NCAA TOURNAMENT TIDBITS HOLY CROSS AGAINST THE FIELD HOLY CROSS’ During the 2015-2016 season, the Crusaders only played one game against teams which were selected to compete in the NCAA Tournament. Holy NCAA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Cross was defeated by Kansas 92-59 on the road. CRUSADERS COME CLOSE TO UPSETS Wednesday, March 16, Dayton, Ohio Holy Cross vs. Southern, 6:40 p.m. In several of its recent NCAA appearances, Holy Cross has come close to upsetting a heavily favored opponent. In 2001, the 15th-seeded Crusaders Friday, March 18, Spokane, Wash. dropped a close 72-68 decision to second-seeded Kentucky. The score was Holy Cross-Southern winner vs. Oregon, 7:27 p.m. tied at 58-58 with 6:28 remaining, before the Wildcats were able to escape with the narrow victory. A year later in 2002, 16th-seeded Holy Cross was Sunday, March 20, Spokane, Wash. knocked off by No. 1 seed Kansas 70-59. The Crusaders led 49-48 with Holy Cross-Southern-Oregon winner vs. less than nine minutes to play, before the Wildcats pulled away to win late Cincinnati-St. Joseph’s winner, Time TBA in the game. Yet another close call came in 2003, when No. 14 seed Holy Cross fell to No. 3 seed Marquette 72-68. The Crusaders were up 58-57 All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time with less than five minutes to play and were within two points in the final minute, but were once again denied the upset bid. HOLY CROSS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT TIP-INS Holy Cross is making its 13th all-time appearance in the NCAA Tournament, Southern will be 18th different opponent for Holy Cross in 20 NCAA and its first since 2007. The Crusaders are in the NCAAs for the fifth time Tournament games. The only teams the Crusaders have faced more than in the last 15 years, including appearances in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2007. once in NCAA action are Kentucky (1948 and 2001) and Navy (1947 and Holy Cross’ all-time record in NCAA action stands at 7-12, with nine 1953). This marks the second time Holy Cross has been placed in the consecutive losses. The Crusaders have not won an NCAA Tournament West Region of the NCAA Tournament. The Crusaders have also been in game since March 13, 1953, when they defeated Wake Forest 79-71 in the East Region eight times, the Midwest Region twice, and the Mideast Raleigh, N.C., in the East Regional semifinal. From 1947-1953, Holy Cross Region once. Holy Cross head coach Bill Carmody owns a 1-2 record went 7-4 in the NCAAs, while winning the 1947 NCAA championship. in two previous appearances in the NCAA Tournament. The victory came During that season, the Crusaders defeated Navy (55-47), City College of in 1998 when he led Princeton to a 69-57 victory over Nevada-Las Vegas). New York (60-45) and Oklahoma (58-47). SERIES RECORDS VS. WEST REGION TEAMS First Last Overall Under School Meeting Meeting Record Carmody Baylor NO PREVIOUS MEETINGS Cal State Bakersfield NO PREVIOUS MEETINGS Cincinnati 12/29/1975 (HC, 66-65) 11/25/2005 (UC, 77-55) 3-1 0-0 Duke 1/27/1982 (Duke, 66-60) 12/6/2006 (Duke, 57-45) 0-2 0-0 Green Bay NO PREVIOUS MEETINGS Northern Iowa NO PREVIOUS MEETINGS Oklahoma 3/25/1947 (HC, 58-47) 12/19/1950 (HC, 53-50) 2-0 0-0 Oregon NO PREVIOUS MEETINGS Oregon State NO PREVIOUS MEETINGS St. Joseph’s 12/26/1964 (SJU, 82-63) 12/28/2010 (SJU, 65-54) 2-5 0-0 Southern NO PREVIOUS MEETINGS Texas NO PREVIOUS MEETINGS Texas A&M 12/20/1989 (A&M, 96-93) 12/30/1994 (A&M, 96-82) 0-2 0-0 UNC-Wilmington NO PREVIOUS MEETINGS VCU NO PREVIOUS MEETINGS Yale 2/10/1903 (Yale, 26-10) 3/22/2014 (Yale, 71-66) 35-33 0-0 HOLY CROSS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT 13 APPEARANCES • 1 CHAMPIONSHIP • 7-12 ALL-TIME RECORD Round Date Site Opponent (seed) W/L Score 1947 • East Regional Regional Semifinal March 20 New York, N.Y. Navy W 55-47 Regional Final March 22 New York, N.Y. City College of New York W 60-45 National Final March 25 New York, N.Y. Oklahoma W 58-47 1948 • East Regional Regional Semifinal March 19 New York, N.Y. Michigan W 63-45 Regional Final March 20 New York, N.Y. Kentucky L 52-60 National Third Place March 23 New York, N.Y. Kansas State W 60-54 1950 • East Regional Regional Semifinal March 24 New York, N.Y. North Carolina State L 74-87 Regional Third Place March 25 New York, N.Y. Ohio State L 52-72 1953 • East Regional First Round March 10 Philadelphia, Pa. Navy W 87-74 Regional Semifinal March 13 Raleigh, N.C. Wake Forest W 79-71 Regional Final March 14 Raleigh, N.C. Louisiana State L 73-81 1956 • East Regional First Round March 12 New York, N.Y. Temple L 72-74 1977 • Mideast Regional First Round March 13 Bloomington, Ind. Michigan L 81-92 1980 • East Regional • 11th seed First Round March 7 Providence, R.I. Iona (6) L 78-84 1993 • East Regional • 13th seed First Round March 18 Winston-Salem, N.C. Arkansas (4) L 64-94 2001 • East Regional • 15th seed First Round March 15 Uniondale, N.Y. Kentucky (2) L 68-72 2002 • Midwest Regional • 16th seed First Round March 14 St. Louis, Mo. Kansas (1) L 59-70 2003 • Midwest Regional • 14th seed First Round March 20 Indianapolis, Ind. Marquette (3) L 68-72 2007 • West Regional • 13th seed First Round March 16 Columbus, Ohio Southern Illinois (4) L 51-61 RECENT HOLY CROSS NCAA BOX SCORES Kentucky 72 Kansas 70 Marquette 72 Southern Illinois 61 Holy Cross 68 Holy Cross 59 Holy Cross 68 Holy Cross 51 March 15, 2001 • Nassau Coliseum March 14, 2002 • Edward Jones Dome March 20, 2003 • RCA Dome March 16, 2007 • Nationwide Arena Holy Cross min fg-a ft-a o-reb ast pf tp Holy Cross min fg-a ft-a o-reb ast pf tp Holy Cross min fg-a ft-a o-reb ast pf tp Holy Cross min fg-a ft-a o-reb ast pf tp Curry, f 39 6-10 0-0 0-2 7 2 16 Wilson, f 32 5-9 1-2 2-4 3 5 13 Kinsey, f 11 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 4 0 Simmons, f 36 0-5 4-6 3-6 0 2 4 Szatko, f 33 4-9 1-1 0-2 3 2 11 Szatko, f 39 4-19 5-8 4-9 2 1 13 Szatko, f 36 6-12 3-5 4-6 1 4 16 Vander Baan, f 27 0-3 4-8 3-10 2 5 4 Sankes, c 39 4-7 5-5 1-10 0 2 13 Lufkin, c 14 1-3 2-4 2-4 0 1 4 Whearty, c 21 3-5 6-9 1-6 0 4 12 Clifford, c 30 4-7 1-2 1-2 1 5 9 Serravalle, g 29 4-10 0-0 0-4 4 1 10 Serravalle, g 35 2-12 3-4 2-4 2 4 8 Wilson, g 31 3-10 1-2 2-3 1 3 8 Thomas, g 40 3-16 9-10 0-3 3 3 15 Pegues, g 15 1-3 2-3 2-3 1 4 4 Meade, g 35 3-7 2-3 0-1 4 3 9 Meade, g 40 3-8 4-4 1-4 11 1 10 Cruze, g 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 Wilson 16 2-4 2-2 0-2 0 1 6 Sanchez 18 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 3 0 Hamilton 14 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 Dixon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Meade 27 3-8 0-0 1-3 4 1 8 Hurley 1 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Jerz 24 3-7 0-0 1-5 0 4 9 Doherty 34 1-4 2-2 0-0 4 2 5 Whearty 2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 1 0 Whearty 26 5-6 2-2 2-5 2 4 12 Hurley 3 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 Cunningham 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Team 3-3 Team 3-3 Fingleton 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 McCarthy 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 200 24-51 10-11 7-30 19 14 68 Totals 200 20-60 15-23 15-31 13 21 59 Lufkin 20 6-8 1-5 2-4 0 0 13 Meister 21 6-6 2-3 4-8 0 3 14 Team 2-3 Team 0-1 Kentucky min fg-a ft-a o-reb ast pf tp Kansas min fg-a ft-a o-reb ast pf tp Totals 200 24-54 15-25 14-34 14 20 68 Totals 200 14-42 22-31 11-30 10 23 51 Bogans, f 31 7-15 1-2 2-4 6 2 17 Collison, f 27 2-6 1-2 2-9 0 4 5 Prince, f 38 10-17 4-4 1-5 3 0 27 Hinrich, f 18 3-6 3-4 3-4 3 1 9 Marquette min fg-a ft-a o-reb ast pf tp SIU min fg-a ft-a o-reb ast pf tp Parker, c 18 5-10 0-2 3-4 0 3 10 Gooden, c 36 7-15 5-5 2-13 5 2 19 Townsend, f 26 1-2 1-2 2-3 2 3 3 Mullins, f 33 3-5 2-2 1-5 1 1 9 Fitch, g 29 2-5 0-0 1-4 1 2 5 Miles, g 36 3-8 1-1 0-0 1 2 7 Merritt, f 36 2-10 3-5 1-3 2 2 7 Shaw, f 18 3-7 4-4 2-5 0 1 11 Smith, g 32 2-4 0-0 0-2 4 2 4 Boschee, g 33 4-7 2-2 0-3 2 2 13 Jackson, c 17 2-7 0-0 2-5 1 5 4 Falker, c 33 5-7 2-5 3-8 2 4 12 Hawkins 9 0-2 2-2 0-0 0 1 2 Ballard 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Wade, g 32 4-11 7-7 1-5 4 3 15 Tatum, g 37 2-9 6-7 0-3 4 3 10 Blevins 13 1-3 2-2 1-1 0 0 5 Langford 31 1-2 7-8 2-4 0 2 9 Diener, g 35 9-14 6-7 0-1 2 2 29 Young, g 21 1-4 2-2 0-0 2 4 4 Daniels 7 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 0 2 Carey 2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Bradley 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 Smith 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Stone 13 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 3 0 Simien 16 4-8 0-1 3-5 0 3 8 Novak 14 2-4 2-2 0-0 1 0 8 Bone 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 Estill 10 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 Team 0-3 Chapman 14 2-2 0-0 2-5 2 2 6 Armstrong 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Team 1-6 Totals 200 24-52 19-23 12-42 11 17 70 Grimm 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Acquah 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 200 28-59 9-12 10-30 15 16 72 Sanders 19 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 4 0 Coopwood 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Holy Cross 37 22 — 59 Team 3-8 Green 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Holy Cross 27 41 — 68 Kansas 35 35 — 70 Totals 200 22-51 19-23 11-31 14 23 72 Foster 2 0-1 0-0 1-1 0 1 0 Kentucky 36 36 — 72 FG Pct.: Holy Cross 33.3, Kansas 46.2 Clemmons 14 0-2 1-2 0-0 1 2 1 Holy Cross 24 44 — 68 Boyle 21 4-5 6-8 2-5 0 3 14 FG Pct.: Holy Cross 47.1, Kentucky 47.5 3FG Pct.: Holy Cross 28.6, Kansas 50.0 Marquette 29 43 — 72 3FG Pct.: Holy Cross 55.6, Kentucky 46.7 FT Pct.: Holy Cross 65.2, Kansas 82.6 Team 0-1 FT Pct.: Holy Cross 90.9, Kentucky 75.0 3FGs: Holy Cross 4-14 (Wilson 2-3, Meade 1-1, FG Pct.: Holy Cross 44.4, Marquette 43.1 Totals 200 18-41 23-30 9-28 11 21 61 3FGs: Holy Cross 10-18 (Curry 4-6, Meade 2-3, Serravalle 1-5, Sanchez 0-1, Szatko 0-4), Kansas 3-6 3FG Pct.: Holy Cross 33.3, Marquette 56.3 Holy Cross 25 26 — 51 Szatko 2-4, Serravalle 2-4, Pegues 0-1), Kentucky (Boschee 3-4, Gooden 0-1, Miles 0-1) FT Pct.: Holy Cross 60.0, Marquette 82.6 SIU 30 31 — 61 7-15 (Prince 3-4, Bogans 2-4, Fitch 1-2, Blevins Turnovers: Holy Cross 9 (Serravalle 4, Meade 2, 3FGs: Holy Cross 5-15 (Jerz 3-4, Szatko 1-3, Wilson 1-3, Smith 0-2) Wilson, Szatko, Whearty), Kansas 16 (Collison 6, 1-5, Meade 0-1, Hamilton 0-2), Marquette 9-16 FG Pct.: Holy Cross 33.3, SIU 43.9 Turnovers: Holy Cross 19 (Curry 3, Szatko 3, Sankes Miles