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PROUDLY TABLE OF CONTENTS 15 Park Row West Providence, RI 02903 (401) 244-3278 [email protected] CONTENTS 2011-12 Notebook ......................2-4 About the American .......................5 The American Athletic Staff Commissioner Mike Aresco ................6 American Athletic Staff ..................7-8 Mike Aresco............................................................. Patrick Colbert . 2013-14 Composite Schedule ...........9-10 Commissioner .......................................................... Assistant Director of Sport Administration............................... [email protected] [email protected] 2013-14 Television Schedule ..............11 Donna DeMarco Egan................................................... Michael Coyne .......................................................... Media Services ...........................12 Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration) ........................ Assistant Director of Broadcast Scheduling.............................. 2014 Tournament Schedule/Bracket.......13 [email protected] [email protected] Tournament Site – Mohegan Sun Arena ...14 Nicholas V. Carparelli, Jr.................................................. Terry McAulay........................................................... Senior Associate Commissioner (Football and Marketing) ............... Coordinator of Football Officiating [email protected] Jamie Corun ............................................................ MEET THE TEAMS Paul Brazeau . Digital Communications Coordinator ................................... UCF ...................................16-21 Senior Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball) ...................... [email protected] Cincinnati . .22-27 [email protected] Catherine Carmignani................................................... Connecticut ...........................28-33 Thomas Odjakjian....................................................... Branding and Sport Administration Coordinator ........................ Houston...............................34-39 Senior Associate Commissioner for Broadcasting and Digital Content ... [email protected] Louisville..............................40-45 [email protected] John Larson............................................................. Danielle Donehew ...................................................... Chief Financial Officer................................................... Memphis..............................46-51 Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball) .......................... [email protected] Rutgers ...............................52-57 [email protected] Lois DeBlois............................................................. USF ...................................58-63 James Siedliski .......................................................... Executive Administrative Assistant ...................................... SMU ..................................64-69 Associate Commissioner (Olympic Sports)............................... [email protected] Temple................................70-75 [email protected] Wanda Factor . Barbara Jacobs.......................................................... Administrative Assistant ................................................ All-Time Coaches’ Records ................76 Assistant Commissioner for Women’s Basketball Officiating ............. [email protected] [email protected] Kathy Kirkpatrick........................................................ HISTORY Mark A. Hodgkin ........................................................ Receptionist ............................................................ The American in the NCAA Championship 78-81 Senior Director of Digital Media ......................................... [email protected] The American in the WNIT..................82 [email protected] Linda Yates.............................................................. Susan Eaton............................................................. Administrative Assistant for Officiating .................................. The American Players in the WNBA..........83 Director of Business Affairs .............................................. [email protected] The American Players in the Olympics .......84 [email protected] Lisa Zanecchia .......................................................... Chuck Sullivan .......................................................... Assistant to the Commissioner . CREDITS Director of Communications ............................................ [email protected] The 2013-14 American Athletic Conference [email protected] Jordan Ozer............................................................. Media Guide was written and edited by Sara Robert Weygand, Jr...................................................... Communications Assistant .............................................. Director of Sport Administration ........................................ [email protected] Naggar and Megan Erbes. Designed by The ON3 Group, Greenwich, Conn and Jim Murphy. Covers [email protected] Megan Erbes............................................................ Kristen Brown........................................................... Communications Assistant .............................................. designed by Megan Erbes and Sara Naggar. Director of Basketball Administration ................................... [email protected] [email protected] Allison White............................................................ PHOTO CREDITS Michael Costa........................................................... Digital Network Assistant ............................................... Special thanks to the school media relations offices Director of Football and Video Administration........................... [email protected] for their valuable assistance and cooperation. [email protected] Kenny Schank........................................................... Director of Compliance ................................................. [email protected] 2013-14 Media Guide 1 NOTEBOOK 2013-2014 Louisville and Memphis to Compete in ESPN’s Annual Play 4Kay ESPN’s annual Play 4Kay women’s basketball initiative – in support of the KayYow Cancer Fund, in partnership withThe V Foundation and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) – will air seven games in a new format across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU on Sunday, Feb. 16. In its eighth year, Play 4Kay is in memory of former NC State head coach Kay Yow, who lost her long, courageous battle with breast cancer. Louisville, ranked eighth in bracketologist Charlie Crème’s espnW 2013-14 Preseason Top 25, will participate in the initiative, and Memphis will be featured in a game on ESPNU on Feb. 16 at 3:30 p.m. Preseason WNIT Louisville will compete in the 2013 Preseason Women’s National Invitational Geno Auriemma to Return Tournament.The Cardinals will host Loyola at the KFC Yum! Center on Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. as USA Basketball Women’s The PreseasonWNIT features a three-game National Team Head Coach guarantee format. The event opens Nov. 8 with first-round games. Second-round University of Connecticut’s Naismith Hall of Fame and Women’s games will be played Nov. 10 and 11 and Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Geno Auriemma, who guided sites will be announced following the first- the USA Basketball Women’s National Team to gold medals at the round results; semifinals will be Nov. 14; 2010 FIBA World Championship and 2012 Olympic Games, will return and the championship is set for Sunday, Nov. to coach the USA National Team through 2016, USA Basketball 17. Teams that lose in the first two rounds announced. Auriemma’s selection was made by the USA Basketball will play consolation games on the second Women’s National Team Steering Committee and approved by the USA weekend, Nov. 15-16. All games are hosted Basketball Board of Directors. by participating schools. The championship game will be nationally televised live in With 28-year coaching veteran Auriemma at the helm, the USA HD on CBS Sports Network at 4 pm ET on Basketball Women’s National Team will compete in the 2014 FIBA Sunday, Nov. 17. World Championship (Sept. 27 - Oct. 5 in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey), and if the USA qualifies, the 2016 Summer Olympic Games (Aug. 5 - 21 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), as well as additional USA training camps and exhibition games. 2 Women’s Basketball NOTEBOOK 2013-2014 New Homes 2014 Final Four Several American teams will be showing off new or improved The 2014 Women’s Final Four will be held in Nashville, Tenn. The facilities for the 2013-14 season. UCF has a new black-stained court, semifinals will be held on April 6, with the title game played on April the only basketball team in the nation to feature a court that color. 8. The First and Second Rounds will be held March 22-25 and the With the $47 million renovation and expansion of Moody Coliseum Regional Rounds will be played March 29-April 1.The locations of moving closer to completion, SMU Athletics revealed a new the first, second and regional rounds have not yet been announced. design that focused on branding the University and SMU Athletics Those sites will be released on Oct. 1. as the Mustangs’ exposure reaches unprecedented. In 2011, the Elma Roane Fieldhouse, named in honor of Memphis women’s athletic pioneer and athletic administrator Elma Neale Roane, saw renovations begin.The $1.3