The University of at Arlington 2010-11 UT ARLINGTON MEN’S Table of Contents...... 1 UT ARLINGTON HONORS AND AWARDS Media Information...... 2 Team Single Game Records...... 56 GENERAL Name...... The University of Texas at Arlington 2010-11 Schedule...... 3 Team Single Game Lows...... 58 City/Zip...... Arlington, Texas 76019 ...... 4 Team Season Records...... 60 Founded...... 1895 (Senior College in 1959) Season Outlook...... 6 Team Season Lows...... 61 Enrollment...... 33,000 ...... 8 Opponent Season Records...... 62 Nickname...... Mavericks Colors...... Royal Blue and White (Orange Trim) Southland Conference Composite Schedule....10 Individual Game Records...... 63 Affiliation...... NCAA Division I 2011 State Farm Southland Conf. Tournament... 11 Individual Season Records...... 66 Conference...... Southland Game Day at ...... 12 Individual Career Records...... 68 President...... James D. Spaniolo Top Performances...... 70 Alma Mater...... Michigan State, 1968 Director of Athletics...... Pete Carlon COACHES Double-Doubles...... 72 Alma Mater...... Iowa State, 1975 Head Coach Scott Cross...... 14 Miscellaneous Records...... 76 Athletics Phone...... (817) 272-2261 Assistant Coach Greg Young...... 16 Year-By-Year Team Records...... 77 Assistant Coach Derrick Daniels...... 17 Year-by-Year Team Statistics...... 78 PROGRAM HISTORY First Year of Basketball...... 1959-60 Assistant Coach Zak Buncik...... 18 Year-by-Year Opponent Statistics...... 79 All-Time Record...... 572-814 Dir. of Operations Andrae Patterson...... 19 Year-by-Year Indiviudal Leaders...... 80 All-Time Southland Conf. Record...... 258-344 2011 NCAA Tournament Sites/Dates...... 20 All-Time Scoring Leaders...... 82 No. Years in NCAA Tournament/Last...... 1/2008 All-Time Rebounding and Leaders.....83 No. Years in NIT/Last...... 1/1981 Year-by-Year Results...... 84 2010-11 UT ARLINGTON MAVERICKS FACILITY Rosters...... 22 Series Records vs. 2010-11 Opponents.. 89 Arena ...... Texas Hall LaMarcus Reed III...... 24 All-Time Series Records...... 92 Year Built...... 1965 Cameron Catlett...... 25 Honors and Awards...... 93 Capacity...... 3,600 Jordan Reves...... 26 Mavericks in the Pros...... 94 Press Row ...... 817.272.3795 Armani Williams...... 27 Southland Conference History...... 95 COACHING STAFF Kevin Butler...... 28 All-Time Conference Standings...... 97 Head Coach...... Scott Cross Bradley Gay...... 29 UTA SLC Tournament Results...... 100 Alma Mater ...... UT Arlington, 1998 Record at UTA (Yrs)...... 66-57 (4) Bo Ingram...... 29 UTA Conference Tournament Records.. 101 Overall Record (Yrs)...... Same Bryant Smith...... 30 All-Time Roster...... 102 Office Phone...... 817.272-2242 Brandon Edwards...... 30 Office Fax...... 817.272.5037 Stuart Lagerson...... 31 EXPERIENCE UTA Best time to call...... 9 a.m. - Noon Assistant Coaches...... Darius Richardson...... 31 The University of Texas at Arlington...... 108 Greg Young (Howard Payne, 1986) Shaquille White-Miller...... 32 College Life...... 126 Derrick Daniels (Texas Wesleyan, 2004) Rivest Aduku...... 32 University & Department Leadership.....138 Zak Buncik (UT Arlington, 2007) Ryan Bruce...... 32 Department of Athletics...... 141 Andrae Patterson (Indiana, 1998) Daniel Francis...... 32 Mavericks in the Community...... 149 TEAM INFORMATION Athletics Hall of Honor ...... 150 2009-10 Overall Record...... 16-14 2009-10 REVIEW Distinguished Alumni ...... 152 Conference Record (Finish)...... 8-8 (5th, West) Overall Statistics...... 34 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 4/9 Starters Returning/Lost...... 1/4 Conference Statistics...... 35 CREDITS Results...... 36 The 2010-11 UT Arlington Men’s Basketball ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Game-by-Game Statistics...... 37 Information Guide was written, edited and Assoc. AD for Communications & Marketing UTA Team Highs and Lows...... 38 designed by UT Arlington Associate Athlet- ...... Gregg Elkin Office Phone...... 817.272.5706 Opponent Highs and Lows...... 39 ics Director Gregg Elkin. Special thanks Mobile Phone...... 214.577.8843 Individual Highs and Lows...... 40 to previous UT Arlington Athletic Commu- E-mail...... [email protected] Box Scores...... 41 nications staffs for their past contributions. Southland Conference Standings/Attendance....49 Cover design by Gregg Elkin and Dave Assistant Sports Information Director ...... Luke Brietzke Southland Conference All Game Team Stats...... 50 Seymour. Photography by Phillip Long and Office Phone...... 817.272.2239 Southland Conference All Game Indiv. Stats...... 51 Michael Clements. Cell Phone...... 443.465.0918 Southland Conference Conf. Game Team Stats.. 52 e-mail...... [email protected] Southland Conference Conf. Game Indiv. Stats.. 53 Assistant Sports Information Director 2010-11 Opponent Information...... 54 ...... Kristyna Mancias Office Phone...... 817.272.2212 e-mail...... [email protected] SID Fax...... 817.272.2254 SID Mailing Address...... UTA Box 19079 ...... Arlington, TX 76019 Overnight Address...... 1309 West Mitchell Street ...... Arlington, TX 76019 utamavs.com 1 The University of Texas at Arlington MEDIA INFORMATION Directions to Texas Hall: POST GAME INTERVIEWS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS STAFF - From Interstate 30 (North) UT Arlington head coach Scott Cross and GREGG ELKIN Associate Athletics Director Exit Cooper Street South. Follow Cooper to selected UTA players will be made available to Communications and Marketing Nedderman Drive. Turn right (west) on Ned- media in the Media Room following a 10-minute Phone...... 817.272.5706 derman. Two buildings share the parking lot Cell...... 214.577.8843 “cooling off” period after the game. E-mail...... [email protected] -- Texas Hall is on the left (west) side (Davis Hall - Men’s Basketball is located on the right (east) side). COVERING PRACTICE - Golf Practice sessions are generally open to the - From Interstate 20 (South): media. Media are required to contact the UT LUKE BRIETZKE Asst. Sports Information Director Exit Cooper Street North. Follow Cooper Street Arlington sports information office to arrange Office Phone...... 817.272.2239 to Nedderman Drive. Turn left (west) on Ned- easy access to players and coaches prior Cell Phone...... 443.465.0918 derman. Two buildings share the parking lot to or following practice. Practice times and E-mail...... [email protected] - Baseball -- Texas Hall is on the left (west) side (Davis Hall locations may vary. Contact Gregg Elkin for - Volleyball is located on the right (east) side). practice times. - Track and Field GAME CREDENTIALS PHONE INTERVIEWS KRISTYNA MANCIAS Media credentials are available to accredited The UT Arlington sports information office Asst. Sports Information Director Phone...... 817.272.2213 media outlets by contacting Gregg Elkin at requests media members to arrange phone E-mail...... [email protected] [email protected] or by calling 817.272.5706. interviews at least 24 HOURS in advance. Phone - Women’s Basketball - Softball Media credentials will be left at WILL CALL. interviews can be arranged by calling Gregg - Tennis For further information about media credentials, Elkin. In maintaining UT Arlington athletics - Cross Country please feel free to contact the UT Arlington department policy, individual phone numbers Athletics Communications Office. of student-athletes may not be released. Sports Information Fax RADIO 817-272-5037 UT ARLINGTON Visiting radio for all home basketball games will ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA INFORMATION be seated on the south side of press row, next The UT Arlington Athletics Communications The 2010-11 edition of the UT Arlington Men’s to their bench. office is located in rooms 103 and 104 of the Basketball Information Guide has been pro- Gilstrap Athletic Center, 1309 W. Mitchell duced to assist you with your coverage of the STATISTICS/SERVICES St., near the northwest corner of Maverick Mavericks. Additional information, photographs Packets, including rosters, statistics and games Stadium. and statistics are available upon request. notes will be available on press row prior to the game. Final box scores will be provided to all INTERNET ACCESS TEXAS HALL media following each match. Updated information on UT Arlington men’s The UT Arlington Basketball press row is located basketball can be found on www.utamavs. on the west side of the playing floor, between the TELEPHONE com. This official website is refreshed daily team benches. The primary entrance to Texas There are a limited number of phone lines with match stories, gmae notes, box scores Hall is on the east side of the facility. Passes available to the media on press row. Wireless and statistics. may be picked up at the WILL CALL table, lo- Internet is available at press row. Additional cated at the West 2 entrance. Parking is avail- phone lines, high speed internet lines and fax GAMETRACKER able on the south side of Texas Hall. and copy machines are available in the media All UT Arlington men’s basketball home games room. during the 2010-11 season can be viewed play- by-play on the official athletics website www. utamavs.com.

2 utamavs.com The University of Texas at Arlington 2010-11 SCHEDULE NOVEMBER Day Date Opponent Time Friday Nov. 12 TEXAS LUTHERAN 7 p Sunday Nov. 14 at Oregon State 3:30 p Tuesday Nov. 16 UT TYLER 7 p Saturday Nov. 20 at Houston Baptist 7:30 p Monday Nov. 22 HARDIN-SIMMONS 7 p Saturday Nov. 27 ST. EDWARD’S 7 p Tuesday Nov. 30 at 7 p

DECEMBER Day Date Opponent Time Saturday Dec. 11 at Samford 4 p Saturday Dec. 18 at Tech 7 p Wednesday Dec. 22 at Texas Tech 7 p Wednesday Dec. 29 at Kansas 8 p Friday Dec. 31 at Arkansas 7 p

JANUARY Day Date Opponent Time Wednesday Jan. 5 HOUSTON BAPTIST 7 p Saturday Jan. 8 at Nicholls 3:30 p Wednesday Jan. 12 at Sam Houston State 7 p Saturday Jan. 15 LAMAR 7 p Wednesday Jan. 19 TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 7 p Saturday Jan. 22 at Stephen F. Austin 6 p Saturday Jan. 29 TEXAS STATE 7 p

FEBRUARY Day Date Opponent Time Wednesday Feb. 2 at UTSA 7 p Saturday Feb. 5 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 12 p Wednesday Feb. 9 SAM HOUSTON STATE 7 p Saturday Feb. 12 at Texas State 2 p Wednesday Feb. 16 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 7 p Saturday Feb. 19 at Southeastern Louisiana 3 p Wednesday Feb. 23 McNEESE STATE 7 p Saturday Feb. 26 at Northwestern State 2 p

MARCH Day Date Opponent Time Wednesday Mar. 2 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 7 p Saturday Mar. 5 UTSA 7 p Wed.-Sat. Mar. 9-12 State Farm Southland Conference Tournament (Katy, Texas) TBA

All games on KVCE-1160 AM All times listed are Central Time and are subject to change Home games played at Texas Hall utamavs.com 3 The University of Texas at Arlington COLLEGE PARK CENTER

The realization of College Park Center at UT Arlington represents a dream-come-true for a generation of students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members. For the next generation, it offers a vision of great things to come.

The University has broken ground on UT Arlington’s new, $78 million College Park Center, a transformational jewel for the campus of 33,000 students and a catalyst for revitalization in the city’s central business district. The 218,000-square-foot center will be a true home court for the University’s basketball and volleyball teams. It will give the city of Arlington, Texas a signature facility for world-class concerts, conferences and community events. The center is expected to open by late 2011.

Designed by HKS Inc., College Park Center is expected to meet LEED Gold standards, incorporating many energy-efficient features including low-emittance glazed windows, a highly reflective roof that will reduce the solar load on the building and a low-use water system. The building will incorporate regional materials and will include native landscaping.

The exterior mixes brick and stone ex- teriors with windows that stretch nearly the full height of the 50-foot building. The building will be oriented to allow natural light to flow onto the concourses. At night, the expansive windows will all but glow, enticing patrons to come inside and take in the action.

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The realization of College Parker Center at UT Arlington rep- resents a dream-come-true for a generation of students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members. For the next generation, it offers a vision of great things to come.

The Mavericks’ locker room and lounge area will be state-of-the-art.

College Park Center will also be UTA’s home for concerts and other events during the year.

utamavs.com 5 The University of Texas at Arlington SEASON OUTLOOK There is no need for UT Arlington men’s basketball fans need to circle the final home game for Senior Day festivi- ties.

Why? Because there are no seniors on the team head coach Scott Cross will put on the court as he begins his fifth season at the helm of the Mavericks.

With just four returning lettermen and one starter to the 2010-11 edition of the Mavericks, Cross and his staff will look to a talented group of newcomers to help improve on its 16-14 overall and 8-8 conference mark of a year ago.

The team said good bye to five seniors from last year’s team which included All-American and Southland Confer- Head coach Scott Cross must replace four starters ence Player of the Year Marquez Haynes. Haynes was in 2010-11. the third-leading scorer in the nation in 2009-10 at 22.6 points per game while also leading the team in assists, steals and 3- shooting.

Cross is looking to replace almost 74% of the scoring out- put and close to 64% of the team’s rebounding total from a year ago as well. Those percentages are almost the same when it comes to replacing 51% of the steals, 72% of the assists and 81% of the blocks the team posted last year.

Along with the five seniors who departed, the team is also without four other players from a year ago. One of those is 6-9 forward Trey Parker who led the team with 33 blocks last year. Parker, who suffered through numerous knee injuries during his first three seasons, is no longer able to play and took a medical hardship and will not play in what would have been his senior year.

No one on the roster started more than 17 games a year ago. The one player who did start that many games is LaMarcus Reed, who is the Mavericks leading returning scorer with 8.1 points per game and rebounder (3.5 pg). Reed is an athletic wing player who has showed at times that he can carry a team’s scoring load and this season the junior will be looked toward to do just that.

The next top returning scorer is sophomore guard Armani Williams. He averaged 5.8 points a game last year. He sat out his first season at UTA as a redshirt and came to the program as a prolific 3-point shooter. He did not dis- appoint in that category, becoming the second-leading 3-point shooter on the team at 35%. He attempted 114 3-pointers and that accounted for 75% of his field goal at- LaMarcus Reed is the leading returning scoring tempts (114-153). and rebounder for the Mavericks. 6 utamavs.com The University of Texas at Arlington Cameron Catlett was the only freshman last year to ap- pear in all 30 games. He also started nine games and he responded by averaging 3.9 points and 2.2 rebounds per game. Catlett, who averaged 16 minutes a game, shot 51% from the field but needs to improve on his 47% free throw shooting.

Jordan Reeves is the other returning letterman. The 6-10 center appeared in 29 games as a freshman last year and averaged 3.1 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. Like Catlett he shot over 50% from the field but also needs to improve on his 48% free throw percentage. Reeves did add 15 blocks but will look to improve on his defense be- cause he fouled out six times.

The only other player who is familiar with the team is red- shirt freshman Bryant Smith. A Chicago native, Smith sat out last season but came into the program with a reputa- tion for being able to score, handle the ball and get to the basket.

The list of the true newcomers to the team has two junior college transfers and four true freshmen.

The junior college transfers are headed by 6-5 forward Bo Ingram. He was a first team all-conference selection at South Plains College last year, leading his team in scoring. He scored 20 or more points six times as well. Sophomore Cameron Catlett will be asked to score A native of Kinston, North Carolina, Ingram was named the more and increase his assist total in 2010-11.

2008 Co-Player of the Year in the state after helping his team to the state title. Others who have won that award include Chris Paul and Tracy McGrady.

Brad Gay comes to the program from Tyler Junior Col- lege. The 6-4 guard was one of the leading scorers for his team a year ago before a broken hand curtailed his season. He should be another outside shooting threat for the Mavericks this season.

Some, if not all, of the freshman will be counted on to play major minutes this season.

One of them, Darius Richardson, should be ready to step in and help pick up the scoring void that will have to be addressed.

The 6-4 guard from Bush High School in Fort Bend, Texas, was the Most Valuable Player of the state 5A tournament Armani Williams returns as UT Arlington’s top out- as he led his team to a state title. side shooter. utamavs.com 7 The University of Texas at Arlington SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE In an era of considerable change in intercollegiate athlet- ceived recognition for its work. It received a College Sports Commissioner ics, the Southland Conference continues to be a model of Media Award at the College Sports Video Summit in Atlanta Tom Burnett innovation, stability and consistent achievement as it cel- in June 2010 for it production of the 2009 McNeese State ebrates the academic and athletic accomplishments of its vs. Stephen F. Austin football game, which was judged the member institutions. best live game or event in its category. The network also What began as a small gathering of college administra- collected three prestigious Tell Awards. Entering its third tors more than 47 years ago, the Southland Conference has season in 2010-11, the network will expand its reach to transformed itself into a dynamic and respected consortium roughly 6 million households throughout Texas, Louisiana of 12 member universities in three states. Beginning with a and Arkansas. Associate Commissioner historic meeting of five institutions in on March 15, In February 2010, the Southland Conference learned it, Championships and 1963, that included current members Lamar University (then in conjunction with the city of Frisco, Texas, and the Hunt Sports Administration Lamar State College of Technology) and the University of Sports Group, would serve as the host of the NCAA Division Tina Cheatham Texas at Arlington (then Arlington State College), the South- I Football Championship game. The first of three champion- land Conference set on an extraordinary course that has ship games will be played Jan. 7, 2011 at Pizza Hut Park in proven successful well into its fifth decade of existence. Frisco, which has been home to the conference office since On July 1, 2006, the Southland Conference commemo- 2006. Frisco was recently named the fastest growing city rated another milestone as the league membership reached in the nation. Associate Commissioner 12, marking the largest configuration ever for the organiza- Southland Conference football ranks among the best Chief Financial Officer tion. The addition of the University of Central Arkansas and Football Championship Subdivision leagues in the nation, Jack Key Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi expanded the South- and enjoys an annual expectation of competing for the na- land into the Little Rock, Ark., metro area and into the eighth tional championship with multiple teams advancing to the largest city in Texas. Central Arkansas and A&M-Corpus NCAA playoffs each year. In 2002 and 2003, McNeese State Christi enhanced the Southland Conference in innumerable finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in the nation, and ways, including athletic and academic successes, strong advanced to the 2002 national championship contest, the and principled leadership, and strong fan support and me- sixth such title game appearance since the league joined Associate Commissioner dia coverage. the FCS in 1982. All told, Southland teams have played in for Operations In addition to its two newest members, the Southland Con- 92 Division I playoff games in 28 years, winning 43 of the Bruce Ludlow ference lineup also consists of Lamar University, McNeese contests. State University, Nicholls State University, Northwestern Historically, the Southland’s successful football heritage State University, Sam Houston State University, Southeast- has sustained itself through numerous membership and ern Louisiana University, Stephen F. Austin State University, classification changes. Originally an NAIA conference, the the University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Texas Southland joined the NCAA College Division in 1968. The at San Antonio, and -San Marcos. College Division was re-named NCAA Division II in 1973, Associate Commissioner All told, the revised membership of the Southland encom- and the league played two seasons in that class, before for Institutional Services passes more than 180,000 current students and an alumni joining Division I in 1975. The Southland was an NCAA Divi- Stephanie McDonald base of approximately 920,000. Famous alums from South- sion I-A league from 1978-81, before joining the ranks of land Conference schools include former President Lyndon FCS in 1982, its home ever since. B. Johnson (Texas State), former CBS news anchor Dan During its tenure as a Division I-A conference, the South- Rather (Sam Houston State), retired U.S. Central Command land Conference was instrumental in the startup of the In- General Tommy Franks (UT Arlington), NBA executive Joe dependence Bowl in 1976. The Southland representative Dumars (McNeese State), ABC news anchor Robin Roberts served as the host team of the bowl until 1980, compiling a Administrative (Southeastern Louisiana), country music star George Strait 2-3 record in those contests. Assistant (Texas State), Major League Baseball stars Hunter Pence The conference can lay claim to five national champion- (UT Arlington), Kevin Millar (Lamar) and Ben Broussard ships, including College Division championships through Teri Franch (McNeese State), NBA legend Scottie Pippen (Central Ar- former members Arkansas State (1970, UPI) and Louisiana kansas) and actor Lou Diamond Phillips (UT Arlington). Tech (1972, National Football Foundation). Louisiana Tech The cities of the Southland are diverse and progressive, also won the first-ever NCAA-sanctioned national title, win- ranging from international business and cultural centers ning the Division II playoffs in 1973. Tech followed that with such as the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, San Antonio and the UPI’s Division II national championship in 1974. Louisi- Associate Commissioner the New Orleans area, to the historical cities of , and Natchi- ana-Monroe won the 1987 FCS national title. for External Affairs toches, La., to the home of the modern oil boom, , to the McNeese State, which has made 14 appearances in the unique Cajun French cultures found in the Louisiana cities national playoffs, played in the 1997 and 2002 NCAA Divi- Jenny McGhee of Thibodaux and Lake Charles. Southland Conference sion I FCS national championship games, while Stephen F. institutions also draw large numbers of students from the Austin played in the 1989 title game and has five playoff ap- metropolitan areas of Houston, Little Rock, Baton Rouge, pearances, reaching the quarterfinals in 2009. Northwest- Austin, and Shreveport. ern State has played in the playoffs six times, and advanced The Southland sponsors 17 championship sports, all at to the semifinals in 1998, while Sam Houston State has Assistant Commissioner/ the NCAA Division I level. The eight men’s sports include earned four trips to the postseason, including the semifinals Communications & Media Services baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis, and in 2004. Nicholls has participated three times in the playoffs. indoor and outdoor track and field. The women compete for In 2008, Texas State made its second postseason appear- Todd Lamb nine championships in basketball, cross country, golf, soc- ance in four years. Included was a trip to the semifinals in cer, softball, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and 2005. volleyball. The conference earns automatic qualification to On four occasions, the Southland has placed three teams NCAA championships in baseball, men’s and women’s bas- in the national 16-team playoffs. Six of the eight current foot- ketball, men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s ball-playing members have qualified for the FCS playoffs. Assistant Director of and women’s golf, women’s soccer, softball, men’s and In addition, Texas State won NCAA Division II titles in 1981 women’s tennis, and volleyball. and 1982 before joining the Southland. Media Relations Continuing its tradition of innovation, the league launched The Southland has produced 153 first-team football All- Jimmy Glenn the Southland Conference Television Network in the fall of Americans during its history, and has sent such talent to the 2008 and has already broadcast nearly 70 events. In just professional ranks including Oakland’s Keith Davis (Sam its second year of production, the network has already re- Houston State), Carolina’s Josh McCown (Sam Houston 8 utamavs.com The University of Texas at Arlington

State), Buffalo’s Terrence McGee (Northwestern State), Kansas City’s B.J. Sams (McNeese State), Detroit’s Kevin Smith (McNeese State), Minnesota’s Fred Evans (Texas State), Ten- nessee’s Jacob Ford (Central Arkansas), and Oakland’s Luke Lawton (McNeese State). The Southland is one of three FCS conferences with at least 200 selections (202) in the National Football League Draft. The league also ranks third in the FCS with 22 players taken in the draft since 2000 and has 22 former players on NFL rosters to start the 2010 season. Among the former NFL stars from the Southland include , who was inducted to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 2008 to become the first former Southland Con- ference player to earn induction in Canton. Other great NFL players from the Southland in- clude Super Bowl XXIX Stan Humphries, Bill Bergey, Fred Barnett, , Marvin Upshaw, Larry Centers, Kavika Pittman, , Bruce Collie, Tim McKyer, , Jackie Harris, Eugene Seale, Bubby Brister, , Rafael Septien, Buford Jordan, Marcus Spears, Terrance Shaw and Ray Brown. The Southland Conference has also seen its share of great coaches during its history in , Ernie Duplechin, Sam Goodwin, Jack Doland, Bennie Ellender, Bobby Keasler, Larry Lacewell, Bill Davidson, Dennis Franchione, Pat Collins, and Ron Randle- man. While successful on the fields and courts, the Southland Conference has repeatedly demonstrated its commitment to the academic and athletic success of its student-athletes. In addition to football, the Southland Conference can point to a number of accomplish- ments in all sports. Men’s basketball has experienced a tremendous amount of success during the South- leyball Final Four in 1989. In 2006, Stephen F. Austin moved to the second round following land’s 45-plus years. The league has sent two teams to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, as well an opening-round win against Alabama. as a squad to the NIT Final Four. Basketball stars , , Jeff Foster, Track and field has also served as a proud asset for the Southland Conference as the Dwight “Bo” Lamar, , Devin Brown, and Mike Oliver played in the Southland league has produced numerous national champions and Olympic medalists. The South- Conference. In 2006, Northwestern State, playing as the No. 14 seed in the NCAA tourna- land boasts 27 men and three women student-athletes who have won NCAA track and field ment, defeated No. 3 seed Iowa, 64-63, in first-round action. In 2008, the league saw two national championships, including A&M-Corpus Christi’s Shadrack Songok (10,000-meter postseason teams (UT Arlington in the NCAA tournament and Stephen F. Austin in the NIT) run) in 2007 and 2008 and McNeese State’s Brad Gebauer (pole vault) in 2007. The league for the first time since 2001. has also produced U.S. Olympic track and field medalists Earl Bell, Thomas Hill, Al Joyner Coaches such as Billy Tubbs, Mike Vining, Scotty Robertson, Jack Martin, Andy Russo, and Charles Austin, Liudmila Litvinova, along with other Olympians. With the addition of Bobby Paschal and Pat Foster have led teams in the Southland. eight more All-American seasons in 2010, the league continues to find national success In women’s basketball, the Southland also has its share of tradition with Louisiana-Mon- in both indoor and outdoor track and field. In the indoor circuit, the Southland boasts 60 roe advancing to the 1985 NCAA Women’s Final Four, and Stephen F. Austin sustaining unique all-time All-Americans that have won a combined 10 national championships. Like- itself as one of the most successful programs in the history of the sport. In 2008, the Lady- wise in the spring outdoor season, the league has seen 138 different All-Americans, includ- jacks became the eighth program in NCAA Division I history to record more than 800 wins, ing 110 men and 28 women, combine to win 20 national championships. joining Tennessee, Louisiana Tech, Old Dominion, Texas, James Madison, Ohio State and Golf has traditionally been a strong Southland sport as exemplified by Lamar men’s golfer Tennessee Tech. Chris Stroud, who finished third individually at the 2003 NCAA National Championship and In 2010, for the first time in Southland history, three league members advanced to the is a member of the PGA Tour. Both Stroud and former Southeastern Louisiana golfer Hugo postseason as Lamar won its first conference tournament title and played in its second Leon competed in the 2010 U.S. Open. The league has sent multiple teams into post- NCAA tournament. Stephen F. Austin was selected to play in its third WNIT and Texas season play on numerous occasions, including in 2009 as both Lamar and UT Arlington A&M-Corpus Christi won a school-record 24 games en route to its deepest postseason run, qualified for regional play. Additionally, during the past two seasons the Southland has sent advanced to the semifinals of the inaugural Women’s Basketball Invitational. eight golfers to compete as individuals in regional play with five in 2009 and three more in A Southland team has played in the WNIT 10 times, including each of the last four years. 2010. Lamar won a pair of NCAA Division II national championships in 1967 and 1968, and Women’s basketball all-stars have included Eun Jung Lee, Lisa Ingram, Portia Hill, Deneen also produced PGA player Ronnie Black. Parker, Katrina Price, and Joskeen Garner, and coaches such as Gary Blair, Linda Sharp, In 2005, Lamar’s Dawie Van Der Walt finished fourth individually and Lamar tied for 12th James Smith and Linda Harper. place at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship, before the Cardinals tied for ninth in 2006 Baseball has emerged as a huge Southland Conference strength with the league earn- and tied for third in 2007. Former Lamar golfer Casey Clendenon advanced to the semifi- ing numerous national rankings and NCAA tournament berths. The Southland consistently nals of the U.S. Amateur in 2007. ranks among the top-10 conferences in the country. Major leaguers such as Ben Sheets, Southland tennis has also experienced national prominence. UT Arlington All-American Micah Hoffpauir, Hunter Pence, David Segui, Brian Lawrence, Ben Broussard, Chuck Andy Leber was the 2002 ITA/Ted Farnsworth National Senior Co-Player of the Year after Finley, Jerald Clark, and Terry Matthews once played in the league. Former UT Arlington a 43-3 record and earning the nation’s No. 2 ranking. In women’s tennis, Southeastern shortstop, Trey Hillman, a three-time All-Southland selection from 1983-85, was manager Louisiana won 46 consecutive conference matches during a four-year period that began for the Kansas City Royals from the 2007-10 seasons and coached the American League in 2005. in the 2009 MLB All-Star Game. The conference has increased sponsorship and championship opportunities for female The 2010 Major League Baseball Draft was significant for the Southland as the league student-athletes in recent years, adding women’s golf and soccer as league sports. In saw 17 players drafted pushing the all-time draft total to more than 400 selections (414). UT 2007, Stephen F. Austin became the first Southland soccer team to score a goal in the Arlington’s Michael Choice became the seventh Southland player taken in the first round, NCAA tournament, while Texas State became the first women’s golf program to compete selected by Oakland with the 10th overall selection. He joins Ben Sheets (Louisiana-Mon- in the NCAA tournament. roe) as the league’s highest draft pick. The two are the only players in Southland history to The Southland Conference has repeatedly demonstrated its commitment to the aca- be taken in the top 10 of the draft demic and athletic success of its student-athletes. With the F.L. McDonald Postgraduate , who won his 1,100th career game in 2009, and Mark Johnson, who won his Scholarship Award, the league annually honors one male and one female scholar-athlete 1,000th career game in 2010, join an impressive list of coaches who have patrolled South- with a stipend for postgraduate study. The Scholar-Athlete Award is given to each institu- land Conference dugouts including , Butch McBroom, , Smoke La- tion’s male and female student-athlete with the highest grade-point average. The Steve Mc- val, , , and . Carty Citizenship Award, initiated in 2005-06 and named after the former Stephen F. Austin Softball continues to enjoy success on a national level, as the league has knocked off at athletic director, properly recognizes accomplishments off the court for a male and female least one nationally ranked opponent since 1995, with six wins over ranked opponents in student-athlete. Also, student-athletes with grade-point averages above 3.0 are honored on 2010 including wins by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Texas State over No. 15 Texas. In the Southland’s annual All-Academic teams and Commissioner’s Honor Roll. A record 934 the 2003 NCAA Tournament, UT Arlington and Texas State enjoyed unprecedented suc- student-athletes appeared on the honor roll following the 2010 spring semester. cess as each won two games in the national event. The league has also won at least one In addition to providing expanding opportunities for student-athletes, the Southland game in the NCAA tournament in three of the past six years. In 18 years on NCAA tourna- Conference and its member institutions are very involved in various community outreach ment competition the Southland has racked up 14 wins. programs. Many of these programs provide positive life skills training such as academics, The Southland has a proud history in volleyball as UT Arlington has represented the citizenship and leadership to school-aged students in Southland communities. conference eight times in the NCAA tournament, advancing all the way to the NCAA Vol- utamavs.com 9 The University of Texas at Arlington 2010-11 SLC COMPOSITE SCHEDULE Friday, Nov. 12 Thursday, Dec. 2 Thursday, Dec. 30 Monday, Feb. 7 Nicholls at Houston 7 p.m. Central Baptist at Northwestern St. 7 p.m. UTSA at Bowling Green 6 p.m. Savannah St. at A&M-Corpus Christi 7 p.m. Northwestern St. at LSU 7 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Texas A&M 7 p.m. Central Arkansas at (SSN) 7 p.m. Millsaps College at Southeastern La. 7 p.m. UTSA at UC Riverside 9 p.m. Lamar at Tulane 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9 Howard Payne at Stephen F. Austin 7 p.m. Southeastern La. vs. TBA2 TBA Stephen F. Austin at Nicholls* 6:30 p.m. Texas Lutheran at UT Arlington 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4 Lamar at Northwestern St.* 7 p.m. Lyon College at Lamar 7:05 p.m. Houston at Sam Houston St. (SLCTV) 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31 Sam Houston St. at UT Arlington* 7 p.m. Sul Ross St. at Texas St. 7:30 p.m. Lamar at Rice 3 p.m. UT Tyler at Texas St. 1 p.m. UTSA at Southeastern La.* 7 p.m. Hutson-Tillotson at UTSA 8 p.m. Central Arkansas at Missouri St. 7 p.m. Northwestern St. at Duquesne 4 p.m. Texas St. at Central Arkansas* 7 p.m. Texas St. at Houston Baptist 7:35 p.m. McNeese St. at Texas A&M 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13 Southeastern La. at UCF TBA UT Arlington at Arkansas 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12 Northeastern Oklahoma at A&M-Corpus Christi 1 p.m. UTSA at Pepperdine TBA UT Arlington at Texas St.* (SLCTV) 2 p.m. McNeese St. at Washington 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 2 Southeastern La. at Northwestern St.* 2 p.m. Hendrix at Central Arkansas 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7 Sam Houston St. at UTEP 2 p.m. Central Arkansas at McNeese St.* 3 p.m. Mary Hardin-Baylor at Sam Houston St. 7:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech at Northwestern St. 7 p.m. Southeastern La. at Ole Miss (CSS) 2 p.m. UTSA at Stephen F. Austin* 6 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi at Marquette 7 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi at Texas Tech (TTSN) 2 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi at Sam Houston St.* 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 Nicholls at Lamar* 7:05 p.m. UT Arlington at Oregon St. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8 Monday, Jan. 3 Lamar at Rice 3 p.m. Nicholls at Texas A&M 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14 Monday, Nov. 15 Loyola-New Orleans at Nicholls 6:30 p.m. Wiley College at Stephen F. Austin 7 p.m. Sam Houston St. at McNeese St.* 7 p.m. Texas A&M at A&M-Corpus Christi (SLCTV) 7 p.m. UT-Martin at Central Arkansas 7 p.m. UTSA at Oklahoma St. 7 p.m. Houston Baptist at Northwestern St. 7 p.m. North Texas at Sam Houston St. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15 Northwestern Oklahoma St. at Sam Houston St. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4 Texas St. at A&M-Corpus Christi* 7 p.m. Longwood at Stephen F. Austin 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9 Texas-Pan American at Texas St. 7 p.m. Jarvis Christian at McNeese St. 7 p.m. Ecclesia at Central Arkansas 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16 Tuesday, Nov. 16 Louisiana College at Lamar 7:35 p.m. Lamar at Southeastern La.* 7 p.m. UMKC at Central Arkansas 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10 LSU-Shreveport at Northwestern St. 7:45 p.m. McNeese St. at UTSA* 7 p.m. Georgia St. at McNeese St. 7 p.m. Central Arkansas vs. Chicago St.6 5 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at UT Arlington* 7 p.m. Nicholls at LSU 7 p.m. Nicholls at Wichita St. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5 UT Tyler at UT Arlington 7 p.m. Grambling St. at Stephen F. Austin6 7:15 p.m. Houston Baptist at UT Arlington 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19 Long Island at Texas St. 7 p.m. UTSA at Nicholls* 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11 Saturday, Jan. 8 Northwestern St. at McNeese St.* 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17 Louisiana Tech at McNeese St. 3 p.m. Lamar at Central Arkansas* (SLCTV) 2 p.m. UT Arlington at Southeastern La.* 3 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi at Oklahoma St. 7 p.m. Southeastern La. at Southern 3 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi at McNeese St.* 3 p.m Sam Houston St. at Central Arkansas* 4 p.m. UTSA at Evansville 7:35 p.m. Texas St. at Texas (LSN) 3 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Southeastern La.* 3 p.m. Texas St. at Stephen F. Austin* 4:30 p.m. Southeastern La. at UNLV 9 p.m. Cleveland St. at Sam Houston St. 3:30 p.m. UT Arlington at Nicholls* 3:30 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi at Lamar* 7:05 p.m. Northwestern St. at Memphis TBA UT Arlington at Samford 4 p.m. Northwestern St. at Texas St.* 4 p.m. UTSA at Houston 4 p.m. Sam Houston St. at UTSA* 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23 Friday, Nov. 19 Central Arkansas vs. Grambling St.6 5 p.m. Lamar at Stephen F. Austin* 7 p.m. Lamar vs. UC Riverside1 12:30 p.m. Hutson-Tillotson at Lamar 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12 McNeese St. at UT Arlington* 7 p.m. Cameron at UTSA 5 p.m. Stephen F. Austin vs. Chicago St.6 7:15 p.m. Central Arkansas at Stephen F. Austin* 7 p.m. Nicholls at Central Arkansas* 7 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Texas Tech 7 p.m. Nicholls at Northwestern St.* 7 p.m. Northwestern St. at Sam Houston St.* 7 p.m. Central Arkansas at Hawaii 12:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 13 UT Arlington at Sam Houston St.* 7 p.m. Southeastern La. at Texas St.* 7 p.m. SW Assemblies of God at McNeese St. 7 p.m. UTSA at A&M-Corpus Christi* 7 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi at UTSA* 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20 Nicholls at St. 7 p.m. McNeese St. at Lamar* 7:35 p.m. UT-Martin at Northwestern St. 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26 Lamar vs. Portland St.1 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15 Saturday, Jan. 15 UT Arlington at Northwestern St.* 2 p.m. Louisiana College at McNeese St. 3 p.m. Missouri Valley at Northwestern St. 7 p.m. Nicholls at Sam Houston St.* (SLCTV) 2 p.m. Nicholls at McNeese St.* 3 p.m. Texas St. at Texas-Pan American 7 p.m. Southeastern La. at Alabama 7 p.m. Texas St. at McNeese St.* 3 p.m. UTSA at Texas St.* (SLCTV) 4 p.m. UT Arlington at Houston Baptist 7:30 p.m. Northwestern St. at Central Arkansas* 4 p.m. Central Arkansas at Southeastern La.* 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16 Lamar at UT Arlington* 7 p.m. Sam Houston St. at Lamar* 7:05 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21 Dillard at Nicholls 6:30 p.m. Southeastern La. at A&M-Corpus Christi* 7 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi at Ohio 1 p.m. McNeese St. at LSU 7 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at UTSA* 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27 Nicholls at Oklahoma St. 3 p.m. Texas St. at Texas Southern 7 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at A&M-Corpus Christi* 1 p.m. Lamar at SMU1 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17 Saturday, Dec. 18 Lamar at Arkansas St. 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, March 2 Monday, Nov. 22 Southeastern La. at Vanderbilt 6 p.m. Northwestern State at Nicholls* 6:30 p.m. McNeese St. at Southern Miss 7 p.m. Central Arkansas at Missouri (MSN) 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19 Central Arkansas at UTSA* 7 p.m. Northwestern St. at Centenary 7 p.m. Sam Houston St. at Florida International 7 p.m. Central Arkansas at Nicholls* 6:30 p.m. Sam Houston St. at Stephen F. Austin* 7 p.m. Southeastern La. at Jacksonville St. 7 p.m. Jarvis Christian at Stephen F. Austin 7 p.m. Sam Houston St. at Texas St.* 7 p.m. Southeastern La. at McNeese St.* 7 p.m. Hardin-Simons at UT Arlington 7 p.m. UT Arlington at Louisiana Tech 7 p.m. McNeese St. at Southeastern La.* 7 p.m. UT Arlington at A&M-Corpus Christi* 7 p.m. Troy at UTSA 7 p.m. Houston at A&M-Corpus Christi 7 p.m. UTSA at Northwestern St.* 7 p.m. Texas St. at Lamar* 7:05 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi at UT Arlington* 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23 Sunday, Dec. 19 Saturday, March 5 Champion Baptist at Central Arkansas 7 p.m. Lamar at Louisiana-Lafayette 2:05 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22 Nicholls at Southeastern La.* (SLCTV) noon Lamar at Texas-Pan American 7 p.m. Sacramento St. University at McNeese St. 3 p.m. McNeese St. at Northwestern St.* (SLCTV) 2 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Northwestern St.* 2 p.m. Sam Houston St. at Texas (LSN) 7 p.m. Canisius at Northwestern St. 4 p.m. Southeastern La. at Nicholls* 3:30 p.m. Lamar at McNeese St.* 3 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Louisiana-Monroe 7 p.m. Texas St. at North Texas 5 p.m. UT Arlington at Stephen F. Austin* 6 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi at Central Arkansas* 4 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi at Kansas (JTV) 7 p.m. Sam Houston St. at A&M-Corpus Christi* 7 p.m. UTSA at UT Arlington* 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 20 Texas St. at UTSA* 7 p.m. Texas St. at Sam Houston St.* 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24 A&M-Corpus Christi at Memphis 7 p.m. Central Arkansas at Lamar* 7:05 p.m. Our Lady of the Lake at Texas St. noon Samford at UTSA 8 p.m. 2011 State Farm Southland Conference Basketball Tournament McNeese St. at Miami (Fla.) 7 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at UTEP 9:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24 Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas Oklahoma Panhandle St. at UTSA 7 p.m. March 9-12, 2011 Friday, Nov. 26 Tuesday, Dec. 21 A&M-Corpus Christi vs. Bethune-Cookman3 11:30 a.m. Spring Hill College at Southeastern La. 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26 Quarterfinals Tulane at Nicholls 6:30 p.m. Jarvis Christian at Nicholls 6:30 p.m. McNeese St. at Nicholls* 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 9 Northwestern St. at Indiana (BTN) TBA Lyon at Central Arkansas 7 p.m. Southeastern La. at Central Arkansas* 7 p.m. Game One: Noon (SLC NOW) University of The Southwest at McNeese St. 7 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Sam Houston St.* 7 p.m. Game Two: 2:30 p.m. (SLC NOW) Saturday, Nov. 27 Northwestern St. at TCU 7 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi at Texas St.* 7 p.m. Game Three: 6 p.m. (SLC NOW) Loyola at Southeastern La. 3 p.m. Sam Houston St. at Houston 7 p.m. Northwestern St. at Lamar* 7:05 p.m. Game Four: 8:30 p.m. (SLC NOW) North Texas at Texas St. 4 p.m. Oklahoma Arts & Sciences at Stephen F. Austin 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22 Saturday, Jan. 29 Semifinals Sam Houston St. at Colorado St. 7 p.m. Texas St. vs. Ole Miss5 5 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi at Stephen F. Austin* (SLCTV) 2 p.m. Thursday, March 10 St. Gregory’s at Lamar 7:05 p.m. UT Arlington at Texas Tech (TTSN) 7 p.m. Lamar at Nicholls* 3:30 p.m. Game Five: Noon (SLCTV) St. Edward’s at UT Arlington 7:30 p.m. Canisius at Lamar 7:05 p.m. McNeese St. at Central Arkansas* 4:30 p.m. Game Six: 2:30 p.m. (SLCTV) A&M-Corpus Christi vs. Northern Colo./Valparaiso3 TBA UTSA at Sam Houston St.* 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 23 Texas St. at UT Arlington* 7 p.m. Championship Sunday, Nov. 28 UTSA at Tulsa 7 p.m. Northwestern St. at Southeastern La.* 7: 30 p.m. Saturday, March 12 Central Arkansas at SMU 2 p.m Texas St. vs. TBA5 TBA Championship Game: 3 p.m. (ESPN2) Wednesday, Feb. 2 All times CST and subject to change. Monday, Nov. 29 Friday, Dec. 24 Central Arkansas at Northwestern St.* 7 p.m. Southern-New Orleans at Nicholls 6:30 p.m. Texas St. vs. TBA5 TBA Nicholls at A&M-Corpus Christi* 7 p.m. Tournament Key: Stephen F. Austin at Texas St.* 7 p.m. 1 SMU Tournament Tuesday, Nov. 30 Tuesday, Dec. 28 UT Arlington at UTSA* 7 p.m. 2 South Mississippi Christmas Classic UT Arlington at North Texas 7 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi vs. Georgia St.4 5 p.m. Southeastern La. at Lamar* 7:05 p.m. 3 Las Vegas Invitational San Jose St. at UTSA 7 p.m. Sam Houston St. vs. Air Force7 9 p.m. 4 Dr. Pepper Classic Centenary at Northwestern St. 7:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5 5 Cancun Governor’s Cup Wednesday, Dec. 29 Central Arkansas at UT Arlington* noon 6 Etech Lumberjack Classic Wednesday, Dec. 1 Southeastern La. vs. Savannah St.2 5 p.m. Nicholls at Texas St.* 4 p.m. 7 Bank of the West Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational Central Arkansas at Oklahoma St. 7 p.m. Sam Houston St. vs. Western New Mexico7 5:30 p.m. McNeese St. at Stephen F. Austin* 6 p.m. Lamar at Texas (LSN) 7 p.m. Northwestern St. at Canisius 7 p.m. Lamar at UTSA* 7 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette at McNeese St. 7 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe at Stephen F. Austin 7 p.m. Northwestern St. at A&M-Corpus Christi* 7 p.m. Saint Thomas at Sam Houston St. 7 p.m. UT Arlington at Kansas (ESPNU) 8 p.m. Southeastern La. at Sam Houston St.* 7 p.m. Dillard vs. Southeastern La. 7 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi vs. TBA4 TBA St. Edwards at A&M-Corpus Christi 7 p.m. 10 utamavs.com The University of Texas at Arlington

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT 2011 State Farm Southland Conference Basketball Tournament March.9-12,.2011 Leonard.E..Merrell.Center Katy,.Texas

. Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship TBD

Game. One Wednesday,. March. 9 Noon TBD Game. Five Thursday,. March. 10 6 . p.m. TBD Southland. TV

Game. Two Wednesday,. March. 9 2:30. p.m. TBD

Championship Champion Saturday,. March. 12 3 . p.m..•. ESPN2 NCAA. Tournament TBD Automatic. Bid

Game. Three Wednesday,. March. 9 6 . p.m. TBD Game. Six Thursday,. March. 10 8:30. p.m. Southland. TV TBD

Game. Four Wednesday,. March. 9 8:30. p.m. TBD

TOURNAMENT TITLES YEAR-BY-YEAR TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS Louisiana-Monroe...... 6 1981. Lamar 1996. Louisiana-Monroe Lamar...... 3 1982. Louisiana-Lafayette 1997. Texas.State Louisiana.Tech...... 3 1983. Lamar. 1998. Nicholls McNeese.State...... 2 1984. Louisiana.Tech 1999. UTSA Nicholls...... 2 1985. Louisiana.Tech 2000. Lamar Northwestern.State...... 2 1986. Louisiana-Monroe 2001. Northwestern.State Sam.Houston.State...... 2 1987. Louisiana.Tech 2002. McNeese.State UTSA...... 2 1988. North.Texas 2003. Sam.Houston.State Texas.State...... 2 1989. McNeese.State 2004. UTSA Southeastern.Louisiana...... 1 1990. Louisiana-Monroe 2005. Southeastern.Louisiana Stephen.F..Austin...... 1 1991. Louisiana-Monroe 2006. Northwestern.State Texas.A&M-Corpus.Christi...... 1 1992. Louisiana-Monroe 2007. Texas.A&M-Corpus.Christi UT.Arlington...... 1 1993. Louisiana-Monroe 2008. UT.Arlington Louisiana-Lafayette...... 1 1994. Texas.State 2009. Stephen.F..Austin North.Texas...... 1 1995. Nicholls 2010. Sam.Houston.State

utamavs.com 11 The University of Texas at Arlington TEXAS HALL GAME NIGHT

Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips spends time on the UTA broadcast last year at halftime of the Lamar game.

12 utamavs.com The University of Texas at Arlington COACHING STAFF

utamavs.com 13 The University of Texas at Arlington SCOTT CROSS Head Coach Fifth Season / UT Arlington ‘98

In just a short period of time, UT Arlington head men’s basketball coach Scott Cross CAREER HIGHLIGHTS has produced results which are generating Entering his fifth season at the head coach of the Mavericks. a long lists of school records, firsts and ac- complishments. Led UTA to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2008 after winning the Southland Conference Tournament title During his first four seasons, Cross has guided the Mavericks to the schools only appearance in the NCAA Tournament, won a Southland Conference tournament and recorded 50 wins faster than any Earned his 50th career victory faster than any other coach in UT other coach in school history. Arlington history

The 2009-10 season marked the third consecutive winning season for the Maver- Has led his teams to 53 wins in the last three years which are the icks. It was the first time since the program has accomplished this since the 1991- most in a three-year span in school history. 93 seasons. It also marked just the third time in school history this has happened. UTA also had winning seasons from 1980-82. Cross’ 53 wins has led his teams to during this stretch are the most for the program that started in 1959-60. During the 2009-10 season, Cross coached the school’s first All-American in Marquez Haynes who ended the season as the country’s third-leading scorer. Haynes was also named the Southland Conference’s Player of the Year, becoming just the second UTA player to win that award.

Cross etched his name in the Maverick record book in 2009. Late in the season, with a win over Sam Houston State, he earned his 50th career win in just his 90th career game, which was the fastest any coach in school history had ac- complished this feat. It took the previous fastest coach, Eddie McCarter, 121 games to reach 50 wins.

Earlier in the season Cross guided his team to four non-conference road wins against Division I opponents which was the first time in school history that hap- pened. He led UTA to nine conference wins in 2009 which was the most since the program won 11 in 2004.

Known as a tireless worker, excellent recruiter and great ambassador for his program, Cross has registered a 66-57 record in his first three seasons.

Cross led his team to the 2008 NCAA Tournament marking the first time in school history the Mavericks made an appearance in the annual “Big Dance.” That appearance came just a week after his team entered the Southland Conference tournament as the No. 7 seed but came away with the conference title by defeating Northwestern State in the final.

He led the 2008 NCAA Tournament team to a school record 21 victories which also included the best start in school history with an 8-0 mark. These successes led the team to start getting noticed more around the country. During the season the Mavericks were ranked for the first time in the collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Poll. UTA received its highest ranking of the season at No. 14 in December of 14 utamavs.com The University of Texas at Arlington

“We are a program that is going to improve each year. This university has everything you could ask for with a beautiful campus and great academics. Our athletic administration headed by Pete Carlon, along with the leadership of President Spaniolo, has the department headed in an upward direction. With the increase in talent and the addition of College Park Center, the sky is the limit for Maverick Basketball.”

Personal THE SCOTT CROSS FILE

Full Name Scott Michael Cross Birth Date Dec. 3, 1974 Hometown Garland, Texas High School North Garland Colleges: UTSA (1993-94) Tyler Junior College (1994-95) UT Arlington (1995-98) Virginia Commonwealth (2000-02) Degrees Bachelor’s - Marketing (1998) Master’s (2002) COACHING RESUME UT Arlington Head Coach...... 2006-present UT Arlington Assistant Coach...... 1998-2006 that season. lineup. As a senior, Cross averaged 11.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, while converting a team-high 41.5 percent of his 3-point shots, second best Cross’ Mavs led the Southland Conference in 2009 in scoring at 79.4 points per in the Southland Conference. game in league play and ranked 24th in the nation in overall scoring offense. The team was first in free throw percentage and second in field goal percentage among In the classroom, Cross set the standard for UT Arlington basketball. A two-time Southland teams while ranking 19th and 38th in those areas respectively in the GTE/College Sports Information Directors of America Basketball Academic All- country. The Mavs were the only team in the Southland to rank in the top three in American, earning third team as a junior and second team honors as a senior. each of these statistical categories. Cross graduated with a perfect 4.0 grade point average in marketing.

From the end of the 2007 season throughout the 2008 season, Cross led his team He is married to the former Jennifer Harris, who played volleyball for the Mavericks to a school-record 17 consecutive wins at Texas Hall. Over the last three seasons, from 1995-98. The couple resides in Arlington and has three sons: Austin (6), Cody his teams are 34-10 at home, making Texas Hall one of, if not the, toughest places (4) and Tyler (3). to play in the Southland Conference.

After spending time as a player and assistant coach at UTA before becoming the head coach, Cross knew how special it was to represent his alma mater against top-ranked Memphis at the NCAA Tournament in 2008.

“It was like a dream come true for me,” Cross said. “I had put so many years into this program and to finally see this goal realized it was a truly an amazing feeling. Now that we know what it feels like, we will continue to work to realize this dream each and every season.”

Cross was named the head coach of his alma mater on April 21, 2006 after serving as an assistant coach for the previous eight seasons.

A three-year letter winner at UT Arlington from 1995-98, Cross gained the reputation as both a fierce competitor on the court and a scholar-athlete off the basketball floor. As a player, Cross appeared in 82 games for UTA, including 58 in the starting utamavs.com 15 The University of Texas at Arlington GREG YOUNG Assistant Coach Second Season / Howard Payne ‘86

Greg Young is in his second season on the UTA men’s basketball staff as an assistant CAREER HIGHLIGHTS coach. In his second season on the UTA men’s basketball staff Young came to UTA from Jacksonville College in Jacksonville, Texas where he spent four years as the head coach of the Has spent 10 years as a junior college head coach Jaguars. He also served as the school’s athletic director. Coached 55 players who signed with four-year schools He led his team to a 21-10 record in 2008-09 which was one of the best seasons in school history. The Jaguars spent the majority of the season in the NJCAA national rankings and Young was honored following the campaign as the Region XIV Coach of the Year.

Young has an overall record of 168-139 in 10 seasons as a junior college head coach. He has also had 55 players sign with four-year institutions including 26 with Division I schools.

Young went to Jacksonville College from Texas State where he served for five years as the Bobcats recruiting coordinator. During his tenure the Bobcats played in the Southland Conference Tournament each season. He signed eight Top 100 players according to Texas Hoops during those five seasons. The Bobcats finished the 2002-03 season with the third most victories in school history as a Division I program.

Previous to his tenure at Texas State, Young was the head coach at Hill College for two seasons. He led the Rebels to consecutive Region V Tournament appearances and in 1999-2000 led the team to the regional tournament championship game. That was the first time the school had reached the finals since 1974.

From 1994-1998 Young was the head coach at Lamar (Colo.) Community College. Young turned the Lopes into a Region VIX contender in his four years there, twice reaching the Region VIX tournament quarterfinals.

Young was the assistant coach at Eastern New Mexico from 1991-94. He helped lead the Greyhounds to the Lone Star Conference title in 1992 and an appearance in the NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen in the school’s first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.

Young has also spent time as an assistant coach at Cleburne (Tex.) High School during the 1990-91 season and as an assistant at Texas Wesleyan from 1986- 90.

A native of Cleburne, Tex., Young was a three-sport athlete at Cleburne High School, lettering in football, basketball and baseball. He then went on to play basketball at Howard Payne University where he was a four-year basketball letterman.

He was named a captain his senior season and received the distinguished Paul J. Cunningham Award for excellence and dedication his senior year.

Young graduated from Howard Payne in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in physi- cal education. He later earned his master’s in education from Texas Wesleyan in 1990.

Young and his wife Nicole have one daughter (Regan). 16 utamavs.com The University of Texas at Arlington DERRICK DANIELS Assistant Coach Fifth Season / Texas Wesleyan ‘04

Derrick Daniels is in his fifth season as an as- sistant coach on Scott Cross’ staff after spending CAREER HIGHLIGHTS one season with the UT Arlington women’s bas- ketball program. He is responsible for recruiting, In his fifth season on the UTA men’s basketball staff scouting and his on-court duties of working with the team’s guards. Played collegiately at Houston where he ranks third on school’s Daniels came to UT Arlington after serving as an all-time assists list athletic director for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Fort Worth and the coach of the Fort Worth M.A.S.H. AAU boys basketball team. Holds the national high school career record for assists with 1,379 One of the most heralded high school players in the country, Daniels was rated the No. 2 in 1988 behind only NBA All-Star Kenny Anderson. He still holds the national high school record by handing out 1,379 assists.

He was named the 1988 Gatorade Circle of Champions Texas basketball Player of the Year and a third team All-American by Street and Smith’s in leading Dunbar High School to a 34-2 record and the Class 5A State Final. DHS advanced past the semis as Daniels hit the game-winning 3-pointer to defeat Dallas South Oak Cliff. He averaged 18 points and 11 assists as a senior after averaging 12 points and 13 assists as a junior.

Daniels signed with the University of Houston and started all 124 games, and at the time, joined Clyde Drexler and Craig Upchurch as the only players to start every game as a freshman.

Daniels set a UH freshman assist record in earning honorable mention All-America honors from the Basketball Times and was named to the Associated Press Southwest Conference all-newcomer team.

As a junior, Daniels poured in a career-high 33 points and dished out a season-best 10 assists in an 80-73 victory over Rice. He dished out a career-best 16 assists against the Owls, which ranks second on the single-game assist list at UH. He also returned to his last-second heroics that season as he nailed a 3-pointer from the top of the key to defeat St. Louis, 85-84, and hit another 3-pointer from just left of the key to defeat Texas A&M, 71-68.

Daniels finished his career with 1,087 points and 711 assists in leading the team to two NCAA tournaments and one NIT appearance. He led the Southwest Conference in assists as a junior after ranking in the top three in each of his first two seasons. His 711 career assists rank him fourth on the SWC all-time playmakers list.

Daniels’ still ranks highly on the all-time lists at UH as he ranks third on the all-time list in as- sists, third in three-pointers made (168), third in minutes played (4,065) and tied for seventh with 124 games played. Daniels played for the Milwaukee Bucks rookie free agent summer league team before signing on with the Rochester Renegades of the CBA in 1993.

A native of Fort Worth, Daniels graduated from Texas Wesleyan in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports studies.

Daniels and his wife, Robbie, were married in August of 2009. He has two sons, Princeton (22) and Darrius (12) and a daughter, Darion (16).

utamavs.com 17 The University of Texas at Arlington ZAK BUNCIK Assistant Coach Third Season / UT Arlington ‘07

Zak Buncik is in his third season on CAREER HIGHLIGHTS the staff at UT Arlington. He is in his first season as an assistant coach after In his third season on the UTA men’s basketball staff spending the last two seasons as the team’s director of operations. Worked at Five Star and D-League Pre Draft camps.

A native of Fort Worth, Buncik has Staff member on UTA’s 2008 NCAA team worked more than 20 basketball camps from 2006-2009, including camps at Texas and Stanford. Buncik has also spent time working at the U.S. Elite camp, the NBA D-League Pre-Draft camp and the prestigious Howie Garfinkel Five-Star camp.

His basketball expertise also includes working as a personal skill de- veloper for high school and college athletes. Some of Buncik’s former pupils include former UT Arlington guard Rod Epps, Bennie Rhodes of SMU, Donuald Bell of Prairie View A&M and Alexandra Collyer of the University of Toronto.

He also spent time learning from the Nike Skill Development Director, Ganon Baker, and from Steph Wood, who is the Director of Basketball Operations/Lead Trainer for Ganon Baker Basketball Services.

Buncik also spent four years on the sidelines coaching, including stops at River Oaks Castleberry (2003-2004), Arlington Sam Houston (2004- 2006, 2007-2008) and UT Arlington as a student assistant in 2006- 2007.

He completed his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in pedagogy from UT Arlington in 2007. He is also a certified physical education teacher.

18 utamavs.com The University of Texas at Arlington ANDRAE PATTERSON Director of Men’s Basketball Operations Second Season / Indiana ‘98

Andrae Patterson is in his second sea- CAREER HIGHLIGHTS son on the UT Arlington men’s basket- ball staff and is in his first full season as In his second season on the UTA men’s basketball staff the program’s director of operations. Played professionally for 11 years including in the NBA Patterson joined the UTA staff midway through the 2009-10 season after retir- Selected in the second round of the 1998 NBA Draft ing from a success professional career.

Patterson was drafted in the second round of the 1998 NBA Draft by the with the 46th overall selection. He played in 40 career regular season games with Minnesota over the next two seasons.

Following his NBA career, Patterson played for nine seasons in the top European Leagues. His teams in Europe included KK Zadar (Croatia), Ricoh Manresa (Spain), Ironi Ashkelon (Isreal), Panellinios BC (Greece), and most notably Adecco Estudiantes (Spain), before joining Egaleo AO (Greece) in 2007 with whom he finished his playing career.

He played collegiately at Indiana for Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight. During his All-American career at IU, Patterson led the Hoosiers to four NCAA Tournament appearances. He was a four-time All-Big Ten selec- tion and represented the at the World U-22 Champion- ships in 1997.

A native of Abilene, Texas, Patterson was a standout prep player at Coo- per High School. As a senior, Patterson averaged more than 27 points and 14 rebounds per game. In its first 30 years of athletics, Cooper had captured one district basketball championship. Patterson led the Cou- gars to titles as a sophomore and senior. He was a three-time district MVP and, as a senior, was named the state’s top player and a Parade All-American.

Andrae and his wife Kiana live in Irving with his daughters Jayden (9) and Kimora (6).

utamavs.com 19 The University of Texas at Arlington 2011 NCAA TOURNAMENT LOCATIONS FIRST FOUR REGIONALS University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio West Regional University of Dayton (Host) Honda Center March 15 and 16 Anaheim, Calif. Big West Conference (Host) FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS March 24 and 26 March 17 and 19 Verizon Center Washington, D.C. Southeast Regional Georgetown University (Host) Louisian Superdome New Orleans, La. McKale Center Tulane University (Host) Tucson, Ariz. March 24 and 26 University of Arizona (Host)

Southwest Regional Pepsi Center Denver, Colo. Mountain West Conference (Host) San Antonio, Texas University of Texas-San Antonio (Host) St. Pete Times Forum March 25 and 27 St. Petersburg, Fla. University of South Florida (Host) East Regional Prudential Center March 18 and 20 Newark, New Jersey Quicken Loans Arena Seton Hall University (Host) Cleveland, Ohio March 25 and 27 Cleveland State University(Host)

Time Warner Cable Arena FINAL FOUR Charlotte, N.C. Univeristy of North Carolina-Charlotte (Host)

United Center Chicago, Ill. Big Ten Conference (Host)

BOK Center Reliant Stadium Tulsa, Okla. Houston, Texas University of Tulsa (Host) University of Houston/Rice Unviersity (Host) April 2 and 4 20 utamavs.com