton (1994) Record at School: 37-54 (3 years) Overall Record: 79-93 (6 years) Assistants: Kevin McGeehan, Carlin Hartman, Jamal Brunt 2007-08 Record: 16-15/9-7 (Tie 4th) All-Time Conference Record: 58-54

THE LAST FIVE YEARS A-10 Finish Tournament Overall Postseason 2007-08 9-7 T-4th 0-1 16-15 CBI 2006-07 4-12 T-12th 0-1 8-22 2005-06 6-10 T-11th 0-1 13-17 2004-05 8-8 West 4th 1-1 14-15 2003-04 10-6 West T-3rd 2-1 20-13 NCAA RETURNING PLAYERS No. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg 14 Kevin Anderson* So. G 5-11 165 Duluth, Ga./Peachtree Ridge 10.7 2.7 3.0 24 Liam Billings Fr. G 6-4 185 Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park 11.0 4.0 3.0 44 Ryan Butler* Jr. G 6-6 200 Richmond, Va./Douglas Freeman 5.5 2.9 2.4 13 Zak Estes Fr. G/F 6-4 185 Indianapolis, Ind./Brebeuf Jesuit 5.6 3.0 1.0 41 Dan Geriot* Jr. F/C 6-9 235 Springfield, Pa./Springfield 14.3 5.5 1.8 4 Jarhon Giddings Sr. F 6-9 235 Winston-Salem, N.C./R.J. Reynolds 3.9 1.7 0.4 5 David Gonzalvez* Jr. G/F 6-4 200 Marietta, Ga./Wheeler/ 11.7 3.0 2.0 Notre Dame Prep (Mass.) 32 Justin Harper So. F 6-9 210 Richmond,Va./Meadowbrook 3.3 1.3 0.1 21 Kevin Hovde Jr. F/G 6-5 200 Kennett Square, Pa./Unionville 1.9 1.5 0.2 3 Mark McGonigal Sr. G 6-0 190 Absecon, N.J./Holy Spirit 0.1 0.3 0.3% 10 Duncan McLean Sr. G 6-1 185 Wilmette, Ill./New Trier Township 0.0 0.2 0.0 12 Kevin Smith So. F 6-5 180 Murfreesboro, Tenn./Riverdale 4.6 2.6 1.9 INCOMING PLAYERS 11 Josh Duinker Fr. F/C 6-10 215 Sydney, Australia/St. Pius X 25.6 12.2 3.0% 1 Darrius Garrett Fr. F 6-8 200 Raleigh, N.C./McEachern (Ga.) 16.2 11.8 4.3(b) 15 Francis Cedric Martel Fr. G 6-5 200 Montreal, Quebec/Montmorency 19.8 9.8 2.0(s) 31 Conor Smith Fr. F 6-8 200 Brookfield, Wisc./Catholic Memorial 16.0 6.0 5.0% *indicates starter; %2006-07 stats; (b) blocks per game; (s) steals per game 24 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus Richmond Spiders

In fourth-year head coach Chris Mooney's first (3.3 ppg.) saw action in 29 games and could be season at Richmond, there were no scholarship poised for a breakout year. guards in the program. In his second season, the The staff is excited about the impact of its three team's top four scorers were freshmen. Last year, incoming freshmen: forwards Josh Duinker and with 81 percent of the scoring coming from Darrius Garrett (16.2 ppg.) and guard Francis Cedric freshmen and sophomores, the Spiders finished Martel (19.8 ppg.). In addition, 6-8 freshman forward fourth in the Conference, earned a first round bye Conor Smith (16.0 ppg.) joins the squad after sitting in the A-10 Championship and a berth in the out last season. inaugural College Basketball Invitational. Mooney, who guided UR to a 16-15 overall record – its first winning mark since 2003-04 – now 2007-08 RESULTS enters the 2008-09 campaign faced with the N. 5 vs. Maine (1) W, 44-42 distinct possibility of not having one of the league’s 6 at Memphis (#3/#3) (1) L, 80-63 top players at his disposal. Junior Dan Geriot, a 6-9 10 Norfolk State L, 72-69 forward/center and third-team All-Atlantic 10 13 at East Carolina (OT) W, 67-65 selection who has started 52 games and led the 17 Maryland-Baltimore County L, 70-68 Spiders in both scoring (14.3 ppg.) and rebounding 20 at Rice W, 61-55 (5.5 rpg.) last season, sustained a knee injury 24 at Marist L, 64-62 during summer league competition and could miss 28 William & Mary W, 58-55 the year. D. 5 South Florida L, 79-65 Richmond does welcome back nearly its entire 8 at Virginia Commonwealth L, 65-45 team from last season, led by athletic swingman 19 Old Dominion W, 55-49 David Gonzalvez, who averaged 11.7 points and 30 Virginia Military Institute W, 71-69 was the Spiders’ top three-point shooter with 61 J. 3 Virginia Tech W, 52-49 field goals from beyond the arc as a sophomore. 9 at LA SALLE (3OT) W, 75-74 Vying for a starting role in the frontcourt is 6-9 12 at SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 81-63 senior Jarhon Giddings (3.9 ppg.), who finished 16 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 75-64 second on the team with 16 blocks while averaging 19 LA SALLE L, 76-67 10.7 minutes a year ago. Giddings is the lone 26 DAYTON (#16/#19) W, 80-63 scholarship senior on the squad. 30 at RHODE ISLAND L, 78-64 Sophomore Kevin Anderson, the 2007-08 Atlantic F. 2 at CHARLOTTE W, 64-58 10 Rookie of the Year, assumed the starting point 6 TEMPLE W, 64-58 guard role early on in his freshman campaign and 10 SAINT LOUIS L, 64-55 flourished with averages of 10.7 points and three 16 at DUQUESNE W, 69-66 assists while ranking fourth in the Conference in 20 CHARLOTTE (OT) W, 79-76 minutes (34.8 mpg.). Junior guard Ryan Butler (5.5 ppg.) registered 44 steals, good for second on the 23 at GEORGE WASHINGTON L, 59-53 team, and shot an efficient 34.3 percent (35-of- 27 at ST. BONAVENTURE W, 82-71 102) from three-point range. M. 1 MASSACHUSETTS L, 78-74 While Anderson made the biggest impact as a 5 FORDHAM W, 58-53 rookie, classmates Kevin Smith and Justin Harper 8 at XAVIER (#8/#11) L, 86-61 also displayed great promise a year ago. Smith 13 vs. Saint Joseph's (A-10) L, 61-47 averaged 4.6 points in 21.6 minutes of action and 18 at Virginia (CBI) L, 66-64 added 24 steals while showing great potential on (1) 2K Sports College Hoops Classic the defensive end. An athletic 6-9 forward, Harper (Memphis, Tenn.)

2007-08 FINAL STATISTICS Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Dan Geriot 31-31 29.4 165-349 .473 31-78 .397 81-108 .750 45/126 171 5.5 94/6 56 78 10 22 442 14.3 David Gonzalvez 31-31 33.5 119-280 .425 61-145 .421 65-83 .783 21/71 92 3.0 81/5 64 75 11 42 364 11.7 Kevin Anderson 31-23 34.8 112-291 .385 33-109 .303 75-92 .815 28/55 83 2.7 67/1 94 68 6 55 332 10.7 Ryan Butler 31-25 24.9 56-146 .384 35-102 .343 23-34 .676 12/77 89 2.9 82/3 74 54 4 44 170 5.5 Oumar Sylla 31-8 19.5 58-144 .403 14-47 .298 33-54 .611 21/71 92 3.0 55/0 34 36 6 33 163 5.3 Kevin Smith 29-6 21.6 51-101 .505 5-22 .227 27-38 .711 18/58 76 2.6 79/5 55 43 15 24 134 4.6 Gaston Moliva 24-23 17.7 43-76 .566 3-6 .500 10-25 .400 23/59 82 3.4 46/1 13 24 30 10 99 4.1 Jahron Giddings 31-5 10.7 45-106 .425 15-54 .278 15-26 .577 16/37 53 1.7 48/0 14 25 16 7 120 3.9 Justin Harper 29-0 8.6 36-80 .450 16-43 .372 7-17 .412 16/23 39 1.3 41/1 4 13 6 6 95 3.3 Kevin Hovde 29-3 9.7 22-39 .564 5-12 .417 6-9 .667 18/26 44 1.5 30/0 7 15 4 13 55 1.9 Duncan McLean 10-0 1.1 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1/1 2 0.2 1/0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0 Chris McClain 1-0 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 37/22 59 2.0 4 13 Total 707-1615 .438 218-619 .352 342-4861 .704 256/626 882 28.5 628/22 416 444 108 257 1974 63.7 Opponents 675-1525 .443 194-568 .342 502-690 .728 322/736 1058 34.1 540/- 374 515 96 218 2046 66.0 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 25 St. Bonaventure Bonnies

QUICK FACTS D’Lancy Carter Location: St. Bonaventure, N.Y. Enrollment: 2,000 Founded: 1858 President: Sister Margaret Carney, O.S.F. Athletic Director: Steve Watson Athletic Web Site: www.GoBonnies.com Nickname: Bonnies Colors: Brown and White Home Court/Capacity: Court at the /5,780

Basketball SID: Pat Pierson Office Phone: 716-375-2575 Fax Phone: 716-375-2383 E-Mail: [email protected] HEAD COACH Alma Mater: Boston College (1986) Record at School: 8-22 (1 year) Overall Record: 90-112 (7 years) Assistants: Jeff Massey, Dave Moore, Dino Presley 2007-08 Record: 8-22/2-14 (14th) All-Time Conference Record: 153-312

THE LAST FIVE YEARS A-10 Finish Tournament Overall Postseason 2007-08 2-14 14th 0-0 8-22 2006-07 4-12 T-12th 0-0 7-22 2005-06 2-14 13th 0-0 8-19 2004-05 1-15 East 6th 0-1 2-26 2003-04 3-13 East T-5th 0-1 7-21 RETURNING PLAYERS No. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg 12 Tyler Benson* Sr. G 6-7 216 Morgantown, W.Va./Massanutten Acad. 5.3 3.5 2.2 50 D'Lancy Carter* Sr. F/C 6-10 256 Houston, Tex./West Side 6.6 6.2 0.9 (Vincennes University) 20 Malcolm Eleby So. G 6-3 195 Philadelphia, Pa./Franklin Learning Center 2.8 1.4 1.7 INCOMING PLAYERS 1 Ray Blackburn Jr. G 6-1 185 Buffalo, N.Y./Lancaster (Erie C.C.) 19.7 4.6 6.9 21 Da'Quan Cook Fr. F 6-9 220 Elizabeth, N.J./The Miller School 13.4 6.7 2.0% 32 Michael Davenport Fr. G 6-4 185 Cincinnati, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller 11.0 5.0 1.5 5 Jonathan Hall Jr. G 6-5 212 Miami, Fla./Miami Senior (South Plains C.C.) 18.8 8.0 4.5 24 Lewis Leonard Jr. G 6-4 205 Philadelphia, Pa./Frankford 25.2 5.9 1.9 (San Bernardino Valley) 4 Chris Matthews Jr. G 6-4 207 Washington, D.C./Philadelphia (Pa.) Lutheran 3.7 1.4 0.5% Christian Academy (Washington State) 44 Andrew Nicholson Fr. F 6-9 230 Mississauga, Ontario/ 18.0 13.0 6.0(b) Father Michael Goetz Secondary 33 Marquise Simmons Fr. G/F 6-8 210 Washington, D.C./Central 24.0 12.0 3 Maurice Thomas Jr. F 6-8 210 Philadelphia, Pa./Philadelphia Lutheran 9.4 5.4% Christian Academy (UTEP) *indicates starter; %2006-07 stats; (b) blocks per game 26 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus St. Bonaventure Bonnies With his blue collar work ethic now instilled in the 2007-08 RESULTS program, second-year head coach Mark Schmidt N. 9 at Boston University L, 68-57 will continue his revival of St. Bonaventure 12 Binghamton W, 97-80 basketball in 2008-09. 16 vs. Loyola Marymount (1) W, 61-50 Schmidt and his staff will have their work cut out 17 at New Mexico (1) L, 81-54 for them as they welcome back just three 18 vs. Presbyterian (1) W, 79-72 letterwinners, including two starters, from last 24 Eastern Michigan L, 63-60 year's squad. With the departure of seniors 28 at Niagara L, 80-75 Zarryon Fereti, Michael Lee and Tyler Relph - the D. 1 Canisius W, 80-64 team's top three leading scorers who accounted 5 at Ohio L, 77-58 for 64 percent of the offense - the Bonnies will turn 8 Albany W, 58-54 to a talented group of nine newcomers to take over 15 at Hampton L, 55-48 the brunt of the scoring load. 18 Wright State L, 54-45 Senior forward D'Lancy Carter is the team's 30 at Binghamton L, 64-59 leading returning scorer (6.6 ppg) and rebounder J. 5 Bucknell W, 65-62 (6.2 rpg) after one season in the Brown and White. 9 at XAVIER (#24/#25) L, 83-68 The 6-10 Carter also led the squad with 24 blocks 12 LA SALLE L, 72-61 in just 24.5 minutes of action. Also back are guards 16 at RICHMOND L, 75-64 Tyler Benson and Malcolm Eleby (2.8 ppg). Benson, 23 at DUQUESNE L, 83-67 a 6-7 senior, started half of the team's 30 games a 26 RHODE ISLAND L, 89-77 year ago, contributing 5.3 points and 3.5 boards per 30 at LA SALLE L, 84-61 contest. Eleby came off the bench to run the point F. 2 DUQUESNE W, 74-59 and showed great potential, most notably a ten- 9 CHARLOTTE L, 87-83 point performance at Xavier. 13 at SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 81-56 The attention will be squarely focused on 16 GEORGE WASHINGTON L, 80-71 Schmidt's first full recruiting class, a six-member group ranked 26th in the nation by Hoop Scoop. 20 TEMPLE L, 96-82 The fresh faces include a trio of junior college 24 at MASSACHUSETTS L, 79-56 standouts in guards Ray Blackburn (19.7 ppg.), a 27 RICHMOND L, 82-71 NJCAA Division II All-American, Jonathan Hall (18.8 M. 1 at SAINT LOUIS W, 70-50 ppg.) and Lewis Leonard (25.2 ppg.). All three will 5 DAYTON L, 78-73 be counted on for their scoring abilities. Rounding 8 at FORDHAM L, 69-62 out the class are 6-9 forward Andrew Nicholson (1) BTI Invitational (Albequerque, N.M.) (18.0 ppg.) and guards Michael Davenport (11.0 ppg.) and Marquise Simmons. Also joining the Bonnies this fall are a pair of junior transfers, Chris Matthews and Maurice Thomas. A 6-4 guard from Washington State, Matthews averaged 3.7 points, while the 6-8 Thomas, who averaged 9.4 points and 5.4 rebounds at UTEP in 2006-07, will give the frontcourt some much needed scoring potential. Freshman forward Da'Quan Cook (13.4 ppg) also will push for time after sitting out last season.

2007-08 FINAL STATISTICS Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Michael Lee 30-30 36.3 193-397 .486 32-84 .381 107-152 .704 68/172 240 8.0 64/1 43 86 16 44 525 17.5 Zarryon Fereti 30-30 36.1 126-358 .352 67-188 .356 94-110 .855 19/103 122 4.1 57/0 70 65 3 20 413 13.8 Tyler Relph 29-22 32.3 103-235 .438 63-148 .426 75-80 .938 16/62 78 2.7 69/1 112 85 0 25 344 11.9 D'Lancy Carter 30-28 24.5 83-168 .494 0-2 .000 31-52 .596 77/109 186 6.2 94/6 26 37 24 8 197 6.6 Hillary Haley 29-14 18.4 56-145 .386 17-60 .283 34-48 .708 25/46 71 2.4 59/1 17 37 2 11 163 5.6 Tyler Benson 30-15 29.1 53-160 .331 29-119 .244 23-34 .676 40/64 104 3.5 93/6 65 34 8 25 158 5.3 Matt Morgan 28-2 11.4 40-72 .556 0-1 .000 25-34 .735 22/46 68 2.4 38/0 6 10 11 3 105 3.8 Malcom Eleby 30-8 13.4 25-73 .342 0-4 .000 33-52 .635 9/34 43 1.4 57/0 51 67 0 16 83 2.8 Delonte Taylor 4-0 2.3 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2/1 3 0.8 0/0 0 1 0 0 2 0.5 Perry King 8-1 1.8 0-5 .000 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 2/1 3 0.4 4/0 0 1 0 0 2 0.3 Shane Hvizdak 3-0 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Owen Maxwell 1-0 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 36/38 74 2.5 4 5 Total 680-1617 .421 208-609 .342 424-564 .752 316/676 992 33.1 535/15 390 428 64 152 1992 66.4 Opponents 757-1687 .449 270-746 .362 387-553 .700 339/702 1041 34.7 546/- 474 390 81 198 2171 72.4 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 27 Saint Joseph’s Hawks QUICK FACTS Location: Philadelphia, Pa. Ahmad Nivins Enrollment: 4,150 Founded: 1851 President: Timothy R. Lannon, S.J. Assoc. VP/Athletic Director: Don DiJulia Athletic Web Site: www.sjuhawks.com Nickname: Hawks Colors: Crimson and Gray Home Court/Capacity: The Palestra/8,722

Basketball SID: Marie Wozniak Office Phone: 610-660-1727 Fax Phone: 610-660-1724 E-Mail: [email protected] HEAD COACH Alma Mater: Widener (1976) Record at School: 261-152 (13 years) Overall Record: 261-152 (13 years) Assistants: Mark Bass, David Duda Geoff Arnold 2007-08 Record: 21-13/9-7 (Tie 4th) All-Time Conference Record: 244-184

THE LAST FIVE YEARS A-10 Finish Tournament Overall Postseason 2007-08 9-7 T-4th 3-1 21-13 NCAA 2006-07 9-7 6th 1-1 18-14 2005-06 9-7 T-5th 3-1 19-14 NIT 2004-05 14-2 East 1st 2-1 24-12 NIT 2003-04 16-0 East 1st 0-1 30-2 NCAA RETURNING PLAYERS No. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg 11 Charoy Bentley So. G 5-11 175 West Haven, Conn./Harding 0.3 0.3 0.2 5 C.J. Brown Jr. G 5-11 165 Newark, Del./Caravel Academy 0.5 0.4 0.0 0 Tasheed Carr* Sr. G 6-4 210 Philadelphia, Pa./Mt. Zion Academy (N.C.) 10.8 4.0 5.6 (Iowa State) 13 Darrin Govens* Jr. G 6-1 175 Chester, Pa./Chester 9.8 2.0 2.3 32 Idris Hilliard So. F 6-6 211 Roselle, N.J./The Hun School 1.2 1.0 0.1 22 Edwin Lashley Sr. G 6-4 197 Salisbury, Md./St. Thomas More (Conn.) 1.4 0.3 0.2 34 Ahmad Nivins* Sr. F 6-9 235 Jersey City, N.J./St. Anthony's 14.4 5.8 0.5 15 Garrett Williamson Jr. G 6-5 190 Lower Merion, Pa./Lower Merion 5.3 2.7 2.6 INCOMING PLAYERS 21 Temi Adebayo Fr. C 6-11 210 Washington, D.C./ 7.9 5.0 0.0 Montrose Christian (Md.) 55 Mike Auriemma Fr. G 6-1 183 Manchester, Conn./East Catholic 20.0 4.0 7.0 40 Bryant Irwin Fr. F 6-8 220 Bridgeport, W. Va./Bridgeport 31.0 11.0 3.0 1 Chris Prescott Fr. G 6-2 190 Bloomfield, Conn./Northwest Catholic 22.0 5.0 5.0 45 A.J. Rogers Fr. G 6-6 210 Rosedale, N.Y./St. Anthony’s (N.J.) 7.0 8.0 2.0 *indicates starter

28 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus Saint Joseph’s Hawks

Saint Joseph's returned to the NCAA Tournament for us stays the same - to be highly competitive, in 2007-08 as a resilient group battled through a share the ball, take your shot when it's available rollercoaster season to reach the finals of the and defend to the best of your ability." Atlantic 10 Championship and earn the program's The Hawks will play their home games at The fifth NCAA berth under head coach Phil Martelli. Palestra this season as the Fieldhouse undergoes Heading into 2008-09, the Hawks return three renovations. starters, led by senior Ahmad Nivins (14.4 ppg.). Twice named to the All-Conference team, the 6-9 forward averaged 5.8 boards while shooting 64.7 2007-08 RESULTS percent (165-of-255) from the floor. SJU also N. 12 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (1) W, 86-66 welcomes back its starting backcourt in senior 13 vs. Syracuse (#25/--) (1) L, 72-69 Tasheed Carr and junior Darrin Govens. The 6-4 17 at Boston University W, 57-48 Carr averaged 10.8 points and 5.6 assists, good for 27 Ball State W, 74-63 second in the A-10, while demonstrating the ability 29 Gonzaga (#19/#19) (OT) L, 70-65 to run the offense. Govens (9.8 ppg.) started D. 1 Penn State (2) W, 79-67 every game at shooting guard and finished second 4 Holy Cross L, 71-66 on the team with 68 three-pointers. 9 at Creighton (OT) L, 90-84 Junior Garrett Willamson (5.3 ppg.), a 6-5 guard, 21 at Fairfield W, 78-70 is an intense defender on the perimeter who will be 28 at Siena W, 74-68 counted on to extend his shooting range. He 31 at Drexel (2) W, 69-51 ranked third on the team in assists (89) while J. 9 at MASSACHUSETTS W, 98-92 averaging 23.3 minutes. Sophomore forward Idris 12 RICHMOND W, 81-63 Hilliard (1.2 ppg.) will have the chance to earn a 16 at CHARLOTTE L, 70-66 starting spot in the frontcourt. A good rebounder 19 at Pennsylvania W, 82-42 and inside scorer, the 6-7 forward saw action in 23 MASSACHUSETTS W, 81-77 every game last season. Senior guard Edwin 26 at TEMPLE W, 68-67 Lashley (1.4 ppg.) and sophomore Charoy Bentley (0.3 ppg.) will be vying for more playing time, while 30 at GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 61-59 junior walk-on C.J. Brown (0.5 ppg.) provides F. 2 FORDHAM W, 70-55 energy and depth. 4 Villanova (2) W, 77-55 An athletic and versatile five-man freshman 6 at DUQUESNE L, 102-88 class will be heavily relied upon for depth and 10 at XAVIER (#13/#14) L, 76-72 production. The group includes guards Mike 13 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 81-56 Auriemma (20.0 ppg.), Chris Prescott (22.0 ppg.) 18 LA SALLE (2) L, 90-89 and A.J. Rogers (7.0 ppg.), forward Bryant Irwin 24 at RHODE ISLAND W, 90-83 (31.0 ppg.) and center Temi Adebayo (7.9 ppg.). 28 SAINT LOUIS L, 64-55 "Balance is certainly going to be a style of play M. 2 TEMPLE (2) L, 57-56 for us. We need five guys on the floor who can 6 XAVIER (#8/#11) W, 71-66 score the ball. I think we can be better defensively, 8 at DAYTON L, 79-67 and we need to be better defensively," says 12 vs. Fordham (A-10) W, 80-62 Martelli, who embarks on his 14th season on Hawk 13 vs. Richmond (A-10) W, 61-47 Hill. 14 vs. Xavier (#9/#12) (A-10) W, 61-53 "We need to have a balance between offense 15 vs. Temple (A-10) L, 69-64 and defense - we're not going to be out-shooting 21 vs. Oklahoma (NCAA) L, 72-64 people, we need to be outplaying people. The style (1) NIT Season Tip-Off (Syracuse, N.Y.) (2) The Palestra (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2007-08 FINAL STATISTICS Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Pat Calathes 34-34 33.6 189-422 .448 74-185 .400 142-172 .826 66/189 255 7.5 92/5 92 78 42 42 594 17.5 Ahmad Nivins 33-33 33.7 165-255 .647 0-0 .000 146-197 .741 73/120 193 5.8 93/4 16 76 39 22 476 14.4 Rob Ferguson 34-34 32.7 155-300 .517 59-133 .444 36-43 .837 56/107 163 4.8 92/4 39 45 39 26 405 11.9 Tasheed Carr 30-30 33.1 117-247 .474 30-88 .341 59-87 .678 17/104 121 4.0 80/3 167 84 1 47 323 10.8 Darrin Govens 34-34 28.5 116-308 .377 68-181 .376 33-46 .717 18/50 68 2.0 72/0 80 42 2 44 333 9.8 Garrett Williamson 34-4 23.3 59-118 .500 3-18 .167 60-92 .652 23/69 92 2.7 83/4 89 56 18 39 181 5.3 D.J. Rivera 13-0 10.2 14-52 .269 0-5 .000 29-40 .725 11/10 21 1.6 21/0 4 9 2 9 57 4.4 Edwin Lashley 20-0 3.5 9-19 .474 9-16 .563 1-2 .500 2/4 6 0.3 3/0 4 2 0 1 28 1.4 Arvydas Lidzius 24-1 8.0 13-27 .481 3-7 .429 4-9 .444 9/11 20 0.8 23/0 1 6 1 0 33 1.4 Idris Hilliard 33-0 5.7 16-35 .457 0-2 .000 8-18 .444 15/18 33 1.0 22/0 5 9 3 4 40 1.2 C.J. Brown 8-0 1.1 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1/2 3 0.4 1/0 0 1 0 2 4 0.5 Charoy Bentley 18-0 4.2 2-8 .250 1-5 .200 1-7 .143 0/5 5 0.3 5/0 4 12 0 3 6 0.3 Rockwell Moody 14-0 4.5 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 2/6 8 0.6 9/0 1 4 7 3 4 0.3 Team 44/54 98 2.9 2 8 Total 859-1800 .477 246-640 .386 519-715 .726 337/749 1086 31.9 598/20 502 432 154 242 2482 73.1 Opponents 807-1848 .437 257-694 .370 421-615 .685 386/701 1087 32.0 621/- 489 480 116 216 2292 67.4 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 29 QUICK FACTS Location: St. Louis, Mo. Kevin Lisch Enrollment: 12,309 Founded: 1818 President: Lawrence Biondi, S.J. Athletic Director: Chris May Athletic Web Site: www.slubillikens.com Nickname: Billikens Colors: Royal Blue and White Home Court/Capacity: /10,600

Basketball SID: Chuck Yahng Office Phone: 314-977-2524 Fax Phone: 314-977-3178 E-Mail: [email protected] HEAD COACH Alma Mater: Marquette (1970) Record at School: 16-15 (1 year) Overall Record: 16-15 (1 year) Assistants: Alex Jensen, Porter Moser, Chris Harriman 2007-08 Record: 16-15/7-9 (Tie 9th) All-Time Conference Record: 25-23

THE LAST FIVE YEARS A-10 Finish Tournament Overall Postseason 2007-08 7-9 T-9th 0-1 16-15 2006-07 8-8 T-7th 2-1 20-13 2005-06 10-6 T-3rd 0-1 16-13 2004-05 9-21 2003-04 19-13 NIT RETURNING PLAYERS No. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg 15 Barry Eberhardt Sr. F 6-6 250 Inkster, Mich./Westland John Glenn 6.0 3.8 0.7 (Colleyville (Kan.) C.C.) 10 Paul Eckerle So. G 6-1 180 Washington, Mo./St. Francis Borgia 3.8 0.7 1.3 25 Tommie Liddell* Sr. G 6-4 195 East St. Louis, Ill./East St. Louis 12.3 4.3 2.1 (Hargrave Military Academy(Va.)) 21 Kevin Lisch* Sr. G 6-2 165 Belleville, Ill./Althoff 14.6 3.8 3.1 INCOMING PLAYERS 23 Kyle Cassity Fr. G 6-3 185 Pinckneyville, Ill./Pinckneyville 20.0 8.1 4.1 14 Brian Conklin Fr. F 6-6 220 North Eugene, Ore./North Eugene 20.4 11.2 4.6 -- Ruben Cotto Fr. G 6-0 190 Alton, Ill./Alton 22.3 5.0 3.0 -- Femi John Fr. G 6-2 190 St. Louis, Mo./McCluer North 17.2 4.5 2.0 -- Daniel Lisch Fr. G 6-2 175 Belleville, Ill./Belleville West 9.2 3.0 1.7 3 Kwamain Mitchell Fr. G 5-10 165 Whitefish Bay, Wisc./Dominican 18.5 5.7 6.0 33 Willie Reed Fr. F 6-9 195 Kansas City, Mo./Bishop Miege DNP 41 Brett Thompson Fr. C 6-10 260 Vienna, Ill./Vienna 20.0 11.0 2.0 *indicates starter

30 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus Saint Louis Billikens

The Saint Louis program will usher in a new era John (17.2 ppg.) and Daniel Lisch (9.2 ppg.), with the debut of its state-of-the-art, on-campus forwards Brian Conklin (20.4 ppg.) and Willie Reed Chaifetz Arena in 2008-09. Billiken supporters and center Brett Thompson (20.0 ppg.), who believe the 10,600-seat building is one of the finest amassed career totals of 1,776 points and 1,008 on-campus facilities in the country, and the arena boards. demonstrates SLU's dedication to competing at the highest level. Leading the way in the new building for second- year head coach Rick Majerus will be the senior 2007-08 RESULTS guard tandem of Kevin Lisch and Tommie Liddell. N. 9 vs. North Carolina A&T (1) W, 54-43 The duo has been a mainstay in the backcourt for 10 vs. Houston Baptist (1) W, 91-56 three seasons and after both student-athletes 11 at Pittsburgh (#22/#20) (1) L, 69-58 surpassed the 1,000-point scoring milestone last 14 Detroit W, 66-58 season, they could move into the top 10 of the 17 Furman W, 83-69 program's all-time scoring list by season's end. 21 at Missouri State L, 60-56 Lisch was a third-team All-Conference and All- 24 Pacific W, 63-54 Defensive team selection last year after averaging 28 at Kent State L, 81-40 14.6 points to go along with team highs in assists D. 1 Long Beach State W, 52-48 (97) and steals (38). He also knocked down 63 4 at Boston College L, 61-39 field goals from beyond the arc, tops on the team. 8 Sam Houston State L, 61-53 The 6-5 Liddell was second on the team in scoring 15 Southern Illinois W, 56-51 (12.3 ppg.) and added 4.3 rpg. Both players were 19 Loyola-Chicago W, 60-43 instrumental in helping the Billikens lead the A-10 in 29 I.U.P.U.I W, 66-57 scoring defense (61.6 ppg.) last season and rank J. 10 at GEORGE WASHINGTON L, 49-20 fourth in the Conference in field goal percentage 12 DAYTON (#17/#22) (OT) L, 68-57 defense (.423). 17 RHODE ISLAND (#23/#21) W, 68-61 Also back for his senior season is forward Barry 20 TEMPLE (OT) L, 54-53 Eberhardt, a solid contributor on the frontline a year 26 at LA SALLE W, 81-74 ago with averages of six points and 3.8 rebounds 30 at DAYTON L, 63-36 while shooting 48.4 percent (75-of-155) from the F. 2 MASSACHUSETTS W, 71-59 field. The only other experienced returnee from a 7 XAVIER (#13/#14) L, 70-68 year ago is sophomore guard Paul Eckerle. The 6-1 10 at RICHMOND W, 64-55 Eckerle (3.8 ppg.) appeared in all 31 games and hit 13 GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 63-38 22 three-point field goals while providing steady 17 at MASSACHUSETTS L, 88-77 play off the bench. 20 FORDHAM (OT) W, 69-65 A balanced and talented group of eight freshmen 23 at CHARLOTTE L, 81-64 ranked among the top 40 recruiting classes 28 at SAINT JOSEPH'S W, 64-55 nationally by Scout.com will be counted upon to M. 1 ST. BONAVENTURE L, 70-50 provide immediate production. The newcomers 8 at DUQUESNE L, 85-58 include guards Kwamain Mitchell (18.5 ppg.), the 12 vs. Dayton (A-10) (OT) L, 63-62 Gatorade Player of the Year in Wisconsin, Kyle (1) Hispanic College Fund Challenge Cassity (20.0 ppg.), Ruben Cotto (22.3 ppg.), Femi (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

2007-08 FINAL STATISTICS Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Kevin Lisch 30-29 34.2 134-309 .434 61-156 .391 113-139 .813 12/102 114 3.8 59/0 96 58 4 37 42 14.7 Tommie Liddell 30-29 34.2 127-299 .425 27-77 .351 79-105 .752 23/105 128 4.3 48/0 60 66 6 18 60 12.0 Luke Meyer 30-30 31.4 90-196 .459 18-52 .346 58-70 .829 41/121 162 5.4 64/0 51 43 12 17 56 8.5 Danny Brown 23-1 19.5 46-100 .460 21-45 .467 31-42 .738 16/49 65 2.8 38/0 29 16 7 6 44 6.3 Barry Eberhardt 29-11 18.7 74-153 .484 8-24 .333 22-37 .595 32/78 110 3.8 70/1 21 36 7 8 78 6.1 Bryce Husak 29-16 18.3 68-136 .500 4-10 .400 25-42 .595 38/88 126 4.3 70/3 15 47 32 2 65 5.7 Paul Eckerle 30-1 18.5 38-109 .349 22-65 .338 21-32 .656 5/16 21 0.7 56/1 40 32 4 7 19 4.0 Dwayne Polk 30-29 24.3 27-81 .333 11-39 .282 13-29 .448 5/43 48 1.6 47/0 63 36 7 17 78 2.6 Adam Knollmeyer 22-4 5.8 11-24 .458 0-0 .000 9-12 .750 11/15 26 1.2 16/0 1 11 0 3 31 1.4 Marcus Relphorde 20-0 4.5 9-26 .346 0-4 .000 4-6 .667 2/8 10 0.5 10/0 2 5 1 3 22 1.1 Anthony Mitchell 8-0 4.5 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 3-5 .600 1/6 7 0.9 12/1 2 6 1 0 3 0.4 Mike Jones 5-0 1.6 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1-4 .250 0/0 0 0.0 0/0 1 0 0 0 1 0.2 Peyton Jacks 7-0 2.1 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0/4 4 0.6 1/0 1 3 0 1 1 0.1 Team 33/69 102 3.5 1 7 Total 624-1437 .434 172-474 .363 380-525 .724 219/704 923 30.8 492/6 382 366 81 119 1800 60.0 Opponents 655-1551 .422 183-503 .364 353-493 .716 271/678 949 31.6 534/- 331 329 95 155 1846 61.5 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 31

QUICK FACTS Location: Philadelphia, Pa. Enrollment: 34,000 Founded: 1884 President: Dr. Ann Weaver Hart Athletic Director: Bill Bradshaw Athletic Web Site: www.owlsports.com Nickname: Owls Colors: Cherry and White Home Court/Capacity: Liacouras Center/10,206

Basketball SID: Larry Dougherty Office Phone: 215-204-2588 Fax Phone: 215-204-7499 E-Mail: [email protected] HEAD COACH Alma Mater: La Salle (1970) Record at School: 33-31 (2 years) Overall Record: 343-224 (19 years) Assistants: Dave Duke, , Shawn Trice 2007-08 Record: 21-13/11-5 (2nd) All-Time Conference Record: 313-115

THE LAST FIVE YEARS A-10 Finish Tournament Overall Postseason 2007-08 11-5 2nd 3-0 21-13 NCAA 2006-07 6-10 T-10th 0-1 12-18 2005-06 8-8 T-7th 2-1 17-15 NIT 2004-05 11-5 East 2nd 1-1 16-14 NIT 2003-04 9-7 East 2nd 0-1 15-14 NIT RETURNING PLAYERS No. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg 24 Lavoy Allen* So. F 6-9 235 Morrisville, Pa./Pennsbury 8.1 5.7 1.1 2 Ryan Brooks Jr. G 6-4 200 Narberth, Pa./Lower Merion 8.6 2.4 1.3 22 Dionte Christmas* Sr. G 6-5 190 Philadelphia, Pa./ 19.7 5.9 2.5 Philadelphia Lutheran Christian Acad. 21 Rafael DeLeon Sr. F 6-5 200 District Heights, Md./Bishop McNamara 0.0 1.5 0.0 10 Luis Guzman* Jr. G 6-3 180 Bronx, N.Y./Paramus (N.J.) Catholic 3.9 2.3 1.6 15 Semaj Inge Sr. G 6-4 180 Camden, N.J./Woodrow Wilson 3.1 1.3 1.1 3 Martavis Kee So. G 6-2 180 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas 0.0 0.0 0.0 41 Sergio Olmos* Sr. C 7-0 220 Valencia, Spain/Vicente Blasc Ibanez 5.8 3.6 0.9 30 Craig Williams So. F 6-9 240 Christiansted, St. Croix/Central 0.3 0.3 0.0 INCOMING PLAYERS 11 T.J. DiLeo Fr. G 6-2 180 Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson 23.9 6.0 50 Micheal Eric Fr. F 6-9 220 Lagos, Nigeria/Church Farm School (Pa.) 19.0%14.0 4.0(b) 23 Fr. G 6-4 180 Philadelphia, Pa./Southern 25.1 33 Andrew Randall Fr. F 6-6 205 Philadelphia, Pa./Communications Tech 21.2 11.0 2.5(b) *indicates starter; %2006-07 stats; (b) blocks per game

32 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus Temple Owls

After a seven-year hiatus from the NCAA newcomers. Moore, a 6-4 guard, is a prolific scorer Tournament, Temple put together a remarkable run (25.1 ppg.) from Philadelphia's Southern High and is in 2007-08 to capture its seventh Atlantic 10 expected to make an immediate impact. Eric, a 6-9 Championship. Head coach Fran Dunphy, now in forward, will provide added muscle to the frontcourt. his third season at the helm of the Cherry and A pair of freshmen, guard T.J. DiLeo (23.9 ppg.) and White, is looking for an encore. forward Andrew Randall (21.2 ppg.), are expected TU welcomes back four starters and ten to provide depth. letterwinners, including senior guard Dionte Christmas (19.7 ppg.), a first-team All-Conference 2007-08 RESULTS selection a year ago. Vying to become the first N. 9 at Tennessee (#7/#7) L, 80-63 player league history to lead the Conference in 15 vs. Providence (1) L, 66-64 scoring three times, Christmas also pulled down 5.9 16 vs. College of Charleston (1) L, 79-76 rebounds per game and was named the Most 18 vs. Marist (1) (OT) W, 73-69 Outstanding Player of the 2008 Atlantic 10 24 at Bowling Green W, 72-55 Championship. Christmas drained 104 field goals 26 at Akron L, 67-65 from beyond the arc and finished second on the 29 Ohio W, 90-88 team in steals with 46. D. 6 Towson W, 69-46 Senior Sergio Olmos showed major improvement 9 Villanova (#25/#21) L, 101-93 over the course of the season and gives the team a 15 at Drexel W, 64-51 strong presence in the paint. The 7-0 Spaniard 22 Eastern Michigan W, 58-55 more than doubled his production from his 29 vs. Florida (2) L, 86-69 sophomore season, averaging 5.8 points and 3.6 J. 9 Duke (#9/#8) L, 74-64 rebounds, while shooting 56.3 percent (81-of-144) from the field and adding 49 blocks. Sophomore 12 at CHARLOTTE L, 60-58 Lavoy Allen made an immediate impact in his initial 16 XAVIER (#20/#20) W, 78-59 campaign and was named to the league's All-Rookie 20 at SAINT LOUIS (OT) W, 54-53 Team. The 6-9 forward averaged 8.1 points and 23 Pennsylvania W, 80-64 5.7 rebounds while leading the team with 52 blocks. 26 SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 68-67 He scored in double figures 11 times, including 13 31 at FORDHAM W, 58-50 points in the team's NCAA Tournament contest F. 3 GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 93-80 versus Michigan State. 6 at RICHMOND L, 64-58 Junior Luis Guzman became the starting point 10 MASSACHUSETTS (OT) W, 80-70 guard in the fifth game of the season and never 13 RHODE ISLAND (OT) W, 92-89 relinquished the role. The 6-3 playmaker contrib- 16 at DAYTON L, 77-66 uted 3.9 points and dished out 54 assists. Ryan 20 at ST. BONAVENTURE W, 96-82 Brooks may not have started, but the 6-4 guard 23 FORDHAM L, 78-76 was one of the top scorers off the bench in the A- 27 CHARLOTTE W, 75-61 10. The junior shooting guard was third in the team M. 2 at SAINT JOSEPH'S (3) W, 57-56 in scoring (8.6 ppg.) a year ago. Senior guard 5 DUQUESNE W, 90-85 Semaj Inge (3.1 ppg.) provided great versatility off 8 at LA SALLE W, 85-66 the bench while registering 36 assists and 20 13 vs. La Salle (A-10) W, 84-75 steals. Sophomores Martavis Kee (0.0 ppg.) and 14 vs. Charlotte (A-10) W, 60-45 Craig Williams (0.3 ppg.) will look to provide depth. 15 vs. Saint Joseph's (A-10) W, 69-64 Ramone Moore, who opted to sit out last season 20 vs. Michigan St. (#18/#20) (NCAA)L, 72-61 to concentrate on his studies, and Micheal Eric (1) O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off (19.0 ppg.), who was ineligible last season due to (2) BankAtlantic Center (Sunrise, Fla.) NCAA Clearinghouse rules, lead a group of four (3) The Palestra (Philadelphia, Pa.)

2007-08 FINAL STATISTICS Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Dionte Christmas 34-33 37.2 210-478 .439 104-282 .369 146-189 .772 43/159 202 5.9 90/2 86 96 7 46 670 19.7 Mark Tyndale 34-33 37.4 178-365 .488 32-87 .368 152-214 .710 45/200 245 7.2 74/0 145 117 21 54 540 15.9 Ryan Brooks 34-0 27.0 101-251 .402 50-145 .345 40-46 .870 14/69 83 2.4 60/0 43 32 7 25 292 8.6 Lavoy Allen 34-32 29.2 116-208 .558 2-5 .400 42-57 .737 69/124 193 5.7 105/4 55 40 52 17 276 8.1 Chris Clark 34-0 22.2 79-180 .439 57-137 .416 41-48 .854 7/41 48 1.4 51/0 59 27 3 24 256 7.5 Sergio Olmos 34-33 22.2 81-144 .563 0-0 .000 36-59 .610 39/83 122 3.6 104/3 30 40 49 10 198 5.8 Luis Guzman 33-28 17.3 52-119 .437 15-47 .319 11-22 .500 20/55 75 2.3 64/3 54 45 4 18 130 3.9 Semaj Inge 30-6 11.7 39-77 .506 6-15 .400 9-10 .900 16/24 40 1.3 51/2 36 24 5 20 93 3.1 Craig Williams 6-0 1.2 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0/2 2 0.3 0/0 0 0 0 0 2 0.3 Martavis Kee 5-0 1.6 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0/1 1 0.2 1/0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 Rafael DeLeon 2-0 1.0 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2/1 3 1.5 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Orlando Miller 4-0 1.0 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0/1 1 0.3 1/0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 47/46 93 2.7 0 10 Total 857-1829 .469 266-721 .369 477-645 .740 302/806 1108 32.6 601/14 510 432 148 214 2457 72.3 Opponents 818-1926 .425 256-717 .357 443-612 .724 385/758 1143 33.6 601/- 467 437 79 197 2335 68.7 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 33 Xavier Musketeers QUICK FACTS Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Derrick Brown Enrollment: 6,700 Founded: 1831 President: Rev. Michael J. Graham, S.J. Athletic Director: Mike Bobinski Athletic Web Site: www.goxavier.com Nickname: Musketeers Colors: Navy Blue, Gray and White Home Court/Capacity: Cintas Center/10,250

Basketball SID: Tom Eiser Office Phone: 513-745-3124 Fax Phone: 513-745-2825 E-Mail: [email protected] HEAD COACH SEAN MILLER Alma Mater: Pittsburgh (1992) Record at School: 93-39 (4 years) Overall Record: 93-39 (4 years) Assistants: , James Whitford, Emanuel Richardson 2007-08 Record: 30-7/14-2 (1st) All-Time Conference Record: 149-59

THE LAST FIVE YEARS A-10 Finish Tournament Overall Postseason 2007-08 14-2 1st 1-1 30-7 NCAA 2006-07 13-3 T-1st 1-1 25-9 NCAA 2005-06 8-8 T-7th 4-0 21-11 NCAA 2004-05 10-6 West T-2nd 1-1 17-12 2003-04 10-6 West T-3rd 4-0 26-11 NCAA RETURNING PLAYERS No. Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School ppg rpg apg 20 C.J. Anderson* Sr. G/F 6-6 220 Cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods (Manhattan) 10.7 5.9 1.5 5 Derrick Brown* Jr. F 6-8 225 Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade-Julienne 10.9 6.5 1.7 13 Stephen Duckett So. G 6-4 190 Memphis, Tenn./Bishop Byrne 0.3 0.3 0.0 2 Adrion Graves Jr. G 6-4 201 Cincinnati, Ohio/Hughes Center 1.9 1.0 0.6 33 Joe Hughes So. F 6-6 200 Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral 0.4 0.5 0.3 25 Danté Jackson So. G 6-5 205 Greenfield, Ohio/McClain 2.4 1.1 0.6 31 Jason Love Jr. F/C 6-9 255 Philadelphia, Pa./Abington Friends 6.0 5.5 0.5 11 B.J. Raymond Sr. G/F 6-6 226 Toledo, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit 9.9 3.0 0.9 INCOMING PLAYERS 32 Kenny Frease Fr. C 7-0 265 Massillon, Ohio/Perry 20.6 12.2 2.5 52 Terrell Holloway Fr. G 6-0 175 Hempstead, N.Y./ 14.0 7.0 Harmony (Ohio) Community 10 Mark Lyons Fr. G 6-1 165 Schenectady, N.Y./Brewster (N.H.) Acad. 21.0 3.5 22 Jamel McLean So. F 6-8 235 Hampton, Va./Bethel (Tulsa) 6.0 4.8 0.5% 12 Brad Redford Fr. G 6-0 170 Frankenmuth, Mich./Frankenmuth 36.7 4.3 3.6 15 Andrew Taylor So. F 6-8 205 Toledo, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit 12.0 5.0 2.1% (Hillsdale (Mich.) College) 3 Brian Walsh Fr. G/F 6-4 185 Coraopolis, Pa./Moon 19.7 7.6 2.5 *indicates starter; %2006-07 stats 34 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus Xavier Musketeers It's difficult to discuss the 2008-09 season 2007-08 RESULTS without talking about recent success, especially the N. 10 Southeast Missouri State (1) W, 90-59 record-setting 2007-08 campaign behind the 13 at Miami (Ohio) L, 59-57 leadership of a trio of senior stars. Xavier made its 20 Coppin State (1) W, 98-49 third straight NCAA Tournament appearance last 23 vs. Kent State (2) W, 78-65 season and seventh in the last eight years. In fact, 24 vs. Indiana (#8/#8) (2) W, 80-65 after last year's Elite Eight run, XU is one of only 28 Oakland W, 93-68 nine schools that have made the Elite Eight multiple D. 1 Belmont W, 90-49 times in the last five years. Xavier lost three 5 Creighton W, 79-66 starters off of last year's team but welcomes back 12 Cincinnati W, 64-59 two starters, several key reserves and a highly- 15 at Arizona State L, 77-55 touted class of seven newcomers. 22 Tennessee (#12/#12) L, 82-75 The Musketeers, who led the A-10 in scoring 28 Delaware State W, 65-33 margin (+11.7 ppg.) a year ago, return their second- 31 Kansas State W, 103-77 leading scorer in athletic junior forward Derrick J. 3 Virginia W, 107-80 Brown (10.9 ppg.) and senior guard/forward C.J. 6 at Auburn W, 80-57 Anderson (10.7 ppg.), who is adept at scoring in 9 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 83-68 traffic and off the dribble. Brown served as a 12 FORDHAM W, 68-50 counselor at both the Nike Vince Carter Small 16 at TEMPLE L, 78-59 Forward Camp and the LeBron James Skills 19 at GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 74-66 Academy over the summer. 24 DAYTON (#16/#19) W, 69-43 Also returning is senior guard/forward B.J. 27 at MASSACHUSETTS W, 77-65 Raymond, who averaged 9.9 points and knocked F. 2 LA SALLE W, 75-62 down 82 three-point field goals last season. XU 7 at SAINT LOUIS W, 70-68 welcomes back its top three rebounders from last 10 SAINT JOSEPH'S W, 76-72 season in Brown (6.5 rpg.), Anderson (5.9 ppg.), and bruising junior forward/center Jason Love (6.0 13 at CHARLOTTE W, 62-60 ppg., 5.5 rpg.). Sophomore guard Dante' Jackson 18 at RHODE ISLAND W, 81-77 (2.4 ppg.) averaged 10.4 minutes and showed 21 DUQUESNE W, 75-48 great potential as a defender with 22 steals. 24 at DAYTON W, 57-51 The talented newcomer class consists of M. 1 GEORGE WASHINGTON W, 66-56 freshmen guards Terrell Holloway (14.0 ppg.), Mark 6 at SAINT JOSEPH'S L, 71-66 Lyons (21.0 ppg.), Brad Redford (36.7 ppg.), who 8 RICHMOND W, 86-61 won the prestigious Michigan "Mr. Basketball" 13 vs. Dayton (A-10) W, 74-65 Award, and Brian Walsh (19.7 ppg.), as well as 7-0 14 vs. Saint Joseph's (A-10) L, 61-53 All-America center Kenny Frease (20.6 ppg.). In 20 vs. Georgia (NCAA) W, 73-61 addition, the Musketeers welcome 6-8 sophomore 22 vs. Purdue (#20/#18) (NCAA) W, 85-78 forward Jamel McLean, a transfer from Tulsa who 27 vs. West Virginia (NCAA) (OT) W, 79-75 averaged six points and 4.8 rebounds while making 29 vs. UCLA (#3/#2) (NCAA) L, 76-57 seven starts in 2006-07. (1) Chicago Challenge These additions add to fifth-year head coach (2) Chicago Challenge (Chicago, Ill.) Sean Miller's reasons for optimism as XU guns for a third straight Atlantic 10 regular season crown. Miller, the 2007-08 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year, is 93-39 (.705) in four seasons at Xavier, and already ranks fifth in wins in program history.

2007-08 FINAL STATISTICS Player GP-GS MIN FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg PF/FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Josh Duncan 37-16 22.4 141-284 .496 55-132 .417 122-143 .853 43/130 173 4.7 90/2 49 61 23 16 459 12.4 Derrick Brown 37-36 28.1 148-243 .609 11-32 .344 96-136 .706 74/168 242 6.5 92/2 63 70 30 33 403 10.9 Drew Lavender 36-35 30.8 125-295 .424 59-145 .407 79-91 .868 11/85 96 2.7 52/0 162 61 2 37 388 10.8 C.J. Anderson 37-27 26.1 147-284 .518 0-0 .000 103-154 .669 80/139 219 5.9 91/2 54 84 10 31 397 10.7 B.J. Raymond 37-9 22.9 126-281 .448 82-199 .412 31-38 .816 33/79 112 3.0 73/0 32 31 16 18 365 9.9 Stanley Burrell 37-36 32.2 107-274 .391 44-112 .393 102-124 .823 18/63 81 2.2 56/0 140 84 3 28 360 9.7 Jason Love 37-20 18.0 77-137 .562 0-0 .000 67-111 .604 90/112 202 5.5 94/2 17 36 30 9 221 6.0 Dante Jackson 35-1 10.4 25-71 .352 17-46 .370 16-26 .615 4/36 40 1.1 48/1 20 21 2 22 83 2.4 Charles Bronson 16-0 4.3 12-21 .571 0-0 .000 9-12 .750 7/10 17 1.1 11/0 2 6 3 1 33 2.1 Adrion Graves 34-0 8.1 25-70 .357 2-50 .240 1-1 1.000 2/31 33 1.0 23/0 21 13 4 7 63 1.9 Joe Hughes 13-0 3.2 2-6 .333 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 3/4 7 0.5 7/0 4 1 2 1 5 0.4 Stephen Duckett 12-0 2.5 1-7 .143 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0/4 4 0.3 4/0 0 2 0 3 3 0.3 Team 47/49 96 2.6 2 10 Total 936-1973 .474 282-721 .391 626-836 .749 412/910 1322 35.7 643/9 564 480 125 206 2780 75.1 Opponents 833-2034 .410 249-742 .336 432-638 .677 392/739 1131 30.6 749/- 490 477 139 243 2347 63.4 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 35 2007-08 Men’s Basketball FINAL STANDINGS ------Atlantic 10------Overall------Xavier (NCAA) 14-2 .875 30-7 .811 Temple* (NCAA) 11-5 .688 21-13 .618 Massachusetts (NIT) 10-6 .625 25-11 .694 Richmond (CBI) 9-7 .563 16-15 .516 Saint Joseph's (NCAA) 9-7 .563 21-13 .618 Charlotte (NIT) 9-7 .563 20-14 .588 La Salle 8-8 .500 15-17 .469 Dayton (NIT) 8-8 .500 23-11 .676 Saint Louis 7-9 .438 16-15 .516 Duquesne 7-9 .438 17-13 .567 Rhode Island (NIT) 7-9 .438 21-12 .636 Fordham 6-10 .375 12-17 .414 George Washington 5-11 .313 9-17 .346 St. Bonaventure 2-14 .125 8-22 .267

*Tournament Champion

2008 ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP POSTSEASON RESULTS Mar. 12-15 Boardwalk Hall - Atlantic City, N.J. NCAA TOURNAMENT First Round FIRST ROUND - Wednesday, March 12 West Region - Washington, D.C. Game 1 #8 Dayton 63, #9 Saint Louis 62 (OT) M. 20 #3 Xavier 73, #14 Georgia 61 Game 2 #5 Saint Joseph's 80, #12 Fordham 62 M. 22 #3 Xavier 85, #6 Purdue 78 Game 3 #7 La Salle 82, #10 Duquesne 79 Game 4 #6 Charlotte 75, #11 Rhode Island 73 East Region - Denver, Colo. M. 20 #5 Michigan State 72, #12 Temple 61 QUARTERFINAL ROUND - Thursday, March 13 Game 5 #1 Xavier 74, Dayton 65 East Region - Birmingham, Ala. Game 6 Saint Joseph's 62, #4 Richmond 47 M. 21 #6 Oklahoma 72, Game 7 #2 Temple 84, La Salle 75 #11 Saint Joseph's 64 Game 8 Charlotte 69, #3 Massachusetts 65 Phoenix Regional SEMIFINAL ROUND - Friday, March 14 M. 27 #3 Xavier 79, #7 West Virginia 75 (OT) Game 9 Saint Joseph's 61, Xavier 53 M. 29 #1 UCLA 76, #3 Xavier 57 Game 10 Temple 60, Charlotte 45 National Invitation Tournament CHAMPIONSHIP - Saturday, March 15 M. 18 Massachusetts 80, Game 11 Temple 69, Saint Joseph's 64 Stephen F. Austin 60 Creighton 74, Rhode Island 73 - Atlantic 10 Champions M. 19 Dayton 66, Cleveland State 57 Nebraska 67, Charlotte 48 All-Championship Team M. 22 Massachusetts 68, Akron 63 Pat Calathes, Saint Joseph's M. 24 Dayton 55, Illinois State 48 Dionte Christmas, Temple (MOP) M. 25 Massachusetts 81, Syracuse 77 Leemire Goldwire, Charlotte M. 26 Ohio State 74, Dayton 63 Ahmad Nivins, Saint Joseph's A. 1 Massachusetts 78, Florida 66 Mark Tyndale, Temple (New York, N.Y.) MOP - Most Outstanding Player A. 3 Ohio State 92, Massachusetts 85 (New York, N.Y.)

College Basketball Invitational M. 18 Virginia 66, Richmond 64

Home Team in Bold 36 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 2007-08 Men’s Basketball ATLANTIC 10 ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS WEEKLY HONOR ROLL First-Team Cl. Pos. Wt. PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Pat Calathes, Saint Joseph's Sr. G/F 6-10 N. 5-10 Kieron Achara (DUQ) Dionte Christmas, Temple Jr. G 6-5 N. 11-17 Will Daniels (URI)/ Will Daniels, Rhode Island Sr. F 6-8 Gary Forbes (UM) Gary Forbes, Massachusetts Sr. F/G 6-7 N. 18-24 Will Daniels (URI) Brian Roberts, Dayton Sr. G 6-2 N. 25-D. 1 Michael Lee (SBU)/ Joe Mbang (URI) Second-Team D. 2-7 Leemire Goldwire (CHA)/ Josh Duncan, Xavier Sr. F 6-9 Drew Lavender (XU) Bryant Dunston, Fordham Sr. F 6-8 D. 9-15 Gary Forbes (UM) Darnell Harris, La Salle Sr. G 6-1 D. 16-22 Dionte Christmas (TU)/ Drew Lavender, Xavier Sr. G 5-7 Mark Tyndale, Temple Sr. G 6-5 Will Daniels (URI) D. 23-29 Brian Roberts (UD) Third-Team D. 30-J. 5 Pat Calathes (SJU) Stanley Burrell, Xavier Sr. G 6-3 J. 6-12 Leemire Goldwire (CHA)/ Dan Geriot, Richmond So. F/C 6-9 Brian Roberts (UD) Leemire Goldwire, Charlotte Sr. G 5-11 J. 13-19 Ricky Harris (UM) Kevin Lisch, Saint Louis Jr. G 6-2 J. 20-26 Pat Calathes (SJU)/ Ahmad Nivins, Saint Joseph's Jr. F/C 6-9 Dionte Christmas (TU) J. 27-F. 2 Rob Diggs (GW) F. 3-9 Pat Calathes (SJU)/ Rookie Team Kevin Lisch (SLU) Lavoy Allen, Temple Fr. F 6-9 F. 10-16 Josh Duncan (XU) Kevin Anderson, Richmond Fr. G 5-11 F. 17-23 Darnell Harris (LAS)/ Damian Saunders, Duquesne Fr. F 6-7 Chris Lowe (UM) An'Juan Wilderness, Charlotte Fr. F 6-6 F. 24-M. 1 Dan Geriot (UR)/ Jerrell Williams, La Salle Fr. F 6-8 Ricky Harris (UM) Chris Wright, Dayton Fr. F 6-8 M. 2-8 Dionte Christmas (TU) Defensive Team ROOKIES OF THE WEEK Parfait Bitee, Rhode Island Sr. G 6-2 N. 5-10 Chris Wright (UD) Stanley Burrell, Xavier Sr. G 6-3 Bryant Dunston, Fordham Sr. F 6-8 N. 11-17 Damian Saunders (DUQ) Shawn James, Duquesne Jr. F/C 6-10 N. 18-24 Chris Wright (UD) Kevin Lisch, Saint Louis Jr. G 6-2 N. 25-D. 1 An'Juan Wilderness (CHA) D. 2-8 Chris Wright (UD) Academic Team D. 9-15 Chris Wright (UD) Kieron Achara, Duquesne Sr. Sports Leadership D. 16-22 Damian Saunders (DUQ) Jimmy Baron, Rhode Island Jr. Communication Studies D. 23-29 Damian Saunders (DUQ)/ Kevin Lisch, Saint Louis Jr. Business Administration Jerrell Williams (LAS) Yves Mekongo Mbala, La Salle So. Integrated Science & D. 30-J. 5 Kevin Smith (UR)/ Business Technology Jerrell Williams (LAS) Luke Meyer, Saint Louis Gr. MBA J. 6-7 Charles Dewhurst (CHA) J. 13-19 Kevin Anderson (UR)/ Player of the Year: Gary Forbes, Massachusetts Paul Eckerle (SLU) Rookie of the Year: Kevin Anderson, Richmond J. 20-26 Jerrell Williams (LAS) Defensive Player of the Year: Stanley Burrell, Xavier J. 27-F. 2 Kevin Anderson (UR)/ Chris Daniels Most Improved Player of the Year: Matt Morgan (SBU) Ricky Harris, Massachusetts F. 3-9 Matt Morgan (SBU) Sixth Man of the Year: Josh Duncan, Xavier F. 10-16 Kevin Anderson (UR) Student-Athlete of the Year: Kieron Achara, Duquesne F. 17-23 Kevin Anderson (UR) Coach of the Year: Sean Miller, Xavier F. 24-M. 1 Kevin Anderson (UR) M. 2-8 Kevin Anderson (UR)/ Bill Clark (DUQ)

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SCORING OFFENSE 7. La Salle 32 840 1886 .445 Team G PTS AVG 8. Massachusetts 36 1006 2281 .441 1. Duquesne 30 2470 82.3 9. Richmond 31 707 1615 .438 2. Massachusetts 36 2934 81.5 10. Saint Louis 31 645 1484 .435 3. Rhode Island 33 2658 80.5 11. Fordham 29 650 1538 .423 4. La Salle 32 2424 75.8 12. St. Bonaventure 30 680 1617 .421 5. Xavier 37 2780 75.1 13. George Washington 26 588 1425 .413 6. Saint Joseph's 34 2484 73.1 14. Charlotte 34 776 1936 .401 7. Temple 34 2457 72.3 8. Charlotte 34 2366 69.6 PERCENTAGE 9. Dayton 34 2317 68.1 Team G FTM FTA PCT 10. St. Bonaventure 30 1992 66.4 1. St. Bonaventure 30 424 564 .752 11. Fordham 29 1880 64.8 2. Xavier 37 626 836 .749 12. Richmond 31 1974 63.7 3. Temple 34 477 645 .740 13. George Washington 26 1649 63.4 4. Duquesne 30 543 737 .737 14. Saint Louis 31 1862 60.1 5. Saint Joseph's 34 519 715 .726 6. Saint Louis 31 392 542 .723 SCORING DEFENSE 7. Richmond 31 342 486 .704 Team G PTS AVG 8. La Salle 32 489 702 .697 1. Saint Louis 31 1909 61.6 9. Rhode Island 33 541 781 .693 2. Xavier 37 2347 63.4 10. George Washington 26 304 443 .686 3. Dayton 34 2184 64.2 11. Charlotte 34 544 808 .673 4. Richmond 31 2046 66.0 12. Massachusetts 36 591 880 .672 5. Fordham 29 1947 67.1 13. Fordham 29 382 571 .669 6. Charlotte 34 2291 67.4 14. Dayton 34 474 740 .641 7. Saint Joseph's 34 2292 67.4 8. George Washington 26 1775 68.3 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 9. Temple 34 2335 68.7 Team G FG FGA PCT 10. St. Bonaventure 30 2171 72.4 1. La Salle 32 255 648 .394 11. Duquesne 30 2223 74.1 2. Xavier 37 282 721 .391 12. Rhode Island 33 2456 74.4 3. Saint Joseph's 34 247 640 .386 13. Massachusetts 36 2724 75.7 4. Rhode Island 33 243 639 .380 14. La Salle 32 2439 76.2 5. Dayton 34 203 542 .375 6. Temple 34 266 721 .369 SCORING MARGIN 7. Saint Louis 31 180 497 .362 Team G OFF DEF +/- 8. Massachusetts 36 331 929 .356 1. Xavier 37 75.1 63.4 +11.7 9. Richmond 31 218 619 .352 2. Duquesne 30 82.3 74.1 +8.2 10. Charlotte 34 270 786 .344 3. Rhode Island 33 80.5 74.4 +6.1 11. St. Bonaventure 30 208 609 .342 4. Massachusetts 36 81.5 75.7 +5.8 12. George Washington 26 169 516 .328 5. Saint Joseph's 34 73.1 67.4 +5.6 13. Fordham 29 198 613 .323 6. Dayton 34 68.1 64.2 +3.9 14. Duquesne 30 215 680 .316 7. Temple 34 72.3 68.7 +3.6 8. Charlotte 34 69.6 67.4 +2.2 9. La Salle 32 75.8 76.2 -0.5 Tasheed Carr, SJU 10. Saint Louis 31 60.1 61.6 -1.5 11. Fordham 29 64.8 67.1 -2.3 12. Richmond 31 63.7 66.0 -2.3 13. George Washington 26 63.4 68.3 -4.8 14. St. Bonaventure 30 66.4 72.4 -6.0

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Team G FG FGA PCT 1. Saint Joseph's 34 859 1800 .477 2. Xavier 37 936 1973 .474 3. Rhode Island 33 937 1994 .470 4. Dayton 34 820 1749 .469 5. Temple 34 857 1829 .469 6. Duquesne 30 856 1863 .459

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REBOUNDING MARGIN 7. Richmond 31 108 3.48 Team G OFF DEF +/- 8. Charlotte 34 118 3.47 1. Xavier 37 35.7 30.6 +5.2 9. Xavier 37 125 3.38 2. Dayton 34 34.5 29.6 +4.9 10. George Washington 26 87 3.35 3. La Salle 32 37.1 33.3 +3.7 11. La Salle 32 95 2.97 4. Rhode Island 33 38.3 35.8 +2.5 12. Saint Louis 31 85 2.74 5. Duquesne 30 38.2 37.6 +0.6 13. Dayton 34 88 2.59 6. George Washington 26 35.7 35.2 +0.5 14. St. Bonaventure 30 64 2.13 7. Saint Joseph's 34 31.9 32.0 +0.0 8. Charlotte 34 36.0 36.9 -0.9 TURNOVER MARGIN 9. Saint Louis 31 30.8 31.8 -1.0 Team G OFF DEF +/- 10. Temple 34 32.6 33.6 -1.0 1. Charlotte 34 14.4 16.9 +2.53 11. Massachusetts 36 38.5 40.0 -1.5 2. Richmond 31 14.3 16.6 +2.29 12. St. Bonaventure 30 33.1 34.7 -1.6 3. Duquesne 30 16.2 18.5 +2.23 13. Fordham 29 31.9 34.5 -2.6 4. Massachusetts 36 13.4 15.1 +1.67 14. Richmond 31 28.5 34.1 -5.7 5. Saint Joseph's 34 12.7 14.1 +1.41 6. Rhode Island 33 14.0 15.2 +1.24 ASSISTS 7. Fordham 29 13.1 13.4 +0.24 Team G AST AVG 8. Temple 34 12.7 12.9 +0.15 1. Duquesne 30 542 18.07 9. Xavier 37 13.0 12.9 -0.08 2. Massachusetts 36 566 15.72 10. Dayton 34 13.1 12.9 -0.24 3. Xavier 37 564 15.24 11. St. Bonaventure 30 14.3 13.0 -1.27 4. Temple 34 510 15.00 12. Saint Louis 31 12.4 11.1 -1.32 5. Rhode Island 33 490 14.85 13. George Washington 26 15.0 13.2 -1.73 6. Saint Joseph's 34 502 14.76 14. La Salle 32 16.3 14.2 -2.09 7. La Salle 32 466 14.56 8. Richmond 31 416 13.42 Damian Saunders, DUQ 9. Fordham 29 382 13.17 10. St. Bonaventure 30 390 13.00 11. Charlotte 34 436 12.82 12. Saint Louis 31 391 12.61 13. George Washington 26 321 12.35 14. Dayton 34 394 11.59

STEALS Team G STL AVG 1. Duquesne 30 282 9.40 2. Richmond 31 257 8.29 3. Charlotte 34 271 7.97 4. Massachusetts 36 269 7.47 5. Saint Joseph's 34 242 7.12 6. Rhode Island 33 231 7.00 7. La Salle 32 219 6.84 8. George Washington 26 166 6.38 9. Fordham 29 183 6.31 10. Temple 34 214 6.29 11. Xavier 37 206 5.57 12. St. Bonaventure 30 152 5.07 13. Dayton 34 167 4.91 14. Saint Louis 31 127 4.10

BLOCKS Team G BLK AVG 1. Duquesne 30 220 7.33 Massachusetts 36 264 7.33 3. Saint Joseph's 34 154 4.53 4. Temple 34 148 4.35 5. Rhode Island 33 132 4.00 6. Fordham 29 102 3.52

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SCORING Player G PTS AVG David Gonzalvez, UR 1. DIONTE CHRISTMAS (TU) 34 670 19.7 2. Gary Forbes (UM) 36 698 19.4 3. Leemire Goldwire (CHA) 34 634 18.6 4. Will Daniels (URI) 33 615 18.6 5. Brian Roberts (UD) 34 627 18.4 6. RICKY HARRIS (UM) 36 656 18.2 7. Michael Lee (SBU) 30 525 17.5 8. Pat Calathes (SJU) 34 594 17.5 9. Darnell Harris (LAS) 32 530 16.6 10. Mark Tyndale (TU) 34 540 15.9 11. Bryant Dunston (FOR) 29 450 15.5 12. Marcus Stout (FOR) 29 438 15.1 13. KEVIN LISCH (SLU) 31 453 14.6 14. AHMAD NIVINS (SJU) 33 476 14.4 15. DAN GERIOT (UR) 31 442 14.3 16. JIMMY BARON (URI) 33 470 14.2 17. ROB DIGGS (GW) 26 361 13.9 18. Zarryon Fereti (SBU) 30 413 13.8 19. RODNEY GREEN (LAS) 32 430 13.4 20. LAMONT MACK (CHA) 34 436 12.8

FIELD GOAL PCT (Min. 5.0 made per game) FREE THROW PCT (Min. 2.5 made per game) Player G FG FGA PCT Player G FTM FTA PCT 1. AHMAD NIVINS (SJU) 33 165 255 .647 1. Tyler Relph (SBU) 29 75 80 .938 2. Bryant Dunston (FOR) 29 165 314 .525 2. Brian Roberts (UD) 34 111 129 .860 3. Will Daniels (URI) 33 228 455 .501 3. Zarryon Fereti (SBU) 30 94 110 .855 4. ROB DIGGS (GW) 26 140 282 .496 4. Josh Duncan (XU) 37 122 143 .853 5. Mark Tyndale (TU) 34 178 365 .488 5. Pat Calathes (SJU) 34 142 172 .826 6. Michael Lee (SBU) 30 193 397 .486 6. Stanley Burrell (XU) 37 102 124 .823 7. Brian Roberts (UD) 34 208 437 .476 7. Kieron Achara (DUQ) 30 102 125 .816 8. DAN GERIOT (UR) 31 165 349 .473 8. KEVIN LISCH (SLU) 31 116 143 .811 9. Darnell Harris (LAS) 32 176 389 .452 9. Leemire Goldwire (CHA) 34 118 146 .808 10. Pat Calathes (SJU) 34 189 422 .448 10. Kojo Mensah (DUQ) 29 124 158 .785 11. DIONTE CHRISTMAS (TU) 34 210 478 .439 11. RODNEY GREEN (LAS) 32 102 132 .773 12. RICKY HARRIS (UM) 36 209 488 .428 12. DIONTE CHRISTMAS (TU) 34 146 189 .772 13. Gary Forbes (UM) 36 233 572 .407 13. MARCUS JOHNSON (UD) 34 98 129 .760 14. Marcus Stout (FOR) 29 152 379 .401 14. RICKY HARRIS (UM) 36 134 178 .753 15. Leemire Goldwire (CHA) 34 194 520 .373 15. TOMMIE LIDDELL (SLU) 31 84 112 .750 DAN GERIOT (UR) 31 81 108 .750

3-POINT FG PCT (Min. 1.5 made per game) Player G 3FG FGA PCT 1. Parfait Bitee (URI) 33 65 127 .512 2. Darnell Harris (LAS) 32 123 257 .479 Rodney Green, LAS 3. Brian Roberts (UD) 34 100 220 .455 4. Rob Ferguson (SJU) 34 59 133 .444 5. Etienne Brower (UM) 36 82 191 .429 6. Tyler Relph (SBU) 29 63 148 .426 7. DAVID GONZALVEZ (UR) 31 61 145 .421 8. NOEL WILMORE (GW) 26 42 100 .420 9. Chris Clark (TU) 34 57 137 .416 10. B.J. RAYMOND (XU) 37 82 199 .412 11. Drew Lavender (XU) 36 59 145 .407 12. JIMMY BARON (URI) 33 99 244 .406 13. Pat Calathes (SJU) 34 74 185 .400 14. KEVIN LISCH (SLU) 31 63 164 .384 15. DARRIN GOVENS (SJU) 34 68 181 .376

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REBOUNDING Player G OFF DEF TOTAVG Kahiem Seawright, URI 1. Bryant Dunston (FOR) 29 90 194 284 9.8 2. KAHIEM SEAWRIGHT (URI) 33 103 174 277 8.4 3. Michael Lee (SBU) 30 68 172 240 8.0 4. ROB DIGGS (GW) 26 80 121 201 7.7 5. Gary Forbes (UM) 36 65 205 270 7.5 Pat Calathes (SJU) 34 66 189 255 7.5 7. Mark Tyndale (TU) 34 45 200 245 7.2 8. Shawn James (DUQ) 28 67 127 194 6.9 9. Etienne Brower (UM) 36 74 173 247 6.9 10. Will Daniels (URI) 33 68 148 216 6.5 11. DERRICK BROWN (XU) 37 74 168 242 6.5 12. JERRELL WILLIAMS (LAS) 32 81 124 205 6.4 13. DAMIAN HOLLIS (GW) 26 38 125 163 6.3 14. D'LANCY CARTER (SBU) 30 77 109 186 6.2 15. CHARLIE COLEY (CHA) 34 77 133 210 6.2 16. YVES MEKONGO MBALA (LAS) 32 59 132 191 6.0 17. DIONTE CHRISTMAS (TU) 34 43 159 202 5.9 18. C.J. ANDERSON (XU) 37 80 139 219 5.9 19. AHMAD NIVINS (SJU) 33 73 120 193 5.8 20. LAVOY ALLEN (TU) 34 69 124 193 5.7

ASSISTS STEALS Player G AST AVG Player G STL AVG 1. CHRIS LOWE (UM) 34 214 6.29 1. Leemire Goldwire (CHA) 34 70 2.06 2. TASHEED CARR (SJU) 30 167 5.57 2. KEITH COTHRAN (URI) 33 59 1.79 3. Parfait Bitee (URI) 33 156 4.73 3. KEVIN ANDERSON (UR) 31 55 1.77 4. Drew Lavender (XU) 36 162 4.50 4. CHRIS LOWE (UM) 34 57 1.68 5. Mark Tyndale (TU) 34 145 4.26 5. Mark Tyndale (TU) 34 54 1.59 6. Tyler Relph (SBU) 29 112 3.86 6. TASHEED CARR (SJU) 30 47 1.57 7. Stanley Burrell (XU) 37 140 3.78 7. RICKY HARRIS (UM) 36 56 1.56 8. AARON JACKSON (DUQ) 30 105 3.50 8. DAMIAN SAUNDERS (DUQ) 30 45 1.50 MICHAEL GERRITY (CHA) 26 91 3.50 9. Michael Lee (SBU) 30 44 1.47 10. Brian Roberts (UD) 34 117 3.44 10. AARON JACKSON (DUQ) 30 43 1.43 11. Kojo Mensah(DUQ) 29 99 3.41 11. RYAN BUTLER (UR) 31 44 1.42 12. Reggie Jackson (DUQ) 29 98 3.38 12. Kojo Mensah (DUQ) 29 41 1.41 13. DIJUAN HARRIS (CHA) 34 108 3.18 13. RODNEY GREEN (LAS) 32 45 1.41 14. RODNEY GREEN (LAS) 32 101 3.16 14. DAVID GONZALVEZ (UR) 31 42 1.35 15. KEVIN LISCH (SLU) 31 97 3.13 15. DIONTE CHRISTMAS (TU) 34 46 1.35

Chris Lowe, UM BLOCKS Player G BLK AVG 1. Shawn James (DUQ) 28 111 3.96 2. Bryant Dunston (FOR) 29 79 2.72 3. Dante Milligan (UM) 36 69 1.92 4. TONY GAFFNEY (UM) 35 59 1.69 5. LAVOY ALLEN (TU) 34 52 1.53 6. Kieron Achara (DUQ) 30 45 1.50 7. SERGIO OLMOS (TU) 34 49 1.44 8. CHARLIE COLEY (CHA) 34 46 1.35 9. Etienne Brower (UM) 36 48 1.33 10. DAMIAN SAUNDERS (DUQ) 30 39 1.30 11. KAHIEM SEAWRIGHT (URI) 33 42 1.27 12. Gaston Moliva (UR) 24 30 1.25 13. Pat Calathes (SJU) 34 42 1.24 14. ROB DIGGS (GW) 26 31 1.19 15. AHMAD NIVINS (SJU) 33 39 1.18

RETURNING PLAYERS IN CAPS

2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 41 2009 Championship Dates ATLANTIC 10 MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP March 11-14 Boardwalk Hall - Atlantic City, N.J.

ATLANTIC 10 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP March 6-9 Halton Arena - Charlotte, N.C.

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