2017-18 Uta Men's Basketball
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2017-18 UTA MEN’S BASKETBALL UTA Athletic Communications | 601 Spaniolo Drive | Arlington, TX 76019 Basketball Contact | Richard Kilwien | [email protected] | O: (817) 272-2239 GAME #3 | NOV. 21, 2017 | COLEMAN COLISEUM | TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA | #MAVCITY 2017-18 SCHEDULE HEAD COACH SERIES HISTORY UT ARLINGTON Series: Alabama Leads 1-0 Scott Cross (UTA ‘98) NOVEMBER At UTA: 0-0 MAVERICKS Career Record: 206-148 (12th year) 11 Loyola Marymount%ESPN3 W 85-80 Record: 2-0, 0-0 Sun Belt At UA: 0-0 Record at UTA: Same Neutral Site 0-1 18 at BYU% BYUtv W 89-75 SEC Last Meeting 21 at No. 25 Alabama% 8:00 p.m. HEAD COACH No. 25 ALABAMA UA 102, UTA 85 (12/19/70 in Ft. Worth) 24 Western Carolina% 6:00 p.m. CRIMSON TIDE Avery Johnson (Southern ‘88) 25 Alabama A&M or Niagara% TBD Career Record: 293-216 (10th year) Last Meeting at UA Record: 3-0, 0-0 SEC Record at UA: 40-30 (3rd year) 27 UT Dallas ESPN3 7:00 p.m. First Meeting 29 Rice ESPN3 7:00 p.m. Upcoming Game GAMEDAY COVERAGE DECEMBER The UTA men’s basketball team (2-0, 0-0 Sun Belt Conference) plays the second 2 North Texas ESPN3 7:00 p.m. of 4 road games in 8 days Tuesday when it travels to Tuscaloosa, Ala. to face 25th Tickets 7 at Northern Iowa ESPN3 7:00 p.m. ranked Alabama (2-0, 0-0 West Coast Conference) at 8 p.m. (CST) in Coleman RollTide.com • (877) TIDETIX 9 Florida Gulf Coast ESPN3 2:00 p.m. Coliseum (capacity 13,383). The game is part of the Barclays Center Classic, which Television 16 at UTRGV WAC 7:00 p.m. includes the game at BYU and neutral site/road games at Niagara next weekend. SEC Network 18 at Creighton FS1 8:00 p.m. 21 Cal Poly ESPN3 7:00 p.m. Streaming Live Game Coverage Play-By-Play: Taylor Zarzour 29 at Coastal Carolina* 6:30 p.m. The UTA at Alabama game will be televised live on ESPN’s SEC Network and Color: Mo Williams 31 at Appalachian State* 1:30 p.m. streamed via ESPN3 (WatchESPN.com & WatchESPN app). Every UTA home game this season will be streamed live on ESPN3. In addition, a live radio broadcast of Radio Maverick Sports Network JANUARY every home and away game will be available throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth Radio: KEXB 620 AM 4 Troy* ESPN3 7:15 p.m. area through a Learfield Sports partnership with KEXB 620 AM. Josh Sours will Online: TuneIn 6 South Alabama* ESPN3 4:15 p.m. be on the call generally beginning 30 minutes prior to tipoff and every broadcast Play-By-Play: Josh Sours 11 at Little Rock* 7:00 p.m. will be available online via TuneIn.com. Live video, audio and statistics links are Live Statistics 13 at Arkansas State* 7:00 p.m. available on UTAMavs.com. RollTide.com 18 Louisiana* ESPN3 7:15 p.m. ESPN3 Tickets Social Media 20 ULM* 4:15 p.m. Twitter: @UTAMavs 25 at Georgia State* ESPN3 6:15 p.m. Tickets to all home UTA men and women’s basketball games are available through Instagram: @UTAMavs 27 at Georgia Southern* ESPN3 6:00 p.m. the UTA Box Office, online at UTATickets.com or by calling (817) 272-9595. Sea- Snapchat: UTAMavs son, single game, group and multi-game packages are available. Tickets to the Sun Facebook: UT Arlington Athletics Belt Championships in New Orleans, La. will also available later in the season. FEBRUARY UTAMavs.com 1 Appalachian State* ESPN3 7:15 p.m. Recaps, Photos, Quotes, Notes, Statistics 3 Coastal Carolina* ESPN3 4:15 p.m. Postgame Coverage A complete recap of every UTA men’s basketball game, including photos, video 10 Texas State* ESPN3 4:15 p.m. highlights, statistics, notes and coach and player comments will be available shortly 15 at ULM* 7:00 p.m. upon the conclusion each game online at UTAMavs.com. 17 at Louisiana* ESPN3 7:00 p.m. NEXT 2 GAMES 22 Georgia Southern* ESPN3 7:00 p.m. Social Media vs Western Carolina 24 Georgia State* ESPN3 4:15 p.m. UTA provides extensive coverage of each of its 15 sport programs via a variety of Friday, Nov. 24 • 6 p.m. (CST) social media channels, notably Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter. The vs Alabama A&M or Niagara MARCH general account username for most services is @UTAMavs. Several sports operate ESPN2 Saturday, Nov. 25 • TBD 2 at Texas State* 6:00 p.m. specific accounts, generally used for in-game coverage of events and other content. 7 First Round# ESPN3 TBD 9 Quarterfinals#ESPN3 TBD PROJECTING THE MAVS 10 Semifinals#ESPN3 TBD 11 Championshp# ESPN2 1:00 p.m. No. Player PPG RPG APG BPG SPG Notes % - Homecoming; # - New Orleans, La.; * Sun Belt Conference * 25 Kevin Hervey (F, 6-9, Sr.) 25.5 8.5 3.5 0.0 2.0 SBC POY ... AP HM All-America ... Olson & Henson watch lists game; %Barclays Center Classic; ALL TIMES CENTRAL; Opponent * 1 Erick Neal (G, 5-10, Sr.) 17.5 2.5 10.5 0.0 1.5 2nd NCAA in asts ... 2nd, UTA career asts ... 8 career dbl-dbls AP Ranking & TV listed where applicable. * 5 Kaelon Wilson (G, 6-2, Sr.) 11.5 3.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 102 apps, 26 starts ... 20pts at BYU in ‘17 ... .470 career FG% * 13 Johnny Hamilton (C, 7-0, Gr.) 11.5 4.5 0.0 2.5 0.5 Grad Trnsfr/Va Tech ... 2 yrs JC ... 112 blks as soph... Trinidad native * 3 Nathan Hawkins (G, 6-5, Sr.) 6.5 1.5 1.5 0.0 1.5 71 apps at UTA ... xfer from Neb. ... 15 mins per game in 2 seasons REFERENCING UT ARLINGTON 4 Davion Turner (F, 6-9, Jr.) 5.5 2.0 1.5 0.0 0.5 JC Trnsfr ... 14 mins in 2 gms ... .667 FG%, .750 FT% The UTA athletic 22 Link Kabadyundi (C, 7-1, Sr.) 4/5 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 33 apps at UTA ... JC Trnsfr ... 15 gms at TCU as Fr ... .571 FG% department respectfully 15 Scott Muirhead (F, 6-3, So.) 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 19 apps as RS Frosh ... 7 of 8 FGs are 3pts ... nickname is “Bill” requests that members 23 Mairega Clarke (G, 6-5, Sr.) 3.0 2.0 0.0 1.5 1.0 20 apps in 2yrs as JC Transfer ... .550 FG%, incl. .545 from 3pt of the media and athletic 2 D.J. Bryant (G, 6-0, So.) 0.0 1.5 2.0 0.5 0.0 37 apps, 3 starts as Frosh ... named “Tough Guy” during boot camp institutions refer to the 20 Julian Harris (F, 6-5, Sr.) Injured 71 apps in 2 yrs ... .537 FG pct., .600 FT pct. ... injured, preseason University of Texas at 30 Patrick Binzer (G, 6-2, Jr.) Injured 6 apps as Soph ... avg 24 pt/14reb as prep Sr ... Attded SMU & TCU Arlington as UT Arlington. 21 Pedro Castro (G, 6-6, Fr.) dnp Frosh ... 16.6pts/7.3rebs as Prep Sr ... TABC all-region ... Dist MVP UTA is acceptable on second reference. Using 34 Tim Holland (F, 6-8, Fr.) dnp Frosh ... 3x all-district ... 17pts/8.4rebs ... CenTex All-Star Gm MVP Texas-Arlington, UT-Arlington or any other form 44 Nils Huizenga (F, 6-7, Fr.) dnp Frosh ... 8pts/9rebs as prep ... 2nd team all-dist ... AAU 3D Empire is incorrect. *Indicates expected starter #MavCity | 2017 Sun Belt Champions | 27-9 Record, 14-4 in SBC | 14-1 in College Park Center | NIT Qtrfinals UT ARLINGTON MAVERICK QUICK FACTS 2017-18 UT ARLINGTON ROSTER GENERAL No. NAME POS HT WT CL EXP Hometown / High School / Last College Name ..................................University of Texas at Arlington 1 Erick Neal G 5-10 155 Sr. 3L Dallas, Texas / Lincoln City/Zip .......................................... Arlington, Texas 76019 2 DJ Bryant G 5-11 180 So. 1L Sarasota, Fla. / Riverview Founded ..................................1895 (Senior College, 1959) 3 Nathan Hawkins G 6-7 210 Sr. 2L Garland, Texas / Rowlett / Nebraska Enrollment .............................. 39,714 (28,218 undergrad) 4 Davion Turner F 6-9 185 Jr Tr Cedar Hill, Texas / Cedar Hill / Hill College Nickname...........................................................Mavericks 5 Kaelon Wilson G 6-2 192 Sr. 3L Lancaster, Texas / Lancaster School Colors ....................... Royal Blue, Orange and White Affiliations ................................................NCAA Division I 11 David Azore G 6-5 205 Fr. HS Friendswood, Texas / Clear Brook Conference .........................................Sun Belt Conference 13 Johnny Hamilton C 7-0 230 Gr. Tr Rio Claro, Trinidad / St. Augustine / Virginia Tech President ..............................................Dr. Vistasp Karbhari 15 Scott Muirhead F 6-3 206 So. 1L Ennis, Texas / Ennis Director of Athletics .............................................Jim Baker 20 Julian Harris F 6-5 235 Sr. 3L Mansfield, Texas / Lake Ridge 21 Pedro Castro G 6-6 170 Fr. HS Fort Worth, Texas / Brewer HISTORY 22 Link Kabadyundi C 7-1 274 Sr. 1L Montreal, Canada / Alma Academy / Blinn JC First Year of Men’s Basketball ...............................1959-60 23 Mairega Clarke G 6-5 184 Sr. 1L Queens, N.Y. / Putnam Science Acad. / Carl Albert St. Overall All-Time Record ........................................714-905 25 Kevin Hervey F 6-7 230 Sr. 3L Arlington, Texas / Bowie No. Years in NCAA Tournament .............................1 (2008) 30 Patrick Binzer G 6-2 183 Jr. 1L Weatherford, Texas / Weatherford Christian Postseason Appearances ...........................5 (NCAA - 2008; 34 Tim Holland F 6-8 220 Fr.