2015-16 ARMY WEST POINT MEN’S BASKETBALL HOW TO FOLLOW GAME 1 Online Video Date/Time: Nov. 13, 2015 / 5 p.m. Patriot League Network - PatriotLeague.TV Location: West Point, N.Y. Talent: Rich DeMarco (PxP) Venue: Christl Arena (5,043) Radio Series: First meeting Army West Point Sports Network First Meeting: N/A WBNR 1260 AM - Beacon, N.Y. ARMY (0-0) Last Meeting: N/A FERRUM COLLEGE (0-0) WNLA 1420 AM - Peekskill, N.Y. BLACK KNIGHTS Spiker vs Ferrum: 0-0 PANTHERS Talent: Rich DeMarco (PxP) OPENING TIP Online Audio Army West Point begins its 114th season of basketball on Friday evening when it takes on the Knight Vision ($) - GoArmyWestPoint.com/Watch Ferrum Panthers. The game precedes the Army women’s basketball team’s season-opening Talent: Rich DeMarco (PxP) game against Pepperdine at Christl Arena. Twitter @ArmyWP_MBB Ferrum head coach Bill Tharp is a 1996 USMA graduate who served five years as an artillery officer in the U.S. Army. While at West Point, he was a four-year member of the men’s basketball Live Stats program, two as a player, and two as a student assistant. sidearmstats.com/army/mbb SCHEDULE/RESULTS The Black Knights are 77-36 in their previous 113 season openers. In last season’s opener, Army topped Air Force by an 84-78 final at Christl Arena. 11.13 Ferrum College 5 pm 11.15 at Binghamton 2 pm 11.18 at Fairleigh Dickinson 7 pm The Black Knights posted a 15-15 record last season, including a 6-12 mark in Patriot League 11.22 at George Washington # 7:30 pm play. Army was 8-7 at home, including a 5-1 record in non-conference home games. 11.24 at Tennessee # $ 7 pm 11.27 arkansas - pine bluff # 7:30 pm Army returns 91.6 percent of its scoring and 92.9 percent of its rebounding from last season, 11.28 TbD # 5/7:30 pm including seven seniors, which is tied for the most in program history. Army will return 140 of a 12.2 at Maine 7 pm possible 150 starts from the 2014-15 season with Dylan Cox, Kyle Wilson, Larry Toomey, Tanner 12.8 at Bryant 7 pm Plomb and Kevin Ferguson returning for their senior season. 12.12 at Air Force 4 pm ET 12.20 MARIST 2 pm 12.28 MONMOUTH 4 pm Wilson, led the Patriot League in scoring for the second consecutive season with 17.5 points per 12.30 at Lehigh * 7 pm game as a junior. He is 30 points shy of Matt Brown ’79, who is seventh in Academy history with 1.2 BUCKNELL * 3 pm 1,1511 career points. Wilson’s 1,481 points are the third-most all-time for a player entering his 1.6 LAFAYETTE * 7 pm senior season. Only Gary Winton ’78 (1,652) and Mark Lueking (1,510) had more points after 1.9 at Loyola * 7 pm three years. 1.13 at Colgate * 7 pm 1.17 AMERICAN * & Noon Together, Wilson and Plomb were the top scoring duo in the Patriot League in 2014-15 with an 1.20 at Holy Cross * 7 pm average of 33.3 points per game. Wilson was second in scoring in the conference at 17.5 points 1.23 NAVY * % & 2 PM 1.27 BOSTON UNIVERSITY * 7 pm per game, while Plomb ranked fourth overall with a 15.8 points per game average. 1.30 at Bucknell * 7 pm 2.3 at Lafayette * Noon The Black Knights recently named their team captains. Seniors Cox, Wilson, Toomey and Plomb 2.6 LOYOLA * 3 pm were chosen by their teammates. Cox is in his third season as a team captain, linking him with 2.8 COlGaTe * & 7:30 pm Matt Bell ’07 as the only three-year captains in program history. 2.13 at American * 4 pm 2.17 HOLY CROSS * 7 pm In a vote of the league’s head coaches and sports information directors, Army was chosen fourth 2.20 at Navy * & 1:30 pm in the Patriot League Preseason Poll. The Black Knights have never finished higher than fourth in 2.23 at Boston University * @ 7 pm 2.27 LEHIGH * Noon the final Patriot League standings. 3.1 First Round TBA 3.3 Quarterfinals TBA Army hosted an exhibition game against Nyack College and a scrimmage versus Buffalo to 3.6 Semifinals & 12/2 pm prepare for the season. 3.9 Championship & 7:30 pm A WIN OVER FERRUM WOULD ... HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS Mark Army’s first win against Ferrum College in program history. *Patriot League game % Madison Square Garden Be Army’s second consecutive season-opening win. # BARCLAYS CENTER CLASSIC Be head coach Zach Spiker’s third victory in a season-opening game in seven tries. & CBS SPORTS NETWORK | $ SEC NETWORK @ American Sports Network COACHING STAFF PROBABLE STARTERS Head Coach: Zach Spiker (Ithaca, 2000) Pos # Name Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Notes Overall record: 83-98 (Seventh Year at Army) G 11 Dylan Cox Sr. 6-4 191 10.1 4.7 Co-captain for third straight year G 21 Kyle Wilson Sr. 6-4 207 17.5 2.6 Eighth on Academy scoring list (1,481) Associate Head Coach F 32 Tanner Plomb Sr. 6-7 204 15.8 4.2 14-15 Second Team All-Patriot League Jimmy Allen (Emory & Henry, 1993) Sixth Year F 33 Larry Toomey Sr. 6-6 209 5.0 4.2 Started 27 games as a junior Assistant Coaches Justin Jennings (Penn State Behrend, 2006) Second Year C 31 Kevin Ferguson Sr. 6-10 200 9.6 5.7 School record 158 career blocked shots Brandon Linton (Clarkson, 2010) Second Year Drew Adams (University of Chicago, 2007) First Year ARMY WEST POINT QUICK FACTS TALE OF THE TAPE 2014-15 Highlights Army reached 15 victories for the third consecutive Location West Point, NY 10996 year, marking the first time the Black Knights have Founded March 16, 1802 vs had three straight 15-win campaigns since Bob Enrollment 4,400 Knight’s teams each won at least 15 from 1967-70. Nicknames Black Knights, Cadets 15-15 W-L 8-17 The last time Army had four straight 15-win seasons Colors Black, Gold and Gray 1-4 Last 5 1-4 was from 1920-24. Home Court Christl Arena (5,043) 72.1 Points/Game 65.0 Affiliation NCAA Division I Zach Spiker earned his sixth straight 10-win season 72.1 Scoring Def. 71.5 Conference Patriot League and joined Bob Knight as the only Army head Superintendent Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen Jr. +0.0 Margin -6.0 coaches to win 10 games in six straight years. No Alma Mater West Point, 1975 .441 (779-1768) FG% .441 (566-1284) Army head coach has ever won 10 games in seven Athletic Director Boo Corrigan .458 (779-1768) FG% Def. .458 (638-1392) consecutive seasons. Athletic Dept. Phone 845-938-3701 .326 (779-1768) 3PT% .269 (90-335) Ticket Office Phone 1-877-TIX-ARMY .355 (779-1768) 3PT% Def. .361 (128-355) Spiker became the third-fastest Army coach to reach .680 (779-1768) FT% .639 (403-631) 75 career victories when he accomplished the feat in HISTORY 160 games. Bobby Knight won his 75th game in 107 34.4 Reb./Game First Year of Basketball 1903 32.0 tries and Leo Novak needed 110 contests to reach 75 All-Time Record 1178-1181 (.499), 113 years 35.5 Reb. Def. 33.4 wins. Spiker’s 83 career wins rank fourth all-time in Patriot League Record 97-245 (.283), 25 years -1.0 Margin -1.5 Academy history (83-98). Patriot League Tournament Record 7-25 (.218) 14.6 Assists/Game 11.3 Years in Postseason 8 13.2 TO/Game 15.9 The Class of 2015 was responsible for 58 victories NCAA Appearances 0 over four seasons. Those 58 wins marked the most 3.5 Blocks/Game 3.0 NIT Appearances 8 victories in a four-year stretch since 1980 when that Last Postseason Appearance 1978 NIT 6.4 Steals/Game 6.4 group graduated with 62 wins. The Class of 2016 has Result Lost to Rutgers, 72-70 in first round 46 wins. The four Army teams from 1966-70 posted Preseason POLL a program-best 73 wins. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Army was picked to finish fourth in the Patriot Office Phone 845-938-3303 League’s annual preseason poll. The Black Knights Army was 3-0 in overtime games and 5-1 in games Office FAX 845-446-2556 earned 108 points in the poll. Lehigh claimed the decided by three points or less in 2014-15. Website GoArmyWestPoint.com top spot with 156 points and 12 first-place votes, Twitter @GoArmyWestPoint | @ArmyWP_MBB the defending regular-season champions Bucknell 2014-15 Hot StarT Instagram @GoArmyWestPoint | @ArmyMBB finished second in the voting with 150 points and Army’s 2-0 start was its first to include victories Facebook facebook.com/GoArmyWestPoint eight first-place nods, while Boston University was against two Division I opponents since 1970-71 Overnight Address Same as above third with 126 points. when Bob Knight coached Army. Assistant Director (MBB Contact) Mark Mohrman Office Phone 845-938-6929 Behind the Black Knights was American (84), Army’s first 3-0 start since the 2001-02 campaign Cell Phone 845-905-6580 defending conference champions Lafayette (82) and and was 3-0 to start the season for the first time E-mail [email protected] Loyola (73) in seventh.