2011 Tournament Team Profiles

[kiltieband]

Carnegie Mellon Tartans   
Rank in last d3hoops poll: NR (#26)       
Pool C qualifier from the University Athletic Association
19-6 Overall; 9-5 UAA (3rd); 10-2 home; 7-4 road; 2-0 neutral     
Head Coach - Tony Wingen (19th season)         

Key Wins         
11-25 vs. Wooster, 11-29 vs. John Carroll, 1-2 at Averett, 2-28 at Rochester

Record Against NCAA Tourney Teams - (3-5) W-Wooster, John Caroll, Averett; L-Brandeis (twice), Wash U (twice), Richard Stockton       

Starters         
12 Corey O' Rourke, Point Guard            6'2," Sr    7.8 PPG, 5.1 APG, 5.2 RPG, 27 STL; All-UAA Honorable Mention
22 Jack Anderson, Shooting Guard         6'3" Jr     14.5 PPG; 23 STL; All-UAA 2nd Team
10 Ryan Einwag, Small Forward             6'5", Sr    17.7 PPG (54.5% FG); 4.8 RPG; All-UAA First Team
41 Shane Rife, Power Forward              6'6", So    8.9 PPG; 3.7 RPG; 23 STL
52 Terrance Bouldin-Johnson, Center     6'7", Sr     6.4 PPG; 5.6 RPG; 62 BLK (Leads UAA); All-UAA Honorable Mention

Key Reserves         
45 Rob Pearson, center   6'8", Sr   2.4 PPG, 3.2 RPG
24 Jon Wolleben, forward   6'5"  Sr   5.4 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 77.8% FT%
5 Elliot Curtis, guard   5'11" Sr   1.1 APG

Statistics         
Points/Game: Carnegie Mellon (70.8) Opponent (65.1)         
Rebounds/Game: Carnegie Mellon (37.6) Opponent (33.0)         
FG%: Carnegie Mellon (44.5) Opponent (41.1)         
3PT%: (33.7); FT% (66.8)         

Notes         
-This is Carnegie Mellon's third trip to the NCAA Tournament, and 2nd in 4 years.  They have yet to win a tournament game.

-Carnegie Mellon achieved a D3Hoops ranking of #11 after opening the season 8-0.

-Corey O'Rourke is Carnegie Mellon's all-time leading Passer; Terrance Bouldin-Johnson is 3rd all-time in Blocked Shots and has the highest single-season total (62) in team history; Ryan Einwag is the 16th Tartan to cross 1,000 points, and is now 2nd all-time with 1,322 points scored.

[sac]

Hope Flying Dutchmen    Holland, MI       
Rank in last d3hoops poll: NR         
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament Champion     
21-7 Overall; 11-3 MIAA; Home 14-2; Away 6-4; Neutral  1-1     
Head Coach - Glenn Van Wieren (312th season) Overall Record 660-217

Key Wins         
Calvin 69-59         

Record Against NCAA Tourney Teams - 0-1 lost at Wheaton

Starters         
11 David Krombeen 6-2 Fr.
44 Peter Bunn 6-2 So.
10 Jesse Reimink 6-4 Sr.
4 Will Bowser 6-5 So.
32 Zach Osburn 6-5 Sr.

Key Reserves         
21 Ty Tanis 6-2 So.
12 Scott Jungling 6-1 Jr.
22 Brandon Bosch 6-3 Sr.
33 Andy Venema 6-8 So.
34. Chris Nelis 6-4 Jr.
25 Daniel Cox 6-2 Jr.

Statistics         
Points/Game: Hope 75.6 Opponent 67.1         
Rebounds/Game: Hope 36.2 Opponent 33.6         
FG%: Hope 46.9  Opponent 41.9         
3PT%: 35.8; FT% 76.5   

     http://miaa.org/mbb/stats/0809/hopem.htm

Notes
19th NCAA Tournament Appearance;  4th year in a row, 6 of last 8.  Advanced to D3 Final Four in 2008

We aren't supposed to be here.

     

[David Collinge]

We aren't supposed to be here.

Maybe it's time for a younger coach; holding a job since the 1697-98 season is impressive, but he may be slipping behind the times just a bit.

[sac]

We aren't supposed to be here.

Maybe it's time for a younger coach; holding a job since the 1697-98 season is impressive, but he may be slipping behind the times just a bit.

I hope I don't have my official Hope Fan badge suspended, this our 20th NCAA Tournament appearance.


Recruiting in the 1700's was tough David, and the bus rides were even more difficult.

[Pat Coleman]

We aren't supposed to be here.

Maybe it's time for a younger coach; holding a job since the 1697-98 season is impressive, but he may be slipping behind the times just a bit.

Actually, David, I think you forgot the three seasons Hope didn't have a team because of the Civil War, the three seasons of the Revolutionary War, and the season of 1813-14 was canceled but since word didn't reach the Northwest Territory in time, it was played anyway.

[David Collinge]

What Hope players in the 18th century put on their hot dogs (or knockwurft):


You probably can't tell, but those say "muf tard" and "cat fup"

[Mr. Ypsi]

What's most amazing it that Holland didn't even exist until 1847.  Yet GVW had already been coaching there for over a century and a half!

If that ain't Hall of Fame credentials, I don't know what is.

[ronk]

Scranton Royals
Last Ranking:   NR
Pool B Landmark Conference
21-6(overall)  11-3(conference, 1st)
Head Coach - Carl Danzig(8th year, 141-75, NCAA appearances 2003/6/8/9)
Record against NCAA teams - (0-1) Richard Stockton  62-77 @ home

Starters
No. Name               Pos. Ht. Yr.   Pts/Rebs               
22  Ryan FitzPatrick  G 6-4  Sr.  12.4/2.9     Landmark 1st team
25  Zach Ashworth    G 6-2  So.  13.9/4.5    Landmark 1st team
30  Luke Hawk          G 6-4  So. 11.5/4.4
34  Paul Biagioli        F 6-6  Sr.  13.2/5.0     Landmark 2nd team
44  Paul Hawk           F 6-8  Sr.    6.8/5.4     Landmark DPOY

Key Reserves: Eli Londo, F, 6-5, Sr., 6.5 pts/3.2 rebs; Dan O'Connell, G, Jr., 5.7 pts/3.9
rebs; Brendan Fuller, F, 6-7, Sr., 2.7 pts/1.2 rebs; Dan Hilferty, G, 6-1, Fr., 0.7 pts/0.6 rebs

Notes
2008 NCAA - lost to Elms,1st round
Fitzpatrick - 2nd in nation 3-pt accuracy(52.9)
P. Hawk    -  6th in blocked shots per game(3.2)
Team        -  16th FT 76%

[sac]

What's most amazing it that Holland didn't even exist until 1847.  Yet GVW had already been coaching there for over a century and a half!

If that ain't Hall of Fame credentials, I don't know what is.

Deep within the archives of VanWylen Library, way in the back in a dark corner is a small box.  Inside it contains the written history of Hope's first true basketball rival .......the Singapore Saints.   The rivalry was truely heated, but it had to be disbanded one day because of an ugly on court incident involving a butter churn and washboard.  Dutchmen fans took revenge by burning the village of  Singapore and burrying it under mountains of sand.

Here's the more widely publicly accepted version of what happened to Singapore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore,_Michigan

....but we know what really happened. We don't speak of it often.

Hope moved on and found a new rival with the Graafschaap Tulpen Eters, but the students grew tired of trying to find creative ways of rhyming rythmicly with Graafschaap and the rivalry was disbanded by popular request.

[massd3fan]

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Engineers
 
Rank in last d3hoops poll: NR (Tie - #29)       
Pool C qualifier from the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC)
20-5 Overall; 11-1 NEWMAC (1st); 9-2 home; 10-3 road; 1-0 neutral     
Head Coach - Chris Bartley (8th season)         

Key Wins         
11-20 At Rhode Island College, 11-22 vs. Brandeis, 11-25 Vs Lasell, 1-28 Vs. MIT

Record Against NCAA Tourney Teams - (4-2) W-RIC, Brandeis, MIT (twice); L-Salem St., Elms       

STARTERS
3 Jerome Kirkland, Guard       5'10" Sr  13.0 PPG, 2.6 RRG, 1.8 APG, 57 STL; All-NEWMAC 1st Team
11 Adam Lirette, Guard          5'10" Sr   8.9 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 3.2 APG, 32 STL; All-NEWMAC 2nd Team
12 Kyle Nadeu, Guard            5'8"  So   4.8 PPG. 2.1 RPG, 1.8 APG, 27 STL;
21 Ben Etten, Forward           6'2"  So   9.9 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 1.5 APG; All-NEWMAC 2nd Team, NEWMAC All-Academic Team
24 NT Izuchi, Forward           6'2"  Sr   5.0 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 0.5 APG;

BENCH
13 Jeff Robinson, Guard         6'1"  So  11.0 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 1.0 APG; NEWMAC All-Academic Team
14 Todd Rapport, Guard          6'1"  Fr   0.8 PPG, 0.3 RPG, 0.6 APG;
22 Fernando Perez, Forward      6'3"  FR   7.3 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 0.5 APG;
23 David Brown, Guard           6'3"  FR   0.9 PPG, 0.4 RPG, 0.4 APG;
31 Matt Carr, Center            6'7"  FR   1.1 PPG, 1.7 RPG, 0.2 APG;
32 Will Lyons, Forward          6'4"  SR   2.4 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 0.6 APG; NEWMAC All-Academic Team
33 Jerome Stewart, Forward      6'4"  FR   5.4 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 0.4 APG;
42 Peter White, Forward         6'3"  FR   0.9 PPG, 0.3 RPG, 0.1 APG;
45 Bennett Lessard, Center      6'8"  JR   3.6 PPG, 3.7 RPG; 0.1 APG;
55 Ryan Stock, Guard            6'2"  SO   0.7 PPG, 0.4 RPG, 0.1 APG;

Statistics         
Points/Game: WPI (71.7) Opponent (62.8)         
Rebounds/Game: WPI (36.2) Opponent (33.5)         
FG%: WPI (44.9) Opponent (41.3)         
3PT%: (30.1); FT% (69.4)         

Notes         
-This is WPI's 5th consectutive appearance in NCAA Tournament.  They reached the Sweet 16 in 2005.

-WPI was ranked as high as 17th in the D3Hoops poll this year and 1st in the NCAA Regional Rankings for the Northeast.

-WPI will use it's deep bench a lot, as well as mix up the starting lineup to match up with the opposition.

[scout]

University of New England Nor'Easters
 
Rank in last d3hoops poll: NR (NR All Year)
Pool A qualifier from The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC)
24-4 Overall; 12-1 TCCC (1st); 14-2 home; 9-2 road; 1-0 neutral     
Head Coach – Jason Mulligan (2nd season; 39-16 Overall)         

Key Wins         
12-6 At Husson College, 1-6 at Bates
Key Losses
11-22 St. Joseph's (Maine), 2-18 at Gordon College
Record Against NCAA Tourney Teams - (1-1) W-Husson College; L-St. Joseph's (Maine)       

STARTERS
24 Johnnie Jefferson, Forward         6'4" Sr  15.4 PPG, 4.8 RRG, 1.7 APG, 1.3 SPG;
00 Jaykyri Simpson, Guard                6'3" Sr   12.1 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 3.7 APG, 2.2 SPG;
10 Quentin Thompson, Guard          6'3"  Fr   11.9 PPG. 5.6 RPG, 2.3 APG, 1.9 SPG;
11 Anthony Johnson, Guard              6'0"  Fr   9.1 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 1.6 APG; 1.1 SPG
04 Steve Belmonte, Guard                 5'9"  Sr   6.1 PPG, 1.7 RPG, 2.1 APG; 1.4 SPG

BENCH
23 J.J. Roseman                                                   7.0 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 0.6 APG;
25 Marchale Robinson, Guard          6'3"  Jr   6.9 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 0.9 APG;
15 Chas Rentrope, Guard                 6'3"  So   5.9 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 1.2 APG;
05 Victor Oruonyehu, Guard           5'11"  FR   5.1 PPG, 1.1 RPG, 0.5 APG;
30 Ryan Knotek, Forward                6'3"   FR    2.9 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 0.28 APG
22 Matt Thompson, Guard              5'10"  FR   1.3 PPG, 1.3 RPG, 0.28 APG;

Statistics         
Points/Game: WPI (79.8 ) Opponent (72.1 )         
Rebounds/Game: WPI (33.8 ) Opponent (35.4 )         
FG%: WPI (45.6 ) Opponent (46.7 )         
3PT%: (35.8 ); FT% (66.4 )         

Notes         
-This is UNE's first ever appearance in the NCAA D3 Tournament.
- At one point in this season, UNE had a 19 game winning streak. It was snapped in an away loss to Gordon College.
-UNE made an appearance in the Northeast Regional NCAA ranking during that streak.
-UNE will use their deep bench a lot. They use the full-court press quite frequently and have 12.6 steals per game. They allow a better FG percentage than they boast, but because they have more possessions by virtue of forcing turnovers, they win in their transition game.

[T990]

Notes         
-This is UNE's first ever appearance in the NCAA D3 Tournament.

scout, someone from UNE should contact ESPN.  They like stories like this, esp. with the angle of Texas players going to college in Biddeford with lobster traps floating next to campus.  ESPN can cover the UNE story after they get done interviewing MIT.   

[magicman]

Brockport State Golden Eagles

Rank in D3Hoops Poll:  Unranked all year
Pool A  SUNYAC Tournament Champion
14-14 Overall  7-9 Conference Play
Head Coach-Greg Dunne 2nd season (35-22 overall) ECAC Upstate Champs 2008

Key Wins:
1-04 At Desales 61-49 
Feb 24,27,28---Beat the #1 #3 & #5 seed to win conference tourney
Record against NCAA Tourney Teams 1-3   Beat Desales Lost to Whitworth 83-67, Lost to St Lawrence 89-74, lost to Rochester Tech 62-61
Won last 7 games in a row.

**Starters

** Joe Clarke  Sr. G 6-2 170 Liverpool, NY/Liverpool   8.8ppg 32 3's 3.9rpg
Brandon Williams Jr. G 5-11 168 Rochester, NY/Wilson
** Jermaine Johnson  Jr. G 6-0 180 Queens Bridge, NY/Long Island City 7.4ppg
Ian Mack  Sr. G 6-1 185 Liverpool, NY/Liverpool 
** Mychal Wilkes  Sr. G 5-11 185 Newark, NY/Newark  15.1ppg  67 3's 85% ft
Andy Foote  So. G 6-2 200 Sidney, NY/Sidney 
Gerald Williams Fr. G 6-0 175 Rochester, NY/Charlotte
** Josh Zenkel  Sr. G 5-10 170 Webster, NY/Webster-Thomas 2.9ppg
Andy Marchand So. G 5-8 165 Rochester, NY/C.G. Finney
Brennan McCarthy Jr. G 6-2 165 Cobleskill, NY/Cobleskill-Richmondville
** Shawn Harris  Sr. G 5-10 170 Rochester, NY/Gates-Chili  7.5ppg
Greg Schiefen So. G 6-2 190 Elmira, NY/Elmira Notre Dame
Justin Kemp  So. F 6-3 190 Dansville, NY/Wayland-Cohocton
Eamon Kays  Sr. F/C 6-5 230 Mexico, NY/Mexico    9.7ppg 5.3 rpg
Bobby Brooks  Sr. F/C 6-8 205 Oneida, NY/Oneida
 
Notes:
This is Brockport's 9th NCAA appearence
They have made 3 Elite 8's and 1 Final Four
NCAA tournament record 13-8
Brockport averages 73.6 ppg Opponents average 69.2 ppg
Lost 2 key starters for the season early on, started 5-11 since then have went 9-3.
Mychal Wilkes named 1st team All Conference

[magicman]

Nobody from St. Lawrence has posted for them so I'll give some info but it's late so it will be abbreviated.

St Lawrence University Saints

Rank in D3Hoops Poll #28 in week 12
Pool C Bid Regular season Champion of the Liberty League
20-6 overall 12-2 Liberty League
Head Coach- Chris Downs 12th year (200-118)

Key wins:                                                 
11-25 #9 Middlebury 84-71
1-11 Brockport  89-74
1-30 Hamilton  80-67
2-14 Hamilton  75-62

Key losses
12-13 Ithaca 95-89
1-2 Widener  97-93
2-28 RPI  82-75
Record against NCAA Tourney teams 2-3

     **Starters

Terry Parham, Jr. FY 6-0 175 G  10.2 ppg 3.1rpg                                                       
 **JoshSharlow Jr. 5-9 180 G  9.7 ppg 5.0 rpg 5.3 apg 60 steals 26 3's   
** Ben Araya So. 6-3 200 G  3.0 ppg 3.1 rpg 
Ralph Temgoua FY 6-5 186 G  8.8 ppg 5.7 rpg
** Tom Wopperer*  Sr. 6-4 210 G  16.5 ppg 4.0 rpg 2.3 apg 58 3's
Garrett Sharlow FY 6-4 220 G 11.6 ppg 6.5 rpg 40 3's 
**Bela Vonnak*  Sr. 6-6 250 F  11.6 ppg 6.4 rpg 
**Richard Williams*  Sr. 6-5 200  12.0 ppg 6.8 rpg

Notes:
Saints have 11 appearances in the NCAA tournament overall record is 8-12   1 E8
Saints have 5 players in double figures and 5 players averaging over 5 rpg
Saints average 84 ppg and give up 76 ppg
Rebounding margin is +9.7    46 pg vs oppenents 36.3 pg

[narch]

i'm not an averett fan, but noticed that nobody had posted this...i think they've got a shot vs. centre

Averett University Cougars
Rank in D3Hoops Poll #35
Pool A - USASAC champion
20-8 overall , 10-2 USASAC
Head Coach- Jimmy Allen 4th year (87-52)
Record vs. tournament teams: 1-3 (W vs. VWC, L vs. Guilford, M'ville and Carnegie Mellon)
11 straight wins to end the season
Two 1,000+ point scorers (Rumley & Brown)

Probable Starters
G 24 Ryan Frazier SR 6-2 213 11.6 ppg, 2.1 rpg Shooting 39.9% from 3
G 3 Justin Parker SR 5-9 166 6.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg Shooting 33% from 3-pt. range
G 22 Jonathan Rumley SR 6-3 183 17.1 ppg, 7.1 rpg Avg. 6.1 assists and 2.2 steals - USASAC POTY
F 32 Kenny Hart FR 6-3 177 11.6 ppg, 5.1 rpg Shooting 37.9% from 3-pt. range
F 42 Mike Miller JR 6'6 217 5.8 ppg, 2.7 rpg Shooting 51.7% from floor

Key Reserves
C 50 Damien Brown SR 6-7 196 9.9 ppg, 5.6 rpg Shooting 64.3% from floor
F 52 Ruben Pierce FR 6-5 150 3.6 ppg, 2.2 rpg Team-high 13 blocks
G 20 Chris Pagentine FR 6-2 168 3.4 ppg, 0.9 rpg Avereging 7.9 minutes a game
F 33 Jeff Wehling JR 6-4 197 2.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg Shooting 32.1% from 3-pt. range
G 10 Victor Cortes FR 5'9 154 1.4 ppg, 1.3 rpg Averaging 7.8 minutes a game