2003-04 Nebraska at Creighton March 16, 2004 Qwest Center OMAHA NEBRASKA Omaha, Neb. Basketball Postseason NIT Nebraska Sports Information • 116 S. Stadium • Lincoln, NE 68588 • (402) 472-7779 • Fax (402) 472-2005 Basketball SID: Jerry Trickie • E-mail: [email protected] • Cell phone: (402) 540-0269 Tradition | Teamwork | Integrity | Tradition | Teamwork | Integrity | Tradition Huskers Begin Postseason Play at Creighton 2003-04 Schedule The Nebraska men's basketball team begins its second season on Tuesday, March 16, Overall: 16-12 Big 12 Conference: 6-10 when the Huskers face instate foe Creighton in the opening round of the 2004 National Home: 14-3 Road: 2-8 Neutral: 0-1 Invitation Tournament (NIT). Date Opponent Time/Result The Matchup The game will tip off at 7:05 p.m. at the Nov. 22 Fairleigh Dickinson W, 80-64 Who: Creighton Bluejays (20-8) Nov. 29 Eastern Michigan W, 67-59 vs. Nebraska Huskers (16-12) Qwest Center OMAHA and can be heard on Dec. 3 Arizona State W, 66-60 When: Tuesday, March 16, 7:05 p.m. (CST) the Pinnacle Sports Network and Huskers.com, Dec. 6 South Florida W, 75-52 Where: Qwest Center OMAHA (15,500) with Randy Lee calling the action and Matt Radio: Pinnacle Sports Network Davison adding color analysis. KM3 will televise Dec. 8 Delaware State W, 68-39 Randy Lee, play-by-play the game in Lincoln and Omaha (Travis Justice, Dec. 10 at Creighton (KM3) L, 54-61 Matt Davison, color analyst play-by-play; Greg Sharpe, color). Dec. 13 Tennessee W, 77-62 TV: KM3 (Lincoln, Omaha) Nebraska (16-12) will be making its first Dec. 20 Bethune-Cookman W, 70-26 Travis Justice, play-by-play postseason appearance in five years, since Dec. 22 Lipscomb W, 75-52 Greg Sharpe, color Dec. 29 at Minnesota W, 77-60 the Huskers went 1-1 in the NIT in 1999, and Internet: Huskers.com (live radio) Jan. 6 St. Francis (Pa.) W, 93-49 first postseason appearance under Coach Series: NU leads 21-15 Jan 10 at Iowa State* L, 74-89 Barry Collier. The Huskers own a 20-17 all-time Coaches: NU – Barry Collier (250-194) Jan. 14 Colorado* L, 60-68 CU – Dana Altman (278-175) postseason record, including a 20-11 record Jan. 17 at No. 18/16 Texas* (ERT) L, 61-63 in NIT action. Probable Lineups Jan. 21 Baylor* W, 76-47 NU is one of nine teams from the Big 12 2003-04 Jan. 24 at Missouri* L, 51-72 Nebraska Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Conference making postseason appearances Feb. 1 No. 25/25 Oklahoma* (ERT) L, 50-52 G Nate Johnson 6-1 195 13.1 4.5 in 2004, including five in the NIT. League Feb. 4 at Kansas State* L, 61-78 G Jake Muhleisen 6-4 200 7.6 3.3 champion Oklahoma State, Texas, Kansas Feb. 7 Missouri* (ERT) W, 78-62 G Marcus Neal Jr. 6-0 175 5.1 1.9* and Texas Tech each earned a berth in the Feb. 11 at Texas A&M* W, 83-77 F Brian Conklin 6-11 240 7.4 3.6 NCAA Tournament field of 65, while Nebraska, Feb. 15 No. 12/13 Kansas* (ABC) W, 74-55 F Andrew Drevo 6-8 250 10.7 4.3 Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma and Iowa State Feb. 18 Kansas State* L, 58-63 *assists per game each received NIT bids. 2003-04 Feb. 21 at No. 7/7 Oklahoma St.* L, 83-87 (OT) The meeting between the Huskers and Creighton Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Feb. 24 No. 25/25 Texas Tech* W, 72-44 G Nate Funk 6-3 185 11.0 2.7* Bluejays (20-8) will be the 37th in the series and Feb. 28 Iowa State* (ERT) W, 68-65 G Johnny Mathies 6-0 160 7.5 1.4 second this season. CU defeated the Huskers, March 3 at No. 21/18 Kansas* L, 67-78 F Michael Lindeman 6-6 200 6.1 2.9 61-54, on Dec. 10 in Omaha. The Huskers are March 6 at Colorado* (ERT) L, 75-78 F Mike Grimes 6-7 225 9.5 4.9 2-9 away from Lincoln this season after falling March 11 vs. Oklahoma& (ERT) L, 59-63 C Brody Deren 6-8 250 10.6 6.7 to Oklahoma, 63-59, in the first round of the March 16 at Creighton# (KMTV) 7:05 p.m. *assists per game Big 12 Tournament on March 11. NU is 8-11 Times Central Standard and subject to change against Creighton in Omaha and 1-0 against the Bluejays in postseason play. Home games in bold The winner of the NU-CU contest advances to take on the winner of the Troy State-Niagra * - Big 12 game & - Big 12 Tournament game # - National Invitation Tournament game game in an NIT first-round game later this week. ERT - ESPN Regional Television 2003-04 Numerical Roster 2003-04 Stats No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) PPG RPG A B S 1 Jason Dourisseau^ G 6-5 195 So. Omaha, Neb. (Burke) 5.3 2.1 17 4 12 3 Charles Richardson Jr. G 5-8 155 Fr. Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East) 2.4 2.1 63 0 17 4 Nate Johnson^ G 6-1 195 Sr. Kansas City, Kan. (Penn Valley CC) 13.1 4.5 43 3 19 5 Shuan Stegall G/F 6-6 215 Fr. Stone Mountain, Ga. (Redan) 1.0 0.6 1 1 0 10 Marcus Neal Jr. G 6-0 175 Jr. Annapolis, Md. (Polk CC) 5.1 1.8 53 2 11 11 Wes Wilkinson^ F 6-9 205 So. Grand Island, Neb. (Grand Island) 2.6 1.6 15 13 10 12 Jake Muhleisen^^ G 6-4 200 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 7.6 3.3 49 9 32 15 Bronsen Schliep^ F 6-7 205 So. Fairfield, Neb. (Sandy Creek) 1.6 0.8 4 0 0 20 Brian Conklin^^^ F 6-11 230 Sr. Hubbard, Ohio (Hubbard) 7.4 3.6 29 10 10 21 Corey Simms^^ G 6-5 205 Jr. St. Louis, Mo. (Normandy) 4.6 3.6 36 9 17 23 James Reynolds G 6-2 180 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Crenshaw) 1.4 0.4 1 0 1 25 Adam Bohac^^^ G 6-1 180 Sr. Kimball, Neb. (Kimball) 0.2 0.1 3 0 2 31 Bob Kempf C 6-10 220 Fr. Shickley, Neb. (Shickley) Will redshirt this season 44 John Turek^^ F 6-9 240 Jr. Council Bluffs, Iowa (Abraham Lincoln) 9.5 5.9 27 37 16 45 Tony Wilbrand^ C 6-10 250 So. Alliance, Neb. (Alliance) 1.0 0.9 4 5 1 50 Andrew Drevo^ F 6-8 250 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. (Morningside College) 10.7 4.3 51 21 27 1 Tradition | Teamwork | Integrity | Tradition | Teamwork | Integrity | Tradition Team Information Nebraska's Postseason Tournament History Head Coach................ Barry Collier (Butler, 1976) Nebraska earned its 19th postseason tournament berth in school history when the 40- Record at NU (years) ...................... 54-62 (fourth) team field for the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) was announced on Sunday, March Record Overall (years) ................. 250-194 (15th) 14. The postseason bid is Nebraska's first since 1998-99, when the Huskers went 20-13 on Assistant Coaches..Reggie Rankin (Ohio, 1989) the year, including 1-1 in the NIT. ....................Doug Novsek (Southern Illinois, 1987) Overall, the Huskers own a 20-11 record in 12 NIT appearances. The Huskers' first official ...................Scott Spinelli (Boston University, 1989) postseason berth was secured in 1966-67, when the Huskers went 16-8 in the regular Director of Basketball Operations......................... .....................Tim Waller (Western Michigan, 1979) season and earned a bye in the first round to reach the NIT quarterfinals. NU then lost to Video Coordinator .......................Steve Hinerman Marshall, 119-88. Athletic TrainerTradition................................... | TeamworkJose Fonseca | IntegrityIt was another | Tradition decade before | Teamwork the Huskers returned| Integrity to the postseason,| Tradition where they Tradition | Teamwork | Integrity | Tradition | Teamwork | Integrity | Tradition 2002-03 Record ................................................ 11-19 won their first-ever Big 12 in Postseason Play Big 12 Record (Finish)......................... 3-13 (12th) postseason game NCAA NIT Overall Big 12 Postseason Tournament ..................... 0-1 with an exciting 67- Team App. W-L Pct. App. W-L Pct. App. W-L Pct. 2003 Postseason ...............................................none 66 victory over Utah Kansas# 32 70-32 .686 2 3-2 .600 34 73-34 .682 Starters Returning/Lost..................................... 4/1 State in the first Kansas State 22 27-26 .509 5 4-6 .400 *28 31-32 .492 Lettermen Returning/Lost.............................11/4 round of the 1978 Oklahoma# 23 30-22 .577 6 9-6 .600 27 39-28 .582 NIT. Since then, Oklahoma St.#20 31-19 .620 7 6-8 .429 26 37-27 .578 Barry Collier Nebraska has won Missouri# 21 18-21 .462 4 1-4 .200 *24 19-25 .432 10 of 11 first-round Texas# 21 24-24 .500 4 6-3 .667 23 30-27 .526 Radio Show Nebraska# 6 0-6 .000 12 20-11 .655 18 20-17 .541 The Barry Collier radio show, a weekly statewide contests in the NIT. Colorado# 10 9-12 .400 6 8-5 .615 16 17-17 .500 call-in show co-hosted with Gary Sharp, is in its The Huskers made Iowa State# 12 11-12 .478 2 1-2 .333 14 12-14 .462 fourth year on the Pinnacle Sports Network. their first serious run Texas Tech# 11 5-12 .417 3 4-3 .571 13 9-15 .600 Broadcasts can be heard on Mondays at 7 p.m.