Butler Delaware Evansville Milwaukee North Dakota State Oregon State Penn Pittsburgh Princeton Quinnipiac San Francisco TCU Washington State Western Illinois Wofford Wyoming
2012 College Basketball Invitational First Round March 13 & 14
Quarterfinals March 19
Semifinals March 21
Championship Series Washington State vs. Pittsburgh March 26, 28, 30
2012 Event Summary Zebra Pen
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS SUMMARY OF SPONSOR BENEFITS
- OUTLINE & DESCRIPTION OF SPONSOR BENEFITS................................................3
EVENT HISTORY AND INFORMATION
- INSIDE THE NUMBERS................................................................................................7 - CBI QUOTES.................................................................................................................8 - RESULTS & AWARDS...................................................................................................9 - ABOUT THE EVENT.....................................................................................................15 - DEMOGRAPHIC OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL...........................................................16
ADVERTISING & PROMOTION
- SAMPLES OF ADVERTISEMENTS AND DIRECT MARKETING.................................17
MEDIA EXPOSURE
- IN-GAME TELEVISION EXPOSURE............................................................................25 - COMMERCIAL UNITS..................................................................................................39
ON-SITE EXPOSURE & PROMOTIONS
- ON-SITE EXPOSURE...................................................................................................43 - POST GAME AWARDS PRESENTATION.....................................................................48
PRESS COVERAGE
- SUMMARY OF PRESS COVERAGE............................................................................51 - PRESS RELEASES & ARTICLES
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SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS STATUS
- Title sponsor designation and category exclusivity - “College Basketball Invitational presented by Zebra Pen” will be the official name. of the event and will be incorporated in the Event logo. - The Event name and/or logo shall appear in the following locations: - All audio and visual mentions and descriptions of the Event - Full entitlement of the national television broadcasts on HDNet - Inclusion in all of HDNet’s promotion and coverage of the Event - All of Gazelle’s advertising and promotional materials - Decals and backboard supports - Press backdrop - Event merchandise - Press releases and media notes - Game tickets - Official Event web site and Ticketmaster.com - Use of the Event logo - An Event representative shall serve as a liaison to coordinate the implementation and activation of the sponsorship.
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SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS TELEVISION EXPOSURE
- During each nationally televised game, Zebra Pen will receive six (6) :30 second commercial units and six (6) minutes of unobstructed “in-game” television exposure on the courtside signage system. - Opening and closing billboards during each nationally televised game. - Full entitlement of each televised broadcast including all graphic, audio and promotional mentions. - Inclusion in all of HDNet’s promotion and coverage of the Event - The Zebra Pen logo will appear in the following locations: - Two (2) court decals - Two (2) backboard support decals - Bench chairbacks - Press backdrop
ADDITIONAL MEDIA EXPOSURE
- The Zebra Pen name and/or logo will be included in all promotional and advertising materials and activities used to support the Event. - Exposure and link on the event website. - The Zebra Pen logo will be included on the press backdrop during all press conferences. - Logo inclusion on the team roster cards available online and free to all fans and media at each game.
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ON-SITE EXPOSURE
- “In-arena” exposure on the courtside signage system. - Two (2) public address announcements per game. - Two (2) mentions per game on the video board or matrix board. - One (1) on-site display in the concourse of the arena.
PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
- The opportunity to conduct one (1) on-court promotion per game during halftime or a time-out. - The opportunity to have a Zebra Pen representative present the Championship Trophy. - The right to use game footage or photographs of the Event for promotional purposes.
TICKETS
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INSIDE THE NUMBERS 275,000,000: Total number of households that CBI television coverage reached on HDNet in 2012. 338,745: Total number of fans attending the first five College Basketball Invitationals. 292:
Total number of victories by CBI teams upon entering the 2012 tournament.
65.1:
Oregon State’s field goal percentage in its first two games of the 2012 CBI, a tournament record.
12.2:
Average margin of victory in the 2012 CBI.
14:
Number of teams in the 2012 CBI that won at least 18 games during the regular season.
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Number of CBI games televised by HDNet in 2012.
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Number of road games won in 2012.
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Number of 2011 CBI teams that earned bids to the 2012 NCAA Tournament.
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Number of consecutive NCAA Final Fours that Butler participated in prior to the 2012 CBI.
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Number of postseason bids earned by Western Illinois prior to the 2012 CBI.
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CBI QUOTES “It’s huge, really big for us...Obviously, in the postseason, this group that we’ve had the last two years, if you add it up, we’re (10-0) right now in the postseason.” -- VCU Head Coach, Shaka Smart, 2010 CBI Champion and 2011 Final Four Participant when asked about using the CBI experience as a springboard to NCAA Tournament success. “There’s been a lot said about VCU and how it benefited them. Missouri State won a championship last year, and it benefited them this year. You’re playing basketball when no one else is playing. You’re practice when no one else is practicing.” -- Creighton Head Coach, Greg McDermott “It’s great to finish our the [tournament with a victory]... The kids wanted to do more this year. They didn’t feel they had done what they set out to do.” -- Pittsburgh Head Coach, Jamie Dixon “I think it’s just great to play in the posteason, regardless of what tournament it is, just having a chance to play, taking advantage of it. Now we’re down to no more chances to even play in a Duck uniform.” -- Oregon Senior, Joevan Catron “This tournament is attracting a lot more prestigious teams as it gets older.” -- Oregon State Head Coach, Craig Robinson “I believe anytime you have the opportunity to play in postseason that’s a tribute to the type of successful season you’ve had and the respect that our program has gained on a national level.” -- Morehead State Head Coach, Donnie Tyndall “This is priceless for us. The tournament...it is the best thing going. We (Tulsa and Bradley) would have both been in the NIT anyway had that not changed and this is better because we’ve been able to play on home courts...we’ve been able to capture something that myself and (athletic director) Bubba (Cunningham) could never do with a marketing plan, so it’s awesome.” -- Tulsa Head Coach, Doug Wojcik, after winning the 2008 CBI Championship “The crowd was alive... some sort of living, breathing entity with ear shattering, rock concert, airplane noise. It began to grow as it formed at 3p.m. to await the chance to get into the building. It flowed down the concourse, filling up the seats like lava flowing out of a volcano. It rocked and rolled and roared.” - From the El Paso Times on Game 2 of the 2009 CBI Championship Series at UTEP “We looked at it like we wanted to keep getting better...We wanted to finish on a high note. We wanted to get guys experience. We have to keep working for next year, keep preparing for next year to become better players. -- Pittsburgh Junior, Tray Woodall 8
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TOURNAMENT BRACKET 2012 CBI presented by Zebra Pen FIRST ROUND
QUARTERFINALS
QUARTERFINALS
FIRST ROUND
March 13
March 19
March 19
March 14
Tcu 83-73
Butler 75-58
Milwaukee 8:00 PM ET
Delaware 8:00 PM ET
TCU
BUTLER Oregon St. 101-81 March 14
Butler 63-53
10:00 PM ET
8:00 PM ET
OREGON ST. 80-59
PENN 74-63
Western Illinois 10:00 PM ET
March 14 Quinnipiac 7:30 PM ET
PENN
OREGON STATE
March 13
March 19
March 19
Washington State 10:00 PM ET
Princeton Princeton 95-86
WASHINGTON ST. 89-75
SAN FRANCISCO
8:00 PM ET
EVANSVILLE Washington St. 61-41
March 14
March 13
Pittsburgh 82-61
10:00 PM ET
7:00 PM ET
Wyoming 78-75
PITTSBURGH 81-63
March 14
North Dakota State 9:00 PM ET
Wofford
WYOMING
HOME TEAMS IN CAPS
7:00 PM ET
PITTSBURGH
Tournament is re-bracketed after the Quarterfinal Round
SEMIFINALS
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Championship Series is a "Best-of-Three" March 26 - WASHINGTON STATE 67, Pittsburgh 66 March 28 - PITTSBURGH 57, Washington State 53 March 30 - PITTSBURGH 71, Washington State 65
March 21
Pittsburgh 8:00 PM ET Pittsburgh 68-62 (OT)
BUTLER
PITTSBURGH
CHAMPION C O
March a c 21
Washington State 10:00 PM ET Washington State 72-55
OREGON STATE
HDNet Television Schedule March 13 / 14 8:00PM / 8:00PM 10:00 PM / 10:00 PM
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EVENT RESULTS 2012 CBI presented by Zebra Pen Championship Series
Semifinals
March 30 Game 3 Pittsburgh 71, Washington State 65
March 21
March 28 Game 2 Pittsburgh 57, Washington State 53
Pittsburgh 68, Butler 62 (OT)
March 26 Game 1 Washington State 67, Pittsburgh 66
2012 CBI presented by Zebra Pen MVP Lamar Patterson (Pittsburgh)
Corvallis, Ore.
Washington State 72, Oregon State 55 Indianapolis, Ind.
Quarterfinals March 19
Corvallis, Ore.
Oregon State 101, TCU 81 Pullman, Wash.
Washington State 61, Wyoming 41 Philadelphia, Pa.
Butler 63, Penn 63 Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pittsburgh 82, Princeton 61
First Round March 14
Laramie, Wyo.
Wyoming 78, North Dakota State 75 Philadelphia, Pa.
Penn 74, Quinnipiac 63 Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pittsburgh 81, Wofford 63 Covallis, Ore.
Oregon State 80, Western Illinois 59 Indianapolis, Ind.
Butler 75, Delaware 58 March 13
Tournament MVP Lamar Patterson in First Round game action.
Fort Worth, Texas
TCU 83, Milwaukee 73 San Francisco, Calif.
Washingston State 89, San Francisco 75 Evansville, Ind.
Princeton 95, Evansville 86 10
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EVENT RESULTS 2011 CBI presented by Zebra Pen Championship Series
Semifinals
April 1 Game 3 Oregon 71, Creighton 69
March 23
March 30 Game 2 Oregon 71, Creighton 58
Oregon 79, Boise State 71
Omaha, Neb.
Creighton 82, UCF 64 Eugene, Ore.
Quarterfinals
March 28 Game 1 Creighton 84, Oregon 76
March 21
2011 CBI presented by Zebra Pen MVP
Creighton 102, Davidson 92
Joevan Catron (Oregon)
Orlando, Fla.
UCF 66, Rhode Island 54 Omaha, Neb. Boise, Idaho
Boise State 75, Evansville 69 Eugene, Ore.
Oregon 77, Dusquesne 75
First Round March 16
Kingston, R.I.
Rhode Island 76, Miami (Ohio) 59 Orlando, Fla.
UCF 69, St. Bonaventure 54 Missoula, Mont.
Dusquesne 87, Montana 76 Eugene, Ore.
Oregon 68, Weber State 59 March 15
Davidson, N.C.
Davidson 85, James Madison 65 Evansville, Ind.
Evansville 77, Hoftra 70
Tournament MVP Joevan Catron in Game 3 of the 2011 Championship Series.
Omaha, Neb.
Creighton 85, San Jose State 74 Boise, Idaho
Boise State 83, Austin Peay 80 CBI2012.COM
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EVENT RESULTS 2010 CBI
Championship Series
Semifinals
March 31 Game 2 VCU 71, Saint Louis 56
March 24
March 29 Game 1 VCU 68, Saint Louis 65
Saint Louis 69, Princeton 59
2010 CBI Tournament MVP Joey Rodriguez (VCU)
Richmond, Va.
VCU 88, Boston University 75 St. Louis, Mo.
Quarterfinals March 22
Richmond, Va.
VCU 93, Charleston 86 St. Louis, Mo.
Saint Louis 68, Green Bay 62 2OT Boston, Mass.
Boston Univ. 91, Morehead State 89 OT Indianapolis, Ind.
Princeton 74, IUPUI 68 2OT
First Round March 17
Corvallis, Ore,
Boston Univ. 96, Oregon State 78 Hempstead, N.Y.
IUPUI 74, Hoftra 60 Richmond, Ky.
Charleston 82, Eastern Kentucky 79 Akron, Ohio
Green Bay 70, Akron 66 Morehead, Ky.
Morehead State 74, Colorado State 60 Princeton, N.J.
Princeton 65, Duquesne 51
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March 16
St. Louis, Mo.
Saint Louis 63, Indiana State 54 Washington, D.C.
VCU 79, George Washington 73 CBI2012.COM
EVENT RESULTS 2009 CBI
Championship Series
Semifinals
April 3 Game 3 Oregon State 81, UTEP 73
March 25
April 1 Game 2 UTEP 70, Oregon State 63
Oregon State 65, Stanford 62
March 30 Game 2 Oregon State 75, UTEP 69
2009 CBI Tournament MVP
Roeland Schaftenaar (Oregon State)
Richmond, Va.
UTEP 81, Richmond 69 Corvallis, Ore.
Quarterfinals March 23
El Paso, Texas
UTEP 75, Northeastern 66 Wichita, Kans.
Stanford 70, Wichita State 56 Corvallis, Ore.
Oregon State 71, Vermont 70 Richmond, Va.
Richmond 74, Charleston 72
First Round March 18
Stanford, Calif.
Stanford 96, Boise State 76 Wichita, Kans.
Wichita State 84, Buffalo 73 Corvallis, Ore.
Oregon State 49, Houston 45 Green Bay, Wis.
Vermont 76, Green Bay 72 March 17 Reno, NV
UTEP 79, Nevada 77 Laramie, Wyo.
Northeastern 64, Wisconsin 62 Richmond, Va.
Richmond 75, St. John's 69
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Troy, Ala.
Charleston 93, Troy 91 13
EVENT RESULTS 2008 CBI
Championship Series
Semifinals
April 4 Game 3 #2 Tulsa 70, #4 Bradley 64
March 26
April 2 Game 2 #4 Bradley 83, #2 Tulsa 74 March 31 Game 2 #2 Tulsa 73, #4 Bradley 68
Charlottesville, Va.
#4 Bradley 96, #1 Virginia 85 Tulsa, Okla.
#2 Tulsa 73, #3 Houston 69
Quarterfinals March 24
Charlottesville, Va.
Virginia 80, Old Dominion 76 Peoria, Ill.
2008 CBI Tournament MVP Jerome Jordan (Tulsa)
Bradley 79, Ohio 73 Tulsa, Okla.
Tulsa 69, Utah 60 Houston, Tex.
Houston 91, Valparaiso 67
First Round March 19 Peoria, Ill.
Bradley 70, Cincinnati 67 El Paso, Tex.
Utah 81, UTEP 69 Tulsa, Okla.
Tulsa 61, Miami (Ohio) 45 Seattle, Wash.
Valparaiso 72, Washington 71 March 18
Charlottesville, Va.
Virginia 66, Richmond 64 Norfolk, Va.
Old Dominion 66, Rider 63 Athens, Ohio
Tournament MVP Jerome Jordan drives to the basket against Bradley. 14
Ohio 80, Brown 74 Reno, Nev.
Houston 80, Nevada 79 CBI2012.COM
ABOUT THE EVENT The College Basketball Invitational presented by Zebra Pen was created in 2007 and the inaugural tournament occured following the conclusion of the 2007-2008 men’s college basketball regular season. The CBI provides a meaningful opportunity for teams that deserve a postseason experience. Sixteen teams compete in this four-yearold postseason event, hosted at on-campus arenas throughout the country. The CBI is a single-elimination tournament up until the Championship Series, which is a best-of-three series. The event features eight first round games, four quarterfinal round games, a semifinal round, and then Championship Series. The goal of the brackets is to create a competitive balance within each bracket and to minimize missed class time. The final process takes place after the NCAA Tournament field is announced.
UTEP’s Don Haskins Arena sold out for Games 2 and 3 of the 2009 Championship Series.
Teams are invited based upon performance during their conference and nonconference schedules, as well as how well the team is playing at the end of the regular season.
Fans rush the court following Game 3 of the Championship Series at Tulsa during the Inaugural CBI in 2008 (above left) and after Game 3 of the Championship Series at Oregon during the 2011 CBI presented by Zebra Pen. CBI2012.COM
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BASKETBALL DEMOGRAPHICS MALE 25-54 COLLEGE BASKETBALL VIEWERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO PURCHASE AND USE A WIDE VARIETY OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES THAN THE AVERAGE U.S. ADULT. CATEGORY
PRODUCT
INDEX
Automotive
Truck: net any vehicle DM SUV: net any vehicle DM Any Vehicle: net any vehicle DM
182 199 186
Automotive Aftermarket
Automotive Do-It-Yourselfers Gasoline: spent $50+ past month Motor Oil: bought/changed any past year Tires: bought any past year
136 155 151 156
Beverages
Regular Domestic Beer: drank past week Imported Beer: drank past week Regular Soft Drinks: drank past week
149 160 145
Computers
Personal Computers: bought past year PC Hardware: bought past year Online Internet Service: use daily
150 162 179
Electronics & Entertainment
Electronics Store: shopped past month PC Software: bought $200+ past year Movies: Prefer to see in first two weeks of release
151 170 147
Financial
Securities: current market value of investments $50K+ Credit Cards: average monthly expenditure $450+
239 192
Household Appliances & Furnishings
Home Improvement: did work yourself past year Home Improvement/Hardware/Appliance Store: shopped past month Household Furnishings: big ticket items bought past year
169 151
Insurance
Auto/Vehicle Insurance: DM for company used Life Insurance: DM for company used Homeowner’s/Property Insurance: DM for company used
156 189 177
Men’s Apparel & Sports Apparel
Casual Slacks: bought any past year Jeans: bought any past year Athletic/Workout Wear: bought any past year Cross-Training Shoes: bought any past year
183 156 229 151
Personal Supplies
Razor Blades: used any past 6 months Shaving Creams/Gels: used any past 6 months Headache Remedies & Pain Relievers: used past 6 months Prescription Drugs: any prescription filled past month
162 152 149
Restaurants
Fast Food Restaurants: dined 9+ times past month Family Restaurants & Steak Houses: dined past month
166 166
Travel
Hotels: Business, stayed 5+ nights past year Airline Travel: Business, any round-trip flights past year Car Rental: Business Use, any rentals past year
192 223 192
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CBI2012.com The College Basketball Invitational presented by Zebra Pen is a postseason tournament comprised of a 16-team field and hosted at oncampus arenas throughout the country. The CBI is a single-elimination tournament, up until the Championship Series. The Championship Series is a best-of-three series. The CBI provides a meaningful opportunity for teams that are deserving of a postseason experience.
“It’s a momentum builder going into next year. We’re losing some seniors, but it’s going to give us some confidence for next year. We went out this season with a bang.” – VCU Senior Jamie Skeen, 2011 Final Four participant after winning the 2010 CBI Championship
“The crowd was alive ... some sort of living, breathing entity with ear shattering, rock concert, airplane noise. It began to grow as it formed at 3 p.m. to await the chance to get into the building. It flowed down the concourse, filling up the seats like lava flowing out of a volcano. It rocked and rolled and roared.” – El Paso Times on UTEP’s first of two sellout crowds during the 2009 CBI Championship Series
“Tomorrow, it will be a month since we played in our conference tournament, so those four weeks for us, with the extra practices and the six extra games, have been invaluable.” – Creighton Head Coach Greg McDermott, 2011 CBI Participant
“This is priceless for us. This tournament ... it is the best thing going. We would both have been in the NIT anyway had that not changed, and this is better because we’ve been able to play on home courts ... we’ve been able to capture something that myself and (Athletic Director) Bubba (Cunningham) could never do with a marketing plan, so it’s awesome.” - Tulsa Head Coach Doug Wojcik, after winning the 2008 CBI Championship
Did You Know? 295,098 fans attended games during the first four CBIs. The CBI had the most competitive games during the 2011 postseason... 10.2 – average margin of victory in CBI 11.3 – average margin of victory in NCAA 12.0 – average margin of victory in NIT
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Opening page of the Butler athletics website promoting the First Round game vs. Delaware.
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Opening page of the TCU athletics website promoting the First Round game vs. Milwaukee.
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Banner advertisement at the head of the Oregon State athletics page.
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Opening page of the Washington State athletics website promoting the first Championship Series game against Pittsburgh.
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SOCIAL MEDIA
The official CBI presented by Zebra Pen Twitter page with 659 followers.
The official CBI presented by Zebra Pen Facebook page with 767 likes. 22
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DIRECT MARKETING San Francisco Ticket Database 2 e-mails sent out to over 1,400 ticket holders
Quinnipiac Twitter (@quathletics) 4 tweets to 1,728 followers
Wyoming Fan Database 2 e-mails sent out to over 27,837 subscribers
Butler Twitter (@ButlerMBB) 19 tweets to 8,559 followers
Evansville Phone Message Voice message through that called 750 numbers
Delaware Twitter (@UDBlueHens) 5 tweets to 4,680 followers
Evansville Ticket Database 1 e-mail sent out to over 1,400 ticket holders
Wyoming Facebook Page 4 mentions to 2,557 Facebook users
Oregon State Fan Database 5 e-mails sent out to over 42,000 subscribers
Wyoming Twitter (@wyoathletics) 21 tweets to 4,998 followers
Pittsburgh Facebook Page 5 mentions to 79,054 Facebook users
North Dakota State Facebook Page 2 mentions to 19,799 Facebook users
Pittsburgh Twitter (@hailtopitthoops) 4 tweets to 1,191 followers
Washington State Facebook Page 29 mentions to 28,236 Facebook users
Wofford Twitter (@woffordterriers) 4 tweets to1,826 followers
Washington State Twitter (@wsucougars_com) 69 tweets to 9,011 followers
Evansville Twitter (@ueathletics) 6 tweets to 1,281 followers
Oregon State Facebook Page 5 mentions to 131,668 Facebook users
Princeton Twitter (@putigers) 2 tweets to 3,459 followers
Oregon State Twitter (@OregonStateMBB) 30 tweets to 2,547 followers
Penn Facebook Page 2 mentions to 2,369 Facebook users
Western Illinois Twitter (@wiuathletics) 4 tweets to 1,658 followers
Penn Twitter (@pennathletics) 4 tweets to 1,913 followers
TCU Twitter (@TCUBasketball) 18 tweets to 774 followers
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FIRST ROUND
TELEVISION EXPOSURE
Minutes of unobstructed exposure on the courtside signage Date 3/13/2012
Game Washinton St. vs. San Francisco
Network HDNet
Make a Statement 1:11
Zebra Pen Z-Grip 3:03
Zebra Pen F-301 2:14
Zebra Pen Twitter 1:58
Total 8:26
3/13/2012
Princeton vs. Evansville
HDNet
2:20
2:43
2:12
1:51
9:06
3/14/2012
Western Illinois vs. Oregon State
HDNet
2:03
2:04
1:35
1:14
6:56
3/14/2012
Delaware vs. Butler
HDNet Totals:
2:05 7:39
2:22 10:12
2:39 8:40
1:44 6:47
8:50 33:18
Amount of time in excess of contract: 9:18
Minutes of exposure for floor decals, chairbacks & backboard supports Date 3/13/2012
Game Washinton St. vs. San Francisco
Network HDNet HDNet
Decals 40:12 39:11
Chairbacks -2:55
Backboard 34:03 31:37
3/13/2012
Princeton vs. Evansville
3/14/2012
Western Illinois vs. Oregon State
HDNet
39:33
1:48
28:36
3/14/2012
Delaware vs. Butler
HDNet Totals:
41:11 2:40:07
1:47 6:30
1:46 1:36:02
Number of Graphic and Verbal Mentions During Broadcast Date
Game
Network
3/13/2012
Washinton St. vs. San Francisco
HDNet
3/13/2012
Princeton vs. Evansville
HDNet
3/14/2012
Western Illinois vs. Oregon State
HDNet
3/14/2012
Delaware vs. Butler
HDNet
Verbal 12 9 13 11
Graphic 43 39 41 44
45
167
Totals:
Minutes of exposure of on-screen scoreboard graphic Date
Game
Network
3/13/2012
Washinton St. vs. San Francisco
HDNet
3/13/2012
Princeton vs. Evansville
HDNet
3/14/2012
Western Illinois vs. Oregon State
HDNet
3/14/2012
Delaware vs. Butler
HDNet
Timing 1:04:21 1:07:02 1:05:12 1:01:31
Totals: 4:18:06 CBI2012.COM
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Courtside LED during First Round action at Butler.
Zebra Pen chairbacks at Pittsburgh.
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Event decals at Penn.
Zebra Pen court decals and courtside LED signage at Pittsburgh. CBI2012.COM
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QUARTERFINALS TELEVISION EXPOSURE
Minutes of unobstructed exposure on the courtside signage Date 3/19/2012
Game TCU vs. Oregon State
Network HDNet
Make a Statement 2:07
3/19/2012
Butler vs. Penn
HDNet
5:03 7:10
Totals:
Zebra Pen Z-Grip 1:58
Zebra Pen F-301 1:44
Zebra Pen Twitter :30
Total 6:19
6:15 (ZEBRA, no pens)
5:21
16:39
9:57
5:51
22:58
Amount of time in excess of contract: 10:59
Minutes of exposure for floor decals, chairbacks & backboard supports Date 3/19/2012
Game TCU vs. Oregon State
Network HDNet HDNet
Decals 37:26 43:06
Chairbacks 2:02 --
Backboard 24:30 12:48
3/19/2012
Butler vs. Penn
Totals:
1:20:32
2:02
27:18
Number of Graphic and Verbal Mentions During Broadcast Date
Game
Network
3/19/2012
TCU vs. Oregon State
HDNet
3/19/2012
Butler vs. Penn
HDNet
Totals:
Verbal 23 17
Graphic 45 40
40
85
Minutes of exposure of on-screen scoreboard graphic Date
Game
Network
3/19/2012
TCU vs. Oregon State
HDNet
3/19/2012
Butler vs. Penn
HDNet
Timing 1:06:56 1:11:07
Totals: 2:17:03
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QUARTERFINALS
Zebra Pen backboard support decals at Penn.
Event Logo on the official game ball and the Event Twitter handle LED at Washington State.
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QUARTERFINALS
Decals during Quarterfinal action at Pittsburgh.
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TELEVISION EXPOSURE Minutes of unobstructed exposure on the courtside signage Date 3/21/2012
Game Pittsburgh vs. Butler
Network HDNet
Make a Statement 1:58
Zebra Pen Z-Grip 7:05
Zebra Pen F-301 3:06
Zebra Pen Twitter 2:05
Total 14:14
3/21/2012
Washington St. vs. Oregon St.
HDNet
2:05
1:54
2:35
1:55
8:29
4:03
8:59
5:41
4:00
22:43
Totals:
Amount of time in excess of contract: 10:43
Minutes of exposure for floor decals, chairbacks & backboard supports Date 3/21/2012
Game Pittsburgh vs. Butler
Network HDNet HDNet
Decals 47:17 45:50
Chairbacks 2:28 1:27
Backboard 1:46 29:22
3/21/2012
Washington St. vs. Oregon St.
Totals:
1:33:07
3:55
31:08
Number of Graphic and Verbal Mentions During Broadcast Date
Game
Network
3/21/2012
Pittsburgh vs. Butler
HDNet
3/21/2012
Washington St. vs. Oregon St.
HDNet
Verbal 8 18
Graphic 55 45
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Totals:
Minutes of exposure of on-screen scoreboard graphic Date
Game
Network
3/21/2012
Pittsburgh vs. Butler
HDNet
3/21/2012
Washington St. vs. Oregon St.
HDNet
Totals:
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2:29:34
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Pittsburgh defeated Butler and Washington State defeated Oregon State to advance to the Championship Series of the CBI presented by Zebra Pen.
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CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES TELEVISION EXPOSURE
Minutes of unobstructed exposure on the courtside signage Date 3/26/2012
Game Game 1 @ Washington State
Network HDNet
Make a Statement :45
Zebra Pen Z-Grip 2:01
Zebra Pen F-301 1:11
Zebra Pen Twitter 2:14
Total 6:11
3/28/2012
Game 2 @ Pittsburgh
HDNet
5:12
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GAME 16 WASHINGTON STATE VS. PITTSBURGH CBI CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - MARCH 28, 2012 - 7 PM ET PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER - PITTSBURGH, PA. WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS
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WASHINGTON ST. POS Marcus Capers G Reggie Moore G DaVonte’ Lacy G Abe Lodwick G/F Brock Motum F
19-16 overall, 7-11 in Pac-12 Conference (T-8th)
PITTSBURGH POS Tray Woodall G Ashton Gibbs G Lamar Patterson G/F Dante Taylor F Nasir Robinson F
PLAYERS TO WATCH BROCK MOTUM Jr. • F • Washington State Named to the All-Pac-12 firstteam as well as the league’s Most Improved Player, picking up his first career conference honors….averages highs of 18.0 ppg and 6.4 rpg… played 799 minutes in 54 games his first two seasons combined at Washington State...this season he has already played 1,072 minutes…averaged 5.9 points and 2.3 rebounds a game his first two seasons before his junior year explosion.
ASHTON GIBBS Sr. • G • Pittsburgh
FIRST ROUND March 13 & 14
QUARTERFINALS March 19
SEMIFINALS March 21
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Washington State vs. Pittsburgh March 26, 28, 30
NO 0 1 2 3 4 5 11 12 21 23 31 33 34 40 44
Leads the Panthers in scoring...holds the all-time school records for most career 3-pointers made and attempts….has converted at least three or more 3-pointers in 55 career games…hit at least one 3-pointer in 108 of 136 career games…ranks among the top 10 career leaders at Pitt in scoring, 3-point field goals, 3-point field goal percentage, free throw percentage, games played, 20-plus point scoring games, and double figure scoring games.
WT 179 178 195 206 200 190 179 245 199 240 215 245 182 230 215
CL Sr. Jr. R-Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. R-So. R-Sr. So. R-Fr. R-Sr. So.
HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Winter Haven, Fla. (Monteverde Acad.) Seattle, Wash. (Brewster Acad. [N.H.]) Seattle, Wash. (Fresno State Univ.) Tacoma, Wash. (Curtis) Elk Grove, Calif. (Franklin) Bainbridge Island, Wash. (Bainbridge) San Diego, Calif. (Hillsborough C.C.) Brisbane, Australia (Australia Inst. of Sport) Seattle, Wash. (Bothell) Rialto, Calif. (Citrus College) Bend, Ore. (Mountain View) Bellevue, Wash. (Sheridan College) Melbourne, Australia (Caulfield Grammar) Edmonds, Wash. (Kings) Ephrata, Wash. (Ephrata)
G 35 35 24 35 0 19 17 34 0 33 25 3 28 30 21
MIN PTS REB AST 29.5 5.7 5.1 2.2 33.1 9.8 2.8 5.3 19.5 5.0 3.1 0.8 26.5 8.4 2.1 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.6 0.9 1.3 0.1 24.1 14.5 3.1 1.4 31.5 18.0 6.4 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.5 4.8 2.8 0.3 22.2 7.0 4.3 1.0 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 8.8 2.3 0.7 0.3 13.9 3.7 3.2 0.3 6.2 2.8 1.1 0.1
ABOUT WASHINGTON STATE – Tied for eighth in the Pac-12 Conference…four Cougars earned Pac-12 postseason honors, led by Brock Motum who was named to the Pac-12 first-team as well as the league’s Most Improved Player...Reggie Moore was named an All-Pac-12 honorable mention, Marcus Capers earned All-Defensive team honorable mention, and DaVonté Lacy garnered All-Freshman team honorable mention….Capers has played in 133 careers game, setting the WSU school record set by George Hamilton who played 127 games in 1945 and 1947-49.
PITTSBURGH PANTHERS 20-17 overall, 5-13 in Big East Conference (T-13th) NO 1 2 3 4 5 11 12 14 15 21 33 35 42 44
NAME Tray Woodall Isaiah Epps Cameron Wright John Johnson Durand Johnson Dante Taylor Ashton Gibbs Nick Rivers Aron Nwankwo Lamar Patterson Malcolm Gilbert Nasir Robinson Talib Zanna J.J. Moore
POS G G G G G/F F G G F G/F C F F F
HT 5-11 6-2 6-4 6-1 6-6 6-9 6-2 6-0 6-7 6-5 6-11 6-5 6-9 6-6
WT 190 185 205 175 190 240 190 180 205 221 235 225 230 205
CL Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. So. Fr. Sr. So. So.
HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Brooklyn, N.Y. (St. Anthony [N.J.]) Plainfield, N.J. (Hargrave Military Acad.) Cleveland, Ohio (Benedictine) Philadelphia, Pa. (Life Center Acad. [N.J.]) Baltimore, Md. (Brewster Academy [N.H.]) Greenburgh, N.Y. (Ntl. Christian Acad. [Md.]) Scotch Plains, N.J. (Seton Hall Prep) Phoenix, Ariz. (Brophy Prep) Baltimore, Md. (Baltimore City College) Lancaster, Pa. (St. Benedict’s [N.J.]) Smyrna, Del. (Acad. of the New Church [Pa.]) Chester, Pa. (Chester) Kaduna, Nigeria (Bishop McNamara [Md.]) Brentwood, N.Y. (South Kent Prep [Conn.])
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MIN PTS REB AST 30.7 11.7 3.2 6.1 5.5 0.1 0.2 0.8 11.5 2.3 1.5 0.7 13.6 4.1 0.6 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.2 6.0 5.1 0.5 34.3 14.6 2.3 2.1 1.3 0.7 0.3 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.6 0.0 28.4 9.5 5.2 3.5 5.0 0.5 0.8 0.0 29.1 10.6 6.7 2.0 19.0 6.0 5.5 0.3 18.1 7.6 3.0 0.4
HEAD COACH – Jamie Dixon ASSISTANT COACHES – Pat Sandle, Brandin Knight, Bill Barton ABOUT PITTSBURGH – Advanced to the second round of the Big East Tournament…this is Pitt’s 12th straight postseason trip…over the last 11 seasons, Pitt has been the Big East’s leader in overall winning percentage (293-88, .769) and league winning percentage (129-57, .694)…seniors Ashton Gibbs and Nasir Robinson became the eighth class in school history to register 100 or more wins over a four-year career….Gibbs, an honorable mention All-Big East selection, leads the Panthers in scoring (14.6 ppg) while Robinson is tops in rebounds (6.7 rpg).
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HEAD COACH – Ken Bone ASSISTANT COACHES – Curtis Allen, Jeff Hironaka, Ben Johnson
CBI CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GAME 1 RECAP Washington State 67, Pittsburgh 66 WSU withstood a furious Pitt comeback attempt in earning a 67-66 win on Monday. The Cougars led 60-48 after DaVonte Lacy hit a pair of free throws with 7:59 remaining. Ashton Gibbs then scored Pitt’s next six points to lead the Panther surge. However, the comeback fell short as Tray Woodall’s lay-up attempt was blocked Lamar Patterson missed a jumper in the final second. Abe Lodwick (WSU) and Woodall each had 16 points.
NAME POS Marcus Capers G Reggie Moore G Mike Ladd G DaVonte’ Lacy G Chuks Iroegbu G Will DiIorio G Faisal Aden G Brock Motum F Dominic Ballard G D.J. Shelton F Abe Lodwick G/F Dave Wink C Dexter Kernich-Drew G Charlie Enquist F Patrick Simon F
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2012 CBI PRESENTED BY ZEBRA PEN BRACKET FIRST ROUND
QUARTERFINALS
SEMIFINALS
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
SEMIFINALS
QUARTERFINALS
March 13-14
March 19
March 21
March 26 – Washington St. 67, Pittsburgh 66
March 21
March 19
FIRST ROUND March 13-14
March 28 – Washington State @ Pittsburgh
Milwaukee 3/13 @ 8 p.m. ET
Delaware
March 30 – Washington State @ Pittsburgh (if necessary)
TCU 83-73
Butler 75-58 @ 8 p.m. ET
@ 10 p.m. ET
TCU
OREGON ST. 101-81
3/14 @ 10 p.m. ET
BUTLER
BUTLER 63-53
@ 10 p.m. ET
Western Illinois
3/14 @ 8 p.m. ET
@ 8 p.m. ET
Quinnipiac
OREGON ST. 80-59
PENN 74-63
3/14 @ 7:30 p.m. ET
OREGON STATE
PENN Wash. St. 72-55
Pittsburgh 68-62 (OT)
Washington State 3/13 @ 10 p.m. ET
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Princeton WASH. ST. 89-75
Princeton 95-86 2012 CBI Champion
@ 10 p.m. ET
Wash. St. 61-41 North Dakota State 3/14 @ 9 p.m. ET
QUARTERFINALS March 19
SEMIFINALS March 21
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
ABOUT THE CBI
The goal of the brackets is to create a competitive balance within each bracket and to minimize missed class time. The final process takes place after the NCAA Tournament field is announced. The 16-team field consists of teams not selected for the NCAA Tournament. Teams are invited based upon performance during their conference and non-conference schedules, as well as how well the team is playing at the end of the regular season.
March 26, 28, 30
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Wofford PITTSBURGH 81-63
Wyoming 78-75
The event features eight first-round games, four quarterfinal round games, a semifinal round, and then the Championship Series. The CBI is a single-elimination tournament up until the Championship Series, with all games played at campus sites. The Championship Series is a bestof-three series.
March 13 & 14
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3/14 @ 7 p.m. ET
WYOMING
The College Basketball Invitational presented by Zebra Pen provides a meaningful opportunity for teams that deserve a postseason experience. Sixteen teams compete in this five-year-old postseason event, hosted at on-campus arenas throughout the country.
FIRST ROUND
3/13 @ 8 p.m. ET
@ 7 p.m. ET
Pittsburgh 82-61
home teams in CAPS all times Eastern
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2012 TOURNAMENT NOTES Fifth Annual CBI presented by Zebra Pen The fifh annual CBI presented by Zebra Pen tipped off with Opening Round games on March 13 and March 14. The Quarterfinals are this evening, followed by Semifinal Round action on Wednesday, March 21. The unique quality of the CBI presented by Zebra Pen is its best-of-three Championship Series, which will be held March 26, March 28, and March 30. One team will host two games should a third game be necessary. Breeding Success Four participants in the 2011 CBI presented by Zebra Pen won their respecitve conference championships and earned berths in the 2012 NCAA Tournament: Creighton, Davidson, Montana, and St. Bonaventure. Believe It...Or Not Games in the CBI presented by Zebra Pen have been the most competitive of the postseason (average margin of victory): 2011 2010 2009 2008
NCAA 11.3 points 10.6 points 12.7 points 13.8 points
NIT 12.0 points 8.7 points 9.0 points 12.7 points
CBI 10.2 points 9.0 points 6.6 points 7.1 points
Did You Know... Three of the previous four tournament Championship Series went the distance as Tulsa (2008), Oregon State (2009), and Oregon (2011) won in three games. In 2010, VCU became the only team to need two games to win the CBI crown.
Fantastic 295,098 fans attended games at the first four CBIs. Last year, Creighton set a tournament record with a crowd of 12,381 in its Championship Series home game. Speaking Of Home With the CBI presented by Zebra Pen played entirely at campus sites, here is a look at how home teams have fared: 2012: 10-5 2009: 10-7
2011: 16-1 2008: 13-4
2010: 9-7 57-24 (.707)
Conference Call The 2012 CBI presented by Zebra Pen includes teams from 11 different conferences. They are: Horizon (2), Ivy (2), Mountain West (2), Pac-12 (2), Summit (2), Big East (1), Colonial Athletic (1), Missouri Valley (1), Northeast (1), Southern (1), and West Coast (1). Welcome Back Evansville, Oregon State, Princeton, and Wyoming return to the 2012 CBI presented by Zebra Pen. What They’re Saying... “The crowd was alive... some sort of living, breathing entity with ear shattering, rock concert, airplane noise. It began to grow as it formed at 3 p.m. to await the chance to get into the building. It flowed down the concourse, filling up the seats like lava flowing out of a volcano. It rocked and rolled and roared.” – From the El Paso Times on Game 2 of the 2009 CBI Championship Series at UTEP
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March 13 Princeton @ Evansville – 8 p.m. Washington St. @ San Francisco – 10 p.m.
March 19 Butler @ Penn – 8 p.m. TCU @ Oregon State – 10 p.m.
March 14 Delaware @ Butler – 8 p.m. Western Illinois @ Oregon State – 10 p.m.
March 21 Semifinal – Pittsburgh @ Butler – 8 p.m. Semifinal – Wash. St. @ Ore. St. – 10 p.m.
March 26 Pittsburgh @ Washington St. – 10 p.m. March 28 Washington St. @ Pittsburgh – 7 p.m. March 30 (if necessary) Washington St. @ Pittsburgh – 7 p.m.
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Winners of the local radio station ticket giveaway during Championship Rounds (below)
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Washingston State’s Head Coach Ken Bone accepts the Runner-Up trophy following Game 3 of the Championship Series at Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh’s Lamar Patterson took home the Most Valuable Player award.
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PRESS COVERAGE The CBI annually receives tremendous press coverage throughout the United State. The entire footprint of the event includes the local media markets of the 16 participating teams, as well as the national media who cover college basketball during its time of highest interest. In 2012, stories written by the Associated Press were circulated in most large and small newspapers around the nation. More specifically, the 2012 College Basketball Invitational presented by Zebra Pen was featured in the following media organizations: - Billings (Mont.) Gazette - Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune - Comcast Philadelphia - Corvallis (Ore.) Gazette-Times - Dallas Morning News - Dickinson (N.D.) Press - Eugene (Ore.) Register-Guard - Evansville (Ind.) Courier Press - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Indianapolis Star - Iowa City Gazette
- Laramie (Wyo.) Boomerang - New Haven Register - New York Daily News - New York Times - Newark (Del.) Post - Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia Inquirer - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Princeton (N.J.) Packet - Quincy (Ill.) Herald Whig
- San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco Examiner - Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Seattle Times - Spokane (Wash.) Spokeman-Review - Tacoma (Wash.) News - The HawkEye (Iowa) - The Oregonian - Times of Trenton - Trentonian (N.J.) - Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
Internet Media Readership
In addition to the extensive print media coverage, the CBI presented by Zebra Pen receives a large amount of online media coverage. In 2012, the event was featured on the most-visited online sports sites, including Yahoo.com, ESPN.com, SI.com, FoxSports.com, CBSSports.com, SportingNews.com, and BleacherReport.com.
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PRINCETON: Tigers hope to come up aces PU men's basketball heads to Evansville for CBI first round DATE POSTED: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 9:46 PM EDT By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor
Mitch Henderson is heading back to Indiana, but more than a trip down memory lane, the Princeton University men’s basketball head coach is looking forward to the chance to extend the season. ”We’re really happy to be playing,” said Henderson, whose Tigers play at Evansville 8 p.m. tonight in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational presented by Zebra Pen. “We were hopeful for an NIT bid. We knew we were a longshot. We thought we’d have the chance to play in the postseason.” The Tigers closed the regular season last Tuesday with a 62-52 win over the University of Pennsylvania, another CBI tournament invite. The Tigers will be heading back to the state of Indiana, where they won a secondround CBI game over IUPUI in 2010. Henderson spent his youth in Indiana, and can remember going to Evansville as a basketball fan, and now he goes as a coach.
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”It’s strange,” Henderson said. “When I was a really young kid, my older brother and I would travel from our home in Vincennes, and we went to all the regional high school games. When there was one state tournament in Indiana, the championship was in the old Evansville gym.” Henderson might never have left Indiana, but coming out of Culver Academies as a promising athlete in three sports, he didn’t get any Division I basketball offers, not from every Indian schoolboy’s dream school, Indiana University, and not from bigger-conference schools Notre Dame or Purdue, or even Butler or Valparaiso. Not even IUPUI. ”Not even the smallest school possible,” Henderson said. “If there was a school in state, it was always IU. But I found the right place.” Henderson came to Princeton and was a part of some of the most storied teams in program history. He enjoyed his time as a player at tournament time, particularly when the Tigers topped defending national champion UCLA in 1996. ”I think it’s really important to play basketball in March,” Henderson said. “We have kind of a veteran team. The importance of preparing for a one and done game, and a national tournament game, that’s important. You’re doing something important for each other and for your university, you’re representing your school.” From Vincennes, the Henderson’s family would have had to travel through Princeton, Ind., on the way to Evansville. Now, Princeton must go through Evansville to try to earn a shot at the Pittsburgh-Wofford winner and a third-straight 20-win season. ”Coach (Marty) Simmons is doing a good job,” Henderson said of Evansville, who is 16-15 overall and 9-9 in the Missouri Valley Conference. “They’re tough. It’s a good conference. We know we have a challenge ahead of us.” The Tigers were scrambling Sunday night after receiving their invite to figure out travel arrangements, but they have been preparing to play another game since topping Penn in the regular-season finale. ”We knew we were likely going to play,” Henderson said. “We had some practices. We took some days off. We’ll go (Monday) and get on a plane.”
Princeton has played well down the stretch, and comes into the CBI a more confident team. They have won eight of their last nine games. ”We’re just way more balanced,” Henderson said. “We have a lot of the pieces. We’re big. We can shoot the ball. We share the ball nicely. They’re making each other better. Because can score in a lot of ways and do defend, I think we’re a difficult matchup.” Ian Hummer leads the team with averages of 16.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. Douglas Davis averages 13.0 points per game. T.J. Bray has a team-high 110 assists. In the win over Hummer, it was Hummer, Davis and Saunders that combined for 40 of Princeton’s 62 points, and Henderson sees that as one of the biggest things going for it tonight. ”Veteran play,” Henderson said. “Between Pat, Doug and Ian, we’ve been getting really balanced play from those guys these last five or six games.” Princeton watched with interest the conference tournaments around the country to try to figure out where they’d end up. The Tigers are one of four Ivy teams in the postseason this year. Yale was extended a bid to the CIT. The Tigers have a win over ACC tournament champion Florida State, and Ivy League champion Harvard, which is a No. 12 seed vs. No. 5 seed Vanderbilt in the NCAA tournament. ”You always root for the league,” Henderson said. “Even when I was a player here, we had a good RPI, and we didn’t get a good seed, so I understand Harvard getting a 12 seed. With a 35 RPI, I’m not sure where that’s coming from. We’d like to see the league do well.” Starting with themselves tonight.
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Delaware Men’s Basketball to face Butler Wednesday in First Round of CBI - Newark Po... Page 1 of 2
Delaware Men’s Basketball to face Butler Wednesday in First Round of CBI Posted: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 11:36 am PRINCETON, N.J. -- The University of Delaware men’s basketball team has been selected to participate in the fifth annual 2012 College Basketball Invitational presented by Zebra Pen and will travel to two-time national finalist Butler for a first round game on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The game, the second ever meeting between the Blue Hens and Bulldogs, will be televised live on HDNet. The winner of the Delaware-Butler game will take on the winner of the Quinnipiac-Penn game in the quarterfinals on Monday, March 19. Delaware finished its regular season with an 18-13 record, and posted a nine-game winning streak until falling to Old Dominion in the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament Quarterfinals. The Blue Hens finished fifth in the CAA regular season standings while posting their highest win total since the 2000-01 season. Delaware will be making its sixth ever appearance in a postseason tournament and its first since falling to Villanova in the 2000 NIT. The Blue Hens are led by guard Devon Saddler, who averages a team-high 19.1 points and became the first sophomore in school history to surpass the 1,000-point mark during the ODU contest. Jamelle Hagins, UD’s career leader in blocked shots, ranks third in the nation with 11.3 rebounds per game while chipping in 12.6 points per contest. Saddler and Hagins were each named second team All-CAA while freshman Jarvis Threatt, who contributes 10.1 points per outing, was a CAA All-Rookie Team selection. Butler, which made back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Division I national championship game during the past two years, went 20-14 this season while posting its seventh consecutive 20win season. The Bulldogs finished in a tie for third place in the Horizon League standings before falling at top-seeded Valparaiso in the conference tournament semifinals. The only other meeting between Delaware and Butler came on November 17, 2001 at the BP Top of the World Classic at Fairbanks, Alaska, when the Bulldogs posted a 76-59 victory over the Blue Hens. The CBI presented by Zebra Pen, entering its fifth year, consists of 16 teams. Three of the eight first round games will be played on Tuesday, March 13, with the remaining five first round contests scheduled for Wednesday. The quarterfinal round will be held on Monday, March 19, with the semifinals set for Wednesday, March 21. A unique feature of the CBI is its best-of-three
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championship series, which begins on Monday March 26. All games in the CBI presented by Zebra Pen are played on campus sites. The three first round games on Tuesday feature Princeton at Evansville, Milwaukee at TCU, and Washington State at San Francisco. Wednesday’s games feature Delaware at Butler, Quinnipiac at Penn, Wofford at Pittsburgh, Western Illinois at Oregon State, and North Dakota State at Wyoming. Prior to the semifinals, the remaining teams will be re-bracketed.
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UD men fall to Butler - Newark Post: College: blue hens, basketball, university of delawa... Page 2 of 3
for not quitting and cutting it to nine, but we just couldn’t get over the hump. Butler has a great club, and Brad (Stevens) does an outstanding job.” “They’re a tough defensive team, and they did a good job tracking Kyle (Anderson) and didn’t allow Devon (Saddler) many good looks. Jarvis (Threatt) has the ability to pressure the defense, especially in the open court. He’s a tremendous talent who’s just going to keep getting better.” Neither team could get much going offensively during the first 12 minutes, and a free throw by Kelvin McNeil tied the game at 15-15 with 7:41 on the clock. However Butler then went on 8-0 run, including two three-pointers by Stigall, to take a 23-15 lead and force a UD timeout with 5:12 to play. The Bulldogs’ lead grew to 10 following a Smith three-pointer, and after Delaware answered with four free throws, Khyle Marshall hit a pair from the line to give Butler a 31-23 halftime lead. Delaware shot just 32 percent in the opening half and converted only three field goals over the final 14:50 of the period, all by Threatt. The Blue Hens stayed in the game by holding the Bulldogs to just 37 percent shooting, although Butler did connect on five of its 10 three-point attempts. The Bulldogs then scored the first nine points of the second half, including the first five by Hopkins, to extend the margin to 40-23 on a Kameron Woods jumper with 15:36 to play. Threatt scored the Blue Hens’ first second half basket with a steal and dunk at the 14:30 mark, and added two more buckets to pull Delaware within 43-29 with 11:38 to play. Brinkley then converted a jumphook inside, while Threatt followed with a steal and a monster one-handed jam to make it a 10-point game and force a Butler timeout with 11:01 remaining. The Blue Hens got as close as nine following a Saddler three-point play and it was still a 10-point game at 48-38 with 9:45 to go, but the Bulldogs responded with five straight points to go back up 15 on a Woods putback. Delaware scored the next three points, but Butler answered with five more in a row and led by at least 15 the rest of the way. The loss caps a successful season for the Blue Hens, who won nine consecutive games before falling to Old Dominion in the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament Quarterfinals. Delaware loses reserves Hakim McCullar and Samer Madarani to graduation but returns the rest of the squad, in addition to redshirts Carl Baptiste and Marvin King-Davis, for what promises to be an exciting 2012-13 season. AGATE Delaware (18-14)
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Brinkley, 3-5 1-2 7, Hagins, 3-5 0-1 6, Lewis, 1-4 0-0 2, Saddler, 2-7 6-11 10, Anderson, 0-4 0-0 0, McNeil, 0-0 2-4 2, Threatt, 10-14 9-13 31, Madarani, 0-0 0-0 0, McNulty, 0-0 0-0 0, Savage, 00 0-0 0, McCullar, 0-0 0-0 0, Townsville, 0-1 0-0 0, Williams, 0-0 0-0 0, Totals, 19-40 18-31 58. Butler (21-14) Jones, 0-6 0-0 0, Marshall, 0-1 2-2 2, Smith, 7-11 2-5 17, Nored, 3-6 4-4 12, Hopkins, 7-15 3-6 19, Smeathers, 0-0 0-0 0, Barlow, 0-1 4-4 4, Fromm, 1-4 1-1 3, Aldridge, 0-0 0-0 0, Elliott Kampen, 0-0 0-0 0, Emerson Kampen, 0-1 0-0 0, Woods, 3-7 0-0 6, Butcher, 1-3 0-0 2, Stigall, 36 1-2 10, Totals, 25-61 17-24 75.
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Cougs advance to CBI semi's | Sports - KXLY.com
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Cougs advance to CBI semi's Published On: Mar 19 2012 11:53:41 PM PDT PULLMAN, Wash. Brock Motum scored 25 and Abe Lodwick added a careerhigh 16 points as Washington State University men’s basketball defeated Wyoming, 61-41, Monday in the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) presented by Zebra Pen, at Beasley Coliseum. Washington State improves to 17-16 on the season, while Wyoming ends its season at 21-12. The Cougars will travel to Corvallis, Ore., to take on Oregon State (21-14) for the fourth time this season in the CBI presented by Zebra Penn Semifinal Round at 7 p.m. PT Wednesday. In the other semifinal game, Pittsburgh (19-16) will travel to Indianapolis, Ind., to take on Butler (22-14) Wednesday. The winners will meet in a best-of-three series beginning next Monday. Motum led all scorers with 25 points on 9-for-16 shooting from the field and 7-for-8 from the free throw line, while adding seven rebounds. Lodwick added seven rebounds as well to his career-high 16 points. The redshirt senior tied his career high with four made 3-pointers and was 6-for-9 from the field. He also tied his season high with four assists. Leonard Washington led the Cowboys with 14 points, while Adam Waddell also contributed 13 points. Larry Nance, Jr. was ejected after picking up two technical fouls back-to-back in the second half. He finished with just two points and four rebounds. The defensive battle got off to a slow start, with the first points coming Abe Lodwick at the 17:55 mark in the first half. The Cougars led by as many as 10 points with 1:30 to go in the first half, 26-16, but the Cowboys used a 5-0 run to end the half and cut WSU’s lead to five after the first 20 minutes of action. The slow pace continued in the beginning of the second half, as WSU extended its lead to 34-23 at the 16minute mark, opening the half with an 8-2 run. With WSU’s lead at nine, Mike Ladd hit 3-of-4 free throws and Motum added two to extend the lead to 39-25 with 10:26 to go in the game.
Wyoming put together a run of its own to cut the lead to 10, 47-37, with 5:58 to go in the game, capped by a 3pointer by Francisco Cruz. Just as it appeared the Cowboys had the momentum, Nance, Jr. was called for a foul on Motum when the two went for a rebound, and followed it up with back-to-back technical fouls after reacting to the call. WSU’s Reggie Moore made three of his four free throw attempts and Motum made his two to give WSU a 15-point lead, 52-37. The Cougars continued to build to their lead, reaching their largest point differential of 20 points at the 20 second mark on a layup by Dexter Kernich-Drew. WSU held on to that lead, winning 61-41. Washington State and Oregon State will meet for the fourth time this season, as WSU holds the 2-1 advantage, winning both regular season games, while the Beavers knocked the Cougars out of the Pac-12 Tournament with a first-round victory. The game, played at 7 p.m. at Gill Coliseum will be televised on HDNet.
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TCU Travels to Oregon State Monday for CBI Quarterfinals Game to be televised on HDNet March 18, 2012
Game #33 - CBI presented by Zebra Pen - Quarterfinals TCU (18-14; 7-7 MW) at OREGON STATE (20-14; 7-11 PAC12) TCU NOTES // OSU NOTES // CBI BRACKET // RADIO
// LIVE STATS
GAME DAY INFORMATION Monday, March 19, 2012 // 7 p.m. PDT // Corvallis, Ore. // Gill Coliseum (9,604) TV: HDNet (DirecTV ch. 306, Dish ch. 362) // Talent: Rich Cellini (pxp), Joe Cravens (analyst) Radio: 1460 AM (KCLE), 88.7 FM (KTCU) // Talent: Brian Estridge (pxp), John Denton (analyst) Internet: GoFrogs.com (GameTracker) Series Record: OSU leads, 1-0 // Last Meeting: Dec. 26, 1987 in Portland (L, 49-63) TCU Head Coach: Jim Christian (Rhode Island, `88) Record at TCU: 56-72 (.438) in 4th season // Overall: 194-130 (.599) in 10th season OSU Head Coach: Craig Robinson (Princeton, `83) Record at OSU: 63-69 (.477) in 4th season // Overall: 93-97 (.489) in 6th season
Junior guard/forward Garlon Green
FORT WORTH--TCU continues its postseason run Monday when it travels to Corvallis, Ore., to face Oregon State in the quarterfinal round of the 2012 College Basketball Invitational presented by Zebra Pen. Television coverage for the 7 p.m. PDT contest at the Beavers' Gill Coliseum will be provided by HDNet. TCU, 18-14 overall this season, earned a spot in the quarterfinals with a home victory over Milwaukee in the first-round competition Monday in Fort Worth. The victory improved TCU's all-time national postseason tournament record to 15-13. The Horned Frogs next return to the road to face an opponent on its home court for the first time since a Feb. 28 loss at Wyoming. The squad owns a 3-8 overall road mark this season. The Frogs' matchup against the Beavers will be their 42nd all-time against a current member of the Pac-12 Conference and their second on the road this season. TCU dropped an 83-59 decision at USC back on Dec. 19. Oregon State, 20-14 overall this season, advanced to Monday's semifinal after posting an 80-59 home victory over Western Illinois on Wednesday. The win clinched a 20-win campaign for the program for the first time since 1990, when former NBA standout Gary Payton was an All-American for the Beavers. The winner of Monday's game will advance to the CBI semifinals for a game against an opponent still to be determined. All remaining teams in the CBI tournament will be re-bracketed following the end of quarterfinal play. TCU and Oregon State will be meeting for only the second time. The Beavers won the only previous matchup by a score of 63-49 on Dec. 26, 1987 in the opening round of the Far West Classic in Portland, Ore. Monday's matchup marks TCU's 23rd televised game of the season and its first-ever on HDNet. Rich Cellini (play-by-play) and Joe Cravens (analyst) will serve as the play-by-play team. Fans can also follow the contest on the radio throughout the Metroplex on 1460 AM KCLE and 88.7 FM KTCU with Brian Estridge (play-by-play) and John Denton (analyst) calling the action. Links to both the live radio Internet feed and live stats will be available via TCU's official athletics website, GoFrogs.com.
FROG QUICK NOTES * TCU has earned its first national postseason tournament appearance since reaching the quarterfinals of the 2005 NIT. The CBI first-round win over Milwaukee moved TCU's all-time postseason record to 15-13 (5-7 in the NCAA Tournament, 9-6 in the NIT and 1-0 in the CBI). * TCU posted five victories this season in 12 games against teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament (Virginia, Lamar, Colorado State, UNLV and New Mexico). The Frogs are 0-1 against NIT teams (Ole Miss), 3-1 against CBI teams (wins over Wyoming, Evansville and Milwaukee) and 1-0 against the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (Rice). * TCU earned its highest finish in the Mountain West this season after posting its highest win total (seven) in seven seasons as
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a league member. The Frogs played only 14 league games this season, two fewer than in past years (16). * TCU has guaranteed itself a winning record for the first time since 2004-05 (21-14). The squad's 18 victories are four more than in any season since 2004-05. * TCU entered MW play ranked dead last among the eight league teams averaging only 5.67 3pg, but hit 9.00 3pg in MW contests to lead the league. The team also led the MW with a 38.2% 3-point shooting rate in league games after entering conference play ranked No. 7 (34.4%). * TCU is 13-4 in games decided by six points or fewer, three more wins than the previous school record for games within the margin. The wins total is believed to lead all teams nationally this season. * The Frogs have outscored opponents by only 44 points in the 13 close wins compared to a margin of 139 points in their other four victories. * TCU is averaging 15.6 turnovers forced per game, 0.4 more per game than any other Mountain West team. The squad is No. 2 in the MW in average turnover margin (+1.78) and No. 3 in scoring (71.9 ppg). * TCU ranks among the nation's top-100 teams in average turnover margin (70th), scoring (80th), 3-pointers made (81st) and 3-point shooting percentage (83rd). * Hank Thorns is No. 1 in the MW in minutes played (34.00 mpg); No. 2 in assists (4.66 apg); No. 3 in 3-pointers (2.25 3pg); No. 4 in 3-point percentage (39.6%); and No. 6 in scoring (13.5 ppg) and assist/turnover ratio (1.51). * In MW play, Thorns ranked No. 1 in 3's made (3.00 3pg); No. 2 in 3-point shooting (43.3%); No. 3 in assists (4.36 apg); No. 4 in scoring (14.4 ppg); and No. 6 in assist/turnover ratio (1.61). * Thorns has reached both the 1,000-point and 500-assist milestones for his career this season. * Thorns has made at least one 3-pointer in 20 consecutive games, a career-long streak that ranks as the second-longest active streak for all MW players. * J.R. Cadot has scored in double figures a career-high 10 times in the last 11 outings. He is averaging team-high figures of 14.5 ppg and 8.2 rpg over the last six contests alone. * Cadot is No. 3 in the MW in offensive rebounds (2.84 rpg); No. 5 in in total boards (7.0 rpg); No. 6 in defensive boards (4.13 rpg); No. 7 in steals (1.50 spg); and No. 16 in scoring (11.3 ppg). * Kyan Anderson, the MW Freshman of the Year, was the only freshman ranked among the MW's top-20 scorers in league play (9.8 ppg; 19th), while he also was tops in assist/turnover ratio (1.48; No. 7 overall) and minutes played (34.64 mpg; No. 6). His 2.81-assist average for all games ranks No. 8 overall. * Anderson's 90 assists mark the most by a TCU freshman since Corey Santee posted a freshman-record 180 in 2001-02. * Anderson has made 21 starts this season, the most by a freshman in Jim Christian's TCU tenure and any Frog freshman overall since Femi Ibikunle in 2003-04 (28). * Amric Fields, the MW Sixth Man of the Year, finished league play as the top scorer with five starts or fewer (9.6 ppg; T-No. 20 overall). * TCU is 10-0 when outrebounding the opponent and 12-1 when holding teams to under 47.6% shooting from the field.
OREGON STATE PROJECTED STARTERS No.
Name
Pos.
Ht.
Wt.
Year
2011-12 Statistics
1
Jared Cunningham
G
6-4
194
Jr.
17.8 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.6 spg
3
Ahmad Starks
G
5-9
165
So.
12.3 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 2.7 apg
12
Angus Brandt
C
6-10
242
Jr.
8.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.1 apg
15
Eric Moreland
F
6-10
215
RFr.
5.0 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.9 bpg
44
Devon Collier
F
6-8
215
So.
13.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.3 bpg
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