Horizon League Staff Directory
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Horizon League Staff Directory
Table Of Contents Detroit captured the 2012 Horizon League Men’s Basketball Championship for the first time since 1999, capping a run from the No. 3 seed to the title. The Titans were tabbed as the second-place team in the 2012-13 preseason poll. Five-for-Five on the First Team..................................................2-3 2012-13 Preview............................................................................4-6 2012-13 Composite Schedule...................................................7-9 Non-Conference Breakdown......................................................10 Media Information Men’s Basketball Contacts...........................................................12 Horizon League Communications Staff.................................12 Communications Services...........................................................12 Horizon League Network.............................................................13 Horizon League on ESPN.............................................................14 2012-13 Horizon League Team Profiles Cleveland State.........................................................................16-17 Detroit..........................................................................................18-19 Green Bay....................................................................................20-21 Loyola...........................................................................................22-23 Milwaukee...................................................................................24-25 UIC.................................................................................................26-27 Valparaiso....................................................................................28-29 Wright State................................................................................30-31 Youngstown State....................................................................32-33 Head-to-Head Records.................................................................34 2011-12 In Review Final Standings................................................................................36 Postseason Results, Award Winners........................................36 Team Leaders.............................................................................37-38 Individual Leaders....................................................................39-40 Team Leaders - Conference..................................................41-42 Individual Leaders - Conference.........................................43-44 Cover: The front and inside covers celebrate the 2012-13 Preseason All-League honorees. Kevin Van Wijk, Alec Brown, Ray McCallum, Ryan Broekhoff, Kendrick Perry compose the first team. Anton Grady, Nick Minnerath, Ben Averkamp, Damian Eargle and Keifer Sykes were voted to the second team. The 2012-13 Horizon League Men’s Basketball Media Guide was created by Bill Potter, Director of Communications & New Media. The guide could not have been assembled without the assistance of Craig Hammel, Bill Benner, Michael Raines and the assistance of the Sports Information Directors at all nine League members. Photography credits to: Jon Hendricks, Special Olympics Indiana, the Washington Wizards, Miami Heat and Utah Jazz and the athletic departments at Butler, Cleveland State, Detroit, Green Bay, Loyola, Milwaukee, UIC, Valparaiso, Wright State and Youngstown State. Horizon League History & Records Postseason Results.........................................................................46 Award Winners................................................................................47 Year-by-Year Results................................................................48-53 All-League, All-Tournament, All-Newcomer Teams......54-57 All-Defensive Teams......................................................................58 Coaching Records..........................................................................58 Players of the Week..................................................................59-61 Team Records...................................................................................62 Individual Records.........................................................................63 Tournament Records.....................................................................64 Individual Leaders, Year-by-Year.........................................65-66 All-time Standings.........................................................................66 Team Leaders, Year-by-Year........................................................67 1,000-point club..............................................................................68 Horizon League Players in the Professional Ranks.............69 Hosting NCAA Events...................................................................70 The Horizon League About the League....................................................................72-73 Commissioner Jonathan B. LeCrone........................................74 Horizon League History.........................................................75-78 Directions to League Arenas......................................................79 Horizon League Style Guide.......................................................80 Horizon League Demographics................................................81 Horizon League Men’s Basketball Tournament Bracket...82 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Bracket.......................83 Horizon League Staff Directory Commissioner.............................................................................................................................................. Jonathan B. LeCrone Senior Executive Associate....................................................................................................................................Cindy French Senior Associate Commissioner / Chief of Staff.............................................................................................Alfreeda Goff Senior Associate Commissioner for External Affairs..........................................................................................Bill Benner Assistant Commissioner for Championships and Scheduling...............................................................Wayne Burrow Director of Finance........................................................................................................................................................ Beth Opell Director of Student-Athlete Affairs...........................................................................................................Christine Halstead Assistant Director of Student-Athlete & Legal Affairs...........................................................................Julie Purcell, Esq. Director of Communications & New Media............................................................................................................Bill Potter Assistant Director of Communications............................................................................................................Craig Hammel Communications, Championships & Compliance Intern........................................................................ Michael Raines Office Operations Assistant................................................................................................................................ Amber Walton 1 2012-13 Men’s Basketball Preview - Five First-Teamers Return A lthough the season has yet to tip-off, the Horizon League already has a singular distinction among the NCAA’s 31 conferences heading into the 2012-13 men’s basketball campaign. It is the only league to return all five first-team selections from the previous season. With that continuity in place, excitement is mounting that the Horizon League will be highly competitive, with several teams striving for a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Said Detroit head coach Ray McCallum, “It shows that we had a lot of young players that are talented and had great years. The league is just getting better and better; the players are getting better [and] you’ve got outstanding coaches in the conference.” “As we saw last year, any team can beat anyone pretty much on any night,” said Valparaiso forward Ryan Broekhoff, who took Player of the Year honors in 2011-12. “There’s such an even spread of talent across this league, but it’s diverse: some teams are big, some teams are small, some teams shoot the ball, some teams go inside. Each night is a completely different game plan for each team. There are a lot of players you have to keep an eye out for.” That diversity promises to make league play compelling and will have fans taking notice, but it also promises to be a headache for those trying to draw up the game plans. “It’s great for the league, but it’s a nightmare for coaches,” Green Bay head coach Brian Wardle said with a laugh. “You just sit there seeing all of these teams and what they have coming back, and it’s going to be another deep year in the league. Every team is better, every team has talent. It should be exciting for the Horizon League and people need to know how good this league is.” MAKING A NAME “You’re always going to start at the bottom and work your way up. I think that’s been going on these last couple of years,” said Kevin Van Wijk, the unheralded Valparaiso Crusader who took nearly everyone by surprise with a 13.9 points-per-game average and 61.7 shooting percentage. A native of the Netherlands, Van Wijk made a name for himself last season with his inspiring performance. After Broekhoff and Van Wijk led Valparaiso to the regular-season conference title last season, the Crusaders fell to Detroit in the tournament’s championship game. This season, they’re out for revenge. TIME TO STEP UP “It’s going to bring out a little bit of rivalry between players. Obviously, we’ve got a little thing with Detroit that we’d like to get back – and Ray McCallum’s back,” Broekhoff said, referring to Detroit’s star point guard, the son of the Titans coach and last year’s tournament MVP. “It’s just going to put pressure on players to try to do their best to limit their [opponents’] production. There are guys in the league that put up big numbers that we have to try to keep in check and limit if we want to be successful, and that goes for every team and every player and it’s just going to be another tough season.” Van Wijk echoed his Australian teammate’s desire to once again see how everyone stacks up. “I think it makes it interesting,” the Dutchman said. “The guys that are back – you can compete against them again, see how much they have improved and how much you have improved.” Both of Detroit’s Ray McCallums understand that it’s not going to be an easy road. “The Horizon League is definitely a really good conference and definitely a competitive one,” said the 2 younger McCallum, who over the summer participated in the Chris Paul Skills Academy and the Deron Williams Skills Academy. “All the top guys are back, so it makes for a really competitive year.” For the elder McCallum, the top echelon of players is capped by Broekhoff. “He was just phenomenal. He did everything. He’s one of the most complete players in the conference,” Coach McCallum said of the Aussie. “With [Valparaiso] being the [regular-season] conference champions, he won a well-deserved Player of the Year, and I’ve got to assume that they’ll be the favorites.” Whether McCallum’s prediction proves true, it’s obvious there are multiple teams in a position to compete for the Horizon League title and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament that comes with it. But who says the League can only send one representative? DANCING “If it was any year, it would probably be this one,” Broekhoff said of the possibility that multiple Horizon League teams could reach the Field of 68. “It just depends on out-of-conference play and how the other teams perform. If teams sneak some wins on the road and have some big victories, it could be two or more teams that make the NCAA tournament, which would not only be fantastic for the teams but great for the league, getting that exposure kind of post-Butler era.” Broekhoff’s coach knows a thing or two about the NCAA tournament. Bryce Drew was the hero of Valparaiso’s run of success in the mid-90s, including hitting 1998’s “The Shot” to defeat Ole Miss in the first round of the Big Dance. Drew, like many others, believes that a Horizon League team or two could make a deep run in the tournament, if they could just get in. “The hardest part is getting a team in, I believe. It has shown historically that when Horizon League teams have gotten into the tournament they have done well,” Drew said. “There have been multiple teams that have won. If we get multiple teams in, I think that any team that would get there would have a chance to win games.” Wardle noted that going through league play is going to be the most difficult aspect for any team hoping to make the NCAA tournament. “The hardest part is that Horizon League play is going to be so tough,” Wardle said. “You’re going to have to go in there and handle your business and go on the road and steal some games. As we all know as coaches in the Horizon League, it’s very, very tough to win on the road in our league.” Tough as it might be, everyone acknowledges it could be possible for the Horizon League to send multiple teams to the NCAA Tournament, and –in the one instance, at least – everyone is rooting for everyone else. “Even though Butler’s gone, this is still a strong conference. Detroit played extremely well toward the end of the year last year and they played well against a very tough Kansas team in the first round of the tournament,” Youngstown State first team All-League guard Kendrick Perry said. “The Horizon League certainly has some big contenders for the NCAA tournament. I think it’s possible for at least a couple of teams to get in there.” There’s no doubt that each of the five returning All-League first-teamers believes his team can make it to the NCAA tournament. Now all that’s left to do is convince their teammates. LEADING BY EXAMPLE “There’s this one big goal, one goal that I’ve had from as soon as I came here that’s still untouched: we still haven’t gotten to an NCAA Tournament,” Broekhoff said. “All the personal accolades … I’ll cherish forever, but it’s not an individual sport, it’s a team sport and for me to be happy once I leave this place, it will be to make an NCAA Tournament. We have a really good group of guys this year and hopefully we can make it happen this year and cause a few upsets and that sort of thing. “That’s my driving force right now, to make the NCAA Tournament. It’s not only pushing me, but I’m trying to push my teammates to make them see that this is a great opportunity, a great group of guys, a great coaching staff and this year could be something pretty special.” If there is one thing the populace wants to see from a group of returning All-Leaguers, it’s that kind of determined leadership. Rest assured, it is not in short supply among this bunch. “That’s one thing I’m priding myself on this year: my role being a leader on and off the court,” Perry said. “McCallum, what he’s done in Detroit has been amazing, and Broekhoff, how he leads his Valpo team; I think we all pride ourselves on that leadership role that we play on our individual teams.” Wardle echoed Perry’s sentiments regarding the League’s Player of the Year and Tournament MVP. “I think you After earning Player of the Year accolades as a junior, Ryan Broekhoff trained with the Australian National Team ahead of the Olympics. 2012-13 Men’s Basketball Preview - Five First-Teamers Return think of Ryan Broekhoff and Ray McCallum right away. I think they’re two veteran players that have put in a lot of work and done a lot of damage,”Wardle said. “They’re raising the level of their program and their team by being there.” Although the younger McCallum led his team to a Horizon League Tournament title and NCAA berth, the elder McCallum proved that he knows how to be both a father and a coach, praising his son’s ability while also pointing out that he hasn’t reached his potential yet. “He’s got to be an extension of the coach, relaying the proper message to his teammates at all times. We’re very fortunate to have him returning as an experienced player now,” the Titans coach said of his point guard/son. “His game is still developing, but he’s moving in the right direction as a player, as a leader, and that’s what’s so important for our team.” And to his credit, the younger McCallum understands what he needs to do to improve himself and his team. “Being a true point guard and being a leader,” McCallum said of his plans for the season. “Just trying to make sure I score when my team needs me to score, make plays and get guys involved when my team needs me to do that and try to make plays on defense.” As a credit to the League, each of the returning first-teamers takes that same approach: team first, lead by example. Despite being one of the youngest juniors in the country – he won’t turn 19 until Dec. 23 – Perry has taken ownership of his Youngstown team, and it hasn’t gone unnoticed. “He raises the bar for everybody, every day,” Penguins coach Jerry Slocum said of his star guard, a defensive wizard who set a school record with 74 steals last season. “Even now, coming back, he’s our best-conditioned athlete. Not only does he make everybody better, but he makes everybody work harder and that’s just a rare thing in today’s basketball world, to have that full package.” Perry doesn’t only know how to motivate. He can change his playing style in-game, depending on what his team needs that night. “He just figures out way to help the team,” Slocum said. “There will be a lot of games that he will have five or six assists and gets 12 or 14 points and then there will be other nights when he’ll have 25 [points] when we need it.” That same attitude is displayed by Valparaiso’s unsung hero, Van Wijk. Overshadowed by Broekhoff, Van Wijk is more than happy to play second fiddle, just doing what his team needs him to do to win. “I want to do the best I can for my team,” Van Wijk said. “I thanked my team for [the All-League honor]; I didn’t do that, my team did it, because I can’t dribble up the ball and score myself. I need someone to do that for me, to help and pass and have confidence in me and I think I’ve created that through the years. For [this] year, I just look at it again as what I’m good at and knowing what my qualities are, trying to improve at things I’m not as good as and just trying to help the team becoming the best team we can.” Drew certainly doesn’t take for granted the leadership and humility displayed by his two All-Leaguers. “The great thing is, we have a lot of upperclassmen, we have a lot of mature players, so a lot of the motivation, they put upon themselves,” Drew said. “They know what their goals are, they know what they have to do to achieve them. It makes my job a lot easier.” Drew is expecting the same thing from his opponents as well. “To be completely honest, I think all five will be extremely motivated. I don’t expect any of those five to be complacent based off the personal success they had last year,” Drew said. “I think all of them will be much, much better players this year. It’s pretty exciting; it’s a pretty good crop of guys. I think most of the country will know who a lot of those guys are by the end of the season.” That recognition would be no doubt well-deserved, and something the Horizon League would like to see more of – but the best way to make your players household names is to send them to the NBA. THE NEXT LEVEL “Alec Brown is extremely skilled and I know he’s a draft pick in a lot of pre-draft boards,” Drew said of Green Bay’s 7-1 center/forward with a growing proficiency for the 3-pointer, one of the Horizon League’s biggest professional prospects in recent memory. Brown is a freak-of-nature player, tall and athletic – and could be a firstround draft pick once his collegiate career ends. “He’s a player you don’t have very often in our League, a kid with that size that can really play and has a high skill level,” Wardle said. “I think the biggest thing when it comes to Alec is the consistency when it comes to leadership and when it comes to aggressiveness. When he plays with a chip on his shoulder and has his mean, nasty face going, he’s really tough.” There’s that leadership word, again. And for his part, Brown may be the most humble among a crop of wellgrounded All-Leaguers. “I’ll just try to do my best,” Brown said. “I’m going to go out there and try Ray McCallum will be counted on for additional leadership as Detroit looks to defend its tournament title. to win games for my team.” Brown isn’t the group’s only po“That’s going to help the conference a lot. It makes it way tential professional. McCallum is highly-touted as a prospect more competitive, too.” and some, including Valpo’s Drew, are surprised to see him Before facing the future, however, each of those five back in a Titans jersey this year. first-teamers will lace up their sneakers and step back into The young point guard was happy to be able to take Horizon League competition in an effort to once again advantage of the skills academies this summer as a way to prove that they are the best of the best, to vie for a League expand his skill set. “It was good for me to get a chance to title and to lead their team to an NCAA Tournament berth. play with some of the top point guards in the country, to see “An All-League [or] Player of the Year-caliber player where my game stacks up, and also to learn from Chris Paul at our level, you’ve got to be consistent every single night. and Deron Williams, two of the best point guards in the NBA,” You have to know what the defensive schemes are, what the McCallum said. “It was good for me to be able to showcase other coach is trying to do,”Wardle said. “It a high level of play my talents and just pick the brains of other players and try that separates you, and I think those guys have really done it.” to get bits and pieces of their games and add it to my game.” In addition to Brown and McCallum’s prospect status, - Michael Raines Broekhoff has drawn next-level attention. This past summer, the Valparaiso forward spent time with the Australian national team, trying out for the Olympics Games. After making it to the 15-man practice squad, Broekhoff didn’t survive the final cut down to 12 players. That doesn’t mean he didn’t benefit from the experience, however. “I got to play in a series versus the Chinese national team. It just kind of gives you a perspective of the next level: how physical it is, how fast it is,” Broekhoff said. “It helps you kind of see where you’re deficient in some areas. It allowed me, during the summer, to work on a lot of things that might not show up at the college level but might show up at the next level – and things that do show up at the college level, I was able to work on and refine leading up to the season.” Brown realizes his professional future could be fast-approaching, and that it’s a good thing for the Horizon League. “It’s definitely great for the league to get that exposure, showing everyone that we have those high-caliber players who can play in the [NBA] someday,” Brown said. 3 2012-13 Men’s Basketball Preview L et’s cut to the chase: Butler has left the Horizon League. Entering the 2012-13 men’s basketball season, however, the goals remain the same: compete for the Horizon League regular season and tournament championship. Do that, and the team(s) representing the Horizon League in the NCAA Tournament will be well prepared to win into March, just as the Horizon League tournament champion has done in nine of the last 12 NCAA Tournaments. THE CHAMPIONS Behind a new coach, two returning starters and having lost a player to the Big Ten, Valparaiso was not supposed to challenge for the Horizon League regular season title. Not only did the Crusaders do just that, they won the League outright, reaching the finals of the Horizon League Championship before losing to Detroit. Now, the challenge for the Crusaders will be to play with a season-long target on their backs. Valparaiso brings back all five starters from last year’s team, including Player of the Year Ryan Broekhoff. In his breakout junior season, Broekhoff led Valpo with 14.9 points per game while pacing the Horizon League with 8.5 rebounds per game. Broekhoff’s effort last year helped him secure a place on the Australian National Team, where he was one of just two players in Boomers camp. Despite being one of the last cuts from the Olympic squad, Broekhoff returns to Valparaiso as the League’s best version of a Swiss Army knife – able to impact the game in a variety of ways. Last year, Broekhoff’s emergence was aided by the return to health of Kevin Van Wijk. Limited because of back troubles for two seasons, Van Wijk found a way to stay healthy last year, dominating in the low post, hitting at a 61.7 percent clip from the floor. Van Wijk’s efforts led to a spot on the All-League First Team after he put up 14.1 ppg. With Bobby Copobianco and Vashil Fernandez adding size to the front court, Broekhoff should be able to slide to his more natural ‘3’ position, while Alex Rossi adds increased shooting depth after transferring from California to be closer to home. With all five starters returning, head coach Bryce Drew ramped up his non-conference schedule, including trips to Saint Louis, New Mexico, Murray State, Missouri State and Nebraska. CHAMPIONS, TOO While Valparaiso was tabbed the preseason favorite in the The return to health of Kevin Van Wijk helped send Valparaiso to the top of the Horizon League last season. Horizon League, the team that impressed at both the CP3 Elite Guard Camp and Deron knocked the Crusaders off on their Williams Skills Academy this summer. home court for the League title Joining McCallum in the Titans’ title defense will seems poised to battle for another be two high-flying forwards, Doug Anderson and Nick championship. Minnerath. Anderson wowed fans with his high-flying After an up-and-down regular capabilities; Minnerath added a sneaky inside-outside season, Detroit put its collective game in combination with his own dunking prowess talent together in March, becom- before a knee injury cut short his season just five games ing just the second team to win into the year. the Horizon League Tournament by Jason Calliste will look to build on his success winning four games. In the NCAA in the League Tournament, in which he hit several key Tournament, the Titans put forth a three-pointers for Detroit. game effort before falling to evenWhile Detroit loses three key players off last year’s tual tournament runner-up Kansas team, the Titans will also be adding Juwan Howard, Jr., in the second round. whose freshman season at Western Michigan saw him This year, Ray McCallum will average 9.3 ppg. be firmly in control as he enters his Much like Valparaiso, Detroit will challenge itself junior year. As a sophomore, McCal- in the non-conference season, traveling to Miami, St. lum earned Preseason Player of the John’s, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Temple in the first two Year recognition before averaging monts of the year. 15.4 ppg, 4.5 rpg and 4.0 steals per game; in the Horizon League THE DARK HORSES Tournament, McCallum was even While Valparaiso and Detroit received the lion’s better, putting up 19.8 ppg to earn share of first-place votes from coaches, media and sports Tournament MVP honors. information directors, two teams loom as spoilers – For the second straight sum- Green Bay and Youngstown State. mer, McCallum starred on the camp The nation’s 13th-youngest team last year, Green circuit. A year after using camps to Bay has flipped the script in 2012-13, returning all five earn a place on Team USA for the starters and the majority of its rotation. In just his third World University Games, McCallum season, head coach Brian Wardle has assembled a roster that can compete in a variety of ways, starting in the low Doug Anderson provided highlight-reel dunks last year for Detroit; this year, the Titans will look for him to add a midrange touch to his game. 4 2011-12 Men’s Basketball Preview After helping YSU to its best season in 10 years, Kendrick Perry will look to help the Penguins to its first Horizon League crown. post with junior Alec Brown. In his sophomore year, Brown averaged 13.8 ppg, 8.2 rpg and turned in 89 blocks, breaking his own singleseason record and becoming Green Bay’s all-time leader in the category in just two years. With Brown commanding attention down low, space is opened up for Brennan Cougill, Kam Cerroni and Keifer Sykes. Cougill, at 6-foot-9 and 265 pounds, presents an interesting matchup, as he can join Brown in the post or play pick-and-roll on the three-point line with Sykes. Cerroni led the Horizon League in three-point shooting, knocking down 46.5-percent of his attempts, bumping up his scoring to 10.4 ppg in League play. Sykes, meanwhile, spurred Green Bay’s run down the stretch of the year, averaging 14.7 ppg and 4.8 apg over the last 17 games of the season. While 5-foot-10, Sykes was able to use his speed to consistently break down opposing defenses, getting to the rim or dishing to Brown, Cougill and Cerroni, among others. Green Bay should also be bolstered by the return of Daniel Turner, who went down with a torn ACL at the new year. Turner’s rugged play on the interior helped Brown and Cougill on the glass and should do much of the same this season. The Phoenix took a five-game winning streak into the Horizon League Tournament last year, only to suffer a 77-60 loss at Youngstown State in the tournament opener. That same Penguins squad will be among the contenders in the Horizon League this season. For YSU, its 16-15 record last year represented its best win total since the 2000-01. Playing bombs away basketball, the 38.1 percent of the Penguins’ points came via the three-pointer, where YSU shot 38.1 percent on the year. Blake Allen led the way, converting 42.9-percent of his attempts and averaging 12.8 ppg. However, it was Kendrick Perry who proved to be the straw that stirred the drink for the Penguins. Perry led the Horizon League with a 16.8 ppg and 2.4 steals per game average. While Perry’s slashing game and Allen’s outside shooting lifted the Penguins, Damian Eargle provided the much-needed inside presence for YSU. Listed at just 6-foot-7, Eargle’s wingspan proved problematic for opposing teams throughout the year; Eargle’s 116 blocks set a new Horizon League single-season record, and his 207 career blocks sit just 19 from the conference career mark. With the trio in tow, expectations are running high in northeastern Ohio, and head coach Jerry Slocum has upgraded his schedule accordingly, taking the Penguins to Georgia, Duquense and South Florida. YOUTH MOVEMENT Two years ago, Cleveland State head coach Gary Waters relied on Norris Cole to lead the Vikings. Last year, it was seniors D’Aundray Brown, Jeremy Montgomery and Trevon Harmon who took the team to the NIT. This year, with just one senior on the roster, Waters will turn the roster over to his underclassmen, including sophomore Anton Grady. In just 21.2 minutes per game, Grady led Cleveland State in both offensive and defensive rebounding percentage while posting an offensive efficiency rating (105.1) that implies he could be the Vikings’ go-to player this year. Whether or not that comes in the post (as it did last year), or on more pick-and-roll sets remains to be seen, but the respect for Grady was reflected in his preseason Second Team All-League selection, making him one of two sophomores on the team. Tim Kamczyc is Waters’ lone returning starter and will be counted on for continued high pick-and-roll sets, in which his 46.0-percent three-point percentage looms over opposing defenses. Who is running those sets remains to be seen, as Sebasitan Douglas and Charlie Lee each saw time in the backcourt last season backing up Harmon. While Waters’ team will be young, it will also be extremely athletic, with Marlin Mason, Junior Lomomba and Trey Lewis all vying for playing time. Mason was supposed to be a redshirt candidate last year, but Waters needed the raw talent after a rash of injuries. In limited minutes, Mason displayed that athleticism, averaging 3.7 ppg. Lomomba and Lewis both bring distinguished resumes to Cleveland State after highly-productive high school careers in Wisconsin and Michigan, respectively. ON POINT Milwaukee head coach Rob Jeter is hoping lightning strikes twice. Two years ago, Kaylon Williams joined the Panthers and immediately slid into the point guard role, stuffing the stat sheet on a nightly basis and leading the Horizon league in assists in consecutive seasons. Now, Williams has graduated, leaving a big role to fill for the Panthers. Again, Jeter will turn to the junior college ranks, bringing in Jordan Aaron from Southeastern CC to take Williams’ place. In his sophomore season at Southeastern, Aaron averaged 14.3 ppg and 3.9 apg. Aaron will be surrounded by a solid returning cast, including James Haarsma on the inside and Paris Gul- 2012-13 Preseason Poll RankSchool (1st)Points 1. Valparaiso (40) 382 2. Detroit (4) 332 Green Bay 283 3. 4. Youngstown State 243 5. Cleveland State 230 6.Milwaukee 178 7.Loyola 105 96 8.UIC 9. Wright State 86 Player of the Year Ray McCallum, Detroit First Team All-League Ray McCallum, G...........................................Detroit 2012 First Team All-League 15.4 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.0 apg, 111.1 ORtg Ryan Broekhoff, G................................. Valparaiso 2012 Player of the Year 14.9 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 2.3 apg, 121.8 ORtg Kendrick Perry, G................... Youngstown State 2012 First Team All-League 16.8 ppg, 3.9 apg, 2.4 spg, 114.4 ORtg Alec Brown, F/C.......................................Green Bay 2012 First Team All-League 13.8 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 3.0 bpg, 9.8 Blk% Kevin Van Wijk, F.................................... Valparaiso 2012 First Team All-League 14.1 ppg, 5.2 apg, 61.7% FG%, 8.0 FD/40 Second Team All-League Ben Averkamp, F...........................................Loyola 2012 Second Team All-League 15.4 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 2.6 apg, 28.3 %Poss Anton Grady, F.............................Cleveland State 2012 All-Newcomer Team 8.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 1.4 bpg, 105.9 ORtg Keifer Sykes, G.........................................Green Bay 2012 All-Newcomer Team 11.2 ppg, 3.4 apg, 2.5 rpg, 27.0 Assist Rate Damian Eargle, C................... Youngstown State 2012 All-Defensive Team 11.1 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 3.7 bpg, 12.8 Blk% Nick Minnerath, F.........................................Detroit 12.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg in 5 games (injured) 11.2 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 113.3 ORtg in 2010-11 5 2011-12 Men’s Basketball Preview ley on the perimeter. Haarsma, in his first year with the Panthers after transferring, proved among the toughest players in the Horizon League, averaging 10.8 ppg and 5.4 rpg. In conference play, Haarsma was Milwaukee’s leading scorer, converting over half his attempts while working in the low blocks. Gulley, meanwhile, displayed a flair for the dramatic, knocking down several key three-pointers for the Panthers throughout the year. Like Aaron, Gulley came to Milwaukee from Southeastern CC, sliding into the starting lineup and averaging 8.5 ppg and connecting on just under 40 percent of his three-point field goal attempts. Two years ago, Milwaukee was in a similar place, having to replace its point guard and being tabbed fifth in the preseason poll. All Jeter’s squad did was earn the No. 1 seed in the Horizon League Tournament. locked in on stopping him last year, Averkamp averaged 15.4 ppg to go along with 7.1 rpg. A Second Team All-League pick at the end of his junior year, Averkamp will be looking to be part of the turnaround of Loyola’s program before he departs for medical school after his career ends. A full season of health for Jordan Hicks would go a long way to ensuring Loyola’s resurgence as well; Hicks received a fifth year of eligibility after an injury-plagued career. Last year, the swingman put up 8.4 ppg to go along with 3.8 rpg. However, Loyola is still one of the nation’s youngest teams; with 16 ON THE WAY UP players holding 16 years of collegiate The last two years have been a struggle for the two experience, the Ramblers rank as the Chicagoland-based Horizon League schools, Loyola and seventh-youngest team in the counUIC. However, the arrival of several newcomers has hopes try. Sophomore Joe Crisman will be high in both places. counted on to provide a spark, while On the North Side, Porter Moser hopes the addi- freshmen Matt O’Leary and Nick tion of Cully Payne brings a marked turnaround from Osborne lead a seven-man class. last year’s 7-23 campaign. In his first year with Loyola, Down the red line, head coach Moser spent the better part of the year searching for Howard Moore will be trying to work the right combination, giving 10 different players starts. eight newcomers into a UIC roster Payne, now eligible after sitting out last season, should than saw nine newcomers join its solve Moser’s search for a point guard. In his freshman ranks last season. season at Iowa, Payne earned All-Big Ten Freshman Among those newcomers, Team accolades. however, include Joey Miller and Payne will have one of the League’s most under- Josh Crittle, two players who arrated players to turn to in Ben Averkamp. With teams rive with extensive Alec Brown is poised to become the offensive foundation for Green Bay after collecting First Team playing experience. All-League honors in 2011-12. Miller earned Ohio will once again be leading one of the nation’s youngest Valley Conference Freshman of the Week honors three programs, as the Raiders are the sixth-youngest team times in his first season at Eastern Il- in the nation. Donlon’s squad is one of just a handful nationally linois, while Crittle started 25 games for to be without a senior; despite the lack of experience, Central Florida. Adding the duo to returning Donlon will be encouraging his team to pick up the starters Gary Talton, Marc Brown, pace, just one year after Wright State played as one of Hayden Humes and Daniel Barnes, the slowest teams in the country. In 2011-12, Wright State’s adjusted tempo was and suddenly UIC has depth it had not possessed in Moore’s first two years in 292nd in the country; with the speedy Reggie Arcecharge of the Flames. Talton and Barnes neaux running the point, Donlon is committed to not formed UIC’s backcourt, averaging over allowing the defense to set up for a more athletic Raiders a third of UIC’s points, steals and three- team. In Arceneaux’s freshman year, the 5-foot-9 point pointers on the year. Talton emerged guard averaged 8.5 ppg while handing out 2.1 assists. Still, despite playing at a quicker tempo on the in his junior year to lead UIC in scoring, field goals, free-throw percentage and offensive end, look for Wright State to again be among assists, while Humes led UIC in rebound- the stingiest defensive teams in the League. In Donlon’s ing in 10 of its last 12 games and shot first two years, the Raiders have ranked fourth and 12th in defensive turnover rate. 41.8-percent from three-point range. Moore will add five true freshmen into the mix, including 7-foot center A DECADE OF SUCCESS Whomever comes out of the Horizon League to Matt Gorski, who will have a chance to contribute immediately after starring at reach the NCAA Tournament will be well-tested for the rigors of the 68-team field. In the last 11 years, Horizon Fishburne Military Academy. League teams have collectively earned 19 NCAA Tournament wins, despite seeing its seven-year tournament PICKING UP THE PACE Last year, Billy Donlon was pre- winning streak come to an end last season. Yes, Butler has left the Horizon League. But ruparing to break in one of the country’s youngest teams at Wright State. With mors of the League’s demise and lack of relevance are the dawn of the season here, Donlon unfounded. Nine teams will be out to make sure of that this season. Loyola will be counting on Ben Averkamp to spearhead the Ramblers’ resurgence. - Bill Potter 6 2012-13 Men’s Basketball Composite Schedule (all times eastern) October 27 Ryerson at Detroit (Exhibition) St. Joseph’s (Ind.) at Valparaiso (Exhibition) 31 St. Norbert at Green Bay (Exhibition) November 12 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 Central State at Wright State (Exhibition) 7 p.m. 3 Ferris State at Loyola (Exhibition) 5 p.m. 7 p.m. Tiffin at Detroit (Exhibition) Robert Morris (Ill.) at Valparaiso (Exhibition) 8:05 p.m. 5 UW-Parkside at Milwaukee (Exhibition) 8 p.m. 6 Malone at Cleveland State (Exhibition) 7 p.m. 7 8 p.m. UW-Platteville at UIC (Exhibition) 9 7 p.m. Northern Michigan at Detroit 7:30 p.m. Grambling at Cleveland State 8 p.m. Toledo at Loyola 8 p.m. University of Mary at Milwaukee 8:30 p.m. Georgia Southern at Valparaiso 10 p.m. Wright State at Idaho 10 Chicago State at Green Bay 2 p.m. 4 p.m. Youngstown State at George Washington 11 UC Riverside at UIC 2 p.m. 3 p.m. Milwaukee at South Carolina1 12 Cleveland State vs. Bowling Green2 6 p.m. Youngstown State at Georgia3 7 p.m. Rockhurst at Loyola 8 p.m. 13 Northern Illinois at Valparaiso 8 a.m. 2 p.m. Detroit at St. John’s Wright State at Eastern Illinois 8 p.m. Cleveland State at Michigan/vs. IUPUI2TBA 15 Valparaiso at Nebraska4 9 p.m. 16 UIC vs. New Mexico5 4 p.m. Loyola vs. Western Michigan6 5 p.m. North Carolina A&T at Wright State 7 p.m. Saint Francis (Pa.) at Youngstown State 7:05 p.m. Green Bay vs. Southern Utah7 11:30 p.m. 17 Old Dominion at Cleveland State 2 p.m. Drake at Detroit 7 p.m. Loyola at South Florida6 7:30 p.m. Davidson at Milwaukee 8 p.m. Green Bay at Nevada7 9 p.m. UIC vs. George Mason/Mercer5TBA 18 Loyola vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore6 12:30 p.m. Valparaiso at Kent State 2 p.m. Green Bay vs. Cal State Fullerton7 4 p.m. UIC vs. George Mason/Mercer5TBA 19 Youngstown State vs. North Dakota State3 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Arkansas-Little Rock1 8 p.m. Cleveland State at NIT Consolation2TBA UIC vs. TBD6TBA 20 4:30 p.m. Youngstown State vs. James Madison3 Green Bay at Idaho 6:05 p.m. Cleveland State at NIT Consolation2TBA 21 7 p.m. Wright State vs. Central Michigan8 Youngstown State at Duquesne3 8 p.m. Cleveland State at NIT Semifinals2TBA 22 Cleveland State at NIT Championship2TBA 23 8:05 p.m. Chicago State at Valparaiso4 Wright State vs. Idaho State8 9 p.m. 24 4 p.m. Loyola at Northern Illinois 4 p.m. Southeast Missouri at UIC 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee vs. Jacksonville1 Detroit at Miami (Fla.) 7 p.m. North Dakota State at Green Bay 8 p.m. Bethune-Cookman/Nebraska-Omaha at Valparaiso4TBA Wright State at Utah8TBA 25 Milwaukee vs. Rider1 4:30 p.m. 27 Detroit at Bowling Green 7 p.m. UIC at Northern Illinois 8 p.m. 28 Cleveland State at Ball State 7 p.m. Kent State at Youngstown State 7:05 p.m. Tennessee Tech at Loyola 8 p.m. December 1 Toledo at Cleveland State Morehead State at Wright State Youngstown State at Bowling Green Furman at Loyola Green Bay at Virginia Detroit at Pittsburgh Milwaukee at Northern Iowa UIC at Northwestern 2 Valparaiso at St. Louis 3 Wright State at Bowling Green 5 Toledo at Detroit Buffalo at Milwaukee Roosevelt at UIC IPFW at Valparaiso 6 Geneva at Youngstown State Green Bay at Tennessee Tech 7 Northern Illinois at Milwaukee 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. TBA 4:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 2012-13 Men’s Basketball Composite Schedule (all times eastern) December (continued) 8 Cleveland State at North Carolina State 2 p.m. Loyola at Michigan State 2 p.m. Rochester College at Detroit 2 p.m. Colorado State at UIC 4 p.m. VMI at Wright State 7 p.m. Valparaiso at New Mexico 9 p.m. Hiram College at Youngstown State (Covilli Center) TBA 9 Milwaukee at DePaul 5 p.m. 10 Alabama State at Detroit 7:30 p.m. 12 Milwaukee at Fairfield 7 p.m. Green Bay at Wisconsin 9 p.m. 15 Cleveland State at St. Bonaventure 2 p.m. Wright State at Hofstra 2 p.m. Eastern Michigan at UIC 2 p.m. Mississippi State at Loyola 8 p.m. Southern Illinois at Green Bay 8 p.m. Tennessee Tech at Milwaukee 8 p.m. Valparaiso at Missouri State 8:05 p.m. Akron at Detroit TBA 17 Detroit at Syracuse9 7 p.m. Valparaiso at Oakland 7 p.m. 18 Youngstown State at South Florida 7 p.m. UIC at Western Illinois 8 p.m. 19 Notre Dame (Ohio) at Cleveland State 7 p.m. Marquette at Green Bay 8 p.m. Miami (Ohio) at Wright State 8 p.m. Detroit at Alcorn State9TBA 20 8:05 p.m. IUPUI at Valparaiso 21 Youngstown State at Bethune-Cookman 7 p.m. 22 1:30 p.m. UIC at Miami (Ohio) 2 p.m. Loyola at St. Peter’s Purdue-Calumet at Valparaiso 2:35 p.m. Wright State at Cincinnati 4 p.m. South Dakota at Green Bay 8 p.m. Milwaukee at Wisconsin 9:15 p.m. 23 Cleveland State at Akron 2 p.m. 28 Detroit at Temple9 3 p.m. Rio Grande at Cleveland State 7 p.m. 29 Ohio Dominican at Milwaukee 1 p.m. Loyola at DePaul 2 p.m. UIC at Toledo 2 p.m. Marygrove at Youngstown State 2:05 p.m. Valparaiso at Murray State 3 p.m. 30 Mount St. Joseph at Wright State 2 p.m. Canisius at Detroit9 3 p.m. Illinois-Springfield at Green Bay 7 p.m. 8 January 2 Kent State at Cleveland State Youngstown State at UIC* Loyola at Valparaiso* 3 Green Bay at Wright State* Milwaukee at Detroit* 4 Cleveland State at Valparaiso* 5 Green Bay at Detroit* Youngstown State at Loyola* Milwaukee at Wright State* 7 UIC at Cleveland State* 9 Cleveland State at Wright State* Loyola at Green Bay* Valparaiso at UIC* 10 Detroit at Youngstown State* 11 Wright State at Loyola* 12 Valparaiso at Milwaukee* Detroit at Cleveland State* UIC at Green Bay* 16 Loyola at UIC* 17 Valparaiso at Detroit* Youngstown State at Green Bay* Cleveland State at Milwaukee* 19 Cleveland State at Green Bay* UIC at Detroit* Youngstown State at Milwaukee* Wright State at Valparaiso* 20 Loyola at Chicago State 21 Wright State at Detroit* 23 Loyola at Cleveland State* Wright State at Youngstown State* Milwaukee at UIC* Green Bay at Valparaiso* 25 Green Bay at Milwaukee* 26 Cleveland State at Youngstown State* Detroit at Loyola* UIC at Wright State* 30 Detroit at Wright State* Valparaiso at Youngstown State* Milwaukee at Loyola* 31 Green Bay at UIC* 6 p.m. 8 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 9 p.m. 2 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 8 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 9 p.m. 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 2012-13 Men’s Basketball Composite Schedule (all times eastern) February March 1 2 9 p.m. 2 p.m. Youngstown State at Detroit* Detroit at UIC* Milwaukee at Valparaiso* Youngstown State at Wright State* 9 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 Cleveland State at Loyola* 3 p.m. Green Bay at Loyola* 2 p.m. Valparaiso at Green Bay* 3 p.m. Cleveland State at UIC* 8 p.m. 4 Horizon League Tournament 7 p.m. March 5 - Horizon League Tournament First Round Loyola at Wright State* 5 Game 1: #9 seed at #4 seed 7 p.m. local Youngstown State at Cleveland State* 7 p.m. Game 2: #8 seed at #5 seed 7 p.m. local UIC at Valparaiso* 8:05 p.m. 7 p.m. local Game 3: #7 seed at #6 seed 7 * 7:45 p.m. March 8 - Horizon League Tournament Second Round (at #1 Seed) Loyola at Youngstown State Wright State at Green Bay* 8 p.m. Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner 6 p.m. ET Detroit at Milwaukee* 8 p.m. Game 5: Game 3 winner vs. #3 seed 8:30 p.m. ET 9 2/4 p.m. March 9 - Horizon League Tournament Semifinals (at #1 Seed) Valparaiso at Cleveland State* Detroit at Green Bay* 2/4 p.m. Game 6: Game 5 winner vs. #2 seed 6 p.m. ET Wright State at Milwaukee* 8 p.m. (10:30 p.m. tape delay) 10 Game 7: Game 4 winner vs. #1 seed 8:30 p.m. 2:05 p.m. UIC at Youngstown State* 12 March 12 - Horizon League Championship (at Highest Remaining Seed) Cleveland State at Detroit* 7 p.m. Game 8: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner 9 p.m. Valparaiso at Wright State* 7 p.m. 8 p.m. Loyola at Milwaukee* 15 Milwaukee at Youngstown State* 7:05 p.m. Green Bay at Cleveland State* 9 p.m. Key: 16 1 - Hoops for Hope Classic (Campus Sites; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico) 2 p.m. 2 - NIT Season Tip-Off (Campus Sites; New York, N.Y.) UIC at Loyola* Detroit at Valparaiso* 6 p.m. 3 - Legends Classic (Campus Sites; Pittsburgh, Pa.) 17 4 - Joe Cipriano Nebraska Classic (Campus Sites) Milwaukee at Cleveland State* 2 p.m. 5 - Paradise Jam (U.S. Virgin Islands) Green Bay at Youngstown State* 2:05 p.m. 6 - South Florida Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) 19 7 - World Vision Classic (Reno, Nev.) 8 p.m. 8 - Utah Tournament (Salt Lake City, Utah) Valparaiso at Loyola* 20 9 - Gotham Classic (Campus Sites) Wright State at Cleveland State* 7 p.m. UIC at Milwaukee* 8 p.m. 22-24 - Sears BracketBusters * - Horizon League game tba TBA at Loyola - game on BTN and/or BigTenNetwork.com (check listings) TBA at UIC tba - Horizon League Game of the Week (check listings) TBA at Valparaiso tba TBA at Wright State tba - Channels for games on Jan. 6, Jan. 20 and Feb. 10 to be determined at later date TBA at Youngstown State tba - All game times, dates, channels subject to change tba Cleveland State at TBA Detroit at TBA tba Green Bay at TBA tba Milwaukee at TBA tba 26 Loyola at Detroit* 7 p.m. 8 p.m. Milwaukee at Green Bay* Wright State at UIC* 8 p.m. Youngstown State at Valparaiso* 8:05 p.m. 9 2012-13 Men’s Basketball non-conference breakdown ACC (3) Nov. 24 Dec. 1 Dec. 8 Detroit at Miami (Fla.) Green Bay at Virginia Cleveland State at North Carolina State Atlantic Sun (1/2) Nov. 17-18 UIC vs. Mercer Nov. 24 Milwaukee vs. Jacksonville Atlantic 10 (5) Nov. 10 Nov. 21 Dec. 2 Dec. 15 Dec. 28 Youngstown State at George Washington Youngstown State at Duquesne Valparaiso at Saint Louis Cleveland State at St. Bonaventure Detroit at Temple Big East (9) Nov. 13 Nov. 17 Dec. 1 Dec. 9 Dec. 17 Dec. 18 Dec. 19 Dec. 22 Dec. 29 Detroit at St. John’s Loyola at South Florida Detroit at Pittsburgh Milwaukee at DePaul Detroit at Syracuse Youngstown State at South Florida Marquette at Green Bay Wright State at Cincinnati Loyola at DePaul Big South (1) Dec. 8 Big Ten (6) Nov. 13 Nov. 15 Dec. 1 Dec. 8 Dec. 12 Dec. 22 Big Sky (2) Nov. 16 Nov. 23 VMI at Wright State Cleveland State at Michigan Valparaiso at Nebraska UIC at Northwestern Loyola at Michigan State Green Bay at Wisconsin Milwaukee at Wisconsin Green Bay vs. Southern Utah Wright State vs. Idaho State Big West (2) Nov. 11 Nov. 18 UC-Riverside at UIC Green Bay vs. Cal State Fullerton Colonial (3/4) Nov. 17 Nov. 17-18 Nov. 19 Dec. 15 Old Dominion at Cleveland State UIC vs. George Mason Youngstown State vs. James Madison Wright State at Hofstra Great West (2) Nov. 23 Jan. 20 MAAC (4) Nov. 25 Dec. 12 Dec. 22 Dec. 30 Chicago State at Valparaiso Loyola at Chicago State Milwaukee vs. Rider Milwaukee at Fairfield Loyola at Saint Peter’s Canisius at Detroit D’Aundray Brown helped lead Cleveland State to a 71-58 win at then-No. 7/7 Vanderbilt last season. 10 MAC (23) Nov. 9 Nov. 12 Nov. 13 Nov. 16 Nov. 18 Nov. 24 Nov. 27 Nov. 27 Nov. 28 Nov. 28 Dec. 1 Dec. 1 Dec. 3 Dec. 5 Dec. 5 Dec. 7 Dec. 15 Dec. 15 Dec. 19 Dec. 22 Dec. 23 Dec. 29 Jan. 2 MEAC (4) Nov. 16 Nov. 18 Nov. 24 Dec. 21 Ohio Valley (7) Toledo at Loyola Cleveland State vs. Bowling Green Northern Illinois at Valparaiso Loyola vs. Western Michigan Valparaiso at Kent State Loyola at Northern Illinois Detroit at Bowling Green UIC at Northern Illinois Cleveland State at Ball State Kent State at Youngstown State Toledo at Cleveland State Youngstown State at Bowling Green Wright State at Bowling Green Buffalo at Milwaukee Toledo at Detroit Northern Illinois at Milwaukee Eastern Michigan at UIC Akron at Detroit Miami (Ohio) at Wright State UIC at Miami (Ohio) Cleveland State at Akron UIC at Toledo Kent State at Cleveland State North Carolina A&T at Wright State Loyola vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore Bethune-Cookman at Valparaiso Youngstown State at Bethune-Cookman Drake at Detroit Milwaukee at Northern Iowa Southern Illinois at Green Bay Valparaiso at Missouri State Mountain West (4) Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Dec. 8 Dec. 8 UIC vs. New Mexico Green Bay at Nevada Colorado State at UIC Valparaiso at New Mexico Northeast (1) Nov. 16 Saint Francis (Pa.) at Youngstown State Wright State at Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri at UIC Tennessee Tech at Loyola Morehead State at Wright State Green Bay at Tennessee Tech Tennessee Tech at Milwaukee Valparaiso at Murray State Southeastern (3) Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Dec. 15 Milwaukee at South Carolina Youngstown State at Georgia Mississippi State at Loyola Southern (3) Nov. 9 Nov. 17 Dec. 1 SWAC (3) Nov. 9 Dec. 10 Dec. 19 Summit (9) Missouri Valley (4) Nov. 17 Dec. 1 Dec. 15 Dec. 15 Nov. 13 Nov. 24 Nov. 28 Dec. 1 Dec. 6 Dec. 15 Dec. 29 Nov. 13 Nov. 19 Nov. 24 Nov. 24 Dec. 5 Dec. 17 Dec. 18 Dec. 20 Dec. 23 Georgia Southern at Valparaiso Davidson at Milwaukee Furman at Loyola Grambling at Cleveland State Alabama State at Detroit Detroit at Alcorn State Cleveland State vs. IUPUI Youngstown State vs. North Dakota State North Dakota State at Green Bay Nebraska-Omaha at Valparaiso IPFW at Valparaiso Valparaiso at Oakland UIC at Western Illinois IUPUI at Valparaiso South Dakota at Green Bay Sun Belt (1) Nov. 19 WAC (1) Nov. 9 Milwaukee at Arkansas-Little Rock Wright State at Idaho BracketBusters Feb. 22-23 Cleveland State at TBA Detroit at TBA Green Bay at TBA Milwaukee at TBA TBA at UIC TBA at Loyola TBA at Valparaiso TBA at Wright State TBA at Youngstown State Non-Division I (14) 2011-12 Division I Record: 52-59 2011-12 Totals: 67-60 2010-11 Division I Record: 68-53 2010-11 Totals: 80-53 * records do not include league games Media Information Men’s Basketball Contacts Cleveland State Greg Murphy Office.................. 216.687.5288 Cell...................... 216.798.9362 g.j.murphy@csuohio.edu Detroit Jeremiah Hergott Office.................. 313.993.1745 Cell...................... 313.575.1875 jeremiah.hergott@udmercy. edu Green Bay Andrew Gavin Office.................. 920.465.2498 Cell...................... 920.609.9682 gavina@uwgb.edu Loyola Bill Behrns Office.................. 773.508.2575 Cell...................... 773.469.6214 bbehrns@luc.edu Milwaukee Kevin O’Connor Office.................. 414.229.5674 Cell...................... 414.750.2091 kjoc@uwm.edu UIC Brett McWethy Office.................. 312.996.5880 Cell...................... 815.751.1015 mcwethy@uic.edu Horizon league Communications Staff Bill Benner Director of Communications & New Media bbenner@horizonleague.org (o) 317.237.5606 bpotter@horizonleague.org (o) 317.472.0047 (c) 317.625.5772 Craig Hammel Michael Raines Assistant Director of Communications Communications Intern chammel@horizonleague.org (o) 317.237.5604 (c) 317.292.0858 mraines@horizonleague.org (o) 317.237.5622 Horizon League Communications Services HorizonLeague.com The official Horizon League web site is hosted by WebStream Productions and TGFI. Available men’s basketball information includes: • Standings • Schedule / Results • Overall and League statistics (HTML & PDF formats) • Weekly release (PDF) • Players of the Week • Television schedule • Interviews with players and coaches • Horizon League Men’s Basketball Championship information The Horizon League will handle credentialing for the tournament, with information sent to schools and media members after Jan. 15, 2012. Tournament Procedures Selected players and the head coach will be made available postgame as part of the postgame press conference. All other interviews should be coordinated through the team Sports Information Directors (list at left). Youngstown State Jamie Hall Office.................. 330.941.3192 Cell...................... 330.540.5417 jehall@ysu.edu Awards & Honors The Horizon League’s annual individual awards will be voted upon by each of the 10 head coaches and selected members of the media following the last Statistics/Daily Recaps League statistics and daily recaps will be updated in game of the regular season. The following awards the evening following the conclusion of the night’s will be presented: • Player of the Year final game. • Coach of the Year • Newcomer of the Year Players of the Week/Weekly Release • Defensive Player of the Year The Horizon League Men’s Basketball Player and • Sixth Man of the Year Newcomer of the Week will be announced early • All-League Team (five-player first and second Monday afternoon each week during the season. teams) All-Defensive Team (five players) The Horizon League Weekly Release will also come • • All-Newcomer Team (five players) out on Monday afternoon during the season, with an update sent out heading into the weekend. To be added to the weekly release list, contact Bill Potter. Horizon League Bill Potter Office.................. 317.472.0047 Cell...................... 317.625.5572 bpotter@horizonleague.org Media Requests For information regarding Horizon League men’s basketball, or to speak with any member of the Horizon League staff throughout the year, please contact Bill Potter. Valparaiso Aaron Leavitt Office.................. 219.464.6953 Cell...................... 219.476.6680 aaron.leavitt@valpo.edu Wright State Bob Noss Office.................. 937.775.2816 Cell...................... 937.367.2397 robert.noss@wright.edu Tournament Credentials The Horizon League Tournament is among the most unique in the country, with campus sites serving as the host for the opening round, with the No. 1 seed hosting the quarterfinals and semifinals. The Championship will be played at the highest remaining seed. 12 Bill Potter Senior Associate Commissioner for External Affairs Horizon League Network Streaming more than 2,000 free, live events in the last five years, the Horizon League is a recognized leader in video streaming, through the Horizon League Network (HLN). HLN takes viewers inside the conference, featuring student-athlete profiles, weekly highlight shows, comprehensive coverage of all 19 Horizon League championships and other special programming. In 2011-12, HLN and HorizonLeague.com experienced unprecedented growth as more than 300,000 unique visitors across 149 countries/territories watched HLN coverage. The network set a new single-day record for viewership, with over 27,500 viewers on Jan. 15. Horizon League Network TV Game of the Week Continuing on its success from a year ago, the Horizon League Network will air eight Horizon League men’s basketball games throughout the League’s television markets during the 201213 season. All seven games will be streamed in high definition. In conjunction with WebStream Productions, the seven-game syndicated series will kick off its fourth season on Saturday, Jan. 5, when the Detroit hosts Green Bay. All games are broadcast on Saturdays at 2 p.m. ET; each of the Horizon League’s nine teams will be featured at least once. Last year, HLN was nominated for two Sports Video Group awards, one for its production of the Jan. 28 Valparaiso-Milwaukee game and another for its PSA involving Horizon League values. Horizon League Network TV Game of the Week Date Jan. 5 Jan. 12 Jan. 19 Jan. 26 Feb. 2 Feb. 9 Feb. 16 March 2 Game (all games at 2 p.m. ET) Green Bay at Detroit Valparaiso at Milwaukee Cleveland State at Green Bay Cleveland State at Youngstown State Green Bay at Loyola Valparaiso at Cleveland State OR Detroit at Green Bay UIC at Loyola Youngstown State at Wright State Games of the Week will reach markets in Peoria, Champaign, Madison in addition to being in four of the top 25 television markets in America. Eight of the nine League schools are in top 100 markets. The HLN Game of the Week package is scheduled to air on WADL (Detroit), MyYTV (Youngstown, Ohio), HTSN (Indianapolis), Comcast SportsNet Chicago, SportsTime Ohio (Cleveland) and Time-Warner Cable Sports32 (Wisconsin). Check HorizonLeague.com or your local listings for availability. All seven games also are available to fans anywhere in the world via free live video streaming at HorizonLeague.com, as are all Horizon League conference games and nine of 10 teams’ non-conference home games during the men’s basketball season. 13 Horizon League basketball featured on ESPN networks A minimum of 39 Horizon League men’s basketball games will be telecast on ESPN networks this season. All nine Horzion League teams will make an appearance on the ESPN family of networks. Games, times and networks subject to change. (Note: All games on ESPN and ESPN2 also are available on ESPN3.com.) Day Date Monday Nov. 12 Tuesday Nov. 13 Nov. 13 Tuesday Saturday Nov. 24 Saturday Dec. 1 Saturday Dec. 8 Saturday Dec. 15 Monday Dec. 17 Saturday Dec. 29 Thursday Jan. 3 Friday Jan. 4 Saturday Jan. 5 Jan. 11 Friday Saturday Jan. 12 Jan. 17 Thursday Thursday Jan. 17 Jan. 19 Saturday Wednesday Jan. 23 Jan. 25 Friday Saturday Jan. 26 Wednesday Jan. 30 Feb. 1 Friday Feb. 2 Saturday Saturday Feb. 9 Feb. 12 Monday Friday Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Saturday Saturday Feb. 16 Sunday Feb. 17 Feb. 26 Tuesday Saturday March 2 March 2 Saturday Friday March 8 Saturday March 9 March 12 Tuesday Game Time (ET)Network Youngstown State at Georgia 7 p.m. ESPNU Northern Illinois at Valparaiso 8 a.m. ESPN Detroit at St. John’s 2 p.m. ESPN Detroit at Miami (Fla.) 7 p.m. ESPN3 Detroit at Pittsburgh 7 p.m. ESPN3 Cleveland State at NC State 2 p.m. ESPN3 Mississippi State at Loyola 11 p.m. ESPNU (tape-delay) Detroit at Syracuse 7 p.m. ESPNU Valparaiso at Murray State 3 p.m. ESPN3 Milwaukee at Detroit 7 p.m. ESPN3 Cleveland State at Valparaiso 7 p.m. ESPNU Green Bay at Detroit 2 p.m. HLN Game of the Week/ESPN3 Wright State at Loyola 9 p.m. ESPNU Valparaiso at Milwaukee 2 p.m. HLN Game of the Week/ESPN3 Valparaiso at Detroit 7 p.m. ESPNU Youngstown State at Green Bay 8 p.m. ESPN3 Cleveland State at Green Bay 2 p.m. HLN Game of the Week/ESPN3 Green Bay at Valparaiso 8:05 p.m. ESPN3 Green Bay at Milwaukee 9 p.m. ESPNU Cleveland St. at Youngstown St. 2 p.m. HLN Game of the Week/ESPN3 Valparaiso at Youngstown State 7:05 p.m. ESPN3 Milwaukee at Valparaiso OR 9 p.m. ESPNU/ESPN3 Youngstown State at Detroit Green Bay at Loyola 2 p.m. HLN Game of the Week/ESPN3 Valparaiso at Cleveland State 2/4 p.m. ESPN2/HLN Game of the Week/ Detroit at Green Bay ESPN3 Cleveland State at Detroit 7 p.m. ESPN3 Green Bay at Cleveland State 9 p.m. ESPNU UIC at Loyola 2 p.m. HLN Game of the Week/ESPN3 Detroit at Valparaiso 6 p.m. ESPN2 Green Bay at Youngstown State 2:05 p.m. ESPN3 Milwaukee at Green Bay 8 p.m. ESPN3 Youngstown State at Wright State 2 p.m. HLN Game of the Week/ESPN3 Valparaiso at Green Bay 3 p.m. ESPNU Horizon League Tourn. 2nd Round 6/8:30 p.m. HLN regional/ESPN3 Horizon League Tourn. Semifinals 8 p.m./10:30 p.m. ESPNU (10:30 tape) Horizon League Championship 9 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2 Stephen Bardo & Mark Jones called the 2012 Horizon League Men’s Basketball Championship on ESPN 14 2012-13 Team Profiles 2012-13 Cleveland State Vikings No. 0 1 2 3 4 11 15 20 21 24 31 32 33 Player Josh Ivory Sebastian Douglas Bryn Forbes Trey Lewis Devon Long Junior Lomomba Anton Grady Raphael Veira Marlin Mason Ludovic Ndaye Charlie Lee Aaron Scales Tim Kamczyc Pos. 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-7 6-5 6-8 6-5 6-6 6-9 5-9 6-9 6-7 Ht.Wt. 200 G 210 G 175 G 180 G 260 F 185 G 215 F 200 F 210 F 240 F 160 G 260 C 225 F Yr. Fr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. So. So. So. Jr. So. Fr. Sr. Hometown/High School (Last School) Alexandria, La./Peabody Magnet Houston, Texas/Bellaire Lansing, Mich./Sexton Garfield Heights, Ohio/Garfield Heights Highland Park, Mich./Crockett Montreal, Quebec/Madison (Wis.) Memorial Cleveland, Ohio/Central Catholic Cleveland, Ohio/John Hay Detroit, Mich./Cass Tech Montreal, Quebec/Westwind Prep Milwaukee, Wis./Huntington (W. Va.) Prep Kernersville, N.C./American Basketball Inst. Strongsville, Ohio/Strongsville (italics indicates returning starter) Quick Facts Location Cleveland, Ohio Enrollment 16,418 Colors Forest Green & White President Dr. Ronald M. Berkman Athletics Director John Parry Gary Waters Head Coach 122-82 (7th season) Cleveland State Record Career Record 293-217 (17th season) Associate Head Coach Jayson Gee Assistant Coaches Larry DeSimpelare, Jermaine Kimbrough, Samba Johnson (DOBO) SID Greg Murphy Athletics Websitewww.csuvikings.com Sports Time Ohio HLN Affiliate Horizon League Championships2009 2012-13 Schedule (all times eastern) November 6 9 12 13 17 19 20 21 23 28 Malone (Ex.) 7 p.m. Grambling 7:30 p.m. NIT Season Tip-Off; Ann Arbor, Mich. vs. Bowling Green 6 p.m. vs. IUPUI/at Michigan TBA Old Dominion 2 p.m. NIT Season Tip-Off; TBA/New York City NIT Consolation Round TBA NIT Consolation Round TBA NIT Semifinals (if CSU wins North Reg.) TBA NIT Championship (if CSU wins North Reg.) TBA at Ball State 7 p.m. 1 8 15 19 23 28 Toledo at North Carolina State at St. Bonaventure Notre Dame (Ohio) at Akron Rio Grande December January 2 Kent State 4 at Valparaiso 7UIC 9 at Wright State 12 Detroit 17 at Milwaukee 19 at Green Bay 23Loyola 26 at Youngstown State February 2 at UIC 5 Youngstown State 9Valparaiso 12 at Detroit 15 Green Bay 17 Milwaukee 20Wright State 23 at BracketBusters March 16 1 at Loyola 5-12Horizon League Tournament Horizon League games in Bold 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 2/4 p.m. 7 p.m. 9 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. TBA TBA. TBA Head Coach Gary Waters Alma Mater:............................................................................................................................. Ferris State, 1975 Playing Career:................................................................................................................Ferris State, 1972-74 Overall Record:........................................................................................................................................293-217 Cleveland State Record:.........................................................................................................................122-82 Horizon League Record:...........................................................................................................................62-44 Horizon League Tournament Appearances/Record:...................................................................6/8-5 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Record:........................................................................................3/2-3 NIT Appearances/Record:.........................................................................................................................7/5-7 CBI Appearances/Record:.............................................................................................................................n/a Tim Kamczyc Marlin Mason 2011-12 Results (22-11, 12-6 Horizon) November Ticket City Legends Classic 13 at #7/7 Vanderbilt...................................................W, 71-58 15 Rio Grande................................................................W, 86-57 18 St. Bonaventure.......................................................W, 67-64 22 at Kent State.............................................................W, 57-53 Ticket City Legends Classic (Kingston, R.I.) 25 vs. Boston University.............................................W, 63-62 26 vs. Hofstra................................................................... L, 63-53 27 at Rhode Island.......................................................W, 67-45 December 1 at Wright State*........................................................W, 45-43 3 at Detroit*..................................................................W, 66-61 8 at Robert Morris......................................................W, 62-58 10 Akron..........................................................................W, 69-66 19 at South Florida........................................................ L, 70-55 22 Sam Houston State................................................W, 64-45 28 at Toledo....................................................................W, 72-64 31 Youngstown State*.................................................. L, 73-67 Anton Grady Preseason Second Team All-League Cleveland State Notes: • • Cleveland State goes from one of the most experienced teams in the Horizon League to one of its youngest. The Vikings lost four starters off of last year’s returning Tim Kamczyc to the lineup. Sophomore Anton Grady was pegged as a breakout candidate by SI.com’s Luke Winn in the offseason, as part of Winn’s annual “Breakout Sophomore Formula” projections. Listed as Winn’s Sixth Man on the team, Winn wrote of Grady: • “Grady was a monster in short spurts as a freshman, leading CSU in offensive and defensive rebounding percentage, block percentage, and posting a usage/efficiency ratio that suggests he can assume a go-to-guy role if called upon.” • • • Senior Tim Kamczyc and sophomore Marlin Mason were among a group of eight that took part in the Global Sports Academy’s (GSA) Summer Collegiate Basketball Tour to Belgium and Holland. The CSU duo and the rest of the squad were overseas from Aug. 5-13 and played five games on the trip. Among the four-man incoming class of freshmen are guards Junior Lomomba and Bryn Forbes. Lomomba was the No. 4 ranked player in Wisconsin and the 38th-ranked small forward in the country according to ESPN.com, while Forbes ranked as the No. 3 shooting guard in Michigan by ESPN, the 12th best prospect in the state. Regardless of personnel, Gary Waters’ team will hang its hat on defense. Last year, the Vikings ranked fifth nationally in turnover percentage, forcing them on 25.3-percent of opponents’ possessions. In the last four years, the Vikings have ranked no worse than 63rd nationally, per KenPom.com. January 5UIC* ..........................................................................W, 73-67 7Loyola*........................................................................W, 73-56 13 at Butler*....................................................................W, 76-69 15 at Valparaiso*............................................................. L, 72-66 20 Green Bay*.................................................................W, 78-68 22 Milwaukee*...............................................................W, 83-57 28 at Youngstown State*............................................W, 67-47 February 3 at Loyola*...................................................................W, 65-47 5 at UIC*.........................................................................W, 70-42 9Valparaiso*.................................................................. L, 59-41 11 Butler*.......................................................................... L, 52-49 14 at Milwaukee*........................................................... L, 86-84 18 #-/rv Drexel................................................................ L, 69-49 21 at Green Bay*............................................................. L, 71-67 23 Detroit*.......................................................................W, 77-64 25 Wright State*............................................................W, 77-55 March Horizon League Championship; Valparaiso, Ind. 3 vs. (3) Detroit............................................................. L, 63-58 NIT; Campus Sites 13 at (3) Stanford........................................................... L, 76-65 2011-12 Statistics 17 2012-13 Detroit Titans Ht.Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School (Last School) 6-11 244 Jr. Lagos, Nigeria/Kobape Community (Arkansas Baptist JC) 6-3 193 Fr. Coral Springs, Fla./Coral Springs 6-6 210 Jr. Detroit, Mich./Pershing (Western Michigan) 6-3 190 Jr. Beverly Hills, Mich./Detroit Country Day 6-3 202 So. Southfield, Mich./Southfield (Michigan) 6-2 184 Fr. Sterling Heights, Mich./Sterling Heights 6-2 173 Sr. Scarborough, Ont./Quality Education Academy (NC) 5-8 151 So. Indianapolis, Ind./T.C. Howe 6-10 220 Jr. Lagos, Nigeria/King’s College (Oakland CC) 6-8 230 Jr. Munich, Germany/FC Bayern Muenchen (Sheridan College) 6-6 212 Sr. Kalamazoo, Mich./Central (Mott CC) 6-5 191 Fr. Flint, Mich./Flora MacDonald (N.C.) 6-8 214 Jr. New Era, Mich./Western Michigan Christian 6-9 215 Sr. Truro, Mass./Nauset (Jackson CC) # - Will sit out 2012-13 season due to NCAA transfer regulations (italics indicates returning starter) Quick Facts Location Detroit, Michigan Enrollment 5,700 Colors Red, White & Blue President Dr. Antoine Garibaldi Athletic Director Keri Gaither Head Coach Ray McCallum Detroit Record 66-67 (5th season) Career Record 236-216 (16th season) Assistant Coaches Carlos Briggs, Jay Smith, Derek Thomas, Micahel Faletti (DOBO) SID Jeremiah Hergott Athletics Websitewww.detroittitans.com HLN Affiliate WADL, Fox Sports Detroit 2012, 1999, 1994 Horizon League Championships 2012-13 Schedule (all times eastern) October 27 Ryerson (Ex.) November 3 9 13 17 24 27 Tiffin (Ex.) Northern Michigan at St. John’s Drake at Miami (Fla.) at Bowling Green 1 5 8 10 15 17 19 28 30 at Pittsburgh Toledo Rochester (Mich.) College Alabama State Akron Gotham Classic; Campus Sites at Syracuse at Alcorn State at Temple Canisius December January 3 Milwaukee 5 Green Bay 10 at Youngstown State 12 at Cleveland State 17Valparaiso 19UIC 21Wright State 26 at Loyola 30 at Wright State February 1 Youngstown State 7 at Milwaukee 9 at Green Bay 12 Cleveland State 16 at Valparaiso 23 at BracketBusters 26Loyola March 2 at UIC 5-12Horizon League Tournament Horizon League games in Bold 18 12 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7:30 p.m. TBA 7 p.m. TBA 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 9 p.m. 8 p.m. 2/4 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. TBA 7 p.m. 2 p.m. TBA No. 00 1 2 3 4 5 10 11 15 21 23 32 33 34 Player Olumide Solanke Gabriel Dos Santos Juwan Howard, Jr. Ray McCallum Carlton Brundidge# Tome Ivezaj Jason Calliste P.J. Boutte Ugochukwu Njoku Jermaine Lippert Doug Anderson Anton Wilson Evan Bruinsma Nick Minnerath Pos. F G F G G G G G C F F G F F Head Coach Ray McCallum Alma Mater:.................................................................................................................................Ball State, 1983 Playing Career:....................................................................................................................Ball State, 1979-83 Overall Record:........................................................................................................................................236-216 Detroit Record:.............................................................................................................................................66-67 Horizon League Record:...........................................................................................................................32-40 Horizon League Tournament Appearances/Record:...................................................................4/7-3 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Record:........................................................................................3/0-3 NIT Appearances/Record:.........................................................................................................................2/0-2 CBI Appearances/Record:.............................................................................................................................n/a Ray McCallum 2011 Preseason Player of the Year 2012 First Team All-League 2012 Horizon League Tournament MVP Nick Minnerath 2011-12 Results (22-14, 11-7 Horizon) November 11 Lake Erie College....................................................W, 95-57 Progressive CBE Classic 14 at Notre Dame.......................................................... L, 59-53 18 Concordia............................................................... W, 113-68 Progressive CBE Classic; Bowling Green, Ohio 21 vs. George Washington......................................... L, 86-73 22 at Bowling Green..................................................... L, 67-61 23 vs. Austin Peay.................................................W, 94-93 (ot) 26 at Akron...................................................................... L, 81-63 December 1 Youngstown State*.................................................. L, 64-61 3 #rv/rv Cleveland State*.......................................... L, 66-61 5 St. John’s....................................................................W, 69-63 8 Western Michigan..................................................W, 92-81 11 at #16/15 Alabama.................................................. L, 62-54 17 #17/16 Mississippi State........................................ L, 80-75 22 Alabama State.........................................................W, 80-56 29 at UIC*.......................................................................... L, 63-59 31 at Loyola*...................................................................W, 65-54 Detroit Notes: • Doug Anderson Once again, Ray McCallum toured the country’s premier summer camps in the offseason. McCallum participated in both the CP3 Elite Guard Camp and the Deron Williams Skills Academy. In the 2011 offseason, McCallum took part in the Deron Williams Skills Academy, LeBron James Skills Academy and was a member of USA Basketball’s World University Game Team. Of McCallum’s performance at the Chris Paul Camp, Slam Magazine wrote: • “The most athletic point guard in the camp was Detroit’s Ray McCallum, the best point guard that the Horizon League has to offer. The McDonald’s All-American held offers from just about every program in the country but opted to stay at home and play for his Pops. At CP3, he used his elite strength and athleticism to quickly establish himself as the top rebounder of the group. He used the aforementioned explosiveness offensively to explode to the rim and finish with contact. If McCallum is able to improve on his shot from beyond the arc (he shot 24% from 3 last year), look for him to follow Norris Cole and Shelvin Mack’s footsteps as the next Horizon League guard in the NBA.” • • • • In his first season with the Titans, Doug Anderson made an immediate impact upon rims around the country. Anderson’s dunking prowess was featured both on and off the court, with several dunks earning a place on SportsCenter’s Top 10. A year after blowing out his knee five games into the year, Nick Minnerath returns to the Detroit lineup. In his first four games of the season, Minnerath was averaging 15.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. Detroit adds a high-profile transfer to its lineup this year, as Juwan Howard, Jr. is eligible after sitting out the 2011-12 season. Howard, Jr., averaged 9.3 points per game in his freshman year at Western Michigan, the third-highest total on the squad. Playing all 34 games and starting two, Howard, Jr. added 4.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. A year after returning all of its letterwinners, Detroit will mix six newcomers into the mix in 2012-13. A seventh, Carlton Brundidge, will sit out the year after transferring from Michigan. January 6Valparaiso*.................................................................. L, 73-71 8Butler*.........................................................................W, 76-65 12 at Green Bay*............................................................W, 80-73 14 at Milwaukee*........................................................... L, 84-74 21 Wright State*............................................................W, 69-53 25 Loyola*........................................................................W, 67-52 27 UIC* ..........................................................................W, 70-66 February 2 at Valparaiso*............................................................. L, 78-73 4 at Butler*....................................................................W, 65-61 10 Milwaukee*...............................................................W, 58-57 12 Green Bay*.................................................................W, 77-74 15 at Wright State*........................................................W, 71-55 18 James Madison........................................................W, 82-70 23 at Cleveland State*.................................................. L, 77-64 25 at Youngstown State*............................................W, 76-74 Horizon League Championship 28 (10) Loyola.................................................................W, 80-71 March 2 vs. (6) Youngstown State......................................W, 93-76 3 vs. (2) Cleveland State...........................................W, 63-58 6 at (1) Valparaiso.......................................................W, 70-50 NCAA Tournament; Omaha, Neb. 15 vs. (2) Kansas............................................................. L, 65-50 2011-12 Statistics 19 2012-13 Green Bay Phoenix No. 1 2 4 10 12 13 15 21 22 24 30 34 44 55 Player Sultan Muhammad Cole Stefan^ Jordan Fouse Josh Humphrey Carrington Love Kam Cerroni Greg Mays Alec Brown Daniel Turner Keifer Sykes Nick Arenz Alfonzo McKinnie# Brennan Cougill Ryan Bross Pos. G G G/F G/F G G F F/C F G F/C F F/C C Ht.Wt. 6-1 194 6-4 193 6-7 220 6-5 198 6-1 171 6-2 192 6-9 220 7-1 226 6-6 220 5-10 161 6-8 225 6-8 200 6-9 265 7-2 248 # - Will sit out 2012-13 season due to NCAA transfer regulations Yr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. ^ - Will sit out first semester of 2012-13 season due to NCAA transfer regulations Quick Facts Location Green Bay, Wisconsin Enrollment 6,549 Green & White with Red trim Colors Dr. Thomas Harden President Athletic Director Ken Bothof Brian Wardle Head Coach 29-33 (3rd season) Green Bay Record Career Record 29-33 (3rd season) Assistant Coaches Brian Barone, Chrys Cornelius, Jimmie Foster, Colin Schneider (DOBO) SID Andrew Gavin Athletics Websitewww.greenbayphoenix.com HLN Affiliate Time Warner Cable Sports 32 Horizon League Championships1995 2012-13 Schedule (all times eastern) November 0 1 16 17 18 20 24 Chicago State World Vision Classic; Reno, Nev. vs. Southern Utah at Nevada vs. Cal State Fullerton at Idaho North Dakota State 1 6 12 15 19 22 30 at Virginia at Tennessee Tech at Wisconsin Southern Illinois Marquette South Dakota Illinois-Springfield December January 4 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 2/4 p.m. 9 p.m. 2:05 p.m. TBA 8 p.m. Horizon League games in Bold 20 11:30 p.m. 9 p.m. 4 p.m. 6:05 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 at Loyola 7Wright State 9 Detroit 15 at Cleveland State 17 at Youngstown State 23 at BracketBusters 26 Milwaukee 2Valparaiso 5-12Horizon League Tournament Head Coach Brian Wardle Alma Mater:.............................................................................................................................. Marquette, 2001 Playing Career:.................................................................................................................Marquette, 1997-01 Overall Record:.............................................................................................................................................29-33 Green Bay Record:.......................................................................................................................................29-33 Horizon League Record:...........................................................................................................................18-18 Horizon League Tournament Appearances/Record:...................................................................2/0-2 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Record:............................................................................................n/a NIT Appearances/Record:.............................................................................................................................n/a CBI Appearances/Record:.............................................................................................................................n/a Alec Brown 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 9 p.m. 8 p.m. March (italics indicates returning starter) 2012 First Team All-League 3 at Wright State 5 at Detroit 9Loyola 12UIC 17 Youngstown State 19 Cleveland State 23 at Valparaiso 25 at Milwaukee 31 at UIC February Hometown/High School (Last School) Grand Rapids, Mich./Central Catholic (South Suburban College) Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka (LaSalle) Racine, Wis./St. Catherine’s Chicago, Ill./Crete-Monee (St. John’s Military Academy) Milwaukee, Wis./Pius XI Sussex, Wis./Sussex Hamilton Chicago, Ill./Crete-Monee Winona, Minn./Winona McCordsville, Ind./Mount Vernon Chicago, Ill./Marshall Onalaska, Wis./Onalaska Chicago, Ill./Marshall (Eastern Illinois) Sioux City, Iowa/Bishop Heelan (Iowa/Kirkwood CC) Menomonee Falls, Wis./Menomonee Falls 3 p.m. TBA Kam Cerroni 2012 HL 3-pt FG percentage leader 2011-12 Results (15-15, 10-8 Horizon) November 11 University of Mary..................................................W, 94-55 13 at Duquesne.............................................................. L, 84-66 16 at North Dakota State............................................ L, 65-61 19 Wyoming...................................................................W, 52-44 21 at Indiana State........................................................ L, 57-56 25 at #-/rv Virginia......................................................... L, 68-42 December 1UIC* ..........................................................................W, 71-68 3Loyola*........................................................................W, 57-47 7 at #14/16 Wisconsin............................................... L, 70-42 10 at #11/11 Marquette.............................................. L, 79-61 13 Michigan Tech..........................................................W, 69-61 22 IdahoW, 63-61 29 at Butler*..................................................................... L, 53-49 31 at Valparaiso*............................................................. L, 90-87 Keifer Sykes Green Bay Notes: • • • • A year after having the 13th-youngest team in the nation, Brian Wardle’s squad has turned into one of the most experienced, bringing back all five starters from last year’s team. Of those five, only Daniel Turner missed extended time after an ACL injury at the end of 2011. In 14 games, the rugged forward was averaging 4.6 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. Alec Brown ended his sophomore year with a Green Bay single-season record 89 blocks, including at least one block in 27 of 30 games. With 156 career blocks, Brown already owns the Green Bay career record and is 70 shy of matching the Horizon League’s all-time record of 226. Sophomore Keifer Sykes helped fuel Green Bay’s midseason turnaround, as the Phoenix went 6-2 to close the Horizon League regular season. In the final 17 games, Sykes led the Phoenix in scoring at 14.7 points per game while dishing out 4.8 assists and shooting 49.7 percent from the floor. The Chicagoan scored in double figures 15 times, including a stretch of 10 games in a row, and scored 20 or more points three times. January 7 at Milwaukee*........................................................... L, 64-63 12 Detroit*........................................................................ L, 80-73 14 Wright State*............................................................W, 57-56 20 at Cleveland State*.................................................. L, 78-68 22 at Youngstown State*............................................. L, 77-47 26 Valparaiso*.................................................................W, 75-60 28 Butler*.........................................................................W, 80-68 February 4Milwaukee*................................................................ L, 81-75 10 at Wright State*........................................................W, 53-48 12 at Detroit*................................................................... L, 77-74 14 Youngstown State*.................................................W, 71-65 18 Eastern Michigan....................................................W, 54-49 21 Cleveland State*......................................................W, 71-67 23 at Loyola*...........................................................W, 73-70 (ot) 25 at UIC*.........................................................................W, 71-63 Horizon League Championship 28 at (7) Youngstown State........................................ L, 77-60 • The season that the young point guard compiled was among the best by a freshman in Green Bay’s Division I history. Sykes’ 335 points were the third-most by a freshman in the Division I era and the most since Tony Bennett scored 516. His 101 assists were the third-most in school history by a freshman, behind only Bennett’s 138 and Gary Grzesk’s 118 in 1992-93. • Junior Kam Cerroni ranked eighth nationally with a 66.7-percent true shooting percentage, per KenPom.com. The Phoenix will add another shooter, Cole Stefan, at the semester. Stefan was ranked as the 54th ranked shooting guard nationally before attending LaSalle in his freshman season. As a freshman, Stefan played 25 games, including one start, making three or more shots from long range in five different games. 2011-12 Statistics 21 2012-13 Loyola Ramblers Hometown/High School (Last School) Niceville, Fla./Niceville (Tallahassee CC) Schaumburg, Ill./Schaumburg (Iowa) Rochester, Minn./Rochester Mayo Houston, Texas/Westbury Christian Munster, Ind./Munster Schaumburg, Ill./Conant Terre Haute, Ind./North Vigo Peoria, Ill./Manual Germantown, Wis./Germantown Muncie, Ind./Central Orion, Ill./Orion St. Louis, Mo./Clayton Houston, Texas/St. Thomas Chicago, Ill./Marshall (Kansas) Minneapolis, Minn./South Valparaiso, Ind./Mount Carmel (Indiana) # - Has applied for transfer waiver. but could sit out 2012-13 season due to NCAA transfer regulations (italics indicates returning starter) Quick Facts Location Chicago, Illinois Enrollment 16,040 Colors Maroon & Gold President Michael Garanzini, S.J. Athletics Director Dr. M. Grace Calhoun Head Coach Porter Moser Loyola Record 7-23 (1st season) Career Record 112-124 (8th season) Assistant Coaches Armon Gates, Rick Malnati Jason Gardner, Matt Gordon (DOBO) SID Bill Behrns Athletics Websitewww.loyolaramblers.com HLN Affiliate Comcast SportsNet Chicago Horizon League Championships1985 2012-13 Schedule (all times eastern) November 3 9 12 16 17 18 24 28 Ferris State (Ex.) Toledo Rockhurst South Florida Tournament; Tampa, Fla. vs. Western Michigan at South Florida vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore at Northern Illinois Tennessee Tech 1 8 15 22 29 Furman at Michigan State Mississippi State at St. Peter’s at DePaul December January 3 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 Green Bay 4 at Wright State 7 at Youngstown State 12 at Milwaukee 16UIC 19Valparaiso 23BracketBusters 26 at Detroit 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:45 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. TBA 7 p.m. 1 Cleveland State 5-12Horizon League Tournament Horizon League games in Bold 22 5 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 12 p.m. 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 9 p.m. 8 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 8 p.m. March Player Kody Williams Cully Payne Jordan Hicks Devon Turk Joe Crisman London Dokubo Matt O’Leary Jeff White Ben Averkamp Nick Osborne Tanner Williams Christian Thomas Jeremy King Milton Doyle# Derrick Boone Bill Clark Pos. G G G/F G G G F G F F F G/F C G G G Ht.Wt. 6-2 190 6-1 180 6-6 210 6-4 170 6-4 195 6-0 165 6-8 210 6-1 160 6-8 235 6-8 220 6-7 205 6-5 207 6-10 209 6-4 170 6-3 180 6-4 207 Yr. Jr. Jr. RS-Sr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Head Coach Porter Moser Alma Mater:............................................................................................................................... Creighton, 1990 Playing Career:..................................................................................................................Creighton, 1986-90 Overall Record:........................................................................................................................................112-124 Loyola Record:.................................................................................................................................................7-23 Horizon League Record:..............................................................................................................................1-17 Horizon League Tournament Appearances/Record:...................................................................1/0-1 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Record:............................................................................................n/a NIT Appearances/Record:.............................................................................................................................n/a CBI Appearances/Record:.............................................................................................................................n/a Ben Averkamp 2012 Second Team All-League 5 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 at Valparaiso 5 Youngstown State 9 at Green Bay 11Wright State 16 at UIC 20 at Chicago State 23 at Cleveland State 26 Detroit 30 Milwaukee February No. 0 1 2 4 5 13 22 23 24 25 30 32 33 35 44 45 7 p.m. TBA Cully Payne 2010 All-Big ten Freshman Team 2011-12 Results (7-23, 1-17 Horizon) Loyola at the Colosseum Loyola Notes: • Loyola spent two weeks in Italy over the summer, taking part in classes, service projects, sightseeing and playing four games throughout the country. In those four games, the Ramblers went 3-1, adjusting to playing under the 24-second clock. ESPN took notice of the Ramblers’ play in Italy, writing: • Loyola (Ill.) returned from an Italy trip with some dramatic uptick in numbers. The Ramblers averaged a meager 57.2 points a game last season but on a 4-1 trip they averaged 82.3 points a game. The Ramblers also hadn’t had a player average five assists a game since 2003. But Iowa transfer Cully Payne handed out 9.3 assists in the four games. Porter Moser is hoping to see a turnaround and the indication is that this trip may give the Ramblers the necessary bounce • Of the trip, senior Ben Averkamp told ESPN’s Scott Powers: • Loyola and Mississippi State will meet on Dec. 15 to mark the “Game of Change” that occurred 50 years ago between the teams. In the 1963 NCAA Tournament. Mississippi State, an all-white team, was prohibited from playing integrated teams and had to sneak out of state to face Loyola, which included four black starters. The game was considered a step forward in the civil rights movement. Loyola defeated Mississippi State 61-51 and went on to win the NCAA championship. With 16 years of experience spread among 16 players, Loyola ranks as the seventh-youngest team in the nation. Averkamp and Jordan Hicks provide the bulk of experience with seven total years entering the 2012-13 season. • • “I understand they’re young and have a lot being thrown at them, but in the same respect for Cully and I and especially Jordan, who has been here five years -- he’s been through everything -- we see an importance to this year,” Averkamp said. “Hopefully, this trip to Italy springboards us for the year.” November 11 at #rv/- Illinois........................................................... L, 67-49 14 at Kansas State......................................................... L, 74-63 16 at Eastern Illinois...................................................... L, 65-61 20 at Furman................................................................... L, 63-51 26 Fordham....................................................................W, 64-50 December 1 at Milwaukee*........................................................... L, 59-41 3 at Green Bay*............................................................. L, 57-47. 7DePaul......................................................................... L, 69-58 10 at Toledo....................................................................W, 57-55 17 Chicago State...........................................................W, 64-49 19 Rockhurst..................................................................W, 69-46 22 at Canisius.................................................................W, 59-45 29 Wright State*............................................................. L, 64-48 31 Detroit*........................................................................ L, 65-54 January 5 at Youngstown State*..................................... L, 68-64 (ot) 7 at Cleveland State*.................................................. L, 73-56 14 at UIC*.........................................................................W, 58-51 19 Valparaiso*.................................................................. L, 69-48 21 Butler*.......................................................................... L, 63-57 25 at Detroit*................................................................... L, 67-52 27 at Wright State*......................................................... L, 47-41 February 3 Cleveland State*....................................................... L, 65-47 5 Youngstown State*.................................................. L, 80-63 11 UIC* ..........................................................................W, 78-69 14 at Butler*..................................................................... L, 63-57 18 at Bradley..................................................................W, 56-44 21 at Valparaiso*..................................................... L, 66-62 (ot) 23 Green Bay*.......................................................... L, 73-70 (ot) 25 Milwaukee*................................................................ L, 78-69 Horizon League Championship 28 at (3) Detroit..................................................................7 p.m. 2011-12 Statistics 23 Quick Facts 2012-13 Schedule (all times eastern) November UW-Parkside (Ex.) 8 p.m. University of Mary 8 p.m. Hoops for Hope Classic; Campus Sites at South Carolina 3 p.m. Davidson 8 p.m. Hoops for Hope Classic; Campus Sites at Arkansas-Little Rock 8 p.m. Hoops for Hope Classic; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico vs. Jacksonville 4:30 p.m. vs. Rider 4:30 p.m. 1 5 7 9 12 15 22 29 at Northern Iowa Buffalo Northern Illinois at DePaul at Fairfield Tennessee Tech at Wisconsin Ohio Dominican January 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 9 p.m. 8 p.m. 1 at Valparaiso 7 Detroit 9Wright State 12Loyola 15 at Youngstown State 17 at Cleveland State 20UIC 23 at BracketBusters 26 at Green Bay 9 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. TBA 8 p.m. March 24 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 9:15 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 at Detroit 5 at Wright State 12Valparaiso 17 Cleveland State 19 Youngstown State 23 at UIC 25 Green Bay 30 at Loyola February 5-12Horizon League Tournament Horizon League games in Bold Pos. G F F G G F G G F G F F F F F Head Coach Rob Jeter Alma Mater:....................................................................................................................... UW-Platteville, 1991 Playing Career:..........................................................................................................UW-Platteville, 1987-91 Overall Record:........................................................................................................................................121-103 Milwaukee Record:................................................................................................................................121-103 Horizon League Record:...........................................................................................................................72-50 Horizon League Tournament Appearances/Record:...................................................................7/7-6 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Record:........................................................................................1/1-1 NIT Appearances/Record:.........................................................................................................................1/0-1 CBI Appearances/Record:.........................................................................................................................1/0-1 James Haarsma 5 9 11 17 19 24 25 December Player Jordan Aaron Kyle Kelm Joe Tagarelli Thierno Niang Paris Gulley Demetrius Harris Mitch Roelke Evan Richard J.J. Panoske Steve McWhorter# Quinton Gustavson Austin Arians James Haarsma Ryan Haggerty Christian Wolf 2012-13 Milwaukee Panthers Ht.Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School (Last School) 5-10 160 Jr. Bronx, N.Y. /Wings Academy (Southeastern CC) 6-9 210 Jr. Randolph, Wis./Randolph 6-6 200 Fr. Waunakee, Wis./Waunakee 6-1 205 Jr. Dakar, Senegal/Bridgton Academy (Triton College) 6-2 170 Sr. Peoria, Ill./Manual (Southeastern CC) 6-7 230 Sr. Jacksonville, Ark./Jacksonville (Mineral Area CC) 6-0 170 Jr. Waunakee, Wis./Waunakee 6-2 175 So. Kieler, Wis./Cuba City 6-10 225 Fr. Brodhead, Wis./Brodhead 6-2 185 Jr. Racine, Wis./St. Catherine’s (Indiana State) 6-9 200 Jr. Racine, Wis./Case 6-6 200 Fr. Stoughton, Wis./Madison Edgewood 6-7 230 Sr. Racine, Wis./St. Catherine’s (Evansville) 6-8 210 Sr. Glen Ellyn, Ill./Benet Academy 6-9 250 Sr. Kohler, Wis./Kohler (Florida Gulf Coast) # - Will sit out 2012-13 season due to NCAA transfer regulations (italics indicates returning starter) Location Milwaukee, Wisconsin Enrollment 30,000 Colors Black & Gold Chancellor Michael R. Lovell Athletic Director Andy Geiger Head Coach Rob Jeter Milwaukee Record 121-103 (8th season) Career Record 121-103 (7th season) Assistant Coaches Chad Boudreau, Duffy Conroy, Sharif Chambliss, Chip MacKenzie (DOBO) SID Kevin O’Connor Athletics Websitewww.uwmpanthers.com HLN Affiliate Time Warner Sports Milwaukee Horizon League Championships 2003, 2005, 2006 No. 1 3 5 10 14 15 20 22 23 25 33 34 42 44 45 TBA Kyle Kelm 2011-12 Results (20-14, 11-7 Horizon) November 12 SW Minnesota State..............................................W, 71-65 14 at Northern Illinois.................................................W, 59-57 Auto Owners Insurance Spartan Invitational 18 IUPUI..........................................................................W, 62-49 20 Texas Southern........................................................W, 73-38 23 at #rv/rv Michigan State....................................... L, 68-55 26 at Arkansas-Little Rock.........................................W, 59-54 December 1Loyola*........................................................................W, 59-41 3UIC* ..................................................................W, 73-71 (ot) 5 at DePaul...................................................................W, 87-76 10 at #rv/rv Northern Iowa........................................ L, 67-51 13 #14/15 Wisconsin.................................................... L, 60-54 17 Nebraska-Omaha (Klotsche)..............................W, 86-50 22 at #10/10 Marquette.............................................. L, 64-50 29 at Valparaiso*............................................................W, 57-55 31 at Butler*..................................................................... L, 54-50 Paris Gulley Milwaukee Notes: • The Panthers will play all of their home games at the on-campus Klotsche Center, which now seats approximately 3,400 fans. A number of improvements to the facility are underway, including the addition of video boards and digital signage. It was a move heralded by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: • “A little more than three months into the job of fixing an athletic department, Andy Geiger is seeing more clearly what he got himself into at UW-Milwaukee. And the view for those who value UWM athletics is getting a little better by the day. Already, he has gotten the men’s basketball team out of downtown and back on campus at the Klotsche Center.” • • • Senior Demetrius Harris was an All-State selection in both football and basketball while at Jacksonville High School in Arkansas. At 6-foot-7, 230 pounds, Harris had signed to play football at Arkansas State before choosing basketball. UWM must replace the production of All-League guard Kaylon Williams, and it appears that junior college transfer Jordan Aaron will have the first crack. Aaron played the past two seasons at Southeastern Community College, averaging 14.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.6 steals per contest his sophomore season. Part of Milwaukee’s success last season came in locking down the three-point line. Opponents shot just 29.1 percent from beyond the arc, the eight-best defensive mark in the nation last season. Overall, the Panthers’ effective defensive field-goal percentage of 46.1 percent ranked 44th in the country. January 3 at Western Michigan.............................................. L, 72-61 7 Green Bay*.................................................................W, 64-63 12 Wright State*............................................................W, 58-38 14 Detroit*.......................................................................W, 84-74 20 at Youngstown State*............................................. L, 68-66 22 at Cleveland State*.................................................. L, 83-57 26 Butler*.........................................................................W, 53-42 28 Valparaiso*.................................................................. L, 55-52 31 Youngstown State*.................................................. L, 73-65 February 4 at Green Bay*............................................................W, 81-75 10 at Detroit*................................................................... L, 58-57 12 at Wright State*......................................................... L, 70-46 14 Cleveland State*......................................................W, 86-84 18 Fairfield......................................................................W, 67-63 23 at UIC*.........................................................................W, 72-61 25 at Loyola*...................................................................W, 78-69 Horizon League Championship 28 (9) UIC.........................................................................W, 68-55 March 2 vs. (5) Butler............................................................... L, 71-49 CBI presented by Zebra Pen 13 at Texas Christian..................................................... L, 83-73 2011-12 Statistics 25 Quick Facts 2012-13 Schedule (all times eastern) November 7 UW-Platteville (Ex.) 11 UC Riverside Paradise Jam; U.S. Virgin Islands 16 vs. New Mexico 17-18 vs. George Mason/Mercer 1 9 TBA 24 Southeast Missouri 27 at Northern Illinois December 1 5 8 15 18 22 29 at Northwestern Roosevelt Colorado State Eastern Michigan at Western Illinois at Miami (Ohio) at Toledo January 2 Youngstown State 7 at Cleveland State 9Valparaiso 12 at Green Bay 16Loyola 19 at Detroit 23 Milwaukee 26 at Wright State 31 Green Bay February 26 4 p.m. TBA TBA 4 p.m. 8 p.m. TBA 8 p.m. 4 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 6 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. TBA 8 p.m. 2 Detroit 5-12Horizon League Tournament 2 p.m. TBA Horizon League games in Bold Pos. G G G G G G G/F F G G G C G F C F C Head Coach Howard Moore Alma Mater:............................................................................................................................... Wisconsin, 1995 Playing Career:..................................................................................................................Wisconsin, 1990-95 Overall Record:.............................................................................................................................................15-46 UIC Record:.....................................................................................................................................................15-46 Horizon League Record:..............................................................................................................................5-31 Horizon League Tournament Appearances/Record:...................................................................1/0-2 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Record:............................................................................................n/a NIT Appearances/Record:.............................................................................................................................n/a CBI Appearances/Record:.............................................................................................................................n/a Hayden Humes 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 Cleveland State 5 at Valparaiso 10 at Youngstown State 16 at Loyola 20 at Milwaukee 23 BracketBusters 26Wright State March Player Sammy Sutter Daniel Barnes Gabe Snider Joey Miller Gary Talton Marc Brown Austin Angel Hayden Humes Anthony Kelley Jay Parker Ngijol Songolo Matt Gorski Kelsey Barlow# Ahman Fells Josh Crittle Jake Wiegand Will Simonton 2012-13 UIC Flames Ht.Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School (Last School) 6-2 169 So. Bartlett, Ill./South Elgin 6-2 168 Sr. Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park-River Forest (Kaskaskia College) 6-4 175 Fr. Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young 6-3 170 So. Charleston, Ill./Charleston (Eastern Illinois) 6-1 163 Sr. Dallas, Texas/DeSoto (Mountain View CC) 6-4 198 So. Dallas, Texas/Woodrow Wilson 6-4 190 Fr. Wilmette, Ill./New Trier 6-8 216 Jr. Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso (Toledo) 6-6 189 Sr. Aurora, Ill./Aurora Central Catholic 5-10 169 So. Harvey, Ill./Thornton (Highland CC) 6-4 167 Fr. Madison, Wis./Memorial 7-0 244 Fr. Chesterfield, Va./Princeton Day Academy (Fishburne Military Academy) 6-5 200 Sr. Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral (Purdue) 6-5 183 So. Chicago, Ill./Simeon 6-9 260 Sr. Bellwood, Ill./Hales Franciscan (Central Florida) 6-8 224 Fr. Herndon, Va./Chantily (Fishburne Military Academy) 6-10 217 So. Vienna, Va./Fishburne Military Academy (George Marshall) # - Will sit out 2012-13 season due to NCAA transfer regulations (italics indicates returning starter) Location Chicago, Illinois Enrollment 24,541 Colors Navy Blue & Fire Engine Red Chancellor Paul Allen-Meares Director of Athletics James W. Schmidt Head Coach Howard Moore UIC Record 15-46 (3rd season) Career Record 15-46 (3rd season) Associate Head Coach Al Biancalana Assistant Coaches Donnie Kirksey, Stew Robinson, Drew Slempkes (DOBO) SID Brett McWethy Athletics Websitewww.uicflames.com HLN Affiliate Comcast SportsNet Chicago Horizon League Championships 2004, 2002, 1998 No. 0 1 2 3 4 10 11 13 20 23 25 30 31 33 34 40 44 Daniel Barnes UIC Flames (8-22, 3-15 Horizon) November 11 at Eastern Michigan................................................ L, 67-56 16 Roosevelt...................................................................W, 59-42 19 Quincy......................................................................... L, 65-61 23 Evansville...................................................................W, 79-75 26 at Toledo..................................................................... L, 82-67 December 1 at Green Bay*............................................................. L, 71-68 3 at Milwaukee*................................................... L, 73-71 (ot) 10 Northern Illinois......................................................W, 62-55 13 at Oregon State........................................................ L, 95-53 16 at Central Michigan................................................ L, 70-67 19 Western Illinois........................................................W, 57-56 23 at Dayton.................................................................... L, 64-57 29 Detroit*.......................................................................W, 63-59 31 Wright State*..................................................... L, 74-70 (ot) Gary Talton UIC Notes: • • • A year after bringing in nine newcomers to the roster, UIC adds eight newcomers to its ranks. Overall, UIC returns 65 percent of its scoring from the 2011-12 campaign. Senior Gary Talton was a Horizon League All-Newcomer Team selection last season after leading UIC in scoring, field goals made (122), free throw percentage (.867), free throws made (78) and assists per game (3.3). UIC added three high-profile transfers in the offseason. Joey Miller (Eastern Illinois) and Josh Crittle (Central Florida) will be immediately eligible for the Flames, while Kelsey Barlow (Purdue) will sit out this season. Miller scored 10.4 points per game in his freshman season with Eastern Illinois and was named the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Freshman of the Week on three occasions, while Crittle started 25 games at UCF. ESPN’s Andy Katz took notice of the Flames’ additions, writing: • “Howard Moore was an ambassador for UIC during the NBA draft combine. He was greeting NBA personnel and celebrating the practice facility that was getting plenty of air time on ESPNU. Well, Moore can’t exactly say the pre-draft camp being housed on his practice floor in early June was the reason, but he is a believer that it helped land Central Florida transfer Josh Crittle. Crittle, who is from Illinois, had one season left to play after transferring from Oregon and playing one season with the Knights ... The Flames also picked up Eastern Illinois’ Joey Miller immediately after his father, Mike, was fired as head coach. That means the Flames suddenly have two veteran players -- one inside and one outside -- to go with returning leading scorer and point guard Gary Talton, 3-point shooter Danny Barnes, four-man Hayden Humes and 7-foot newcomer Matt Gorski.” • January 5 at Cleveland State*.................................................. L, 73-56 7 at Youngstown State*............................................. L, 71-50 14 Loyola*........................................................................W, 58-51 19 Butler*.......................................................................... L, 57-49 21 Valparaiso*.................................................................. L, 60-55 25 at Wright State*......................................................... L, 69-63 27 at Detroit*................................................................... L, 70-66 February 2 Youngstown State*.................................................W, 72-68 5 Cleveland State*....................................................... L, 70-42 11 at Loyola*.................................................................... L, 78-69 14 at Valparaiso*............................................................. L, 74-65 18 at Eastern Illinois.....................................................W, 67-63 21 at Butler*..................................................................... L, 69-44 23 Milwaukee*................................................................ L, 72-61 25 Green Bay*.................................................................. L, 71-63 Horizon League Championship 28 at (4) Milwaukee...................................................... L, 68-55 Humes scored in double figures in seven-of the last nine games of the 2011-12 season, and led the Flames in rebounding in 10-of the final 12 contests. Humes shot 41.8 percent from three-point range last season, ranking sixth in the Horizon League. 2011-12 Statistics 27 2012-13 Valparaiso Crusaders No. 2 3 4 5 10 12 14 15 20 23 32 45 55 Player Jordan Coleman Will Bogan LaVonte Dority^ Bobby Capobianco Alex Rossi Ben Boggs Vashil Fernandez Erik Buggs Tommy Kurth Matt Kenney David Chadwick# Ryan Broekhoff Kevin Van Wijk Pos. G G G F G G F G G G F F F Ht.Wt. Yr. 6’4” 175 Jr. 6’1” 170 RS-Sr. 6’1” 195 Jr. 6’9” 250 RS-Jr. 6’6” 200 RS-So. 6’4” 195 Sr. 6’10” 220 So. 5’11” 155 RS-Sr. 6’1” 180 RS-Jr. 6’4” 205 Sr. 6’9” 220Jr. 6’7” 215 Sr. 6’8” 230 Sr. # - Will sit out 2012-13 season due to NCAA transfer regulations ^ - Will sit out first semester of 2012-13 season due to NCAA transfer regulations Hometown/High School (Last School) North Hollywood, Calif./Calabasas [Hawai’i (Southwestern Ill. College)] Boise, Idaho/Vallivue (Ole Miss) Chicago, Ill./Foreman (South Florida) Loveland, Ohio/Loveland (Indiana) Winnetka, Ill./New Trier (California) Roanoke, Va./Hidden Valley (Virginia Tech) Kingston, Jamaica/Princeton Day [Md.] Academy Memphis, Tenn./Mitchell Osceola, Ind./Penn Mooresville, Ind./Mooresville Charlotte, N.C./Hargrave Military Academy (Rice) Frankston, Victoria, Australia/Australian Institute of Sport Hoofddorp, Netherlands/Katholieke Scholengemeenschap Hoofddorp (italics indicates returning starter) Quick Facts Location Valparaiso, Indiana Enrollment 3,980 Colors Brown & Gold President Mark Heckler Athletics Director Mark LaBarbera Head Coach Bryce Drew Valparaiso Record 22-12 (2nd season) Career Record 22-12 (2nd season) Assistant Coaches Roger Powell Jr., Luke Gore, Jake Diebler, Will Phipps (DOBO) SID Aaron Leavitt Athletics Websitewww.valpoathletics.com HLN Affiliate Comcast SportsNet Chicago Horizon League Championships-- 2012-13 Schedule (all times eastern) October 8:05 p.m. 3 9 13 15 18 23 24 Robert Morris (Ill.) (Ex.) Georgia Southern Northern Illinois Joe Cipriano Nebraska Classic; Campus Sites at Nebraska at Kent State Chicago State Bethune-Cookman/Nebraska-Omaha 8:05 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 8 a.m. 2 5 8 15 17 20 22 29 at Saint Louis IPFW at New Mexico at Missouri State at Oakland IUPUI Purdue-Calumet at Murray State 4:30 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 9 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 7 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 2:35 p.m. 3 p.m. 2Loyola 4 Cleveland State 9 at UIC 12 at Milwaukee 17 at Detroit 19Wright State 23 Green Bay 30 at Youngstown State 8:05 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 1 Milwaukee 5UIC 9 at Cleveland State 12 at Wright State 16 Detroit 19 at Loyola 23BracketBusters 26 Youngstown State 9 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 2/4 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 8 p.m. TBA 8:05 p.m. December January February March 2 at Green Bay 5-12Horizon League Tournament 28 Horizon League games in Bold Alma Mater:...............................................................................................................................Valparaiso, 1998 Playing Career:..................................................................................................................Valparaiso, 1994-98 Overall Record:.............................................................................................................................................22-12 Valparaiso Record:......................................................................................................................................22-12 Horizon League Record:..............................................................................................................................14-4 Horizon League Tournament Appearances/Record:...................................................................1/1-1 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Record:............................................................................................n/a NIT Appearances/Record:.........................................................................................................................1/0-1 CBI Appearances/Record:.............................................................................................................................n/a Kevin Van Wijk 2012 First Team All-League 27 St. Joseph’s (Ind.) (Ex.) November Head Coach Bryce Drew 9 p.m. 2 p.m. 8:05 p.m. TBA 3 p.m. tba Erik Buggs 2011-12 Results (22-12, 14-4 Horizon) November 2k Sports Classic Benefitting Coaches vs. Cancer 7 at #16/16 Arizona.................................................... L, 73-64 11 at Georgia Southern..............................................W, 90-81 14 Holy Cross (Ind.)......................................................W, 88-38 2k Sports Classic Benefitting Coaches vs. Cancer 18 Akron..........................................................................W, 62-59 19 IU-Kokomo................................................................W, 79-48 20 Duquesne..................................................................W, 84-68 25 at #3/3 Ohio State................................................... L, 80-47 December 3 at Butler*............................................................W, 77-71 (ot) 7 at IPFW........................................................................ L, 85-76 10 Bowling Green.........................................................W, 82-79 17 Oakland....................................................................... L, 82-80 20 at Northern Illinois.................................................W, 59-48 23 at IUPUI (Conseco Fieldhouse)........................... L, 97-88 29 Milwaukee*................................................................ L, 57-55 31 Green Bay*.................................................................W, 90-87 Valparaiso Notes: • • • • Ryan Broekhoff 2012 Player of the Year Valparaiso returns all five starters from last year’s Horizon League regular season championship team, including 2012 Player of the Year Ryan Broekhoff. Broekhoff spent part of the summer playing with the Australia Boomers, participating in national team camp ahead of the Olympics and becoming one of the team’s last cuts ahead of the 30th Olympiad. Valparaiso’s front line will be bolstered by the addition of Bobby Capobianco and Vashil Fernandez this year. Copobianco sat out last season after transferring from Indiana, where he played in 57 games over two year, averaging 1.7 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. Fernandez sat out last season after not being cleared, but played this summer for the Jamaican National Team. The Crusaders will play an ambitious non-conference schedule, traveling to Nebraska, Murray State, Saint Louis, New Mexico and Missouri State among other trips. The schedule made ESPN’s Andy Katz take notice, writing: • “Valparaiso coach Bryce Drew is doing everything he can to put together a possible at-large schedule if the Crusaders don’t win the Horizon League automatic berth. Drew capped his schedule with a road game at Atlantic 10 favorite Saint Louis. Drew had already said the Crusaders will play at Murray State (OVC favorite) and New Mexico (MWC contender) in addition to possibly challenging games against Nebraska, Kent State, Oakland and Missouri State.” • Valparaiso will add three transfers to its roster, with Alex Rossi (California) receiving a waiver to play immediately and Jordan Coleman joining the program after stints at Hawai’i and Southwestern (Ill.) College. LaVonte Dority will be eligible at the semester after transferring from South Florida. Dority was ranked as a top-50 point guard coming out of Foreman High School in Chicago. Rossi was ranked as the 36th-best shooting guard nationally in the Class of 2010. January 6 at Detroit*..................................................................W, 73-71 8 at Wright State*......................................................... L, 73-55 13 Youngstown State*.................................................W, 76-62 15 Cleveland State*......................................................W, 72-66 19 at Loyola*...................................................................W, 69-48 21 at UIC*.........................................................................W, 60-55 26 at Green Bay*............................................................. L, 75-60 28 at Milwaukee*..........................................................W, 55-52 February 2Detroit*.......................................................................W, 78-73 4 Wright State*............................................................W, 63-54 9 at Cleveland State*.................................................W, 59-41 11 at Youngstown State*............................................. L, 71-53 14 UIC* ..........................................................................W, 74-65 17 at Loyola Marymount............................................ L, 61-53 21 Loyola*................................................................W, 66-62 (ot) 24 Butler*.........................................................................W, 71-59 March Horizon League Championship 3 (5) Butler....................................................................W, 65-46 6 (3) Detroit................................................................... L, 70-50 NIT 14 at (2) Miami................................................................ L, 66-50 2011-12 Statistics 29 2012-13 Wright State Raiders No. 0 3 4 5 11 15 20 22 23 24 30 34 44 45 Player Bobo Drummond Reggie Arceneaux Jerran Young Miles Dixon JT Yoho Kendall Griffin Steven Davis Cole Darling AJ Pacher Matt Vest Joe Bramanti Stephen Gossard Tavares Sledge Jacoby Roddy Daniel Collie Pos. G G F G F G F F F G G F F F G Ht.Wt. 5-11 175 5-9 160 6-6 190 6-1 180 6-6 220 6-4 210 6-7 190 6-8 200 6-10 245 6-5 200 6-2 195 6-6 205 6-9 225 6-5 210 5-11 175 Yr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Hometown/High School (Last School) Peoria, Ill./LaLumiere Academy New Orleans, La./Olympic Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill (McLennan CC) Missouri City, Texas/Elkins (Blinn CC) Solsberry, Ind./Eastern Greene Avon, Ind./Avon Indianapolis, Ind./Manual Holt, Mich./Holt Vandalia, Ohio/Butler Kettering, Ohio/Chaminade-Julienne Andover, Mass./Brewster Academy Waynesville, Ohio/Waynesville Mobile, Ala./Brookwood Peoria, Ill./Manual Parkersburg, W.Va./Catholic (italics indicates returning starter) Quick Facts Location Dayton, Ohio Enrollment 17,074 Colors Hunter Green & Gold President Dr. David Hopkins Director of Athletics Bob Grant Head Coach Billy Donlon Wright State Record 32-33 (3rd season) Career Record 32-33 (3rd season) Assistant Coaches Chris Moore, Scott Woods, Brendan Mullins, Bill Donlon, Sr. (DOBO) SID Bob Noss Athletics Websitewww.wsuraiders.com HLN Affiliate Time Warner Ohio Horizon League Championships2007 2012-13 Schedule (all times