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Table of Contents 2K Sports Welcome................................4 Lavin Fighting Prostate Cancer.............5 Drew Family Faces Cancer . .............. 5 Wounded Warrior Project Welcome.......6 Wounded Warrior Project................... 8-9 About the NABC....................................11 Making a Difference............................. 13 Boeheim, Calhoun Prove Cancer Victims Can Win................. 14 2011-12 Season Preview – Top 25..... 17-18 2K Sports Classic Game Notes....... 20-21

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November 17-18, 2011

Madison Square Garden - New York, N.Y. Nov. 17 Nov. 18

Queens Regional St. John’s Red Storm...........................23 William & Mary Tribe............................24 Lehigh Mountain Hawks.......................25

Tucson Regional Arizona Wildcats.................................. 27 Valparaiso Crusaders...........................28 Duquesne Dukes..................................29 Tournament Bracket............................. 31 Team Rosters................................. 32-33 2K Sports Classic Tournament Preview.......................34

College Station Regional Texas A&M Aggies................................ 37 Liberty Flames.....................................38

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Subregional Rounds

Queens Regional Carnesecca Arena | Queens, N.Y.

Lynchburg SubRegional Vines Center | Lynchburg, Va.

Nov. 7 William & Mary at St. John’s Nov. 9 Lehigh at St. John’s

Mississippi State Bulldogs...................40 Eastern Kentucky Colonels.................. 41 Akron Zips............................................42

Valparaiso/Akron SubRegionalS

Nov. 7 Valparaiso at Arizona Nov. 9 Duquesne at Arizona

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Starkville Regional Humphrey Coliseum | Starkville, Miss. Nov. 7 Eastern Kentucky at Mississippi St. 8 p.m. Nov. 9 Akron at Mississippi State 7 p.m.

Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 20

William & Mary vs. Lehigh 4:30 p.m. Eastern Kentucky vs. Liberty Eastern Ky. vs. William & Mary 4:30 p.m. Lehigh vs. Liberty Lehigh vs. Eastern Kentucky 2:30 p.m. William & Mary vs. Liberty

Valparaiso Subregional Athletics-Recreation Center | Valparaiso, Ind. Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 20

Duquesne vs. UDC 6 p.m. Akron vs. Valparaiso Akron vs. Duquesne 6 p.m. Indiana-Kokomo vs. Valparaiso Duquesne vs. Valparaiso 4:30 p.m. UDC vs. Indiana-Kokomo

Akron Subregional John A. Rhodes Arena | Akron, Ohio

Madison Square Garden................. 47-48

Nov. 12 Hiram vs. Akron

7 p.m. all times Eastern

On The Cover Host Teams (center shield) – St. John’s Malik Stith, Arizona’s Kyle Fogg, Texas A&M’s Khris Middleton, Mississippi State’s Dee Bost. Non-Host Teams (left column, top to bottom) – William & Mary’s Brandon Britt, Lehigh’s Mackey McKnight, Valparaiso’s Erik Buggs, Duquesne’s B.J. Monteiro. (right column, top to bottom) – Liberty’s Antwan Burrus, UDC’s Nigel Munson, Eastern Kentucky’s Jeff Johnson, Akron’s Nikola Cvetinovic.

Credits The 2011 2K Sports Classic is produced by: The Gazelle Group, Inc. 475 Wall Street | Princeton, N.J. 08540 (609) 921-1300 | fax (609) 921-2332 GazelleGroup.com

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College Station Regional Reed Arena | College Station, Texas

UDC Firebirds/Hiram/Ind.-Kokomo.....44

Event History.................................. 50-62 Top 10 Tournament Games.............50 Top 10 Performances...................... 51 Year-By-Year Results................ 53-58 Event Records.................................60-61 Players in the NBA Draft.......................62 Other Gazelle Group Events.................64

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Tucson Regional McKale Center | Tucson, Ariz.

Nov. 9 Liberty at Texas A&M

Starkville Regional

Texas A&M vs. Mississippi State 7 p.m. St. John’s vs. Arizona 9 p.m. Consolation Game 4:30 p.m. Championship Game 6:30 p.m.

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Welcome Jason ArGent Vice President of Marketing 2K Sports

November 2011 Dear Fans, Welcome to the 2011 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer, the official tip-off of the collegiate basketball season. As a commitment to excellence, 2K Sports continues to lead the sports video game industry by delivering top quality, innovative titles such as NBA 2K12, Major League Baseball 2K12, and Top Spin 4. We are proud to note that we have been the top rated pro basketball game twelve years running, and for the past four years with your help, we were also the #1 selling pro basketball videogame franchise. This tournament is a great vehicle for acknowledging and bringing attention to something that has touched almost every person in some way. 2K Sports is proud to be a sponsor of such a worthy cause and is grateful to join the battle against cancer in such a prestigious and visible event. We would like to thank all of the coaches, players, and universities that are participating in the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer, but most of all we would like to thank the fans for the continued support of their teams and college basketball. Sincerely,

Jason Argent Vice President of Marketing 2K Sports

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Lavin Fighting Prostate Cancer

Steve Lavin Look at Steve Lavin. On Oct. 6, the second-year St. John’s head coach underwent successful surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York to treat his prostate cancer. According to Lavin’s physicians, the surgery went as planned. There were no complications and Lavin returned to his full-time coaching responsibilities with the Red Storm after a recovery period. That’s because Steve Lavin wasn’t afraid to get tested. “My family feels fortunate that through annual health exams, we detected my condition at an early stage,” said Lavin. St. John’s announced in early April that Lavin was diagnosed with an early stage of the disease in the fall of 2010. After more than a year of continuing normal coaching duties while pursuing a physician-recommended course of active surveillance, Lavin selected surgery as his treatment path. “The advantage of early detection is that we were afforded the time to research all options,” said Lavin in a statement prior to his surgery. “After weighing treatment options with the experts at [Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center] we have decided surgery is the best path to take for my particular prostate cancer condition. We are confident that this course of treatment will lead to a cancer-free life.” Dr. Peter T. Scardino, chairman of the department of surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, said in a statement that he anticipates a “quick and full recovery” for Lavin. “It is highly likely that this treatment will completely cure Coach Lavin’s condition,

and because of his age and overall health, we anticipate a full return to his coaching duties.” For the past decade, Lavin has been highly involved with both Coaches vs. Cancer and The V Foundation for Cancer Research, participating in numerous fundraising and awareness events. For seven years, he has been a part of the President’s Club leadership giving group of The V Foundation, a group that includes Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, Michigan State’s Tom Izzo, and Kentucky’s John Calipari. Lavin has helped to raise more than $1 million for Coaches vs. Cancer since his arrival at St. John’s in March of 2010 alone, and has taken part in V Foundation events for the past 10 years while at UCLA, ESPN, and St. John’s. When living in Los Angeles, Lavin was a regular visitor at City of Hope, where he often met with cancer survivors and visited patients during the holiday season. He led more than 400 fans and the Red Storm men’s and women’s basketball teams in raising $21,000 for pediatric cancer research at St. John’s University Service Day “Dribble For The Cure” event on Sept. 24.

Drew Family Faces Cancer Homer Drew taught dozens of basketball players how to beat the odds on the basketball court. Now, those players are exhorting their excoach to take the same attitude into his own battle with cancer. Valparaiso athletic department spokesman Aaron Leavitt confirmed on Oct. 11 that both the 67-year-old Drew and his wife, Janet, were recently diagnosed with cancer. The family is withholding additional details about the illnesses, for now. “Janet and myself both appreciate all the thoughts and prayers during this most difficult time for our family,” Drew said in a statement released through the university. The Drews made Valpo basketball a family affair. From the time Homer Drew took over a foundering Division I program in 1988, not a season has gone by without the family surname appearing on the team’s roster. Twice, Drew retired -- turning over the program first to his son, Scott, and then in May to his younger son, Bryce, whose Valpo squad is participating in the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer. Scott Drew is now the coach at Baylor. While those in the small northwestern Indiana city always embraced Drew’s vivacious personality, the nation remembers him as the architect of one of the NCAA Tournament’s most famous plays -- the tip pass to Bryce Drew, for the buzzer-beater that upset Mississippi in the first round in 1998.

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Drew Family (continued) That play continues to be replayed dozens of times each March and often serves as a reminder of how underdogs win. Ex-players are hoping the deeply religious husband and wife team can keep winning. “Just got off the phone with my coach from Valpo Homer Drew who put me in the position to have the opportunity to play ... ,” former player Brandon Wood wrote on Twitter. “Everybody pray for my coach at Valpo Homer Drew and his wife who were both just diagnosed with cancer.” In 1988, Drew accepted the job at a program that had never been to the NCAA Tournament, never won a conference title and never posted a winning record in the school’s Division I era. Within 10 years, Drew had created a mid-major monster. He produced nine 20-win seasons over his career and led the Crusaders to five consecutive NCAA appearances from 1996 to 2000. His crowning achievement was taking Valpo to the regional semifinals in 1998 when Bryce was the team’s star player and Scott was on the coaching staff. Homer Drew retired for the first time in 2002, turning the program over to Scott. But after one season, the son took an even tougher job at Baylor, which had been decimated by an embarrassing NCAA scandal. With Scott Drew en route to Texas, Valpo convinced Homer Drew to return to the bench. Not surprisingly, he started winning again. In 2005, the father brought in his other son, Bryce, as an assistant coach for what many expected to be an eventual fatherson succession. Again. That’s exactly what happened in May when Homer Drew announced for the second time that he was stepping down. At the time, Drew said he felt good and was not retiring because of any healthrelated problems.

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Welcome Steven Nardizzi Executive Director Wounded Warrior Project

November 2011 Dear Fans, Welcome to the 2011 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer, the official tip-off of the collegiate basketball season. This tournament also serves as a phenomenal vehicle to highlight two worthwhile charitable organizations - Coaches vs. Cancer and Wounded Warrior Project™ (WWP). As executive director of Wounded Warrior Project, I am honored our organization is such a visible part of this tournament. As servicemen and women continue their brave fight defending the freedom of this great country, they continue to incur injuries. To date, more than 46,000 service members have been wounded in the current military conflicts. In addition to visible wounds like amputations and burns, thousands more have been injured in spirit. Studies estimate as many as 320,000 of those service members deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and New Dawn have suffered some form of traumatic brain injury (TBI), and approximately 300,000 suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or major depression. The 2K Sports Classic is bringing much-needed awareness to the issues of those who have sacrificed immensely for our freedom. By being here today, you are helping further our mission to honor and empower wounded warriors. At WWP, our purpose is to raise awareness and to enlist the public’s aid for the needs of injured service members; to help injured servicemen and women aid and assist each other; and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs. As we continue to serve warriors and their families, we need the help of a gracious nation to achieve our vision to make this the most successful, well-adjusted generation of wounded warriors in our nation’s history. On behalf of WWP, I wish all the best to the participants of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer. I also wish to thank the fans for their support of two worthy causes. Sincerely,

Steven Nardizzi Executive Director Wounded Warrior Project

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About Wounded Warrior Project Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) began when several veterans and friends, moved by stories of the first wounded service members returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq, took action to help others in need. What started as a program to provide comfort items to wounded service members has grown into a complete rehabilitative effort to assist warriors as they recover and transition back to civilian life. Tens of thousands of wounded warriors and caregivers receive support each year through WWP programs designed to nurture the mind and body, and encourage economic empowerment and engagement. To date over 46,000 members of our nation’s armed forces have been physically wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is estimated as many as one in five warriors returning from Afghanistan and one in three returning from Iraq suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. WWP’s mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors. WWP exists to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of injured service members; to help injured servicemen and women aid and assist each other; and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs. With your help, WWP has the opportunity to foster the most successful, well-adjusted generation of wounded warriors in our nation’s history. To get involved and learn more, visit woundedwarriorproject.org.

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Warrior Profile: Danielle Green-Byrd, United States Army United States Army Specialist, Danielle GreenByrd, a 1999 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, sacrificed her left arm while serving in Iraq in 2004. Her assignment was to guard an Iraqi police station. Her fellow soldiers took turns guarding the Iraqi police station rooftop. When it was Danielle’s turn, she was the only one on post when several minutes later, two rocket-propelled grenades hit near two parked Humvee’s two stories below and then exploded. Danielle immediately grabbed her weapon and took cover preparing to return fire when a third rocket-propelled grenade knocked her off her feet. Danielle noticed a large bloody wound on her left thigh and blood running from her left upper arm. Danielle was not fully aware of the extent of her wounds because of the mixed signals in her head. She continued to wait and pray until her comrades came to her rescue performing first aid. She later found out at the hospital that her left arm had been blown off and buried under several inches of sand. Danielle spent nearly 8 months at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in physical and occupational therapy. It was there Danielle learned how to use her right arm since before her injury Danielle used her left hand 95 percent of the time. She was medically retired from the military on Dec. 7, 2004.

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This former Notre Dame student-athlete (women’s basketball) continues to strive for greatness refusing to let her injury define who she is or stand in her way of reaching success. Today, Danielle has fully recovered from her combat experiences, and has chosen to further her education. In May of 2008, Danielle received a master’s degree in school counseling. Most recently in 2011, she completed post graduate courses in community counseling to prepare her to work as a Readjustment Counselor serving other combat veterans for the Department of Veteran Affairs-Readjustment Counseling Services. Danielle met Wounded Warrior Project™ (WWP) at the bedside, but continues to stay in touch with WWP through the Alumni Program, which provides long-term support and camaraderie for warriors through events, discounted services, and an online social network. Danielle has participated in numerous WWP alumni events including fishing in Kodiak, Alaska and cycling in WWP’s Soldier Ride™, an adaptive cycling event that allows warriors to ride alongside fellow injured service members and reclaim their confidence and strength in a supportive environment. Danielle also enjoys playing golf and skiing.

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MIND Interactive programs, rehabilitative retreats, peer support, and professional services empower wounded warriors to maintain healthy, meaningful relationships and to pursue life goals without the barriers and stigma associated with mental health issues.

Program Spotlight: Physical Health & Wellness WWP envisions a generation of wounded warriors well adjusted in body, receiving the care they need to maximize rehabilitation and live active and healthy lives. Through adaptive sports, health, nutrition, and recreational activities, WWP helps warriors achieve independence and pursue an excellent quality of life. WWP’s Physical Health & Wellness programs optimize the physical and psychological well-being of warriors through comprehensive recreation and sports programs, physical health promotion strategies, physical rehabilitation, and legislative policy change.

BODY Living active, healthy lives through adaptive sports, recreational activities, and nutrition education allows wounded warriors to achieve independence and enjoy an improved quality of life.

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ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT Collegiate education programs, information technology training, and employment assistance provide long-term financial stability for injured service members and their families.

Our partnership with Disabled Sports USA provides year-round sports programs to help injured service members gain confidence and independence, while adapting to life after injury. With adaptive equipment and trained instructors, warriors can participate in almost any sport, moving them beyond rehabilitation and toward a full and productive life. Through our partnership with the Vail Veterans Program, we provide winter and summer outdoor recreation activities such as snowboarding, skiing, fly-fishing, rafting, and camping to wounded warriors, their immediate families, and primary caregivers.

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Independence Program for Catastrophic Injured Warriors Traumatic brain injury (TBI) often requires years of in-patient and out-patient rehabilitation, regardless of the severity of the injury, impacting family caregivers who are left to manage care, finances, and the warrior’s social activities. Our graduate student pilot program teams warriors with nursing, psychology, or social work students who provide maintenance therapy to those suffering from TBI. The program also provides respite for family caregivers, while interaction with graduate students increases general community awareness of the sacrifices of our nation’s veterans and the needs of those with TBI. Secondary Rehabilitation In collaboration with Hangar prosthetics, we provide warriors with amputations of multiple limbs access to secondary rehabilitation for prosthetic care to maximize mobility and independence. For more information on the Physical Health & Wellness program, visit woundedwarriorproject.org.

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ENGAGEMENT The Alumni and Peer Mentoring programs help warriors stay connected as their needs evolve. The Policy and Government Affairs program gives them a voice in local and national issues that impact them.

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About The NABC The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), located in Kansas City, Mo., was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary University of Kansas basketball coach. Since its inception, the NABC has contributed numerous ideas and programs to help preserve and enhance the positive aspects of college basketball. These initiatives include establishing the original Basketball Hall of Fame (Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame), creating the format for today’s NCAA basketball tournament, supporting Coaches vs. Cancer and building the NABC National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame as part of Sprint Center located in downtown Kansas City, Mo.

One Nation, One Flag, One People One Nation, One Flag, One People encourages the college basketball community, their fans and others to take a stand against bigotry, terrorism and hatred in America by celebrating the fundamental principles and ideals on which the country was founded. By acknowledging and celebrating the values Americans share, it is hoped that this initiative can affect attitudes by showcasing teams who are mutually respectful and work collectively toward common goals despite their differences and diverse backgrounds. Another main purpose of the program is to recognize those who risk their lives to help to protect us. Implementation of the One Nation, One Flag, One People initiative is an on-the-court ceremony that begins before tip-off of each game with teams lining up on their respective foul lines for the playing of the national anthem. The program concludes with both teams shaking hands after the national anthem.

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Purpose The NABC has continually worked to further the best interests of the game of basketball as well as the players and coaches who participate in the sport. In doing so, the NABC has established the following goals and objectives to pursue its mission: • To promote the ideals of integrity, sportsmanship and teamwork among men’s basketball coaches and the players whom they coach; • To unify coaches on issues pertaining to basketball at all levels; • To provide member services which address the needs of the coach professionally, emotionally, financially, physically and spiritually; • To encourage basketball coaches to serve as community outreach agents who elevate moral, ethical and educational values; • To enlighten the general public, media, institutional educators and athletic administrators to the fact that coaches are good for the sport and the young people whom they serve; • To work with the legislative arm of the NCAA on issues that affect basketball, intercollegiate athletics and the basketball student-athlete.

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Guardians of the Game As coaches, we are “Guardians of the Game.” We have a responsibility to protect the integrity of student-athletes, coaches and the game of basketball. Guardians of the Game is a national awareness and education program, the goal of which is to focus attention on the positive aspects of basketball and the role coaches play in the lives of student-athletes. The Guardians Awards recognize NABC coaches who exemplify one of the four Guardians of the Game core values: Advocacy, Leadership, Service and Education. Each year outstanding NABC coaches from all levels will be nominated by their peers for outstanding achievements and contributions to the game, student-athletes and society.

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College Basketball Experience In the Fall of 2007, the NABC unveiled one of the most exciting and immersive entertainment venues in the world, the College Basketball Experience, which houses the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. The NABC has created a fun, memorable facility that celebrates men’s college basketball at all levels and provides fans and visitors with an entertaining, hands-on basketball experience that explores the game from an insider’s perspective. The project creates a synergy with Sprint Center, KC Live and other destinations in the greater Kansas City community. Sharing this vision, the NCAA and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame have assisted the NABC in the development of this one-of-a-kind venue. In addition to highlighting NCAA Division I, the College Basketball Experience also highlights NCAA Divisions II and III, the NAIA, junior college and some high school programs. The College Basketball Experience: • Engages visitors in the game of basketball. The program conveys the excitement of the game and enhances visitors’ appreciation of “what it takes” to be an effective player. • Illustrates how character development and ethics are intrinsic parts of college basketball. • Provides opportunities for fans to celebrate March Madness and other major collegiate basketball events at the College Basketball Experience. • Features elements that reflect current basketball-related events in Sprint Center, the region and throughout the country. • Captures the excitement and building of school spirit through the college basketball band and cheerleader experience. • Recognizes the Big 12 Conference men’s and women’s tournaments and their special significance in Kansas City. • Presents seminal moments in college basketball history and highlights the special role of Kansas City in the sport. • Highlights key moments in the media coverage of the college game. • Creates a Hall of Honor to present the Four Pillars of the Game: Advocacy, Service, Leadership and Education. • Pays tribute to basketball programs that have been instrumental in the development of the game. • Features the Mentors Circle and the Coaches Tree. • Supports institutional partners such as the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and the NCAA.

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Making a Difference Jim Boeheim ’s accomplishments as head men’s basketball coach at Syracuse have brought him an inordinate amount of joy. His 34-year run as Orange coach has been highlighted with a national championship in 2003, two other Final Four appearances, and induction into the Naismath Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005. These are honors and memories that only a handful of coaches hope to experience. Ask Boeheim to list his finest accomplishments and these honors are surely to be ranked near the top. But there’s another great moment that Boeheim will put right up with all of these accolades. It occurred in April 2000 when Jim and his wife, Juli, put on their first “BasketBall Gala” to raise money and awareness for the Coaches vs. Cancer program. Jim and Juli worked together to launch the Gala. They selected the location, the speakers, and the menu. They worked the phones to recruit friends and supporters to buy seats at the Gala. And because it was their first major event for charity, they were as nervous that evening as when Boeheim’s team defeated Kansas to win the national title. Those nerves quickly turned to wonderment when about 650 people showed up to attend the Gala—about double the number they had hoped for. Jim Boeheim did not shed tears of joy when his team won the NCAA championship. He did that evening in April 2000, because he knew this accomplishment had far more impact. “Jim looked at me after the event was over and said, ‘Can you believe it? How can we ever top this? This is awesome,’” Juli was quoted in recalling her husband’s emotion at the end of the inaugural Gala. “As he was talking, he had tears in his eyes. Jim was so moved, and at the same time, it was so humbling for him. That night brought him to his knees.” More than 18 months after he helped launch the first BasketBall Gala, Boeheim was back on the public stage in the fight against cancer— this time at the most personal level. How he monitored his condition and the manner in which he took the necessary actions to be cancer-free serves as a model for others. Boeheim had been dealing with an enlarged prostate for several years, and his doctors had been closely monitoring the situation even though there had been no signs of cancer. Then in November 2001 a biopsy was performed and the results indicated precancerous cells. Some coaches might have waited to have his prostate removed, but Boeheim knew the appropriate action was to deal with the matter immediately. He went to St. Louis to see prostate cancer surgeon William Catalona, who recommended surgery and Boeheim agreed to have it in early December.

So eight games into the 2001-02 season, Boeheim took a medical leave of absence from his team to take care of his health. “I had a fear about it without question,” he recalled. “The good news with prostate cancer is that when you catch it early and this was early—only a small amount of cancer found—then it’s more likely to be contained within the prostate, so your prognosis is very good and you have a high chance of recovery. You have a positive outlook on the situation. I think my involvement with sports helped me have a positive outlook that this could be beaten. I really didn’t look back. I knew what I had to do, I knew I had a good doctor, and I went out and got it done.” Boeheim recovered so well from his prostate surgery that he only missed three games during his leave. The actions that he took—and how swiftly he took them—resulted in the best possible results. Since that year, Boeheim has made it a point to share his success story with others facing a similar situation. He has taken both numerous calls from people looking for encouragement and, whenever possible, made a point to visit or phone others dealing with cancer. “Unfortunately, we tend to sit on the sidelines for cancer and other types of causes until we’re touched by them personally,” he said. “Everybody needs to get off the sidelines in this regard. If you haven’t been touched by a situation involving cancer personally, you’re likely to be touched down the road. You don’t need to spend 30-40 hours a week helping. I don’t believe that people realize it, but if you can spend two-three hours a week helping, it can make a big difference. We can all lend two-three hours a week. We can all play a role in defeating cancer.” * This story is an excerpt from Coaching to Defeat Cancer, which chronicles the success stories of nine basketball coaches who hope to inspire others going through their own cancer journey.

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Coaches vs. Cancer Coaches vs. Cancer is a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) that empowers basketball coaches, their teams, and local communities to make a difference in the fight against cancer. The program leverages the personal experiences, community leadership, and professional excellence of basketball coaches nationwide to increase cancer awareness and promote healthy living through yearround awareness efforts, fundraising activities, and advocacy programs. Coaches vs. Cancer evolved from a concept championed by Norm Stewart, former head coach of the University of Missouri’s men’s basketball program, cancer survivor, and member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. He started the program by challenging fans to pledge a dollar amount for every 3-point shot made by his team during the season. The American Cancer Society and the NABC adopted that concept in 1993 and transformed it into a nationwide effort to unite coaches across the country in the common mission to provide help and hope to all people facing cancer. Today, more than 2,000 Division I, II, and III college coaches are involved in the program. Additionally, more than 100 high school coaches participate in the program. Coaches vs. Cancer has raised nearly $75 million since its inception to support the American Cancer Society’s lifesaving efforts to save lives and create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.

What is Prostate Cancer? The prostate is the gland below a man’s bladder that produces fluid for semen. Prostate cancer is the third most common cause of death from cancer in men of all ages. It is rare in men younger than 40. Levels of a substance called prostate specific antigen (PSA) is often high in men with prostate cancer. However, PSA can also be high with other prostate conditions. Since the PSA test became common, most prostate cancers are found before they cause symptoms. Symptoms of prostate cancer may include: • Problems passing urine, such as pain, difficulty starting or stopping the stream, or dribbling • Low back pain • Pain with ejaculation • Prostate cancer treatment often depends on the stage of the cancer. How fast the cancer grows and how different it is from surrounding tissue helps determine the stage. Treatment may include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy or control of hormones that affect the cancer. Why is it important to find prostate cancer early? If prostate cancer is found during screening with the PSA test or DRE (digital rectal exam), your cancer will likely be at an early, more treatable stage than if no screening were done. Since using early detection tests for prostate cancer became relatively common (about 1990), the prostate cancer death rate has dropped. But it isn’t clear yet that this drop is a direct result of screening. It could also be caused by something else, like improvements in treatment. There is no question that the PSA test can help spot many prostate cancers early, but it’s important to know that this test can’t tell how dangerous the cancer is. Finding and treating all prostate cancers early may seem like a no-brainer. But some prostate cancers grow so slowly that they would likely never cause problems. Because of an elevated PSA level, some men may be diagnosed with a prostate cancer that they would have never even known about - it would never have lead to their death or even caused any symptoms. But they may still be treated for these cancers, either because the doctor can’t be sure how aggressive (fast growing and fast spreading) the cancer might be, or because the men are uncomfortable not having any treatment. At this time, the American Cancer Society recommends that men thinking about prostate cancer screening should make informed decisions based on available information, discussion with their doctor, and their own views on the benefits and side effects of screening and treatment. For more information, go to www.cancer.org.

Boeheim, Calhoun Prove Cancer Victims Can Win Published Sept. 13, 2011 By Mike DeCourcy, Sporting News It is wonderful news that Bobby Bowden is cancer-free. He is 81 years old, and it would be lovely if he were to live another 81 years. It is a shameful, though, he would announce to the world that he chose to hide his prostate cancer diagnosis in 2007 because he feared that opposing coaches would declare, “Don’t go to Florida State. Coach Bowden is about to die.” It is not shameful that he would hide his diagnosis. Every person has a right to his or her medical privacy. If Bowden had chosen to restrict knowledge of his conquest of prostate cancer to his family, friends and the people who cured him, that would have been just fine. But college sports does not need another stain on its image, especially one that is so patently false. He said he was worried about negative recruiting. And critics of college sports are using that as one more weapon in their arsenals. Jim Boeheim was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2001. He chose to have surgery to treat it, which occurred during the basketball season and caused him to miss three games. His absence was quite public, and yet before that year was out he would sign Carmelo Anthony, the foundation for Syracuse’s only NCAA championship. Connecticut’s Jim Calhoun was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003. His treatment, as well, required him to be absent from several games. He likewise chose to make his illness public. Two subsequent bouts with skin cancer also were no secret. Since that initial cancer diagnosis, UConn won NCAA championships in 2004 and 2011 and signed such star recruits as Rudy Gay, Kemba Walker and Andre Drummond.

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Jim Calhoun Tubby Smith revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis in May, a month after he’d had surgery that he said made him “cancer-free.” Steve Lavin, much younger than any of these men, made us aware in April of his early stage prostate cancer diagnosis and continued about the business of recruiting elite players to continue the St. John’s revival. Is it possible these men have been undermined by rival recruiters whispering about their illnesses? Anything’s possible, but it’s unlikely given the risk that a coach who attacked a rival coach on such grounds might find himself still haunted by that tactic decades later. Bowden now says if he’d understood his circumstance better in 2007 he would have considered it his “moral duty” to be open about the disease. Many of the coaches who have revealed their illness said they did so to help spread awareness. Bobby Bowden did not have to do that. He is entitled to his privacy, now more than ever given that he no longer is an active public figure. He is not, however, entitled to further undermine the enterprise that made him an icon. He owes college sports better.

Mike DeCourcy is the lead college basketball writer for the Sporting News. Follow him on-line at sportingnews.com and on Twitter @tsnmike.

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2011-12 Season Preview By John Akers, Basketball Times One of the most anticipated college seasons in a decade – thank you, NBA lockout – brings five or six teams that might be the preseason favorite in a normal season. North Carolina might be the consensus favorite, but it isn’t often that the early polls would ignore the nation’s top player (Ohio State F Jared Sullinger), a perfect blend of talent and experience (Kentucky) or a defending national champion that loses just one starter and adds one of the nation’s top freshmen (UConn). That alone should give you an idea how good these Tar Heels must be. 1. North Carolina* (2009) The Tar Heels (29-8) are the nation’s consensus No. 1-ranked team for obvious reasons. No team has a more acclaimed front court than North Carolina’s trio – F Tyler Zeller (15.7, 7.2 rpg); F Harrison Barnes (15.7, 5.8); and F John Henson (11.7, 10.1). PG Kendall Marshall (6.2) led all freshmen with 6.2 apg. 2. Ohio State* (2009) The Buckeyes (34-3) avoided an anticipated dropoff with the unexpected return of F Jared Sullinger (17.2, 10.2), a first-team All-American, and second-team All-Big Ten G William Buford (14.4). Great support is available from sophomores G Aaron Craft (4.8 apg) and F DeShaun Thomas, who averaged 7.5 points over just 14.0 minutes per game. 3. Kentucky* (2000, 2007) The Wildcats (29-9) mix a trademark top-ranked recruiting class with more holdovers than usual. F Terrence Jones (15.7, 8.8), G Doron Lamb (12.3) and F-G Darius Miller (10.9) are joined by a freshman Fab Four – F Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, F Anthony Davis, G Marquis Teague and F Kyle Wiltjer. 4. Connecticut* (1999, 2007) The defending national-champion Huskies (329) – 9-9 in the Big East, yet 14-0 in the Maui, Big East and NCAA tournaments – must march on without All-America G Kemba Walker. G-F Jeremy Lamb (11.1) flourished during the postseason, averaging 16.2 ppg. Highly ranked freshmen C Andre Drummond and F DeAndre Daniels signed during the summer. 5. Syracuse* (2002, 2004, 2005, 2009) The Orange (27-8) might be nationalchampionship caliber with the return of F Kris Joseph (14.3), G Scoop Jardine (12.5, 5.9 apg) and G Brandon Triche (11.1). Or Syracuse could miss the huge void left by C Rick Jackson – who led the Big East in rebounding, field goal percentage and blocks and averaged 35.6 minutes in the post.

6. Duke* (1998, 2008) Though the Blue Devils (32-5) have a lot to replace (Nolan Smith, Kyle Singler, Kyrie Irving), dynamic freshman G Austin Rivers arrives and F Mason Plumlee (7.2, 8.4 rpg) returns to lead a cast of solid role players. Coach Mike Krzyzewski will break Bob Knight’s record 902 Division I victories with Duke’s third victory. 7. Vanderbilt (at right) 8. Louisville The Cardinals (25-10) lose just a couple of players from a season that was both encouraging (finishing in a tie for third in the Big East) and discouraging (injuries, a first-round NCAA Tournament exit). There’s reason to become encouraged again, with the return of G-F Kyle Kuric (10.8) and G Peyton Siva (9.9, 5.2 apg). 9. Florida* (2001, 2005) The Gators (29-8) are swamped with guards, so to speak, from their two second-team All-SEC performers, Erving Walker (14.6) and Kenny Boynton (14.2), to Rutgers transfer Mike Rosario (16.7, but only 37.8 percent from the field in 2009-10) and highscoring freshman Bradley Beal. The loss of three senior forwards raises questions in the front court.

IZOD Center in the Meadowlands will play host to the Championship Rounds of the TicketCity Legends Classic, Nov. 19 and 21. Texas, which has been to each of the last 13 NCAA Tournaments, will rely on a host of newcomers to keep that streak alive. Conversely, Vanderbilt returns 11 players from last year’s NCAA squad and is projected as a Top 10 team this season. NC State looks to return to its rightful spot in the ACC standings under first year head coach Mark Gottfried. Oregon State sees 11 players return in what is expected to be a breakthrough year for the Beavers. It all begins with Regional Round play on campus from Nov. 13-16. 7. Vanderbilt The Commodores (2311) would be the league favorite in almost any other season, with the return of first-team All-SEC G John Jenkins (19.5), with his streak of 33 consecutive doubledigit games; secondteam All-SEC G-F Jeffery Taylor (14.7, 5.5); the much-improved, second-team All-SEC C Festus Ezeli (13.0, 6.3); and G Brad Tinsley (10.6, 4.6 apg).

10. Memphis* (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007) The still-young Tigers (25-10) are deep, deep, deep. They return a starting lineup that includes third-team All-C-USA G Will Barton (12.3) and a bench that includes C-USA tournament MVP G Joe Jackson and G-F Wesley Witherspoon, who was third-team All-C-USA in 2009-10. Plus, they add top-10 recruit F Adonis Thomas. 11. Pittsburgh* (2003, 2010) The Panthers (28-6) lose three starters from the team that won the Big East regular season but lost a heartbreaker to Butler in the NCAA Tournament’s second round. They return the league’s best player, first-team All-Big East G Ashton Gibbs (16.8) – who will move from the point to shooting guard.

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The field for the Progressive CBE Classic has combined for 79 NCAA Tournament appearances. Missouri, with new head coach Frank Haith, returns nine players from last year’s NCAA Tournament squad. Notre Dame has gone to four straight NCAAs and has won 20 or more games for five consecutive years. California, which has been to the postseason each of the last three years, welcomes back 10 players. Last year, Georgia made its first NCAA trip since 2003. After the four teams host Regional Round games on campus from Nov. 13-17, they will travel to Sprint Center in Kansas City for Championship Rounds action on Nov. 21-22.

12. Xavier The Musketeers (24-8) can aim for greater goals than a sixth straight A-10 regular-season title or seventh consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, with the return of third-team AllAmerica G Tu Holloway (19.7, 5.0 apg) and G Mark Lyons (13.6), who will team up with Holloway to form one of the nation’s top back courts.

25. Missouri The Tigers (23-11) bring cause for optimism and pessimism. All-Big 12 G Marcus Denmon was among five returning starters who got off to a 14-1 start.

13. Baylor The Bears (18-13) should have the Big 12’s best front court and among the best in the nation. That group includes second-team All-Big 12 F Perry Jones (13.9, 7.2), F Quincy Acy (12.4, 7.6), starter F Anthony Jones (8.5, 5.3) and freshman F Quincy Miller. National JC player of the year PG Pierre Jackson will boost the backcourt. 14. Kansas* (2000) The Jayhawks (35-3) lose four starters, enough to signal an end to a run of seven consecutive Big 12 titles. But that ignores the potential of F Thomas Robinson (7.6, 6.4), who was limited to 14.6 mpg behind the Morris twins and projects to an All-America caliber 15.6 ppg and 13.2 rpg over 30 minutes per game. 15. Arizona* (2001, 2011) The Wildcats (30-8) figured to lose All-American F Derrick Williams from an Elite Eight team that lost to eventual national champion UConn, though the decision by G MoMo Jones to transfer was a jolt. There’s still a layer of talent there, including freshman G Josiah Turner, that will make for a far more balanced team. 16. Wisconsin The importance of G Jordan Taylor (18.1, 4.7 apg) to the Badgers (25-9) cannot be overstated. The second-team AllAmerican had the nation’s best assists-toturnovers ratio (3.83), and the Badgers led the nation in scoring defense (58.5 ppg), free throw percentage (.823), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.75) and set an NCAA record for fewest turnovers per game (7.58). 17. Alabama* (2002, 2003, 2004) The Crimson Tide (25-12) shouldn’t be left out this Selection Sunday with the return of first-team All-SEC F JaMychal Green (15.5, 7.5), second-team All-SEC F Tony Mitchell (15.2, 7.1) and G Trevor Releford (11.0).

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18. Texas A&M* (2011) Former Murray State coach Billy Kennedy takes over the Aggies (24-9), who should continue the

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winning legacy established by Mark Turgeon and Billy Gillispie. Second-team All-Big 12 F Khris Middleton (14.4, 5.2) and third-team All-Big 12 F David Loubeau (11.8, 5.0) return to a team that overachieved to reach the NCAA Tournament. 19. UCLA* (2000, 2008) The Bruins (23-11) might have been a top-five team nationally, if not for early departures by first-team All-Pac-10 players F Tyler Honeycutt and G Malcolm Lee. They should still be a Top 25 team with first-team All-league F Reeves Nelson (13.9, 9.1) and C Joshua Smith (10.9, 6.3). 20. Marquette* (1995, 2002, 2003) The Golden Eagles (22-15) will seek a seventh consecutive NCAA Tournament bid with secondteam All-Big East G Darius Johnson-Odom (15.8) and F Jae Crowder (11.8, 6.8), plus freshman G Todd Mayo. 21. Michigan* (2008) The Wolverines (21-14) surprised many by shaking off a six-game losing streak to finish in a fourway tie for fourth place in the Big Ten. They might be pushing Ohio State as a Big Ten contender if not for the early departure by G Darius Morris, though G Tim Hardaway Jr. (13.9) and everyone else are back. 22. Cincinnati The Bearcats (26-9) and Mark Cronin, who got off to a 15-0 start, could be returning to the sort of glory days they enjoyed under Bob Huggins, with the return of four starters, including F Yancy Gates (11.9, 6.9) and G Dion Dixon (11.6). Plus, they welcome freshman PF Shaquille Thomas and JC transfer PF Cheikh Mbodji. 23. Gonzaga* (2003) The Bulldogs (25-10) figure to have an outstanding front court – with 7-foot All-WCC C Robert Sacre (12.5, 6.3) and F Elias Harris (12.4, 6.0), whose performance slipped because of Achilles problems – but must revamp a backcourt that was prepared to lose first-team All-WCC Stephen Gray but not Demetri Goodson, who left to play football at Baylor. 24. Michigan State* (2006) Expectations were too high for last season’s Spartans (19-15), No. 2 in last season’s AP preseason poll, but they might be too low this season. They return do-everything F Draymond Green (12.6, 8.6 rpg, 4.1 apg) and add freshman F Branden Dawson and Valparaiso transfer G Brandon Wood (16.7), who was first-team All-Horizon League. 25. Missouri [at left)

2K Sports Classic The Main Event The 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer is the nation’s premier season-opening college basketball tournament. Teams from across the nation will compete in the 17th annual event with St. John’s, Arizona, Texas A&M, and Mississippi serving as regional hosts. Regional Round action takes place from Nov. 7-9 with the four hosts then advancing to the Championship Rounds, Nov. 17-18, at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The remainder of the field will participate in Subregionals held in Lynchburg, Va., and Valparaiso, Ind, Nov. 18-20. Joining the four Championship Round hosts in the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer are Akron, Duquesne, Eastern Kentucky, Hiram, IndianaKokomo, Lehigh, Liberty, UDC, Valparaiso, and William & Mary.

Preseason Attention - Individual Division Two players participating in the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer are listed among the 50 players on the John R. Wooden Award preseason watch list. Mississippi State guard Dee Bost and Texas A&M forward Khris Middleton are honored. Home Sweet Home This year marks the 14th consecutive year that Madison Square Garden will serve as host of the Championship Rounds of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer. The first two years (1995, 1996) the event was held at what was then known as Convention Hall (now Boardwalk Hall) in Atlantic City, N.J. The 1997 tournament took place at Continental Airlines Arena (now IZOD Center) in East Rutherford, N.J. The event will continue at Madison Square Garden through at last the 2020-21 season.

About the Program The Coaches vs. Cancer program unites the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) in the fight against cancer. The program leverages the personal experiences, community leadership, and professional excellence of basketball coaches nationwide to increase cancer awareness and promote healthy living through yearround awareness efforts, fundraising activities, and advocacy programs.

Welcome Back Three teams in this year’s 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer field return from previous years. St. John’s is appearing in its fourth Classic, tying Memphis, Syracuse, and Texas for the most appearances in tournament history. The Red Storm are 3-4 in the Classic, having previously played in 2000 (lost in final to Kansas), 2003 (lost to Marquette), and 2006 (lost in consolation to Texas). Arizona and Mississippi State are each making their second appearance.

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Arizona last played in 2001 and beat then No. 2 Maryland and No. 6 Florida to claim the title. Mississippi State was part of the 2004 field and beat Fairfield and Birmingham-Southern before dropping its Championship Round games against Syracuse and Saint Mary’s. Punch Your Ticket Since the beginning of the Classic in 1995, all but one team that has won the Championship has gone on to the NCAA Tournament. In the previous 16 years, 12 champions have been crowned (there was a showcase format in 1995, 1996, 2002, and 2003). Of those 12 champions, one has won a National Championship (Florida, 2005), one has lost in the title game (Memphis, 2007), one has advanced to the Elite Eight (Temple, 1998), four have reached the Sweet 16 (Syracuse, 2009; Duke, 2008; Arizona, 2001; and Kansas, 2000), and three have reached the second round (Pittsburgh 2010; Maryland, 2006; Princeton, 1997). Syracuse, the 2004 champ, dropped its NCAA opener that March. Stanford, which won the 1999 event, is the only tournament champion not to earn a postseason berth. Helpful Start Seventy-two teams that have participated in the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer have gone on to postseason play that year – 54 NCAA, 14 NIT, and four CBI. Seven teams have advanced to the Final Four after opening their seasons in the event. Three - Maryland (2002), Syracuse (2003), and Florida (2006) - went on to win the National Championship. Texas (2003), Marquette (2003), George Mason (2006), and Memphis (2008) are the others to reach the Final Four. Catapulting into the Rankings The Classic has catapulted several teams into the national rankings based on their performance in the event, none so much as Arizona (2001) and Syracuse (2009). The Wildcats entered the 2001 event unranked, but wins over No. 2 Maryland (71-67) and No. 6 Florida (75-71) sent Arizona to No. 8 in the Associated Press poll immediately after the tournament. Syracuse experienced the same rush in 2009. The Orange, unranked in the AP poll and 25th in the ESPN/USA Today poll, won four games in the event, including a semifinal win over No. 12 California (95-73) and a win in the title game against No. 4 North Carolina (87-71). The next week, the Orange were ranked ninth by ESPN/USA Today and 10th by the AP.

2K Sports Classic The Untouchables Of the 109 teams that have participated in the event since 1995, only seven remain undefeated in Classic play. Pittsburgh (2003, 2010) is tops with a 5-0 record. Arizona (2001), Kansas (2000), Saint Joseph’s (1996, 2003), and Stanford (1999) each own 2-0 records. La Salle (1995) and Penn State (1995) are 1-0 against Classic competition. Hosts with the Most The hosts of the four Regional Round sites of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer combined for a 92-43 record and three NCAA Tournament bids last season. Arizona ended the season ranked No. 9 by ESPN/USA Today and No. 17 by the AP. St. John’s was ranked No. 19 by the AP and Texas A&M was ranked No. 24, also by the AP.

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Honorable Mention Former Princeton head coach Pete Carril, former Mount St. Mary’s head coach Jim Phelan, and former Virginia women’s coach Debbie Ryan have been chosen the 2011 recipients of the Joe Lapchick Character Award, annually given to coaches who have exhibited the character traits of the former St. John’s legend. The awards ceremony will be held at Madison Square Garden during the semifinals of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer on November 17.

The Man Ohio State’s Evan Turner posted a triple-double when he went for 14 points, 17 rebounds, and 10 assists in the Buckeyes’ 100-60 win over Alcorn State on Nov. 9, 2009. Turner went on to break or tie five tournament records that year to earn alltournament honors. However, Turner did not earn Most Valuable Player honors in 2009. The award went to Syracuse’s Wes Johnson, who led the Orange to the Classic title. Select Company In the last six NBA drafts, 15 players who have played in the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer have been selected in the top 10. Most recently, Texas’ Tristan Thompson was chosen fourth by Cleveland in the 2011 Draft. In 2010, Ohio State’s Evan Turner (second overall, Philadelphia) and Wes Johnson of Syracuse (fourth overall, Minnesota) were chosen. In 2008 and 2009, the overall top pick was a tournament alum. In 2009 Blake Griffin of Oklahoma was selected by the Clippers and in 2008 Derrick Rose of Memphis went to the Bulls. A list of tournament NBA draftees can be found in this program.

2K Sports Classic By The Numbers... 4 – Number of times St. John’s has participated in the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer, tying Memphis, Syracuse, and Texas for the most appearances in the event. 5 – Number of records set by Ohio State’s Evan Turner in the 2009 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer. 11 – Number of schools making their 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer debut in 2011 – Akron, Duquesne, Eastern Kentucky, Hiram, Indiana-Kokomo, Lehigh, Liberty, Texas A&M, UDC, Valparaiso, and William & Mary.. 11 – Number of wins Syracuse has in the history of the Classic – an event record. 15 – Number of 2K Sports Classic alumni who have been selected among the top 10 in the last six NBA drafts. 38 – Number of ranked teams that have participated in the previous 16 Classics. 72 – Number of teams that participated in the Classic who advanced to postseason play the following March. 92 – Number of combined wins in 2010-11 of the four Regional Round hosts – St. John’s, Arizona, Texas A&M, and Mississippi State. 120 – Number of schools, including this year’s field, that have participated in the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer during the event’s 17 years. Nearly $5,000,000 – Amount of money raised by the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer and The Gazelle Group to support the fight against cancer.

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St. John’s Red Storm QUICK FACTS School.......................................... St. John’s University Location..................................................... Queens, N.Y. Enrollment.......................................................... 21,354 Founded..................................................................1870 Nickname.....................................................Red Storm Colors.....................................................Red and White Home Facilities......Madison Square Garden (19,353); Carnesecca Arena (5,602) President................... Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M. Director of Athletics............................ Chris Monasch Web Site..............................www.redstormsports.com Head Coach................................................ Steve Lavin Record at School.................................. 21-12 (1 year) Career Record................................. 166-90 (8 years) 2010-11 Record...................................................... 21-12 Conference...................................................Big East Conference Record (Finish).................12-6 (Tie 3rd) Postseason.............................NCAA Second Round

Program sales will be brisk at St. John’s games this season. With only one returning scholarship letterwinner in junior Malik Stith, the Red Storm will feature at least six newcomers, a group comprised of four freshmen, one sophomore, and one junior. St. John’s will look to its highly-rated 2011-12 recruiting class – featuring three recruits ranked in the Top 100 in the nation in Moe Harkless, Sir’Dominic Pointer and D’Angelo Harrison – to assist in replacing 96.3 percent of its scoring and 97.8 percent of its rebounding in the coming season. In their first year under head coach Steve Lavin, the Storm posted a 21-12 overall record in 2010-11, marking St. John’s most wins since the 2002-03 season. Six of those wins came against Top 25 opponents, four of those over Top 10 opponents. It also resulted in St. John’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2002. Lavin transformed a team that finished in 13th place in the Big East in 2009-10 at 6-12 to a squad that tied for third last season at 12-6 – only twice before has a jump of such magnitude occurred in league history. The Red Storm finished the season ranked 18th in the Associated Press Top 25, marking the first time it qualified for the postseason as a ranked team since 2000-01. St. John’s, which posted a 7-1 record in eight regular-season games at Madison Square Garden (capacity: 19,353) and a 5-2 record on campus at Carnesecca Arena (capacity: 5,602) saw its home attendance climb by 38.1 percent, marking the fourth-largest increase in the country.

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ALL-AMERICANS: Three members of the Red Storm participated in the inaugural All-American Championship in Houston last season. Produced by the Gazelle Group, the All-American Championship features the nation’s best senior and junior high school boys basketball players and annually takes place at the site of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship. Among the participants were D’Angelo Harrison, Moe Harkless, and Sir’Dominic Pointer. Playing for the East, Harkless scored 15 points and was named the team’s Most Outstanding Player. Pointer, a member of the South squad, scored 18 points. Harrison paced the West team with 21 points.

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GOTTA GO TO MOE: Rated as high as the nation’s No. 38 prospect overall, Moe Harkless brings his game back to the borough of his birth. He returns to Queens after spending his senior season at South Kent School (Conn.) where he averaged 27.2 ppg, 13.6 rpg, 4.2 apg, and 3.1 bpg. Senior year accolades included MVP of the 2011 Kobe Bryant Classic in Philadelphia, Pa., MVP of the 2011 Port Chester CYP in Port Chester, Pa., MVP of the 2010 National Prep Showcase in New Haven, Conn. and the MVP of the 2010 Big Apple Basketball Challenge in Manhattan.

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PRIDE OF TEXAS: D’Angelo Harrison comes to St. John’s with the reputation as a deadly accurate shooter and possessing the ability to get to the rim. Ranked among the nation’s top 10 shooting guards and the top 40 overall, the two-time allstate selection averaged 31.1 ppg, 10.1 rpg and 2.6 spg as a senior at Dulles High School in Sugar Land, Texas. ROYALTY COMES TO QUEENS: Sir’Dominic Pointer played two years at Quality Education Academy in North Carolina and was rated as high as the No. 24 prospect overall. Pointer led QEA to a 25-4 record as a senior last year, averaging 20.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 5.0 apg, 4.0 spg, and 4.0 bpg. MORE ROOKIES: St. John’s welcomes three other highly-touted first year players. Junior God’sgift Achiuwa earned first-team NJCAA All-America honors at Eric Community College, where he averaged 22.3 ppg and 11.7 rpg in leading ECC to a 28-4 record in 2010-11 and a fourth place finish in the National Junior College Athletic Association Tournament. Sophomore Nurideen Lindsey posted 28.0 ppg and 8.0 apg last season at Redlands Community College in Oklahoma. Freshman Phil Greene registered 24.5 ppg, 6.3 rpg, and 6.0 apg at Florida’s IMG Academy a year ago.

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3 Moe Harkless Fr. | G/F 6-8 | 206 first season

4 Nurideen Lindsey So. | G 6-3 | 179 first season

10 D’Angelo Harrison Fr. | G 6-3 | 204 first season

11 Sir’Dominic Pointer Fr. | G/F 6-6 | 195 first season

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Quinn McDowell Sr. | G/F 6-6 | 215

15.5 ppg 5.4 rpg

Tim Rusthoven So. | F 6-9 | 230

5.5 ppg 2.8 rpg

After being one of the youngest teams in the country a season ago, William & Mary returns one of the most veteran rosters in Colonial Athletic Association as it welcomes back four starters and 12 total letterwinners. The 2010-11 season turned out to be a great learning experience as the young squad proved it could play on any stage against high-level competition, capping the season with a victory in the CAA Tournament. With the added experience and chemistry from a season ago, the future is bright as W&M sets its sights on a breakout campaign. In total, the Tribe return 85.6 percent of their scoring (1,756 of 2,051 points), 81.9 percent of their rebounding (836 of 1,021 rebounds), 93.9 percent of their assists (400 of 426 assists), and 100 percent of their 250 made 3-pointers from 2010-11. W&M will be led by the senior trio of Kendrix Brown, Quinn McDowell, and JohnMark Ludwick. Each player was a key cog during the Tribe’s run to the National Invitational Tournament in 2010, and after assuming leadership roles a season ago, the group is ready to guide W&M back into the CAA and national discussions. Brown and McDowell both return as multiple-year starters, with McDowell having led the Tribe in scoring (15.5 ppg) last season, while Brown tallied 3.3 ppg and handed out a team-best 72 assists. Ludwig started nine games and netted 3.8 ppg. William & Mary also returns the guard pair of sophomores Brandon Britt (10.9 ppg, 61 assists) and Julian Boatner (6.8 ppg), who started 18 games together in the back court last season. Britt earned CAA AllRookie team honors and ranked among the league leaders in scoring, while Boatner ranked among the CAA leaders in 3-point shooting (.400). THE MIGHTY QUINN: Senior Quinn McDowell is the CAA’s leading returning scorer from last season after averaging 15.5 points per game. He is the only returning two-time All-CAA selection in the league this season after earning thirdteam honors in 2010 and 2011. Last season, McDowell was one of three players nationally and only the second CAA player to lead their league in 3-point field

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QUICK FACTS School............................. College of William and Mary Location............................................ Williamsburg, Va. Enrollment..............................................................7,725 Founded..................................................................1693 Nickname.............................................................. Tribe Colors........................................ Green, Gold and Silver Home Facility.............................Kaplan Arena (8,600) President...................................... W. Taylor Reveley III Director of Athletics................................Terry Driscoll Web Site................................. www.TribeAthletics.com Head Coach............................................... Tony Shaver Record at School............................. 97-146 (8 years) Career Record.............................455-267 (25 years) 2010-11 Record..................................................... 10-22 Conference.....................................Colonial Athletic Conference Record (Finish)...................... 4-14 (11th) Postseason........................................................None

goal percentage (.455) and free throw percentage (.866). His 1,221 career points are the second best active total in the CAA and rank 16th in W&M history. BOMBS AWAY: Sophomore Julian Boatner set a W&M freshman record for 3-point field goals last season with 58, which ranked as the best total among CAA rookies. He averaged 6.8 points per game, which ranked fifth among CAA freshmen in 2010-11. As a team, W&M connected on 200plus 3-pointers for the fifth straight season in 2010-11. Over that span, the Tribe are averaging 241 treys and last season’s 250 rank as the third-best total in school history. HELPING HANDS: During each of the last four seasons, the Tribe have recorded 400 or more assists. Last season, W&M finished with 426 assists, the seventh most in school history. THE MAN IN CHARGE: Tribe head coach Tony Shaver, who has been named the CAA Coach of the Year and a finalist for the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Coach of the Year in two of the last four seasons, is just three wins shy of 100 at W&M and 16 shy of the record for victories by a head coach at the College. Shaver will become just the second W&M head men’s basketball coach in the 105year history of the program to win 100 games. He enters the season 29th among active NCAA Division I head coach with 455 career victories.

Quinn McDowell

Lehigh Mountain Hawks QUICK FACTS School............................................... Lehigh University Location................................................Bethlehem, Pa. Enrollment.............................................................4,700 Founded................................................................. 1865 Nickname...........................................Mountain Hawks Colors.................................................Brown and White Home Facility............................ Stabler Arena (6,000) President..............................................Dr. Alice P. Gast Director of Athletics..................................Joe Sterrett Web Site................................. www.LehighSports.com Head Coach............................................ Dr. Brett Reed Record at School...............................67-55 (4 years) Career Record....................................67-55 (4 years) 2010-11 Record...................................................... 16-15 Conference..................................................... Patriot Conference Record (Finish)........................ 6-8 (4th) Postseason........................................................None

Lehigh is hungry for more. The Mountain Hawks finished last season just one possession shy of hosting the Patriot League Championship game for the second time in as many years. With a talented group of upperclassmen, coupled with a strong freshman class, Lehigh looks to take that next step this season and return to where it was just two years ago: the NCAA Tournament. The Mountain Hawks have something no other team has - the nation’s leading returning scorer. Junior C.J. McCollum, a first-team All-Patriot League honoree after earning Player of the Year laurels as a freshman, finished ninth in the country last year with 21.8 points per game and has already reached 1,308 career points, just halfway through his collegiate career. He has already garnered a number of awards and is set to shatter endless records before his career is complete. Right beside McCollum is classmate Gabe Knutson, who, with 694 career points, is set to eclipse 1,000 points this season. Knutson averaged 12.2 points and 5.7 rebounds a game last season, second to McCollum in both categories. A core group includes junior Holden Greiner (6.4 ppg, 4.3 rpg) and senior Jordan Hamilton (5.0 ppg), who emerged last year, along with sophomore Mackey McKnight (7.6 ppg, 112 assists), who shined as the team’s point guard as a freshman. Lehigh plays an extremely challenging schedule, which should help it prepare for Patriot

C.J. McCollum

Brett Reed

League play. The non-league slate includes 2K Sports Classic games at St. John’s and against William & Mary, Liberty, and Eastern Kentucky. In addition, the squad heads to BCS conference schools Iowa State and Michigan State, while facing perennial 20-win team Quinnipiac and 2011 NCAA Tournament squad Saint Peter’s. With a combination of youth, experience and a will to win, the Mountain Hawks hope to compete for a Patriot League title, and further, as they continue to take the program to new heights. TALLY-HO: Junior C.J. McCollum enters the season with 1,308 career points, which is already more than half way to the Patriot League record of 2,224 held by Rob Feaster of Holy Cross. It is also nearly half way to the Lehigh career mark of 2,703 held by Daren Queenan. If he keeps up this pace, McCollum would become only the second Lehigh player in program history to eclipse 2,000, and it could happen as early as this season. McCollum already has a history of leading as he paced the nation in freshman scoring in 2009-10 (19.1 ppg) and then led the nation’s sophomores in 201011 (21.8 ppg). The 6-3 guard also hauled down a team-best 7.8 rebounds per game a year ago. BY THE WAY…: C.J. McCollum was named the Patriot League Player of the Week a record six times last season. The career record is eight, held by four players and most recently accomplished by Vlad Moldoveanu of American (2009-11). FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Mackey McKnight was named to the Patriot League All-Rookie team a year ago, marking the second straight season and fourth time in the past five years that the Mountain Hawks placed at least one member on the AllRookie team. McKnight netted 7.6 ppg and handed out a teambest 112 assists. SCORING FRENZY: Lehigh has led the Patriot League in scoring in each of the past two seasons. In 2009-10, the Mountain Hawks netted 75.1 ppg and followed that with a 73.6 ppg average last season. HOME COOKING: The Mountain Hawks have impressed at home, going 9-5 at Stabler Arena last year while winning 15 of their last 20 home matches. Lehigh is 94-33 at Stabler since the start of the 2002-03 season.

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Head Coach fifth season 67-55 overall (four years)

C.J. McCollum Jr. | G 6-3 | 180

21.8 ppg 7.8 rpg

Jordan Hamilton Sr. | F 6-6 | 205

5.0 ppg 1.9 rpg

Mackey McKnight So. | G 6-0 | 170

7.6 ppg 3.7 apg

Holden Greiner Jr. | F 6-7 | 210

6.4 ppg 4.3 rpg

Gabe Knutson Jr. | F 6-9 | 220

12.2 ppg 5.7 rpg

Arizona Wildcats QUICK FACTS School......................................... University of Arizona Location....................................................Tucson, Ariz. Enrollment......................................................... 38,800 Founded................................................................. 1885 Nickname........................................................Wildcats Colors...............................................Cardinal and Navy Home Facility.......................... McKale Center (14,545) President........................................ Dr. Eugene Sander Director of Athletics...................................Greg Bryne Web Site............................. www.arizonawildcats.com Head Coach.................................................Sean Miller Record at School.............................. 46-23 (2 years) Career Record.................................. 166-70 (7 years) 2010-11 Record...................................................... 30-8 Conference..................................................... Pac-12 Conference Record (Finish)........................14-4 (1st) Postseason.................................... NCAA Elite Eight

The 2011-12 edition of the Arizona Wildcats is expected to be a much more balanced squad that depends on the contributions of many. While that type of squad may be preferred by the UA coaches, this year’s club will look a bit different from the one that won 30 games and a Pac-10 Conference regular-season title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight a year ago. Gone is All-American and No. 2 pick in the NBA Draft Derrick Williams, who averaged 19.5 points and 8.3 rebounds. While it is impossible to replace a player of that caliber, how do you replace the things he did? “Derrick certainly did a lot of things very well for us,” said head coach Sean Miller. “We’re going to have to continue to do the things we do well offensively like generating good shots and getting to the line, while continuing to improve defensively. We just need to make steady progress.” Arizona will attempt to do that with the depth that comes from having 11 returning letterwinners and a talented class of four newcomers. Leading the way are seniors Kyle Fogg and Jesse Perry and junior Solomon Hill. Fogg, a 6-3 guard, is UA’s most experienced player with 85 starts in 104 career appearances. A year ago, Fogg averaged 8.1 ppg and led the team in 3-point field goals (50) and assists (99).

Solomon Hill

Sean Miller

The 6-7 Perry was Arizona’s most pleasant surprise last year. A former junior college All-American, Perry averaged 6.6 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in 2010-11 and displayed a grittiness during UA’s NCAA Tournament run that earned him a spot on the West Region all-tournament team. Hill, a 6-6 forward, averaged 8.0 ppg and 4.7 rpg last season while ranking second on the team with 32 steals. Additionally, his productivity rose to 9.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament. UA’s freshman class includes 6-9 forward Angelo Chol, 6-2 guard Nick Johnson, 6-8 forward Sidiki Johnson, and 6-3 guard Josiah Turner. Each is expected to make contributions this season. FOLLOW THE LEADER: Arizona head coach Sean Miller and the Wildcats clinched the 2011 Pac-10 regular-season championship with a win over Oregon on March 8, which marked the fourth regular-season title (or share) for a Miller-coached team in the last five seasons. The only blip was his 2009-10 debut season at Arizona when the Wildcats went 16-15 (10-8/4th Pac-10). Dating back to his time at Xavier, Miller’s charges won the 2007 (co), 2008, and 2009 Atlantic 10 regular-season championships in addition to the 2011 Pac-10 title. Additionally, Miller has proven himself to be a savvy postseason mentor, helping Xavier to the 2008 West Regional final and 2009 East Regional semifinal prior to Arizona’s 2011 run to the Elite Eight. His NCAA Tournament record is 9-5 (.643). TITLE TOWN: In its 107 seasons of basketball, Arizona has won or shared 25 conference championships. The Cats have captured at least one league title in each of the three conferences they have claimed membership: Border (12 titles), 1931-61; Western Athletic (1), 1962-78; and Pacific-10 (12), 1978-2011. Since UA joined the Pac-10, the Cats have won 12 conference titles, the most of any school in the league. SWEET: Every four-year player at Arizona since 1985 has played in at least one Sweet 16 during his career in Tucson. UA’s trip to the 2011 Elite Eight marked the 14th time the program advanced to the Sweet 16 and its ninth appearance in the Elite Eight. It was the sixth time in the last 11 years that the Cats have played into the NCAA Tournament’s second weekend.

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Head Coach third season 166-70 overall (seven years)

Josiah Turner Fr. | G 6-3 | 185 first season

11 Nick Johnson Fr. | G 6-2 | 195 first season

13 Kyle Fogg Sr. | G 6-3 | 190

8.1 ppg 2.6 apg

Jesse Perry Sr. | F 6-7 | 220

6.6 ppg 4.4 rpg

Solomon Hill Jr. | F 6-6 | 226

44 27

8.0 ppg 4.7 rpg

Valparaiso Crusaders Bryce Drew Head Coach first season 0-0 overall

Erik Buggs Jr. | G 5-11 | 155

2.8 ppg 3.1 apg

Jay Harris So. | G 6-2 | 155

5.1 ppg 1.4 apg

Matt Kenney Jr. | G 6-4 | 205

6.0 ppg 3.9 rpg

Ryan Broekhoff Jr. | G/F 6-7 | 215

10.3 ppg 5.2 rpg

Kevin Van Wijk Jr. | F 6-8 | 245

5.1 ppg 2.3 rpg

Valparaiso enters the 2011-12 campaign coming off its most successful year in the Horizon League. The Crusaders finished just one game short of the league regular-season championship and ended up winning 23 games and earning a berth in the CollegeInsider.com tournament. Valpo will have to replace a lot of production to replicate last season’s performance, however, as the Crusaders lost three graduating seniors and a transfer who combined for more than 60 percent of last year’s scoring. Valpo does bring back eight letterwinners, including starters Ryan Broekhoff and Erik Buggs. The 6-7 Broekhoff is the Crusaders’ leading returning scorer (10.3 ppg) and rebounder (team-best 5.2 rpg). Buggs, a 5-11 guard, led Valpo in assists (109) while also netting 2.8 ppg. Junior Matt Kenney (6.0 ppg, 3.9 rpg) averaged over 23 minutes a game off the bench last year, while sophomore Jay Harris (5.1 ppg) and junior Kevin Van Wijk (5.1 ppg) each played at least 13 minutes a contest. In addition, sophomore Tommy Kurth returns after sitting out last season as a medical redshirt. The Crusaders bolstered their roster in the offseason by adding six players, including a pair who own previous collegiate experience and are eligible to compete right away. Redshirt junior Will Bogan comes to Valpo from Ole Miss after graduating in three years and using just two seasons of eligibility. Junior Richie Edwards joins the Valpo program from Hillsborough (Fla.) Community College, where he averaged 18.6 ppg and 6.8 rpg last season. The biggest change, however, will be on the sidelines, as Bryce Drew takes over for his father, Homer, as head coach. Bryce, who has been on the coaching staff the last six seasons, inherits a program which has won 20 or more games 11 times in the last 18 years and advanced to 10 postseason tournaments in the last 16 seasons. TAKING OVER THE FAMILY BUSINESS: A new era begins at Valparaiso as Bryce Drew will be in charge on the Crusaders’ sideline. Drew, who had been on the bench as an assistant coach and then associate head coach for the last six seasons, takes over for his father, the legendary Homer Drew. Homer Drew retired in mid-May with 640 career wins in 32 years as a head coach, including 371 victories in 22 seasons at Valparaiso.

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QUICK FACTS School . ...................................... Valparaiso University Location................................................Valparaiso, Ind. Enrollment............................................................3,980 Founded................................................................. 1859 Nickname..................................................... Crusaders Colors................................................... Brown and Gold Home Facility....Athletics-Recreation Center (5,000) President..................................................Mark Heckler Director of Athletics...........................Mark LaBarbera Web Site.................................www.valpoathletics.com Head Coach.................................................Bryce Drew Record at School.................................. First Season Career Record....................................... First Season 2010-11 Record..................................................... 23-12 Conference................................................... Horizon Conference Record (Finish).......................12-6 (4th) Postseason........................................................... CIT

A LOOK BACK: Valparaiso is coming off of its 10th postseason appearance in the last 16 seasons, having earned a berth in the CIT last season. The Crusaders won 23 total games in 2010-11, their greatest number of victories since the 2001-02 season. Valpo also went 12-6 in the Horizon League, posting its best record in league play since entering the HL in 2007-08. FILLING IN THE HOLES: The Crusaders have a lot of production to replace, having lost 60.5 percent of their scoring from last year’s squad, as well as more than 40 percent of their rebounding, assists, and steals from a season ago. Cory Johnson (secondteam All-HL in 2009-2010; 14.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg), Howard Little (Valpo’s all-time leader in games played and eighth all-time in steals; 9.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg), and Michael Rogers (5.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg) all were graduating seniors on last year’s team, while Brandon Wood (two-time All-HL honoree, first-team honoree in 2010-2011; 16.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 3.1 apg) graduated following his junior season of eligibility and transferred to Michigan State. FOREIGN AFFAIRS: A pair of Valpo players gained significant experience playing internationally this summer at the World University Games. Richie Edwards paced New Zealand and ranked third overall among tournament players, averaging 20.1 ppg to go with 5.0 rpg, while Ryan Broekhoff tied for Australia team-high honors with 10.9 ppg.

Erik Buggs

Duquesne Dukes QUICK FACTS School..........................................Duquesne University Location:................................................Pittsburgh, Pa. Enrollment.......................................................... 10,363 Founded.................................................................. 1878 Nickname............................................................ Dukes Colors....................................................... Red and Blue Home Facility................ A.J. Palumbo Center (4,406) President...............................Dr. Charles J. Dougherty Director of Athletics............................... Greg Amodio Web Site.................................. www.GoDuquesne.com Head Coach..............................................Ron Everhart Record at School...............................83-74 (5 years) Career Record.............................. 257-246 (17 years) 2010-11 Record...................................................... 19-13 Conference...............................................Atlantic 10 Conference Record (Finish)................ 10-6 (Tie 4th) Postseason................................... CBI Quarterfinals

Last year, Duquesne made the jump to the upper echelon of the Atlantic 10 Conference with a fourth-place league finish. This year, the Dukes will look to continue their resurgence under sixth-year head coach Ron Everhart. ECAC and Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year T.J. McConnell (10.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 140 assists, 91 steals) and fellow sophomore Mike Talley (6.9 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 37 3-pointers) anchor a talented back court. The 6-1 McConnell and 5-11 Talley combined for 76 3-pointers and 216 assists with only 103 turnovers while starting 25 times side-by-side as true freshmen. Bolstering the back court is 6-2 junior Sean Johnson (9.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg), who came off the bench to average 14.4 ppg over Duquesne’s final eight games. The fourth returning guard, 5-11 senior Eric Evans (4.9 ppg), had his junior season abbreviated by foot surgery that caused him to miss the first 10 games and eight weeks of practice. Aside from 6-5 returning senior starter B.J. Monteiro (11.4 ppg, 4.3 rpg), the Dukes’ front court will be a work-inprogress in 2011-12. Monteiro, who scored in double digits 22 times, led the team in scoring six times, assists five times, and rebounds five times as a junior. He has a teamhigh 808 career points in 93 games. A pair of unproven - if not athletic players in 6-7 junior Andre Marhold (2.3 ppg), who has averaged 7.5 minutes in 38 career games, and 6-9 redshirt freshman

T.J. McConnell

Derrick Martin will be looked upon to join Monteiro in the front court. Six-five swingman Jerry Jones (1.0 ppg) is also back. The Dukes’ 2011-12 recruiting class consists of 6-4 guard/forward P.J. Torres, 6-4 forward Danny Herrera, 6-6 Netherlands native forward Kadeem Pantophlet, and 6-8 forward Mamadou Datt from Dakar, Senegal. The Dukes also bolstered their future with the addition of 7-1, 290-pound Martins Abele, who transferred from Radford in mid-August. The Saldus, Latvia native averaged 5.4 points and 5.1 rebounds in 19 games for the Highlanders last season.

Ron Everhart

STREAKING: Duquesne has posted four consecutive non-losing seasons since ending a streak of 13 consecutive sub-.500 seasons with a 17-13 record in 2007-08 - head coach Ron Everhart’s second season on the Bluff. The last time the Dukes had four consecutive non-losing seasons was 1968-75. Duquesne has also won 18 or more games twice in the last 30 seasons. Both have come in the past three years (21-13 in 2009, 19-13 last year). The Dukes have also advanced to postseason play in each of the past three seasons (2011 CBI, 2010 CBI, 2009 NIT). The last time DU made three consecutive postseason appearances was from 1968-71 (2 NCAA, 2 NIT).

Jr. | F/C 6-7 | 210

DID YOU KNOW…: Duquesne received votes in the 2010-11 Associated Press poll for three consecutive weeks (Jan. 24, Jan. 31, Feb. 7). Existing records could not determine the last time the Dukes received AP votes. TOP DOGS: Duquesne led the nation in three statistical categories last season: assists (17.8 apg), steals (9.9 spg), and turnover margin (+6.7). The Dukes return 69 percent of their assists and 58.7 percent of their steals from a year ago. SCORING THE BALL: Duquesne has averaged 77.5 points per game in five seasons under Ron Everhart. The Dukes have led the Atlantic 10 in scoring three times over that span. T.J. IS A-OK: Guard T.J. McConnell posted an Atlantic 10 freshman and Duquesne school record 91 steals in 2011. McConnell, who had two or more steals in 26 of 32 games, broke the DU single-season mark at Montana on March 16 (89 by Damian Saunders in 2010). The previous A-10 freshman record (86) was set by Temple’s Pepe Sanchez in 1997.

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Andre Marhold

2.3 ppg 1.0 rpg

Mike Talley So. | G 5-11 | 180

6.9 ppg 2.4 apg

T.J. McConnell So. | G 6-1 | 185

10.8 ppg 4.4 apg

B.J. Monteiro Sr. | G/F 6-5 | 205

11.4 ppg 4.3 rpg

Sean Johnson Jr. | G 6-2 | 195

9.8 ppg 2.2 rpg

Tournament Bracket Regional Rounds

Subregional Rounds

Queens Regional Carnesecca Arena | Queens, N.Y.

Lynchburg SubRegional Vines Center | Lynchburg, Va.

Nov. 7 William & Mary at St. John’s Nov. 9 Lehigh at St. John’s

7 p.m. 7 p.m.

Tucson Regional McKale Center | Tucson, Ariz. Nov. 7 Valparaiso at Arizona Nov. 9 Duquesne at Arizona

9 p.m. 9 p.m.

College Station Regional Reed Arena | College Station, Texas Nov. 9 Liberty at Texas A&M

8 p.m.

Starkville Regional Humphrey Coliseum | Starkville, Miss. Nov. 7 Eastern Kentucky at Mississippi St. 8 p.m. Nov. 9 Akron at Mississippi State 7 p.m.

Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 20

William & Mary vs. Lehigh 4:30 p.m. Eastern Kentucky vs. Liberty Eastern Ky. vs. William & Mary 4:30 p.m. Lehigh vs. Liberty Lehigh vs. Eastern Kentucky 2:30 p.m. William & Mary vs. Liberty

Valparaiso Subregional Athletics-Recreation Center | Valparaiso, Ind. Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 20

Duquesne vs. UDC 6 p.m. Akron vs. Valparaiso Akron vs. Duquesne 6 p.m. Indiana-Kokomo vs. Valparaiso Duquesne vs. Valparaiso 4:30 p.m. UDC vs. Indiana-Kokomo

Akron Subregional John A. Rhodes Arena | Akron, Ohio Nov. 12 Hiram vs. Akron

7 p.m. all times Eastern

Championship Rounds Madison Square Garden | New York, N.Y. November 17 NOVEMBER 18 Texas A&M *7 p.m. on

*6:30 p.m. on

Mississippi State

Champion St. John’s *9 p.m. on

Arizona

*4:30 p.m. on

3rd Place

*television schedule subject to change

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St. John’s Red Storm

No. 1 3 4 10 11 15 30 31

Name Phil Greene God’sgift Achiuwa Moe Harkless Nurideen Lindsey D’Angelo Harrison Sir’Dominic Pointer Jamal White Malik Stith

Pos. G F G/F G G G/F G G

Ht. 6-2 6-9 6-8 6-3 6-3 6-6 6-4 5-11

Wt. 182 236 206 179 204 195 202 187

Cl. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr.

Hometown (Previous School) Chicago, Ill. (IMG Acad. [Fla.]) Port Harcourt, Nigeria (Eric CC [N.Y.]) Queens, N.Y. (South Kent [Conn.]) Philadelphia, Pa. (Redlands CC [Okla.]) Missouri City, Texas (Dulles) Detroit, Mich. (Quality Education Acad. [N.C.]) Roosevelt, N.Y. (Long Island Univ.) Hempsted, N.Y. (Bridgton Acad. [Maine])

Head Coach — Steve Lavin (second season) Assistant Coaches — Mike Dunlap, Tony Chiles, Rico Hines

Arizona Wildcats

No. 0 1 3 5 11 13 14 20 21 24 30 33 44 50 52

Name Dondre Wise Sidiki Johnson Kevin Parrom Robert Arvizu Josiah Turner Nick Johnson Kyryl Natyazhko Jordin Mayes Kyle Fogg Brendon Lavender Angelo Chol Jesse Perry Solomon Hill Alex Jacobson Max Wiepking

Pos. G F G/F G G G C G G G F F F C F

Ht. 6-1 6-8 6-6 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-11 6-2 6-3 6-5 6-9 6-7 6-6 7-0 6-6

Wt. 214 220 205 182 185 195 264 190 190 215 215 220 226 251 200

Cl. Sr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr.

Hometown (Previous School) Houston, Texas (Pima [Ariz.] CC) Bronx, N.Y. (Wadleigh) Bronx, N.Y. (South Kent [Conn.]) Phoenix, Ariz. (North) Sacramento, Calif. (Quality Ed. Acad. [N.C.]) Gilbert, Ariz. (Findlay Prep [Nev.]) Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (IMG Acad. [Fla.]) Los Angeles, Calif. (Westchester) Brea, Calif. (Brea Olinda) Mesa, Ariz. (Mountain View) Khartoum, Sudan (Hoover [Calif.]) St. Louis, Mo. (John A. Logan CC [Ill.]) Los Angeles, Calif. (Fairfax) Santa Ana, Calif. (Mater Dei) Englewood, Colo. (Kent Denver)

Head Coach — Sean Miller (third season) Associate Head Coach – James Whitford Assistant Coaches — Book Richardson, Joe Pasternack

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Texas A&M Aggies

No. 2 4 5 10 11 12 13 20 22 23 24 31 32 33 35 42

Name Naji Hibbert Keith Davis Dash Harris David Loubeau Jamal Branch Blake McDonald Jordan Green Daniel Alexander Khris Middleton Zach Kinsley Alex Baird Elston Turner Kourtney Roberson Grant Jolly Ray Turner Jarod Jahns

Pos. G C G F G G G F F G/F G G F F F F

Ht. 6-5 6-10 6-1 6-8 6-3 5-11 6-4 6-9 6-7 6-5 6-1 6-5 6-9 6-7 6-9 6-6

Wt. 195 230 170 235 165 170 180 215 210 210 175 220 240 210 230 195

Cl. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Sr.

Hometown (Previous School) Baltimore, Md. (DeMatha Catholic) Dallas, Texas (DeSoto) Los Angeles, Calif. (Montverde [Fla.] Acad.) Miami, Fla. (Westlake Prep) Arlington, Texas (Grace Prep Acad.) Spring, Texas (Klein) Flower Mound, Texas (Flower Mound) Dripping Springs, Texas (Dripping Springs) North Charleston, S.C. (Porter-Gaud) Baton Rouge, La. (Univ. of New Orleans) Flower Mound, Texas (Flower Mound) Missouri City, Texas (Univ. of Washington) Arcadia, La. (Christian Life Acad.) Southlake, Texas (Carroll) Houston, Texas (Jones) Spring, Texas (Klein)

Cl. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. So. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr.

Hometown (Previous School) Knoxville, Tenn (Fulton) Jackson, Miss. (Fairfax [Calif.]) Concord, N.C. (Hargrave Mil. Acad. [Va.]) Meridian, Miss. (Meridian) Brooksville, Miss. (Noxubee County) Tupelo, Miss. (Tupelo) McKinney, Texas (McKinney North) Riga, Latvia Brandon, Miss. (Northwest Rankin) Glens Falls, N.Y. (Glens Falls) Morgan City, La. (Morgan City) Albany, Ga. (Northwest Florida St. CC) Memphis, Tenn. (UTEP) Columbus, Miss. (Columbus) Montgomery, Ala. (G.W. Carver) Selma, Ala. (Selma) Jackson, Miss. (Callaway)

Head Coach — Billy Kennedy (first season) Associate Head Coach – Glynn Cyprien Assistant Coaches — Kyle Keller, John Reese

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Name Jalen Steele Renardo Sidney Dee Bost Rodney Hood Shaun Smith Reed Clayton Charles Parker Kristers Zeidaks Baxter Price Taylor Luczak Shawn Long Brian Bryant Arnett Moultrie Tyson Cunningham Roquez Johnson Wendell Lewis Deville Smith

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Ht. 6-3 6-10 6-2 6-8 6-6 5-9 5-10 6-8 5-10 6-8 6-10 6-3 6-11 6-3 6-7 6-9 5-11

Wt. 190 285 176 180 207 150 168 230 159 195 225 160 230 191 210 253 160

Head Coach — Rick Stansbury (14th season) Assistant Coaches — Phil Cunningham, Marcus Grant, George Brooks

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Overview There will be plenty of story lines when the 2011-12 college basketball tips off with the 17th annual 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer. In New York, you have one of, if not THE, youngest teams in the country. In Tucson, you have a team that won 30 games and came this close to advancing to the Final Four looking to build upon those accomplishments, In College Station, you have a program that begins a new era with the return of one of its own to the helm of the program. In Starkville, you have a team that is on the precipice of making national headlines. And that’s just the with the four Regional Round hosts of the 2K Sports Classic. Let’s not forget that the nation’s leading returning scorer is at Lehigh; that Akron, Duquesne, and Eastern Kentucky are experiencing rebirths; that Liberty is making waves in the Big South; that Valparaiso replaces a legend with a legend on its sidelines; that UDC has a legend on its sidelines; and that William & Mary is watching its coach become a legend. Once the games start, the story lines will blur and the real stories for the 2011-12 season will be written. St. John’s, Arizona, Texas A&M, and Mississippi State will host games on campus from Nov. 7-9 before heading to the bright lights of New York City and Madison Square Garden for games on Nov. 17 and Nov. 18. Liberty and Valparaiso will host Subregional Round games from Nov. 18-20. Joining Liberty in Lynchburg are Eastern Kentucky, Lehigh, and William & Mary. Heading to Valparaiso are Akron, Duquesne, UDC, and Indiana-Kokomo. There are millions of stories every college basketball season. Let’s read, watch, and hear them be told.

QUEENS REGIONAL In just one year, head coach Steve Lavin gave St. John’s fans reason for hope. Taking a team that was not expected to contend in the Big East, Lavin guided the Red Storm to 21 wins and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. With only one player returning from last year’s squad, Lavin and his staff reloaded, bringing in one of the top rated recruiting classes in the nation. The Johnnies, who are making their fourth 2K Sports Classic appearance, will need those freshmen to quickly mature in order to capture the team’s 28th NCAA Tournament bid. St. John’s opens the season with William & Mary and Lehigh. The Tribe return 12 players from last season, led by senior Quinn McDowell, who is the Colonial Athletic Association’s leading returning scorer (15.5 ppg) and the only returning CAA player to twice be named to the all-conference team. Lehigh is led by junior C.J. McCollum, who is the nation’s leading returning scorer at 21.8 ppg. At this pace, McCollum could become both Lehigh’s and the Patriot League’s all-time leading scorer. TUCSON REGIONAL Everyone knew Sean Miller would rebuild the Arizona program and bring it back to its proper place among the elite of college basketball. It’s just that no one thought it would happen in two years. After going 16-15 his first season, Miller led the Wildcats to a 30-8 record and the Elite Eight of the 2011 NCAA Tournament, where Arizona fell three points shy of the Final Four. This year, Miller welcomes back 10 players, including three starters, from last year’s team, led by senior guard Kyle Fogg (8.1 ppg, 99 assists) and junior forward Solomon Hill (8.0 ppg). Add to that a top 10 recruiting class and you can see why Miller has ‘Zona, which is in the 2K Sports Classic for the second time, poised for greatness. The Wildcats will face Valparaiso and Duquesne in the Tucson Regional. Bryce Drew, the greatest player in Valpo history, replaces his father, Homer, on the sidelines. And dad did not leave the cupboard bare as the Crusaders return eight players from last year’s 23-win team. Speaking of wins, Duquesne is undergoing a renaissance under sixth-year head coach Ron Everhart. Everhart has guided the Dukes to four straight non-losing seasons; this after Duquesne had 13 consecutive non-winning seasons. To help continue the success, sophomore T.J. McConnell, the reigning A-10 Rookie of the Year, returns after posting 10.8 ppg and 140 assists.

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COLLEGE STATION REGIONAL When Texas A&M was looking for a coach this off-season, the sights were set on someone who experienced great success. That someone is Billy Kennedy, who starts his Aggie tenure as the reigning two-time Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year, where he guided his five Murray State teams to an average of 21 wins a year. At Texas A&M, Kennedy welcomes back six of the Aggies’ top eight scorers from a team that posted a 24-9 record en route to their sixth straight NCAA berth. Headlining the returners are second-team All-Big 12 selection Khris Middleton, a junior forward who led the Aggies in scoring (14.4 ppg) a year ago, and senior forward David Loubeau (11.8 ppg), who earned third-team all-conference honors. Texas A&M will play Liberty in Regional Round action. Last year, in his second season with the Flames, head coach Dale Layer led Liberty to a 19-13 record to earn the 2010-11 Big South Coach of the Year award. This year, Layer returns 10 players, including senior Jesse Sanders, who averaged 11.3 ppg and led the Big South in assists (5.7 apg) in becoming the first player in Flames’ history to be named Big South Player of the Year. STARKVILLE REGIONAL To the casual college basketball fan, Mississippi State is one of the nation’s best kept secrets. The Bulldogs have gone to nine postseason tournaments and have eight 20-win seasons over the last 11 years and head coach Rick Stansbury, who is in his 14th season at the helm of the Bulldogs’ program, is the school’s winningest coach. This year, it will be hard for MSU to go unnoticed. Twelve players return, including two of the top three scorers, from a team that posted a 17-14 record last season. Leading the charge is senior guard Dee Bost, who averaged 15.3 ppg and handed out a team-best 106 assists last season. He is joined by junior forward Renardo Sidney, who lived up to his hype by averaging 14.2 points and a team-high 7.6 rebounds in his first year in Starkville. The Bulldogs are making their second 2K Sports Classic appearance. Mississippi State will meet Eastern Kentucky and Akron in Regional Round action. In his seventh year, Head coach Jeff Neubauer has led EKU to an average of 17 wins per season, five 10-win Ohio Valley Conference seasons, and two postseason bids. The Colonels return nine letterwinners, led by leading returning scorer, senior guard Joshua Jones (10.7 ppg). Akron is coming off its second NCAA berth in three seasons. Head coach Keith Dambrot, who has guided the Zips to six-straight 20-win seasons, welcomes the return of 11 players from a 23-win team, including leading scorer and rebounder Nikola Cvetinovic (11.7 ppg, 6.9 rpg).

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Texas A&M Aggies QUICK FACTS School........................................ Texas A&M University Location.................................... College Station, Texas Enrollment...........................................................49,129 Founded.................................................................. 1872 Nickname........................................................... Aggies Colors...............................................Maroon and White Home Facility...............................Reed Arena (12,989) President........................................Dr. R. Bowen Loftin Director of Athletics......................................Bill Byrne Web Site................................ www.aggieathletics.com Head Coach.............................................Billy Kennedy Record at School.................................. First Season Career Record................................ 211-179 (13 years) 2010-11 Record.......................................................24-9 Conference.......................................................Big 12 Conference Record (Finish)................ 10-6 (Tie 3rd) Postseason.............................NCAA Second Round

New head coach Billy Kennedy takes over a Texas A&M basketball program that has built a tradition of winning and excellence. The Aggies have posted a school-record six straight NCAA Tournament trips, one of just 12 teams nationally to do so. In addition, A&M is one of only eight schools in the country to record 24 or more wins in each of the last five seasons. It’s those reasons, combined with what the Aggies plan to put on the court in 2011-12, that has the Aggies atop the Big 12’s preseason poll for the first time in school history. The Aggies welcome back three letterwinners and 10 starters from last year’s 24-win team, one that finished third in the Big 12. Leading the returnees is junior preseason All-Big 12 pick Khris Middleton. The consensus allregion and all-conference pick paced the Aggies in scoring in 2011 (14.4 ppg) and ranked second on the team in rebounds (5.2 rpg). A&M will get strong leadership, contribution, experience, and court presence from its other two returning starters, seniors in Dash Harris and David Loubeau. Known as one of the top defenders in the country, Harris has 64 career starts under his belt. He is the Aggies’ returning leader in assists (3.1 apg) from 2011 and also ranked near the top of the chart in steals (38). Loubeau, meanwhile, was second on the team in scoring (11.8 ppg) and blocks (12)

David Loubeau

last winter and ranked third in rebounds (5.0 rpg). The All-Big 12 pick was a force inside for opponents to deal with and has played in more games (101) than anyone else on the A&M roster. The depth of the team shows when looking at more returnees as four bring a wealth of experience back to the court - junior post Ray Turner (32 games in 2011), junior wing Naji Hibbert (33), sophomore big man Kourtney Roberson (33), and sophomore center Keith Davis (24). Turner, Roberson, and Davis will be counted on to provide key minutes down low to complement Loubeau and provide A&M with multiple scoring options. A strong group of newcomers adds to A&M’s options, led by junior Elston Turner, who had to sit out last season after transferring from Washington but is expected to contribute immediately this winter. That theory proved true on the team’s summer tour of Europe, as he led the squad in scoring. The signing class brought in, among others, a pair of very talented guards in Jordan Green and Jamal Branch who are expected to considerably add to the Aggies’ outside depth. BELIEVE IT…OR NOT: Texas A&M is one of only eight schools in the country that have won 24 or more games in each of the last five seasons. The Aggies are joined by Butler, Brigham Young, Kansas, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Texas A&M, VCU, and Xavier in that elite group. A&M is also one of just 12 schools that have made the NCAA Tournament each of the last six seasons (Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Marquette, Michigan State, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Texas, Villanova, Wisconsin, and Xavier are the others). Prior to this streak, the Aggies had never played in consecutive tournaments and not been to the NCAAs since 1987. PLAYING BIG IN THE BIG 12: Texas A&M is 27-11 in Big 12 play over the last two and a half seasons (dating back to 2009). That is the secondbest record over that span among conference teams, trailing only Kansas (34-4). The 2010-11 season marked A&M’s third consecutive winning season in Big 12 play (10-6 record), the first time the Aggies have accomplished that feat in the Big 12 era and the first time since 1967-70 that a Texas A&M team finished above .500 in league action for three straight seasons.

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Billy Kennedy Head Coach first season 211-179 overall (13 years)

Dash Harris Sr. | G 6-1 | 170

4.2 ppg 3.1 apg

David Loubeau Sr. | F 6-8 | 235

11.8 ppg 5.0 rpg

Khris Middleton Jr. | F 6-7 | 210

14.4 ppg 5.2 rpg

Elston Turner Jr. | G 6-5 | 220 first season

31 Kourtney Roberson So. | F 6-9 | 240

5.6 ppg 3.8 rpg

Liberty Flames Dale Layer Head Coach third season 304-222 overall (18 years)

David Minaya R-Sr. | G 6-6 | 205

10.7 ppg 3.2 rpg

Joel Vander Pol R-So. | C 6-10 | 230

4.1 ppg 3.2 rpg

Antwan Burrus Jr. | F 6-6 | 220

6.5 ppg 4.2 rpg

Jesse Sanders Sr. | G 6-3 | 200

11.3 ppg 6.0 rpg

John Caleb Sanders So. | G 6-0 | 180

3.9 ppg 1.0 rpg

Picked to finish sixth in the Big South Conference, Liberty surprised the league during the 2010-11 campaign by closing out the regular season with a second-place finish. The Flames’ unexpected success did not go unnoticed as head coach Dale Layer was voted Big South Coach of the Year, becoming the first men’s basketball coach in Liberty history to win the award. Point guard Jesse Sanders also achieved a Liberty first. The floor general received the 2010-11 Big South Player of the Year award and an Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention. Sanders averaged 11.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 5.7 assists per game a year ago. Sanders’ back court mate, 6-6 senior David Minaya, is the other returning Flame to tally double figures a year ago, netting 10.7 ppg. Concluding the 2010-11 season with a 19-13 record and a 13-5 mark in Big South play, the Flames enter the 2011-12 campaign no longer labeled underdogs. Layer’s squad possesses a more veteran quality as compared to his first two teams. However, as Layer points out, with greater experience comes greater responsibility. “I think we’ll probably go as far as our seniors will take us,” said Layer, who is in his third season at the helm of the Flames. “Their leadership, drive, and work ethic are going to have to carry the rest of us in order to have a good season.” Looking at the returnees and newcomers on the Flames’ roster this season, Layer is pleased with the balance of talent and experience his team possesses. That balance is why the head coach feels the Flames are poised to build upon last year’s success. “Expectations are always high.” Layer said. “I think our experience probably matches some of those expectations for the first time in my three years. To have the player of the year back, a good recruiting class, and experienced depth, we’re finally getting the team on solid footing and establishing a program instead of just trying to piece together some players to have a good year.” A SEASON OF FIRSTS: The Flames went 13-5 in Big South play in 2010-11, setting a program record for most conference wins in a season. For that effort, Dale Layer became Liberty’s first-ever Big South Coach of the

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QUICK FACTS School............................................... Liberty University Location.................................................Lynchburg, Va. Enrollment.......................................................... 12,200 Founded...................................................................1971 Nickname.......................................................... Flames Colors........................................... Red, White and Blue Home Facility..............................Vines Center (8,085) President............................................ Jerry Falwell, Jr. Director of Athletics.................................. Jeff Barber Web Site................................www.LibertyFlames.com Head Coach..................................................Dale Layer Record at School.............................. 34-39 (2 years) Career Record.............................304-222 (18 years) 2010-11 Record...................................................... 19-13 Conference................................................ Big South Conference Record (Finish)......................13-5 (2nd) Postseason........................................................None

Year, leading the Flames to a second-place finish in conference play. Layer picked up his 300th career win against 2011 Big South champion UNC Asheville on Jan. 27 as the Flames defeated the Bulldogs in the Vines Center courtesy of a buzzer beating layup in overtime, 83-81. HELPING HAND: Last season, senior point guard Jesse Sanders became the first Flame ever to be named Big South Player of the Year and earn honorable mention AP All-America recognition. Sanders enters the season needing 177 assists to break the school record of 648 held by Karl Hess. With 836 career points, he is also on pace to become the 22nd member of Liberty’s 1,000-point club. BAD NEWS: Liberty will be without 6-4 guard John Brown this season. The redshirt senior sustained an injury in the preseason, which will force him to miss the entire 2011-12 campaign. Transferring to Liberty from Roane State, Brown averaged 11.3 points per game last season and was eighth in the country in rebounding, pulling down 10.8 boards per contest. He also recorded 14 double-doubles on the year. THE NEW GUYS: Liberty’s recruiting class includes junior college AllAmerican Tavares Speaks and Tomasz Gielo, who was a member of the Polish national team during the 2011 U19 FIBA World Championships in Riga, Latvia.

Jesse Sanders

Mississippi State Bulldogs Rick Stansbury Head Coach 14th season 272-154 overall (13 years)

Renardo Sidney Jr. | F 6-10 | 285

14.2 ppg 7.6 rpg

Dee Bost Sr. | G 6-2 | 176

15.3 ppg 6.2 apg

Rodney Hood Fr. | G 6-8 | 180 first season

4 Brian Bryant Sr. | G 6-3 | 160

4.9 ppg 3.2 rpg

Arnett Moultrie Jr. | F 6-11 | 230 first season

After missing out on postseason play last season for the first time in five years, there’s a renewed spirit within the Mississippi State program to return to the championship level to which it has become accustomed under the guidance of 14thyear head coach Rick Stansbury. Immediately following last year’s 17-14 campaign, the coaching staff hit the recruiting trail and their efforts produced a Top 25 recruiting class, one that got a jump start on the season with a fivegame exhibition swing in Europe back in August. The 11-day trip, which featured five victories, provided the perfect opportunity for the newcomers and veterans to develop the desired chemistry, both on and off the court. “It was a great opportunity for us to come together as a team,” Stansbury said. “It was certainly a starting point.” To get back to postseason play, the Bulldogs will rely heavily on All-SEC guard Dee Bost, who enters the season with 450 career assists, just 65 shy of Derrick Zimmerman’s (2000-03) school record. The senior, who was named to the preseason Wooden Award watch list, has shown during his illustrious career that not only can he find the open shooter, but that he can shoot the basketball too, as last year he averaged 15.3 ppg and became the 33rd player in school history to score 1,000 points for a career. But when he is not looking to score, there are certainly ample players he can get the basketball to, starting in the backcourt with true freshman Rodney Hood and senior Brian Bryant. Hood brings a championship pedigree to MSU. As a junior and senior, he guided Meridian (Miss.) High School to the Class 6A title game, winning the crown in 2011. And if there is one player that has improved more than any other, it is Bryant (4.9 ppg, 3.2 rpg), a junior college transfer now in his second year. Yet, it is the front court that prognosticators say will be the key for this team. And it all starts with a pair of heralded forwards - Renardo Sidney, back for his second year, and UTEP transfer Arnett Moultrie. As a first-year player in 2010-11, Sidney showcased flashes of greatness, averaging 14.2 points and 7.6 rebounds. More will be expected this year. Then there’s Moultrie, who dominated in Europe and led the Bulldogs in scoring (16.8) and rebounding (11.2) during their 5-0 trip.

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QUICK FACTS School.............................. Mississippi State University Location............................................... Starkville, Miss. Enrollment......................................................... 20,000 Founded.................................................................. 1878 Nickname........................................................Bulldogs Colors...............................................Maroon and White Home Facility................ Humphrey Coliseum (10,575) President.......................................Dr. Mark E. Keenum Director of Athletics..............................Scott Stricklin Web Site............................. www.mstateathletics.com Head Coach..........................................Rick Stansbury Record at School..........................272-154 (13 years) Career Record...............................272-154 (13 years) 2010-11 Record.......................................................17-14 Conference..........................................Southeastern Conference Record (Finish).......... 9-7 (2nd in West) Postseason........................................................None

STAN THE MAN: Entering his 14th season on the Mississippi State sidelines, head coach Rick Stansbury is the second-longest tenured coach in the Southeastern Conference, behind only Florida’s Billy Donovan, who is in his 16th year at the helm of the Gators. With a 272-154 record, Stansbury ranks 11th on the all-time SEC career wins list. Since Stansbury took over the Bulldogs’ program in 1998-99, MSU’s 272 wins are the fourth most in the SEC, as are their 38 road wins. WELCOME TO THE CLUB: On Feb. 9 against Arkansas at Humphrey Coliseum, junior guard Dee Bost became the 33rd MSU player to score 1,000 points during his career. He enters the season ranked 28th all-time with 1,120 points. THE HUMP: Over the course of the last decade, Mississippi State’s Humphrey Coliseum has become a difficult venue for opposing teams. With last year’s 12-5 ledger, the Bulldogs have reached double-digit home wins during each of head coach Rick Stansbury’s 13 seasons at MSU. Mississippi State enters the season 160-42 (.792) overall at Humphrey Coliseum under Stansbury’s direction, including 76-28 (.731) in SEC games and 84-14 (.857) against nonconference opponents. The Bulldogs have compiled a 35-season composite record of 366-139 (.725) at “The Hump” since Mississippi State’s basketball facility opened prior to the 1975-76 campaign.

Dee Bost

Eastern Kentucky Colonels QUICK FACTS School............................. Eastern Kentucky University Location..................................................Richmond, Ky. Enrollment........................................................... 16,515 Founded..................................................................1906 Nickname........................................................Colonels Colors...............................................Maroon and White Home Facility.........................McBrayer Arena (6,500) President..........................................Dr. Doug Whitlock Director of Athletics..................................Mark Sandy Web Site....................................... www.ekusports.com Head Coach........................................... Jeff Neubauer Record at School............................ 102-86 (6 years) Career Record................................. 102-86 (6 years) 2010-11 Record..................................................... 23-13 Conference..............................................Ohio Valley Conference Record (Finish)........................ 9-9 (6th) Postseason........................................................None

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Northern Illinois, really has an ability to shoot the ball and score. He’s already done it at the Division I level. I think some of our other new faces, including Timmy Knipp, D’Mitri Riggs, Robbie Stenzel, and Eric Stutz have the potential to make shots at this level.” Once again, the Eastern Kentucky offense will rely on quality passing and the ability to shoot from beyond the arc. The Colonels have led the Ohio Valley Conference in 3-pointers made per game the last three seasons, including setting OVC records in 2008-09 (320) and 2009-10 (327). EKU will also look to build upon its success on the road, which saw it win five straight road games for the first time since 1965. THE CENTURY CLUB: Head coach Jeff Neubauer earned his 100th victory at EKU last February at Jacksonville State. Neubauer is 102-86 (.542) in six years on the Colonels’ bench and is one of only three Eastern coaches to win over 100 games, joining Paul McBrayer (219 wins, 1946-62) and Rome Rankin (135 wins, 1935-46).

For Eastern Kentucky, there is a sense of change heading into the 2011-12 season. An upbeat head coach Jeff Neubauer is eager to FILLING IN THE BLANKS: EKU lost 54 percent of see what this new cast of Colonels can do on the its scoring from last season, including three of basketball court. its top four scorers. All four newcomers - junior “There is a certain freshness guard D’Mitri Riggs, freshman guard Timmy Knipp, and positive attitude about our freshman guard Robbie Stenzel, and freshman program right now,” Neubauer forward Eric Stutz - are expected to make major said. “We have a lot of guys who scoring contributions this season. either got one year of college basketball underneath their belt DIALING LONG DISTANCE: The Colonels last year or guys who are just have led the Ohio Valley Conference in bringing a new energy who 3-pointers made per game each of the were not here last year. I think last three seasons, averaging 298 treys this group really feels good over that span. Senior guard Joshua about their teammates.” Jones is the team’s top returning This season’s EKU 3-point shooter. He made 51 trifectas roster includes only in 2010-11 while shooting 37.8 one fourth-year percent from behind the arc. player – senior guard STAT OF THE DAY: Eastern Joshua Jones. He Kentucky was 14-2 last season was a double-figure when shooting a better scorer for Eastern a year percentage than its opponent. ago and will be counted upon for The Colonels shot a seasonleadership on both ends of the high 66.7 percent (38-57) from court. Jones, who has started 83 the floor against Cincinnati games in his EKU career, is the Christian College on Nov. 23. team’s leading returning scorer at 10.7 points per game. However, the HELPING HANDS: Sophomore Colonels lost three of their top four Jabs Newby became the first scorers from 2010-11 - a group that Colonel in nearly six years to accounted for 54 percent of last post double-figure assists season’s scoring totals. in a game when he totaled “I do think a couple of our 10 at Georgia Southern newer faces will help us in that last January. Entering regard,” Neubauer said. “I think Mike that game, Newby had DiNunno, who is a transfer from just six assists all year. Joshua Jones

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Head Coach seventh season 102-86 overall (six years)

Mike DiNunno R-Jr. | G 5-11 | 192 first season

3 Joshua Jones Sr. | G 6-3 | 201

10.7 ppg 2.5 rpg

Jaron Jones Sr. | G 6-5 | 180

2.5 ppg 2.0 rpg

Jeff Johnson So. | F 6-7 | 264

5.4 ppg 3.4 rpg

Taylor Filipek So. | F 6-5 | 243

1.1 ppg 1.9 rpg

Akron Zips Keith Dambrot Head Coach eighth season 270-145 overall (13 years)

Brett McClanahan Sr. | G 6-4 | 215

10.0 ppg 3.6 rpg

Alex Abreu So. | G 5-10 | 175

6.6 ppg 3.6 apg

Nikola Cvetinovic Sr. | F 6-8 | 230

11.7 ppg 6.9 rpg

Quincy Diggs Jr. | F 6-6 | 210

5.3 ppg 2.8 rpg

Zeke Marshall Jr. | C 7-0 | 235

8.5 ppg 4.9 rpg

This season sees the Zips return three starters and eight letterwinners from last year’s MidAmerican Conference Tournament championship squad. Akron, which posted a 23-13 overall record (9-7 MAC), won its second MAC Tournament crown in three seasons after appearing in its fifthstraight title game. UA’s appearance in the NCAA Tournament was the third trip in program history. Akron has won 20-plus games each of the last six seasons, one of only 20 Division I programs (out of 345) to do so. Senior forward Nikola Cvetinovic returns as the Zips’ top scorer (11.7 ppg) and rebounder (6.9 rpg). A second-team All-MAC honoree, Cvetinovic posted five double-doubles and earned MAC Player of the Week honors twice during the season. Senior guard Brett McClanahan had a breakout campaign in 2010-11, setting career highs in every statistical category, most notably points (360), points per game (10.0), rebounds (129), rebounds per game (3.6), shooting percentage (.423), and 3-point percentage (.389). Center Zeke Marshall enters his junior year following a stellar finish to the 2010-11 season. In 36 games, he led the MAC in blocked shots (92) and blocked shots per game (2.6) while breaking the single-season (92) and single game (nine) school records for blocks. He was named the MAC Tournament MVP after breaking the tournament record for blocks in a game (nine) and for the tournament (17). Seven new players dot the roster as head coach Keith Dambrot begins his eighth season at Akron’s helm. MAC DADDIES: Over the last seven seasons, the Zips have posted 162 victories, tied with Kent State for the most in the Mid-American Conference and tied for the 29thmost nationally during that period. The Zips have also appeared in five-straight MAC Tournament title games, which ties Miami (Ohio) (1997-2001) for the longest string in league history. Akron’s streak is the third-longest active streak in the nation, trailing only Gonzaga (14) and Butler (six). POST PLAY: Akron has advanced to the postseason five of the last six years, including each of the last four seasons. The Zips participated in the NCAA Tournament in

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QUICK FACTS School............................................ University of Akron Location......................................................Akron, Ohio Enrollment............................................................ 27,911 Founded............................... 1870 (as Buchtel College) Nickname............................................................... Zips Colors...................................................... Blue and Gold Home Facility.......... James A. Rhodes Arena (5,500) President....................................... Dr. Luis M. Proenza Director of Athletics................................Tom Wistrcill Web Site............................................ www.GoZips.com Head Coach........................................... Keith Dambrot Record at School..............................162-75 (7 years) Career Record...............................270-145 (13 years) 2010-11 Record..................................................... 23-13 Conference.........................................Mid-American Conference Record (Finish)......9-7 (Tie 3rd in East) Postseason.............................NCAA Second Round

2009 and 2011, the College Basketball Invitational in 2010, and the National Invitation Tournament in 2008 and 2006. IN YOUR FACE: Junior center Zeke Marshall needs 15 blocks to break Romeo Travis’ school mark of 165 career swats (2004-07). Marshall rejected 92 shots a year ago. NIK OF TIME: Senior forward Nikola Cvetinovic enters the season as the only UA player to appear in 100 career games (107). He also needs 180 points to become the 39th Akron player to tally 1,000 points for his career. THE BOSS: In seven seasons under head coach Keith Dambrot, Akron has compiled a 162-75 (.684) record, including an 80-36 mark in MAC play and a 91-15 record in home games (50-8 in MAC play at home). Those 162 victories are tied for the most by a MAC team and are tied for 29th-best nationally during that span. Entering the 2011-12 season, Dambrot ranks in fifth place in MAC history with a .628 winning percentage while coaching in the league (182-109 overall; 162-75 Akron, 20-34 Central Michigan), eighth in overall wins (182), 11th in MAC winning percentage (.608, 90-60) and 10th in conference wins (90). Dambrot is 17 wins away from moving into second place on the Akron career wins list. Second place is currently held by Tony Laterza (178, 1960-68) while Russell Beichley (1941-59) holds the school record with 286 career wins.

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UDC Firebirds Jeff Ruland Head Coach third season 151-170 overall (11 years)

Brandon Herbert Sr. | G 6-0 | 190

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Nigel Munson Sr. | G 6-2 | 185

18.4 ppg 6.7 apg

Steve Fleming Head Coach Hiram sixth season 57-73 overall (five years)

Jace Thompson Head Coach Indiana-Kokomo first season 0-0 overall

UDC head coach Jeff Ruland is looking forward to taking his program to the next level in 2011-12 as the third-year coach sees his Firebirds return six key players, including two of the top returning scorers in the nation at the Division II level. The tandem of Brandon Herbert and Nigel Munson should form a most potent back court. Herbert (19.8 ppg) is the ninth leading returning scorer in D-II while Munson (18.4 ppg) is the 22nd leading returning scorer. Herbert was UDC’s leading scorer last season and will be looked upon to continue his scoring prowess. Munson is widely considered the top point guard in D-II, and his leadership and ability to distribute the ball (he had 121 assists last season) will be paramount for the Firebirds. Another key returner is 6-7 junior forward Dyrek Jones (7.6 ppg, 6.0 rpg), who excels on defense, particularly at blocking shots (45). His interior play will be critical for the Firebirds’ success. Ruland is looking for his two top newcomers to infuse some excitement and production into the lineup. Senior guard Dishawn Bradshaw and senior center Diyaaldin Kelley come to UDC by way of the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore. Bradshaw is a solid shooter who can also slash to the basket, making him a nice compliment to Munson and Herbert in the back court. Kelley is

a legitimate big man underneath with excellent shot blocking and rebounding ability. His inside presence, in tandem with Jones, should create problems for opposing offenses. The Firebirds are hoping to run a fast paced, high scoring offense with an emphasis on the transition game. “Assuming we remain healthy, we have high expectations to compete for our conference title and be very competitive in the NCAA Tournament,” said Ruland.

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Hiram’s roster will feature a balance of veterans and youth as the Terriers look to rebuild after losing six senior players from a year ago. None of those losses are larger than that of three-time All-North Coast Athletic Conference guard Chris Roberts, who ended his four-year career 14th on the program’s all-time scoring list with 1,188 points. Back to lead the Terriers this season will be the senior duo of Andrew Wiegand and Jamaal Watkins. Wiegand saw playing time both as a starter and coming off the bench in 2010-11 and averaged 8.0 ppg. He was second on the team in 3-point shooting with 44 treys (44-123). Watkins primarily came off the bench last season and averaged 6.7 ppg. He was tied for second in blocks with 11 and was among the team leaders in rebounding at 4.1 rpg.

Ask Jace Thompson, the Cougars’ head coach in their inaugural season of intercollegiate play, about how the season will go and he will quickly say it will be a work in progress. There are many challenges facing the Cougars as they prepare for the first season. First and foremost is the youth factor. Ten of the 11 players are freshmen and every player is new to the program. Anthony Graves, a junior college transfer from Lake Michigan College, is the lone upperclassman on the team. During his last season at Lake Michigan, he averaged 8.8 ppg and 6.3 apg. Among the freshmen is Jared Lawrence, a 6-4 guard from Blue River Valley High School in Mount Summit, Ind., who many ranked among the top 50 high school seniors in the state last season.

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QUICK FACTS School.............. University of the District of Columbia Location.............................................Washington, D.C. Enrollment............................................................5,855 Founded.................................................................. 1851 Nickname........................................................Firebirds Colors............................................. Burgundy and Gold Home Facility................UDC Sports Complex (2,500) President.....................................Dr. Allen L. Sessoms Director of Athletics..........................Patricia Thomas Web Site....................................www.udcfirebirds.com Head Coach................................................Jeff Ruland Record at School...............................12-35 (2 years) Career Record.................................151-170 (11 years) 2010-11 Record.......................................................11-15 Conference.............................................. East Coast Conference Record (Finish)................. First Season Postseason........................................................None

Congratulations to the 4th Annual Lapchick Character Award Winners: Pete Carril, Princeton University Jim Phelan, Mount St. Mary’s University Debbie Ryan, University of Virginia “Because The Game Is About More Than Winning”

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And a New Era Begins... This year marks another historic event at Madison Square Garden as work commenced on the Transformation of the Garden. The comprehensive, topto-bottom Transformation will provide a significantly enhanced experience for customers, athletes, entertainers, suite holders, and marketing partners, from the first row to the last. The project involves over 2.6 million man hours of union labor, the equivalent of at least 1,300 full-time jobs, creating as many as 3,700 union construction jobs. It will also restore The Garden’s world famous ceiling and pay homage to the buildings storied history. Many major upgrades, some of which fans will start experiencing this season, will include:

Hope and Crosby on Opening Night...Willis Reed out of the tunnel for Game Seven... Mark Messier, Cup in hand, wiping out 54 years of frustration…Sinatra in The Main Event...Ali and Frazier in The Fight...The Dunk...Patrick Ewing slam-dunking the Knicks into the Finals...LJ’s four-pointer…The Stones and The Dead and The King and The Pope... It could all only happen in one place...Not a mere building but a state of mind...The greatest of the great in sports, arts and entertainment, summed up in three words...Madison Square Garden...The World’s Most Famous Arena... Beginnings The current Garden - located between 31st and 33rd Streets and Seventh and Eighth Avenues on Manhattan’s West Side - is the fourth building (third site) to be named Madison Square Garden. Garden I was located at Madison Square: 26th Street and Madison Avenue. It was originally opened in 1874 (at a cost of $35,000) by the legendary P.T. Barnum as “Barnum’s Monster Classical and Geological Hippodrome.” However, it was soon renamed “Gilmore’s Garden” when the lease was auctioned off to bandmaster Patrick S. Gilmore (the term “Garden” was used often during this period to denote a place of public gathering and entertainment). The building, which had 28-foot walls without a roof, hosted a varied schedule of social and fraternal meetings, flower shows, and commercial exhibitions. When Gilmore’s lease expired in 1878, it was picked up briefly by W. M. Tileson. The following year, William Vanderbilt of the New York Central Railroad assumed control of the facility and officially renamed it “Madison Square Garden” on May 31, 1879. Featuring a sports and

entertainment program that stressed such events as boxing and the National Horse Show, Garden I stood until its demolition in 1889. Garden II was constructed on the site of Garden I, opening on June 16, 1890, at a cost of $1.5 million. It contained an 8,000-seat main arena, 1,500-seat concert hall, 1,200-seat theatre, and the world’s largest indoor swimming pool. The Spanish Renaissance-style structure was topped by its most famous feature: a 32-story tower and roof garden atop which stood Augustus Saint-Gauden’s gold statue of Diana, Goddess of the Hunt. Stanford White, the renowned architect who designed Garden II, also figured in its most famous - and infamous - event. On the night of Jun. 25, 1906, White was gunned down in the Garden’s rooftop garden by Pittsburgh millionaire Harry Thaw, allegedly in revenge for White’s longstanding affair with Thaw’s wife, showgirl Evelyn Nesbit. The White-Thaw-Nesbit love triangle was ultimately immortalized in the 1955 film The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing - starring Ray Milland as White and Joan Collins as Nesbit - and in the recent best-seller American Eve by Paula Uruburu (Riverhead Books, 2008). Nesbit died in obscurity in California at age 81 in 1967. Garden II hosted a sporting card heavy with boxing, wrestling, six-day bicycle races, and horse shows, along with national events such as the 1924 Democratic National Convention, a marathon that lasted through 16 days and 103 ballots. Movie buffs will recall that in Orson Welles’ 1941 classic Citizen Kane, Charles Foster Kane’s acceptance of the 1916 New York gubernatorial nomination takes place at Garden II (although, obviously, it wasn’t actually filmed there). (continued on page 48)

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• Beautiful new Chase Square at Madison Square Garden’s 7th Avenue entrance which nearly doubles in size and features interactive zones, retail locations, box office, and a broadcast studio • Public concourses doubling and tripling in size, some with spectacular city views • Improved concessions headlined by the MSG Signature Collection and its exclusive food items from leading chefs Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Andrew Carmellini, renowned restaurateur Drew Nieporent, Aquagrill’s chef and owner Jeremy Marshall, Carnegie Deli and Hill Country Barbecue • Larger, more comfortable seats • Improved upper bowl sightlines that put patrons over 17 degrees closer to the action • Dynamic new state-of-the-art GardenVision center-hung scoreboard • Two new one-of-a-kind Chase Bridges that will provide great views of the arena floor and offer a unique perspective for fans • State-of-the-art lighting, sound, and LED video systems in HDTV, and new fiberoptic cabling throughout the building • Improved dressing rooms, locker rooms, green rooms, and production offices • Additional bathrooms with 50% more dedicated space • Corporate offerings: 58 new Madison suites that are larger, feature bowl seating, and are 50% closer to the action than before, 20 new Event Level Suites offering a sophisticated atmosphere for entertaining and prime seating, and 18 completely remodeled Garden suites (9th floor). There will also be two new club spaces, including the Delta SKY360° Club, offering exclusive dining options and views of athletes entering and exiting the locker room area and the 1879 Club presented by J.P. Morgan, a prestigious club featuring exclusive dining options, luxury amenities and the best seats in the house.

2011-12 Season: • New Lower Bowl seating area with more comfortable seats and great sightlines • Expanded Madison Concourse (6th floor) with city views, enhanced concession stands with new menus featuring Coca-Cola products and MSG Signature Collection’s exclusive food items from leading chefs Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Andrew Carmellini, renowned restaurateur Drew Nieporent, Aquagrill’s chef and owner Jeremy Marshall, Carnegie Deli and Hill Country Barbecue, more restrooms and additional retail locations (Additional features including new food offerings will debut throughout the 201112 Season on all levels) • 20 new Event Level Suites offering a sophisticated atmosphere for entertaining and prime seating with menus influenced by Jean-Georges Vongerichten • New Delta SKY360° Club offering exclusive dining options and views of athletes entering and exiting the locker room area • New 1879 Club Presented by J.P. Morgan will be a prestigious club featuring exclusive dining options, luxury amenities and the best seats in the house

Madison Square Garden Garden II closed with a boxing card on May 5, 1925, followed by a mournful eulogy by ring announcer Joe Humphreys: “Farewell to thee, o temple of fistiana. Farewell to thee, o sweet Miss Diana...” The New York Life Insurance Building (51 Madison Avenue) occupies the former site of Gardens I and II, while Diana found a new home at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Garden III - the “Old Garden” - was built in just 249 days at 49th Street and Eighth Avenue under the watchful eyes of promoter Tex Rickard and architect Thomas Lamb. The fabled 18,000-seat arena, built at a cost of $5.6 million, opened with a six-day bicycle race on Nov. 24, 1925, and for 43 years was America’s premier sports and entertainment showplace. Ironically, Rickard did not live to see the blossoming of Garden III, suffering a fatal appendicitis attack on Jan. 6, 1929.

• Open 8th and 10th floor concourses with several new food options and direct views in to Arena bowl 2012-13 Season: • New Upper Bowl seating area with more comfortable seats and significantly improved sightlines • Expanded Garden Concourse (8th floor) with city views, enhanced concession stands featuring Coca-Cola products and MSG Signature Collection, more restrooms and additional retail locations (Additional features including new food offerings will continue to debut throughout the 2012-13 Season) • 58 new Madison Suites that are larger, feature bowl seating, and are 50% closer to the action than before with menus influenced by Jean-Georges Vongerichten • New all-inclusive Madison Club with seating in the Arena and exclusive club space available for corporations and individuals looking to entertain at Knicks and Rangers games as well as entertainment and other events at the Arena. 2013-14 Season: • New Chase Square at Madison Square Garden’s 7th Avenue Entrance featuring interactive zones, retail locations, box office and a broadcast studio • Two spectacular new Chase Bridges that will be suspended above the court/ice for a one-of-a-kind view of the action • New Budweiser Fan Deck (10th floor) offering a selection of new food and beverage options and a unique social gathering space with direct views into the arena bowl • New state-of-the-art GardenVision center-hung scoreboard • 18 completely remodeled Garden Suites (9th floor)

Garden III - “Old Garden” Anyone who ever set foot in the Old Garden remembers its unforgettable atmosphere...the skyhigh balcony...the haze from decades of cigarette smoke...the main lobby, a schmoozer’s paradise... the marquee...G.O. Cards...the organ (played first by Gladys Goodding, later by Virginia Thomas)... the unmistakable voice of John Condon...the Nedick’s and Adam Hats stores that flanked the main entrance... Sports - especially hockey, basketball, boxing and track - would be the lifeblood of the Old Garden. But it also hosted entertainment extravaganzas ranging from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and the Gene Autry Rodeo to star-studded spectacles like Mike Todd’s 1957 anniversary party for his film Around the World in 80 Days and President John F. Kennedy’s May 19, 1962 birthday party, which featured Marilyn Monroe’s breathless version of “Happy Birthday.” On the screen, the Garden provided the inspiration, and title, for the 1932 Paramount epic Madison Square Garden, starring Jack Oakie and ZaSu Pitts, as well as the on-location backdrop for the harrowing final reel of John Frankenheimer’s 1962 classic, The Manchurian Candidate.

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The last event ever was the Westminster Dog Show, over Feb. 12-13, 1968. After the Old Garden was demolished, the site was used for years as a Kinney parking lot. The Worldwide Plaza office/ apartment complex, which opened in 1989, now occupies the site. On Nov. 3, 1960, Garden president Irving Mitchell Felt announced plans for a new Madison Square Garden - Garden IV - to eventually be built at 33rd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, atop Pennsylvania Station. Prospective sites for a New Garden had been discussed throughout the mid- and late-‘50s, especially the area at Columbus Circle which would eventually house the New York Coliseum and, ultimately, the Time Warner Center. Then the Garden Corporation obtained the coveted “air rights” above Penn Station from the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1961. The Railroad had entertained the idea of selling Penn Station’s air rights as far back as 1951, when faced with a $72 million deficit. In 1955, Railroad president James Symes and famed real estate developer William Zeckendorf signed an agreement to option the Station’s air rights for an industrial-commercial “Palace of Progress,” with a new, renovated Penn Station below street level. When the project fell through, the Railroad sold the air rights to the Garden Corporation. Above-ground demolition of Penn Station began on Oct. 28, 1963, with new concrete poured starting on May 1, 1964. Garden IV opened as a glittering sports and entertainment showplace, with its distinctive circular, cable-suspended roof above the 19,000-seat arena, its 5,000-seat Felt Forum, 48-lane Bowling Center, 500-seat cinema, Hall of Fame Club, National Art Museum of Sport, 50,000-square foot Exposition Rotunda, and 29-story office building (Two Penn Plaza) attached by a pedestrian mall. The first element of the New Garden complex to open its doors was the Bowling Center, on Oct. 30, 1967. On Nov. 26, 1967, the Felt Forum opened with a performance of the Welsh and Scots Guards. The “New Garden” itself officially opened on Feb. 11, 1968, when Bob Hope and Bing Crosby hosted “The Night of the Century,” a star-studded salute to the USO. The column to the left is a timeline for when elements of the transformed Garden are planned to debut.

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2006 Championship Game Becomes an Instant Classic Maryland 62, Michigan State 60 (Championship) November 17, 2006 D.J. Strawberry scored 17 points for Maryland, which shot 55 percent from the field in beating Michigan State 6260 to win the 2006 2K Sports Classic championship. The Terrapins were able to win despite scoring just two points over the final 3 1⁄2 minutes and survived a hectic finish at the Garden. Michigan State’s Drew Neitzel hit a three with 5:19 left to get the Spartans within one, 52-51, but the Terrapins hit two 3-pointers in an 8-2 run that put them up 60-53 with 3:42 left. The Spartans used a 6-2 run to get within 62-59 with 1:21 to play. Each team turned the ball over, and Maryland called a timeout with 12 seconds to play and four seconds left on the shot clock. The Terps inbounded the ball near midcourt and missed a long 3-point attempt, but then were sent to the free-throw line on an MSU offensive foul. Strawberry, who was named the tournament’s MVP, missed both free throws for Maryland, opening the door for one last chance for the Spartans. Neitzel was fouled with 0.2 seconds left before he could get a shot attempt off. He made his first free throw and missed the second on purpose, but the Spartans couldn’t get off a clean tip.

Top 10 Tournament Games 1. #1 Connecticut 71, #10 Duke 66 November 12, 1999 After Stanford pulled off an overtime upset of Duke in the first semifinal, fans thought the Duke– UConn rematch of the 1998 NCAA championship game was a lost cause. However, unranked Iowa stunned the No. 1-ranked and defending national champion Huskies in the nightcap, setting up a UConn-Duke consolation game. The Huskies sent Duke to its first 0-2 start in more than 40 years, but the loss spurred the Blue Devils to an 18-game winning streak and an eventual No. 1 ranking.

the first half and nearly came all the way back. UCLA went on to score 97 points in the consolation game for a total of 195 points for the championship rounds — still a tournament record. 5. St. Johns 62, #12 Kentucky 61 November 9, 2000 The Red Storm trailed the Wildcats by four points with just 22 seconds left to play as they rallied behind New York native Omar Cook for a comeback victory. Down two with eight seconds to play, Anthony Glover hit a layup and got fouled to make it a three-point play. Cook made his college debut a memorable one, scoring 18 points, dishing out five assists and setting up the play that would tie the game in the final moments. 6. #24 Syracuse 87, #4 North Carolina 71 November 20, 2009 The first half started out fine for No. 4 North Carolina as the Tar Heels took a 39-37 lead at the intermission. However, the second half wasn’t so good as No. 24 Syracuse used a 22-1 run to start the second half to blow by the Heels, 87-71, to win the Classic for the second time since 2004. Tournament MVP Wes Johnson had 25 points and eight rebounds in leading the Orange.

Connecticut vs. Duke, 1999 2. Arizona 75, #5 Florida 71 (Championship) November 9, 2001 Rick Anderson wasn’t around for Arizona’s run to the NCAA title game in 2000, but he came up with the big plays as the Wildcats upset their second straight Top 10 team at the Garden. The junior forward, who sat out in 2000 as a redshirt, scored Arizona’s final six points against No. 5 Florida to win the 2001 event. The Wildcats had shocked No. 2 Maryland 71-67 the previous night. 3. Florida 75, #16 Syracuse 70 (Championship) November 18, 2005 Taurean Green had 23 points and keyed a late second-half run in Florida’s 75-70 victory over No. 16 Syracuse in the 2005 title game. Florida trailed 62-60 with 6:43 left before going on a 12-0 run, and Green had eight points during that span, earning tournament MVP honors. The game sparked the unranked Gators to go on to win back-to-back national championships. 4. #7 Kansas 99, #17 UCLA 98 November 9, 2000 Kenny Gregory led Kansas with 24 points as the Jayhawks outran the Bruins, despite a combined 67 points by Earl Watson, Jason Kapono, and T.J. Cummings. The Bruins were down 22-6 early in

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7. #4 Texas 77, #16 Georgia 71 November 15, 2002 Texas guard T.J. Ford crashed hard to the floor early in the game against No. 16 Georgia as Madison Square Garden and Longhorns fans fell silent. After a couple of nervous minutes on the court and three more on the bench, Ford returned to match his career high with 22 points as No. 4 Texas overcame a 10-point second-half deficit. 8. Maryland 62, Michigan State 60 (Championship) November 17, 2006 (at left) 9. #18 Saint Joseph’s 73, #12 Gonzaga 66 November 14, 2003 The second-leading vote-getter on the AP’s preseason All-America team, Jameer Nelson had 20 points, eight rebounds, 10 assists, and a ton of oohs and aahs in leading No. 18 Saint Joseph’s over No. 12 Gonzaga. The Hawks also made a lot of noise by bringing nearly 4,000 fans to turn the Garden into Hawk Hill. 10. Princeton 38, NC State 36 (Championship) November 12, 1997 After trailing at the end of the first three quarters (experimental rules), Princeton pulled off a comefrom-behind victory, with the game-winning play coming on a goaltending call against NC State with just 2.7 seconds left. The win propelled the Tigers to a 27-2 record and a No. 7 ranking.

Top 10 Performances 1. Kevin Durant (Texas) November 16-17, 2006 11/16 – 21 pts, 9 rebs, 4 blks (vs. Michigan State) 11/17 – 29 pts, 10 rebs, 3 blks (Consolation vs. St. John’s) All-Tournament Team

While Texas was disappointed with their third place finish in 2006, Durant put on a clinic in the Championship Rounds. He recorded a doubledouble in the third place game against St. John’s with 29 points and 10 rebounds. Durant averaged 25 points, 9.5 rebounds and 3.5 blocks in the 2006 Championship Rounds and was a member of the All-Tournament Team.

2. Carmelo Anthony (Syracuse)

6. Chris Douglas-Roberts (Memphis) November 16, 2007 [at right]

November 14, 2002 27 pts, 11 rebs (vs. Memphis) All-Tournament Team

7. Kenny Gregory (Kansas) November 9-10, 2000 11/9 – 24 pts, 7 rebs, 3 asts (vs. #17 UCLA) 11/10 – 20 pts, 10 rebs, 2 asts (Champ. vs. St. John’s) Most Valuable Player

2. Carmelo Anthony (Syracuse) November 14, 2002 (at right)

As the 2000 Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament MVP, Kenny Gregory led his #7 Kansas Jayhawks in wins over #17 UCLA (99-98) and St. John’s (8274). In the semifinal against UCLA, Gregory put up 24 points, seven rebounds, and three assists. In the championship game against St. John’s, Gregory recorded a double-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds, and two assists.

3. Jameer Nelson (Saint Joseph’s) November 14, 2003

8. Evan Turner (Ohio State) November 9-20, 2009

20 pts, 10 asts, 8 rebs (vs. Gonzaga) Most Valuable Player

Jameer Nelson is our first Tournament MVP on this list. In his only Coaches vs. Cancer game, Nelson put up 20 points, 10 assists, and eight rebounds as he led his #18 Saint Joseph’s squad to a 73-66 victory over #12 Gonzaga in his junior year. In his senior campaign, Nelson won the Wooden, Naismith, and Rupp Awards (among others). 4. Rodney Carney (Memphis) November 18-19, 2004 11/18 – 33 pts, 9 rebs, 4 asts (vs. Saint Mary’s) 11/19 – 25 pts, 5 asts, 4 rebs (Champ. vs. Syracuse) All-Tournament Team

In the 2004 Classic, Rodney Carney accounted for over 40% of Memphis’ scoring by putting up 25 against Saint Mary’s and 33 against Syracuse in the Championship Rounds when no one else on the Tigers scored more than 18. These performances garnered him the honor of being on the 2004 Coaches vs. Cancer All-Tournament team. 5. Ekene Ibekwe (Maryland) November 16, 2006 22 pts, 14 rebs, 2 blks (vs. St. John’s) Ekene Ibekwe is the first person on this list that was not a member of their respective AllTournament team. The performance that gave him the right to be on this list was his play against St. John’s in the 2006 semifinals. Ibekwe led the Maryland Terrapins to a 92-60 victory over the Red Storm with 22 points, 14 rebounds, and two blocks. In the 2006 Championship Rounds, Ibekwe averaged 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocks per game. He was the fourth player in Maryland history to record at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, and 200 blocked shots in his career (1,109 points, 781 rebounds, and 230 blocked shots).

Final Four Worthy...

11/9 – 14 pts, 17 rebs, 10 asts (vs. Alcorn State) 11/12 – 24 pts, 17 rebs, 4 asts (vs. James Madison) 11/19 – 23 pts, 11 rebs, 4 asts (vs. #4 North Carolina) 11/20 – 26 pts, 14 rebs, 6 asts (vs. #12 California)

Unlike Durant, Carmelo Anthony only got one game to prove himself as part of this list (2002 Classic used a Showcase Format). On a team that would eventually go on to win the NCAA National Championship, Anthony played spectacular in the Nov. 14th game against Memphis although the Orangemen (now Orange) lost 70-63. He scored 27 points and gathered 11 rebounds against John Calipari’s Tiger squad. Anthony, who now plays professionally with the Knicks, was named to an AllTournament Team that included other NBA players such as T.J. Ford, Dwayne Wade and Mo Williams. 6. Chris Douglas-Roberts (Memphis)

Turner recorded a triple-double in the Buckeyes’ season opening 100-60 win over Alcorn State and followed that with three double-doubles. Over four games he averaged 21.8 points, 14.8 rebounds, and 6.0 assists a game. In leading Ohio State to a third-place finish in the Classic, Turner shot 3559 (.593) from the field and 16-21 (.762) from the line en route to All-Tournament honors. 9. Earl Watson (UCLA) November 9-10, 2000 11/9 – 21 pts, 8 asts, 5 rebs (vs. #7 Kansas) 11/10 – 20 pts, 9 asts, 5 rebs (vs. #12 Kentucky) All-Tournament Team

Earl Watson not only scored over 20 points in both of his championship round games, but he did it against two top 15 teams. Against #7 Kansas, he scored 21 points, dished eight assists, and collected five rebounds. In Watson’s second game, he followed up with 20 points, nine assists, and five rebounds.

November 16, 2007 33 pts, 7 rebs (Champ. vs. Connecticut) Most Valuable Player

The only way to word Chris Douglas-Roberts’ performance in the 2007 championship game is dominating. He was 14-24 from the field including 2-3 from long range. DouglasRoberts accumulated 33 points and seven rebounds to help lead the #3 Memphis Tigers to an 81-70 victory over UConn on Nov. 16th. He averaged 22.5 points and 5.5 rebounds in the two Championship Round games, which was good enough to earn him the Tournament MVP honor.

10. Manny Harris (Michigan) November 11-21, 2008 11/11 – 30 pts, 7 rebs, 2 asts (vs. Michigan Tech) 11/12 – 26 pts, 10 rebs, 8 asts, 1 stl (vs. Northeastern) 11/20 – 15 pts, 5 rebs, 4 asts, 3 stls (vs. #4 UCLA) 11/21 – 25 pts, 2 rebs, 4 asts, 3 stls (vs. #5 Duke) All-Tournament Team

Harris set a tournament record in scoring 96 points over four games, averaging 24.0 ppg to go along with 6.0 rpg, 4.5 apg, and 1.8 spg as Michigan advanced to the Classic final with wins over Michigan Tech, Northeastern, and No. 4 UCLA. Harris shot 27-49 (.551) from the field, 8-19 (.421) from three, and 34-39 (.872) from the line in earning All-Tournament honors.

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2010

With three teams ranked among the nation’s Top 25, you knew the 2K Sports Classic would be a great one, And that is exactly what it was as the margin of victory in the four games at Madison Square Garden was a mere 21 points. When the dust settled, No. 4 Pittsburgh emerged with the tournament trophy. MVP Ashton Gibbs posted 13 points and seven rebounds in the Panthers’ semifinal affair, a 79-70 win over Maryland. With No. 22 Texas escaping with a 90-84 overtime win against No. 16 Illinois, the scene was set for a classic showdown between Gibbs and the Longhorns’ Jordan Hamilton, who had 25 points and seven rebounds against the Illini. Although Hamilton outscored Gibbs, 28-24, in the final, it was Gibbs’ team that came away with a 68-66 win.

All-Tournament Team presented by Toyota Ashton Gibbs (Pittsburgh) Jordan Hamilton (Texas) Demetri McCamey (Illinois) Jordan Williams (Maryland) Travon Woodall (Pittsburgh) MOST VALUABLE PLAYER presented by American Airlines Ashton Gibbs (Pittsburgh)

2009 All-Tournament Team presented by Sports Illustrated Marcus Ginyard (North Carolina) Wes Johnson (Syracuse) Jerome Randle (California) Andy Rautins (Syracuse) Evan Turner (Ohio State)

Championship Rounds Madison Square Garden | New York, N.Y. 11/19/10 #4 Pittsburgh 68, #22 Texas 66 (Championship) 11/19/10 #16 Illinois 80, Maryland 76 (Consolation) 11/18/10 #4 Pittsburgh 79, Maryland 70 11/18/10 #22 Texas 90, #16 Illinois 84 (OT) Pittsburgh Regional | Petersen Events Center | Pittsburgh, Pa. 11/10/10 #4 Pittsburgh 97, Illinois-Chicago 54 11/8/10 #4 Pittsburgh 83, Rhode Island 75 Austin Regional | Erwin Events Center | Austin, Texas 11/10/10 #25 Texas 89, Louisiana Tech 58 11/8/10 #25 Texas 83, Navy 52 College Park Regional | Comcast Center | College Park, Md. 11/10/10 Maryland 75, Charleston 74 11/8/10 Maryland 105, Seattle 76 Champaign Regional | Assembly Hall | Champaign, Ill. 11/10/10 #16 Illinois 84, Toledo 45 11/8/10 #16 Illinois 79, UC Irvine 65 Irvine Subregional | Bren Events Center | Irvine, Calif. 11/21/10 Seattle 75, Navy 70 11/21/10 Louisiana Tech 76, UC Irvine 72 11/20/10 Louisiana Tech 80, Navy 65 11/20/10 UC Irvine 85, Seattle 77 11/19/10 Louisiana Tech 85, Seattle 72 11/19/10 UC Irvine 75, Navy 60 Toledo Subregional | Savage Arena | Toledo, Ohio 11/21/10 Illinois-Chicago 74, Rhode Island 68 11/21/10 Charleston 64, Toledo 51 11/20/10 Charleston 78, Illinois-Chicago 66 11/20/10 Rhode Island 76, Toledo 65 11/19/10 Rhode Island 75, Charleston 66 11/19/10 Illinois-Chicago 57, Toledo 51

2009 For the first time in the history of the Classic, all four teams advancing to the Championship Rounds were nationally ranked. The event also featured a pair of superstars. Ohio State’s Evan Turner began the season with a triple-double of 14 points, 17 rebounds, and 10 assists in the Buckeyes’ 100-60 win over Alcorn State. Turner would post double-doubles in each of his next three games to earn all-tournament acclaim. However, the star of the show was Wes Johnson, who was making his Syracuse debut after transferring from Iowa State.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER presented by American Airlines Wes Johnson (Syracuse)

Wes Johnson, 2009 Johnson had 17 points, 11 rebounds, and six blocked shots in the No. 24 Orange’s 95-73 semifinal win over No. 12 California. In the title match, Johnson posted 25 points and eight rebounds as Syracuse took down defending national champion and No. 4 North Carolina, 87-71. Johnson was named Classic MVP. Championship Rounds Madison Square Garden | New York, N.Y. 11/20/09 #24 Syracuse 87, #4 North Carolina 71 (Championship) 11/20/09 #15 Ohio St. 76, #12 California 70 (Consolation) 11/19/09 #24 Syracuse 95, #12 California 73 11/19/09 #4 North Carolina 77, #15 Ohio St. 73 Syracuse Regional | Carrier Dome | Syracuse, N.Y. 11/11/09 #25 Syracuse 100, Robert Morris 60 11/9/09 #25 Syracuse 75, Albany 43 Chapel Hill Regional | Dean E. Smith Center | Chapel Hill, N.C. 11/11/09 #4 North Carolina 89, N.C. Central 42 11/9/09 #4 North Carolina 88, FIU 72 Columbus Regional | Value City Arena | Columbus, Ohio 11/12/09 #17 Ohio St. 72, James Madison 44 11/9/09 #17 Ohio St. 100, Alcorn State 60 Berkeley Regional | Haas Pavilion | Berkeley, Calif. 11/11/09 #12 California 95, Detroit 61 11/9/09 #12 California 75, Murray State 70 Albany Subregional | SEFCU Arena | Albany, N.Y. 11/22/09 Detroit 79, Alcorn State 59 11/22/09 Albany 71, Robert Morris 66 11/21/09 Robert Morris 107, Alcorn State 76 11/21/09 Detroit 66, Albany 54 11/20/09 Detroit 71, Robert Morris 59 11/20/09 Albany 71, Alcorn State 55 Miami Subregional | U.S. Century Bank Arena | Miami, Fla. 11/23/09 James Madison 79, N.C. Central 66 11/23/09 Murray State 84, FIU 71 11/22/09 James Madison 81, FIU 68 11/22/09 Murray State 84, N.C. Central 61 11/20/09 Murray State 71, James Madison 43 11/20/09 FIU 83, N.C. Central 73

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Ashton Gibbs, 2010

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Award Winners 2008

2007

All-Tournament Team presented by Sports Illustrated Darren Collison (UCLA) Kevin Dilliard (Southern Illinois) Manny Harris (Michigan) Gerald Henderson (Duke) Kyle Singler (Duke)

Memphis used a late 16-5 run to beat Connecticut, 81-70, and win the 2007 title. Chris Douglas-Roberts earned tournament MVP after he poured in a career-high 33 points in the title game. Tigers freshman Derrick Rose shined with 41 points in the two wins, as did Connecticut’s A.J. Price, who also made the all-tournament team with 41 points in his two games.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER presented by American Airlines Kyle Singler (Duke)

Championship Rounds Madison Square Garden | New York, N.Y. 11/16/07 #3 Memphis 81, Connecticut 70 (Championship) 11/16/07 Oklahoma 69, Gardner-Webb 55 (Consolation) 11/15/07 #3 Memphis 63, Oklahoma 53 11/15/07 Connecticut 78, Gardner-Webb 66

Durham REGIONAL MVP Kyle Singler (Duke) Los angeles REGIONAL MVP Darren Collison (UCLA) Ann Arbor REGIONAL MVP Manny Harris (Michigan)

Norman Regional | Lloyd Noble Center | Norman, Okla. 11/9/07 Oklahoma 80, Denver 50 11/9/07 San Francisco 87, East Central 70 11/8/07 Oklahoma 71, San Francisco 55 11/8/07 Denver 76, East Central 75 (OT)

Carbondale REGIONAL MVP Carlton Fay (Southern Illinois)

2007 All-Tournament Team presented by Sports Illustrated Chris Douglas-Roberts (Memphis) Grayson Flittner (Gardner-Webb) Blake Griffin (Oklahoma) A.J. Price (Connecticut) Derrick Rose (Memphis) MOST VALUABLE PLAYER presented by American Airlines Chris Douglas-Roberts (Memphis) Norman REGIONAL MVP Blake Griffin (Oklahoma) Memphis REGIONAL MVP Derrick Rose (Memphis) Lexington REGIONAL MVP Aaron Linn (Gardner-Webb) Storrs REGIONAL MVP A.J. Price (Connecticut)

2008 Tournament MVP Kyle Singler scored 15 points to lead No. 5 Duke to a 71-56 win over Michigan. Nolan Smith paced the Blue Devils with 16 points while Michigan’s Manny Harris netted a gamebest 25 points in setting a tournament record with 96 points over four games. Duke all-tournament selection Gerald Henderson averaged 16 points in the two Championship Round games. UCLA’s Darren Collison averaged 14.5 points and Southern Illinois’ Kevin Dillard joined Singler, Harris, Henderson, and Collison on the all-tournament team after averaging 12.0 points and 4.5 assists in New York.

Lexington Regional | Rupp Arena | Lexington, Ky. 11/7/07 Gardner-Webb 84, #22 Kentucky 68 11/7/07 Central Arkansas 69, Alabama A&M 59 11/6/07 #22 Kentucky 67, Central Arkansas 40 11/6/07 Gardner-Webb 69, Alabama A&M 55 Storrs Regional | Gampel Pavilion | Storrs, Conn. 11/8/07 Connecticut 82, Buffalo 57 11/8/07 Morgan State 77, Ohio Valley 66 11/7/07 Connecticut 69, Morgan State 65 11/7/07 Buffalo 89, Ohio Valley 82

Championship Rounds Madison Square Garden | New York, N.Y. 11/21/08 #5 Duke 71, Michigan 56 (Championship) 11/21/08 #4 UCLA 77, Southern Illinois 60 (Consolation) 11/20/08 Michigan 55, #4 UCLA 52 11/20/08 #5 Duke 83, Southern Illinois 58

2006 All-Tournament Team Kevin Durant (Texas) James Gist (Maryland) Drew Neitzel (Michigan State) Avery Patterson (St. John’s) D.J. Strawberry (Maryland) MOST VALUABLE PLAYER presented by American Airlines D.J. Strawberry (Maryland) AUSTIN REGIONAL MVP A.J. Abrams (Texas) COLLEGE PARK REGIONAL MVP D.J. Strawberry (Maryland) EAST LANSING REGIONAL MVP Drew Neitzel (Michigan State) NEW YORK REGIONAL MVP Avery Patterson (St. John’s)

Manny Harris, 2008

Memphis Regional | FedEx Forum | Memphis Tenn. 11/6/07 #3 Memphis 80, Richmond 63 11/6/07 Tennessee-Martin 66, Maine 62 11/5/07 #3 Memphis 102, Tennessee-Martin 71 11/5/07 Richmond 44, Maine 42

Durham Regional | Cameron Indoor Stadium | Durham, N.C. 11/11/08 #5 Duke 97, Georgia Southern 54 11/11/08 Houston 76, Presbyterian 57 11/10/08 #5 Duke 80, Presbyterian 49 11/10/08 Georgia Southern 65, Houston 63 Los Angeles Regional | Pauley Pavilion | Los Angeles, Calif. 11/13/08 #4 UCLA 64, Miami (Ohio) 59 11/13/08 Weber State 78, Prairie View A&M 68 11/12/08 #4 UCLA 82, Prairie View A&M 58 11/12/08 Miami (Ohio) 70, Weber State 66 Ann Arbor Regional | Crisler Arena | Ann Arbor, Mich. 11/12/08 Michigan 76, Northeastern 56 11/12/08 IUPUI 65, Michigan Tech 51 11/11/08 Michigan 77, Michigan Tech 55 11/11/08 Northeastern 73, IUPUI 60 Carbondale Regional | SIU Arena | Carbondale, Ill. 11/12/08 Southern Illinois 80, Massachusetts 73 11/11/08 Southern Illinois 66, California (Pa.) 52 11/11/08 Massachusetts 90, Arkansas Monticello 71

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Derrick Rose, 2007

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The College Basketball Invitational presented by Zebra Pen is a postseason tournament comprised of a 16-team field and hosted at on-campus arenas throughout the country. The CBI is a single-elimination tournament, up until the Championship Series. The Championship Series is a bestof-three series. The CBI provides a meaningful opportunity for teams that are deserving of a postseason experience.

“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 “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

“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, after winning the 2010 CBI Championship

“I want to thank Rick Giles and The Gazelle Group who put on this tournament. The real positive thing about this experience is for me not having to go in the locker room and say, ‘guys we have nowhere to go’ after we won 26 games ... and this tournament allows teams who win 20-something games (to continue to play). I appreciate being a part of this tournament and it has been a great experience for us.” – College of Charleston Head Coach Bobby Cremins

Did You Know? 295,098 fans attended games during the first four College Basketball Invitationals. 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

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Year-by-Year Results

2005

2006

All-Tournament Team Taurean Green (Florida) Al Horford (Florida) Jarrius Jackson (Texas Tech) Gerry McNamara (Syracuse) Trent Strickland (Wake Forest)

Maryland survived a frantic final three minutes as Michigan State’s rally in the championship game fell short at the final buzzer. D.J. Strawberry earned tournament MVP honors as the Terps captured the 2006 event title. Texas freshman Kevin Durant showed why he was the nation’s top player, making his collegiate debut with 91 points and 38 rebounds in his first four games.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER presented by American Airlines Taurean Green (Florida) GAINESVILLE REGIONAL MVP Corey Brewer (Florida)

Championship Rounds Madison Square Garden | New York, N.Y. 11/17/06 Maryland 62, Michigan State 60 (Championship) 11/17/06 #18 Texas 77, St. John’s 76 (Consolation) 11/16/06 Michigan State 63, #18 Texas 61 11/16/06 Maryland 92, St. John’s 60

LUBBOCK REGIONAL MVP Martin Zeno (Texas Tech) SYRACUSE REGIONAL MVP Terrence Roberts (Syracuse) WINSTON-SALEM REGIONAL MVP Trent Strickland (Wake Forest)

2004 All-Tournament Team Rodney Carney (Memphis) Daniel Kickert (Saint Mary’s) Gerry McNamara (Syracuse) Lawrence Roberts (Mississippi State) Hakim Warrick (Syracuse) MOST VALUABLE PLAYER presented by American Airlines Hakim Warrick (Syracuse) CALIFORNIA REGIONAL MVP Jonathan Sanders (Saint Mary’s) MEMPHIS REGIONAL MVP Rodney Carney (Memphis)

Austin Regional | Erwin Events Center | Austin, Texas 11/10/06 #19 Texas 92, Chicago State 66 11/10/06 St. Bonaventure 68, Alcorn State 59 11/9/06 #19 Texas 103, Alcorn State 44 11/9/06 Chicago State 98, St. Bonaventure 95 East Lansing Regional | Breslin Center | East Lansing, Mich. 11/9/06 Michigan State 86, Youngstown State 61 11/9/06 Central Michigan 71, Brown 58 11/8/06 Michigan State 45, Brown 34 11/8/06 Youngstown State 74, Central Michigan 50 New York Regional | Carnesecca Arena | Queens, N.Y. 11/11/06 St. John’s 72, Navy 49 11/11/06 Loyola (Md.) 65, North Florida 50 11/10/06 St. John’s 74, North Florida 53 11/10/06 Navy 73, Loyola (Md.) 61 College Park Regional | Comcast Center College Park, Md. 11/8/06 Maryland 81, Vermont 63 11/8/06 Hampton 74, New Orleans 73 11/7/06 Maryland 102, Hampton 75 11/7/06 Vermont 82, New Orleans 65

MISSISSIPPI STATE REGIONAL MVP Winsome Frazier (Mississippi State) SYRACUSE REGIONAL MVP Hakim Warrick (Syracuse)

Joakim Noah & Taurean Green, 2005

2005 Eventual national champion Florida tipped off the season with a pair of upset victories to win the 2005 2K Sports College Hoops Classic. The Gators were unranked as Taurean Green and Joakim Noah kick-started their run to the NCAA title, defeating two Top 20 teams — No. 18 Wake Forest and local favorite, 16th-ranked Syracuse — after winning the Gainesville Regional. Championship Rounds Madison Square Garden | New York, N.Y. 11/18/05 Florida 75, #16 Syracuse 70 (Championship) 11/18/05 Wake Forest 78, Texas Tech 73 (2OT) (Consolation) 11/17/05 #16 Syracuse 81, Texas Tech 46 11/17/05 Florida 77, #18 Wake Forest 72

2003 All-Tournament Team Travis Diener (Marquette) Taron Downey (Wake Forest) Carl Krauser (Pittsburgh) Jameer Nelson (St. Joseph’s) Delonte West (St. Joseph’s)

Syracuse Regional | Carrier Dome | Syracuse, N.Y. 11/9/05 #16 Syracuse 67, Cornell 62 11/9/05 Bethune-Cookman 63, St. Francis (Pa.) 52 11/8/05 #16 Syracuse 68, Bethune-Cookman 37 11/8/05 Cornell 75, St. Francis (Pa.) 54

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Jameer Nelson (St. Joseph’s)

Gainesville Regional | O’Connell Center | Gainesville, Fla. 11/10/05 Florida 83, Albany 64 11/10/05 Oakland 72, Saint Peter’s 69 11/9/05 Florida 80, Saint Peter’s 51 11/9/05 Albany 90, Oakland 73

2002 All-Tournament Team Carmelo Anthony (Syracuse) T.J. Ford (Texas) Jeremy Hunt (Memphis) Dwyane Wade (Marquette) Mo Williams (Alabama)

Lubbock Regional | United Spirit Arena | Lubbock, Texas 11/11/05 Texas Tech 74, Georgia Southern 61 11/11/05 San Jose State 82, Portland 53 11/10/05 Texas Tech 88, San Jose State 54 11/10/05 Georgia Southern 89, Portland 75

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER T.J. Ford (Texas)

D.J. Strawberry, 2006

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Winston-Salem Regional | Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Winston-Salem, N.C. 11/11/05 #18 Wake Forest 83, George Mason 78 (OT) 11/11/05 UC Irvine 94, Mississippi Valley State 40 11/10/05 #18 Wake Forest 78, Mississippi Valley State 64 11/10/05 George Mason 79, UC Irvine 56

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2001

A new expanded format that included 16 teams and four regional sites debuted in 2004, but not all the hosts advanced. Saint Mary’s upset Cal to crash a Top 25 party at Madison Square Garden. The Gaels’ Cinderella story ended in the semifinals against No. 23 Memphis, and sixth-ranked Syracuse defeated the Tigers for the title.

All-Tournament Team Wil Bynum (Arizona) Juan Dixon (Maryland) Jason Gardner (Arizona) Lynn Greer (Temple) Brett Nelson (Florida) MOST VALUABLE PLAYER presented by American Airlines Jason Gardner (Arizona)

Championship Rounds Madison Square Garden | New York, N.Y. 11/19/04 #6 Syracuse 77, #23 Memphis 62 (Championship) 11/19/04 #14 Mississippi St. 67, St. Mary’s 54 (Consolation) 11/18/04 #6 Syracuse 71, #14 Mississippi State 58 11/18/04 #23 Memphis 81, Saint Mary’s 66

2000 All-Tournament Team Keith Bogans (Kentucky) Omar Cook (St. John’s) Drew Gooden (Kansas) Kenny Gregory (Kansas) Earl Watson (UCLA)

Syracuse Regional | Carrier Dome | Syracuse, N.Y. 11/12/04 #6 Syracuse 56, Princeton 45 11/12/04 Bucknell 67, Northern Colorado 54 11/11/04 #6 Syracuse 104, Northern Colorado 54 11/11/04 Princeton 61, Bucknell 48 Birmingham Regional | BJCC | Birmingham, Ala. 11/12/04 #14 Mississippi State 55, Birmingham-Southern 48 11/12/04 Fairfield 62, Alabama A&M 47 11/11/04 #14 Mississippi State 53, Fairfield 49 11/11/04 Birmingham-Southern 79, Alabama A&M 69 Memphis Regional | FedEx Forum | Memphis, Tenn. 11/13/04 #23 Memphis 75, George Mason 58 11/13/04 IPFW 71, Savannah State 60 11/11/04 #23 Memphis 102, Savannah State 40 11/11/04 George Mason 69, IPFW 51 Berkeley Regional | Haas Pavilion | Berkeley, Calif. 11/12/04 Saint Mary’s 62, California 51 11/12/04 UC Riverside 74, Belmont 65 11/11/04 California 78, UC Riverside 61 11/11/04 Saint Mary’s 67, Belmont 58

2003 MSG turned into Hawk Hill as Jameer Nelson had 20 points, eight rebounds, and 10 assists in leading No. 18 Saint Joseph’s over No. 12 Gonzaga. Carl Krauser scored a career-high 21 points as No. 22 Pitt beat Alabama to give Jamie Dixon the win in his first game as head coach. The event’s two other Top 25 teams, Wake Forest (#21) and Marquette (#23), also left the Garden victorious.

Award Winners

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER presented by American Airlines Kenny Gregory (Kansas)

1999

Jameer Nelson, 2003

2001 Rick Anderson scored Arizona’s final six points as the previously unranked Wildcats defeated No. 6 Florida to win the Classic title. This was the second-straight upset of a Top 10 team for Arizona, which also beat the eventual national champion and second-ranked Maryland on opening night.

All-Tournament Team Chris Carawell (Duke) Jarron Collins (Stanford) Jason Collins (Stanford) Kevin Freeman (Connecticut) Jacob Jaacks (Iowa) MOST VALUABLE PLAYER presented by American Airlines Jarron Collins (Stanford)

1998

Madison Square Garden New York, N.Y. 11/9/01 Arizona 75, #6 Florida 71 . (Championship) 11/9/01 #2 Maryland 82, #16 Temple 74 (Consolation) 11/8/01 Arizona 71, #2 Maryland 67 11/8/01 #6 Florida 72, . #16 Temple 64

All-Tournament Team Lamont Barnes (Temple) Robert O’Kelley (Wake Forest) Corey Bradford (Illinois) Quincy Wadley (Temple) Anthony Perry (Georgetown) MOST VALUABLE PLAYER presented by American Airlines Lamont Barnes (Temple)

Madison Square Garden | New York, N.Y. 11/14/03 #22 Pittsburgh 71, Alabama 62 11/14/03 #18 Saint Joseph’s 73, #12 Gonzaga 66 11/13/03 #21 Wake Forest 85, Memphis 76 11/13/03 #23 Marquette 52, St. John’s 45

1997 All-Tournament Team Luke Axtell (Texas) Brian Earl (Princeton) Steve Goodrich (Princeton) Ray Harrison (Georgia) Kenny Inge (N.C. State)

2002 The 2002 field featured three eventual Final Four participants, but the story of the first night was Memphis, which beat eventual national champion Syracuse despite 27 points from Carmelo Anthony in his collegiate debut. Marquette started its Final Four season by defeating Villanova, and the No. 4 Longhorns (the third NCAA semifinalist) overcame a 10-point deficit to beat 16th-ranked Georgia.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Brian Earl (Princeton)

Carmelo Anthony, 2002

Madison Square Garden | New York, N.Y. 11/15/02 #18 Marquette 73, Villanova 61 11/15/02 #4 Texas 77, #16 Georgia 71 11/14/02 Memphis 70, Syracuse 63 11/14/02 #8 Alabama 68, #3 Oklahoma 62

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They Went On To... featured 2K Sports Classic participants after the event

2010 Pittsburgh (won the tournament) advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament Texas (lost to Pittsburgh) advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament Illinois (won consolation game) advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament

2009 Syracuse (won inaugural 12-team event) advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament North Carolina (lost to Syracuse) advanced to championship game of NIT Ohio State (won consolation game) advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament

2008 Duke (won the tournament) advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament Michigan (lost to Duke) advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament UCLA (won consolation game) advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament

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1998 (continued)

Despite a late comeback attempt by St. John’s, Kansas and super-sophomore Drew Gooden prevailed to be crowned the tournament champ. UCLA used a balanced attack to become the event’s highest scoring team, and even a 25-point night from Keith Bogans couldn’t keep powerhouse Kentucky from an 0-2 start.

Madison Square Garden | New York, N.Y. 11/11/98 #7 Temple 59, Wake Forest 48 (Championship) 11/11/98 Illinois 65, Georgetown 50 (Consolation) 11/10/98 Wake Forest 75, Illinois 73 (OT) 11/10/98 #7 Temple 65, Georgetown 49

Madison Square Garden | New York, N.Y. 11/10/00 #7 Kansas 82, St. John’s 74 (Championship) 11/10/00 #17 UCLA 97, #12 Kentucky 92 (Consolation) 11/9/00 #7 Kansas 99, #17 UCLA 98 11/9/00 St. John’s 62, #12 Kentucky 61

1999 Casey Jacobsen scored 17 points and twins Jason and Jarron Collins combined for 35 points and 22 rebounds as Stanford defeated Iowa for the 1999 title. The previous season’s NCAA finalists, Duke and UConn, met in an unique consolation game after both fell in upsets on opening night. The top-ranked Huskies won again in the rematch, and No. 10 Duke left the Garden with an unfamiliar 0-2 record. Madison Square Garden | New York, N.Y. 11/12/99 #13 Stanford 72, Iowa 58 (Championship) 11/12/99 #1 Connecticut 71, #10 Duke 66 (Consolation) 11/11/99 #13 Stanford 80, #10 Duke 79 (OT) 11/11/99 Iowa 70, #1 Connecticut 68

Bill carmody, 1997

1997 Brian Earl’s back-door layup with 2.7 seconds left was blocked, but NC State was called for goaltending, giving Princeton the victory. A pair of Top 25 teams (No. 19 Georgia defeated No. 22 Texas) met in the event’s consolation game, but it was Princeton that would go on to earn a No. 7 national ranking. Continental Airlines Arena | East Rutherford, N.J. 11/12/97 Princeton 38, NC State 36 (Championship) 11/12/97 #19 Georgia 89, #22 Texas 87 (Consolation) 11/11/97 NC State 47, #19 Georgia 45 11/11/97 Princeton 62, #22 Texas 56

2007 Memphis (won the tournament) advanced to the NCAA championship game before losing to Kansas in overtime

1996

2005

The Owls were led by Rasheed Brokenborough’s 24 points and defeated Georgia Tech by 18 despite a 21-point effort from Matt Harpring. In the second game of the doubleheader, Saint Joseph’s edged Tulsa on a last-second basket by Terrell Meyers, and Phil Martelli’s Hawks went on to the NCAA Sweet 16.

Florida (won the tournament) won the first of two back-to-back national championships George Mason (lost at Wake Forest) reached the NCAA Final Four

2003 Saint Joseph’s (defeated Gonzaga) advanced to the Elite Eight before falling to Oklahoma State on a last-second shot Alabama (lost to Pittsburgh) made program’s first-ever NCAA Elite Eight appearance

Atlantic City Convention Center | Atlantic City, N.J. 12/7/96 Temple 76, Georgia Tech 58 12/7/96 Saint Joseph’s 67, #21 Tulsa 64

1995

2002

Duke vs. Stanford, 1999

Syracuse (lost to Memphis) won the national championship Marquette (defeated Villanova) advanced to the Final Four Texas (defeated Georgia) advanced to the Final Four

1998

2001 Maryland (upset by unranked Arizona) won the national championship Arizona (unranked, won the tournament) advanced to the NCAA “Sweet 16”

Rasheed Brokenborough was the Owls’ hero for the second time in the Classic (24 points in 1996) as the event moved to Madison Square Garden. He poured in 16 points to help Temple overcome a 16-point deficit to defeat Wake Forest for the championship. Robert O’Kelley led the Demon Deacons to the title game with 10 points in overtime against Illinois.

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Penn State’s Pete Lisicky scored 35 points and hit nine threes as the Nittany Lions beat crossstate rival Penn. In the other game, Olof Landgren had 11 points, none bigger than his lay-up with 17 seconds left, to give La Salle an upset victory and its first win of the year. Atlantic City Convention Center | Atlantic City, N.J. 12/9/95 Penn State 88, Pennsylvania 61 12/9/95 La Salle 68, Marquette 65

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Evan Turner, 2009

Event Records Individual Records Tournament (four games) Points 98

Jordan Hamilton (Texas), 2010

Field Goals Made 36

Andrew Goudelock (Charleston), 2010

Field Goals Attempted When the 2009 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer was done, there was little doubt as to who the favorite was for national player of the year honors. In the first game of the 2009-10 season, Ohio State’s Evan Turner posted a triple-double when he went for 14 points, 17 rebounds, and 10 assists in the Buckeyes’ 100-60 win over Alcorn State on Nov. 9, 2009. A 24-point, 17-rebound effort followed as Ohio State captured a 72-44 win over James Madison. It was then off to New York and a semifinal round match-up with No. 4 North Carolina. Although the Tar Heels would emerge with a 77-73 win, Turner was almost superhuman. He scored 23 points on 9-14 shooting from the field and 5-6 shooting from the line. He hauled down 11 rebounds. He even handed out four assists. Ten turnovers cast a negative pall upon his game but when you have the ball in your hands as much as he did, that number should not be totally unexpected. In the consolation game against No. 12 California, Turner would shine again, posting 26 points, again going 9-14 from the field but this time 8-11 from the line, to go with 14 rebounds, six assists, and just four turnovers in a 76-70 Ohio State win. When it was over, Turner would own or tie five tournament records – rebounds in a tournament (59), defensive rebounds in a tournament (42), rebounds in the championship round (25), defensive rebounds in a game (14 vs. James Madison), and even turnovers in a game (10 vs. North Carolina). He also averaged 21.8 points a game in the four games of the 2K Sports Classic. It will go down as one of the single most dominant performances in tournament history. Maybe even the most dominant, That level of play would continue for Turner over the course of the entire season. Despite sustaining a serious back injury in December of that season, Turner would go on to average 20.4 points, 9.2 rebounds, 6.0 assists, and claim national player of the year honors.

Andrew Goudelock (Charleston), 2010

Three-Point Field Goals Made 20

A.J. Abrams (Texas), 2006

Three-Point Field Goals Attempted 39

Andrew Goudelock (Charleston), 2010

Free Throws Made 27

E.J. Rowland (Saint Mary’s), 2004

Free Throws Attempted 35 35

Derrick Rose (Memphis), 2007 E.J. Rowland (Saint Mary’s), 2004

Total Rebounds 59

Evan Turner (Ohio State), 2009

Offensive Rebounds 18

Joey Dorsey (Memphis), 2004

Defensive Rebounds 42

Evan Turner (Ohio State), 2009

Assists 29

D.J. Augustin (Texas), 2006

Turnovers 29

Justin Gray (Wake Forest), 2005

Steals 17

Darryl Watkins (Syracuse), 2005

Tournament (championship rounds) Points 58

Rodney Carney (Memphis), 2004

Field Goals Made 22

Rodney Carney (Memphis), 2004

Field Goals Attempted 41

Offensive Rebounds 15

Kevin Lyde (Temple), 2001

Defensive Rebounds 18 18

Joey Dorsey (Memphis), 2007 Udonis Haslem (Florida), 2001

Assists 19

Andy Rautins (Syracuse), 2009

Blocked Shots 18

Jordan Hamilton, 2010

Gerry McNamara (Syracuse), 2005

Turnovers 17

Justin Gray (Wake Forest), 2005

Steals 9

Andy Rautins (Syracuse), 2009

Blocked Shots 10

Dallas Lauderdale (Ohio State), 2009

Single Game Points 43

Rodney Carney (Memphis), 2004

David Holston (Chicago State), vs. St. Bonaventure, Nov. 9, 2006

Three-Point Field Goals Made

Field Goals Made

11 11

14 Chris Douglas-Roberts (Memphis) vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 2007

Jerome Randle (California), 2009 Jason Kapono (UCLA), 2000

Three-Point Field Goals Attempted

Field Goals Attempted

Omar Cook (St. John’s), 2000

Free Throws Made 16

Derrick Rose (Memphis), 2007

Andrew Goudelock (Charleston), vs. Rhode Island, Nov. 19, 2010

Three-Point Field Goals Made

Free Throws Attempted

Three-Point Field Goals Attempted

Derrick Rose (Memphis), 2007

Total Rebounds 25

Evan Turner (Ohio State), 2009

2K Sports Classic

Pete Lisicky (Penn State), vs. Penn, Dec. 9, 1995 Omar Cook (St. John’s), vs. Kansas, Nov. 10, 2000

Event Records

Team Records

Free Throws Made

Tournament (four games)

14 Ramel Bradley (Kentucky) vs. Gardner-Webb, Nov. 7, 2007

Points

Free Throws Attempted

Field Goals Made

357 Syracuse, 2009

Aaron Broussard (Seattle), vs. Navy, Nov. 21, 2010 Manny Harris (Michigan), vs. Northeastern, Nov. 12, 2008 Ramel Bradley (Kentucky) vs. Gardner-Webb, Nov. 7, 2007 Zarryon Fereti (St. Bonaventure), vs. Alcorn State, Nov. 9, 2006 Gerry McNamara (Syracuse), vs. Cornell, Nov. 9, 2005 Jason Collins (Stanford), vs. Iowa, Nov. 12, 1999

Total Rebounds 19

Quintin Butler (IPFW), vs. Savannah State, Nov. 13, 2004

Offensive Rebounds 9

Joey Dorsey (Memphis), vs. Savannah State, Nov. 11, 2004

Defensive Rebounds 14

Evan Turner (Ohio State), vs. James Madison, Nov. 12, 2009

Assists

137 Syracuse, 2009

Field Goals Attempted 264 Memphis, 2004

Three-Point Field Goals Made 39

Texas, 2006

Three-Point FG Attempted 120 Navy, 2010

Free Throws Made 101

Free Throws Attempted

Syracuse, 2009

142 Duke, 2008

Total Rebounds

Team Records

184

Connecticut, 2007

Assists

Single Game

Points

North Carolina, 2009

Turnovers

105 Maryland, vs. Seattle, Nov. 8, 2010

Field Goals Made 43

Duke, 2008

Seattle, 2010

Steals

Syracuse, vs. Northern Colorado, Nov. 11, 2004

Syracuse, 2009

14 Aaron Fitzgerald (UC Irvine), vs. Mississippi Valley State, Nov. 11, 2005

Field Goals Attempted

Blocked Shots

Turnovers

Three-Point Field Goals Made

Evan Turner (Ohio State), vs. North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2009 Chris Lowe (Massachusetts), vs. Southern Illinois, Nov. 12, 2008 Justin Gray (Wake Forest), vs. George Mason, Nov. 11, 2005

Duke, vs. Stanford, Nov. 11, 1999

Free Throws Made

Blocked Shots 9 Mickell Gladness (Alabama A&M), vs. Central Arkansas, Nov. 7, 2007

Points 195

Hampton, vs. Maryland, Nov. 7, 2006

158 Duke, 1999

Three-Point Field Goals Made

Duke, vs. Southern Illinois, Nov. 21, 2008

Maryland, vs. Hampton, Nov. 7, 2006

Wake Forest, vs. Texas Tech, Nov. 18, 2005

Offensive Rebounds 31

Duke, 1999 Texas, 1997

Three-Point FG Attempted

Total Rebounds 66

Syracuse, 2009

Field Goals Attempted

Free Throws Attempted 54

UCLA, 2000

Field Goals Made

Three-Point Field Goals Attempted

Garrett Lever (Seattle), vs. Maryland, Nov. 8, 2010 Andy Rautins (Syracuse), vs. North Carolina, Nov. 20, 2009

Tournament (championship round)

Rhode Island, vs. Pittsburgh, Nov. 8, 2010 Ohio State, vs. Alcorn State, Nov. 9, 2009 Gardner-Webb, vs. Oklahoma, Nov. 15, 2007 Texas, vs. Georgia, Nov. 12, 1997 Georgia Tech, vs. Temple, Dec. 7, 1996

Steals

Connecticut, 2007

Gardner-Webb, 2007 Duke, 1999

Free Throws Made

Villanova, vs. Marquette, Nov. 15, 2002

Duke, 2008

Defensive Rebounds

Free Throws Attempted

Wake Forest, vs. Texas Tech, Nov. 18, 2005

Duke, 2008

Assists

Total Rebounds

North Carolina, vs. N.C. Central, Nov. 11, 2009 Ohio State, vs. Alcorn State, Nov. 9, 2009

Stanford, 1999

Assists

Turnovers

Albany, vs. Syracuse, Nov. 9, 2009

Kansas, 2000

Steals

Syracuse, vs. Albany, Nov. 9, 2009

Illinois, 1998

Blocked Shots

Connecticut, vs. Buffalo, Nov. 8, 2007

Pittsburgh, 2010

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St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 2000 Ohio State, 2009

Players in the NBA Draft

2011 NBA Draft If you are a college basketball coach, the NBA Draft must be bittersweet. It means that players you successfully recruited to your school have done what you asked, which also means they have positioned themselves to play pro basketball. Just asked Texas head coach Rick Barnes. After leaving Madison Square Garden last year with a second-place finish in the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer, Barnes saw his young team mature to the point where the Longhorns reached a national ranking of No. 2 and a trio of his young ‘Horns – Tristan Thompson, Jordan Hamilton, and Cory Joseph - would play well enough to go in the 2011 draft. “Our entire staff is excited for Tristan, Jordan, and Cory,” said Barnes. “As I have said before, we would have loved the opportunity to coach all three of them for as many years as possible here at Texas.” He and his staff got one year with Thompson and Joseph and two years with Hamilton. But that is what happens when you build a successful program. A total of eight 2K Sports Classic alumni were selected in the 2011 NBA Draft. Thompson was the first to go, selected fourth overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Duke graduate Nolan Smith, who helped lead the Blue Devils to the 2008 2K Sports Classic title, was the next to go, taken at No. 21 by the Portland Trail Blazers. Then it was Hamilton’s turn, going at No. 26 to the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks. Three picks later, Joseph would follow his college teammate by remaining in Texas with his selection by the San Antonio Spurs. The second round of the draft saw Duke’s Kyle Singler, a teammate of Smith’s on that 2008 championship team, going at No. 33 to the Detroit Pistons. Maryland’ Jordan Williams, who played against the Texas Trio in the semifinals of the 2011 2K Sports Classic, was chosen by the New Jersey Nets at No. 36. Charleston’s Andrew Goudelock, who put a scare in Williams and his Terrapin teammates in the Regional Round, went to the Los Angeles Lakers at No. 46. Jon Diebler, a member of Ohio State’s 2009 squad that placed third in the 2K Sports Classic, was taken by Portland at No. 51. Eight more join the ranks of the NBA. Who will be next?

2006 NBA DRAFT 3. 7. 16. 31. 32. 49.

Adam Morrison, Charlotte Bobcats, Gonzaga, 2003 Randy Foye, Boston Celtics, Villanova, 2002 Rodney Carney, Chicago Bulls, Memphis, ‘02, ‘03 & ‘04 James White, Portland Trailblazers, Florida, 2001 Steve Novak, Houston Rockets, Marquette, ‘02 & ‘03 Leon Powe, Denver Nuggets, California, 2004

2005 NBA DRAFT 4. 8. 19. 30. 31. 37. 38. 42. 55.

Chris Paul, New Orleans Hornets, Wake Forest, 2003 Channing Frye, New York Knicks, Arizona, 2001 Hakim Warrick, Memphis Grizzlies, Syracuse, 02 & 04 David Lee, New York Knicks, Florida, 2001 Salim Stoudamire, Atlanta Hawks, Arizona, 2001 Ronny Turiaf, Los Angeles Lakers, Gonzaga, 2003 Travis Diener, Orlando Magic, Marquette, 2002 & 2003 Chris Taft, Golden State Warriors, Pittsburgh, 2003 Lawrence Roberts, Seattle SuperSonics, Miss. St., 2004

Nolan Smith, Duke, 2008

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2011 NBA DRAFT

20. 24. 36. 37. 58. 59.

4. 21. 26. 29. 33. 36. 46. 51.

Tristan Thompson, Cleveland Cavaliers, Texas, 2010 Nolan Smith, Portland Trail Blazers, Duke, 2008 Jordan Hamilton, Dallas Mavericks, Texas, 2010 Cory Joseph, San Antonio Spurs, Texas, 2010 Kyle Singler, Detroit Pistons, Duke, 2008 Jordan Williams, New Jersey Nets, Maryland, 2010 Andrew Goudelock, Los Angeles Lakers, Charleston, 2010 Jon Diebler, Portland Trail Blazers, Ohio State, 2009

2010 NBA DRAFT 2. 4. 13. 14. 28. 38. 59.

Evan Turner, Philadelphia 76ers, Ohio State, 2009 Wes Johnson, Minnesota Timberwolves, Syracuse, 2009 Ed Davis, Toronto Raptors, North Carolina, 2009 Patrick Patterson, Houston Rockets, Kentucky, 2007 Greivis Vasquez, Memphis Grizzlies, Maryland, 2006 Andy Rautins, New York Knicks, Syracuse, 2009 Stanley Robinson, Orlando Magic, Connecticut, 2007

2009 NBA DRAFT 1. 2. 12. 17. 21. 41. 48. 52. 58. 60.

Blake Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers, Oklahoma, 2007 Hasheem Thabeet, Memphis Grizzlies, Connecticut, 2007 Gerald Henderson, Charlotte Bobcats, Duke, 2008 Jrue Holiday, Philadelphia 76ers, UCLA, 2008 Darren Collison, New Orleans Hornets, UCLA, 2008 Jodi Meeks, Milwaukee Bucks, Kentucky, 2007 Taylor Griffin, Phoenix Suns, Oklahoma, 2007 A.J. Price, Indiana Pacers, Connecticut, 2007 Lester Hudson, Boston Celtics, Tennessee-Martin, 2007 Robert Dozier, Miami Heat, Memphis, 2007

2008 NBA DRAFT 1. 9. 33. 40. 50. 58.

Derrick Rose, Chicago Bulls, Memphis, 2007 D.J. Augustin, Charlotte Bobcats, Texas, 2006 Joey Dorsey, Portland Trailblazers, Memphis, 2007 Chris Douglas-Roberts, New Jersey Nets, Memphis, 2007 Devon Hardin, Oklahoma Thunder, California, 2004 Joe Crawford, Los Angeles Lakers, Kentucky, 2007

2007 NBA DRAFT 2. 3. 7. 9. 36. 41. 52. 53. 59.

Kevin Durant, Seattle SuperSonics, Texas, 2006 Al Horford, Atlanta Hawks, Florida, 2005 Corey Brewer, Minnesota Timberwolves, Florida, 2005 Joakim Noah, Chicago Bulls, Florida, 2005 Jermareo Davidson, Golden State Warriors, Alabama, 2003 Chris Richard, Minnesota Timberwolves, Florida, 2005 Taurean Green, Portland Trail Blazers, Florida, 2005 Demetris Nichols, Portland Trail Blazers, Syracuse, ‘04 & ‘05 D.J. Strawberry, Phoenix Suns, Maryland, 2006

2K Sports Classic

Jameer Nelson, Orlando Magic, Saint Joseph’s, 2003 Delonte West, Boston Celtics, Saint Joseph’s, 2003 Antonio Burks, Memphis Grizzlies, Memphis, ‘02 & ‘03 Royal Ivey, Atlanta Hawks, Texas, 2002 Blake Stepp, Minnesota Timberwolves, Gonzaga, 2003 Rashad Wright, Indiana Pacers, Georgia, 2002

2003 NBA DRAFT 3. 5. 7. 8. 10. 12. 31. 32. 38. 43. 45. 47.

Carmelo Anthony, Denver Nuggets, Syracuse, 2002 Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat, Marquette, 2002 Kirk Hinrich, Chicago Bulls, Kansas, 2000 T.J. Ford, Milwaukee Bucks, Texas, 2002 Jarvis Hayes, Washington Wizards, Georgia, 2002 Nick Collison, Seattle SuperSonics, Kansas, 2000 Jason Kapono, Cleveland Cavaliers, UCLA, 2000 Luke Walton, Los Angeles Lakers, Arizona, 2001 Steve Blake, Washington Wizards, Maryland, 2001 Keith Bogans, Milwaukee Bucks, Kentucky, 2000 Matt Bonner, Chicago Bulls, Florida, 2001 Maurice Williams, Utah Jazz, Alabama, 2002

2002 NBA DRAFT 2. 3. 4. 8. 17. 18. 22. 23. 34. 35. 44. 46.

Jason Williams, Chicago Bulls, Duke, 1999 Mike Dunleavy Jr., Golden State Warriors, Duke, 1999 Drew Gooden , Memphis Grizzlies, Kansas, 2000 Chris Wilcox, Los Angeles Clippers, Maryland, 2001 Juan Dixon, Washington Wizards, Maryland, 2001 Curtis Borchardt, Orlando Magic, Stanford, 1999 Casey Jacobsen, Phoenix Suns, Stanford, 1999 Tayshaun Price, Detroit Pistons, Kentucky, 2000 Dan Gadzuric , Milwaukee Bucks, UCLA, 2000 Carlos Boozer, Cleveland Cavaliers, Duke, 1999 Lonny Baxter, Chicago Bulls, Maryland, 2001 Matt Barnes, Memphis Grizzlies, UCLA, 2000

2001 NBA DRAFT 6. 18. 32. 43. 53.

Shane Battier, Memphis Grizzlies, Duke, 1999 Jason Collins, Houston Rockets, Stanford, 1999 Omar Cook, Orlando Magic, St. John’s, 2000 Eric Chenowith, New York Knicks, Kansas, 2000 Jarron Collins, Utah Jazz, Stanford, 1999

2000 NBA DRAFT 7. 29. 33. 34. 41. 48.

Chris Mihm, Chicago Bulls, Texas, 1997 Mark Madsen, Los Angeles Lakers, Stanford, 1999 Jake Voskuhl, Chicago Bulls, Connecticut, 1999 Khalid El-Amin, Chicago Bulls, Connecticut, 1999 Chris Carawell, San Antonio Spurs, Duke, 1999 Mark Karcher, Philadelphia 76ers, Temple, 1998

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