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NCAANCAA TournamentTournament Opening Round Game

Monmouth vs. Hampton March 14, 2006

UD Arena Dayton, OH 2005-06 MEN’SMEN’SMEN’S BASKETBALLBASKETBALLBASKETBALL NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 200 Cottontail Lane, Vantage Court North, Somerset, NJ 08873 Men’s Basketball Contact: Ron Ratner, Interim Commissioner Phone: 732-469-0440/Fax: 732-469-0744/Web: www.northeastconference.org E-Mail: [email protected] Central State • Fairleigh Dickinson • Long Island • Monmouth • Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac • Robert Morris • Sacred Heart • St. Francis (NY) • St. Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Men’s Basketball Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Facts & Figures (through completion of NEC Tournament) NEC In The Postseason School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral NCAA Tournament • Opening Round (Dayton, OH) 1. Fairleigh Dickinson* 14-4 .778 20-11 .645 L1 11-3 8-7 1-1 Tuesday, March 14 2. Central Connecticut St.* 13-5 .722 18-11 .621 L1 11-4 7-7 0-0 3. Monmouth* 12-6 .667 18-14 .562 W3 8-4 9-8 1-2 Monmouth vs. Hampton, 7:30 pm 4. Mount St. Mary's* 11-7 .611 13-17 .433 L2 7-6 5-9 1-2 NCAA Tournament • First Round (, PA) 5. Robert Morris* 10-8 .556 15-14 .517 L1 11-2 4-12 0-0 Friday, March 17 6. Long Island* 9-9 .500 12-16 .429 L1 8-4 4-10 0-2 #16 Monmouth/Hampton vs. #1 Villanova, 3:00 pm 7. Sacred Heart* 8-10 .444 11-17 .393 L2 8-5 3-12 0-0 8. Quinnipiac* 7-11 .389 12-16 .429 L2 8-5 3-10 1-1 Postseason NIT St. Francis (NY) 7-11 .389 10-17 .370 L3 8-5 2-12 0-0 Tuesday, March 14 10. Wagner 6-12 .333 13-14 .481 W1 7-6 6-8 0-0 Fairleigh Dickinson at Manhattan, 7:00 pm 11. St. Francis (PA) 2-16 .111 4-24 .143 L4 3-9 1-13 0-2 * Clinched NEC Tournament berth. Top eight teams qualify for NEC Tournament. 2006 NEC Basketball Tournament (all games held at higher seed) 2005-06 NEC Men’s Basketball Award Winners Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2 Player of the Year #1 Fairleigh Dickinson 66, #8 Quinnipiac 65 Fairleigh Dickinson G 6-4 190 Sr , NY/New Utrecht #2 CCSU 86, #7 Sacred Heart 68 #3 Monmouth 74, #6 Long Island 63 Rookie of the Year #5 Robert Morris 67, #4 Mt. St. Mary’s 66 Robert Morris G 6-3 175 Fr Cincinnati, OH/Northwest Semifinals Sunday, March 5 Defensive Player of the Year Mychal Kearse Mount St. Mary’s G 6-4 201 Jr Charlotte, NC/Providence Day Monmouth 62, CCSU 48 Fairleigh Dickinson 71, Robert Morris 55 Jim Phelan Coach of the Year Championship Howie Dickenman Central Connecticut State Wednesday, March 8 Monmouth 49, Fairleigh Dickinson 48 2005-06 NEC Men’s Basketball First Team All-Conference Name School Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School 2006 NEC All-Tournament Team Justin Chiera CCSU G 6-1 181 Sr Colonia, NY/Colonia Jeremy Chappell Robert Morris 19.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg A.J. Jackson Robert Morris F 6-6 230 Jr Monessen, PA/Monessen (E. Tennessee St.) Chad Timberlake FDU 12.3 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 5.0 apg Andrea Crosariol FDU 15.0 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 4.7 bpg Chad Timberlake Fairleigh Dickinson G 6-4 190 Sr Brooklyn, NY/New Utrecht Chris Kenny Monmouth 12.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg Kibwe Trim Sacred Heart C 6-10 230 Sr San Juan, Trinidad/St. Mary’s Marques Alston Monmouth 12.0 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 3.0 apg James Williams Long Island G 5-10 180 Jr DeSoto, TX/DeSoto Tournament Most Valuable Player Marques Alston Monmouth 12.0 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 3.0 apg 2005-06 NEC Men’s Basketball Second Team All-Conference 14 pts., 10 reb. & 3 blocks in title game Name School Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School Choice Hotels Choice Hotels Marques Alston Monmouth F 6-4 230 Jr Neptune, NJ/Neptune NEC Player of the Week NEC Rookie of the Week Jarrid Frye Sacred Heart G 6-4 190 Jr Maspeth, NY/Martin Luther Nov. 21 Justin Chiera, CCSU Nov. 21 Cameron Tyler, FDU Gordon Klaiber Fairleigh Dickinson F 6-9 205 Sr Greenbelt, MD/National Christian Academy Nov. 28 Durell Vinson, WC Nov. 28 Whitney Coleman, MU Landy Thompson Mount St. Mary’s G 6-1 178 Sr Germantown, MD/Archbishop Spalding Dec. 5 Obie Nwadike, CCSU Dec. 5 Grant Surprenant, SFPA Durell Vinson Wagner F 6-7 215 Jr Vineland, NJ/St. Augustine Prep Dec. 12 Jarrid Frye, SHU Dec. 12 Jeremy Chappell, RMU Dec. 19 Derek Coleman, RMU Dec. 19 Jeremy Chappell, RMU Jan. 3 Mark Porter, WC Jan. 3 Jeremy Chappell, RMU 2005-06 NEC Men’s Basketball All-Rookie Team Jan. 9 Tony Lee, RMU Jan. 9 Sam Atupem, MSM Jan. 16 A.J. Jackson, RMU Jan. 16 Whitney Coleman, MU Name School Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School Landy Thompson, MSM Jan. 23 Sam Atupem, MSM Jan. 23 Kibwe Trim, SHU Jan. 30 Jeremy Chappell, RMU Sam Atupem Mount St. Mary’s F 6-7 230 Fr Newport News, VA/Woodside Jan. 30 Chad Timberlake, FDU Feb. 6 Joey Butler, MSM Jeremy Chappell Robert Morris G 6-3 175 Fr Cincinnati, OH/Northwest Feb. 6 Chad Timberlake, FDU Feb. 13 Jeremy Chappell, RMU Feb. 13 Gordon Klaiber, FDU Feb. 20 Jamal Smith, WC Whitney Coleman Monmouth G 6-2 180 Fr Salem, CT/East Lynne (St. Thomas More Prep (CT)) Feb. 20 Chad Timberlake, FDU Feb. 27 Mike Shipman, MU Marquis Ford St. Francis (PA) G 5-11 175 Fr St. Petersburg, FL/St. Petersburg Feb. 27 Marques Alston, MU Jamal Smith Wagner G 6-5 210 Fr , MD/Towson Catholic 2006 NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament Games held at campus sites. Higher seed hosts all games. Teams will be reseeded after quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship

#1 Fairleigh Dickinson

Thursday, March 2 Fairleigh Dickinson (66-65) 7:00 pm at Highest Remaining Seed #8 Quinnipiac Sunday, March 5 Fairleigh Dickinson (71-55) 4:00 pm (MSG) #2 CCSU

Thursday, March 2 Lowest Remaining Seed 7:00 pm Robert Morris (67-66) #7 Sacred Heart Wednesday, March 8 Monmouth (49-48) 7:30 pm #3 Monmouth ESPN2 NEC Champion

Thursday, March 2 CCSU (86-68) 7:00 pm at 2nd Highest Remaining Seed #6 Long Island Sunday, March 5 1:00 pm (CN8) #4 Mount St. Mary’s Monmouth (62-48)

Thursday, March 2 3rd Highest Remaining Seed 7:00 pm Monmouth (74-63) #5 Robert Morris

2006 NEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Games held at campus sites. Higher seed hosts all games. Teams will be reseeded after quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship

#1 Sacred Heart

Saturday, March 4 Sacred Heart (83-55) 4:00 pm Highest Remaining Seed #8 Fairleigh Dickinson Tuesday, March 7 Sacred Heart (64-50) 7:00 pm #2 Quinnipiac

Saturday, March 4 Lowest Remaining Seed 1:00 pm Long Island (80-70)

#7 CCSU Saturday, March 11 2:00 pm Sacred Heart (69-65) #3 Robert Morris MSG Network NEC Champion

Saturday, March 4 Quinnipiac (68-64 (OT)) 7:30 pm 2nd Highest Remaining Seed #6 Mount St. Mary’s Tuesday, March 7 Quinnipiac (58-46) 7:00 pm #4 Monmouth

Saturday, March 4 3rd Highest Remaining Seed 7:00 pm Robert Morris (65-56) #5 Long Island 2005-06 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson Long Island (18-11, 13-5 NEC) (20-11, 14-4 NEC) (12-16, 9-9 NEC) Mohegan Sun Classic at CCSU at Guardians Classic (Morgantown, WV) N 22 Columbia L 63-80 N 18 Birmingham Southern W 76-67 N 12 vs. Wofford L 62-73 N 26 at Penn State L 64-80 N 19 Northeastern L 90-94 N 13 Lousiana Monroe W 74-58 N 29 at SMU L 62-74 N 22 at Florida International L 61-71 N 18 at #24 Maryland L 85-111 N 26 Dowling W 96-50 D 3 at New Hampshire W 59-56 N 28 at Binghamton W 69-66 N 29 QUINNIPIAC W 76-70 D 10 Hartford W 85-80 D 3 at Harvard W 87-79 D 2 at Canisius W 69-65 (2 OT) D 14 at Harvard L 79-91 D 5 at St. Bonaventure L 56-85 D 5 at Seton Hall L 57-65 D 22 CCNY W 80-39 D 9 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 72-61 D 10 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 71-68 at College of Charleston Classic D 18 La Salle L 106-107 (4 OT) D 17 Drexel L 49-54 D 29 vs. Rider L 59-63 D 22 Binghamton W 72-68 D 22 at St. Peter’s L 77-82 D 30 vs. Longwood L 69-86 D 29 at Delaware L 73-79 D 28 at #10 Louisville L 66-89 J 5 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 73-64 J 5 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 57-73 J 7 at LONG ISLAND W 83-74 J 7 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 74-83 J 9 at SACRED HEART L 71-74 J 12 at QUINNIPIAC L 81-102 J 14 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 74-88 J 12 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 73-70 (OT) J 12 MONMOUTH L 57-61 J 20 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 64-55 J 14 at ROBERT MORRIS L 66-70 J 14 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 88-74 J 23 SACRED HEART W 81-73 J 18 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 67-70 J 19 QUINNIPIAC W 79-69 J 26 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 66-49 J 23 at QUINNIPIAC L 69-82 J 21 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 59-57 (OT) J 28 at ROBERT MORRIS W 84-83 J 26 SACRED HEART W 63-60 J 26 WAGNER W 57-40 F 2 LONG ISLAND W 78-65 J 28 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 68-58 F 4 at WAGNER W 87-72 J 28 WAGNER W 75-65 F 2 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 76-68 (OT) F 6 ROBERT MORRIS W 93-78 F 2 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 65-78 F 4 at MONMOUTH L 48-63 F 9 at LONG ISLAND W 96-74 F 4 at SACRED HEART W 80-65 F 10 at ROBERT MORRIS L 74-77 F 11 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 69-58 F 9 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 74-96 F 12 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) L 51-52 F 16 at SACRED HEART W 85-76 F 11 MONMOUTH W 78-72 F18 at Wisconsin-Green Bay (BracketBuster Pool Game) W 68-64 F 16 at WAGNER W 74-55 F 13 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 61-62 F 20 at MONMOUTH L 89-96 (2 OT) F 16 ROBERT MORRIS W 74-69 F 18 SACRED HEART W 73-56 F 22 WAGNER L 66-72 F 22 LONG ISLAND W 81-58 F 27 MONMOUTH W 79-62 F 18 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 72-60 F 25 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 88-58 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) F 22 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 58-81 F 27 at QUINNIPIAC W 79-67 M 2 #8 Quinnipiac W 66-65 F 24 at WAGNER W 75-60 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 5 #5 Robert Morris W 71-55 F 27 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 67-64 M 2 #7 Sacred Heart W 86-68 M 8 #3 Monmouth L 48-49 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 5 #2 Monmouth L 48-62 NIT Tournament M 2 at #3 Monmouth L 63-74 M 14 at Manhattan 7:00 pm NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS

Monmouth Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac (18-14, 12-6 NEC) (13-17, 11-7 NEC) (12-16, 7-11 NEC)

N 21 at San Francisco L 66-70 N 18 at Virginia Tech L 62-74 at Columbia Tournament at Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, AK) N 21 Binghamton W 62-53 N 18 vs. Troy State L 83-94 (OT) N 24 vs. Southern Illinois W 80-68 N 26 at Old Dominion L 57-80 N 19 vs. New Hampshire W 64-62 N 25 vs. South Carolina L 56-62 N 30 at La Salle L 51-73 N 26 vs. Oral Roberts L 54-62 N 22 Concordia W 106-57 D 3 Rider L 67-75 D 3 Loyola (MD) L 71-76 N 29 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 70-76 D 6 at St. Peter’s L 60-73 D 7 at American L 60-80 D 2 at Cornell W 55-45 D 8 at Seton Hall L 45-61 D 10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 68-71 D 5 Colgate W 67-59 D 12 at Lehigh L 57-71 at San Juan Shootout D 10 ROBERT MORRIS L 85-90 D 14 at Princeton W 41-21 D 19 vs. Akron L 61-74 D 19 Dartmouth W 88-77 D 18 SACRED HEART W 73-64 D 20 vs. Liberty W 63-59 D 28 at Hartford W 56-54 D 21 vs. UT-Chatanooga L 74-85 (OT) D 22 at L 72-87 D 31 Drexel L 49-53 D 31 at Penn State L 53-65 D 30 at #2 Connecticut L 75-111 J 3 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 66-59 J 3 Lafayette L 63-76 J 5 at WAGNER L 63-81 J 5 ROBERT MORRIS L 75-87 J 5 at LONG ISLAND W 73-57 J 7 Brown L 60-64 J 7 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 55-53 J 12 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 102-81 J 12 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE W 61-57 J 7 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 60-43 J 14 at QUINNIPIAC W 85-82 (OT) J 10 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 84-56 J 14 MONMOUTH L 82-85 (OT) J 19 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 54--64 J 12 SACRED HEART W 78-69 J 19 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 69-79 J 21 QUINNIPIAC W 80-74 (2 OT) J 19 at MONMOUTH W 64-54 J 21 at MONMOUTH L 74-80 (2 OT) J 26 at ROBERT MORRIS L 65-73 J 21 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 57-59 (OT) J 23 LONG ISLAND W 82-69 J 28 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 74-56 J 26 at QUINNIPIAC L 62-68 J 26 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 68-62 F 4 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE W 63-48 J 28 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 58-68 J 28 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 66-70 F 6 at WAGNER W 74-58 F 2 ROBERT MORRIS W 60-59 F 11 at LONG ISLAND L 72-78 F 2 SACRED HEART W 72-68 F 13 WAGNER W 61-55 F 4 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 71-56 F 4 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 73-68 F 18 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 69-75 F 9 at SACRED HEART L 54-57 F 10 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 65-62 F 20 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 96-89 (2 OT) F 11 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 58-69 F 12 at ROBERT MORRIS L 77-89 F 25 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 74-68 F 13 LONG ISLAND W 62-61 F 18 WAGNER L 60-64 F 27 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 62-79 F 18 MONMOUTH W 75-69 F 20 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 78-82 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) F 20 QUINNIPIAC W 82-78 F 25 at SACRED HEART W 71-65 M 2 #6 Long Island W 74-63 F 25 at ROBERT MORRIS W 64-62 M 5 at #2 CCSU W 62-48 F 27 WAGNER L 66-77 F 27 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 67-79 M 8 at #1 Fairleigh Dickinson W 49-48 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NCAA Tournament M 2 at #1 Fairleigh Dickinson L 65-66 M 14 vs. Hampton (at Dayton Arena) 7:30 pm M 2 #5 Robert Morris L 66-67

NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS 2005-06 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Robert Morris Sacred Heart St. Francis (NY) (15-14, 10-8 NEC) (11-17, 8-10 NEC) (10-17, 7-11 NEC)

N 18 at St. Bonaventure L 61-80 N 19 at Rhode Island L 50-56 N 18 Fairfield W 69-64 N 23 at L 59-86 N 21 at Albany W 63-61 N 22 at St. John’s L 50-64 N 26 Lock Haven W 100-64 N 25 Harvard L 72-75 N 26 at Fordham W 66-60 N 28 Maine W 62-53 N 28 at Yale L 67-72 N 29 at Pittsburgh L 58-79 D 3 at Duquesne L 58-73 N 30 Columbia L 59-61 D 3 Binghamton L 56-64 D 6 at New Hampshire L 65-71 D 3 at #8 Boston College L 66-77 D 6 at Lafayette L 81-89 (OT) D 10 at QUINNIPIAC W 90-85 D 5 Army W 76-62 D 9 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 61-72 D 17 Charleston Southern W 97-85 D 7 Lehigh W 66-55 D 18 Hartford W 55-45 D 22 at #25 Iowa L 51-73 D 10 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 74-72 D 22 Hofstra L 57-73 D 29 Medaille W 109-36 D 18 at MONMOUTH L 64-73 D 30 at Manhattan L 78-89 J 2 WAGNER W 95-90 J 2 at Miami (FL) L 57-63 J 5 at MONMOUTH W 87-75 J 3 MONMOUTH L 59-66 J 7 WAGNER W 61-50 J 7 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 43-60 J 12 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 73-71 J 9 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE W 74-71 J 14 LONG ISLAND W 70-66 J 12 at ROBERT MORRIS L 71-73 J 12 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 69-78 J 19 at SACRED HEART L 60-73 J 14 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 65-56 J 14 at WAGNER W 70-62 J 21 at WAGNER L 69-75 J 18 LONG ISLAND W 70-67 J 19 ROBERT MORRIS W 73-60 J 24 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 79-67 J 20 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 55-64 J 21 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 65-54 J 26 MONMOUTH W 73-65 J 23 at WAGNER L 58-68 J 23 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 73-81 J 28 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 83-84 J 28 QUINNIPIAC W 70-66 J 26 at LONG ISLAND L 60-63 F 2 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 59-60 F 2 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 68-76 (OT) F 2 at QUINNIPIAC L 68-72 F 6 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 78-93 F 4 at QUINNIPIAC L 68-73 F 10 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE W 77-74 F 4 LONG ISLAND L 65-80 F 9 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 57-54 F 9 WAGNER W 57-49 F 12 QUINNIPIAC W 89-77 F 11 SACRED HEART W 62-58 F 16 at LONG ISLAND L 69-74 F 11 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 58-62 F 16 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 69-46 F 18 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 69-70 (OT) F 16 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 76-85 F 18 ROBERT MORRIS W 70- 69 (OT) F 21 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 70-54 F 18 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 56-73 F 25 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 62-64 F 21 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 81-73 F 21 at SACRED HEART L 73-81 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) F 25 QUINNIPIAC L 65-71 F 25 at MONMOUTH L 68-74 M 2 at #4 Mount St. Mary’s W 67-66 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) F 27 at LONG ISLAND L 64-67 M 5 at #1 Fairleigh Dickinson L 55-71 M 2 at #2 Central Connecticut State L 68-86 NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS

St. Francis (PA) Wagner (4-24, 2-16 NEC) (13-14, 6-12 NEC)

at Coaches vs. Cancer Classic (at Syracuse) N 19 John Jay W 86-44 N 8 vs. Cornell L 54-75 N 22 American W 75-59 N 9 vs. Bethune-Cookman L 52-63 (OT) N 26 at Vermont L 67-71 N 19 Youngstown State W 71-58 N 29 at Brown W 72-59 N 21 Lock Haven W 74-54 D 3 at Yale W 73-69 N 26 at Ohio L 61-77 D 6 Columbia W 83-71 N 30 at #19 George Washington L 68-85 D 17 at Rhode Island W 63-61 D 3 at St. Bonaventure L 65-69 D 21 at #12 UCLA L 72-74 D 10 SACRED HEART L 72-74 D 30 Stony Brook W 67-54 D 18 at Penn State L 74-88 J 2 at ROBERT MORRIS L 90-95 D 28 at La Salle L 55-85 J 5 QUINNIPIAC W 81-63 J 2 American L 52-62 J 7 at SACRED HEART L 50-61 J 5 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 64-73 J 14 SACRED HEART L 62-70 J 7 at MONMOUTH L 53-55 J 19 ST. FRANCIS (PA) L 61-68 J 10 MOUNT ST. MARY'S L 56-84 J 21 ROBERT MORRIS W 75-69 J 12 LONG ISLAND L 70-73 (OT) J 23 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 68-58 J 14 ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 56-65 J 26 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 40-57 J 19 at WAGNER W 68-61 J 28 at LONG ISLAND L 65-75 J 21 at SACRED HEART L 54-65 J 24 at ROBERT MORRIS L 67-79 F 4 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 72-87 J 26 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 49-66 F 6 MONMOUTH L 58-74 J 28 MONMOUTH L 56-74 F 9 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 49-57 F 4 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 56-71 F 13 at MONMOUTH L 55-61 F 10 QUINNIPIAC L 62-65 F 16 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 55-74 F 12 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE W 52-51 F 18 at QUINNIPIAC W 64-60 F 16 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 46-69 F 22 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 70-54 F 18 at LONG ISLAND L 60-72 F 24 LONG ISLAND L 60-75 F 21 ROBERT MORRIS L 54-70 F 27 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 77-66 F 25 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 58-88 NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS #16 Monmouth In The NCAA Tournament seed Monmouth This is Monmouth’s fourth trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Knights also (18-14, 12-6 NEC) qualified for NCAA postseason play in 1996, 2001 and 2004.

1996 NCAA Tournament • East Regional #4 Marquette 68, #13 Monmouth 44

• Monmouth won its third NEC Tournament championship in six years and fourth overall with a 2001 NCAA Tournament • Midwest Regional 49-48 win over top-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson last Wednesday in Hackensack, NJ. The Hawks, #1 Duke 95, #16 Monmouth 52 seeded #3 in the tournament, also claimed NEC titles in 1996, 2001 and 2004. • Monmouth last met opening round NCAA opponent Hampton back on November 24, 2003 at 2004 NCAA Tournament • Atlanta Regional the Paradise Jam Tournament. The Hawks defeated the Pirates, 64-52. #2 Mississippi State 85, #15 Monmouth 52 • The Hawks became the first team not seeded #1 or #2 to win the NEC Tournament since Mount St. Mary’s took home the trophy as a #6 seed in 1999. • Monmouth is the only school in league history to capture the NEC championship seeded third. The Hawks also won it all as a #3 seed in 1996. NEC vs. MEAC • The win over Fairleigh Dickinson earned Monmouth a place in history as the only NEC program The NEC posted an 0-1 record against MEAC opponents in 2005-06. St. Francis to win both semifinal and title games on the road. (PA) fell to Bethune Cookman, 63-52, in overtime in the consolation game of • Senior guard Chris Kenny (Spring Lake, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy) emerged the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic in Syracuse on November 9. The NEC has never as the hero for Monmouth in the championship game, when after a missed FDU free throw, he took met a MEAC team in the NCAA Tournament. a cross court feed from senior guard Tyler Azzarelli (Tampa, FL/H.B. Plant), drove across the lane and hit a layup with 2.1 seconds left on the clock. • Kenny scored his 1,000th career point on a three-pointer early in the title contest and enters the NCAA Tournament with 1,005 to his credit. NEC, Monmouth vs. NCAA Tournament Field • Kenny also broke the school record for games played in the championship tilt. He suited up for The NEC is 2-10 against the 2006 NCAA Tournament field. Monmouth is 1-1 vs. the 121st time in his career, eclipsing the mark held by former teammate Jason Krayl (2000-04). the field, including an 80-68 win over Missouri Valley Conference champion • Junior forward Marques Alston (Neptune, NJ/Neptune) was named NEC Tournament Most Valuable Player after averaging 12.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists in three games. He tallied Southern Illinois at the Great Alaska Shootout on November 24. his first double-double of the season with 14 points, 10 boards and three rejections in the finale. Sacred Heart 63, Albany 61 Nov. 21 Albany, NY • Kenny was also named to the NEC All-Tournament team. Pittsburgh 86, Robert Morris 59 Nov. 23 Pittsburgh, PA • The Hawks held their three NEC Tournament opponents to an average of 53.0 points per outing Monmouth 80, Southern Illinois 68 Nov. 24 Anchorage, AK and 32.0 percent shooting from the floor. Oral Roberts 62, Monmouth 54 Nov. 26 Anchorage, AK Pittsburgh 79, St. Francis (NY) 58 Nov. 29 Pittsburgh, PA George Washington 85, St. Francis (PA) 68 Nov. 30 Washington, D.C. Mr. NEC Boston College 77, Sacred Heart 66 Dec. 3 Chestnut Hill, MA Monmouth Head Coach Seton Hall 65, FDU 57 Dec. 5 East Rutherford, NJ Seton Hall 61, Monmouth 45 Dec. 8 East Rutherford, NJ A four-year letterwinner and NEC all-star back in his playing days with Monmouth, UCLA 74, Wagner 72 Dec. 21 Los Angeles, CA Iowa 73, Robert Morris 51 Dec. 22 Iowa City, IA Dave Calloway has participated in eighth NEC Championship games with the Hawks UConn 111, Quinnipiac 75 Dec. 30 Storrs, CT as a player or coach. He played in two (losing in 1988 and 1990) and served as a Monmouth assistant in three more (winning in 1996; losing in 1994 and 1997) before #7striking gold as a head coach in 2001, 2004 and 2006. NEC In The NCAA Tournament The NEC has posted a 1-23 record in NCAA Tournament competition over the last 23 • Three Monmouth players - Kenny (12.7 ppg), Alston (12.0 ppg) and junior forward Dejan Delic (Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro/Bridgton Academy (ME)) (11.0 ppg) - averaged years. The league’s lone win was Robert Morris’ 64-54 triumph over Georgia in double digits in NEC Tournament play. Kenny was 9-9 from the charity stripe and 7-16 from three- Southern in a first round game in 1983. The NEC has had several near misses point range. against highly rated competition in the tournament, including Robert Morris’ 55-53 • Alston, Azzarelli, Delic and Kennedy all have NCAA Tournament experience, having competed setback to #5 Purdue in 1983 and FDU’s 59-55 loss at the hands of #1 Michigan in 1985. against Mississippi State back in 2004. • Alston was named to the all-NEC second team this season, while freshman guard Whitney Year Team Seed W/L Opponent Score Coleman (Salem, CT/East Lynne) was tabbed to the all-Rookie team. 1982 Robert Morris 12* L Indiana 94-62 • With three victories, Monmouth improved to 21-14 in NEC Tournament play. The Hawks’ four 1983 Robert Morris 12*^ W Georgia Southern 64-54 league championships are tied for second in NEC annals with Fairleigh Dickinson and one behind Robert Morris 12* L Purdue 55-53 1984 Long Island NA^ L Northeastern 90-87 all-time leader Robert Morris. 1985 Fairleigh Dickinson 16 L Michigan 59-55 • Junior center John Bunch (Randallstown, MD/Randallstown) has established a school 1986 Marist 15 L Georgia Tech 68-53 single-season record with 68 blocked shots this season. He eclipsed the previous mark of 58 set 1987 Marist 14 L Pittsburgh 93-68 by Steve Wriedt in 1990-91 and equaled by Wriedt in 1991-92. Bunch, who is second in the 1988 Fairleigh Dickinson 16 L Purdue 94-79 conference in total rejections, came off the bench to contribute six points, seven boards and six 1989 Robert Morris 16 L Arizona 94-60 blocks in 29 minutes against FDU. 1990 Robert Morris 15 L Kansas 79-71 • Monmouth does not have a single player who ranks in the NEC top-10 in scoring, rebounding, 1991 St. Francis (PA) 15 L Arizona 93-80 assists or steals. 1992 Robert Morris 16 L UCLA 73-53 • On the season, Delic and Alston lead the Hawks with 12.1 ppg and 12.0 ppg, respectively. 1993 Rider 16 L Kentucky 96-52 • Azzarelli, a four-year starter at the point, has boosted his career assist total to 312, fifth on the 1994 Rider 15 L Connecticut 64-46 Monmouth all-time list. The Hawks are 14-6 since he returned from a foot injury that sidelined him 1995 Mount St. Mary’s 16 L Kentucky 113-67 for ten games. 1996 Monmouth 13 L Marquette 68-44 • Coleman is hitting a team-high 44.6 percent of his shots from beyond the arc. 1997 Long Island 13 L Villanova 101-91 • Monmouth has posted six straight winning seasons in NEC play, the longest current stretch in the 1998 Fairleigh Dickinson 15 L Connecticut 93-85 1999 Mount St. Mary’s 16 L Michigan State 76-53 conference. The Hawks have also guaranteed their sixth straight winning year overall, the most since 2000 Central Connecticut State 15 L Iowa State 88-78 moving to Division I in 1983. 2001 Monmouth 16 L Duke 95-52 • Likewise, Monmouth is the only team in the -Metropolitan area (includes New York, 2002 Central Connecticut State 14 L Pittsburgh 71-54 Long Island, and Southern Connecticut) that has posted six straight winning campaigns. 2003 Wagner 15 L Pittsburgh 87-61 • Monmouth leads the NEC in both scoring defense (64.0 ppg) and field goal percentage defense 2004 Monmouth 15 L Mississippi State 85-52 (.399). The Hawks will likely finish as the league leader in scoring defense for the 13th time in the 2005 Fairleigh Dickinson 16 L Illinois 67-55 last 18 years. • The Hawks have not lost two straight games since December 8 (Seton Hall, 61-45) and December * 48 team NCAA Tournament field ^ NCAA First Round games to determine #12 seed 12 (Lehigh, 71-57). : The Road To The NCAA Tournament

2006 Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship #3 Monmouth 49, #1 Fairleigh Dickinson 48

Hackensack, NJ -- If anyone knows about improbable finishes, it's Chris Kenny. Alston brought the visitors to their feet with 14:58 left when he faked out Gordon Klaiber on the wing and dunked over Crosariol and completed the three-point play to tie the score at 36. The Monmouth guard was on the court as a freshman when Princeton's Ed Persia heaved an Bunch then gave the Hawks their first lead since early in the game when he dunked off a feed from 80-foot shot at the buzzer to defeat the Hawks. In the Northeast Conference championship game Azzarelli with 13:07 left. Wednesday night, it was Kenny's turn to write a storybook ending. Fairleigh Dickinson led by as many as 12 midway through the first half. The Hawks stayed in the Kenny scored on a driving layup with 2 seconds to play after a missed free throw, lifting Mon- game by making five of seven 3-pointers in the half, but were 4-for-24 on two-point attempts. mouth over Fairleigh Dickinson 49-48 to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years. The shot clock above one basket malfunctioned late in the first half, forcing officials to put a clock on the floor near FDU's basket for the second half. "I never dreamed I'd be in this situation," said Kenny, who said the last game-winning shot he could remember making was in middle school. "It was like one of those 'Rocky' movies, where NEC All-Tournament Team we fought all game and in the final round we threw the knockout punch." Marques Alston, Monmouth (MVP) Chris Kenny, Monmouth Bernell Murray missed the front end of a one-and-one with 8.3 seconds left after Monmouth's Andrea Crosariol, FDU Dejan Delic made two free throws to bring the Hawks to 48-47 with 8.5 seconds remaining. Chad Timberlake, FDU Jeremy Chappell, Robert Morris Marques Alston rebounded the miss and fed Tyler Azzarelli, who quickly got the ball to Kenny streaking down the court. Monmouth coach Dave Calloway elected not to call a timeout before Murray's free throw to set up a play. NEC Championship Monmouth at Fairleigh Dickinson (3/8/06) "We called a 'scramble,' which basically means 'Just go!' Calloway said. "My thinking was, why let the defense get set up? We weren't going to a better shot than we would in transition." VISITORS: Monmouth TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS After a timeout, Fairleigh Dickinson was unable to get a shot off at the buzzer. ## Player FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 01 DELIC, Dejan f 1 4 1 3 3 7 1 2 3 4 6 1 3 1 2 28 23 ALSTON, Marques f 6 8 1 1 1 1 1 9 10 2 14 2 4 3 1 37 Alston had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead Monmouth (18-14), which became the first NEC 13 HALLETT, Corey c 1 8 0 0 1 1 3 3 6 2 3 2 0 0 0 11 team seeded lower than one or two to win the conference tournament since Mount St. Mary's 03 AZZARELLI, Tyler g 4 7 2 3 0 0 0 4 4 1 10 4 2 0 2 35 in 1999. Andrea Crosariol led top-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson (20-11) with 12 points and 12 35 KENNY, Chris g 3 11 2 5 0 0 0 3 3 2 8 0 0 0 0 31 rebounds. 05 COLEMAN, Whitney 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 18 10 SHIPMAN, Mike 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 Monmouth reached the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years. In 2004, the 34 WILSON, Brent 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Hawks lost to Mississippi State 85-52 in the first round. Fairleigh Dickinson was trying to return 55 BUNCH, John 3 9 0 0 0 2 5 2 7 0 6 0 2 6 0 29 to the tournament for the second year in a row. TM TEAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 19 52 6 12 5 11 13 28 41 12 49 10 15 10 5 200

No NEC team has won a first-round NCAA Tournament game in 23 tries. Robert Morris won a TOTAL FG%: .365 DEADBALL play-in game to earn a No. 12 seed in 1983 when the tournament featured a 48-team field. 3-Pt. FG%: .500 REBOUNDS F Throw %: .455 4 On Wednesday, neither team led by more than three points in the game's final 15 minutes. Fairleigh Dickinson hung in despite one field goal in the first 10 minutes of the second half as HOME TEAM: Fairleigh Dickinson Monmouth made up a nine-point deficit and led 39-36 with 12 minutes left. TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 30 PEEPLES, Michael f 3 6 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 3 9 0 0 0 0 40 Monmouth scored 15 points in the second half. 50 KLAIBER, Gordon f 3 17 1 6 4 7 5 6 11 1 11 2 1 0 2 35 35 CROSARIOL, Andrea c 6 12 0 0 0 1 5 7 12 3 12 2 4 3 0 38 "Their defensive scheme was excellent," Fairleigh Dickinson coach Tom Green said. "They 1 TIMBERLAKE, Chad g 2 6 1 3 2 2 2 4 6 2 7 6 0 0 2 40 forced us into bad shots, and we hurried some shots. My hat's off to them -- they were well 22 MURRAY, Bernell g 1 7 1 5 0 1 0 3 3 2 3 0 4 1 2 33 prepared." 00 HARRIS, Andre 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 15 TYLER, Cameron 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 7 Still, Fairleigh Dickinson led 48-45 with less than 20 seconds remaining after Michael Peeples' TM TEAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 driving basket. But Peeples then fouled Delic, who had missed four of five attempts in the game Totals 18 56 4 17 8 13 14 21 35 11 48 10 11 4 6 200 to that point, and Delic made both to make the score 48-47. TOTAL FG%: .321 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG%: .235 REBOUNDS When Murray was fouled, Green said he decided not to call timeout to set his defense because F Throw %: .615 1,1 his assistants assured him the players knew their assignments. But when Murray missed, Kenny had a virtually unobstructed path to the basket. Date: 03/08/06 Site: Hackensack, NJ - Attendance: 1,846 Officials: Tommy Lopes; Ray Perone; Brian O'Connell; "After the rebound came down, all hell kind of broke loose, and the rest was history," Green said. Technical fouls: Monmouth-None. Fairleigh Dickinson-None. Score by Periods 1 2 Total Monmouth trailed 33-24 at halftime but erased that deficit in the first five minutes as 7-foot-2, Monmouth 24 25 - 49 320-pound center John Bunch began to assert himself with two blocks and a score in the lane Fairleigh Dickinson 33 15 - 48 against the 7-foot Crosariol. Bunch finished with six points, six blocks and seven rebounds. Monmouth University: The Road To The NCAA Tournament

2006 Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament 2006 Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals Semifinals #3 Monmouth 74, #6 Long Island 73 #3 Monmouth 62, #2 CCSU 48

West Long Branch, NJ -- Monmouth University men’s basketball team used a balanced offensive attack New Britain, CT -- Senior Chris Kenney scored 19 points, while junior John Bunch added 10 points, eight and tenacious defense to shut down in a Northeast Conference tournament quarter- rebounds and five blocks to lead Monmouth past Central Connecticut, 62-48, in Northeast Conference final match-up on Thursday night in Boylan Gym. Second-team All-NEC forward Marques Alston (Neptune, Tournament semifinal action. The Hawks, who improve to 17-14 overall, will move on to the championship N.J.) and fellow junior Dejan Delic (Belgrade, Sebria-Montenegro) combined for 32 points, 29 of which game, which will be televised on espn2 Wednesday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. CCSU, meanwhile, ends its season with an 18-11 record. Sophomore Tristan Blackwood and senior Lenny Jefferson led the Blue Devils with came in the second half. The Blue and White defense, which LIU lit up for 78 points and 16 trifectas in its 12 and 11 points, respectively. win over the Hawks on February 11, shut down the high powered Blackbird offense forcing 22 turnovers and 33.3% (8-for-24) shooting from beyond the arc. Facing a 27-21 deficit coming into the second half, Central drew to within one point (35-34) 6:30 into the period. However, the Hawks countered with a 12-2 run to grab their largest lead to that point in the contest. Monmouth jumped out to a 12-4 advantage at the 16:00 mark, when senior Chris Kenny (Spring Lake, N.J.) An Obie Nwadike layup made it a 52-45 game with 1:41 left, but Monmouth went 10-for-10 from the free hit his second three-pointer of the contest, before the Blackbirds responded with an 8-0 spurt to knot the throw line to seal the victory. score at 12-12 with 13:22 showing, paced by five consecutive points from Esa Maki-Tulokas (Forssa, Finland). Monmouth, which never trailed, opened the game with a 10-0 run and fought off several Blue Devil rallies to keep its six-point lead at halftime. Central trailed by just five points at the 4:17 mark, but Dejan Delic hit his second triple of the opening 20 minutes to stretch the Hawk lead back to nine points (27-18). A Maki-Tulokas tied the score once again, at 18-18, with 10:05 left, as the forward registered a three-point Blackwood three-pointer ended the half's scoring with 1:05 on the clock. play, highlighted by a dunk over John Bunch (Randallstown, Md.). Long Island then rattled off a 16-10 run to take a 34-28 advantage with 1:41 left until the half, as the Hawks went scoreless for 4:46. The draught Central missed its first nine shots during the Hawks' 10-0 spurt to start the game and finished the half shooting ended when Delic dropped in both ends of a one-and-one with 38 seconds remaining, to trim the edge to just 23.5 percent from the floor. CCSU hoisted 34 shots, making just 8, and went just 2-for-6 from the free 34-30. Long Island came up empty on two attempts as the first half ran out, to hold the 34-30 lead at the throw line. The Hawks, meanwhile, made 10-of-21 (.476) attempts from the floor, including 4-of-9 from intermission. beyond the arc. Heading to the locker rooms, Blackwood led all scorers with 10 points on 4-for-15 shooting, while Delic, Monmouth came out of the locker rooms firing as they went on a 9-0 run to start the second half with an a junior, led Monmouth with eight points. old-fashion three point play by Kenny with 17:00 remaining giving the Hawks a 39-34 advantage. Long Island would not be silenced as they answered with five straight points of their own, tying the game 39-39 on a The Blue Devils stayed within seven points to start the second half, and Jefferson made it a one point contest three-point play by Aubin Scott (Hempstead, N.Y.) with 16:28 remaining. with a three-pointer with 13:30 to play in the game. The triple capped a 7-1 Central run. Monmouth, however, stretched its lead to 11 points following a Bunch dunk less than six minutes later. The two squads A trifecta from Delic with 9:34 remaining in regulation extended the Blue and White lead to six, 53-47. The traded layups before a Justin Chiera three-pointer brought the Blue Devils to within seven points (50-43) Blackbirds cut the lead to two, 53-51, on a dunk by Maki-Tulokas with 8:29 left in the contest. Consecutive for the first time over the waning minutes. lay-ups by Alston with 4:45 remaining pushed the Blue and White lead to seven, 65-56. Central Connecticut held the Hawks without a field goal over the final 7:44, but Monmouth triggered 13- of-15 free throws during that same time frame. Kenney led the barrage from the free throw line, going 8- A three-pointer by Donovin McLendon (Miami, Fla.) with 1:52 left in the second half cut the Hawks’ lead for-8, while Bunch started the 10-for-10 run to end the game with a pair following Nwadike's layup. to 67-63, the closest they would come the rest of the way. The Blue and White scored the next seven points, five-of-six from the free throw line, to seal the victory, 74-63. Overall, the Blue Devils finished 19-for-72 (.264) from the field and 6-for-29 (.207) on three-point at- tempts. Monmouth, on the other hand, shot 45 percent (18-for-40) from the floor and 37.5 percent (6-for- Both teams had four player in double-digits with Alston leading all scorers with 17 points. The junior also 16) from beyond the arc. grabbed eight rebounds and six assists in the contest. Delic chipped in 15 points, while Kenny scored 11 points and Bunch connected for 10 points off the bench for the Hawks. CCSU, which had 21 offensive rebounds, held a slight overall rebounding advantage, grabbing 40 boards to Monmouth's 38.

Long Island had three players with 13 points with Scott registering a double-double with 13 points and 12 Nwadike, a junior, led all players with 14 caroms. rebounds. First-team All-NEC guard James Williams (DeSoto, Texas) chipped in 13 points, while Maki- Tulokas scored 13 points and grabbed 7 boards. Tyrone Mattison (Toronto, Ontario) scored 12 points for the Delic finished with 12 points for the Hawks. Blackbirds.

LONG ISLAND MONMOUTH WILLIAMS, James 4-10 2-2 13; MAKI-TULOKAS, Esa 5-7 1-1 13; SCOTT, Aubin 3-8 7-7 13; KENNY, Chris 4-7 8-8 19; DELIC, Dejan 4-9 2-2 12; BUNCH, John 2-2 6-10 10; HALLETT, Corey 3-4 0-0 6; MATTISON, Tyrone 4-9 2-2 12; KOTOROBAI, Eugene 2-8 1-3 5; MCLENDON, Donovin 1-3 0-0 3; COLEMAN, Whitney 2-6 1-2 5; ALSTON, Marques 1-5 3-3 5; AZZARELLI, Tyler 1-2 0-1 3; ALLEN, Kellen 1-3 0-0 2; MORKELIUNAS, Paska 1-3 0-0 2; MEEKINS, Evan 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-53 13-15 63. SHIPMAN, Mike 1-4 0-0 2; WILSON, Brent 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 18-40 20-26 62. MONMOUTH CENTRAL CONN. ST. ALSTON, Marques 8-15 0-0 17; DELIC, Dejan 4-10 5-9 15; KENNY, Chris 4-8 1-1 11; BUNCH, John 5-7 0-1 10; BLACKWOOD, Tristan 5-20 0-0 12; JEFFERSON, Lenny 4-12 1-2 11; NWADIKE, Obie 3-9 0-0 6; HALLETT, Corey 4-7 0-0 8; SHIPMAN, Mike 2-4 3-3 7; AZZARELLI, Tyler 1-2 2-2 4; HICKENBOTTOM, Jason 2-7 2-4 6; CHIERA, Justin 2-10 0-0 6; MOJICA, Javier 1-5 1-2 3; COLEMAN, Whitney 1-4 0-0 2; WILSON, Brent 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-58 11-16 74. SOBERS, Jemino 1-6 0-0 2; BEAUDET, Ingo 1-1 0-0 2; WINTERS, Chris 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 19-72 4-8 48. Long Island 34 29 - 63 Monmouth 27 35 - 62 Monmouth 30 44 - 74 Central Conn. St. 21 27 - 48 3-point goals: Long Island 8-24 (WILLIAMS, James 3-7; MATTISON, Tyrone 2-5; MAKI-TULOKAS, Esa 3-point goals: Monmouth 6-16 (KENNY, Chris 3-5; DELIC, Dejan 2-6; AZZARELLI, Tyler 1-2; 2-2; MCLENDON, Donovin 1-3; MORKELIUNAS, Paska 0-1; MEEKINS, Evan 0-2; KOTOROBAI, Eugene 0- COLEMAN, Whitney 0-2; ALSTON, Marques 0-1), Central Conn. St. 6-29 (JEFFERSON, Lenny 2-5; 4), Monmouth 5-14 (DELIC, Dejan 2-4; KENNY, Chris 2-6; ALSTON, Marques 1-2; SHIPMAN, Mike 0-2). BLACKWOOD, Tristan 2-13; CHIERA, Justin 2-7; MOJICA, Javier 0-1; WINTERS, Chris 0-2; Fouled out: Long Island-SCOTT, Aubin, Monmouth-None. HICKENBOTTOM, Jason 0-1). Rebounds: Long Island 34 (SCOTT, Aubin 12), Monmouth 31 (ALSTON, Marques 8). Fouled out: Monmouth-None, Central Conn. St.-None. Assists: Long Island 11 (WILLIAMS, James 3; SCOTT, Aubin 3), Monmouth 20 (AZZARELLI, Tyler 7). Rebounds: Monmouth 38 (HALLETT, Corey 9), Central Conn. St. 40 (NWADIKE, Obie 14). Total fouls: Long Island 19, Monmouth 18. Assists: Monmouth 12 (DELIC, Dejan 3), Central Conn. St. 10 (NWADIKE, Obie 3; CHIERA, Justin 3). Attendance: 1,131 Total fouls: Monmouth 11, Central Conn. St. 18. Attendance: 2,614 NEC Men’s Basketball 2006 NEC Basketball Tournament Facts/Figures Schedule

NEC In RPI Rankings College Insider Mid-Major Poll 2006 NEC (through games of 3/12) (December 22) Men’s Basketball Tournament School Rank School Record all games to be held at home of higher seed teams will be reseeded following quarterfinals CCSU 165 TBA Gonzaga (31) 7-2 Fairleigh Dickinson 145 2. Creighton 7-0 Long Island 274 3. East Tennessee State 7-2 Thursday, March 2 Sunday, March 5 Wednesday, March 8 Monmouth 144 4. Wichita State 7-2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Mount St. Mary’s 230 5. Southern Illinois 7-1 Times TBA 1:00 pm (CN8) 7:30 pm (ESPN2) Quinnipiac 260 The Northeast Conference began a year-long 6. College of Charleston 6-1 4:00 pm (MSG) Robert Morris 213 celebration of its 25th Anniversary in Septem- 7. Illinois-Chicago 9-2 Sacred Heart 262 ber with the unveiling of its Silver Anniversary St. Francis (NY) 271 logo8. and Utah the State announcement of promotions, 5-1 9. Murray State 8-1 St. Francis (PA) 323 web-based activities and flashbacks through- 2006 NEC Tournament Men’s Championship Bracket Wagner 232 out10. the Bradley 2005-06 campaign as the league 7-3 pays tribute to its history. March 2 March 5 March 8 NEC 26 TBA (#1 vs. #8) Highest Remaining Seed

1:00 pm or 4:00 pm Close Games Double-Doubles TBA Lowest Remaining Seed (five points or less) (top-15) (#2 vs. #7)

Teams will 7:30 PM School Rec. Player Total be reseeded A.J. Jackson, RMU 14 for semifinals (ESPN2) NCAA Central Connecticut State 3-6 Tournament TBA Fairleigh Dickinson 5-4 Kibwe Trim, SHU 14 Automatic Bid Obie Nwadike, CCSU 13 (#3 vs. #6) 2nd Highest Remaining Seed Long Island 6-4 Durell Vinson, WC 13 1:00 pm or 4:00 pm Monmouth 5-2 Mychal Kearse, MSM 6 TBA 3rd Highest Remaining Seed Mount St. Mary’s 5-5 Andrea Crosariol, FDU 5 (#4 vs. #5) Quinnipiac 4-7 Tony Lee, RMU 5 Robert Morris 6-5 Jarrid Frye, SHU 4 Sacred Heart 4-6 Kevin Jolley, QU 4 St. Francis (NY) 5-3 Gordon Klaiber, FDU 4 Aubin Scott, LIU 4 St. Francis (PA) 1-5 NEC Men’s Basketball Chad Timberlake, FDU 3 vs. the competition Wagner 4-3 Chris Wehye, QU 3 Six tied with 2 NEC vs...

NEC Coaching Records America East 11-3 Mid-American 0-2 ACC 0-3 Mid-Con 0-1 Year Conf. Games Overall Record Atlantic Sun 0-0 MEAC 0-1 Missouri Valley 1-0 Coach (School) Hired Rec. Pct. Rec. Pct. Atlantic 10 2-10 Big East 0-8 Mountain West 0-0 Tom Green (FDU) 1984 244-154 .613 378-291 .565 Big Sky 0-0 NAIA 0-0 Howie Dickenman (CCSU) 1997 101-65 .608 156-133 .540 Big South 3-0 Ohio Valley 0-0 Dave Calloway (MU) 1998 97-63 .606 128-120 .516 Big Ten 0-4 Pac 10 0-1 Mark Schmidt (RMU) 2001 49-43 .533 65-78 .455 Big-12 0-0 Patriot 4-4 (WC) 2003 26-28 .481 382-267 .589 Big West 0-0 SEC 0-1 (MSM) 2003 24-30 .444 30-56 .349 Colonial 0-6 Southern 0-2 Southland 1-0 (LIU) 2002 30-42 .417 147-88 .625 Conference USA 0-1 Division II 4-0 SWAC 0-0 Bobby Jones (SFPA) 1999 53-77 .408 71-123 .366 Division III 3-0 Sun Belt 0-2 Joe DeSantis (QU) 1998 59-91 .393 104-173 .375 Horizon 2-0 WCC 0-1 Brian Nash (SFNY) 2005 7-11 .389 10-17 .370 Independent 0-1 WAC 0-0 Dave Bike (SHU) 1999 40-90 .308 427-387 .525 Ivy 7-7 Overall 41-64 MAAC 2-6 NEC Past Champions NEC Men’s Basketball 2006 Monmouth 1998 Fairleigh Dickinson 1990 Robert Morris Streaks vs. NEC Opponents 2005 Fairleigh Dickinson 1997 Long Island 1989 Robert Morris 2004 Monmouth 1996 Monmouth 1988 FDU 2003 Wagner 1995 Mount St. Mary's 1987 Marist Winner Loser Streak Winner Loser Streak 2002 Central Connecticut St. 1994 Rider 1986 Marist FDU Long Island 8 2001 Monmouth 1993 Rider 1985 Fairleigh Dickinson CCSU Long Island 7 2000 Central Connecticut St. 1992 Robert Morris 1984 Long Island Monmouth CCSU 7 1999 Mount St. Mary’s 1991 St. Francis (PA) FDU Mount St. Mary’s 5 Monmouth St. Francis (NY) 5 NEC Men’s Basketball NEC Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll/All-Conference Teams NCAA Statistics

Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll NEC In NCAA Statistics (Top-30 - through games of March 6) 1. Fairleigh Dickinson (8) 7. Quinnipiac 2. Monmouth (1) Ind. Category Rank Player School Statistics 8. Mount St. Mary’s Rebounds 16th Obie Nwaike CCSU 10.3 rpg Wagner 9. St. Francis (PA) 26th Durell Vinson WC 9.6 rpg 4. Long Island (1) 10. Robert Morris Blocks 11th Andrea Crosariol FDU 3.0 bpg 5. Central Connecticut State FG% 10th Kibwe Trim SHU .618 11. Sacred Heart 3PFG/Game 18th Justin Chiera CCSU 3.3/game St. Francis (NY) 25th James Williams LIU 3.2/game 3PFG% 27th Derek Coleman RMU .423

Northeast Conference Preseason All-Conference Team Team Category Rank School Statistics FG% Defense 29th Monmouth .401 Name School Pos. Class 3PFG 12th Robert Morris 9.0/game 18th Long Island 8.6/game Joey Henley Sacred Heart F Jr Blocks 8th FDU 6.4 bpg Gordon Klaiber Fairleigh Dickinson F Jr Landy Thompson Mount St. Mary’s G Jr Ind. Game Highs Rank Player School Statistics Points 28th A.J. Jackson RMU 39 vs. QU (2/12/06) Chad Timberlake Fairleigh Dickinson G Sr Rebounds 12th Obie Nwadike CCSU 20 vs. SFNY (2/2/06) James Williams Long Island G Jr 3PFG Made 16th Sean Dantzler SFNY 8 vs. MU (2/25/06) FT% 1st Dejan Delic MU 1.000 (14-14) vs. QU (1/21/06) 1st Chris Wehye QU 1.000 (10-10) vs. MU (1/21/06) NEC Men’s Basketball 1st James Williams LIU 1.000 (11-11) vs. MU (2/11/06) Foreign Born Players 3PFG% 15th Bernell Murray FDU .778 (7-9) vs. MU (2/20/06)

Team Game Highs Rank Team Statistics Name School Cl Hometown, Country 3PFG 13th Long Island 16 vs. Monmouth (2/11/06) Alex Nunner Monmouth Fr Leibnitz, Austria 13th Robert Morris 16 vs. FDU (1/28/06) 3PFG% 9th FDU .684 (13-19) vs. LIU (2/9/06) Nicola Traykov St. Francis (NY) So Sofia, Bulgaria Tristan Blackwood CCSU So Toronto, Ontario, Canada Jemino Sobers CCSU Jr Scarborough, Ontaio, Canada NEC Men’s Basketball Active Leaders Eugene Kotorobai Long Island Jr Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Tyrone Mattison Long Island Fr Toronto, Ontario, Canada Leading Active NEC Scorers Corey Hallett Monmouth Jr Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada Colson Senat Robert Morris So Montreal, Quebec, Canada Player Team Cl Points NEC All-Time (top-50) Landy Thompson MSM Sr 1,733 15th Esa Maki-Tulokas Long Island Jr Forrsa, Finland Gordon Klaiber FDU Sr 1,568 37th Sami Pekkola St. Francis (NY) So Lahti, Finland Chad Timberlake FDU Sr 1,375 James Williams LIU Jr 1,239 Andrea Crosariol FDU Jr Abano T., Italy Kibwe Trim SHU Sr 1,237 Deki Delic Monmouth Jr Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro Justin Chiera CCSU Sr 1,135 Kibwe Trim Sacred Heart Sr San Juan, Trinindad Rahsaan Benton SFPA Sr 1,045 Chris Kenny MU Sr 1,005 Charles Cook MSM Sr 985 13 players representing seven countries. Christian Brown SFNY Sr 912 Kiel Butler MSM Sr 914 Craig Benson QU Sr 910 NEC Men’s Basketball 2004-05 Standings Leading Active NEC Rebounders Player Team Cl Rebounds NEC All-Time (top-50) Gordon Klaiber FDU Sr 690 26th School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Obie Nwadike CCSU Jr 652 33rd 1. Monmouth* 14-4 .778 16-13 .552 Kibwe Trim SHU Sr 626 42nd 2. Fairleigh Dickinson*^ 13-5 .722 20-13 .606 Mychal Kearse MSM Jr 554 Durell Vinson WC Jr 535 3. Robert Morris* 11-7 .611 14-15 .483 4. St. Francis (PA)* 10-8 .556 15-13 .536 Leading Active NEC Assists Long Island* 10-8 .556 14-15 .483 Player Team Cl Assists NEC All-Time Wagner* 10-8 .556 13-17 .433 Chris Sumner MSM Sr 348 39th 7. St. Francis (NY)* 9-9 .500 13-15 .464 Chad Timberlake FDU Sr 343 41st 8. Central Connecticut State* 8-10 .444 12-16 .429 DeEarnest McLemore WC Sr 327 45th Garrett Farha SFPA Sr 323 47th 9. Quinnipiac 6-12 .333 10-17 .370 Landy Thompson MSM Sr 322 48th 10. Mount St. Mary's 5-13 .278 7-20 .259 Tyler Azzarelli MU Sr 312 11. Sacred Heart 3-15 .167 4-23 .148 James Williams LIU Sr 290 Derek Coleman RMU Jr 288 Justin Chiera CCSU Sr 253 * NEC Tournament participants ^ NEC Tournament champion Lenny Jefferson CCSU Sr 252 NEC Tournament Titles and Records

School Titles Last Tourney Record Robert Morris 5 1992 22-17 Fairleigh Dickinson 4 2005 27-20 Monmouth 4 2006 21-14 Long Island 2 1997 20-18 Central Conn State 2 2002 11-6 Mount St. Mary's 2 1999 11-9 Wagner 1 2003 14-19 St. Francis (PA) 1 1991 6-16 St. Francis (NY) 0 10-20 Quinnipiac 0 3-3 Sacred Heart 0 0-2

Past NEC Tournament Winners and Most Valuable Players

2006 -- Monmouth def. Fairleigh Dickinson, 49-48 (Marques Alston) 2005 -- Fairleigh Dickinson def. Wagner, 58-52 (Tamien Trent) 2004 -- Monmouth def. Central Connecticut State, 67-55 (Blake Hamilton) 2003 -- Wagner def. St. Francis (NY), 78-61 () 2002 -- Central Connecticut State def. Quinnipiac, 78-71 (Damian Battles) 2001 -- Monmouth def. St. Francis (NY), 67-64 (Rahsaan Johnson) 2000 -- Central Connecticut State def. Robert Morris, 63-46 (Rick Mickens) 1999 -- Mount St. Mary's def. Central Connecticut State, 72-56 (Gregory Harris) 1998 -- Fairleigh Dickinson def. Long Island, 105-91 (Rahshon Turner) 1997 -- Long Island def. Monmouth, 72-67 (Charles Jones) 1996 -- Monmouth def. Rider, 60-59 (Corey Albano) 1995 -- Mount St. Mary's def. Rider, 69-62 (Silas Cheung) 1994 -- Rider def. Monmouth, 62-56 (Charles Smith) 1993 -- Rider def. Wagner, 65-64 (Darrick Suber) 1992 -- Robert Morris def. Marist, 85-81 (Myron Walker) 1991 -- St. Francis (PA) def. Fairleigh Dickinson, 97-82 (Mike Luzzolino) 1990 -- Robert Morris def. Monmouth, 71-66 (Alex Blackwell) 1989 -- Robert Morris def. Fairleigh Dickinson, 67-66 (Vaughn Luton) 1988 -- Fairleigh Dickinson def. Monmouth, 90-75 (Jaime Latney) 1987 -- Marist def. Fairleigh Dickinson, 64-55 (Drafton Davis) 1986 -- Marist def. Fairleigh Dickinson, 57-56 () 1985 -- Fairleigh Dickinson def. Loyola-MD, 63-59 (Larry Hampton) 1984 -- Long Island def. Robert Morris, 87-81 () 1983 -- Robert Morris def. Long Island, 79-67 () 1982 -- Robert Morris def. Long Island, 85-84 (Tom Parks)

All-Time NEC Head-To-Head • Tournament

CCSU FDU LIU MU MSM QUIN RMU SHU SFNY SFPA WC Current NEC Former NEC Overall CCSU ------1-0 1-0 0-3 0-1 1-0 1-0 2-0 3-1 0-0 0-0 9-5 2-1 11-6 FDU 0-1 ---- 5-2 4-3 0-1 1-0 3-4 0-0 2-2 2-1 6-1 23-15 4-5 27-20 LIU 0-1 2-5 ---- 2-1 1-2 0-0 3-3 0-0 2-1 1-1 1-2 12-16 8-2 20-18 MU 3-0 3-4 1-2 ---- 2-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-2 2-1 2-2 18-12 3-2 21-14 MSM 1-0 1-0 2-1 0-2 ---- 0-0 1-2 0-0 3-0 1-1 0-1 9-7 2-2 11-9 QUIN 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 ---- 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 3-3 0-0 3-3 RMU 0-1 4-3 3-3 1-2 2-1 0-0 ---- 0-0 1-2 4-0 1-2 16-15 6-2 22-17 SHU 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 ---- 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 SFNY 1-3 2-2 1-2 2-2 0-3 0-0 2-1 0-0 ---- 0-2 2-3 10-18 0-2 10-20 SFPA 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-1 0-1 0-4 0-0 2-0 ---- 0-1 6-12 0-4 6-16 WC 0-0 1-6 2-1 2-2 1-0 1-1 2-1 0-0 3-2 1-0 ---- 13-14 1-5 14-19 Northeast Conference Monmouth Combined Team Statistics (Through games of Mar 08, 2006) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (18-14) (8-4) (9-8) (1-2) CONFERENCE...... (12-6) (7-2) (5-4) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (6-8) (1-2) (4-4) (1-2)

Avg |---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------23 ALSTON, Marques..... 32-31 28.7 141-294 .480 21-72 .292 81-111 .730 48 120 168 5.2 52 2 68 73 8 34 384 12.0 01 DELIC, Dejan...... 29-26 28.7 111-289 .384 62-187 .332 66-93 .710 13 86 99 3.4 66 3 63 52 4 27 350 12.1 35 KENNY, Chris...... 32-31 29.5 90-231 .390 41-131 .313 50-64 .781 10 86 96 3.0 89 2 53 50 2 39 271 8.5 05 COLEMAN, Whitney.... 32-17 28.0 87-185 .470 25-56 .446 29-41 .707 19 75 94 2.9 75 3 67 71 6 34 228 7.1 03 AZZARELLI, Tyler.... 22-21 30.5 69-153 .451 28-78 .359 39-65 .600 11 63 74 3.4 60 3 69 38 1 45 205 9.3 55 BUNCH, John...... 23-0 20.7 73-134 .545 0-0 .000 44-86 .512 37 87 124 5.4 46 2 24 52 68 7 190 8.3 13 HALLETT, Corey...... 32-31 16.6 72-159 .453 1-6 .167 17-29 .586 39 64 103 3.2 60 0 21 41 15 21 162 5.1 10 SHIPMAN, Mike...... 25-0 21.6 46-95 .484 9-27 .333 34-49 .694 22 52 74 3.0 40 2 60 48 1 26 135 5.4 34 WILSON, Brent...... 32-2 11.5 31-69 .449 0-1 .000 11-17 .647 15 31 46 1.4 33 0 16 15 2 4 73 2.3 02 NUNNER, Alex...... 25-1 8.1 13-33 .394 10-25 .400 1-2 .500 2 18 20 0.8 9 0 19 19 0 4 37 1.5 20 JOHNSON, Tyson...... 15-0 7.7 11-31 .355 5-13 .385 8-13 .615 7 11 18 1.2 10 0 6 13 3 4 35 2.3 11 AGER, Jon...... 3-0 6.7 2-7 .286 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0 2 2 0.7 2 0 2 3 0 0 5 1.7 33 BAZAZ, Steve...... 5-0 1.4 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM...... 60 66 126 3.9 0 8 Total...... 32 746-1683 .443 203-601 .338 380-571 .665 283 762 1045 32.7 542 17 469 483 110 245 2075 64.8 Opponents...... 32 726-1821 .399 220-678 .324 376-536 .701 414 760 1174 36.7 559 - 436 498 91 236 2048 64.0

TEAM STATISTICS MU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 2075 2048 11/21/05 at San Francisco L 66-70 2119 Points per game...... 64.8 64.0 11/24/05 vs Southern Illinois W 80-68 6882 Scoring margin...... +0.8 - 11/25/05 vs South Carolina L 56-62 7259 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 746-1683 726-1821 11/26/05 vs Oral Roberts L 54-62 7321 Field goal pct...... 443 .399 12/03/05 RIDER L 67-75 2011 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 203-601 220-678 12/06/05 at St. Peter's L 60-73 2236 3-point FG pct...... 338 .324 12/08/05 at Seton Hall L 45-61 5034 3-pt FG made per game...... 6.3 6.9 12/12/05 at Lehigh L 57-71 439 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 380-571 376-536 12/14/05 at Princeton W 41-21 2535 Free throw pct...... 665 .701 *12/18/05 SACRED HEART W 73-64 1346 REBOUNDS...... 1045 1174 12/28/05 at Hartford W 56-54 1388 Rebounds per game...... 32.7 36.7 12/31/05 DREXEL L 49-53 1421 Rebounding margin...... -4.0 - *01/03/06 at St. Francis (NY) W 66-59 211 ASSISTS...... 469 436 *01/05/06 ROBERT MORRIS L 75-87 1014 Assists per game...... 14.7 13.6 *01/07/06 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 55-53 2004 TURNOVERS...... 483 498 *01/12/06 at Central Conn. St. W 61-57 1855 Turnovers per game...... 15.1 15.6 *01/14/06 at Quinnipiac W OT 85-82 890 Turnover margin...... +0.5 - *01/19/06 MOUNT ST. MARY'S L 54-64 1834 Assist/turnover ratio...... 1.0 0.9 *01/21/06 QUINNIPIAC W O2 80-74 1944 STEALS...... 245 236 *01/26/06 at Robert Morris L 65-73 1073 Steals per game...... 7.7 7.4 *01/28/06 at St. Francis (PA) W 74-56 2423 BLOCKS...... 110 91 *02/04/06 CENTRAL CONN. ST. W 63-48 2096 Blocks per game...... 3.4 2.8 *02/06/06 at Wagner W 74-58 1682 WINNING STREAK...... 3 - *02/11/06 at Long Island L 72-78 559 Home win streak...... 6 - *02/13/06 WAGNER W 61-55 1622 ATTENDANCE...... 20999 51047 *02/18/06 at Mount St. Mary's L 69-75 1503 Home games-Avg/Game...... 12-1750 17-1740 *02/20/06 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W O2 96-89 2329 Neutral site-Avg/Game...... - 3-7154 *02/25/06 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 74-68 2247 *02/27/06 at Fairleigh Dickinson L 62-79 3024 BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total 03/02/06 LONG ISLAND W 74-63 1131 ------03/05/06 at Central Conn. St. W 62-48 2614 Team...... 953 1056 33 33 - 2075 03/08/06 at Fairleigh Dickinson W 49-48 - Opponents... 958 1040 30 20 - 2048 * denotes conference game Northeast Conference Monmouth Combined Team Statistics (NEC Tournament Only)

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (3-0) (1-0) (2-0) (0-0) CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (3-0) (1-0) (2-0) (0-0)

Avg |---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------35 KENNY, Chris...... 3-3 32.0 11-26 .423 7-16 .438 9-9 1.000 0 9 9 3.0 8 0 2 3 0 2 38 12.7 23 ALSTON, Marques..... 3-3 30.3 15-28 .536 2-4 .500 4-4 1.000 2 18 20 6.7 3 0 9 9 5 3 36 12.0 01 DELIC, Dejan...... 3-3 30.7 9-23 .391 5-13 .385 10-18 .556 4 6 10 3.3 8 0 6 4 1 4 33 11.0 55 BUNCH, John...... 3-0 23.3 10-18 .556 0-0 .000 6-13 .462 7 11 18 6.0 5 0 5 6 13 0 26 8.7 03 AZZARELLI, Tyler.... 3-3 29.7 6-11 .545 3-5 .600 2-3 .667 1 9 10 3.3 6 0 13 5 0 6 17 5.7 13 HALLETT, Corey...... 3-3 13.0 8-19 .421 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 4 12 16 5.3 4 0 2 1 2 1 17 5.7 10 SHIPMAN, Mike...... 3-0 15.3 3-10 .300 0-2 .000 3-3 1.000 2 6 8 2.7 3 0 1 3 0 1 9 3.0 05 COLEMAN, Whitney.... 3-0 17.7 3-11 .273 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 1 4 5 1.7 1 0 4 3 0 2 7 2.3 34 WILSON, Brent...... 3-0 7.3 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.7 02 NUNNER, Alex...... 1-0 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 33 BAZAZ, Steve...... 1-0 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM...... 7 5 12 4.0 0 2 Total...... 3 66-150 .440 17-42 .405 36-53 .679 28 82 110 36.7 41 0 42 37 21 19 185 61.7 Opponents...... 3 58-181 .320 18-70 .257 25-36 .694 46 63 109 36.3 48 - 31 38 9 19 159 53.0

TEAM STATISTICS MU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 185 159 03/02/06 LONG ISLAND W 74-63 1131 Points per game...... 61.7 53.0 03/05/06 at Central Conn. St. W 62-48 2614 Scoring margin...... +8.7 - 03/08/06 at Fairleigh Dickinson W 49-48 - FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 66-150 58-181 * denotes conference game Field goal pct...... 440 .320 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 17-42 18-70 3-point FG pct...... 405 .257 3-pt FG made per game...... 5.7 6.0 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 36-53 25-36 Free throw pct...... 679 .694 REBOUNDS...... 110 109 Rebounds per game...... 36.7 36.3 Rebounding margin...... +0.3 - ASSISTS...... 42 31 Assists per game...... 14.0 10.3 TURNOVERS...... 37 38 Turnovers per game...... 12.3 12.7 Turnover margin...... +0.3 - Assist/turnover ratio...... 1.1 0.8 STEALS...... 19 19 Steals per game...... 6.3 6.3 BLOCKS...... 21 9 Blocks per game...... 7.0 3.0 WINNING STREAK...... 3 - Home win streak...... 1 - ATTENDANCE...... 1131 2614 Home games-Avg/Game...... 1-1131 2-1307 Neutral site-Avg/Game...... - 0-0

BY PERIOD 1st 2nd Total ------Team...... 81 104 - 185 Opponents... 88 71 - 159 2005-06 Northeast Conference INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Mar 08, 2006 (All games)

To be ranked, a player must appear in at least 75.0% of their team's games.

SCORING REBOUNDING ## Player-Team Cl G FG 3FG FT Pts Avg/G ## Player-Team Cl G OFF DEF TOT Avg/G ------1.TRIM, Kibwe-SHU...... 28 194 0 149 537 19.2 1.NWADIKE, Obie-CCSU...... 29 115 184 299 10.3 2.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 28 168 33 106 475 17.0 2.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 27 109 150 259 9.6 3.WILLIAMS, James-LIU...... 28 144 89 89 466 16.6 3.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 28 78 181 259 9.2 4.FRYE, Jarrid-SHU...... 28 162 19 108 451 16.1 4.TRIM, Kibwe-SHU...... 28 99 142 241 8.6 5.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 29 169 38 65 441 15.2 5.KEARSE, Mychal-MSM...... 28 72 145 217 7.8 6.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 27 174 0 62 410 15.2 6.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 28 90 109 199 7.1 7.KLAIBER, Gordon-FDU...... 29 142 46 96 426 14.7 7.CROSARIOL, Andrea-FDU.... 31 76 141 217 7.0 8.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 27 130 71 54 385 14.3 8.SCOTT, Aubin-LIU...... 25 54 117 171 6.8 9.CHIERA, Justin-CCSU...... 29 137 97 41 412 14.2 9.FRYE, Jarrid-SHU...... 28 41 139 180 6.4 10.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 29 151 53 55 410 14.1 10.WEHYE, Chris-QU...... 28 51 112 163 5.8 11.THOMPSON, Landy-MSM...... 30 134 73 71 412 13.7 11.KLAIBER, Gordon-FDU...... 29 44 122 166 5.7 12.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 28 125 19 83 352 12.6 12.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 29 63 102 165 5.7 13.BENTON, Rahsaan-SFPA..... 28 110 70 59 349 12.5 13.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 29 58 103 161 5.6 14.WINCHESTER, John-QU...... 28 108 46 84 346 12.4 14.AKINYANJU, Victor-QU..... 21 51 65 116 5.5 15.NWADIKE, Obie-CCSU...... 29 119 0 119 357 12.3 15.JOLLEY, Kevin-QU...... 28 42 106 148 5.3 16.DELIC, Dejan-MU...... 29 111 62 66 350 12.1 16.ALSTON, Marques-MU...... 32 48 120 168 5.2 17.ALSTON, Marques-MU...... 32 141 21 81 384 12.0 17.BROWN, Christian-SFNY.... 27 25 116 141 5.2 18.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 27 104 24 90 322 11.9 18.LAWRENCE, Jelani-SFPA.... 28 69 77 146 5.2 19.COLEMAN, Derek-RMU...... 29 106 74 59 345 11.9 19.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 28 51 91 142 5.1 20.SHEPPARD, Allan-SFNY..... 27 122 5 64 313 11.6 20.ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 24 46 70 116 4.8 21.CROSARIOL, Andrea-FDU.... 31 143 0 66 352 11.4 22.LAWRENCE, Jelani-SFPA.... 28 122 3 55 302 10.8 23.BROWN, Christian-SFNY.... 27 91 47 59 288 10.7 24.KEARSE, Mychal-MSM...... 28 91 9 105 296 10.6 25.GONZALEZ, Adam-QU...... 28 99 27 70 295 10.5 26.JEFFERSON, Lenny-CCSU.... 26 83 43 64 273 10.5 27.MCLEMORE, DeEarnest-WC... 25 92 13 56 253 10.1 28.WEHYE, Chris-QU...... 28 106 23 40 275 9.8 29.SCOTT, Aubin-LIU...... 25 91 7 54 243 9.7 30.ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 24 75 0 76 226 9.4

FIELD GOAL PCT (Min. 3.0 made per game) ASSISTS ## Player-Team Cl G FG FGA Pct ## Player-Team Cl G Assists Avg/G ------1.ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 24 75 119 .630 1.COLEMAN, Derek-RMU...... 29 137 4.72 2.CROSARIOL, Andrea-FDU.... 31 143 228 .627 2.FARHA, Garrett-SFPA...... 28 129 4.61 3.TRIM, Kibwe-SHU...... 28 194 314 .618 3.MCLEMORE, DeEarnest-WC... 25 115 4.60 4.SCOTT, Aubin-LIU...... 25 91 151 .603 4.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 27 113 4.19 5.LAWRENCE, Jelani-SFPA.... 28 122 213 .573 5.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 29 120 4.14 6.JOLLEY, Kevin-QU...... 28 87 154 .565 6.HOBSON, Tavio-SHU...... 27 111 4.11 7.AKINYANJU, Victor-QU..... 21 67 121 .554 7.GONZALEZ, Adam-QU...... 28 109 3.89 8.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 27 174 328 .530 8.MURRAY, Bernell-FDU...... 31 107 3.45 9.ATUPEM, Sam-MSM...... 23 70 138 .507 9.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 28 95 3.39 10.NWADIKE, Obie-CCSU...... 29 119 236 .504 10.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 27 89 3.30 11.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 29 169 343 .493 11.WILLIAMS, James-LIU...... 28 92 3.29 12.SHEPPARD, Allan-SFNY..... 27 122 249 .490 12.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 28 90 3.21 13.ALSTON, Marques-MU...... 32 141 294 .480 13.BUTLER, Joey-MSM...... 30 89 2.97 14.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 28 125 268 .466 14.CHIERA, Justin-CCSU...... 29 86 2.97 15.SMITH, Jamal-WC...... 24 72 155 .465 15.FORD, Marquis-SFPA...... 27 75 2.78

FREE THROW PCT (Min. 2.0 made per game) STEALS ## Player-Team Cl G FTM FTA Pct ## Player-Team Cl G Steals Avg/G ------1.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 27 54 60 .900 1.HOBSON, Tavio-SHU...... 27 57 2.11 2.BENTON, Rahsaan-SFPA..... 28 59 67 .881 2.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 28 53 1.89 3.JEFFERSON, Lenny-CCSU.... 26 64 73 .877 3.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 29 54 1.86 4.COLEMAN, Derek-RMU...... 29 59 71 .831 4.FRYE, Jarrid-SHU...... 28 49 1.75 5.WILLIAMS, James-LIU...... 28 89 108 .824 5.KEARSE, Mychal-MSM...... 28 46 1.64 6.GONZALEZ, Adam-QU...... 28 70 87 .805 6.KLAIBER, Gordon-FDU...... 29 47 1.62 7.ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 24 76 96 .792 7.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 29 41 1.41 8.KEARSE, Mychal-MSM...... 28 105 136 .772 8.SCOTT, Aubin-LIU...... 25 34 1.36 9.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 27 90 117 .769 9.MURRAY, Bernell-FDU...... 31 41 1.32 10.BUTLER, Kiel-MSM...... 23 48 64 .750 10.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 27 35 1.30 11.THOMPSON, Landy-MSM...... 30 71 96 .740 11.SMITH, Tristan-SFNY...... 27 34 1.26 12.WINCHESTER, John-QU...... 28 84 114 .737 BROWN, Christian-SFNY.... 27 34 1.26 13.ALSTON, Marques-MU...... 32 81 111 .730 13.KENNY, Chris-MU...... 32 39 1.22 14.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 28 106 147 .721 14.MATTISON, Tyrone-LIU..... 23 28 1.22 15.DELIC, Dejan-MU...... 29 66 93 .710 15.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 28 34 1.21 2005-06 Northeast Conference INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Mar 08, 2006 (All games)

3-POINT FG PCT (Min. 1.0 made per game) 3-POINT FG MADE ## Player-Team Cl G 3FG FGA Pct ## Player-Team Cl G 3FG Avg/G ------1.JEFFERSON, Lenny-CCSU.... 26 43 98 .439 1.CHIERA, Justin-CCSU...... 29 97 3.34 2.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 28 31 72 .431 2.WILLIAMS, James-LIU...... 28 89 3.18 3.COLEMAN, Derek-RMU...... 29 74 175 .423 3.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 27 71 2.63 4.WILLIAMS, James-LIU...... 28 89 213 .418 4.COLEMAN, Derek-RMU...... 29 74 2.55 5.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 28 33 80 .412 5.BENTON, Rahsaan-SFPA..... 28 70 2.50 6.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 27 71 177 .401 6.THOMPSON, Landy-MSM...... 30 73 2.43 7.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 29 38 95 .400 7.DELIC, Dejan-MU...... 29 62 2.14 8.CHIERA, Justin-CCSU...... 29 97 244 .398 8.SURPRENANT, Grant-SFPA... 28 55 1.96 9.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 29 53 134 .396 9.BENSON, Craig-QU...... 26 51 1.96 10.DANTZLER, Sean-SFNY...... 24 46 118 .390 10.DANTZLER, Sean-SFNY...... 24 46 1.92 11.MUNDWEILER, Joey-WC...... 27 41 108 .380 11.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 29 53 1.83 12.BROWN, Christian-SFNY.... 27 47 124 .379 12.BROWN, Christian-SFNY.... 27 47 1.74 13.VITALE, Matt-WC...... 27 39 104 .375 13.JEFFERSON, Lenny-CCSU.... 26 43 1.65 14.JONES, Randy-LIU...... 26 33 90 .367 14.WINCHESTER, John-QU...... 28 46 1.64 15.PEEPLES, Michael-FDU..... 31 37 102 .363 15.KLAIBER, Gordon-FDU...... 29 46 1.59

BLOCKED SHOTS ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO (Min. 3.0 assists/game) ## Player-Team Cl G Blocks Avg/G ## Player-Team Cl G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio ------1.CROSARIOL, Andrea-FDU.... 31 94 3.03 1.FARHA, Garrett-SFPA...... 28 129 4.6 61 2.2 2.11 2.AKINYANJU, Victor-QU..... 21 30 1.43 2.MCLEMORE, DeEarnest-WC... 25 115 4.6 56 2.2 2.05 3.KLAIBER, Gordon-FDU...... 29 40 1.38 3.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 29 120 4.1 61 2.1 1.97 4.LAWRENCE, Jelani-SFPA.... 28 36 1.29 4.MURRAY, Bernell-FDU...... 31 107 3.5 58 1.9 1.84 5.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 27 34 1.26 5.COLEMAN, Derek-RMU...... 29 137 4.7 78 2.7 1.76 6.SOBERS, Jemino-CCSU...... 28 30 1.07 6.GONZALEZ, Adam-QU...... 28 109 3.9 64 2.3 1.70 7.ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 24 23 0.96 7.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 27 113 4.2 69 2.6 1.64 ST. ROBERT, James-SFNY... 24 23 0.96 8.HOBSON, Tavio-SHU...... 27 111 4.1 80 3.0 1.39 9.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 29 26 0.90 9.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 28 90 3.2 70 2.5 1.29 10.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 28 24 0.86 10.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 27 89 3.3 72 2.7 1.24 11.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 28 23 0.82 11.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 28 95 3.4 94 3.4 1.01 12.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 27 22 0.81 12.WILLIAMS, James-LIU...... 28 92 3.3 92 3.3 1.00 13.LUNDY, T.J.-SFPA...... 24 19 0.79 14.ATUPEM, Sam-MSM...... 23 17 0.74 15.MITCHELL, Markus-MSM..... 30 21 0.70

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G ------1.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 27 109 4.04 1.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 28 181 6.46 2.NWADIKE, Obie-CCSU...... 29 115 3.97 2.NWADIKE, Obie-CCSU...... 29 184 6.34 3.TRIM, Kibwe-SHU...... 28 99 3.54 3.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 27 150 5.56 4.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 28 90 3.21 4.KEARSE, Mychal-MSM...... 28 145 5.18 5.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 28 78 2.79 5.TRIM, Kibwe-SHU...... 28 142 5.07 6.KEARSE, Mychal-MSM...... 28 72 2.57 6.FRYE, Jarrid-SHU...... 28 139 4.96 7.LAWRENCE, Jelani-SFPA.... 28 69 2.46 7.SCOTT, Aubin-LIU...... 25 117 4.68 8.CROSARIOL, Andrea-FDU.... 31 76 2.45 8.CROSARIOL, Andrea-FDU.... 31 141 4.55 9.AKINYANJU, Victor-QU..... 21 51 2.43 9.BROWN, Christian-SFNY.... 27 116 4.30 10.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 29 63 2.17 10.KLAIBER, Gordon-FDU...... 29 122 4.21 11.SCOTT, Aubin-LIU...... 25 54 2.16 11.WEHYE, Chris-QU...... 28 112 4.00 12.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 29 58 2.00 12.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 28 109 3.89 MORKELIUNAS, Paska-LIU... 28 56 2.00 13.JOLLEY, Kevin-QU...... 28 106 3.79 14.ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 24 46 1.92 14.ALSTON, Marques-MU...... 32 120 3.75 15.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 28 51 1.82 15.TIMBERLAKE, Chad-FDU..... 29 103 3.55 WEHYE, Chris-QU...... 28 51 1.82 2005-06 Northeast Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Mar 08, 2006 (All games)

SCORING OFFENSE SCORING DEFENSE ## Team G W-L Pts Avg/G ## Team G Pts Avg/G ------1.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 20-11 2300 74.2 1.Monmouth...... 32 2048 64.0 2.Robert Morris...... 29 15-14 2136 73.7 2.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 1995 66.5 3.Quinnipiac...... 28 12-16 2059 73.5 3.Wagner...... 27 1798 66.6 4.Central Conn. St.... 29 18-11 2102 72.5 4.St. Francis (NY).... 27 1812 67.1 5.Long Island...... 28 12-16 1931 69.0 5.Central Conn. St.... 29 1968 67.9 6.Wagner...... 27 13-14 1812 67.1 6.Sacred Heart...... 28 1902 67.9 7.Sacred Heart...... 28 11-17 1853 66.2 7.St. Francis (PA).... 28 1971 70.4 8.Monmouth...... 32 18-14 2075 64.8 8.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 2185 70.5 9.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 13-17 1939 64.6 9.Long Island...... 28 2003 71.5 10.St. Francis (NY).... 27 10-17 1721 63.7 10.Robert Morris...... 29 2075 71.6 11.St. Francis (PA).... 28 4-24 1679 60.0 11.Quinnipiac...... 28 2072 74.0

SCORING MARGIN FREE THROW PERCENTAGES ## Team G OFF DEF Margin ## Team G FTM FTA Pct ------1.Central Conn. St.... 29 72.5 67.9 +4.6 1.Quinnipiac...... 28 444 614 .723 2.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 74.2 70.5 +3.7 2.Central Conn. St.... 29 430 596 .721 3.Robert Morris...... 29 73.7 71.6 +2.1 3.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 404 562 .719 4.Monmouth...... 32 64.8 64.0 +0.8 4.Robert Morris...... 29 400 558 .717 5.Wagner...... 27 67.1 66.6 +0.5 5.Sacred Heart...... 28 415 598 .694 6.Quinnipiac...... 28 73.5 74.0 -0.5 6.Long Island...... 28 365 536 .681 7.Sacred Heart...... 28 66.2 67.9 -1.8 7.St. Francis (PA).... 28 273 409 .667 8.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 64.6 66.5 -1.9 8.Monmouth...... 32 380 571 .665 9.Long Island...... 28 69.0 71.5 -2.6 9.St. Francis (NY).... 27 312 474 .658 10.St. Francis (NY).... 27 63.7 67.1 -3.4 10.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 409 630 .649 11.St. Francis (PA).... 28 60.0 70.4 -10.4 11.Wagner...... 27 337 530 .636

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG FGA Pct ## Team G FG FGA Pct ------1.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 845 1852 .456 1.Monmouth...... 32 726 1821 .399 2.Sacred Heart...... 28 656 1458 .450 2.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 793 1918 .413 3.Central Conn. St.... 29 721 1624 .444 3.Wagner...... 27 638 1538 .415 4.Monmouth...... 32 746 1683 .443 4.St. Francis (NY).... 27 617 1431 .431 5.Quinnipiac...... 28 710 1605 .442 5.Sacred Heart...... 28 668 1546 .432 6.Wagner...... 27 663 1509 .439 6.Quinnipiac...... 28 721 1635 .441 7.Robert Morris...... 29 738 1711 .431 7.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 682 1535 .444 8.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 680 1642 .414 8.Robert Morris...... 29 773 1681 .460 9.Long Island...... 28 661 1603 .412 9.Long Island...... 28 727 1571 .463 10.St. Francis (NY).... 27 617 1501 .411 10.Central Conn. St.... 29 731 1577 .464 11.St. Francis (PA).... 28 602 1507 .399 11.St. Francis (PA).... 28 728 1536 .474

3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG FGA Pct ## Team G FG FGA Pct ------1.Robert Morris...... 29 260 674 .386 1.Wagner...... 27 163 520 .313 2.Central Conn. St.... 29 230 598 .385 2.St. Francis (NY).... 27 153 480 .319 3.Long Island...... 28 242 659 .367 3.Quinnipiac...... 28 166 518 .320 4.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 201 566 .355 4.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 179 553 .324 5.Wagner...... 27 149 425 .351 5.Monmouth...... 32 220 678 .324 6.St. Francis (NY).... 27 175 510 .343 6.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 200 574 .348 7.Monmouth...... 32 203 601 .338 7.Central Conn. St.... 29 198 562 .352 8.St. Francis (PA).... 28 202 600 .337 8.Robert Morris...... 29 219 621 .353 9.Quinnipiac...... 28 195 583 .334 9.Long Island...... 28 179 507 .353 10.Sacred Heart...... 28 126 411 .307 10.Sacred Heart...... 28 195 552 .353 11.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 175 580 .302 11.St. Francis (PA).... 28 181 467 .388

REBOUNDING OFFENSE REBOUNDING DEFENSE ## Team G Reb Avg/G ## Team G Reb Avg/G ------1.Wagner...... 27 1040 38.5 1.Central Conn. St.... 29 914 31.5 2.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 1141 36.8 2.Sacred Heart...... 28 907 32.4 3.Quinnipiac...... 28 1024 36.6 3.Wagner...... 27 911 33.7 4.Robert Morris...... 29 1047 36.1 4.Robert Morris...... 29 1015 35.0 5.Sacred Heart...... 28 978 34.9 5.Quinnipiac...... 28 982 35.1 6.St. Francis (NY).... 27 931 34.5 6.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 1070 35.7 7.Central Conn. St.... 29 995 34.3 7.St. Francis (NY).... 27 971 36.0 8.Long Island...... 28 942 33.6 8.St. Francis (PA).... 28 1018 36.4 9.Monmouth...... 32 1045 32.7 9.Monmouth...... 32 1174 36.7 10.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 964 32.1 10.Long Island...... 28 1037 37.0 11.St. Francis (PA).... 28 871 31.1 11.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 1193 38.5 2005-06 Northeast Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Mar 08, 2006 (All games)

REBOUNDING MARGIN BLOCKED SHOTS ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin ## Team G Blocks Avg/G ------1.Wagner...... 27 1040 38.5 911 33.7 +4.8 1.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 198 6.39 2.Central Conn. St.... 29 995 34.3 914 31.5 +2.8 2.St. Francis (NY).... 27 97 3.59 3.Sacred Heart...... 28 978 34.9 907 32.4 +2.5 3.Wagner...... 27 93 3.44 4.Quinnipiac...... 28 1024 36.6 982 35.1 +1.5 4.Monmouth...... 32 110 3.44 5.Robert Morris...... 29 1047 36.1 1015 35.0 +1.1 5.Quinnipiac...... 28 87 3.11 6.St. Francis (NY).... 27 931 34.5 971 36.0 -1.5 6.St. Francis (PA).... 28 84 3.00 7.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 1141 36.8 1193 38.5 -1.7 7.Robert Morris...... 29 81 2.79 8.Long Island...... 28 942 33.6 1037 37.0 -3.4 8.Sacred Heart...... 28 73 2.61 9.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 964 32.1 1070 35.7 -3.5 9.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 78 2.60 10.Monmouth...... 32 1045 32.7 1174 36.7 -4.0 10.Long Island...... 28 67 2.39 11.St. Francis (PA).... 28 871 31.1 1018 36.4 -5.2 11.Central Conn. St.... 29 68 2.34

ASSISTS STEALS ## Team G Assists Avg/G ## Team G Steals Avg/G ------1.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 489 15.77 1.St. Francis (NY).... 27 208 7.70 2.Quinnipiac...... 28 416 14.86 2.Monmouth...... 32 245 7.66 3.Central Conn. St.... 29 428 14.76 3.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 234 7.55 4.Monmouth...... 32 469 14.66 4.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 226 7.53 5.Robert Morris...... 29 419 14.45 5.Robert Morris...... 29 218 7.52 6.St. Francis (PA).... 28 361 12.89 6.Sacred Heart...... 28 207 7.39 7.Long Island...... 28 360 12.86 7.Quinnipiac...... 28 193 6.89 8.Wagner...... 27 345 12.78 8.Long Island...... 28 189 6.75 9.Sacred Heart...... 28 342 12.21 9.Central Conn. St.... 29 191 6.59 10.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 366 12.20 10.St. Francis (PA).... 28 156 5.57 11.St. Francis (NY).... 27 318 11.78 11.Wagner...... 27 145 5.37

TURNOVER MARGIN ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin ## Team G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio ------1.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 411 13.7 482 16.1 +2.37 1.Central Conn. St.... 29 428 14.8 372 12.8 1.15 2.Central Conn. St.... 29 372 12.8 414 14.3 +1.45 2.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 489 15.8 457 14.7 1.07 3.Long Island...... 28 411 14.7 431 15.4 +0.71 3.Robert Morris...... 29 419 14.4 427 14.7 0.98 4.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 457 14.7 473 15.3 +0.52 4.Monmouth...... 32 469 14.7 483 15.1 0.97 5.Monmouth...... 32 483 15.1 498 15.6 +0.47 5.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 366 12.2 411 13.7 0.89 6.Robert Morris...... 29 427 14.7 435 15.0 +0.28 6.Wagner...... 27 345 12.8 391 14.5 0.88 7.St. Francis (NY).... 27 411 15.2 418 15.5 +0.26 7.St. Francis (PA).... 28 361 12.9 411 14.7 0.88 8.Quinnipiac...... 28 475 17.0 422 15.1 -1.89 8.Long Island...... 28 360 12.9 411 14.7 0.88 9.St. Francis (PA).... 28 411 14.7 357 12.8 -1.93 9.Quinnipiac...... 28 416 14.9 475 17.0 0.88 10.Wagner...... 27 391 14.5 327 12.1 -2.37 10.St. Francis (NY).... 27 318 11.8 411 15.2 0.77 11.Sacred Heart...... 28 460 16.4 390 13.9 -2.50 11.Sacred Heart...... 28 342 12.2 460 16.4 0.74

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Team G No. Avg/G ## Team G No. Avg/G ------1.Robert Morris...... 29 392 13.52 1.Wagner...... 27 688 25.48 2.Central Conn. St.... 29 381 13.14 2.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 777 25.06 3.Wagner...... 27 352 13.04 3.Quinnipiac...... 28 693 24.75 4.Quinnipiac...... 28 331 11.82 4.Monmouth...... 32 762 23.81 5.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 364 11.74 5.Sacred Heart...... 28 660 23.57 6.St. Francis (NY).... 27 315 11.67 6.St. Francis (NY).... 27 616 22.81 7.Long Island...... 28 323 11.54 7.Robert Morris...... 29 655 22.59 8.Sacred Heart...... 28 318 11.36 8.Long Island...... 28 619 22.11 9.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 326 10.87 9.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 638 21.27 10.St. Francis (PA).... 28 296 10.57 10.Central Conn. St.... 29 614 21.17 11.Monmouth...... 32 283 8.84 11.St. Francis (PA).... 28 575 20.54

3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE ## Team G 3FG Avg/G ------1.Robert Morris...... 29 260 8.97 2.Long Island...... 28 242 8.64 3.Central Conn. St.... 29 230 7.93 4.St. Francis (PA).... 28 202 7.21 5.Quinnipiac...... 28 195 6.96 6.Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 201 6.48 7.St. Francis (NY).... 27 175 6.48 8.Monmouth...... 32 203 6.34 9.Mount St. Mary's.... 30 175 5.83 10.Wagner...... 27 149 5.52 11.Sacred Heart...... 28 126 4.50 2005-06 Northeast Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Mar 08, 2006 (All games)

|------CONFERENCE------| |------OVERALL------| WINNING STREAK STANDINGS W-L Pct PF PA W-L Pct PF PA Team NO. ------Fairleigh Dickinson. 14-4 .778 78.4 72.5 20-11 .645 74.2 70.5 Monmouth 3 Central Conn. St.... 13-5 .722 71.0 62.3 18-11 .621 72.5 67.9 Wagner 1 Monmouth...... 12-6 .667 69.9 67.7 18-14 .562 64.8 64.0 Mount St. Mary's.... 11-7 .611 66.4 62.9 13-17 .433 64.6 66.5 Robert Morris...... 10-8 .556 75.1 73.2 15-14 .517 73.7 71.6 Long Island...... 9-9 .500 69.3 71.1 12-16 .429 69.0 71.5 Sacred Heart...... 8-10 .444 67.2 68.6 11-17 .393 66.2 67.9 Quinnipiac...... 7-11 .389 73.6 75.0 12-16 .429 73.5 74.0 St. Francis (NY).... 7-11 .389 63.9 65.8 10-17 .370 63.7 67.1 Wagner...... 6-12 .333 64.1 68.7 13-14 .481 67.1 66.6 St. Francis (PA).... 2-16 .111 58.5 69.7 4-24 .143 60.0 70.4

TEAM SUMMARIES Team G PF-PA Avg Score Margin FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct RebF RebA Margin ------Central Conn. St.... 29 2102-1968 72.5-67.9 +4.6 721-1624 .444 230-598 .385 430-596 .721 995 914 +2.8 Fairleigh Dickinson. 31 2300-2185 74.2-70.5 +3.7 845-1852 .456 201-566 .355 409-630 .649 1141 1193 -1.7 Long Island...... 28 1931-2003 69.0-71.5 -2.6 661-1603 .412 242-659 .367 365-536 .681 942 1037 -3.4 Monmouth...... 32 2075-2048 64.8-64.0 +0.8 746-1683 .443 203-601 .338 380-571 .665 1045 1174 -4.0 Mount St. Mary's.... 30 1939-1995 64.6-66.5 -1.9 680-1642 .414 175-580 .302 404-562 .719 964 1070 -3.5 Quinnipiac...... 28 2059-2072 73.5-74.0 -0.5 710-1605 .442 195-583 .334 444-614 .723 1024 982 +1.5 Robert Morris...... 29 2136-2075 73.7-71.6 +2.1 738-1711 .431 260-674 .386 400-558 .717 1047 1015 +1.1 Sacred Heart...... 28 1853-1902 66.2-67.9 -1.8 656-1458 .450 126-411 .307 415-598 .694 978 907 +2.5 St. Francis (NY).... 27 1721-1812 63.7-67.1 -3.4 617-1501 .411 175-510 .343 312-474 .658 931 971 -1.5 St. Francis (PA).... 28 1679-1971 60.0-70.4 -10.4 602-1507 .399 202-600 .337 273-409 .667 871 1018 -5.2 Wagner...... 27 1812-1798 67.1-66.6 +0.5 663-1509 .439 149-425 .351 337-530 .636 1040 911 +4.8

ATTENDANCE Team | HOME GAMES Avg | AWAY GAMES Avg | NEUT GAMES Avg | ALL GAMES Avg | ------Central Conn. St. | 15-30189 2013 | 14-22823 1630 | 0-0 0 | 29-53012 1828 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 14-13966 998 | 15-58471 3898 | 2-0 0 | 31-72437 2337 | Long Island | 12-8322 694 | 14-20539 1467 | 2-1345 672 | 28-30206 1079 | Monmouth | 12-20999 1750 | 17-29585 1740 | 3-21462 7154 | 32-72046 2251 | Mount St. Mary's | 13-13646 1050 | 14-32965 2355 | 3-491 164 | 30-47102 1570 | Quinnipiac | 13-14294 1100 | 14-34766 2483 | 1-1034 1034 | 28-50094 1789 | Robert Morris | 13-13058 1004 | 16-33154 2072 | 0-0 0 | 29-46212 1594 | Sacred Heart | 13-11158 858 | 15-28742 1916 | 0-0 0 | 28-39900 1425 | St. Francis (NY) | 13-4438 341 | 14-25839 1846 | 0-0 0 | 27-30277 1121 | St. Francis (PA) | 12-16002 1334 | 14-29047 2075 | 2-0 0 | 28-45049 1609 | Wagner | 13-18135 1395 | 14-26217 1873 | 0-0 0 | 27-44352 1643 | ------Totals | 143-164207 1148 | 161-342148 2125 | 13-24332 1872 | 218-410068 1881 |