2015-16 Northwestern Men's Basketball Information Sheet
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2015-16 NORTHWESTERN MEN’S BASKETBALL INFORMATION SHEET GENERAL COACHING STAFF School ...........................................................Northwestern University Head Coach......................................................................... Chris Collins City/Zip .................................................................. Evanston, IL 60208 Alma Mater/Year ....................................................................Duke ’96 Enrollment ........................................................................................8,367 Record at NU (Years) ......................................................29-36 (3rd) Nickname .................................................................................... Wildcats Overall Record (Years) ..................................................29-36 (3rd) School Colors ..........................................................Purple and White Office Phone ..................................................................847-491-7906 Arena Name ...........................................................Welsh-Ryan Arena Best Time to Reach .......................................................... Contact SID Capacity ..............................................................................................8,117 Assistant Coach ................................................................. Brian James Affiliation ..................................................................... NCAA Division I Alma Mater/Year ....................................................Illinois State, ’77 Conference ....................................................................................Big Ten Assistant Coach ................................................................. Pat Baldwin President .....................................................................Morton Schapiro Alma Mater/Year ..................................................Northwestern ’94 Alma Mater/Year .................................................... B.S. - Hofstra ’75 Assistant Coach ............................................................... Armon Gates ............................................................................Ph.D. - Pennsylvania ’79 Alma Mater/Year ..........................................................Kent State ’06 Athletics Director ..............................................................Jim Phillips Sports Performance Coach................................Mike Schweigert Alma Mater/Year ................................................................ Illinois ’90 Director of Basketball Operations ........................Chris Lauten Athletic Dept. Phone .................................................847-491-8880 Video Coordinator ............................................................ Tad Gilbert Ticket Office ..............................................................888-GO-PURPLE Basketball Athletic Trainer .......................................Jen Tymkew HISTORY TEAM INFORMATION First Year of Basketball ........................................................1904-05 Total Home Away Neutral Overall Won-Lost ...........................................................1021-1455-1 2014-15 Record 15-17 11-7 3-8 1-2 NCAA appearances/last ............................................................. None Big Ten Record (t10th) 6-12 4-5 2-7 NIT appearances/last ............................................................ 7/2012 Final Ranking......................................................................................N/A Last Postseason Opponent ..........................................Washington Starters Returning/Lost ................................................................5/0 ...........................................................................2012 NIT Second Round Letterwinners Returning/Lost ..................................................8/4 Result ............................................................................................. L, 76-55 Newcomers ................................................................................................5 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS BROADCAST INFORMATION Asst. A.D./Athletic Communications .................Paul Kennedy Radio Station ...............................................................WGN (720 AM) Athletic Communications Phone .......................847-491-7503 Sports Director ...................................................................Dave Eanet Associate Director/Men’s Basketball SID .....Nick Brilowski Address ............................................................... 435 N. Michigan Ave. Office Phone ..................................................................847-467-3831 ........................................................................................ Chicago, IL 60611 Cell Phone .......................................................................847-239-4127 Phone ................................................................................312-222-5094 E-Mail Address [email protected] Play-by-Play ..........................................................................Dave Eanet FAX ......................................................................................847-491-8818 Color Commentator.......................................................... Joey Meyer Courtside Phone..........................................................847-491-8852 Mailing/Overnight Address ...................................Anderson Hall .....................................................................................1501 Central Street ..................................................................................... Evanston, IL 60208 Website ..............................................................................NUsports.com Twitter .................................................................................. @NU_Sports .............................................................................................@NUMensBball PLAYER INFORMATION Starters Returning (5) Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. GP-GS PPG RPG APG Tre Demps 6-3 195 R-Sr. G 32-25 12.5 3.0 2.6 Vic Law 6-7 195 So. F 32-19 7.0 4.8 1.3 Sanjay Lumpkin 6-6 220 R-Jr. G/F 32-26 4.3 3.8 0.8 Bryant McIntosh 6-3 185 So. G 32-30 11.4 2.5 4.7 Alex Olah 7-0 278 Sr. C 32-32 11.7 6.9 1.5 Other Returning Letterwinners (3) Scottie Lindsey 6-5 195 So. G/F 31-10 4.4 2.3 0.5 Gavin Skelly 6-8 228 So. F 29-0 1.4 1.9 0.5 Nathan Taphorn 6-7 210 Jr. F 24-0 4.1 1.1 0.5 Starters Lost (0) Other Letterwinners Lost (4) JerShon Cobb R-Sr. G 21-16 6.1 3.2 1.6 Jeremiah Kreisberg Gr. C 24-0 1.0 1.2 0.2 Dave Sobolewski Sr. G 31-2 2.6 0.8 0.7 Johnnie Vassar Fr. G 18-0 0.8 0.4 0.4 Newcomers (5) Hometown/High School/Last School Jordan Ash 6-3 185 Fr. G Bolingbrook, Ill./St. Joseph Charlie Hall 6-6 205 Fr. F Los Angeles, Calif./Crossroads Dererk Aaron Falzon Pardon 6-96-8 230 200 Fr. Fr. C F Cleveland, Newton, Mass./Northfield Ohio/Villa Angela-St. Mount Joseph Hermon Joey van Zegeren * 6-10 230 Gr. C Hoogevenn, Netherlands/Canaris Basketball Acad./Virginia Tech * van Zegeren played his first three seasons at Virginia Tech and has one year of eligibility remaining. He is eligible to play this season. 2015-16 SEASON NOTES • Northwestern returns 87.6 percent of its scoring and 77.9 percent of its rebounding from last season. The Wildcats welcome back seven of their top eight scorers from a year ago. • Senior guard Tre Demps is Northwestern’s leading returning career scorer with 1,017 points. Last season, Demps became the 32nd player in school history to surpass 1,000 points for his career. He enters the 2015-16 season ranked No. 31 on Northwestern’s all-time scoring list. Jordan Ash, Aaron Falzon, Dererk Pardon), one freshman walk-on (Charlie Hall) and one graduate transfer (Joey van Zegeren). • AlexNorthwestern Olah welcomes in five newcomers this season: three scholarship freshmen ( previous mark of 136 set by John Shurna (2009-12). Olah’s 59 blocks a year ago and 58 in 2014-15 are the top two single-season marks enters his final season as a Wildcat already ranked first in school history with 145 career blocked shots. He surpassed the • Olah’s seven double-doubles during the 2014-15 campaign ranked third in the Big Ten behind only Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky and Michiganat Northwestern State’s Brandensince blocked Dawson. shots After were averaging first regularly 4.1 rebounds recorded per as game a statistic as a freshmanin 1978-79. and 5.2 per game as a sophomore, that average •went Demps up toand 6.9 Olah per bothgame earned last season All-Big (fifth Ten in honorable the Big Ten). mention Olah recognitionposted 10 double-figure last season while rebounding Bryant games McIntosh a year was ago named after recordingto the Big Ten All-Freshmanonly one over Team.his first two seasons. • McIntosh set a Northwestern freshman record with 150 assists during the 2014-15 season. The total ranks third overall for a single season in school history. McIntosh was one of only four major conference true freshmen last season to average more than 11.0 points and 4.5 assists per game joining Ohio State’s D’Angelo Russell, Duke’s Tyus Jones, USC’s Jordan McLaughlin. • The Wildcats’ 6-12 conference record a year ago wasn’t far away from being much better. From Jan. 11-31, each of the Wildcats’ six defeats• Northwestern’s were by single four-game digits Bigwith Ten the winning average streak margin from of defeat Feb. 15-25, being 4.22015 points. was its Five first straight