THE WEST POINT EXPERIENCE 2009 FORBES MAGAZINE BEST COLLEGES IN AMERICA 1. U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY 2. Princeton University 3. California Institute of Technology 4. Williams College 5. Harvard 6. Wellesley 7. U.S. Air Force Academy 8. Amherst 9. Yale 10. Stanford QUICK FACTS/TABLE OF CONTENTS COACHING STAFF 2010-11 QUICK FACTS Head Coach ............................................Zach Spiker TABLE OF CONTENTS Alma Mater .........................................Ithaca, 2000 THE ACADEMY GENERAL INFORMATION Record at Army ............................14-15 (1 season) West Point .........................................................2-3 Location ................................ West Point, NY 10996 Career Record .............................14-15 (1 season) The Long, Gray Line .........................................4-5 Founded .........................................March 16, 1802 Basketball Offi ce Phone ..................845-938-2419 Why West Point? ...............................................6-9 Enrollment ....................................................... 4,400 Best Time to Reach Coach ...................Contact SID Athletic Training .................................................10 Nicknames .............................Black Knights, Cadets Strength & Conditioning ...................................11 Colors ...................................... Black, Gold and Gray Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater) U.S. Military Academy ................................. 12-13 Jimmy Allen (Emory & Henry, 1993) — 1st season Home Court .............................Christl Arena (5,043) COVERING THE BLACK KNIGHTS Affi liation........................................... NCAA Division I Kevin App (Cornell, 2007) — 1st season Ka’Ron Barnes (Cornell, 2004) — 2nd season Academy Administration ...................................14 Conference ........................................ Patriot League Media Information .......................................15-16 Superintendent.......... Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon Jr. Omar Mance (Rice, 2003) — 1st season Alma Mater ..................................West Point, 1973 Dir. of Basketball Operations THE COACHES Interim Athletic Director .............Col. Sam Johnson Capt. Marc Vielledent (West Point, 2005) Head Coach Zach Spiker ............................ 17-18 Athletic Dept. Phone ....................... 845-938-3701 Athletic Intern Assistant Coach Jimmy Allen ............................19 Ticket Offi ce Phone .......................1-877-TIX-ARMY 2nd Lt. Eric Zastoupil (West Point, 2010) Assistant Coach Kevin App ...............................20 Assistant Coach Ka’Ron Barnes ......................20 HISTORY TEAM INFORMATION Assistant Coach Omar Mance ..........................21 Support Staff .....................................................22 First Year of Basketball ................................... 1903 2009-10 Record .............................................. 14-15 All-Time Record ........1109-1098 (.508), 108 years 2009-10 PL Record (Finish) .....................4-10 (8th) 2010-11 OUTLOOK Patriot League Record ......65-199 (.246), 20 years Lost to (1) Lehigh, 64-45, in PL quarterfi nals Season Outlook ...........................................23-24 Patriot League Tournament Record .... 5-20 (.200) Lettermen Returning/Lost ................................9/7 Class of 2010 Statistics ....................................25 Years in Postseason................................................ 8 Starters Returning/Lost ....................................1/4 2010-11 Rosters ...............................................26 NCAA Appearances ................................................. 0 Radio/Television Roster ....................................27 NIT Appearances ..................................................... 8 PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN Patriot League Composite Schedule ................28 Last Postseason Appearance ...................1978 NIT Ret. Starters (1) G/GS PPG RPG MEET THE BLACK KNIGHTS Result ............Lost to Rutgers, 72-70 in fi rst round Julian Simmons 29/22 11.3 1.4 Ella Ellis ........................................................29-30 Nathan Hedgecock ..................................... 31-32 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Starters Lost (4) G/GS PPG RPG Cleveland Richard 29/29 12.6 4.2 Jeremy Hence ..............................................33-35 Offi ce of Athletic Communications Josh Miller 29/22 11.3 4.4 Mitch McDonald .......................................... 36-37 U.S. Military Academy Marcus Nelson 27/20 5.6 3.6 C.J. McElrath ......................................................38 639 Howard Road Chris Walker 29/25 4.7 4.1 Jason Pancoe ....................................................39 West Point, NY 10996 Julian Simmons ...........................................40-42 Other Ret. Letterwinners (8) G/GS PPG RPG Jordan Springer .................................................43 Jeremy Hence 29/8 5.0 4.1 Offi ce Phone .....................................845-938-3303 Newcomers .................................................. 44-45 Ella Ellis 29/0 2.6 1.4 Offi ce FAX .........................................845-446-2556 Mitch McDonald 29/5 1.2 0.6 2009-10 IN REVIEW Web Site ............................www.goARMYsports.com Nathan Hedgecock 16/0 0.8 0.3 2009-10 Results ...............................................46 Twitter......................www.twitter.com/armyathletics Jason Pancoe 18/0 0.5 0.2 Season Box Score .............................................47 Overnight Address ............................Same as above Jordan Springer 18/0 0.3 0.3 Game-By-Game Statistics .................................48 Assoc. A.D./Athletic Comm. (MBB Contact) C.J. McElrath 3/0 0.0 0.3 Superlatives .......................................................49 Brian Gunning Joe Clark 10/0 0.0 0.1 Game Recaps ..............................................50-59 Offi ce Phone ....................................845-938-6871 The Army-Navy Rivalry .......................................60 Cell Phone ....................................... 914-755-0389 Other Letterwinners Lost (3) G/GS PPG RPG Patriot League Review ......................................61 E-mail [email protected] Tyrell Thompson 19/8 5.3 1.6 THE RECORD BOOK Press Row Phone ............................. 845-938-4441 Eric Zastoupil 29/5 3.3 2.4 Jon Sizemore 28/1 1.9 1.3 All-Time Series Records ....................................62 Year-By-Year Records ........................................63 Army All-Americans ...........................................64 RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS The 1,000-Point Club ..................................65-68 Points .......................Julian Simmons (328; 11.3/g) Scoring Records ................................................69 Rebounds ...................... Jeremy Hence (119; 4.1/g) Field Goal Records ............................................70 Assists ............................. Jeremy Hence (28; 1.0/g) Three-Point Field Goal Records ........................71 Blocked Shots ................ Jeremy Hence (12; 0.4/g) Free Throw Records ..........................................72 Steals ............................Julian Simmons (23; 0.8/g) Rebounding Records .........................................73 FG Made ...............Julian Simmons (109; .402 pct.) Assists/Blocks/Steals Records ........................74 3-Point FG Made ....Julian Simmons (61; .421 pct.) Team Records ..............................................75-76 FT Made ..................Julian Simmons (49; .778 pct.) Christl Arena ......................................................77 Minutes .......................Jeremy Hence (609; 21.0/g) Christl Arena Records .......................................78 Team Stats By Season ................................79-80 NEWCOMERS Yearly Scoring/Rebounding Leaders ......... 81-83 Alex Godette (Fr., G, 5-11, 173, Huntersville, N.C.) Army Milestones ................................................84 Josh Herbeck (Fr., G, 6-2, 193, Ann Arbor, Mich.) NIT Participants ...........................................85-86 Brian Hornstein (Fr., C, 6-10, 204, Dallas, Texas) Honors & Awards ...............................................87 Cart Kincade (Fr., F, 6-2, 192, Baytown, Texas) All-Time Results ...........................................88-94 Andrew Stire (Fr., C, 6-7, 227, Albany, N.Y.) All-Time Letterwinners ................................ 95-97 Chris Welker (Fr., F, 6-3, 208, Zionsville, Ind.) Army In The Patriot League ..............................98 Eric Wilde (Fr., G/F, 6-4, 180, Crystal Lake, Ill.) WWW.GOARMYSPORTS.COM 1 WEST POINT The United States Military Academy is renowned because of its historic and distin- guished reputation as a military academy, and as a leading, progressive institution of higher education. Made legendary in books and movies produced over the years, the Academy’s “Long Gray Line” of graduates includes some of our nation’s most famous and infl uential men: Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, George S. Patton, Omar Bradley, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower and Norman Schwarzkopf. Because of this superb education and leadership experience, West Point graduates historically have been sought for high level civilian and military leadership positions. Their numbers include two U.S. presidents, several ambassadors, state governors, leg- islators, judges, cabinet members, educators, astronauts and corporate executives. Today, West Point continues to provide hundreds of young