2014 - 2015 MONARCH BASKETBALL #1 OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (27-7) in NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT MARCH 31, 2015 | 9:00 PM | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (STANFORD/TEMPLE/MIAMI) MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERS MONARCH 2014-15 SCHEDULE G 1 Aaron Bacote, 6-4 Jr, Hampton, VA., 10.1 ppg/3.1 rpg Mon. Nov 10 Mount Olive (Exhibition) 7:00 p.m. W, 76-61 Sat. Nov 15 UNC Wilmington 7:00 p.m. W, 76-56 G 0 Jordan Baker , 6-2, So., Hampton, VA., 4.1 ppg/2.2 apg Tue. Nov 18 Richmond 8:00 p.m. W, 63-57 G 20 Trey Freeman, 6-2, Jr. Virginia Beach, VA., 17.0 ppg/3.6 apg Fri. Nov 21 LSU% 6:30 p.m. W, 70-61 F 35 Jonathan Arledge, 6-9, Gr. Silver Spring, MD., 8.9 ppg./4.9 rpg Sun. Nov 23 Illinois State 10:00 p.m. L, 45-64 Mon. Nov 24 Gardner-Webb% 6:30 p.m. W, 58-46 F 21 Denzell Taylor, 6-7, So., Ontario, Canada, 3.0 ppg/6.0 rpg Sat. Nov 29 #14 VCU 2:00 p.m. W, 73-67 MONARCH RESERVES Wed. Dec 03 George Mason 7:30 p.m. W, 75-69 Sun. Dec 14 NC A&T 2:00 p.m. W, 85-48 G 3 Keenan Palmore, 6-1, Jr. Stone Mountain, GA., 2.6 ppg/1.5 rpg Wed. Dec 17 Georgia State 8:00 p.m. W, 58-54 Fri. Dec 19 Maryland - Eastern Shore 7:00 p.m. W, 60-43 F 23 Richard Ross, 6-6, Sr. Wichita Falls, TX., 8.0 ppg/5.7 rpg Mon. Dec 22 William & Mary 7:00 p.m. W, 69-62 G 22 Ambrose Mosley, 6-2, RSo. Jacksonville, FL., 6.9 ppg/2.0 rpg Mon. Dec 29 Mount St. Mary's 8:00 p.m. W, 69-35 F 30 Nik Biberaj 6-8, Jr., Fairfax Station, VA., 2.1 ppg/1.7 rpg Sun. Jan 04 Charlotte * 1:00 p.m. W, 61-54 Thu. Jan 08 Marshall * 7:00 p.m. W, 72-51 F 10 Javonte Douglas, 6-7, Jr., Charlotte, NC., 3.3 ppg/2.5 rpg Sat. Jan 10 Western Kentucky * 5:30 p.m. L. 65-72 G 15 Deion Clark, 6-3, RSo. Naples, FL., 0.8 ppg/0.5 rpg Thu. Jan 15 Rice * 7:00 p.m. W, 63-53 F 11 Joe Ebondo, 6-7, Sr. Euless, TX., 0.3 ppg/1.0 rpg Sat. Jan 17 North Texas * 7:00 p.m. W, 61-50 Thu, Jan 22 Middle Tennessee * 8:00 p.m. L, 58-68 (ot) G 2 Martin Shaw, 6-1, JR., Hampton, VA., 0.3 ppg/0.0 rpg Sat Jan 24 UAB * 5:30 p.m. L, 68-81 MONARCH NOTES Thu. Jan 29 FIU * 7:00 p.m. W, 71-56 Sat. Jan 31 FAU * 7:00 p.m. W, 68-57 - ODU’s second appearance in NIT semifinals (2006) Sat. Feb 07 Charlotte (Alumni Game) * 7:00 p.m. W, 61-57 - ODU’s third overall appearance in Madison Square Garden( Played in 1984 Thu. Feb 12 UTSA * 8:00 p.m. L, 67-72 Holiday Festival) - ODU has won nine of last 10 games. Sat. Feb 14 UTEP * 9:00 p.m. L, 47-62 - Jeff Jones is the first person to win the NIT as both a player and head Coach (at Thu. Feb 19 Southern Miss * 5:30 p.m. W, 64-38 Virginia) Sat. Feb 21 LA Tech * 3:00 p.m. W, 72-53 - Trey Freeman is C-USA Newcomer of the Year Player/ All-Academic/Two-time Thu. Feb 26 Rice * 8:00 p.m. W, 63-54 Player of the Week - ODU won 24 straight at home (Constant Center Best), 20-0 this year (7th Sat. Feb 28 North Texas * 5:30 p.m. W, 70-57 nationally) Thu. Mar 05 Marshall * 8:00 p.m. W, 67-50 - Head Coach Jeff Jones won his 400th career game vs. Charleston Southern. Sat. Mar 07 Western Kentucky * 5:30 p.m. W, 75-52 - So. Miss 38 points is the second lowest by an opponent this year(MT. St. Mary’s Thurs. Mar. 12 Middle Tennessee (C-USA) 3:30 p.m. L, 52-59 held to 35) - ODU has shot .50 percent or better vs. Murray, FIU,FAU, So. Miss & NC A&T Wed. Mar. 18 Charleston Southern (NIT) 7:15 p.m. W, 65-56 - ODU is the only C-USA team to hold both LA Tech & Charlotte below 60 pts. They Mon. Mar. 23 Illinois State (NIT) 8:00 p.m. W, 50-49 lead C-USA in scoring Wed. Mar. 25 Murray State (NIT) 7:00 p.m. W, 72-69 - ODU home attendance average is 7,132, (3 sellouts) second only to UTEP at 8446 - Aaron Bacote became the 49th Monarchs to reach 1,000 career points vs. Home games in BOLD, and played at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. Charlotte. *Denotes C-USA games - The Ga. State win was ODU’s first OT win since 2-22-12 at GSU & first at home % Paradise Jam Tournament. since 2-14-08 vs. Drexel. Note: Dates and times are subject to change - ODU RPI is 46 as of March 14 (6 top 100 wins including VCU & LSU) - 81 points (.703 FG PCT) by UAB is the most ODU has allowed this year - ODU has been held under 50 points twice (Ill. State & at UTEP) - 13-1 start was the best in ODU’s Div. I history. - ODU is 3-0 against the Atlantic 10 (beating VCU, Richmond & Mason) 11 NCAA APPEARANCES - ODU’s win over No. 14 VCU was the first since the 61-57 at 11th ranked 8 STRAIGHT NATIONAL POST SEASON APPEARANCES Georgetown in 2010 (2005-2011) - Jeff Jones is second vice-president of the NABC 2006 NIT SEMIFINALS - Asst. coaches John Richardson & Lamar Barrett were teammates at Elizabeth City St. 2009 CIT CHAMPIONS - ODU basketball players hail from seven different states & Canada. 2014 CBI SEMIFINALS 2014 - 2015 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY GENERAL INFORMATION SERIES VS. STANFORD Location: Norfolk, Va. 23529 Stanford leads, 1-0. ODU and Stanford have met only once before. Nickname: Monarchs The Cardinal defeated the Monarchs 84-60 in the 2001 Puerto Founded: 1930 (as the Norfolk Division of The College of William Rico Shootout. & Mary) Enrollment: 24,753 School Colors: Slate Blue (PMS 540), Silver (PMS 877), SERIES VS. TEMPLE & Light Blue (PMS 283) Home Court: Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,472) ODU and Temple have never played… Surface: Wood Conference: C-USA President: John Broderick (Northeastern) SERIES VS. MIAMI Athletic Director: Dr. Wood Selig (Washington & Lee) Office Phone: 757-683-3369 Miami leads 1-0. The two met in the 1988-89 tournament in Sr. Women's Administrator: Deb Polca Hawaii. The Hurricanes won 77-76. Head Coach Jim Larrañaga Athletic Department Phone: 757-683-3375 was CAA rival George Mason head coach from 1997-2011. Ticket Office Phone: 757 -683-4444 Official Website: www.odusports.com COMPARING THE TEAMS ODU Standford Scoring 65.1 72.7 FGPCT .435 .436 ODU COACHING STAFF FG DEF: .398 .428 Head Coach: Jeff Jones (Virginia ’82) 3 PT PCT .331 .380 Record at ODU: 45-25 (2nd season) FT PCT .668 .725 Career Record: 402-312 (.563) 22 years REBS 36.2 36.7 Assistant Coaches: John Richardson (Elizabeth City State’95), R-Margin +5.4 +4.3 Lamar Barrett (Elizabeth City state ’94), ASTS: 13.6 12.0 & Bryant Stith (Virginia ’92). Turnovers 10.9 10.7 Special Asst. to the Men’s HEAD Coach: Kieran Donohue Steals 6.2 5.5 (Virginia ’97) Athletic Trainer for MBB: Jason Mitchell NCAA NATIONAL RANKINGS Basketball Secretary: Annette Manley Office Phone: 757-683-3362 (10th) .56.8 Scoring Defense (30th) +5.4 Rebound Margin Current NCAA Home Win Streaks C-USA RANKINGS 1. Arizona 38 2. North Carolina Central 35 Scoring: Freeman (3RD) 17.0 3. Wichita State 32 Field Goal PCT: Ross (4th) .581 4. Louisiana Tech 30 Free Throw PCT: Bacote (2nd) .844 5. Kansas 25 Rebounding: Taylor (14) 5.7 North Dakota State 25 Assists: Freeman (7) 3.6 7. Old Dominion 24 Steals: Freeman (8th) 1.4 8. Villanova 22 Asst/TO Ratio: Freeman (5) 2.1 9. Dayton 21 Blocked Shots: Ross (5th) 1.6 10. Iona 20 Offensive Rebs: Taylor (1st) 3.6 Kentucky 20 Team Scoring Def: (1st) 56.8 Team FG Def: (1st) .398 3 PT FG DEF: (2nd) .308 Team Rebounding: (5th) 36.2 Rebound Margin (1st) +5.4 2014 - 2015 MONARCH BASKETBALL OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY ODU VS. C-USA THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED (CONT.) Charlotte 17-13 Rice 4-0 Free Throws Made – 20 or more FIU 2-0 Southern Miss. 7-1 20 at George Mason (12-3-14) Free Throws Attempted – 30 or more FAU 3-0 UAB 9-19 30 vs. VCU (11-29-14) LA TECH 1-1 UTEP 0-2 Marshall 8-4 UTSA 1-2 Free Throws Attempted – 30 or more Middle Tenn. 0-5 WKU 13-16 30 vs. VCU (11-29-14) North Texas 3-0 Assists – 20 or more JEFF JONES SUPPORTS 20 vs. NC A&T (12-14-14) & USM 2-19-15 &CSU (3-18-15) SAMARITAN’S FEET Rebounds – 45 or more 48 vs. Mt. St. Mary’s (12-29-14) Jeff Jones coached barefoot against North Texas as part of his support for Samaritan’s Feet.