MEN’S BASKETBALL 2013-14 Season e FINAL NOTEBOOK Contact: Courtney Morrison Archer e [email protected] e (214) 774-1352 CHARLOTTE e EAST CAROLINA e FIU e FLORIDA ATLANTIC e LOUISIANA TECH MARSHALL e MIDDLE TENNESSEE e NORTH TEXAS e OLD DOMINION e RICE SOUTHERN MISS e TULANE e TULSA e UAB e UTEP e UTSA @Conference_USA e @CUSAMBK e #CUSAMBK e ConferenceUSA 2013-14 MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS (FINAL) | ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ CONFERENCE ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ | | ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ OVERALL ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ | TEAM W‐L PCT. H A W‐L PCT. H A N L 10 Streak e LOUISIANA TECH 13‐3 .813 8‐0 5‐3 29‐8 .784 14‐1 10‐5 5‐2 8‐2 L1 e #TULSA 13‐3 .813 7‐1 6‐2 21‐13 .618 11‐3 6‐7 4‐3 9‐1 L1 e MIDDLE TENNESSEE 13‐3 .813 7‐1 6‐2 24‐9 .727 14‐2 8‐5 2‐2 8‐2 L1 e SOUTHERN MISS 13‐3 .813 8‐0 5‐3 29‐7 .806 15‐0 10‐6 4‐1 8‐2 L1 UTEP 12‐4 .750 5‐3 7‐1 23‐11 .676 14‐7 8‐2 1‐2 5‐5 L2 OLD DOMINION 9‐7 .563 5‐3 4‐4 18‐18 .500 12‐6 5‐9 1‐3 6‐4 L1 TULANE 8‐8 .500 5‐3 3‐5 17‐17 .500 12‐7 4‐6 1‐4 4‐6 L2 UAB 7‐9 .437 3‐5 4‐4 18‐13 .581 12‐5 5‐5 1‐3 4‐6 L4 CHARLOTTE 7‐9 .437 5‐3 2‐6 17‐14 .548 10‐5 3‐8 4‐1 3‐7 L1 FIU 7‐9 .437 4‐4 3‐5 15‐16 .484 9‐6 5‐8 1‐2 4‐6 W2 NORTH TEXAS 6‐10 .375 2‐6 4‐4 16‐16 .500 9‐7 6‐6 1‐3 5‐5 L1 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 5‐11 .313 2‐6 3‐5 10‐22 .313 7‐8 3‐11 0‐3 2‐8 L7 EAST CAROLINA 5‐11 .313 4‐4 1‐7 17‐17 .500 10‐7 3‐10 4‐0 4‐6 L2 UTSA 4‐12 .250 4‐4 0‐8 8‐22 .267 7‐9 1‐12 0‐1 1‐9 L6 MARSHALL 4‐12 .250 2‐6 2‐6 11‐22 .333 8‐8 2‐12 1‐2 3‐7 L1 RICE 2‐14 .125 2‐6 0‐8 7‐23 .233 5‐9 2‐11 0‐3 1‐9 L8 e Regular Season Co‐Champions #Tournament Champion

POSTSEASON GAMES 2014 C-USA CHAMPIONSHIP A History of Greats e Who’s Next? NCAA SECOND ROUND (San Diego, Calif.) (Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas) The 16 schools of Conference USA boast a Friday, March 21 Tuesday, March 11 history of greats, from Louisiana Tech’s Karl (4) UCLA 76, (13) Tulsa 59 e(10) North Texas 63, (15) Rice 62 (OT) Malone to UTEP’s Tim Hardaway. Players e who show up on the scene and make a NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT (NIT) (14) Marshall 63, (11) Florida Atlantic 59 e name, and every year these schools will be Wednesday, March 19 (12) East Carolina 79, (13) UTSA 76 churning out more. Might be a good idea to Louisiana Tech 89, Iona 88 Wednesday, March 12 tune in and track them. Stand watch and see Southern Miss 66, Toledo 59 e(7) Tulane 66, North Texas 61 all the greats at ConferenceUSA.com. Saturday, March 22 e(6) Old Dominion 73, Marshall 58 Louisiana Tech 69, Georgia 61 e(5) UTEP 77, East Carolina 68 Sunday, March 23 e(9) Charlotte 80, (8) UAB 70 Conference USA Online Southern Miss 71, Missouri 63 Thursday, March 13 www.ConferenceUSA.com Tuesday, March 25 e(2) Tulsa 70, Tulane 49 Minnesota 81, Southern Miss 73 e(3) Middle Tennessee 62, Old Dominion 48 Facebook Wednesday, March 26 e (4) Southern Miss 64, UTEP 56 ConferenceUSA Florida State 78, Louisiana Tech 75 e(1) Louisiana Tech 86, Charlotte 65 Friday, March 14 COLLEGE BASKETBALL INVITATIONAL (CBI) Twitter Wednesday, March 19 eTulsa 76, Middle Tennessee 69 Old Dominion 72, South Dakota State 65 eLouisiana Tech 88, Southern Miss 70 @Conference_USA Princeton 56, Tulane 55 Saturday, March 15 @CUSAMBK Fresno State 61, UTEP 56 eTulsa 69, Louisiana Tech 60 Monday, March 24 Instagram All-Tournament Team Old Dominion 82, Radford 59 ConferenceUSA Wednesday, March 26 James Woodard, Tulsa (MVP) Fresno State 71, Old Dominion 64 Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech Kenneth “Speedy” Smith, Louisiana Tech Tag Us Neiko Hunter, Middle Tennessee #CUSAMBK Michael Craig, Southern Miss 2013-14 CONFERENCE USA MEN’S BASKETBALL CHARLOTTE e EAST CAROLINA e FIU e FLORIDA ATLANTIC e LOUISIANA TECH MARSHALL e MIDDLE TENNESSEE e NORTH TEXAS e OLD DOMINION e RICE SOUTHERN MISS e TULANE e TULSA e UAB e UTEP e UTSA SEVEN C-USA MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS ADVANCE TO POSTSEASON PLAY A total of seven Conference USA men’s basketball teams earned a spot in the postseason, with Tulsa taking the NCAA automatic berth. Louisiana Tech and Southern Miss have both advanced to the NIT quarterfinals. Old Dominion, Tulane and UTEP played in the College Basketball Inviational (CBI), with the Monarchs set to host Radford for a second-round game Monday. Additionally, East Carolina had the chance to defend its 2013 CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) crown.

TULSA (15 NCAA appearances ‐ 1955, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 2000‐Elite Eight, 02, 03, 14) Tulsa’s 11-game win streak came to an end with a 76-59 loss to No. 4 seed UCLA in the NCAA Tournament March 21. Sophomore D'Andre Wright led Tulsa with 18 points, including 12 in the second half, while James Woodard extended his consecutive double-digit scoring streak to 27 games with 11 points.The Golden Hurricane was making its 15th NCAA appearance, first since 2003 and first under head coach Danny Manning.

Tulsa and UCLA had played five times before and the Bruins held a 3-2 series advantage. TU had won the previous two meetings, including a 112-102 victory against the No. 17 Bruins in a 1994 NCAA Tournament first round game, and a 77-76 overtime game in the 1996 season opener as a part of the preseason NIT. The head coaches of this year’s match-up were part of back-to-back NCAA championship teams as players: Steve Alford and Indiana won in 1987, and Manning and Kansas earned the 1988 title.

LOUISIANA TECH (8 NIT appearances ‐ 1986‐3rd, 88, 90, 92, 2002, 06, 13, 14) Louisiana Tech raced out to a 26-point first half lead and withstood a furious Georgia rally in a 79-71 victory in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament. Four LA Tech players scored in double figures, led by 20 points from sophomore Alex Hamilton. With the win, Tech tied the program record with 29 victories (29-7), matching the total set by the 1984-85 team which advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16. It also advances to the quarterfinal round and will play the winner of Monday night's Georgetown/Florida State game. LA Tech is making its eighth overall NIT appearance and the Iona game was only the fourth time it has hosted, the last one coming in 2002. Last season, LA Tech upended Florida State, 71-66, in Tallahassee, Fla., before falling at current conference foe Southern Miss in the second round. The Bulldogs are now 10-7 all-time in NIT games and a perfect 4-0 at home.

LA Tech defeated Iona, 89-88, in the first round March 19. Junior G Kenneth “Speedy” Smith scored the game winner with 2.2 seconds left in regulation off a putback layup following a Hamilton miss. The pair were among six Bulldogs that scored in double-figures with 14 and 12 points, respectively. Smith also added five rebounds, six assists and five steals. LA Tech was led in scoring with 15-point outputs from seniors Jaron Johnson and reserve Kenyon McNeail, the C-USA Sixth Man of the Year. Senior Chris Anderson registered his third double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, while Michale Kyser added 12 points and nine boards.

SOUTHERN MISS (10 NIT appearances ‐ 1981, 86, 87‐Champions, 88, 94, 95, 98, 2001, 13, 14) Southern Miss ended its season March 26 with an 81-73 loss to host Minnesota in the NIT quarterfinals. The Golden Eagles won their school-record 29th game of the season by defeating host Missouri, 71-63, March 23. Senior Neil Watson scored a team-high 18 points and junior transfer Aaron Brown added 16 points for the third-seeded Golden Eagles. Jeremiah Eason's layup broke a 14-14 tie with 9:34 remaining in the first half and Southern Miss led the rest of the way, handing Missouri its first home non-conference loss since the 2005-06 season - snapping an impressive 82-game streak.

The Golden Eagles have compiled a 10-9 record all-time in 10 NIT appearances, which included last season and a 1987 NIT Championship. Southern Miss also improved to 15-0 at Reed Green Coliseum following a 66-59 victory over Toledo in thefirst round March 19. The Golden Eagles led, 34-19, at the break. However, Toledo scored the first 11 points of the second half to cut the deficit to four just 3:37 into the half. Senior Michael Craig led Southern Miss with 16 points, nine rebounds and four assists. Watson added 12 points and Jerrold Brooks had 11. Brown contributed 10 points, four rebounds and four assists. Freshman Matt Bingaya had seven points and grabbed a career-high eight rebounds.

OLD DOMINION, TULANE AND UTEP RECEIVE BIDS TO COLLEGE BASKETBALL INVITATIONAL Old Dominion advanced to the College Basketball Invitational with an 82-59 victory over Radford Monday. ODU junior F Richard Ross scored a career- high 23 points and hauled down 10 rebounds to lead the Monarchs, the nation’s third most improved team, to Wednesday's semifinal contest at Fresno State. In all, five Monarchs scored in double figures as Ambrose Mosley had 15 points, Dimitri Batten tossed in 14, while Aaron Bacote and Keenan Palmore added 10 points apiece. ODU finished the game shooting .518 (29-56) from the floor and dominating the boards, 44-29.

Tulane and UTEP were also invited to participate in the 2014 College Basketball Invitational, the tournament’s seventh annual event, but ended their March 19 as each fell in the first round. The Green Wave, who reached the second round of the College Insider.com Tournament (CIT) last season, was edged by Princeton, 56-55. UTEP, the 2009 CBI runner-up, dropped a 61-56 decision to Fresno State.

EAST CAROLINA DEFENDS COLLEGEINSIDER.COM TOURNAMENT TITLE Defending CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) champion East Carolina fell in the first round of this year’s tournament to Wright State, 73-59, Tuesday. Sophomore G Prince Williams led the Pirates with 20 points and six rebounds. He was 7-of-9 from the field and a perfect 5-of-5 from the free-throw line for his second 20-point game of the season. Classmate Michael Zangari added 14 points with a 5-of-6 performance from the field. Senior G Akeem Richmond, an All-Conference second-team selection, was held to six points. The nation’s leading three-point shooter this season, Richmond added two on the night to finish his record season with 154. He also has 415 three-pointers for his career, passing former Davidson standout Stephen Curry to finish his career in seventh place on the NCAA career three-pointer chart.

Last season, East Carolina captured the CIT championship with a 77-74 win over Weber State. Richmond buried a 3-pointer as time expired to give ECU its first postseason tournament title in five appearances. The Pirates won the first four games of the tournament at home before traveling to Ogden, Utah, to play for the title. 2013-14 CONFERENCE USA MEN’S BASKETBALL CHARLOTTE e EAST CAROLINA e FIU e FLORIDA ATLANTIC e LOUISIANA TECH MARSHALL e MIDDLE TENNESSEE e NORTH TEXAS e OLD DOMINION e RICE SOUTHERN MISS e TULANE e TULSA e UAB e UTEP e UTSA TULSA WINS C-USA CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS Tulsa became the eighth school in C-USA The 2014 All-Conference USA men’s basketball first, second and third teams, history to win the men’s basketball and specialty awards were selected by a vote of the C-USA head coaches championship as sophomore James and media members in each conference city. Woodard scored 27 points to lead the Golden Hurricane in a 69-60 victory over 2013-14 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FIRST TEAM Louisiana Tech in the Conference USA Pablo Bertone, Florida Atlantic, Sr., 6-2, 198, G, Arroyito, Argentina tournament final March 15. Woodard, the tournament MVP who scored 18 Kenneth “Speedy” Smith, Louisiana Tech, Jr., G, St. Petersburg, Fla. points in the second half, made 7-of 8-free throws down the stretch to help Shawn Jones, Middle Tennessee, Sr., 6-8, 236, F, Hialeah, Fla. Tulsa hold off the Bulldogs. The victory put TU in the NCAA tournament for (C-USA Player of the Year) the first time since the 2003 season. Tulsa (21-12), which was the No. 2 seed, Neil Watson, Southern Miss, Sr., 5-11, 170, G, Kansas City, Kan. carries an 11-game win streak into the tournament. Chad Frazier, UAB, Jr., 6-4, 190, G, Charlotte, N.C. (Newcomer of the Year)

The Bulldogs were led by Kenneth Smith with 16 points and Kenyon McNeail 2013-14 ALL-CONFERENCE USA SECOND TEAM with 15. Alex Hamilton finished with 12 points as he and Smith were named Akeem Richmond, East Carolina, Sr., 6-0, 180, Sanford, N.C. to the All-Tournament team with Woodard. The Bulldogs led 35-34 at the Tymell Murphy, FIU, Sr., 6-5, 215, F, Brooklyn, N.Y. half in a game with 16 lead changes. Neither team led by more than five James Woodard, Tulsa, So., 6-3, 183, G, Arcadia, Okla. points until Tulsa took control in the final five minutes by pushing the Vince Hunter, UTEP, Fr., 6-8, 200, F, Detroit, Mich. advantage to 10 points on a free throw by Woodard with 1:12 left. Julian Washburn, UTEP, Jr., 6-8, 210, F, Duncanville, Texas COACHING RECORDS 2013-14 ALL-CONFERENCE USA THIRD TEAM Pierriá Henry, Charlotte, Jr., 6-4, 188, G, Charleston, W.Va. Conference USA boasts some tremendous coaches, combining for more Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech, So., G, Chipley, Fla. than 3,400 career wins. UTEP head coach Tim Floyd has 409 wins within Kareem Canty, Marshall, Fr., 6-1, 180, G, Harlem, N.Y. the college ranks and another 90 in the NBA. Old Dominion first-year coach Michael Craig, Southern Miss, Sr., 6-5, 230, F, Phoenix, Ariz. Jeff Jones and Middle Tennessee’s Kermit Davis have tallied more than 350 John Bohannon, UTEP, Sr., 6-11, 210, C, Lancaster, Texas career victories, while East Carolina’s Jeff Lebo earned his 250th career win last season. 2013-14 CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM Marquan Botley, Florida Atlantic, G, 5-9, 160, Plano, Texas Many coaches were outstanding student-athletes themselves. Tulsa’s Danny Kareem Canty, Marshall, G, 6-1, 180, Harlem, N.Y. Manning only has two years under his belt with the Hurricane, but led TU Ryan Taylor, Marshall, F, 6-5, 227, Indianapolis, Ind. to the postseason in 2012-13 and the NCAA Championship this season. As a Sean Obi, Rice, F, 6-9, 265, Kaduna, Nigeria player, Manning led his 1988 Kansas team to a NCAA National Championship Jonathan Stark, Tulane, G, 6-0, 160, Munford, Tenn. and was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. ECU’s Jeff Lebo Vince Hunter, UTEP, F, 6-8, 200, Detroit, Mich. (Freshman of the Year) was an All-American at North Carolina, and ODU’s Jones helped his alma mater Virginia to the 1981 NCAA Final Four. UAB’s Jerod Haase was a Nai- 2013-14 CONFERENCE USA ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM smith and Wooden Award finalist in 1997, his senior year at Kansas. Pierriá Henry, Charlotte, Jr., 6-4, 188, G, Charleston, W.Va. Michale Kyser, Louisiana Tech, Jr., 6-9, 205, F, Lancaster, Texas Coach (School) School Career C-USA Kenneth “Speedy” Smith, Louisiana Tech, Jr., 6-3, 180, G, St. Petersburg, Fla. Alan Major (CHA) 61-63 61-63 7-9 (Defensive Player of the Year) Jeff Lebo (ECU) 73-61 284-217 27-37 Tweety Knight, Middle Tennessee, Sr., 6-1, 190, G, Rentz, Ga. Anthony Evans (FIU) 15-16 114-110 7-9 Julian Washburn, UTEP, F, 6-7, 205, So., Duncanville, Texas Mike Jarvis (FAU) 76-113 395-314 5-11 Michael White (TECH) 74-31 74-31 13-3 2013-14 CONFERENCE USA SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR Tom Herrion (MAR) 67-66 147-106 28-36 Kenyon McNeail, Louisiana Tech, Sr., 6-1, 190, G, Conway, Ark. Kermit Davis (MT) 232-148 369-223 13-3 Tony Benford (NT) 28-36 28-36 6-10 2013-14 GENE BARTOW CONFERENCE USA COACH OF THE YEAR Jeff Jones (ODU) 18-18 376-304 9-7 Danny Manning, Tulsa Ben Braun (RICE) 63-128 615-517 21-75 Donnie Tyndall (USM) 56-17 170-102 25-7 Ed Conroy (TLN) 65-64 156-180 21-43 Danny Manning (TLS) 38-29 38-29 21-11 Jerod Haase (UAB) 34-30 34-30 14-18 Tim Floyd (UTEP) 81-52 409-231 40-24 Brooks Thompson (UTSA) 114-135 169-149 4-12 HELPING HANDS Louisiana Tech junior G Kenneth “Speedy” Smith is averaging an impressive 7.8 assists per game, which ranks second nationally. During the C-USA Championship, he broke the conference’s single-season record for assists previously held by UAB’s Aaron Johnson (2010-11). Smith enters the NIT quarterfinals with 272 assists on the year. He also ranks seventh nationally for steals, averaging 2.56 per game. 2013-14 CONFERENCE USA MEN’S BASKETBALL WHERE/WHAT TO WATCH C-USA ON TELEVISION RPI & SAGARIN RATINGS Conference USA teams were featured in more than 80 nationally and re- Here are where C-USA teams ranked in the FINAL Collegiate Basketball gionally-televised games this season with more postseason games to play. News RPI and Sagarin ratings: In addition to outstanding league match-ups, C-USA teams faced non-con- CBN’s RPI Sagarin Ratings ference opponents from the ACC, Big East, Big 12 and SEC combine with 29. Southern Miss 38. Louisiana Tech great league duels featuring all 16 member institutions to highlight C-USA's 54. Louisiana Tech 56. Southern Miss national package on CBS, CBS Sports Network and Fox Sports. FSN show- 64. Middle Tennessee 76. Tulsa cased 15 games involving C-USA schools as part of its national package. 79. Tulsa 91. Middle Tennessee The C-USA Championship game was broadcast on CBS. 111. UTEP 112. UTEP 150. Charlotte 163. Old Dominion C-USA DIGITAL NETWORK 153. UAB 174. UAB The Conference USA Digital Network officially launched in the Summer of 164. Old Dominion 185. Charlotte 2011 and continues to add programming. The site showcases weekly 197. North Texas 233. FIU feature stories as well as postgame interviews, players of the week high- 207. FIU 235. North Texas lights and other exciting content. 223. East Carolina 238. East Carolina 224. Tulane 245. Marshall C-USA also launched the “Talking Conference USA Basketball” audio 271. Florida Atlantic 263. Tulane podcast two years ago and the first show of the 2013-14 season aired 275. Marshall 266. Florida Atlantic Dec. 20. The program is syndicated through the conference’s radio markets 301. Rice 312. Rice and is also be available on the official web site, www.ConferenceUSA.com. 308. UTSA 314. UTSA Host Bill Hazen featured basketball news throughout the season on the “Today in Conference USA” podcast every Monday through Friday. ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM NEW LOOK CONFERENCE USA Two repeat winners are on this year's five-man 2013-14 Conference USA On July 1, 2013, East Carolina, Marshall, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa, Men's Basketball All-Academic Team. Charlotte's Ben Cherry, the Florida UAB and UTEP officially welcomed eight institutions to Conference USA Atlantic duo of Justin Raffington and Jackson Trapp, Vertrail Vaughns of charter member Charlotte, FIU, Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Middle North Texas and Rice's Austin Ramljak were honored for their achievements Tennessee, North Texas, Old Dominion and UTSA. in the classroom and on the court. All hold a minimum 3.2 GPA and are a starter or key reserve for their team. The 16 schools will be participating among the 20 sports sponsored by Conference USA throughout the 2013-14 season. Ramljak repeats as a C-USA All-Academic Team selection. He was also the 2013 C-USA C-USA Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a mem- Another change will occur this July when Western Kentucky also joins ber of the NABC Honors Court, as well as earning the C-USA Academic Conference USA. The Hilltoppers have made 23 appearances in the NCAA Medal and a spot on the Commissioner's Honor Roll. He finished his career Men's Basketball Tournament, including a trip to the 2008 Sweet Sixteen on a school-record streak of 35-straight games with a three-pointer made,. and the 1971 Final Four. Western Kentucky is ranked eighth nationally among A psychology major, Ramljak hails from Thousand Oaks, Calif. NCAA schools for winning percentage. East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa will also depart at that time, returning C-USA to a 14-team league like it was in Cherry is also a second-time recipient, earning honors last season as an 2004-05 right before the first round of realignment began. undergraduate student at Tulane. As a graduate student in his hometown of Charlotte, he graduated in May from Tulane with a degree in business HOME COOKIN’ marketing and is working on a master's in real estate finance/development. Check here for this season's home records: A native of Freiburg, Germany, Raffington has maintained a 3.48 GPA as an Team Venue Record Pct. Streak economics major and has made the school's Academic Honor Roll every se- Charlotte Halton Arena 10-5 .667 W1 mester since arriving on campus. The redshirt junior registered his first ca- East Carolina Williams Arena reer double-double against Boston College with 15 points and 11 rebounds. at Minges Coliseum 10-7 .588 L1 Trapp, a native of Orlando, Fla., is a sophomore pre-business major. FIU Lime Court at U.S. Century Bank Arena 9-6 .600 W1 Vaughns of North Texas rounds out this year's All-Academic squad. A trans- Florida Atlantic FAU Arena 7-8 .467 L4 fer from George Mason, Vaughns is pursuing his graduate degree in digital Louisiana Tech Thomas Assembly Center 14-1 .933 W13 marketing. The native of Mesquite, Texas, earned his undergraduate degree Marshall Cam Henderson Center 8-8 .500 L1 at GMU in integrated studies with a concentration in information in society. Middle Tennessee Murphy Center 14-2 .875 W6 North Texas UNT Coliseum/Super Pit 9-7 .600 L1 2014 C-USA Men's Basketball All-Academic Team (*Repeat Selection) Old Dominion Ted Constant NAME - SCHOOL - YEAR - GPA - MAJOR Convocation Center 12-6 .667 W4 *Ben Cherry - Charlotte - Grad - 3.80 - Real Estate Finance & Development Rice Tudor Fieldhouse 5-9 .385 L3 Justin Raffington - Florida Atlantic - Junior - 3.48 - Economics Southern Miss Reed Green Coliseum 15-0 1.000 W15 Jackson Trapp - Florida Atlantic - Sophomore - 3.34 - Pre-Business Tulane Devlin Fieldhouse 12-7 .632 L2 Vertrail Vaughns - North Texas - Grad - 3.20 - Digital Marketing Tulsa Reynolds Center 11-3 .786 W4 *Austin Ramljak - Rice - Senior - 3.24 - Psychology UAB Bartow Arena 12-5 .706 L3 UTEP Don Haskins Center 14-7 .667 L2 UTSA UTSA Convocation Center 7-9 .438 L2 TOTAL 169-90 .653 2013-14 CONFERENCE USA MEN’S BASKETBALL CHARLOTTE e EAST CAROLINA e FIU e FLORIDA ATLANTIC e LOUISIANA TECH MARSHALL e MIDDLE TENNESSEE e NORTH TEXAS e OLD DOMINION e RICE SOUTHERN MISS e TULANE e TULSA e UAB e UTEP e UTSA

DOUBLE-DOUBLES WEEKLY AWARDS Player (Team) Season Career A Player of the Week and a Freshman of the Week were selected each Monday during the 2013-14 Rakeem Buckles (FIU) 13 16 season by a media panel covering Conference USA. Willie Clayton (CHA) 11 15 C-USA Players of the Week C-USA Freshmen of the Week Sean Obi (RICE) 11 11 N11 Rakeem Buckles, FIU N11 Matt Willms, UTEP John Bohannon (UTEP) 10 20 Elijah Pittman, Marshall N18 Jonathan Stark, Tulane Tymell Murphy (FIU) 10 18 N18 Louis Dabney, Tulane N25 Sean Obi, Rice Shawn Jones (MT) 10 10 C.J. Washington, UAB D2 Kareem Canty, Marshall Michael Craig (USM) 9 10 N25 Chad Frazier, UAB D9 Kareem Canty, Marshall Justin Raffington (MT) 9 D2 Chad Frazier, UAB D16 Kareem Canty, Marshall C.J. Washington (UAB) 7 7 D9 Pablo Bertone, FAU D23 Jonathan Stark, Tulane Richard Ross (ODU) 6 7 D16 Shawn Jones, MT D30 Vince Hunter, UTEP Ryan Taylor (MAR) 6 6 D23 Jonathan Stark, Tulane J6 Ryan Taylor, Marshall Mike Thorne Jr. (CHA) 5 5 D30 John Bohannon, UTEP J13 Jonathan Stark, Tulane Jordan Williams (NT) 5 5 J6 Alex Hamilton, LA Tech J20 Vince Hunter, UTEP Rod Rucker (UAB) 4 15 J13 John Bohannon, UTEP J27 Ryan Taylor, Marshall Kareem Canty (MAR) 4 4 J20 Michael Craig, Southern Miss F3 Vince Hunter, UTEP Kenneth Smith (LT) 4 4 J27 Speedy Smith, LA Tech F10 Marquan Botley, Florida Atlantic Michale Kyser (NT) 3 4 Neil Watson, Southern Miss F17 Vince Hunter, UTEP Fahro Alihodzic (UAB) 3 3 F3 Shawn Jones, Middle Tennessee F24 Vince Hunter, UTEP Chris Anderson (LT) 3 3 F10 Akeem Richmond, East Carolina M3 Caleb White, East Carolina Jay Hook (TLN) 3 3 F17 Kerry Hammonds II, Middle Tennessee M7 Marquan Botley, Florida Atlantic Brandon Stith (ECU) 3 3 Colin Voss (NT) 3 3 F24 Aaron Brown, Southern Miss Cedrick Lang (UTEP) 2 3 M3 Daveon Boardingham, Southern Miss Tre Drye (TLN) 2 2 M7 Shawn Jones, Middle Tennessee Chad Frazier (UAB) 2 2 Alex Hamilton (LT) 2 2 Vince Hunter (UTEP) 2 2 CONFERENCE USA SID CONTACTS Shawn Lester (CHA) 2 2 CHARLOTTE www.charlotte49ers.com Edrico McGregor (UTSA) 2 2 Brent Stastny – (704) 687-1021 – [email protected] Rashad Smith (TLS) 2 2 EAST CAROLINA www.ecupirates.com Shawn Smith (MAR) 2 2 Jody Jones - (252) 737-4524 - [email protected] Robert Williams (UAB) 2 2 FIU www.fiusports.com James Woodard (TLS) 1 5 Paul Dodson – (305) 348-3164 – pdodson@fiu.edu Maurice Aniefiok (NT) 1 1 FLORIDA ATLANTIC www.fausports.com Dimitri Batten (ODU) 1 1 Keith Coleman (NT) 1 1 Justin Johnson – (561) 302-0461 – [email protected] Lew Evans (TLS) 1 1 LOUISIANA TECH www.latechsports.com TyQuane Goard (MAR) 1 1 Kane McGuire – (318) 257-5071 – [email protected] Neiko Hunter (MT) 1 1 MARSHALL www.herdzone.com Cordarius Johnson (LT) 1 1 Andrew Piper - (954) 592-5158 - [email protected] Jaron Johnson (LT) 1 1 MIDDLE TENNESSEE www.goblueraiders.com Chris Jones (NT) 1 1 Katie Parker – (615) 904-8115 – [email protected] Phillip Jones (UTSA) 1 1 NORTH TEXAS www.meangreensports.com Michale Kyser (LT) 1 1 Stephen Howard – (940) 369-8548 – [email protected] Jacquez Rozier (MT) 1 1 OLD DOMINION www.odusports.com Dragan Sakelja (FAU) 1 1 Carol Hudson – (757) 683-3395 – [email protected] Denzell Taylor (ODU) 1 1 RICE www.riceowls.com Hyjii Thomas (UTSA) 1 1 Charles Cochrum - (713) 348-3929 - [email protected] Reggie Upshaw Jr. (MT) 1 1 SOUTHERN MISS www.southernmiss.com Michael Zangari (ECU) 1 1 Pierriá Henry (CHA) 0 4 Tim Andrzejewski - (601) 266-4503 - [email protected] Jordan Swing (UAB) 0 4 TULANE www.tulanegreenwave.com Neil Watson (USM) 0 2 Brian Miller - (504) 314-7219 - [email protected] Terrence Williams (CHA) 0 2 TULSA www.tulsahurricane.com Pablo Bertone (FAU) 0 1 Eric Hollier - (918) 631-2492 - [email protected] Tomas Bruha (TLN) 0 1 UAB www.uabsports.com Norville Carey (USM) 0 1 Tray Littlefield - (205) 996-2576 - [email protected] Chris Jones (NT) 0 1 UTEP www.utepathletics.com Richard Morrow (FAU) 0 1 Jeff Darby - (915) 747-6652 - [email protected] Gilbert Talbot (LT) 0 1 UTSA www.goutsa.com Julian Washburn (UTEP) 0 1 Jordan Korphage – (210) 458-4930 – [email protected] D’Andre Wright (TLS) 0 1 2013-14 CONFERENCE USA MEN’S BASKETBALL CHARLOTTE e EAST CAROLINA e FIU e FLORIDA ATLANTIC e LOUISIANA TECH MARSHALL e MIDDLE TENNESSEE e NORTH TEXAS e OLD DOMINION e RICE SOUTHERN MISS e TULANE e TULSA e UAB e UTEP e UTSA

NCAA STATISTICS (FINAL) Assists Per Game AST AVG POLLING PLACE 2. Kenneth Smith, LT 278 7.7 TEAM STATS 22. Pierria Henry, CHA 175 5.8 ASSOCIATED PRESS (FINAL) Won-Lost Percentage W-L PCT 33. Kareem Canty, MAR 180 5.5 1. Florida (50) 12t. Southern Miss 29-7 .806 Blocked Shots Per Game BLK AVG 2. Wichita State (15) 21t. Louisiana Tech 29-8 .784 15. Michale Kyser, LT 107 3.06 3. Virginia Scoring Offense PTS AVG 45. Kelvin Penn, FAU 71 2.29 4. Arizona 12. Louisiana Tech 2998 81.0 47. Richard Ross, ODU 81 2.25 5. Louisville Scoring Defense O-PTS AVG Steals Per Game STL AVG 6. Villanova 25. Middle Tennessee 2067 62.6 9. Kenneth Smith, LT 90 2.54 7. Michigan 33. UTEP 2152 63.3 26. Pierria Henry, CHA 64 2.13 8. Duke 34. Southern Miss 2280 63.3 36. Tweety Knight, MT 66 2.00 9. Iowa State 48. Old Dominion 2192 64.5 45. Tymell Murphy, FIU 60 1.94 10. Kansas Scoring Margin PTS-OPP DIFF Assist-to-Turnover Radio A-TO Ratio 11. Michigan State 3. Louisiana Tech 81.0-66.5 +14.5 10. Kenneth Smith, LT 278-86 3.23 12. Wisconsin 36. Southern Miss 72.1-63.5 +8.8 Double-Doubles Total 13. San Diego State 42. Middle Tennessee 70.9-62.6 +8.2 27t. Rakeem Buckles, FIU 13 14. Syracuse Field Goal Percentage Defense OFGM-A AVG 37t. Willie Clayton, CHA 11 15. Cincinnati 6. UTEP 738-1934 .382 Sean Obi, RICE 11 16. Creighton 37. Tulsa 741-1830 .405 50t. John Bohannon, UTEP 10 17. New Mexico 3-Point Field Goals Made 3FGM AVG Shawn Jones, MT 10 18. Connecticut 19. East Carolina 289 8.5 Tymell Murphy, FIU 10 19. North Carolina 39. Rice 237 7.9 20. UCLA 48. Louisiana Tech 286 7.7 21. Oklahoma Three-Point FG Defense O3FG-A AVG 22. Ohio State 9. UTEP 201-681 29.5 CONFERENCE SUMMARY 23. Baylor 35. Louisiana Tech 180-577 31.2 Conference Record 24. VCU 40. UAB 200-638 31.3 America East 0-2 25. Saint Louis 46. Marshall 197-624 31.6 American 2-5 Rebound Margin R-OPPR DIFF Atlantic Coast 1-10 4. UAB 44.5-36.4 +8.1 Atlantic Sun 7-3 USA TODAY COACHES POLL (FINAL) 13. Southern Miss 35.7-29.2 +6.5 Atlantic 10 2-3 1. Connecticut (30) 34. Middle Tennessee 36.7-31.9 +4.8 Big East 1-3 2. Kentucky (1) Assists Per Game AST AVG Big Sky 2-1 3. Florida 16. Louisiana Tech 582 15.9 Big South 8-0 4. Wisconsin Assist-to-Turnover Ratio A-TO Ratio Big Ten 2-3 5. Arizona 30. Louisiana Tech 582-424 1.37 Big 12 2-11 6. Michigan Blocks Per Game BLK AVG Big West 2-0 7. Wichita State 36. Louisiana Tech 188 5.1 Colonial 8-4 8. Michigan State Steals Per Game STL AVG Horizon 1-4 9. Louisville 5. Louisiana Tech 339 9.2 Independents 1-0 10. Virginia 16. Southern Miss 294 8.2 Ivy 1-4 Metro Atlantic 1-1 11. Iowa State INDIVIDUAL STATS Mid-American 2-2 12. San Diego State Points Per Game PTS AVG Mid-Eastern 8-2 13. Villanova 47. Pablo Bertone, FAU 570 19.0 Missouri Valley 2-3 14. Kansas Field Goal Percentage FGM-A AVG Mountain West 1-3 15. UCLA 16. Tymell Murphy, FIU 198-338 .586 Northeast 0-1 16. Duke 18. Shawn Jones, MT 183-317 .577 Ohio Valley 4-4 17. Syracuse Three-Pointers Made 3FGM AVG Pacific 12 1-2 18. Baylor 1. Akeem Richmond, ECU 155 4.56 Patriot 0-1 Dayton 19. Austin Ramljak, RICE 89 3.07 Southeastern 4-8 20. Creighton Southern 7-2 3-Point Field Goal Percentage 3FGM-A AVG 21. North Carolina Southland 11-7 37. Austin Ramljak, RICE 89-225 .396 22. Cincinnati Summit 4-0 38. Akeem Richmond, ECU 155-392 .395 23. Tennessee Sun Belt 11-7 Free-Throw Percentage FTM-A AVG 24. Stanford SWAC 10-0 25. Saint Louis 4. Neil Watson, USM 101-110 .918 West Coast 2-2 Rebounds Per Game REB AVG Western Athletic 3-5 30. Sean Obi, RICE 279 9.3 Non-Division I 27-2 38. Willie Clayton, CHA 275 8.9 TOTAL 138-106 (.566) CONFERENCE USA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2013-14 SCHEDULES CHARLOTTE EAST CAROLINA 49ers (17-14, 7-9 C-USA) Pirates (17-17, 5-11 C-USA) Head Coach: Alan Major Head Coach: Jeff Lebo Twitter: @Charlotte49ers Facebook: Charlotte49ers Twitter: @ECUpirates Facebook: ECUPirates Arena: Halton Arena (9,105) Arena: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (8,000)

NOVEMBER NOVEMBER Fri. 8 EAST TENNESSEE STATE...... W/80-75 Fri. 8 NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN...... W/97-51 Tue. 12 at College of Charleston ...... L/82-83 Tue. 12 at UNC Greensboro...... W/85-84 Fri. 15 ELON...... W/83-69 Thu. 14 CHOWAN...... W/95-45 Nov. 21-24 at Puerto Rico Tip-Off, San Juan, P.R. Nov. 18-19, 25-26 at NIT Season Tip-Off, Durham, N.C. & Kingston, R.I. Thu. 21 vs. Kansas State (ESPNU)...... W/68-61 Mon. 18 vs. Norfolk State...... W/76-74 Fri. 22 vs. Northeastern (ESPNU) ...... W/86-77 Tue. 19 at (6) Duke ...... L/83-74 Sun. 24 vs. (14/13) Michigan (ESPN2)...... W/63-61 Mon. 25 vs. McNeese State...... W/91-62 DECEMBER Tue. 26 vs. UNC Asheville...... W/81-70 Sun. 1 UNC ASHEVILLE ...... W/77-56 DECEMBER Wed. 4 DAVIDSON (WCCB)...... L/78-87 Sun. 1 UNC WILMINGTON (WITN) ...... L/68-70 Sun. 8 at Appalacian State (WCCB)...... W/77-59 Tues. 3 FAYETTEVILLE STATE...... W/96-78 Tue. 17 at (RV) Florida State (ESPN3)...... L/62-106 Sun. 8 MOUNT OLIVE ...... W/77-75 Sat. 21 USC-UPSTATE...... W/81-76 Sat. 14 NORTH CAROLINA A&T...... W/84-71 Sun. 29 GEORGIA TECH (FS1) ...... L/55-58 Thu. 19 VMI...... W/103-94 JANUARY Sat. 21 at North Carolina State...... L/79-90 Sat. 4 NORTH CAROLINA A&T (WCCB) ...... W/88-72 Sun. 29 GEORGIA STATE...... L/82-89 Thu. 9 e at UTEP (CBS SN) ...... W/73-68 JANUARY Sat. 11 e at UTSA...... L/75-88 Thu. 2 at Campbell ...... W/79-71 Thu. 16 e TULSA...... (OT) W/90-86 Sat. 11 e OLD DOMINION (WITN)...... L/70-81 Sat. 18 e NORTH TEXAS ...... W/76-74 Thu. 16 e at Florida Atlantic ...... L/67-78 Thu. 23 e at Louisiana Tech ...... L/60-80 Sat. 18 e at FIU ...... L/64-68 Sat. 25 e at Rice ...... L/69-71 Thu. 23 e TULANE...... L/54-59 Thu. 30 e FLORIDA ATLANTIC ...... W/62-53 Sat. 25 e (RV) SOUTHERN MISS (WITN) ...... L/46-60 FEBRUARY Thu. 30 e at Middle Tennessee ...... L/67-84 Sat. 1 e FIU (WCCB) ...... W/73-61 FEBRUARY Fri. 7 e at TULANE...... L/63-64 Sat. 1 e at UAB ...... W/74-67 Sun. 9 e at (RV) Southern Miss (CBS SN)...... L/64-81 Thu. 6 e UTEP (FS1) ...... L/47-58 Sat. 15 e MARSHALL...... L/56-59 Sat. 8 e UTSA ...... W/81-71 Thu. 20 e MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...... L/49-71 Thu. 13 e at Tulsa...... L/58-76 Sat. 22 e UAB (FS1) ...... L/62-64 Sat. 15 e NORTH TEXAS...... L/51-53 Thu. 27 e at East Carolina (FS1)...... L/68-75 Thu. 20 e (RV) LOUISIANA TECH ...... W/75-68 MARCH Sat. 22 e RICE...... W/67-55 Sun. 2 e OLD DOMINION (WCCB)...... W/74-63 Thu. 27 e CHARLOTTE (FS1)...... W/75-68 Thu. 6 e at Marshall (CBS SN)...... W/74-70 MARCH March 11-15 at Conference USA Championship, El Paso, Texas Sun. 2 e at Marshall ...... L/61-64 Wed. 12 vs. (8) UAB...... W/80-70 Thu. 6 e at Old Dominion...... L/47-68 Thu. 13 vs. (1) Louisiana Tech ...... L/65-86 March 11-15 at Conference USA Championship, El Paso, Texas Tue. 11 vs. (13) UTSA ...... W/79-76 CHARLOTTE NOTES Wed. 12 vs. (5) UTEP...... L/68-77 e Charlotte had five players score in double figures for the first time Tue. 18 WRIGHT STATE (CIT) ...... L/59-73 since the FIU game on Feb. 1, as the 49ers defeated UAB in the second round of the C-USA Championship. Denzel Ingram and Terrence Williams EAST CAROLINA NOTES led the way with 18 and 16 points respectively. Three players came off the e Senior G Akeem Richmond nailed a tournament-record 11 three- bench to score in double-digits: sophomore G Shawn Lester (11), freshman pointers in ECU’s first-round tournament win over UTSA. F Marcus Bryan (10) and senior G Ben Cherry (10). e Richmond finished his career in seventh place on the NCAA e Junior G Pierria Henry scored a season-high 26 points, with 19 of Division I career three-point field goals made list with 415. He passed those points coming in the second half, in a 74-70 win over Marshall in the former Davidson standout Stephen Curry. With a league-record 154 March 6 regular-season finale. He also grabbed seven rebounds and made on the year, Richmond was just 10 shy of Stephen Curry's dished out four assists. Sophomore Mike Thorne Jr. and sophomore Willie 2007-08 single-season record of 162. Clayton each recorded a double-double. Thorne had 18 points and 10 e East Carolina set a new single-season school record for rebounds, shooting eight-for-nine from the field. Clayton scored 15 points 3-point field goals made with 287. The old record of 274 was and grabbed 10 rebounds. established last season. e Henry finished the season ranked second in assists and steals, and e ranks nationally in both categories. With an average of 5.8 assists per East Carolina was unable to defend its 2013 CIT title as the game, he is ranked 22nd, and 25th for steals (2.13 per game). Pirates fell to Wright State in the first round March 18. CONFERENCE USA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2013-14 SCHEDULES FIU FLORIDA ATLANTIC Panthers (15-16, 7-9 C-USA) Owls (10-22, 5-11 C-USA) Head Coach: Anthony Evans Head Coach: Mike Jarvis Twitter: @FIUSports Facebook: FIUsports Twitter: @FAUOwlAthletics Facebook: FAUOwlAthletics Arena: Lime Court at U.S. Century Bank Arena (5,000) Arena: FAU Arena (5,000)

NOVEMBER NOVEMBER Nov. 8-12 at Kennesaw State Tournament, Kennesaw, Ga. Fri. 8 AVE MARIA ...... W/86-51 Fri. 8 vs. Eastern Kentucky...... L/61-83 Mon. 11 ST. FRANCIS (NY) ...... L/57-59 Sat. 9 vs. Youngstown State...... (OT) L/72-74 Fri. 15 at (4) Duke (ESPN3)...... L/64-97 Sun. 10 at Kennesaw State ...... W/66-58 Nov. 17 at 2K Sports Classic, Chestnut Hill, Mass. Tue. 12 vs. Warren Wilson ...... W/93-56 Sun. 17 at Boston College (ESPNU) ...... L/79-82 Thu. 14 FLORIDA COLLEGE...... W/85-39 Nov. 22-24 at 2K Sports Classic, Detroit, Mich. Sat. 16 TEXAS SOUTHERN...... W/70-68 Fri. 22 at Detroit...... L/44-77 Mon. 18 STETSON...... W/75-66 Sat. 23 vs. Stony Brook...... L/61-67 Thu. 21 at Bethune Cookman...... W/82-67 Sun. 24 vs. Toledo ...... L/74-94 Sun. 24 at South Carolina (FSN)...... L/72-84 DECEMBER Sat. 30 GEORGIA STATE...... W/61-60 Tue. 3 UCF...... W/75-64 DECEMBER Sat. 7 JACKSONVILLE...... W/83-63 Tue. 3 NOVA SOUTHEASTERN ...... L/59-77 Thu. 12 at DePaul (FS1)...... L/70-81 Sat. 7 FLORIDA GULF COAST (FS1)...... W/72-61 Sat. 14 at Maryland (FSN) ...... L/62-66 Sat. 21 (6/4) LOUISVILLE (FS1) ...... L/56-85 Tue. 17 at Stetson...... L/62-64 Sat. 28 at Georgetown (FS1) ...... L/57-92 Sun. 22 ELON...... L/62-67 JANUARY JANUARY Thu. 2 at Florida A&M...... (OT) L/88-93 Wed. 1 WARNER SOUTHERN ...... W/81-47 Thu. 9 e at Rice ...... W/71-60 Thu. 9 e at Louisiana Tech...... L/64-84 Sat. 11 e at (RV) Louisiana Tech...... L/51-85 Sat. 11 e at Rice...... W/73-68 Thu. 16 e OLD DOMINION ...... L/36-52 Thu. 16 e EAST CAROLINA...... W/78-67 Sat. 18 e EAST CAROLINA ...... W/68-64 Sat. 18 e OLD DOMINION...... L/60-65 Sat. 25 e FLORIDA ATLANTIC (CSS)...... W/66-57 Tue. 21 (RV) HARVARD...... W/68-53 Thu. 30 e at Marshall...... L/68-80 Sat. 25 e at FIU (CSS)...... L/57-66 FEBRUARY Thu. 30 e at Charlotte...... L/53-62 Sat. 1 e at Charlotte...... L/61-73 FEBRUARY Thu. 6 e UAB...... W/78-73 Sat. 1 e at Marshall (CSS)...... W/65-57 Sat. 8 e MIDDLE TENNESSEE...... L/68-70 Thu. 6 e MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...... L/63-67 Thu. 13 e at UTSA...... W/80-72 Sat. 8 e UAB ...... W/82-71 Sat. 15 e at UTEP...... L/71-84 Thu. 13 e at UTEP ...... W/80-72 Thu. 20 e NORTH TEXAS ...... L/63-65 Sat. 15 e at UTSA ...... L/56-66 Sat. 22 e TULSA...... L/65-77 Thu. 20 e TULSA...... L/52-71 Thu. 27 e at Southern Miss (CSS) ...... L/66-78 Sat. 22 e NORTH TEXAS...... L/76-78 MARCH Thu. 27 e at Tulane...... L/64-72 Sun. 2 e TULANE...... W/73-47 MARCH Thu 6 e at Florida Atlantic ...... W/74-70 Sun. 2 e SOUTHERN MISS...... L/49-60 Thu 6 e FIU...... L/70-74 FIU NOTES March 11-15 at Conference USA Championship, El Paso, Texas e Trailing by as many as 16 points, the Panthers rallied to a 74-70 win Tue. 11 vs. (14) Marshall ...... L/59-63 at Florida Atlantic on March 6. The Panthers were led by redshirt junior Dennis Mavin, who posted 23 points on 6-of-13 shooting from the floor and FLORIDA ATLANTIC NOTES was a perfect 10-of-10 from the free-throw line. The contest marked the e Freshman G Marquan Botley (26) and senior All-Conference first- first game for Mavin at FAU Arena since playing for FAU between (2010- team selection Pablo Bertone (21) combined for 47 points, all but 12 of 12). Redshirt senior Rakeem Buckles added 18 points on 6-of-10 shooting. Florida Atlantic’s scoring total in a 63-59 loss to Marshall in the first round e With 13 points against Tulane, senior Tymell Murphy scored 516 of the C-USA Championship. points this year, which is the fourth-most by an FIU player in a single sea- e Botley, who earned a spot on C-USA’s All-Freshman Team, scored son. It marked the sixth time the 500-point mark had been surpassed at 26 points, just one away from his career-high of 27 set vs. FIU March 6. FIU, the 25th time an FIU player has reached the 400-point plateau and Botley made five first-half three-pointers against the Panthers. 67th time a Panther has scored 300-or-more points in a season. e Bertone’s 21 points in the tournament marked the 13th time e Buckles finished the season with 266 rebounds. That’s good for the this season that he has scored 20 or more. He passed Damon fourth-most in school history for boards in a campaign. Arnette to move into seventh place on FAU’s career scoring list. e Murphy finished the season with 984 career points. Murphy ranks Bertone also finished as the league’s top scorer during the No. 7 all-time on the FIU scoring list and averaged 16.6 points-per-game regular season. With an average of 19.0 points per game, he on 58.6 percent shooting from the floor for his career. ranks among the nation’s top 50 scorers. CONFERENCE USA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2013-14 SCHEDULES LOUISIANA TECH MARSHALL Bulldogs (29-7, 13-3 C-USA) Thundering Herd (11-22, 4-12 C-USA) Head Coach: Michael White Head Coach: Tom Herrion Twitter: @LATechHoops Facebook: LATechAthletics Twitter: @HerdZone / @HerdMBB / @CoachTomHerrion Arena: Thomas Assembly Center (8,000) Arena: Cam Henderson Center (9,043)

NOVEMBER NOVEMBER Fri. 8 at Saint Mary’s...... L/70-83 Fri. 8 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE ...... W/85-69 Wed. 13 CENTENARY ...... W/106-59 Tue. 12 RIO GRANDE ...... W/119-77 Wed. 20 at Central Arkansas...... W/94-57 Sun. 17 at Morehead State...... (OT) L/94-102 Nov. 25-27 at Gulf Coast Showcase, Estero, Fla. Nov. 21-30 Roundball Showcase, Huntington, WV & Johnson City, Tenn. Mon. 25 vs. UNC Greensboro ...... W/99-62 Thu. 21 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN...... (OT) L/73-80 Tue. 26 vs. Illinois-Chicago...... W/103-78 Sat. 23 UNC WILMINGTON...... W/96-78 Wed. 27 vs. St. Bonaventure...... W/76-72 Tue. 26 WESTERN KENTUCKY ...... W/74-64 DECEMBER Sat. 30 at East Tennessee State ...... L/78-88 Sun. 1 at Jackson State...... W/72-61 DECEMBER Wed. 4 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE...... L/80-89 Thu. 5 at Vanderbilt ...... L/67-69 Sat. 7 SOUTHERN...... W/69-50 Sat. 7 at Penn State (ESPN3) ...... L/77-90 Wed. 11 NORTHWESTERN STATE...... W/93-71 Dec. 14 at Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic, Charleston, W.Va. Dec. 14 at All-College Classic, Oklahoma City, Okla. Sat. 14 WEST VIRGINIA (ROOT/WOWK)...... L/64-74 Sat. 14 vs. (7/9) Oklahoma State (ESPNU)...... L/55-70 Tue. 17 ALICE LLOYD...... W/121-57 Tue. 17 McNEESE STATE...... W/64-50 Sat. 21 ARKANSAS STATE ...... L/82-83 Sun. 22 at Louisiana-Monroe...... W/83-61 Mon. 30 at South Carolina (CSS)...... L/65-92 Mon. 30 at Oklahoma...... (OT) W/102-98 JANUARY JANUARY Thu. 2 at Akron ...... L/58-59 Sat. 4 LONGWOOD...... W/126-52 Sun. 5 PRESBYTERIAN...... W/77-49 Thu. 9 e FLORIDA ATLANTIC...... W/84-64 Thu. 9 e at UTSA ...... L/81-90 Sat. 11 e FIU ...... W/85-51 Sat. 11 e at UTEP...... L/56-66 Thu. 16 e at Tulane (CST) ...... W/73-45 Thu. 16 e NORTH TEXAS ...... L/65-80 Sun. 19 e at (RV) Southern Miss (FS1)...... L/71-80 Sat. 18 e TULSA (CBS SN) ...... L/52-69. Thu. 23 e Charlotte ...... W/80-60 Thu. 23 e at Rice...... W/73-63 Sat. 25 e MARSHALL (CBS SN)...... W/98-77 Sat. 25 e at Louisiana Tech (CBS SN) ...... L/77-98 Thu. 30 e at UTEP...... L/79-89 Thu. 30 e FIU...... W/80-68 FEBRUARY FEBRUARY Sat. 1 e at UTSA (TW Texas)...... W/87-72 Sat. 1 e FLORIDA ATLANTIC (CSS)...... L/57-72 Thu. 6 e TULSA (CBS SN) ...... W/66-61 Fri. 7 e at (RV) Southern Miss (CBS SN) ...... L/57-60 Sat. 8 e NORTH TEXAS ...... W/90-75 Sun. 9 e at Tulane...... L/65-68 Sat. 15 e RICE ...... W/85-46 Sat. 15 e at Charlotte...... W/59-56 Thu. 20 e at East Carolina...... L/68-75 Thu. 20 e UAB...... L/62-68 Sat. 22 e at Old Dominion ...... W/71-66 Sat. 22 e MIDDLE TENNESSEE (CSS) ...... L/53-56 Thu. 27 e (RV) MIDDLE TENNESSEE...... W/55-39 Thu. 27 e at Old Dominion...... L/63-70 MARCH MARCH Sun. 2 e at UAB...... W/67-58 Sun. 2 e EAST CAROLINA...... W/64-61 Thu 6 e at Rice ...... W/70-48 Thu 6 e CHARLOTTE (CBS SN) ...... L/70-74 March 11-15 at Conference USA Championship, El Paso, Texas March 11-15 at Conference USA Championship, El Paso, Texas Thu. 13 vs. (9) Charlotte ...... W/86-65 Tue. 11 vs. (11) Florida Atlantic ...... W/63-59 Fri. 14 vs. (4) Southern Miss (CBS SN)...... W/88-70 Wed. 12 vs. (6) Old Dominion ...... L/58-73 Sat. 15 vs. (2) Tulsa (CBS)...... L/60-69 Wed. 19 IONA (NIT/ESPN3)...... W/89-88 MARSHALL NOTES Sat. 22 at Georgia (NIT/ESPN)...... W/69-61 e Junior F Shawn Smith tallied 17 points and 11 rebounds against Old Wed. 26 at Florida State (ESPN2) ...... L/75-78 Dominion in the second round of the C-USA Championship. Smith recorded his second double-double of the season for Marshall. Freshman Kareem LA TECH NOTES e LA Tech jumped out to a 26-point lead in the first half and held on Canty led the Herd with 17 points against ODU. It was the 31st time in 33 for its 29th victory, tying the school record, by beating host Georgia, 69-61. games he scored in double-figures. e e Junior G Kenneth “Speedy” Smith scored on a putback basket with Marshall has hit a three-pointer in 743 consecutive games, making 2.2 seconds to play to lift the Bulldogs to an 89-88 victory over Iona March it the 10th longest active streak in the nation. 19 in the NIT first round. Senior Chris Anderson registered his third double- e Canty (16.3 ppg) and classmate Ryan Taylor (12.8 ppg) ranked double of the season (13 points, 10 boards). first and third, respectively, among freshmen scorers in C-USA and e Smith and sophomore Alex Hamilton were both named to the fifth and 17th overall and were named to the C-USA All-Freshman C-USA All-Tournament Team. Smith finished the tournament with 25 assists Team. In league play, Canty averaged 16.4 ppg to rank fourth in in three games (8.3). Hamilton averaged 16.3 points and broke the sopho- C-USA. more school record previously held by Karl Malone (152 in 1982-83). CONFERENCE USA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2013-14 SCHEDULES MIDDLE TENNESSEE NORTH TEXAS Blue Raiders (24-9, 13-3 C-USA) Mean Green (16-16, 6-10 C-USA) Head Coach: Kermit Davis Head Coach: Tony Benford Twitter: @MTAthletics Facebook: BlueRaiderAthletics Twitter: @MeanGreenMBB Facebook: MeanGreenMBB Arena: Murphy Center (11,520) Arena: The Super Pit (10,040)

NOVEMBER NOVEMBER Sun. 10 SOUTHERN#...... W/78-75 Fri. 8 NORTHWOOD...... W/72-67 Wed. 13 NORTH FLORIDA# ...... W/77-70 Nov. 11 at Coaches vs. Cancer, Norman, Okla. Sat. 16 AKRON ...... W/80-73 Mon. 11 at Oklahoma...... L/82-95 Mon. 18 UALR# ...... W/76-59 Thu. 14 NICHOLLS STATE ...... W/92-78 Thu. 21 at (16/14) Florida# (Sun Sports)...... L/59-79 Nov. 21-23 at Coaches vs. Cancer, Portland, Ore. Tue. 26 at Murray State ...... W/80-62 Thu. 21 vs. Columbia...... L/66-70 Sat. 30 SOUTH ALABAMA (CSS) ...... W/65-55 Fri. 22 vs. Idaho ...... L/76-87 DECEMBER Sat. 23 at Portland...... (2OT) W/77-72 Tue. 3 BELMONT (MyTV 30) ...... L/58-70 Tue. 26 INCARNATE WORD...... W/84-67 Mon. 9 FISK...... W/115-65 Sat. 30 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...... W/75-61 Sat. 14 at Ole Miss (CSS) ...... L/63-72 DECEMBER Tue. 17 TENNESSEE TEMPLE...... W/102-52 Wed. 4 at BYU ...... L/67-97 Sat. 21 at Cincinnati (FSN)...... L/48-69 Sun. 15 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN...... L/53-87 Dec. 29-30 at Dr. Pepper Classic, Chattanooga, Tenn. Tue. 17 CENTRAL ARKANSAS...... W/64-55 Sun. 29 vs. Maine...... (OT) L/85-89 Sat. 21 WAYLAND BAPTIST ...... W/81-77 Mon. 30 vs. Grand Canyon ...... W/79-56 Tue. 31 at Texas A&M (FSSW)...... W/61-41 JANUARY JANUARY Tue. 7 at Tennessee State...... W/74-66 Sat. 4 UC RIVERSIDE...... W/76-72 Sat. 11 e UAB (CSS)...... (OT) W/89-84 Thu. 9 e (RV) SOUTHERN MISS...... L/74-64 Thu. 16 e UTEP (MyTV 30)...... L/54-63 Sat. 11 e TULANE (CSS)...... L/62-73 Sat. 18 e UTSA...... W/80-58 Thu. 16 e at Marshall...... W/80-65 Thu. 23 e at Tulsa (FS1)...... L/53-58 Sat. 18 e at Charlotte...... L/74-76 Sat. 25 e at North Texas ...... W/70-64 Thu. 23 e UAB...... W/76-65 Thu. 30 e EAST CAROLINA (MyTV 30)...... W/84-67 Sat. 25 e MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...... L/64-70 FEBRUARY FEBRUARY Sat. 1 e OLD DOMINION (MyTV 30) ...... W/64-48 Sat. 1 e at Tulsa...... L/63-94 Thu. 6 e at Florida Atlantic ...... W/67-63 Thu. 6 e at Rice...... L/70-75 Sat. 8 e at FIU...... W/70-68 Sat. 8 e at Louisiana Tech ...... L/75-90 Thu. 13 e TULANE (MyTV 30) ...... W/71-44 Thu. 13 e OLD DOMINION ...... L/62-72 Sat. 15 e (RV) SOUTHERN MISS (CSS)...... W/81-64 Sat. 15 e EAST CAROLINA...... W/53-51 Thu. 20 e at Charlotte...... W/71-49 Thu. 20 e at FIU...... W/65-63 Sat. 22 e at Marshall (CSS)...... W/56-53 Sat. 22 e at Florida Atlantic...... W/78-76 Thu. 27 e at Louisiana Tech...... L/39-55 Thu. 27 e at UTSA...... W/71-62 MARCH MARCH Sat. 1 e RICE ...... W/65-41 Sun. 2 e UTEP...... L/54-74 Thu 6 e at UAB ...... W/55-53 Thu 6 e TULSA...... L/68-79 March 11-15 at Conference USA Championship, El Paso, Texas March 11-15 at Conference USA Championship, El Paso, Texas Thu. 13 vs. (6) Old Dominion...... W/62-48 Tue. 11 vs. (15) Rice...... (OT) W/63-62 Fri. 14 vs. (2) Tulsa (CBS SN) ...... L/69-72 Wed. 12 vs. (7) Tulane...... L/61-66

MIDDLE TENNESSEE NOTES NORTH TEXAS NOTES e Middle Tennessee finished its first year as a member of C-USA tied e Senior G Brandan Walton has fared well in the postseason. In five for first place in the regular season. The Blue Raiders gained at least a career conference tournament games at North Texas, he averaged 14.8 share of a conference championship for the third straight season and four points per game on 43.3 percent shooting from 3-point range. out of the last five. e While it was NT’s first appearance in the C-USA Championship, e Senior Shawn Jones was named C-USA Player of the Year and gar- the Mean Green is now 16-6 in conference tourney games over the last nered First Team All-Conference accolades. Senior point guard Tweety eight seasons. North Texas won the 2007 and 2010 Sun Belt Tournaments. Knight earned C-USA All-Defensive Team honors, while classmate Neiko e Junior G Chris Jones posted six assists in the second-round Hunter earned a spot on the C-USA All-Tournament Team. tournament game against Tulane. That gave him 127 on the year - e The Blue Raiders dropped a tough semifinal game to No. 2-seed the eighth most in a single season in program history. Tulsa in the C-USA Championship after Jones was riddled with foul trouble e Senior Alzee Williams and junior Jordan Williams have and only played 19 minutes. both moved past the 1,000-point mark in their Mean Green careers. e Eight of Middle Tennessee’s nine losses came to teams that won 19 The last NT teammates to reach 1,000 points in the same year or more games this season. were Josh White (1,668) and Tristan Thompson (1,629) in 2009-10. CONFERENCE USA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2013-14 SCHEDULES OLD DOMINION RICE Monarchs (18-17, 9-7 C-USA) Owls (7-23, 2-14 C-USA) Head Coach: Jeff Jones Head Coach: Ben Braun Twitter: @ODUMBB Facebook: ODUBasketball Twitter: @RiceBasketball Facebook: RiceBasketball Arena: Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,472) Arena: Tudor Fieldhouse (5,208)

NOVEMBER NOVEMBER Fri. 8 MISSOURI STATE (Cox)...... L/67-79 Sat. 9 ST. THOMAS ...... W/69-60 Wed. 13 HOWARD ...... W/77-57 Tues. 12 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...... L/62-63 Fri. 15 MURRAY STATE ...... W/70-60 Fri. 15 at Texas A&M (FSN) ...... L/65-68 Nov. 21-23 Cancun Tournament, Norfolk, Va. Wed. 20 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ...... W/63-61 Thu. 21 PRESBYTERIAN ...... W/69-51 Sat. 23 PRINCETON ...... L/56-70 Sat. 23 GEORGIA SOUTHERN...... W/86-69 Nov. 29-30 at Cable Car Classic, Santa Clara, Calif. Nov. 26-27 at Cancun Tournament, Cancun, Mexico Fri. 29 vs. Rider ...... L/93-97 Tue. 26 vs. West Virginia (CBS SN)...... L/60-78 Sat. 30 at Santa Clara ...... W/67-66 Wed. 27 vs. Saint Louis (CBS SN)...... L/68-78 DECEMBER DECEMBER Wed. 4 at Houston Baptist ...... L/71-73 Tue. 3 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL...... L/69-76 Sat. 7 SOUTH ALABAMA ...... (3OT) W/96-93 Sun. 8 at (RV) VCU (CSN/SNY) ...... L/48-69 Thu. 19 NORTHWOOD...... W/69-56 Sat. 14 at Georgia State...... L/73-79 Dec. 21 at Lone Star Showcase, Toyota Center, Houston, Texas Wed. 18 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON...... L/44-51 Sat. 21 vs. Houston (CSS) ...... L/52-54 Sat. 21 at UNC Wilmington ...... W/69-57 Sat. 30 at Texas (LHN)...... L/44-66 Sat. 28 at Richmond (NBC SN)...... L/67-58 JANUARY JANUARY Sat. 4 HARVARD (CBS SN) ...... L/54-69 Wed. 1 at William & Mary ...... L/68-74 Thu. 9 e FIU...... L/60-71 Sat. 4 GEORGE MASON...... W/71-66 Sat. 11 e FLORIDA ATLANTIC...... L/68-73 e Sat. 11 at East Carolina (Cox)...... W/81-70 Thu. 16 e at (RV) Southern Miss...... L/62-84 Thu. 16 e at FIU...... W/52-36 Sat. 18 e at Tulane...... L/41-58 Sat 18 e at Florida Atlantic...... W/65-60 Thu. 23 e MARSHALL ...... L/63-73 Thu. 23 e SOUTHERN MISS...... L/60-75 Sat. 25 e CHARLOTTE ...... W/71-69 Sat. 25 e TULANE (Cox) ...... W/70-64 Thu. 30 e at UTSA (CSS) ...... L/76-89 Thu. 30 e at UAB ...... L/66-75 FEBRUARY FEBRUARY Sat. 1 e at UTEP ...... L/57-68 Sat. 1 e at Middle Tennessee ...... L/48-64 Thu. 6 e NORTH TEXAS ...... W/75-70 Thu. 6 e UTSA...... W/69-61 Sat. 8 e TULSA (CSS)...... L/56-66 Sat. 8 e UTEP ...... L/49-63 Sat. 15 e at Louisiana Tech...... L/46-85 Thu. 13 e at North Texas ...... W/72-62 Thu. 20 e at Old Dominion...... L/51-55 Sat. 15 e at Tulsa ...... L/37-76 e Thu. 20 e RICE...... W/55-51 Sat. 22 at East Carolina ...... L/55-67 e Sat. 22 e LOUISIANA TECH...... L/66-71 Thu. 27 UAB ...... L/60-61 Thu. 27 e MARSHALL ...... W/70-63 MARCH e MARCH Sat. 1 at Middle Tennessee...... L/41-65 e Sun. 2 e at Charlotte (Cox) ...... L/63-74 Thu. 6 LOUISIANA TECH ...... L/48-70 Thu 6 e EAST CAROLINA...... W/68-47 March 11-15 at Conference USA Championship, El Paso, Texas March 11-15 at Conference USA Championship, El Paso, Texas Tue. 11 vs. (10) North Texas ...... (OT) L/62-63 Wed. 12 vs. (14) Marshall ...... W/73-58 RICE NOTES Thu. 13 vs. (3) Middle Tennessee...... L/70-88 e Freshman F Sean Obi pulled down nine rebounds in the Owls’ first- Wed. 19 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (CBI) ...... W/72-65 round tournament loss to North Texas. Obi finished the season with 279 Mon. 24 RADFORD (CBI)...... W/82-59 boards, a new Rice freshman record. He leads C-USA in rebounding with Wed. 26 at Fresno State (CBI/MWN)...... L/64-71 9.3 per game as well as defensive rebounds (6.8). A member of the C-USA OLD DOMINION NOTES All-Freshman Team, he ranks 30th nationally and second among all NCAA e Junior F Richard Ross scored a career high 23 points and hauled freshmen in rebounding. down 10 rebounds to lead the Monarchs to an 82-59 victory over Radford e Senior G Austin Ramljak hit five 3-pointers in the game, extending in the quarterfinals of the CBI Monday. his streak of consecutive games with at least one made to 35. Ramljak e Head coach Jeff Jones earned his 375th career victory as the made 89 3-pointers on the season, a Rice single-season record. With Monarchs defeated South Dakota State, 72-65, in the first round of the CBI 161 3-pointers in his career, he passed Rodney Foster (2006-09) for March 19. In his first season, Jones has guided ODU to one of the top three sixth place on Rice’s career three-pointer list. turnarounds in the nation. With 18 wins this season, Old Dominion raised e The Owls hit five 3-pointers on 11 attempts in the first half, its win total by 13 games from a year ago. while holding North Texas without a 3-pointer on six attempts. e The Monarchs won their inaugural C-USA Championship game with Rice finished the game with 10 3-pointers made, the ninth time this a 73-58 victory over Marshall. Sophomore Aaron Bacote finished with 25 season it has hit 10 or more treys, but the first since their game points and added eight rebounds, his second-highest total this season. at UTEP on Feb. 1. CONFERENCE USA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2013-14 SCHEDULES SOUTHERN MISS TULANE Golden Eagles (29-7, 13-3 C-USA) Green Wave (17-17, 8-8 C-USA) Head Coach: Donnie Tyndall Head Coach: Ed Conroy Twitter: @USMGoldenEagles / @CoachTyndallUSM Twitter: @GreenWaveMBB Facebook: GreenWaveMBB Arena: Reed Green Arena (8,095) Arena: Devlin Fieldhouse (3,600) NOVEMBER NOVEMBER Fri. 8 JACKSON STATE ...... W/67-51 Fri. 8 NJIT ...... W/75-64 Nov. 13 at CBE Hall of Fame Classic, Rosemont, Ill. Wed. 13 at Southern...... W/79-73 Wed. 13 at DePaul (FS2)...... W/75-68 Sat. 16 LOYOLA-CHICAGO...... W/65-59 Mon. 18 at North Dakota State...... W/70-69 Nov. 20-26 hosts Cure UCD Classic, New Orleans, La. Nov. 22-23 at CBE Hall of Fame Classic, Mobile, Ala. Wed. 20 CEDARVILLE...... W/68-58 Fri. 22 at South Alabama ...... W/66-59 Sat. 23 NORTHERN KENTUCKY ...... (OT) L/86-91 Sat. 23 vs. Houston Baptist ...... W/67-62 Tue. 26 COLGATE...... L/98-86 Sun. 24 WILLIAM CAREY ...... W/99-54 Nov. 29-30 at Cure UCD Classic, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Fri. 29 at (9) Louisville...... L/38-69 Fri. 29 vs. Texas State...... L/52-70 DECEMBER Sat. 30 vs. Southeast Missouri...... L/72-102 Wed. 4 MOREHEAD STATE ...... W/74-60 DECEMBER Sat. 7 GEORGIA STATE ...... (OT) W/75-65 Wed. 4 at Wake Forest (ESPN3)...... L/57-72 Sat. 14 ST. CATHARINE...... W/96-60 Sat. 7 JACKSON STATE ...... W/70-65 Wed 18 at Western Kentucky...... L/65-68 Tue. 17 WASHINGTON ...... L/62-73 Dec. 20-21 at BVI Tropical Shootout, British Virgin Islands Dec. 21-22 hosts Westin Holiday Classic, New Orleans, La. Fri. 20 vs. Coppin State ...... W/88-74 Sat. 21 ALABAMA STATE...... W/84-66 Sat. 21 vs. UALR...... W/74-60 Sun. 22 NORTHEASTERN ...... W/65-62 Sat. 28 at Rhode Island ...... W/77-64 Dec. 28 at BROOKLYN HOOPS™ Winter Festival presented by Honda JANUARY Sat. 28 vs. Kansas State (FS1) ...... L/41-72 Fri. 3 DREXEL...... W/66-49 JANUARY Thu. 9 e NORTH TEXAS ...... W/74-64 Thu. 2 HOFSTRA...... W/61-58 Sun. 12 e at Tulsa (FS1) ...... L/71-75 Thu. 9 e at Tulsa (CSS)...... L/71-97 e Thu. 16 RICE ...... W/84-62 Sat. 11 e at North Texas (CSS)...... W/73-62 e Sun. 19 (RV) LOUISIANA TECH (FS1)...... W/80-71 Thu. 16 e (RV) LOUISIANA TECH (CST)...... L/45-73 e Thu. 23 at Old Dominion...... W/75-60 Sat. 18 e RICE ...... W/58-41 e Sat. 25 at East Carolina...... W/60-46 Thu. 23 e at East Carolina ...... W/59-54 FEBRUARY Sat. 25 e at Old Dominion ...... L/64-70 e Sat. 1 TULANE...... W/78-47 FEBRUARY Fri. 6 e MARSHALL (CBS SN) ...... W/60-57 Sat. 1 e at (RV) Southern Miss...... L/47-78 Sun. 8 e CHARLOTTE (CBS SN) ...... W/81-64 Fri. 7 e CHARLOTTE ...... W/64-63 Thu. 13 e at UAB (CSS) ...... L/60-84 Sun. 9 e MARSHALL ...... W/68-65 Sat. 15 e at Middle Tennessee (CSS) ...... L/64-81 Thu. 13 e at Middle Tennessee...... L/44-71 Thu. 20 e UTSA ...... W/85-56 Sat. 15 e at UAB...... W/86-80 Sat. 22 e UTEP (CBS SN) ...... W/77-68 Thu. 20 e UTEP ...... L/54-72 Thu. 27 e FIU (CSS) ...... W/78-66 Sat. 22 e UTSA...... W/68-56 MARCH Thu. 27 e FLORIDA ATLANTIC...... W/72-64 Sun. 2 e at Florida Atlantic...... W/60-49 MARCH Thu 6 e at Tulane ...... W/68-51 Sun. 2 e at FIU...... L/47-73 March 11-15 at Conference USA Championship, El Paso, Texas e Thu. 13 at (5) UTEP ...... W/64-56 Thu. 6 (RV) SOUTHERN MISS ...... L/57-68 Fri. 14 vs. (1) Louisiana Tech (CBS SN)...... L/70-88 March 11-15 at Conference USA Championship, El Paso, Texas Wed. 19 TOLEDO (NIT/ESPN3)...... W/66-59 Wed. 12 vs. (10) North Texas...... W/66-61 Sun. 23 at Missouri (NIT/ESPNU) ...... W/71-63 Thu. 13 vs. (2) Tulsa ...... L/49-70 Tue. 25 at Minnesota (NIT/ESPN)...... L/73-81 Wed. 19 PRINCETON (CBI) ...... L/55-56 SOUTHERN MISS NOTES TULANE NOTES e Southern Miss snapped Missouri’s 82-game win streak at home e Junior G Jay Hook hit 83 three-pointers for the season to break against non-conference opponents following a 71-63 win on the Tigers’ Tulane’s single-season record, passing former teammate Jordan home court March 23. Senior Michael Craig tallied his ninth double-double Callahan (2012-13). of the season against Missouri. e The trio of sophomore G Louis Dabney, All-Freshman Team e Senior Neil Watson, a first-team All-Conference USA selection, selection Jonathan Stark and Hook rank among the C-USA scoring scored a team-best 16 points and was credited with six assists but the leaders this season. Dabney ranks eighth with 15.2 ppg, Golden Eagles fell in the NIT quarterfinals for the second year in a row. while Stark (14.5) and Hook (13.9) are ranked 10th and 12th, e The Golden Eagles won a school record 29 games this season. respectively. They accounted for 43.6 of Tulane’s 63.6 points per e Head coach Donnie Tyndall improved to 56-17 during his tenure at game this season. Southern Miss and became the fastest coach to 50 wins in school history. CONFERENCE USA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2013-14 SCHEDULES TULSA UAB Golden Hurricane (21-13, 13-3 C-USA) Blazers (18-13, 7-9 C-USA) Head Coach: Danny Manning Head Coach: Jerod Haase Twitter: @TUMBasketball Facebook: TulsaHurricane Twitter: @UABathletics Facebook: UABMen’sBasketball Arena: Donald W. Reynolds Center (8,355) Arena: Bartow Arena (8,500)

NOVEMBER NOVEMBER Sun. 10 ORAL ROBERTS...... L/68-74 Fri. 8 COLUMBUS STATE ...... W/76-56 Sat 16 at Missouri State (ESPN3)...... L/93-96 Mon. 11 RUTGERS (CSS)...... W/79-76 Wed. 20 (14/16) WICHITA STATE (CBS SN)...... L/54-77 Thu. 14 TROY...... W/81-69 Sat. 23 at (23) Creighton (FSN) ...... L/72-82 Nov. 21-24 at Charleston Classic, Charleston, S.C. Nov. 27-30 at Great Alaska Shootout, Anchorage, Alaska Thu. 21 vs. (19/20) New Mexico (ESPNU)...... (2OT) L/94-97 Wed. 27 vs. Indiana State (CBS SN) ...... W/63-62 Fri. 22 vs. Nebraska (ESPN3)...... W/87-74 Fri. 29 vs. TCU (CBS SN)...... L/65-72 Sun. 24 vs. Temple (ESPN3)...... L/66-87 Sat. 30 vs. Green Bay (CBS SN) ...... L/59-67 Wed. 27 FLORIDA A&M...... W/85-72 DECEMBER DECEMBER Wed. 4 TEXAS SOUTHERN ...... W/98-71 Sun. 1 (16) NORTH CAROLINA (FS1)...... W/63-59 Tue. 10 UALR...... W/78-64 Sat. 7 at Northeastern...... W/74-69 Sat. 14 at Oklahoma (FSN)...... L/91-101 Sun. 15 GEORGIA SOUTHERN (CSS) ...... W/84-62 Wed. 18 GRAND CANYON ...... W/66-65 Wed. 18 CHATTANOOGA...... W/67-52 Sat. 21 at TCU (FSN) ...... L/58-70 Sat. 21 at LSU (CST)...... L/65-86 Sun. 29 at Maryland (ESPNU)...... L/74-85 Sun. 29 ALABAMA A&M ...... W/69-57 JANUARY JANUARY Sat. 4 CAL STATE FULLERTON...... W/73-57 Sat. 4 NEWBERRY...... W/96-75 Thu. 9 e TULANE (CSS)...... W/97-71 Sat. 11 e at Middle Tennessee (CSS)...... (OT) L/84-89 Sun. 12 e (RV) SOUTHERN MISS (FS1)...... W/75-71 Thu. 16 e UTSA...... W/78-65 Thu. 16 e at Charlotte...... (OT) L/86-90 Sat. 18 e UTEP...... L/61-63 Sat. 18 e at Marshall (CBS SN)...... W/69-52 Thu. 23 e at North Texas...... L/65-76 Thu. 23 e MIDDLE TENNESSEE...... W/58-53 Sat. 25 e at Tulsa...... W/70-63 Sat. 25 e UAB...... L/63-70 Thu. 30 e OLD DOMINION...... W/75-66 FEBRUARY FEBRUARY Sat. 1 e NORTH TEXAS...... W/94-63 Sat. 1 e EAST CAROLINA ...... L/67-74 Thu. 6 e at Louisiana Tech (CBS SN)...... L/61-66 Thu. 6 e at FIU ...... L/73-78 Sat. 8 e at Rice (CSS) ...... W/66-56 Sat. 8 e at Florida Atlantic...... L/71-82 Thu. 13 e EAST CAROLINA...... W/76-58 Thu. 13 e (RV) SOUTHERN MISS (CSS)...... W/84-60 Sat. 15 e OLD DOMINION ...... W/76-37 Sat. 15 e TULANE ...... L/80-86 Thu. 20 e at Florida Atlantic ...... W/71-52 Thu. 20 e at Marshall...... W/68-62 Sat. 22 e at FIU ...... W/77-65 Sat. 22 e at Charlotte (FS1)...... W/64-62 Thu. 27 e at UTEP...... W/65-60 Thu. 27 e at Rice...... W/61-60 MARCH MARCH Sun. 2 e UTSA ...... (OT) W/72-70 Sun. 2 e LOUISIANA TECH ...... L/58-67 Thu 6 e at North Texas...... W/79-68 Thu 6 e MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...... L/53-55 March 11-15 at Conference USA Championship, El Paso, Texas March 11-15 at Conference USA Championship, El Paso, Texas Thu. 13 vs. (7) Tulane ...... W/70-49 Wed. 12 vs. (9) Charlotte ...... L/70-80 Fri. 14 vs. (3) Middle Tennessee ...... W/76-69 UAB NOTES Sat. 15 vs. (1) Louisiana Tech ...... W/69-60 e Junior G Chad Frazier, C-USA’s Newcomer of the Year and an All- Fri. 21 vs. (4) UCLA (NCAA/truTV) ...... L/59-76 Conference USA first-team selection, scored 19 points in the Blazers’ 80- TULSA NOTES 70 loss to Charlotte at the C-USA Championship. It was the 29th time in 31 e Tulsa’s 11-game win streak came to an end with a 76-59 loss to games this season he scored in double figures. e UCLA in the NCAA Tournament. Sophomore D'Andre Wright led Tulsa with Freshman G Tyler Madison finished with a season-high 11 points 18 points, including 12 in the second half, while James Woodard extended against the 49ers, while classmate Denzell Watts drew his first start of the his consecutive double-digit scoring streak to 27 games with 11 points. season in the game. e e The Golden Hurricane became the eighth school to win the C-USA Senior Rod Rucker contributed 15 points, eight rebounds and two Championship in the league’s 19-year history following a 69-60 win over assists, but the Blazers fell to Middle Tennessee, 55-53, March 6. Classmate top seed Louisiana Tech in the title game. Preston Purifoy played a season-high 22 minutes and tied a season-high e Woodard was named the tournament’s MVP. He averaged 23.3 with nine points. He had two three-pointers and added four rebounds. e points and 3.3 three-pointers in three games. Woodard was also named to Seniors Fahro Alihodzic and Rucker both registered double- the All-Conference USA second team. doubles, but the Blazers dropped a 67-58 decision to Louisiana Tech e Tulsa claimed its first conference regular-season title since 2001- on March 2. Alihodzic scored a team-best 12 points and grabbed 02, when the Golden Hurricane also shared the WAC championship and 10 boards, while Rucker had 12 points and 12 rebounds. has won six conference tournament championships in its program history. CONFERENCE USA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2013-14 SCHEDULES UTEP UTSA Miners (23-11, 12-4 C-USA) Roadrunners (8-22, 4-12 C-USA) Head Coach: Tim Floyd Head Coach: Brooks Thompson Twitter:@UTEPathletics Facebook: UTEPbasketball Twitter:@UTSAathletics Facebook: UTSAathletics Arena: Don Haskins Center (12,000) Arena: UTSA Convocation Center (2,650)

NOVEMBER NOVEMBER Sat. 9 LOYOLA (N.O.)...... W/84-49 Sat. 9 NORTHERN ARIZONA...... L/63-74 Fri. 15 at New Mexico State...... L/73-86 Thu. 14 at Houston...... L/62-80 Sun. 17 WEST ALABAMA (Battle 4 Atlantis) ...... W/67-46 Mon. 18 McMURRY ...... L/71-73 Tue. 19 COLORADO STATE ...... W/82-74 Thu. 21 UT PAN AMERICAN ...... L/55-70 Sat. 23 NEW MEXICO STATE ...... L/68-77 Sat. 23 TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CRISTI ...... W/87-76 Nov. 28-30 at Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas Tue. 26 at Nicholls State...... L/73-79 Thu. 28 vs. (RV) Tennessee (NBC Sports) ...... W/78-70 Fri. 29 at Texas Tech...... L/64-94 Fri. 29 vs. (23) Iowa (NBC Sports) ...... L/53-89 DECEMBER Sat. 30 vs. (2) Kansas (NBC Sports) ...... L/63-67 Wed. 4 HUSTON-TILLOTSON ...... W/90-62 DECEMBER Sat. 7 at UT Pan American ...... W/72-65 Sat. 7 SACRAMENTO STATE...... W/69-51 Wed. 18 CSU BAKERSFIELD...... L/64-90 Mon. 16 NEW ORLEANS...... L/69-71 Sun. 22 GEORGIA STATE...... L/68-99 Thu. 19 NORTHWESTERN STATE...... W/84-74 Tue. 31 CAMERON ...... W/64-56 Sat. 21 at Washington State (Pac-12 Network) ...... W/64-51 JANUARY Mon. 23 MONTANA STATE...... W/70-55 Sat. 4 at Arkansas...... L/71-104 Dec. 28-29 hosts WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational Thu. 9 e MARSHALL (TWTX)...... W/90-81 Sat. 28 WESTERN ILLINOIS ...... W/67-64 Sat. 11 e CHARLOTTE (TWTX)...... W/85-77 Sun. 29 DENVER...... (2OT) W/60-54 Thu. 16 e at UAB ...... L/65-78 JANUARY Sat. 18 e at Middle Tennessee ...... L/58-80 Thu. 9 e CHARLOTTE (CBS SN)...... L/68-73 Sat. 25 e at UTEP (CSS)...... L/62-81 Sat. 11 e MARSHALL ...... W/66-56 Thu. 30 e RICE (CSS/TWTX)...... W/89-76 Thu. 16 e at Middle Tennessee...... W/63-54 FEBRUARY Sat. 18 e at UAB ...... W/63-61 Sat. 1 e (RV) LOUISIANA TECH (TWTX) ...... L/72-87 Sat. 25 e UTSA (CSS) ...... W/87-62 Thu. 6 e at Old Dominion...... L/61-69 Thu. 30 e (RV) LOUISIANA TECH...... W/89-79 Sat. 8 e at East Carolina ...... L/71-81 FEBRUARY Thu. 13 e FIU...... L/72-80 Sat. 1 e RICE...... W/68-57 Sat. 15 e FLORIDA ATLANTIC...... W/66-56 Thu. 6 e at East Carolina...... W/58-47 Thu. 20 e at Southern Miss...... L/65-85 Sat. 8 e at Old Dominion ...... W/63-49 Sat. 22 e at Tulane...... L/56-68 Thu. 13 e FLORIDA ATLANTIC...... L/69-71 Thu. 27 e NORTH TEXAS...... L/62-71 Sat. 15 e FIU ...... W/84-71 MARCH Thu. 20 e at Tulane...... W/72-54 Sun. 2 e at Tulsa ...... (OT) L/70-72 Sat. 22 e at Southern Miss (CBS SN)...... L/68-77 Thu 6 e UTEP...... L/51-61 Thu. 27 e TULSA...... L/60-65 March 11-15 hosts Conference USA Championship, El Paso, Texas MARCH Tue. 11 vs. (12) East Carolina ...... L/76-79 Sun. 2 e at North Texas (TW Texas) ...... W/74-54 Thu 6 e at UTSA ...... W/61-51 UTSA NOTES March 11-15 hosts Conference USA Championship, El Paso, Texas e Senior G Devon Agusi established a new career high with five 3- Wed. 12 vs. (12) EAST CAROLINA...... W/77-68 point field goals made and led the team with 21 points, but the Roadrunners Thu. 13 vs. (4) SOUTHERN MISS...... L/56-64 fell to No. 12 seed East Carolina in the C-USA Championship first round. Wed. 19 FRESNO STATE (CBI)...... L/56-61 UTSA placed five players in double figure scoring for the first time since six scored 10 or more in an 89-76 win over Rice on Jan. 30. UTEP NOTES e The Roadrunners closed out the regular season with a 61-51 loss to e Junior F Julian Washburn scored a game-high 20 points to lead the UTEP on March 6. Agusi scored 14 points to lead UTSA. Senior Jordan Sims Miners to a 77-68 win over East Carolina in the second round of the C-USA tied a career high with 11 rebounds for UTSA, which grabbed a season-high Championship March 12. Senior C John Bohannon had 15 points and 11 23 offensive rebounds. rebounds to record his 10th double-double this season and the 20th of his e Sims ranks fifth in school annals with 154 career three-pointers made. career. He is the first Miner to record 10 double-doubles in a season since His average of 2.62 per game ranks third in C-USA and 56th in the nation. John Tofi had 10 in 2005-06. e Agusi scored a game-high 23 points, including eight in the last e UTEP was the only C-USA team to place three student-athletes on two minutes, as UTSA snapped a four-game losing streak with a 66-56 the all-conference teams. Washburn and C-USA Freshman of the Year Vince win over Florida Atlantic on Feb. 15. Agusi went 7-of-10 from the floor, Hunter were named to the second team, while Bohannon earned spot on including a pair of 3-pointers, and seven free throws for his highest the third team. Washburn was also a repeat selection to the C-USA All- point total since a season-best 28 points against Cameron on Dec. 31, Defensive Team. 2013. Sims added 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the field and three three-pointers. UTSA held a 47-39 rebounding edge, thanks in part to a game-high 10 boards from senior F/C Edrico McGregor.