2016-17 Csu Bakersfield Roster
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2016-17 MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 2016-17 M EDIA R OSTE R 0 MATT SMITH 1 BRENT WRAPP 2/20 DARRYL GEYEN 3 TAZE MOORE 4 JAMES SUBER F • 6-6 • 190 lbs • R-Sr. PG • 6-3 •175 lbs • R-Jr. G • 5-10 •160 • So. F • 6-5 • 180 lbs • Fr. F • 6-7 •210 • Jr. Jackson, Tenn. Boulder, Colo. Houston, Texas Southaven, Miss. Philadelphia, Penn. Columbia State CC Fairview CC The Village School Southaven HS Panola CC 5 DEDRICK BASILE 10 JUSTIN DAVIS 11 JAYLIN AIRINGTON 13 SHON BRIGGS 15 FALLOU NDOYE G • 5-10 • 160 lbs • Sr. G/F • 6-4 •180 • Fr. F • 6-4 • 190 • R-Sr. G/F • 6-6 • 200 • Jr. C • 6-11 • 250 • Jr. Houston, Texas San Diego, Calif. East Chicago, Ind. Brentwood, Calif. Taif, Senegal Trinity Valley CC Morse HS Ventura CC San Francisco City College Mississippi State 21 GREG LEE 22 MOATAZ ALY 23 DAMIYNE DURHAM 24 BRAY BARNES 51 JUSTIN PRIDE G • 6-7 • 185 • Fr. C • 6-9 • 225 • Jr. G • 6-4• 175 • R-So. F • 6-5 • 185 • R-So. G • 5-10 • 180 • Sr. Houston, Texas Alexandria, Egypt Oakwood, Texas Bakersfield, Calif. Huntsville, Ala. Westside HS Hutchinson CC Oakwood HS Liberty HS Columbia State CC HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH DIRECTOR OF OPS ROD BARNES JEFF CONARROE BENJY TAYLOR JD POLLOCK BRANDON BARNES SIXTH SEASON SIXTH SEASON FIRST SEASON THIRD SEASON FIRST SEASON Q UICK F ACTS GENERAL INFORMATION NAMING GUIDE School: California State University, Bakersfield Institution Name: CSU Bakersfield Location: Bakersfield, Calif. Acceptable Alternatives: Bakersfield or CSUB Founded: 1970 Refrain From: Cal State Bakersfield 9,000 Enrollment: Never: Bakersfield State, UC Bakersfield,Cal Bakersfield Colors: Blue and Gold Roadrunners or ‘Runners Affiliation: NCAA Division I Mascot: Conference: Western Athletic Acceptable Abbreviations for print: Bakersfield or CSUB President: Dr. Horace Mitchell Never: CSB or CS Bakersfield Athletics Director: Kenneth “Ziggy” Sigfried Location: Bakersfield, Calif. Athletic Department Phone: (661) 654-2188 Facility: Icardo Center Capacity: 3,497 MEDIA INFORMATION ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Assistant AD/Communications: Corey Costelloe Office Phone: (661) 654-6071 Cell Phone: (661)-972-0932 Requests should be made via E-mail: [email protected] MEDIA CREDENTIALS: email to [email protected] or by phone to (661) 654-3071. Secondary Contact: Isaac Comelli Media credentials are issued to accredited members of the Office Phone: (661) 654-3071 working media only. Acces to the press area is limited to E-mail : [email protected] those with with appropriate working credentials. Credentials Mailing Address: 9001 Stockdale Hwy. GYM 08 Bakersfield, CA 93311-1022 will be left at the Main Entrance. FAX: (661) 654-6978 Parking is free on game day in Lot I Press Box Phone: (661) 654-2126 MEDIA PARKING: adjacent to the Icardo Center. Website: www.GoRunners.com Facebook: facebook.com/csubroadrunners Power, phone line and internet are avail- Twitter: @CSUBathletics MEDIA AREA: @CSUB_MBB able upon request at the Icardo Center. Media wishing to send gameday stories will be escorted into the Athletic Instagram: @CSUBathletics Communications Office, located in the Physical Education PROGRAM HISTORY Building (room 117). Phone, fax, and Internet Services will be provided. First Year: 1971-72 CSUB coaches and players will be First Year Division I: 2007 INTERVIEW POLICY: available for postgame interviews in the Icardo Room after All-Time Record: 849-468 (.644) a brief cool down period and team meeting. All midweek NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2016) interviews with CSUB coaches and players will be con- Other Postseason: 1 CIT (2012) ducted on Tuesdays at 2 P.M. barring any travel conflicts. NCAA Division II National Titles: 3 (1993, 1994, 1997) Media wishing to attend Tuesday press conferences can park in the Media Lot location directly across from the Icardo COACHING STAFF Center entrance. Other interview request may be made by calling Corey Costelloe at (661) 654-6071 or ccostelloe1@ Head Coach: Rod Barnes csub.edu Alma Mater: Ole Miss 1988 Record at School: 81-78 Career Record: 267-267 Telephone: (661) 654-2188 CREDITS Designed by Corey Costelloe, Assistant AD for Communications. E–mail: [email protected] Written by Corey Costelloe. Edited by Isaac Comelli, Assistant Assistant Coaches: Jeff Conarroe, Benjy Taylor, JD Pollock Sports Information Director. Cover Design by Corey Costelloe Director of Operations: Brandon Barnes Photography: Nick Ellis, Mark Nessia, Western Athletic Conference, Rob Ferguson. 2016-17 INFORMATION 2015-16 Overall Record: 24-9 2015-16 WAC Record (Finish): 11-3 (2nd) Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/4 Newcomers: 6 Redshirts Returning: 2 CSU BAKERSFIELD BASKETBALL GORUNNERS.COM 3 ROD BARNES od Barnes became the eighth coached a pair of first-team All-WAC selections in Aly Ahmed R head men’s basketball coach and Kevin Mays. Three other 'Runners were also named to at CSUB on Mar. 30, 2011, and is the All-WAC Tournament team including Tournament MVP in his sixth season at the helm of Dedrick Basile. the Roadrunners in 2015-16. Barnes came to Bakersfield off a stint at Georgia State Barnes' vision for the CSUB (2007-11) where he added 44 wins to his coaching resume program came to fruition in 2015- and helped rebuild a basketball program amidst academic, 16 as he led the Roadrunners to administrative, and conference turmoil. Prior to Georgia their best NCAA Division I record State, Barnes led his alma mater Ole Miss to the Sweet 16 in at 24-9 (11-3 WAC) while also the 2001 NCAA Tournament. The same year, he was named HEAD COACH leading the 'Runners to a WAC SEC Coach of the Year and Naismith national coach of the Sixth Season at CSUB Tournament championships and year. Barnes posted a win percentage of .564 in eight years their first NCAA Tournament in the SEC while producing three 20-win seasons. -17th Year as a Head Coach appearance. -267-267 Overall Record Barnes had a stellar career as a player at Ole Miss, averaging -81-78 Record at CSUB Barnes has led the Roadrunners 19.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 4.0 assists as a senior. He -4 NCAA Tournament to several program milestones became in the first player in the history of the program to Appearances (CSUB, Ole starting with his first season collect 500 points, 100 rebounds, and 100 assists in a single Miss) -2016 Western Athletic in 2011 when the 'Runners season. Barnes is the only person in the storied history of Conference 'Don Haskins made their first NCAA Division I the Southeastern Conference to be named both All-SEC as Coach of the Year' postseason appearance earning a player and SEC Coach of the Year. He was inducted as - 2001 Naismith Coach of a spot in the CollegeInsider. a member of the Ole Miss Hall of Fame in the Fall of 2012. the Year - Only person in the history com Tournament after posting a of the SEC to win 'Player 16-15 record. Barnes also won He is a 1988 graduate of Mississippi with a degree in business of the Year' (1988) and his 200th game as a Division I management. Barnes is married to his wife Bridgett and has 'Coach of the Year' (2001). head coach Feb. 22, 2012, when three sons, Brandon, Bray and stepson Corey. Bray is a the Roadrunners defeated New redshirt sophomore for the 'Runners becoming the second Jersey Tech on the road in double son to play for his father, following the footsteps of his older Alma Mater: Ole Miss, 1988 overtime. Barnes was named brother Brandon, who graduated following the 2013-14 Record at CSUB: 81-78 “Independent Coach of the Year” season and is in his first season as director of basketball WAC Championships: ‘16 by CollegeSportsMadness.com in operations for the Roadrunners. NCAA Tournament: ‘99, '01, 2012. '02, '16 He led the Roadrunners to a 14-19 record during the 2014-15 season which included the program’s first win over a Pac-12 team when CSUB upset Cal 55-52 in Berkeley on Dec. 28. 2015-16 has by far been the best season for the ‘Runners since moving to NCAA Division I. CSUB entered the WAC Tournament as the second seed and upset the four-time defending WAC Tournament Champions New Mexico State in the finals, 57-54, earning the first NCAA Tournament berth in the program’s Rod Barnes led CSUB to their first NCAA Tournament in 2016 with a Division I history, with a buzzer- 24-9 record. (Photo by Rob Ferguson) beating basket. Barnes also 4 CSU BAKERSFIELD BASKETBALL GORUNNERS.COM ASSISTANTS Jeff Conarroe is in his sixth season and varsity basketball teams at Monarch High School in as an assistant men’s basketball Louisville, Colo., where he helped guide the varsity program coach at CSU Bakersfield. to final eight appearances in 2002 and 2003 Colorado Division 5-A tournaments. Conarroe came to Bakersfield after previously working with CSUB Conarroe graduated cum laude from Colorado College with head coach Rod Barnes at both a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. He earned his Georgia State and Ole Miss. At master’s degree in business administration from Ole Miss GSU, Conarroe served as the in 2004 and has served as an intern with the United States director of basketball operations for Olympic Committee. JEFF four years (2007-11). He was an CONARROE administrative aide and graduate Conarroe is married to the former Mary Everett, and the ASSISTANT COACH assistant at Ole Miss from 2003-06. couple has two sons. Sixth Season at CSUB Conarroe’s coaching experience Alma Mater: Colorado includes one season as an assistant College '99 at his alma mater, Colorado College.