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TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION 2009-10 IN REVIEW NCAA TOURNAMENT 2010-11 BIG WEST MEN’S BASKETBALL WEST 2010-11 BIG Big West Directory IFC Final Standings 43 DATES & SITES Big West History 2-3 Big West Tournament Results 43 Commissioner Dennis Farrell 4 Big West Tournament Top Performers 43 Senior Associate Commissioner Rob Halvaks 4 Postseason Tournament Results 43 First Round: March 15-16 Associate Commissioner Jody McRoberts 4 All-Big West Team 44 University of Dayton Arena • Dayton, OH Assistant Commissioner Erica Monteabaro 4 All-Tournament Team 44 Host: University of Dayton Assistant Commissioner Mike Daniels 4 All-Specialty Team 44 Conference Office Staff 4-5 Players of the Week 44 Second/Third Rounds: March 17-20 Historical Basketball Moments 6-7 All-Academic Team 44 Thursday and Saturday, March 17 & 19 NBA Draftees 8 Overall Team Statistics 45 Pepsi Center • Denver, CO Big West Basketball Ad 9 Overall Individual Statistics 46 Host: Mountain West Conference 2010-11 Composite Schedule 10-11 Conference Team Statistics 47 Big West News & Notes 12 Conference Individual Statistics 48 St. Pete Times Forum • Tampa, FL 76 CLASSIC 13 Superlatives 49 Host: University of South Florida BracketBusters Ad 14 2011 Big West Basketball Tournament 15 McKale Center • Tucson, AZ RECORD BOOK Host: University of Arizona THE TEAMS Individual Records 50 Verizon Center • Washington, DC Team Records 51 Host: Georgetown University cal poly 16-18 Single Game Records - Individual 52 Friday and Sunday, March 18 & 20 Quick Facts, Roster, Coach Callero Bio 16 Single Season Records 53 Time Warner Cable Arena • Charlotte, NC Year-By-Year Program Record 16 Career Records 54 Host: University of North Carolina-Charlotte Schedule, 09-10 Results, Players To Watch 17 All-Time Team Leaders 55-56 09-10 Overall and Big West Stats, Player Career Stats 18 All-Time Individual Leaders 56-57 Annual Standings 58-61 United Center • Chicago, IL All-Time Regular Season Champions 62 Host: Big Ten Conference cal state fullerton 19-21 All-Time Coaching Records 62-63 Quick Facts, Roster, Coach Burton Bio 19 Quicken Loans Arena • Cleveland, OH Year-By-Year Program Record 19 Host: Cleveland State University Schedule, 09-10 Results, Players To Watch 20 HONORS 09-10 Overall and Big West Stats, Player Career Stats 21 BOK Center • Tulsa, OK All-Time All-Big West Selections 64-68 Host: University of Tulsa cal state northridge 22-24 All-Time First Team Selections 69 Quick Facts, Roster, Coach Braswell Bio 22 All-Time Players of the Year 69 Regionals: March 24 - 27 Year-By-Year Program Record 22 All-Time Coaches of the Year 69 Thursday and Saturday, March 24 & 26 Schedule, 09-10 Results, Players To Watch 23 All-Time Team-By-Team All-Big West Selections 69 West Regional 09-10 Overall and Big West Stats, Player Career Stats 24 All-Time All-Specialty Teams 69 All-Time All-Freshman Teams 70-71 Honda Center • Anaheim, CA All-Time Freshmen of the Year 71 Host: Big West Conference long beach state 25-27 All-Time Players of the Week 72-75 Quick Facts, Roster, Coach Monson Bio 25 All-Time All-Americans 76 Southeast Regional Year-By-Year Program Record 25 New Orleans Arena • New Orleans, LA Schedule, 09-10 Results, Players To Watch 26 Host: Tulane University 09-10 Overall and Big West Stats, Player Career Stats 27 POSTSEASON Friday and Sunday, March 25 & 27 East Regional uc davis 28-30 Big West Tournament Results 77-79 Prudential Center • Newark, NJ Quick Facts, Roster, Coach Stewart Bio 28 Big West Championship Game Results 80 Host: Seton Hall University Year-By-Year Program Record 28 Big West Tournament Team vs. Team Records 80 Schedule, 09-10 Results, Players To Watch 29 Big West Tournament All-Tournament Teams 81 Southwest Regional 09-10 Overall and Big West Stats, Player Career Stats 30 Big West Tournament Record Book 82 Alamodome • San Antonio, TX NCAA Tournament Year-By-Year Results 83-84 Host: University of Texas-San Antonio NIT Year-By-Year Results 85 uc irvine 31-33 Quick Facts, Roster, Coach Turner Bio 31 NCAA Tournament Coaching Records 85 NIT Coaching Records 85 Year-By-Year Program Record 31 Men’s Final Four: April 2 and 4 Schedule, 09-10 Results, Players To Watch 32 Reliant Stadium • Houston, TX 09-10 Overall and Big West Stats, Player Career Stats 33 Host: University of Houston/Rice University uc riverside 34-36 Quick Facts, Roster, Coach Wooldridge Bio 34 Year-By-Year Program Record 34 Schedule, 09-10 Results, Players To Watch 35 Official Ball Of The 09-10 Overall and Big West Stats, Player Career Stats 36 Big West Basketball Tournament uc santa barbara 37-39 Quick Facts, Roster, Coach Williams Bio 37 Year-By-Year Program Record 37 Schedule, 09-10 Results, Players To Watch 38 09-10 Overall and Big West Stats, Player Career Stats 39 pacific 40-42 Quick Facts, Roster, Coach Thomason Bio 40 Year-By-Year Program Record 40 Schedule, 09-10 Results, Players To Watch 41 09-10 Overall and Big West Stats, Player Career Stats 42 1 2010-11 BIG WEST MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 1 BIG WEST HISTORY About the Big West Conference The Big West Conference enters the 2010-11 season in its 42nd year of operation. There are 16 conference-sponsored sports in the Big West. Women’s sports are comprised of soccer, volleyball, cross country, basketball, golf, tennis, softball, track and field and water polo. Men’s sports include soccer, cross country, basketball, golf, tennis, baseball and track and field. Over four decades, the conference has striven for athletic and academic success, and has accomplished those goals to a large degree. The con- ference has undergone membership changes throughout its long history, the most recent ones significantly enhancing its stability. Following the 2004-05 academic year, Idaho and Utah State left the Big West, creating an eight-team league comprised of all California schools: Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, Long Beach State, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara and Pacific. A ninth school from the Golden State – UC Davis – became the newest member of the Big West on July 1, 2007 after completing a four-year reclassification process from Divi- sion II to Division I. The Big West owns the distinction of being the nation’s only conference with its entire membership located in one state. No matter what the membership makeup, the Big West always has stacked up well against the rest of the nation. In fact, the conference has claimed 17 team national championships in its history, including six in women’s volleyball, two in baseball, one in softball and one in men’s basketball. Men’s soccer was the newest sport added to the list when UC Santa Barbara claimed the national title in 2006. Individually, Big West athletes also have claimed several titles in such sports as swimming, track and field, and golf. In fact, Cal State Northridge junior Dashalle Andrews was the 26th Big West student-athlete to capture a crown when he won the long jump competition at the national meet in 2007. The conference’s overall success has been measured through the results of such competitions as the Learfield Sports Directors Cup. Presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), the Cup gauges the best overall collegiate athletics programs in NCAA Division I according to their finishes in NCAA postseason play. In 2009-10, UC Santa Barbara (No. 88) and UC Irvine (No. 90) finished in the top 100. The Big West had as many as five schools ranked in the top 100 in 2006-07 and 2007-08. Big West athletes also have succeeded on a worldwide stage in such international competitions as the Olympics, Pan-American Games and World Cup. A sampling of athletes who have competed at the Olympic level include Long Beach State’s Tara Cross-Battle, Tayyiba Haneef and Danielle Scott (women’s indoor volleyball), Pacific’s Jennifer Joines (women’s indoor volleyball), and Misty May (women’s beach volleyball); UC Santa Barbara’s Jason Lezak (men’s swimming), Cal State Fullerton’s Leon Wood and Bruce Bowen (men’s basketball) and Jenny Topping (softball); Pacific’s Elaina Oden (women’s volleyball) and Brad Schumacher (men’s swimming); UC Irvine’s Steve Scott (men’s track and field); and Cal Poly’s Stephanie Brown-Trafton and Sharon Day (women’s track and field). Brown-Trafton won the gold medal in the discus at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. May won gold in beach volleyball for the second consecu- tive Olympics, and Joines helped her indoor volleyball team capture silver. Lezak swam the fastest anchor leg in history to help the United States win the 4x100 freestyle relay, helping teammate Michael Phelps eventually break the record for most gold medals in an Olympic Games. UC Santa Barbara men’s soccer alum Tony Lochhead competed for his native New Zealand at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Big West Success Found in all Sports - 2009-10 Season Review The 2009-10 campaign will be remembered for solid individual and team successes across the Big West sports landscape. The premier sport during the Big West fall sports season, men’s soccer, produced two NCAA Tournament teams in UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara. The Anteaters repeated as Big West Tournament champion to secure the conference’s automatic NCAA bid. UCI fell in the second round. Meanwhile, the Gauchos recorded their sixth regular season conference title since 2001, and utilized a strong résumé to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA postseason.