Table of Contents 2005-06 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2005-06 Media Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Middle Tennessee Athletics . . . . . . . . . 4-26 Murphy Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Academic Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Lynn Davis Locker Room . . . . . . . . . . .8 Sports Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Strength & Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Blue Raiders in the Community . . . . . . 11 Scarlett Commons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Dining Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15 The Midstate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Murfreesboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 GoBlueRaiders.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Traditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 President Sidney McPhee . . . . . . . . . . 20 Director of Athletics Chris Massaro . . . 21 Athletic Department Support Staff . 22-24 Presidential Executive Staff . . . . . . . . . 24 Athletic Department Staff Directory . . . 25 Sun Belt Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-32 Media Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Radio Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Kermit Davis Radio/TV Show . . . . 30-31 Primary Media Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 2005-06 Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-36 2005-06 Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37-55 Fats Cuyler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-39 Marcus Morrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-41 Kyle Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-43 Wes Durrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-45 Brian Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-47 Darren Avery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Tim Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Marques Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Deno Hair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Bud Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Theryn Hudson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Kevin Kanaskie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Calvin O’Neil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Adam Vogelsberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Desmond Yates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 2005-06 Coaches/Staff . . . . . . . . . . . 53-60 Head Coach Kermit Davis . . . . . . . 54-56 Associate Coach Donnie Tyndall . . . . . 57 Assistant Coach Matt Woodley . . . . . . 58 Assistant Coach Al Pinkins . . . . . . . . . 59 Basketball Support Staff . . . . . . . . 59-59 Graduate Assistant Dan Weisse . . . . . 60
2005-06 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61-76 Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62-63 Stats/Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64-65 Box Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-70 Team Game-by-Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Miscellaneous/Team Highs-Lows . 72-73 Sun Belt Standings/Stats . . . . . . . . 74-76 2005-06 Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77-86 Middle Tennessee History . . . . . . . . 87-128 Postseason Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-91 1,000-Point Scorers . . . . . . . . . . . . 92-93 All-Time Letterwinners . . . . . . . . . . 94-95 Championships/Honors & Awards . 96-97 Year-by-Year Results . . . . . . . . . . 98-105 100-Point Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Record Versus Opponents . . . . . . . . 107 Season Tournament Results . . . . . . . 108 Conference Tournament Results . . . . 109 All-Time Series Results . . . . . . . 110-115 Team Game/Season Records . . 116-117 Year-by-Year Team Stats . . . . . . . . . . 118 Opponent Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Single-Half Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Sun Belt/Murphy Center Records . . . 120 Scoring Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Field Goal Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Rebounding Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 3-Point Field Goal Records . . . . . . . . 124 Free Throw Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Assist Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Steal Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Block Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
CREDITS The 2005-06 Blue Raider Basketball Media Guide is a production of the Middle Tennessee Athletic Media Relations Department. The guide was written by Tony Stinnett. Design by Stinnett, Bradley Lambert and Jo Jo Freeman. Layout by Freeman. Printing provided by Franklin Graphics in Nashville, Tenn. Thanks to Middle Tennessee Photographic Services and Middle Tennessee Publications and Graphics. Also special thanks for photography to Lambert, Geoff Anderson, J. Intintoli and Brian Spurlock. Research and editing assistance provided by Chris Felker, Michael Gillespie and Greg Lamb. Covers designed by David Lowry, DGL Grafix, in Nashville, Tenn.
MISSION STATEMENT The Middle Tennessee athletic program is committed to quality athletics that bring the campus community together and promote a sense of pride and tradition in academic and athletic excellence. These programs also bring the University regional and national recognition and provide a link between the University, its alumni, and the community at large. They give students, faculty and alumni opportunities for innovative public service activities that better the community. Athletics uses financial and physical resources to maintain and develop sports programs to accomplish the mission of the University.
2005-06 Blue Raider Basketball
QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murfreesboro, Tenn. Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,554 Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1911 Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue Raiders Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Royal Blue and White President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Sidney A. McPhee Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Massaro Sr. Woman’s Administrator . . . . . . . Diane Turnham Athletics Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615/898-2450 Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GoBlueRaiders.com Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sun Belt Arena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murphy Center Playing Floor . . . . . . . . . . Monte Hale Arena/11,520 HISTORY Seasons of Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . Entering 83rd First Season of Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1913-14 All-Time Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952-900 NCAA Tournament Appearances . . . . . . . . . . 6/2-6 Last Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989 NIT Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/2-2 Last Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988 COACHING STAFF Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kermit Davis, Jr. Alma Mater/Year . . . . . . . . . Mississippi State/1982 Record at MT/Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-38/3 Career Record/Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123-87/7 Basketball Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . 615/898-2916 Best Time To Contact Davis . . . . . . . Contact MRD Associate Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donnie Tyndall Assistant Coaches . . . . . Al Pinkins, Matt Woodley Graduate Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Weisse Athletic Trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drew Shea Basketball Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cathy Vaughn TEAM INFORMATION 2004-05 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-12 2004-05 Sun Belt Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7 SBC Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tied 2nd East Postseason Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/4 Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/7 Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 MEDIA RELATIONS Basketball MRD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Stinnett Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615/904-8209 Stinnett’s Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . 615/631-9521 MRD Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615/898-5626 Stinnett’s E-mail . . . . . stinnett@goblueraiders.com Asst. AD/Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Owens Assistant MRD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jo Jo Freeman Assistant MRD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denise Gideon Mailing Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTSU Box 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Overnight Address . . . . . . . . 1500 Greenland Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Middle Tennessee State University is an equal opportunity, non-racially identifiable, educational institution that does not discriminate against individuals with disabilities. SP009-1005. Additional copies of the 200506 Basketball Guide may be purchased for $12 each, including shipping and handling. Questions, comments and corrections should be directed to Tony Stinnett at 615/904-8209.
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