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(-&/&--:/ *-- KOHLER, WIS. 1-"55&7*--& Three NCAA Tournaments Five League Championships 2012-13 Milwaukee Basketball Quick Facts Table Of Contents • General Information • Quick Facts and Roster pp. 1-2 School: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee The roster and basic information on the 2012-13 Panthers City/Zip: Milwaukee, WI 53211 Founded: 1885 • 2012-13 Season Notes pp. 3 Enrollment: 30,000 News, notes and quotes on the Panthers Nickname: Panthers Colors: Black and Gold • Coaching Staff pp. 4-9 Arena: Klotsche Center (3,400) Read about head coach Rob Jeter and his coaching staff Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference: Horizon League • The Panthers pp. 10-20 Chancellor: Michael Lovell Biographies and statistics on all of the Panther players Athletic Director: Andy Geiger Senior Woman Administrator: Kathy Litzau • 2011-12 In Review pp. 21-42 Ticket Manager: Brian Morgan A look back at the stats and recaps from the 2011-12 season Athletics Phone: 414-229-5158 Ticket Phone: 414-229-5886 • History and Tradition pp. 43-85 Follow the great tradition and history of Milwaukee basketball • Basketball History First Year of Basketball: 1896 • Record Book pp. 86-96 Overall all-time record: 1263-1157-1 All of the records lists from Panther history First Year In Division I: 1990 Division I Record: 354-324 Media Basics NCAA Appearances/Last Appearance: 3/2006 Last NCAA opponent/Result: def. Oklahoma 82-74; Releases and Information - Information on the 2012-13 season is lost vs. Florida, 82-60 available regularly online at uwmpanthers.com as well as via email. NIT Appearances/Last Appearance: 2/2011 If you would like to be included on the e-mail list for game notes, Last NIT opponent/Result: lost at Northwestern, 70-61 recaps, special announcements and more, contact Kevin O’Connor • Coaching Staff Radio and TV - Space is available for visiting radio stations next Head Coach: Rob Jeter to the visiting team’s bench. ISDN lines and standard telephone Alma Mater/Year: UW-Platteville, ‘91 lines are both available. Television stations wishing to broadcast Record At School/Career Record: 121-103 (8th)/same games from the Klotsche Center should contact Kevin O’Connor Assistant Coach: Chad Boudreau (Hannibal-LaGrange ,‘95) for more information as space is limited. Assistant Coach: Duffy Conroy (St. Ambrose, ‘99) Assistant Coach: Sharif Chambliss (Wisconsin, ‘05) Credentials - Credential requests for all home games should be Director of Operations: Chip MacKenzie (Edgewood, ‘90) sumbitted to Kevin O’Connor as far in advance of a game date as Video Coordinator: Chris Hill (Milwaukee, ‘06) possible. Seating at the Klotsche Center will be extremely limited for some games with preference given to those holding season • Media Relations credentials as well as those approved by the visiting school. Assoc. AD-Communications/MBB Contact: Kevin O’Connor Office Phone: 414-229-5674/414-750-2091 Gameday Services - A variety of services are offered to the media E-Mail: [email protected] on gamedays. The media room, located in room 122/124 on the Assistant SID: Chris Zills lower level of the Klotsche Center, is open 90 minutes prior to tipoff. Assistant SID: Kevin Conway A light meal and beverages are served, with pertinent game infor- Communications Assistant: Tim Prahl mation also available. Postgame press conferences are also held in SID Fax: 414-229-5749 the same space. During games, assigned seating is available both Press Row Phone: 414-229-6276 courtside and in an auxiliary area on the west side of the court. • 2011-12 Team Information Follow The Panthers Online Overall Record: 20-14 Home/Road/Neutral: 13-3/7-10/0-1 Official Website: uwmpanthers.com League Record/Finish: 11-7/T-3rd Official Blog: uwmpantherscom.blogspot.com League Tournament: Lost to Butler in second round Facebook: facebook.com/MilwaukeePanthers Postseason: Lost in first round of CBI You Tube: youtube.com/uwmathletics Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Twitter: @kjocmke Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/4 @mkepanthers Newcomers/Redshirts: 5 @CoachJeterUWM 2012-13 Media Handbook • Page 1 Three NCAA Tournaments Five League Championships 2012-13 Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School/Last School) 1 Jordan Aaron G 5-10 160 Jr. Bronx, NY (Wings Academy/Southeastern CC) 3 Kyle Kelm F 6-9 210 Jr. Randolph, Wis. (Randolph) 5 Joe Tagarelli F 6-6 200 Fr. Waunakee, Wis. (Waunakee) 10 Thierno Niang G 6-1 205 Jr. Dakar, Senegal (Bridgton Academy/Triton College) 14 Paris Gulley G 6-2 170 Sr. Peoria, Ill. (Manual/Southeastern CC) 15 Demetrius Harris F 6-7 230 Sr. Jacksonville, Ark. (Jacksonville/Mineral Area CC) 20 Mitch Roelke G 6-0 170 Jr. Waunakee, Wis. (Waunakee) 22 Evan Richard G 6-2 175 So. Kieler, Wis. (Cuba City) 23 J.J. Panoske F 6-10 225 Fr. Brodhead, Wis. (Brodhead) #-25 Steve McWhorter G 6-2 185 Jr. Racine, Wis. (St. Catherine’s/Indiana State) 33 Quinton Gustavson C 6-9 200 Jr. Racine, Wis. (Case) 34 Austin Arians F 6-6 200 Fr. Stoughton, Wis. (Madison Edgewood) 42 James Haarsma F 6-7 230 Sr. Racine, Wis. (St. Catherine’s/Evansville) 44 Ryan Haggerty F 6-8 210 Sr. Glen Ellyn, Ill. (Benet Academy) 45 Christian Wolf F 6-9 250 Sr. Kohler, Wis. (Kohler/Florida Gulf Coast) # - Ineligble in 2012-13 due to NCAA transfer rules Coaching Staff Roster By State/Country Roster By Class Head Coach Wisconsin (10) Seniors (5) Rob Jeter Austin Arians; Quinton Gustavson; Paris Gulley; Ryan Haggerty; James Haarsma; Demetrius Harris; 8th season James Haarsma; Kyle Kelm; UW-Platteville, 1991 Christian Wolf Steve McWhorter; J.J. Panoske; Evan Richard; Mitch Roelke; Juniors (6) Assistant Coach Jordan Aaron; Quinton Gustavson; Chad Boudreau Joe Tagarelli; Christian Wolf Kyle Kelm; Steve McWhorter; 8th season Thierno Niang; Mitch Roelke Hannibal-LaGrange, 1995 Illinois (2) Sophomores (1) Paris Gulley; Ryan Haggerty Assistant Coach Evan Richard Duffy Conroy Arkansas (1) Freshmen (3) 8th season Austin Arians; J.J. Panoske; Joe Tagarelli St. Ambrose, 1999 Demetrius Harris Pronunciations Assistant Coach New York (1) Joe Tagarelli – tag-ah-rell-ee Sharif Chambliss Jordan Aaron Thierno Niang – CHAIR-no nee-ang 1st season Mitch Roelke – ROLL-key Wisconsin, 2005 J.J. Panoske – PAH-noss-key Senegal (1) Austin Arians – air-EE-ins Director of Operations Thieno Niang James Haarsma – HARS-mah Chip MacKenzie 8th season Support Staff Edgewood, 1990 Athletic Trainer Student Managers Brandon Wells Sarah Kuehl Video Coordinator 1st season Brendan Semph Chris Hill Strength and Conditioning Coach Justin Kimmons 1st season Ron Thomson Brett Richgels UWM, ‘06 1st season Tim Keenan 2012-13 Media Handbook • Page 2 Three NCAA Tournaments Five League Championships 2012-13 Season Primer • The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee the past two seasons at Southeastern Com- men’s basketball team returns three starters munity College and was highly sought- Quoting Rob Jeter and eight letterwinners from a team that after before coming to Milwaukee. On working in new players posted a 20-14 mark a season ago. “What’s exciting about this season is • Other key newcomers include JUCO that we have a lot of new faces but we • In fact, the Panthers qualified for the post- transfer Thierno Niang and Madison Edge- do also have a nice core of returning season for the second year in a row, earning wood standout Austin Arians. That duo is guys. We have the talent to go out and a spot in the College Basketball Invitational. expected to provide depth for the Panthers compete in this league. It’s going to be Milwaukee’s season ended with a loss at and both are likely to be key contributors fun to bring that whole group together TCU in the first round of the postseason. this year. Plus, J.J. Panoske will hit the active and see how we develop and see how roster this season after redshirting a year we all come together and mesh.” • Now, Milwaukee turns its focus to the ago. Panoske was an all-state performer at 2012-13 campaign looking for its third 20- Randolph High School and is expected to On working out a rotation win season in the last four years along with be a big contributor both inside and out “There are going to be opportunities its ninth top-four league finish in 11 years. in 2012-13. for guys to earn minutes. Our first chal- lenge is going to be getting everyone • Senior James Haarsma tops the list of re- • The Panthers were picked to finish sixth together understanding their roles and turnees after averaging 10.8 points and 5.4 in the Horizon League in a preseason poll understanding their responsibilities, rebounds per game a season ago. Haarsma of the league’s coaches, sports information and then getting everyone to buy into started 33 games and shot better than directors and media. No Milwaukee player those things.” 52 percent from the field. He also earned landed on the all-league team. Horizon League Player of the Week honors On increasing the tempo early in the season and just missed out on • UWM has again assembled a difficult non- “Jordan (Aaron) is fast, Bobo (Thierno league all-newcomer recognition.