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PRESEASON HEADLINES HOW TO WATCH C-USA BASKETBALL Louisiana Tech and Old Dominion are rid- Date Game Coverage Time ing two of the nation’s longest home court Fri., November 13 FIU 71, Trinity Baptist 39 C-USA DN 6:00p win streaks. The Bulldogs have won 31 in (13) Michigan State 82, Florida Atlantic 55 ESPN3 6:00p a row, dating back to the 2013-14 season, (RV) Old Dominion 67, Niagara 50 C-USA DN 6:00p for the fourth-best in the country behind Louisiana Tech 95, Millsaps 33 C-USA DN 6:30p only Arizona, North Carolina Cental and Loyola-Chicago 76, UTSA 64 ESPN3 7:00p Wichita State. Old Dominion has won its last Elon 86, Charlotte 74 ASN 7:30p 25 games at the Ted Constant Center, one North Texas 112, Jarvis Christian 82 C-USA DN 7:30p game behind Kansas to tie North Dakota Auburn 75, UAB 74 SEC Network+ 8:30p State for the sixth-longest home court win (14) California 97, Rice 65 Pac-12 Network 10:30p streak. Sat., November 14 Southern Miss at Memphis ESPN3 7:00p C-USA welcomes two new coaches to the Gulf Coast Showcase, Bowling Green, Kentucky league this year. Former All-American Mark Campbellsville at WKU C-USA DN 7:00p Price takes the reigns at Charlotte, after Loyola (New Orleans) at UTEP C-USA DN 8:05p spending seven years as an assistant coach in the NBA. Eric Konkol tips off his fi rst Sun., November 15 Men Who Speak Up, Greenville, South Carolina season at Louisiana Tech after working the UTSA at Clemson ESPN3 1:00p past four seasons as an assistant coach for Jim Larranaga at Miami (Fla.). Mon., November 16 Charlotte at East Carolina ASN 6:00p Florida Memorial at FIU C-USA DN 6:00p UAB returns 91 percent of its scoring and 90 Buff alo at Old Dominion C-USA DN 6:00p percent rebounding from last year’s squad, Texas College at North Texas C-USA DN 7:00p that advanced in the NCAA Tournament Alabama State at UAB ASN 8:00p following a win over No. 3 seed and Big 12 Roundball Showcase, San Francisco, California champion Iowa State. Rice at San Francisco theW.tv 9:00p
Conference USA teams are participating Tue., November 17 Warner at Florida Atlantic C-USA DN 6:00p in a number of early season tournaments. UT Arlington at Louisiana Tech C-USA DN 6:30p Charlotte will be in the Bahamas for the fi fth Middle Tennessee at Murray State ASN 7:00p annual Battle 4 Atlantis, Middle Tennnessee Jackson State at Southern Miss C-USA DN 7:00p will spend Thanksgiving at the GCI Great Men Who Speak Up, Omaha, Nebraska Alaska Shootout, and UAB will complete in UTSA at Creighton FS2 7:00p the Emerald Coast Classic, to name a few. All Times Central
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C-USA TIPS OFF ITS THIRD DECADE FREEMAN NAMED TO PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM The 21st Conference USA men’s basketball season tips off Nov. 13 with nine Old Dominion senior point guard Trey Freeman has been named to the teams in action, fi ve playing on home courts and two squaring off against to 2015-16 Lute Olson Preseason All-America Team. Freeman, last year’s Top 15 opponents. FIU, Florida Atlantic and Old Dominion open things up C-USA Newcomer of the Year and fi rst team All-League selection (16.9 with 7 p.m. ET tip off s. ODU, which is receiving votes in both the Associated ppg/3.57 apg) ranks No. 17 on ODU’s all-time scoring list (fi rst two seasons Press and USA Today Sports coaches Top 25 polls, defends its 24-game at Campbell). The Virginia Beach, Va.-native led the 2014-15 Monarch squad home court win streak, including a perfect 20-0 mark last season, as host to a 27-8 overall record, a 13-5 mark in conference play and a birth in the NIT to Niagara Friday. The Monarchs have the seventh-longest home winning semifi nals at Madison Square Garden. In the NIT victory against Charleston streak in the nation. FIU will welcome Trinity Baptist for the Panthers’ open- Southern, Freeman recorded the fi rst triple-double by an Old Dominion er. It will be the fi rst of seven home non-conference games for FIU, who player since 1982 with 14 points, 11 rebs and 10 assists. He was also named only played two off the road last season. to the C-USA’s All-Academic Team in 2014-15.
Florida Atlantic debuts its 2015-16 squad at No. 13 Michigan State in a game The award is named in honor of Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson, who won that will be streamed on ESPN3. In addition to those Owls, the Rice Owls 780 games in 34 seasons, 24 of which were spent at the University of Ari- open on the road against No. 14 California in the nightcap, with a 10:30 p.m. zona. During that stretch he led the Wildcats to 11 Pac-10 Conference titles, CT start on the Pac-12 Network. 23 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, four Final Four appearances and a Na- tional Championship in 1997. Defending regular-season C-USA champion Louisiana Tech hosts Millsaps at 6:30 p.m. CT as the Bulldogs own the fourth-longest win streak in the RETURNING ALL-CONFERENCE USA SELECTONS nation with 30-straight wins at the Thomas Assembly Center. It also marks The following student-athletes are on a 2015-16 C-USA roster and received the debut for fi rst-year coach Eric Konkol. Charlotte plays its fi rst game in an All-Conference honor last season. Voting on the awards was done by the Mark Price era as the 49ers welcome Elon for an 8:30 p.m. ET tip in a the C-USA head coaches and media members in each conference city. game that will be televised on the American Sports Network (ASN), while North Texas opens at home against Jarvis Christian. 2014-15 ALL-CONFERENCE USA SELECTIONS Trey Freeman, Old Dominion, G, 6-2, 175, Virginia Beach, Va. (First Team) Defending C-USA champion UAB plays at Auburn in the fi rst of four in- Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech, G, 6-4, 190, Chipley, Florida (Second Team) state foes the Blazers will face to open their season Friday. C-USA tourna- Ryan Taylor, Marshall, F, 6-5, 225, Indianapolis, Indiana (Third Team) ment MVP Robert Brown provides the senior leadership for the Blazers as Robert Brown, UAB, G, 6-5, 190, Clermont, Florida (Third Team) they begin to defend their championship title. UAB then hosts Alabama State on Monday night on ASN, followed by a road game at Troy (Nov. 19) 2014-15 CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM and a home contest with Jacksonville State (Nov. 22). Giddy Potts, Middle Tennessee, G, 6-2, 220, Athens, Alabama Jeremy Combs, North Texas, F, 6-7, 182, Dallas, Texas UTSA rounds out the Friday night schedule with a 7 p.m. CT tip at Loyola Nick Norton, UAB, G, 5-10, 175, Bloomington, Illinois Chicago, before heading to Greenville, S.C., Sunday to play Clemson in the William Lee, UAB, F, 6-9, 210, Plantersville, Alabama Men Who Speak Up Challenge. 2014-15 CONFERENCE USA ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM Adrian Diaz, FIU, F, 6-10, 230, Miami, Florida Three teams open up Saturday night, with Southern Miss on the road to face former Conference USA foe Memphis. Tipoff is 7 p.m. CT and can be 2014-15 CONFERENCE USA NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR seen on ESPN3. The C-USA Digital Network will carry the other two games Trey Freeman, Old Dominion, G, 6-2, 175, Virginia Beach, Virginia that night as WKU hosts Campbellsville at 7 p.m. CT and UTEP welcomes Loyola (New Orleans) at 7 p.m. MT. The Hilltoppers and Miners have added 2014-15 CONFERENCE USA SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR 10 newcomers each to their respective rosters. Three of UTEP’s newcomers Chris Cokley, UAB, F, 6-8, 216, Savannah, Georgia - Dominic Artis, Lee Moore and Tevin Caldwell - combined for 50 points in their exhibition win Nov. 7. BLAZERS WIN 2015 C-USA CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE UAB, the only C-USA team to compete in all 20 conference tournaments, Middle Tennessee and Marshall open their respective seasons the following won its fi rst championship title with a 73-60 victory over Middle Tennessee week. The Blue Raiders are in Kentucky to play at Morehead State on Tues- on March 14, 2015. Junior Robert Brown scored 22 points and made four day, Nov, 17, while Marshall opens at Tennessee on Nov. 19. 3-pointers to lead the Blazers, who earned their fi rst NCAA tournament trip since 2011 with a team largely built on underclassmen. The Blazers were a Conference play opens Friday, Jan. 1, with the 2016 C-USA Championship to No. 14 seed in their fi rst NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005 and be held March 8-12 in Birmingham, Alabama. faced No. 3 seed Iowa State in the second round. Freshman William Lee scored the last four points as the Blazers eliminated the Big 12 regular-season champion Cyclones with a 60-59 victory on March 19 in Louisville, Kentucky.
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COACHING RECORDS PRICE IS RIGHT FOR CHARLOTTE 49ERS Conference USA boasts some tremendous head coaches, combining for The Charlotte 49ers named former NBA standout Mark Price as the 10th more than 2,500 career wins. UTEP head coach Tim Floyd has 431 wins head men’s basketball coach in school history. Price spent seven years within the college ranks and another 90 in the NBA. WKU’s Ray Harper coaching in the NBA. For the past two, he had been an assistant coach reached career win No. 400 on Dec. 29, 2014. Old Dominion’s Jeff Jones on the Charlotte Hornets staff . As a collegiate player at Georgia Tech he earned his 400th career victory during the 2015 NIT, while Middle Tennes- helped the Yellow Jackets move from last place to ACC champions. As a see’s Kermit Davis picked up his 250th win at Middle Tennessee during the player with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he helped the team to seven playoff semifi nals of the 2015 C-USA Championship. bids over his fi nal eight years. As a coach in the NBA, he has helped four of his last six teams reach the NBA playoff s. He has played an integral role, Many coaches were also outstanding student-athletes themselves. Jones for instance, in helping Charlotte Hornets standout Michael Kidd-Gilchrist’s helped his alma mater Virginia to the 1981 NCAA Final Four. Charlotte’s well-documented improvement in his shooting percentage. Last season, Mark Price enjoyed a stellar 12-year NBA career. He fi nished his career as Charlotte reached the Eastern Conference playoff s. In 2012, he was a player one of the greatest shooters in NBA history; he ranks second on the NBA’s development coach for the NBA playoff -bound Orlando Magic. He has all-time career free-throw percentage list (.904) and 29th in three-point served as a shooting coach on several NBA coaching staff s (Golden State fi eld goal percentage (.402). He is also the NBA’s all-time leader in play- Warriors in 2011, NBA playoff representative Atlanta Hawks in 2009, 2010 off free-throw percentage (.944). UTSA’s Brooks Thompson joins Price in and the Memphis Grizzlies in 2008). While in Atlanta, he helped the Hawks exclusive company as one of just nine D-I head coaches that were former to two of their current seven straight playoff appearances. Price spent the NBA fi rst- round draft selections. Florida Atlantic head coach Michael Cur- 1999-2000 season as an assistant coach on Bobby Cremins staff at his ry also played in the NBA. UAB’s Jerod Haase was a Naismith and Wooden alma mater, Georgia Tech. Award fi nalist in 1997, his senior year at Kansas. North Texas’ Tony Benford was named the 1986 SWC Tournament MVP as a senior at Texas Tech. Price was the 25th overall pick in the 1986 NBA Draft and played in 772 regular-season games for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Washington Bullets, Coach (School) School Career C-USA Golden State Warriors and Orlando Magic. He averaged 15.2 points and Mark Price (CHA) 0-1 0-1 0-0 6.7 assists in his career. Price, who played nine seasons for the Cavaliers is Anthony Evans (FIU) 32-33 131-126 15-19 second in franchise history for career assists (4,206), was named fi rst-team Michael Curry (FAU) 9-21 9-21 2-16 All-NBA in 1992-93 and third-team All-NBA three times (1988-89, 1991-92 and 1993-94). He played in four NBA All-Star games and captured the Eric Konkol (TECH) 1-0 1-0 0-0 1993 and 1994 NBA three-point shootout titles. Price was also a member Dan D’Antoni (MAR) 11-21 10-21 7-11 of Dream Team II, which won the gold medal at the 1994 FIBA World Kermit Davis (MT) 251-165 387-241 21-12 Championship. The Cleveland Cavaliers have retired his #25 jersey. Price Tony Benford (NT) 43-53 43-53 14-20 has had his #25 jersey retired by Georgia Tech as well. Jeff Jones (ODU) 46-26 403-313 22-12 Mike Rhoades (RICE) 12-21 209-98 8-10 KONKOL JOINS DUNKIN’ DOGS Doc Sadler (USM) 9-20 158-127 15-17 Former University of Miami assistant coach Eric Konkol became the 18th Jerod Haase (UAB) 54-47 54-47 26-24 head coach of Louisiana Tech Bulldog Basketball. Konkol came to Ruston Tim Floyd (UTEP) 103-63 431-243 53-29 after spending the past four seasons on the staff of Miami’s head coach Jim Brooks Thompson (UTSA) 128-151 183-165 12-22 Larranaga. Prior to that, he was with Larranaga for seven years at George Ray Harper (WKU) 71-48 413-111 12-6 Mason and has assisted in all aspects including recruiting, practices, individual player workouts and game preparation. Known as the team’s off ensive coordinator, he aided the 2014-15 Hurricanes team to a 25-13 ODU’S JONES HONORED record, the second most wins in program history, and an appearance in the National Invitation Tournament Championship game. Miami snapped Samaritan’s Feet International selected Old Dominion head coach Jeff two impressive winning streaks along the way, defeating eventual national Jones as the 2015 “Barefoot Coach of the Year.” Jones was presented the champion Duke, 90-74, at Cameron Indoor Stadium, ending the Blue award at the Legends of the Hardwood Breakfast on April 4, 2015, at the Devils’ 41-game home winning streak which was the longest active streak Indiana Convention Center. Jones has coached a game barefoot for the in Division I at the time. The Canes also defeated then-No. 8/7 Florida in a past seven basketball seasons as head coach at both ODU and American non-conference battle which snapped the Gators’ 33-game home winning University. Jones has demonstrated the fi ve pillars: giving a voice to the streak was the third longest in the country. voiceless, creating awareness for Samaritan’s Feet, providing shoes to im- poverished children (both domestically and internationally), enhancing the “Eric has a national reputation as a great recruiter, a rising star and a coach image for coaches, schools, athletes, and providing multiple opportunities with a highly intelligent basketball mind,” LA Tech Director of Athletics to engage people in a life of service. Tommy McClelland said. “We are grateful to have him lead our men’s basketball program. Coach Konkol also represents our philosophy of developing champions in the classroom, on the court and in life.”
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CHARLOTTEFIUFLORIDA ATLANTICLOUISIANA TECHMARSHALLMIDDLE TENNESSEE NORTH TEXASOLD DOMINIONRICESOUTHERN MISSUABUTEPUTSAWKU SHOOTING STARS ODU’S JONES MANAGES HEALTH GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY C-USA BASKETBALL SIDs Old Dominion head coach Jeff Jones announced Texas Western College -- now known as the Uni- Brent Stastny, Charlotte in June that he had been diagnosed with prostate versity of Texas at El Paso -- captured the 1966 (704) 687-1021 / [email protected] cancer. He spent the summer in treatment and NCAA championship with a 72-65 upset of top- his assistants handled his recruiting duties on the ranked Kentucky. The game bore tremendous his- Mike Hogan, FIU (305) 348-1496 / mihogan@fi u.edu road so he could focus on his health. Jones was torical signifi cance as the legendary Don Haskins on the sideline for the Monarchs’ exhibition game became the fi rst coach to start fi ve black players Justin Johnson, Florida Atlantic and is expected to maintain his role as head coach in the title game. To this day, UTEP remains the (561) 302-0461 / [email protected] throughout the season. Jones is also serving as the only Division I school in the state of Texas to win NABC First Vice President. a national championship in men’s basketball. The Kane McGuire, Louisiana Tech 50th anniversary of the 1965-66 Miners will be cel- (318) 257-5071 / [email protected] PERFECTION ebrated this season. For the fi rst time in C-USA history, three schools Carly Wesisenbach, Marshall (304) 696-2418 / [email protected] wrapped up league play undefeated at home. UTEP will offi cially celebrate that anniversary Regular-season champion Louisiana Tech, Old with a number of events around the men’s bas- Alex Mitchell, Middle Tennessee Dominion and UAB were each 9-0 on their home ketball game against WKU on Feb. 6. The game (615) 904-8115 / [email protected] fl oors against C-USA competition. Additionally, will be nationally televised on FOX Sports 1 with ODU was 20-0 at home overall this year and will a tip-off time of 3 p.m. Mountain. Justin Glover, North Texas ride a 24-game win streak (the seventh-longest (940) 369-8548 / [email protected] nationally) into next season. C-USA DIGITAL NETWORK Grant Gardner, Old Dominion Non-televised coverage of C-USA basketball will (757) 683-3395 / [email protected] BLOCK PARTY be available online through the C-USA Digital FIU’s Adrian Diaz tied the league record for Network, available exclusively on the league’s of- Tim Andrzejewski, Rice blocked shots last season. Diaz cleared 13 shots fi cial website www.ConferenceUSA.com. (713) 348-3929 / [email protected] in the Panthers’ 70-66 win over UAB in the reg- ular-season fi nale for both teams on March 7. He Conference USA school home games will be of- Chris Whitehead, Southern Miss tied the record held by former Marshall stand- fered live and archived for All-Access subscrib- (601) 266-4503 / [email protected] out and 2010 C-USA Freshman of the Year Has- ers, along with weekly highlights and feature Jay D’Abramo, UAB san Whiteside. Diaz became just the 19th player programming. in Division I history to block 13 or more shots (205) 934-7920 / [email protected] in a game. As a team, the Panthers also set the C-USA DN also produces the C-USA Showcase, Jeff Darby, UTEP school record for blocks with 150. A 2014-15 C- a 30-minute program that runs weekly in the fall (915) 747-6652 / [email protected] USA All-Defensive Team selection, the 6-foot-11 and bi-monthly in Janaury, February and March Diaz was also named to the All-Conference USA on Fox Sports Network and American Sports Jordan Korphage, UTSA preseason team. Network. (210) 458-4930 / [email protected]
SOUTHERN MISS SELF-IMPOSES The Digital Network also launched the audio Michael Schroeder, WKU POSTSEASON BAN podcast “Talking Conference USA Basketball” (270) 745-5045 / [email protected] The University of Southern Mississippi announced four years ago. The fi rst show of the 2015-16 sea- it will withhold its men’s basketball team from son will air Thursday, January 7, following the fi rst postseason competition following the 2015-16 weekend of conference play. The program is syn- regular season. All other 13 teams will participate dicated throughout the conference’s radio mar- kets and is also available on the offi cial web site, in this year’s C-USA Men’s Basketball Champion- FOLLOW US, LIKE US ship. The fi ve-day tournament will held March 8-12 www.ConferenceUSA.com. Host Bill Hazen will also feature basketball news throughout the sea- and again be hosted in Birmingham. Conference USA Online son on the “Today in Conference USA” - a two- www.ConferenceUSA.com “I am very disappointed for the current mem- minute program every Monday through Friday. bers of our men’s basketball team and coaching Facebook ConferenceUSA staff , none of whom were involved in any alleged violation of NCAA rules,” Director of Athletics Bill Twitter McGillis said. “While excruciating due to the im- @Conference_USA / @CUSAMBK pact on the young men in our program today, the Instagram / Snapchat decision to withhold our team from postseason ConferenceUSA competition following the 2015-16 season is ap- propriate given the fi ndings of the recent univer- Tag Us #CUSAMBK #BeTheNext sity and NCAA review of our program.”
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FOX SPORTS 1 Saturday, January 16 UTEP at UTSA 4:00 p.m. Friday, December 4 Alabama at Southern Miss 8:00 p.m. Saturday, January 16 Marshall at Rice 8:00 p.m. Saturday, December 5 WKU at Xavier 8:30 p.m. Thursday, January 21 WKU at Old Dominion 7:00 p.m. Monday, December 21 North Texas at Creighton 9:00 p.m. Saturday, January 23 Marshall at Old Dominion 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 28 UAB at WKU 7:30 p.m. Saturday, January 23 Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss 8:00 p.m. Saturday, February 6 WKU at UTEP 5:00 p.m. Thursday, January 28 Charlotte at FIU 7:00 p.m. Saturday, March 12 C-USA Championship Final 2:30 p.m. Saturday, January 30 Charlotte at Florida Atlantic 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 4 FIU at UAB 7:00 p.m. FOX SPORTS NETWORKS (FSN) Thursday, February 4 Southern Miss at North Texas 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 2 VCU at Middle Tennessee 9:00 p.m. Saturday, February 6 Marshall at UTSA 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 19 Florida Atlantic vs. Florida State 5:00 p.m. Saturday, February 6 Louisiana Tech at North Texas 4:00 p.m. (Orange Bowl Classic) Thursday, February 11 North Texas at Old Dominion 7:00 p.m. Sunday, January 3 Florida Atlantic at FIU 3:00 p.m. Thursday, February 11 Middle Tennessee at Louisiana Tech 9:00 p.m. Saturday, January 16 Middle Tennessee at Old Dominion 4:00 p.m. Saturday, February 13 Rice at Old Dominion 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 31 UTEP at Louisiana Tech 4:00 p.m. Saturday, February 13 North Texas at Charlotte 4:00 p.m. Saturday, February 13 UAB at Louisiana Tech 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 13 UTEP at Florida Atlantic 6:00 p.m. Thursday, February 25 UTEP at Old Dominion 7:00 p.m. Thursday, February 18 Charlotte at Marshall 7:00 p.m. Saturday, February 27 WKU at UAB 12:00 p.m. Saturday, February 20 FIU at Rice 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 20 Southern Miss at UTSA 4:00 p.m. FOX SPORTS 2 Thursday, February 25 WKU at Middle Tennessee 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 17 UTSA at Creighton 8:00 p.m. Saturday, February 27 FIU at Florida Atlantic 2:00 p.m. CBS SPORTS NETWORK (CBSSN) Saturday, February 27 UTSA at Old Dominion 8:00 p.m. Thursday, November 26 Middle Tennessee at Alaska Anchorage 9:30 p.m. Thursday, March 3 Louisiana Tech at Marshall 7:00 p.m. Friday, November 27 UAB vs. Illinois (Emerald Coast Classic) 9:30 p.m. Thursday, March 3 Southern Miss at WKU 9:00 p.m. Saturday, November 28 UAB vs. Virginia Tech/Iowa State 7:00 p.m. Saturday, March 5 UAB at Florida Atlantic 12:00 p.m. (Emerald Coast Classic) Saturday, March 5 Old Dominion at Rice 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 1 Louisiana Tech at Memphis 9:00 p.m. Saturday, March 5 UTSA at UTEP 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 22 Georgetown at Charlotte 7:00 p.m. Saturday, March 5 Middle Tennessee at FIU 6:00 p.m. Thursday, January 7 Old Dominion at Louisiana Tech 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8 C-USA Men’s First Rounds 1/3:30 p.m. Saturday, January 9 UTEP at UAB 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 9 C-USA Championship Second Rounds Thursday, January 14 UAB at Old Dominion 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. / 3:30 p.m. / 7:00 p.m. / 9:30 p.m. Thursday, January 21 Rice at UAB 9:30 p.m. Thursday, March 10 C-USA Championship Quarterfi nals Saturday, January 30 UAB at Marshall 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. / 3:30 p.m. / 7:00 p.m. / 9:30 p.m. Saturday, February 20 Louisiana Tech at UTEP 4:00 p.m. ESPN2 Sunday, February 21 UAB at Middle Tennessee 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 25 Charlotte vs. Syracuse (Battle 4 Atlantis) 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 11 C-USA Championship Semifi nals 4/6:30 p.m. ESPNU AMERICAN SPORTS NETWORK (ASN) Thursday, December 17 Marshall vs. West Virginia 7:00 p.m. Monday, November 16 Alabama State at UAB 9:00 p.m. Saturday, December 19 WKU at Louisville 11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 19 Oregon State at Rice 9:00 p.m. Sunday, November 22 Jacksonville State at UAB 5:00 p.m. ESPN or AXS Wednesday, November 25 Long Island at FIU 7:00 p.m. Thursday, November 26 Charlotte at Battle 4 Atlantis TBD Tuesday, December 1 Georgia State at UAB 9:00 p.m. Friday, November 27 Charlotte at Battle 4 Atlantis TBD Sunday, December 6 Florida Gulf Coast at FIU 3:30 p.m. FOX COLLEGE SPORTS (FCS) Saturday, December 12 Louisiana-Lafayette at Louisiana Tech 1:00 p.m. Saturday, November 21 Stony Brook at WKU 1:00 p.m. Sunday, December 13 Indiana State at WKU 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 1 Eastern Kentucky at WKU 8:00 p.m. Thursday, December 17 Belmont at Middle Tennessee 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 22 Detroit at WKU 8:00 p.m. Saturday, December 19 Georgia State at Southern Miss 5:00 p.m. Thursday, January 7 FIU at WKU 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 22 Rhode Island at Old Dominion 7:00 p.m. Saturday, January 9 Florida Atlantic at WKU 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 22 Detroit at WKU 9:00 p.m. Saturday, January 23 WKU at Charlotte 6:00 p.m. Monday, December 28 Prairie View A&M at Louisiana Tech 7:00 p.m. Saturday, January 30 Middle Tennessee at WKU 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 29 Stephen F. Austin at UAB 3:30 p.m. Saturday, February 13 Marshall at WKU 8:00 p.m. Friday, January 1 North Texas at UTSA 7:00 p.m. Thursday, February 18 Old Dominion at WKU 8:00 p.m. Friday, January 1 Rice at UTEP 9:00 p.m. Saturday, February 20 Charlotte at WKU 3:00 p.m. Saturday, January 2 Charlotte at Old Dominion 12:00 p.m. Saturday, March 5 Louisiana Tech at WKU 8:00 p.m. Sunday, January 3 WKU at Marshall 1:00 p.m. Sunday, January 3 Middle Tennessee at UAB 3:00 p.m. BIG TEN NETWORK Sunday, January 3 North Texas at UTEP 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 24 Louisiana Tech at Ohio State 8:00 p.m. Thursday, January 7 UTEP at Middle Tennessee 7:00 p.m. Sunday, December 27 Marshall at Maryland 4:00 p.m. Thursday, January 7 Florida Atlantic at Marshall 9:00 p.m. Saturday, January 9 Rice at North Texas 2:00 p.m. PAC-12 NETWORK Saturday, January 9 UTSA at Middle Tennessee 4:00 p.m. Sunday, December 13 UTEP at Washington State 4:00 p.m. Thursday, January 14 Southern Miss at Florida Atlantic 7:00 p.m.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS USA TODAY SPORTS NCAA RPI (2014-15 FINAL) VS. CONFERENCE W-L (PRESEASON) COACHES POLL (PRESEASON) # School America East 0-0 # School # School 41. Old Dominion American 0-0 1. North Carolina (35) 1. North Carolina (12) 48. Louisiana Tech ACC 0-0 Atlantic Sun 0-0 2. Kentucky (10) Kentucky (11) 75. UTEP Atlantic 10 0-0 3. Maryland (14) 3. Maryland (5) 114. WKU Big East 0-0 4. Kansas (5) 4. Duke (3) 122. UAB Big Sky 0-0 5. Duke 5. Kansas (1) 152. Middle Tennessee Big South 0-0 6. Virginia (1) 6. Virginia 204. Charlotte Big Ten 0-1 7. Iowa State 7. Iowa State 217. FIU Big 12 0-0 8. Oklahoma 8. Oklahoma 227. North Texas Big West 0-0 9. Gonzaga 9. Villanova 232. UTSA Colonial 0-1 10. Wichita State 10. Arizona 245. Rice Horizon 0-0 Ivy 0-0 11. Villanova 11. Gonzaga 283. Southern Miss MAAC 1-0 12. Arizona 12. Wichita State 292. Marshall Mid-American 0-0 13. Michigan State 13. Michigan State 305. Florida Atlantic MEAC 0-0 14. California 14. California Missouri Valley 0-1 15. Indiana 15. Indiana SAGARIN RATINGS (FINAL) Mountain West 0-0 16. Utah 16. Utah 61. Old Dominion Northeast 0-0 17. Wisconsin 17. Wisconsin 69. Louisiana Tech Ohio Valley 0-0 18. Vanderbilt 18. Notre Dame 99. UTEP Pac-12 0-1 19. Notre Dame 19. LSU 134. WKU Patriot 0-0 20. Connecticut 20. Arkansas 135. UAB SEC 0-1 Southern 0-0 21. LSU 21. Baylor 149. Charlotte Southland 0-0 155. Middle Tennessee 22. Baylor 22. Butler SWAC 0-0 23. Purdue 23. West Virginia 208. UTSA Summit 0-0 24. Butler 24. Connecticut 215. Rice Sun Belt 0-0 25. Michigan Purdue 231. North Texas West Coast 0-0 253. FIU WAC 0-0 RV - OLD DOMINION RV - OLD DOMINION 269. Marshall Non-Division I 3-0 287. Florida Atlantic TOTAL 4-5 (.444) 304. Southern Miss TEAM-BY-TEAM NONCONFERENCE RECORDS Charlotte 0-1 FIU 1-0 POLL TRACKER Florida Atlantic 0-1 Follow the progress of C-USA teams in the national polls (Associated Press/USA Today Sports Coaches) Louisiana Tech 1-0 Marshall 0-0 PRE N16 N23 N30 D7 D14 D21 D28 J4 J11 Middle Tennessee 0-0 ODU RV/RV North Texas 1-0 Old Dominion 1-0
Rice 0-1 J18 J25 F1 F8 F15 F22 F29 M7 POST FINAL Southern Miss 0-0 ODU UAB 0-1 UTEP 0-0 UTSA 0-1 WKU 0-0 TOTAL 4-5
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CHARLOTTEFIUFLORIDA ATLANTICLOUISIANA TECHMARSHALLMIDDLE TENNESSEE NORTH TEXASOLD DOMINIONRICESOUTHERN MISSUABUTEPUTSAWKU BY THE NUMBERS NCAA STATISTICS HOME COOKIN’ Here are the fi nal NCAA statistical rankings for the LA Tech is riding an impressive home court win streak of 31 games, which is the fourth-longest na- 2014-15 season: tionally. LA Tech has also won 28 consecutive home conference games and has never lost a C-USA TEAM game at home. Following a victory over Niagara in its season opener, Old Dominion’s win streak at Winning Percentage the Ted Constant Convocation Center improved to 25 in a row. ODU is now tied with North Dakota 19. Old Dominion 27-8 77.1 State as the sixth-longest home court win streak nationally, just one game behind Kansas. In C-USA 21. Louisiana Tech 27-9 75.0 play last year, the Bulldogs, Monarchs and UAB all fi nished the 2014-15 regular season with perfect Scoring Off ense 9-0 records at home against conference foes. 34. Charlotte 2362 73.8 44. Louisiana Tech 2632 73.1 Team Venue Record Pct. Streak Scoring Defense Charlotte Halton Arena 0-1 .000 L1 8. Old Dominion 1999 57.1 FIU Lime Court at FIU Arena 1-0 1.000 W3 Scoring Margin Florida Atlantic FAU Arena 0-0 .000 L1 40. Old Dominion 64.9-57.1 +7.8 Louisiana Tech Thomas Assembly Center 1-0 1.000 W31 42. Louisiana Tech 73.1-65.6 +7.5 Marshall Cam Henderson Center 0-0 .000 W6 3-Point Field Goals Made Middle Tennessee Murphy Center 0-0 .000 L1 15. Rice 289 9.0 North Texas UNT Coliseum/Super Pit 1-0 1.000 W1 Three-Point FG Defense Ted Constant 6. Florida Atlantic 98-341 28.7 Old Dominion Convocation Center 1-0 1.000 W25 38. Old Dominion 204-654 31.2 Rice Tudor Fieldhouse 0-0 .000 L2 Free Throw Percentage Southern Miss Reed Green Coliseum 0-0 .000 W3 30. Rice 405-548 73.9 UAB Bartow Arena 0-0 .000 W8 31. UAB 528-715 74.2 UTEP Don Haskins Center 0-0 .000 W8 Rebound Margin UTSA UTSA Convocation Center 0-0 .000 W1 30. Old Dominion 36.2-31.0 +5.2 WKU E.A. Diddle Arena 0-0 .000 W2 Blocks Per Game TOTAL 4-1 .800 10. Louisiana Tech 207 5.8 18. UAB 184 5.1 49. FIU 150 4.5 TRIPLE THREATS Steals Per Game FIU’s Adrian Diaz registered the fi rst triple-double of the 2014-15 season in Conference USA as 14. Louisiana Tech 303 8.4 he tied the league record for blocks, clearing 13 shots in the Panthers’ 70-66 win over UAB in the regular-season fi nale for both teams on March 7. Diaz also added 14 points and 12 rebounds against INDIVIDUAL the Blazers and was named to the 2014-15 C-USA All-Defensive Team. Old Dominion guard Trey Three-Point FG Percentage Freeman, the 2015 C-USA Newcome of the Year, also recorded a triple-double in the Monarchs’ 28. T.J. Price, WKU 81-196 41.3 fi rst-round NIT game. 36. Marcus Jackson, RICE 85-214 39.7 38. Austin Loop, MAR 84-214 39.3 Player Totals Opponent Date Rebounds Per Game Trey Freeman, ODU 14p-11r-10a vs. Charleston So. 3/18/15 28. Vince Hunter, UTEP 305 9.2 Adrian Diaz, FIU 14p-12r-13b vs. UAB 3/7/15 46. Ryan Taylor, MAR 275 8.5 Isaiah Sykes, UCF 20p-16r-11a vs. East Carolina 2/9/13 Assists Per Game 5. Kenneth Smith, TECH 267 7.4 Isaiah Sykes, UCF 16p-11r-10a vs. Stetson 12/20/12 26. Pierria Henry, CHA 173 5.4 DeAndre Kane, MAR 33p-11r-10a at Hofstra 11/18/12 Blocked Shots Per Game Hassan Whiteside, MAR 14p-11r-13b vs. UCF 2/27/10 7. Adrian Diaz, FIU 99 3.00 Hassan Whiteside, MAR 14p-14r-10b at UCF 1/13/10 12. Michale Kyser, TECH 102 2.83 Hassan Whiteside, MAR 17p-14r-11b vs. Brescia 12/16/09 Steals Per Game Paul Delaney III, UAB 16p-10r-12a vs. Tulane 2/4/09 10. Pierria Henry, CHA 76 2.38 Antonio Anderson, MEM 12p-10r-13a vs. Lamar 1/3/08 39. Kenneth Smith, TECH 69 1.92 Ellis Myles, LOU 10p-10r-10a vs. TCU 3/10/05 Assist-to-Turnover Ratio Dwyane Wade, MQT 29p-11r-11a vs. (1) Kentucky 3/29/03 13. Kenneth Smith, TECH 267-89 3.05 Kenny Satterfi eld, CIN 12p-11r-10a vs. Tulane 1/29/01 43. C.J. Cooper, UTEP 106-43 2.47 Kenyon Martin, CIN 28p-13r-10b vs. Memphis 1/19/00 Double-Doubles Kenyon Martin, CIN 24p-23r-10b vs. DePaul 2/21/98 23t. Ryan Taylor, MAR 14 Rayshard Allen, TLN 18p-11r-11a vs. Lafayette 12/28/96 32t. Vince Hunter, UTEP 13 Adrian Hillman, USF 13p-12r-10a vs. Florida Atlantic 12/4/96 38t. George Fant, WKU 12
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CHARLOTTEFIUFLORIDA ATLANTICLOUISIANA TECHMARSHALLMIDDLE TENNESSEE NORTH TEXASOLD DOMINIONRICESOUTHERN MISSUABUTEPUTSAWKU AWARDS C-USA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM Conference USA will name a Player of the Week Coaches from Conference USA’s 14 schools voted a 10-man preseason All-Conference USA team, and Freshman of the Week for men’s basketball featuring seven seniors, two juniors and a sophomore. Louisiana Tech, the coaches preseason favor- each Monday, beginning Nov. 16. The awards ite, placed three on the squad with two apiece from UTEP and newcomer WKU. are selected by a media panel with one repre- Name Team Year Pos. Hometown sentative in each league city. Adrian Diaz FIU Senior F Miami, Fla. Alex Hamilton Louisiana Tech Senior G Chipley, Fla. C-USA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Erik McCree Louisiana Tech Junior F Orlando, Fla. N16 Ryan Taylor Marshall Junior F Indianapolis, Ind. N23 Reggie Upshaw Jr. Middle Tennessee Junior F Chattanooga, Tenn. N30 Trey Freeman Old Dominion Senior G Virginia Beach, Va. D7 Marcus Jackson Rice Junior G Acton, Calif. D14 Robert Brown UAB Senior G Clermont, Fla. D21 William Lee UAB Sophomore F Plantersville, Ala. D28 Earvin Morris UTEP Senior G Memphis, Tenn. J4 J11 DOUBLE-DOUBLES SUPERLATIVES J18 Player (Team) Season Career 30-POINT SCORING GAMES J25 Adrian Diaz (FIU) 1 8 Player (Team) Opponent (Date) F1 Jeremy Combs (NT) 1 4 F8 Chris Cokley (UAB) 1 3 F15 Alex Hamilton (TECH) 1 3 F22 Rickey Brice Jr. (NT) 1 1 F29 Ryan Taylor (MAR) 0 20 M7 William Lee (UAB) 0 5 20-POINT SCORING GAMES Reggie Upshaw Jr. (MT) 0 5 Player (Team) Opponent (Date) C-USA FRESHMEN OF THE WEEK Ryan Bowie (UTSA) 0 4 25-Chris Cokley (UAB) Auburn (11/13) N16 Norville Carey (USM) 0 4 24-Jeremy Combs (NT) Jarvis Christian (11/13) N23 Erik McCree (TECH) 0 3 20-Trey Freeman (ODU) Niagara (11/13) N30 Trey Freeman (ODU) 0 2 D7 Max Guercy (RICE) 0 2 D14 Tosin Mehinti (UAB) 0 2 15-REBOUNDING GAMES D21 Terrence Williams (CHA) 0 2 Player (Team) Opponent (Date) D28 Hakeem Baxter (UAB) 0 1 J4 Daviyon Draper (FIU) 0 1 J11 Andrew Drone (RICE) 0 1 J18 Phillip Jones (UTSA) 0 1 J25 Denzell Taylor (ODU) 0 1 F1 10-ASSIST GAMES F8 Player (Team) Opponent (Date) F15 11-Robert Brown (UAB) Auburn (11/13) F22 F29 M7
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CHARLOTTE 49ERS FIU PANTHERS (0-1, 0-0 C-USA) (1-0, 0-0 C-USA) Head Coach: Mark Price Head Coach: Anthony Evans Twitter: @49ersBasketball / @Charlotte49ers Twitter: @FIUMensBBall / @FIUathletics Facebook: Charlotte49ers Facebook: FIUSports Arena: Halton Arena (9,105) Arena: FIU Arena (5,000) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N13 ELON (ASN) L/74-85 N13 TRINITY BAPTIST W/71-39 N16 at East Carolina (ESPN3) 7 p.m. N16 FLORIDA MEMORIAL 7 p.m. N19 FURMAN 7 p.m. Nov. 20-22 at Men Against Breast Cancer Classic, Harrisonburg, Va. Nov. 25-27 at Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas N20 at James Madison 3:30 p.m. N25 vs. Syracuse (ESPN2) 2:30 p.m. N21 vs. UT-Martin 5 p.m. N26 vs. Connecticut/Michigan (ESPN/AXS) TBD N22 vs. Oral Roberts 1 p.m. N27 vs. TBD (ESPN/AXS) TBD N25 LIU (ASN) 7 p.m. D1 DAVIDSON 7 p.m. N30 STETSON 7 p.m. D5 at Miami 4 p.m. D4 ELON 7 p.m. D9 CAMPBELL (TWC 22) 7 p.m. D6 FLORIDA GULF COAST (ASN) 3:30 p.m. D19 at Appalachian State 2 p.m. D14 at North Florida 7 p.m. D22 vs. Georgetown (at TWC Arena) (CBS SN) 7 p.m. D19 at Northern Illinois 3 p.m. D29 CITADEL 7 p.m. D22 at Binghamton 7 p.m. J2 at Old Dominion (ASN) 12 p.m. D29 FLORIDA A&M 7 p.m. J7 at Southern Miss 8 p.m. J3 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (FSN) 3 p.m. J9 at Louisiana Tech 7 p.m. J7 at WKU (FCS) 8 p.m. J14 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 7 p.m. J9 at Marshall 7 p.m. J16 UAB 7 p.m. J14 LOUISIANA TECH 7 p.m. J21 MARSHALL (TWC 22) 7 p.m. J16 SOUTHERN MISS 7 p.m. J23 WKU (FCS) 7 p.m. J21 at UTSA 8 p.m. J28 at FIU (ASN) 7 p.m. J23 at UTEP 9:05 p.m. J30 at Florida Atlantic (ASN) 2 p.m. J28 CHARLOTTE (ASN) 7 p.m. F6 OLD DOMINION (TWC 22) 7 p.m. J30 OLD DOMINION 7 p.m. F11 RICE 7 p.m. F4 at UAB (ASN) 8 p.m. F13 NORTH TEXAS (ASN) 4 p.m. F6 at Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. F18 at Marshall (ASN) 7 p.m. F11 UTEP 7 p.m. F20 at WKU (FCS) 3 p.m. F13 UTSA 7 p.m. F25 UTSA 7 p.m. F18 at North Texas 8 p.m. F27 UTEP (TWC 22) 7 p.m. F20 at Rice (ASN) 2 p.m. M3 at Rice 8 p.m. F27 at Florida Atlantic (ASN) 2 p.m. M5 at North Texas 8 p.m. M3 UAB 7 p.m. March 8-12 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. M5 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (ASN) 6 p.m. March 8-12 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala.
C-USA Game All times Eastern C-USA Game All times Eastern CHARLOTTE NOTES FIU NOTES Charlotte welcomes former NBA All-Star Mark Price as the 10th head Senior Adrian Diaz was selected by the C-USA coaches to the 10-man coach in men’s basketball program history. Price comes to Charlotte after all-conference preseason team. Diaz tallied a team-best 15 points and 11 spending the last seven years as an NBA assistant coach, including the rebounds for his eighth double-double performance as a Panther in Fri- last two seasons on the Charlotte Hornets coaching staff . Price, who was a day’s season opener. four-time NBA All-Star with the Cleveland Cavaliers, fi nished his career as Last year, Diaz led C-USA and ranked sixth in the NCAA for blocks with one of the greatest shooters in NBA history. He ranks second on the NBA’s 99 on the season, earning him a spot on the 2015 C-USA All-Defensive all-time career free-throw percentage list (.904) and 29th in three-point Team. Diaz posted a triple-double, scoring 14 points, grabbing 12 rebounds fi eld goal percentage (.402). He is also the NBA’s all-time leader in playoff while blocking an FIU-record 13 shots in last year’s regular-season fi nale free-throw percentage (.944). win over UAB. The 13-block performance by Diaz matches a C-USA Newcomer Ridell Camidge and redshirt senior Bernard Sullivan came single game record, which was initially set by Marshall’s Hassan off the bench to score 18 and 13 points, respectively, in the 49ers’ season Whiteside back in 2010. Additionally, the 13 swats was an NCAA opener against Elon Friday night. season-high for a single game in 2014-15 and set the C-USA record for best performance by a junior. @Conference_USA / @CUSAMBK ConferenceUSA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 SEASON C-USA NOTEBOOK Nov. 14, 2015 Contact: Courtney Morrison Archer [email protected]
FLORIDA ATLANTIC OWLS LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS (0-1, 0-0 C-USA) (1-0, 0-0 C-USA) Head Coach: Michael Curry Head Coach: Eric Konkol Twitter: @FAU_Hoops / @FAUCoachCurry Twitter: @LATechHoops Facebook: FAU Athletics Facebook: LA TECH Athletics Arena: FAU Arena (2,980) Arena: Thomas Assembly Center (8,000) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N13 at (13) Michigan State (ESPN3) L/55-82 N13 MILLSAPS COLLEGE W/95-33 N17 #WARNER 7 p.m. N17 # UT ARLINGTON 6:30 p.m. Nov. 20-22 at #Men Against Breast Cancer Challenge, Oxford, Ohio N21 # at Grambling State 7 p.m. N20 vs. Northeastern 5 p.m. N24 # at Ohio State (BTN) 7 p.m. N21 at Miami (Ohio) 3:30 p.m. N27 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL 6:30 p.m. N22 vs. Lipscomb 12 p.m. D1 # at Memphis (CBS SN) 8 p.m. D1 at East Carolina (ASN) 7 p.m. D4 JACKSON STATE 6:30 p.m. D10 AVE MARIA 7 p.m. D8 LSU-SHREVEPORT 6:30 p.m. D12 at UCF (ESPN3) 7 p.m. D12 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE (ASN) 12 p.m. D15 at Eastern Kentucky 7 p.m. D15 at Ole Miss (SEC Network) 6 p.m. D16 at Tennessee (SEC Network+) 7 p.m. D18 SOUTHERN 6:30 p.m. Dec. 19 at Orange Bowl Classic, Sunrise, Fla. D22 at Florida Gulf Coast (ESPN3) 6 p.m. D19 vs. Florida State (FSN) 5 p.m. D28 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 6:30 p.m. D22 at Hofstra 7 p.m. J2 SOUTHERN MISS 6 p.m. D29 TENNESSEE-MARTIN 12 p.m. J7 OLD DOMINION (CBS SN) 8 p.m. J3 at FIU (FSN) 3 p.m. J9 CHARLOTTE 6 p.m. J7 at Marshall (ASN) 7 p.m. J14 at FIU 6 p.m. J9 at WKU (FCS) 3 p.m. J16 at Florida Atlantic 6 p.m. J14 SOUTHERN MISS (ASN) 7 p.m. J23 at Southern Miss (ASN) 7 p.m. J16 LOUISIANA TECH 7 p.m. J28 UTSA (ASN) 6:30 p.m. J21 at UTEP 9:05 p.m. J31 UTEP (FSN) 3 p.m. J23 at UTSA 2 p.m. F4 at Rice 7 p.m. J28 OLD DOMINION 7 p.m. F6 at North Texas (ASN) 3 p.m. J30 CHARLOTTE (ASN) 2 p.m. F11 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (ASN) 8 p.m. F4 at Middle Tennessee 7:30 p.m. F13 UAB (FSN) 1 p.m. F6 at UAB 8 p.m. F18 at UTSA (ASN) 8 p.m. F11 UTSA 7 p.m. F20 at UTEP (CBS SN) 5 p.m. F13 UTEP (ASN) 6 p.m. F25 NORTH TEXAS (ASN) 8 p.m. F18 at Rice 8 p.m. F27 RICE 6 p.m. F20 at North Texas 8 p.m. M3 at Marshall (ASN) 6 p.m. F27 FIU (ASN) 2 p.m. M5 at WKU (FCS) 7 p.m. M3 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 7 p.m. March 8-12 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. M5 UAB (ASN) 12 p.m. March 8-12 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala.
C-USA Game All times Eastern C-USA Game # Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational All times Central FLORIDA ATLANTIC NOTES LOUISIANA TECH NOTES FAU opened its season at No. 13 Michigan State. It was a return to the LA Tech has won 31-straight games on its home court (the fourth- Great Lakes State for head coach Michael Curry, who coached and played longest win streak in the nation). The Bulldogs set a new program record for the Detroit Pistons. Assistant coach Eric Snow was a standout for the with the most home wins in a single season (17) last year following their Spartans. 89-79 victory over Central Michigan in the NIT fi rst round. Florida Atlantic wrapped the 2014-15 season ranked sixth in the nation Eric Konkol was announced as the 18th head coach in program history in three-point fi eld goal percentage defense (.286), holding opponents to on May 18, taking over for Michael White who accepted the same position just 98 treys in 341 total attempts. No other team in the country held its at the University of Florida. Konkol spent the past four seasons as an opponents to less than 100 three-pointers. assistant coach for Jim Larranaga at Miami (Fla.). Seniors Jackson Trapp, Solomon Poole and Javier Lacunza highlight Seniors Alex Hamilton and Erik McCree were selected to the the returners for FAU. Trapp led the Owls in minutes played and fi eld goal all-conference preseason team. Hamilton earned 2014-15 All-C-USA percentage last season. Marquan Botley and C. J. Turman were the top and NABC All-District 11 second-team honors, averaging 14.7 ppg. two leading scorers from last season. Botley is currently the program’s McCree was one of only three Bulldogs to start all 36 games a all-time leader in career assist to turnover ratio. year ago to averaged 11.4 ppg and 5.6 rpg on the season. @Conference_USA / @CUSAMBK ConferenceUSA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 SEASON C-USA NOTEBOOK Nov. 14, 2015 Contact: Courtney Morrison Archer [email protected]
MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) Head Coach: Dan D’Antoni Head Coach: Kermit Davis Twitter: @HerdMBB, @HerdZone Twitter: @MT_MBB, @MT_CoachDavis Facebook: Marshall University Athletics Facebook: Blue Raider Athletics Arena: Cam Henderson Center (9,043) Arena: Murphy Center (11,520) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N19 at Tennessee (SEC Network+) 7 p.m. N17 at Murray State (ASN) 7 p.m. N24 at Morehead State 7 p.m. N21 at Tennessee State 7 p.m. N27 JAMES MADISON 7:30 p.m. Nov. 26-28 at CGI Great Alaska Shootout, Anchorage, Alaska D2 at Ohio 7 p.m. N26 at Alaska Anchorage (CBS SN) 8:30 p.m. D4 AKRON 7 p.m. N27 vs. Drexel/UNC Asheville 5/11 p.m. D6 at James Madison 2 p.m. N28 vs. TBD TBD D9 #EASTERN ILLINOIS 7 p.m. D2 VCU (FSN) 8 p.m. D12 #EASTERN KENTUCKY 7 p.m. D5 SOUTH ALABAMA 5 p.m. D14 #NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL 7 p.m. D12 vs. Auburn (in Nashville, Tenn.) (MT 10) 12 p.m. Dec. 17 at Capital Classic, Charleston, West Virginia D17 BELMONT (ASN) 6 p.m. D17 vs. West Virginia (ESPNU) 7 p.m. D22 at Georgia State 6 p.m. Dec. 21-22 at Global Sports Classic, Las Vegas, Nevada D27 vs. South Dakota State (FSN) 4:30 p.m. D21 vs. Wyoming 10:30 p.m. D30 TREVECCA 6 p.m. D22 vs. Grand Canyon/Houston TBD J3 at UAB (ASN) 2 p.m. D27 at Maryland (BTN) 4 p.m. J7 UTEP (ASN) 6 p.m. J3 WKU (ASN) 1 p.m. J9 UTSA (ASN) 3 p.m. J7 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (ASN) 7 p.m. J14 at Charlotte 6 p.m. J9 FIU 7 p.m. J16 at Old Dominion (FSN) 3 p.m. J14 at North Texas 8 p.m. J21 NORTH TEXAS 6:30 p.m. J16 at Rice (ASN) 8 p.m. J23 RICE 5 p.m. J21 at Charlotte 7 p.m. J28 at Marshall 6 p.m. J23 at Old Dominion (ASN) 2 p.m. J30 at WKU (FCS) 7 p.m. J28 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 7 p.m. F4 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (MT 10) 6:30 p.m. J30 UAB (CBS SN) 12 p.m. F6 FIU 6 p.m. F4 at UTEP 9:05 p.m. F11 at Louisiana Tech (ASN) 8 p.m. F6 at UTSA (ASN) 2 p.m. F13 at Southern Miss 7 p.m. F13 at WKU (FCS) 8 p.m. F21 UAB (CBS SN) 5 p.m. F18 CHARLOTTE (ASN) 7 p.m. F25 WKU (ASN) 6 p.m. F20 OLD DOMINION 7 p.m. F27 MARSHALL 5 p.m. F25 at UAB 8 p.m. M3 at Florida Atlantic 6 p.m. F27 at Middle Tennessee 6 p.m. M5 at FIU (ASN) 5 p.m. M3 LOUISIANA TECH (ASN) 7 p.m. March 8-12 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. M5 SOUTHERN MISS 7 p.m. March 8-12 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala.
C-USA Game # Global Sports Challenge All times Eastern C-USA Game All times Central MARSHALL NOTES MIDDLE TENNESSEE NOTES The Thundering Herd closed out last year’s regular season on a six-game Head coach Kermit Davis earned his 250th victory at the helm of the Blue win streak at the Cam Henderson Center. Raiders during the 2015 C-USA quarterfi nal win over Old Dominion on March Junior F Ryan Taylor earned a selection to the 2015 All-Conference USA 12, 2015. He is just 12 victories away from career win No. 400. third team and this year’s preseason team. As the team’s “point forward,” Davis returns four starters from a team that advanced to the 2015 C-USA Taylor led the league with 14 double-doubles, including a streak of seven- Championship fi nal and was picked third by the coaches in this year’s pre- straight from Jan. 22 through Feb. 14. He was the Herd’s leading scorer (14.1 season team. Junior F Reggie Upshaw Jr. represents the Blue Raiders on ppg) and rebounder (8.6 rpg), and posted career-highs of 18 rebounds and the league’s preseason squad. As a sophomore, Upshaw led the team in eight assists in a non-conference game at then-No. 7 Louisville. scoring (9.9 ppg), rebounding (7.0 rpg) and blocked shots (35). Head Coach Dan D’Antoni is in his second year at his alma mater. He Senior Perrin Buford was named to the C-USA All-Tournament Team. had been coaching in the NBA with his brother Mike for the previous nine Buford averaged 13 ppg in the C-USA Championship. seasons. Both D’Antoni brothers are members of the Marshall Athletics Last season, MT used 20 diff erent starting lineups and 11 players Hall of Fame. averaged at least 10 minutes per game.
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NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN OLD DOMINION MONARCHS (1-0, 0-0 C-USA) (1-0, 0-0 C-USA) Head Coach: Tony Benford Head Coach: Jeff Jones Twitter: @MeanGreenMBB Twitter: @ODUMBB / @ODUsports Facebook: MeanGreenMBB Facebook: Old Dominion University Athletics Arena: UNT Coliseum/The Super Pit (10,040) Arena: Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,472) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N13 JARVIS CHRISTIAN W/112-82 N13 NIAGARA W/67-50 N16 TEXAS COLLEGE 7 p.m. N16 BUFFALO 7 p.m. Nov. 23-25 hosts Mean Green Challenge, Denton, Texas N18 MORGAN STATE 7 p.m. N23 IDAHO 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21-22 at Hall of Fame Classic, Uncasville, CT N24 SAMFORD 7:30 p.m. N21 vs. Purdue (ESPN3) 12 p.m. N25 TROY 4:30 p.m. N22 vs. Florida/St. Joseph’s 12/5:30 p.m. N30 at Northern Iowa 7 p.m. N28 at VCU (CSN) 4 p.m. D3 at UT-Arlington 7 p.m. D1 at William & Mary 7 p.m. D5 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 5 p.m. D4 DELAWARE STATE 7 p.m. D12 at Southern Illinois 7:05 p.m. D12 at Georgia State 2 p.m. D14 NICHOLLS STATE 7 p.m. D16 at Richmond 7 p.m. D17 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 11:30 a.m. D18 MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE 6 p.m. D21 at Creighton (FS1) 8 p.m. D22 RHODE ISLAND (ASN) 7 p.m. D29 SAM HOUSTON STATE 8 p.m. D29 NORFOLK STATE 7 p.m. J1 at UTSA (ASN) 6 p.m. J2 CHARLOTTE (ASN) 12 p.m. J3 at UTEP (ASN) 4 p.m. J7 at Louisiana Tech (CBS SN) 9 p.m. J9 RICE (ASN) 1 p.m. J9 at Southern Miss 8 p.m. J14 MARSHALL 7 p.m. J14 UAB (CBS SN) 7 p.m. J16 WKU 7 p.m. J16 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (FSN) 4 p.m. J21 at Middle Tennessee 6:30 p.m. J21 WKU (ASN) 7 p.m. J23 at UAB 7 p.m. J23 MARSHALL (ASN) 2 p.m. J30 at Rice 7 p.m. J28 at Florida Atlantic 7 p.m. F4 SOUTHERN MISS (ASN) 8 p.m. J30 at FIU 7 p.m. F6 LOUISIANA TECH (ASN) 3 p.m. F6 at Charlotte 7 p.m. F11 at Old Dominion (ASN) 6 p.m. F11 NORTH TEXAS (ASN) 7 p.m. F13 at Charlotte (ASN) 3 p.m. F13 RICE (ASN) 2 p.m. F18 FIU 7 p.m. F18 at WKU (FCS) 8 p.m. F20 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 7 p.m. F20 at Marshall 7 p.m. F25 at Louisiana Tech 7 p.m. F25 UTEP (FSN) 7 p.m. F27 at Southern Miss 7 p.m. F27 UTSA (ASN) 8 p.m. M3 OLD DOMINION 7 p.m. M3 at North Texas 8 p.m. M5 CHARLOTTE 7 p.m. M5 at Rice (ASN) 2 p.m. March 8-12 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. March 8-12 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala.
C-USA Game All times Central C-USA Game All times Eastern NORTH TEXAS NOTES OLD DOMINION NOTES North Texas poured in 112 points in its 2015-16 season debut against ODU is receiving votes in both the AP and USA Today preseason polls. Jarvis Christian. Sophomore Jeremy Combs led the Mean Green with 24 Old Dominion improved its home court win streak to 25 games with a points and 11 rebounds. Combs, a 2015 C-USA All-Freshman Team member, 67-50 win over Niagara Friday. It moved the Monarchs into a tie with North averaged 9.8 ppg and pulled down 6.5 rpg, which ranked 11th among all Dakota State as the sixth-longest win streak in the nation. players in C-USA last season. He became only the fourth player in North Senior G Trey Freeman, a member of the C-USA preseason team, led the Texas history to average at least 10 points and 6.5 rebounds per game dur- Monarchs with 20 points. Classmate Aaron Bacote added 18 points in his ing their freshman season. His 57.0 fi eld goal percentage was sixth overall 100th game as a Monarch in the conference. Three seasons ago, ODU won just fi ve games. The following year, the Freshman C Rickey Brice Jr, also registered a double-double in his Monarchs posted an 18-18 mark and then went 27-8 in 2014-15. The debut, with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Newcomers J-Mychal Reese and man who orchestrated that turnaround is head coach Jeff Jones, Ja’Michael Brown tossed in 16 points apiece. who earned career win No. 400 in ODU’s 65-56 victory over Combs and Reese have been named co-captains fot this year’s squad. Charleston Southern in the NIT opener. Jones was diagnosed with prostate cancer over the off season, but is making a recovery and is expected to be on the court with his Monarchs this season.
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RICE OWLS SOUTHERN MISS GOLDEN EAGLES (0-1, 0-0 C-USA) (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) Head Coach: Mike Rhoades Head Coach: Doc Sadler Twitter: @RiceBasketball / @CoachRhoades Twitter: @CoachDocSadler / @SouthernMissMBB Facebook: RiceBasketball Facebook: Southern Miss Athletics Arena: Tudor Fieldhouse (5,208) Arena: Reed Green Coliseum (8,095) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N13 at (14) California (Pac-12 Network) L/65-97 N14 at Memphis (ESPN3) 7 p.m. N16 #at San Francisco (theW.tv) 9 p.m. N17 JACKSON STATE 7 p.m. N19 OREGON STATE (ASN) 8 p.m. N23 WILLIAM CAREY 7 p.m. N22 #FRESNO STATE 5 p.m. N28 at Morehead State 3 p.m. N25 #LAMAR 7 p.m. D1 at Troy 7:30 p.m. N27 UC RIVERSIDE 7 p.m. D4 ALABAMA (FSN) 7 p.m. N29 UT ARLINGTON 5 p.m. D6 NORTH DAKOTA STATE TBD D2 at Houston Baptist 7:30 p.m. D14 at South Alabama 7 p.m. D5 ST. EDWARD’S 7 p.m. D19 GEORGIA STATE (ASN) 4 p.m. D17 ST. THOMAS 11:30 a.m. D22 at Tulane (ESPN3) 7 p.m. D19 at New Mexico (ROOT) 7 p.m. D29 SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE 7 p.m. D22 at South Alabama 7:05 p.m. J2 at Louisiana Tech 6 p.m. D29 INCARNATE WORD 7 p.m. J7 CHARLOTTE 7 p.m. J1 at UTEP (ASN) 8 p.m. J9 OLD DOMINION 7 p.m. J3 at UTSA 3 p.m. J14 at Florida Atlantic (ASN) 6 p.m. J9 at North Texas (ASN) 1 p.m. J16 at FIU 6 p.m. J14 WKU 7 p.m. J23 LOUISIANA TECH (ASN) 7 p.m. J16 MARSHALL (ASN) 7 p.m. J28 UTEP 7 p.m. J21 at UAB (CBS SN) 8:30 p.m. J30 UTSA 7 p.m. J23 at Middle Tennessee 5 p.m. F4 at North Texas (ASN) 8 p.m. J30 NORTH TEXAS 7 p.m. F6 at Rice 7 p.m. F4 LOUISIANA TECH 7 p.m. F11 UAB 7 p.m. F6 SOUTHERN MISS 7 p.m. F13 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 7 p.m. F11 at Charlotte 6 p.m. F18 at UTEP 8:05 p.m. F13 at Old Dominion (ASN) 1 p.m. F20 at UTSA (ASN) 3 p.m. F18 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 7 p.m. F25 RICE 7 p.m. F20 FIU (ASN) 1 p.m. F27 NORTH TEXAS 7 p.m. F25 at Southern Miss 7 p.m. M3 at WKU (ASN) 8 p.m. F27 at Louisiana Tech 6 p.m. M5 at Marshall 6 p.m. M3 CHARLOTTE 7 p.m. M5 OLD DOMINION (ASN) 1 p.m. March 8-12 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. C-USA Game # Roundball Showcase All times Central C-USA Game All times Central RICE NOTES SOUTHERN MISS NOTES Head Coach Mike Rhoades enters his second year at the helm of the The Golden Eagles open the season on the road against former Con- Rice program and has four starters returning, including guards Max Guer- ference USA rival Memphis on Saturday, Nov. 14. The home opener for cy, Marcus Jackson - a member of the all-confererence preseason team team is slated for Tuesday, Nov. 17 against Jackson State. - and Bishop Mency and forward Andrew Drone. Forward Nate Pollard is Southern Miss is entering its 98th season of competition. The Golden the only other letterwinner to return off of last year’s squad. Eagles have an all-time record of 1,212-1,021 (.543), which includes 144-172 In their fi rst games for the Owls, redshirt sophomore Egor Koulechov (.456) in Conference USA action. The 144 wins are the third-most all-time led the squad with team-highs of 19 points and eight rebounds and fresh- in C-USA behind Memphis (215) and UAB (183). man Marcus Evans had 18 points. Guercy added eight points and four Over the last three-plus years, Southern Miss has taken care of assists, passing Rodney Foster (2005-09) to move into 10th-place on the business on its home court. The Golden Eagles are 52-9 since 2011 in school’s career assist list. Reed Green Coliseum, a winning percentage of .852. Since 2011, Guercy is the lone senior on this year’s team. He enters the season Southern Miss is 26-7 (.788) in home conference games. needing just 112 points to become the 32nd player in school history with Southern Miss announced Nov. 8 it will withhold its men’s basketball 1,000 career points. He also needs just two steals to enter the top ten in team from postseason competition following the 2015-16 regular that category. season due to an ongoing NCAA investigation.
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UAB BLAZERS UTEP MINERS (0-1, 0-0 C-USA) (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) Head Coach: Jerod Haase Head Coach: Tim Floyd Twitter: @UAB_MBB / @CoachJerodHaase Twitter: @UTEPAthletics Facebook: UABMensBasketball Facebook: UTEP Basketball Offi cial Page Arena: Bartow Arena (8,500) Arena: Don Haskins Center (12,000) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N13 at Auburn (SEC Network+) L/74-75 N14 LOYOLA (N.O.) 7:05 p.m. N16 ALABAMA STATE (ASN) 8 p.m. N21 TEXAS STATE 7:30 p.m. N19 at Troy 7 p.m. Nov. 22-28 Corpus Christi Coastal Classic, El Paso & Corpus Christi, Texas N22 JACKSONVILLE STATE (ASN) 4 p.m. N22 ALCORN STATE 7:05 p.m. Nov. 27-28 at Emerald Coast Classic, Niceville, Fla. N24 FLORIDA A&M 7:05 p.m. N27 vs. Illinois (CBS SN) 8:30 p.m. N27 vs. Southern Illinois (ASN) 1:30 p.m. N28 vs. Virginia Tech/Iowa State 3:30/6 p.m. N28 vs. Colorado State/Portland (ASN) 3 p.m. D1 GEORGIA STATE (ASN) 8 p.m. D2 at New Mexico State 7 p.m. D5 at Illinois State 7 p.m. D5 UT ARLINGTON 6 p.m. D13 SEATTLE 7 p.m. D13 at Washington State (Pac-12 Network) 4 p.m. D16 USC UPSTATE 7 p.m. D19 NEW MEXICO STATE 7:05 p.m. D19 at South Florida (ESPN3) 6 p.m. Dec. 21-22 WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational, El Paso, TX D22 HIWASSEE COLLEGE 7 p.m. D21 NORFOLK STATE 7 p.m. D29 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (ASN) 2:30 p.m. D22 SAM HOUSTON STATE/UC IRVINE TBD J3 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (ASN) 2 p.m. D29 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY 7:05 p.m. J7 UTSA 7 p.m. J1 RICE (ASN) 7 p.m. J9 UTEP (CBS SN) 1 p.m. J3 NORTH TEXAS (ASN) 3 p.m. J14 at Old Dominion (CBS SN) 6 p.m. J7 at Middle Tennessee (ASN) 5 p.m. J16 at Charlotte 6 p.m. J9 at UAB (CBS SN) 12 p.m. J21 RICE (CBS SN) 8 p.m. J16 at UTSA (ASN 2 p.m. J23 NORTH TEXAS 7 p.m. J21 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 7:05 p.m. J28 at WKU (FS1) 6:30 p.m. J23 FIU 7:05 p.m. J30 at Marshall (CBS SN) 11 a.m. J28 at Southern Miss 6 p.m. F4 FIU (ASN) 7 p.m. J31 at Louisiana Tech (FSN) 2 p.m. F6 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 7 p.m. F4 MARSHALL 7:05 p.m. F11 at Southern Miss 7 p.m. F6 WKU (FS1) 3 p.m. F13 at Louisiana Tech (FSN) 1 p.m. F11 at FIU 5 p.m. F21 at Middle Tennessee (CBS SN) 5 p.m. F13 at Florida Atlantic (ASN) 4 p.m. F25 MARSHALL 7 p.m. F18 SOUTHERN MISS 7:05 p.m. F27 WKU (FSN) 11 a.m. F20 LOUISIANA TECH (CBS SN) 4 p.m. M3 at FIU 6 p.m. F25 at Old Dominion (FSN) 5 p.m. M5 at Florida Atlantic (ASN) 11 a.m. F27 at Charlotte 5 p.m. March 8-12 at Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. M5 UTSA (ASN) 2 p.m. March 8-12 hosts Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. C-USA Game # Battle 4 Atlantis All times Central C-USA Game All times Mountain UAB NOTES UTEP NOTES Sophomore Chris Cokley registered a 25-point, 12-rebound perfor- UTEP’s recruiting class was rated No. 12 nationally by renowned HOOP mance to lead the Blazers in a 75-74 loss at in-state foe Auburn Friday. SCOOP analyst Clark Francis, and that was before the Miners added four- Cokley, the 2015 C-USA Sixth Man of the Year, again came off the bench. star, 6-10 forward Brodricks Jones to the mix in early August. Senior Robert Brown assisted on 11 baskets and added eight points on Dominic Artis, a former top-100 recruit who helped Oregon to 52 wins the night. and back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances (2013 & 2014), takes UAB returns most of its point production off of last year’s team. In over as the Miners’ primary fl oor general. Artis played in 53 games for fact, the Blazers return 91 percent of their scoring and 90 percent of their the Ducks with 31 starts. He started 25 games during the 2012-13 rebounding off the 2014-15 squad. The Blazers return 11 letterwinners (fi ve season when the Ducks fi nished 28-9, won the Pac-12 Tournament starters) from its 2015 C-USA Championship team, led by all-tournament and advanced to the Sweet 16 of NCAAs. He collected 25 points and team selections Brown and William Lee. Last year, UAB entered the sea- seven steals in three NCAA Tournament games that year. Artis son with just seven years of combined experience which made the Blazers played his senior season (2011-12) at Findlay Prep in Henderson, the third-youngest team in Division I. This year, UAB will begin the season Nevada, where he was a teammate of the Miners’ Matt Willms with 17 years of combined Division I experience. and Anthony Bennett, the top pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. @Conference_USA / @CUSAMBK ConferenceUSA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 SEASON C-USA NOTEBOOK Nov. 14, 2015 Contact: Courtney Morrison Archer [email protected]
UTSA ROADRUNNERS WKU HILLTOPPERS (0-1, 0-0 C-USA) (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) Head Coach: Brooks Thompson Head Coach: Ray Harper Twitter: @UTSAMBB / @CoachT_UTSA Twitter: @WKUBasketball / @WKUSports Facebook: UTSAMBB Facebook: WKUBasketball Arena: UTSA Convocation Center (2,650) Arena: E.A. Diddle Arena Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N13 at Loyola-Chicago (ESPN3) L/64-76 N14 #CAMPBELLSVILLE 7 p.m. N15 at Clemson (ESPN3) 1 p.m. N18 at Belmont (ASN) 6 p.m. N17 at Creighton (FS2) 7 p.m. N21 STONY BROOK (FCS) 12 p.m. N21 at Southern Utah 8 p.m. Nov. 23-25 at Gulf Coast Showcase, Estero, Fla. Nov. 23-25 at Men Who Speak Up Main Event, Las Vegas, Nevada N23 #vs. Drake 5 p.m. N23 vs. Central Arkansas 2:30 p.m. N24 #vs. Central Michigan/Weber State 1:30/7:30 p.m. N25 vs. Howard/Texas Southern 2:30/5 p.m. N25 #TBD N29 UT PERMIAN BASIN 6 p.m. D1 EASTERN KENTUCKY (FCS) 7 p.m. D2 at Texas State 7 p.m. D5 at Xavier (FS1) 7:30 p.m. D8 at Texas (LHN) 7 p.m. D13 INDIANA STATE (ASN) 2 p.m. D12 TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 2 p.m. D16 ALABAMA A&M (FCS) 8 p.m. D16 EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 12 p.m. D19 at Louisville (ESPNU) 11 a.m. D19 UTAH VALLEY 5 p.m. D22 DETROIT (FCS) 7 p.m. D22 CAL POLY 7 p.m. D28 BRESCIA 7 p.m. J1 NORTH TEXAS (ASN) 6 p.m. J3 at Marshall (ASN) 12 p.m. J3 RICE 3 p.m. J7 FIU (FCS) 7 p.m. J7 at UAB 7 p.m. J9 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (FCS) 2 p.m. J9 at Middle Tennessee (ASN) 3 p.m. J14 at Rice (ASN) 8 p.m. J16 UTEP (ASN) 3 p.m. J16 at North Texas 7 p.m. J21 FIU 7 p.m. J21 at Old Dominion (ASN) 6 p.m. J23 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 2 p.m. J23 at Charlotte (FCS) 5 p.m. J28 at Louisiana Tech 6:30 p.m. J28 UAB (FS1) 6:30 p.m. J30 at Southern Miss 7 p.m. J30 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (FCS) 7 p.m. F4 WKU 7 p.m. F4 at UTSA 7 p.m. F6 MARSHALL (ASN) 1 p.m. F6 at UTEP (FS1) 4 p.m. F11 at Florida Atlantic 6 p.m. F13 MARSHALL (FCS) 7 p.m. F13 at FIU 6 p.m. F18 OLD DOMINION (FCS) 7 p.m. F18 LOUISIANA TECH 7 p.m. F20 CHARLOTTE (FCS) 2 p.m. F20 SOUTHERN MISS (ASN) 3 p.m. F25 at Middle Tennessee (ASN) 6 p.m. F25 at Charlotte 6 p.m. F27 at UAB (FSN) 11 a.m. F27 at Old Dominion (ASN) 7 p.m. M3 SOUTHERN MISS (ASN) 8 p.m. M5 at UTEP (ASN) 3 p.m. M5 LOUISIANA TECH (FCS) 7 p.m. March 8-12 hosts Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. March 8-12 hosts Conference USA Championship, Birmingham, Ala. C-USA Game All times Central C-USA Game # Gulf Coast Showcase All times Central UTSA NOTES WKU NOTES Senior G Ryan Bowie is one of two returning starters and he’ll look Junior G Chris Harrison-Docks is 407 points away from becoming the to build on a successful season in 2014-15. The Lewisville, Texas, native 49th player in Hilltopper Basketball history to score 1,000 career points. ranked third on the team in scoring at 13.0 ppg, which was good for 18th in With a 20-12 record last season, Ray Harper became the program’s C-USA. He also ranked 18th in the league with 5.8 rebounds per game and fi rst head coach to win 20 games in each of his fi rst three seasons with that number was tops in the circuit for players listed at 6-foot-4 or lower. the team. He joins 21 other head coaches since 2000-01 to record three Bowie averaged more than two 3-pointers made per outing to rank eighth 20-win campaigns in each of his fi rst three full seasons as a Division I in C-USA, while his 33.73 minutes per contest ranked seventh. head coach. Last year, UTSA went 14-16 overall and 8-10 in its second season as a The Hilltoppers are one of just 46 schools in the nation to member of C-USA. The 14 wins were a six-game improvement from the currently have a streak of three-straight 20-win seasons. WKU and 2013-14 team, while UTSA doubled its league wins from that season also. LA Tech are the only schools in Conference USA to win 20 or more The Roadrunners is opening its 2015-16 season with one of the longest games in each of the last three seasons. road stretches in program history, as the team will play eight of its fi rst nine games away from home. Only the 2012-13 team had a longer stretch with nine of its fi rst 10 contests away from the Convocation Center. @Conference_USA / @CUSAMBK ConferenceUSA