Table of Contents 2012 Men’s Basketball Championship Results................................ 4 Championship Participants............................................................. 5-10
2012-13 Men’s Basketball Championship Schedule Play-in Round
Tuesday, March 5 No. 6 Dowling at No. 3 LIU Post No. 5 Queens at No. 4 Molloy
Semifinals
Thursday, March 7 No. 4/No. 5 at No. 1 Bridgeport No. 3/No. 6 at No. 2 NYIT
Finals
Sunday, March 9 TBA at Highest Remaining Seed
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East Coast Conference Staff Robert Dranoff Commissioner rdranoff@eccsports.org 631.348.3451
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Casey Rafferty Director of Media Relations crafferty@eccsports.org 631.348.3452
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2012 ECC Men’s Basketball Championship Quarterfinals
No. 5 Dowling d. No. 4 NYIT, 67-63 at Old Westbury, N.Y. No. 3 Bridgeport d. No. 6 Molloy, 64-62 at Bridgeport, Conn.
Semifinals
No. 1 C.W. Post d. No. 5 Dowling, 68-64 No. 3 Bridgeport d. No. 2 Dist. Columbia, 76-65 at Flushing, N.Y.
Finals
No. 1 C.W. Post d. No. 2 Bridgeport, 86-67 at Flushing, N.Y.
All-Tournament Team
John Merchant - Dowling Dyrek Jones - UDC Hakeem Rodriguez - Bridgeport Darian David - Bridgeport Tyuan Williams - C.W. Post Tobin Carberry - C.W. Post
Tournament MOP Stefan Bonneau C.W. Post
Past Champions 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
C.W. Post Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia St. Rose Adelphi St. Rose St. Rose Adelphi St. Rose Adelphi
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Queens Adelphi C.W. Post Queens Adelphi Adelphi C.W. Post C.W. Post Bridgeport C.W. Post C.W. Post
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UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT No. Name Yr 1 Ivan Simic Jr. 2 Dion Waiters Sr. 3 JoJo Swift Jr. 4 Jahmill Jenkins Jr. 5 Kourtney Goff Sr. 11 Eddie Asamoah Fr. 12 Omari Howard Sr. 13 Lloyd Antoine Sr. 15 Dezmon Hickman Sr. 22 Ognjen Zoric Jr. 23 Darian David Sr. 25 Dominique Oneil Moorer Jr. 30 Curtis Loving Jr. 31 Herschel Howell Jr. 32 Frank Dogali So. 34 Adam Glantz So.
Pos F F G G G F G F G G G G F G F G
Ht 6-6 6-4 5-10 5-9 6-1 6-6 6-4 6-7 6-4 6-2 6-0 5-11 6-5 6-0 6-6 6-3
Wt 220 200 175 165 190 220 190 220 200 190 190 175 200 195 245 190
Hometown/Previous School Belgrade, Serbia/W. Wyoming C.C. Brooklyn, N.Y./Jacksonville State Brooklyn, N.Y./Maryland Eastern Shore Elizabeth, N.J./Erie C.C. Rochester, N.Y./Southern Illinois U. Calgary, Canada/Southwest Academy Bronx, N.Y./Central HS Brooklyn, N.Y./Monroe College Collinsville, Ill./Missouri Baptist U. Subotica, Serbia/Weatherford College Bronx, N.Y./Erie C.C. Queens, N.Y./Van Buren H.S. Brooklyn, N.Y./Columbia Greene CC Bronx, N.Y./Rice HS Oxford, Conn./Oxford HS Helsginborg, Sweden/ Filborna HS
Head Coach: Mike Ruane (12th Season) Assistant Coaches: Kranthi Senadhi, Denny Mortimer, and Abdul Smith
Coach Mike Ruane
Darian David
Ivan Simic
Quick Facts Location: Bridgeport, CT Founded: 1927 Enrollment: 4,800 Nickname: Purple Knights Colors: Purple and White President: Neil Albert Salonen Director of Athletics: Jay Moran Arena (capacity): Harvey Hubbell Gym (1,200) About Bridgeport
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Did You Know? • The University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastics team has won the last four USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championships. • UB men’s swimming team took ninth place at the 2012 NCAA Division II National Championship Meet. • The Bridgeport women’s volleyball team won the school’s firstever NCAA Division II East Regional Title in the fall of 2011 and has now made four straight appearances in the regional final. • The UB men’s soccer team has made 10 consecutive conference tournament appearances, and the Bridgeport women’s soccer team has made five straight NCAA Division II Championship Tournament trips.
Dion Waiters
An international, doctoral intensive comprehensive university, with award-winning academic programs, at the University of Bridgeport, the New England’s fastest growing university, students can earn degrees in a variety of innovative undergraduate and graduate degree programs. UB is among America’s strong international universities with 25 percent of our students coming from overseas. The University’s commitment to educate students from throughout the world is recognized in the US News and World Report issue on colleges. With students from more than 80 countries who are active in student government, publications and clubs, the University of Bridgeport prides itself in being a real world experience in globalization. Through its International Programs, the University provides academic, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities which support the University’s commitment to promote global citizenship and a commitment to public service. There are 200 full- and part-time faculty, including Fulbright Scholars, National Science Foundation Fellows, Ford Fellows, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows, American Council for Learned Societies Scholars and Phi Beta Kappa Scholars. Known for its competent, committed, caring faculty, the University prides itself on its student-faculty ratio of 11:1. It also takes pride in its commitment to diversity. Some 32 percent of its students are members of minorities. Committed to creating new learning venues, the University of Bridgeport’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies and its Office of Distance Learning pioneered the first online graduate degree program in the State of Connecticut. A variety of online courses and certificate programs are also available.
DOWLING COLLEGE
Coach Steve Hayn
No. Name Yr Pos Ht 00 Darien Davis So. G 6-2 1 Jordan Beavers Fr. G 5-10 2 Ronald Baker Sr. G 6-1 4 Corwin Austin Jr. G 6-2 5 Dor Yfrah So. F 6-6 11 Justin Alexander Jr. F 6-3 15 Mervin Springer Jr. G 6-2 20 Lorenzo Warren Fr. F 6-3 21 Donte Adams So. F 6-3 22 Leon Taylor Jr. G 6-0 24 Josh Malone Sr. G 6-5 30 McKenzie Felix Jr. F 6-4 32 Evan Maxwell Fr. C 6-8 Head Coach: Steve Hayn (7th season) Assistant Coach: Mike Hill
Wt Hometown/Previous School 175 Middle Island, N.Y./Longwood 160 Levittown, N.Y./Division 170 Bronx, N.Y./Wings Academy 173 Brooklyn, N.Y./Thomas Jefferson 210 Gita, Israel/Ort Bialik 195 Staten Island, N.Y./New Dorp 175 Copiague, N.Y./Copiague 180 Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst 185 Amityville, N.Y./TC Williams 160 Rockville Centre, N.Y./Southside 180 Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park 220 St. Lucia/Vieux Fort 210 East Islip, N.Y./East Islip
Corwin Austin
Darien Davis
Josh Malone
Quick Facts Location: Oakdale, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: Over 6,500 Nickname: Golden Lions Colors: Navy Blue and Gold President: Dr. Elana Zolfo Director of Athletics: Rick Cole, Jr. Arena (capacity): Dowling Gymnasium at SJU Eastern Long Island Campus (800)
Did You Know? • Dowling’s men’s lacrosse team won the first National Championship in program history and second in school history (men’s soccer, 2006) in 2012. • Dowling’s women’s soccer team advanced to the Round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history this season.
About Dowling Founded in 1955 as part of Adelphi University’s Suffolk Campus, the college purchased the former W.K. Vanderbilt estate in Oakdale in 1962. In 1968 the college was renamed after its chief benefactor, Robert Dowling, a noted city planner and aviator. Situated on the banks of the Connetquot River on a former Vanderbilt estate, Dowling’s Rudolph Campus in Oakdale is among the nation’s most beautiful. The 105-acre Brookhaven Center is located on William Floyd Parkway in Shirley and features high-tech learning facilities for a broad range of undergraduate and graduate courses. Located within walking distance to the Long Island Rail Road and featuring free parking and shuttle bus service, Dowling is easily accessible from both Suffolk and Nassau counties, as well as the five boroughs of New York City.
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LIU POST No. Name 0 JaMario Clayton 1 Vaughn Allen 2 Amir Tarif 3 Emile Blackman 5 Cullen Whye 10 Antoine Brown 12 Tobin Carberry 14 Kievon Turnbull 15 Dillon Burns 20 Jon Schofield 23 Billy Butler 24 Chris Tavantzis 31 Tyuan Williams 34 Charles McCann
Yr Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. So. So.
Pos G F F G F G G G G G G F F F
Ht 5-10 6-6 6-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-4 5-6 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-5 6-4
Wt Hometown/Previous School 165 Durham, N.C./Ocean County CC 200 Mount Vernon, N.Y./Mount Vernon 230 New York, N.Y./Proctor Academy 196 Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills West 180 Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown 195 Brooklyn, N.Y./Lon Morris JC 175 Hamden, Conn./Southern Connecticut 170 West Haven, Conn./Wilbur Cross 140 Staten Island, N.Y./Xaverian 195 Peekskill, N.Y./Southern Connecticut 178 Elmont, N.Y./Floral Park 195 East Elmhurst, N.Y./Monsignor McClancy 220 Newark, N.J./St. Anthony’s 215 Springfield Gardens, N.Y. / St. Mary’s
Coach Chris Casey
Head Coach: Chris Casey (Third Season) Assistant Coaches: Marc Rybczyk, Dan Mark, Kareem Brown, Derek Dunlap, R.J. Rutledge, Paul Tuomey Vaughn Allen
Tobin Carberry
Quick Facts Location: Brookville N.Y. Founded: 1954 Enrollment: 8,472 Nickname: Pioneers Colors: Green and Gold President: Dr. David J. Steinberg Director of Athletics: Bryan Collins Arena (capacity): Pratt Recreation Center (3,000)
Did You Know? • Five Pioneers sports have participated in NCAA competition this year: men’s soccer, women’s soccer, volleyball, cross country and women’s swimming. • This is the third straight year that an LIU Post men’s basketball player was named the ECC Player of the Year (Stefan Bonneau, 2011 & 2012, Tobin Carberry, 2013). • Both men’s and women’s basketball have been impressive the past four years – each have posted 15+ wins each season since 2009-10
Tyuan Williams
About C.W. Post
The C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University is a private, residential campus in Brookville, New York, offering more than 250 undergraduate and graduate degrees in accountancy, business, computer science, education, liberal arts and sciences, library and information science, health professions and nursing, public service, and visual and performing arts. Founded in 1954, C.W. Post offers small classes, state-of-the art facilities and a safe, beautiful campus just 25 miles from Manhattan. Situated on 307 acres on the North Shore of Long Island, the campus features stately historic mansions, redbrick academic buildings, rolling green lawns, and formal gardens. Special campus highlights include wireless classrooms, a writing center, a museum, a recreation center, and one of the largest research libraries in the New York Metropolitan Region.
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C.W. Post’s’ 8,500 undergraduate and graduate students enjoy exceptional health and fitness facilities, more than 80 clubs and 1,000 activities each year, competitive NCAA sports programs and the celebrated Tilles Center for the Performing Arts. More than 85 percent of the C.W. Post students receive some form of financial assistance or scholarship. C.W. Post’s award-winning Cooperative Education program places 7
Planning Office sponsors career fairs with top employers and keeps students in touch with the latest job openings.
MOLLOY COLLEGE
Coach Charles Marquardt
No. Name 1 Brandon Williams 3 Maurice Gatson 10 Jimmy Nolan 11 Matt McLeod 13 John Petrucelli 14 Vukasin Vlajic 15 Kevin Bowles 20 Tyler Hammett 21 Miles Prendergast 22 Chris Lyons 42 Richard Zoller
Yr Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. So.
Pos Ht G 5-10 G 6-0 G 6-1 G 6-3 F 6-4 F 6-7 G/F 6-4 C 7-0 F 6-5 G 6-0 F/C 6-8
Wt Hometown/Previous School 158 Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin 160 New York, N.Y./School of the Future 180 Plantation, Fla./Arch. McCarthy 195 Greenlawn, N.Y./Harborfields 190 Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville 217 Belgrade, Serbia/Peta Beogradska 185 Wantagh, N.Y./Kellenberg 270 Clifton Park, N.Y./Lansingburgh 190 Bayport, N.Y./Suffolk C.C. 190 Long Beach, N.Y./Coastal Carolina 225 Syosset, N.Y./Chaminade
Head Coach: Charles Marquardt (19th Season) Assistant Coach: Pat Morris and Jason Fiscina Matt McLeod
Jimmy Nolan
John Petrucelli
About Molloy:
Quick Facts Location: Rockville Centre, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: 3,300 Nickname: Lions Colors: Maroon and White President: Drew Bogner, Ph.D Director of Athletics: Susan Cassidy-Lyke Areana (capacity): Quealy Gymnasium (525)
Did You Know?
•The Molloy College men’s indoor track and field team won the first-ever East Coast Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship. The Lions accumulated a total of 163 points at the meet. • The Molloy College men’s basketball team shattered a pair of school records in 201213. The Lions bested the all-time marks for consecutive victories, and most wins, in a single season. • Freshman Conor Gallagher of the Molloy College men’s cross country team was tabbed as the East Coast Conference Rookie of the Year. He aided the Lions to a secondplace showing at the ECC Championships, running an eighth-place time of 26:42.90 in the 8k at LIU Post. • In 2012, the Molloy College softball team reigned supreme in the ECC for the second year in a row, with a 6-0 victory against Dowling College. Juniors Haley Calderwood and Kelley Jansen brought home Co-Most Outstanding Player Honors for their efforts in the tournament. •Freshman Stephanie Meyer of the Molloy College women’s track and field team became the program’s first-ever national qualifier at the 2012 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships. She recorded a 14th-place showing in the long jump in Mankato, Minn., with a leap of 5.77 meters.
Molloy College is an institution of the Dominican tradition which offers students a rich, multi-dimensional educational experience in an academically challenging environment. We foster critical thinking and creative exploration while preparing students to live and work in the global world of today.
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NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY No. Name Yr Pos 1 Antoine Brown Sr. G 2 Khalif Chaplin RS-Fr. G 5 Erick Satchell Jr. G 12 Dominic Scurry Sr. G 13 Phil Izevbehai Jr. G 20 Kayvon Roberts Sr. G/F 22 Nick Fessenden So. F/C 23 Markus Moore Jr. F/C 24 Jahleel Felix So. G 30 Chinyere “Will” Udoh So. F 33 Azel Prather Jr. Sr. F/C
Ht 6-0 6-1 5-8 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-5 6-4 6-0 6-6 6-4
Wt Hometown/Previous School 180 Washington, D.C./Prince George CC 170 Hempstead, N.Y./St. Mary’s 155 Waldorf, Md./Montgomery C.C. 190 Ozone Park, N.Y./Tilton Prep School 195 Huntington, N.Y./District of Columbia 225 Corona, N.Y./Holy Cross 210 Greenlawn, N.Y./Harborfields 245 Palo Alto, Calif./Sierra College 205 Flushing, N.Y./Holy Cross 225 Laurel, Md./Laurel 220 Glenarden, Md./Montgomery CC
Coach Sal Lagano
Head Coach: Sal Lagano (16th Season) Assistant Coaches: Rob Isme, Cameron Johnson, and Andrew Cobian
Phil Izevbehai
Kayvon Roberts
Quick Facts Location: Old Westbury, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: 15,000 Nickname: Bears Colors: Blue and Gold President: Edward Guiliano, Ph. D. Director of Athletics: Clyde Doughty Jr. Arena (capacity): Recreation Hall (500)
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Did You Know?
• Men’s basketball seniors Kayvon Roberts and Dominic Scurry became the most recent Bears to join the 1,000 point club. Scurry’s came on the road at Queens (Jan. 30) and Roberts’ happened against Roberts Wesleyan (Feb. 2). • With the Bears’ 65-62 victory over LIU Post, NYIT swept the annual “Battle of the Boulevard” and earned the program’s 550th victory. It was the first time since the 1999-2000 season that NYIT swept the season series with LIU Post. • NYIT opened the season with a convincing 81-71 victory over then-No. 14/21 Bloomfield.
Dominic Scurry
About New York Institute of Technology New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) offers 90 degree programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, in more than 50 fields of study, including architecture and design; arts and sciences; education; engineering and computing sciences; health professions; management; and osteopathic medicine. A non-profit independent, private institution of higher education, NYIT has 14,000 students attending campuses on Long Island and Manhattan, online, and at its global campuses. NYIT sponsors 11 NCAA Division II programs and one Division I team. Led by President Edward Guiliano, NYIT is guided by its mission to provide career-oriented professional education, offer access to opportunity to all qualified students, and support applications-oriented research that benefits the larger world. To date, 92,000 graduates have received degrees from NYIT. For more information, visit nyit.edu.
QUEENS COLLEGE
Coach Kyrk Peponakis
George Holmes
No. Name Yr 1 Abe Akanmu So. 3 Dejuhan Gray Fr. 4 Patrick Parker Jr. 5 George Holmes Jr. 11 Nir Mor So. 12 Kevin Nascimento Jr. 21 Patrick Modzelewski So. 24 Luke Mercurio Fr. 30 Keith Kilpatrick Jr.. 32 Daniel Watson Sr. 33 Pat Piasecki Jr. 42 John Felisna Fr. 50 Nees Nicovic So.
Pos G G G G G G F G G F F F F/C
Ht 5-11 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-6 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-7 6-6 6-8
Wt Hometown/Previous School 175 Staten Island, N.Y./Xavierian 210 Massapequa, N.Y./Amityville 180 Queens, N.Y./Alfred State 200 Suffolk, N.Y./Suffolk Community College 175 Woodmere, N.Y/Solomon Schechter 162 Harlem, N.Y/Genesee Community College 235 Brooklyn, N.Y/Monsignor McClancy 180 Hampton Bays, N.Y./Hampton Bays 190 Jamaica Estates, N.Y/Archbishop Molloy 185 Mount Vernon, N.Y./Mount Vernon 200 Coram, N.Y/Longwood 210 Brooklyn, N.Y/Transit Tech 243 Brooklyn, N.Y/Midwood
Head Coach: Kyrk Peponakis (18th Season) Assistant Coaches: Wayne Zweigbaum, Kirk Liddelow, and John Sikiric
Patrick Parker
Daniel Watson
Quick Facts Location: Flushing, N.Y. Founded: 1937 Enrollment: 20,000 Nickname: Knights Colors: Navy Blue and Red President: James Muyskens Assistant VP for Athletics: China Jude Arena (capacity): Fitzgerald Gymnasium (3,000)
Did You Know? • The Lady Knights made it to the AIAW Finals in 1973 and were one of the two participants in the first women’s basketball game ever played at Madison Square Garden in 1975. • Gail Marquis was a silver medalist for the first United States Olympic Women’s Basketball Team. • The Queens College men’s and women’s tennis teams both advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 last year, earning top-25 rankings along the way.
About Queens: Queens College, located on a beautiful 77-acre campus in Flushing, New York, opened its doors in 1937 with the goal of offering a firstrate education to talented people of all backgrounds and financial means. Part of the City University of New York (CUNY) since its founding in 1961, Queens College is one of CUNY’s largest senior colleges. It enjoys a national reputation for its liberal arts and sciences and professional programs, and was cited in the 2012 edition of The Princeton Review’s The Best 376 Colleges for its academic excellence and generous financial aid packages. The college has 69 undergraduate and 62 graduate programs in four divisions, which offer day and evening courses: Arts and Humanities; Education; Mathematics and the Natural Sciences; and the Social Sciences. Students are taught by top scholars who are dedicated to teaching and research. Of our 641 full-time faculty, nearly 90% have the terminal degree in their fields (not all fields offer doctorates) and 65% have tenure. Over 120,000 students have graduated since the college’s first class of 1941. Our alumni include such household names as Paul Simon and Jerry Seinfeld, as well as the CEOs of major companies and leaders in the fields of medicine, education, media, the law, and politics.
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