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5 5 R R 0 0 - - E E 4 4 E E Blks: Min: 41, Saint Louis Jan. 29 Stls: Points:Rebs:FG: 21, UABFGA:3FG: 7, Cincinnati 3FGA: 6, UAB FT: Cincinnati 18, FTA: UAB 5, Feb. 2 Feb. 24 Assts: 5, Sam Houston State Feb. 24 6, twice Feb. 2 19 Nov. Feb. 2 3FG: 3FGA: FT:FTA:Assts:Stls: 7, Savannah St. Blks: 8, Savannah St. 5, Houston Min: 3, Louisville 21, 2003 Nov. 21, 2003 Nov. 41, Saint Louis 2, 2005 Mar. March 6, 2004 Jan. 29, 2005 Points:Rebs:FG: 21, UABFGA: 7, Cincinnati Feb. 2, 2005 Feb. 24, 2005 R R 0 0 A A 0 0 C 2 C 2 otals

Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg

GS 15 456 14.7 50 118 .424 18 59 .305 28 39 .718 16 36 52 1.7 54 0 20 31 2 18 146 4.7

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GS 0 217 9.0 8 18 .444 0 0 .000 9 15 .600 22 13 35 1.5 25 0 1 11 2 2 25 1.0

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GS 29 916 29.5 118 290 .407 89 207 .430 62 68 .912 34 109 143 4.6 60 2 39 44 3 23 387 12.5

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School's career leader in three-point field hree seasons and made 58 hrow percentage (90.5) and three-point field goal percentage; fourth in three- hrow percentage (90.5) and 2 2 2 C 2 2 2 C USA All-Freshman Team and was chosen as the league’s Sixth Man of the Year and was chosen as the league’s USA All-Freshman Team ... Saw action in all 33 games as a reserve, averaging 15.5 minutes and 6.7 points per outing ... T double-overtime victory over Saint Louis (Jan. 29)... Had 21 points and a career- double-overtime victory over Saint Louis (Jan. 29)... high eight r Travis final seven games (24-of-45)... Along with teammate over the team’s on a NIT All-Star team that toured China in the Summer of 2004. played Diener, t fourth all-time at MU in three-point field goals goal percentage (45.8)... Ranks free throw attempts to become the school's all-time made (233)... Needs 15 more scoring games... Has 53 career double-digit free throw percentage leader... Candidate... Played on a NIT Award 50 John R. Wooden 2005-06 Preseason Top that toured England and Ireland... Marquette is 65-30 All-Star team this summer (.684) during his three seasons. 2003-04 C-USA Preseason Second-Team member. 2003-04 C-USA Preseason Second-Team USA in free-throw percentage (91.2 percent)... Second on the team and fourth in USA in free-throw percentage (91.2 percent)... Second Confer T field-goals per game games only (3.0)... Third in Conference USA in three-point for all games played (2.87)... Ranked 28th in Confer with 89 three-point field age... Set Marquette sophomore single-season records the second highest sin- goals made and 200 attempted... 89 three-pointers was gle-season ef as C-USA 29... Ranked 20th in Division I in thr the team in scoring (12.5 three-point field goals made per game... Second on ppg) and tied for second in r season record for three-point field goals in conference play with 48... Set school season record for free-throw percentage in conference play (91.4 percent)... on February 21... Second on the Scored his 500th career point against Tulane team with 109 defensive rebounds... Registered 19 double-figure scoring games... Had thr points and six three- ending Feb. 1)... Had 21 efforts against Louisville (Week pointers at Arizona on December 13... Had 19 points and five three-pointers vs. Sacr vs. Cincinnati on January 14... 16 points, seven rebounds and four three-pointers three steals vs. February 21... Had 19 points and a career-high on vs. Tulane South Florida on Febr Louisville on Mar 11.7 points, 4.7 rebounds 15)... Averaged (Mar. NIT First Round game vs. Toledo three NIT games... Member of and 3.0 three-point field goals in Marquette’s Str 29... Ranked sixth in three-point field goal percentage (46.1) and 33rd in three- 29... Ranked sixth in three-point Ranked second in C-USA in free (2.9) nationally... point field goals per game t game; and 21st in scoring (13.5) for all games played... point field goals made per first in free throw percentage third ranked (94.7); in For conference games only, (45.5); fifth in three-point field goals made per three-point field goal percentage (13.3)... Led the team in three-point field goals game (2.8); and 21st in scoring the team in rebounding (89) and three-point field goal percentage... Third on 89 three-point field goals - one shy of MU’s his personal best with (4.1)... Tied Diener - 90 in 03-04)... Set junior single- single-season record by a junior (Travis 90.5-percent shooting from season record for three-point field goal percentage... Established a a MU junior... the free throw was the best single-season effort by in conference play new school single-season record for free throw percentage (94.5); br five rebounds or more... Converted a career-best 12-of-12 from the free throw five rebounds or more... Converted a career-best 17.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 three- 2)... Averaged line against Houston (Mar. to Blue & Gold Classic point field goals in the Blue and Gold Classic... Named tour career point on March 5 vs. Saint Louis... Ended the season by converting 32 career point on March 5 vs. Saint Louis... Ended the and 26 double-figure consecutive free throws... Had seven 20+ scoring games ef Registered five or more rebounds in a game 17 times... Converted 28 of 29 free- throws to end the season... Recorded his first collegiate 20+ scoring-game on December 1 vs. Notre Dame (21 points); also had five three-pointers... Had huge for scoring (30), game vs. Louisville on January 31 establishing career-highs three-point field-goals (8) , rebounds (8) and steals (3)... The eight three-pointers vs. Louisville were the most ever by a Marquette player in a Conference USA game... Named Confer S S H H G G I I H H

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Head Coach 121-65 (.650) • Six Seasons

Now in his seventh season as the head men’s basketball coach at Marquette University, Tom Crean has positioned the program among the elite in college basketball.

In his six seasons, Marquette has averaged 20 wins and in 2003 won the Coach a year, won a conference championship and made Clair Bee Award as well as five postseason appearances, including the 2003 being named a finalist for Final Four, the program’s third appearance all-time the Naismith National Coach and first since 1977. of the Year Award.

Since 2001, Crean has directed the Golden Eagles Crean’s .650 winning to 91 victories, fifth most among BIG EAST schools, percentage and 121 and four consecutive postseason appearances. He victories place him is a two-time recipient of the Ray Meyer Conference third and fourth, USA, NABC District XI respectively, 55 and USBWA all-time at District V Coach Marquette. of the Year awards, T O M

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C C O O A A C C H H NATIONAL RECOGNITION Marquette basketball has been represented on national Crean’s revival of Marquette’s storied basketball program player of the year balloting in each of the last four has not gone unnoticed by the national pollsters as the seasons. Golden Eagles have spent 44 weeks in the rankings since November 2001. Prior to first appearing during Crean’s FAN SUPPORT & EXPOSURE tenure in the AP Top 25 on November 27, 2001, Marquette Crean’s passion and commitment on the court has paid had been ranked for just 24 weeks the previous 15 seasons. dividends off of it. The program has set total attendance records in each of the last three seasons, and since his Marquette’s consecutive year-end rankings in 2002 and arrival in 1999 has drawn over 1.3 million fans. 2003 were the first time for the program in a quarter century, and on March 4, 2003, the school earned its Students on the Milwaukee campus have flocked to the highest ranking since 1978 by reaching No. 8 in AP poll. Bradley Center in record numbers, making it one of college basketball’s best environments. Overall, attendance has PLAYER DEVELOPMENT increased 70-percent and the top seven crowds of Personally driven by an intense commitment to improve, all-time have occurred Crean has structured a program at Marquette that during Crean’s focuses heavily on individual instruction and has allowed tenure. his players to stay ahead of the competition. Marquette’s Through six seasons, Golden Eagles players have earned elevated status 14 All-Conference selections and the program’s first nationally has conference player of the year award, when Dwyane Wade made it a 56 won Conference USA’s top honor in 2003. Wade also went favorite of on to become the first Marquette player since 1978 to be television. named an Associated Press First Team All-American and Crean’s squad finalist for the John R. Wooden Award. has had 51 T

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Despite losing all-American The team won 13 of its first 14 games, H H point guard Travis Diener the best start for the program in 26 years, and defeated E E for eight games, including Elite Eight participant and rival Wisconsin by nine A A the season’s final five, Crean at the Bradley Center. D D guided Marquette to 19

C C victories and its fourth Marquette’s appearance in the post season was the O O consecutive post season fifth during Crean’s six seasons, and the school’s A A appearance. 38th overall. Early success was highlighted by a season C C opening championship in the BCA Classic and the H H The Golden Eagles season team’s sixth consecutive Pepsi Blue & Gold started with promise. Championship. 03-04 Despite losing Dwyane Wade and Robert Jackson, and, as a result who combined accounted for 47.0 percent of Marquette’s of a 77-70 victory scoring and 38.0 percent of its rebounding in 2002-03, Crean over Louisville on guided the Golden Eagles to a 19-12 overall record and the January 31, only its sec- quarterfinals of the National Invitation Tournament in 2003- ond victory ever on the road 04. The Golden Eagles postseason appearance was their over a Top 5-ranked opponent. 37th all-time. After opening the season ranked 23rd in the Associated Press and The 2003-04 season saw Crean lead Marquette to its 26th- ESPN/USA Today polls, the consecutive non-conference home win, a fifth-straight Pepsi Golden Eagles spent nine and Blue & Gold Classic Championship, the program’s 1,300th ten weeks, respectively, victory all-time (a 65-52 victory at Houston on January 7) ranked in both polls.

Purely magical is the best way to describe the 2002-03 campaign, as Crean lead Marquette to a place it had not been in over 25 years – the Final Four. Marquette’s third appearance all-time in college basketball’s ultimate destination came as a result of 27 wins (second-most in school history), including a program-best 14 victories in 57 conference, and its first Conference USA Regular Season Championship. In 2001-02, Crean coached The Golden Eagles finished the regular season ranked No. Marquette to a 26-7 record and its 22nd NCAA T O 9 by the Associated Press, its highest year-end AP ranking Tournament appearance but first since 1997. The 26 M since 1978, and No. 6 in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 poll. victories were the third-most all-time and represented

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The Golden Eagles started the season by winning 10- consecutive games and claiming the 2001 Great Alaska H H Shootout championship. As a result of its best start in E E A four years, Marquette appeared in the AP Top 25 at No. 23 A D on November 27, 2001, its first AP ranking since January D

19, 1998. C C O O A In conference play, Crean’s squad won a program-record A C 12-straight on the way to a school-record 13 conference C H wins and a number two seed in the C-USA Tournament, the H program’s highest to-date. A 19-point victory over DePaul on March 1, wrapped up the Golden Eagles first undefeated home season – 16-0 – since 1995-96. On February 19, MU achieved the school’s highest national ranking since February 1979, when it reached No. 9 in the AP Top 25. The Golden Eagles spent a total of 12 weeks ranked nationally and concluded the year ranked No. 12 by the AP and No. 18 by ESPN/USA Today.

Most preseason polls and publications had Marquette In contention until the regular season’s final picked no higher than fifth in Conference USA’s American day for a top seed at the conference tournament, Division for the 2000-01 season. As was the case for the MU defeated DePaul, Saint Louis and Cincinnati twice, previous season, Tom Crean and his club exceeded on its way to a 9-7 finish in C-USA, its best since 1997. expectations and recorded their second consecutive Marquette’s two victories over Cincinnati represented 15-14 season. the first time a league member had registered a regular- season sweep of the Bearcats.

YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RESUME TOM CREAN VS. ALL OPPONENTS School Year Record Pct. Notes Michigan St. 1990 28-6 .824 NCAA Tournament - Sweet 16 Air Force 1-0 Massachusetts 1-0 Big Ten Champions Appalachian State 2-0 Memphis 1-4 Minnesota 0-2 W. Kentucky 1991 14-14 .500 -- Arkansas-Little Rock 1-0 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1-0 Missouri 1-0 58 W. Kentucky 1992 21-11 .656 NIT Arizona 0-2 Morris Brown 1-0 W. Kentucky 1993 26-6 .813 NCAA Tournament - Sweet 16 Baylor 0-1 Nebraska 1-0 Sun Belt Tournament Champions Boise State 1-0 North Carolina 0-1 W. Kentucky 1994 20-11 .645 NCAA Tournament Cal State Northridge 1-0 Notre Dame 1-1 Canisius 1-0 Northern Michigan 1-0

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E Dayton 1-3 Sam Houston State 2-0 Michigan St. 1999 33-5 .868 NCAA Tournament - Final Four A Big Ten Regular Season Champions Delaware State 1-0 Savannah State 1-0

N Big Ten Tournament Champions DePaul 9-3 South Alabama 0-1 East Carolina 4-2 South Dakota State 1-0 TOM CREAN AS A HEAD COACH Eastern Illinois 1-0 South Florida 5-0 Southern Miss 3-2 School Year Record Pct. Notes Elon 1-0 Florida A&M 1-0 Tennessee 1-0 Marquette 2000 15-14 .517 NIT Fordham 1-0 TCU 2-4 Marquette 2001 15-14 .517 -- Gonzaga 1-0 Texas-San Antonio 1-0 Marquette 2002 26-7 .788 NCAA Tournament Grambling 2-0 Texas Southern 1-0 Marquette 2003 27-6 .818 NCAA Tournament - Final Four Hampton 1-0 Toledo 1-0 C-USA Regular Season Champions Holy Cross 1-0 Tulane 6-1 Marquette 2004 19-12 .613 NIT Houston 4-2 Tulsa 0-1 Marquette 2005 19-12 .613 NIT Illinois State 1-0 UAB 3-4 Indiana 1-0 Valparaiso 1-0 Iowa State 0-1 Villanova 1-0 IPFW 1-0 Wake Forest 1-1 Kansas 0-1 Western Carolina 2-0 Kent State 1-0 Western Michigan 1-1 Kentucky 1-0 Wisconsin 2-4 Louisville 7-6 Wofford 1-0 Loyola (IL) 1-0 Xavier 1-2 coaching on the Division I level in 1989-90, serving on Jud Heathcote’s staff at Michigan State.

In his first season as head coach, Tom Crean took a team A native of Mount Pleasant, Michigan, Crean earned his projected by many in the preseason as sixth in Conference bachelor’s degree in parks and recreation with a minor in USA’s American Division to its first postseason appearance psychology from Central Michigan in 1989. While pursuing in two years. his degree, Crean coach basketball at Alma College and Mount Pleasant High School. Facing a schedule that featured 13 games with teams who participated in the 1998 NCAA Tournament, the 33-year old 59 first-time head coach led his squad to 15 victories overall - including two over Top 25 teams DePaul (No. 21) and Louisville (No. 25) – and an 8-8 conference mark. T

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Crean was named the 15th head coach in Marquette E basketball history on March 30, 1999. Before arriving in A Milwaukee, Crean served on the Michigan State basketball N staff for four seasons, holding the position of associate head coach for the last two. During that time, the Spartans compiled an 88-41 record and made four consecutive postseason appearances, including a trip to the 1999 Final H Four. Michigan State’s recruiting coordinator; Crean was H E instrumental in bringing two-time Big Ten Player of the Year E A Mateen Cleaves and 2000 John R. Wooden Award finalist A D Morris Peterson to East Lansing. D

C C O Prior to his tenure at Michigan State, Crean spent the O A 1994-95 season as an assistant coach at Pittsburgh Tom and his A C and served as the associate head coach at Western wife, Joani, are the parents C H H Kentucky from 1990 to 1994. Crean got his start in of Megan, 10, Riley, 6, and Ainsley. THE BUZZ ON TOM CREAN

Mike DeCourcy, The Sporting News Pat Forde, ESPN.com “There aren't many coaches who combine the various "Tom Crean has grown from hotshot young coach to Final aspects of running a college program as well as Tom Four phenom to veteran, long-term program builder. He hasn't Crean: teaching, strategy, recruiting, public relations. just made Marquette competitive for a year or two, but for the He is the total package. Marquette is lucky to foreseeable future. He can recruit against the best off the have him and apparently is smart enough court, and as his record shows in a conference populated by to recognize its good fortune.” big-name coaches, he can beat the best on the court, too. His service with the national team only increases his stature in Dick Vitale, ABC and ESPN Commentator the sport and underscores his commitment to basketball, “When you look at the college basketball and the way America plays it. He's good for the game." landscape, there is no doubt that Tom Crean is a star in the coaching fraternity. To put it in “Vitale-ese”, Crean is a 3S-man – superb, Gregg Doyel, CBS Sportsline scintillating "No one prepares likes Tom Crean, who spent his and sensational.” down time this summer planning the team's practices deep into October, and then started scouting Big East Jay Bilas, ABC rosters to get ready for Marquette's jump to that and ESPN conference...in 2005-06. The man is meticulous, and “I’m not sure I know a that's why the Golden Eagles' Final Four appearance coach who pays more atten- in 2003 was no fluke. Crean will get them there again.” tion to detail than Tom Crean. Tom stays on top of everything in his pro- gram, and he is genuinely engaged Larry Brown, Detroit Pistons head coach in every aspect of his team’s per- “Tom is as fine a young coach as we have formance in our sport. He was a tremendous assis- 60 and development. That doesn’t tant coach at Michigan State and he’s a just happen; it takes an every day phenomenal head coach at Marquette. commitment both on and off the He has a willingness to learn, a wealth of court. Tom is one of the nation’s knowledge, and I think his career is going top basketball coaches and has to be fantastic. I consider

T built a program at Marquette him a really good friend.”

O that will last. Tom Crean is the genuine article.” M Jeff Van Gundy,

C Dick “Hoops” Weiss, New York Daily News Houston Rockets “A few years ago, I had a chance to attend one of head coach R Tom's practice sessions the day before a home “Tom Crean is E game against Louisville. It was the most physical, one of the best A intense workouts I have ever witnessed and goes a long basketball coaches

N way to explain why Marquette plays as hard as any team in America. He has a proven track record in in the country. Tom is driven to succeed and he has used recruiting and a the force of his personality and work ethic to transform basketball knowledge that is second to Marquette into a true national power. No one works none. He will continue the long line of harder at his profession.” great coaches at Marquette University.”

Rick Bozich, Louisville Courier Times/ H H Basketball Times Glenn “Doc” Rivers, Boston “Success hasn't spoiled Tom Crean. If anything, it has Celtics head coach and E E filled him with even more enthusiasm, determination former Marquette A A and energy to keep chasing great things at Marquette. All-American D D He's working harder now than he worked as an assistant “Tom Crean’s name has

coach at Western Kentucky, Pitt or Michigan State." become synonymous with C C Marquette University. His O O Bill Raftery, CBS and ESPN dedication, intensity A A “Crean always rises to the top. When Marquette hired and enthusiasm C C Tom to stir it up, no one thought he would achieve epitomize everything H H so much so quickly. His uncanny knack the University and of getting players to give all they can as well as the Golden Eagles playing together was realized in 2003 by getting to emulate.” the Final Four in New Orleans.” Dwyane Wade Marquette, All-American 2003 NBA Draft first round pick “Coach Crean was loyal Morris Peterson, Sr., to me during the whole Father of Morris Peterson recruiting process. “I love Coach Crean. He is one of the best things ever to Marquette was at the top of have happened to Morris. Morris was a young kid when my list because the first call he first went to Michigan State and Coach Crean had the I got was from Coach patience to work with him both on an off the floor. If Crean. All the other Coach Crean hadn’t taken the time with him, Morris schools stopped wouldn’t have become the player that he is today.” calling me when they found out I wasn’t going to have the test score Morris Peterson to play my first year. Michigan State, Coach Crean said he All-Big Ten first team wanted me no matter what. “Coach Crean really worked While I was at Marquette, Coach Crean played a huge with me and helped me 61 role in helping me mature and improve, not only as a grow both as a basketball player but as a person and parent as well.” player and a person. There isn’t a harder worker that I know. He played a big role Mike Sherman, in my development and I Green Bay Packers owe a lot to him.” T general manager and head coach O

“Tom is very energetic and has done M a great job of seeing the big picture

as far as Marquette Basketball is C

concerned. He knows how important R the students are to the program and

Frances Cleaves, E has done a great job of getting them

Mother of Mateen Cleaves A involved. My daughter, Sarah, attended “Coach Crean is a wonderful coach N Marquette and she tells me that the students and a great character builder. He feel a real connection to the program.” helped recruit Mateen to Michigan State and became a good friend to both Mateen and our family. Tom Izzo, Michigan State head coach He can always be counted upon “Watching the progress of the Marquette program the past to do the right thing.” few years just confirms what I have known all along about Tom Crean. That his tireless work ethic, whether it comes H H to recruiting, game preparation or individual instruction, is E Mateen Cleaves E what sets him apart from many and is evident in how his A team plays. He definitely has a plan for how to achieve Michigan State, All-American A D success for the Marquette program and that promises to 2000 NBA Draft D first round pick bring excitement to its fans for years to come. C “Coach Crean is one of the C O hardest working and most O Jeff Nix, New York Knicks, Assistant General Manager caring coaches I’ve ever A A “There is not a better coach in the country than Tom Crean played for. He is a great C in improving the skill level of his players. His commitment motivator and helped me C H to player development has had an immediate impact on the take my game to another H Marquette basketball program and will prepare his players level each year that I for the opportunity to play in our league. He has great NBA played contacts to assist his players and their futures.” for him.” Travis Diener Marquette University 2005 NBA Draft second round pick

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Matt Steigenga Michigan State H H E E Dwyane Wade A A Marquette University D D 2003 NBA Draft

first round pick C C O O A A C C H H Jamie Feick Michigan State, 1996 NBA Draft second round pick

Steve Smith Michigan State 1991 NBA Draft first round pick

Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State 2000 NBA Draft first round pick

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C C O Vonteego Cummings O Pittsburgh A A 1999 NBA Draft C first round pick C H H

Morris Peterson Michigan State 2000 NBA Draft first round pick Robert Jackson 2003 “Coach Crean is a disciplined coach and a great teacher. I learned so much in my two years with him as a basketball player, student and person. A lot of the things he teaches carry over into your life off the court – things like being responsible and accountable. I know 64 he helped me in a lot of ways.” T O M

C R E A N Cordell Henry 1999-2002 “Coach Crean really helped me in my development Jon Harris as a point guard. 1999-2002 He knows what “Coach Crean H H it takes to win is a high E E and is dedicated character guy. A A to helping When he took over the job at D D players achieve success both Marquette, he came

C C on and off with the intent to work with what he had. He did not try to run off O O the court. I owe him the current players nor did he recruit over us. He A A a great coached as if he had recruited us himself. I feel that C C deal.” says a tremendous amount about the type of person that H H he is. He also builds lasting relationships with his players and is devoted to helping them in anyway he can. I trust that he will always be one who I can turn to for advice.” Oluoma Nnamaka 1999-2002 “Not only did Coach Crean teach me a great work ethic, he also showed me that everything is possible when you work hard and believe in it, not only in basketball but life in general.” David Diggs 1999-2002 “Coach Crean really Brian Barone worked with us and 2000-01 helped us maximize “Coach Crean has impacted my life in our ability. He is a positive way from the moment he always trying to began coaching at Marquette. There are make his players many lessons he has and program taught me ranging better. There is from basketball to no doubt the he coaching and family. helped my He has been a person I teammates have turned to both on and myself and off the court. become better What he has done players and students at Marquette is of the game.” something that I hope to emulate throughout my career.” 65

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“As challenging and competitive as O the first year was both mentally and M physically, I have no doubt that I

became a better player then and am C a better man today because of what R Bart Miller I learned from 1997-2000 Coach Crean E What Coach Crean taught me that year.” A

relates to much more than N basketball, and are universal truths. I would say that I became a better player and man that year. As a group, I think we all learned to put a premium on responsibility, honesty H H and self-reliance. E Before, I think we had E A focused too much A D on self-pity and D

blame.” C C John Mueller O O 1998-2001 A “I was always the type of player that was quiet and A C who went about my own business during practices C H and individual workouts. When Coach Crean came, H he challenged me to become more vocal and take a leadership role. Before, I was the player who followed the lead of others but by the time I graduated, I had become the player who was leading others. This has helped me in my professional basketball career.” Tom and Joani Crean serve as grand marshals for Al’s Memorial Run and Walk 66 benefiting Children’s Hospital T O M

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Ousmane Barro and Steve Novak spend time with a couple of Children’s Champions at Al’s Memorial Run and Walk A FEW OF THE ORGANIZATIONS CREAN HAS SUPPORTED

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• Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin • National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation T

• Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee O

• WISMA Book and School Supply Drives M

• Marquette University’s Hunger Clean-Up C R

• American Red Cross E A

• Catholic Charities N H H E E A A D D

C C O Tom Crean O A with National A C Multiple Sclerosis C H Foundation leaders H Assistant Coach

Jason Rabedeaux is in his second season as an assistant coach on the Marquette basketball staff.

Rabedeaux owns 14 years of Division I coaching experience, including three as the head coach at UTEP from 1999-2002. Rabedeaux’s contagious enthusiasm and diligent work ethic helped revitalize the UTEP basketball program. In three years under his direction, the Miners posted 46 victories and in 2000-01, just his second season, earned the program’s first post season appearance since 1995 with a berth in the NIT. For his efforts, Rabedeaux was named the WAC Coach of the Year by the Sporting News and Houston Chronicle.

Prior to being named the Miners’ head coach in September 1999, Rabedeaux spent ten years on Kelvin Sampson’s staffs at Washington State (1989-94) and Oklahoma (1994-99). As Sampson’s top assistant and recruiting coordinator, he was 68 an integral part of the program’s five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 1995 to 1999 and the recruitment of Sooner standouts Eduardo Najera, Aaron McGhee and Hollis Price. Although not a member of that

J year’s staff, Rabedeaux played a big part in recruiting A and developing Oklahoma’s 2002 Final Four squad. S O

N Before arriving at Washington State, Rabedeaux spent

R the 1988-89 season as an assistant coach at North

A Adams State. B E

D As a player, Rabedeaux was a four-year basketball

E starter at the University of California-Davis from A 1984-88 and twice earned All-Conference honors. U

X He concluded his collegiate career as the seventh all-time leading scorer in school history and set records for most three-point field goals made in A A S S one season (80), most three-point field goals S S made in a game (6) and most free throws made I I S S in a game (14). T T A A N N Rabedeaux earned a bachelor's degree in T T exercise physiology from California-Davis in

C C 1988, and a master's degree in athletic O O A A administration from Washington State in 1991. C C H H Jason with his sons Beau and Cole. His family includes sons Beau (9) and Cole (7), and daughter Riley (2). Assistant Coach

Dan Panaggio is entering his first year on the men's basketball coaching staff at Marquette University.

A native of Rochester, New York, Panaggio spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach for the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, and before joining the Blazers’ staff was an assistant coach at Indiana University in 1999-2000.

Prior to his two assistant coaching stints, Panaggio was head coach of the Quad City Thunder for nine seasons. He owned a career record of 313-191 with the Thunder and won a CBA championship in both 1994 and 1998. All nine of his teams advanced to the CBA playoffs.

In 1999, Panaggio led Quad City to the National Conference crown and the league's best regular-season record, en route to earning his third CBA Coach-of-the-Year award. Entering the 2000 season, he had more career 69 victories than any other active coach and left the CBA ranking second on the all-time win list behind his father, Mauro, who coached Quad City prior to Dan. Panaggio ranks third all-time in games coached (504), third in playoff victories (71) and fifth in regular-season D

winning percentage. A N

Panaggio spent three seasons as an assistant coach with P A

Quad City before taking over the head coaching duties N and prior to that was the head coach at Monroe A G

Community College in Rochester, N.Y., where he posted G I

a 70-15 record. O A A graduate of SUNY-Brockport, Panaggio was a four- A S year starter in basketball from 1973 to 1977, and is still S S S I I S the school's all-time leader in points scored (1,601) S T and assists (447). T A A N N T Panaggio, a native of Rochester, N.Y., and his wife T

C Ellen are the parents of five children Kathryn, Anne, C O O A Mary Jo, Daniel and Michael. A C C H H

Dan, Ellen and their youngest child Michael. Assistant Coach

Jean Prioleau is in his first season as an assistant coach on the Marquette basketball staff, having served in a similar capacity at Wichita State since April 2000.

Prior to joining the WSU staff, he spent the 1999-20000 season as an assistant coach at Fordham following an eight-year professional basketball career.

After his graduation with a B.S. in Physics from Fordham in 1992, Prioleau played professionally for the Long Island Surf of the USBL and then attended the Indiana Pacers Rookie/Free Summer League. He was then invited to the Indiana Pacers’ veteran camp and was the last cut made by the Pacers one day before the start of the season.

In 1992-93, Prioleau played for Yakim of the CBA before returning to the Surf in the summer of 1993. Following his second stint with the Surf, Prioleau 70 was invited back to the Pacers' veteran camp before eventually going on to play for Grand Rapids and Sioux Falls of the CBA in 1993-94.

J Following his second stop in the CBA, Prioleau returned to Long E Island and played with the Surf and on the New Jersey Nets summer A

N league team. At the conclusion of Nets summer league play, he signed

P with a professional team in Switzerland for the 1994-95 season. R I O In the fall of 1995, Prioleau was invited to the New York Knicks’ veteran camp and again was the final cut made prior to L the beginning of the season. Prioleau returned to Europe where he played professionally in Turkey in 1995-96, and then E

A spent the past two years in Italy playing for Sicc BPA Jesi. U

A four-year standout at Fordham from 1988 to 1992, Prioleau graduated as the fifth all-time leading scorer with 1,442 points, while his 453 assists and his 251 career steals are second best on the all-time list. He helped the 1990-91 and the 1991-92 teams to the Patriot League championship, hitting a three-pointer at the buzzer in the 1991 championship game A A to give the Rams an 84-81 win. With the Patriot League title, the 1992 squad advanced to the NCAA Tournament, S S Fordham's first appearance in the tournament since the 1970-71 season. The 1990-91 team finished the year with a 25-8 S S I I record, the second most wins in Fordham history, and advanced to the NIT where Prioleau was the team's second S S T T leading scorer with a 14.2 ppg average. Prioleau was also a member of the 1989-90 team that went 20-13 and advanced A A to the second round of the NIT. N N T T

Prioleau was named Second Team All-Patriot League as a junior and senior and was also named to the 1991 Patriot C C O O League All-Tournament Team. As a freshman, Prioleau was named a unanimous Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference A A (MAAC) All-Rookie pick in 1988-89. He is best known for his buzzer-beating three-pointers, hitting three as a junior C C against Seton Hall, Lehigh and Holy Cross in the Patriot League championship game. H H

A graduate of Teaneck High School in Teaneck, N.J., Prioleau was a Third Team all-State as well as a First Team All-League and All-Bergen County pick in high school. Director of Operations Head Manager

Todd Townsend is entering his first season as Marquette's Director of Basketball Operations/ Head Manager. Townsend was appointed to the position in August 2005.

“Todd is ready for the opportunity to help this basketball program from the sideline in the same manner he did as a player,” said Crean on Townsend. “He was a leader on the floor, made his teammates better, understood our philosophy, and as a result graduated with 91 wins. I believe he is ready to make the next step in what will be a very promising 71 coaching career.”

Townsend enjoyed an outstanding four-year playing career at Marquette from 2001 to 2005, T

helping lead the Golden Eagles to four post O D

season appearances, the 2003 Final Four and D

91 victories. He started 48 of 114 career games, T O

including all 33 during the Final Four run, and W

averaged 4.1 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists. N S E N

A native of Chicago, Townsend graduated from D

Marquette in May with a bachelor’s degree in

D communication studies. D I I R R . .

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M M A A N N A A G G E Todd addresses the crowd during Senior Day E R 2005 celebrations. R B Special Assistant A R B

Barb Kellaher is in her fourth season with the Marquette basketball program. K She joined the Marquette basketball staff after a successful three-year E entrepreneurial endeavor as owner and manager of her own residential L

L cleaning company. A

H Kellaher’s primary responsibilities include the daily operations of the E men’s basketball office and supervision of the office staff, as well as R personally assisting head coach Tom Crean with his travel, daily scheduling, correspondence and arrangement of speaking engagements and special events. Kellaher’s experience with British Airways helped hone her “service beyond the call of duty” attitude and enabled her to visit Europe, Australia, Mexico and most of North America, including Hawaii.

Barb’s family includes her husband of 18 years, Rich, and their three daughters Allison, 17, Brooke, 15, and Lauren, 13. 72 D

E Coordinator of Basketball Ops Video Coordinator R E

K Derek Deprey enters his first season as Coordinator of Basketball Operations and

Video for the Marquette Basketball program. Deprey, no stranger to basketball in D

E Milwaukee, comes to Marquette from the Milwaukee Bucks where he spent four

P years with the organization, two as the assistant video coordinator. R

E While with the Bucks, Deprey assisted in all facets of video coordination including Y scouting reports of both opponents and free agents and developed special edits for coaches and player to enhance their performances. He also edited European and NCAA film in preparation for the NBA draft, and created and utilized a spreadsheet for that film.

A native of Manitowoc, Wis., Deprey earned his bachelor of arts in business administration from Wisconsin Lutheran College. During his undergraduate years, Deprey played for both Wisconsin Lutheran for two seasons and UW-Manitowoc for two seasons where he was a first team all-state and first team all-conference selection, team captain and scholar athlete award winner. Deprey recently completed his masters degree in Sport Management from the United States Sports Academy in Daphne, Ala.

Derek and his fiance Rachel. J

Head Athletic Trainer A Y D

Jayd Grossman is entering his third season as Marquette’s Head Athletic Trainer. In his capacity, G

Grossman oversees the efforts of the athletic training staff and care for Marquette’s student-athletes R

while serving as the trainer for the men’s basketball program. O

Grossman came to Marquette after serving as the men’s basketball trainer at the University of Cincinnati S from 1993 to 2003. In addition to providing therapeutic medical care for the program, Grossman’s S additional responsibilities included coordination of the team’s preseason conditioning program, M

developing and implementing basketball-specific diet and supplementation guidelines, as well A as serving as the team’s travel coordinator. N

In addition to his duties with the basketball program, Grossman participated in the health care of the school’s 18 varsity athletic programs and supervised the Graduate Athletic Trainer/Intern program. An instructor in Cincinnati’s College of Education, Grossman coordinated the Disordered Eating Response Team that addressed disordered eating nutritional pathologies in the athletics program.

Grossman earned national recognition when he was selected to work at the USA Basketball National Team Trials in 2000, and then in again in 2001 when he was named as athletic trainer for the gold-medal winning USA 21-and-under World Championship team.

Prior to his time at Cincinnati, he was a graduate assistant athletic trainer at the University of Virginia from August 1992 to June 1993.

A native of Evansville, Wisconsin, Grossman earned a bachelor’s of science degree in athletic training from Wisconsin-LaCrosse in 1992 Jayd's family includes wife Juli and their and a master’s in education from Virginia in 1993. two-year old daughter, Mardi. 73 S

Head Strength & Cond. Coach C O T

Scott Holsopple is entering his sixth season at Marquette and fourth in the capacity of T

Head Strength and Conditioning Coach. H O Holsopple is responsible for the total development of sport-specific strength and conditioning L

programs for Marquette’s 14 Division I athletic programs. He first joined the school in the fall S

of 2000, when his primary responsibility was working with the men’s basketball program. O P

Before arriving at Marquette, Holsopple served as strength and conditioning assistant P under John Thomas and Chip Harrison at Penn State University. During his time L at Penn State, he helped develop and implement a comprehensive, year-round E strength, conditioning and agility program for the school’s 28 athletic teams.

Holsopple has studied under some of the best in the field, having done an internship at Notre Dame University with legendary strength coach Mickey Marotti, as well as serving as strength and conditioning coordinator at Ken Chertow’s Olympian Wresting Camp.

A native of Happy Valley, Pennsylvania, Holsopple earned All-American recognition as a boxer at Penn State. He earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from the school in 2000. B A S K E T B A L L

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Back Row: Andy Klister, Chris Herring, Jeff Patrylo, Tony Smith Front Row: Jimmy McGuire, Matt Willis, Tommy Brice, Julian Swartz

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Front Row: S Mary Schless, U Ebony Middleton, P

P Andrea Natvig,

O Caitlin Nicoletto R

T Back Row:

S Kathleen Falk,

T Emily Clauser, A Jamie Vrba, F

F Sarah Schneider, Jackie Forstner M

Associate Athletics Director Marketing &Comm. I K E

Mike Broeker is in his third year at Marquette University and first as Associate Athletic B Director. In his capacity, Broeker oversees the marketing, media and public relations, and R ticket operations for Marquette’s 14 Division I program as well as serving as the primary O contact for men’s basketball. E K

Broeker joined the Marquette Athletics staff in November 2003 as Assistant Athletic E

Director for Media Relations, after nearly four years as a member of the basketball R communications group at the National Basketball Association (NBA). While at the NBA, he worked to generate awareness and publicity for the league, its executive staff, events and initiatives and served as the primary contact for local and national electronic media outlets. Broeker was the point person for electronic media at four NBA Drafts, three NBA All-Star games and three NBA Finals.

Prior to working with the NBA, Broeker spent two years working in the communications group for the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA Tour), the largest professional tennis circuit for women in the world. He served as a primary on-site media contact for high-profile events including Wimbledon, the Australian Open, the U.S. Open, and the French Open.

A graduate of Siena College, Broeker earned a bachelor of arts in English in 1997 and worked as a Marketing/ Sports Information Assistant in Siena’s Athletic Mike and his wife Anne. Department until 1998. 75 A

Academic Advisor Men’s Basketball D R I Adrienne Trice is in her second year as Coordinator of Academics for Men’s Basketball. E Trice works closely with the team in planning academic schedules, monitoring the N N progress and status of student-athletes, coordinating the NCAA Clearinghouse E

Program, assists with the admissions process by evaluating high school and junior college transcripts, assists with new student orientation and personal T R academic counseling. I C E Trice spent two years with the Milwaukee Public Schools as a Speech- Language Pathologist where she provided language and articulation treatment and evaluation to culturally diverse elementary school students.

Trice ran track for four years at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and received her bachelor’s of science in Speech-Language Pathology in 2001. Her minor was Sports Administration. In 2003, Trice earned her master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology while working as a Graduate Assistant to the Athletics Director in the Howard Athletics office. As an undergrad, Trice was an active member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

A native of Milwaukee, Trice attended Nicolet High School in Glendale and currently resides in Milwaukee. D Team Physician r .

M

I Dr. Michael Gordon is beginning his first year as a team physician for the Marquette men’s basketball C program. He is a graduate of Nicolet High School and attended the University of Pennsylvania H where he was a summa cum laude graduate. While at Penn, he received a varsity letter and A second-team all-conference honors as a placekicker on the lightweight football team. E L

After graduating from Penn, he attended Harvard Medical School, earning his M.D. degree G in 1997. He completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Rush-Presbyterian-St.Luke’s O Medical Center in Chicago where he was named “Surgical Intern of the Year” in 1998. He returned R to Boston in 2002 to complete a Sports Medicine Fellowship at the New England Baptist Hospital. While D there, he was an active member of the medical teams for both Northeastern University and the Boston Celtics. O

N He is board-certified in orthopaedic surgery and a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, and the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. He is a member of the Milwaukee Orthopaedic Group, Ltd., with hospital privileges at Aurora Sinai Medical Center, St. Mary’s Ozaukee, and The Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin.

He is an active runner, having completed six marathons including the last two Lakefront Marathons. He serves as the team physician for Grafton High School and as a physician advisor to the Badgerland Striders.

He is proud to be following in his father’s footsteps in providing support to Marquette University as he has been a faculty member at the dental school for over 39 years. 76 D

r Assistant Coach .

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A Dr. Darin A. Maccoux begins his seventh year as the medical team physician

R for the Marquette men’s basketball team. A native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, I

N Maccoux attended Dartmouth College where he was a four-year starter in

basketball (1985-89). M A

C After graduating from Dartmouth in 1989, he attended the University of

C Wisconsin-Madison Medical School and earned his M.D. Degree in

O 1993. He completed a Family Practice Residency at St. Luke’s

U Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1996. Maccoux received a

X Fellowship in Sports Medicine from the Toledo Hospital, Ohio in 1997. He is Board Certified in Family Medicine and Sports Medicine.

Maccoux has a private practice in Muskego, Wisconsin with Lakeshore Medical Clinic. His hospital privileges include St. Luke’s in Milwaukee, West Allis Memorial, and St. Francis’ Hospital. He also serves as the team physician for Muskego High School and Waukesha Memorial High School.

Maccoux resides in Big Bend, Wisconsin with his wife Carrie, and their four children, Kyleen, Preston, Lydia, and Anelise. F Team Chaplain A T H E

Father William Kelly, S.J. is entering his 22nd season as team R

chaplain for the Marquette basketball program. W I

Born and raised in Chicago, Father Kelly earned his bachelor’s L degree from Saint Louis University in 1948. Following a L I three-year teaching stint at Saint Louis University from A 1948 to 1951, he went on to earn a master’s degree in M

theology from St. Mary’s College in Kansas. K E

Ordained in 1954, Father Kelly attended Catholic L L

University in Paris from 1958 to 1961 and subsequently Y , obtained his doctorate of theology from there in 1963. S . J Father Kelly taught at Marquette from 1961 until his . retirement in 2000.

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Greg Griffin 2005-06 Season Preview 2005-06 Season Preview Personnel Chart Guards: TWO RETURNING STARTERS DEEP THREAT Joe Chapman 6-4 Sr. The Golden Eagles return just two starters from last season’s NIT Simply put, Steve Novak is one Dominic James 5-11 Fr. team. Seniors Joe Chapman and Steve Novak started 22 and 29 of college basketball’s best Jerel McNeal 6-3 Fr. games, respectively, in 2004-05. Three other players on this year’s long rang shooters. Wesley Matthews 6-5 Fr. Matt Mortensen 6-6 Fr. roster earned starting nods last season – senior Chris Grimm (9 Marquette’s 6-10 senior for- games), and sophomores Ousmane Barro (4 games) and Ryan ward’s 233 career three-point Forwards: Amoroso (3 games). For their careers, Novak and Chapman have field goals are 51 shy of the Steve Novak 6-10 Sr. started 58 and 37 games, respectively. program’s all-time record of Jamil Lott 6-7 Jr. 284, set recent graduate Travis Ryan Amoroso 6-8 So. NEW FACES Diener. A career 45.8-percent Ousmane Barro 6-10 So. Marquette welcomes seven new players to its roster in 2005-06. shooter from behind the arc, Dwight Burke 6-8 Fr. Tulane transfer Dan Fitzgerald (St. Paul, Minn.), who sat all of last Novak has connected on 79 Dan Fitgerald 6-9 So. season, is joined by junior college transfer Jamil Lott (St. Paul, three-point field goals in each Centers: Minn./North Dakota State School of Science), and freshman of the previous two seasons. Chris Grimm 6-10 Sr. Dwight Burke (Brooklyn, NY), Dominic James (Richmond, Ind.), Mike Kinsella 7-0 Jr. Wesley Matthews (Madison, Wisc.), Jerel McNeal (Country Club 10 YEARS OF Hills, Ill.) and Matt Mortensen (Provo, Utah). All seven are expect- CONFERENCE USA ed to contribute for the Golden Eagles this season. Marquette closed out its 10-year affiliation with Conference USA 78 by winning 91 games over the last four seasons. The Golden YOUTH WILL BE SERVED Eagles’ 91-27 (.771) mark was the fourth best in the conference Other than the three seniors, only junior Mike Kinsella and sopho- since 2001, trailing only Louisville, Cincinnati and Memphis. mores Ryan Amoroso and Ousmane Barro have played at least division I college basketball game. To put it in perspective, MU’s NOVAK & CHAPMAN ANSWER THE BELL 2 three seniors combined have played in 265 games while the other Seniors Joe Chapman and Steve Novak enter the 2005-06 cam- 0 10 have played in 102. paign having played in all 95 games during their three year 0 careers. The two need to appear in 31 games this season to tie

5 THEY’LL BE MISSED Scott Merritt (126) for first place all-time at Marquette in games - Marquette’s three graduated seniors from last season will be 0 played. missed on and off the court. Leaders in every sense of the word, 6 graduates Travis Diener (19.7 ppg, 7.0 apg), Marcus Jackson (8.5 CONFERENCE PLAY

S rpg, 40 blks) and Todd Townsend (5.9 ppg, 2.8 rpg) left an indelible The BIG EAST is the fourth conference for Marquette since 1989.

E mark on the program. As four-year players, Diener and Townsend The Golden Eagles were members of the Midwestern Collegiate

A led the program to 91 victories and four postseason appearances, Conference from 1989 to 1991, Great Midwest Conference from

S including the 2003 Final Four. Individually, Diener was a two-time 1991 to 1995, and Conference USA from 1995 to 2005. Marquette O first team All Conference USA selection, honorable mention has earned 77 all-conference recognitions and is 134-92 during its

N Associated Press All-American, and finished his career second on 16 years of conference affiliation.

the school’s all-time assist chart and third in scoring. He was P WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF selected by the Orlando Magic in the 2005 NBA Draft (Rnd. 2, 38th R pick overall). Although the preseason coaches poll had the Golden Eagles 12th E in the BIG EAST, if history is any indicator maybe third would have V POINT GUARD U been more appropriate. MU finished third in each of its three pre- I

E Freshman point guard Dominic James, who figures to be handed vious inaugural conference seasons (Midwestern Collegiate – 9-5;

W the keys to the Golden Eagles’ offense from day one, will look to Great Midwest – 5-5; Conference USA – 8-4). continue a long and successful line of point guards at Marquette. NON-CONFERENCE DOMINANCE The previous four points guards – Tony Miller (’92-’95; 8.3 ppg, 7.8 apg), Aaron Hutchins (’95-’98; 11.8 ppg, 4.5 apg), Cordell Henry With a young and relatively inexperienced team, it will be impor- (’99-’02; 11.2 ppg, 3.4 apg) and Travis Diener (’01-’05; 14.1 ppg, 5.1 tant for Marquette to take care of business in November and apg) – combined to average 11.4 points and 5.2 rebounds over December. Since 2001, the Golden Eagles Marquette are 47-11 their careers. (.810) in regular and post season games against non-conference opponents. MU plays 13 non-conference games in 2005-06, with eight of those games coming at the Bradley Center. 2005-06 Roster

NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN/SCHOOL 1 Dominic James Fr. G 5-11 175 Richmond, Ind./Richmond 2 Matt Mortensen Fr. F 6-6 190 Provo, Utah/Timpview 5 Dan Fitzgerald So. F 6-9 200 St. Paul, Minnesota/Tulane 12 Dwight Burke Fr. F 6-8 240 Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Benedictís Prep (NJ) 20 Steve Novak Sr. F 6-10 220 Brown Deer, Wisc./Brown Deer 22 Jerel McNeal Fr. G 6-3 185 Chicago, Ill./Hillcrest 23 Wesley Matthews Fr. G 6-5 200 Madison, Wisc./Memorial 32 Joe Chapman Sr. G/F 6-4 210 Chicago Heights, Ill./Bloom Trail 33 Chris Grimm Sr. F/C 6-10 245 Brighton, Mich./Brighton 40 Mike Kinsella Jr. C 7-0 245 Rochester, Minn./Minneapolis Tech 41 Ousmane Barro So. F 6-10 235 Dakar, Senegal/Chicago Julian 43 Ryan Amoroso So. F 6-8 242 Burnsville, Minn./Burnsville 51 Jamil Lott Jr. F 6-7 225 St. Paul, Minn./North Dakota School of Science

Head Coach: Tom Crean 79 Assistant Coaches: Jason Rabedeaux, Dan Panaggio, Jean Prioleau Director of Basketball Operations/Head Manager: Todd Townsend Coordinator of Basketball Operations/Video: Derek Deprey 2

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P H O T Back Row (left to right): Team Security Leonard Hardison, Graduate Assistant Manager Julian Schwarz, Manager Tony Smith, Jamil Lott, Ousmane Barro, Ryan Amoroso, O Chris Grimm, Mike Kinsella, Steve Novak, Dwight Burke, Dan Fitzgerald, Matt Mortensen, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Scott Holsopple, Academic Advisor Adrienne Trice, Team Security Greg Griffin Middle Row (left to right): Coordinator of Basketball Operations Derek Deprey, Director of Basketball Operations Todd Townsend, Assistant Coach Dan Panaggio, Joe Chapman, Dominic James, Head Coach Tom Crean, Jerel McNeal, Wesley Matthews, Assistant Coach Jason Rabedeaux, Assistant Coach Jean Prioleau, Head Athletic Trainer Jayd Grossman Front Row(left to right): Managers - Andy Klister, Alex Idaszak, Matt Willis, Jimmy McGuire