Reclassifying NCAA Division I Greg Prouty, Assistant AD for Media Relations • Office: 434.395.2097 • Cell: 434.390.0571 Athletics Complex, T2 M • 201 High Street • Farmville, VA 23909-1899 E-Mail: [email protected] • Fax: 434.395.2568 • www.longwoodlancers.com Longwood University JOHN THOMPSON FOUNDATION Longwood University versus BASKETBALL CHALLENGE 2005-06 Men’s Basketball 2005-06 Opponents NOVEMBER 18-20, 2005 Schedule/Results Nebraska (14-14) .............. 0-0 Opponent ......... Nebraska (11/18) November Louisiana Tech (14-15) ...... 0-0 Opponent .. Louisiana Tech (11/19) 18 @Nebraska*-1 8:00 Yale (11-16) ...................... 0-0 Opponent ................. Yale (11/20) 19 vs. Louisiana Tech*-1 7:00 Virginia-Wise (3-28) .............. 4-1 Site ................... Lincoln, Nebraska 20 vs. Yale*-1 2:00 William and Mary (8-21) ......... 0-1 Facility ....................................... 26 Virginia-Wise 3:00 Liberty (13-15) ................... 15-4 ............ Bob Devaney Sports Center 28 William and Mary* 7:00 UMKC (16-12) ....................... 0-1 ..................................... (13,595) 30 Liberty* 7:00 Kansas State (17-12) ............. 0-0 Radio .................... WVHL-FM 92.9 December #4 Villanova (24-8) ............... 0-0 Talent ..................... Jon Schaeffer 3 @UMKC* 8:00 High Point (13-18) ................. 4-8 Internet ...... longwoodlancers.com 5 @Kansas State* 8:00 Valparaiso (15-16) ................. 0-1 10 vs. #4 Villanova*# 7:30 VCU (19-13) ......................... 0-0 17 High Point* 2:00 College of Charleston (18-10) .... 0-0 20 Valparaiso* 7:00 Long Island (14-15) ............... 0-0 22 @VCU* 7:30 Rider (19-11) ........................ 0-0 29 @Charleston*-2 7:30 Richmond (14-15) ................. 0-0 30 vs. Long Island*-2 IPFW (7-22) ......................... 0-0 or Rider*-2 5:30 or 7:30 Navy (9-19) .......................... 0-1 January Savannah State (0-28) ........... 0-0 2 @Richmond* 4:00 Hartford (8-20) ..................... 0-1 5 @IPFW 8:00 North Carolina A&T (6-24) ...... 0-0 7 @Valparaiso 8:05 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (20-8) ..... 0-1 Probable Starters 17 @Navy 7:30 Shenandoah (15-12) ................ 2-0 LONGWOOD LANCERS 21 @Savannah State 4:00 Virginia (14-15) ....................... 0-0 G 12-Bryan Butler, 6-0, Fr. 28 Hartford* 2:00 James Madison (6-22) ............ 0-1 G 20-Michael Jefferson, 6-3, Jr. 30 IPFW* 7:00 Hampton (17-13) .................. 0-0 C 42-Chad Kosmo, 6-11, Sr. February Utah Valley State (16-12) ....... 0-3 G-F 45-Maurice Sumter, 6-5, Jr. 2 North Carolina A&T 7:00 Totals .................. 25-23 (.521) F 50-Lamar Barrett, 6-6, So. 4 @Texas A&M-CC 8:00 8 Shenandoah 7:00 () = 2004-05 record NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS 13 @Liberty* 7:00 F 00-B.J. Walker, 6-9, Jr. 15 @Virginia* 7:00 2005-06 Division I G 1-Jason Dourisseau, 6-6, Sr. 18 James Madison* 3:00 Independent Records G 2-Joe McCray, 6-5, So. 20 @Hampton* 7:00 (through November 17) G 10-Marcus Walker, 6-2, Fr. 25 Savannah State* 2:00 C 21-Aleks Maric, 6-11, So. March Team Record Pct. 4 Utah Valley State* 3:00 South Dakota State 1-1 .500 LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS All Times Eastern; PM IPFW 0-0 .000 G 11-Daevon Haskins, 6-3, Sr. Home Games In Bold Longwood 0-0 .000 G 15-Marcus Elliot, 6-3, Jr. 1-John Thompson Foundation North Dakota State 0-0 .000 G 21-Jerome Richardson, 6-4, Jr. Basketball Challenge; Lincoln, Neb. Savannah State 0-0 .000 F 22-Harry Disy, 6-7, Jr. 2-College of Charleston Texas A&M-CC 0-0 .000 F 24-Paul Millsap, 6-8, Jr. Classic; Charleston, S.C. Texas-Pan American 0-0 .000 *WVHL, 92.9 FM Kickin’ Country UC Davis 0-0 .000 YALE BULLDOGS #Boardwalk Hall; Atlantic City, N.J. Northern Colorado 0-2 .000 G-F 1-Casey Hughes, 6-5, Jr. Utah Valley State 0-2 .000 C 15-Matt Kyle, 6-10, So. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE G 22-Eric Flato, 6-1, So. Chad Kosmo ............................ Koz-mo G-F 23-Nick Holmes, 6-6, So. Husein Pistoljevic ................... Hoo-sane F 34-Sam Kaplan, 6-7, Jr. ................................ Pis-tol-lee-uh-vich Doug Thibault ............................. T-bow Longwood University Coaches Corner Fighting Illini last season, only surpassed Career Games/Games Started Longwood University head coach Mike during the second-round of the NCAA Gillian (North Adams State, 1986) is in Tournament. Not surprisingly, Jefferson No.-Player G/GS his third year guiding the Lancers. His was deservedly named to the Division I 20-Michael Jefferson 58/58 overall record at Longwood is 6-52, All-Independent second-team. 45-Maurice Sumter 58/58 including 1-30 a year ago. Jefferson was named to the preseason 32-Husein Pistoljevic 58/29 Nebraska head coach Barry Collier Street & Smith’s magazine All- 44-Leland Beale 41/0 (Butler, 1976) is in his sixth year with the Independents Team, as well as the 1-Darren Holmes 36/0 Cornhuskers. He is 70-77 at Nebraska, Lindy’s magazine All-Independent first- 42-Chad Kosmo 31/31 including 14-14 a year ago, and 266-209 team. 50-Lamar Barrett 31/31 entering his 17th year as a collegiate 10-Brandon Giles 31/0 head coach. Sumter Is Everywhere 22-Dana Smith 30/4 Louisiana Tech head coach Keith Sumter averaged 10.9 points as a 15-Joel Rowe 30/0 Richard (Louisiana-Monroe, 1982) is in sophomore, and also led the Lancers in 30-Jon Larson 30/0 his eighth year with the Bulldogs. He is rebounding (6.0) while adding 2.4 1-Clayton Morgan 0/0 120-84 at Louisiana Tech, including 14- assists, 51 steals, and 23 blocks. He 3-Kirk Williams 0/0 15 a year ago. scored a season-high 23 points against 12-Bryan Butler 0/0 Yale head coach James Jones (Albany, South Carolina State and had two dou- 1986) is in his seventh year with the ble-doubles among 18 double-figure 2005-06 Bulldogs. He is 75-92 at Yale, including scoring games. The versatile Sumter led LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY 11-16 a year ago. the team in rebounding 12 times, in RECORD WHEN ... steals 15 times, and in blocks 10 times. About Longwood Sumter was named to the preseason Playing ranked teams ..................... 0-0 The Lancers return four starters Lindy’s magazine Independent Honor Leading at the half ......................... 0-0 among 11 letterwinners from a year ago, Roll as the Most Versatile. Trailing at the half .......................... 0-0 including the top eight scorers overall Tied at the half .............................. 0-0 who combined for 94 percent (1,865 of Kosmo, Barrett Return In overtime ................................... 0-0 1,978 points) of the team’s offense. The Kosmo was a pleasant addition to the Outrebounding opponent ................. 0-0 same eight combined to play 5,688 of program a year ago from the junior col- Opp. outrebounds LU ...................... 0-0 the squad’s 6,275 minutes overall lege ranks and promptly started all 31 Teams tie in rebounds ..................... 0-0 (91%), each of the eight players averag- games while averaging 6.2 points, 5.7 Shooting 50% or better .................. 0-0 ing at least 15.0 minutes per game. rebounds, and 1.5 blocks. He posted a Shooting less than 50% .................. 0-0 The returning starters are juniors career-high 12 points at #1 Illinois, a Opp. shoots 50% or better .............. 0-0 Michael Jefferson (6-3) and Maurice perfect 6-6 from the floor with seven Opp. shoots less than 50% .............. 0-0 Sumter (6-5), who have each started all rebounds in 16 minutes. Kosmo also LU shoots better than opp. .............. 0-0 58 games of their respective careers, grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds Opp. shoots better than LU ............. 0-0 along with senior Chad Kosmo (6-11), against Utah Valley State, and blocked a LU scores 75 or more ..................... 0-0 and sophomore Lamar Barrett (6-6). career-high five shots on two occasions. LU scores less than 75 .................... 0-0 He posted one double-double, and led Opp. scores 75 or more .................. 0-0 Jefferson Does It All the team in rebounding 12 times and in Opp. scores less than 75 ................. 0-0 Jefferson has led the team in scoring blocks 17 times. LU has 5 or more 3s ....................... 0-0 for each of the past two seasons, and Barrett also started all 31 games while LU has less than 5 3s ..................... 0-0 averaged 15.4 points a year ago, includ- averaging 9.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, and LU has 15 or less TOs ..................... 0-0 ing a career-high 30 points at #1 Illinois. 1.9 assists, adding 28 steals and 26 LU has more TOs than opp. ............. 0-0 The third-year player added 4.6 blocks. He scored a career-high 23 rebounds, and 2.8 assists while leading points at Northern Colorado, and the team in eight offensive statistical grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds at Series History categories. Jefferson also grabbed a Quinnipiac. Barrett had one double-dou- Longwood University has never met career-high 14 rebounds at Quinnipiac ble among 15 double-figure scoring any of its three opponents scheduled for with two double-doubles among 24 dou- games, including the 20-point game. this weekend’s John Thompson ble-figure scoring games. He posted 11 Another versatile player, he led the team Foundation Basketball Challenge. It also 20-point games, and the one 30-point in scoring seven times, in rebounding marks the first-ever games against game while leading the team in scoring five times, in assists eight times, in member schools of the Big 12 17 times.