MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND Sports Information Sports Information Director: Julie Lapomarda Chiles Center • 5000 N. Willamette Blvd. • Portland, Ore. 97203 Assistant SID: Jason Brough Phone: 503.943.7439/7731 • Fax: 503.943.7242 Intern: Adam Linnman Date: Mar. 3, 2004 • Portland Men’s Basketball • Portland @ WCC Tournament • Mar. 5-8 • All Day • Leavey Center (4,500) • Santa Clara, Calif. Table of Contents COMING UP: The University of Portland (11-16, 5-9 WCC) will travel to Santa Clara, Calif. to compete in the West Coast Conference men’s basketball tournament, on Mar. 5-8. Media Information ......................... 1-2 WCC TOURNAMENT: The West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament returns to Regular-Season Results .................... 2 the Bay Area in 2004 and 2005. The 2004 WCC Basketball Tournament will be held on the Santa Clara University campus, and for the second consecutive year, the WCC will use Probable Starters .............................. 2 an Eight-Team/Play-In format for both the men and the women. The women will play March 4-7, 2004 and the men will square-off March 5-8, 2004. Pilot Information ............................ 2-3 The 2004 and 2005 tournaments will be held in the Bay Area, the 2006 and 2007 tournaments in the Pacific Northwest and the 2008 and 2009 tournaments in Southern WCC Opponents............................ 2-6 California. Under the format that was adopted in 2003, the No. 5 through No. 8 seeds will compete Pilot Quick Facts............................... 3 in the opening round to determine who will advance to the next round of the tournament. Waiting for the winners in the quarterfinals will be the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds, who will 2003-04 WCC Standings................... 4 have first round byes. The winners of the quarterfinal match-ups will go head-to-head Polls ............................................... 4-5 with the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, who will have byes through the first two rounds of the tournament. Coaching Records ............................. 5 On Fri., Mar. 5, the action kicks-off with No. 6 seed Portland (11-16, 5-9 WCC) and No. 7 seed Loyola Marymount (14-13, 5-9 WCC) at 6:00 p.m. At 8:30 p.m., No. 5 seed Santa Roster Breakdown/Numerical Roster 6 Clara (14-15, 6-8 WCC) takes on No. 8 seed San Diego (1-13, 4-25 WCC). No. 3 seed Pepperdine (14-15, 9-5 WCC) will match-up with the Portland/LMU winner at 6:00 p.m. on Holton’s Era ...................................... 6 Sat., Mar. 6. No. 4 seed San Francisco (17-13, 7-7 WCC) will face the winner of the Santa Clara/San Diego game at 8:30 p.m. On Sun., Mar. 7. No. 2 seed Saint Mary’s (18-11, 9-5 Pilot leaders/team highs & lows ....... 7 WCC) will face the winner of game No. 3 at 6:00 p.m., while No. 1 seed Gonzaga (25-2, 14- 0 WCC) will take on the winner of game No. 4, at 8:30 p.m. on Sat., Mar. 8. The West Portland on the World Wide Web ..... 8 Coast Conference will crown its basketball champion on Mon., Mar. 8 at 9:00 p.m. ESPN will televise the championship game from the Leavey Center in Santa Clara, Calif. Series vs. WCC Opponents ........... 7-8 MEDIA INFORMATION 2003-04 WCC All-Conference ......... 9 DIRECTIONS: From Highway 280, take the I-880/17 connector towards Oakland. From I-880, take the Alameda exit. After making a left turn at the stop light off the exit, follow Notes............................................ 9-14 the Alameda for approximately one mile and the Leavey Center will come into view on your left. The Alameda veers right into El Camino Real. Make a left into the main entrance Head Coach Michael Holton ...........12 of campus and follow the road to the main parking garage. From Interstate 880, take the Alameda exit. Make a right onto The Alameda and proceed 2003-04 WCC Tournament Bracket 15 for about one mile. The Leavey Center will come into view on your left. The Alameda veers right into The El Camino Real. Make a left into the main entrance of campus and 2003-04 Overall Statistics ................16 follow the road to the main parking garage. From Highway 101, take the De La Cruz Boulevard exit. Follow the signs to Santa Clara, 2003-04 WCC Statistics ...................17 veering to the right at the San Jose/Santa Clara split. Make a right turn on Lafayette. From Lafayette, make a right on the El Camino Real. Follow the El Camino for about one 2003-04 Player Bios ................... 18-30 half mile and make a right into the main entrance of campus. Follow the road to the main 2003-04 Team/Opponent game-by-game31 parking garage. 2003-04 Season Box Scores ...... 32-36 POST-GAME INTERVIEWS: The Portland lockerroom will be open 10 minutes after the cooling-off period has concluded. Pilot head coach Michael Holton and at least two 2003-04 Clips ............................. 37-91 players will be available in the interview room. The winning team will go first, followed by the losing team. Following the second men’s semifinal game and the championship game, the order is reversed (losing team first, followed by the winning team). WHAT’S AHEAD: From Mar. 18-19, Portland will await the chance to compete at the NCAA First Round Tournament. www.portlandpilots.com 1 UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2003-04 SCHEDULE/RESULTS A QUICK LOOK AT PORTLAND: Probable Starters DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULTS The University of Portland men’s basket- No. Name Yr. Pos. November ball team ended their regular-season at the 4 Donald Wilson So. G/F 5 Basketball Travelers (Exhibition)W, 81-69 Chiles Center with an 89-78 win over the 11 Pooh Jeter So. G 14 Concordia (Exhibition) W, 95-72 San Diego Toreros on Sat., Feb. 28. With 15 Adam Quick Sr. G 21 Boise State L, 76-66 24 Dreshawn Vance Fr. F 25 Oregon State W, 97-89 (2OT) the win, the Pilots end their five-game 44 Dustin Geddis Sr. F 29 Long Beach State W, 65-59 losing streak and improve to 11-16 overall, 5-9 in the WCC. Portland earned the No. 6 Off the Bench December seed in the 2004 WCC Tournament and will No. Name Yr. Pos. 1 New Mexico W, 77-71 match-up with the No. 7 seed Loyola 3 Brant Minor So. G 4 Nevada W, 86-70 Marymount on Fri., Mar. 5 at 6:00 p.m in 10 Andreas Gahlmann Jr. C 6 Portland State (RiverCity Rivalry) W, 60-53 13 Karl Aaker Jr. G/F 14 Duke (Fox Sports Net) L, 84-43 Santa Clara, Calif. The Pilots are on pace to 14 Christopher JacksonFr. F/C 16 Weber State L, 58-51 finish the season with a better win percent- 22 Sean Smith Fr. G 19 Portland State L, 74-55 age than last year’s 11-17 mark. With the 23 Devin Peal Fr. G/F 2 2 Oregon (Oregon Sports Network) L, 88-70 WCC Tournament coming up this week, 32 Patrick Galos Jr. F/C 28 Boise State W, 77-72 34 Samario Clancy Fr. G 31 San Diego State L, 67-61 Portland could hit the mark. The Pilots finished their non-conference season with 45 Ben Sullivan* TR C 55 Casey Frandsen Sr. G January a 6-7 record and posted a 6-6 record at the 3 Northern Arizona L, 81-73 Chiles Center this season. * will sit our this season due to 10 Pepperdine* (Fox Sports West2) L, 97-88 As of Mon., Mar. 1, the Pilots are ranked NCAA transfer rules 12 Loyola Marymount* W, 77-68 No. 19 in the nation in three-point accu- 15 Saint Mary’s* L, 70-51 17 San Francisco* W, 77-63 racy. Portland is shooting 39.2 percent from behind the arc. Overall, the Pilots have 2 3 Gonzaga* (Fox Sports NW/Bay Area) L, 80-65 connected on 202-of-515 attempts from three-point land. Senior Adam Quick is still in the 29 Santa Clara* L, 75-64 national charts this week with a No. 25 ranking in free-throw accuracy (.880, 44-of-50). 31 San Diego* W, 84-72 Portland has the highest-rated strength of schedule of all WCC teams entering this week’s games. According to the Sagarin Ratings, the Pilots’ schedule ranks 67th out of February 5 Loyola Marymount* W, 74-59 the 326 Division I teams as of Mar. 1. Overall, Portland’s rating (73.41) in the Sagarin 7 Pepperdine* L, 71-67 Index is 159. The WCC is 12th out of the 32 Division I conferences. 12 Saint Mary’s* L, 82-63 Freshman Dreshawn Vance is second in the WCC (league games only) in blocked 14 San Francisco* L, 86-73 shots with 18 (1.28 per game). The Pilots are tops in the league in turnover margin against 18 Gonzaga* (Fox Sports NW) L, 79-69 conference foes at +4.64, that’s +2.64 better than Pepperdine (+2.00), which ranks second. 26 Santa Clara* L, 55-54 28 San Diego* W, 89-78 Adam Quick’s 525 career assists moves him into eight place on the WCC career assists list. He would need 29 more assists to put him ahead of former Gonzaga star John March Stockton (554 career assists). 4-8 WCC Tournament All Day Sophomore Pooh Jeter has reached double figures in 24-of-the-27 Pilot games thus far. 5 vs.