2003-04 OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY MONARCH GAME NOTES MEN’S BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS Current Record: 0-1 LOCATION: Norfolk, Va. 23529 CAA Record: 0-0 NICKNAME: Monarchs FOUNDED: 1930 HEAD COACH: (as the Norfolk Division of The College of William & Mary) Blaine Taylor (Montana '81) Career Record: 167-97 (.635) in nine years ENROLLMENT: 20,105 Record at ODU: 25-32 (2 years) SCHOOL COLORS: Slate Blue (PMS 540), Record at Montana: 142-65 (7 years) 1991-1998 Silver (PMS 877), & Light Blue (PMS 283) HOME COURT: Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,650) SURFACE: Wood MONARCH PROBABLE STARTERS CONFERENCE: Colonial Athletic Association F 10 John Waller, 6-4, Sr, Richmond, VA. 14.0 ppg/ 9.0 rpg PRESIDENT: Dr. Roseann Runte (SUNY New Paltz ‘68) F 40 Alex Loughton, 6-9, So, Perth, Australia, 8.0 ppg/ 3.0 rpg ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dr. Jim Jarrett (SIU-Carbondale ‘59) C 55 Janko Mrksic, 6-10, So., Stoney Creek, Ontario, 0.0 ppg/ 1.0 rpg OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3369 OR 31 Arnaud Dahi, 6-7, Fr., Ivory Coast 7.0 ppg/ 4.0 rpg SR. WOMEN’S ADMINISTRATOR: Dr. Mikki Baile G 13 Troy Nance, 5-9, Sr, Virginia Beach, VA., 2.0 ppg/ 7.0 apg (West Chester ‘72) G 1 Isaiah Hunter, 6-2, So, Charlotte, NC, 6.0 ppg/ 4.0 rpg ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE: 757-683-3375 TICKET OFFICE PHONE: 757 -683-4444 OFF THE BENCH ATHLETIC TRAINER: Scott Johnson G 2 Drew Williamson, 6-0, Fr., Burlington, NC 3.0/1.0 apg OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.odusports.com F 4 T.J. Waldon, 6-4, So., Lakeland, FL. 0.0 ppg/ 1.0 rpg G 11 Abdi Lidonde, 6-2, Fr, Sutton, MA. 15.0 ppg/ 2.0 rpg G 24 Kiah Thomas, 6-4, Jr, Norfolk, VA. --- / ---- F 42 Valdas Vasylius, 6-7, Fr., Klaipeda, Lithuania 9.0 ppg/3.0 rpg COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: Blaine Taylor (Montana ‘81) RECORD AT ODU: 25-31, Third year TONIGHT'S OFFICIALS CAREER RECORD: 167-96 (9 yrs ) Duke Edsall, Leslie Jones and Wally Rutecki ASSISTANTS: Jim Corrigan (Duke ‘80), Rob Wilkes (Stetson ‘93) THIS DAY IN ODU HOOP HISTORY Nov. 29, 1986, Bernard Royster goes 14-14 from the free & Travis DeCuire (Montana ‘94) throw line as ODU defeats Virginia Tech, 86-66 in Scope. OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3362 BASKETBALL SECRETARY: Lisa Berry ODU VS. #13 St. JOSEPH’S 2002-03 RECORD: 12-15 Series: SJU leads, 6-2 2002-03 CAA RECORD: 9-9 (6th seed) First Meeting: St. Joe's win 52-51 in the championship game of the POST SEASON: None Kiwanis ODU Classic in 1979-80. Last Meeting: 2002-03, St. Joe's wins, 63-47 in Philadelphia, PA. Monarchs 2003-04 Old Dominion Basketball SPORTS INFORMATION ODU VS THE ATLANTIC 10 SPORTS INFORMATION DIR: Carol Hudson, Jr. Dayton OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3372 Series: Dayton, 5-4 E-MAIL: [email protected] Last Meeting:2002-03 UD wins, 71-67(H) HOME PHONE: 757-625-2061 ASSISTANT: Kim Zivkovich Duquesne E-MAIL: [email protected] Series: ODU leads, 3-1 SID INTERN: Bobby Parks Last Meeting: 1987-88, ODU wins 96-85 (A) PUBLICATIONS DIR: Tina Price E-MAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] George Washington FAX NUMBER: 757-683-3119 Series: GW leads, 8-4 MAIL ADDRESS: Rm 124/Athletic Admin. Bldg/Norfolk, Va. Last Meeting: 2002-03 ODU wins, 84-76 (A) 23529-0201 PRESS ROW NUMBERS: 757-683-5596 Rhode Island VOICE OF THE MONARCHS: ESPN 1310 Radio Series: 2-2 (John Castleberry) Last Meeting: 1982-83, ODU wins ,99-81(H) OFFICE PHONE: 757-671-1000 FAX: 757-671-1313 Richmond Series: ODU leads, 26-19 HISTORY Last Meeting: 2000-01, Richmond wins 77-73(2 ot) FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL: 1930-31 OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD: 1028-764 (72 years) .574 St. Bonaventure FIRST YEAR OF DIV. I. BASKETBALL:1976-77 Series: 1-1 DIVISION I ALL-TIME RECORD: 471-337 (27 yrs) .583 Last Meeting: 1979-80, SB wins 84-72(A) NO YRS IN NCAA TRN/LAST: 7/1997Lost to New Mexico 55-51 NO YRS IN NIT TRN/LAST: 9/ 1999 Lost 2nd rd at Butler 75-62 Xavier RETURNING LETTERMEN: Ten Series: ODU leads, 3-2 Last Meeting: 1973-74, ODU wins, 86-83(ot) (H) 2002-03 HONORS All-CAA Ricardo Marsh 1st team ODU VS. NATIONALLY RANKED TEAMS All-Defensive Rasheed Wright Last ranked Opponent: Nov. 22 vs #9 North Carolina, UNC wins, 90-64 CAA Player of the Week: Ricardo Marsh Jan. 21 Last Win: 1994-95 vs #9 Villanova (89-81 3 ot's) NCAA 1st round Rasheed Wright Jan. 14 CAA Rookie of the Week Alex Loughton Nov. 25 ODU IN SEASON HOME OPENERS & Feb. 18 Since the Monarchs moved up to Division I in 1976-77, ODU has a 24-3 record Isaiah Hunter Jan. 27 in home openers. The three losses were to North Carolina in 2003, The Other Honors: University of Washington in 1999 and Belmont Abbey in 1977. NABC District IV: Ricardo Marsh 1st Team All-State Ricardo Marsh 1st Team TRACKING THE MONARCHS TV: Tonights game will be carried by WTVZ (channel 2 Cox) in the Hampton LETTERMEN LOST: Four Roads area. STARTERS RETURNING: Four RETURNING LETTERMEN Six Radio: For the 11th straight season ESPN1310 Radio will be broadcasting all NEWCOMERS (5) the Monarch contests. John Castleberry will be providing the play-by-play with Arnaud Dahi 6-8 Fr. F Ivory Coast/Life Center Academy(NJ) Rick Kiefner and Billy Mann adding the color commentary at all home games 19.5 ppg/7.8 rpg./1st team All-State/Top 100-recruit and selected Away contests. Brian Henderson 6-4 Fr. G Richmond, VA./Varina HS 20.9 ppg/ 9.5 rpg All-Region/ 906 career pts in two yrs Internet: The official Old Dominion athletics website is at www.odusports.com Abdi Lidonde 6-3 Fr. G Sutton, MA./St Andrews (RI.) Carries the most up-to-date information on the Monarchs. Bios, game stories, 17.0 ppg (119 treys) 1st Team All-New England/ 1896 Stats and box scores can be found along with game notes the morning of the career pts. scheduled Contests. The live ESPN1310 Radio broadcast of all Monarch Valdas Vasylius 6-7 Fr F Klaipeda Lithuania/Norfolk Collegiate HS games can be heard over the web. 24.1 ppg/ 11.5 rpg/ TCIS Player of the Year Drew Williamson 5-11 Fr G Burlington, NC./Cummings HS/ Coaches Show: Head Coach Blaine Taylor will join John Castleberry live on 18.3 ppg/ 5.1 apg NC Male Athlete of the Year. ESPN1310 Radio on Thursday's from 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. throughtout the Season to review the previous week's games and give an insight into the upcoming Monarch matchups. Monarchs 2003-04 Old Dominion Basketball CAA MONARCH RANKINGS TEAM RANKINGS DID YOU KNOW In 1994-95, ODU played four top-25 teams. The Monarchs defeated #9 Villanova, 89-81 in triple overtime in the NCAA first round. During the TEAM Regular season, ODU played at #14 Virginia, and #14 Arizona State and Scoring 7th 64.0 Host #1 North Carolina . Scoring defense 10th 90.0 Free Throw Pct. 3rd .667 Field Goal PCT. 8th .377 The 21, 750 at the North Carolina game last Saturday was the largest Crowd the Monarchs have played before. The previous high was the Field Goal PCT Def. 10th .607 19,320 on Dec. 27, 1986 at UNLV. 3PT FG PCT 6th .345 3PT FG Def. 2nd .125 Rebounding 7th 32.0 Assistant coach Jim Corrigan is in his 17th year as an assistant on the Rebound Def. 10th 37.0 Collegiate level, all in the CAA. Rebound Margin 10th -5.0 Blocked Shots 6th 2.0 Assistant coach Rob Wilkes is the son of legendary Stetson head Coach Assists 3rd 18.0 Glenn Wilkes. Steals 5th 7.0 Asst./To Ratio 3rd 0.8 Assistant coach Travis DeCuire played for Taylor At Montana from 1991- 94 and earned All-Big Sky honors in 1993 and 1994. INDIVIDUALS Scoring Lidonde 11th 15.0 Of the eight Monarchs who have played in the NBA, two were first round Rebounding Waller 3rd 9.0 draft picks. Chris Gatling (16th overall in 1991 by Golden State) and Cal Field Goal PCT Vasylius 7th .667 Bowdler (17th overall in 1999 by Atlanta). Gatling played in the 1997 NBA Assists Nance 2nd 7.0 all-star game. Both are currently playing overseas (Gatling in Russia & Free Throw PCT: Nance 1st 1000 Bowdler in Italy) Steals: Loughton/Williamson 6th 2.0 Asst/TO Ratio Nance 7th 1.75 MONARCH CO-CAPTAINS OFF Rebounds Waller 2nd 5.0 This year's co-captains are seniors John Waller, Troy Nance and sopho- DEF Rebounds ---- ---- ---- more Alex Loughton. MONARCH RECRUITING ODU signed 6-5 forward Jason Thompson from Chatham Central High School in Bear Creek, NC. The Yadkin Valley Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore and runner-up last year averaged 21.3 points and 9.7 rebounds per game last year. He has scored 1,401 career points and hauled in 693 career rebounds. Chatham was 22-5 last year. MONARCH TV SCHEDULE Nov. 22 at UNC (WTVZ) Jan. 28 UNCW (Cox 71) Dec. 6 vs Charlotte (Comcast) Feb. 4 at UNCW (Cox 71) Dec. 15 at South Alabama (Cox 71) Feb. 7 at Hofstra (Cox 71) Jan. 3 Drexel (Comcast) Feb. 21 at VCU (Comcast) Jan. 10 Hofstra (Comcast) ALL-TIME SERIES WITH CAA TEAMS Delaware Series Record: 3-3 Last Meeting: Feb.