MONARCHS The 2003-04 Old Dominion Basketball Media Guide Table of Contents QuickFacts Quick Facts ..................................................... 1 GENERAL INFORMATION HISTORY Head Coach Blaine Taylor ............................ 2-3 LOCATION: Norfolk, Va. 23529 FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL: 1930-31 NICKNAME: Monarchs OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD: 1028-764 (72 years) .574 Assistant Coaches .......................................... 4-6 FOUNDED: 1930 FIRST YEAR OF DIV. I. BASKETBALL:1976-77 2003-04 Outlook ............................................. 7 (as the Norfolk Division of The College of William & Mary) DIVISION I ALL-TIME RECORD: 471-337 (27 yrs) .583 2003-04 Roster ................................................ 8 ENROLLMENT: 21,000 NO. YRS IN NCAA TRN/LAST: 7/ 1997 Lost to New Radio/T.V. Roster .......................................... 9 SCHOOL COLORS: Slate Blue (PMS 540), Silver (PMS 877), Mexico, 55-51 Player Bios ...................................................... 10-23 & Light Blue (PMS 283) NO. YRS IN NIT TRN/LAST: 9/ 1999 Lost 2nd round at Why Monarchs? ............................................. 24 HOME COURT: Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,650) Butler, 75-62 Monarch Reachout ........................................ 25-26 SURFACE: Wood Administration ............................................... 27 CONFERENCE: Colonial Athletic Association 2003-04 MONARCHS Support Staff ................................................... 28 PRESIDENT: Dr. Roseann Runte (SUNY New Paltz ‘68) RETURNING LETTERMEN: Ten ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dr. Jim Jarrett (SIU-Carbondale ‘59) LETTERMEN LOST: Four Travel/Athletic Directory ............................. 29 OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3369 Ricardo Marsh 6-8 F 16.7 ppg 8.4 rpg All-CAA Directions to Campus ................................... 30 ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE: 757-683-3375 Rasheed Wright 6-5 F 14.9 ppg 5.4 rpg CAA All-Def. Academic Support ......................................... 31 TICKET OFFICE PHONE: 757 -683-4444 Joe Principe 6-10 C 0.5 ppg 0.8 rpg Old Dominion University ............................ 32-33 ATHLETIC TRAINER: Scott Johnson A.Themistocleaus 6-5 F 0.3 ppg Norfolk & Hampton Roads .......................... 34-35 OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.odusports.com STARTERS RETURNING: (3 regulars) Athletic Facilities ........................................... 36 Alex Loughton 6-9 So. C 8.3 ppg 5.3 RPG Strength Training Facility& Apartments .... 37 COACHING STAFF CAA All-Rookie team Media Information ........................................ 38-39 HEAD COACH: Blaine Taylor (Montana ‘81) John Waller 6-4 Sr. G/F 8.3 ppg 4.6 rpg 2002-03 in Review .......................................... 40-41 RECORD AT ODU: 25-31, Third year Isaiah Hunter 6-2 So. G 6.1 ppg 2.7 apg CAREER RECORD: 167-96 (9 yrs ) Started 13 games 2002-03 Event Photos .................................... 42 ASSISTANTS: Jim Corrigan (Duke ‘80), Troy Nance 5-9 Sr. G 3.8 ppg 4.3 apg Retired Jerseys ................................................ 43 Rob Wilkes (Stetson ‘93), & Travis DeCuire (Montana ‘94) Started 15 games Monarchs in the Pros ..................................... 44-46 OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3362 RETURNING LETTERMEN (6) Convocation Center ....................................... 47-49 BASKETBALL SECRETARY: Lisa Berry Janko Mrksic 6-10 So. C 1.2 ppg 2.1 rpg Colonial Athletic Association ....................... 50-52 2002-03 RECORD: 12-15 John Morris 6-2 So. G 1.8 ppg Opponents ...................................................... 53-58 2002-03 CAA RECORD: 9-9 (6th seed) Kiah Thomas 6-4 Jr. G 3.1 ppg RECORDS POST SEASON: None T.J. Waldon 6-4 So. F 3.0 ppg Championship Teams ................................... 60-62 RED SHIRT RETURNEE (1) SPORTS INFORMATION All-Conference Monarchs ............................. 62-63 Marcus Drewry 6-2 Sr. G SPORTS INFORMATION DIR: Carol Hudson, Jr. NEWCOMERS (5) Post-Season Results ....................................... 64-67 OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3372 Arnaud Dahi 6-8 Fr. F Ivory Coast/Life Center All-American Monarchs ............................... 68-69 E-MAIL: [email protected] Academy(NJ) 19.5 ppg/7.8 rpg./1st Individual Records ........................................ 70 HOME PHONE: 757-625-2061 team All-State/Top 100-recruit Team Records ................................................. 71 ASSISTANT: Kim Zivkovich Brian Henderson 6-4 Fr. G Richmond, VA./Varina Vs. Ranked Teams.......................................... 72 E-MAIL: [email protected] HS 20.9 ppg/ 9.5 rpg/All-Region/ 906 Year-by-Year Leaders .................................... 73-74 SID INTERN: Bobby Parks career pts in two years. Coaches & Captains ...................................... 75 PUBLICATIONS DIR: Tina Price Abdi Lidonde 6-3 Fr. G Sutton, MA./St Andrews All-Time Scorers ............................................. 76 E-MAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] (RI.) 17.0 ppg (119 treys)1st Team All- Monarch in Overtime .................................... 77 FAX NUMBER: 757-683-3119 New England/ 1896 career pts. MAIL ADDRESS: Rm 124/Athletic Admin. Bldg/ Valdas Vasylius 6-7 Fr. F Klaipeda Lithuania/ The Leaderboards .......................................... 78-79 Norfolk, Va. 23529-0201 Norfolk Collegiate HS/24.1 ppg/11.5 100 Point Games ............................................ 80 PRESS ROW NUMBERS: 757-683-5596 rpg/ TCIS Player of the Year Team Avg. ....................................................... 81 VOICE OF THE MONARCHS: ESPN 1310 Radio Drew Williamson 6-0 Fr. G Burlington, NC./ Home Court Advantage. .............................. 82 (John Castleberry) Cummings HS/ 18.3 ppg/ 5.1 apg All-Time Starters ............................................ 83 NC Male Athlete of the Year. Lettermen ........................................................ 84 Year-by-Year Results ..................................... 85-90 ODU vs. Opponents ...................................... 91-94 Athletic History ............................................. 95-96 Credits Monarch Basketball “2003-04” is a publication of the Old Dominion University office of Athletic Public Relations. EDITORS: Carol Hudson, Jr., Sports Information Director; Tina Price, Director of Athletic Publications. LAYOUT AND DESIGN: Tina Price, Director of Athletic Publications and Adam Marks, Athletic Publications Graduate Intern. SPECIAL ASSISTANCE: Debbie H. Byrne, Associ- ate Athletic Director for Public Relations and Marketing and Marcy Comstock, Sports information Assistant; PHOTOGRAPHY: Rick Voight (RSVP Media), Steve Chinnis, Timothy Boone (Avalon Commuications), Carol Hudson, The Virginian Pilot, Steve Goldman, Joe Law, Phil Hoffmann, Sam Roberts, Mitchell Layton, Steve Grieco, Ralph Fitzgerald. Martin Smith-Rodden, Scott K. Brown, Dave Denoma, NBA Entertainment, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch. PRINTING: Letton Gooch Printers, Inc., Norfolk, Va. Old Dominion University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution. This publication was printed without the support of tax dollars from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Monarch Basketball 2003-04 1 BLAINE TAYLOR Third Season (25-31) Career Record 167-96 (.635) Montana ‘81 laine Taylor is in his third season as the ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ The most successful head coach in Montana basketball history, Monarchs head basketball coach. As an Taylor earned national Rookie Coach of the Year honors in 1992, assistant coach for three seasons at Stanford as well as being named Big Sky Coach of the Year. In 1992, University and as head coach at the Montana was 27-4, winning the Big Sky title and advancing to University of Montana from 1991-98 Blaine the NCAA tournament. In Big Sky history, only three teams has had a long and successful career. have won 27 games. His winning percentage of .686 is fifth best In 2002-03, the Monarchs made a statement all-time in Big Sky Conference history. Bwith two victories over two-time defending CAA champion, The Grizzlies have won 20 or more games 15 times in school UNC Wilmington. Ricardo Marsh earned All-CAA honors and history, and Taylor’s teams accomplished that five times, in 1992 returning starting center Alex Loughton was named to the CAA (27), 1994 (20), 1995 (21), 1996 (20) and 1997 (21). Montana All-Rookie squad and is a pre-season All-league pick this year. averaged 20.3 wins per year while Taylor was the head coach. ODU’s incoming freshmen class is ranked as one of the league’s At Stanford, Taylor helped lead the top-seeded Cardinal to the best. With the opening of state-of-the-art Ted Constant NCAA West regional final in 2001 en route to posting a 31-3 Convocation Center, the Monarch program had one of the record, including a victory over the Monarchs in the first round nation’s largest attendance increases from the previous year. of the San Juan Shootout in Puerto Rico. The Cardinal was “The Hampton Roads community and what we have ranked No. 1 for six weeks and advanced to the NCAA experienced has been everything we’d hoped it would be,” said tournament in each of Taylor’s three years on Mike Taylor. “We are really enjoying our surroundings, and calling Montgomery’s staff. Stanford won three Pac 10 Championships. this area our home.” A graduate of Montana, Taylor earned the school’s Naseby Adds Taylor, “If you look at the way people have embraced our Rhinehart Award as the Most Inspirational Player in 1981 as well new facility,and the support we have received in the community, as being named the University’s most outstanding male athlete and the university, it is just so very heart warming. It makes us that same year. A