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Table of Contents Media Information .................................................................................3–8 Media Policy .................................................................................................... 4 Bobcats Sports Network .................................................................................. 5 Media Outlets ...............................................................................................6-7 Quinnipiac Sports Information ....................................................................... 8 Coaching & Support Staff....................................................................9–18 Head Coach Tom Moore ........................................................................10–12 Assistant Coach Sean Doherty....................................................................... 13 Assistant Coach Eric Eaton ........................................................................... 14 Assistant Coach Scott Burrell ....................................................................... 15 Support Staff ...........................................................................................16–17 2010–11 Season Preview ...................................................................19–28 Alphabetical/Numerical Rosters ................................................................... 20 Roster Breakdown/Pronunciation Guide ...................................................... 21 2010–11 Season Outlook .......................................................................22–24 About The Northeast Conference ...........................................................25–26 NEC Composite Schedule.......................................................................27–28 Player Profiles .....................................................................................29–46 Opponents .........................................................................................47–54 2009–10 Season In Review ...............................................................55–66 Season In Review .....................................................................................56–57 Individual Team Statistics.............................................................................. 58 Box Scores ...............................................................................................59–66 History ...............................................................................................67–98 Year-by-Year Results ................................................................................68–77 Year-by-Year Win-Loss................................................................................ 78 All-Time Series Win-Loss.............................................................................. 79 All-Time & Division I Team Records .......................................................... 80 100 Points For & Against........................................................................81–82 All-Time Postseason Results .......................................................................... 83 Year-by-Year Category Leaders ...................................................................... 84 All-Time Conference Honors/Coaching Records ......................................... 85 All-Time & Division I Category Leaders ............................................ 86–91 All-Time Uniform Numbers...................................................................92–93 All-Time Letter Winners....................................................................... 94–95 Men’s Basketball Timeline ......................................................................96–97 QU Athletic Hall of Fame ............................................................................. 98 About Quinnipiac............................................................................ 99–112 Quinnipiac University................................................................................. 100 President John L. Lahey/President’s Cabinet .............................................. 101 Athletics Administration .................................................................... 102–105 Athletics Staff/Athletics Council ........................................................ 106–107 QU Athletics Year in Review ........................................................... 108–112 Credits The 2010–11 Quinnipiac University Men’s Basketball Media Guide is an official pub- lication of the Sports Information Department. Editor-in-Chief: Ken Sweeten. Editorial assistance provided by Greg Ott, Jack McDonald, Tom Moore and Sean Doherty. Production and design: Cynthia Greco. Graphic design and layout by Karen DeFelice. Copy editing assistance by Janet Waldman and Donna Pintek. Photography by John Hassett, Peter Aaron/ESTO, and courtesy of 2010–11 opponent institutions. Printing by Media Graphics. Special thanks to Lynn Bushnell and Thea Moritz from the Quinnipiac Office of Public Affairs, and Ron Ratner from the Northeast Conference. Quinnipiac University is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities and employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gen- der, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status or sexual orientation. General Information Location Hamden, Conn. Enrollment 8,200 including law and graduate students Founded 1929 President John L. Lahey Sr. Vice President for Student & Academic Affairs Mark A. Thompson Faculty Athletic Representative Sean Duffy Director of Athletics & Recreation Jack McDonald (Boston College ’73) Senior Associate Athletic Director Bill Mecca (Niagara ’78) Associate AD/SWA Tracey Flynn (Connecticut ’83) Associate AD/Athletic Training Ernie Hallbach (Connecticut ’89) Assistant AD/Academic Support Lyneene Richardson (Iowa ’96) Executive Director, TD Bank Sports Center Eric Grgurich (Stonehill ’97) Assistant AD/ Operations Andrew Castagnola (Quinnipiac ’03) Assistant AD/Intramurals Michael Medina (Maryland ’02) Assistant AD/Fitness & Wellness Tami Reilly (SCSU ’90) Assistant AD/Men’s Basketball Academic Support Alyssa Budkofsky (Connecticut ‘01) Assistant AD/Compliance Bob Tipson (Champlain ‘66) Assistant AD/Sports Information Ken Sweeten (So. New Hampshire ‘00) Coordinator of Financial Services Amy Terry (Quinnipiac ’96) Title IX Coordinate Sarah Steele Men’s Basketball Facts Head Coach Tom Moore (Boston University ’87) Record at Quinnipiac 53–41 (.564, theww years) Assistant Coaches Sean Doherty (Worcester State ’92) Eric Eaton (Massachusetts Dartmouth ’97) Scott Burrell (Connecticutb ‘10) Director of Basketball Operations Jonathan Iati (Albany ’07) Basketball Office Phone 203-582-3992 Arena (capacity) TD Bank Sports Center (3,254) TD Bank Press Row Phone 203-582-3955 Nickname Bobcats Colors Blue and Gold Conference Northeast Affiliation NCAA Division I 2009–10 Record 23-10 (15–3 NEC) Letter Winners Returning/Lost 8/2 Starters Returning/Lost 2/3 Newcomers 8 Sports Information Assistant Sports Information Director/Men’s Basketball Contact Greg Ott Office Phone 203-582-5387 Office Fax 203-582-5385 Email [email protected] Mobile Phone 203-859-8562 Assistant AD/Sports Information Ken Sweeten Office Phone 203-582-5387 Mobile Phone 203-859-8529 Email [email protected] Graduate Assistants Ross Bennett, Lindsay Oliveri Athletics Web Site www.quinnipiacbobcats.com >> QUICK FACTS

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>> QUICK FACTS Quinnipiac University is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities and employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gen- der, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status or sexual orientation. Quinnipiac University Athletics Celebrates Decade of Division I 2

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  • Table of Contents

    Media Information .................................................................................38Media Policy ....................................................................................................4Bobcats Sports Network ..................................................................................5Media Outlets ...............................................................................................6-7Quinnipiac Sports Information .......................................................................8Coaching & Support Staff ....................................................................918Head Coach Tom Moore ........................................................................1012 Assistant Coach Sean Doherty .......................................................................13Assistant Coach Eric Eaton ...........................................................................14Assistant Coach Scott Burrell .......................................................................15Support Staff ...........................................................................................1617201011 Season Preview ...................................................................1928Alphabetical/Numerical Rosters ...................................................................20Roster Breakdown/Pronunciation Guide ......................................................21201011 Season Outlook .......................................................................2224About The Northeast Conference ...........................................................2526NEC Composite Schedule .......................................................................2728Player Profiles .....................................................................................2946Opponents .........................................................................................4754200910 Season In Review ...............................................................5566Season In Review .....................................................................................5657Individual Team Statistics ..............................................................................58Box Scores ...............................................................................................5966History ...............................................................................................6798Year-by-Year Results ................................................................................6877Year-by-Year Win-Loss................................................................................ 78All-Time Series Win-Loss..............................................................................79All-Time & Division I Team Records ..........................................................80100 Points For & Against ........................................................................8182All-Time Postseason Results ..........................................................................83Year-by-Year Category Leaders ......................................................................84All-Time Conference Honors/Coaching Records .........................................85All-Time & Division I Category Leaders ............................................8691All-Time Uniform Numbers ...................................................................9293All-Time Letter Winners ....................................................................... 9495Mens Basketball Timeline ......................................................................9697QU Athletic Hall of Fame .............................................................................98About Quinnipiac ............................................................................ 99112Quinnipiac University.................................................................................100President John L. Lahey/Presidents Cabinet ..............................................101Athletics Administration .................................................................... 102105Athletics Staff/Athletics Council ........................................................ 106107QU Athletics Year in Review ........................................................... 108 112

    CreditsThe 201011 Quinnipiac University Mens Basketball Media Guide is an official pub-lication of the Sports Information Department. Editor-in-Chief: Ken Sweeten. Editorial assistance provided by Greg Ott, Jack McDonald, Tom Moore and Sean Doherty. Production and design: Cynthia Greco. Graphic design and layout by Karen DeFelice. Copy editing assistance by Janet Waldman and Donna Pintek. Photography by John Hassett, Peter Aaron/ESTO, and courtesy of 201011 opponent institutions. Printing by Media Graphics. Special thanks to Lynn Bushnell and Thea Moritz from the Quinnipiac Office of Public Affairs, and Ron Ratner from the Northeast Conference.

    Quinnipiac University is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities and employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gen-der, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status or sexual orientation.

    General InformationLocation Hamden, Conn.

    Enrollment 8,200 including law and graduate students

    Founded 1929

    President John L. Lahey

    Sr. Vice President for Student & Academic Affairs Mark A. Thompson

    Faculty Athletic Representative Sean Duffy

    Director of Athletics & Recreation Jack McDonald (Boston College 73)

    Senior Associate Athletic Director Bill Mecca (Niagara 78)

    Associate AD/SWA Tracey Flynn (Connecticut 83)

    Associate AD/Athletic Training Ernie Hallbach (Connecticut 89)

    Assistant AD/Academic Support Lyneene Richardson (Iowa 96)

    Executive Director, TD Bank Sports Center Eric Grgurich (Stonehill 97)

    Assistant AD/ Operations Andrew Castagnola (Quinnipiac 03)

    Assistant AD/Intramurals Michael Medina (Maryland 02)

    Assistant AD/Fitness & Wellness Tami Reilly (SCSU 90)

    Assistant AD/Mens Basketball Academic Support Alyssa Budkofsky

    (Connecticut 01)

    Assistant AD/Compliance Bob Tipson (Champlain 66)

    Assistant AD/Sports Information Ken Sweeten (So. New Hampshire 00)

    Coordinator of Financial Services Amy Terry (Quinnipiac 96)

    Title IX Coordinate Sarah Steele

    Mens Basketball FactsHead Coach Tom Moore (Boston University 87)

    Record at Quinnipiac 5341 (.564, theww years)

    Assistant Coaches Sean Doherty (Worcester State 92)

    Eric Eaton (Massachusetts Dartmouth 97)

    Scott Burrell (Connecticutb 10)

    Director of Basketball Operations Jonathan Iati (Albany 07)

    Basketball Office Phone 203-582-3992

    Arena (capacity) TD Bank Sports Center (3,254)

    TD Bank Press Row Phone 203-582-3955

    Nickname Bobcats

    Colors Blue and Gold

    Conference Northeast

    Affiliation NCAA Division I

    200910 Record 23-10 (153 NEC)

    Letter Winners Returning/Lost 8/2

    Starters Returning/Lost 2/3

    Newcomers 8

    Sports InformationAssistant Sports Information Director/Mens Basketball Contact Greg Ott

    Office Phone 203-582-5387

    Office Fax 203-582-5385

    Email [email protected]

    Mobile Phone 203-859-8562

    Assistant AD/Sports Information Ken Sweeten

    Office Phone 203-582-5387

    Mobile Phone 203-859-8529

    Email [email protected]

    Graduate Assistants Ross Bennett, Lindsay Oliveri

    Athletics Web Site www.quinnipiacbobcats.com

    >> QUICK FACTS

  • Quinnipiac University Athletics Celebrates Decade of Division I

    As the 2010 calendar year comes to a close, Quinnipiac will celebrate its first full decade (2000 - 2010) at the Division I level. The Bobcats have shown great success in a small period of time, immedi-ately announcing themselves on the Division I landscape with numerous NCAA Tournament appearances to the opening of the TD Bank Sports Center. Although Quinnipiac began Division I competition at the start of the 199899 season, the process began two years earlier when Quinnipiac President John L. Lahey sent a letter to the NCAA announcing Quinnipiacs intention to enter the countrys highest athletic division. Jack McDonald, director of athletics and recreation, said it was neces-sary to make the switch to Division I because of potential student-ath-letes and other applicants interested in Quinnipiac. Prospective students who were interested in Quinnipiac were also applying to Fairfield, Hartford, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, McDonald says. We found the general interest of Quinnipiac had risen from a Division II/III school to a Division I school. Since Quinnipiacs official entrance into Division I on Sept. 2, 1998, the athletic department has experienced tremendous growth. The coaching staffs have made the transition from part-time to full-time, and the Athletic and Recreation Center has doubled in size. In 12 years the number of full-time staff members increased from about 25 to 65. Perhaps the most visible change was the opening of the 185,000-square-foot TD Bank Sports Center in January 2007, home of the mens and womens basketball and ice hockey teams. Despite the added emphasis on athletics, Quinnipiac continues to hold a reputation for high academic standards. Numerous teams and individual stu-dent-athletes have been nationally recognized for their work in the classroom over the last decade. Every student-athlete goes to college for two reasons to get a degree and make the NCAA tournament, McDonald said. Our graduation rate and GPA is higher than the rest of the student body. Im very proud of that. Most student-athletes will never play professionally, but they all need their degree.

    Over the course of the 201011 season, Quinnipiac will recognized special moments and players from the Bobcats first full decade at the Division I level. Because there were so many deserving moments in the last decade, it was extremely difficult to narrow down the list. For example, was announcing the Bobcats as the Universitys new nickname on Aug. 27, 2002 one of the top moments, or the baseball team advancing to the 2005 NCAA Regionals against Texas? Maybe it was the mens and womens Ice Hockey teams invitation to ECAC Hockey on July 9, 2004, or was it the womens soccer team winning Quinnipiacs first-ever game at the Division I level in September 1998? The 2009-10 season alone could have produced three or top 10 moments with womens cross country winning a NEC-record sixth straight cham-pionship, mens basketball hosting the largest crowd in TD Bank Sports Center histor for the NEC Tournament Championship, mens ice hockey ranked fourth nationally or womens ice hockey hosting an ECAC Hockey Tournament series. Although the 200809 season marked the Universitys first 10 years competing at the Division I level, there is even higher potential for the current decade. With all the successes the teams accomplished in the past, there is room for greater achievements in the future including: increasing the teams graduation rate and GPA, increasing the number of teams that advance to NCAA tournaments, and win-ning NCAA tournament games. The importance of strong academics and athletics advancing together is essential for greater success at the Division I level. Weve become such a successful program with a beautiful campus, great facilities, student-athletes who excel academically and coaches who do a great job with the total well-being of the student-athlete, McDonald says. Its been a tremendous 10 years.

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  • 201011 MEDIA GUIDEThe 201011 Quinnipiac University Mens Basketball Media Guide is produced as a source of information for the media. Supplementary materials can be obtained either on the Web at www.quinnipiacbobcats.com or by contacting the sports information office.

    WORKING PRESS CREDENTIALSPress and photography credentials are issued to members of the working media only. These credentials can be obtained from the sports information office. Upon acceptance passes will be mailed or held at the ticket booth at the TD Bank Sports Center. Passes should be requested no later than 24 hours prior to a contest to ensure space availability.

    MEDIA PARKINGAll members of the media should plan to arrive at least one-half hour before the opening tip to ensure parking availability.

    PRESS ROW FACILITIES/SERVICESThe press row at the TD Bank Sports Center is accessible from the ground level entryway or the concourse. Per NCAA regulations, only credentialed members of the media, coaches, league officials and designated administra-tors are allowed into this area. All members of the working media will be provided with extensive game notes, statistics and rosters approximately 90 minutes before each contest. Box scores will be provided at the end of each half, while a complete statistical package will be distributed immediately fol-lowing the contest.

    POST-GAME INTERVIEWSA press conference will be conducted in the media lounge of the TD Bank Sports Center following a 10-minute cooling-off period. The Quinnipiac locker room is closed to the media both for home and road games. A member of the Quinnipiac sports information staff will assist you in the interview process. Interviews with opposing players must be arranged with the opposing teams SID. Reporters can file from press row following the game.

    INTERVIEW POLICIESAll requests for interviews must be conducted through the sports informa-tion office. Requests must be made at least one day in advance to allow the player/coach to be properly notified. At no time will the players telephone number be released to the media. However, if a telephone interview is necessary, arrangements can be made for the student-athlete to contact that member of the media. Interview requests for head coach Tom Moore should be submitted to Greg Ott, assistant spors information director and mens basketball contact, no later than 24 hours in advance.

    PRACTICE COVERAGEThe Quinnipiac mens basketball team practices at different times over the course of the week during the fall and spring semesters. All Quinnipiac play-ers and coaches are available for interviews prior to, or following, practice with proper notification to the sports information office. Interviews are not granted on game days unless there are extenuating circumstances.

    QU BASKETBALL ON THE AIRAll home regular-season mens basketball games can be seen and heard via live streaming at quinnipiacbobcats.com. AM 1220 WQUN is the flagship station for the Bobcats Radio Network and Quinnipiac mens basket-ball. In addition, AM 1220 WQUN also will broadcast Quinnipiac mens hockey in 2010 11. Nationally recognized CBS Network anchor/producer Bill Schweizer returns for his 13th season as the Bobcats play-by-play announcer, along with color analysts Bill Mecca and Bob Tipson.

    RADIO/TV INFORMATIONThe TD Bank Sports Center has phone lines available for visiting radio. Please contact the sports information office at least one week prior to a scheduled broadcast to ensure availability. Television crews are advised to shoot on the concourse level on either side of the general admission seating.

    WWW.QUINNIPIACBOBCATS.COMQuinnipiac mens basketball information is available on the Internet via www.quinnipiacbobcats.com. Game notes, schedules/results, statistics, ros-ters and game stories are available. Information about Quinnipiacs 20 other varsity sports also can be obtained on this site.

    TD BANK SPORTS CENTER

    Quinnipiac University, 305 Sherman Ave., Hamden, CT 06518 203-582-5212Mailing address: 275 Mount Carmel Ave. (YH-MKT) Hamden, CT 06518-1908

    Directions: From I-91: Take exit 10 (Route 40 connector) to Route 10 North (Whitney Avenue). Go for 3/4 mile and make a left onto Sherman Avenue. The sports center entrance is approximately 1/4 mile on the right.

    From Rt. 15 (Merritt Parkway): Take exit 61, Route 10 North (Whitney Avenue). Go for 2.7 miles and turn left onto Sherman Avenue. The sports center entrance is approximately 1/4 mile on the right.

    Web Site: www.quinnipiacbobcats.comUniversity Switchboard: 203-582-8200Directions to Quinnipiac: 203-582-8601Admissions: 800-462-1944 or 203-582-8600Press Row Phone: 203-582-3955

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  • THE BOBCATS SPORTS NETWORKQuinnipiac Universitys Bobcats Sports Network comprises a multimedia platform that includes television, radio and online broadcast components. The Quinnipiac University Department of Athletics has announced the 2010-11 television schedule for mens ice hockey and mens and womens basketball. The New England Sports Network will carry six games this season, including three mens basketball games, two mens ice hockey games and one womens ice hockey game. The Madison Square Garden network (MSG), as part of the Northeast Conference Television Schedule, will feature three mens basketball games and two womens basketball games

    The Bobcats Sports Network consists of flagship radio station AM 1220 WQUN, which can be heard in Hamden and New Haven, Conn., as well as audiocasts available on www.quinnipiacbobcats.com and www.wqun.com. WQUN broadcast nearly all home and away games for mens ice hockey and basketball.

    The Bobcats Sports Network also features numerous game highlights, comments and post-game shows on Apple iTunes, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.

    All home regular-season games at the TD Bank Sports Center (mens and womens ice hockey and basketball) can be seen and heard via live and archived video streaming through the Bobcat Channel at www.quinnipiac-bobcats.com. Live streaming is available through a paid game-by-game sub-scription, while archived broadcasts can be accessed at no cost.

    Nationally recognized CBS Network anchor/producer Bill Schweizer returns for his 13th season as the Bobcats mens and womens basketball, and mens ice hockey play-by-play announcer. The 38-year broadcasting veteran has held numerous anchor and reporter experiences in several sports and high-profile events. Schweizer has broadcast seven Olympiads, including the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles and the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, and served as a radio play-by-play announcer for NFL Sunday Night Games.

    As a baseball broadcaster Schweizer has handled radio play-by-play for the MLB Game of the Week and served as co-host alongside former Detroit

    Tigers great Alan Trammel on Inside Pitch, a two-hour baseball talk show that aired prior to the Sunday Night Baseball Broadcast on the CBS Radio Network. Schweizer continued his in-studio work as an anchor on ESPN Radio Sports Center and host of the 1997 ESPN Radio American League Championship Series broadcasts. He was also a play-by-play announcer for NCAA Basketball Regional action and the voice of the 1985 Villanova Wildcats during their NCAA National Championship season.

    Joining him in the broadcast booth as color analyst during basket-ball games again this year will be Bill Mecca, who serves as Quinnipiac Universitys senior associate athletic director. Mecca also will provide on-camera interviews from ice level during hockey contests. The former mens basketball head coach at Quinnipiac from 199196, Mecca has been an athletics department staff member since 1978 and is responsible for all inter-nal operations of the program. From 197891 Mecca served as the mens basketball assistant coach, mens tennis head coach and assistant director of athletics. Mecca is also the founder of the Quinnipiac Roundball Golf Tournament, which has generated more than $100,000 in contributions to the athletic department over the past 15 years.

    Fox 61 WTIC-TV Sports Director Rich Coppola will assume analyst duties for the mens ice hockey television broadcasts. Jayme Parker will also return this year to handle all side line reporting duties for mens and womens baseketball.

    In 2009, Bobcats Unleashed in HD debuted on NESN. The HD broadcast was teh first of its kind for a New England college broadcast and was the brain child of Peter Sumby, associate director of the Ed McMahon Communications Center, and Jack McDonald, director of athletics and rec-reation, and was enthusiastically endorsed by NESN. Bobcats Unleashed fea-tures Quinnipiac student-athletes, coaches and staff and is produced in high definition by Sumby and numerous undergraduate and graduate students from Quinnipiacs school of communication.

    BILL SCHWEIZER BILL MECCA

    201011 QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY TELEVISION SCHEDULE Sport Date Opponent Time StationBobcats Unleashed in HD Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010 2:30 p.m. New England Sports Network (NESN) Mens Basketball Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010 Vermont 3 p.m. NESNBobcats Unleashed in HD Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 6:30 p.m. NESNMens Ice Hockey Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 Princeton 7 p.m. NESNBobcats Unleashed in HD Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010 6:30 p.m. NESNMens Ice Hockey Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010 UMass 7 p.m. NESNBobcats Unleashed in HD Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 2:30 p.m. NESNWomens Basketball Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 Vermont 3 p.m. NESNMens Basketball Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010 Rhode Island 3 p.m. NESNMens Basketball Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011 Central Connecticut 4 p.m. NESNMens Basketball Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 Robert Morris 7 p.m. Madison Square Garden Network (MSG)Womens Basketball Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 Sacred Heart 5 p.m. MSGMens Basketball Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 Sacred Heart 7:30 p.m. MSGMens Ice Hockey Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 Yale 7 p.m. Comcast New EnglandMens Basketball Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 Fairleigh Dickinson 4 p.m. MSG

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  • PRINT MEDIA

    New Haven Register40 Sargent DriveNew Haven, CT06511-5918Phone: 203-789-5657Fax: 203-789-5253Sports Editor: Sean BarkerCollege Sports Writer: Bill CloutierE-mail: [email protected]

    Connecticut Post410 State StreetBridgeport, CT 06604Phone: 203-330-6210Fax: 203-334-6935Sports Editor: Gary RogoE-mail: [email protected]

    Hartford Courant285 Broad StreetHartford, CT 06115Phone: 800-524-4242, ext. 6764Fax: 860-241-6600College Basketball Writer: Tom YantzE-mail: [email protected]

    The Associated Press(Hartford)55 Farmington Ave.,Suite 402

    Hartford, CT 06105Phone: 860-246-6876Fax: 860-727-4003Sports Director: Pat Eaton-Robb

    The Boston Globe135 Morrissey Blvd.Boston, MA 02107Phone: 800-232-2860Fax: 617-929-2670

    Boston HeraldOne Herald SquareBoston, MA 02106Phone: 800-234-5680Fax: 617-619-6655

    The Stamford Advocate75 Tresser Blvd.Stamford, CT 06904Phone: 203-964-2275Fax: 203-964-2345Sports Editor: Bob Kennedy

    The WaterburyRepublican-American389 Meadow StreetWaterbury, CT 06722Phone: 800-992-3232, ext. 355Fax: 203-596-9277Sports: Mark Jaffee

    Elm City Newspapers349 New Haven AvenueMilford, CT 06460Phone: 203-876-6800Fax: 203-877-4772Sports Editor: Vinny Salzo

    Shore Line Newspapers85 Wall Street,P.O. Box 608Madison, CT 06443Phone: 203-245-0839Fax: 203-245-9437Sports Editor: Hal Levy

    Record-Journal11 Crown StreetMeriden, CT 06450Phone: 203-317-2206Fax: 203-639-0210Sports Editor: Bryant Carpenter

    The ChronicleQuinnipiac University275 Mount Carmel Ave.,P.O. Box 10Hamden, CT 06518-1908Phone: 203-582-5251, ext. 8358Fax: 203-582-8098

    (L to R): Bill Mecca, Quinnipiac President John Lahey, Bill Schweizer

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  • BROADCAST MEDIA

    WQUN AM-1220Bill Schweizer275 Mount Carmel AvenueHamden, CT 06518-1908Phone: 203-582-8984Fax: 203-582-5372

    WTNH-TV 8 (ABC)Noah Finz8 Elm StreetNew Haven, CT 06510Phone: 203-784-8842Fax: 203-787-9698

    WTIC-TV 61 (FOX)Rich CoppolaOne Corporate CenterHartford, CT 06103Phone: 800-788-0852Fax: 860-293-0178

    WVIT-TV 30 (NBC)Kevin Nathan1422 New Britain Ave.West Hartford, CT 06110Phone: 860-521-8619Fax: 860-521-4860

    WFSB-TV 3 (CBS)Joe Zone3 Constitution PlazaHartford, CT 06103Phone: 860-244-1708Fax: 860-728-0263

    News 12 CT (Indep.)28 Cross StreetNorwalk, CT 06851Phone: 203-849-1321Fax: 203-849-1327

    New England Sports Network (NESN)400 Arsenal Street, Building 1Watertown, MA 02472Phone: 617-536-9233Fax: 617-536-7814

    Q30Peter Sumby275 Mount Carmel AvenueHamden, CT 06518-1908Phone: 203-582-8974Fax: 203-582-5310

    Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network (QBSN)Corey Hersch & Alex Birsch275 Mount Carmel AvemueHamden, CT 06518-1908Email: [email protected]

    NESN sideline reporter Jayme Parker Fox 61 sports anchor and mens ice hockey analyst Rich Coppola

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  • | MEDIA INFORMATION | COACHING STAFF | SEASON PREVIEW | PLAYERS | OPPONENTS | SEASON IN REVIEW | HISTORY | ABOUT QU |

    200708 NEC FINAL STANDINGS

    QUINNIPIAC SPORTS INFORMATION

    Ken SweetenAssistant Athletic Director/Sports InformationOffice Phone: 203-582-8625Mobile Phone: 203-859-8529TD Bank Sports Center Email: [email protected]

    Ken Sweeten begins his fifth year at Quinnipiac University and his fourth year as the Bobcats sports information director.

    Sweeten was originally hired by Quinnipiac in November 2006 as the assistant sports information direc-tor. In that role he served as the primary media and public relations contact for mens basketball, baseball, mens soccer and golf, as well as assisting the sports information director with the day-to-day operation of the department.

    In his current role, Sweeten oversees all sports information department operations for Quinnipiacas 21 NCAA Division I teams, two graduate assistants and an assistant sports information director. Sweeten also coor-dinates much of the content management for Quinnipiacs athletic web site, www.quinnipiacbobcats.com.

    Sweeten handles all communications duties related to Quinnipiacs nationally ranked mens ice hockey team and continues to cover baseball and field hockey.

    Prior to joining Quinnipiac, Sweeten was director of athletic media relations/sports information at Pace University, a NCAA Division II Northeast-10 Conference institute in Pleasantville, N.Y. Before Pace Sweeten was the sports information assistant at Southern Connecticut State University, also a Northeast-10 Conference school, in New Haven, Conn.

    A graduate of Southern New Hampshire University, formerly New Hampshire College, Sweeten graduated in 2000 with a bachelor of science degree in sport management with a concentration in marketing and pro-motions. While at SNHU, Sweeten was a four-year equipment manager for the Penmens baseball team as well as the official scorekeeper for the schools baseball, and mens and womens basketball programs.

    Sweeten is also a seven-year member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and a 13-year member of the Greater New Haven Baseball Umpires Association.

    Ross BennettGraduate AssistantOffice Phone: 203-582-5387Email: [email protected]

    Lindsay OliveriGraduate AssistantOffice Phone: 203-582-5387Email: [email protected]

    Greg OttAssistant Sports Information DirectorOffice Phone: 203-582-5387Mobile Phone: 203-859-8562Email: [email protected]

    Greg Ott rejoined the Quinnipiac University Sports Information staff in December 2007 in his current posi-tion as assistant sports information director. He previously spent five months as an intern associate for ath-letics communications at Iowa State

    University after two years as a graduate assistant at Quinnipiac. Ott currently serves as the primary media relations contact for the

    Quinnipiac mens basketball, mens lacrosse, volleyball and mens and womens tennis programs. In his first stint in Hamden, Ott handled media relations efforts for the womens basketball, womens soccer, soft-ball, and mens and womens tennis teams.

    At Iowa State, Ott was the primary contact for the Cyclones womens soccer and gymnastics programs. He also assisted with game day opera-tions for the Iowa State football and mens and womens basketball pro-grams. In addition to writing and designing media guides, Ott prepared feature stories, took action and still photography, and shot a variety of video for cyclones.com, the official Iowa State athletics web site. A 2005 graduate of Springfield (Mass.) College with a double-major in communi-cations/sports journalism and English, the Oxford, Conn. native served as editor-in-chief of The Student, Springfields student newspaper. Ott is also nearing completion of a masters degree in journalism at Quinnipiac.

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    Tom MooreHead CoachFourth YearBoston University 87

    Now in his fourth sea-son, Tom Moore has led Quinnipiac to new heights, both on the court and in the classroom, in his three years as head coach of the Bobcats. Named the 2010 Jim Phelan Northeast Conference Coach of the Year by his peers, Moore led the Bobcats to an unprecedented 23 victories in 2010. He guided the Bobcats to the programs firstever NEC Regular Season Championship and national postseason tour-nament berth (NIT). Under Moores tutelage, Justin Rutty was named the programs firstever NEC Player of the Year. Rutty and James Feldeine were also named to the allleague first team under Moores direction.

    A large part of the Bobcats success in 200910 was their prow-ess on the boards. Quinnipiac was one of four teams Kansas, Kentucky and Radford to finish the year in the top 10 in the country in both rebounding margin and rebounds per game. Quinnipiac finished the year behind only Michigan State (+8.6) in rebound margin at +8.5, while taking 10th in the nation in rebounds per game at 40.4. Individually, Rutty finished second in the nation in offensive rebounds per game (4.9) for the second con-secutive year.

    In the classroom, Moore has led the greatest turnaround of any team in NCAA Division I during his threeyear tenure as head coach. According to a study prepared by FoxSports.coms Jason Belzer, the Bobcats have increased their Academic Progress Rate (APR), as compiled by the NCAA, by 219 points, more than any other program in the nation in that time.

    In 200809, Moore was named the CollegeInsider.com Northeast Conference Coach of the Year after guiding Quinnipiac a fifthplace finish in the NEC standings despite a rash of injuries. Quinnipiac upset No. 4 Long Island in the NEC Tournament on the Blackbirds home court before losing to eventual NEC Tournament Champion Robert Morris.

    Moore also guided three players to AllNEC accolades in 200809. Junior James Feldeine and sophomore Justin Rutty became the first Quinnipiac duo to lead the conference in scoring and rebound-ing, respectively. Rutty received First Team recognition, while Feldeine was named to the Second Team and receiving the first Northeast Conference Most Improved Player Award in the leagues

    history. Freshman James Johnson was also named to the AllNEC Rookie Team. Landing Rutty on the first team and Johnson on the allrookie team, marked the second consecutive year that Moore had a player on each team.

    In addition to oncourt honors, Moore was recognized by sev-eral members of the media for his coaching expertise. On March 19, 2009, he was an instudio guest on WFANs Miked Up with host Mike Francesa. Moore appeared on the show to discuss the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament. Hes also been a regular on ESPN Radio 1410/1300 (Hartford/New Haven), appearing on The Back Page with Jason Page every Wednesday afternoon for the past two years. He also had a weekly spot on WICC600s College Hoops Talk with Terry OConnor for two seasons.

    The Bobcats finished the 200708 season at 1515 overall as Moore guided Quinnipiac to its first nonlosing season since 200203. Its 117 mark in Northeast Conference play helped the Bobcats to a tie for fourth place in the conference standings. Under Moores tutelage, DeMario Anderson was named FirstTeam AllNEC, while Evann Baker earned AllRookie Team recognition.

    A new chapter in the history of the Quinnipiac University mens basketball program commenced on March 29, 2007, when Moore was introduced as the sixth head coach in the 55year history of the team. Moore brought two decades of collegiate coaching experience to Quinnipiac and took over as the Bobcats coach after spending the previous 13 years as a member of the coaching staff at the University of Connecticut.

    During his time in Storrs, Conn., Moore helped build UConn into a national powerhouse and played a major role in guiding the Huskies to the 1999 and 2004 NCAA Division I Mens National Championships. Moore received accolades from several prominent sportscasters, such as Dick Vitale, Sean McDonough and Len Elmore, recognizing him as a top head coaching prospect for several years. Moore had also been mentioned by such national outlets as ESPN, Sports Illustrated and FoxSports as a candidate for a wide range of coaching positions over his final several seasons at UConn.

    Under Hall of Fame head coach Jim Calhoun, Moore also helped lead perennially nationally ranked UConn to a 34099 overall record in 13 seasons, as well as eight Big East regularseason titles, five Big East tournament crowns, and 12 straight national postseason tournament bids (19952006).

    In his first seven years at UConn, his duties centered around the development of game strategy, practice planning and the organiza-tion of the Jim Calhoun Basketball Camp. In April 2001, Calhoun promoted Moore and his responsibilities then shifted more towards recruiting over the next three seasons. On October 10, 2005, Moore was named UConns associate head coach, a title he carried for his last two seasons in Storrs.

    Recognized as one of the top recruiters and evaluators of talent in the country, Moore either recruited or coached numerous cur-rent NBA players including Ray Allen, Richard Hamilton, Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon, Rudy Gay, Caron Butler, Charlie Villanueva, Marcus Williams, Jake Voskuhl, Hilton Armstrong, AJ Price,

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    Fourth season as Quinnipiac Mens Basketball Head Coach

    Named 2010 Jim Phelan Northeast Conference Coach of the Year

    Led Quinnipiac to program-record 23 victories and the Bobcats first-ever NEC Regular Season Championship and national post-season tournament berth (NIT).

    CollegeInsider.com Northeast Conference Coach of the Year in 200809

    Had a player on the All-NEC First Team and All-Rookie Team in each of the last two seasons

    Became the first Quinnipiac coach to begin his tenure with a non-losing season since Burt Kahn

    Spent 13 seasons as a member of the coaching staff at the University of Connecticut, earning a national reputation as a top recruiter and evaluator of talent

    While at UConn, helped the Huskies compile an overall record of 340100 and capture the 1999 and 2004 NCAA Division I Mens Basketball National Championships

    The Huskies garnered eight Big East regular-season titles, five Big East Tournament crowns and earned 12 straight national postsea-son tournament bids (19952006)

    Recruited and/or coached numerous current NBA players including Ray Allen, Richard Hamilton, Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon, Rudy Gay, Caron Butler, Charlie Villanueva, Marcus Williams, Jake Voskuhl, Hilton Armstrong AJ Price, Hasheem Thabeet and Jeff Adrien.

    Prior to UConn, served as head coach at Division III Worcester (Mass.) State College for five seasons (198994)

    Became the youngest head coach of a collegiate program in New England when he was appointed at Worcester State (24 years old)

    Compiled a record of 7659 as a head coach at Worcester State, the winningest five-year period in the schools history

    His 199293 club was named the regions Most Improved Team by the New England Basketball Coaches Association and earned an ECAC Tournament berth

    The 199394 Worcester State team earned a spot in the NCAA Division III National Tournament

    Served as an assistant coach at Division II Assumption College (Mass.) during the 198889 season and Worcester State in 198788, when he began his coaching career

    As a coach at the collegiate level, his teams totaled an overall mark of 456202 (.693)

    BS, Boston University, journalism, 1987

    >> THE TOM MOORE FILEHasheem Thabeet and Jeff Adrien. The Huskies currently claim the most active NBA players (14) of any Division I program in the country. UConns 2004 recruiting class, which included Villanueva, Williams and Boone, was the consensus #1 recruiting class by every major recruiting publication.

    Prior to joining the staff at UConn, Moore served as the head coach at Worcester State College for five seasons (198994). At the time of his appointment, he became the youngest (24 years old) head coach of a collegiate program in New England. In his five years at the helm of the Lancers, Moore compiled a record of 7659, the winningest fiveyear period in the schools history. His 199293 club, after posting a record of 198, was named the regions Most Improved Team by the New England Basketball Coaches Association and earned an ECAC Tournament berth. A year later, the 199394 team earned a spot in the NCAA Division III National Tournament by defeating Salem State in the MASCAC Tournament Championship Game. The tournament berth marked the first time Worcester State reached the NCAA Tournament in nearly 20 years. At Worcester State, Moore directed a highscoring, fastpaced style of play, annually ranking WSC among the NCAA Division III leaders in scoring.

    Moore also gained coaching experience as an assistant at Division II Assumption College (198889) and Worcester State (198788). During his two decades as either an assistant or head coach at the collegiate level, Moore has assembled a career mark of 441187 (.702). Moore began his collegiate coaching career at 22 at Worcester State College under Paul Baker. His responsibilities in his first year were all encompassing including scouting, recruiting and practice planning. After one season there, he moved across town to Division II Assumption College where he worked for head coach Jack Renkens. There he was the New England Prep School recruiting coordinator and worked with the backcourt players in Renkens uptempo, fastpaced style of play.

    A 1987 graduate of Boston University, Moore was selected to his post at Quinnipiac following an exhaustive nationwide search coordinated by DHR International, a leading, privately held provider of executive search solu-tions with more than 40 whollyowned offices spanning the globe.

    Moore currently resides in Tolland, Conn. with his wife, Eileen, and three daughters, Elizabeth Rose, Catherine Grace, and Caroline Mary.

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    Tom Moore Year-by-Year Win-Loss

    As Head Coach At Quinnipiac

    School Year Overall Home Away Neutral NEC Home Away

    Quinnipiac 200708 1515 77 88 00 117^ 54 63

    200809 1516 67 97 02 108^ 54 54

    200910 2310 141 89 10 153^ 90 63

    Totals 3 years 5341 2715 2524 12 3618 198 179

    ^ Northeast Conference

    As An Assistant Coach At ConnecticutSchool Year Overall Home Away Neutral BIG EAST Home Away

    Connecticut 199495& 285 141 82 62 162 81 81

    Connecticut 199596&@ 302 150 101 51 171 90 81

    Connecticut 199697 1815 127 45 23 711 36 45

    Connecticut 199798&@ 325 170 73 82 153 90 63

    Connecticut 199899*&@ 342 132 110 100 a162 72 90

    Connecticut 19992000 2510 133 64 63 106 53 53

    Connecticut 200001 2012 162 18 32 88 71 17

    Connecticut 200102&@ 277 132 73 72 133 80 53

    Connecticut 200203& 2310 142 56 42 106 62 44

    Connecticut 200304*@ 336 171 64 101 124 71 62

    Connecticut 200405& 238 143 73 22 133 62 71

    Connecticut# 200506& 304 160 82 62 142 80 62

    Connecticut# 200607 1714 155 28 01 610 44 26

    Totals 13 Years 340100 18928 8249 6923 15761 8722 7138

    # Associate Head Coach * NCAA Division I National Champions & Big East Regular Season Champions @ Big East Tournament Champions

    As Head Coach At Worcester StateSchool Year Overall Home Away Neutral MASCAC Home Away

    Worcester State 198990 1215 4-7 5-5 3-3 4-8 1-5 3-3

    Worcester State 199091 1611 9-1 4-6 3-4 8-4 5-1 3-3

    Worcester State 199192 1115 7-4 1-10 3-1 2-10 2-4 0-6

    Worcester State 199293 198 8-3 10-3 1-2 8-4 4-2 4-2

    Worcester State 199394 1810 11-3 4-6 3-1 7-5 4-2 3-3

    Totals 5 Years 7659 39-18 24-30 13-11 29-31 16-14 13-17

    As An Assistant Coach At AssumptionSchool Year Overall Home Away Neutral NE-10 Home Away

    Assumption 198889 1711 114 57 10 108% 63 45

    Totals 1 Year 1711 114 57 10 108 63 45

    % Northeast10 Conference

    As An Assistant Coach At Worcester StateSchool Year Overall Home Away Neutral MASCAC Home Away

    Worcester State 198788 818 4-5 1-12 3-1 4-8 3-3 1-5

    Totals 1 Year 818 4-5 1-12 3-1 4-8 3-3 1-5

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    Sean DohertyAssistant CoachFourth SeasonWorcester State (Mass.) College 92

    Sean Doherty brings more than a decade of collegiate coach-ing experience into his fourth season as an assistant coach on Tom Moores staff. Dohertys vast coach-ing experience has produced seven NCAA Tournament appearances and countless allconference players. Most recently, he served as the head coach at Salem State (Mass.) College for four years.

    Doherty started his coaching career at Worcester (Mass.) Stateas an assistant to Tom Moore in 1993 after concluding a solid fouryear playing career at WSC. Doherty later served as an assistant coach with two traditionrich Division I programs, the College of the Holy Cross (19992003) and Western Kentucky (2003).

    The Worcester, Mass., native took Salem State to new heights over the course of his four seasons. The Vikings posted a 9120 mark (.820) during that stretch and reached the NCAA Division III tournament three times. In 200607, Doherty led Salem State to a 243 mark and the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference (MASCAC) regularseason and tournament titles. The Vikings also recorded a 17game winning streak during the course of the campaign and went a perfect 120 in league play during the regular season. In all, Salem State recorded a sparkling 494 record (.925) in MASCAC play during Dohertys four seasons and also went unde-feated in league play in 2004. He was named Coach of the Year in the MASCAC in the 200304 and 200607 seasons.

    Fourth season as an assistant coach for Quinnipiacs mens basketball

    Compiled a 9120 (.820) record in four seasons at SSC, including three NCAA Division III Tournament appear-ances

    Twotime MASCAC Coach of the Year (200304, 200607)

    Previously served as an assistant coach with two Division I programsHoly Cross and Western Kentucky

    From 19992003, helped Holy Cross to three Patriot League Tournament titles and three NCAA Division I Tournament appearances

    >> THE SEAN DOHERTY FILE

    Doherty took over the Salem State job in October 2003 after serving as an assistant coach at Western Kentucky under head coach Darrin Horn. While with the Hilltoppers, he helped sign four play-ers who eventually helped WKU reach the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in 200708, as well as two National Invitation Tournament (NIT) appearances in their careers.

    Before joining the Hilltoppers staff, Doherty served under the legendary Ralph Willard at Holy Cross. He was an assistant coach in his first two seasons before being promoted to associate head coach for his final two seasons. Over the course of his fouryear stint, Holy Cross reached the NCAA tournament three times.

    The Crusaders also won at least 20 games twice, won two Patriot League regularseason titles, ranked second in the nation in fieldgoal percentage defense, and finished second in the nation in rebounding margin and fourth in scoring defense. His best year with Holy Cross was the 200203 season, when the team earned a 265 overall mark and went 131 in Patriot League play. Doherty recruited and aided in the development of four Patriot League Most Valuable Players, as well as numerous other allleague players.

    Prior to coaching at Holy Cross, Doherty served as a top assis-tant at Division II powerhouse Assumption College (Mass.). Under Head Coach Serge DeBari from 199499, the Greyhounds cap-tured the 199798 Northeast10 Conference League and Playoff Championship. Assumption was 2310 overall and qualified for the 1998 NCAA Division II Tournament.

    During Dohertys tenure with Assumption, he helped guide the Greyhounds to the largest turnaround in school history as the team improved its win total by 22 games while going from 123 in his first season to 2310 just three seasons later. He recruited numer-ous allleague players at Assumption. A 1987 graduate of Burncoat High School, Doherty was inducted into the Burncoat Hall of Fame in 2003.

    Doherty was a fouryear letterwinner and solid point guard at Worcester State College before graduating in 1992. He also received a masters degree in education from Assumption College in 1998.

    Sean and his wife, Jennifer, are the parents of three children: Ryan, Ethan and Addison.

    Sean Doherty

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    Eric EatonAssistant CoachFourth YearUMass Dartmouth 97

    Eric Eaton begins his fourth year as assistant coach at Quinnipiac in 200910. This past year, Eaton earned an honorable mention on the CollegeInsider.com Top 25 MidMajor Assistants list. He was the only coach from the Northeast Conference on the list.

    In six years prior to joining the Bobcats, Eaton reached the NCAA Division I tournament five times. A

    veteran of a decade in the business, he has been a part of six NCAA tournament teams.

    Eaton joined the University of Albany staff for the 200506 sea-son and spent his first year as an assistant coach. The Great Danes went 2111 that season and reached the NCAA tournament for the first time at the Division I level.

    For his efforts, Eaton was promoted to associate head coach for the 200607 season, a campaign in which Albany again qualified for the NCAA tournament. The Great Danes defeated Vermont in the America East tournament final for the second year in a row and closed the season with a 2310 record.

    While at Albany, Eaton was responsible for a wide range of duties including recruiting, oncourt coaching, scouting, coordinat-

    ing individual workouts and managing the teams academic progress. During his time with the Great Danes, Eaton played a key role in developing a twotime America East Player of the Year, three allleague performers and a Defensive Player of the Year. The team also posted the highest team gradepoint average in the America East Conference for those two seasons.

    Prior to joining the Albany staff, Eaton coached at the College of the Holy Cross from 200004 as a member of Ralph Willards staff. He assisted in all aspects of the program, including recruiting, player development and scouting.

    The Crusaders won the Patriot League championship and reached the NCAA Tournament in three consecutive seasons (200103) during Eatons time at Holy Cross. During that period, Eaton recruited the Patriot Leagues Rookie of the Year and a twotime firstteam allleague player. He also assisted in the develop-ment of 15 players who earned allleague or allrookie recognition, including three Player of the Year award winners.

    Eaton was an assistant coach for one year at Assumption College in Worcester, Mass. prior to joining the Holy Cross staff. He also worked at Anna Maria College from 199799 and was a volunteer assistant at UMassDartmouth when that program won 20 games and made an NCAA Division III Tournament appearance.

    A member of the UMassDartmouth Athletic Hall of Fame, Eaton played on three Little East Conference championship teams that reached the NCAA tournament in the mid1990s. He earned his undergraduate degree in business management in 1997.

    Eric and his wife, Alexis, are the parents of twin boys: Evan and Owen.

    Fourth season as a member of the Quinnipiac Mens Basketball Coaching Staff

    Received an honorable mention on the CollegeInsider.com Top 25 Midmajor Assistants list

    Spent two seasons on the coaching staff at the University at Albany, guiding the Great Danes to two NCAA Division I Tournament appearances

    Served four seasons as an assistant coach at Holy Cross, helping the Crusaders qualify for the NCAA Division I Tournament three times

    Served as an assistant coach at Assumption College (19992000) and Anna Maria College (199799)

    Member of the UMass Dartmouth Athletic Hall of Fame

    BS, UMass Dartmouth, business management, 1997

    >> THE ERIC EATON FILE

    Eric Eaton

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    Scott BurrellAssistant CoachFourth SeasonUniversity of Connecticut 10

    One of the most accom-plished players in the his-tory of collegiate basketball in the state of Connecticut, Scott Burrell enters his fourth season as an assistant coach on the Quinnipiac mens basketball staff. Burrell joined Tom Moores staff in July 2007 after a professional career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) that spanned more than a decade and included a World Championship

    title with the Chicago Bulls in 1998.Previously, Burrell was an assistant coach with the Colorado

    14ers of the NBA Developmental League. He spent eight seasons as a player in the NBA with the Charlotte Hornets, Golden State

    Warriors, Chicago Bulls and New Jersey Nets. He also played pro-fessionally in Japan, Spain, the Philippines and China.

    Burrell was selected by the Charlotte Hornets in the first round (No.20 overall) in the 1993 NBA Draft after an outstanding col-legiate career at the University of Connecticut. At the conclusion of his career, he was the first player in NCAA Division I history to have topped 1,500 points, 750 rebounds, 300 steals and 275 assists.

    During his four seasons at UConn (198993), he set a UConn record with 310 career steals and also closed his career in second place on the Huskies alltime list in blocked shots (129). He also ranked eighth alltime in scoring (1,562 points).

    A three-sport scholastic standout at Hamden (Conn.) High School, Burrell was selected by the Seattle Mariners as a pitcher in the first round of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft, but chose to attend UConn instead. A year later, he was a fifthround pick of the Toronto Blue Jays. He played two years of professional baseball in the Toronto minor league system. This past fall, Burrell was inducted into the Hamden High School Hall of Fame while also being honored as an Elm City Legend.

    Burrell remains the only athlete in major professional sports his-tory to be drafted in the first round in two sports.

    Burrell earned his bachelors degree in general studies from the University of Connecticut in 2010.

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    Fourth season as a member of the Quinnipiac Mens Basketball Coaching Staff

    The only athlete to be chosen in the first round of two professional sports

    Drafted by the Charlotte Hornets with the 20th pick overall in the first round of the 1993 National Basketball Association Draft

    First player in NCAA Division I history to top 1,500 points, 750 rebounds, 275 assists and 300 steals

    Averaged 13.1 points and 6.1 rebounds per game at UConn from 198993

    Set a UConn record with 310 career steals; finished as the second all-time leader in blocked shots; ranked eighth on the Huskies all-time scoring list

    First UConn player to win an NBA Championship ring with the Chicago Bulls during the 199798 season

    Played in the NBA for the Charlotte Hornets, the Golden State Warriors, the Chicago Bulls and the New Jersey Nets

    University of Connecticut 10

    >> THE SCOTT BURRELL FILE

    Scott Burrell

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    Jonathan IatiDirector of Basketball OperationsThird SeasonUniversity at Albany 07

    Jonathan Iati enters his third year as part of the Quinnipiac mens basketball staff, the first under his new title of director of basketball operations. For two years prior, Iati performed duties as basketball operations intern, following a stellar collegiate playing career at the University at Albany.

    Iati scored over 1,000 points in his career at Albany, leading the

    Great Danes to two America East Conference Championships and NCAA Tournament appearances. He was named the 2004 America East Rookie of the Year. After leading the nation in min-utes played in 200304, he graduated as Albanys career leader in games played, while also placing second and sixth, respectively, in threepointers made and points scored at the Division I level.

    A standout in high school, Iati is the York Catholic (N.Y.) alltime leading scorer with 2,216 points. He also holds the sin-glegame scoring record with 56 points against York Suburban at the 2001 Special Olympics Holiday Classic. Iati was the 200203 York Area Interscholastic Athletic Association League Player of the Year while also earning Associated Press AllState First Team recognition.

    Iati has served as a coach at several camps, including the pres-tigious Five Star Basketball Camp, while also serving as a coun-selor and commissioner at the Albany Basketball Camp and a counselor at the Irish Basketball Camp at York Catholic.

    Iati has extensive volunteer experience, including work with the Special Olympics, the Salvation Army and the Walk for Juvenile Diabetes. He was also an Education Day Host and helped with Campus Clean Up at Albany, and offered his time to a local soup kitchen.

    Alyssa BudkofskyAssistant Athletic Director Basketball Academic Support ServicesFourth YearUniversity of Connecticut 01

    A lyssa Budkofsky is in her fourth year at Quinnipiac. She is enter-ing her first year under the new title of assistant athletic director for basketball academic support services, following three years as basketball academic support ser-vices director.

    Budkofsky began her tenure at Quinnipiac in August 2007, com-ing to Quinnipiac from George

    Washington University in Washington, D.C., where she served as the academic support assistant in the Department of Athletics. While at GW, Budkofskys responsibilities included academic advising and monitoring of the academic success of 80 of George Washingtons studentathletes. She was also heavily involved with class registration and orientation of all incoming studentathletes. In addition to her academic advising responsibilities, Budkofsky also worked with the compliance director to ensure NCAA eligi-bility.

    Budkofsky also worked as the tutoring coordinator which involved the interviewing, hiring and managing of a staff of 50 tutors for all of George Washingtons studentathletes. She also designed several study skills programs for various studentath-letes including course specific tutoring, writing assignments and research.

    Prior to George Washington, Budkofsky was the project coor-dinator for Ripken Management & Design in Baltimore, Md. Her responsibilities there included researching and writing of feasibil-ity and financial analyses for various clients while also creating the budget for the Ripken Management and Design division. Budkofsky also interviewed, hired and managed several interns and project specific employees. Budkofsky was also responsible for overseeing six marketing/sales support accounts.

    While working towards her master of business administration in sports management at George Washington, from August 2001 to May 2003, Budkofsky held the title of head manager for the mens basketball team. Budkofsky was responsible for recruiting and training 10 team managers for over 85 practices and 30 games per season. Budkofsky also orchestrated the teams travel plans while also coordinating the daily operations of all coaches and team members.

    Budkofskys was first named a head manager at the University of Connecticut when she was promoted to the position in the fall of 1999, just prior to UConn winning the NCAA Division I

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    National Championship. While serving as the mens basketball team manager from 1997 to 2001, Budkofsky worked closely with Bobcats head coach Tom Moore. Budkofskys role with the Huskies included the hiring and training of 20 managers per sea-son. Budkofsky also trained the managerial staff in the compiling scouting reports as well as statistics for all practice sessions.

    Budkofsky currently holds a membership in the National Assocation of Academic Advisors for Athletics. She graduated from Connecticut with a bachelors degree in sports marketing in 2001. She has also completed the requirements for a master of business administration in sports management from George Washington University as well as a master of arts in higher educa-tion administration.

    Brijesh PatelHead Strength and Conditioning CoachThird YearUniversity of Connecticut 02/04

    Brijesh Patel begins his third year with Quinnipiac University as the athletic departments head strength and conditioning coach. Patel previ-

    ously held the title of assistant strength and conditioning coach at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass.

    While at Holy Cross Patel worked extensively with the mens basketball, baseball, softball, mens and womens lacrosse, field hockey, mens soccer, mens and womens tennis, mens and womens track and field, and cheerleading programs while also assisting with other sports. Patels responsibilities ranged from weight room management to serving as sports medicine liaison before implementing strength and conditioning programs for the Crusaders. Patel was also an intern with Holy Cross during the summer of 2002.

    In addition to his strength and conditioning programming, Patel also provided nutrition and food supplement education to all studentathletes. Patel also prepared several presentations for the Crusaders athletes while also helping to develop the strength and conditioning website section of the Holy Cross athletics web-site.

    Prior to Holy Cross Patel served as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Connecticut. While at UConn Patel worked with the womens ice hockey, baseball, mens and womens swimming and diving, and womens cross country teams. Patel also assisted with the mens bas-ketball and football programs. In addition to his strength and conditioning responsibilities, Patel also taught a course entitled, Fundamentals and Principles of Free Weight Training, for

    which he assisting in writing a course manual. Patel also authored an article, Time is Precious, that was

    published in the January 2003 edition of Pure Power Magazine. He has also been featured as a guest speaker at several prestigious regional industry functions including the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Pennsylvania State Strength and Conditioning Clinic at Juniata College, Be The Best Baseball Clinic in Cherry Hill, N.J., Mike Boyles Functional Strength Coach Seminar and the Be Athletic Performance Symposium. In addition, Patel was a speaker at the first and second Mike Boyle Winter Seminars and has also spoken at Springfield (Mass.) College.

    Patel holds certifications from the NSCA, USA Weightlifting, and the Red Cross and is also SPIN certified. Patel is also the founder and partner of SB Coaches College, and My Fit Tube.

    Patel graduated with a bachelors degree in kinesiology in 2002 and a masters degree in sport management in 2004 from the University of Connecticut.

    Patel, his wife, Anna, and son, Talin, live in Hamden.

    Cemi AbreuAssistant Athletic TrainerFirst YearUniversity of Buffalo 08

    Cemi Abreu joins the Quinnipiac mens bas-ketball program for his first season in 2010-11. Abreu comes to Quinnipiac from Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

    where he held the position of Head Athletic Trainer for the last year. While at Mercy, Abreu oversaw the day-to-day operation of the athletic training services of the Division II athletic department, including the compilation of an Emergency Action Plan while also instituting athletic training room policy and procedures, treatment and rehabilitation programs. Mercy is comprised of 14 mens and womens varsity sports. Abreu also served as an instructor in several courses, including Body and Conditioning, Team Sports and CPR/First Aid/AED certification. Prior to working at Mercy, Abreu was the assistant athletic trainer at Wagner College in Staten Island, N.Y. where he worked primarily with teh football, womens basketball adn mens lacrosse teams. He also interned with St. Johns University in Queens, N.Y., working with the Red Storm mens lacrosse program, as well as Major League Baseballs New York Mets. Abreu holds a masters degree in exercise science with a concentration in athletic training from the University of Buffalo.

  • Numerical Roster No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wgt. Hometown/High School (Last College)1 Deontay Twyman G 6-0 170 Sr. Olney, Md. (Polk C.C./Ball State) (Sherwood)2 Dave Johnson G 5-10 152 So. Jackson, N.J. (St. Marks (Mass.))3 James Johnson G 6-0 195 Jr. Queens, N.Y. (Bishop Loughlin)4 Ike Azotam F 6-6 225 Fr. Boston, Mass. (John D. OBryant/Marianapolis Prep)5 Lance Brown G 6-3 195 So. Teaneck, N.J. (Fordham Univ.) (Paterson Catholic)10 Garvey Young G 6-5 190 Jr. Washington, D.C. (Univ. of Vermont) (Georgetown Prep)11 Raheem May-Thompson F 6-6 215 So. London, England (DeMatha/Towson Catholic)12 Justin Rutty F 6-7 255 Sr. Newburgh, N.Y. (Newburgh Free Academy)13 Austin Alecxih G 6-6 200 So. Columbia, Pa. (UNC Asheville) (Penn Manor (Pa.)/Oak Hill (Va.) Academy)20 Sean Light G 6-5 205 Sr. Colts Neck, N.J. (West Virginia) (Christian Brothers Academy)22 William Harrison G 6-3 175 Jr. Bronx, N.Y. (Western Texas College) (Wadleigh)23 Tevin Baskin F 6-6 210 Fr. Stamford, Conn. (Trinity Catholic)24 Dominigue Langston G 6-3 217 Fr. Bridgeport, Conn. (Kolbe Cathedral/St. Thomas More)33 Kevin Tarca G 5-10 165 Jr. Skillman, N.J. (Montgomery)35 Jamee Jackson F 6-7 226 So. Newark, N.J. (St. Anthonys

    Alphabetical RosterNo. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wgt. Hometown/High School (Last College)13 Austin Alecxih G 6-6 200 So. Columbia, Pa. (UNC Asheville) (Penn Manor (Pa.)/Oak Hill (Va.) Academy)4 Ike Azotam F 6-6 225 Fr. Boston, Mass. (John D. OBryant/Marianapolis Prep)23 Tevin Baskin F 6-6 210 Fr. Stamford, Conn. (Trinity Catholic)5 Lance Brown G 6-3 195 So. Teaneck, N.J. (Fordham Univ.) (Paterson Catholic)22 William Harrison G 6-3 175 Jr. Bronx, N.Y. (Western Texas College) (Wadleigh)35 Jamee Jackson F 6-7 226 So. Newark, N.J. (St. Anthonys2 Dave Johnson G 5-10 152 So. Jackson, N.J. (St. Marks (Mass.))3 James Johnson G 6-0 195 Jr. Queens, N.Y. (Bishop Loughlin)24 Dominigue Langston G 6-3 217 Fr. Bridgeport, Conn. (Kolbe Cathedral/St. Thomas More)20 Sean Light G 6-5 205 Sr. Colts Neck, N.J. (West Virginia) (Christian Brothers Academy)11 Raheem May-Thompson F 6-6 215 So. London, England (DeMatha/Towson Catholic)12 Justin Rutty F 6-7 255 Sr. Newburgh, N.Y. (Newburgh Free Academy)33 Kevin Tarca G 5-10 165 Jr. Skillman, N.J. (Montgomery)1 Deontay Twyman G 6-0 170 Sr. Olney, Md. (Polk C.C./Ball State) (Sherwood)10 Garvey Young G 6-5 190 Jr. Washington, D.C. (Univ. of Vermont) (Georgetown Prep)

    Head Coach Tom Moore (Boston University 87, Fourth Season)Assistant Coach Sean Doherty (Worcester State 92, Fourth Season)Assistant Coach Eric Eaton (UMass Dartmouth 97, Fourth Season)Assistant Coach Scott Burrell (Connecticut 10, Fourth Season)Director of Basketball Operations Jonathan Iati (Albany 07, Third Season)

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  • ROSTER BREAKDOWN

    By ClassSeniors, 3Juniors, 4Sophomores, 5Freshman, 3

    By State/CountryNew Jersey, 5: D. Johnson, Brown, Light, Tarca, JacksonNew York, 3: J. Johnson, Rutty, HarrisonConnecticut, 2: Baskin, LangstonEngland, 1: May-Thompson Maryland, 1: TwymanMassachusetts, 1: AzotamPennsylvania, 1: AlecxihWashington, D.C., 1: Young

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  • Three points better. Quinnipiac mens basketball head coach Tom Moore has made that statement the mantra of his 201011 team. He wants his team to prepare to be three points better than it was last season, when it fell to Robert Morris, 5250, in a memo-rable Northeast Conference Tournament Championship Game in front of nearly 4,000 screaming fans in gold tshirts at the TD Bank Sports Center and thousands more watching nationally on ESPN2. With plenty of talent returning, including the reigning Northeast Conference Player of the Year in Justin Rutty, the Bobcats have all the tools to take the next step, be three points better, and earn a berth into the 2011 NCAA Tournament.

    Joining Rutty from the 200910 starting lineup is playmaker James Johnson, who has started all 64 games the Bobcats have played in his collegiate career. The duo of Rutty and Johnson comprises what many believe is the most lethal insideoutside threat in the league.

    Prior to coming to Quinnipiac, Tom Moore earned a reputation as one of the best recruiters in the country. The class of senior guard Deontay Twyman, then a junior college transfer, sophomore forwards Jamee Jackson and Raheem MayThompson, and sophomore guard Dave Johnson have shown why Moore is so highlyregarded.

    Twyman learned the ropes as a sixth man behind James Feldeine a year ago, and is poised to become a proficient scoring option for the Bobcats in 201011. Jackson was a valuable big man off the bench last season and has shown flashes of brilliance that could make him Ruttys heir apparent. Dave Johnson is a speedy and crafty floor general who provides a welcome change of pace to his namesake, James Johnson, at the point guard position. And after a solid summer that saw him ranked by Sports Illustrateds Luke Winn as the 19thranked player on NCAA Division I rosters at the U20 Euro Championships, MayThompson looks to emerge as a solid contributor this season.

    201011 Quinnipiac Mens Basketball Season Preview

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  • Add yet another very solid recruiting class, and the sky is the limit for the 201011 Bobcats. Moore and his staff brought in junior college trans-fer wing William Harrison, freshman forwards Ike Azotam, Tevin Baskin and Mike Gabriel, as well as guard Dominique Langston. In addition, transfer guards Lance Brown (Fordham) and Garvey Young (Vermont) were starters at their former schools, and will contribute along with UNCAsheville transfer Austin Alecxih in 201112.

    I like the balance of talent, depth, and experience we have on our roster right now, said Moore. Justin Rutty, James Johnson, and Deontay Twyman are talented upperclassmen who have already had success in big games for Quinnipiac in their careers. Our sophomore class will have to make a nice step up this year because we will have to rely on them much more. Im very excited about the potential of our newcomers. I feel each of them has something they do well that they can bring to us right away.

    Backcourt

    James Johnson gets things started at the point for the Bobcats, and has been named the Northeast Conferences best playmaker by Lindys. He averaged 12.1 points and 4.0 assists per game, while shooting a teambest 38.5 percent from long range and 82.9 percent from the freethrow line last season. Johnsons signature performance came at Robert Morris on Feb. 20, when he torched the Colonials for a careerhigh 28 points.

    Twyman averaged 7.1 points per game while shooting 85.2 percent from the freethrow line and 37.2 percent from long range off the bench in 200910. Hell get the bump to the starting lineup as a senior, and will be looked upon to fill some of the void left by James Feldeines graduation.

    Dave Johnson provided valuable minutes off the bench in 200910, averaging 3.8 points and shooting 78 percent from the freethrow line. Hell be looked upon in threeguard sets with James Johnson and Twyman, as well as to give either player a rest. He proved highlycapable of running the show for the Bobcats during their summer European Tour, dishing out 7.5 assists per game against competition across the pond.

    Newcomers Dominique Langston and William Harrison will look to spark the Bobcats at the twoguard and wing positions. A Bridgeport native, Langston played a prep year most recently at St. Thomas More after a highlydecorated scholastic career at Kolbe Cathedral. Harrison played two years at Western Texas College, averaging more than 14 points per game as a sophomore.

    Veterans Sean Light and Kevin Tarca also provide leadership off the bench. Both reserves saw action in 12 games a year ago.

    Our perimeter guys have a huge challenge in front of them trying to replace the scoring of James Feldeine and the toughness of Jeremy Baker, said Moore. I think James Johnson, Deontay Twyman, and Dave Johnson give us great quickness and scoring ability at the guard spots. Im excited about the talent and potential of Dominique Langston and Will Harrison as bigger guards and well try Raheem MayThompson and Tevin Baskin out on the wing as well. We have a lot of different lineup combinations, which comes from having quality depth on the perimeter.

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  • front. Jamee was very good on our trip to Europe and has the strength and athleticism to be an impact player for us. Ike Azotam and Mike Gabriel are both going to be very good for us. They are strong and tough kids who like to compete. I feel both will help us right away. We also have the luxury of using Raheem MayThompson, Tevin Baskin, or Sean Light as more mobile four men against smaller teams.

    ScheduleThe Bobcats have perhaps the most exciting home schedule in program Division I history. Moore has attracted a pair of Atlantic10 foes to the TD Bank Sports Center this season, as well as several regional midmajor pow-ers. In total, the Bobcats have scheduled a programrecord 15 home games this season.

    Headlining the nonconference schedule are visits to the TD Bank Sports Center by Massachusetts (Dec. 1) and Rhode Island (Dec. 11), as well as defending conference champions and 2010 NCAA Tournament participants Vermont (Nov. 20) and Lehigh (Dec. 7). Things get started on Nov. 16, when the Bobcats play host to Hartford, while a visit from Maine (Nov. 29) gives the Bobcats six nonconference home games.

    In addition, the Bobcats have circled Jan. 27 on the Northeast Conference schedule, when Robert Morris returns to the TD Bank Sports Center for the first time since spoiling Quinnipiacs NCAA Tournament hopes last March 10. Pairings with intrastate foes Central Connecticut (Jan. 15) and Sacred Heart (Feb. 9) are also highly anticipated.

    Also included on the docket is a visit to Mohegan Sun Arena for a meeting with Yale in the second annual Connecticut 6 Classic (Nov. 13), a Thanksgiving Week trip to Dartmouth (Nov. 23), trips to newcomers to the QU schedule, Niagara (Dec. 22) and Boston University (Dec. 29), as well as a break from NEC play for a Jan. 17 road trip to Brown.

    We are very happy with our home and road schedule, said Moore. It is very exciting to have the two Atlantic 10 teams in UMass and URI com-ing to TD Bank Sports Center. The rest of the nonconference schedule is a nice crosssection of regional schools which we feel will properly prepare us for our Northeast Conference schedule. I am very excited about how our students and the local Hamden community came out to support us at the TD Bank Sports Center last year while we were winning the NEC Regular Season Championship. Im hopeful that enthusiasm continues into this season as we turn our home court into one of the toughest places to play in the Northeast.

    FrontcourtThe Bobcats possess perhaps the greatest luxury in the Northeast Conference in 200910 NEC Player of the Year Justin Rutty. Rutty domi-nated the league with 15.3 points and 10.9 rebounds per game as a junior. He shot 54 percent and grabbed 4.9 offensive rebounds per game, good for second in the nation for the second consecutive year. Against some of the stiffest competition he faced all year, Rutty flourished. He scored a seasonhigh 30 points and grabbed 15 rebounds at Rhode Island and added 22 points and eight rebounds in the National Invitation Tournament at Virginia Tech. He enters the year 15th alltime on the NEC Career Rebounding list, and if he averages the same 10.9 rebounds per game in 201011, hell walk away as the NECs alltime rebounding king.

    Ruttys partner on the blocks will be Jamee Jackson, who showed flashes of great things to come as a freshman. He averaged 4.0 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, scoring a seasonhigh 10 points against Dartmouth and grabbing a seasonhigh 10 rebounds at Yale. With a season under his belt, Jackson projects to be a solid running mate on the opposite block from Rutty. Further proof of Jacksons development was the 13.3 points and 10.3 rebounds he averaged, including nearly six offensive rebounds per game, in Europe.

    Raheem MayThompson saw action in 20 games as a freshman, but emerged on his home continent with 13.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game during the Bobcats European Summer Tour. MayThompson showed aggressiveness and toughness during the summer tour previously unknown to the Brit.

    Ike Azotam and Mike Gabriel provide the Bobcats with perhaps their greatest depth on the low post in the Tom Moore era. Azotam, a Boston native and Marianapolis Prep graduate, averaged a doubledouble of 11.5 points and 12.0 rebounds in Europe. He shot a teamhigh 58.6 percent (1729) during the tour and averaged 4.5 offensive rebounds per game. Gabriel, a Chicago product out of Lincoln Park High School, comes to Quinnipiac with a collegeready body at 6foot8, 230 pounds.

    When Baskin becomes eligible on Dec. 22, Tom Moore will have a unique new weapon. Perhaps the most highlyregarded recruit Moore has landed in his time at Quinnipiac, the 6foot6 Baskin provides threepoint range and a slashing, highflying dynamic usually unseen in the Northeast Conference.

    Our frontcourt is led obviously by Justin Rutty, said Moore. His scoring and relentless work on the glass has helped us establish rebound-ing as one of the trademarks of our program since he arrived here. Jamee Jackson will have the first opportunity to replace Jon Cruz as a starter up

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  • NEC HISTORYBy providing opportunities for student-athletes to achieve their full-est potential both in athletic competition and in the classroom, the Northeast Conference has charted a course of steady growth since its inception in 1981. Now in its 30th year of service, the NECs new strategic plan has established a blueprint for the future as the conference strives toward becoming an NCAA Division I leader for athletic success, academic achievement and integrity, sportsman-ship, equity and diversity, community partnership and national engagement.

    The NEC can trace its roots back to 1981, when the league was first established as the mens basketball-only ECAC-Metro Conference. A single-sport entity at its inception, even the leagues most ardent supporters during its formative years could not have envisioned a transformation into a burgeoning 12-member, 22-sport conference. The remarkable success story of the confer-ence began to unfold in 1985, when the league began sponsoring additional sports. Three years later, a change of name was in order and the Northeast Conference as we know it today was born. With membership and sport sponsorship continuing to grow over the next 20 years, the NEC now enjoys qualification or play-in access to 13 different NCAA championships (baseball, mens and wom-ens basketball, field hockey, mens and womens golf, womens lacrosse, mens and womens soccer, softball, mens and womens tennis and womens volleyball).

    Though the NEC has featured various looks since its inception, charter members Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island, Robert Morris, St. Francis (N.Y.), Saint Francis (Pa.) and Wagner remain part of the current 12-school alignment. They are joined by Monmouth (admitted in 1985), Mount St. Marys (1989), Central Connecticut State (1997), Quinnipiac (1998) and Sacred Heart (1999). NEC expansion continues with the addition of Bryant University in 2012 as the leagues 12th member, which will give the league a six-state geographic footprint with access to such major media markets as New York City, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Hartford and Providence.

    NEC member institutions now compete in 22 championship sports: baseball, mens and womens basketball, womens bowling, mens and womens cross country, field hockey, football, mens and womens golf, mens and womens indoor track and field, womens lacrosse, mens and womens outdoor track and field, mens and womens soccer, softball, womens swimming, mens and womens tennis, and womens volleyball. Mens lacrosse will begin competi-tion this season and officially become the leagues 23rd sport in 201011.

    NEC NEW MEDIA/TELEVISIONMore widely recognized than ever, the NEC is providing a number of new ways in which its growing fan base can follow the action.

    The conference began by fulfilling its strategic plan-driven new media initiatives in 200910 when it launched its own YouTube channel, created NEC On The Run podcast segments, and added NEC Flashbacks, a video on-demand archive, to its web site. More recently, the conference dove into the social media arena by launching a Facebook page and offering periodic news updates via Twitter. Further enhancing its multimedia efforts, the conference provided a webstream of a womens basketball game of the week in 200910, and raised the number of NEC championship webcasts from five to eight.

    To supplement one of the premier regional basketball television packages in the country, the conference also produces a football package and a preseason basketball show entitled NEC Countdown to Tipoff. Over the last five years, the conference has televised nearly 150 events, as the leagues coverage area expanded to over 50 million homes. Along with flagship station MSG Network, other regional television partners include MSG Plus, FSN-Pittsburgh, MASN, Fox College Sports, Cox Cable and the Connecticut Sports Network. In 2009 and 2010, ESPN broadcast the mens basketball championship game for the 23rd straight year, while ESPNU car-ried the womens championship game, marking the second time in as many years that the womens contest reached a nationwide audi-ence.

    ACADEMIC SUCCESS

    The Northeast Conferences commitment to academic excel-lence translated into national recognition for both individual student-athletes and the leagues member institutions as a whole in 200910. NEC student-athletes graduated at an 83.8 percent rate, which is well above the national average of 78 percent according to NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) data. Likewise, a total of 19 NEC teams garnered public recognition from the NCAA for their latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. The league placed 42 representatives on ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams, five of whom went onto garner Academic All-America Honors. The first team honorees were Fairleigh Dickinsons Matt Maher (baseball), who was a Third Team recipient in 2008, and Wagners Andrea Lazzari (softball). Saint Francis (PA)s Eric Reifsteck (field hockey, Second Team), Monmouths Ben Evenden (tennis, Third Team) and CCSUs Yan Klukowski (soccer, Third Team) were also honored for their academic and athletic perfor-

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  • mance. Evenden was a nominee for the prestigious Rhodes Scholar Award, while Wagner swimmer Alexandra Tomlinson was awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. On a conference-wide level, more than 2,000 student-athletes qualified for the NEC Academic Honor Roll, nearly a 25 percent increase from the previous year. Saint Francis (Pa.) posted the highest GPA in the conference to claim the NEC Institutional Academic Award for the first time.

    EVOLVING AND EXPANDINGIn recent years, the Northeast Conference has taken aim at upgrad-ing the caliber of the leagues championship sports and enhancing the opportunities and experiences for the more than 4,000 student-athletes that compete in the conference. Set to become the NECs 12th full-time member, Bryant has begun competition within the conference as it moves through the NCAA reclassification process. The conference also has secured automatic access to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs beginning in 2010, making football the 14th team sport in which NEC student-athletes are guaranteed a chance to compete for the NCAA crown. New sport sponsorship in womens bowling and mens lacrosse (201011) will create further opportunities for NEC student-athletes. Set to embark on a number of branding, sportsmanship and community initiatives as part of the leagues Strategic Plan, the NEC and its member institutions are committed to the future growth of the conference.

    Commissioner Noreen Morris

    Associate Commissioner (Communications and TV): Ron Ratner (Basketball Contact)

    Assistant Commissioners: Andrew Alia (Marketing) Joyce Bell (Compliance)

    Michelle Boone (Sports Services)

    Director of Sports Services: Ben Shove

    Assistant Director of Communications: Ralph Ventre

    Media Relations Intern: Jaclyn Swierc

    NEC STAFF

    Close to 5,000 students and fans turned out for the 2009-10 Northeast Conference Tournament Championship Game on May 10, 2010 at the TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden, Conn. The crowd was the largest for a Quinnipiac basketball game in the arenas history.

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  • Friday, November 12 BRYANT at World Vision Basketball Classic (at Cleveland State)BRYANT at Cleveland State 7:00 pmNorfolk State at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pmST. FRANCIS (NY) at Boston College 7:00 pmSAINT FRANCIS (PA) at American 7:30 pmLafayette at WAGNER 7:00 pm

    Saturday, November 13 BRYANT at World Vision Basketball Classic (at Cleveland State)BRYANT vs. Kent State 3:30 pmCCSU at Connecticut 6 Classic at Mohegan Sun ArenaCCSU vs. Hartford 6:00 pmMOUNT ST. MARYS at Global Sports Main Event TournamentMOUNT ST. MARYS at Dayton 2:00 pmQU at Connecticut 6 Classic at Mohegan Sun ArenaQUINNIPIAC vs. Yale 8:00 pmSaint Peters at ROBERT MORRIS 4:00 pmSHU at Connecticut 6 Classic at Mohegan Sun ArenaSACRED HEART vs. Fairfield 4:00 pm

    Sunday, November 14 BRYANT at World Vision Basketball Classic (at Cleveland State)BRYANT vs. Iona 3:00 pm

    Monday, November 15CCSU at Army 7:00 pmMOUNT ST. MARYS at Global Sports Main Event TournamentMOUNT ST. MARYS at Cincinnati 7:00 pmSACRED HEART at Fordham 7:00 pmST. FRANCIS (NY) at South Florida 7:00 pmColgate at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pmWAGNER at Lehigh 7:00 pm

    Tuesday, November 16LONG ISLAND at Texas State 7:00 pmStony Brook at MONMOUTH (ESPN Hoops Marathon) 6:00 amHartford at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pmROBERT MORRIS at Kent State (ESPN Hoops Marathon) 8:00 am

    Wednesday, November 17SACRED HEART at Massachusetts 7:00 pmSAINT FRANCIS (PA) at Lafayette 7:00 pm

    Thursday, November 18Stony Brook at FDU 7:00 pm

    Friday, November 19Lehigh at MONMOUTH 7:00 pmDuquesne at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm

    Saturday, November 20Army at BRYANT 3:30 pmCCSU at UMBC 7:00 pmAlbany at FDU 7:00 pmLONG ISLAND at Manhattan 2:00 pmMOUNT ST. MARYS at Global Sports Main Event TournamentSavannah State at MOUNT ST. MARYS 7:00 pmVermont at QUINNIPIAC 3:00 pmSACRED HEART at Brown 7:00 pmBucknell at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm

    Sunday, November 21Howard at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 2:00 pmWAGNER at Stony Brook 2:00 pmMonday, November 22CCSU at Penn State TBAMOUNT ST. MARYS at Niagara 7:00 pm

    Tuesday, November 23LONG ISLAND at Fordham 7:00 pmQUINNIPIAC at Dartmouth 7:00 pmROBERT MORRIS at Pittsburgh 7:00 pmNew Hampshire at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm

    Wednesday, November 24Harvard at BRYANT 4:00 pmST. FRANCIS (NY) at Brown 4:00 pmSAINT FRANCIS (PA) at Hartford 7:00 pm

    Friday, November 26WAGNER at Hofstra 7:00 pm

    Saturday, November 27MONMOUTH at CCSU 2:00 pmFDU at North Carolina State 6:00 pmLONG ISLAND at Saint Peters 2:00 pmMOUNT ST. MARYS at Global Sports Main Event TournamentFlorida A&M at MOUNT ST. MARYS 1:00 pmSAINT FRANCIS (PA) at Youngstown State 7:05 pm

    Sunday, November 28BRYANT at Lehigh 7:00 pm

    Monday, November 29CCSU at Providence 7:00 pmFDU at Longwood 7:00 pmMONMOUTH at Davidson 7:00 pmNavy at MOUNT ST. MARYS 7:00 pmMaine at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pmROBERT MORRIS at Cleveland State 6:00 pmWAGNER at Bucknell 7:00 pm

    Wednesday, December 1Massachusetts at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pmWAGNER at St. Johns 7:00 pm

    Thursday, December 2BRYANT at FDU 7:00 pmROBERT MORRIS at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pmMOUNT ST. MARYS at SACRED HEART 7:00 pmSAINT FRANCIS (PA) at ST. FRANCIS (NY)7:00 pm

    Friday, December 3MONMOUTH at Basketball Travelers Invitational (at Idaho)MONMOUTH vs. Eastern Michigan 8:30 pm

    Saturday, December 4CCSU at FDU 4:00 pmSAINT FRANCIS (PA) at LONG ISLAND 2:00 pmMONMOUTH at Basketball Travelers Invitational (at Idaho)MONMOUTH at Idaho 11:00 pmMOUNT ST. MARYS at QUINNIPIAC 2:00 pmROBERT MORRIS at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:30 pmWAGNER at SACRED HEART 2:00 pm

    Sunday, December 5MONMOUTH at Basketball Travelers Invitational (at Idaho)MONMOUTH vs. North Dakota 6:30 pm

    Monday, December 6SACRED HEART at Lafayette 7:00 pm

    Tuesday, December 7CCSU at Dayton 7:00 pmMOUNT ST. MARYS at Penn State 7:30 pmLehigh at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pmROBERT MORRIS at West Virginia 7:00 pmColgate at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pmWAGNER at Columbia 7:00 pm

    Wednesday, December 8Yale at BRYANT 7:00 pmFDU at Connecticut 7:30 pmIona at LONG ISLAND 8:00 pmPrinceton at MONMOUTH 7:00 pmHartford at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm

    Friday, December 10ST. FRANCIS (NY) at Canisius 7:00 pm

    Saturday, December 11BRYANT at Columbia 4:00 pmCCSU at Albany 7:00 pmFDU at Iona 2:00 pmLafayette at LONG ISLAND 2:00 pmHartford at MONMOUTH 4:00 pmMOUNT ST. MARYS at Loyola (MD) 4:00 pmRhode Island at QUINNIPIAC 3:00 pmYoungstown State at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pmSACRED HEART at Stony Brook 2:00 pmSaint Peters at WAGNER 7:00 pm

    Monday, December 13LONG ISLAND at Northwestern 7:00 pmSAINT FRANCIS (PA) at Lehigh 7:00 pm

    Tuesday, December 14FDU at Rutgers 7:30 pmDartmouth at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm

    Wednesday, December 15MONMOUTH at Rider 7:00 pmSAINT FRANCIS (PA) at Ohio 7:00 pm

    Friday, December 17Princeton at WAGNER 7:00 pm

    Saturday, December 18FDU at Saint Peters 2:00 pmRutgers at MONMOUTH 7:00 pmMOUNT ST. MARYS at Albany 7:00 pmROBERT MORRIS at Appalachian State 7:00 pmDrexel at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 1:00 pm

    Sunday, December 19BRYANT at Boston College 3:00 pmNiagara at CCSU 3:30 pmArmy at LONG ISLAND 4:00 pmSACRED HEART at Yale 2:00 pm

    Monday, December 20American at MOUNT ST. MARYS 7:00 pmSFNY at MSG Holiday Festival ST. FRANCIS (NY) vs. Northwestern 7:00 pm

    Tuesday, December 21SACRED HEART at Providence 7:00 pmSFNY at MSG Holiday Festival ST. FRANCIS (NY) vs. Davidson/St. Johns 7/9:30 pmWAGNER at Texas A&M 7:00 pm

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  • Wednesday, December 22New Hampshire at CCSU 7:00 pmVillanova at MONMOUTH 7:00 pmQUINNIPIAC at Niagara 7:00 pmROBERT MORRIS at Arizona 8:30 pm

    Thursday, December 23BRYANT at Michigan 7:00 pmMOUNT ST. MARYS at Northwestern 2:00 pmSAINT FRANCIS (PA) at Cincinnati 7:00 pm

    Tuesday, December 28Oberlin at BRYANT 7:00 pmLONG ISLAND at NJIT 7:00 pm

    Wednesday, December 29Brown at CCSU 7:00 pmMONMOUTH at Harvard 7:00 pmMOUNT ST. MARYS at Vermont 7:00 pmQUINNIPIAC at Boston University 7:00 pm

    Thursday, December 30LONG ISLAND at Navy 7:00 pmROBERT MORRIS at Morgan State 7:00 pmNJIT at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pmAlbany at WAGNER 7:00 pm

    Friday, December 31BRYANT at Brown 12:05 pm

    Sunday, January 2Lafayette at FDU 4:00 pmMOUNT ST. MARYS at Virginia Tech 2:00 pmROBERT MORRIS at Ohio 2:00 pmHoly Cross at SACRED HEART 2:00 pmSAINT FRANCIS (PA) at North Carolina 3:30 pm

    Monday, January 3BRYANT at MONMOUTH 7:00 pmMassachusetts at CCSU 7:00 pmWAGNER at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pmST. FRANCIS (NY) at Hartford 7:00 pm

    Thursday, January 6LONG ISLAND at BRYANT 7:00 pmST. FRANCIS (NY) at CCSU 7:00 pmSACRED HEART at FDU 7:00 pmQUINNIPIAC at MONMOUTH 7:00 pmSAINT FRANCIS (PA) at MOUNT ST. MARYS 7:00 pmROBERT MORRIS at WAGNER 7:00 pm

    Saturday, January 8ST. FRANCIS (NY) at BRYANT 4:00 pmLONG ISLAND at CCSU 3:30 pmQUINNIPIAC at FDU 4:00 pmSACRED HEART at MONMOUTH 7:00 pmROBERT MORRIS at MOUNT ST. MARYS 1:00 pmSAINT FRANCIS (PA) at WAGNER 7:00 pmThursday, January 13BRYANT at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pmCCSU at SACRED HEART 7:00 pmFDU at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pmMOUNT ST. MARYS at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pmMONMOUTH at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pmWAGNER at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm

    Saturday, January 15BRYANT at SACRED HEART 3:30 pm

    CCSU at QUINNIPIAC 4:00 pmFDU at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pmWAGNER at LONG