2008-09 East Carolina Basketball Table of Contents Introduction 2008-09 Opponents 2008-09 Schedule & 2007-08 Results 3 Series vs. Opponents 82 CREdITS Media Relations Staff 4 ECU vs. the Conferences 83 The 2008-09 East Carolina University Basketball Media Information 4-5 All-Time Series History 84-88 Media Guide is published by the ECU Athletics Staff Directory 5 Media Relations Office. Primary Media Outlets 6 Conference USA Getting To Greenville 7 Conference USA 90-91 Content Credits: The 2008-09 East Carolina University Men’s Basketball Media Guide was Opponent Contacts 8 C-USA Composite Schedule 92-93 produced by the ECU Athletics Media Rela- Pirate-ISP Sports Network 10 2007-08 Final Standings 94 tions Office. The guide was written and edited 2007-08 Final Statistics 95-96 by Jody Jones, Associate Director of Media The University Relations. Thanks to Head Coach Mack East Carolina University 12-13 2007-08 Season in Review McCarthy; Men’s Basketball Administrative Distinguished Alumni 14 Year in Review 98-99 Assistant Beth Kirkland; Director of Basketball Greenville, N.C. 15 2007-08 Game-by Game Results 100 Operations John Moseley; Assistant Athletics Basketball Game Night 16-17 2007-08 Statistics 101 Director for Media Relations Tom McClellan; Minges Maniacs 18-19 2007-08 Superlatives 102 Executive Director of University Communica- Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum 20-21 2007-08 Game-by-Game Statistics 103 tions John Durham and ISP General Manager Meghan Heinchon for their contributions to Athletic Facilities 22-23 2007-08 Miscellaneous Statistics 104 the development of this publication. Murphy Center 24 2007-08 Box Scores 105-112 Strength & Conditioning 25 Design, Production Credit: Jai Giffin, Jamie Locker Room 26 Records Barker, Kellee Edwards and Bob Slater at Provations Group in Nicholasville, Ky., we Athletic Training 27 All-Time Career Leaders 114-115 genuinely are indebted to you for the creativ- Student Development 28 All-Time Season Leaders 116-117 ity and effort that you put into designing, and Community Service 29 All-Time Single-Game Highs 118-120 ultimately, producing our guides. It is a plea- Individual Development 30 Top Performances 121-123 sure to work with each of you. Media Attention 31 All-Time Team Single-Game Highs 124-125 Printing Credit: As always, we are grateful to Pirates in the Pros 32 Yearly Leaders 126-127 the talented people at Morgan Printers, Inc. in Pirate Pride 33 Year-by-Year Statistics 128 Greenville for the pride they take in produc- Year-by-Year Opponent Statistics 129 ing East Carolina University Department of 2008-09 Season Preview Team Records 130 Athletics publications. Our thanks go out to 2008-09 Roster 36 Opponent Records 131 Jack, Clarke and everyone at Morgan’s for Radio & TV Chart 37 Minges Coliseum Records 132 their continued hard work and dedication. Basketball Quick Facts 38 Photography Credit: To Rob Goldberg, thank 2008-09 Outlook 39-41 History you for your time and efforts. Without your Treasure Chest 42-43 Pirate Basketball Timeline 134-135 work ethic, enthusiasm and dedication, many 2008-09 Notebook 44 All-Time Records 136 of the things that we do wouldn’t be possible. Coaching History 137 We also appreciate the efforts and contribu- The Coaching Staff 1972 Southern Conference Champions 138 tions of those unidentified photographers who Head Coach Mack McCarthy 46-50 1993 CAA Champions 139 contributed to our archival library in the past and express our gratitude to our opponent Assistant Coaches 51-54 Conference Honors 140-141 media relations colleagues and Joanna Sha- Support Staff 55-56 All-Time Letterwinners 142 piro of the National Basketball Association. All-Time Jersey Numbers 143 Additional artwork throughout ‘The Univer- East Carolina Administration ECU Fantastic Finishes 144-148 sity’ section of this guide provided by Jody Chancellor Steve Ballard 58 Year-By-Year Results 149-156 Jones. Athletics Administration 59-61 Athletics Staff 62 Head Coaches 63 On the Cover Pirate Club 64 Featured are seniors Sam Hinnant and James Legan. Meet the Pirates Player Profiles 66-77 Copies of the media guide are available Individual Box Scores 78-79 from the Athletics Media Relations Office for Conference USA Statistics 80 $18 by mail and $15 in person at the AMR office. 2 2008-09 East Carolina Basketball 2007-08 Results/2008-09 Schedule 2007-08 Results (11-19, 5-11 C-USA) 2008-09 SCHEdUlE Date Opponent Result Score Date (Day) Opponent Location Time (EST) Nov. 10 Limestone W 78-60 Nov. 14 (Fri.) Coker Greenville, N.C. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 Richmond L (ot) 65-67 Nov. 16 (Sun.) St. Andrews Greenville, N.C. 1:30 p.m. Nov. 17 Liberty L 53-55 Nov. 19 (Wed.) Campbell Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. Nov. 22 (Sat.) George Mason Greenville, N.C. 4:30 p.m. Nov. 20 North Carolina Wesleyan W 88-69 Nov. 25 (Tues.) Virginia Commonwealth Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. Nov. 24 USF L 67-81 Nov. 29 (Sat.) Winthrop Rock Hill, S.C. 7 p.m. Nov. 28 Winthrop L 57-72 Dec. 3 (Wed.) UNC Wilmington Wilmington, N.C. 7 p.m. Dec. 2 George Mason W 68-65 Dec. 6 (Sat.) Limestone Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. Dec. 5 Clemson L 67-82 Dec. 13 (Sat.) UNC Greensboro Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. Dec. 8 NC State W 75-69 Dec. 17 (Wed.) NC State Raleigh, N.C. 7 p.m. Dec. 22 UNC Wilmington L 67-71 Dec. 22 (Mon.) Wake Forest Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. Dec. 29 Lee L 75-77 Dec. 28 (Sun.) Coastal Carolina Myrtle Beach, S.C. 3 p.m. Jan. 2 Coastal Carolina W 89-64 Jan. 3 (Sat.) Clemson Clemson, S.C. 4 p.m. Jan. 7 (Wed.) Tulane Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. Jan. 5 North Carolina Central W 79-62 Jan. 10 (Sat.) Marshall Huntington, W.Va. 3 p.m. Jan. 9 Memphis* L 58-99 Jan. 17 (Sat.) UTEP Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. Jan. 16 Marshall* W 75-62 Jan. 21 (Wed.) Houston Houston, Texas 8 p.m. Jan. 19 UCF* L 66-71 Jan. 24 (Sat.) SMU Dallas, Texas 5 p.m. Jan. 23 UAB* L 59-77 Jan. 28 (Wed.) Memphis Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. Jan. 26 Tulane* L 56-72 Jan. 31 (Sat.) Rice Houston, Texas 4 p.m. Feb. 2 Southern Miss* L 69-92 Feb. 4 (Wed.) Southern Miss Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. Feb. 6 Rice* W 64-45 Feb. 7 (Sat.) UCF Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. Feb. 9 Marshall* L 49-83 Feb. 11 (Wed.) Tulane New Orleans, La. 8 p.m. Feb. 13 Tulsa* L 61-66 Feb. 14 (Sat.) Rice Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. Feb. 17 (Tues.) Southern Miss Hattiesburg, Miss. 8 p.m. Feb. 16 Southern Miss* L 69-92 Feb. 21 (Sat.) Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 8:05 p.m. Feb. 20 UCF* L 75-110 Feb. 25 (Wed.) Marshall Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. Feb. 23 UTEP* L 92-91 Feb. 28 (Sat.) UAB Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. Feb. 27 SMU* W 82-54 March 7 (Sat.) UCF Orlando, Fla. 7 p.m. March 1 Houston* W 84-83 March 5 Rice* W 75-68 2009 Conference USA Championship (FedExForum) March 8 Tulane* L 75-77 March 13 (Wed.) First Round Memphis, Tenn. TBA March 14 (Thurs.) Quarterfinals Memphis, Tenn. TBA Conference USA Tournament - Memphis, Tenn. March 15 (Fri.) Semifinals Memphis, Tenn. TBA March 16 (Sat.) Championship Memphis, Tenn. 11:30 a.m. March 12 vs. Tulsa L 49-66 * - Conference USA games Home games in bold 3 2008-09 East Carolina Basketball Media Guidelines To The Media ity of workouts. Practice times change daily, ECU MEdIA RElationS OFFICE The 2008-09 East Carolina Basketball Media so please contact the ECU Athletics Media Guide is a publication of the ECU Athletics Media Relations office to confirm practices times. Tom McClellan Relations Office. We look forward to assisting you Assistant Athletics Director in coverage of Pirate basketball and hope you find Internet Guidelines for Media Relations this guide useful throughout the year. 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