2017-18 MEN’S BASKETBALL #DUNKCITY INFOGRAPHIC GAME NOTES 2013: SWEET 16 | 2014: NIT | 2015: CIT | 2016: NCAA | 2017: NCAA 2013, ’16, ’17: ASUN TOURnaMENT CHAMPIOns | 2014, ’17: ASUN REGULAR SeasON CHAMPIOns Contact: Jason MacBain | Email: [email protected] | Cell: 315.750.0236 | Office: 239.590.7061 | Twitter: @JaBain SCHEDULE / RESULTS FGCU VS. ILLINOIS STATE NOVEMBER FGCU: #12 In Mid-Major Poll | ISU: RV NIT 11 ILLINOIS STATE 1 PM Fort Myers, FL | Alico Arena (4,333 + 300 SRO) 13 @ Siena 7 pm Video: ESPN3 | WatchESPN App 18 @ Bowling Green 6 pm PxP: John Vittas | Analyst: J. Webb Horton NCAA 21 @ rv Middle Tennessee 7:30 pm Series: First Meeting 24 DENVER ^ 7 PM @FGCU_MBB #DunkCity | #ASUNMBB @Redbird_MBB 25 NAVY ^ 7 PM 26-8 HC: Joe Dooley (148-98) HC: Dan Muller (104-65) 28-7 The game features the 2017 ASUN 26 ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN ^ 6 PM regular-season champions in FGCU 29 WEBBER INTERNATIONAL ^ 7 PM and the 2017 MVC regular-season champions in Illinois State. The DECEMBER teams won a combined 54 games NCAA 2 rv MIDDLE TENNESSEE 7 PM last year, while FGCU played in 5 FAU 7:30 PM the NCAA Tournament and Illi- 2017-18 PRESEASON FAVORITES nois State participated in the NIT. NIT 9 @ UT Arlington 3 pm 16 ORAL ROBERTS 8:15 PM FGCU is installed as the preseason ASUN favorites, predicted to return to the NCAA Tournament for a third-straight year. Meanwhile, ISU picked up a 1st- 19 @ FIU 7 pm place vote and was tabbed for a 4th-place finish in the always-competitive MVC. NCAA 22 @ #7 Wichita State 7 pm Last season, FGCU claimed its first outright ASUN regular-season title (12- NCAA 27 @ rv Rhode Island 7 pm 2) and second overall. The Eagles set a program Division-I regular-season re- 29 FLORIDA MEMORIAL 5 PM cord with 23 wins and tied the all-time victory mark of 26, finishing one tri- umph shy of matching the program’s all-time mark. Additionally, the Green and 31 FLORIDA TECH 1 PM Blue recorded the first single-digit loss season in the D-I era (since 2007-08). JANUARY The Eagles made their third NCAA Tournament appearance in five years 6 STETSON * 7 PM (six seasons of eligibility) and earned a program-best No. 14 seed. De- 11 USC UPSTATE * 7 PM spite losing its leading rebounder and shot blocker in Demetris Morant ear- CIT ly in the 2nd half with an ankle injury, FGCU went on to fall to 3rd-seeded Flor- 13 NJIT * 7 PM ida State – the second-tallest team in the nation – by just six points, 86-80. 18 @ Lipscomb * 7:30 pm PROBABLE STARTERS TWEETABLES 20 @ Kennesaw State * 4:30 pm 24 @ North Florida * 7 pm BRANDON GOODWIN (G) 5 THINGS TO KNOW IN CIT 27 JACKSONVILLE * 7 PM R-Sr. | 6-2 | 180 | Norcross, GA 280 OR LESS 1) FGCU set D-I program sin- 29 NORTH FLORIDA * 7 PM 18.5 PPG | 4.5 RPG | 4.1 APG 0 gle-season records in points FEBRUARY Unanimous ASUN Preseason Player of the Year per game (79.4), rebound mar- CIT 3 @ Jacksonville * 6 pm gin (+5.4) and field goal per- 8 @ NJIT * 7 pm ZACH JOHNSON (G) centage (.499) last year. 2) Brandon Goodwin was CIT 10 @ USC Upstate * 4 pm R-Jr. | 6-2 | 195 | Miami, FL named the unanimous ASUN 15 KENNESAW STATE * 7 PM 5 11.9 PPG | 2.8 RPG | 3.1 APG Preseason Player of the Year, 17 LIPSCOMB * 7 PM ASUN Preseason All-Conference Team Selection while Zach Johnson joined Goodwin as a unanimous selec- 22 @ Stetson * 7 pm CHRISTIAN TERRELL (G) tion to the 10-player ASUN Pre- 26 ASUN Quarterfinals TBA season All-Conference Team. MARCH Sr. | 6-5 | 187 | Jacksonville, FL 3) The Eagles led the country 10.2 PPG | 3.2 RPG | 2.4 APG in points in the paint last year 1 ASUN Semifinals TBA 11 53 3-Pointers Were Two Shy Of The Team Lead at 41.3 per game, in addition 4 ASUN Final TBA to finishing 3rd in the nation with 159 dunks. ^ Homewood Suites FGCU Shootout CHRISTIAN CARLYLE (G) * ASUN Conference Game 4) FGCU is 75-14 (.843) at Al- ASUN Tournament - On Campus, Higher Seed So. | 6-6 | 210 | Jacksonville, FL ico Arena since the start of 2.3 PPG | 1.1 RPG | 0.9 APG the 2012-13 season, including FGCU_MBB 23 a 16-3 mark last year. Would Be Making His First Career Start 5) First-year FGCU assistant @FGCU_MBB (12,461 followers) coach David Cason is a 1996 /FGCUMBB (19,745 likes) RICKY DOYLE (F) Illinois State graduate. Cason R-Jr. | 6-10 | 253 | Cape Coral, FL led the MVC in assists as a ju- @FGCU_MBB (5,989 followers) 4.9 PPG | 2.5 RPG | 62.4 FG% nior and senior, and remains 15 the school’s leader in career /FGCUAthletics (438,278 views) Stats Above Are From His Two Years At Michigan assists per game (6.0). @FGCU_MBB Infographic Game Notes ASUN PRESEASON POLL MATCHUP BREAKDOWN ASUN OVERALL 69.1 POINTS PER GAME 79.4 Points, 1st Votes W L W% W L W% Postseason 61.3 POINTS ALLOWED 69.3 1 FGCU (63, 7) 12 2 .857 26 8 .765 NCAA +2.5 REBOUND MARGIN +5.4 2 Lipscomb (55) 11 3 .786 20 13 .606 ---- 3 North Florida (46, 1) 8 6 .571 15 19 .441 ----- 13.8 ASSISTS PER GAME 15.5 4 USC Upstate (33) 7 7 .500 17 16 .515 CIT 12.2 TURNOVERS PER GAME 12.4 5 Kennesaw State (28) 7 7 .500 14 18 .438 ---- 7.1 STEALS PER GAME 6.1 6 Stetson (22) 3 11 .214 11 21 .344 ---- 7 Jacksonville (21) 5 9 .357 17 16 .515 CIT SCOUTING ILLINOIS STATE 8 NJIT (20) 3 11 .214 11 21 .344 ---- ^ Illinois State shared the Missouri Valley regular-season INSIDE THE MATCHUP championship last year with Wichita State as both teams posted 17-1 records in conference play. The Redbirds lost in DEFENSIVE BATTLE: FGCU finished the MVC Tournament Final to the Shockers, but played in 61.3 last year ranked 5th in the nation the NIT and picked up a win over UC Irvine before falling at in field-goal percentage at .499, home to UCF, 63-62. while Illinois State ranked 5th in ^ The Redbirds defeated D-II Lewis, 79-52, in an exhibition the country in field-goal percent- game on Sunday. 69.3 age defense by holding opponents ^ Phil Fayne is one of seven players returning to their to just .379. In terms of 3-point schools for the 2017-18 season after making 59 percent of percentage, FGCU finished last year their shots, scoring at least 300 points, pulling down at least ranked 13th in the nation by holding 200 rebounds and blocking at least 40 shots. ^ Illinois State lost five of its top-six scorers from a season opponents to just a .306 clip from be- ago, with Fayne as the only returner after averaging 9.1 yond the arc. Both teams ranked in points per game and ranking 2nd on the team with 6.3 re- the top 100 in the country and held bounds per contest. their opponents below 70 points per ^ Illinois State is 104-65 over its last five seasons. That is game on average last season with the most wins, and highest win percentage (.615), of any D-I FGCU at 69.3 and Illinois State at 61.3 school within the state of Illinois. – 7th-best in the nation. POINTS PER GAME ALLOWED LAST YEAR LAST ALLOWED POINTS PER GAME PAINT EMPHASIS REBOUNDING: Illinois State has won its last 15 games in which it has out-rebounded its opponent. FGCU finished FGCU led the country in points in the paint per game last last year with a record of 17-4 when it out-rebounded its year at 41.3. Included in that average were a pair of D-I foe, and under 5th-year head coach Joe Dooley the Ea- program record performances of 68 points in the paint gles are 71-14 (.835) when grabbing more rebounds versus Ave Maria and Florida National. than its opposition. The Green and Blue ranked 34th in NATIONAL LEADERS: POINTS IN THE PAINT the nation last year in rebound margin at +5.4. FGCU 41.3 / GAME Utah 41.1 / GAME MILESTONE TRACKER North Carolina 39.9 / GAME VCU 38.2 / GAME FGCU enters the 2017-18 season well within reach of sev- Kentucky 37.3 / GAME eral milestone victory marks. 2016-17 DUNK LEADERS All-Time Record: 285-195 (15 More Wins For 300) All-Time Record In D-I Era: 171-156 (29 More Wins For 200) Helping fuel that low-post production was FGCU finishing All-Time Record At Home: 191-60 (9 More Wins For 200) 3rd in the nation with 159 dunks – 11 more than the origi- All-Time Record vs. ASUN: 91-81 (9 More Wins For 100) nal Dunk City Sweet Sixteen team in 2012-13. FLORIDA STATE 183 Individual Leaders KENTUCKY 179 Tacko Fall (UCF): 106 Bam Adebayo (Kentucky): 101 FGCU 159 Demetris Morant (FGCU): 97 #WEAREFGCU When referring to the University, please be aware of the following policy regarding usage. First ref- erences to the intercollegiate athletic programs should be only FGCU (preferred) or Florida Gulf Coast University. The only secondary references used should be Florida Gulf Coast or Eagles.