2012-13 GAME NOTEBOOK Men's Basketball 2012-13 Watch the Bucs
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2012-13 GAME NOTEBOOK 2012-13 Schedule and Results (2012-13 Season • All Times EST) Date Opponent Time/Score 11/3 CARSON-NEWMAN ^ (ASun.TV) W, 71-63 11/10 at Virginia Tech (ESPN3) L, 62-80 11/17 TENNESSEE TECH (ASun.TV) L, 62-65 11/20 at Charleston Southern W, 59-57 11/23 at Georgia L, 38-54 11/29 MILLIGAN COLLEGE (ASun.TV) W, 94-46 12/5 at James Madison L, 45-70 12/8 at North Carolina (ESPN3) L, 55-78 12/14 at Ole Miss (ESPN3) L, 55-77 12/18 CHARLESTON SO. (ASun.TV) L, 51-72 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic 12/22 vs. Arizona (ESPNU) L, 53-73 12/23 vs. Hawaii (ESPNU) L, 61-84 12/25 vs. San Francisco ESPN3) L, 49-67 1/2 VCU (ASun.TV) L, 58-109 1/5 at Lipscomb * (ASun.TV) L, 56-60 1/7 at N. Kentucky * (ASun.TV) W, 49-44 1/10 STETSON * (ASun.TV) L, 70-72 1/12 FGCU * (ASun.TV) W, 85-75 1/17 at Mercer * (ASun.TV) L, 59-78 1/19 at Kennesaw State * (ASun.TV) W, 70-60 1/24 JACKSONVILLE * (ASun.TV) L, 80-83 1/26 NORTH FLORIDA * (ASun.TV) W, 89-75 1/28 at USC Upstate * (ESPN3) L, 71-88 1/31 N. KENTUCKY * (ASun.TV) L, 68-70 2/2 LIPSCOMB * (ASun.TV) W, 90-88 (OT) 2/7 at FGCU * (ASun.TV) L, 43-67 2/9 at Stetson * (ASun.TV) W, 62-61 2/14 KENNESAW STATE * (ASun.TV) W, 79-70 2/16 MERCER * (ASun.TV) L, 54-71 2/21 at North Florida * (ASun.TV) L, 64-77 2/23 at Jacksonville * (ESPN3) 3:15 p.m. 3/1 USC UPSTATE * (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. ETSU 3/6-9 A-Sun Tournament $ TBA Home games in BOLD CAPS ^ Exhibition games; * A-Sun Conference game; Men’s Basketball 2012-13 $ A-Sun Tournament Broadcast games in (parenthesis): — Comcast SportsSoutheast (CSS) — ASun.TV live video stream (ASun.TV) — ESPN3.com live video stream (ESPN3) The Buccaneers at Jacksonville Feb. 23, 2013 -- Veterans Memorial Arena (Jacksonville, Fla.) -- 3:15 p.m. (EST) Radio: Buc Sports Network -- Web: ESPN3 -- TV: None Watch the ETSU (2012-13 Record: 9-20 Overall, 7-9 A-Sun) Probable Starters (Note: 2012-13 statistics) No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. G/GS PPG RPG APG Min/G Bucs LIVE on 2 Jarvis Jones G Sr. 6-2 190 22/22 16.6 2.9 2.7 37.0 4 Rashawn Rembert G So. 6-3 185 28/15 9.0 2.3 1.5 27.0 ASun.TV 15 Lester Wilson F Fr. 6-4 205 29/24 13.6 5.4 0.4 32.4 Once again this season, ETSU fans around 20 Hunter Harris F Jr. 6-7 220 28/25 7.7 5.4 0.8 26.4 the globe will have the opportunity to watch 21 John Walton F So. 6-7 200 29/16 5.7 4.2 0.3 22.1 the Bucs play via Internet video streaming at Reserves ASun.TV. All home games as well as most 1 Petey McClain G Fr. 6-0 185 22/17 3.3 1.8 3.2 21.5 road games in A-Sun play will be broadcast 3 Mario Stramaglia G Fr. 6-1 180 24/3 3.9 1.5 0.8 13.4 on A-Sun.TV FOR FREE . 11 Todd Halvorsen G Jr. 6-2 190 10/0 1.8 0.7 0.5 6.3 12 Yunio Barrueta G Fr. 6-4 215 22/4 2.5 2.5 0.5 12.5 34 Lukas Poderis F Sr. 6-8 230 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 35 Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard F Jr. 6-5 250 28/16 5.3 3.9 1.6 24.1 44 Ron Giplaye F Jr. 6-6 230 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Head Coach: Murry Bartow (Alabama-Birmingham, ’85) Assistant Coaches: Mike Boyd (Northern Michigan, ’70), Scott Wagers (Tennessee Wesleyan, ‘89), Thomas Johnson (Montevallo, ’81), NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES ... 1968, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010 ETSU at Jacksonville Media Information We are “ETSU” East Tennessee State’s Athletic Media Relations Offi ce is The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to available to assist members of the media with their questions ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request and requests about Buccaneer basketball. Contact Associate to be called “ETSU” ... East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... Athletic Director Michael White with any questions about the On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buc- Bucs. caneers, but Bucs is also acceptable. Michael White, Assoc. AD ........(423) 439-4220 (W) Buc bits (Basketball Contact) ...................(423) 956-1461 (C) After several years of quality returning players and at least Kevin Brown, Asst. Director. ..(423) 439-5612 (W) some level of certainty regarding what to expect heading Kyle Mattracion, GA .................(423) 439-5612 (W) into the winter months, the 2012-13 ETSU men’s basketball team entered Media Relations Fax ........................(423) 439-6138 this new cam- Press Row Phone ............................ (423) 439-5329 paign with sev- ETSU’s Record vs. A-Sun eral questions School Overall Tourn. Media Relations Mailing Address . P.O. Box 70707 and concerns. ........................................... Johnson City, TN., 37614 ... The loss of Florida Gulf Coast 9-3 N/A Overnight Address ....Memorial Center, Rm. 146-W standout se- Jacksonville 11-6 1-0 Corner of State of Franklin and John Rober Bell niors such as Kennesaw State 15-1 1-0 Johnson City, TN., 37614 Adam Sollazzo Lipscomb 31-12 2-0 .................................................................................................................... (Tampa), Isiah Brown (Miami, Mercer 12-5 1-0 Fla.) and Tom- North Florida 15-2 1-1 Quick Facts for ETSU Hoops my Hubbard USC Upstate 8-3 N/A (Boston) will be Stetson 11-8 2-0 G I hard to over- ENERAL NFORMATION Northern Kentucky 1-1 0-0 Location ...........................................................Johnson City, Tenn. come, consider- Founded ................................................................................. 1911 ing that group combined for a Nickname.....................................................................Buccaneers total of 3,091 points in their careers ... A year ago, the Bucs Enrollment ...........................................................................15,000 enjoyed quality wins such as a road victory over Atlantic 10 Colors ..........................................................Navy Blue & Old Gold Conference foe Charlotte, and finished with a respectable Arena ....................................ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (5,740) 17 victories on the season ... The team finished fourth in Affi liation ................................................................NCAA Division I the Atlantic Sun Conference standings at 10-8, reaching the Conference ..................................................................Atlantic Sun league tournament semifinals. ... This season, the Bucs’ top President .............................. Dr. Brian Noland (West Virginia, ’91) two returning starters were guards Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) Athletics Director .................................Dave Mullins (Samford ’68) and Marcus Dubose (Hartsville, S.C.), who both combined to score 19.7 points per game a year ago. ... However, both Athletics Phone...................................................... (423) 439-4343 Cooley and Dubose have been dismissed from the team for Ticket Offi ce Phone ............................................... (423) 439-5371 violation of team rules and policies ... Along with those two, Athletic Website ............................................www.ETSUBucs.com fellow guard Jarvis Jones (Memphis) and forward Lukas HISTORY Poderis (Port Richey, Fla.) are the only other ETSU seniors to First year of basketball ......................................................1918-19 be returning after playing significant minutes last year, but Overall all-time record ....................................................1,216-970 Poderis is now lost for the season with a left foot injury and NCAA Tournament appearances/last ..................................9/2010 will be forced to redshirt, while Jones missed the first seven games of the year for academic reasons ... Jones returned NCAA Tournament record ........................................................2-10 against Ole Miss on Dec. 14 ... With so few returning, experi- NIT appearances/last ..........................................................2/2007 enced players, ETSU has looked to some unproven returning Last post-season opponent ................Iona in CIT semifi nals, 2011 players, as well as a recruiting class that includes three incom- Result ................................................................................L, 83-80 ing freshmen and a pair of junior college transfers, to come COACHING S TAFF in and make an immediate impact. ... Sophomores Rashawn Head Coach...................Murry Bartow (Alabama-Birmingham ‘85) Rembert (Tampa) and John Walton (Memphis), along with Record at ETSU .................................... 188-133 (.587), 10th year redshirt freshman Lester Wilson (Knoxville) have increased Career Record .........................................291-216 (.574), 16 years their production this year, while true freshmen guards Petey BUCCANEER BASKETBALL McClain (Mobile, Ala.), Mario Stramaglia (Birmingham, Ala.), Overall NCAA Tournament Record .................................0-4 (.000) and Yunio Barrueta (Miami, Fla.) are blossoming into early NCAA Tournament Record at ETSU ...............................0-3 (.000) contributors. ... On the interior, Walton has been getting Basketball Offi ce Phone ........................................ (423) 439-4207 help from junior college transfers Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard Best Time To Reach Coach .........................................Contact SID (Georgetown, S.C.) and Hunter Harris (Nashville). Assistant Coaches .......................................................................... Scott Wagers (Tennessee Weslyean, ‘89), 13th year at ETSU Last time out Mike Boyd (Northern Michigan University), 10th year at ETSU JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 21, 2013) – Entering Thursday’s Thomas Johnson (Montevallo, ’80), Third year at ETSU game against North