2016-2017 HOLY CROSS MEN’S BASKETBALL FACT BOOK 1947 NCAA CHAMPIONS 1954 NIT CHAMPIONS 13 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 1947, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1977, 1980, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS / QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL COLLEGE 2016-2017 SCHEDULE Media Information . 3-4 Nov. 3 ASSUMPTION (exh.) . .7:05 p.m. Opponent Information . 5-6 INFORMATION Nov . 13 at South Carolina # . 6:00 p .m . 2016-2017 Season Preview . 7 Location . Worcester, Mass . Nov . 15 at Syracuse # . 7:00 p .m . Player Profiles . 8-22 Founded . .1843 Nov. 20 MASSACHUSETTS % ..1:05 p.m. 2016-2017 Roster . 23 Enrollment . 2,885 Nov . 22 at Harvard . 7:00 p .m . Coaching Staff . 24-27 Denomination . Roman Catholic, Jesuit Nov. 25 S.C. STATE # ..........1:05 p.m. Support Staff . 28 Nickname . Crusaders Nov. 27 MONMOUTH # .......12:05 p.m. The Patriot League . 29 Color . Royal Purple Nov . 30 at Albany . 7:00 p .m . 2015-2016 Final Statistics . 30-32 National Affiliation . NCAA Division I Dec . 3 at New Hampshire . 7:00 p .m . 2015-2016 Box Scores . 33-37 Conference . Patriot League Dec . 7 at Maine . 5:30 p .m . Single-Game Records . 38-39 College Web Site . www .holycross .edu Dec. 11 QUINNIPIAC..........1:05 p.m. Single-Season Records . 40-41 Athletics Web Site . www .goholycross .com Dec . 18 at Rhode Island . .12:30 p .m . Career Records . 42-43 Dec . 21 at Sacred Heart . 7:00 p .m . Team Records . 44-45 ADMINISTRATION Dec. 23 MARIST .............12:05 p.m. Year-By-Year Leaders . 46-49 Dec . 30 at Boston University * . 7:00 p .m . President . Rev . Philip L . Boroughs, S .J . Hart Center Records . 50-53 Jan. 2 NAVY * ...............7:05 p.m. Director of Athletics . Nathan Pine 1,000-Point Scorers . 54-61 Jan . 5 at Colgate * . 7:00 p .m . Senior Associate AD . Joe Bertoletti Overtime Records . 61 Jan. 8 BUCKNELL * .........1:05 p.m. Associate AD . Rosemary Shea Postseason Tournaments . 62-65 Jan. 11 LAFAYETTE *.........7:05 p.m. Associate AD . Brendan Sullivan Regular Season Tournaments . 66-67 Jan . 14 at Lehigh * . 2:00 p .m . Associate AD . Kirsten Britton The Last Time . 68-69 Jan . 18 at Army West Point * . 7:00 p .m . Assistant AD . Ryan Colton Tradition of Excellence . 70-74 Jan. 23 AMERICAN * .........7:05 p.m. Assistant AD . Armani Dawkins National Championship Teams . 75 Jan . 25 at Loyola (Md .) * . 7:30 p .m . Athletic Department Phone . (508) 793-2571 All-Time Head Coaches / Coaching Records . 76-79 Jan . 28 at Navy * . 4:00 p .m . Ticket Office Phone . (508) 793-2573 Hall of Fame Inductees . 80 Feb. 1 COLGATE *...........7:05 p.m. Athletic Department Fax . (508) 793-3863 Crusaders in the Professional Ranks . 81 Feb . 6 at Bucknell * . 7:00 p .m . Honors & Awards . 82-84 Feb . 8 at Lafayette * . 7:00 p .m . Year-By-Year Records . 85-87 BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS Feb. 12 LEHIGH * ...........12:05 p.m. All-Time Series Records . 88-89 Head Coach . Bill Carmody Feb. 15 ARMY WEST POINT *..7:05 p.m. Series History vs . 2016-2017 Opponents . 90-93 Alma Mater . Union, 1975 Feb . 19 at American * . 2:00 p .m . All-Time Letterwinners . 94-96 Record at Holy Cross . 15-20 / 1 Season Feb. 22 LOYOLA (MD.) * ......7:05 p.m. All-Time Results . 97-112 Overall Record . 299-265 / 18 Seasons Feb. 25 BOSTON UNIVERSITY *..1:05 p.m. Office Phone . (508) 793-2323 Feb . 28 Patriot League First Round CREDITS Office Fax . (508) 793-2229 Mar. 2 Patriot League Quarterfinals Assistant Coach . Joe Kennedy Mar. 5 Patriot League Semifinals The 2016-2017 Holy Cross men’s basketball Assistant Coach . Freddie Owens Mar . 8 Patriot League Championship Game fact book is published by the College of the Assistant Coach . Joe Scott Holy Cross Department of Athletics, all rights Director of Operations . Dave Metzendorf * Patriot League games reserved, Copyright 2016 . Writing, layout, de- Athletic Trainer . Wally Trisdale # Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational sign and editing by Charles Bare . Editorial as- Strength & Conditioning . Shepard Allen % DCU Center, Worcester, Mass . sistance provided by Jim Wrobel . Administrative Assistant . Meghan Reynolds Home games played at the Hart Center 2015-2016 Overall Record . 15-20 unless otherwise noted 2015-2016 Patriot League Record . 5-13 / 9th Home Court . Hart Center at the Luth Athletic Complex Capacity . 3,600 Letterwinners Returning / Lost . 11 / 4 Starters Returning / Lost . 4 / 1 2 2016-2017 HOLY CROSS MEN’S BASKETBALL FACT BOOK MEDIA INFORMATION Charles Bare Jim Wrobel Greg Celona Greg Barlow PARKING CONTACT INFORMATION Parking at the Hart Center is on a first-come, first-served basis. The park- ing lots in front of the Hart Center are ordinarily able to handle all of your parking needs . Members of the media are encouraged to arrive at least one For information on Holy Cross basketball, or any other varsity athletic hour before tipoff in order to ensure the availability of parking . team, please contact the Holy Cross athletic media relations office: Charles Bare, Director . cbare@holycross .edu GAME DAY SERVICES Jim Wrobel, Assistant Director . jwrobel@holycross .edu Pregame press notes and flip cards are available approximately one hour Greg Celona, Assistant Director . gcelona@holycross .edu before tipoff . A pregame meal will also be available approximately one Greg Barlow, Assistant . gbarlow@holycross .edu hour before tipoff . E-mail service is available after the game with ad- Kristen Kearnan, Admin . Assistant . kkearnan@holycross .edu vanced notice to the athletic media relations staff. Halftime statistics, final Office Phone . (508) 793-2583 statistics and play-by-play are provided . Complete books are available Office Fax . (508) 793-2309 approximately 15 minutes after the game . Press Box Phone . (508) 793-3980 Mailing Address . One College Street, Worcester, MA 01610 E-Mail Address . athleticmedia@holycross .edu POSTGAME PROCEDURES The Holy Cross basketball locker room is closed to the media . Mem- bers of the media should submit player requests to Charles Bare by the CREDENTIALS & SCOUTING PASSES five-minute mark of the second half. For games at the Hart Center, a All requests for working media credentials should be made to Charles postgame press conference will be held in the Bud Ryan Room . Requests Bare at least one week in advance, preferably in writing . All requests re- for interviews with the opposing team should be made with that school’s ceived one week in advance will be mailed, while all others will be left at sports information director . the will call window, which is located at the entrance to the Hart Center . Every effort will be made to accommodate all members of the media, but COACH & PLAYER INTERVIEWS as space is limited, we may not be able to honor all requests . Personal interviews with head coach Bill Carmody, his staff and players can be arranged through Charles Bare . Players are available in person and RADIO BROADCASTS for phone interviews on most days, subject to the individual student-ath- Holy Cross has installed ethernet ports and digital phone lines which can lete’s academic responsibilities . Arrangements for all interviews should be used by visiting radio . Those wishing to install their own lines may be made at least 24 hours in advance . Home phone numbers will not be contact Verizon at (508) 792-4000 . Any radio station or reporting service given out . seeking in-game or post-game reports must make arrangements through the athletic media relations office. HOLY CROSS ON THE INTERNET Information on Holy Cross basketball and all 26 other varsity sports is TELEPHONES available through the Holy Cross Athletics home page at “www .GoHoly- There is one community telephone on press row for use by the media . To Cross .com” . All notes and statistics will be available through the site . In order a private phone, contact Verizon at (508) 792-4000 . addition, Crusader radio broadcasts can be heard on the internet, with in- formation on broadcast locations available on the Holy Cross Athletics home page . INTERNET ACCESS There is high speed wireless internet access available for members of the media to use in the Hart Center arena . 2016-2017 HOLY CROSS MEN’S BASKETBALL FACT BOOK 3 MEDIA INFORMATION DIRECTIONS TO THE HART CENTER 2016-2017 TRAVEL INFORMATION From the East or West: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) to Exit South Carolina: Travel via commercial air . Depart Worcester on the day 10 . After the exit, follow I-290 East toward Worcester . Take Exit 11 (Col- of Nov . 12, depart for Syracuse on the day of Nov . 14 . Columbia Marriott, lege Square / Southbridge Street) off of I-290 . Cross over to the right lane 1200 Hampton Street, Columbia, S .C ., 29201 . Phone: (803) 771-7000 . immediately after coming off the ramp to College Square. Take the first right (before the traffic light) onto College Street. Go up the hill and enter Syracuse: Travel via commercial air . Arrive from South Carolina on the the campus at the last gate on the left (Gate 7). Take the first right and the day of Nov . 14, return following the game on Nov . 15 . Marriott Syracuse Hart Center is located at the top of the hill . Downtown, 100 East Onondaga Street, Syracuse, N .Y ., 13202 . Phone: From the North: Take I-495 South to I-290 West (Exit 25B) . Follow (315) 474-2424 . I-290 West to Exit 11 (College Square / Southbridge Street) . Bear left coming off the ramp onto Southbridge Street. Take the first right (before Albany: Travel via charter bus . Depart Worcester on the day of Nov . 29, the traffic light) onto College Street. Go up the hill and enter the campus return following the game on Nov .