2004-05 BOSTON UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS MEN’S BASKETBALL INFORMATION 2004-05 MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE (As of October 8, 2004) GENERAL NOVEMBER Name of School: Boston University Sat. 20 HOLY CROSS 1 p.m. Case Gym Location: Boston, Massachusetts Wed. 24 FORDHAM 2 p.m. Case Gym Founded: 1839 Sat. 27 at Youngstown State 1 p.m. Youngstown, Ohio Enrollment: 15,820 Tue. 30 at Rhode Island 7:30 p.m. Kingston, R.I. Nickname: Terriers Colors: Scarlet and White DECEMBER Arena: Case Gymnasium “The Roof” Sat. 4 at New Hampshire * 2 p.m. Durham, N.H. Capacity: 1,800 Tue. 7 at Harvard 7 p.m. Boston, Mass. Affiliation: NCAA Division I Sat. 11 at Boston College 7:30 p.m. Chestnut Hill, Mass. Conference: America East Tue. 14 at Michigan 7 p.m. Ann Arbor, Mich. President ad interim: Dr. Aram V. Chobanian Thu. 23 CANISIUS 3 p.m. Case Gym Exec. Director of Athletics: Jack Parker Tue. 28 at Massachusetts 7 p.m. Amherst, Mass. Director of Athletics: Michael Lynch Athletics Phone: (617) 353-4631 JANUARY Ticket Office Phone: (617) 353-3838 Sun. 2 at Albany * 2 p.m. Albany, N.Y. Thu. 6 HARTFORD * 7 p.m. Case Gym HISTORY Sun. 9 BINGHAMTON * 1 p.m. Case Gym First Season: 1901-02 Thu. 13 UMBC * 7 p.m. Case Gym All-Time Record: 923-913, .503 (95 seasons) Sun. 16 at Vermont * 1 p.m. Burlington, Vt. All-Time Conference Record: 222-136 (.620) Wed. 19 at Northeastern * 8 p.m. Boston, Mass. Years in NCAA Tournament (6): 1958-59 (2-1), 1982-83 (0- Sat. 22 at Stony Brook * 1 p.m. Stony Brook, N.Y. 1), 1987-88 (0-1),1989-90 (0-1), 1996-97 (0-1), 2001-02 (0-1) Wed. 26 NEW HAMPSHIRE * 7 p.m. Case Gym Last NCAA Opponent: Cincinnati (L, 90-52) in West Region Sat. 29 ALBANY * 1 p.m. Case Gym First Round in Pittsburgh (3/15/02) Years in NIT (4): 1979-80 (0-1), 1985-86 (0-1), 2002-03 (0- FEBRUARY 1), 2003-04 (0-1) Wed. 2 at Maine * 7:30 p.m. Orono, Maine Last NIT Opponent: Rhode Island (L, 80-52) in First Round Sat. 5 at Hartford * 2 p.m. West Hartford, Conn. in Kingston, R.I. (3/17/04) Wed. 9 at UMBC * 7 p.m. Baltimore, Md. Best All-Time Record: 25-5, 1996-97 Sat. 12 VERMONT * # 4 p.m. Agganis Arena America East Tournament Championships (5): 1983, Wed. 16 STONY BROOK * 7 p.m. Case Gym 1988, 1990, 1997, 2002 Sat. 19 NORTHEASTERN * # 4 p.m. Agganis Arena America East Regular-Season Championships (6): 1983, Thu. 24 MAINE * 7 p.m. Case Gym 1997, 1998*, 2002*, 2003, 2004 * Co-Champions Sun. 27 at Binghamton * 1 p.m. Vestal, N.Y. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS MARCH Director of Athletic Communications: Ed Carpenter Fri. 4 America East Championship – First Round TBA Vestal, N.Y. Asst. Director (Men’s Basketball Contact): Stephan Lemon Sat. 5 America East Championship – Quarterfinals TBA Vestal, N.Y. Office Phone: (617) 353-2872 Sun. 6 America East Championship – Semifinals TBA Vestal, N.Y. Cell Phone: (617) 548-6413 Sat. 12 America East Championship – Final 11:30 a.m. highest remaining seed E-Mail: [email protected] Fax: (617) 353-5286 Home games in CAPS Press Row Phone: (617) 437-0102 * - America East Conference games Athletic Communications Mailing Address: # - doubleheader with women’s team (1 p.m. start to women’s games) 285 Babcock St. Boston MA 02215 Website: www.bu.edu/athletics COACHING STAFF 2004-05 MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER Head Coach: Dennis Wolff (Connecticut ‘78) No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown / High School / Last School Record at School: 182-124 (.595), 10 years 2 Matt Wolff Fr. G 6-5 194 Walpole, Mass. / Walpole Overall Record: 202-142 (.587), 12 years 3 Bryan Geffen Fr. G 5-10 173 Bayside, N.Y. / St. Francis Prep Office Phone: (617) 353-5864 5 Pat Martin So. G 6-2 204 Springfield, Mass. / Cathedral Assistant Coaches: Orlando Vandross (American 13 Rashad Bell Sr. F 6-8 212 Queens, N. Y. / St. Francis Prep International ‘92), Jason Williford (Virginia ‘95), Mike Costello 14 Ben Coblyn Fr. F 6-8 251 Amherst, Mass. / Amherst Regional (Boston University ‘00) 15 Ibrahim Konate Fr. F 6-8 191 Bamako, Mali / Worcester Academy Administrative Assistant: Chris McLaughlin (Middlebury, ‘01) 20 Shaun Wynn Jr. G 6-2 211 Brooklyn, N. Y. / Xaverian 21 Etienne Brower So. F 6-7 200 West Hempstead, N. Y. / West Hempstead TEAM INFORMATION 22 Chaz Carr Sr. G 6-0 184 Manchester, Conn. / Manchester 2003-04 Record: 23-6 (11-2 home, 12-3 away, 0-1 neutral) 23 Tony Gaffney Fr. F 6-8 194 Berkley, Mass. / Northfield Mount Hermon Conference Record: 17-1 (8-1 home, 9-0 away) 25 Kevin Burton Jr. F 6-6 201 Sayville, N. Y. / St. Anthony’s Conference Finish: First of 10 31 Kevin Gardner Jr. F 6-8 225 Palos Verdes, Calif. / Peninsula Conference Tournament: 0-1 34 Chris Vasiliou Fr. G 6-3 185 Broomall, Pa. / Northfield Mount Hermon Post-Season: NIT First Round 50 Omari Peterkin * So. F/C 6-8 264 St. Thomas, V. I. / Antilles School / Notre Dame Starter Returning/Lost: 3/2 * - eligible second semester Lettermen Returning/Lost: 7/5 Newcomers: 7 Head Coach: Dennis Wolff (11th season, Connecticut, ‘78) Assistant Coaches: Orlando Vandross (Eighth season, American International College, ‘92) Jason Williford (Fifth season, Virginia, ‘95) Mike Costello (Second season, Boston University, ’00) Chris McLaughlin (Third season, Middlebury, ’01) Athletic Trainer: Mark Laursen (Canisius, ’86) Strength and Conditioning: Glenn Harris (Appalachian State, ’96) Captains: Rashad Bell, Chaz Carr, Shaun Wynn PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: ETIENNE Brower ETTE-e-enne Ben COBLYN COB-lynn Bryan GEFFEN GEF-en IBRAHIM KONATE EE-bra-heem kah-NOT-tay OMARI Peterkin oh-MAR-ee Chris VASILIOU vah-SILL-ee-oh Shaun WYNN WIN.