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AVERY JOHNSON Head Coach SHANNON HALE Junior JIMMIE TAYLOR Junior RETIN OBASOHAN Senior ALABAMA BASKETBALL 2015-16 MEDIA GUIDE Radio/TV Chart 0 1 2 3 4 INTRODUCTION 6-7 • 225 • Jr. Forward 6-7 • 203 • So. Forward 5-11 • 160 • Fr. Guard 6-9 • 228 • Jr. Forward 6-6 • 217 • Sr.-TR Guard NICK KING RILEY NORRIS LAWSON SCHAFFER MICHAEL KESSENS ARTHUR EDWARDS Memphis, Tenn. Albertville, Ala. Cullman, Ala. Nyon, Switzerland Washington, D.C. (Memphis) (Albertville HS) (Cullman HS) (Longwood) (New Mexico) 5 10 11 12 13 5-10 • 168 • So. Guard 6-10 • 248 • Jr. Forward 6-8 • 233 • Jr. Forward 6-5 • 205 • Fr. Guard 5-11 • 187 • So. Guard JUSTIN COLEMAN JIMMIE TAYLOR SHANNON HALE DAZON INGRAM AVERY JOHNSON JR. Birmingham, Ala. Greenwood, Ala. Johnson City, Tenn. Theodore, Ala. Houston, Texas (Wenonah HS) (Greenwood HS) (Christ School) (Theodore HS) (Texas A&M) 23 24 32 35 6-4 • 197 • Fr. Guard 6-6 • 210 • So. Forward 6-2 • 210 • Sr. Guard 6-9 • 224 • Fr. Forward BRANDON AUSTIN CHRISTIAN CLARK RETIN OBASOHAN DONTA HALL Montgomery, Ala. Chester, Va. Antwerp, Belgium Luverne, Ala. (Carver Montgomery HS) (Thomas Dale HS) (K.A. Redingenhof Leuven) (Luverne HS) AVERY BOB ANTOINE SCOTT KOBIE JOHNSON SIMON PETTWAY POSPICHAL BAKER Assoc. Head Special Asst. to Head Coach First Season Coach First Season Asst. Coach Eighth Season Asst. Coach First Season Head Coach First Season SOUTHERN, 1988 EASTERN MICHIGAN, 1989 ALABAMA, 2004 FLORIDA SOUTHERN, 1983 TALLADEGA COLLEGE, 1998 ROLLTIDE.COM 1 introduction TABLE OF CONTENTS 2015-16 SCHEDULE INTRODUCTION THIS IS ALABAMA Date Opponent TV Location Time TV/Radio Roster 1 Nov. 6 TREVECCA NAZARENE (EXH) TUSCALOOSA 7 p.m. Schedule and Staff 2 Nov. 13 KENNESAW STATE SECN+ TUSCALOOSA 7:30 p.m. Media Information and Quick Facts 3 Nov. 17 at Dayton+ ESPN Dayton, Ohio Noon The University 4-7 Nov. 20 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE SECN+ TUSCALOOSA 7 p.m. This is Alabama Basketball 8-9 Nov. 26 vs. Xavier# ESPN2 Orlando, Fla. 11 a.m. Coleman Coliseum 10 Crimson Tide Sports Network 11 Nov. 27 vs. TBD# Orlando, Fla. TBD The Southeastern Conference 12 Nov. 29 vs. TBD# Orlando, Fla. TBD Dec. 4 at Southern Miss Fox Sports 1 Hattiesburg, Miss. 7 p.m. 2015-16 PREVIEW Dec. 13 at Clemson ESPNU Greenville, S.C. 5 p.m. Season Preview 14-15 Dec. 16 WINTHROP SEC Network TUSCALOOSA 8 p.m. Rosters 16-17 Dec. 21 OREGON^ ESPNU BIRMINGHAM 8 p.m. Schedule 18 Dec. 29 JACKSONVILLE STATE SECN+ TUSCALOOSA 7 p.m. Opponents 19-23 Jan. 2 NORFOLK STATE SEC Network TUSCALOOSA 1 p.m. 2016 SEC Tournament Bracket 24 Jan. 7 at Ole Miss* ESPNU Oxford, Miss. 8 p.m. Jan. 9 KENTUCKY* SEC Network TUSCALOOSA 5 p.m. COACHES AND STAFF Jan. 13 SOUTH CAROLINA* SEC Network TUSCALOOSA 8 p.m. Avery Johnson 26-29 Bob Simon 30 Jan. 16 at Vanderbilt* SEC Network Nashville, Tenn. 5 p.m. Antoine Pettway 31 Jan. 19 at Auburn* SEC Network Auburn, Ala. 8 p.m. Scott Pospichal 32 Jan. 23 LSU* ESPNU TUSCALOOSA 1 p.m. Kobie Baker/Colton Houston 33 Jan. 26 TENNESSEE* SEC Network TUSCALOOSA 8 p.m. Lou DeNeen/Alex Fain 34 Jan. 30 at South Carolina* SEC Network Columbia, S.C. 5 p.m. Clarke Holter/David Miller/Blake Gray 35 Feb. 2 at Mississippi State* SEC Network Starkville, Miss. 8 p.m. Managers/Support Staff 36 Feb. 6 MISSOURI* SEC Network TUSCALOOSA 2 p.m. Feb. 10 TEXAS A&M* SEC Network TUSCALOOSA 6 p.m. PLAYER PROFILES Feb. 13 at Florida* SEC Network Gainesville, Fla. 4:30 p.m. Justin Coleman 38-39 Feb. 17 at LSU* SEC Network Baton Rouge, La. 8 p.m. Arthur Edwards 40-41 Feb. 20 MISSISSIPPI STATE* SEC Network TUSCALOOSA 1:30 p.m. Shannon Hale 42-43 Michael Kessens 44-45 Feb. 23 at Kentucky* ESPN/ESPNU/SECN Lexington, Ky. 6 p.m. Riley Norris 46-47 Feb. 27 AUBURN* SEC Network TUSCALOOSA 4 p.m. Retin Obasohan 48-49 March 2 ARKANSAS* SEC Network TUSCALOOSA 8 p.m. Jimmie Taylor 50-51 March 5 at Georgia* ESPN/ESPN2 Athens, Ga. 1 or 3 p.m. Brandon Austin 52 March 9-13 at SEC Tournament Nashville, Tenn. TBD Christian Clark 52 Donta Hall 52 + ESPN Tip-Off Marathon Dazon Ingram 53 # 2015 Advocare Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) Lawson Schaffer 53 ^ Game will be played at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Ala. Nick King 54-55 * SEC game Avery Johnson Jr. 56 All times Central and subject to change 2014-15 IN REVIEW Season Notes 58-59 BASKETBALL STAFF Results 60 Season Stats 61-63 Head Coach Avery Johnson Game Summaries 64-72 Alma Mater Southern, 1988 Record at Alabama 0-0 (First season) RECORDS AND STATS Career Record 0-0 (First season) Records Reference 74 Associate Head Coach Bob Simon (Eastern Michigan, 1989) Scoring Records 75-77 Assistant Coaches Antoine Pettway (Alabama, 2004) 1,000-Point Scorers 78-81 Individual Records 82-87 Scott Pospichal (Florida Southern, 1983) Team Records 89-90 Special Asst. to the Head Coach/Sr. Director of Operations Kobie Baker (Tuskegee, 1998) 100-Point Games 91 Strength and Conditioning Lou DeNeen (South Florida, 1991) Overtime Games 92 Director of Operations Colton Houston (Harvard, 2004) Coleman Coliseum Records 93 Video Coordinator Alex Fain Coaching Records 94 Assistant Video Coordinator David Miller All-Americans 95-98 Athletic Trainer Clarke Holter SEC Honors 99-101 Graduate Manager Blake Gray Academic Honors 102 Executive Assistant Brenda Holt Yearly Records 103-109 Administrative Assistant Mary Margaret Strickland Yearly 110-129 Student Managers Alex Casingal, Craig Jones, Devin Simon, Andrew Fouch Series Histories 130-141 Letterwinners 142-144 All-Time Starters 145-147 CREDITS NBA History 148-155 USA Basketball 156 The 2015-16 University of Alabama Men’s Basketball Media Guide was produced by the staff of the UA Athletics Communications Office. The publication was written and edited by Aaron THE POSTSEASON Jordan. Editorial assistance provided by Doug Walker, Roots Woodruff and Alex Thompson. NCAA Results 158 Cover design by Crimson Tide Productions, layout designed by EBSCO media. Photography by NCAA Records 159 UA Athletics Director of Photography Kent Gidley and his staff. Special thanks to the Crimson NCAA Box Scores 160-166 NIT Results 167 Tide coaching staff, EBSCO media, to the teams of the NBA for their photography assistance NIT Records 168 and the staff of the SEC office. Copyright 2015 by the Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama. “Roll Tide,” “Crimson Tide,” “Bama,” and the primary and secondary logos are registered trademarks of The University of Alabama. 2 ALABAMA MEN’S BASKETBALL introduction MEDIA INFORMATION QUICK FACTS GAMEDAY UNIVERSITY Credentials Location Tuscaloosa, Ala. Media credentials are available only to working members of the media, who represent Founded April 12, 1831 accredited outlets actively covering the event. All credential requests must be made through Enrollment 37,100 Alabama’s online credentialing system. For further information, please contact Aaron Jordan at Conference Southeastern [email protected]. Colors Crimson and White INTRODUCTION Parking Nickname Crimson Tide A limited number of parking spaces outside Coleman Coliseum are available to the media on a President Dr. Stuart Bell priority basis. Because of limited space, parking requests should be submitted with credential Athletic Director Bill Battle requests. Outlets requesting space for a satellite truck must request space at least 48 hours in Faculty Athletics advance. Representative Dr. James King Arena Coleman Coliseum (15,383) Entrance and Media Will Call The Coleman Coliseum media entrance and media will call is located in the southeast corner of COACHING STAFF the Coliseum, facing the parking lot. Will call opens two hours prior to the start of the contest. Head Coach Avery Johnson Media Room Alma Mater Southern, 1988 The media room is located near the southeast corner of the Coliseum floor. Game notes and Record at Alabama 0-0 (First Season) other gameday materials will be available in the room. Following the game, Alabama head Career Record 0-0 (First Season) coach Avery Johnson and select players will address the media in the room. The media room 254-186, .577 (Seven NBA Seasons) features counter space for writing, electrical outlets and internet connections. Assoc. Head Coach Bob Simon (Eastern Michigan, 1989) Media Hospitality Assistants Antoine Pettway (Alabama, 2004) Alabama provides a concession voucher to members of the media prior to each home game. The Coleman Coliseum concession stands open 90 minutes prior to tipoff. Media may eat meals Scott Pospichal (Florida Southern, 1983) in the media room or on press row. Drinks will also be provided in the media room. Television Special Assistant to Head Coach Kobie Baker crews broadcasting the game must make prior arrangements to secure an area for a catered Strength and Conditioning Lou DeNeen meal for the television crew. Director of Operations Colton Houston Video Coordinator Alex Fain INTERVIEW POLICIES Assistant Video Coordinator David Miller Head Coach Avery Johnson Graduate Assistant Blake Gray All interview requests for head coach Avery Johnson must be made through Aaron Jordan in Athletic Trainer Clarke Holter the Alabama athletics communications office. There are several media opportunities each week, including the SEC Coaches Teleconference every week beginning in January. Johnson is slated TEAM INFORMATION to speak at 10:56 a.m. CT. Contact the SEC office for additional details. Johnson will also make 2014-15 Record 19-15 himself and players available to media prior to each game. Please contact the UA athletics communications office for details. 2014-15 SEC Record 8-10/T-8th 2014-15 H/A/N Record 14-5/4-8/1-2 Players Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 All interviews with players must be coordinated through the Alabama athletics communications Letterwinners Returning/Lost 6/5 office at least 24 hours in advance.