2003-04 Game 26 vs. No. 21/18 Kansas Huskers.com March 3, 2004 NEBRASKA Bob Devaney Sports Center Basketball Lincoln, Neb. 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 Final Week of Regular Season at KU 2003-04 Schedule The Nebraska men's basketball team starts the final week of the regular season in Lawrence, Overall: 16-9 Big 12 Conference: 6-8 Kan., where it will take on No. 21/18 Kansas on Wednesday, March 3. The game between Home: 14-3 Road: 2-6 Neutral: 0-0 the Huskers and Jayhawks will tip off at 6:30 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse and can be seen on Date Opponent Time/Result the Jayhawk Television Network in the state of Kansas. The contest can be heard on the Nov. 22 Fairleigh Dickinson W, 80-64 Pinnacle Sports Network and Huskers.com, with Nov. 29 Eastern Michigan W, 67-59 The Matchup Randy Lee calling the action and Matt Davison Dec. 3 Arizona State W, 66-60 Who: No. 21/18 Kansas Jayhawks (18-7, 10-4) adding color analysis. Dec. 6 South Florida W, 75-52 vs. Nebraska Huskers (16-9, 6-8) After an exciting win over Iowa State, 68-65, Dec. 8 Delaware State W, 68-39 When: Wednesday, March 3, 6:30 p.m. (CST) on Senior Day in Lincoln, Nebraska travels to Dec. 10 at Creighton (KM3) L, 54-61 Where: Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Dec. 13 Tennessee W, 77-62 Radio: Pinnacle Sports Network Lawrence to take on the Jayhawks in their final home game of the 2003-04 campaign. Nebraska Dec. 20 Bethune-Cookman W, 70-26 Randy Lee, play-by-play Dec. 22 Lipscomb W, 75-52 Matt Davison, color analyst defeated the nationally ranked Jayhawks, 74- Dec. 29 at Minnesota W, 77-60 TV: Jayhawk Television Network 55, in Lincoln on Feb. 15, but gaining a repeat Jan. 6 St. Francis (Pa.) W, 93-49 Internet: Huskers.com (live radio) of that performance will be difficult as KU owns Jan 10 at Iowa State* L, 74-89 Series: KU leads 153-71 a 12-1 home mark, including a perfect 7-0 home Jan. 14 Colorado* L, 60-68 Coaches: NU – Barry Collier (250-191) record in conference play. Jan. 17 at No. 18/16 Texas* (ERT) L, 61-63 KU – Bill Self (225-112) Nebraska has executed well on the road Jan. 21 Baylor* W, 76-47 Probable Lineups this season despite a 2-6 record away from Jan. 24 at Missouri* L, 51-72 2003-04 the Devaney Center. The Huskers have been Feb. 1 No. 25/25 Oklahoma* (ERT) L, 50-52 Nebraska Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. at their best in their last two road games while Feb. 4 at Kansas State* L, 61-78 G Nate Johnson 6-1 195 13.5 4.5 picking up an 83-77 victory at Texas A&M and Feb. 7 Missouri* (ERT) W, 78-62 G Jake Muhleisen 6-4 200 7.7 3.2 suffering an 87-83 overtime loss at No. 7 G Marcus Neal Jr. 6-0 175 4.8 1.7* Feb. 11 at Texas A&M* W, 83-77 F Brian Conklin 6-11 240 7.0 3.4 Oklahoma State. Feb. 15 No. 12/13 Kansas* (ABC) W, 74-55 F Andrew Drevo 6-8 250 11.1 4.5 NU hit 52.0 percent from the field and 82.8 Feb. 18 Kansas State* L, 58-63 *assists per game percent from the free throw line in those games. Feb. 21 at No. 7/7 Oklahoma St.* L, 83-89 (OT) 2003-04 Nebraska held the Aggies and Cowboys to a Feb. 24 No. 25/25 Texas Tech* W, 72-44 Kansas Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. combined 40.3 percent shooting, including just Feb. 28 Iowa State* (ERT) W, 68-65 G Aaron Miles 6-1 175 9.2 7.4* 23.1 percent from three-point range. Seniors March 3 at Kansas* 6:30 p.m. G J.R. Giddens 6-5 185 10.5 3.7 Andrew Drevo and Nate Johnson paced NU March 6 at Colorado* (ERT) 3 p.m. G Keith Langford 6-4 205 16.3 4.6 against A&M and OSU, averaging 19.5 and March 11-14 at Big 12 Tournament (ERT) TBA F Wayne Simien 6-9 255 17.2 9.3 C David Padgett 6-11 235 6.9 4.9 18.5 points per game, respectively. The pair also *assists per game combined for 13.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists. Times Central Standard and subject to change. Following Wednesday's contest, the Huskers Home games in bold. end the regular season with a road contest at Colorado. The game at the Coors Events Center * - Big 12 Conference game. in Boulder will tip off at 3 p.m. (CST) and can be heard on the Pinnacle Sports Network. 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) 5.8 2.2 16 2 11 3 Charles Richardson Jr. G 5-8 155 Fr. Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East) 2.4 2.2 61 0 15 4 Nate Johnson^ G 6-1 195 Sr. Kansas City, Kan. (Penn Valley CC) 13.5 4.5 40 2 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) 4.8 1.8 43 2 10 11 Wes Wilkinson^ F 6-9 205 So. Grand Island, Neb. (Grand Island) 2.9 1.8 15 12 10 12 Jake Muhleisen^^ G 6-4 200 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 7.7 3.2 41 6 29 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) 7.0 3.4 28 9 9 21 Corey Simms^^ G 6-5 205 Jr. St. Louis, Mo. (Normandy) 4.2 3.6 33 8 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) 9.1 5.6 26 37 14 45 Tony Wilbrand^ C 6-10 250 So. Alliance, Neb. (Alliance) 1.2 1.1 4 5 1 50 Andrew Drevo^ F 6-8 250 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. (Morningside College) 11.1 4.5 49 20 25 1 Tradition | Teamwork | Integrity | Tradition | Teamwork | Integrity | Tradition Team Information About the Huskers Head Coach................ Barry Collier (Butler, 1976) Nebraska enters the final week of the regular season on a two-game winning streak Record at NU (years) ...................... 54-59 (fourth) after knocking off No. 25 Texas Tech, 72-44, on Feb. 24 and Iowa State, 68-65, on Feb. Record Overall (years) ................. 250-191 (15th) 28. The Huskers have won five of their last Assistant Coaches..Reggie Rankin (Ohio, 1989) In the NCAA Rankings (Feb. 24) Team NCAA Big 12 seven games to move into a tie for seventh in ....................Doug Novsek (Southern Illinois, 1987) the league standings with a 6-8 Big 12 mark. ...................Scott Spinelli (Boston University, 1989) 3pt. FG Percentage 10th 1st The last time NU won at least five conference Director of Basketball Operations......................... Field-Goal Pct. Defense 12th 1st games in a seven-game stretch came in 1998- .....................Tim Waller (Western Michigan, 1979) Scoring Defense 22nd 1st 99, when the Huskers won six of seven league Video Coordinator .......................Steve Hinerman Scoring Margin 36th 3rd contests (and nine of 10) before finishing with Athletic TrainerTradition................................... | TeamworkJose Fonseca | IntegrityField-Goal Percentage | Tradition 38th | Teamwork2nd | Integrity | Tradition Tradition | Teamwork | Integrity | Tradition | Teamwork | Integrity | Tradition 2002-03 Record ................................................ 11-19 a 20-13 record. Free Throw Percentage 42nd 2nd Big 12 Record (Finish)......................... 3-13 (12th) Overall, Nebraska owns a 16-9 record this Rebounding Margin 46th 5th Big 12 Postseason Tournament ..................... 0-1 season, a five-game improvement in the win 2003 Postseason ...............................................none column over last season. The 16 wins are the most under fourth-year coach Barry Collier, Starters Returning/Lost..................................... 4/1 and with just two regular-season games remaining, the Huskers are assured of their first Lettermen Returning/Lost.............................11/4 winning season since 1998-99. Nebraska has played well on the road this year, where it has hit 46.0 percent from the Barry Collier floor and 34.8 percent from three-point range while averaging 68.0 points per game. The Radio Show Huskers have limited opponents to 43.7 percent shooting, including 34.2 percent from The Barry Collier radio show, a weekly statewide three-point range, but have allowed 73.4 points per game. Opponents have also held a call-in show co-hosted with Gary Sharp, begins slight +2.3 rebounding advantage (34.1-31.8) over the Huskers. its fourth year on the Pinnacle Sports Network. Seniors Nate Johnson and Andrew Drevo have led Nebraska away from Lincoln in 2003- Broadcasts can be heard on Mondays at 7 p.m.