ST. NORBERT COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL NORBERT ST. MEN’S BASKETBALL 2008-09 Schedule/Results MIDWEST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT PREVIEW Current Record: 18-5, 12-4 MWC FEBRUARY 27-28 • DARBY GYM - GRINNELL, IOWA Streak: Loss 2 Breakdown: 10-2 home, 7-2 away, 1-1 neutral TOURNAMENT BRACKET Date Opponent Result NOVEMBER #2 LAWRENCE 17-6 (13-3) Sat., 15 at UW-Oshkosh W 66-62 Fri., 21 ^vs. Loras L 69-63 Sat., 22 ^vs. Clarke W 77-66 Feb. 27 • 5 p.m. Tue., 25 DOMINICAN W 77-68 DECEMBER #3 CARROLL 16-7 (12-4) Fri., 5 *LAKE FOREST W 68-57 Feb. 28 • 3 p.m. #4 ST. NORBERT 18-5 (12-4) Champion Sat., 6 *MONMOUTH W 82-68 Wed., 17 CONCORDIA (IL) W 65-50 Mon., 29 %ST. SCHOLASTICA W 70-42 Feb. 27 • 7 p.m. Tue., 30 %UW-PLATTEVILLE (1) W 70-68 #1 GRINNELL 17-6 (13-3) JANUARY Tue., 6 *at Beloit W 77-44 Sat., 10 *RIPON W 74-62 Knights Travel to Grinnell for Midwest Conference Tournament Fri., 16 *at Knox W 64-53 Sat., 17 *at Grinnell W 107-96 For the second-consecutive season, St. Norbert hits the road for the Midwest Con- Fri., 23 *ILLINOIS COLLEGE W 71-54 ference Tournament. The fourth-seeded Green Knights open with host and top- Sat., 24 *KNOX W 78-52 seeded Grinnell. St. Norbert finished the regular-season with a 12-4 Midwest Con- Wed., 28 *at Carroll (24) W 76-63 ference record. The Green Knights have a 2-3 record against this year’s tournament Sat., 31 *BELOIT W 83-64 field. St. Norbert lost in the first round of last year’s tournament dropping a close 59-58 decision to host Lawrence. FEBRUARY Tue., 3 *LAWRENCE L 75-52 Fri., 6 *at Monmouth L 60-51 Sat., 7 *at Lake Forest W 73-64 OT St. Norbert Green Knights Grinnell Pioneers Wed., 11 *at Ripon W 77-72 Head Coach ......................... Gary Grzesk Head Coach .................. David Arseneault Alma Mater ................ UW-Green Bay ‘96 Sat., 14 *at Lawrence L 65-38 Season ................................................ 6th Alma Mater ...............................Colby ‘76 Record ............................................92-59 Season .............................................. 20th Sat., 21 *CARROLL L 64-51 at St. Norbert ...................................... 3rd Record at Grinnell .......................249-205 Fri., 27 $at Grinnell 7 p.m. Record at St. Norbert .....................41-28 2008-09 Overall Record....................18-5 2008-09 Overall Record....................17-6 2008-09 MWC Record ......................12-4 2008-09 MWC Record ......................13-3 All Times Central ^ - UW-Platteville Tip-Off Classic (Platteville, Wis.) Lawrence Vikings Carroll Pioneers % - Nicolet National Bank Holiday Classic (De Pere, Head Coach .......................Joel DePagter Head Coach ........................ Dave Schultz Wis.) Alma Mater .........................Lawrence ‘98 Alma Mater ...................UW-Oshkosh ‘86 * - Midwest Conference Game Season ............................................... 2nd Season ................................................ 7th $ - Midwest Conference Tournament (Grinnell, Iowa) Record at Lawrence .........................38-9 Record at Carroll...........................109-63 (ranking) - by D3hoops.com 2008-09 Overall Record....................17-6 2008-09 Overall Record....................16-7 2008-09 MWC Record ......................13-3 2008-09 MWC Record ......................12-4 Media Information Statistical Comparison (2008-09) Sports Information Director ..... Dan Lukes Team Record PPG Opp PPG FG% 3FG% FT% REB/G TO/G Office Phone ....................... 920.403.4077 St. Norbert 18-5 70.0 62.5 46.2 39.6 74.0 31.5 10.8 Fax ...................................... 920.403.3128 Grinnell 17-6 115.7 101.0 43.1 37.4 72.3 37.6 14.7 E-Mail ........................ [email protected] Lawrence 17-6 82.9 68.6 52.4 39.7 70.0 34.1 11.9 Website ................www.snc.edu/athletics Carroll 16-7 84.4 76.9 49.4 38.6 75.3 35.3 12.0 2009 MIDWEST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT PREVIEW 1 Scouting the Green Knights St. Norbert Facts St. Norbert enters the tournament 18-5 and finished 12-4 in the Midwest Confer- Location .........................De Pere, Wis. ence. The Green Knights have lost four of their last six after starting the season 16-1. Founded ...................................... 1898 St. Norbert lost 64-51 last Saturday to Carroll in the regular-season finale. Senior Bryan Fleischmann leads St. Norbert averaging 11.8 points per game. Tom Katzfey Enrollment ................................. 2,100 is averaging 11.4 points and 4.5 rebounds for the Green Knights. St. Norbert is av- Nickname ......................Green Knights eraging 70.0 points while allowing 62.5 points per game. Colors ............ Dartmouth Green & Old Gold Conference ........Midwest Conference Scouting the Pioneers I President.....................Thomas Kunkel Grinnell enters the tournament 17-6 and finished 13-3 in the Midwest Conference. Tied for first-place, Grinnell won the head-to-head tiebreaker to earn the top seed Athletics Director .................. Tim Bald for the Midwest Conference Tournament. Grinnell has won eight straight and nine Facility ............ Schuldes Sports Center of its last ten games. John Grotberg is averaging 31.4 points per game for the Pio- Capacity ..................................... 2,100 neers. Grinnell is averaging a nation-best 115.7 points while allowing 101.0 points Year Opened ............................... 1979 per game. ST. NORBERT COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL NORBERT ST. Scouting the Vikings Coaching Staff Lawrence enters the tournament 17-6 and finished 13-3 in the Midwest Conference. Head Coach ......................Gary Grzesk The Vikings have won seven straight, and 11 of its last 13 games. Ryan Kroeger is Record at St. Norbert .................41-28 averaging 17.4 points per game for Lawrence. The Vikings are averaging 82.9 points Year at St. Norbert .........................3rd while allowing 68.6 points per game. Assistant Coaches .......... Andy Conard Scouting the Pioneers II ...................................... Brian Roehrig Carroll enters the tournament 16-7 and finished 12-4 in the MIdwest Conference. .....................................Woody Wilson Tied for third-place in the Midwest Conference, Carroll edged out St. Norbert for the .....................................Wayne Walker tournament’s No. 3 seed by virtue of its victory over Lawrence. John Hoch leads .......................................... Kyle Brown Carrroll averaging 24.1 points per game. Carroll is averaging 84.4 points while al- lowing 76.9 points per game. MIDWEST CONFERENCE STANDINGS Elite 18 St. Norbert’s 18 wins this season marks just the fourth time in school history the FINAL STANDINGS Green Knights have won 18 games in a season. The Green Knights have won 21 MWC OVERALL games twice (1984 and 2002) and 19 once (1951). Since starting the 2007-08 sea- W L W L son 2-5, St. Norbert is 30-10. Grinnell 13 3 17 6 One Hundred History Lawrence 13 3 17 6 St. Norbert has not scored 100 points against a team other than Grinnell since a 100- Carroll 12 4 16 7 99 triple-overtime win against Beloit on Feb. 10, 1990. St. Norbert 12 4 18 5 Highest Ranking Ever Illinois College 8 8 11 12 St. Norbert was ranked 11th in the Feb. 3 D3hoops.com Top 25 poll. It is the highest Ripon 7 9 9 13 ranking since the inception of the D3hoops.com Top 25 poll in 1999. The previous Lake Forest 6 10 7 16 high was 15th on Feb. 17, 2002. Monmouth 5 11 8 15 Beloit 2 14 4 19 Knox 2 14 2 21 Jump Shots Upcoming Schedule • Six different players have scored 19 points or more in a game this season for St. Norbert. Midwest Conference Tournament at Grinnell • 47 of Mike Dowden’s 59 made baskets have been 3-pointers. February 27 • St. Norbert is 29-3 when scoring 70 points or more under Gary Grzesk. Lawrence vs. Carroll, 5 p.m. Grinnell vs. St. Norbert, 7 p.m. • St. Norbert is 28-4 under Gary Grzesk when outrebounding its opponents. February 28 • St. Norbert is shooting 77.4 percent (223-for-288) from the free-throw line in its Semifinal winners, 3 p.m. last 12 games. • St. Norbert has made more free throws (338) than its opponents have attempt- ed (315). 2 2009 MIDWEST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT PREVIEW ST. NORBERT COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL NORBERT ST. St. Norbert Record When... ST. NORBERT POST-SEASON HISTORY Under 1958 1984 08-09 Grzesk (18-5) (41-28) NCAA COLLEGE DIVISION TOURNAMENT (WHEATON, ILL.) MIDWEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP (MT. VERNON, IOWA) Home 10-2 24-10 Away 7-2 14-16 M 7 Wheaton L 68-66 F 25 Cornell W 92-80 Neutral 1-1 3-2 M 8 Northern Illinois L 76-70 NCAA DIVISION III REGIONAL (WHITEWATER, WIS.) Ahead at half 15-1 31-7 M 2 North Central W 69-56 Behind at half 3-4 8-20 Tied at half 0-0 2-1 1960 M 3 UW-Whitewater L 87-84 (3 OT) Overtime Games 1-0 4-2 NAIA DISTRICT 14 PLAYOFF (STEVENS POINT, WIS.) 1-Point Margin 0-0 1-1 M 2 Northland W 70-58 1994 2-Point Margin 1-0 3-2 3-Point Margin 0-0 1-0 NAIA DISTRICT 14 CHAMPIONSHIP (OSHKOSH, WIS.) MIDWEST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT (MT. VERNON, IOWA) 4-Point Margin 1-0 1-0 5-10 Point Margin 4-2 11-13 M 4 UW-Oshkosh L 91-58 F 25 Cornell L 69-58 11-20 Point Margin 8-1 17-8 21+ Point Margin 4-2 7-4 1961 1999 Score 49 points or less 0-1 0-3 Score 50-59 points 0-3 4-17 NAIA DISTRICT 14 PLAYOFF (ASHLAND, WIS.) MIDWEST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT (RIPON, WIS.) Score 60-69 points 4-1 9-5 M 2 Northland W 76-75 F 26 Illinois College W 78-48 Score 70-79 points 11-0 23-2 Score 80+ points 3-0 6-1 NAIA DISTRICT 14 CHAMPIONSHIP (DE PERE, WIS.) F 27 Ripon L 71-58 Allow 49 points or less 2-0 7-0 M 7 UW-Stevens Point W 76-65 Allow 50-59 points 5-0 14-5 Allow