2008-09 ATLANTIC 10 MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS Men’s Basketball Pages.................................................. Women’s Basketball Pages 2-3 ............................................ Atlantic 10 Conference ............................................ 2-3 4-7 ..........................................................Notes ..................................................... 42-45 8-9 ....................................................... Charlotte ................................................... 46-47 10-11 .....................................................Dayton .................................................... 48-49 12-13 .................................................. Duquesne .................................................. 50-51 14-15 ................................................... Fordham ................................................... 52-53 16-17 .......................................... George Washington .......................................... 54-55 18-19 .................................................... La Salle ................................................... 56-57 20-21 .............................................. Massachusetts .............................................. 58-59 22-23 ................................................Rhode Island ............................................... 60-61 24-25 .................................................. Richmond .................................................. 62-63 26-27 ............................................. St. Bonaventure ............................................. 64-65 28-29 ...............................................Saint Joseph’s .............................................. 66-67 30-31 ................................................. Saint Louis ................................................. 68-69 32-33 .................................................... Temple .................................................... 70-71 34-35 ..................................................... Xavier ..................................................... 72-73 36 ............................... 2007-08 Standings/Championship Results ................................74 37 .................................................Conference Honors .................................................75 38-39 ...................................... Conference Team Statistics ...................................... 76-77 40-41 ................................... Conference Individual Statistics ................................... 78-79 80 ......................................... Atlantic 10 Media Information..........................................80 Men’s Basketball SID: ATLANTIC 10 STAFF Stephen Haug [email protected] Commissioner: Bernadette McGlade Associate Commissioner: TBA Associate Commissioner: Jackie Campbell Women’s Basketball SID: Associate Commissioner: Ray Cella AnnMarie Person Assistant Commissioner: Megan Kahn [email protected] Assistant Commissioner: Celene McGowan Director of Communications: Stephen Haug Communications Intern: Associate Director of Communications: Ben Rohde AnnMarie Person [email protected] Assistant Director of Championships: Brad Jones Assistant Director of Compliance: Kelly Webb Championships Intern: Pat Halloran Communications Intern: Ben Rohde Coordinator of MBB Officials: Jim Satalin Coordinator of WBB Officials: Marie Koch Atlantic 10 Conference 230 S. Broad Street, Suite 1700 On the Cover: 2007-08 Atlantic 10 First-Team All- Conference members Dionte Christmas (Temple), Philadelphia, PA 19102 Jessica Adair (George Washington) and Office Phone: 215-545-6678 Amber Harris (Xavier) Office Fax: 215-545-3342 www.atlantic10.org 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus 1 Atlantic 10 Conference On March 2, 1975, the idea conference average nationally according to the of what is now the Atlantic 10 most recent data released by the NCAA. Conference was conceived. Men's swimming & diving standout Brad Byars of What started as an eight- Saint Louis was among 58 NCAA winter-sport school, men's basketball-only student-athletes to earn an educational grant for affiliation has grown into a the upcoming academic year through the NCAA 14-university, 21-sport league postgraduate scholarship program. Byars will that is universally hailed as continue his education at Saint Louis University Bernadette one of the best conferences where he will pursue a Juris Doctorate and McGlade in the country. Masters of Health Care Administration. That growth and promi- The Atlantic 10 Conference, with a total nence is a direct result of the ideals and commit- population of nearly 74 million people within its ments of the member institutions of the Atlantic 10 - geographic footprint of eight states and the District the University of Dayton, Duquesne University, of Columbia, will crown champions in 21 sports this Fordham University, The George Washington season: baseball, men's and women's basketball, University, La Salle University, University of men's and women's cross country, field hockey, Massachusetts, University of North Carolina at men's golf, women's lacrosse, men's and women's Charlotte, University of Rhode Island, University of indoor and outdoor track & field, women's rowing, Richmond, St. Bonaventure University, Saint men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and Joseph's University, Saint Louis University, Temple women's swimming & diving, men's and women's University, and Xavier University. tennis, and women's volleyball. On June 2, 2008, Bernadette V. McGlade was named the fifth full-time commissioner in Confer- 2007-08 REVIEW ence history, replacing Linda Bruno, who held the For the 14th time in Conference history and fifth position for 13 years. McGlade's experience in since 2000, the Atlantic 10 Conference earned collegiate athletics as a student-athlete, coach and multiple at-large berths to the NCAA Men's administrator spans more than thirty years. Basketball Tournament as league champion Temple "Bernadette's deep experience with arguably the was joined by Xavier and Saint Joseph's in the field class-act athletic conference [Atlantic Coast of 65. Xavier advanced to the Elite Eight of the Conference] in the country makes us incredibly NCAA Tournament for the second time in program excited to be bringing her on board as commis- annals and became the 11th team to reach the Elite sioner of the Atlantic 10 Conference," said Father Eight as a member of the Atlantic 10. XU ended the Michael Graham, Xavier University president and year ranked eighth by ESPN/USA Today and 12th president of the Atlantic 10 Presidents' Council. by the Associated Press. Charlotte, Dayton, The presidents and chancellors of Atlantic 10 Massachusetts and Rhode Island earned NIT bids, institutions have made a strong commitment to with Dayton advancing to the quarterfinals and making the academic and athletics equation work. UMass reaching the finals. In addition, Richmond Over the years, the league membership has strived garnered a berth in the inaugural 16-team College to better recognize the academic accomplishments Basketball Invitational. of its student-athletes. The Commissioner's Honor In women's basketball, George Washington Roll, which cites every Atlantic 10 student-athlete reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for with a 3.5 grade point average or better, recog- the second straight year and was joined in the nized 1,247 student-athletes in the Fall 2007 while tournament by Temple and A-10 champion Xavier. It 1,106 were named to the Spring 2008 Honor Roll. marked the third time in four seasons that three The league sponsors Academic All-Conference teams from the Conference received NCAA berths. teams in each of its sports and honors one student- Charlotte and Dayton also represented the league athlete per sport as the A-10 Student-Athlete of the in postseason play as they garnered WNIT bids. Year. In 2007-08, 192 student-athletes earned For the first time since 1985, two teams from the Academic All-Conference recognition. Moreover, Atlantic 10 advanced to the NCAA Women's the Atlantic 10 provides four postgraduate Volleyball Championship as A-10 champion Dayton scholarship grants to qualified student-athletes. and runner-up Xavier earned berths. It marked the The Atlantic 10 Conference had 34 teams among Musketeers' first-ever NCAA at-large bid, while UD the 712 Division I sports teams honored by the reached the second round for the first time since NCAA with public recognition awards for their 2003. latest multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) In men's soccer, A-10 champion Massachusetts scores. These teams posted multi-year APR reached the semifinals of the NCAA College Cup scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their and ended the year ranked fourth in the final respective sports. Saint Louis and Xavier led the NSCAA/Adidas top 25, while Saint Louis made its Atlantic 10 in the number of high-performing squads second consecutive NCAA appearance and earned receiving awards with six teams each. In 20 of the a No. 12 ranking in the NSCAA/Adidas poll at the 21 sports sponsored by the Atlantic 10, the end of the season. Charlotte seized its first-ever league's APR scores were at or above the A-10 women's soccer championship and third 2 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Basketball Prospectus Atlantic 10 Conference NCAA Tournament berth. received second-team All-America distinction, her In softball, UMass won its 20th league champion- third All-America honor in as many seasons. ship and advanced