University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Arkansas Men’s Basketball Athletics 2006 University of Arkansas Razorbacks Basketball Media Guide, 2005-2006 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Athletics Media Relations Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/basketball-men Citation University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Athletics Media Relations. (2006). University of Arkansas Razorbacks Basketball Media Guide, 2005-2006. Arkansas Men’s Basketball. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/basketball-men/3 This Periodical is brought to you for free and open access by the Athletics at ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Arkansas Men’s Basketball by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 2005 – 06 RAZORBACKS UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TV SITE TIME Saturday, Oct. 29 Red-White Game Fayetteville, Ark. 4:05 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4 Southwest Baptist (Exhibition) Fayetteville, Ark. 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 LSU-Shreveport (Exhibition) Fayetteville, Ark. TBA Friday, Nov. 18 Portland State Fayetteville, Ark. 7:05 p.m. Mon.-Wed., Nov. 21-23 Maui Invitational Maui, Hawaii (Arkansas, Arizona, Chaminade, Connecticut, Gonzaga, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan State) Monday, Nov. 21 vs. Connecticut ESPN2 Maui, Hawaii 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22 vs. Arizona or Kansas ESPN/U Maui, Hawaii 3 or 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23 vs. TBA ESPN/2/U Maui, Hawaii TBA Saturday, Nov. 26 Radford FSN/SUN Fayetteville, Ark. 3:05 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30 Southern Miss FSN/SUN Fayetteville, Ark. 8:05 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 Missouri ARSN Fayetteville, Ark. 7:05 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6 Texas St. ARSN Fayetteville, Ark. 7:05 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 Missouri St. ARSN Fayetteville, Ark. 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 #Rice ARSN N. Little Rock, Ark. 7:35 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21 %vs. Texas Tech ESPN2 Dallas, Texas 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30 Texas-Pan American ARSN Fayetteville, Ark. 7:05 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 1 Western Illinois ARSN Fayetteville, Ark. 7:35 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 *Mississippi St. FSN/SUN Starkville, Miss. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 *LSU Fayetteville, Ark. 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 *Vanderbilt Fayetteville, Ark. 2:05 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18 *Alabama JP Tuscaloosa, Ala. 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21 *Auburn Auburn, Ala. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25 *Ole Miss Fayetteville, Ark. 7:05 p.m. 2005–06 Sunday, Jan. 29 *Kentucky CBS Lexington, Ky. Noon Saturday, Feb. 4 *South Carolina JP (s) Fayetteville, Ark. 2:05 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8 *LSU JP (s) Baton Rouge, La. 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 *Auburn FSN/SUN Fayetteville, Ark. 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15 *Ole Miss Oxford, Miss. 7 p.m. BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE Saturday, Feb. 18 !*Florida JP Fayetteville, Ark. 1:05 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS Tuesday, Feb. 21 *Alabama ESPN Fayetteville, Ark. 8:05 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS Saturday, Feb. 25 *Tennessee JP (s) Knoxville, Tenn. Noon Wednesday, March 1 *Mississippi St. JP (s) Fayetteville, Ark. 7:05 p.m. Sunday, March 5 *Georgia JP Athens, Ga. 1 p.m. Thur.-Sun., March 9-12 SEC Tournament Nashville, Tenn. TBA RAZORBACKSRAZORBACKS Fayetteville games in bold * – Southeastern Conference games FSN/SUN – formerly Fox Sports Network ! – SEC Throwback Weekend 2005 – 06 BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE ARSN- Arkansas Razorback Sports Network JP – Jefferson-Pilot Sports # – game played in Alltel Arena JP(s) – Jefferson-Pilot split broadcast % – game played in American Airlines Center All times central and subject to change Field goal percentage – .457 Arkansas’ best since 1995 (.464) Three-point percentage – .372 Arkansas’ best since 1997 (also .372) Blocked shots, which led the SEC with 5.2 per game – 156 Steven Hill was second in the SEC with Most for Arkansas since 1998 (158) Ronnie Brewer was eighth in the SEC in field 1.8 blocked shots per game last season. goal percentage, helping Arkansas shoot its best percentage (.457) since 1995. RAZORBACKSRAZORBACKS ONON THETHE RISERISE Opponent scoring average – 62.8 Arkansas’ lowest opponent average since 1985 (61.7) 2005 NCAA Arkansas’ National Opponent three-point percentage, Attendance Leaders Attendance Rankings which led the SEC – .309 (Since moving into Bud Walton The second-lowest in school history (.305 in 2001) 1: Syracuse 22,978 Arena in 1994) 2: Kentucky 22,520 3: North Carolina 20,522 1994: 4th Opponent rebound average – 33.2 4: Louisville 18,746 1995: 4th The two lowest opponent averages set in last three years 5: Wisconsin 17,142 1996: 5th Charles Thomas and the Razorbacks (32.5 in 2003) 6: Maryland 16,632 1997: 5th limited opponents to just 33.2 rebounds per game in 2005. Eric Ferguson’s defense helped the Hogs 7: Illinois 16,387 1998: 4th hold opponents to 62.8 points per game. 8: Kansas 16,300 1999: 5th 9: Arkansas 15,788 2000: 6th 10: Michigan St. 14,759 2001: 9th 11: Indiana 14,702 2002: 13th Hogs Crossing the Stage 12: Arizona 14,557 2003: 14th (Under Head Coach Stan Heath) 13: N. Carolina St. 14,464 2004: 13th New Mexico 14,308 2005: 9th Razorbacks completing eligibility and participating 14: in graduation ceremonies: 15: Connecticut 13,771 Head Coach Stan Heath with 2005: 1 of 1 Michael Jones, the only senior 2004: 3 of 3 on last year’s team. 2003: 5 of 5 TERRIFIC TRADITION Arkansas has been to the Final Four six times, earned 27 bids to the NCAA Tournament, advanced to the Sweet 16 10 times, won 24 conference championships and won 39 games in NCAA Tour- nament play. The six Final Four appearances, 27 NCAA bids and 24 league titles all rank ninth-best in the nation. The 39 tourna- ment wins rank 10th and the 10 trips to the Sweet 16 rank 12th. RAZORBACKS IN THE PROS Eighteen former Razorbacks are currently in the professional ranks, including two assistant coaches in the NBA. Current players include Sacramento’s Corliss Williamson (left), who received his 2004 NBA championship ring at the beginning of last season, and Joe Johnson (right), who is now with Atlanta after helping Phoenix to the best record in the NBA last year. MOVING UP IN THE SEC SEC SCORING FG % 3PT % FT % ASSISTSTURNOVER MARGIN BLOCKED SHOTS STEALS RANK 1 1 2 22 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 ‘03 ‘05 ‘03 ‘05 ‘03 ‘05 ‘03 ‘05 ‘03 ‘05 ‘03 ‘05 ‘03 ‘05 ‘03 ‘05 (61.6) (71.6) (.393) (.457) (.310) (.372) (.609) (.663) (9.8) (14.5) (-3.39) (+ 2.70) (3.5) (5.2) (.03) (.05) Jonathon Modica’s .429 three- point percentage helped the Hogs go from 12th in the SEC in 2003 to fifth last year. Ronnie Brewer was second in the league in steals (2.5) in 2005, helping Arkansas go from ninth three years ago to second. Eric Ferguson was second in Darian Townes’ 10.2 points the conference in assist-to- per game last year helped turnover ratio last year (2.37), Arkansas improve its scoring helping UA go from 12th in average by 10.0 points from turnover margin to second. three years ago. UA’s Win Totals Attendance Averages And National Rankings 2003 9 2003 2004 2005 *Arkansas was also second in the SEC all three years 2004 12 14,790 14,792 15,788 2005 18 #14 #13 #9 THE RAZORBACKS 2005 CONTENTS UA Athletic Department Directory . .6 UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS . .61-70 Arkansas Basketball Quick Facts . .7 University of Arkansas . .62-65 Academic Support/Student Services . .66-68 THIS IS ARKANSAS BASKETBALL . .8-20 Home of Champions . .69 Razorback Game Day . .8-9 Other Facilities . .70 Media Attention . .10-11 Tradition . .12-13 RAZORBACK BASKETBALL . .71-114 Player Development . .14-15 Bud Walton Arena . .72-75 Facilities . .16-17 Bud Walton Arena Records . .76 Southeastern Conference . .18 UA Basketball History, The Final Four, 1994 Academics . .19 National Championship, Memorable Games . .77-87 Northwest Arkansas . .20 All-Time Postseason Results & Records . .88-89 All-Time NCAA Tournament Box Scores, UA’s Sweet 16 Teams . .90-101 COACHING STAFF . .21-32 All-Time Final Poll Rankings . .102-103 Head Coach Stan Heath . .22-25 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE NBA Razorbacks . .104-105 Assistant Dan Hipsher . .26 All-Americans . .106-107 Director of Basketball Operations Darren Sorenson . .27 All-Conference, Other Honors . .108-111 Assistant Oronde Taliaferro . .28 Lettermen . .112-114 Assistant Ronny Thompson . .29 Trainer Dave England, Strength and Conditioning Coach Kelly Lambert . .30 UA ADMINISTRATION . .115-124 Officer Manager Terry Mercer, Support Staff . .31 Athletic Department Administration . .116-124 Student Support Staff . .32 2005-06 OPPONENTS, SEC . .125-132 THE RAZORBACKS . .33-52 Maui Invitational . .126 Ronnie Brewer . .34-35 Preston Cranford . .36 Other Opponents . .127-129 Eric Ferguson . .37-38 Southeastern Conference . .130 Steven Hill . .39 UA’s All-Time SEC Leaders . .131 Vincent Hunter . .40 SEC Tournament . .132 Dontell Jefferson . .41 Jonathon Modica . .42-43 2005 IN REVIEW . .133-150 Sammy Munsey . ..