2009–2010 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY(0-0) vs (0-1) BETHUNE-COOKMAN November 15, 2009 NORFOLK, VA TED Constant Convocation Center ODU RADIO MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERS ODU Radio: ESPN 94.1 FM F 35 Ben Finney, 6-5, Jr, Portsmouth, VA. 9.9 ppg/ 6.0 rpg (Ted Alexander, Kenny Gattison, Rick Kiefner) F 21 Frank Hassell, 6-8, RS-Jr., Chesapeake, VA./ 7.5 ppg/ 5.3 rpg C 12 Gerald Lee, 6-9, Sr., Uusikaupunki, Finland, 15.5 ppg/ 5.7 rpg SOUTH PADRE ISLAND INVITATIONAL G 23 Marsharee Neely, 6-2, Sr, Greensboro, NC. 7.1 ppg/ 2.8 rpg G 3 Darius James, 6-1, Jr, Virginia Beach,Va. 6.9 ppg/ 4.5 apg. Today’s game with Bethune-Cookman is part of the South Padre Island Invitational, as is Tuesday’s game with Longwood. Teams participating in OFF THE BENCH the Tournament include: ODU, Longwood, Bethune Cookman Chattanooga, UT Pan American, Mississippi State, Richmond, and Missouri. ODU will play Missouri in round three on Nov. 27 and then either Mississippi State F 33 Keyon Carter, 6-8, RS-Jr, Riviera Beach, FL. 7.9 ppg/ 4.6 rpg or Richmond in the Championship round on Nov. 28. Games in South Padre G 24 Kent Bazemore,6-5 RS-So. Kelford, NC., 4.5 ppg/ 3.1 rpg will be televised on Fox College Sports. C 20 Chris Cooper,6-9, So, Dumfries, VA., 1.0 ppg/ 0.8 rpg G 22 Marquel Delancey, 6-0, So.., Alexandria, Va.,0.9ppg/ 0.8 rpg F 1 Nick Wright, 6-8, RS-Fr.., Suffolk, VA----/----- GENERAL INFORMATION G 15 Trian Iliadis, 6-3, Fr.,Perth,W.Australia 2.4 ppg/ 0.5 rpg G 2 Josh Hicks, 6-2, Fr., Winston-Salem, NC./ ------/----- LOCATION: Norfolk, Va. 23529 C 40 Anton Larsen, 7-0, Fr., Copenhagen, Denmark -----/----- NICKNAME: Monarchs FOUNDED: 1930 (as the Norfolk Division of The College of William & Mary) ENROLLMENT: 23,833 LAST GAME SCHOOL COLORS: Slate Blue (PMS 540), Silver (PMS 877), & Light Blue (PMS 283) HOME COURT: Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,424) The ODU Monarchs won both of their exhibition games. ODU defeated Barton, 91-62 SURFACE: Wood as Frank Hassell scored 15 points and 13 rebounds. Kent Bazemore added 17 points, CONFERENCE: Colonial Athletic Association Ben Finney 13 points. Hassell blocked four shots, and Darius James dished out six PRESIDENT: John Broderick (Northeastern) assists. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dr. Jim Jarrett (SIU-Carbondale) The Monarchs then defeated Elizabeth City State, 86-48 as Gerald Lee poured in a OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3369 game-high 24 points, including 20 in the first half. Lee hauled down eight rebounds as SR. WOMEN’S ADMINISTRATOR: Deb Polca All 11 ODU players who saw action scored. Frank Hassell scored 11, Darius James ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE: 757-683-3375 10 and Ben Finney hauled down 11 boards. TICKET OFFICE PHONE: 757 -683-4444 ATHLETIC TRAINER: Jason Mitchell MONARCH 2009-10 SCHEDULE OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.odusports.com Fri. Oct. 23 Blue-White exh. 7:00 p.m. COACHING STAFF Mon. Nov. 2 Barton College (exh.) 7:00 p.m. Sat. Nov. 7 Elizabeth City State (exh.) 7:00 p.m. Sun. Nov. 15 Bethune Cookman 1:00 p.m. HEAD COACH: Blaine Taylor (Montana (‘81) Tue. Nov. 17 Longwood 7:00 p.m. RECORD AT ODU: 161-94, Ninth year Thurs. Nov. 19 at Liberty 7:00 p.m. CAREER RECORD: 303-159 (15th yr ) Sat. Nov. 21 Marshall 7:00 p.m. ASSOCIATE COACH: Jim Corrigan (Duke’80) Fri. Nov. 27 vs. Missouri% 8:30 p.m. Sat. Nov. 28 vs. Miss. State or Richmond% 8:00/5:30 p.m. ASSISTANTS: Rob Wilkes (Stetson ‘93) Wed. Dec. 2 at Richmond 7:00 p.m. & John Richardson (Elizabeth City State ’95) Sat. Dec. 5 Delaware* 7:00 p.m. DIR. OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: Joel Hines (ODU ’05) Tue. Dec. 8 Mt. St. Mary’s 7:00 p.m. OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3362 Fri. Dec. 11 at Dayton 7:00 p.m. BASKETBALL SECRETARY: Annette Manley Sat. Dec. 19 at Georgetown 7:00 p.m. Wed. Dec. 23 Charlotte 7:00 p.m. Wed. Dec. 30 Duquesne 7:00 p.m. HISTORY Sat. Jan. 2 at George Mason* 12 noon Mon. Jan. 4 at Towson* 7:00 p.m. Wed. Jan. 6 James Madison* 7:00 p.m. FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL: 1930-31 Sat. Jan. 9 Hofstra* 4:00 p.m. OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD: 1164-827 (79 years) .582 Wed. Jan. 13 at UNC Wilmington* 7:00 p.m. FIRST YEAR OF DIV. I. BASKETBALL:1976-77 Sat. Jan. 16 Drexel* 7:00 p.m. DIVISION I ALL-TIME RECORD: 607-400 (33 yrs) .601 Wed. Jan. 20 at Delaware* 7:00 p.m. NO. YRS IN NCAA TRN/LAST: Sat. Jan. 23 at William & Mary* TBA Thu. Jan. 28 Georgia State* 7:00 p.m. 9/ 2007, lost to #5 seed Butler, 57-46 Sat. Jan. 30 at Northeastern* 4:00 p.m. NO. YRS IN NIT TRN/LAST: Wed. Feb. 3 William & Mary* 7:00 p.m. 10/ 2006 semi-finals, lost to Michigan, 66-43 Sat. Feb. 6 at VCU* 4:00 p.m. RETURNING LETTERMEN: 10 Wed. Feb. 10 at James Madison* TBA Sat. Feb. 13 George Mason* 4:00 p.m. Tue. Feb. 16 Towson* 7:00 p.m. Sat. Feb. 20 at Bracketbuster TBA Tue. Feb. 23 at Georgia State* 7:00 p.m. Sat. Feb. 27 VCU* 2 p.m./4 p.m. 2009 CHAMPIONS March 5-8 CAA Tournament in Richmond, Va. % at South Padre Island Tournament 2009–2010 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY SERIES VS. BETHUNE-COOKMAN DID YOU KNOW? This is the first meeting between the two schools. This game is l FIVE STRAIGHT YEARS IN POST SEASON PLAY part of the South Padre Island l 119 wins the last five years is the most of any Virginia Div. I team. l 2009 CollegeInsider.com Post Season Champion MONARCHS VS. MEAC TEAMS l Two NCAA Tournament Appearances l CAA regular season attendance leader three of the last four years. Delaware State ODU leads 4-0 l Defensive Player of the Year in 2008 Florida A&M ODU leads 2-0 l CAA Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2005 and 2007 Hampton ODU leads 5-2 l NIT semi-finalists in 2006 Howard ODU leads, 3-0 l ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2006 UMES ODU leads, 6-0 l CAA Coach of the Year in 2005 Morgan State ODU leads, 1-0 l CAA Player of the Year in 2005 Norfolk State ODU leads, 11-6 l CAA Tournament MVP in 2005 South Carolina State ODU leads, 2-0 ODU has not played Coppin State MONARCH’S 2009-10 TV SCHEDULE Nov. 27 ODU vs. Missouri 8:30 pm ODU HAS MADE FIVE STRAIGHT Fox College Sports POST SEASON APPEARANCES Nov. 28 ODU vs. Richmond/Miss. St. 5:30/8:00 pm Fox College Sports 2005 – NCAA Dec. 11 ODU at Dayton 7:00 pm 2006 – NIT Semi-finals Comcast SportsNet MA/WHIO 2007 – NCAA 2008 - CBI quarterfinals Dec. 19 ODU at Georgetown 7:00 pm MASN 2009 - CIT CHAMPIONS Jan. 9 Hofstra at ODU 4:00 pm BLAINE TAYLOR Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic Year-by-Year as a Head Coach Jan. 28 Georgia State at ODU 7:00 pm MASN 1991-92 Montana 27-4 (NCAA) Jan. 30 ODU at Northeastern 4:00 pm 1992-93 Montana 17-11 Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic 1993-94 Montana 20-8 1994-95 Montana 21-9 (NIT) Feb. 6 ODU at VCU 4:00 pm 1995-96 Montana 20-8 Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic 1996-97 Montana 21-11 (NCAA) 1997-98 Montana 16-14 Feb. 13 George Mason at ODU 4:00 pm 2001-02 ODU 13-16 Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic 2002-03 ODU 12-15 Feb. 20 ESPN Bracketbuster TBA 2003-04 ODU 17-12 TBA 2004-05 ODU 28-6 (NCAA) 2005-06 ODU 24-10 (NIT Semifinals) Feb. 23 ODU at Georgia State 7:00 pm 2006-07 ODU 24-9 (NCAA at large) Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic 2007-08 ODU 18-16 2008-09 ODU 25-10 Feb. 27 VCU at ODU Noon /4:00 pm (ESPN Wildcard) ESPN2 or Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic 161-94 at ODU (8 yrs) 142-65 at Montana (7 yrs) TOTAL: 303-159 (.650) 1st Collegiate Win Nov. 15, 1991 87-58 vs. Simon Fraser 100th Collegiate Win Feb. 10, 1996, 77-46 vs. Northern Arizona 200th Collegiate Win Jan. 19, 2005, 67-66 at Hofstra 300th Collegiate Win March 19, 2009, 67-59 win over The Citadel (CIT) 100th Win at ODU Dec. 2, 2006, 70-57 vs. JMU ODU 20-PLUS WIN SEASONS UNDER TAYLOR 2008-09 20-9 CIT Champions 2007-08 18-16 CBI Quarterfinals 2006-07 24-9 NCAA (at-large bid) 2005-06 24-10 NIT Semi-Finals 2004-05 28-6 NCAA 2009–2010 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY CAA PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH ODU’S RECORD WHEN 1. Old Dominion ODU scores 40-49 points 0-0 2. Northeastern ODU scores 50-59 points 0-0 3. VCU ODU scores 60-69 points 0-0 4. George Mason ODU scores 70-79 points 0-0 5. James Madison ODU scores 80-89 points 0-0 6. Hofstra ODU scores 90 or more 0-0 7. Drexel OPP score less than 40 0-0 8. Georgia State OPP score 40-49 points 0-0 9.