2004-2005 Amin Wright NJAC Defensive Player of the Year 2004-20052004-2005 BB AA SS KK EE TT BB AA LL LL TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK FACTS Roster/Schedule 1 Name: Ramapo College of New Jersey Head Coach 2 Location: Mahwah, NJ Chuck McBreen Founded: 1971 Assistant Coaches 3 President: William Sanborn Pfeiffer Bart Talamini Director of Athletics: Eugene Marshall, Jr. Pat Gabriele Nickname Jerry Braswell : Roadrunners Robert Anderson Colors: Maroon, Black, and White Season Outlook 4 Home Court: Bradley Center Returning Players 5-9 Capacity: 1,600 Newcomers 10 Affiliation: NCAA Division III, ECAC 2003-2004 Award Winners 11 Conference: New Jersey Athletic Conference Photos 12-13 2003-2004 Statistics/Results 14 All-Time Records 15 New Jersey Athletic Conference 16 President 17 William Sanborn Pfeiffer Vice President 17 Pamela M. Bischoff Director of Athletics 18 Eugene Marshall, Jr. Athletics Staff 19 Directions to Ramapo 20 About Ramapo 21 The 2004-2005 Ramapo College Men’s Basketball Media Guide was written, designed and edited by Rachel McCann, Director of Sports Information, Marketing, and Planning. Assistance was provided by Kate Levin. Printing was provided by Printing Images, Wanaque, NJ. Photos taken by Carlisle Stockton. Special thanks to Chuck McBreen and his staff for their help and cooperation and to Eugene Marshall, Jr. and the entire athletic staff for their sup- port. Head Coach Chuck McBreen 2004-20052004-2005 BB AA SS KK EE TT BB AA LL LL ROSTER (Pre-Season) NO. NAME POS. YR. HT. WT. Hometown/High School 00 Jason Marshall G Fr. 6’0 170 Hackensack, NJ/ Hackensack 1 Charles Perales F So. 6’5 225 Tencity, CA/Washington Union 2 Ahmad Mosby G Fr. 6’0 160 Jersey City, NJ/ St. Anthony 3* Antoine Pryor G So. 5’9 160 Elizabeth, NJ/Saint Patrick 4 Quameir Harding G Jr. 6’1 195 Jersey City, NJ/Ferris 5 Derrick Holley G Sr. 5’10 150 Jersey City, NJ/Dickinson 10* Amin Wright G Sr. 6’2 180 Jersey City, NJ/Ferris 11 John Wojcik G So. 5’11 170 Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville 12 Faiz Mahmud G Fr. 6’0 170 Union, NJ/ Union 14* Benjamin Allen G Sr. 6’0 195 Clifton,NJ/Paramus Catholic 15 Todd Lowber F Jr. 6’4 200 Riverside, NJ/ Delran 20 Noel Colon F Jr. 6’4 190 North Bergen, NJ/North Bergen 24 Nick Shaw G So. 6’0 185 South Amboy, NJ/South Amboy 25 Shyam Martinez G Fr. 6’1 175 Union City, NJ/ Union Hill 31 Rueben Roberts G/F Sr. 6’2 200 Passaic, NJ/Passaic 34 Nathan Gainer G Fr. 6’0 170 Bloomfield, NJ/Queen of Peace 42 Shawn Frost F Fr. 6’5 210 Newark, NJ/Our Lady of Good Counsel 44 David Murillo F/C Fr. 6’7 190 Union City, NJ/ Emerson *Indicates Captains SCHEDULE DATE DAY OPPONENT TIME November 23 Tuesday at Rutgers Newark* 8:00 PM November 29 Monday YORK, NY 7:30 PM December 1 Wednesday at Kean 8:00 PM December 4 Saturday RUTGERS CAMDEN* 3:00 PM December 8 Wednesday MONTCLAIR* 7:30 PM December 27-31 Mon-Fri Phoenix Tournament (3 games) January 4 Tuesday at Alvernia 7:00 PM January 8 Saturday at College of New Jersey* 1:00 PM January 11 Tuesday at William Paterson* 8:00 PM January 15 Saturday ROWAN* 3:00 PM January 17 Monday MITCHELL COLLEGE 6:00 PM January 19 Wednesday RICHARD STOCKTON* 8:00 PM January 22 Saturday at New Jersey City 8:00 PM January 24 Monday at College of Staten Island 7:30 PM January 26 Wednesday KEAN* 7:30 PM January 29 Saturday at Rutgers Camden* 3:00 PM February 2 Wednesday at Montclair* 6:00 PM February 5 Saturday COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY* 3:00 PM February9 Wednesday RUTGERS NEWARK* 7:30 PM February 12 Saturday at Rowan* 3:00 PM February 14 Monday PHILADELPHIA BIBLE 7:00 PM February 16 Wednesday WILLIAM PATERSON* 7:30 PM February 19 Saturday at Richard Stockton* 4:00 PM *Indicates NJAC Competition All Home Games in BOLD CAPS Ramapo Men’s Basketball - 1 2004-20052004-2005 BB AA SS KK EE TT BB AA LL LL HEAD COACH Chuck McBreen assistant coach at Division I Western Carolina University. Prior Entering his seventh season, Coach McBreen has turned the to his time at WCU, Coach McBreen served as the head boy’s Roadrunner Men’s Basketball basketball coach at Union Hill High School for four years. A Program into a highly competi- two–time Hudson County Coach of the Year, McBreen turned tive play–off team. He is the around a program that had only won five games in three sea- first ever full–time Basketball sons. After posting a 9–16 record in his first year in 1992, he Coach at Ramapo College. led his team to three consecutive winning records of 17–9, McBreen is entering his 17th 15–9, 19–8, and took each of those teams to the state playoffs. season of coaching, and his The teams’ 19–8 record in 1996 was the best at Union Hill in ninth in the college ranks. 25 years. Coach McBreen’s program has been nationally ranked in the McBreen began his coaching career at North Bergen High top 25 for the past four years. School as an assistant during the 1988–89 season and spent three years at his alma mater in that capacity. A native of North Bergen, NJ, McBreen accomplished one of A graduate of Towson State University in 1988 with degrees in his goals of qualifying for the physical education, driver’s education, and health. He is also post–season in just his second in charge of athletic scheduling for the department’s 18 inter- year. Last season, he was able collegiate sports. to finish 23-6 overall, 9-4 in the New Jersey Athletic Confer- ence. He won the 2003-2004 ECAC Metro Championship defeating NYU, 69-66. In 2202-2003 he took his team to the “Elite Eight” in the NCAA's. In his six season’s as head coach at Ramapo, McBreen has led the Roadrunners to an overall record of 106–55. His team has been at the top of the New Jersey Athletic Conference standings for the past three years. He has led his team to five Roadrunner Tip–Off Tournament Championships. Coach McBreen has also taken his team across the country to Arizona, where they participated in the Phoenix Cactus Jam Fest and finished as high as third. In just six years at Ramapo, he has been named Ramapo Col- lege Coach of the Year in both basketball and tennis. In 2002- 2003 he was named NJAC, Met Writers, NABC, and Atlantic Region coach of the year as well. During the 2002-2003 sea- son Coach McBreen set school records for overall wins, 26, and conference wins, 17. As a recruiter, McBreen has proven that he is one of the best in the state. Despite being hired in late June of 1998, Coach McBreen landed one recruit, Tuquan Smith of Jersey City, NJ 2004-2005 RAMAPO COLLEGE who was named NJAC "Rookie of the Year." In his second year, MEN’S BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS he landed Charles Ransom and Tennyson Whitted, both of Jersey City, NJ, and current assistant coach Robert Anderson. Head Coach: ............Chuck McBreen (Seventh Year) Ransom was named NJAC "Rookie of the Year," and NJAC “Player of the Year” his junior year while Whitted earned NJAC Alma Mater:.................Towson State University, 1987 “Defensive Player of the Year” honors in his sophomore, junior, Record at School:.............................................106-55 and senior years. All four recruits went on to be name All- NJAC Record:.....................................................60-43 Americans. As McBreen continues to stock–pile tremendous 2003-2004 Record:...............................................23-6 student–athletes, the program continues its climb to one of the New Jersey Athletic Conference Record:...............9-4 top teams in the country. Before coming to Ramapo, McBreen spent two years as an Ramapo Men’s Basketball - 2 2004-20052004-2005 BB AA SS KK EE TT BB AA LL LL COACHING STAFF Bart Talamini Jerry Braswell Coach Talamini is a former Ramapo Coach Braswell enters his second sea- Coach. He was an assistant for the son on Coach McBreen’s staff. He is a Roadrunners from 1994-1996. This is graduate of Wake-Forest University his fourth year as an assistant on Coach where he received a degree in commu- McBreen’s staff. nications. From 1994-1998, Coach Braswell was a starter for the two-time Coach Talamini comes from Cliffside ACC Champions, (95 & 96), the Wake- Park High School where he has Forest Demon Deacons. At Wake-For- coached for the past 20 years. As the est, Coach Braswell played along side head coach of Cliffside Park, he has San Antonio Spurs’ star, Tim Duncan, for won two State Championships and eight three years. Bergen County Scholastic League Championships. He is a two-time recipient of the Bergen/Hud- After his collegiate career at Wake, Coach Braswell continued son County Coach of the Year award. his career in the pro’s where he played in Europe for one sea- son before a career ending ankle injury. While in Germany, he Coach Talamini is a graduate of New Jersey City University averaged 24 points, six rebounds, and seven assists per game where he is now in the Hall of Fame. and led his team to their first ever playoff birth. Now as a part of Coach McBreen’s staff, Coach Braswell hopes to bring his He currently resides in Harrington Park, NJ.