Men's Basketball 2016-2017
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MEN’S BASKETBALL 2016-2017 1 2016-17 CAL STATE LA MEN’S BASKETBALL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown / High School / Previous School OSTER R 0 DeSean Scott G 6-5 200 Jr. Paso Robles/Arroyo Grande HS/Oxnard College 1 Joshua Hopkins G 6-2 175 Sr. San Bernardino/Arroyo Valley HS/Mt. SAC FF 2 Devin Means G 6-0 170 So. Compton / Future College Prep A T S 3 Travis Hammonds F 6-6 235 Sr. Columbia, S.C./Richland Northeast HS/Long Beach St G HIN 4 Jordan Nelson-Brown G 6-3 200 Jr. Mission Hills/Spirit Lake HS/Los Angeles Pierce JC AC O 5 Roderick Evans-Taylor F 6-5 210 Sr. Upland/Upland HS/Simon Fraser C 10 Jordan Wilson G 5-8 155 Sr. Los Angeles/Windward HS/Northern Colorado LE 11 Robby Kaiser G 6-1 180 Fr. Templeton/Templeton HS IOS AG E B 15 Daylin Billingsley F 6-7 240 Jr. Yucaipa/Yucaipa HS/Barstow College YER A L 20 Miles Ford G 6-3 180 Jr. Inglewood/Alhambra HS/East Los Angeles JC OLDEN P G 23 Brandon Hitchman F 6-8 210 So. Stratford, England / Charnwood College / Tenn. Martin 24 Jonathan Davis F 6-9 230 Gr. Simi Valley/Simi Valley HS/George Washington TE 30 Garrett Carter G 6-3 180 Fr. Rialto/Etiwanda HS A 32 Geoffrey Frid C 7-1 230 Sr. Carlsbad / Impact Academy / Mira Costa / N. Arizona RTNERS A ORPOR P C 44 Grant Arthur G 6-3 185 Fr. La Canada Flintridge/La Canada HS Head Coach: Jim Saia ME A -G Assistant Coaches: Alex Schilter, Scott Clark Y -B ESULTS R ME CLASS BREAKDOWN HEIGHT BREAKDOWN ALPHA BREAKDOWN A G Arthur, Grant Senior ................6 7-1 ..................1 Billingsley, Daylin Carter, Garrett Junior . .4 6-9/6-8 ...............2 Davis, Jonathan Sophomore ............2 6-7 ..................1 Evans-Taylor, Roderick OOKS Ford, Miles B Freshman .............3 6-6 ..................1 Frid, Geoffrey Hammonds, Travis ORD C 6-5 ..................2 Hitchman, Brandon E R Hopkins, Joshua POSITION BREAKDOWN 6-3 ..................4 Kaiser, Robby Guard ...............10 6-2 ..................1 Means, Devin Nelson-Brown, Jordan Scott, DeSean DES Forward ..............4 6-1/6-0 ...............2 A Wilson, Jordan RDS OL A Center................1 5-8 ..................1 W CC A & A & 2016-17 Golden Eagles Quick Facts Location Los Angeles, California Enrollment 27,000 IME Colors Black and Gold T - Home Facility Eagles Nest OSTER LL R Conference California Collegiate Athletic Association A National Affiliation NCAA Division II President Dr. William A. Covino Director of Athletics Dr. Daryl Gross Sports Information Director Paul Helms Credits: The 2016-17 Men’s SID Phone/Fax 323-343-5308/343-3199 TION A HES Basketball media guide was Main Athletics Phone 323-343-3080 AC designed and edited by Paul O Head Coach Jim Saia Helms and Rickey Chen Alma Mater, Year Chapman, 1987 & C DMINISTR Dr. William A. Covino Dr. Daryl Gross Assistant Coaches Schilter, Clark A University President Director of Athletics Men’s Basketball Office Phone 323-343-3090 2 GOLDEN EAGLE ALL-TIME AWARDS ALL-TIME ABOUT GOLDEN 3 COACHING STAFF STATISTICS CCAA RESULTS RECORD BOOKS PLAYER BIOS COACHING RECORDS & ACCOLADES ROSTER EAGLE ATHLETICS n 20 or more games in six of his seven seasons at UCLA. was named the GSAC Coach of the Year. was named the GSAC Saia most recently did an outstanding job at California Collegiate Athletic Association newcomer Cal The Cougars joined the NCAA Division II and CCAA last season and Saia led them to a 15-12 record. A skilled tactician with a lengthy record of success, Jim Saia is the new head coach of Cal State LA’s A skilled tactician with a lengthy record of success, Jim Saia is the new head coach of Cal State LA’s Saia comes to Cal State LA after posting a 189-66 overall record in eight seasons at Cal State San Known as an outstanding recruiter and an offensive mastermind, Saia also has 14 years of coaching including teams, Association Basketball National of rosters onto players 17 than more helped has Saia basketball program. Saia brings nearly 30 years of coaching experience to the Golden Eagles and a men’s rich history of building winning programs. Year awards from the Basketball national Coach He of earned the back-to-back Pacific. Marcos and Fresno Times after leading the Cougars to 62 wins over a two-year span. experience at the NCAA Division I level, including seven years as the top assistant coach at UCLA and one year at USC, where he served as the interim head coach for most of the season. and Matt Barnes. Nick Young Jason Kapono, Baron Davis, Dan Gadzuric, Earl Watson, State San Marcos, where level. he NAIA the led at the prominence Cougars national to to a Marcos 119-37 San record State in Cal five led seasons. quickly and He 2010 became in the coach school’s head first-ever tournament conference the for qualified have would and play conference in 11-9 went Marcos San State Cal Jim Saia Head Coach He and his wife Stacey have four children: Jillian, 12; Tatym, 10; Dominic, 6; and Hope, 4. He and his wife Stacey have four children: Jillian, 12; Tatym, Saia’s playing career Saia’s began at Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo. During his junior and senior seasons, he helped his In 1994, Saia was the head coach for the Athletes in Action USA team and in 1993 he coached the AIA’s Division I summer tour team. tour summer I Division AIA’s the coached he 1993 in and team USA Action in Athletes the for coach head the was Saia 1994, In offensive about clinics at lecturing country the toured has he and 1990-94 from Camp State Fresno the of director the also was Saia Saia was also an assistant coach at the NCAA Division I level for Gary Colson at Fresno State (1990-94), Tates Locke at Indiana State Indiana at Locke Tates (1990-94), State Fresno at Colson Gary for level I Division NCAA the at coach assistant an also was Saia Before joining UCLA’s staff, Saia was the head coach at Columbia College in Sonora. In his two seasons at Columbia, he led the team the led he Columbia, at seasons two his In Sonora. in College Columbia at coach head the was Saia staff, UCLA’s joining Before Saia’s recruiting talents helped UCLA land the nation’s top-ranked recruiting class in 1998 and 2001 and a No. 2 class in 1997. Saia top-ranked class in 1997. No. 2 and a recruiting class in 1998 and 2001 nation’s UCLA land the recruiting talents helped Saia’s He was the offensive coordinator at UCLA for three seasons (2000-02) and the Bruins posted their most prolific three-point totals in Saia came to USC after seven seasons as an assistant coach at UCLA, where he helped the Bruins advance to the Elite Eight in 1997 in Eight Elite the to advance Bruins the helped UCLA,he at where coach assistant an as seasons seven after USC to came Saia Before leading Fresno Pacific’s program, Saia spent theBefore 2004-05 leading seasonPacific’s Fresno at USC. After beginning the season as an assistant coach, Saia came to Cal State San Marcos after three whereseasons heas ledthe thehead Sunbirds coach toPacific, of anFresno overall Saia started the Cal State San Marcos program from scratch and led the Cougars to records of 19-12 and 23-7 in his first two years two first his in 23-7 and 19-12 of records to Cougars the led and scratch from program Marcos San State Cal the started Saia In 2014-15, the Cougars’ final season in NAIA competition, Saia led Cal State San Marcos to a 30-4 overall record and another NAIA another and record overall 30-4 a to Marcos San State Cal led Saia competition, NAIA in season final Cougars’ the 2014-15, In The Cougars had back-to-back 30-win seasons, including a record-setting performance in 2013-14. Cal State San Marcos went 32-2 went Marcos San State Cal 2013-14. in performance record-setting a including seasons, 30-win back-to-back had Cougars The In Saia’s In firstSaia’s four seasons at Cal State San Marcos, he developed the Cougars into one of the most powerful NAIA teams in the Coaches awards. while earning all-conference honors and he concluded his career at Chapman University, where he earned the Best Defensive Player and Player Defensive Best the earned he where University, Chapman at career his concluded he and honors all-conference earning while Mustangs to a 20-win season. He spent the 1984-85 season at College of Marin and led the Mariners to a state tournament appearance tournament state a to Mariners the led and Marin of College at season 1984-85 the spent He season. 20-win a to Mustangs teams to a 65-1 overall record and two state championships. He played at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo from 1982-84 and helped the and defensive skills. (1989-90) and Lou Campanelli at California (1988-89). (1989-90) and Lou and was ranked No. 7 in the state. advanced to the Final Eight in the California junior college playoffs and ended the season with a 30-5 record. His 1995 squad was 31-5 was squad 1995 His record.