Basketball Guide, 1985-86
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BRYANT BASKETBALL 1985-86 BRYANT 1985-86 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE NOVEMBER Sat. 23 at Rhode Island 7:30 Mon. 25 WENTWORTH 7:30 DECEMBER Sun. 1 at N.H. College 7:30 Tues. 3 R.I. COLLEGE 7:30 Thur. 5 LOWELL 7:30 Sat. 7 BRIDGEPORT 7:30 Tues. 10 at St. Martin's 7:30 Wed. 11 at Puget Sound 7:30 13-14 at Alaska-Fairbanks 7:30 16-17 at Alaska-Anchorage 7:30 28-29 at Merrimack Tournament JANUARY Thur. 9 at Brown 7:30 Mon. 13 at St. Joseph's 7:30 Wed. 15 at Springfield 7:30 Sat. 18 at Assumption 7:30 Mon. 20 at Southern Conn. 7:30 Thur. 23 MERRIMACK 7:30 Sat. 25 STONEHILL 3:30 Mon. 27 at Bentley 7:30 Wed. 29 at St. Anselm 7:30 FEBRUARY Sat. 1 AIC 7:30 Wed. 5 at Merrimack 7:30 Sat. 8 ASSUMPTION 3:30 Mon. 10 at Stonehill 7:30 Wed. 12 BENTLEY 7:30 Sat 15 at AIC 7:30 Tues. 18 SPRINGFIELD 7:30 Sat. 22 ST. ANSELM 7:30 25-27 Northeast-8 Tournament MARCH Sat. 1 Northeast-8 Final BRYANT BASKETBALL 1985-86 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 3 President's Message Page 23 Jeff Martin Page 4-5 Bryant Basketball History Page 24 Tom Guiry Page 7 1985-86 Basketball Cheerleaders Page 25 Manager Page 8 Head Coach Page 26 1984-85 Statistics and Results Page 9 Assistant Coaches Page 29-34 1985-86 Opponent Information Page 12 Gregg Cooper Page 35-38 Bryant Basketball Records Page 13 Bob Brown Page 39 Ail-Time Coaching Staff Page 14 Manny Barrows Page 40 1,000-Point Club Page 15 Rodney Gill Page 42 All-Time Roster Page 16 Mike Reed Page 43 Series Records Page 17 Tom Larranaga Page 44-45 All-Time Scores Page 18 Art Whitehead Page 46 Northeast-8 Conference Directory Page 19 Chris O'Connell Page 47 1985-86 Northeast-8 Schedule Page 2U Steve DiChiara Page 48 Bryant Directory Page 21 Derek Higgs IFC 1985-86 Schedule Page 22 Jamie Ryan IBC 1985-86 Roster Be a friend. For some student-athletes, the commit "We are pleased with the VFYs progress, participate in the VFY national organization. ment to excellence reaches beyond acade particularly since it started as a pilot pro Each campus chapter is student-run, sup mic and athletic competition. gram," said Cecil N. Coleman, chair of the ported by the national staff and sponsored For many adolescents, junior high school NCAA Volunteers For Youth Committee. by the NCAA and the institution's athletic is a time of loneliness, low self-esteem and "There were 1,500 matches of student-ath department. insecurity. letes and young people last year and we For more information about the NCAA Each week, in communities all across the hope that will increase in 1985-86." Volunteers For Youth Program, contact country, college student-athletes and junior Those 1,500 matches produced at least Audrey West, NCAA Volunteers For Youth, high school-aged youth are building special a few success stories. A Morehouse College P.O. Box 1906, Mission, Kansas 66201. one-to-one friendships through the NCAA football player worked with one youth for Volunteers For Youth program. four years. The youth went from being "the Designed to provide positive role models classic underachiever" to "an honor-roll NCAA VOLUNTEERS FOR YOUTH for youngsters who are having a tough time student and a good athlete who hopes to at school, at home or with friends, the Volun attend college," his college buddy proudly teers For Youth provides benefits to the par recalls. ticipating student-athlete as well. Many VFY The VFY was originated as the Youth volunteers report that their commitment to Program at Stanford University in 1969. In school and their sport is enhanced by the 1977, the NCAA committed itself to spon relationship they have developed with their soring the program with financial support VFY youth. for the national staff. Currently, 58 colleges I BRYANT COLLEGE SMITHFIELD- RHODE ISLAND 02917 Office of the President Message Irom the. President. Btyant College. L& proud ol its intercollegiate athletic program under the direction ofa Leon Vrury. The accomplishment* o$ its student-athletes are a continual source ol pride lor the College. It is Bryant's objective to maintain a balanced athletic program lor men and women which lits into the total educational process ol the College The Bryant campus o^ers students, alumni, and friends one ol the most modern physical athletic {.cdilities in the Northeast, and we welcome your visit to our campus. to^T^k- Wm. T. O'Hara •SH When Camper took over as coach in 1960, his first major task was convincing the school's top players that it was more prestigious playing varsity than intramural. For the first few years, every time there was an intramural game and varsity contest scheduled on the same night, Camper kept It was almost 30 years ago, but Wally his fingers crossed that his players would Camper can still remember the knots he decide to play for their school rather than got in his stomach the day of a big Bryant their fraternity. basketball game. Camper's message obviously took hold Camper, currently a Bryant faculty because today varsity basketball is one of member and coach of the Bryant varsity the biggest attractions on the Bryant back in the early 60s, wasn't worrying campus. about whether he should employ a man- Over the past decade, Bryant basketball to-man defense or how to attack the zone. has become one of the most highly He had more important problems — like recognized Division Two programs in the would he have a team. country and a full-house at the Indians' In those days, the Bryant varsity basket 2,700-seat gymnasium is nothing unusual. ball program had just begun a new era. The rise to national prominence started Although varsity basketball had existed at in 1964 when Tom Duffy, a former Rhode Bryant in the 40s and early 50s, throughout Island schoolboy coach, was named the In most of the decade of the 50s intramural dians head coach. Within two years, Duffy competition was far more popular than var had the Indians listed among the top 10 sity play. NAIA teams in the country. 4 In 1966-67, Duffy directed the Indians to But the intensified competition didn't In the five years since the Conference the best season in Bryant history with 22 mean a sacrifice in the victory column. began regular seasonplay, eight more victories in 24 starts. The 92.2 scoring From 1969 to 1976, the Indians compiled teams have earned national post-season average compiled by the 66-67 quintet still a combined record of 141 victories and only berths.Those eight tournament berths now ranks as the highest average ever record 69 losses. gives the present eight Conference schools ed by a Bryant team. In 1978, led by a freshman sensation a total of 54 national tournament ap The star of that team was Tom Smile, a named Ernie DeWitt, the Indians posted a pearances in the 28-year history of the na sharpshooter from Pawtucket, R.I. For 20-6 record and earned their first berth in tional Division Two tournament. several weeks during the 66-67 season, a post-season NCAA Division II tourna In 1982, the NCAA granted the Smile was the leading scorer in the nation ment. That would be the start of the Northeast-8 Conference anautomatic berth with a 30-plus per game average. By the greatest four-year era in the history of to the national tournament, assuring the end of the season, Smile had tallied 802 Bryant basketball. Conference of at least one representative points, a 33.4 average. Both marks are still The following year, Leon Drury, Folliard's in each future national tournament. Bryant records. assistant for seven years, took over as Last season Bryant added the Universi head coach. Within a year, Drury directed ty of Rhode Island to its regular season -*> the Indians to the top of the New England schedule, marking the first time Bryant had y>^\ Division Two rankings. played one of Rhode Island's three Division I schools. With Brown University joining URI on this year's schedule, the Indians now play two of Rhode Island's three Divi sion One entries during the regular season. Also this season, the Indians will travel to Alaska for a two-game series against both the University of Alaska at Anchorage "Our objective is to continually im and the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. prove our program for our fans enjoy It will mark the first time a New England col ment while also offering our players an lege basketball team has played games in outstanding learning experience. both Anchorage and Fairbanks. "We want the four years our players And what's in store for future Bryant spend at Bryant to be one of the greatestbasketbal l players and fans? experiences of their lives.'' "Our objective is to continually improve LEON DRURY our program for our fans enjoyment while also offering our players an outstanding learning experience,' said Drury. "We want the four years our players spend at Bryant to be one of the greatest experiences of their lives." In 1979-80, the Indians were the No. 1 ranked New England Division Two team from the pre-season poll to the final vote of the year. In addition, they also finished 13 in the national UPI Division II poll as they compiled a 20-7 record.