2007-08 MEN’SMEN’SMEN’S BASKETBALLBASKETBALLBASKETBALL NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 200 Cottontail Lane, Vantage Court North, Somerset, NJ 08873 Men’s Contact: Ron Ratner, Associate Commissioner Phone: 732-469-0440/Fax: 732-469-0744 E-Mail: [email protected] Central Connecticut State • Fairleigh Dickinson • Long Island • Monmouth • Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac • Robert Morris • Sacred Heart • St. Francis (NY) • Saint Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Men’s Basketball Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Facts & Figures (Week 8 • January 7, 2008)

Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral 1. Wagner 3-0 1.000 10-4 .714 W2 5-2 5-2 0-0 Monday, December 31 Cornell 86, QUINNIPIAC 84 (OT) 2. Mount St. Mary's 3-1 .750 7-7 .500 L1 3-4 4-3 0-0 LIU at Central Florida Tournament 3. Robert Morris 2-1 .667 10-5 .667 W3 4-2 5-2 1-1 Central Florida 78, LONG ISLAND 69 Quinnipiac 2-1 .667 6-8 .429 L1 3-4 3-4 0-0 Wednesday, January 2 Sacred Heart 2-1 .667 5-9 .357 L1 3-2 2-7 0-0 #23 Rhode Island 94, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 63 6. Long Island 1-1 .500 9-4 .692 L1 6-0 2-4 1-0 Fairleigh Dickinson 1-1 .500 5-7 .417 W1 3-0 2-5 0-2 Thursday, January 3 8. Monmouth 1-2 .333 4-11 .267 W1 1-4 1-6 2-1 WAGNER 68, CCSU 60 MT. ST. MARY’S 68, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 60 Saint Francis (PA) 1-2 .333 3-11 .214 L5 1-7 2-4 0-0 QUINNIPIAC 74, SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 61 10. Central Connecticut State 1-3 .250 5-10 .333 W1 3-4 2-6 0-0 ROBERT MORRIS 59, MONMOUTH 44 11. St. Francis (NY) 0-4 .000 3-12 .200 L9 3-4 0-8 0-0

Saturday, January 5 Top eight teams qualify for NEC Tournament CCSU 80, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 75 (OT) FDU 65, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 62 ROBERT MORRIS 86, QUINNIPIAC 79 Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week WAGNER 70, SACRED HEART 63 Manny Ubilla, Fairleigh Dickinson MONMOUTH 51, SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 50 Sr., G, 6-2, 185 lbs., Freehold, NJ/Freehold (Lackawanna CC) Ubilla was unstoppable in capturing the second Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week award of his career. He averaged 31.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.5 apg and 1.5 spg in the Knights’ 1-1 week. Ubilla shot 51.4 percent from the field and drained 13-24 shots (.542) from three-point range. The Freehold, NJ native began his week with a career-high 39-point effort in a 94-63 setback at #23 Rhode Island on Wednesday. The 39 points - which set a Ryan Center record, established an NEC single-game season-high and ranks fourth on FDU’s all-time single-game list - included a school record eight shots from beyond the arc. He also snared seven rebounds and dished for three assists. Three days later, Ubilla helped boost FDU to a 65-62 win at Mount St. Mary’s by tallying 24 points, four Home Team Underlined rebounds, four assists and three steals. He continued his torrid shooting by making 5-9 shots from three-point territory. After the Mount pulled to within one, Ubilla scored ten points in the final 3:31, including a pair of trifectas to clinch the victory. The senior guard Choice Hotels Choice Hotels leads the NEC with 20.5 ppg, and averages 5.2 rpg and 4.8 apg (sixth in the league). Ubilla also ranks second in the league in three- pointers per game (3.3) and third in three-point percentage (.455). NEC Player of the Week NEC Rookie of the Week Nov. 12 Durell Vinson, WC Nov. 12 Evann Baker, QU Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week Nov. 19 Tony Lee, RMU Nov. 19 John Galvin, FDU Justin Rutty, Quinnipiac Nov. 26 Mark Porter, WC Nov. 26 Kyle Johnson, LIU Fr., F, 6-7, 240 lbs., Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free Academy Dec. 3 , RMU Dec. 3 Ed Zajac, QU Rutty becomes the third Quinnipiac player to claim Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week honors this season, joining teammates Dec. 10 Jeremy Goode, MSM Dec. 10 Evann Baker, QU Evann Baker (a two-time winner) and Ed Zajac. Rutty averaged 9.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg and shot 66.7 percent from the field in the Bobcats’ Dec. 17 Sean Baptiste, FDU Dec. 17 David Simmons, CCSU 1-2 week. He started with seven points and five rebounds in an 86-84 overtime loss to Cornell on Monday, before narrowly missing Dec. 31 Tony Lee, RMU Dec. 31 David Hicks, LIU his first career double-double with 10 points (5-7 FG) and nine boards in a 74-61 conquest of Saint Francis (PA) in Loretto on Jan. 7 Manny Ubilla, FDU Jan. 7 Justin Rutty, QU Thursday. The Newburgh, NY product then hit 5-6 shots from the floor and finished with 12 points and six rebounds in an 86-79 setback to visiting Robert Morris on Saturday. For the year, Rutty is averaging 7.6 ppg and ranks second among all NEC freshman with 5.8 rpg. He also paces the Bobcats and ranks third in the NEC in field goal shooting at 55.4 percent. This Week’s Schedule 2008 NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament Monday, January 7 Saturday, January 12 Wednesday, January 16 SACRED HEART at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm QUINNIPIAC at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at MT. ST. MARY’S# 9:00 pm All games at home of higher seed. Teams will be MOUNT ST. MARY’S at Oklahoma 6:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at FDU 7:00 pm reseeded after quarterfinals. ROBERT MORRIS at Boston College 7:00 pm SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at WAGNER 2:00 pm Thursday, January 17 CCSU at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm Thursday, March 6 Sunday, March 9 Wednesday, March 12 Thursday, January 10 Sunday, January 13 WAGNER at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at CCSU 7:00 pm SACRED HEART at ROBERT MORRIS* 3:00 pm QUINNIPIAC at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm FDU at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm Times TBA TBA, 7:00 pm (ESPN2) ROBERT MORRIS at FDU 7:00 pm Upcoming Games 4:00 pm (MSG) MOUNT ST. MARY’S at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm Saturday, January 19 WAGNER at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm Monday, January 14 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON at CCSU 2:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm LONG ISLAND at CCSU^ 7:30 pm LONG ISLAND at QUINNIPIAC 4:00 pm NEC Website SACRED HEART at MT. ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm For all the latest news, scores, statistics and notes, visit ROBERT MORRIS at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm MONMOUTH at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:00 pm the NEC website at www.northeastconference.org * Televised on MSG, FSN-Pittsburgh, FCS Standings and statistics are updated daily. ^ Televised on MSG, Cox, FCS # Televised on MASN, FSN-, FCS, ESPN-FC 2007-08 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson Long Island (5-10, 1-3 NEC) (5-7, 1-1 NEC) (9-4, 1-1 NEC) N 11 at Princeton L 57-59 at NIT Season Tip-Off (at Syracuse) N 12 at Notre Dame L 50-82 N 14 Albany L 60-63 (OT) N 12 vs. Saint Joseph’s L 66-86 N 16 at Army W 64-54 N 17 New Hampshire L 70-78 N 13 vs. Siena L 66-88 N 20 Columbia W 70-60 N 20 at Binghamton W 68-65 (OT) N 16 at Lafayette W 98-92 N 24 Canisius W 70-63 N 25 at Lafayette L 54-71 N 19 at Rider L 70-85 N 28 at St. John’s L 56-68 N 28 at La Salle L 55-59 N 25 at St. John’s L 67-92 D 1 Hartford W 86-62 D 1 Lehigh W 65-55 D 8 at LONG ISLAND L 77-90 D 6 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 55-73 D 6 SACRED HEART L 52-68 D 10 Norfolk State W 80-64 D 8 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 90-77 D 8 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 59-60 D 15 Stony Brook W 74-71 D 10 at New Hampshire W 86-78 D 11 UMBC W 58-54 D 22 St. Peter’s W 85-74 D 13 Harvard W 88-77 D 16 Delaware W 81-48 D 30 at Charlotte L 59-65 D 20 St. Peter’s W 67-62 D 22 at UMass L 55-79 J 2 at Rhode Island L 63-94 at Central Florida Tournament D 30 at Vermont L 63-84 J 5 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 65-62 D 30 vs. Texas-Pan American W 95-83 D 31 at Central Florida L 69-78 J 3 at WAGNER L 60-68 J 10 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm J 7 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 5 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 80-75 (OT) J 12 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm J 10 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 14 at CCSU 7:30 pm J 17 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 17 WAGNER 7:00 pm J 14 LONG ISLAND 7:30 pm J 19 at CCSU 2:00 pm J 17 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm J 19 at QUINNIPIAC 4:00 pm J 25 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm J 24 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 19 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 2:00 pm J 27 WAGNER 7:00 pm J 24 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm J 26 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 4:00 pm J 31 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 31 at WAGNER 7:00 pm J 26 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 4:00 pm F 2 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm F 2 MONMOUTH 4:00 pm F 2 WAGNER 4:00 pm F 7 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 7 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm F 7 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm F 9 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm F 9 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 9 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 2:00 pm F 14 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm F 14 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm F 14 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 18 MONMOUTH 7:30 pm F 16 CCSU 4:00 pm F 16 at LONG ISLAND 4:00 pm F 21 CCSU 7:00 pm F 21 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:30 pm F 21 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm F 23 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:00 pm F 23 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm F 28 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm F 28 at WAGNER 7:00 pm F 28 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm M 2 at SACRED HEART 4:00 pm M 1 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm M 1 ROBERT MORRIS 4:00 pm NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 6 Quarterfinals M 6 Quarterfinals M 6 Quarterfinals M 9 Semifinals M 9 Semifinals M 9 Semifinals M 12 Championship M 12 Championship M 12 Championship

NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS

Monmouth Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac (4-11, 1-2 NEC) (7-7, 3-1 NEC) (6-8, 2-1 NEC)

N 9 at Colgate L 60-63 N 10 at George Washington L 62-77 N 11 Hartford W 85-79 (2 OT) N 11 at Seton Hall L 81-89 (OT) N 17 La Salle L 63-66 N 14 at Binghamton L 75-88 at Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands) N 24 at James Madison L 73-85 N 20 Maine L 59-64 N 16 vs. Notre Dame L 33-76 N 26 American L 45-66 N 25 at New Hampshire L 70-77 N 17 vs. Wichita State W 59-50 D 1 Loyola (MD) W 70-58 N 28 at Lehigh W 92-88 (2 OT) N 19 vs. Charlotte W 58-56 (OT) D 3 at Navy W 62-58 D 3 Brown L 79-86 (OT) N 28 at St. Peter’s L 62-72 D 6 LONG ISLAND W 73-55 D 6 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 90-79 D 2 SACRED HEART L 53-80 D 8 at CCSU W 60-59 D 9 at Army W 58-54 D 8 Penn L 61-69 D 11 at Hartford L 53-67 D 15 at Maine W 66-59 D 16 at Connecticut L 49-82 D 15 Rider L 55-76 D 18 Winthrop W 64-59 D 19 Dartmouth W 85-63 D 23 Florida Atlantic L 57-62 D 21 Lafayette L 72-76 D 22 at Vermont L 72-80 D 28 at Lehigh L 39-56 D 28 at Oregon L 73-81 D 31 Cornell L 84-86 (OT) D 30 Princeton W 59-50 J 3 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 68-60 J 3 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 74-61 J 3 at ROBERT MORRIS L 44-59 J 5 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 62-65 J 5 ROBERT MORRIS L 79-86 J 5 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 51-50 J 7 at Oklahoma 6:00 pm J 10 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm J 10 WAGNER 7:00 pm J 10 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm J 12 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm J 12 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm J 17 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 9:00 pm J 17 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm J 17 CCSU 7:00 pm J 19 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 19 LONG ISLAND 4:00 pm J 19 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:00 pm J 24 at WAGNER 7:00 pm J 26 at SACRED HEART 4:00 pm J 25 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm J 26 at LONG ISLAND 4:00 pm J 31 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 31 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm J 31 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm F 2 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm F 2 at LONG ISLAND 4:00 pm F 2 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 7 CCSU 7:00 pm F 7 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm F 7 WAGNER 7:00 pm F 11 WAGNER 7:30 pm F 9 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 6:00 pm F 9 at MONMOUTH 6:00 pm F 14 at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm F 16 at WAGNER 7:00 pm F 18 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:30 pm F 14 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm F 16 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm F 21 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm F 16 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm F 21 MONMOUTH 7:00 pm F 23 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm F 21 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 23 SACRED HEART 4:00 pm F 28 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm F 23 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm F 28 at CCSU 7:00 pm M 1 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm M 1 MONMOUTH M 1 at WAGNER 7:00 pm NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 6 Quarterfinals M 6 Quarterfinals M 6 Quarterfinals M 9 Semifinals M 9 Semifinals M 9 Semifinals M 12 Championship M 12 Championship M 12 Championship

NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS 2007-08 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Robert Morris Sacred Heart St. Francis (NY) (10-5, 2-1 NEC) (5-9, 2-1 NEC) (3-12, 0-4 NEC) N 10 Iona W 72-66 N 10 at Yale L 71-82 N 9 Hartford W 62-59 Philadelphia Classic N 12 Army L 49-64 N 14 at St. John’s L 64-72 N 14 at Navy W 93-77 N 14 at Hartford L 55-70 N 17 at Maine L 82-85 (OT) N 18 at Seton Hall L 107-111 (OT) N 18 at Fairfield L 75-84 N 21 Hofstra W 60-57 N 23 vs. Drexel L 40-56 N 20 at St. John’s L 49-76 N 24 at Manhattan L 69-77 N 24 vs. Howard W 72-53 N 25 at Albany L 57-75 N 28 Fairfield W 55-51 N 29 at Florida International W 88-61 D 2 at Fordham W 72-66 N 30 Columbia W 75-59 D 2 Ohio L 63-67 D 5 Central Michigan L 72-83 D 2 at MONMOUTH W 80-53 D 6 at QUINNIPIAC L 79-90 D 8 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 66-75 D 6 at CCSU W 68-52 D 8 at WAGNER L 59-64 D 17 at Youngstown State W 74-71 D 19 at Providence L 89-94 D 10 at Columbia L 64-83 D 19 Canisius W 91-73 D 22 Harvard W 75-66 D 15 at Albany L 53-66 D 28 at Duquesne L 70-86 D 28 at Boston College L 75-80 D 22 at South Florida L 66-86 D 30 Lafayette W 88-76 D 30 Holy Cross W 61-58 D 29 Navy L 83-85 J 3 MONMOUTH W 59-44 J 5 WAGNER L 63-70 J 3 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 60-68 J 5 at QUINNIPIAC W 86-79 J 7 at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm J 5 CCSU L 75-80 (OT) J 7 at Boston College 7:00 pm J 10 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm J 10 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 10 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm J 13 at ROBERT MORRIS 3:00 pm J 12 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm J 13 SACRED HEART 3:00 pm J 17 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm J 17 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm J 19 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 19 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm J 19 MONMOUTH 4:00 pm J 24 CCSU 7:00 pm J 24 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm J 24 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 26 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm J 31 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm J 26 QUINNIPIAC 4:00 pm J 26 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 2 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm J 31 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm J 31 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm F 7 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm F 2 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:00 pm F 2 SACRED HEART 4:00 pm F 9 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm F 7 MONMOUTH 7:00 pm F 9 at CCSU 2:00 pm F 14 at CCSU 7:00 pm F 14 at WAGNER 7:00 pm F 14 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm F 16 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 2:00 pm F 16 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 4:00 pm F 16 ROBERT MORRIS 2:00 pm F 21 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm F 23 at QUINNIPIAC 4:00 pm F 21 at LONG ISLAND 7:30 pm F 23 WAGNER 7:00 pm F 28 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 23 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 4:00 pm F 28 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm M 2 CCSU 4:00 pm F 28 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm M 1 at LONG ISLAND 4:00 pm NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 6 Quarterfinals M 6 Quarterfinals M 6 Quarterfinals M 9 Semifinals M 9 Semifinals M 9 Semifinals M 12 Championship M 12 Championship M 12 Championship

NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS

St. Francis (PA) Wagner (3-11, 1-2 NEC) (10-4, 3-0 NEC)

N 10 American L 68-75 N 9 at Lafayette W 74-70 N 12 at Penn State L 64-74 N 14 Manhattan L 56-69 N 14 Morgan State L 53-77 N 17 at St. Peter’s L 69-72 N 17 Lehigh L 66-71 N 20 William & Mary W 88-81 N 24 at La Salle L 59-65 N 24 Bucknell W 64-55 N 28 Youngstown State L 65-70 N 28 at Brown W 64-63 D 1 at Bucknell W 57-54 D 1 at Yale W 71-68 D 8 at ROBERT MORRIS W 75-66 D 4 Columbia L 59-75 D 15 Lock Haven W 77-64 D 8 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 64-59 D 19 Iona L 66-76 D 15 UMES W 105-86 D 21 at Duquesne L 80-99 D 22 at Loyola Marymount W 82-79 (OT) D 29 at Arizona State L 56-95 D 29 at Kansas State L 59-101 J 3 QUINNIPIAC L 64-71 J 3 CCSU W 68-60 J 5 MONMOUTH L 50-51 J 5 at SACRED HEART W 70-63 J 10 at CCSU 7:00 pm J 10 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm J 12 at WAGNER 2:00 pm J 12 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 2:00 pm J 16 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 9:00 pm J 17 at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm J 19 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm J 24 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm J 24 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm J 27 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm J 26 CCSU 4:00 pm J 31 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm J 31 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm F 2 at CCSU 4:00 pm F 7 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm F 7 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm F 9 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm F 11 at QUINNIPIAC 7:30 pm F 14 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm F 14 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm F 16 at SACRED HEART 4:00 pm F 16 MONMOUTH 7:00 pm F 21 WAGNER 7:00 pm F 21 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm F 23 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm F 23 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 28 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm F 28 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm M 1 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm M 1 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 6 Quarterfinals M 6 Quarterfinals M 9 Semifinals M 9 Semifinals M 12 Championship M 12 Championship

NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS Stat Central NEC Men’s Basketball Notes: Below is a listing of NEC players who have turned in 20 and 30- point efforts thus far in 2007- (through games of January 5) 08. Quinnipiac senior guard DeMario Anderson (Oxon Hill, MD/Oxon Hill) - the league’s second leading scorer at 20.4 ppg - has already rung up a league-high eight 20+ point Road Saturday efforts in 2007-08 and has reached double digits in 34 straight games dating back to last season. Road wins are always a difficult proposition, which makes Saturday’s 30+ Point Games NEC results quite puzzling. Road teams won all five league games that 2 Manny Ubilla, FDU night, and seven-of-nine on the week. To date, away teams are 11-6 in 1 Jamaal Womack, SFNY NEC competition, a .647 winning percentage. In 2006-07, home teams won 57.6 percent of conference games, finishing the season with a 57-42 mark. 20+ Point Games 8 DeMario Anderson, QU The Race To 10 5 Jeremy Chappell, RMU; Robert Hines, SFNY; Chris Vann, MSM; Manny Ubilla, FDU Sparked by terrific non-conference campaigns, Robert Morris and Wagner became the quickest teams to 4 Sean Baptiste, FDU; Tristan Blackwood, CCSU; Mark Porter, WC; Durell Vinson, WC; reach ten victories in league history on Saturday. The Colonials (10-5, 2-1 NEC) won their third straight game 3 Kellen Allen, LIU; Joey Mundweiler, WC; Jhamar Youngblood, MU with an 86-79 win at Quinnipiac, while Wagner (10-4, 3-0) remained unbeaten in NEC play with a 70-63 2 Jeremy Goode, MSM; Will Holland, MSM; A.J. Jackson, RMU; Eugene Kotorobai, LIU; triumph at Sacred Heart. Both programs reached the ten win plateau on January 5, one day earlier than the Jimmy Langhurst, RMU; Cale Nelson, SFPA; Joe Seymore, CCSU; Drew Shubik, SHU; previous record, which was set by Robert Morris last season. Jamaal Womack, SFNY 1 Evann Baker, QU; Chris Berry, SFNY; Whitney Coleman, MU; John Galvin, FDU; Blackwood Sets CCSU Record For Career Three-Pointers, Moves Into 5th Place On NEC List , CCSU; Kyle Johnson, LIU; Tony Lee, RMU; R.J. Rutledge, MU; With eight three-pointers on the week, CCSU senior guard Tristan Blackwood (Toronto, Ontario/ Grant Surprenant, SFPA; James Ulrich, WC; Marcus Williams, SFNY; Jaytornah Wisseh, LIU Eastern Commerce) passed former teammate Justin Chiera and established a new school record for career trifectas with 275. Chiera hit 274 shots from long range from 2002-06. Wagner, Long Island Rank Among Best In NYC Wagner and Long Island sport the two of the three best records among the 20 New York Blackwood also moved up three spots into fourth place on the NEC career chart for made three-pointers, Metropolitan area Division I teams this season. Wagner is tied with Seton Hall for first with a passing Chiera (fifth) and Wagner’s Dedrick Dye (sixth, 270). The Toronto, Ontario native now needs just 26 10-4 mark, followed by Long Island in third at 9-4. They are followed by Rutgers (8-7), Rider more treys to establish a new conference mark in the category. The Mount’s Chris McGuthrie holds the record (8-6), Marist (8-6), Manhattan (7-6) and Fordham (6-6). with 300 treys from 1993-96. NEC Career Leaders - Three-Pointers Made The Seahawks' 10-4 record is the program’s best 14-game start since the 1979-80 team, 1. Chris McGuthrie Mount St. Mary's 300 1993-96 coached by P.J. Carlesimo, also began the season 10-4. 2. Angel Santana St. Francis (NY) 294 1996-00 3. James Williams Long Island 277 2003-07 A Good Year 4. Tristan Blackwood CCSU 275 2004-08 NEC schools have made significant strides in non-conference play this season, having won 5. Justin Chiera CCSU 274 2002-06 40.8 percent of their games (Division I opponents only) thus far in 2007-08. With just two 6. Dedrick Dye Wagner 270 1999-03 games remaining in the regular season out-of-conference slate, this marks the league’s best 7. Landy Thompson Mount St. Mary’s 267 2002-06 showing outside the conference since the 1995-96 season when NEC teams won 43.0 per- 8. Kevin Booth Mount St. Mary's 265 1989-93 cent of their outings and three schools (Marist, Monmouth and Mount St. Mary’s) advanced 9. Dave Calloway Monmouth 260 1987-91 to the postseason. That year, the NEC ranked 22nd in the end-of-year RPI rankings. Long 10. Rob Monroe Quinnipiac 253 2001-05 Island is currently the NEC’s highest rated team in the RPIs at 121.

NEC On The Air Long Island, Robert Morris and Wagner Excel In Non-Conference Play The NEC television package resumes on Sunday with a doubleheader between Sacred Heart and Robert Long Island, Robert Morris and Wagner have combined for a 23-11 mark in non-conference Morris at the Sewall Center in Moon Township. In a rematch of the 2007 NEC title game, the women will tipoff play in 2007-08 and have each earned a place on the NEC’s all-time list of finest out-of- at noon with the game airing live on FSN-New York and FSN-Pittsburgh. Robert Morris won its first-ever NEC conference performances. With an 8-3 record, the Blackbirds are currently tied for fifth in crown with a 68-66 win over the Pioneers on March 10, 2007. The men’s game is slated for a 3:00 pm start league history with a .727 winning percentage. It represented the program’s best non-con- on MSG Network, FSN-Pittsburgh and FCS-Central. Longtime NEC announcers Dave Popkin (play-by-play) ference mark since posting an identical record in 1986-87. The Colonials are 8-4 in non- and Tim Capstraw (color) will call all the action. league play this year - tied for tenth all-time in the conference - with one game remaining against Boston College on Monday. Robert Morris is an impressive 16-5 outside of the NEC over the The NEC will televise 22 men’s and women’s basketball games in 2007-08 as part of an extensive regional last two years. Wagner also earned a spot on the list, coming in tied for 16th after ending its network package, including games on MSG, FSN-New York, FSN-Pittsburgh, Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, year 7-4 versus non-league competitors. Cox (CT/RI), WWCP-Fox 8 (Western PA), Fox College Sports (FCS) and the league’s newest partner, ESPNU. Monmouth (1991-92) and St. Francis (PA) (1990-91) still hold the NEC mark for non- Mr. Consistency: QU’s Anderson league victories with nine apiece. Quinnipiac senior guard DeMario Anderson (Oxon Hill, MD/Oxon Hill) has been a model of 25 Best Non-Conference Records In NEC History consistency the last two years for the Bobcats. Currently ranked second in the NEC in scoring at 20.4 ppg, Robert Morris 8-1 .889 2006-07 Anderson has now scored in double figures in 34 straight games dating back to last season. This marks the Wagner 7-2 .778 2005-06 longest streak in the conference since Robert Morris guard Maurice Carter scored ten or more points in 40 Marist 7-2 .778 1995-96 straight outings from 2002-04. Since 2000, Wagner’s has the longest such streak in the con- Monmouth 9-3 .750 1991-92 ference, hitting double digits in 47 straight from 2001-03. Long Island 8-3 .727 2007-08 Monmouth 8-3 .727 1990-91 Changing Of The Guard Long Island 8-3 .727 1986-87 The NEC features a number of stellar backcourt combinations this year, including three tandems that make CCSU 7-3 .700 1999-00 Won NEC Title up six of the top 11 point producers in the conference. The Fairleigh Dickinson pairing of senior guard St. Francis (PA) 7-3 .700 1997-98 Manny Ubilla (Freehold, NJ/Freehold (Lackawanna CC)), who ranks first in the league with 20.5 Robert Morris 8-4 .667 2007-08 ppg, along with sophomore Sean Baptiste (North Brunswick, NJ/St. Joseph’s of Metuchen), the Quinnipiac 6-3 .667 2002-03 third-leading scorer in the NEC with 17.3 ppg, are combining for 37.8 ppg. The last time two teammates CCSU 6-3 .667 1998-99 finished one-two in the conference in scoring was in 2000-01 when St. Francis (NY)’s Steven Howard (20.2 Robert Morris 8-4 .667 1989-90 Won NEC Title ppg) and Richy Dominguez (19.3 ppg) turned the trick. Fairleigh Dickinson 8-4 .667 1987-88 Won NEC Title St. Francis (PA) 9-5 .643 1990-91 Won NEC Title School Name Avg. (NEC Rank) Name Avg. (NEC Rank) Combined PPG Wagner 7-4 .636 2007-08 FDU Manny Ubilla 20.5 ppg (1) Sean Baptiste 17.3 ppg (3) 37.8 ppg Fairleigh Dickinson 7-4 .636 1997-98 Won NEC Title MSM Chris Vann 16.7 ppg (4) Jeremy Goode 14.2 ppg (11) 30.9 ppg St. Francis (PA) 7-4 .636 1991-92 RMU Jeremy Chappell 16.5 ppg (5) Tony Lee 14.4 ppg (10) 30.9 ppg Wagner 7-4 .636 1991-92 Fairleigh Dickinson 7-4 .636 1989-90 The NEC has been so guard-dominated this season, that nine of the top-11 scorers this season are backcourt Marist 7-4 .636 1989-90 performers. Only St. Francis (NY)’s Robert Hines (Trenton, NJ/St. Patrick's), a 6’5” senior forward, St. Francis (PA) 7-4 .636 1989-90 and Wagner’s Durell Vinson (Vineland, NJ/St. Augustine Prep), a 6’7” senior forward/center, Fairleigh Dickinson 7-4 .636 1986-87 Wagner 7-4 .636 1986-87 managed to break into the list. Hines is sixth with 16.5 ppg, while Vinson ranks eighth with 14.4 ppg. Fairleigh Dickinson 7-4 .636 1985-86 Siena 7-4 .636 1983-84 Central Connecticut State (5-10, 1-3 NEC) Last Week: Wagner 68, CCSU 60; CCSU 80, St. Francis (NY) 75 (OT) Next Week: vs. Saint Francis (PA) (Thursday) After falling at Wagner, 68-60, on Thursday, the Blue Devils ended a three-game slide with an 80-75 overtime victory on the road at St. Francis (NY) on Saturday. It was the sixth straight win for the Blue Devils over the Terriers in the series...CCSU improved to 2-1 in overtime tilts this season. It marked the first time in 12 years under head coach Howie Dickenman that CCSU has played three overtime games in one season. Dickenman is now 11-4 all-time in games that extend past regulation...The victory over St. Francis (NY) also marked the 12th straight win D8 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 59-60 - and seventh consecutive road victory - for CCSU when scoring at least 80 points...The Blue Devils won on Saturday by reversing their trend from the previous three games of struggling in D11 UMBC W 58-54 the second half. CCSU had been outscored by 45 points in the second half and shot under 35 percent from the field during that stretch. On Saturday, the Blue Devils hit 14-23 shots (60.9 D16 Delaware W 81-48 percent) in the second stanza, including 10-12 from inside three-point range...CCSU improved to 2-1 this season when scoring at least 70 points and have won 75 of the last 88 games when D22 at UMass L 55-79 hitting the 70-point mark...CCSU also improved to 4-1 this season when leading at the half, compared to 1-9 when trailing at intermission...Senior guard Tristan Blackwood (Toronto, D30 at Vermont L 63-84 Canada/Eastern Commerce) scored the final eight points of the game for the Blue Devils against the Terriers and finished with 24 points. He also matched a season-high with seven J3 at WAGNER L 60-68 assists...Blackwood became the school's all-time leader in three-point shooting, hitting four treys in the game to give him 275 for his career. He passed former teammate Justin Chiera (274) and also moved into fourth place in NEC annals, also passing Chiera...Blackwood averaged 19.0 ppg and 7.0 apg on the week and leads the Blue Devils with 15.3 ppg (seventh in NEC) and J5 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 75-80 (OT) a league-best 3.5 three-pointers per game (16th nationally)...Blackwood’s 420 career assists is third all-time at CCSU and second among active NEC competitors...Blackwood’s 1,343 career J10 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm points leads active NEC players and is 11th in CCSU history. He is the first player in program history to post more than 1,300 career points and 400 assists...Freshman forward Tamir Johnson J14 LONG ISLAND 7:30 pm (Philadelphia, PA/Imhotep) averaged 6.0 ppg and 8.5 rpg last week. He scored six points (3-5 FG) and grabbed a career-high nine rebounds in the loss to Wagner, then followed with J17 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm six points and a team-best eight boards versus St. Francis. Over the last three games, Johnson has averaged 10.0 ppg and 7.0 rpg...Sophomore guard Joe Seymore (Newark, DE/Hodgson) J19 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 2:00 pm hit 5-7 from three-point range and scored 20 against St. Francis. With Blackwood hitting for 24, it marked just the second time this season the Blue Devils have had two players score 20 or more J24 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm in the same game...Freshman forward Ken Horton (Ossining, NY/Ossining), who had 15 points and five caroms against the Terriers, leads the NEC with 1.9 bpg and is sixth in field goal J26 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 4:00 pm shooting at 52.3 percent...CCSU has concluded a four-game road swing, the longest of the season for the team. The Blue Devils play just once this week, hosting Saint Francis (PA) on Thursday. Fairleigh Dickinson (5-7, 1-1 NEC) Last Week: Rhode Island 94, Fairleigh Dickinson 63; Fairleigh Dickinson 65, Mount St. Mary’s 62 Next Week: vs. Robert Morris (Thursday); vs. St. Francis (NY) (Saturday) The Knights went 1-1 last week, falling at #23 Rhode Island, 94-63, on Wednesday, before returning to NEC play with a 65-62 win at Mount St. Mary’s...Senior guard Manny Ubilla (Freehold, NJ/Freehold (Lackawanna CC)) was tabbed Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week for the second time in his career after averaging 31.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.5 apg and 1.5 spg. He shot 51.4 percent from the field and drained 13-24 shots (.542) from three-point range...Ubilla poured in a career-high 39 points to set a Ryan Center record against Rhode Island. The 39 points - he scored 22 of FDU’s last 25 in the game - were an NEC single-game season-high and ranks fourth on D10 Norfolk State W 80-64 D15 Stony Brook W 74-71 FDU’s all-time list. His eight three-point field goals also set a single-game program record...After falling behind URI, 72-44, Ubilla scored all 12 points in a 12-2 run to D22 St. Peter’s W 85-74 cut the lead to 18...Ubilla also finished with 24 points (5-9 3PFG), four rebounds, four assists and three steals against the Mount. He scored 10 points in the final 3:31 D30 at Charlotte L 59-65 to seal the win...Four FDU players scored in double digits in the win over the Mountaineers...FDU starters scored 63 of the team’s 65 points versus Mount St. J2 at #23 Rhode Island L 63-94 Mary’s...Sophomore guard Sean Baptiste (North Brunswick, NJ/St. Joseph's of Metuchen) finished with 14 points against the Mount, while senior guard J5 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 65-62 Bernell Murray (Stillwater, OK/Stillwater) recorded 11 points and seven rebounds, and senior forward Eric Hazard (Long Branch, NJ/St. Benedict's/ J10 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm Rutgers) added 10 points...Freshman forward John Galvin (Weston, CT/Weston) averaged 5.5 ppg and 7.5 rpg on the week...FDU shot just 21.4 percent from J12 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm J17 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm the floor in the first half against the Mountaineers, but came on strong in the second half, draining 55.0 percent in the final 20 minutes...Ubilla leads the NEC with 20.5 J19 at CCSU 2:00 pm ppg and 29.0 ppg in league play. He is also second in the conference in three-pointers (3.3 per game) and third in three-point percentage (.455)...Ubilla has posted J25 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm the two highest scoring games by an NEC player this year. In addition to his 39-point outings, Ubilla hit for 34 points at Long Island on December 8...Baptiste is third in the J27 WAGNER 7:00 pm NEC in scoring (17.3 ppg) and sixth in rebounding (6.2 rpg)...FDU’s five starters - Ubilla, Baptiste, Murray, Hazard and Galvin - have accounted for 90.2 percent of the team’s J31 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm points and 72.6 percent of the team’s rebounds this season...FDU is back in action with home games against Robert Morris on Thursday and St. Francis (NY) on Saturday. Long Island (9-4, 1-1 NEC) Last Week: Central Florida 78, Long Island 69 Next Week: vs. Sacred Heart (Monday) Long Island had its five-game win streak snapped in a 78-69 loss to Central Florida in the championship game of the UCF Holiday Classic on Monday...The Blackbirds finished with an 8-3 record against non-conference opponents, their best mark since posting an identical record in 1986-87...Senior forward Kellen Allen (Mans- field, TX/Summit) and sophomore guard Jaytornah Wisseh (Brooklyn, NY/Banneker Academy) were named to the UCF Holiday Classic All-Tournament D10 at New Hampshire W 86-78 Team...Allen averaged 19.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg and shot 73.9 percent from the floor in the two games, while Wisseh averaged 14.5 ppg, 7.0 apg and 4.5 rpg...Allen scored a team- D13 Harvard W 88-77 high 16 points in the championship game and has reached double-figures in six straight outings...In the title game, Wisseh posted a game-high seven assists, his sixth D20 St. Peter’s W 67-62 at Central Florida Tournament straight game with at least five dimes. He scored 13 of his points in the second half as LIU mounted a furious comeback, cutting a 26-point deficit to just seven in the closing D30 vs. Texas-Pan American W 95-83 minutes...Junior Tyrone Mattison (Toronto, Ontario/Eastern Commerce) had a strong tournament as well, contributing 12.0 ppg and 2.5 rpg off the D31 vs. Central Florida L 69-78 bench...Senior forward Eugene Kotorobai (Richmond Hill, Ontario/Cheshire (CT) Academy) is fourth in the NEC with 3.2 three-pointers per game and J7 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J14 at CCSU 7:30 pm sits eighth with a 41.0 percent success rate from beyond the arc....Wisseh is the fourth-ranked distributor in the league with 6.1 apg. He also ranks third in assist-to- J17 WAGNER 7:00 pm turnover ratio (1.93:1)...The Blackbirds finished 6-2 in December...Guard Kyle Johnson (Ajax, Ontario/West Hill) leads all NEC freshman with 11.4 ppg...Allen J19 at QUINNIPIAC 4:00 pm leads the team and ranks 12th in the NEC with 13.8 ppg despite playing just 22.8 mpg. He is fifth in field goal percentage at 54.1 percent...The Blackbirds are a perfect J24 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm 6-0 at home and have won seven straight at the Wellness, Recreation & Athletic Center dating back to last season...Long Island returns to action on Monday, hosting Sacred J26 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 4:00 pm J31 at WAGNER 7:00 pm Heart. Monmouth (4-11, 1-2 NEC)

Last Week: Robert Morris 59, Monmouth 44; Monmouth 51, Saint Francis (PA) 50 Next Week: vs. Wagner (Thursday); vs. Quinnipiac (Saturday)

Monmouth has now won two of its last three games after picking up its first conference win on Saturday with a 51-50 victory at Saint Francis (PA). The Hawks also fell at Robert Morris, 59-44, on Thursday...The triumph over the Red Flash was also the first road victory for Monmouth on the year and snapped an eight-game losing skid away from home dating back to last season...The win also snapped a five-game losing streak in NEC play dating back to last season...Junior guard Whitney Coleman D11 at Hartford L 53-67 (Salem, CT/East Lyme) netted a career-high 27 points on 12-14 shooting from the floor against Saint Francis. His 87.5 percent success rate from the field is the third- D15 Rider L 55-76 D23 Florida Atlantic L 57-62 highest single-game field goal percentage in program history...Coleman averaged 18.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 2.0 spg and shot 61.5 percent from the floor and 57.1 percent (4- D28 at Lehigh L 39-56 7) from three-point range on the week...Coleman’s previous career-high was 19 points against Hartford last season...Sophomore guard Jhamar Youngblood D30 Princeton W 59-50 (Newark, NJ/St. Patrick’s) hit the game-winning shot against the Red Flash, a pull-up jumper in the lane with 15.1 seconds remaining. Youngblood, who scored just J3 at ROBERT MORRIS L 44-59 four points in the contest, had hit his first bucket with 4:40 to play to give the Hawks a one-point edge...Head coach Dave Calloway earned his 100th career NEC victory J5 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 51-50 over current NEC institutions and 105th overall in the NEC...Monmouth shot 51.2 percent from the floor versus the Red Flash, the team’s second-highest percentage J10 WAGNER 7:00 pm J12 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm on the year behind the 54.1 percent against Princeton. Both were wins...Monmouth, which has used five different starting lineups so far this year, has gone 2-2 with its J17 CCSU 7:00 pm current four-guard formation...Monmouth has held six opponents under 60 points on the season, going 4-2 in those games...Coleman is just two thefts away from J19 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:00 pm becoming the 15th player in school history to collect 100 career steals...The Hawks are averaging a league-low 55.0 ppg on the year...Freshman guard James Hett J25 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm (Staten Island, NY/Monsignor Farrell) is 14th in the NEC with 2.9 apg...Youngblood leads the team and ranks 14th in the NEC with 13.5 ppg. He is also sixth in J31 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm the conference with 2.1 spg...The Hawks return home to host Wagner on Thursday and Quinnipiac on Saturday. Mount St. Mary’s (7-7, 3-1 NEC) Last Week: Mount St. Mary’s 68, St. Francis (NY) 60; Fairleigh Dickinson 65, Mount St. Mary’s 62 Next Week: at Oklahoma (Monday); at Quinnipiac (Thursday) After moving to 3-0 in NEC play with a 68-60 win at St. Francis (NY) on Thursday, the Mount dropped its first conference game of the year on Saturday with a 65-62 home defeat at the hands of Fairleigh Dickinson...For the week, the Mount allowed 62.5 ppg while holding St. Francis (NY) and FDU to a combined 33.3 percent shooting from D15 at Maine W 66-59 the field...Senior guard Chris Vann (Woodbridge, VA/Gar-Field) paced the Mount on the week, averaging 16.5 ppg. He hit 8-13 from the field in an 18-point effort D18 Winthrop W 64-59 versus the Terriers...Vann ranks fourth in the league with 16.7 ppg...Sophomore swingman Will Holland (Houston, TX/Lamar), who grabbed a career-high 11 D21 Lafayette L 72-76 rebounds against St. Francis (NY), is 10-16 (.625) from three-point range over the past three contests...Holland scored six points and added two key blocks in a late D28 at Oregon L 73-81 J3 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 68-60 8-0 run to help the Mountaineers pull away from St. Francis...Sophomore point guard Jeremy Goode (Charlotte, NC/Providence Day) has dished out seven or J5 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 62-65 more assists in each of the past four games, averaging 8.0 per game during that stretch. He ranks second in the NEC and 13th nationally in assists with 6.5 per game. J7 at Oklahoma 6:00 pm Goode is also second in the conference with 2.9 spg and 11th in scoring with 14.2 ppg...Goode had five steals, including four in the first five minutes of the second half, J10 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm in the loss to FDU...The Mount is allowing just 59.8 ppg in NEC play while holding the opponents to a league-low 35.4 percent shooting...Mount St. Mary’s is 7-0 this season J17 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 9:00 pm J19 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm when leading at the half, but 0-7 when trailing at the break...Junior forward Sam Atupem (Newport News, VA/Woodside) sits second in the league with 1.4 bpg...The J24 at WAGNER 7:00 pm Mount heads to Oklahoma on Monday to wrap its non-conference slate, then visits Quinnipiac on Thursday. J26 at LONG ISLAND 4:00 pm J31 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm Quinnipiac (6-8, 2-1 NEC) Last Week: Cornell 86, Quinnipiac 84 (OT); Quinnipiac 74, Saint Francis (PA) 61; Robert Morris 86, Quinnipiac 79 Next Week: vs. Mount St. Mary’s (Thursday); at Monmouth (Saturday) In a busy week, Quinnipiac dropped an 86-84 decision to Cornell at home on Monday, then split a pair of NEC games. The Bobcats knocked off Saint Francis (PA), 74-61, in Loretto on Thursday, then came up short at home in an 86-79 setback to Robert Morris on Saturday in a game that aired live on ESPNU...Senior guard DeMario Anderson (Oxon Hill, MD/Oxon Hill) had another big week, averaging 22.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2.0 apg and 2.3 spg. He netted 28 points, and added five rebounds, three assists and four steals versus RMU, and also earned game-scoring honors against Cornell (20) and Saint Francis (PA) (19, including 14 in the second half)...Anderson has led the Bobcats in scoring in five straight games and ten times on the year...Anderson D9 at Army W 58-54 has scored in double-digits in all 14 games this season and 34 straight dating back to last year...Sophomore forward James Feldeine (New York, NY/Cardinal Hayes) averaged 12.7 D16 at Connecticut L 49-82 ppg, 4.0 apg and shot 57.7 percent from the floor in the three games. He matched a career-high with 19 points, including 5-6 3PFG, and added five boards versus Cornell. He also had 12 D19 Dartmouth W 85-63 points and a career-best seven assists against Robert Morris...The Bobcats received strong play from a pair of post players, freshman forward Justin Rutty (Newburgh, NY/Newburgh D22 at Vermont L 72-80 Free Academy) and senior center Karl Anderson (Chester, NY/Don Bosco Prep). Rutty, the Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week, averaged 9.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg and hit 66.7 percent D31 Cornell L 84-86 (OT) of his attempts, while Anderson converted 71.4 percent from the field and finished the week with 7.7 ppg and 3.7 rpg...Rutty is the third Quinnipiac player to earn Rookie of the Week honors J3 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 74-61 this season, joining freshman guard Evann Baker (Washington, DC/Archbishop Carroll) (a two-time winner) and forward Ed Zajac (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst)...Baker J5 ROBERT MORRIS L 79-86 returned after missing three games with an injury and contributed with 10.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg and 2.7 apg. He hit 13-22 shots from the floor (.591). In the win over the Red Flash, he came off J10 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm the bench to hit 7-8 field goal attempts and finished with 18 points...Junior forward Louis Brookins (Silver Spring, MD/Springbrook (UMES)) led the Bobcats with 8.3 rpg. He recorded J12 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm his first double-double of the year with 11 points and a career-high 16 rebounds versus the Big Red...In the loss to Cornell, Quinnipiac led by nine points with 2:14 to play, but could not hold on...The J17 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm Bobcats shot 50.5 percent for the week, but allowed opponents to convert at a 51.8 percent clip...The Bobcats continue to dominate on the boards. Quinnipiac outrebounded its three foes last J19 LONG ISLAND 4:00 pm week by an average of 12.3 per game and leads the NEC with a +6.4 rebound margin...Baker ranks second among NEC freshman with 10.9 ppg...Anderson is second on the circuit with 20.4 ppg J26 at SACRED HEART 4:00 pm and is now the league’s second leading active scorer with 1,332 points...Rutty is third in the conference in FG% (.554) and 12th in rebounding (5.8 rpg)...Junior guard Brian Geffen (Queens, J31 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm NY/St. Francis Prep) leads the NEC with a 2.89:1 assist-to-turnover ratio...The Bobcats welcome Mount St. Mary’s on Thursday, then head to Monmouth on Saturday. Robert Morris (10-5, 2-1 NEC) Last Week: Robert Morris 59, Monmouth 44; Robert Morris 86, Quinnipiac 79 Next Week: at Boston College (Monday); at Fairleigh Dickinson (Thursday); at Sacred Heart (Sunday on MSG, FSN-Pittsburgh, FCS) Robert Morris notched its first two league wins of the season last week to run its winning streak to three, downing Monmouth, 59-44, at the Sewall Center before traveling to Quinnipiac and claiming an 86-79 victory in a game televised live on ESPNU...The win against the Bobcats improved the Colonials to 5-2 on the road this season. In those seven road contests, Robert Morris has shot 51.7 percent from the field, including 43.9 percent from beyond the arc...Robert Morris has drained at least eight three-pointers in six of its first seven road games, including at least 10 in four contests...Senior guard Tony Lee (Boston, MA/Charlestown) averaged 14.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 7.0 apg and 3.5 spg in the two wins. He shot 13-20 (.650) from the floor. Lee ignited D17 at Youngstown State W 74-71 a 24-3 run with a three-pointer, followed by a steal and layup to help the Colonials recover from a four-point second half deficit and put the game away against Monmouth. He finished with 17 D19 Canisius W 91-73 points, eight assists and a season-high six steals against Quinnipiac, including six straight points in the last 3:23 to help keep the Bobcats at bay...Lee leads the NEC with 7.60 apg (third nationally) D28 at Duquesne L 70-86 and 3.3 spg (seventh nationally), while also ranking fourth in FG% (.549) and 10th in scoring (14.4 ppg)...Senior forward A.J. Jackson (Monessen, PA/Monessen) ran his double-figure D30 Lafayette W 88-76 scoring streak to 11 games and averaged 15.5 ppg and 6.0 rpg on the week. He paced the Colonials with 21 points and six rebounds against Quinnipiac...Jackson has now had four double-digit J3 MONMOUTH W 59-44 scoring streaks of at least 10 games in his career...Junior guard Jeremy Chappell (Cincinnati, OH/Northwest) averaged 12.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg and 3.5 apg last week, shooting 57.9 percent J5 at QUINNIPIAC W 86-79 from the field. He led the team with 16 points versus Monmouth...Chappell is second in the NEC in FG% (.579), fourth in steals (2.6 spg) and fifth in scoring (16.5 ppg)...Sophomore guard Jimmy J7 at Boston College 7:00 pm Langhurst (Willard, OH/Willard) scored 15 points against Quinnipiac, including four free throws in the last 24 seconds to help seal the victory...Langhurst is averaging 15.1 points in the nine J10 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm games he's scored in double figures this season, but just 4.0 ppg in the other six games...Langhurst is second on the circuit in 3PFG% (.462)...Junior guard Bateko Francisco (Paris, France/ J13 SACRED HEART 3:00 pm Fort Scott JC) averaged 11.0 ppg last week, and through the first three league games is averaging 12.7 ppg while shooting 65.2 percent from the field, including 71.4 percent (5-7) from beyond J19 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm the arc...Robert Morris held a 37-23 edge on the glass against Monmouth, improving to 7-0 this season when outrebounding its opponent...The 32.1 FG% by Monmouth is the lowest by a Colonial J24 CCSU 7:00 pm opponent this season.. The 59 points marked the lowest output by a Robert Morris club in a victory since a 55-43 win at Maine on Nov. 26, 2006 and the lowest output in a league victory since a J26 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm 58-54 win at Saint Francis (PA) on Feb. 18, 2002...Lee has boosted his career totals to 1,242 points, 625 rebounds and 384 assists...Robert Morris closes out its 2007-08 non-conference slate on J31 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm Monday at Boston College, before concluding a three-game road swing at FDU on Thursday. The Colonials also host Sacred Heart on Sunday in a game that will be broadcast live on FSN-Pittsburgh. Sacred Heart (5-9, 2-1 NEC)

Last Week: Wagner 70, Sacred Heart 63 Next Week: at Long Island (Monday); vs. St. Francis (NY) (Thursday); at Robert Morris (Sunday on MSG, FSN-Pittsburgh, FCS)

Sacred Heart lost its first NEC game of the year on Saturday, a 70-63 defeat to visiting Wagner...The Pioneers trailed by just one with 13 seconds to play, but the Seahawks hit four straight free throws to clinch the win...Sacred Heart was led by sophomore guard Corey Hassan (Merrimack, NH/Merrimack (Boston U.), who came off the bench to score 13 points and grab three boards in 20 minutes....Senior guard Drew Shubik (Stoystown, PA/North Star) contributed with eight points, D19 at Providence L 89-94 four rebounds, six assists and five steals...The Pioneers shot just 5-23 (.217) from outside the arc in the loss. In the previous two games, Sacred Heart had shot a D22 Harvard W 75-66 combined 21-43 (.488) from three-point territory...Sacred Heart trailed by one point with 2:51 to play following a pair of Gene Pettway (Bridgeport, CT/Warren D28 at Boston College L 75-80 Harding) free throws, but recorded just a pair of Shubik free throws the rest of the way out...Senior forward Brice Brooks (Silverdale, WA/Central Kitsap) hit D30 Holy Cross W 61-58 5-8 shots from the floor and finished with 12 points...Brooks has scored in double digits in five of the last six games, averaging 11.8 ppg and 5.0 rpg...The Pioneers have J5 WAGNER L 63-70 J7 at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm featured a balanced scoring attack all season with six players averaging between 7.4 ppg and Shubik’s team-leading 10.8 ppg...Junior forward Ryon Howard (Bronx, J10 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm NY/Holderness School), who leads the Pioneers and ranks eighth in the NEC with 6.2 rpg, grabbed a team-high eight boards in the loss to the Seahawks...Shubik J13 at ROBERT MORRIS 3:00 pm moved into second place on Sacred Heart's all-time steals chart with 164, passing Travis Smith (162 from 1983-87). He needs six more to establish the school record J17 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm currently held by Omar Wellington (2001-04)...Shubik now has 828 career points and is fourth among active NEC players with 336 career assists...Shubik is second J19 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm in the NEC in free throw shooting (.852), third in steals (2.6 spg) and fifth in assists (5.1 apg)...Senior forward Luke Granato (Rocky Hill, CT/Northwest J24 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm Catholic) was 0-4 from three-point range against Wagner, snapping a string of eight straight games where he had hit at least one trey. He had been 22 of his last 45 from J26 QUINNIPIAC 4:00 pm long range (.488) before that game...The Pioneers play three times this week, traveling to Long Island on Monday, followed by a home game against St. Francis (NY) on J31 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm Thursday and an MSG-televised game at Robert Morris on Sunday. St. Francis (NY) (3-12, 0-4 NEC) Last Week: Mount St. Mary’s 68, St. Francis (NY) 60; CCSU 80, St. Francis (NY) 75 (OT) Next Week: at Sacred Heart (Thursday); at Fairleigh Dickinson (Saturday) St. Francis (NY) has lost nine straight contests and fell to 0-4 in the NEC after losing at home against Mount St. Mary's (68-60) on Thursday and Central Connecticut State (80-75 in overtime) on Satuday...Senior forward Robert Hines (Trenton, NJ/St. Patrick's) broke out of a slump by averaging 23.5 ppg and 8.5 rpg last week. Hines, who went eight contests without hitting 20 points, scored 20 and added nine rebounds against the Mount, then tallied 27 points and eight boards versus D10 at Columbia L 64-83 D15 at Albany L 53-66 CCSU...Hines, who is sixth in the NEC in scoring (16.5 ppg), averaged 21.2 ppg over the first five contests of the season but produced just 11.1 ppg over a seven-game D22 at South Florida L 66-86 stretch from November 28 through December 29...Senior guard Jamaal Womack (Bronx, NY/Our Saviour Lutheran), who scored 18 against the Blue Devils, D29 Navy L 83-85 is netting 17.5 ppg over his last four contests and is now 15th in the league in scoring at 12.7 ppg. Womack is also fifth in the NEC with 2.7 three-pointers per contest...Senior J3 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 60-68 center Bass Yessoufou (San Luis Obispo, FL/Palm Beach CC) has made a nice contribution in the middle of late and is averaging 10.3 ppg and 6.3 rpg over J5 CCSU L 75-80 (OT) his last three outings. He had a season-high 14 points and snared eight rebounds against CCSU...The Terriers compiled a season-best 22 assists and 13 steals against J10 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J12 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm CCSU...The Terriers are now 0-2 in overtime and are 3-5 in games that have been decided by five points or less on the year...The Terriers have picked things up offensively J17 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm of late, but have allowed an average of 77.7 ppg over the last three games and have permitted four of their last six opponents to score 80 points or more. Further, during J19 MONMOUTH 4:00 pm the nine-game losing streak, opponents have shot 50 percent or better five times...Conversely, St. Francis has yet to hit the 50 percent mark from the field in a game this J24 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm season...Senior forward Marcus Williams (Jersey City, NJ/St. Anthony's) is fifth and eighth on the circuit, respectively, with 2.3 spg and a 50.5 percent conversion J26 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm rate from the floor...The Terriers, who just completed a season-long three-game homestand, will now head out on the road for games at Sacred Heart on Thursday and J31 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday. Saint Francis (PA) (3-11, 1-2 NEC) Last Week: Quinnipiac 74, Saint Francis (PA) 61; Monmouth 51, Saint Francis (PA) 50 Next Week: at CCSU (Thursday); at Wagner (Saturday) The Red Flash suffered a pair of NEC losses at home last week with a 74-61 setback to Quinnipiac on Thursday, followed by a 51-50 defeat to Monmouth on Saturday...In the loss to Monmouth, junior guard Cale Nelson (Newville, PA/Big Spring) missed a three-pointer at the buzzer after the Hawks took the lead with 15.1 seconds remaining...Saint Francis (PA) is now just 1-7 at home this season and has lost five straight games...Junior forward Chris Berry (Seagoville, TX/Seagoville) led D15 Lock Haven W 77-64 the team with 11.5 ppg and 4.5 rpg while shooting 60.0 percent from the field (9-15) in the two games. He hit 6-8 shots in a 13-point effort against the Bobcats, then D19 Iona L 66-76 D21 at Duquesne L 80-99 recorded 10 points and eight boards versus Monmouth...The Red Flash allowed their opponents to shoot 51.5 percent from the field on the week, but just 21.3 percent D29 at Arizona State L 56-95 from outside the arc...Junior forward Bassirou Dieng (Dakar, Senegal/Riverdale Baptist) averaged 6.5 ppg and 7.5 rpg. He nearly secured a double-double J3 QUINNIPIAC L 61-74 with nine points and nine boards versus Quinnipiac...Dieng pulled down his 200th career rebound on Saturday against Monmouth...Sophomore swingman Devin J5 MONMOUTH L 50-51 J10 at CCSU 7:00 pm Sweetney (Washington, D.C./Riverdale Baptist) played 40 minutes for the first time in his career against Monmouth and finished with 10 points and five J12 at WAGNER 2:00 pm rebounds...Junior forward Steve Profeta (Carnegie, PA/Chartiers Valley) has taken 58 shots on the year, 51 of which have come from three-point range. He J16 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 9:00 pm has taken 19 of his last 20 shots from outside the arc, making nine...Junior guard Grant Surprenant (Palatine, IL/Palatine) remains the NEC leader with a 59.4 J19 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm percent conversion rate from three-point range...Dieng is second in the league with 6.7 rpg, while Berry is fourth with 6.4 rpg...Nelson is eighth in the NEC with 4.2 J24 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm J26 CCSU 4:00 pm apg...The Red Flash begin a three-game road swing with tilts at Central Connecticut State on Thursday and Wagner on Saturday. J31 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm Wagner (10-4, 3-0 NEC) Last Week: Wagner 68, CCSU 60; Wagner 70, Sacred Heart 63 Next Week: at Monmouth (Thursday); vs. Saint Francis (PA) (Saturday) First place Wagner improved to 10-4 on the season and a perfect 3-0 in league play following a 68-60 home victory over CCSU on Thursday and a 70-63 road win over Sacred Heart on Saturday...Wagner is the NEC's only unbeaten team in league play...The Seahawks' 10-4 record matches the best 14-game start since the 1979-80 team, coached by P.J. Carlesimo, also began the season 10-4. The last team to have a better 14-game record was the 1968-69 squad, which was 11-3...Wagner has now won five of its last six games with the lone loss in this stretch coming at Kansas State...Senior center Durell Vinson (Vineland, NJ/St. Augustine Prep) shot a blistering 78.9 percent (15-19) from the field, and averaged 18.0 ppg and 9.0 rpg D4 Columbia L 59-75 last week. He shot 7-8 from the field and finished with 14 points and seven rebounds against CCSU, then followed with his league-leading sixth double-double of the year and 20th of his career D8 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 64-59 with 22 points and 11 boards versus Sacred Heart. He hit two clutch free throws in the final moments against the Pioneers to help seal the victory...Junior swingman Jamal Smith D15 UMES W 105-86 (Baltimore, MD/Towson Catholic) averaged 17.0 ppg on 52.2 percent (12-23) shooting in the two victories...Wagner received important contributions from a pair of juniors, D22 at Loyola Marymount W 82-79 (OT) Llewchean Radford (Newport News. VA/Heritage) and Justin Drummond (Baltimore, MD/McGonogh), at Sacred Heart. In his first start of the season, Radford finished D29 at Kansas State L 59-101 with 10 points (5-5 FG) and six rebounds in 20 minutes. Drummond nailed a key three-pointer off a feed from Radford to put Wagner back on top by three with 5:35 to play. Drummond J3 CCSU W 68-60 then fed Radford for a layup to go up five with 4:59 remaining...For the week, Wagner held a commanding +8.3 rebounding margin, highlighted by a 42-28 edge over Sacred Heart...In J5 at SACRED HEART W 70-63 Wagner's three NEC games, Vinson is shooting 70.6 from the field (24-34) and 60.0 percent from the line (in contrast to his overall .327 free throw percentage)...Also shooting well from J10 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm the floor in NEC play are Smith (.567, 15.3 ppg), Radford (.667) and Drummond (.600)...Vinson, who continues to lead the NEC and ranks sixth nationally in rebounding at 11.0 per game, J12 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 2:00 pm is the NEC's leading active rebounder with 689 career boards. He needs 88 caroms to match Jermaine Hall, who grabbed 777 rebounds from 1999-03, for 10th place on the Wagner all- J17 at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm time list...Vinson is also first in the NEC in FG% (.588)...Senior guard Mark Porter (Atlantic City, NJ/St. Augustine Prep) is fourth in the league with 6.4 apg and is the NEC's active J24 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm leader in assists with 440, which is seventh on Wagner’s all-time list. Porter's 1,274 career points is third on the NEC active chart behind CCSU’s Tristan Blackwood and QU’s DeMario Anderson. J27 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm Porter moved into 17th place on the Wagner all-time scoring list during the Sacred Heart game, passing Frantz Pierre-Louis (1,271)...Porter helped hold Blackwood to 5-17 shooting and J31 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm played a big role in forcing the Pioneers' guards into 5-23 shooting from three-point range...With 174 made 3PFG, junior guard Joey Mundweiler (Olathe, KS/ Olathe East) is in sixth place on the Seahawk career list...The Seahawks travel to Monmouth on Thursday, then host Saint Francis (PA) on Saturday. NEC Men’s Basketball 2008 NEC Basketball Tournament Facts/Figures Schedule

NEC In RPI Rankings NECCollege Individual Insider Mid-MajorMilestones Poll 2008 NEC (thru games of 12/30) (December 22) 1,000+ Points Men’s Basketball Tournament School Rank Change PlayerSchoolTeam Cl RecordPts. all games to be held at home of higher seed Tristan Blackwood CCSU Sr 1,343 teams will be reseeded following quarterfinals CCSU 302 +17 DeMarioTBA Gonzaga Anderson (31) QU Sr 7-21,332 Fairleigh Dickinson 152 +42 Mark Porter WC Sr 1,274 Tony2. Lee Creighton RMU Sr 7-01,242 Long Island 121 +11 A.J.3. Jackson East Tennessee RMU State Sr 7-21,152 Thursday, March 6 Sunday, March 9 Wednesday, March 12 Jeremy Chappell RMU Jr 1,027 Monmouth 291 +20 4. Wichita State 7-2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Mount St. Mary’s 210 -38 500+5. Rebounds Southern Illinois 7-1 Times TBA TBA 7:00 pm (ESPN2) Quinnipiac 275 -18 Player6. College of CharlestonTeam Cl 6-1Pts. 4:00 pm (MSG) Robert Morris 173 +12 Durell Vinson WC Sr 689 (29th all-time) 7. Illinois-Chicago 9-2 Sacred Heart 229 Even Tony Lee RMU Sr 625 A.J.8. Jackson Utah State RMU Sr 5-1 563 St. Francis (NY) 335 -4 Eugene Kotorobai LIU Sr 509 9. Murray State 8-1 St. Francis (PA) 313 -21 250+ Assists 2008 NEC Tournament Men’s Championship Bracket Wagner 183 +5 10. Bradley 7-3 Player Team Cl Pts. March 9 March 12 Mark Porter WC Sr 440 (22nd all-time) March 6 NEC 27th/31 Tristan Blackwood CCSU Sr 420 (28th all-time) Tony Lee RMU Sr 384 TBA Drew Shubik SHU Sr 336 (#1 vs. #8) Highest Remaining Seed

TBA Close Games Double-Doubles TBA Lowest Remaining Seed (five points or less) (top-10) (#2 vs. #7)

Teams will 7:00 PM School Rec. Player Total be reseeded Durell Vinson, WC 6 for semifinals (ESPN2) NCAA Central Connecticut State 3-4 Tony Lee, RMU 4 Tournament TBA Fairleigh Dickinson 2-1 DeMario Anderson, QU 2 Automatic Bid Sean Baptiste, FDU 2 (#3 vs. #6) 2nd Highest Remaining Seed Long Island 1-0 Bassirou Dieng, SFPA 2 Monmouth 2-2 Ryon Howard, SHU 2 TBA Mount St. Mary’s 3-3 A.J. Jackson, RMU 2 TBA 3rd Highest Remaining Seed Kyle Johnson, LIU 2 (#4 vs. #5) Quinnipiac 2-2 David Simmons, CCSU 2 Robert Morris 1-1 Kayode Ayeni, SFNY 1 Louis Brookins, QU 1 Sacred Heart 1-2 Jeremy Chappell, RMU 1 St. Francis (NY) 3-5 James Feldeine, QU 1 Robert Hines, SFNY 1 NEC Men’s Basketball St. Francis (PA) 1-3 Mark Porter, WC 1 Wagner 5-1 Manny Ubilla, FDU 1 vs. the competition Jaytornah Wisseh, LIU 1 Ed Zajac, QU 1 NEC vs...

NEC Coaching Records America East 8-12 Mid-American 0-2 ACC 0-1 Mid-Con 0-0 Year Conf. Games Overall Record Atlantic Sun 0-0 MEAC 3-1 Coach (School) Hired Rec. Pct. Rec. Pct. Atlantic 10 2-10 Missouri Valley 1-0 Mike Rice (RMU) 2007 2-1 .667 10-5 .667 Big East 0-11 Mountain West 0-0 Tom Moore (QU) 2007 2-1 .667 82-67 .550 Big Sky 0-0 NAIA 0-0 Howie Dickenman (CCSU) 1997 118-70 .628 183-155 .541 Big South 1-0 Ohio Valley 0-0 Big Ten 0-1 Pac-10 0-2 Tom Green (FDU) 1984 254-164 .608 397-315 .558 Big-12 0-1 Patriot 12-9 Dave Calloway (MU) 1998 105-76 .580 146-151 .492 Big West 0-0 SEC 0-0 Mike Deane (WC) 2003 37-38 .493 403-288 .583 Colonial 3-2 Southern 0-0 Milan Brown (MSM) 2003 36-40 .474 47-83 .362 Conference USA 0-1 Southland 0-0 Jim Ferry (LIU) 2002 37-55 .402 166-111 .599 Division II 1-0 SWAC 0-0 Bobby Jones (SFPA) 1999 59-92 .391 82-155 .346 Division III 0-0 Sun Belt 1-1 Dave Bike (SHU) 1999 54-99 .353 451-409 .524 Horizon 1-1 WCC 1-0 Independent 1-0 WAC 0-0 Brian Nash (SFNY) 2005 14-26 .350 22-51 .301 Ivy 8-7 Overall 50-71 MAAC 7-9 Overall (DI Only) 49-71 NEC Past Champions

2007 Central Connecticut St. 1998 Fairleigh Dickinson 1989 Robert Morris 2006 Monmouth 1997 Long Island 1988 FDU 2005 Fairleigh Dickinson 1996 Monmouth 1987 Marist 2004 Monmouth 1995 Mount St. Mary's 1986 Marist 2003 Wagner 1994 Rider 1985 Fairleigh Dickinson 2002 Central Connecticut St. 1993 Rider 1984 Long Island 2001 Monmouth 1992 Robert Morris 1983 Robert Morris 2000 Central Connecticut St. 1991 St. Francis (PA) 1982 Robert Morris 1999 Mount St. Mary’s 1990 Robert Morris NEC Men’s Basketball 2007-08 NEC Basketball Preseason Poll/All-Conference Teams Composite Schedule Of Men’s Television Broadcasts

Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll The Northeast Conference will have 22 men’s and women’s basketball games televised in 2007-08 as part of an extensive package. Multiple games are 1. Sacred Heart (8) 8. St. Francis (NY) slated to air this season on Madison Square Garden Network, FSN-New York, 2. Robert Morris (3) 9. Fairleigh Dickinson FSN-Pittsburgh, Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, Cox Cable, Fox College Sports 3. Wagner 10. Monmouth and the league’s newest broadcast partner, ESPNU. The 2007-08 package 4. Mount St. Mary's 11. Long Island includes nine prime time contests and three NEC Tournament games. In 5. Quinnipiac total, the league will air 17 men’s games and five women’s contests, 6. CCSU/Saint Francis (PA) including four as part of men/women doubleheaders.

Northeast Conference Preseason All-Conference Team Date Matchup Carrier Time Dec. 6 Sacred Heart at CCSU 7:00 pm FSN-NY, Cox (CT/RI), FCS Name School Pos. Class Dec. 8 St. Francis (NY) at Wagner 12:00 pm MSG, FCS DeMario Anderson Quinnipiac G Sr Jan. 5 Robert Morris at Quinnipiac 4:00 pm ESPNU Tristan Blackwood CCSU G Sr Jan. 13 Sacred Heart at Robert Morris 3:00 pm MSG, FSN-Pittsburgh, FCS Robert Hines St. Francis (NY) F Sr A.J. Jackson Robert Morris F Sr Jan. 14 Long Island at CCSU 7:30 pm MSG, Cox (CT/RI), FCS Tony Lee Robert Morris G Sr Jan. 16 Saint Francis (PA) at Mt. St. Mary's 9:00 pm MASN, FSN-Pittsburgh FCS, ESPN Full Court NEC Men’s Basketball Jan. 25 FDU at Monmouth 7:00 pm FSN-NY, FCS Foreign Born Players Jan. 26 CCSU at Saint Francis (PA) 4:00 pm Cox (CT/RI), FCS, ESPN Full Court, FSN-Pittsburgh, Name School Cl Hometown, Country WWCP-Fox 8 (Altoona) Tristan Blackwood CCSU Sr Toronto, Ontario, Canada Feb. 9 Mt. St. Mary's at Monmouth 6:00 pm MSG, MASN (11 pm TD), FCS Lawrence Brown FDU So Portsmouth, England Feb. 11 Wagner at Quinnipiac 7:30 pm MSG, FCS Aurimas Adomaitis Long Island So Kaunas, Lithuania Feb. 14 Sacred Heart at Wagner 7:00 pm MSG, FCS Eugene Kotorobai Long Island Sr Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Feb. 16 Robert Morris at St. Francis (NY) 2:00 pm FSNY, FCS, Kyle Johnson Long Island Fr Ajax, Ontario, Canada Tyrone Mattison Long Island Jr Toronto, Ontario, Canada FSN-Pittsburgh (4:00 pm TD), Paulius Morkeliunas Long Island Jr Kaunas, Lithuania Feb. 18 Monmouth at FDU 7:30 pm FSNY, FCS Adam Dobriansky Monmouth So Winnipeg, Maintoba, Canada Feb. 21 St. Francis (NY) at LIU 7:30 pm MSG, FCS Alex Nunner Monmouth Jr Leibnitz, Austria Mar. 2 CCSU at Sacred Heart 4:00 pm ESPNU Yaniv Simpson Monmouth So Kfar Saba, Israel Mar. 9 NEC Semifinal 4:00 pm MSG, FCS Ifeanyi Ehirim Robert Morris Jr Toronto, Ontario, Canada Mar. 12 NEC Championship 7:30 pm ESPN2 Bateko Francisco Robert Morris Jr Paris, France Bas Rozendaal Robert Morris So Ymuiden, Holland Liam Potter Sacred Heart Jr Lincolnshire, England Carrier Region Sami Pekkola St. Francis (NY) Sr Lahti, Finland MSG Network Three states in New York metro area Bass Yessoufou St. Francis (NY) Sr Ivory Coast FSN-New York Three states in New York metro area Bassirou Dieng Saint Francis (PA) Jr Dakar, Senegal MASN MD, DE, VA and DC, plus portions of PA, WV and NC Mislaw Jukic Saint Francis (PA) So Zagreb, Croatia FSN-Pittsburgh Western Pennsylvania, portions of West Virginia Sorena Orandi Saint Francis (PA) Fr Vastra Frolunda, Gothenburg, Sweden Cox Cable Connecticut & Rhode Island Clayfell Harris Wagner Fr London, England WWCP Fox 8 Western PA (Altoona/Johnstown) FCS-Atlantic Eastern U.S. Network on digital cable systems 20 players representing 12 countries. ESPNU Nationwide ESPN2 Nationwide NEC Men’s Basketball ESPN Full Court Nationwide 2006-07 Standings

School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. 1. Central Connecticut State*^ 16-2 .889 22-12 .647 NEC Men’s Basketball Broadcast Team 2. Sacred Heart* 12-6 .667 18-14 .562 3. Quinnipiac* 11-7 .611 14-15 .483 Dave Popkin Play-By-Play 8th year 4. Robert Morris* 9-9 .500 17-11 .607 Tim Capstraw Color 9th year Fairleigh Dickinson* 9-9 .500 14-16 .467 Mount St. Mary's* 9-9 .500 11-20 .355 Terry O’Connor Color 6th year 7. Wagner* 8-10 .444 11-19 .367 Paul Dottino Play-By-Play, Sideline 9th year 8. Monmouth 7-11 .389 12-18 .400 Amy Lundy Sideline 6th year St. Francis (NY)* 7-11 .389 9-22 .290 10. Long Island 6-12 .333 10-19 .345 Pam Roecker Color 6th year 11. Saint Francis (PA) 5-13 .278 8-21 .276 Kevin Connors Play-By-Play, Sideline 3rd year

* NEC Tournament participants ^ NEC Tournament champion Joe DeSantis Color 1st year NEC National Exposure NEC Men’s Basketball The NEC’s first-ever regular season game to be televised nationally took place on NCAA Statistics Saturday as Robert Morris stopped Quinnipiac, 86-79, in Hamden. As part of the league’s partnership with ESPNU, the network will also televise the final game of the regular season when CCSU visits Sacred Heart on March 2, as well as the NEC Women’s NEC In NCAA Statistics Championship game on March 16th. (Top-30 - thru games of January 3)

RMU’s Chappell Latest To Join NEC 1,000-Point Club; Wagner’s Vin- Ind. Category Rank Player School Statistics son 75 Points Away Robert Morris junior guard Jeremy Chappell (Cincinnati, OH/Northwest) Scoring 27th Manny Ubilla Fairleigh Dickinson 20.2 ppg became the second player this season and 142nd in NEC annals to crack the 1,000- Rebounds 6th Durell Vinson Wagner 11.0 rpg point milestone. He eclipsed the plateau on December 30th with a 23-point perfor- Assists 3rd Tony Lee Robert Morris 7.6 apg mance in an 88-76 win over Lafayette. Chappell, who enters play this week with 13th Jeremy Goode Mount St. Mary’s 6.4 apg 1,027 points, is one of six current NEC players who have reached 1,000 points in 18th Mark Porter Wagner 6.5 apg their respective careers, including teammates Tony Lee (Boston, MA/Charles- 23rd Jaytornah Wisseh Long Island 6.1 apg town) and A.J. Jackson (Monessen, PA/Monessen (E. Tennessee St.). Steals 2nd Jeremy Chappell Robert Morris 3.7 spg Lee, a senior guard, has upped his career total to 1,242 points, while Jackson, a 7th Tony Lee Robert Morris 3.1 spg senior forward, has amassed 1,152 points at Robert Morris. Chappell is the only 12th Jeremy Goode Mount St. Mary’s 2.9 spg junior among active NEC players who has scored 1,000 points. 20th Marcus Williams St. Francis (NY) 2.7 spg CCSU sports the leading active scorer in the conference in Tristan Blackwood 3PFG Made 16th Tristan Blackwood CCSU 3.7/game (Toronto, Canada/Eastern Commerce), who has now amassed 1,343 points. Asst. To Turnover Ratio 14th Bryan Geffen Quinnipiac 3.0 He is followed closely behind by Quinnipiac senior guard DeMario Anderson (Oxon Hill, MD/Oxon Hill (CCSU, Globe Institute)) (1,332 points), Team Category Rank School Statistics Wagner senior guard Mark Porter (Atlantic City, NJ/St. Augustine Prep) (1,274), Lee (1,242) and Jackson (1,152). Others in line to reach 1,000 this 3PFG/Game 30th Fairleigh Dickinson 8.8/game season include Wagner senior forward/center Durell Vinson (Vineland, NJ/ FT% 28th Sacred Heart .744 St. Augustine Prep) (925), Wagner senior forward James Ulrich (Mt. Lau- Assists 12th Robert Morris 18.5 apg rel, NJ/Camden Catholic) (831) and Sacred Heart senior guard Drew Shu- Steals 8th Robert Morris 11.1 spg bik (Stoystown, PA/North Star) (828). Ind. Game Highs Rank Player School Statistics Stat of the Week - FDU Ironmen Points 8th Manny Ubilla FDU 39 vs. URI (1/2) Fairleigh Dickinson’s five starters - senior guards Manny Ubilla (Freehold, NJ/ Assists 6th Mark Porter WC 13 vs. UMES (12/15) Freehold (Lackawanna CC)) (20.5 ppg) and Bernell Murray (Stillwater, Steals 8th Jeremy Goode MSM 7 vs. Loyola (MD) (12/1) OK/Stillwater) (10.0 ppg), along with sophomore guard Sean Baptiste (North Brunswick, NJ/St. Joseph's of Metuchen) (17.3 ppg), senior forward Eric FG% 18th Jeremy Chappell RMU .846 (11-13) vs. Fordham (12/2) Hazard (Long Branch, NJ/St. Benedict's (Rutgers)) (9.5 ppg) and fresh- FT% 1st Kyle Johnson LIU 1.000 (10-10) vs. Columbia (11/20) man forward John Galvin (Weston, CT/Weston) (8.1 ppg) - have accounted 3PFG Made 12th Manny Ubilla FDU 8 vs. URI (1/2) for 90.2 percent of the Knights’ points this season. FDU reserves have scored just 3PFG% 17th Jimmy Langhurst RMU .700 (7-10) vs. Canisius (12/19) 85 points on the year and have played a combined total of 146 minutes. Team Game Highs Rank School Statistics Quotes of the Week 3PFG% 2nd Quinnipiac .750 (9-12) vs. Dartmouth (12/19) Wagner head coach Mike Deane, on the play of Mark Porter, who is averaging 7th Robert Morris .706 (12-17) vs. FIU (11/29) 14.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 6.4 apg and 1.7 spg this season: 3PFG Made 20th Long Island 16 vs. Hartford (12/1) “He's the best defensive player in the NEC, if not the best player, period,” said 20th Robert Morris 16 vs. Canisius (12/19) Deane. “But we have to find a way to rest him more during games.” at Oswego St. (1980-82), 166 at Siena (1986-94), 100 at Marquette (1994-99), 52 at Lamar Monmouth head coach Dave Calloway, on Whitney Coleman’s 27-point performance in a 51-50 win at and has now posted 59 victories at Wagner after taking over in 2003. Deane (403-288) has Saint Francis (PA) on Saturday: taken three teams (Siena, Marquette and Lamar) to the NCAA Tournament, including a first round tourney win over Stanford when he was coaching Siena in 1989. “Whitney was terrific,” Calloway said. “Every time we needed a basket he got one, back door layups, driving to the basket. He had a couple of unbelievable dunks. If this game was on TV he would be on Wagner Stops St. Francis (NY) In Bob Balut Tribute Game top 10 plays on ESPN tonight, that's for sure.” On December 8, the NEC paid tribute to Bob Balut with a benefit game for the Aidan Robert Balut Scholarship Fund. In that contest, which was televised live on MSG Network and Cox Cable, Mount Scores Marquee Win Over Winthrop Wagner watched a 21-point second lead nearly evaporate, before hanging on to defeat St. Fran- Led by senior guard Chris Vann’s (Woodbridge, VA/Gar-Field) 21 points, including 5-6 from three- cis (NY), 64-59. point range, Mount St. Mary’s secured one of the most impressive NEC victories in recent years on December 18th with a 64-59 win over Winthrop. The win extended the Mount’s winning streak to six at the time and Balut, who enjoyed a long history with the conference, including four years as the SID at Wagner marked the sixth straight game the Mountaineers held an opponent to under 60 points. The Eagles have won and three years as the NEC’s Assistant Director of Communications, passed away last March seven of the last nine Big South titles and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2007 with after a long battle with colon cancer at the age of 32. He was survived by his wife, Erica, and his a 74-64 win over Notre Dame. Winthrop is currently rated 49th in the most recent RPI rankings with wins son, Aidan, who just turned 2 1/2 years old. All members of the television crew, from announc- over #19 Miami (FL), Georgia Tech, Illinois-Chicago, Akron and Old Dominion. The Mount also bid for an ers to camera workers to engineers to the producer and director, donated their game fees to upset at Oregon last Friday before falling, 81-73, despite Vann’s 20-point effort. the fund. Additional proceeds, including gate receipts and fan donations, from all NEC games over the weekend were also earmarked for the fund. In addition, Wagner College pledged SHU’s Henley Granted Sixth Year By NCAA $1,000 to the fund. Wagner College President, Dr. Richard Guarasci ,and his wife Carin donated Sacred Heart forward Joey Henley (Kent, WA/Kentride) was granted a sixth year of eligibility by the an additional $500 in a ceremony prior to the game. Additional donations to the fund can be NCAA on December 17, and will be eligible to play for the Pioneers during the 2008-09 season. Henley, who sent to: Aidan Robert Balut Scholarship Fund, PNC Bank, Church and Greentree Road, Mar- has been a three-sport athlete for the Pioneers, was twice injured playing football forcing him to miss the lton, NJ 08053. 2005-06 and 2007-08 seasons. He was the first athlete in NEC history to be named Rookie of the Week in both football and basketball, and also the first to be named all-NEC in two sports (basketball and track). He Detrick Streak Comes To End For CCSU was also named to the league’s all-Rookie basketball team in his freshman year. Currently enrolled in gradu- Central Connecticut State’s 17-game home regular season winning streak against NEC oppo- ate school, Henley has accumulated 911 points and 438 rebounds in his three seasons of play. He scored nents was snapped in a 68-52 loss to Sacred Heart on December 6. The Blue Devils then 22 points and pulled down seven boards in the 2007 NEC title game, a 74-70 setback to CCSU. dropped a second straight at Detrick Gymnasium two days later with a 60-59 defeat at the hands of Mount St. Mary’s. It marked CCSU’s first back-to-back home losses to conference opponents Wagner’s Deane Wins 400th since St. Francis (NY) and Monmouth came away victorious at the end of the 2004-05 season. Wagner head coach Mike Deane won his 400th career game on December 15th as the Seahawks rolled to The NEC record for consecutive regular season conference home wins is 21, established by a 105-86 win over Maryland-Eastern Shore. Now in his 23rd year as a head coach, Deane won 24 games Marist from 1985-87. All-Around Phenom: RMU’s Lee Hits Historic Milestone Preseason All-NEC Team When Robert Morris senior guard Tony Lee (Boston, MA/Charlestown) recorded his 200th The preseason all-NEC team is comprised of five returning all-stars: Quinnipiac senior guard De- career steal in an 88-61 win over Florida International on November 29, he became just the second Mario Anderson (Oxon Hill, MD/Oxon Hill (CCSU, Globe Institute)), Central Connecti- player in NEC history to reach the 1,000-point, 500-rebound, 250-assist, 200-steal milestone for his cut State senior guard Tristan Blackwood (Toronto, Canada/Eastern Commerce), St. career. Lee, a second team all-NEC selection a year ago, has boosted his career totals to 1,242 points, Francis (NY) senior forward Robert Hines (Trenton, NJ/St. Patrick’s (Arizona Western 625 rebounds, 384 assists and 229 steals. The only other player to hit each of the four benchmarks CC)), Robert Morris senior forward A.J. Jackson (Monessen, PA/Monessen (E. Tennes- was former Mount St. Mary’s star guard Gregory Harris, who totaled 1,760 points, 615 boards, 529 see St.)) and Robert Morris senior guard Tony Lee (Boston, MA/Charlestown). Blackwood assists and 205 steals from 1996-00. was an all-NEC first team selection a year ago, while Anderson, Hines, Jackson and Lee were all second team picks. Lee is already one of just six players - and first to turn the trick in his junior year - to reach the 1,000- point, 500-rebound, 250-assist career plateaus. Lee is joined in the elite group by Harris, Sacred Heart’s Jarrid Frye (1,287 points, 524 rebounds and 276 assists from 2003-07), Quinnipiac’s Kason Mims (1,335 points, 548 rebounds, 453 assists from 2000-04), Central Connecticut State's Dean NEC Preseason Notes Walker (1,196 points, 549 rebounds and 284 assists from 1997-01) and Monmouth's William Lewis (1,517 points, 514 rebounds and 271 assists from 1988-92). Wagner’s 500 Club Considering the team’s experience factor, Wagner could emerge as an NEC title contender in 2007-08. One of Nation’s Oldest Rivalries Renewed The Seahawks return five double-digit scorers, all of whom have compiled more than 500 career When Mount St. Mary’s and Loyola (MD) tipped off on December 3 in Emmitsburg, it marked the points, including senior guard Mark Porter (Atlantic City, NJ/St. Augustine Prep), the 162nd meeting between the two schools. With a 70-58 victory over the Greyhounds, the Mount holds league’s second-leading returning scorer with 1,072 points. He is joined by senior forward/center a 94-68 advantage in a series that dates back to 1910 and is the longest running Division I rivalry in Durell Vinson (Vineland, NJ/St. Augustine Prep) (723 points), senior forward James the state of Maryland. One of the classic games between the two programs was a 99-93 overtime win Ulrich (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Camden Catholic) (714), junior swingman Jamal Smith (Balti- for the Mountaineers in the championship game of the Mason-Dixon Conference Tournament on more, MD/Towson Catholic) (573) and junior guard Joey Mundweiler (Olathe, KS/ March 5, 1955. That was former head coach Jim Phelan’s first of 49 seasons spent as head coach at Olathe East) (534). Dating back to the 1986-87 season, Wagner is believed to be the first NEC team the Mount. to begin a year with five 500-point scorers. The Seahawks are also the first conference team to bring back five double figure scorers since Wagner returned the quintet of Jermaine Hall, Chris Jackson, Jeff Another Day In Paradise For Monmouth Klauder, Dedrick Dye and Hassan Wilkerson in 2000-01. After stunning Wichita State (Missouri Valley Conference) on November 17, it took all of 48 hours for the Hawks to strike again, downing Charlotte (Atlantic-10) in overtime, 58-56, on November 19 in the CCSU & Monmouth Establish Winning Conference Tradition final game of the Paradise Jam, which was held in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. The Hawks finished Since the turn of the millennium, Central Connecticut State and Monmouth have proven to be the fourth in the tournament with a 2-1 record, ahead of Notre Dame, Charlotte, Wichita State and Illinois- dominant forces in men’s basketball in the NEC. The two programs have won six of the eight NEC titles Chicago. since 2000 with each school claiming three apiece. CCSU won it all in 2000, 2002 and 2007, while Monmouth took home conference championships in 2001, 2004 and 2006. The only other schools Monmouth junior guard Whitney Coleman (Salem, CT/East Lyme) was the hero against to capture NEC championships during this span were Wagner (2003) and Fairleigh Dickinson (2005). Charlotte, scoring on a back-door layup off a feed from sophomore guard Jhamar Youngblood (Newark, NJ/St. Patrick’s) with 18.3 seconds remaining in regulation to tie things up. With the Monmouth Breaks Ground On New Athletic Facility Hawks trailing by one in overtime, he hit a three-pointer with 10.1 seconds left on the clock for the win. On the heels of Long Island and Quinnipiac opening new facilities over the past two years, Monmouth The buckets were the only two in the game for Coleman, who finished 2-10 from the floor. broke ground this past September on a new $57 million, 152,400 square-foot Multi-purpose Activity Center (MAC). The MAC, which will serve students, faculty, employees, alumni and residents of the Monmouth is now 4-2 in its two trips to the Paradise Jam. In 2003, the Hawks defeated Appalachian local community, is slated to contain a multi-purpose gymnasium with 4,100 installed seats and a 200 State and Hampton. Both losses came to Big East schools (Boston College and Notre Dame). The meter, six-lane indoor track. The new building will also be home to the University Bookstore, the Hawks’ last win over an Atlantic-10 team had come in 1994, when the Hawks beat Saint Joseph's on Monmouth University Athletics Hall of Fame, home and opposing locker rooms, educational and a neutral court in Casper, Wyoming. Monmouth's last win over a Missouri Valley Conference member administrative areas, a new Varsity Club, and a new Fitness Center. Construction on the MAC is ex- came in 2005 when the Blue and White defeated Southern Illinois in the Great Alaska Shootout. pected to be completed in time for the start of the 2009-10 basketball season.

Colonials’ Terrific Trio NEC Preseason Poll/All-NEC Team With three returning players who have combined for 2,785 career points, Robert Morris’ Tony Lee (Boston, MA/Charlestown) (1,026 points), A.J. Jackson (Monessen, PA/Monessen (E. Sacred Heart Tops NEC Preseason Poll Tennessee St.)) (947) and Jeremy Chappell (Cincinnati, OH/Northwest) (812) have a On the heels of a thrilling run to the NEC title game a year ago, Sacred Heart was selected as the 2007- chance to be the first NEC trio since the 2003-04 season to finish a year with a total of 4,000 points. 08 NEC men’s basketball preseason favorite, according to a vote of the league’s head coaches. The That year, Wagner seniors Jermaine Hall (2,278) and Dedrick Dye (1,349), along with junior Courtney preseason rankings, along with the league’s preseason all-conference team, were announced during Pritchard (861) amassed 4,488 career points by season’s end. Each of the three returning starters a media teleconference with coaches this afternoon as a prelude to the NEC’s 27th season. for the Colonials ranked in the NEC top-12 in scoring a year ago, with Jackson finishing third in the conference with 16.9 ppg. Lee was seventh with 15.9 ppg, while Chappell stood 12th with 14.4 ppg. Sacred Heart received eight first place votes from NEC head coaches, who were not permitted to vote The combined 47.2 ppg is the highest of any returning threesome in the league, far outdistancing the for their own team. The Pioneers beat out Robert Morris, which received the remaining three first 42.2 ppg from Wagner’s Durell Vinson (Vineland, NJ/St. Augustine Prep) (15.2 ppg in place votes. 2005-06), Mark Porter (Atlantic City, NJ/St. Augustine Prep) (13.8 ppg) and James Ulrich (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Camden Catholic) (13.2 ppg). Despite losing a number of key players to graduation - including 2006-07 NEC Player of the Year - CCSU will attempt to become the first team since Rider in 1993 and 1994 to repeat as Back-To-Back Quest Continues NEC champions. It has now been 13 years since an NEC program captured back-to-back conference tournament titles. Not since 1993 and 1994 when Rider claimed league crowns has a program been able to turn the This year marks the first time that Sacred Heart has been selected the NEC’s preseason favorite by head trick, though Fairleigh Dickinson came within seconds of pulling it off before falling to Monmouth on coaches. In their previous eight years in the league, the Pioneers had never been picked higher than a last second shot in the 2006 NEC title game. seventh in the poll (2002-03). Reaching The Playoffs NEC Preseason Poll Below is a look at each of the 11 NEC school’s success rate in reaching the conference tournament 1. Sacred Heart (8) over the last five years. 2. Robert Morris (3) 3. Wagner Qualified For NEC Tournament • Last Five Years (2003-07) 4. Mount St. Mary's All 5 Years: Central Connecticut State, Fairleigh Dickinson 5. Quinnipiac 4 Years: Monmouth, Robert Morris, St. Francis (NY), Wagner 6. CCSU 3 Years: Long Island, Mount St. Mary’s, Quinnipiac, Saint Francis (PA) Saint Francis (PA) 2 Years: Mount St. Mary’s, Sacred Heart 8. St. Francis (NY) 9. Fairleigh Dickinson 10. Monmouth 11. Long Island RMU’s Lee Joins Historical Sextet Quinnipiac 6-3 .667 2002-03 By boosting his career totals to 1,026 points, 526 rebounds and 270 assists last season, Robert CCSU 6-3 .667 1998-99 Morris do-it-all senior guard Tony Lee (Boston, MA/Charlestown became the sixth player in Robert Morris* 8-4 .667 1989-90 league history - and first to turn the trick in his junior year - to reach the 1,000-point, 500-rebound, Fairleigh Dickinson* 8-4 .667 1987-88 250-assist milestone. Lee is joined in the elite group by Sacred Heart’s Jarrid Frye (1,287 points, 524 rebounds and 276 assists from 2003-07), Quinnipiac’s Kason Mims (1,335 points, 548 rebounds, Top Returning Scoring Duos 453 assists from 2000-04), CCSU's Dean Walker (1,196 points, 549 rebounds and 284 assists from The NEC will feature four schools with duos that combined to score at least 25.0 ppg last season. 1997-01), Mount St. Mary's Gregory Harris (1,760 points, 615 boards and 529 assists from 1996- Topping the list is the Robert Morris combination of A.J. Jackson and Tony Lee. The duo, led by 2000) and Monmouth's William Lewis (1,517 points, 514 rebounds and 271 assists from 1988-92). Jackson’s 16.9 ppg, combined for 32.8 ppg in 2006-07.

Bombs Away For Blackwood School Player PPG Player PPG Total PPG Talk about a two-way threat. CCSU senior guard Tristan Blackwood (Toronto, Canada/ RMU A.J. Jackson 16.9 Tony Lee 15.9 32.8 Eastern Commerce) was not only named NEC Co-Defensive Player of the Year last season, but also WC Durell Vinson* 15.2 Mark Porter 13.8 29.0 took center stage as a long distance shooter, shattering the single-season conference record for three SFNY Robert Hines 16.5 Jamaal Womack 10.6 27.1 pointers that had stood for nine seasons. With 122 treys, Blackwood eclipsed the mark of 116 set by FDU Cameron Tyler 14.3 Manny Ubilla 11.9 26.2 Long Island’s Charles Jones during the 1997-98 campaign. He drilled six or more trifectas on ten * 2005-06 statistics occasions last season and ended the year ranked fourth in the country with 3.6 per contest. He also led the NEC and placed fourth nationally by hitting 92.4 percent of his free throw attempts. FDU To Participate In NIT Season Tip-Off Fairleigh Dickinson will become the second NEC school to participate in the revamped NIT Season Sacred Shooters Tip-Off that guarantees each school at least two games. The Knights will participate in the East region Sacred Heart, which led the NEC in scoring and ranked 17th nationally with 78.5 ppg, gave teams fits bracket, taking on Saint Joseph’s in its season opener at the Carrier Dome on November 12. FDU will last season with its arsenal of three-point shooters, all of whom return in 2007-08. Senior guard then meet either host Syracuse or Siena in the second round on November 13. Other NEC teams Luke Granato (Rocky Hill, CT/Northwest Catholic) led the pack and finished fifth in the competing in in-season tournaments include Monmouth at the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands from conference with 71 trifectas. His 39.9 percent success rate was the seventh-best mark in the NEC. November 16-19, Robert Morris at the Philadelphia Classic on November 23-24 and Long Island at Sophomore guard Ryan Litke (Windsor, CT/Windsor) had little trouble adjusting to the colle- the Central Florida Tournament on December 30-31. giate game last season, ending the year third in the league in three-point percentage (.431) and 11th in made three-pointers (62). Sophomore guard Chauncey Hardy (Middletown, CT/Xavier), who was named to the NEC all-Rookie team a year ago, sank 39 treys on the year and finished second on the circuit in accuracy by hitting at a 43.8 percent clip. Senior guard Drew Shubik (Stoystown, PA/North Star) rounds out the returning quartet of long distance bombers. Last season he hit 39 from outside the arc and made 37.4 percent of his attempts. The Pioneers’ will feature yet another weapon this year with the addition of sophomore guard Corey Hassan (Merrimack, NH/Mer- rimack). Hassan, a 2005-06 America East all-Rookie selection at Boston University, hit 67 three- pointers as a freshman.

NEC Newcomers Both Quinnipiac and Robert Morris will sport new looks on the sidelines this season. Quinnipiac introduced longtime UConn assistant Tom Moore as the school’s sixth head coach in March. Moore, who spent the past 13 years as an assistant to Jim Calhoun and was part of national champi- onship teams in 1999 and 2004, has recruited or coached a number of NBA players, including Ray Allen, Richard Hamilton, Emeka Okafor and Ben Gordon. Robert Morris announced Mike Rice as the seventh head coach in program history in April. Rice brings a vast background in collegiate coaching to the Colonials, having served as an assistant coach at alma mater Fordham (1991-94), Marquette (1994-97), Niagara (1997-98), Chicago State (1998-2001), Saint Joseph’s (2004-06) and Pittsburgh (2006-07). Last season the Pittsburgh native served as Jamie Dixon’s top assistant at Pitt, and helped lead the Panthers to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.

RMU Quickest To 10 Robert Morris became the quickest team to reach ten victories in league history with its 64-48 win over CCSU on January 6, 2007. The Colonials (10-3) reached the plateau one day earlier than previous record holder CCSU, which reached double digits in victories with a 10-4 mark on January 7, 1999.

CCSU In The Spotlight Over the last seven seasons, Central Connecticut State has had an affinity for the bright lights, specifically when featured as part of the NEC Network’s television package. The Blue Devils have posted a 25-4 record in league produced games since the 1998-99 season, including a 4-0 mark in 2006-07. From January, 1999 to February, 2003, CCSU won 12 straight televised games, excluding any locally pro- duced or national broadcasts.

RMU’s Record Breaking Non-Conference Season Robert Morris finished its 2006-07 regular season with an outstanding 8-1 mark against non-league opposition, including a win at Marshall and a home triumph over Duquesne. As a result, the Colonials set a new league record with an .889 winning percentage against out-of-conference rivals. Robert Morris broke the 7-2 mark (.778) established by Marist in 1995-96 and matched in 2005-06 by Wagner. Monmouth (1991-92) and Saint Francis (PA) (1990-91) still hold the NEC single-season record for non-league victories with nine apiece. Robert Morris’ eight wins outside the conference also equaled the most ever for the Colonials in 31 years of Division I ball. The Colonials previously went 8-4 during the 1989-90 season and 8-6 during the 1982-83 campaign. Best Non-Conference Records In NEC History (* won NEC title) Robert Morris 8-1 .889 2006-07 Wagner 7-2 .778 2005-06 Marist 7-2 .778 1995-96 Monmouth 9-3 .750 1991-92 Monmouth 8-3 .727 1990-91 Long Island 8-3 .727 1986-87 CCSU* 7-3 .700 1999-00 Saint Francis (PA) 7-3 .700 1997-98