OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY MONARCH GAME NOTES 2006 National Invitation Tournament Current Record: 23-9 / 13-5 in CAA #5Seed 1 OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY MONARCH GAME NOTES 2006 National Invitation Tournament Current Record: 23-9 / 13-5 in CAA #5Seed 2006 ROSTER: HEAD COACH: Blaine Taylor (Montana ?81) No. Name POS CL HT WT Hometown/High School Career Record: 234-123 (.638) in 12 seasons 1 Isaiah Hunter G Sr. 6-3 170 Charlotte, NC./Independence HS Record at ODU: 92-57 (5th season) 3 John Morris G Jr. 6-2 180 Camp Hill, PA./ Trinity HS Record at Montana: 142-65 (7 years), 1991-98 4 Brandon Johnson G So. 6-1 180 Orlando, FL./ Edgewater HS Record in the CAA: 62-39 10 Drew Williamson G Jr. 6-0 185 Burlington, NC./ Cummings HS PROBABLE STARTERS 11 Abdi Lidonde G So. 6-2 190 Sutton, MA./ St. Andrews HS F 31 Arnaud Dahi, 6-7, Jr., Ivory Coast, Africa, 12.2 ppg/4.9 rpg 20 Brian Henderson G So. 6-4 195 Richmond, VA./ Varina HS F 40 Alex Loughton, 6-9, Sr, Perth, Australia, 14.0 ppg/ 7.7 rpg 21 Jason Thompson F So. 6-5 210 Sanford, NC./ Chatham HS G 1 Isaiah Hunter, 6-2, Jr., Charlotte, NC, 14.2 ppg/ 3.2 rpg 24 Bobby Bilicki G Sr. 5-10 165 Winchester, MA/Wincester HS G 10 Drew Williamson, 6-0, Jr, Burlington, NC, 7.3 ppg/4.8 apg 30 Sam Harris C So. 7-3 260 Newnham, Tasmania Australia/ Lake Ginninderra College G 20 Brian Henderson, 6-4, So, Richmond, VA, 5.9 ppg/ 2.8 rpg 31 Arnaud Dahi F Jr. 6-7 230 Ivory Coast, Africa /Life Center Academy (NJ) 34 Jonathan Adams F Fr. 6-6 215 Ringold, GA/Baylor HS OFF THE BENCH 40 Alex Loughton F Sr. 6-9 240 Perth, Australia/ St. Stephen’s HS F 42 Valdas Vasylius, 6-7, Jr, Klaipeda, Lithuania, 9.0 ppg/4.5 rpg 42 Valdas Vasylius F Jr. 6-7 210 Klaipeda, Lithuania/ Norfolk Collegiate HS G 11 Abdi Lidonde, 6-2, So, Sutton, MA, 3.2 ppg/ 1.7 rpg 55 Janko Mrksic C Jr. 6-10 270 Stoney Creek, Ontario/ Bishop Ryan HS G 4 Brandon Johnson, 6-1, So, Orlando, F, 3.8 ppg/1.7 apg G 3 John Morris, 6-2, Jr., Camp Hill, PA, 1.7 ppg/ 1.1 rpg F 34 Jonathan Adams, 6-6, Fr, Ringold, GA, 1.2 ppg/ 2.2 rpg C 30 Sam Harris, 7-3, So, Newnham, Tasmania, 1.1 ppg/0.9 rpg F 21 Jason Thompson, 6-5, So, Sanford, NC, 0.7 ppg/ 1.1 rpg PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: C 55 Janko Mrksic, 6-10, Jr., Ontario, Canada, 0.3 ppg/ 0.2 rpg G 24 Bobby Bilicki, 5-10, Sr, Winchester, MA, 0.0 ppg/ 0.2 rpg Janko Mrksic ..............Yan-ko MER-sick Alex Loughton ...........LAU-ton Abdi Lidonde .............AB-di Li-DON-de ODU NIT Results Valdas Vasylius ..........VAL-das VA-Si-li-us 1976-77 L 71-68 (OT) Villanova (Scope) Arnaud Dahi ...............ARNO Da -HEE Klaipeda, Lithuania ....KLA-pe-da 1978-79 W 83-81 Wagner (Scope) W 61-59 (2 OT) at Clemson L 59-67 at Purdue QUICK FACTS: 1980-81 L 60-74 at Georgia 1982-83 L 90-100 at South Carolina GENERAL INFORMATION DIR. OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: 1983-84 L 62-67 at Notre Dame LOCATION: Norfolk, Va. 23529 John Richardson (Elizabeth City St. ’95) 1987-88 L 73-86 at Ohio State NICKNAME: Monarchs OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3362 1992-93 W 74-68 VCU (Scope) FOUNDED: 1930 (as the Norfolk Division of The BASKETBALL SECRETARY: Annette Manley L 60-58 at Miami-Ohio College of William & Mary) 2004-05 RECORD: 28-6 (school record) 1993-94 W 76-74 Manhattan (Scope) ENROLLMENT: 21,200 2004-05 CAA RECORD: 15-3, CAA Champions L 75-79 at Bradley SCHOOL COLORS: Slate Blue (PMS 540), Silver POST SEASON: NCAA 1st rd, lost to Michigan St., 1998-99 W 75-56 Seton Hall (Fieldhouse) (PMS 877), & Light Blue (PMS 283) 89-81 (Worcester, MA.) L 62-75 at Butler HOME COURT: 2005-06 W 79-61 at Colorado Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,650) HISTORY W 70-66 Manhattan SURFACE: Wood FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL: 1930-31 CONFERENCE: Colonial Athletic Association OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD: 1077-782 This is the second time the Monarchs have reached the NIT PRESIDENT: Dr. Roseann Runte (75 years) .575 quarterfi nals. In 1979, ODU reached the NIT quarterfi nals (SUNY New Paltz ‘68) FIRST YEAR OF DIV. I. BASKETBALL:1976-77 after beating Wagner (coached by PJ Carlissimo) at home, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dr. Jim Jarrett DIVISION I ALL-TIME RECORD: 520-355 and Clemson in double overtime on the road. ODU then lost (SIU-Carbondale ‘59) (29 yrs) .584 at Purdue. OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3369 NO. YRS IN NCAA TRN/LAST: SR. WOMEN’S ADMINISTRATOR: Deb Polca 8/ 2005, lost to #5 seed Michigan St., 89-81 If ODU advances to the NIT semifi nals, it will mark the ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE: NO. YRS IN NIT TRN/LAST: second time the Monarchs have played in Madison Square 757-683-3375 9/ 1999 Lost 2nd rd at Butler, 75-62 Garden. During the 1984-85 season, the Monarchs beat St. TICKET OFFICE PHONE: 757 -683-4444 John’s & Rutgers in the Holiday Festival Tournament. ATHLETIC TRAINER: Scott Johnson The furthest the Monarchs have advanced in post-season OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.odusports.com tournaments is the NCAA Div. II National Championship on March 14, 1975 in Evansville, Indiana. (ODU 76, New Orleans,74) COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: Blaine Taylor (Montana ‘81) Since switching to Division I, this is the RECORD AT ODU: 90-56, Fifth year Monarchs 17th time in post-season play. CAREER RECORD: 232-122 (.638) in 12 seasons ASSISTANTS: Jim Corrigan (Duke ‘80), Rob Wilkes (Stetson ‘93) & Travis DeCuire (Montana ‘94) 2 OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY MONARCH GAME NOTES 2006 National Invitation Tournament Current Record: 23-9 / 13-5 in CAA #5Seed STATISTICAL CAMPARISONS ODU VS. HOFSTRA Series: ODU leads, 7-6, but the Pride has beaten PAST ODU CAA ODU HU ODU both times in the regular season. Hofstra Points 71.1 73.6 TOURNAMENT RESULTS is the only team to have beaten ODU in each Opp Pts 64.1 67.3 of the last two seasons at home. The Monarchs FG% .434 .465 were 14-1 at home last year and 14-1 at home 2005-06 L 63-71 Northeastern OPP FG% .415 .418 this year. The Monarchs are also the last team to 3PT FG% .346 .365 2004-05 W 64-51 William & Mary beat Hofstra at home. FT% .719 .645 W 72-58 Hofstra REBS: 37.0 36.2 1993-94 W 92-66 (UC Santa Barbara tournament) OPP REBS: 33.9 33.9 W 73-66 VCU (OT) Finals 2001-02 L at 67-66 ASSTS: 15.4 13.6 2003-04 W 82-68 Hofstra W 69-53 Turnovers 12.8 13.6 2002-03 L at 65-69 L 67-84 VCU (Semis) Steals 7.8 7.4 W 77-46 Blocks 3.4 4.6 2002-03 L 61-52 Drexel 2003-04 W 71-66 2001-02 L 58-54 VCU L at 79-80 THIS DAY in ODU W 82-68 (CAA Trn.) 2000-01 W 53-47 William & Mary (OT) 2004-05 W at 67-66 L 57-54 UNCW (Semis) BASKETBALL HISTORY L 63-66 W 72-58 (CAA semis) 1999-00 L 67-55 Richmond March 22, 1994- 2005-06 L 68-76 1998-99 W 65-62 East Carolina (OT) All-American Odell Hodge scored 25 points and L at 63-65 hauled in 11 rebounds, but ODU lost its second W 66-49 VCU round NIT game at Bradley, 79-75. NOTE: Four of the fi ve games at Hofstra have L 64-58 George Mason (Finals) been decided by two points or less. 1997-98 W 60-56 James Madison LAST GAME L 54-51 UNCW (Semis) Valdas Vasylius hit two free throws with 1.5 HOT TICKET seconds left on the clock to help the Monarchs ODU ended up averaging more than 7,000 1996-97 W 69-56 Richmond defeat Manhattan, 70-66 in round two of the NIT. (7023 for 14 home games). That’s up 14% from Alex Loughton led the Monarchs with 20 points W 70-62 William & Mary last year and averaged 1,112 students per and nine rebounds. Arnaud Dahi added 13 points W 62-58 James Madison (OT) and becomes the 42nd Monarch to go over the game, with six student sellouts this year is up 15% from last year. In nine CAA games, ODU Finals 1,000 career point mark. He now has 1003 career points. ODU outrebounded Manhattan, 44-37 and averaged 6,891. 1995-96 W 75-72 James Madison forced the Jaspers into 18 turnovers. L 59-39 UNCW ODU has led the CAA in attendence two The Monarchs won their opening round game at of the last three years. 1994-95 W 110-94 George Mason Colorado, 79-61. Isaiah Hunter led with a career 2002-03 5,910 (1st) W 77-67 American high tying 28 points, while Arnaud Dahi got 16 2003-04 5,695 (2nd) points and ten boards. ODU outrebounded the 2004-05 6,022 (1st) W 80-75 James Madison (Finals) Buffaloes, 45-35.