Furman University - Southern Conference

Furman University - Southern Conference

Furman
University
Furman
Quick Facts
Dr. David Shi
President
Gary Clark
Director of Athletics
Location: ......................................... Greenville, S.C. 29613
Founded: ...................................................................... 1826
Enrollment: ................................................................. 2,630
Nickname: ............................................................. Paladins
Colors: . .................................................. Purple and White
President: . .................................................... Dr. David Shi
Athletics Director: ...................................... Dr. Gary Clark
Home Court (Capacity): . ........... Timmons Arena (1,998)
Press Row Phone: . ..................................... (864) 294-2376
Basketball Facts
2006-07 Record: ........................................................... 15-16
Conference Record (Place): . ................... 8-10 (4th South)
Home: ............................................................................... 9-5
Away: .............................................................................. 5-10
Neutral: . ........................................................................... 1-1
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ...................................... 8/2
Starters Returning/Lost: ................................................. 4/1
Media Relations
Director: .......................................................... Hunter Reid
E-mail: . .................................... Hunter.Reid@furman.edu
Office: ........................................................... (864) 294-2061
Basketball Contact: . ................................... Jordan Caskey
E-mail: . ................................ Jordan.Caskey@furman.edu
Office: ........................................................... (864) 294-2061
Fax: ................................................................ (864) 294-3620
Web-site: ................................ www.furmanpaladins.com
Primary Media
Greenville News (864-298-4135)
Ann Green (agreen@greenvillenews.com)
Spartanburg Herald-Journal (843-562-7273)
Todd Shanesy (todd.shanesy@shj.com)
The State (803-771-8473)
Pat Obley (pobley@thestate.com)
Anderson Independent-Mail (864-260-1238)
John Braiser (sports@andersonsc.com)
WYFF-TV (864-240-5265)
Geoff Hart (gshart@hearst.com)
WSPA-TV (864-576-7777)
Pete Yanity (pyanity@wspa.com)
WHNS-TV (864-213-2223)
Dan Bubany (dan.burbany@foxcarolina.com)
Radio Play-by-Play (864-294-3441)
Chuck Hussion (chuck.hussion@furman.edu)
Dr. Bill Pierce
Faculty Athletics Rep.
Elaine Baker
Senior Woman Admin.
Timmons Arena
Jordan Caskey
Men’s Basketball SID
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Arena: Timmons Arena
Capacity: 5,000
Season Opened: 1997-98
First Game: Furman vs. Northeastern Illinois, Dec. 30, 1997
First Furman Win: Furman 72, Northeastern Illinois 69 (Dec. 30, 1997)
All-Time Timmons Arena Record: 82-35 (.701)
Largest Crowd: 4,300 vs. South Carolina, Jan. 26, 1998
Largest Average Attendance: 2,110 in 1997-98 (21,097 in 10 games)
2007-08 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball
Paladins
2007-08 Paladins Roster
No.
0
1
3
5
11
14
15
20
21
32
33
41
50
Name Bobby Austin
Justin Dehm
Peter Carroll
Darryl Evans
Jordan Miller
George Brozos
Tony Anderson
Connor Nolte
Emmanuel Perry
Bryson Barnes
Noah States
Alex Opacic
Stanley Jones
Pos. G
G
G
G
G
F
G
F
F
F
F
F
F/C
Ht.
6-3
6-1
6-0
6-1
6-2
6-5
6-0
6-6
6-3
6-5
6-8
6-9
6-9
Wt. 200
182
175
183
170
235
180
195
200
200
202
210
240
Class
Fr.
Fr.
So.
So.
Fr.
Sr.
So.
Fr.
So.
Fr.
Fr.
So.
So.
Hometown/Last School
Cincinnati, Ohio/Lasalle
Peoria, Ill./Richwoods
Nashville, Tenn./ Christ Presbyterian
Spartanburg, S.C./Spartanburg Day School
Memphis, Tenn./ White Station
Thessaloniki, Greece/Reserve Christian (La.)
Greenville, S.C./J.L. Mann
Alpharetta, Ga./Milton
Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Hill
Atlanta, Ga./Westlake
Roanoke, Va./ Hargrave Military Academy
Bankstown, Australia/Austailian Institute of Sport
Miami, Fla./Monsignor Pace
2007-08 Schedule
Date.
Opponent
Time
Nov. 9
at UNC Asheville
7:00
Nov. 12
at Clemson
7:30
Nov. 17
at Saint Louis
TBA
Nov. 23
GEORGIA SOUTHERN*
7:00
Nov. 27
BOWLING GREEN
7:00
Dec. 1
at Elon*
7:00
Dec. 5
at Mercer
7:00
Dec. 15
at UNC Greensboro*
7:00
Dec. 20
vs. Northern Arizona*
7:30
(at Gossner Foods Classic, Logan, Utah)
Dec. 21
vs. TBD
(at Gossner Foods Classic)
Dec. 29
vs. Cal-State Fullerton
8:00
(at Shamrock Office Solutions Classic,
Moraga, Calif.)
Dec. 30
vs. TBD
(at Shamrock Office Solutions Classic)
Jan. 3
WESTERN CAROLINA*
7:00
Jan. 5
CHATTANOOGA*
4:00
Jan. 10
at Western Carolina*
7:00
Jan. 12
ELON*
4:00
Jan. 16
DAVIDSON*
7:00
Jan. 19
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON* 4:00
Jan. 24
APPALACHIAN STATE*
7:00
Jan. 26
at Georgia Southern*
7:30
Jan. 31
THE CITADEL*
7:00
Feb. 2
at Wofford*
3:00
Feb. 7
at Chattanooga*
7:00
Feb. 10
UNC GREENSBORO*
2:00
Feb. 16
at Davidson*
3:00
Feb. 18
WOFFORD*
7:00
Feb. 21
at Appalachian State*
7:00
Feb. 28
at The Citadel*
7:00
March 1
at College of Charleston*
6:00
March 7-10 at Southern Conference Tournament
(at North Charleston, S.C.)
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Junior forward/center Stanley Jones
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2006-07 Results (15-16, 8-10)
Date
Opponent
Result
Score
Leading Scorer
Nov. 11
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
W
88-69
26, Robby Bostain
Nov. 13
ERSKINE
W
67-55
23, Robby Bostain
Nov. 15
at Clemson
L
58-67
11, Moussa Diagne
11, George Brozos
Nov. 19
at Bowling Green
W
63-59
19, Robby Bostain
Nov. 22
at North Dakota State
L
58-60
27, Moussa Diagne
Nov. 28
at Vanderbilt
W
70-62
13, Gerad Punch
13, Eric Webb
Dec. 2
UNC ASHEVILLE
L
67-75
18, Eric Webb
Dec. 5
USC AIKEN
W
79-54
24, Eric Webb
Dec. 9
UNC GREENSBORO
L (OT)
86-91
26, Eric Webb
Dec. 16
at San Diego
L
70-81
16, Moussa Diagne
Dec. 19
at California
L
50-84
12, Stanley Jones
Dec. 30
MERCER
W
83-69
18, Jadee Jones
Jan. 3
CHATTANOOGA
W
69-56
20, Alex Opacic
Jan. 6
at Georgia Southern
L
70-72
17, Moussa Diagne
Jan. 10
DAVIDSON
L
63-71
13, Moussa Diagne
Jan. 13
at College of Charleston
L
55-67
24, Moussa Diagne
Jan. 15
WOFFORD
W
68-65
16, Robby Bostain
16, Eric Webb
Jan. 20
WESTERN CAROLINA
W
79-67
23, Robby Bostain
Jan. 22
THE CITADEL
W
63-59
20, Tony Anderson
Jan. 24
at Appalachian State
L
63-77
15, Tony Anderson
Jan. 27
at UNC Greensboro
L
54-69
12, Gerad Punch
Jan. 29
at Chattanooga
W
68-61
14, Gerad Punch
Feb. 3
APPALACHIAN STATE
W (OT)
76-72
28, Moussa Diange
Feb. 10
at Elon
W
69-64
19, Robby Bostain
Feb. 12
GEORGIA SOUTHERN
L
55-57
18, Robby Bostain
Feb. 17
at The Citadel
W
69-51
14, Jadee Jones
Feb. 19
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
L (OT)
77-80
34, Moussa Diagne
Feb. 22
at Davidson
L
57-75
14, Moussa Diagne
Feb. 25
at Wofford
L
67-76
16, Tony Anderson
March 1
vs. UNC Greensboro (SC)
W
73-71
18, Robby Bostain
March 2
vs. Davidson (SC)
L
68-91
16, Eric Webb
Leading Rebounder
10, Robby Bostain
8, Gerad Punch
8, George Brozos
8, Robby Bostain
10, Robby Bostain
6, Gerad Punch
12, Moussa Diagne
10, Robby Bostain
9, Gerad Punch
11, Robby Bostain
8, Stanley Jones
9, George Brozos
8, Gerad Punch
8, Moussa Diagne
6, Gerad Punch
4, Moussa Diagne
4, Eric Webb
4, Stanley Jones
8, Moussa Diagne
8, Gerad Punch
7, Gerad Punch
7, Gerad Punch
7, Eric Webb
8, Gerad Punch
5, Gerad Punch
5, Stanley Jones
5, Robby Bostain
5, Alex Opacic
5, Robby Bostain
8, Moussa Diagne
5, Gerad Punch
5, Moussa Diagne
6, Gerad Punch
6, Gerad Punch
6, Robby Bostain
14, Gerad Punch
7, Gerad Punch
7, Gerad Punch
9, Moussa Diagne
6, Robby Bostain
6, Moussa Diagne
2006-07 Statistics
Overall Statistics
Player
GP-GS Min.-Avg. FGM-FGA
Pct. 3FGM-FGAPct. FTM-FTA Pct. R-Off.R-Def.Rebs. Avg. PF FO A
Moussa Diagne 31-31 833 -26.9 151-316 .478 33-84 .393 76-93 .817 46 102 148 4.8 81 4 21 Robby Bostain 31-31 1,019-32.9 134-299 .448 22-65 .338 96-120 .800 32 133 165 5.3 67 1 102 Eric Webb 31-31 959-30.9 96-230 .417 68-164 .415 43-60 .717 13 78 91 2.9 69 3 136 Gerad Punch 31-30 894-28.8 94-187 .503 30-73 .411 30-41 .732 59 123 182 5.9 62 2 51 Alex Opacic 31-10 597-19.3 77-167 .461 18-64 .281 20-27 .741 36 45 81 2.6 60 1 23 Stanley Jones 31-21 637-20.5 65-140 .464 0-0 .000 36-69 .522 41 65 106 3.4 77 2 17 Tony Anderson
31-1 467-15.1 40-110 .364 26-65 .400 33-47 .702 10 21 31 1.0 61 0 52 Jadee Jones 30-0 463-15.4 43-109 .394 25-72 .347 19-23 .826 6 36 42 1.4 37 0 25 George Brozos 31-0 340-11.0 33-91 .363 14-46 .304 20-27 .741 25 43 68 2.2 43 1 15 Emmanuel Perry 2-0 2-1.0 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 Darryl Evans 19-0 69-3.6 4-11 .364 3-5 .600 3-8 .375 4 6 10 0.5 10 0 0 Grayson Glur 15-0 39-2.6 5-14 .357 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 6 9 0.6 11 0 2 Russ McFarland 1-0 0+-0.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Peter Carroll 3-0 2-0.7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Team
41 29 70 2.3
Total.
31 6,321
743-1,676 .443 239-639 .374 377-516 .731 316 688 1,004 32.4 579 14 444 Opponents
31 6,322
781-1,672 .467 181-534 .339 384-579 .663 319 696 1,015 32.7 551 - 393 TO Blk.
70 24 69 2 90 2 62 13 30 8 48 14 39 0 20 0 16 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 9
459 65 437 92 Stl. Points
17 411 41 386 44 303 33 248 10 192 14 166 15 139 11 130 14 100 0 3 2 14 3 10 1 0 0 0 Conference Statistics
Player
GP-GS Min.-Avg. FGM-FGA
Pct. 3FGM-FGAPct. FTM-FTA Pct. R-Off.R-Def.Rebs. Avg. PF FO A
Moussa Diagne 18-18 475 -26.4 93-188 .495 21-47 .447 42-53 .792 21 53 74 4.1 51 2 6 Robby Bostain 18-18 590-32.8 76-167 .455 13-42 .310 51-61 .836 13 74 87 4.8 40 0 61 Eric Webb 18-18 557-30.9 48-126 .381 33-96 .344 18-25 .720 4 44 48 2.7 43 3 73 Gerad Punch 18-18 559-31.1 48-107 .449 15-44 .341 14-22 .636 43 72 115 6.4 36 1 34 Tony Anderson 18-0 300-16.7 35-77 .455 24-48 .500 29-39 .744 6 11 17 0.9 36 0 33 Alex Opacic 18-8 370-20.6 46-95 .484 10-33 .303 14-19 .737 18 29 47 2.6 38 1 16 Stanley Jones 18-10 361-20.1 33-77 .429 0-0 .000 21-33 .636 21 37 58 3.2 46 1 10 Jadee Jones 18-0 261-14.5 28-68 .412 14-44 .318 16-19 .842 3 21 24 1.3 24 0 14 Emmanuel Perry 1-0 1-1.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 George Brozos 18-0 187-10.4 16-50 .320 7-27 .259 8-10 .800 11 22 33 1.8 21 0 11 Grayson Glur 5-0 11-2.2 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 0.6 2 0 1 Darryl Evans 11-0 49-4.5 1-6 .167 1-3 .333 2-4 .500 2 3 5 0.5 6 0 0 Russ McFarland 1-0 0+-0.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Peter Carroll 1-0 1-1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Team 25 24 49 2.7
Total
18 3,722
427-965 .442 138-384 .359 216-286 .755 167 394 561 31.2 343 8 259 Opponents
18 3,722
442-952 .464 113-318 .355 233-349 .668 185 407 592 32.9 312 6 223 TO Blk.
41 13 37 1 46 2 36 10 24 0 15 5 30 8 12 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
255 39 250 49 Stl. Points
12 249 23 216 27 147 20 125 10 123 9 116 9 87 5 86 0 3 8 47 1 4 2 5 1 0 0 0 54
2007-08 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball
Avg.
13.3
12.5
9.8
8.0
6.2
5.4
4.5
4.3
3.2
1.5
0.7
0.7
0.0
0.0
205 2,102 67.8
223 2,127 68.6
Avg.
13.8
12.0
8.2
6.9
6.8
6.4
4.8
4.8
3.0
2.6
0.8
0.5
0.0
0.0
127 1,208 67.1
121 1,230 68.3
Paladins
Jeff Jackson
Head Coach
Hometown:
Birth Date:
Education:
New York, N.Y.
May 1, 1961
B.S., Cornell, 1984
Coaching
Student Assistant, Cornell, 1983-85
Graduate Assistant, Southern California, 1985-86
Assistant, St. Bonaventure, 1986-89
Assistant, Colorado State, 1989-92
Assistant, Stanford, 1992-96
Head Coach, New Hampshire, 1996-99
Assistant, Vanderbilt, 1999-06
PERSONAL DATA
Jeffrey Gerard Jackson was born on May 1, 1961 in New York, N.Y. He attended St. Francis Prep, graduating in 1979. He and his wife, Carolyn, have
three children: Xavier, Jenai and Taylor.
EDUCATION
He earned a bachelor’s of science degree in industrial and labor relations at
Cornell in 1984.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
He served as a student assistant coach at his alma mater, Cornell, from 198385. He helped lead the junior varsity squad to records of 16-10 and 14-12.
AT FURMAN
Jackson is in his second season as head coach at Furman. He was named head
coach of the Paladins on April 24, 2006.
PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE
After spending two years as a student assistant coach at Cornell, Jackson
was a graduate assistant at Southern California in 1985-86. He served as an
assistant at St. Bonaventure from 1986-89 and worked as an assistant at Colorado State for three years (1989-92) where the Rams posted a 50-40 mark. He
was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Stanford for coach Mike
Montgomery from 1992-96. The Cardinal finished with a 65-51 mark during
his tenure. Jackson served a three-year stint as head coach at New Hampshire
from 1996-99. The Wildcats posted a 21-60 record. For the past seven years,
he was an assistant to coach Kevin Stallings at Vanderbilt. The Commodores
were 121-96 during that span. He is in his first season at Furman.
JACKSON’S YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
Year
School
Record
1996-97
New Hampshire
7-20
1997-98
New Hampshire
10-17
1998-99
New Hampshire
4-23
2006-07
Furman
15-16
New Hampshire Total
21-60
Furman Total
15-16
Career Total
36-76
SoCon
8-10
8-10
Coaching Staff
Assistant Coach:
Mark Price (Samford, 1998)
Assistant Coach:
James Strong (Vanderbilt, 2000)
Assistant Coach:
John Montgomery (Loyola Marymount ‘07)
All-Time Furman Coaches
Coach
W.L. Laval
A.W. Norman
A.P. McLeod
Flucie Stewart
Bob Smith
Selwyn Edwards
Lyles Alley
Melvin Bell
Frank Selvy
Joe Williams
Eddie Holbrook
Jene Davis
Butch Estes
Joe Cantafio
Larry Davis
Jeff Jackson
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Seasons
Years
1919-27
8
1927-28
1
1928-33
5
1933-35
2
1935-42
7
1944-45
1
1945-49, ‘50-66 20
1949-50
1
1966-70
4
1970-78
8
1978-82
4
1982-85
3
1985-94
9
1994-97
3
1997-06
9
2006-07
1
W
74
20
75
12
57
2
247
9
44
142
65
28
135
30
122
15
L
66
5
19
20
77
14
259
12
59
87
48
58
122
51
141
16
Pct.
.529
.800
.798
.375
.425
.125
.488
.429
.427
.620
.576
.368
.525
.370
.464
.483
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Furman Year-By-Year
Year
Overall
SoCon
Place
1908-09 3 1
1909-10 2 6
1910-11 2 1
1911-12 0 2
1912-13 1 4
1913-14 5 4
1914-15 0 3
1915-16 2 6
1916-17No team
1917-18No team
1918-19No team
1919-20 2 12
1920-21 2 11
1921-22 8 8
1922-23 14 10
1923-24 7 7
1924-25 9 5
1925-26 14 9
1926-27 19 4
1927-28 20 5
1928-29 11 6
1929-30 17 2
1930-31 17 2
1931-32 16 1
1932-33 14 8
1933-34 3 12
1934-35 9 8
1935-36 10 6
1936-37 8 7
1937-38 6 13
1938-39 7 17
1939-40 11 11
1940-41 4 13
1941-42 11 10
1942-44No Team
1944-45 2 14
1945-46 15 4
1946-47 9 10
1947-48 11 15
1948-49 8 14
1949-50 9 12
1951-52 18 6
1952-53 21 6
1953-54 20 9
6 1
2nd
1954-55 17 10
6 4
5th
1955-56 12 16
7 7
6th
1956-57 10 17
7 5
4th
1957-58 10 16
4 8
7th, tie
1958-59 14 12
5 7
6th
1959-60 9 16
6 7
6th
1960-61 15 11
6 7
5th
1961-62 15 12
8 5
3rd
1962-63 14 14
9 6
4th
1963-64 11 15
7 8
5th
1964-65 6 19
1 13
9th
1965-66 9 17
4 8
6th
1966-67 9 15
4 6
7th
1967-68 13 14
6 6
5th
1968-69 9 17
5 6
5th
1969-70 13 13
5 6
4th
1970-71 15 12
5 5
5th
1971-72 17 11
8 3
2nd
1972-73 20 9
11 2
2nd
1973-74 22 9
11 1
1st
1974-75 22 7
12 0
1st
1975-76 9 18
5 7
7th
1976-77 18 10
8 2
1st, tie
1977-78 19 11
7 5
4th, tie
1978-79 20 9
9 3
2nd
1979-80 23 7
14 1
1st
1980-81 11 16
8 8
6th, tie
1981-82 11 16
7 9
6th, tie
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Coach
No coach
No coach
No coach
No coach
No coach
No coach
No coach
No coach
W.L. Laval
W.L. Laval
W.L. Laval
W.L. Laval
W.L. Laval
W.L. Laval
W.L. Laval
W.L. Laval
A.W. Norman
A.P. McLeod
A.P. McLeod
A.P. McLeod
A.P. McLeod
A.P. McLeod
Flucie Stewart
Flucie Stewart
Bob Smith
Bob Smith
Bob Smith
Bob Smith
Bob Smith
Bob Smith
Bob Smith
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Melvin Bell
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Lyles Alley
Frank Selvy
Frank Selvy
Frank Selvy
Frank Selvy
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
Eddie Holbrook
Eddie Holbrook
Eddie Holbrook
Eddie Holbrook
Year
Overall
1982-83 9 20
1983-84 12 17
1984-85 7 21
1985-86 10 17
1986-87 17 12
1987-88 18 10
1988-89 17 12
1989-90 15 16
1990-91 20 9
1991-92 17 11
1992-93 11 17
1993-94 10 18
1994-95 10 17
1995-96 10 17
1996-97 10 17
1997-98 9 20
1998-99 12 16
1999-00 14 18
2000-01 10 16
2001-02 17 14
2002-03 14 17
2003-04 17 12
2004-05 16 13
2005-06 13 15
2006-07 15 16
Overall 1,0561,080
SoCon
Place
4 12
7th
7 9
6th
4 12
8th
5 11
7th, tie
10 6
4th
11 5
2nd
9 5
2nd
5 9
6th, tie
11 3
1st, tie
9 5
3rd, tie
8 10
6th, tie
6 12
8th, tie
6 8 4th, South
6 8 3rd, South
4 10 5th, South
5 9 4th, South
5 11 5th, South
5 10 6th, South
5 11 6th, South
7 9 5th, South
8 8 3rd, tie, South
8 8 4th, South
9 7 4th, South
8 7 4th, South
8 10 4th, South
437 491
Coach
Jene Davis
Jene Davis
Jene Davis
Butch Estes
Butch Estes
Butch Estes
Butch Estes
Butch Estes
Butch Estes
Butch Estes
Butch Estes
Butch Estes
Joe Cantafio
Joe Cantafio
Joe Cantafio
Larry Davis
Larry Davis
Larry Davis
Larry Davis
Larry Davis
Larry Davis
Larry Davis
Larry Davis
Larry Davis
Jeff Jackson
Furman in the NCAA Tournament (1-7)
3/13/71
3/10/73
3/9/74
3/14/74
3/16/74
3/15/75
3/12/78
3/6/80
Fordham
L
Syracuse
L
South Carolina W
Pittsburgh
L
Providence
L
Boston College
L
Indiana
L
No. 7 Tennessee L
105-74
83-82
75-67
81-78
95-83
82-76
63-62
80-69
Furman in the NIT (0-1)
3/15/91 West Virginia
L
2007-08 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball
86-67
East Regional
East Regional
East Regional
East Regional
East Regional
East Regional
East Regional
East Regional
First Round