2007 carrs/safeway great alaska shootout official program

The 2007 Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout tournament program was written and edited by UAA sports information director Nate Sagan, with editorial assistance provided by Tad Dunham. Primary photography by Michael Dinneen with additional photos by Clark James Mishler. Typography and design by Nate Sagan. Printing by A.T. Publishing and Printing, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska. It is the policy of UAA to provide services and benefits to all students and employees without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability or status as a Vietnam-era veteran. This official publica-tion was released by the University of Alaska, produced at a cost of $2.33 per copy to promote the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout.

Women’s Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Men’s Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Shootout Committee & Seawolf Captains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Adopt-A-University Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Sullivan Arena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2007 Tournament Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15

Shootout 30th Anniversary Trivia Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Women’s History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Alaska Anchorage Seawolves women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Bradley Braves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Cleveland State Vikings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Santa Clara Broncos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Women’s Scorecard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Women’s All-Time Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-37

Women’s Shootout Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Women’s All-Time Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Men’s Shootout History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-45

Men’s Shootout Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Seawolf Giant Killers & Shootout Legends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Butler Bulldogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Eastern Washington Eagles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Gonzaga Bulldogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Michigan Wolverines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Texas Tech Red Raiders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Virginia Tech Hokies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Men’s Scorecard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-67

Men’s Shootout Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Men’s All-Time Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71-79

Men’s All-Time Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Shootout 30th Anniversary Trivia Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Seawolf Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

UAA Administration/Athletic Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Seawolf Corporate Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

This is UAA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Anchorage & Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925ON THE COVER: The moon cycling over the Chugach Range must have a sense that basketball season has arrived in The Last Frontier.

Design by The Nerland Agency

SHOOTOUTSHUTTLE BUS SERVICE

Provided by ALASKA TOBY CHARTER

All service provided to and from the Calais II Building, located at 3201 C Street. Service returns from Sullivan Arena following the second game of each session.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21(Game times 7:30 & 9:45 pm)6:30, 6:45, 7:00, 7:15, 7:30, 8:45, 9:00, 9:15, 9:30, 9:45

THURSDAY, NOV. 22(Game times 5 & 7:30 pm)4:00, 4:15, 4:30, 4:45, 5:00, 6:30, 6:45, 7:00, 7:15, 7:30

FRIDAY, NOV. 23(Game times Noon, 2, 5:30 & 8 pm)11:00, 11:15, 11:30, 11:45, 12:00, 1:00, 1:15, 1:30, 1:45, 2:00 / 4:30, 4:45, 5:00, 5:15, 5:30, 7:00, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:00

SATURDAY, NOV. 24(Game times Noon, 2, 6 & 8:30 pm)11:00, 11:15, 11:30, 11:45, Noon, 1:00, 1:15, 1:30, 1:45, 2:00 / 5:00, 5:15, 5:30, 5:45, 6:00, 7:30, 7:45, 8:00, 8:15, 8:30

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TABLE OF CONTENTS/CREDITS

TUESDAY, NOV. 20 – FIRST ROUNDCleveland State vs. Alaska Anchorage, 6 p.m.

Bradley vs. Santa Clara, 8 p.m.

NOVEMBER 20 & 21Sullivan Arena - Anchorage, Alaska

Hosted by the University of Alaska Anchorage

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21Third Place Game, 2:30 p.m.Championship Game, 5 p.m.

NOVEMBER 21 NOVEMBER 20 NOVEMBER 21 WEDNESDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY

3rd Place Championship 2:30 p.m. 5 p.m.

Cleveland State

Bradley

6 p.m.

Alaska Anchorage

8 p.m.

Santa Clara

3Alaska Anchorage forward Maria Nilsson shot 6-of-7 on three-pointers in last year’s title-game victory over UC Riverside. The Swede finished with 22 points to earn Carrs/Safeway Player of the Game honors.

4Cleveland State forward Dominique Butler is a two-time All-Horizon League

Defensive Team honoree. The junior led

the Horizon in steals last year with 1.9 per game.


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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21 1. Michigan vs. Butler, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) 2. Eastern Washington vs. Virginia Tech, 9:45 p.m.

FRIDAY, NOV. 23 5. Loser 1 vs. Loser 2, Noon 6. Loser 3 vs. Loser 4, 2 p.m. 7. Winner 1 vs. Winner 2, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN360) 8. Winner 3 vs. Winner 4, 8 p.m. (ESPN360)

NOVEMBER 21-24Sullivan Arena - Anchorage, Alaska

Hosted by the University of Alaska Anchorage

THURSDAY, NOV. 22 3. Texas Tech vs. Alaska Anchorage, 5 p.m. (ESPN360) 4. Western Kentucky vs. Gonzaga, 7:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

SATURDAY, NOV. 24 9. 7th & 8th place game, Noon 10. 4th & 6th place game, 2 p.m. 11. 3rd & 5th place game, 6 p.m. (ESPN360) 12. Championship game, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

4th and 6th Championship 2 p.m. 8:30 p.m.

Saturday Saturday (ESPN2)

7th & 8th 3rd & 5th Noon 6 p.m. Saturday Saturday (ESPN360)

Consolation Semifinal Semifinal 2 p.m. 8 p.m. Friday Friday (ESPN360)

Consolation Semifinal Semifinal Noon 5:30 p.m. Friday Friday (ESPN360)

NOVEMBER 24 NOVEMBER 23 NOVEMBER 21-22 NOVEMBER 23 NOVEMBER 24 SATURDAY FRIDAY WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

7:30 p.m.Wednesday

(ESPN2)

Butler

9:45 p.m.Wednesday

Virginia Tech

5 p.m.Thursday

(ESPN360)

Alaska Anchorage

7:30 p.m.Thursday(ESPNU)

Gonzaga

Michigan

Eastern Washington

Texas Tech

Western Kentucky


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2007 MEN’S TOURNAMENT BRACKET/SCHEDULE

Although officially hosted by the Uni-versity of Alaska Anchorage, much of the administration of the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout is handled annually by the Shootout Tourn-ament Committee. Chaired this year by Brian Nerland (above), the committee is a volunteer group that gives of its time and talents. Without ques-tion, the group has been a critical factor in the success the tournament has enjoyed. The committee assists in everything from coordinating halftime entertainment to helping with tournament publicity and selling tickets. Even prior to the conclusion of the 2007 tournament, the wheels are already in motion with the planning of the 2008 Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout.

Bill & Cecilia HopperSanta Clara

Anne & Rick PollockButler

Sheryl & Clint LentferBradley

Jennifer & John FergusonEastern Washington

Roger & Janet WorrellAlaska Anchorage men

Leslie & Rick NerlandTexas Tech

Dorothy & Gus FultonCleveland State

Bill & Carol MiernykAlaska Anchorage women

The Seawolf Captain program enters its 23rd year of operation with the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout. Chosen by the UAA Athletics and coordinated by Jim and Bobbi Olson (right), 12 sets of highly qualified local residents give of their time to act as offi-cial hosts for their assigned teams. The tasks of the captains are varied, but their primary role is simply to make their respective team’s visit as enjoyable as possible.

2007 SHOOTOUT COMMITTEE

Brian Nerland, ChairDale AllenChristy AndresenTodd ArndtRick CalcoteCheryl CampbellKristen DysonSteve HagedornMike HammerBernard JacksonErnest JacksonJulie KapkeJennifer KueterKaren Miernyk

Carolyn Muegge- VaughanSteve NerlandBobbi OlsonJim OlsonTom PackerCorey PoindexterGlenn PetersonBryan QuinnAnne ReedCathé RhodesTom SoperJoe Wooden

TIMERS & SCORERSJeff BrownAl GrantJim LarrabeeMarcus LoweNick PayovichIdamarie PiccardBob PorcelliJim PorcelliAlex ProsakJim SimpsonDaisy Van Nortwick

MEDIA CENTERCarol BannockBrandon HolleyMel KalkowskiDave Mateer

STAT CREWJoe AlstonSteve McMainsEdward WickhamKathie Yatchak

PUBLIC ADDRESSDuane BannockTom Wright

Dena & Curt NadingVirginia Tech


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SHOOTOUT COMMITTEE & SEAWOLF CAPTAINS

Dave & Sharon YoungGonzaga

Chris (& Elaine) MelloMichigan

Pete GinderWestern Kentucky

The “Adopt a University” program, now in its 14th year in 2007, matches Anchorage-area and Mat-Su high schools with Shootout teams. The local schools help the Shootout teams with supplemental practice times as well as fan support during the tournament with bands, cheerleaders and student cheering sections. The asso-ciation provides an opportunity for student development and growth through involvement as student trainers and sports information assistants. Adopt a University also promotes positive interaction between high school students and the players and staff of their adopted university.

ROBERT SERVICE HIgH SCHOOLeastern washington

Location: AnchorageEnrollment: 1,900Nickname: CougarsColors: Green & GoldPrincipal: Lou PondolfinoAsst. Principals: Lin Hinderman, Craig Walker, Patsy Chapple, John GaskinsAthletic Director: Curt SchmidtBand Director: Dan WhitfieldCheerleading Coach: Tonya Carney

SOUTH ANCHORAgE HIgH SCHOOLMiChigan

Location: AnchorageEnrollment: 1,780Nickname: WolverinesColors: Vegas Gold & BlackPrincipal: Chuck FanninAsst. Principals: Brian Hosken, Pat Walker, Juliana Armstrong, Bill FranklinAthletic Director: Tom RitchieBand Director: Darrel KincaidCheerleading Coaches: Jocelyn Friedman, Melinda Rocheleau

WASILLA HIgH SCHOOLsanta Clara

Location: WasillaEnrollment: 1,300Nickname: WarriorsColors: Red & WhitePrincipal: Dwight ProbascoAsst. Principals: Mark Okeson, Dan MichaelAthletic Director: Joe GardnerBand Director: Henry PenningtonCheerleading Coach: Sharee Davis

WEST ANCHORAgE HIgH SCHOOLtexas teCh

Location: AnchorageEnrollment: 1,850Nickname: EaglesColors: Orange & BlackPrincipal: Rick StoneAsst. Principals: Sue Holway, Glen Blake, Patrick Henry, Jamie JonesAthletic Director: C. David WilliamsonBand Director: C. David WilliamsonCheerleading Coaches: Sheri LeDue, June McElwain

ANCHORAgE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLSBraDleY

Location: AnchorageEnrollment: 190 Nickname: LionsColors: Red, White & BluePrincipal: Rich HofackerAsst. Principal: Shyla WellsAthletic Director: Jason HofackerBand Director: Tim VolstadCheerleading Coach: Holly Prevo

BARTLETT HIgH SCHOOLvirginia teCh

Location: AnchorageEnrollment: 1,700Nickname: Golden BearsColors: Royal Blue & GoldPrincipal: Dan GallegoAsst. Principals: Josh Green, Mike Doody, Tina Johnson-Harris, Rodger NicholsAthletic Director: John JessenBand Director: Philip WaltersCheerleading Coach: Lakhita Banks, Marilynn Otero

CHUgIAk HIgH SCHOOLgonZaga

Location: ChugiakEnrollment: 1,350Nickname: MustangsColors: Columbia Blue, Black & WhitePrincipal: Rick VolkAsst. Principals: Jim Bell, Nancy Brain, Colette MarshallAthletic Director: Paul BrauneisBand Director: Jon BoysenCheerleading Coach: Joyce Davis

COLONY HIgH SCHOOLalasKa anChorage woMen

Location: PalmerEnrollment: 1,200Nickname: KnightsColors: Kelly Green, Black & WhitePrincipal: Cyd DuffinAsst. Principals: Michael Looney, Brendon McMahonActivities Director: Mike BoydBand Director: Jamin BurtonCheerleading Coach: TBA

A.J. DIMOND HIgH SCHOOLClevelanD state

Location: AnchorageEnrollment: 1,800Nickname: LynxColors: Maroon & GoldPrincipal: Cheryl GuyettAsst. Principals: Julye Neel, Vikki McConnell, Kevin Theonnes, Dale EvernAthletic Director: John SneadBand Director: Jason EdwardsCheerleading Coaches: Tamara Cross, Carrie Vanderwood

EAST ANCHORAgE HIgH SCHOOLalasKa anChorage Men

Location: AnchorageEnrollment: 2,200Nickname: ThunderbirdsColors: Columbia Blue, Red & WhitePrincipal: Michael GrahamAsst. Principals: Sam Spinella, Wendy Sept, Janis Fleischman, Harlod GreenAthletic Director: Scott ThomasBand Director: James BowersCheerleading Coach: Gayle White, Wilma Middleton

EAgLE RIVER HIgH SCHOOLwestern KentUCKY

Location: Eagle RiverEnrollment: 850Nickname: WolvesColors: Blue & SilverPrincipal: Natalie BurnettAsst. Principals: James Bell, Kersten StruemplerAthletic Director: Kirby SendenBand Director: Mike MartinsonCheerleading Coaches: Leigha Tims, Sara Waltman

PALMER HIgH SCHOOLBUtler

Location: PalmerEnrollment: 990Nickname: MooseColors: Blue & WhitePrincipal: Wolfgang WinterAsst. Principals: Jim Simmons, Sheela Green-HullActivities Director: Jeff ThiedeBand Director: Stan HarrisCheerleading Coach: TBA


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ADOPT-A-UNIVERSITY PROGRAM

The Seawolf basketball teams host the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout in the 8,700-seat Sullivan Arena in Midtown Anchorage – a site that has also grown into one of the finest college hockey arenas in the nation. The municipally owned arena was named in honor of former Anchorage mayor George Sullivan, whose Project 80s plan took oil wealth and turned it into a series of major public building projects. The Shootout moved to the $30 million facility in 1983, tripling the tournament’s seating capacity from its former home at Buckner Fieldhouse on Fort Richardson. A Willie Nelson concert on Feb. 8, 1983 was the first event hosted by the arena, and

in March of that year the Seawolf hockey team played its first game at Sullivan when it took on the U.S. National Team. Since that time, UAA has emerged as one of the top-drawing hockey programs in the nation. Basketball fans have flocked to the Sullivan to see the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout. Over the last 10 years, more than 50,000 fans per tournament have squeezed into Sullivan, and seven sessions have drawn sellout crowds. Managed by SMG, the arena is designed with flexibility in mind. It can host nearly every indoor sport, and can be configured to host any large gathering such as concerts, trade shows or circuses. Complete with an

international-sized ice rink (100 x 200 feet), the arena takes advantage of portable seating to switch from hockey to basketball configu-rations in a matter of hours. The latest addition is the new floor that was installed in time for the 2004 Shootout, giving the arena a fresh look for the nation-ally televised event. A fully automated scoreboard, installed in 2002, hangs in the center of the arena, and is complemented by smaller versions at each of the building’s four corners. In 2001, the giant, 16-by-9-foot “Sulli-Vision” video screen was installed on the south wall. A first-class sound and lighting system completes the setting.

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seawolFIn the Seawolf, the University of Alaska Anchorage has one of the more unique mascots in the country. Originally nicknamed the Sourdoughs, UAA adopted the Seawolf moniker in 1977. The name Seawolf represents a mythical sea creature and, according to the legend of the Seawolf, anyone fortunate enough to view it was subject to good luck. The exact nature or shape of the Seawolf, however, was left to the imagina-tion and thus the creature has been depict-ed in many forms throughout the years.

The Seawolf of today was introduced in 1985. Created by the Clark Mishler & Associates Company of Anchorage in coop-eration with a University committee, it rep-resents an adaptation of a more traditional Alaska totemic-like characterization of the mythical Seawolf. The most recent makeover of the Seawolf, a University-wide project, was taken on in order to update the look of the UAA mascot into a more recognizable and marketable image. The University has trademarked the logo.

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As if 16 games in five days weren’t enough for the average college basketball junkie, the plot lines for the 30th annual Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout are seemingly endless. On the women’s side, the home-town Seawolves of Alaska Anchorage are looking to defend their 2006 title and capture their third championship in five years, while former Alaska high school star Chandice Cronk makes what she hopes is a triumphant return with her Santa Clara Broncos. The men’s tournament is once again loaded with big names and even bigger expectations, featuring arguably the top two ‘mid-major’ squads in the country with Butler and Gonzaga, plus the all-time-winningest coach in men’s NCAA Division I history with Texas Tech’s Bob Knight. And that’s not even counting major-conference teams such as Michigan of the Big Ten and Virginia Tech of the sto-ried Atlantic Coast Conference. Western Kentucky forward Courtney Lee, mean-while, might be one of the least known — but most talented — players in the nation this season. Here’s a quick look at this year’s Shootout squads:

WOMEN’S FIELDalasKa anChorage: The Seawolves are the only Division II team in the field, but they will not be taken lightly by either of their opponents. UAA captured the 2006 Shootout title with thrilling wins over Air Force and UC Riverside to claim its third-ever tournament title (1990, 2003), and the Seawolves return the Most Outstanding Player of last year’s event in junior cen-ter Rebecca Kielpinski. Coming off a 23-6 season, the Seawolves are picked the finish sec-ond in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and tabbed in the nation’s top 20 in multiple NCAA D-II rankings.

BraDleY: The Peoria, Ill., school makes its Shootout debut in 2007 with an extremely young squad, having gradu-ating four of its top five scorers from a year ago. Eighth-year head coach Paula Buscher will rely heavily on the experi-ence and double-digit scoring of senior

guard Devyn Flanagan, while Hampton transfer Monica Rogers will have to make a major impact at forward for the Braves to overcome their 10th-place pre-diction in the Missouri Valley Conference preseason poll. The Braves are the first MVC team to make a Shootout appearance since the conference added women’s basketball in the early 1990s.

ClevelanD state: Another Shootout first-timer, CSU should be much improved over last year’s 8-22 record, thanks to the return of sophomore guard Kailey Klein. The Vikings’ top returnee was the Horizon League Newcomer of the Year in 2006-07 and is a preseason all-league pick heading into this campaign. Head coach Kate Peterson Abiad also gets back hard-nosed defensive specialist Dominique Butler, plus senior team lead-ers Brittany Korth in the backcourt and Robyn Hoying down low.

santa Clara: Head coach Michelle Bento-Jackson’s Broncos have developed a reputation as one of the top three-point shooting teams in the country over the past several campaigns, thanks largely to the exploits of Cronk. The former Wasilla High star was the leading scorer in the West Coast Conference as a junior, averaging 16.5 points, including more than three treys per game. Despite the return of all-league first-teamer Cronk and honorable mention forward Jen Gottschalk, the Broncos were predicted seventh in the WCC’s preseason poll.

MEN’S FIELDalasKa anChorage: The Seawolves should feature one of their most danger-ous teams in recent memory as they vie for a sixth straight year with at least one victory in their showcase tourney. Senior All-America candidates Luke Cooper at point guard and Carl Arts at forward are returning first- and second-team Great Northwest Athletic Conference picks from a year ago, while fellow returnees McCade Olsen and Cameron Burney are among the most athletic players in NCAA Division II. Division I transfers Chris Bryant and Doug Hardy, plus former NAIA star Jeremiah Trueman should give fourth-year head coach Rusty Osborne a lift as well.

BUtler: The Bulldogs will be shooting for their second straight prestigious title in two years after seizing the NIT Season Tip-Off last November. The Indianapolis school has the chanced to do that and more, with senior

30th anniversary Shootout shapes up as a dandy

5Marquette’s Steve Novak is a preseason All-America candidate. The Golden Eagles forward shot 46.1 percent from three-point range in 2004-05.

5Butler senior guard A.J. Graves powered his team to the NCAA’s Sweet 16 last season and is a candidate for the Wooden Award as college basketball’s player-of-the-year in 2007-08.


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guards A.J. Graves and Mike Smith com-bining to make one of the most danger-ous backcourt combos in all of college basketball. After 29 victories and reaching the NCAA Tournament’s ‘Sweet 16’ round last spring, Butler is once again the pre-season favorite in the Horizon League, with Graves tabbed the conference’s Preseason Player of the Year. Look for fellow senior Julian Betko to make a big impact as well after starting all 36 games in 2006-07.

eastern washington: New head coach Kirk Earlywine faces a major rebuilding effort in Cheney, with just one starter — 6-7 forward Kellen Williams — and no double-digit scorers back from last year’s 15-14 team. Earlywine has added a major influx of talent from the junior college and international ranks (two Serbians and a Canadian) in an effort to turn the Eagles back into contenders in the Big Sky Conference.

gonZaga: Despite not playing a ‘major’ conference, the Zags have forged a rep-utation as a national power over the last decade, becoming regular NCAA Tournament participants and producing such NBA lottery picks as Adam Morrison. And head coach Mark Few’s 2007-08 crew might be one of his best ever, with a well-balanced attack led by guard Jeremy Pargo on the perimeter, big man Josh Heytvelt in the middle and rising star Matt Bouldin at the swingman spot. Like Butler, these Bulldogs are also picked as their league’s favorites — in the West Coast Conference — and gar-nered a No. 14 national ranking in the USA Today/ESPN top 25 coaches’ poll. Gonzaga will be trying to trying for its first Shootout title after finishing run-ner-up to Dwyane Wade and Marquette in 2001.

MiChigan: The John Beilein era begins at U-M this year as the former West Virginia mentor hopes to work the same magic in Ann Arbor as he did in Morgantown, where he twice took the Mountaineers deep into the NCAA Tournament. But Beilein’s challenge will be large in 2007-08 as he inherits a team deci-mated by graduation that features just one scholarship senior — 6-6 swingman Ron Coleman. Beilein did make inroads in recrut-

ing, however, including bringing in the state’s Mr. Basketball, 6-5 guard Manny Harris. The youth movement will be key to the Wolverines’ success in the always-tough Big Ten Conference.

texas teCh: The Red Raiders make just their second-ever Shootout appear-ance in 2007, but it will be the third time north for Bob Knight, Division I’s new all-time wins leader. ‘The General’ started the season with 890 victories and will rely on senior guard and Wooden Award candidate Martin Zeno as he attempts to bolster that total. The Lubbock school is aiming for its second straight NCAA Tournament berth after going 21-13 a year ago.

virginia teCh: Coming off its most successful season in decades — 22 wins and a second-round NCAA Tournament berth — the Hokies will be challenged

with a rebuilding effort in 2007-08. Gone is first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference guard Zabian Dowdell and defensive stopper Jamon Gordon, so head coach Seth Greenberg will look to veterans Deron Washington and A.D. Vassallo to keep the Hokies afloat in what many consider the nation’s tough-est conference.

western KentUCKY: A definite dark horse in this year’s field is first-time Shootout participant Western Kentucky. The Hilltoppers have averaged over 20 wins under young head coach Darrin Horn the past three years and are a tra-ditional power in the underrated Sun Belt Conference. WKU’s success this season rests squarely on the shoulders of senior NBA prospect Courtney Lee, a 6-5 forward who averaged 17.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game last year, doing most of that damage on a bum ankle.

5Alaska Anchorage senior Luke Cooper set the Shootout record with 16 assists last year against UMKC and has already become his school’s career assists leader.

5Santa Clara’s Chandice Cronk returns to her home state after starring at Wasilla and Northway high schools. The high-scoring senior averaged 16.0 points per game in 2006-07.


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1) Name the four NBA Finals MVPs who have played in the Shootout.

2) Which two Seawolves hold the records for most career points in the Shootout and highest career scoring average in the Shootout?

3) What current NBA television analyst and multiple-time NBA champion played in two Shootouts in the 1980s?

4) How many men’s NCAA champion-ship head coaches have also appeared as head coaches in the Shootout? A) 8 B) 13 C) 17 D) 22

5) What is the only team to go winless in the Shootout and go on to make the NCAA Tournament the following spring?

7) Of the 14 women’s coaches ever to win an NCAA title, how many have also appeared as head coaches in the Shootout? A) 3 B) 4 C) 6 D) 7

8) Who is the only Anchorage native to win Shootout Most Outstanding Player honors?

9) Several visiting players have partici-pated in multiple Shootouts within their college careers. Who is the all-time lead-ing scorer among non-UAA players?

10) Who is the only person to play in 13 career Shootout games?

11) Who is the only coach to bring four different schools to the Shootout?

12) What is the only women’s team to win a Shootout title and an NCAA Tournament championship in the same season?

13) What is the only school to capture both the men’s and women’s Shootout titles in the same year?

14) Who is the shortest men’s player ever to win Shootout Most Outstanding Player honors?

15) Which two UAA men’s players hold the Seawolf record for most points in a game at 37?

16) Which two Pac-10 teams hold the records for most points scored in a single half of a Shootout game?

5This future Hall-of-Famer appeared at the Shootout as a freshman in 1993 and is one of the answers to question #1.


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18) Who are the two father-son combi-nations to coach in the Shootout?

19) Three of the top 5 scorers in NCAA Div. I women’s history have played in the Shootout. Can you name them?

20) Excluding UAA, what school has earned the most all-time Shootout wins?

21) What legendary Alaska high school star made two trips to the Shootout in his collegiate career?

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6) During UAA’s three runs to the women’s Shootout title – 1990, 2003, 2006 – how many double-digit victo-ries did the Seawolves produce?

5Jayci Stone and the Seawolves shot down Air Force in last year’s first-round matchup.

17) Who is this man and what prestigious tournament record did he hold for 13 years?

Entering its 28th edition, the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout women’s tournament has established a tradition of its own as one of the premier events in the game. This year’s Shootout marks the ninth straight year that a four-team women’s tour-ney is part of the November action. After hosting the Northern Lights Invitational women’s basketball tournament from 1980 to 1997, UAA was forced to sus-pend the tournament due to a significant round of budget reductions in the summer of 1998. But thanks in large measure to the generosity of the tournament’s title sponsor, it was announced on September 3, 1998 that, starting in 1999, the Shootout would encom-pass a women’s tournament in addition to the traditional eight-team men’s event. And so it is that this year’s women’s Shootout field of host Alaska Anchorage, Bradley, Cleveland State and Santa Clara will carry on the tradition of the Northern Lights Invitational – a tournament with a storied his-tory of its own. The NLI opened as a four-team tourna-ment in late March of 1980. In 1981 the tournament doubled in size to eight teams and remained that way through 1992. After changing to a four-team, round-robin format for two seasons, the NLI and UAA went back to hosting seven visiting teams until 1997. One of the problems the NLI faced through the years was to find a consistent home on the calendar as NCAA women’s bas-ketball expanded and organized along more traditional conference lines. The tournament dates were moved from March to February in 1982 to avoid conflicting with postseason play. The tournament later moved to January and then, in 1994, moved once again to December in order to attract the best NCAA Division I teams available. Over the years the NLI also moved homes three times. Beginning at the then-named UAA Sports Center in 1980, it moved to the Sullivan Arena in 1983 and then back to Sports Center in 1986. Organizers are thrilled that the women’s Shootout has found a permanent home back under the bright lights of Anchorage’s premier sports facility. Through the years some of the top wom-en’s collegiate basketball teams have played in the event – most notably the 1997 appear-ance and championship of a Tennessee Lady Volunteers team that featured All-American Chamique Holdsclaw. Other top teams have included Clemson, Georgia, Kansas, Iowa, Purdue, Old Domi-nion, Oregon, Texas, Penn State, Louisiana Tech, North Carolina, Southern California, Stanford and Stephen F. Austin.

The 1986 field rates as one of the best in the tourney’s history as three teams – Southern Cal, Northeast Louisiana and Western Kentucky were all ranked in the top 20 that year. The ’86 event also featured Southern Cal’s Cheryl Miller, the most herald-ed women’s basketball player of her time.

SHOOTOUT CHAMPIONS YEAR CHAMPION MOST OUTSTANDINg PLAYER

1980 Iowa Cindy Haugejordge (Iowa) 1981 San Diego State Diena Pels (San Diego State) 1982 Minnesota Laura Coenen (Minnesota) 1983 Old Dominion Lorri Bauman (Drake) 1984 Texas Annette Smith (Texas) 1985 Louisiana Tech Dawn Royster (North Carolina) 1986 Northeast Louisiana Lisa Ingram (Northeast Louisiana) 1987 New Orleans Kunshinge Sorrell (Mississippi State) 1988 South Carolina Martha Parker (South Carolina) 1989 Stephen F. Austin Connie Cole (Stephen F. Austin) 1990 Alaska Anchorage Diane Dobrich (Alaska Anchorage) 1991 Northern Illinois Lisa Foss (Northern Illinois) 1992 Penn State Susan Robinson (Penn State) 1993 Hawaii Valerie Agee (Hawaii) 1994 (Jan.) Rhode Island Dayna Smith (Rhode Island) 1994 (Dec.) Clemson Tara Saunooke (Clemson) 1995 South Carolina Shannon Johnson (South Carolina) 1996 Georgia Tracy Henderson (Georgia) 1997 Tennessee Chamique Holdsclaw (Tennessee) 1999 Kansas Lynn Pride (Kansas) 2000 Ohio State Jamie Lewis (Ohio State) 2001 Iowa Lindsey Meder (Iowa) 2002 Nevada Laura Ingham (Nevada) 2003 Alaska Anchorage Kamie Jo Massey (Alaska Anchorage) 2004 Stanford Candice Wiggins (Stanford) 2005 Central Connecticut State Gabriella Guegbelet (Cent. Connecticut St.) 2006 Alaska Anchorage Rebecca Kielpinski (Alaska Anchorage)

Like their male counterparts, the host UAA women’s basketball team has always been the lone NCAA Division II team in the tournament. And although the men have fared well in the Shootout, they have yet to win it – an impressive feat the women have pulled three times (1990, 2003 and 2006).

5Host Alaska Anchorage made history in 2006 with its record third Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout title. UAA beat Air Force in the first round and topped UC Riverside 72-65 in the championship game.


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Location: Anchorage, AlaskaEnrollment: 19,692Founded: 1977Nickname: SeawolvesColors: Green & GoldConference: Great Northwest Athletic ConferenceArena: Wells Fargo Sports Complex (1,250) & Sullivan Arena (8,700)Web Site: GoSeawolves.comAthletic Director: Dr. Steve CobbHead Coach: Tim Moser Record at UAA/Overall: 23-6, 1 yearAssistant Coaches: Rebecca Alvidrez, Angela Lessard2006-07 Record: 23-62006-07 Conf. Record: 11-5 (2nd)2007 Postseason: NCAA 2nd RoundLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/6Newcomers: 12

TOP RETURNEES PPg RPg OTHERRebecca Kielpinski 14.5 10.8 2.2 bpgMaria Nilsson 7.5 2.8 36% 3FGJennifer Salazar 6.7 3.2 2.9 apg

Jennifer SalazarSenior guard

Tim MoserHead Coach

SEAWOLF ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. CL. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS TEAM) 2 Jennifer Salazar G/F 5-9 Sr. Houston, Texas (Garden City CC) 3 Elisha Harris G 5-7 Jr. West Jordan, Utah (Coll. of Eastern Utah) 4 Kalhie Quinones G 5-7 Sr. Loveland, Colo. (Utah State) 5 Limor Pelleg G 5-5 Jr. Rishon LeZion, Israel (Israeli U-21 Nat’l Team) 10 Denise Benavides G 5-3 Fr. Houston, Texas (Alief Hastings HS) 11 Erin Cunningham G 5-6 Sr. Yuba City, Calif. (Marysville HS/Yuba College) 13 Dasha Basova F/C 6-3 Jr. Moscow, Russia (Northeastern [Colo.] JC) 15 Ruby Williams F 5-10 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Central Arizona Coll.) 20 Ashley Thompson F 5-10 Jr. McCammon, Idaho (Coll. of Southern Idaho) 21 Maria Nilsson G/F 6-0 Sr. Skövde, Sweden (Northeast [Neb.] CC) 24 Danielle Dekel G 5-10 Jr. Kibbutz Ein Shemer, Israel (Central Arizona Coll.) 25 Nikki Aden G/F 5-8 Fr. Portland, Ore. (West Linn HS) 30 Lillie Parks F 5-11 Jr. Rialto, Calif. (Chaffey College) 33 Krista Leman G 5-6 Fr. Ninilchik (NHS) 35 Zee Zee Young G 5-3 Jr. Anchorage (Dimond HS) 41 Jess Merkley F/C 6-1 Fr. Anchorage (South HS) 54 Rebecca Kielpinski C 6-2 Jr. Mandan, N.D. (MHS)

Bridging the gap from frontcourt to backcourt are UAA’s two returning senior starters, Maria Nilsson and Jennifer Salazar. Although listed as a forward, Nilsson brings a dead-eye shooting touch from the outside. The 6-foot Swede hit 36 percent of her three-pointers as a junior and had a pair of games with seven or more treys. Meanwhile, Salazar showed the ability to play multiple positions – including point guard late in the season – and hit big shots at crucial times. In the backcourt, Elisha Harris and Kalhie Quinones will provide a major influx of talent. Quinones starred for Moser at Otero JC and then played a season at Division I Utah State in 2004-05. A tough-minded slasher, she can score from the perimeter or get to the free throw line. Harris, meanwhile, can play either guard position and will be relied upon to show the talent that earned her All-Region 18 honors at College of Eastern Utah last year. Junior Limor Pelleg returns to the lineup after suffering an ACL injury that ended her

When the Alaska Anchorage women’s bas-ketball team takes the court in 2007-08, it will be doing so with an unfamiliar bull’s-eye on its back. Last year the Seawolves were the sur-prise team of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, producing one of the biggest turnarounds in the country to finish with a 23-6 record, a league runner-up finish, and its first NCAA Tournament victory in seven sea-sons. Now many feel UAA is the team to beat, as evidenced by a pair of preseason rankings – No. 9 by Division II Bulletin and No. 14 in the USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll. The Seawolves will be a veteran squad, featuring four seniors and a 12-woman recruit-ing class comprised mainly of junior-college transfers. And that doesn’t even take into account the return of junior center Rebecca Kielpinski, last year’s GNAC Player of the Year. Kielpinski is coming off averages of 14.5 points, 2.2 blocks and a GNAC-best 10.8 rebounds in 2006-07. The Mandan, N.D., native earned the Most Outstanding Player award at the 2006 Shootout as she led the Seawolves to the title, and she was named UAA Athlete of the Year come April. With Kielpinski still in the fold and the addition of junior-college All-American Dasha Basova down low, the Seawolves should sport one of the top frontcourts in the Div. II ranks. Heavily recruited by several Div. I teams, the 6-3 Basova was the Region IX Player of the Year at Northeastern (Colo.) JC, posting aver-ages of 17.5 points and 10.5 rebounds. Second-year coach Tim Moser will have plenty of options at the forward position as well, led by a trio of gritty transfers in Ashley Thompson, Lillie Parks and Ruby Williams. All three come from highly successful JC programs, including Williams, who played on Central Arizona’s NJCAA national runner-up in 2006-07. Former South Anchorage High standout Jess Merkley will provide depth on the interior after redshirting last year.

DID YOU kNOW?5UAA’s 23 wins last year were the second-most in the women’s program’s 30-year history,

behind only the 24-5 record of the 1987-88 squad.

5UAA has been an innovator in distance education, providing web-based classes for the thousands of far-reaching communities in the country’s largest state.

5Junior center Rebecca Kielpinski

promising sophomore campaign after just 11 games last December, while fellow Israeli Danielle Dekel provides another reliable and outside shooter. Freshman Nikki Aden has the coaches excited about her potential as both a shooting guard and small forward, while former Alaska prep star Zee Zee Young adds a true point guard to the mix.

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5Junior forward Kelly Krumwiede

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Location: Peoria, Ill.Enrollment: 6,127Founded: 1897Nickname: BravesColors: Red & WhiteConference: Missouri ValleyArena: Robertson Field House (5,000)Web Site: BUBraves.comAthletic Director: Ken KavanaghHead Coach: Paula Buscher Record at BU: 84-114, 7 years Overall Record: 127-152, 10 yearsAssistant Coaches: Jeni Garber, Marc Lowe, Kari Kerkhoff2006-07 Record: 12-192006-07 Conf. Record: 7-11 (7th)2007 Postseason: NoneLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/5Newcomers: 7

TOP RETURNEES PPg RPg OTHERDevyn Flanagan 10.6 4.3 2.9 apgKelly Krumwiede 7.4 6.2 47% FGRachel Merriman 2.1 1.6 2.2 apg

Devyn FlanaganSenior guard

Paula BuscherHead Coach

BRAVE ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. CL. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS TEAM)

0 Caitlin Deekin G 5-10 Fr. California, Mo. (CHS) 1 Felicia Nekmouche G 5-9 Sr. Uppsala, Sweden (Kankakee [Ill.] CC) 3 Renee Frericks G 5-10 So. Wyoming, Minn. (Forest Lake HS) 13 Jenny Van Kirk F 6-1 So. Waconia, Minn. (Waconia HS) 14 Rachel Merriman G 5-9 Sr. Peoria, Ill. (Illinois Central College) 15 Sonya Harris F 6-0 Fr. Riverdale, Ill. (Thornton HS) 23 Devyn Flanagan G 5-9 Sr. Riverton, Ill. (Riverton HS) 24 Skye Johnson G 5-7 So. Olympia Fields, Ill. (Marian Catholic HS) 25 Chasity Cotton C 6-3 Sr. Little Rock, Ark. (Arkansas-Fort Smith) 30 Monica Rogers F 6-1 Jr. Forsyth, Ill. (Hampton) 33 Megan Klingler F 6-0 Jr. Lawrence, Kan. (Coffeyville CC) 34 Raisa Taylor G 5-11 Fr. Decatur, Ill. (Eisenhower HS) 35 Aseer Itiavkase G 5-8 Jr. Paducah, Ky. (John A. Logan CC) 40 Kelly Krumwiede F 6-0 Jr. Glen Ellyn, Ill. (Glenbard West HS)

Skye Johnson rejoins the team after sitting out 2006-07 with an injury. Johnson showed glimpses of her ability as a true freshman in 2005-06, scoring 15 points on 6-of-9 shoot-ing in the Braves’ overtime victory against Valparaiso. The backcourt is where the Braves likely have their most depth and experience. Sharing the duties at point guard with Johnson will be senior Rachel Merriman. A junior college All-American at Illinois Central, Merriman ranked third on last year’s Braves squad in assists with 68 and was one of two players to have more assists than turnovers. Also returning is senior guard Felicia Nekmouche, who will challenge for playing time at the off-guard position. Sophomore Renee Frericks will also see more playing time this season. Adding to the backcourt depth is junior guard Aseer Itiavkase, who had a tryout with the Nigerian National Team this past May,

Despite having a roster that features eight juniors and seniors, there are a lot of ques-tions surrounding the Bradley Braves heading into the 2007-08 season. The Braves lost a group of seniors that combined to start 294 games, score nearly 3,500 points, pull down over 1,500 rebounds and dish out 750 assists during their careers. All told, eighth-year head coach Paula Buscher and the Braves return just one of the top five scorers from last year’s team and just under 35 percent of the scoring from 2006-07. Buscher welcomes a wealth of talent for 2007-08, however, and will look to blend several newcomers in with a returning cast of players that includes four seniors, one junior and two sophomores. Leading the way for the Braves will be returning starters Devyn Flanagan and Kelly Krumwiede. The duo is the only two players on the roster with more than one year of experience in a BU uniform and will provide much-needed leadership for the team. A high-scoring guard, Flanagan has tal-lied more than 300 points each of the last two seasons and is the Braves’ top returning scorer after averaging 10.6 points as a junior. She is also arguably the team’s top scoring threat on the outside after making more than 33 three-pointers each of the last two years. A junior forward, Krumwiede is also coming off a big year, leading the team in rebounding as a sophomore with a 6.2 boards per game. She also threw in 7.4 points per game and led the team in field goal per-centage at .467. Of the six new faces on the roster, Buscher is expecting junior transfer Monica Rogers to have the biggest impact. A transfer from Hampton, she averaged 10.8 points and 8.2 rebounds as a sophomore, ranking as the Pirates’ leading rebounder that season. She led the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference with nine double-doubles in 2005-06. Not all of the additions to the roster are new faces, however. Sophomore guard

as well as freshman Raisa Taylor and Caitlin Deeken. Sophomore forward Jenny Van Kirk is a combo player who will also see more time this season. With Rogers and Krumwiede in the fold, Buscher is looking for defense and rebounding from the rest of the players in the frontcourt – returning senior Chasity Cotton, transfer Megan Klingler and freshman Sonya Harris.

DID YOU kNOW?5BU has been a part of the Missouri Valley Conference for 55 years, but The Valley has

only sponsored women’s basketball since 1992-93. The Braves competed in the Gateway Conference from 1983-92.

5Bradley founder Lydia Moss Bradley was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, N.Y., in 1998. She joined more than 135 other women who have made lasting contributions in a variety of fields.


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Location: Cleveland, OhioEnrollment: 16,245Founded: 1929Nickname: VikingsColors: Forest Green & WhiteConference: Horizon LeagueArena: Goodman Arena (13,610)Web Site: CSUVikings.comAthletic Director: Lee ReedHead Coach: Kate Peterson Record at CSU: 28-87, 4 years Overall Record: SameAssistant Coaches: Oties Epps, Angie Russell, Annie Thomas2006-07 Record: 8-222006-07 Conf. Record: 5-11 (7th)2007 Postseason: NoneLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/2Newcomers: 3

TOP RETURNEES PPg RPg OTHERKailey Klein 11.0 4.1 71% FTJessica Roque 8.2 3.3 2.3 apgDominique Butler 7.9 4.8 1.8 spg

Dominique ButlerJunior guard

Kate Peterson Abiad Head Coach

VIkINg ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. CL. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS TEAM) 4 Angel Roque G 5-5 So. Mississauga, Ontario (Father Michael Goetz HS) 14 Shawnita Garland G 5-5 Fr. Charleston, W.Va. (Capital HS) 15 Katie Baxter F 6-2 So. Hilliard, Ohio (Davidson HS) 21 Natalie Miller G/F 5-10 Jr. Dover, Ohio (DHS) 22 Brittany Korth G 5-10 Sr. Clinton, Wis. (CHS) 23 Kailey Klein G 5-11 So. Cherry, Ill. (Hall HS) 25 Stephanie Crosley F 5-11 So. Milwaukee, Wis. (King HS) 41 Justine Hayes F 6-0 Fr. Madison, Wis. (Memorial HS) 44 Dominique Butler G/F 5-9 Jr. Milwaukee, Wis. (Madison HS) 50 Jessica Roque G 5-7 So. Mississauga, Ontario (Father Michael Goetz HS) 52 Robyn Hoying F 6-0 Sr. Minster, Ohio (MHS)

season ago when she led the team in scor-ing (11.0 ppg). She accomplished that feat despite coming off the bench for the first 13 contests of the season and scoring just 18 points in the first nine games. After earning a spot in the starting rotation, Klein averaged 15.6 points and scored in double figures in 11 of the final 16 games. Butler is a two-time league all-defensive team selection after leading the conference in steals in each of her first two seasons. She is the first player from CSU to earn the honor more than one time during a career. Miller is a hard-nosed player who is one of the team’s top defenders and hardest workers. CSU enters the season with a big ques-tion mark on the inside as the team lacks a true center and has just four post players on the roster. Robyn Hoying is the most experienced of the quartet, playing all 30 games last sea-son off the bench. She is one of the top low-block defenders and will be counted on for an increased offensive role this season.

A year after struggling to find ways to con-sistently win games, the 2007-08 Cleveland State women’s basketball team hopes to use the lessons learned from last season to work its way up the Horizon League standings. The Vikings return four starters, includ-ing last year’s Horizon Newcomer of the Year Kailey Klein, and 10 letterwinners from a squad that went 8-22 and tied for sixth place in the league standings at 5-11. However, of the 22 losses, 10 were by 10 points or less, including six losses by five points or fewer. That is a good sign for fifth-year head coach Kate Peterson Abiad as seven of her top 11 players from last season were first- or second-year players. This year’s backcourt could be one of the most potent since Peterson Abiad arrived at CSU, as there are four players who are capable combo guards. Senior Brittany Korth, sophomore twin sisters Angel and Jessica Roque and freshman Shawnita Garland will rotate a majority of the minutes in the backcourt. Korth has an uncanny ability to find open teammates in scoring positions as evi-denced by her 222 career assists, which are 55 shy of moving into 10th place on the all-time list at CSU. Angel Roque is the truest point guard on the roster and will run the show 99 percent of the time. Last season, she tied Korth for the team lead with 75 assists, but did so playing 165 fewer minutes. She did not assume a starting role until the 20th game. Meanwhile, her twin sister Jessica will see a majority of her minutes at off-guard as she is one of the top shooters on the squad, hitting 30 percent of her three-point attempts as a freshman. She finished second on the team in scoring at 8.2 points per game. The wild card in the backcourt is the newcomer Garland, who will make things happen with her quickness and speed. The Vikings return three key compo-nents on the wing in Klein and juniors Dominique Butler and Natalie Miller. . Klein returns after earning Horizon League Newcomer of the Year accolades a

DID YOU kNOW?5The Vikings were honored for their success in the classroom last season, ranking 21st in the nation on the 2006-07 Women’s

Basketball Coaches Association Academic Honor Roll. CSU recorded a team grade point average of 3.31.

5Historic Fenn Tower, built in the Art Deco style of 1929 and one of the oldest skyscrapers in Cleveland, was recently renovated and serves as a main dormi-tory on campus.

5Sophomore guard Kailey Klein

Stephanie Crosley will give the Vikings a strong inside option as well as a vocal leader. Katie Baxter has been limited during her first two seasons at CSU due to a medical condition, while Justine Hayes provides the Vikings with a physical presence down low.


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5 Senior forward Jen Gottschalk

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Location: Santa Clara, Calif.Enrollment: 8,377Founded: 1851Nickname: BroncosColors: Red & WhiteConference: West CoastArena: Leavey Center (4,500)Web Site: SantaClaraBroncos.comAthletic Director: Dan CoonanHead Coach: Michelle Bento-Jackson Record at SCU: 78-74, 5 years Overall Record: SameAssistant Coaches: Jenn Bradley, Michelle Cozad, Anna Martin2006-07 Record: 13-172006-07 Conf. Record: 5-9 (6th)2007 Postseason: NoneLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/6Newcomers: 5

TOP RETURNEES PPg RPg OTHERChandice Cronk 16.0 2.8 43% 3FGJen Gottschalk 10.9 6.0 51% FGTracey Walker 8.5 3.8 2.7 apg

Chandice Cronk Senior guard

Michelle Bento-Jackson Head Coach

The sophomore class will look for more time on the court this season. Kimee Goeggel returns from a redshirt season and will join Gottschalk, Goins and freshman Becky Goll in the post. Maggie Goldenberger will also fight for time on the hardwood after seeing just 51 minutes of action last season. About one-third of head coach Michelle Bento-Jackson’s roster this season is made up of the talented freshman class. Guards Rhianna Faithfull, Nicole Gall and Kelli Parker and forwards Becky Goll and Kathy Willinsky will be looked to fill the gaps left by the graduation of six seniors. Goll led her Central Catholic team to a third-place finish in the Oregon 6A state tournament in 2006 and received all-state and all-conference honors. Faithfull, a 5-4 point guard from Sydney, Australia, spent her last two high school seasons playing at Flint High in Oakton, Va. There she took the team to a second-place finish in the state tournament and received

After winning the 2005-06 West Coast Conference regular-season title, the Santa Clara Broncos began last season with high hopes of repeating that success. However, injuries and the toughness of the sched-ule limited the Broncos to a 13-17 overall record in 2006-07 and a 5-9 WCC mark. Yet, through the ups and downs, wins and losses, the Broncos shattered league records and found themselves on top of the national rank-ings in three-point field goals. This season the Broncos look to elimi-nate the lows, play hard, strive for consis-tency in all aspects of the game, and develop the mental and physical toughness to make their way back to the NCAA Tournament. Stepping back on the court this season are three seniors whose experience and con-sistency will be look upon to lead the young Santa Clara roster. Senior guards Chandice Cronk and Tracey Walker, along with forward Jen Gottschalk, will play their final season on the Mission Campus. Walker will make the biggest move this season as she will serve as the team’s point guard. Last season, Cronk set a new single-sea-son record for both Santa Clara and the West Coast Conference with 94 three-point field goals made. Cronk, an all-conference hon-oree, also finished the year nationally ranked third in threes made. Gottschalk also garnered conference honors last season, receiving an honorable mention nod as she led the conference in field-goal percentage. She also finished first on the team in rebounds and steals. Meanwhile, Walker finished second on the team and ninth in the conference in assists. SCU also welcomes back juniors Elizabeth Doran, Claire Goins and Sara Majors. Last season Doran saw action in 15 games, starting in two of them. She compiled a .750 percentage from the charity stripe and posted 24 rebounds and 15 steals. Goins registered a .361 field-goal percentage in 24 contests, while Majors saw her first action in over two years on Feb. 18 at San Francisco.

All-Independent School League honors. Idaho native Gall helped her high school team to three consecutive district champion-ships, while Willinsky was a three-time Class 4A all-state honoree in Nevada. Parker, the only Californian among the SCU rookies, was a four-sport athlete at Lemoore High School, where she led her bas-ketball team to the Valley championship.

DID YOU kNOW?5The Broncos have led the West Coast Conference in three-point percentage seven of the

last nine seasons, including a current streak of four straight.

5Founded in 1851 by the Society of Jesus, Santa Clara is California’s oldest operating institution of higher learning. It was established on the site of Mission Santa Clara de Asís, the eighth of the origi-nal 21 California missions.

BRONCO ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. CL. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS TEAM) 3 Chandice Cronk G 5-8 Sr. Wasilla, Alaska (WHS) 4 Rhianna Faithfull G 5-5 Fr. Sydney, Australia (Flint [Va.] HS) 5 Claire Goins F 6-2 Jr. Sioux City, Iowa (Bishop Heelan HS) 12 Tracey Walker G 5-6 Sr. San Jose, Calif. (Valley Christian HS) 15 Kathy Willingsky F 6-1 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Bonanza HS) 20 Maggie Goldenberger F 6-0 So. Olympia, Wash. (Capital HS) 30 Elizabeth Doran G 6-0 Jr. Corvallis, Ore. (Crescent Valley HS) 31 Nicole Gall G 5-10 Fr. Boise, Idaho (Borah HS) 32 Becky Goll F 6-1 Fr. Portland, Ore. (Central Catholic HS) 34 Sara Majors G 5-9 Jr. Aumsville, Ore. (Cascade HS) 43 Jen Gottschalk F 6-0 Sr. Littleton, Colo. (Heritage HS) 44 Kelli Parker G 5-11 Fr. Lemoore, Calif. (LHS) 45 Kimee Goeggel F 6-0 So. Chino Hills, Calif. (Brea Olinda HS)


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ALASkA ANCHORAgE 2 Jennifer Salazar . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G/F 3 Elisha Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 4 Kalhie Quinones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 5 Limor Pelleg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 11 Erin Cunningham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 13 Dasha Basova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F/C 15 Ruby Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 20 Ashley Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 21 Maria Nilsson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G/F 24 Danielle Dekel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 25 Nikki Aden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G/F 30 Lillie Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 35 Zee Zee Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 41 Jess Merkley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F/C 54 Rebecca Kielpinski . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

BRADLEY 0 Caitlin Deekin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 1 Felicia Nekmouche . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 3 Renee Frericks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 13 Jenny Van Kirk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 14 Rachel Merriman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 15 Sonya Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 23 Devyn Flanagan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 24 Skye Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 25 Chasity Cotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 30 Monica Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 33 Megan Klingler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 34 Raisa Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 35 Aseer Itiavkase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 40 Kelly Krumwiede . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

CLEVELAND STATE 4 Angel Roque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 14 Shawnita Garland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 15 Katie Baxter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 21 Natalie Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G/F 22 Brittany Korth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 23 Kailey Klein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 25 Stephanie Crosley . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 41 Justine Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 44 Dominique Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . .G/F 50 Jessica Roque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 52 Robyn Hoying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

SANTA CLARA 3 Chandice Cronk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 4 Rhianna Faithfull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 5 Claire Goins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 12 Tracey Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 15 Kathy Willingsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 20 Maggie Goldenberger . . . . . . . . . . . F 30 Elizabeth Doran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 31 Nicole Gall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 32 Becky Goll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 34 Sara Majors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 43 Jen Gottschalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 44 Kelli Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 45 Kimee Goeggel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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WOMEN’S SHOOTOUT SCORECARD

1980Mar. 14: Iowa 68, Wyoming 65UAA 74, Nevada 52Mar. 15: Wyoming 73, Nevada 52 (3rd/4th)Iowa 73, UAA 52 (1st/2nd)

MOST OUTSTANDINg PLAYERCindy Haugejorde, IowaALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Sue Beckwith, Iowa; Eva Robinson, UAA; Nancy Stassek, UAA; Rita Makovicka, Wyoming

1981Mar. 20: San Diego State 72, Purdue 48Houston 93, Alaska Fairbanks 48Hawaii 59, New Mexico 52Notre Dame 59, UAA 58Mar. 21: New Mexico 88, Alaska Fairbanks 73Houston 100, Hawaii 43Purdue 68, UAA 63San Diego State 71, Notre Dame 32Mar. 22: UAF 56, UAA 55 (7th/8th)Purdue 62, New Mexico 51 (4th/6th)Hawaii 61, Notre Dame 56 (3rd/5th)San Diego State 50, Houston 41 (1st/2nd)

MOST OUTSTANDINg PLAYERDiena Pels, San Diego State

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Judy Porter, San Diego State; Marsha Owens, San Diego State; Kip Anderson, Houston; Vickey French, Houston; Betty Duthard, Houston; Michele Latimore, Houston; Sue Bartz, Purdue; Ellen Hannan, Alaska Fairbanks; Eva Robinson, UAA

1982Feb. 26: Minnesota 80, Washington 79Indiana 63, Arkansas 60Utah State 81, UAA 66Arizona State 68, San Francisco 56Feb. 27: Washington 76, San Francisco 73Minnesota 76, Arizona State 58Arkansas 85, UAA 52Indiana 70, Utah State 57Feb. 28: UAA 82, USF 79 (7th/8th)Arkansas 75, Washington 70 (4th/6th)Arizona State 115, Utah State 70 (3rd/5th)Minnesota 70, Indiana 66 (1st/2nd)

MOST OUTSTANDINg PLAYERLaura Coenen, MinnesotaALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Karen Murray, Washington; Kym Hampton, Arizona State; Marty Dahlen, Minnesota; Bettye Fiscus, Arkansas; Julie Wetherington, UAA; Debbie Hunter, Minnesota; Denise Jackson, Indiana; Cassandra Lander, Arizona State; Rachelle Bostic, Indiana

1983Feb. 25: Drake 83, Georgia Tech 61Wichita State 75, South Florida 52Stanford 74, UAA 46Old Dominion 79, Pennsylvania 41Feb. 26: Georgia Tech 82, South Florida 65Pennsylvania 62, UAA 60Wichita State 85, Drake 81Old Dominion 83, Stanford 49Feb. 27: UAA 84, South Florida 75 (7th/8th)Georgia Tech 75, Pennsylvania 58 (4th/6th)Drake 85, Stanford 73 (3rd/5th)ODU 76, Wichita St. 53 (1st/2nd)

MOST OUTSTANDINg PLAYERLorri Bauman, DrakeALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Sandy Hawthorne, Pennsylvania; Kay Reik, Drake; Mary Klinewski, South Florida; Medina Dixon, Old Dominion; Janet Rickstrew, UAA; Anita Malone, Georgia Tech; Lisa Hodgson, Wichita State; Angie Paccione; Stanford; Jackie Wilson, Wichita State; Anne Donovan, Old Dominion

1984Feb. 24: Idaho 68, Miami 66UNLV 70, Georgia State 57Florida State 77, UAA 63Texas 96, Pepperdine 68Feb. 25: Georgia State 88, Miami 79UAA 76, Pepperdine 74UNLV 81, Idaho 63Texas 89, Florida State 43Feb. 26: Miami 67, Pepperdine 43 (7th/8th)UAA 84, Georgia State 83 (4th/6th)Idaho 75, Florida State 74 (3rd/5th)Texas 82, UNLV 60 (1st/2nd)

MOST OUTSTANDINg PLAYERAnnette Smith, TexasALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Krista Dunn, Idaho; Maureen Formico, Pepperdine; Maxine Farmer, Georgia State; Andrea Lloyd, Texas; Joanie Bowles, Miami; Rochelle Oliver, UNLV; Debbie Clare, UAA; Sue Galkantas, Florida State; Kamie Ethridge, Texas; Misty Thomas, UNLV

1985Feb. 22: Penn State 97, Yale 47Louisville 88, Hawaii 58North Carolina 79, UAA 62Louisiana Tech 79, Loyola Marymount 52Feb. 23: Hawaii 68, Yale 59UAA 69, Loyola Marymount 52Penn State 105, Louisville 69Louisiana Tech 80, North Carolina 59Feb. 24: LMU 59, Yale 57 (7th/8th)Hawaii 67, UAA 65 (OT) (4th/6th)North Carolina 86, Louisville 71 (3rd/5th)Louisiana Tech 88, Penn State 69 (1st/2nd)

MOST OUTSTANDINg PLAYERDawn Royster, North CarolinaALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Tori Harrison, Louisiana Tech; Devita Ceasar, Louisville; Sue Johnson, Yale; Kim Everett, Hawaii; Teresa

3Annette Smith averaged 22.3 points, 3.3 steals and shot 51 percent in 1984 to earn Most Outstanding Player honors. Smith went on to help the Longhorns to the NCAA title the next season and was eventually became inducted to her school’s Hall of Fame.


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WOMEN’S SHOOTOUT YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS

Weatherspoon, Louisiana Tech; Cheryl Bishop, UAA; Kahadeeja Herbert, Penn State; Jackie Spencer, Louisville; Pam Gant, Louisiana Tech; Suzie McConnell, Penn State

1986Feb. 28: NE Louisiana 107, Iona 55Western Kentucky 98, UAA 78SMU 74, San Diego 73 (OT)USC 115, Utah State 45Mar. 1: Iona 78, UAA 66San Diego 60, Utah State 56NE Louisiana 88, Western Kentucky 84USC 121, SMU 61Mar. 2: UAA 81, Utah State 62 (7th/8th)Iona 73, San Diego 67 (4th/6th)Western Kentucky 76, SMU 66 (3rd/5th)NE Louisiana 70, USC 68 (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERLisa Ingram, Northeast LouisianaALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Lillie Mason, Western Kentucky; Debbie Theroux, San Diego; Joann Ryan, Iona; Chrissa Hailey, Northeast Louisiana; Cherie Nelson, Southern California; Felicia Bluitt, Southern Methodist; Sonya Kennedy, UAA; Clemette Haskins, Western Kentucky; Cheryl Miller, Southern California; E.J. Lee, Northeast Louisiana

1987Feb. 27: New Orleans 67, Gonzaga 55Mississippi State 81, Miami 67Alabama Birmingham 83, UAA 78Memphis State 103, Radford 79Feb. 28: Miami 79, Gonzaga 52UAA 85, Radford 66New Orleans 54, Mississippi State 50Memphis State 84, Alabama Birmingham 76Mar. 1: Gonzaga 70, Radford 67 (7th/8th)Miami 71, UAA 62 (4th/6th)Mississippi State 63, UAB 51 (3rd/5th)New Orleans 84, Memphis State 61 (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERKunshinge Sorrell, Mississippi StateALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Angela King, UAB; Maria Rivera, Miami; Sandy Woodson, New Orleans; Tammy Tibbles, Gonzaga; Connie Hibler, Memphis State; Toni Smiley, Miami; Robin Graul, UAA; Carvie Upshaw, New Orleans; Wanda Dillard, Memphis State

1988Feb. 26: Arkansas St. 82, U.S. International 66UNLV 65, Baylor 47South Carolina 78, UAA 60W. Kentucky 90, Fordham 64Feb. 27: U.S. International 74, Baylor 71UAA 93, Fordham 77UNLV 68, Arkansas State 65South Carolina 65, W. Kentucky 64Feb. 28: Baylor 78, Fordham 69 (7th/8th)UAA 92, U.S. International 73 (4th/6th)W. Kentucky 60, Arkansas State (3rd/5th)South Carolina 98, UNLV 97 (OT) (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERMartha Parker, South CarolinaALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Zennia Hayes, Arkansas State; Tandreia Green, Western Kentucky; Jeanine Radice, Fordham; Maggie Davis, Baylor; Denise Ballenger, UNLV; Sonya Carter, U.S. International; Schonna Banner; South Carolina; Robin Graul, UAA; Brigette Combs, Western Kentucky; Pauline Jordan, UNLV

1989Feb. 24: Old Dominion 77, UTEP 71San Diego State 71, Monmouth 49Providence 89, UAA 78Stephen F. Austin 100, Portland State 65Feb. 25: UTEP 64, Monmouth 53UAA 102, Portland State 83Old Dominion 90, San Diego State 69Stephen F. Austin 95, Providence 80

Feb. 26: PSU 80, Monmouth 69 (7th/8th)UTEP 83, UAA 82 (OT) (4th/6th)San Diego State 77, Providence 69 (3rd/5th)S.F. Austin 96, Old Dominion 81 (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERConnie Cole, Stephen F. AustinALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Cathy Kuntz, Portland State; Lisa Watson, UTEP; Danya Reed, Stephen F. Austin; Kim McQuarter, Old Dominion; Diane Dobrich, UAA; Chana Perry, San Diego State; Tracy Lis, Providence; Robin Graul, UAA; Portia Hill, Stephen F. Austin; Kelly Lyons, Old Dominion

1990Feb. 23: South Alabama 99, S. Utah State 71Temple 87, Georgia Tech 79UAA 77, Boise State 76Wake Forest 81, Southern Methodist 64Feb. 24: Georgia Tech 87, S. Utah State 75Boise State 75, Southern Methodist 66South Alabama 74, Temple 65UAA 87, Wake Forest 84Feb. 25: SMU 106, S. Utah 103 (3ot) (7th/8th)Georgia Tech 93, Boise State 66 (4th/6th)Temple 68, Wake Forest 64 (3rd/5th)UAA 88, South Alabama 87 (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERDiane Dobrich, UAAALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Rhonda Bates, Temple; Sheila Wagner, Georgia Tech; Suzanne McAnally, Southern Methodist; Niki Gamez, Boise State; Kelly Lane, Temple; Marcey Clement, South Alabama; Greta Fadness, UAA; Jennie Mitchell, Wake Forest; Wendy Sturgis, UAA; Adrian Vickers, South Alabama

1991Feb. 22: Appalachian St. 92, New Mexico St. 89Louisville 98, Northern Arizona 58Georgia State 53, UAA 51Northern Illinois 103, Texas-San Antonio 73Feb. 23: New Mexico St. 94, N. Arizona 56UAA 97, UTSA 89 (ot)Louisville 109, Appalachian State 61Northern Illinois 73, Georgia State 66 Feb. 24: UTSA 79, N. Arizona 75 (7th/8th)UAA 102, New Mexico State 88 (4th/6th)Appalachian St. 80, Georgia St. 66 (3rd/5th)Northern Illinois 63, Louisville 60 (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERLisa Foss, Northern IllinoisALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Gwen Doyle, Louisville; Shannon Thomas, Appalachian State; Denise Dove, Northern Illinois; Shellye Fisher, Georgia State; Kelly Rose, Louisville; Greta Fadness, UAA; Tammy Rogers, Texas-San Antonio; Tracy Goetsch, New Mexico State; Wendy Sturgis, UAA; Nell Knox, Louisville

1992Feb. 28: Penn State 63, Sacramento St. 60New Orleans 87, Marquette 85Baylor 78, UAA 73UMKC 61, SE Louisiana 55


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3Southern Cal legend Cheryl Miller blows by Utah State’s Angela Ice in the first round of the 1986 tournament at the UAA Sports Center. Miller scored 30 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in what is still the biggest blowout, 115-45, in the history of the women’s tournament.

Feb. 29: Sacramento State 94, Marquette 56UAA 80, SE Louisiana 73Penn State 72, New Orleans 64UMKC 66, Baylor 54Mar. 1: Marquette 104, SE La. 67 (7th/8th)Sacramento St. 73, UAA 68 (4th/6th)New Orleans 94, Baylor 48 (3rd/5th)Penn State 83, UMKC 62 (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERSusan Robinson, Penn StateALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Kris Maskala, Marquette; Wendy Sturgis-Hildman, UAA; Ernie Middleton, New Orleans; Michelle Foster, SE Louisiana; LaNita Luckey, Baylor; Beth Clure, UAA; Kelly Walden, UMKC; Kristy Ryan, Sacramento State; Julie Jenson, UMKC; Kathy Phillips, Penn State

1993Feb. 26: So. Methodist 106, NE Illinois 73Hawaii 80, UAA 65Feb. 27: UAA 73, NE Illinois 69Hawaii 90, Southern Methodist 68Feb. 28: Hawaii 98, NE Illinois 59Southern Methodist 68, UAA 60

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERValerie Agee, HawaiiALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Kaui Wakita, Hawaii; Shanell Thomas, Southern Methodist; Sherri Berg, UAA; Jennifer Hurt, Hawaii; Shelly Hurst, Northeastern Illinois

1994 – IJan. 6: Rhode Island 82, NE Louisiana 78Montana State 70, UAA 56Jan. 7: Rhode Island 75, Montana State 55NE Louisiana 68, UAA 66Jan. 8: NE Louisiana 60, Montana St. 59 Rhode Island 84, UAA 62

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERDayna Smith, Rhode IslandALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Marcie Byrd, Rhode Island; Crystal Steward, Northeast Louisiana; Allegra Stoetzel, UAA; Ronda Harrison, Northeast Louisiana; Cass Bauer, Montana State

1994 – IIDec. 19: Clemson 82, Army 56Providence 73, William & Mary 58UNC Greensboro 83, UAA 76UCLA 81, Georgia Tech 69Dec. 20: William & Mary 62, Army 59UAA 87, Georgia Tech 85Clemson 88, Providence 79UCLA 72, UNC Greensboro 70Dec. 21: Georgia Tech 86, Army (7th/8th)William & Mary 67, UAA 60 (4th/6th)Providence 105, UNCG 100 (3rd/5th)Clemson 79, UCLA 62 (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERTara Saunooke, ClemsonALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Laura Cottrell, Clemson; Kisha Ford, Georgia Tech; Heidi Alderman, UAA; Aquendine Khasidis, William & Mary; Alisa Moore, UNC Greensboro; Nadine Malcolm, Providence; Julie Wheeler, Providence; Stephanie Ridgeway, Clemson; Kisa Hughes, UCLA; Nickey Hilbert, UCLA

1995Dec. 18: South Carolina 95, Marist 40Tulane 71, Xavier 63Arizona State 78, UAA 77Holy Cross 83, Loyola Marymount 65Dec. 19: Xavier 74, Marist 68UAA 87, Loyola Marymount 81South Carolina 72, Tulane 66Arizona State 67, Holy Cross 49Dec. 20: LMU 74, Marist 64 (7th/8th)Xavier 77, UAA 64 (4th/6th)Tulane 66, Holy Cross 54 (3rd/5th)South Carolina 83, Arizona State 71 (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERShannon Johnson, South Carolina ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Jean-Marie Lesko, Marist; Salina Anderson, UAA; Marlee Webb, Loyola Marymount; Amy Siefring, Xavier; Heidi Alderman, UAA; Lauren Maney, Holy Cross; Barbara Farris, Tulane; Charity Amama, Arizona State; Natalie Funderburk, South Carolina; Molly Tuter, Arizona State

1996Dec. 19: Toledo 79, Boston College 69Georgia 72, Weber State 44Brigham Young 91, UAA 62Oregon 74, Mercer 52Dec. 20: Weber State 67, Boston College 61Mercer 58, UAA 52Georgia 85, Toledo 52Oregon 82, Brigham Young 70Dec. 21: Boston College 66, UAA 35 (7th/8th)Weber State 58, Mercer 50 (4th/6th)Toledo 85, Brigham Young 69 (3rd/5th)Georgia 72, Oregon 55 (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERTracy Henderson, GeorgiaALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Arianne Boyer, Oregon; Christy Cogley, Mercer; Angela Drake. Toledo; Kari Gallup, BYU; Renae Fegent, Oregon; La’Keisha Frett, Georgia; Kedra Holland-Corn, Georgia; Kim Knuth, Toledo; Holly Porter, Boston College; Jodi Wimmer, Weber State

1997Dec. 18: Mississippi 68, Pepperdine 66Wisconsin 84, Manhattan 71Texas A&M 91, UAA 66Tennessee 98, Akron 63Dec. 19: Manhattan 64, Pepperdine 50Akron 86, UAA 77Wisconsin 83, Mississippi 63Tennessee 105, Texas A&M 81Dec. 20: Pepperdine 74, UAA 54 (7th/8th)Manhattan 64, Akron 50 (4th/6th)Mississippi 82, Texas A&M 79 (3rd/5th)Tennessee 87, Wisconsin 66 (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERChamique Holdsclaw, TennesseeALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Tiffany Adkins, Mississippi; Tamika Catchings, Tennessee; Abby Hoy, Akron; Ann Klapperich, Wisconsin; Semeka Randall, Tennessee; Prissy Sharpe, Texas A&M; Dana Sulenski, Pepperdine; Katie Voigt, Wisconsin; Lorice Watson, Manhattan; Amy Yates, Texas A&M

1999Nov. 23: Louisville 69, UAA 58Kansas 69, Northern Arizona 40Nov 24: N. Arizona 69, UAA 64 (3rd/4th)Nov 25: Kansas 78, Louisville 68 (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERLynn Pride, KansasALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Kara Kessans, Louisville; Jill Morton, Louisville; Brooke Reeves, Kansas; Stephanie Smith, UAA; Bridjette Wickham, Northern Arizona

5Hawaii guard Valerie Agee led her Rainbows to the title in 1993, when the tournament took on a round-robin format.


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2000Nov. 21: Rhode Island 66, UAA 65 Ohio State 80, Valparaiso 64Nov. 22: Valparaiso 76, UAA 67 (3rd) Ohio State 95, Rhode Island 60 (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERJamie Lewis, Ohio StateALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Megan Buchmann, UAA; Courtney Coleman, Ohio State; Yatar Kuyateh, Rhode Island; Zinobia Machanguana, Rhode Island; Marlous Nieuwveen, Valparaiso

2001Nov. 20: Gonzaga 98, UAA 45Iowa 69, Marquette 54Nov. 21: Marquette 88, UAA 50 (3rd) Iowa 90, Gonzaga 73 (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERLindsey Meder, IowaALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Ashley Burke, Gonzaga; Rachel Klug, Marquette; Jennie Lillis, Iowa; Jessica Malone, Gonzaga; Jen Stoddard, UAA

2002Nov. 26: Nevada 67, UAA 49Indiana 61, Eastern Kentucky 49Nov. 27: UAA 77, Eastern Kentucky 74 (3rd)Nevada 68, Indiana 56 (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERLaura Ingham, NevadaALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Kamie Jo Massey, UAA; Katie Kelly, Eastern Kentucky; Jenny DeMuth, Indiana; Kristen Bodine, Indiana; Ashley Bastian, Nevada

2003Nov. 25: UAA 61, Mount St. Mary’s 59Clemson 62, Brigham Young 56Nov. 26: BYU 70, Mount St. Mary’s 47 (3rd)UAA 61, Clemson 58 (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERKamie Jo Massey, UAAALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Myriam Baccouche, Mount St. Mary’s; Danielle Cheesman, BYU; Tanya Nizich, UAA; Maggie Slosser, Clemson; Lakeia Stokes, Clemson

2004Nov. 23: Louisiana-Lafayette 88, UAA 48Stanford 90, Eastern Washington 51Nov. 24: Eastern Washington 82, UAA 69 (3rd)Stanford 67, Louisiana-Lafayette 47 (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERCandice Wiggins, StanfordALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Felice Moore, Eastern Washington; Stephanie Beason, UAA; Ashley Blanche, Louisiana-Lafayette; Anna Petrakova, Louisiana-Lafayette; Kelley Suminski, Stanford

2005Nov. 22: Central Connecticut St. 77, UAA 51Arizona 96, Furman 63Nov. 23: Furman 74, UAA 54Cent. Connecticut St. 69, Arizona 65 (ot) (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERGabriella Guegbelet, Central Connecticut StateALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Tommi Paris, Furman; Natalie Jones, Arizona; Rebecca Kielpinski, UAA; Joy Hollingsworth, Arizona; Ashley Whisonant, Arizona

2006Nov. 21: UAA 62, Air Force 60UC Riverside 65, Butler 53Nov. 22: Air Force 62, Butler 61 (3rd)UAA 72, UC Riverside 67 (1st/2nd)

OUTSTANDINg PLAYERRebecca Kielpinski, UAAALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Letricia Castillo, Air Force; Amber Cox, UC Riverside; Seyram Gbewonyo, UC Riverside; Ellen Hamilton, Butler; Jayci Stone, UAA

5Stanford point guard Candice Wiggins led her Cardinal to the Shootout title as a freshman in 2004. Now a senior, Wiggins is an All-American and national player-of-the-year candidate.

5Kamie Jo Massey scored 14 points and dished five assists in Alaska Anchorage’s 61-58 title game victory over Clemson in 2003.


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INDIVIDUALPOINTS SCOREDGame: 46 by Lisa Ingram, Northeast Louisiana vs. Iona, 1986Tournament (two games): 57 by Cindy Haugejorde, Iowa, 1980Tournament (three games): 107 by Lorri Bauman, Drake, 1983

FIELD gOALS ATTEMPTEDGame: 37 by Adrian Vickers, South Alabama vs. Alaska Anchorage, 1990Tournament (two games): 43 by Cindy Haugejorde, Iowa, 1980Tournament (three games): 77 by Adrian Vickers, South Alabama, 1990

FIELD gOALS SCOREDGame: 21 by Adrian Vickers, South Alabama vs. Alaska Anchorage, 1990Tournament (two games): 23 by Cindy Haugejorde, Iowa, 1980Tournament (three games): 43 by Adrian Vickers, South Alabama, 1990

FIELD gOAL PERCENTAgEGame (min. 10 atts.): .909 (10-11) by Misty Thomas, UNLV vs. Idaho, 1984Tournament (two games): .727 (8-11) by Brittany Waddell, UC Riverside, 2006Tournament (three games): .815 (22-27) by Salina Anderson, Alaska Anchorage, 1995

THREE-POINT gOALS ATTEMPTEDGame: 17 by Shelly Hurst, Northeastern Illinois vs. Alaska Anchorage, 1993Tournament (two games): 20 by Letricia Castillo, Air Force, 2006Tournament (three games): 38 by Shelly Hurst, Northeastern Illinois, 1993; by Jean-Marie Lesko, Marist, 1995

THREE-POINT gOALS SCOREDGame: 9 by Shannon Johnson, South Carolina vs. Arizona State; 1995Tournament (two games): 9 by Jessica Malone, Gonzaga, 2001Tournament (three games): 15 by Jean-Marie Lesko, Marist, 1995 THREE-POINT gOAL PERCENTAgEGame (min. 5 atts.): 1.000 (5-5) by Ashley Sykes, Southeastern Louisiana vs. Alaska Anchorage, 1992Tournament (two games, min. 6 att.): .750 (6-8) Brittany Waddell, UC Riverside, 2006Tournament (three games, min. 10 atts.): .727 (8-11) by Dayna Reed, Stephen F. Austin, 1989

FREE THROWS ATTEMPTEDGame: 19 by Shannon Thomas, Appalachian State vs. New Mexico State, 1991; and by Heidi Alderman, Alaska Anchorage vs. Loyola Marymount, 1995Tournament (two games): 20 by Rebecca Kielpinski, Alaska Anchorage, 2006Tournament (three games): 41 by Heidi Alderman, Alaska Anchorage, 1995

FREE THROWS SCOREDGame: 16 by Shannon Thomas, Appalachian State vs. New Mexico State, 1991; and by Heidi Alderman, Alaska Anchorage vs. Loyola Marymount, 1995Tournament (two games): 15 by Eva Robinson, Alaska Anchorage, 1980Tournament (three games): 34 by Robin Graul, Alaska Anchorage, 1987

FREE THROW PERCENTAgEGame (min. 10 atts.): 1.000 (10-10) by Lisa Ingram, Northeast Louisiana vs. Iona, 1986; by Susan Robinson, Penn State, vs. Missouri-Kansas City, 1992Tournament (two games, min. 14 att.): .929 (13-14) by Jill Morton, Louisville, 1999; & by Jayci Stone, Alaska Anchorage, 2006Tournament (three games, min. 20 att.): .956 (22-23) by Susan Robinson, Penn State, 1992

MOST REBOUNDSGame: 25 by Cordelia Fulmore, Miami vs. Georgia State, 1984Tournament (two games): 29 by Cindy Haugejorde, Iowa, 1980Tournament (three games): 56 by Dawn Royster, North Carolina, 1985

MOST ASSISTSGame: 15 by Tiffany Martin, Georgia Tech vs. Alaska Anchorage, 1994Tournament (two games): 20 by Jamie Lewis, Ohio State, 2000Tournament (three games): 31 by Dayna Smith, Rhode Island, 1994

MOST STEALSGame: 12 by Kamie Ethridge, Texas vs. Pepperdine, 1984Tournament (two games): 9 by Regina Ratigan, Nevada, 1980; and by Kamie Jo Massey, Alaska Anchorage, 2002Tournament (three games): 20 by Bonnie Henson, Baylor, 1988

MOST BLOCkED SHOTSGame: 12 by Carvie Upshaw, New Orleans vs. Mississippi State, 1987Tournament (three games): 17 by Carvie Upshaw, New Orleans, 1987


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WOMEN’S SHOOTOUT ALL-TIME RECORDS

TEAMPOINTS SCOREDGame: 121 by Southern California vs. Southern Methodist, 1986Game (two teams): 209, Southern Methodist over Southern Utah (106-103), 1990Tournament (two games): 179 by Ohio State, 2000Tournament (three games): 304 by Southern California, 1986

FEWEST POINTS ALLOWEDGame: 34 by San Diego State vs. Notre Dame (71-34), 1981Game (fewest, two teams): 91, San Diego State over Houston (50-41), 1981Tournament (two games): 97 by Stanford, 2004Tournament (three games): 123 by San Diego State, 1981

LARgEST MARgINGame: 70 by Southern California vs. Utah State (115-45), 1986

FIELD gOALS ATTEMPTEDGame: 92 by Miami vs. Georgia State, 1984Tournament (two games): 144 by Arizona, 2006Tournament (three games): 235 by Southern Methodist, 1993

FIELD gOALS SCOREDGame: 48 by Southern California vs. Utah State, 1986Tournament (two games): 67 by Ohio State, 2000Tournament (three games): 124 by Stephen F. Austin, 1989

FIELD gOAL PERCENTAgEGame: .648 (46-71) by Northeast Louisiana vs. Iona, 1986Tournament (two games): .554 (67-121) by Ohio State, 2000Tournament (three games): .582 (124-213) by Stephen F. Austin, 1989

THREE-POINT gOALS ATTEMPTEDGame: 33 by Providence vs. Clemson, 1994Tournament (two games): 47 by Iowa, 2001Tournament (three games): 76 by Providence, 1994

THREE-POINT gOALS SCOREDGame: 14 by Providence vs. Clemson, 1994Tournament (two games): 17 by Iowa and Gonzaga, 2001Tournament (three games): 27 by Providence, 1994

THREE-POINT gOAL PERCENTAgEGame (min. 5 atts.): .700 (7-10) by Hawaii vs. Northeastern Illinois 1993Tournament (two games): .538 (14-26) by UC Riverside, 2006Tournament (three games, min. 10 atts.): .727 (8-11) by Stephen F. Austin, 1989

FREE THROWS ATTEMPTEDGame: 49 by Georgia Tech vs. South Florida, 1983Tournament (two games): 55 by Furman, 2005Tournament (three games): 103 by Loyola Marymount, 1995

FREE THROWS SCOREDGame: 37 by Providence vs. UNC Greensboro, 1994Tournament (two games): 44 by Alaska Anchorage, 2006Tournament (three games): 69 by Loyola Marymount, 1995

FREE THROW PERCENTAgEGame: 1.000 (22-22) by Eastern Kentucky vs. Alaska Anchorage, 2002Tournament (two games): .851 (40-47) by Gonzaga, 2001Tournament (three games): .855 (53-62) by Penn State, 1992

MOST REBOUNDSGame: 70 by Louisiana Tech vs. Loyola Marymount, 1985Tournament (two games): 97 by Indiana, 2002Tournament (three games): 183 by Louisville, 1991

MOST ASSISTSGame: 32 by Memphis State vs. Radford, 1987Tournament (two games): 49 by Ohio State, 2000Tournament (three games): 72 by Rhode Island, 1994

MOST STEALSGame: 25 by BYU vs. UAA, 1996; Southern California vs. SMU, 1986; Texas vs. Florida State, 1994Tournament (two games): 34 by Stanford, 2004Tournament (three games) 56 by Texas, 1984

Air Force 1-1 (2006)Akron 1-2 (1997)Alabama-Birmingham 1-2 (1987)alaska anchorage 25-45 (all)Alaska Fairbanks 1-2 (1981)Appalachian State 2-1 (1991)Arizona 1-1 (2005)Arizona State 4-2 (1982, 95)Arkansas 2-1 (1982)Arkansas State 1-2 (1988)Army 0-3 (1994)Baylor 2-4 (1988, 92)Boise State 1-2 (1990)Boston College 1-2 (1996)Bradley (First appearance)Brigham Young 2-3 (1996, 2003)Butler 0-2 (2006)Central Connecticut State 2-0 (2005)Clemson 4-1 (1994, 2003)Cleveland state (First appearance)Drake 2-1 (1983)Eastern Kentucky 0-2 (2002)Eastern Washington 1-1 (2004)Florida State 1-2 (1984)Fordham 0-3 (1988)Furman 1-1 (2005)Georgia 3-0 (1996)Georgia State 2-4 (1984, 91)Georgia Tech 5-4 (1983, 90, 94)Gonzaga 2-3 (1987, 2001)Hawaii 7-2 (1981, 85, 93)Holy Cross 1-2 (1995)Houston 2-1 (1981)Idaho 2-1 (1984)Indiana 3-2 (1982, 2002)Iona 2-1 (1986)Iowa 4-0 (1980, 2001)Kansas 2-0 (1999)Louisiana-Lafayette 1-1 (2004)

Louisiana Tech 3-0 (1985)Louisville 4-4 (1985, 91, 99)Loyola Marymount 1-5 (1985, 95)Manhattan 2-1 (1997)Marist 0-3 (1995)Marquette 2-3 (1992, 2001)Memphis State 2-1 (1987)Mercer 1-2 (1996)Miami, Fla. 3-3 (1984, 87)Minnesota 3-0 (1982)Mississippi 2-1 (1997)Mississippi State 2-1 (1987)Missouri-Kansas City 2-1 (1992)Monmouth 0-3 (1989)Montana State 1-2 (1994)Mount St. Mary’s 0-2 (2003)Nevada 2-2 (1980, 2002)New Mexico 1-2 (1981)New Mexico State 1-2 (1991)New Orleans 5-1 (1987, 92)North Carolina 2-1 (1985)North Carolina-Greensboro 1-2 (1994)Northeast Louisiana 5-1 (1986, 94)Northeastern Illinois 0-3 (1993)Northern Arizona 1-4 (1991, 99)Northern Illinois 3-0 (1991)Notre Dame 1-2 (1981)Ohio State 2-0 (2000)Old Dominion 5-1 (1983, 89)Oregon 2-1 (1996)Penn State 5-1 (1985, 92)Pennsylvania 1-2 (1983)Pepperdine 1-5 (1984, 97)Portland State 1-2 (1989)Providence 3-3 (1989, 94)Purdue 2-1 (1981)Radford 0-3 (1987)Rhode Island 4-1 (1994, 2000)Sacramento State 2-1 (1992)

San Diego 1-2 (1986)San Diego State 5-1 (1981, 89)San Francisco 0-3 (1982)santa Clara (First appearance)South Alabama 2-1 (1990)South Carolina 6-0 (1988, 95)South Florida 0-3 (1983)Southeastern Louisiana 0-3 (1992)Southern California 2-1 (1986)Southern Methodist 4-5 (1986, 90, 93)Southern Utah 0-3 (1990)Stanford 3-2 (1983, 2004)Stephen F. Austin 3-0 (1989)Temple 2-1 (1990)Tennessee 3-0 (1997)Texas 3-0 (1984)Texas A&M 1-2 (1997)Texas-El Paso 2-1 (1989)Texas-San Antonio 1-2 (1991)Toledo 2-1 (1996)Tulane 2-1 (1995)UC Riverside 1-1 (2006)UCLA 2-1 (1994)UNLV 4-2 (1984, 88)U.S. International 1-2 (1988)Utah State 1-5 (1982, 86)Valparaiso 1-1 (2000)Wake Forest 1-2 (1990)Washington 1-2 (1982)Weber State 2-1 (1996)Western Kentucky 4-2 (1986, 88)Wichita State 2-1 (1983)William & Mary 2-1 (1994)Wisconsin 2-1 (1997)Wyoming 1-1 (1980)Xavier 2-1 (1995)Yale 0-3 (1985)

3Central Connecticut State’s Kim Boone and Arizona’s Anna Chappell fight for rebounding position during CCSU’s 69-65 overtime win in the 2005 championship game. The Blue Devils came back from a 13-point halftime deficit in one of the biggest upsets in women’s Shootout history.


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The Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout began as a dream of Bob Rachal, who coached the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves during the 1977-78 season. Rachal, who died of cancer in 1985, wanted to put a fledgling UAA basketball program on the map and do it in style. With a personality reminiscent of a 19th century riverboat gambler, he parlayed an NCAA rule that said games outside the contiguous 48 states didn’t count against your normal allotment of 28, plus the lure of Alaska itself, into a winning hand. The big gamble was whether the UAA and the community could attract big-name schools to the new tournament, in Alaska of all places. The gamble paid off. Coaches jumped at the chance to squeeze in three “free” games against top-flight competition, not to mention the recruiting possibilities a trip to Alaska afforded. The first Sea Wolf Classic was played in November of 1978 in the 4,000-seat Buckner Field House at Fort Richardson near Anchorage. Each two-game session drew a disappointing average of only 2,500 people, until fans filled the gym to capacity on Sunday night to see the Wolfpack from North Carolina State defeat Louisville to win the tournament’s first championship.

The inaugural event received national press attention and portions of the tourna-ment were televised live to regional markets of the teams involved – a first for the state of Alaska. Most important, however, was the

reaction of the visiting coaches, who praised the hospitality, the officiating and most of all, the level of competition. Even as the first Sea Wolf Classic ended, plans were being made for hosting the sec-ond tournament, pending a review of the three-day event by UAA officials. In the end, they declared that the Classic was a success and should continue. And in 1979 it did. Only it wasn’t the Sea Wolf Classic anymore. It was now called the Great Alaska Shootout – a name report-edly coined by television commentator Billy Packer during regional television broadcasts of the initial tourney. Kentucky, led by guard Kyle Macy, defeated Jeff Ruland-led Iona for the 1979 title. Regardless of the name, this holiday event was now well on its way to acceptance both at home and among the nation’s top hoops teams. Soon it was called “the best kept secret in basketball.” But the secret is out, and UAA’s sports program, the state of Alaska and major college basketball are all the better for it. In 1983, the Shootout moved from its original confines at Buckner into a newly con-structed municipal sports facility in midtown Anchorage, the Sullivan Arena. Named for

5Lamar’s B.B. Davis (right) and Alaska Anchorage’s Bo Jackson square off for the open-ing tip of the first Shootout game, Nov. 24, 1978, as UAA’s Tony Turner looks on.

SHOOTOUT CHAMPIONSYEAR CHAMPION SCORE RUNNER-UP OUTSTANDINg PLAYER

1978 North Carolina State 72-66 Louisville Clyde Austin (North Carolina State)1979 Kentucky 57-50 Iona Jeff Ruland (Iona)1980 North Carolina 64-58 Arkansas Scott Hastings (Arkansas)1981 Southwestern Louisiana 81-64 Marquette Steve Burtt (Iona)1982 Louisville 80-70 Vanderbilt Lancaster Gordon (Louisville)1983 North Carolina State 65-60 Arkansas Joe Kleine (Arkansas)1984 Alabama-Birmingham 50-46 Kansas Steve Mitchell (Alabama-Birmingham)1985 North Carolina 65-60 UNLV Brad Daugherty (North Carolina)1986 Iowa 103-80 Northeastern Roy Marble (Iowa)1987 Arizona 80-69 Syracuse Sean Elliott (Arizona)1988 Seton Hall 92-81 Kansas Chris Mills (Kentucky)1989 Michigan State 73-68 Kansas State Steve Smith (Michigan State)1990 UCLA 89-74 Virginia Don MacLean (UCLA)1991 Massachusetts 68-56 New Orleans Jim McCoy (Massachusetts)1992 New Mexico State 95-94 Illinois Sam Crawford (New Mexico State)1993 Purdue 88-73 Portland Glenn Robinson (Purdue)1994 Minnesota 79-74 Brigham Young Townsend Orr (Minnesota)1995 Duke 88-81 Iowa Ray Allen (Connecticut)1996 Kentucky 92-65 College of Charleston Ron Mercer (Kentucky)1997 North Carolina 73-69 Purdue Antawn Jamison (North Carolina)1998 Cincinnati 77-75 Duke William Avery (Duke)1999 Kansas 84-70 Georgia Tech Drew Gooden (Kansas)2000 Syracuse 84-62 Missouri Preston Shumpert (Syracuse)2001 Marquette 72-63 Gonzaga Dwyane Wade (Marquette)2002 College of Charleston 71-69 Villanova Troy Wheless (College of Charleston)2003 Purdue 78-68 Duke Kenneth Lowe (Purdue)2004 Washington 76-76 Alabama Nate Robinson (Washington)2005 Marquette 92-89 (ot) South Carolina Steve Novak (Marquette)2006 California 78-70 Loyola Marymount Ryan Anderson (California)

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former Anchorage mayor George Sullivan, it was part of Anchorage’s Project 80s, in which oil wealth was turned into a series of major public building projects. The $30 million facil-ity gave the Shootout twice the number of seats and a classy new home. In the early 1990s the Shootout faced an obstacle that couldn’t be solved through local help alone. The NCAA passed legislation to push the start of the basketball season back to December 1, threatening the existence of the Thanksgiving tournament. But then-coach Harry Larrabee and former athletic director Ron Petro went to work, crisscrossing the country to gain support for an exemption for the Shootout. Fortunately for Anchorage basketball fans, their efforts were not in vain and the Great Alaska Shootout was granted the exemption it needed to continue as the premier in-season basketball tournament in the nation. In 1994 the event became the Carrs Great Alaska Shootout when Carr Gottstein Food, Inc., became the title sponsor of the event. With the purchase of Carrs by Safeway in 1999, the event is known today as the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout. All told, 26 NCAA champions have taken part in the Shootout. The defending national champion has take part in the tournament five times, most recently Kentucky in 1996. North Carolina State was the first, starting the defense of its 1983 title in Anchorage. Two years later, Villanova played in the 1985 Shootout after winning a national title ear-lier that spring. Louisville (1986) and Kansas (1988) have also played in the Shootout after winning national titles – not bad timing for contracts that are often issued years in advance. In recent years the Shootout has served as a springboard to success for Final Four teams as well. The entire 2003 Final Four field fea-tured teams who had made Shootout appear-ances since 1999 – Kansas (1999 champion), Syracuse (2000 champion), Marquette (2001 champion) and Texas (2001, 5th place). Indiana made the 2002 NCAA Final after placing third at the Shootout, while Duke, the 1998 Shootout runner-up team featuring Anchorage’s own Trajan Langdon, began its run to the 1999 Final Four here in Anchorage. In 1997-98 North Carolina began its trek to the Final Four at the Shootout as did Kentucky in 1996-97 and Duke in 2003-04. The 2004 Shootout saw one of the strongest fields ever, producing five NCAA Tournament teams – Alabama, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Utah and Washington. Both Oklahoma and Utah went on to win their leagues, while Washington earned a No. 1 seed for March Madness.

5With collegiate hoops legends such as Syracuse’s Rony Seikaly (above left) and Derrick Coleman (above right), Arizona’s Sean Elliott (above right) and Michigan’s Glen Rice (left), the 1987 Shootout featured one of the most star-studded and power-packed lineups in the tourney’s fabled history. Led by Elliott, Steve Kerr and Tom Tolbert, the Wildcats topped Sherman Douglas and the Orangemen 80-69 in that year’s title matchup.

another staffed the event. Televised from its inception on a regional basis, the Shootout went live nationwide via the ESPN cable television network beginning in 1985 – a mutually beneficial relationship that contin-ues today. In fact, it is safe to say that the tournament has generated more exposure for Alaska than any other single venture in the state’s history. Indeed, the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout is no secret anymore, but rather an event eagerly awaited annually by millions of basketball fans.

Of the 68 NCAA champions through 2007, only seven – Wisconsin, Holy Cross, CCNY, LaSalle, San Francisco, Loyola (Ill.) and Texas-El Paso (formerly Texas Western) – have not played in the Shootout at one time or another. The streak of consecutive NCAA champions that have played in the Shootout reached 41 straight with Florida’s win last March. From the beginning, the Shootout has attracted the attention of the nation’s sports press. Nearly every major daily newspaper and sports magazine has at one time or


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Duke’s run to the 2004 NCAA Tournament semifinals made it 12 teams that have played in the Shootout and advanced to the Final 4 that same season:

YEAR TEAM SHOOTOUT FINISH NCAA FINISH2003-04 Duke Runner-up Semifinals2001-02 Indiana Third Runner-up1998-99 Duke Runner-up Runner-up1997-98 North Carolina Champion Semifinals1996-97 Kentucky Champion Runner-up1994-95 Oklahoma State Sixth Semifinals1988-89 Seton Hall Champion Runner-up1987-88 Arizona Champion Semifinals1982-83 Louisville Champion Semifinals1981-82 Georgetown Sixth Runner-up1980-81 North Carolina Champion Runner-up1980-81 Louisiana State Third Fourth

4 Five schools have begun defense of their NCAA title at the Shootout – North Carolina State (1983), Villanova (1985), Louisville (1986), Kansas (1988) and Kentucky (1996). In total, 10 teams have played in the Shootout on the heels of a Final 4 appearance the previous spring, including when NCAA finalists Kentucky and Syracuse met in the first round in 1996.

4 The 2003 Final 4 featured teams that had all made Shootout appearances within the previous four seasons – Kansas (1999 champion), Syracuse (2000 champion), Marquette (2001 champion) and Texas (2001 5th place).

4 In 29 years, 112 Shootout teams have qualified for the ensuing NCAA Tournament, meaning that on average half of the field makes the Big Dance. The 1985 Shootout produced a record seven NCAA qualifiers, while 1991 and 2006 were the only years that just one team (champion UMass in ‘91-92 and UAA in ‘06-07) made it to March Madness.


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LEgENDARY NAMES AT THE SHOOTOUT

COACHESGene Bartow (Alabama-Birmingham) 84, 87, 92Jim Boeheim (Syracuse) 87, 96, 00Larry Brown (Kansas) 84Jim Calhoun (Connecticut) 95Denny Crum (Louisville) 78, 82, 86, 94, 99Tom Davis (Iowa) 86, 95Joe B. Hall (Kentucky) 79Marv Harshman (Washington) 82Jud Heathcote (Michigan State) 89Lou Henson (Illinois) 82, 84, 92Tom Izzo (Michigan State) 02Gene Keady (Purdue) 85, 93, 97, 03Bob Knight (Indiana, Texas Tech) 78, 95, 07John Kresse (College of Charleston) 96Mike Krzyzewski (Duke) 95, 98, 03Lute Olson (Arizona) 85, 87, 94Rick Pitino (Kentucky) 96Norm Sloan (N.C. State, Florida) 78, 82, 88Dean Smith (North Carolina) 80, 85Norm Stewart (Missouri) 80, 85Eddie Sutton (Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State) 80, 83, 88, 94, 02Jerry Tarkanian (UNLV, Fresno St.) 85, 98John Thompson (Georgetown) 80, 81Billy Tubbs (Lamar, Oklahoma, TCU) 78, 79, 83, 95Jim Valvano (Iona, N.C. State) 79, 83, 86Roy Williams (Kansas) 88, 99

PLAYERSRay Allen (Connecticut) 1995B.J. Armstrong (Iowa) 1986Len Bias (Maryland) 1984Andrew Bogut (Utah) 2004Sam Bowie (Kentucky) 1979Elton Brand (Duke) 1998Vince Carter (North Carolina) 1997Lorenzo Charles (N.C. State) 1983Derrick Coleman (Syracuse) 1987Brad Daugherty (North Carolina) 1985Baron Davis (UCLA) 1997Dan Dickau (Gonzaga) 2001Sherman Douglas (Syracuse) 1987Tim Duncan (Wake Forest) 1993Joe Dumars (McNeese State) 1981Sean Elliott (Arizona) 1987Pervis Ellison (Louisville) 1986Patrick Ewing (Georgetown) 1981Eric “Sleepy” Floyd (Georgetown) 1980T.J. Ford (Texas) 2001Drew Gooden (Kansas) 1999Hansi Gnad (UAA) 1983, 84, 85, 86Darrell Griffith (Louisville) 1978Derek Harper (Illinois) 1982Kirk Hinrich (Kansas) 1999Antawn Jamison (North Carolina) 1997Steve Kerr (Arizona) 1985, 87Kerry Kittles (Villanova) 1994Trajan Langdon (Duke) 1998

Reggie Lewis (Northeastern) 1986Kyle Macy (Kentucky) 1979Danny Manning (Kansas) 1984Sam Perkins (North Carolina) 1980Glen Rice (Michigan) 1987Glenn “Doc” Rivers (Marquette) 1981Glenn Robinson (Purdue) 1993Nate Robinson (Washington) 2004Brandon Roy (Washington) 2004Rony Seikaly (Syracuse) 1987Kenny Smith (North Carolina) 1985Steve Smith (Michigan State) 1989Damon Stoudamire (Arizona) 1994Wayman Tisdale (Oklahoma) 1983Dwyane Wade (Marquette) 2001James Worthy (North Carolina) 1980

Kerry Kittles (upper left), Wayman Tisdale (upper right) and Damon Stoudamire (lower left)

SEAWOLF gIANT kILLERSAlthough classified as an NCAA Division II basketball program, the Seawolves have never shied away from playing the best teams in college basketball. On more than a few occasions, they have proved to be giant killers against that tough competition. UAA regularly plays three to five games each season against Division I programs, and the team takes pride in its success against quality foes. Perhaps the most memorable moment in UAA basketball history came when the Seawolves knocked off No. 2-ranked Michigan 70-66 at the Utah Seiko Classic during the 1988-89 season. That season, the Wolverines won the NCAA title. The Seawolves annually play more Division I teams than any other program in Division II. Last season, UAA played South Carolina, Southern Illinois, and Southern Cal. Following is a list of the 39 Division I programs that have fallen victim to the Seawolves:AuburnCalifornia CanisiusDaytonDrexelEastern KentuckyGrambling StateHigh PointHoustonIdahoIona

4 Peter Bullock, the Shootout’s all-time scoring and rebound-ing leader, was part of Seawolf victories over Rhode Island,

Montana (pictured), Texas State and Canisius.

Jackson StateLafayetteMaineMiami (Fla.)MichiganMissouriMissouri-Kansas CityMontanaNew MexicoNicholls StateNotre Dame

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5Senior forward Carl Arts

QUICk FACTSLocation: Anchorage, AlaskaEnrollment: 19,692Founded: 1977Nickname: SeawolvesColors: Green & GoldConference: Great Northwest Athletic ConferenceArena: Wells Fargo Sports Complex (1,250) & Sullivan Arena (8,700)Web Site: GoSeawolves.comAthletic Director: Dr. Steve CobbHead Coach: Rusty Osborne Record at UAA/Overall: 49-37, 3 yearsAssociate Head Coach: Shane RinnerAssistant Coach: Bryan Weakley2006-07 Record: 19-92006-07 Conf. Record: 10-6 (t-3rd)2007 Postseason: NCAA 1st RoundLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 4/8Newcomers: 6

TOP RETURNEES PPg RPg OTHERCarl Arts 15.5 6.9 55% FGLuke Cooper 7.3 2.1 8.2 apgMcCade Olsen 11.1 4.3 60% FG

Luke CooperSenior point guard

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SEAWOLF ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS TEAM)

1 Kevin White G 6-4 195 Fr. Manly, Australia (Scots College) 2 Chris Bryant G 6-4 200 Sr. Metlakatla, Alaska (Drake) 3 Lonnie Ridgeway G 6-3 195 Fr. Anchorage, Alaska (Heritage Christian HS) 11 Doug Hardy G 5-11 185 Jr. Anchorage, Alaska (Idaho State) 14 Luke Cooper G 6-0 165 Sr. Melbourne, Australia (Parade College) 21 Cameron Burney F 6-7 185 Jr. Steamboat Springs, Colo. (Otero JC) 22 Phillip Hearn G/F 6-6 200 Fr. Anchorage (West HS) 23 McCade Olsen F 6-8 215 Sr. Riverton, Utah (Coll. of Eastern Utah) 25 Jeremiah Trueman C 6-9 210 Jr. Stratford, New Zealand (Nelson College) 30 Kyle Doerr F 6-7 205 Fr. Rapid City, S.D. (St. Thomas More HS) 32 Colin Voreis F 6-7 230 Fr. Vermilion, Ohio (VHS) 34 Carl Arts F 6-6 210 Sr. Valdez (VHS) 45 Jared Kettler C 6-6 220 Sr. Dana Point, Calif. (St. Margaret’s School) RS Kenny Barker G 6-3 210 Sr. San Diego, Calif. (Alaska Fairbanks)

a new level at the end of last season, averag-ing nearly seven points and five rebounds over the final seven games. Osborne also expects big things from a pair of players – local guards Doug Hardy and Lonnie Ridgeway – who redshirted last sea-son. Hardy, a former two-time Class 4A state champ at Bartlett High, makes his Seawolf debut after playing a pair of seasons at D-I Idaho State. Ridgeway was likewise a two-time state champ in high school, at the 3A level, and should be one of the most athletic wing players in the GNAC for years to come. Another D-I transfer, Metlakatla native Chris Bryant returns to his home state for his senior season after playing three years at Drake. Bryant showed his abilities in the rugged Missouri Valley Conference by scoring in double digits 25 times and knocking down 120 treys in his time with the Bulldogs. Another sizeable guard, 6-4 Aussie Kevin White, brings more depth and talent to the Seawolf perimeter after redshirting his true freshman season at San Diego Christian. White’s former SDC teammate, Jeremiah

Rusty Osborne’s 4-year plan seems to be working so far. When the longtime Alaska Anchorage assistant ascended to the head job in 2004, he based his first recruiting class around a pair of untested freshmen who he hoped would blos-som into the future of the program. Now those freshmen – point guard Luke Cooper and forward Carl Arts – are sea-soned veterans who both have a shot at All-America honors in 2007-08. Moreover, the Seawolves are coming off back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances, and Cooper and Arts will be charged with leading a team that is ranked in the top 20 in several preseason polls and picked to win the Great Northwest Athletic Conference by the league’s coaches. In three seasons, the cat-quick Cooper has rewritten the Seawolf record book for assists, breaking the single-game (16), season (230) and career marks (570) last year. At 8.2 assists per game, the Australian ranked second in NCAA Div. II in the category, while improving his scoring average to 7.3 ppg. Cooper was recognized as a preseason ‘Super 16’ All-American by Div. II Bulletin, as well as an honorable mention All-American by The Sporting News. Arts, a 6-6 forward who can score from inside or the perimeter, also made The Sporting News honorable mention list, thanks to his team-high averages of 15.5 points and 6.9 rebounds. A deadly shooter, the Valdez native is among UAA’s career top 5 in both three-point (.470) and free throw (.860) percentages, and ranks ninth in overall shooting (.534). The Seawolves return two other letter-winners from their 19-9 squad in senior power forward McCade Olsen and junior small for-ward Cameron Burney. Olsen led the GNAC with 59.8 percent shooting last year, thriving in his role as UAA’s top reserve. The former junior college transfer was the team’s third-leading scorer (11.1 ppg) and second-leading rebounder (4.3 rpg) in his first year, despite playing just over 20 minutes per contest. Meanwhile, Burney pushed his game to

Trueman, will be counted on for big minutes at the post position for the Seawolves. The junior transfer comes north after helping the Hawks to consecutive NAIA national tourna-ment appearances and gaining international experience as a member of the New Zealand National Team. Ohio native Colin Voreis and South Dakotan Kyle Doerr could play important reserve minutes in the post, while fellow true freshman Phillip Hearn will fight for time at the swingman position.

DID YOU kNOW?5The Seawolves have posted a winning record in 23 of their 30 seasons at the NCAA Div.

II level. UAA has also qualified for the NCAA D-II Tournament 13 times.

5Featuring a planetarium, vivarium and biomedi-cal research laboratory, the $87 million Integrated Science Building at UAA is due for completion in summer 2009.

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QUICk FACTSLocation: Indianapolis, Ind.Enrollment: 4,400Founded: 1855Nickname: BulldogsColors: Blue & WhiteConference: Horizon LeagueArena: Hinkle Fieldhouse (10,000)Web Site: ButlerSports.comAthletic Director: Barry CollierHead Coach: Brad Stevens Record at BU/Overall: First yearAssistant Coaches: Matthew Graves, Brandon Miller, Terry Johnson2006-07 Record: 29-72006-07 Conf. Record: 13-3 (T-1st)2007 Postseason: NCAA Sweet 16Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/3Newcomers: 6

TOP RETURNEES PPg RPg OTHERA.J. Graves 16.9 2.3 95% FTMike Green 13.9 6.0 4.0 apgJulian Betko 4.3 2.0 37% 3FG

A.J. GravesSenior guard

Brad StevensHead Coach

BULLDOg ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS TEAM)

1 Julian Betko G/F 6-5 200 Sr. Ruzomberok, Slovakia (Clemson) 2 Shawn Vanzant G 6-1 175 Fr. Tampa, Fla. (Wharton HS) 3 Zach Hahn G 6-0 170 Fr. New Castle, Ind. (Chrysler HS) 4 A.J. Graves G 6-1 155 Sr. Switz City, Ind. (White River Valley HS) 5 Ben Slaton G 6-1 160 Jr. Columbus, Ind. (Columbus East HS) 10 Mike Green G 6-1 175 Sr. Philadelphia, Pa. (Towson) 11 Alex Anglin G/F 6-4 170 So. Kokomo, Ind. (KHS) 14 Nick Rodgers G 6-1 160 So. Noblesville, Ind. (NHS) 21 Willie Veasley G/F 6-3 190 So. Freeport, Ill. (FHS) 22 Grant Leiendecker G 6-3 175 So. Fort Wayne, Ind. (Homestead HS) 24 Avery Jukes F 6-8 215 So. Snellville, Ga. (Alabama) 32 Drew Streicher G/F 6-7 200 Sr. Washington, Ind. (WHS) 34 Pete Campbell F 6-7 200 Sr. Muncie, Ind. (Indiana-Purdue-Ft. Wayne) 50 Elliot Engelmann F/C 6-7 205 So. Downers Grove, Ill. (South HS) 54 Matt Howard F 6-7 220 Fr. Connersville, Ind. (CHS)

400 points, 200 rebounds and 100 assists in the same season. The two stellar guards will be joined by 6-5 returning starter Julian Betko, who was granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA. Betko tied a Butler single-season record by starting all 36 games a year ago and was the team’s fifth-leading scorer (4.3). Rounding out Butler’s strong and deep senior class are 6-7 Pete Campbell and 6-7 Drew Streicher. Campbell wound up as Butler’s fourth-leading scorer (9.1) and was named to the Horizon’s All-Newcomer Team. He led the league in three-point shooting with a record .519 mark, and was second in threes per game (2.31). Streicher, tied Betko with games played (36), emerged as one of Butler’s top defenders. He led BU in blocked shots (0.4) and field goal shooting (.644). One other returnee who picked up con-siderable experience last year is sophomore Willie Veasley, who played in 35 games in his initial season with the Bulldogs, shooting an

In a span of less than two months last year, Butler basketball was transformed from the forgotten to the formidable. The Bulldogs were picked to finish sixth in the nine-team Horizon League preseason poll (one voter picked Butler last), and that sentiment pretty much mirrored the evalua-tion in most of the preseason publications. That’s why there was considerable “head-scratching” in the college hoops world when the Bulldogs stood at center court at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 24 and col-lected the NIT Season Tip-Off Championship trophy. The moment capped a run that saw Butler post consecutive victories over Notre Dame, Indiana, Tennessee and Gonzaga. Butler went on to post a school- and Horizon League-record 29-7 campaign, a co-championship in the Horizon League regular season and a trip to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Along the way, the Bulldogs were ranked in the top 25 for a school- and league-record 16 consecutive weeks. And although he losses two starters to graduation, new head coach Brad Stevens won’t have a shortage of talent in 2007-08. The Bulldogs return five of their top six scor-ers, including All-Horizon League guards A. J. Graves and Mike Green. Graves emerged as one of the premier backcourt players in the nation in 2006-07. The 6-1 guard led the Bulldogs in scoring with a 16.9 average, while posting the fourth-high-est single-season point total (591) ever by a Butler junior. He earned honorable mention All-America honors and was named a first team Academic All-American. He was select-ed MVP of the NIT Season Tip-Off, earned first team All-League and All-District 10 hon-ors and became the 31st player in Butler his-tory to reach 1,000 points in his career. Green, a transfer from Towson, was named Horizon League Newcomer of the Year after leading the Bulldogs in assists (4.0) and rebounds (6.0) and finishing second on the squad in scoring (13.9). He became the first player in Butler history to record over

DID YOU kNOW?5The Bulldogs have posted 20 or more wins in nine of the last 11 seasons, including a school-record

29 victories in 2006-07.

5Butler ranks in the top 10 percent in the nation among four-year, private, liberal arts institutions in the number of undergraduates who earn a doctoral degree, according to a Franklin & Marshall College survey.

5Senior guard Mike Green

impressive .632 percentage. Other letterwinners returning from last season are 6-7 forward Elliot Engelmann, and guards Ben Slaton and Nick Rodgers, both former walk-ons. Joining the returnees are six newcomers – 6-8 Avery Jukes, 6-4 Grant Leiendecker, 6-7 Matt Howard, 6-0 Zach Hahn, 6-1 Shawn Vanzant and 6-4 Alex Anglin.


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BUTLER BULLDOGS

QUICk FACTSLocation: Cheney, Wash.Enrollment: 10,005Founded: 1882Nickname: EaglesColors: Red & WhiteConference: Big SkyArena: Reese Court (6,000)Web Site: GoEags.comAthletic Director: Bill ChavesHead Coach: Kirk Earlywine Record at EWU: First year Overall Record: 21-8, 1 yearAssistant Coaches: Jamie Matthews, Grant Leep, Rachi Wortham2006-07 Record: 15-142006-07 Conf. Record: 8-8 (T-5th)2007 Postseason: NoneLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 3/8Newcomers: 9

TOP RETURNEES PPg RPg OTHERKellen Williams 8.4 5.6 56% FGBrandon Moore 5.9 3.6 60% FGMarcus Hinton 6.0 1.4 56% 3FG

Kellen WilliamsSenior forward

Kirk EarlywineHead Coach

EAgLE ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS TEAM)

1 Marcus Hinton G 6-3 190 Sr. Tacoma, Wash. (Centralia CC) 4 Gary Gibson G 6-2 185 So. Windsor, Ontario (Miami Dade [Fla.] Coll.) 10 Adris DeLeon G 6-0 170 Jr. Bronx, N.Y. (Coll. of Southern Idaho) 11 Blake Solomon G 6-2 185 Jr. Kent, Wash. (Big Bend CC) 15 Petar Milasinovic F 6-8 200 Fr. Sombor, Serbia (Meadowvale [Ontario] Secondary) 21 Trey Gross G 6-3 175 Fr. Stockton, Calif. (Edison HS) 24 Jack Loofburrow F 6-7 215 Fr. Yakima, Wash. (Eisenhower HS) 30 Milan Stanojevic G 6-2 195 Jr. Subotica, Serbia (Northwest [Wyo.] Coll.) 32 Matt Brunell F 6-7 225 So. Cheney, Wash. (Big Bend CC) 34 Kellen Williams F 6-5 205 Sr. Seattle, Wash. (Highline CC) 45 Brandon Moore C/F 6-9 245 So. Graham, Wash. (Bethel HS)

Eastern’s newcomers include a pair of cat-quick guards in 5-11 Adris DeLeon and 6-1 Gary Gibson. DeLeon averaged 8.4 points, 3.9 assists and 1.5 steals as a sophomore at the College of Southern Idaho to help the Golden Eagles to a 30-7 record and the semi-finals of the NJCAA National Tournament. Gibson played one season at Miami-Dade Junior College and is formerly from Windsor, Ontario. He averaged 6.1 points, 2.7 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.6 steals to help his team to a 21-7 record and league championship. Two Serbians have also joined the Eastern program – 6-2 junior guard Milan Stanojevic and 6-8 freshman forward Petar Milasinovic. Stanojevic averaged 17.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.2 steals as a sophomore last season at Northwest Junior College in Wyoming, making 47 percent of his three-point shots (118 of 251). Milasinovic averaged 14 points, nine rebounds and two blocks last year at Rise Academy prep school in Philadelphia. Besides finding international players to fill out his roster, Earlywine also adds local

Just three short years ago in 2004, the Eastern Washington program was basking in the glow of playing in its first-ever NCAA Tournament. Now, it’s the job of new Eastern head coach Kirk Earlywine to return the Eagles to prominence after three EWU seasons that yielded a collective record of 38-49. Earlywine has added 10 new players to three returning letterwinners and a returning redshirt. The returning players include senior 6-4 forward Kellen Williams, the lone return-ing starter, who averaged 8.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in 2006-07. He is a 2003 graduate of Franklin High School in Seattle, and played one year at Highline Community College in the Seattle area. The other two players returning made their Eagle debuts last season. Sophomore center Brandon Moore came off the bench in 26 of the 27 games he played. The 2005 graduate of Bethel High School averaged 5.9 points and 3.6 rebounds while making 59.8 percent of his shots from the field. Eastern’s biggest player at 6-9, 240 pounds, he was selected as the team’s most inspirational player. Marcus Hinton started nine of 25 games and was named the team’s most improved player. The 6-3 guard finished the season with 33 points in his last two games, includ-ing 24 and the game-winning shot in an 82-79 win over Idaho State on Feb. 22. A gradu-ate of Tacoma’s Wilson High School, Hinton finished with a 6.0 scoring average and made 14 of 25 three-point attempts. The three returning players helped Eastern average 84.2 points per game in the 2006-07 season to rank third in NCAA Division I. However, the Eagles allowed 82.6 per game, giving Earlywine an early focus on defensive improvement. Toward that goal, he will call upon his past experiences working under Rick Majerus at Ball State and Utah. The rest of the team will consist of newcomers, including 2006-07 redshirt Jack Loofburrow. The 6-6 forward is a shooting threat from the outside, but he missed valu-able practice time last season with a broken left foot suffered in preseason practices.

DID YOU kNOW?5EWU’s Rodney Stuckey became the program’s highest-ever NBA Draft pick when he was selected 15th overall by the Detroit Pistons last April.

5Eastern Washington College of Education became Eastern Washington State College in 1961 and subsequently was renamed to the current Eastern Washington University in 1977. The school is cel-ebrating its 125th anniversary in 2007.

5Senior guard Marcus Hinton

product Matthew Brunell, a 2006 graduate of Cheney High School. Trey Gross, a 6-2 guard, joins Loofburrow and Milasinovic as the team’s lone freshmen. He averaged 21 points and 4.5 rebounds as a senior to lead Edison High School to a 22-9 record, a league title and the quarterfinals of the NorCal Division I basketball playoffs. Two walk-ons, Blake Solomon and Jeff Christensen, also join the EWU program.


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EASTERN WASHINGTON EAGLES

Jeremy PargoJunior guard

Mark FewHead Coach

BULLDOg ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS TEAM)

2 Jeremy Pargo G 6-2 219 Jr. Chicago, Ill. (Robeson HS) 5 Austin Daye F 6-10 190 Fr. Irvine, Calif. (Woodbridge HS) 11 Andrew Sorenson G 6-2 175 Jr. Olympia, Wash. (OHS) 15 Matt Bouldin G 6-5 214 So. Highlands Ranch, Colo. (ThunderRidge HS) 20 Larry Gurganious F 6-5 199 So. Berkeley, Calif. (St. Mary’s HS) 21 Robert Sacre C 7-0 255 Fr. North Vancouver, B.C. (Handsworth Secondary) 22 Micah Downs G 6-8 180 Jr. Kirkland, Wash. (Kansas) 25 David Pendergraft G 6-6 223 Sr. Brewster, Wash. (BHS) 31 Abdullahi Kuso F 6-9 228 Sr. Kaduna, Nigeria (Tallahassee [Fla.] CC) 32 Steven Gray G 6-4 190 Fr. Bainbridge, Wash. (BHS) 34 Theo Davis F 6-9 198 Fr. Brampton, Ontario (Lutheran Christian [Pa.] Acad.) 42 Josh Heytvelt F 6-11 238 Jr. Clarkston, Wash. (CHS) 45 Will Foster C 7-4 225 So. Buckley, Wash. (White River HS) 50 Ira Brown F 6-4 235 Jr. Conroe, Texas (Phoenix [Ariz.] College)

February and March to help lead Gonzaga on its journey back to the NCAAs. With Heytvelt reinstated to the program this fall, and the aforementioned strong cast returning, the Zags are once again the pre-season WCC favorite. Bouldin was selected to compete in the USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team Trials in late June and eventually made the team. As a college rookie, he averaged 8.9 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.1 assists to earn WCC All-Freshman Team honors. Will Foster, a 7-4 sophomore, played in some key situations late last season and should see an increased role this year. Another returnee who saw limited min-utes year ago is Andrew Sorenson, a 6-2 junior guard who played in nine games. Two other players who didn’t see action last year also figure in the Bulldogs’ plans. Larry Gurganious, a 6-5 sophomore for-ward, redshirted last season with a bad back. He played in 31 games as a freshman. Theo Davis, a 6-9 freshman forward,

Ten straight – that’s the goal for Gonzaga this season as the Bulldogs seek their 10th straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. Coming off what many prognostica-tors thought would be a down year, all the Bulldogs did was win a seventh straight West Coast Conference regular-season title, claim their eighth WCC Tournament crown in the last nine years and make a ninth straight trip to the NCAAs. The Bulldogs did it in true team fashion, having to regroup and refocus after 6-11 center Josh Heytvelt was suspended indefi-nitely on Feb. 10 for violation of team policy. Averaging 15.5 ppg and a team-leading 7.7 rpg at the time of his suspension, Heytvelt would miss the final nine games of the regu-lar and postseason. But a host of unlikely stars rallied the Bulldogs behind 2007 seniors Derek Raivio and Sean Mallon. Then-sophomore Jeremy Pargo picked up his game a notch and returns for his junior season to inherit the point guard position full time for the graduated Raivio. Pargo finished with averages of 12.1 points and 4.6 assists to earn All-WCC first-team honors. David Pendergraft made the most of his new-found role in becoming a leader, earning All-WCC Tournament accolades. He is now back for his senior season and is, along with Pargo, one of the team captains. Micah Downs, the transfer from Kansas who had to sit out the first semester under NCAA transfer rules and then saw his debut delayed by injury, hit some big shots down the stretch for the Bulldogs and should have added confidence in 2007-08. Abdullahi Kuso, the fan favorite who transferred across country from Tallahassee Community College, played a more imposing role down the stretch to help pick up the slack left by Heytvelt’s absence in the middle. And true freshman Matt Bouldin – who at one point in midseason missed 17 straight three-pointers – found his shooting touch in

DID YOU kNOW?5John Stockton, the NBA’s all-time assists and steals leader, starred for his hometown Bulldogs from 1980-84.

5Gonzaga is named after a young 16th century Italian Jesuit, Aloysius Gonzaga, who died in Rome trying to save young people from the plague. He was later named the patron saint of youth.

QUICk FACTSLocation: Spokane, Wash.Enrollment: 6,375Founded: 1887Nickname: Bulldogs or ZagsColors: Blue, White & RedConference: West CoastArena: McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)Web Site: GoZags.comAthletic Director: Mike RothHead Coach: Mark Few Record at GU/Overall: 211-52, 8 yearsAssistant Coaches: Leon Rice, Tommy Lloyd, Ray Giacoletti2006-07 Record: 23-112006-07 Conf. Record: 11-3 (1st)2007 Postseason: NCAA 1st RoundLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/5Newcomers: 6

TOP RETURNEES PPg RPg OTHERJosh Heytvelt 15.5 7.7 54% FGJeremy Pargo 12.1 4.3 4.6 apgMatt Bouldin 8.9 3.6 3.1 apg

5Senior guard David Pendergraft

was being redshirted when he was suspend-ed along with Heytvelt for violation of team policy. While the Bulldogs have some solid depth returning, they also have four incom-ing players that rank as the best recruit-ing class in Gonzaga history as all four are ranked in the experts’ top 100. One scouting service ranked the Zags’ class 11th-best in the nation. Joining the Zags will be freshmen Austin Daye, Steven Gray, and Robert Sacre, and junior college All-American Ira Brown.


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GONZAGA BULLDOGS

QUICk FACTSLocation: Ann Arbor, Mich.Enrollment: 38,006Founded: 1817Nickname: WolverinesColors: Maize & BlueConference: Big TenArena: Crisler Arena (13,684)Web Site: MGoBlue.comAthletic Director: Bill MartinHead Coach: John Beilein Record at UM: First year Overall Record: 551-318, 29 yearsAssistant Head Coach: Jerry Dunn Assistants: Mike Jackson, John Mahoney2006-07 Record: 22-132006-07 Conf. Record: 8-8 (T-7th)2007 Postseason: NIT 2nd RoundLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 12/5Newcomers: 3

TOP RETURNEES PPg RPg OTHERJerret Smith 5.7 2.7 3.4 apgRon Coleman 5.7 3.1 46% FGEkpe Udoh 5.0 4.0 1.9 bpg

Jerret SmithJunior guard

John Beilein Head Coach

WOLVERINE ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS TEAM)

1 Jerret Smith G 6-3 195 Jr. Romulus, Mich. (RHS) 2 C.J. Lee G 6-0 180 Jr. Pittsford, N.Y. (Sutherland HS) 3 Manny Harris G 6-5 170 Fr. Detroit, Mich. (Redford HS) 4 DeShawn Sims F 6-8 225 So. Detroit, Mich. (Pershing HS) 5 K’Len Morris G/F 6-4 185 Fr. Grand Blanc, Mich. (GBHS) 11 David Merritt G 5-10 170 Sr. West Bloomfield, Mich. (WBHS) 12 Anthony Wright F 6-6 235 Fr. Sterling, Va. (Oak Hill Academy) 15 Jevohn Shepherd G/F 6-5 210 Jr. Toronto, Ontario (West Hills Collegiate) 20 Adam Block G 6-1 180 Fr. Allentown, Pa. (Parkland HS) 22 Ekpe Udoh F 6-10 240 So. Edmond, Okla. (Santa Fe HS) 24 Ron Coleman G/F 6-6 210 Sr. Romulus, Mich. (RHS) 32 Zack Gibson F 6-10 220 So. Grand Blanc, Mich. (GBHS) 34 Eric Puls F 6-10 205 Fr. Alpena, Mich. (AHS) 44 Kelvin Grady G 5-11 170 Fr. Grand Rapids, Mich. (East Grand Rapids HS)

have to improve from last year’s 3.4 assist average in Beilein’s offense, finding open shooters like Coleman and sophomore for-ward DeShawn Sims, who could prove to be a special player with his combined size and long-range shooting ability. Defensively, the Wolverines will have to rely on sophomore forward Ekpe Udoh, who will have to continue to be an intimidating force after blocking 67 shots as a freshman, especially if U-M is slow in its transition into the Beilein offense. Junior swingman Jevohn Shepherd, who averaged 1.9 points last season, will get a chance to show off improved offensive skills and is already considered one of the squad’s top perimeter defenders. Michigan will be blessed with a formi-dable freshman backcourt as Manny Harris exudes all-league potential and could start, while Kelvin Grady is undersized at point guard but possesses tremendous quickness. Harris, the reigning state of Michigan’s Mr.

Despite making the postseason National Invitation Tournament NIT three out of the past four seasons – including a 2004 NIT Championship and just 10 points away from another title in 2006 – the winds of change swept through the Michigan basketball team this off-season, bringing hope and energy to a once-proud program. Enter new head coach John Beilein, who makes the transition to U-M after enjoy-ing a pair of NCAA Sweet 16 appearances and one Elite 8 trip with the West Virginia Mountaineers. Beilein has garnered a national reputation as a basketball intellect and solid program builder, taking West Virginia (as well as Canisius and Richmond) to the NCAA Tournament. He is the only active coach in the colle-giate ranks to record a 20-win season at four different levels – junior college, NAIA, NCAA Division II and Division I. Beilein’s scheme is a motion attack with a heavy emphasis on three-point shoot-ing, while focusing on the players’ strengths instead of forcing them into uncomfortable situations. Improvement, he says, is neces-sary: “The expectation is that we’ll get better everyday. It will never be quick enough for me or anybody else, but it will be something that is a constant.” Beilein inherits a team that has nine players with three or more years of eligibility remaining and only one true senior scholar-ship player in forward Ron Coleman. “This can be good news because the team is so young that they are still fresh when starting over again,” said Beilein. “I think if I had the preference to be starting over young in year one as opposed to a senior-laden team in year two, I’d rather have this.” Coleman, however, will have to take up the brunt of the veteran leadership, as the Wolverines lost their top four scorers from last year. A solid spot-up shooter, Coleman has worked hard on his all-around game. Junior point guard Jerret Smith will

DID YOU kNOW?5Glen Rice, the Wolverines’ all-time leading scorer, accounted for 64 of his 2,442 career points in the 1987 Great Alaska Shootout.

5UM’s postgraduate schools of law, business and medical research were all ranked among the top five public university programs in the nation, according to the prestigious U.S. News & World Report 2007 rankings.

5Senior swingman Ron Coleman

Basketball, demonstrates an all-around game as a slasher and shooter, but also the desire to get points off of put-backs and steals. Grady could see significant time at the point, where his floor general demeanor will be needed with a young Wolverine team.


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MICHIGAN WOLVERINES

QUICk FACTSLocation: Lubbock, TexasEnrollment: 28,150Founded: 1923Nickname: Red RaidersColors: Scarlet & BlackConference: Big 12Arena: United Spirit Arena (15,098)Web Site: TexasTech.comAthletic Director: Gerald MyersHead Coach: Bob Knight Record at TTU: 126-74, 6 years Overall Record: 890-363, 41 yearsHead Coach Designate: Pat KnightAssistants: Chris Beard, Stew Robinson2006-07 Record: 21-132006-07 Conf. Record: 9-7 (5th)2007 Postseason: NCAA 1st RoundLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/5Newcomers: 6

TOP RETURNEES PPg RPg OTHERMartin Zeno 16.6 5.3 3.2 apgCharlie Burgess 9.0 4.0 43% 3FGDecensae White 4.5 2.2 49% FG

Martin ZenoSenior guard

Bob KnightHead Coach

RED RAIDER ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS TEAM)

2 Rogdrick Craig F 6-6 225 Jr. Portola Valley, Calif. (San Jose CC) 3 Martin Zeno G 6-5 208 Sr. Sulphur, La. (SHS) 5 D’walyn Roberts F 6-7 194 Fr. Dallas, Texas (Duncanville HS) 11 Tyler Hoffmeister F 6-6 200 Sr. The Woodlands, Texas (TWHS) 13 Decensae White F 6-6 215 So. San Francisco, Calif. (Junipero Serra HS) 20 Alan Voskuil G 6-3 175 Jr. Bedford, Texas (L.D. Bell HS) 21 John Roberson G 5-11 165 Fr. Plano, Texas (PHS) 24 Trevor Cook F 6-8 225 So. Coppell, Texas (Texas State) 30 Michael Prince F 6-7 210 Jr. Plano, Texas (Plano West HS) 32 Mike Singletary F 6-5 226 Fr. Humble, Texas (Kingwood HS) 34 Esmir Rizvic C 7-0 252 Sr. Zenica, Bosnia (Gulf Coast CC) 41 Damir Suljagic F 6-8 245 Jr. Tucson, Ariz. (Salpointe Catholic HS) 42 Charlie Burgess G 6-1 193 Sr. New York City, N.Y. (Howard) 50 Ricardo De Bem C 6-10 233 Jr. Sao Paulo, Brazil (Western Nebraska CC)

cal reasons, Rogdrick Craig joins another Red Raiders in uniform this season, as does Trevor Cook, who sat out last season as a transfer from Texas State. John Roberson, ranked as the No. 6 play-er in Texas by Rivals.com, played for Tom Inman at Plano High School. The Wildcats were 55-16 in his two seasons and defeat-ed Kingwood for the 2006 Class 5A State Championship. D’walyn Roberts, tabbed as the No. 11 player in Texas by Rivals.com, played at Duncanville High School, where the Panthers were 39-0 in his senior year and defeated Kingwood for the 2007 Class 5A title. Mike Singletary, Rivals’ No. 5 player in Texas at Kingwood High School, helped his Mustangs become the first Class 5A team to reach three consecutive state championship games. KHS won the state title in his sopho-more season (2005).

The 2007-08 version of Texas Tech features eight returnees and six new faces in uniform as the Red Raiders try to reach the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season. Texas Tech returns its second- and third-leading scorers in seniors Martin Zeno (16.6 ppg) and Charlie Burgess (9.0 ppg) as well as seniors Esmir Rizvic and Tyler Hoffmeister of ESPN’s ‘Knight School’ fame. The 2006-07 Red Raiders were 21-13 and were the 13th Texas Tech squad to top the 20-win mark. It was also the 13th Tech squad to make the NCAA Tournament. At the helm of the Red Raider program, Bob Knight became the NCAA’s all-time win-ningest coach, passing Dean Smith’s 879 career wins on January 1, 2007, with a 70-68 win over New Mexico. Coach Knight’s teams have won 126 games in six seasons, have five seasons of winning more than 20 games, and have played in four NCAA Tournaments. Zeno led the squad with 109 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game, while Burgess was second on the team with 81 assists and 4.0 rebounds per contest. With Zeno, the Red Raiders have a dependable guard to run Knight’s disciplined style. The ninth-leading scorer in the Big 12 Conference, Zeno has started 90 of 99 games in his three years in Lubbock. Last year he led Texas Tech in rebounding (5.3 rpg), field-goal percentage (.495), free throw percentage (.791) and assists (109), prompting him to be named one of 50 preseason nominees for the John Wooden Award. The three returning juniors are Alan Voskuil (4.2 ppg), Michael Prince (1.8 ppg), and Damir Suljagic (1.5 ppg). Sophomore Decensae White averaged 4.5 ppg and played in thirty games with two starts last season. Three talented incoming freshmen, John Roberson, D’walyn Roberts, and Mike Singletary are joined by junior college trans-fer Ricardo De Bem as new Red Raiders. After being sidelined last season for medi-

DID YOU kNOW?5Former Red Raider star Andre Emmett is the only player in Big 12 history to earn first-team all-conference honors three times

(2002, 2003, 2004).

5The hand sign of Texas Tech is the ‘Guns Up,’ made by pointing the index finger outward while extending the thumb upward and tucking in the middle, fourth and pinky fingers to form a gun. The idea is that the Red Raiders will shoot down their opponents. ‘Guns Up’ is the widely recognized greet-ing of one Red Raider to another.

5Senior guard Charlie Burgess

De Bem will have two seasons with the Red Raiders. The Sao Paulo, Brazil, native played for junior-college power Western Nebraska and made the All-Region team as a freshman. The 6-10 center averaged 16.4 ppg and 6.9 rpg in his second season at WNCC.


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TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS

QUICk FACTSLocation: Blacksburg, Va.Enrollment: 28,000Founded: 1872Nickname: HokiesColors: Maroon & OrangeConference: Atlantic CoastArena: Cassell Coliseum (9,847)Web Site: HokieSports.comAthletic Director: Jim WeaverHead Coach: Seth Greenberg Record at VT: 67-56, 4 years Overall Record: 280-226, 17 yearsAssistant Coaches: James Johnson, Ryan Odom, Stacey Palmore2006-07 Record: 22-122006-07 Conf. Record: 10-6 (T-3rd)2007 Postseason: NCAA 2nd RoundLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/7Newcomers: 7

TOP RETURNEES PPg RPg OTHERDeron Washington 12.0 5.3 1.0 bpgA.D. Vassallo 11.1 4.0 42% 3FGLewis Witcher 2.9 2.6 45% FG

A.D. VassalloJunior guard/forward

Seth GreenbergHead Coach

season, the point guard spot will be manned by a true freshman. Hank Thorns, a quick, competitive player with tremendous leader-ship skills, will be the primary ball-handler. He has a knack for making other players bet-ter and is a point who can score, but looks to pass first. Delaney is a more deliberate point guard, but he brings keen court awareness and an unlimited shooting range. Head coach Seth Greenberg and staff have a number of options at power forward, all with different strengths, and all with lim-ited experience. Lewis Witcher started 20 games last season as a freshman and showed flashes of his bright future. The signee that most experts have been talking about is Allen. Allen signed with the Hokies out of Oak Hill (N.C.) Academy two years ago, before prepping a year a Hargrave. Powerful, smart and instinctive, Allen has an innate ability to score and should be an immediate force in the low post. Redshirt sophomore Terrance Vinson has been in the program for two years, but

The nature of intercollegiate athletics is cyclical. Student-athletes have four years of eligibility and then they are off into the “real world.” No school is immune to this fact. For the Virginia Tech Hokies in the 2007-08 sea-son, the time for renewal has arrived. Gone is the luxury of last season, with five seniors and a wealth of experience – a group that led the Hokies to their first NCAA appearance and victory in 11 years. This sea-son, the Hokies will need to replace the expe-rience with talent. Youthful talent, but talent nonetheless. And in a league as consistently outstanding as the Atlantic Coast Conference, hard work will be needed for this youthful group to be a competitive unit. All successful programs need a solid foundation and the Hokies have that in senior Deron Washington. Perhaps no player in the ACC has played as many meaningful minutes in his career than Washington. The perfect complimentary player during his first three years in Blacksburg, Washington is primed for a breakout senior campaign. Most consider Washington as the most athletic and explosive player in the league. What may be failed to recognize through all the high-energy, high-flying action is that Washington has also worked extremely hard to better his all-around game. Joining Washington on the wing is fellow returning starter and offensive threat A.D. Vassallo. Much like Washington, Vassallo has worked hard over the last couple of seasons to make himself into a better all-around play-er. The Hokies’ top two returning scorers look to continue in that role again this season. Along with Washington and Vassallo, the Hokies boast a very deep, talented and youth-ful group on the wings. Freshmen Malcolm Delaney, Terrell Bell and J.T. Thompson all have the potential to see time at the shooting guard and small forward spots. Bell is a quick, long, hardworking player who has the potential to be a shutdown defender in the ACC. Senior Marcus Travis, a former walk-on who has earned a scholarship for his final season, will also be in the mix. With the personnel losses from last

DID YOU kNOW?5Virginia Tech’s two postsea-son NIT titles came in strikingly similar fashion, winning both

times in overtime and by one point. In 1973, the Hokies beat Notre Dame on a buzzer-beating jumper, and in 1995 they topped Marquette on two free throws with 0.7 seconds left.

5Tech’s nickname dates to 1896 when senior O.M. Stull won first prize in a contest for his “Hokie” yell, which is still used today. Stull explained the word was solely the product of his imagination and was used only as an attention-getter for his yell.

HOkIE ROSTER

NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS TEAM)

0 Jeff Allen F 6-7 220 Fr. Washington, D.C. (Hargrave [Va.] Military Acad.) 1 Terrell Bell F 6-6 195 Fr. Stone Mountain, Ga. (SMHS) 3 Tom Amalfe G 6-0 170 Fr. Mountainside, N.J. (Governor Livingston HS) 5 Marcus Travis G 6-3 205 Sr. Blacksburg, Va. (Oxnard [Calif.] JC) 10 Hank Thorns G 5-9 175 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Las Vegas Valley HS) 13 Deron Washington G/F 6-7 202 Sr. New Orleans, La. (National Christian [Md.] Acad.) 15 Terrance Vinson F 6-8 215 So. Valdosta, Ga. (Lowndes HS) 21 Lewis Witcher F 6-9 218 So. Rocky Mount, Va. (Franklin County HS) 23 Malcolm Delaney G 6-3 170 Fr. Baltimore, Md. (Towson Catholic HS) 32 Paul Debnam G 6-3 195 So. Farmville, Va. (Prince Edward County HS) 33 J.T. Thompson F 6-6 210 Fr. Monroe, N.C. (Hope Christian Academy) 34 Cheick Diakite F 6-9 217 Jr. Bamako, Mali (Bridgton [Maine] Academy) 40 A.D. Vassallo G/F 6-6 216 Jr. Toa Baja, P.R. (Hargrave [Va.] Military Acad.)

5Senior swingman Deron Washington

has not had much a chance to prove himself due to injuries. J.T. Thompson will have to be an undersized power forward, but his strength and quickness will allow him to play immediately at both forward positions. In the Hokie scheme, the power forward and center spots are basically interchange-able, and that group will be enhanced by the strong interior play of junior Cheick Diakite.


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VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES

QUICk FACTSLocation: Bowling Green, Ky.Enrollment: 18,664Founded: 1906Nickname: HilltoppersColors: Red & WhiteConference: Sun BeltArena: E.A. Diddle Arena (7,326)Web Site: wkusports.comAthletic Director: Dr. Camden Wood SeligHead Coach: Darrin HornRecord at WKU/Overall: 82-41, 4 yearsAssistant Coaches: Scott Cherry, Cypheus Bunton, Neill Berry2006-07 Record: 22-112006-07 Conf. Record: 12-6 (2nd)2007 Postseason: NoneLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/2Newcomers: 5

TOP RETURNEES PPg RPg OTHERCourtney Lee 17.3 4.6 1.5 spgTyrone Brazelton 12.8 2.3 4.0 apgO. Mendez-Valdez 9.4 1.3 86% FT

Tyrone BrazeltonSenior guard

Darrin HornHead Coach

HILLTOPPER ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS TEAM)

1 Desire Gabou G 6-2 190 Jr. Abidjan, Ivory Coast (Pael Sabatier [France] Univ.) 3 Tyrone Brazelton G 6-0 180 Sr. Chicago, Ill. (Missouri State-West Plains JC) 4 A.J. Slaughter G 6-3 180 So. Shelbyville, Ky. (Shelby County HS) 5 Ty Rogers G 6-3 195 Sr. Eddyville, Ky. (Lyon County HS) 12 A’Darius Pegues C 6-10 230 So. Louisville, Ky. (Western HS) 14 Adam Howard G 5-11 180 Sr. Ashland, Ky. (Blazer HS) 20 Orlando Mendez-Valdez G 6-1 180 Jr. San Antonio, Texas (Lanier HS/Charis Prep) 21 Boris Siakam F 6-7 225 Sr. Douala, Cameroon (Caverna [Ky.] HS) 22 B.J. Frazier F 6-7 210 Fr. Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson HS) 23 Mike Walker F 6-7 220 Sr. Macon, Ga. (Southwest HS) 30 Steffphon Pettigrew G/F 6-5 220 Fr. Elizabethtown, Ky. (EHS) 31 Japeth Aguilar C 6-9 210 Jr. Pampanga, Phillippines (Ateneo de Manila Univ.) 32 Courtney Lee G/F 6-5 200 Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Pike HS) 35 D.J. Magley F 6-9 260 Fr. Bradenton, Fla. (Bradenton Christian HS) 40 Jeremy Evans F 6-9 190 So. Crossett, Ark. (CHS) 41 Matt Maresca F 6-8 220 Jr. Bowling Green, Ky. (Warren Central HS)

Walker appeared in 24 contests last winter, while Howard has been voted the Danny Rumph Most Outstanding Teammate each of the last two seasons. The Toppers return four starters from a year ago, as 6-9 sophomore forward Jeremy Evans proved to be one of the top freshmen in the conference after averaging seven points and a team-high 5.7 rebounds per outing. Also returning in the backcourt are Orlando Mendez-Valdez and A.J. Slaughter. One of the most improved players in the Sun Belt last winter, Mendez-Valdez ranked third on the team with 9.4 points per game despite not making one start. The junior was second in the SBC after converting 47.4 per-cent from long distance. Slaughter averaged 6.1 points and 1.7 rebounds per game as a freshman, adding 32 steals and 32 assists. Matt Maresca is back after starting the final five contests of 2006-07 in the front-court, and Desire Gabou returns after making

Western Kentucky’s six-member senior class has helped the Hilltoppers accomplish a lot on the court the last three seasons. In that time, the program has recorded 67 victo-ries, a 70.5 winning percentage, two National Invitation Tournament appearances, one Sun Belt Conference East Division title and a berth in the league tournament championship game. One thing that is missing from that ster-ling résumé is an NCAA Tournament game. Led by All-America candidate Courtney Lee, the sextet hopes to add that final piece of the puzzle this winter. A two-time first-team all-Sun Belt Conference selection, Lee is coming off a season in which he averaged 17.3 points and 4.6 rebounds despite suffering a midseason ankle injury that caused him to miss three games and hampered him after New Year’s Day. In addition, the 6-5 swingman posted 57 assists, 45 steals and 23 blocks while ranking among the top 15 in the conference in field goal, three-point and free-throw percentages. He is one of only 12 players in school history to score 1,500 points. While his honors over the last three years draw much of the attention, Lee will have plenty of help from fellow seniors in their quest to lead the Hilltoppers to March Madness. Tyrone Brazelton averaged 12.8 points and was among the best point guards in the league, handing out a team-leading 131 assists. The 6-0, 180-pound junior-college also showed an uncanny ability to get to the free-throw line, making 170 trips. Ty Rogers, a threat from three-point range (team-best 65 treys in 2006-07) is also a returning starter in the backcourt. The 6-3 guard enters his final campaign ninth on ‘The Hill’ with 147 career treys. Boris Siakam and Mike Walker add depth in the post, and Adam Howard rounds out the senior class. Siakam recorded career-high averages of 4.5 points and 3.2 rebounds after working his way into the frontcourt rota-tion, and shot 74.6 percent from the floor.

DID YOU kNOW?5At the time of his retirement in 1964, Western Kentucky coaching legend E.A. Diddle was the all-time leader in Division I

college basketball victories with 759.

5Distinguished WKU alumni include baking pioneer Duncan Hines, Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel, and Patricia Garrison-Corbin, who in the 1990s became CEO of the first African-American, female-owned Wall Street financial services corporation.

nine appearances a year ago. Five newcomers will have the opportu-nity to help WKU continue its winning ways. Transfer Japeth Aguilar is a 6-9 center who adds a defensive presence in the post, and D.J. Magley will also fight for playing time up front. B.J. Frazier and Steffphon Pettigrew — Kentucky’s Mr. Basketball — add depth on the wing.

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ALASkA ANCHORAgE 1 Kevin White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 2 Chris Bryant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 3 Lonnie Ridgeway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 11 Doug Hardy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 14 Luke Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 21 Cameron Burney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 22 Phillip Hearn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G/F 23 McCade Olsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 25 Jeremiah Trueman . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 30 Kyle Doerr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 32 Colin Voreis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 34 Carl Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 45 Jared Kettler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

BUTLER 1 Julian Betko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G/F 2 Shawn Vanzant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 3 Zach Hahn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 4 A.J. Graves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 5 Ben Slaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 10 Mike Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 11 Alex Anglin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G/F 14 Nick Rodgers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 21 Willie Veasley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G/F 22 Grant Leiendecker . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 24 Avery Jukes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 32 Drew Streicher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G/F 34 Pete Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 50 Elliot Engelmann . . . . . . . . . . . . .F/C 54 Matt Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

EASTERN WASHINgTON 1 Marcus Hinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 4 Gary Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 10 Adris DeLeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 11 Blake Solomon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 15 Petar Milasinovic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 21 Trey Gross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 24 Jack Loofburrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 30 Milan Stanojevic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 32 Matt Brunell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 34 Kellen Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 45 Brandon Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C/F

gONZAgA 2 Jeremy Pargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 5 Austin Daye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 11 Andrew Sorenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 15 Matt Bouldin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 20 Larry Gurganious . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 21 Robert Sacre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 22 Micah Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 25 David Pendergraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 31 Abdullahi Kuso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 32 Steven Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 34 Theo Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 42 Josh Heytvelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 45 Will Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 50 Ira Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

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MICHIgAN 1 Jerret Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 2 C.J. Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 3 Manny Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 4 DeShawn Sims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 5 K’Len Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G/F 11 David Merritt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 12 Anthony Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 15 Jevohn Shepherd . . . . . . . . . . . . .G/F 20 Adam Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 22 Ekpe Udoh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 24 Ron Coleman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G/F 32 Zack Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 34 Eric Puls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 44 Kelvin Grady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

TEXAS TECH 2 Rogdrick Craig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 3 Martin Zeno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 5 D’walyn Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 11 Tyler Hoffmeister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 13 Decensae White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 20 Alan Voskuil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 21 John Roberson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 24 Trevor Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 30 Michael Prince . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 32 Mike Singletary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 34 Esmir Rizvic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 41 Damir Suljagic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 42 Charlie Burgess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 50 Ricardo De Bem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

VIRgINIA TECH 0 Jeff Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 1 Terrell Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 3 Tom Amalfe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 5 Marcus Travis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 10 Hank Thorns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 13 Deron Washington . . . . . . . . . . . .G/F 15 Terrance Vinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 21 Lewis Witcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 23 Malcolm Delaney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 32 Paul Debnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 33 J.T. Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 34 Cheick Diakite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 40 A.D. Vassallo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G/F

WESTERN kENTUCkY 1 Desire Gabou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 3 Tyrone Brazelton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 4 A.J. Slaughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 5 Ty Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 14 Adam Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 20 Orlando Mendez-Valdez . . . . . . . . . G 21 Boris Siakam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 22 B.J. Frazier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 23 Mike Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 30 Steffphon Pettigrew . . . . . . . . . . .G/F 31 Japeth Aguilar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 32 Courtney Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G/F 35 D.J. Magley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 40 Jeremy Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F 41 Matt Maresca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F


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INDIVIDUAL RECORDSPOINTSGame: 41 by Glenn Robinson, Purdue vs. Portland, 1993Tournament: 97 by Glenn Robinson, Purdue, 1993

FIELD gOALS ATTEMPTEDGame: 30 by Jesse Jackson, UAA vs. Iowa, 1986Tournament: 70 by Wayman Tisdale, Oklahoma, 1983

FIELD gOALS MADEGame: 17 by Mike Olliver, Lamar vs. Louisville, 1978Tournament: 37 by Mike Olliver, Lamar, 1978

FIELD gOAL PERCENTAgEGame: (min. 10 atts.) 1.000 (13-13) by Vernon Smith, Texas A&M vs. UAA, 1978Tournament: (min. 25 atts.) .800 (24-30) by Scott Hastings, Arkansas, 1980

3-POINT gOALS MADEGame: 8 by Eric Schraeder, Saint Mary’s vs. Iowa State, 1998Tournament: 18, Quinton Day, Missouri-Kansas City, 2006

3-POINT gOALS ATTEMPTEDGame: 15 by Casey Green, Southwestern Louisiana vs. UAA, 1997; and by Marcus Hatten, St. John’s vs. Gonzaga, 2001Tournament: 35 by Casey Green, Southwestern Louisiana, 1997

FREE THROWS ATTEMPTEDGame: 22 by Chris Gaines, Hawaii vs. Texas A&M, 1989Tournament: 34 by Damion Walker, Texas Christian, 1995; Joe Bunn, Old Dominion, 1995

FREE THROWS MADEGame: 19 by Chris Gaines, Hawaii vs. Texas A&M, 1989Tournament: 26 by Chris Gaines, Hawaii, 1989

FREE THROW PERCENTAgEGame: (min. 10 atts.) 1.000 (12-12) by Phil Cox, Vanderbilt vs. Clemson, 1982; and (12-12) by Bobby Simmons, DePaul vs. Syracuse, 2000Tournament: (min. 20 atts.) 1.000 (24-24) by Phil Cox, Vanderbilt, 1982

MOST REBOUNDSGame: 21 by Dwayne Whitfield, Jackson State vs. Louisville, 1994; and by Elton Brand, Duke vs. Fresno State, 1998Tournament: 47 by Francoise Wise, Long Beach State, 1979

MOST ASSISTSGame: 16 by Luke Cooper, UAA vs. Missouri-Kansas City, 2006Tournament: 30 by Imari Sawyer, DePaul, 2000

MOST STEALSGame: 8 by Derrick Dennison, Auburn vs. Michigan State, 1989; by Rod Taylor, Jackson State vs. Oklahoma State, 1994; and by Marcus Hatten, St. John’s vs. Tennessee, 2001Tournament: 16 by Marcus Hatten, St. John’s, 2001

MOST BLOCkED SHOTSGame: 8 by David Harris, Texas A&M vs. Michigan State, 1989Tournament: 15 by Keith Owens, UCLA, 1990


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TEAM RECORDSPOINTSGame: 134 by UCLA vs. UC Irvine, 1990Game (2 teams): 235, UCLA over UC Irvine, 134-101, 1990Game (fewest, 2 teams): 93, Ohio State over Georgetown, 47-46, 1981Tournament: 305 by UC Irvine, 1990

FEWEST POINTS ALLOWEDGame: 44 by Illinois over Idaho State, 64-44, 1984Tournament: 155 by Kansas, 1984

LARgEST MARgINGame: 55 by Arizona over Duquesne, 133-78, 1987

FIELD gOALS ATTEMPTEDGame: 91 by Siena vs. UC Irvine, 1990Tournament: 259 by UC Irvine, 1990

FIELD gOALS MADEGame: 54 by Arizona vs. Duquesne, 1987Tournament: 115 by Kansas, 1999

FIELD gOAL PERCENTAgEGame: .698 (37-53) by Iowa vs. Northeastern, 1986Tournament: .586 (112-191) by Arizona, 1987

3-POINT FIELD gOALS ATTEMPTEDGame: 49 by UAA vs. Seton Hall, 1997Tournament: 110 by UC Irvine, 1990

3-POINT FIELD gOALS MADEGame: 16 by Indiana vs. UAA, 2001Tournament: 34 by UC Irvine, 1990

3-POINT FIELD gOAL PERCENTAgEGame: (min. 5 atts.) .800 (4-5) by Duquesne vs. Arizona, 1987Tournament: (min. 15 atts.) .533 (32-60) by Auburn, 1989

FREE THROWS ATTEMPTEDGame: 54 by UAA vs. Penn State, 1978Tournament: 112 by Weber State, 1993

FREE THROWS MADEGame: 35 by UAA vs. Penn State, 1978; and by Saint Mary’s vs. Southern Utah, 1998Tournament: 82 by UCLA, 1990

FREE THROW PERCENTAgEGame: 1.000 (15-15) by UAA vs. Jackson State, 1994Tournament: .955 (42-44) by California, 2006

MOST REBOUNDSGame: 58 by Portland vs. Hawaii, 1993; by Portland vs. UAA, 1993Tournament: 148 by UC Irvine, 1990; by Portland, 1993

MOST ASSISTSGame: 36 by Kansas vs. Xavier, 1999Tournament: 80 by Kansas, 1999

MOST STEALSGame: 19 by Santa Clara vs. Coastal Carolina, 1991Tournament: 50 by Louisville, 1994

MOST BLOCkED SHOTSGame: 16 by UCLA vs. UC Irvine, 1990Tournament: 32 by UCLA, 1990

ATTENDANCESession: 8,700 (sell out-SRO), 12 times (last: Session VII, 2000)Tournament: 52,200 in 1997

1978Nov. 24: Lamar 88, UAA 66North Carolina State 81, Texas A&M 65Pepperdine 59, Indiana 58Louisville 89, Penn State 58Nov. 25: Texas A&M 54, Indiana 49North Carolina State 91, Pepperdine 62UAA 79, Penn State 60Louisville 90, Lamar 68Nov. 26: Indiana 86, Penn St. 65 (7th/8th)Texas A&M 100, UAA 70 (4th/6th)Pepperdine 75, Lamar 74 (3rd/5th)N.C. State 72, Louisville 66 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerClyde Austin, North Carolina StateAll-Tournament Team: Mike Olliver, Lamar; Ricardo Brown, Pepperdine; Darrell Griffith, Louisville; Scooter McCray, Louisville; Kendal Pinder, North Carolina St.; Rynn Wright, Texas A&M; Bo Jackson, UAA; B.B. Davis, Lamar; Ray Tolbert, Indiana; Dave Goff, Texas A&M

1979Nov. 30: Long Beach State 98, Lamar 85Kentucky 79, Bradley 58Iona 78, Texas A&M 62UAA 86, Pacific 85Dec. 1: Lamar 61, Texas A&M 60Kentucky 97, UAA 68Bradley 80, Pacific 68Iona 85, Long Beach State 75Dec. 2: Texas A&M 82, Pacific 66 (7th/8th)Bradley 82, Lamar 75 (4th/6th)Long Beach State 67, UAA 50 (3rd/5th)Kentucky 57, Iona 50 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerJeff Ruland, IonaAll-Tournament Team: Kyle Macy, Kentucky; Hicks Taylor, UAA; Francoise Wise, Long Beach State; Rynn Wright, Texas A&M; Mitchell Anderson, Bradley; Kevin Hamilton, Iona; David Thirdkill, Bradley; Clarence Kea, Lamar; Fred Cowan, Kentucky, Glen Vickers, Iona

1980Nov. 28: North Carolina 69, UAA 50Arkansas 81, Missouri 73Georgetown 80, Nicholls State 58Louisiana State 79, Colgate 61Nov. 29: UAA 77, Nicholls State 62North Carolina 83, Georgetown 71Arkansas 86, Louisiana State 76Missouri 73, Colgate 67Nov. 30: Colgate 94, Nicholls St. 77 (7th/8th)Missouri 54, UAA 53 (4th/6th)Louisiana State 76, Georgetown 67 (3rd/5th)North Carolina 64, Arkansas 58 (1st/2nd)Most Outstanding PlayerScott Hastings, Arkansas

All-Tournament Team: U.S. Reed, Arkansas; Darrell Walker, Arkansas; Jon

Sundvold, Missouri; Eric Floyd, Georgetown; Eric Smith, Georgetown; Leonard Mitchell, Louisiana State; Mike Ferrara, Colgate; James Worthy, North Carolina; Sam Perkins, North Carolina; Al Wood, North Carolina

1981Nov. 25: Marquette 88, McNeese State 57Iona 58, Ohio State 57Southwestern Louisiana 70, Georgetown 61Washington State 83, UAA 66Nov. 26: Ohio State 63, McNeese State 60Marquette 67, Iona 54SW Louisiana 72, Washington St. 59Georgetown 77, UAA 67Nov. 27: McNeese St. 92, UAA 85 (7th/8th)Ohio State 47, Georgetown 46 (4th/6th)Iona 71, Washington State 58 (3rd/5th)SW Louisiana 81, Marquette 64 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerSteve Burtt, IonaAll-Tournament Team: Dion Brown, USL; Johnny Collins, USL; Joe Dumars, McNeese State; Johnny Gilbert, UAA; Clark Kellogg, Ohio State; Glenn Rivers, Marquette; Gary Springer, Iona; Alford Turner, USL; Graylin Warner, USL; Michael Wilson, Marquette

1982Nov. 26: Louisville 80, Florida 63Washington 62, UAA 50Clemson 82, Texas A&M 79 (2ot)Vanderbilt 58, Illinois 47Nov. 27: Florida 72, UAA 52Louisville 58, Washington 47Vanderbilt 72, Clemson 63Illinois 72, Texas A&M 70Nov. 28: Texas A&M 93, UAA 65 (7th/8th)Illinois 68, Florida 55 (4th/6th)Washington 76, Clemson 66 (3rd/5th)Louisville 80, Vanderbilt 70 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerLancaster Gordon, LouisvilleAll-Tournament Team: Darrell Tanner, Washington; Kenny Brown, Texas A&M; Eugene McDowell, Florida; Efrem Winters, Illinois; Vincent Hamilton, Clemson; Brad Watson, Washington; Derek Harper, Illinois; Rodney McCray, Louisville; Phil Cox, Vanderbilt

1983Nov. 27: Santa Clara 54, New Mexico 50North Carolina State 68, UAA 60Arkansas 62, Fordham 61Oklahoma 92, Southern Cal 91Nov. 28: UAA 79, New Mexico 72Fordham 78, Southern Cal 67North Carolina State 78, Santa Clara 75Arkansas 84, Oklahoma 78Nov. 29: New Mexico 74, USC 60 (7th/8th)Fordham 69, UAA 68 (4th/6th)Oklahoma 91, Santa Clara 77 (3rd/5th)N.C. State 65, Arkansas 60 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerJoe Kleine, ArkansasAll-Tournament Team: Harold Keeling, Santa Clara; Dave Roberson, Fordham; Jerry Hobbie, Fordham; Wayne Carlander, USC; Jeff Martin, UAA; Wayman Tisdale, Oklahoma; Tim McCalister, Oklahoma; Alvin Robertson, Arkansas; Terry Gannon, N.C. State; Lorenzo Charles, N.C. State

1984Nov. 23: UAB 70, Tennessee 65Illinois 64, Idaho State 44Kansas 58, Maryland 56Oregon 61, UAA 54Nov. 24: Tennessee 65, Idaho State 59Maryland 54, UAA 52UAB 59, Illinois 52Kansas 66, Oregon 49

5Georgetown freshman Patrick Ewing made his collegiate debut at the 1981 Shootout. Although his Hoyas managed just one victory, Ewing aver-aged 12 points on 60 percent shooting.


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MEN’S SHOOTOUT YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS

Nov. 25: Idaho St. 73, UAA 72 (ot) (7th/8th)Maryland 72, Tennessee 49 (4th/6th)Illinois 75, Oregon 72 (3ot) (3rd/5th)UAB 50, Kansas 46 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerSteve Mitchell, Alabama BirminghamAll-Tournament Team: Len Bias, Maryland; Jerome Mincy, UAB; Greg Dreiling, Kansas; Rob Jones, Tennessee; Hansi Gnad, UAA; Adrian Branch, Maryland; Doug Altenberger, Illinois; Ron Kellogg, Kansas; George Montgomery, Illinois; Danny Manning, Kansas

1985Nov. 29: Purdue 92, UAA 70North Carolina 84, Missouri 63UNLV 61, Villanova 49Arizona 62, Texas-San Antonio 49Nov. 30: North Carolina 73, Purdue 62UAA 59, Missouri 56Villanova 67, Texas-San Antonio 56UNLV 60, Arizona 59Dec. 1: Missouri 80, UTSA 47 (7th/8th)Villanova 71, UAA 52 (4th/6th)Purdue 81, Arizona 74 (3rd/5th)North Carolina 65, UNLV 60 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerBrad Daugherty, North CarolinaAll-Tournament Team: Troy Lewis, Purdue; Harold Pressley, Villanova; Dan Bingenheimer, Missouri; Sean Elliott, Arizona; Hansi Gnad, UAA; Kenny Smith, North Carolina; Anthony Jones; UNLV; Steve Kerr, Arizona; Todd Mitchell, Purdue; Freddie Banks, UNLV

1986Nov. 28: Iowa 91, UAA 81North Carolina State 69, Texas 68Northeastern 88, Louisville 84 (ot)Utah State 81, Washington 72Nov. 29: Iowa 90, N.C. State 89 (ot)UAA 80, Texas 68Washington 69, Louisville 54Northeastern 96, Utah State 91Nov. 30: Texas 74, Louisville 70 (7th/8th)UAA 77, Washington 75 (4th/6th)N.C. State 94, Utah State 82 (3rd/5th)Iowa 103, Northeastern 80 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerRoy Marble, IowaAll-Tournament Team: Reid Newey, Utah State; Charles Shackleford, North Carolina State; Chris Welp, Washington; Jesse Jackson, UAA; Pervis Ellison, Louisville; Patrick Fairs, Texas; Benny Bolton, North Carolina State; Hansi Gnad, UAA; B.J. Armstrong, Iowa; Reggie Lewis, Northeastern

1987Nov. 27: UAB 72, SW Texas State 67Syracuse 95, UAA 79Michigan 109, Miami 76Arizona 133, Duquesne 78Nov. 28: Syracuse 79, UAB 63UAA 90, SW Texas State 84Arizona 79, Michigan 64Miami 84, Duquesne 73Nov. 29: SW Texas 88, Duquesne 84 (7th/8th)UAA 78, Miami 77 (4th/6th)Michigan 78, UAB 76 (3rd/5th)Arizona 80, Syracuse 69 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerSean Elliott, ArizonaAll-Tournament Team: Glen Rice, Michigan; Torgeir Bryn, Southwest Texas State; Tom Tolbert, Arizona; Derrick Coleman, Syracuse; Larry Rembert, UAB; Michael Johnson, UAA; Gary Grant, Michigan; Rony Seikaly, Syracuse; Steve Kerr, Arizona; Sherman Douglas, Syracuse

1988Nov. 25: Kentucky 56, Iona 54Seton Hall 86, Utah 68California 73, Florida 58Kansas 94, UAA 81Nov. 26: Utah 109, Iona 75Seton Hall 63, Kentucky 60Florida 83, UAA 72Kansas 86, California 71Nov. 27: UAA 71, Iona 70 (7th/8th)Florida 77, Utah 68 (4th/6th)

Nov. 28: Kentucky 89, Cal 71 (3rd/5th)Seton Hall 92, Kansas 81 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerChris Mills, KentuckyAll-Tournament Team: Leonard Taylor, California; Dwayne Davis, Florida; LeRon Ellis, Kentucky; Van Gray, Utah; Todd Fisher, UAA; Daryll Walker, Seton Hall; Kevin Pritchard, Kansas; Matt Beeuswaert, California; John Morton, Seton Hall; Milt Newton, Kansas

1989Nov. 24: Michigan State 92, Auburn 79Texas A&M 92, Connecticut 81Kansas State 71, Florida State 70Hawaii 79, UAA 74Nov. 25: Connecticut 95, Auburn 81Florida State 75, UAA 74Kansas State 79, Hawaii 76Michigan State 87, Texas A&M 75Nov. 26: UAA 109, Auburn 94 (7th/8th)Connecticut 63, Florida State 60 (4th/6th)Hawaii 75, Texas A&M 71 (3rd/5th)Nov. 27: Michigan St. 73, Kansas St. 68 (1st)

Most Outstanding PlayerSteve Smith, Michigan StateAll-Tournament Team: Chris Gaines, Hawaii; Chris Smith, Connecticut; Todd Fisher, UAA; Tharon Mayes, Florida State; Matt Steigenga, Michigan State; David Harris, Texas A&M; Steve Henson, Kansas State; Tony Massop, Kansas State; Derrick Dennison, Auburn; Tony Milton, Texas A&M

1990Nov. 23: Virginia 83, Siena 77South Carolina 63, Nevada 61UCLA 134, UC Irvine 101UAA 70, Texas Tech 58Nov. 24: Siena 93, Nevada 75UC Irvine 96, Texas Tech 81Virginia 65, South Carolina 59UCLA 80, UAA 67Nov. 25: Texas Tech 81, Nevada 69 (7th/8th)Siena 119, UC Irvine 108 (4th/6th)South Carolina 72, UAA 59 (3rd/5th)Nov. 26: UCLA 89, Virginia 74 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerDon MacLean, UCLAAll-Tournament Team: Marc Brown, Siena; JoJo English, South Carolina; Bryant Stith, Virginia; Joe Rhett, South Carolina; Bruce Schroeder, Siena; Kenny Turner, Virginia; Jackie Johnson, UAA; Barry Manning, South Carolina; Darrick Martin, UCLA; John Crotty, Virginia

5Michigan State All-American Steve Smith aver-aged 23.0 points, 9.0 assists and 8.7 rebounds per game in 1989 as the Spartans rolled to their only Shootout title.


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1991Nov. 29: Eastern Michigan 76, Coastal Carolina 58New Orleans 73, Idaho 56Oregon State 80, UAA 66Massachusetts 85, Santa Clara 64Nov. 30: Idaho 83, Coastal Carolina 77 (2ot)UAA 72, Santa Clara 71New Orleans 76, Eastern Michigan 60Massachusetts 74, Oregon State 65Dec. 1: Santa Clara 69, C. Carolina 62 (7th/8th)UAA 64, Idaho 61 (4th/6th)Oregon St. 87, Eastern Michigan 72 (3rd/5th)Dec. 2: Massachusetts 68, New Orleans 56 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerJim McCoy, MassachusettsAll-Tournament Team: Ervin Johnson, New Orleans; Tony Dunkin, Coastal Carolina; Ron Reis, Santa Clara; Scott Haskin, Oregon State; Theo Mayhue, UAA; Chad Scott, Oregon State; Steve Garrity, UAA; Orlando Lightfoot, Idaho; Kory Hallas, Eastern Michigan; Harper Williams, Massachusetts

1992Nov. 25: Vanderbilt 81, UAB 63Illinois 86, Dayton 78 (ot)Nov. 26: Oregon 96, UAA 73New Mexico St. 75, Tenn.-Chattanooga 65Nov. 27: UAB 80, Dayton 67Tennessee-Chattanooga 110, UAA 56Illinois 93, Vanderbilt 77New Mexico State 86, Oregon 75Nov. 28: UAA 84, Dayton 70 (7th/8th)UAB 67, Tenn.-Chattanooga 52 (4th/6th)Vanderbilt 83, Oregon 81 (3rd/5th)New Mexico State 95, Illinois 94 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerSam Crawford, New Mexico StateAll-Tournament Team: Bill McCaffrey, Vanderbilt; Deon Thomas, Illinois; Antoine Stoudamire, Oregon; Gary Robb, Tennessee-Chattanooga; Eric Traylor, New Mexico State; Theo Mayhue, UAA; Stanley Jackson, UAB; Tracey Ware, New Mexico State; Chip Hare, Dayton; Andy Kaufmann, Illinois

1993Nov. 24: Weber St. 94, N. Carolina St. 80Purdue 74, Wisconsin-Green Bay 69Nov. 25: Portland 100, Hawaii 47UAA 70, Wake Forest 68Nov. 26: UW-Green Bay 76, N.C. State 56Wake Forest 78, Hawaii 49Portland 96, UAA 89 (2ot)Purdue 97, Weber State 78Nov. 27: N.C. State 83, Hawaii 48 (7th/8th)Wake Forest 61, UW-Green Bay 58 (ot) (4th/6th)Weber State 91, UAA 82 (3rd/5th)Purdue 88, Portland 73 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerGlenn Robinson, PurdueAll-Tournament Team: Todd Fuller, North Carolina State; Jeremy Ludvigson, Wisconsin-Green Bay; Trelonnie Owens, Wake Forest; Jason Kaiser, UAA; Matt Houle, Portland; Cuonzo Martin, Purdue; Ray Ross, Portland; Johnnie Moore, Weber State; Canaan Chatman, Portland; Robbie Johnson, Weber State

1994Nov. 23: Louisville 90, Jackson State 64Brigham Young 69, Oklahoma State 59Nov. 24: Villanova 75, UAA 58Minnesota 72, Arizona 70Nov. 25: Oklahoma St. 75, Jackson St. 57Arizona 107, UAA 88Brigham Young 75, Louisville 60Minnesota 85, Villanova 64Nov. 26: UAA 96, Jackson St. 74 (7th/8th)Arizona 73, Oklahoma State 63 (4th/6th)Villanova 82, Louisville 81 (3rd/5th)Minnesota 79, Brigham Young 74 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerTownsend Orr, MinnesotaAll-Tournament Team: Dana Pope, UAA; Dwayne Whitfield, Jackson State; Bryant Reeves, Oklahoma State; Damon Stoudamire, Arizona; Kerry Kittles, Villanova; Jason Kaiser, UAA; DeJuan Wheat, Louisville; Voshon Lenard, Minnesota; Russell Larson, Brigham Young; Robbie Reid, Brigham Young

1995Nov. 22: Iowa 78, Ohio 51Connecticut 102, Texas Christian 76Nov. 23: Indiana 84, UAA 79Duke 75, Old Dominion 55Nov. 24: Ohio 86, Texas Christian 68Old Dominion 78, UAA 77Iowa 101, Connecticut 95 (ot)Duke 70, Indiana 64Nov. 25: UAA 89, TCU 78 (7th/8th)Ohio 90, Old Dominion 89 (2ot) (4th/6th)Connecticut 86, Indiana 52 (3rd/5th)Duke 88, Iowa 81 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerRay Allen, ConnecticutAll-Tournament Team: Curtis Simmons, Ohio; Joe Bunn, Old Dominion; Brian Evans, Indiana; Doron Sheffer, Connecticut; Ricky Price, Duke; Ryan Williams, UAA; Russ Millard, Iowa; Jeff Capel, Duke; Chris Kingsbury, Iowa; Chris Collins, Duke

1996Nov. 27: College of Charleston 77, Arizona State 68Stanford 88, UNC Greensboro 52Nov. 28: Kentucky 87, Syracuse 53UAA 75, Maine 65

Nov. 29: Syracuse 85, Maine 65UNC Greensboro 55, Arizona State 53College of Charleston 82, Stanford 78Kentucky 104, UAA 72Nov. 30: Arizona St. 86, Maine 73 (7th/8th)Syracuse 73, UNC Greensboro (4th/6th)Stanford 91, UAA 69 (3rd/5th)Kentucky 92, Coll. of Charleston 65 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerRon Mercer, KentuckyAll-Tournament Team: Derek Anderson, Kentucky; Thaddeus Delaney, College of Charleston; Stacy Harris, College of Charleston; Otis Hill, Syracuse; Anthony Johnson, College of Charleston; Brevin Knight, Stanford; Rick Stafford, UAA; Jeremy Veal, Arizona State; Ryan Williams, UAA; Tim Young, Stanford

1997Nov. 26: Purdue 92, UAB 64UMass 80, Southwestern Louisiana 64Nov. 27: North Carolina 109, UCLA 68Seton Hall 67, UAA 57 (OT)Nov. 28: UAB 75, SW Louisiana 67UCLA 92, UAA 68Purdue 82, UMass 69North Carolina 95, Seton Hall 65

5Purdue forward Glenn Robinson still holds the Shootout scoring record of 97 points in 1993.


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Nov. 29: SW Louisiana 101, UAA 80 (7th/8th)UCLA 86, UAB 72 (4th/6th)UMass 73, Seton Hall 60 (3rd/5th)North Carolina 73, Purdue 69 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerAntawn Jamison, North CarolinaAll-Tournament Team: Chad Austin, Purdue; Toby Bailey, UCLA; Vince Carter, North Carolina; Ed Cota, North Carolina; Baron Davis, UCLA; Casey Green, Southwestern Louisiana; Shaheen Holloway, Seton Hall; Lari Ketner, UMass; Brad Miller, Purdue; Tyrone Weeks, UMass

1998Nov. 25: Cincinnati 76, Southern Utah 63Iowa State 74, Saint Mary’s 72 (OT)Nov. 26: Fresno State 82, UAA 79Duke 111, Notre Dame 81Nov. 27: Saint Mary’s 85, S. Utah 77UAA 88, Notre Dame 82 (ot)Cincinnati 59, Iowa State 52Duke 93, Fresno State 82Nov. 28: Notre Dame 81, S. Utah 77 (7th/8th)Saint Mary’s 78, UAA 71 (4th/6th)Iowa State 79, Fresno State 70 (3rd/5th)Cincinnati 77, Duke 75 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerWilliam Avery, DukeAll-Tournament Team: Elton Brand, Duke; Kenyatta Clyde, Southern Utah; Marcus Fizer, Iowa State; Jim Hajdukovich, UAA; Chris Herren, Fresno State; Trajan Langdon, Duke; Melvin Levett, Cincinnati; Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati; Pete Mickeal, Cincinnati; Eric Schraeder, Saint Mary’s

1999Nov. 24: Georgia Tech 100, Grambling St. 88Washington 86, UAA 70Nov. 25: Xavier 81, Louisville 79Kansas 88, Georgia 78Nov. 26: UAA 104, Grambling State 85Louisville 85, Georgia 62Georgia Tech 82, Washington 65Kansas 111, Xavier 70Nov. 27: Georgia 113, Grambling 74 (7th/8th)Louisville 108, UAA 76 (4th/6th)Xavier 81, Washington 65 (3rd/5th)Kansas 84, Georgia Tech 70 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerDrew Gooden, KansasAll-Tournament Team: Jason Collier, Georgia Tech; Lloyd Price, Xavier; Jeff Boschee, Kansas; D.A. Layne, Georgia; Ed Kirk, UAA; Luke Axtell, Kansas; Alfred Parker, Grambling State; Tony Williams, Louisville; Alvin Jones, Georgia Tech; Eric Chenowith, Kansas

2000Nov. 22: Missouri 70, Rhode Island 60Valparaiso 83, UAA 67

Nov. 23: Ohio State 90, Florida State 65Syracuse 92, DePaul 84Nov. 24: UAA 87, Rhode Island 77DePaul 80, Florida State 74Missouri 77, Valparaiso 71Syracuse 77, Ohio State 66Nov. 25: Florida State 86, Rhode Island 71 (7th/8th)DePaul 93, UAA 76 (4th/6th)Valparaiso 67, Ohio State 64 (3rd/5th)Syracuse 84, Missouri 62 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerPreston Shumpert, SyracuseAll-Tournament Team: Tavorris Bell, Rhode Island; Brian Brown, Ohio State; Clarence Gilbert, Missouri; Raitis Grafs, Valparaiso; Allen Griffin, Syracuse; Ed Kirk, UAA; Kareem Rush, Missouri; Imari Sawyer, DePaul; Bobby Simmons, DePaul

2001Nov. 21: Indiana 101, UAA 66Marquette 85, Tennessee 74Nov. 22: Texas 78, Oregon State 68Gonzaga 65, St. John’s 58Nov. 23: Tennessee 74, UAA 54St. John’s 66, Oregon State 63Gonzaga 67, Texas 64Marquette 50, Indiana 49Nov. 24: Oregon St. 72, UAA 63 (7th/8th)St. John’s 69, Tennessee 55 (4th/6th)Indiana 77, Texas 71 (3rd/5th)Marquette 72, Gonzaga 63 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerDwyane Wade, MarquetteAll-Tournament Team: Peter Bullock, UAA; Dan Dickau, Gonzaga; Dane Fife, Indiana; T.J. Ford, Texas; Zach Gourde, Gonzaga; Marcus Hatten, St. John’s; Jared Jeffries, Indiana; Chris Owens, Texas; Philip Ricci, Oregon State; Vincent Yarbrough, Tennessee

2002Nov. 27: Oklahoma State 98, UAA 69College of Charleston 81, Wyoming 72 Nov. 28: Villanova 87, Loyola Marymount 71 Michigan State 80, Montana 60 Nov. 29: Wyoming 77, UAA 69Loyola Marymount 65, Montana 62Coll. of Charleston 66, Oklahoma State 58 Villanova 81, Michigan State 73Nov. 30: UAA 69, Montana 52 (7th/8th)Wyoming 72, Loyola Marymount 65 (4th/6th)Oklahoma St. 64, Michigan St. 61 (3rd/5th)Coll. of Charleston 71, Villanova 69 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerTroy Wheless, College of CharlestonAll-Tournament Team: Melvin Sanders, Oklahoma State; Thomas Mobley, College of Charleston; Donta Richardson, Wyoming; Chris Hill, Michigan State; Ricky Wright, Villanova; Peter Bullock, UAA; Charles Brown, Loyola Marymount; Ivan McFarlin, Oklahoma State; Zeke Johnson, College of Charleston; Gary Buchanan, Villanova

2003Nov. 26: Seton Hall 62, UAA 57Purdue 61, Texas State 50Nov. 27: Liberty 65, Canisius 48Duke 82, Pacific 69Nov. 28: UAA 80, Texas State 59Canisius 62, Pacific 59Purdue 75, Seton Hall 63Duke 76, Liberty 47Nov. 29: Pacific 62, Texas St. 55 (7th/8th)UAA 72, Canisius 67 (4th/6th)Seton Hall 65, Liberty 47 (3rd/5th)Purdue 78, Duke 68 (1st/2nd)

5Marquette’s Dwyane Wade was a relatively unknown player when he led the Golden Eagles to the 2001 Shootout crown and earned Most Outstanding Player honors. After taking MU to the Final Four the next season, Wade has gone on to NBA stardom.


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Most Outstanding PlayerKenneth Lowe, PurdueAll-Tournament Team: Andre Barrett, Seton Hall; Chris Booker, Purdue; Peter Bullock, UAA; Terry Conerway, Texas State; Miah Davis, Pacific; Luol Deng, Duke; Chris Duhon, Duke; Jason Sarchet, Liberty; Andre Sweet, Seton Hall; Shelden Williams, Duke

2004Nov. 24: Alabama 90, UAA 55Minnesota 84, Furman 69Nov. 25: Washington 78, Utah 71Oklahoma 93, High Point 65Nov. 26: Furman 81, UAA 71Utah 78, High Point 69Alabama 78, Minnesota 72Washington 96, Oklahoma 91Nov. 27: UAA 66, High Point 65 (7th/8th)Utah 62, Furman 50 (4th/6th)Oklahoma 67, Minnesota 54 (3rd/5th)Washington 79, Alabama 76 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerNate Robinson, WashingtonAll-Tournament Team: Chuck Davis, Alabama; Brian Hills, UAA; Quan Prowell, Furman; Earnest Shelton, Alabama; Vincent Grier, Minnesota; Terrell Everett, Oklahoma; Kennedy Winston, Alabama; Andrew Bogut, Utah; Kevin Bookout, Oklahoma; Bobby Jones, Washington

2005Nov. 23: Oral Roberts 68, Southern Cal 48Marquette 83, Eastern Washington 73 Nov. 24: South Carolina 65, UAA 60Monmouth 80, Southern Illinois 68Nov. 25: Southern Cal 69, Eastern Washington 51Alaska Anchorage 72, Southern Illinois 65Marquette 73, Oral Roberts 70South Carolina 62, Monmouth 56Nov. 26: Southern Illinois 80, Eastern Washington 72 (7th/8th)Southern Cal 57, UAA 56 (4th/6th)Oral Roberts 62, Monmouth 54 (3rd/5th)Marquette 92, South Carolina 89 (ot) (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerSteve Novak, MarquetteAll-Tournament Team: Nick Young, Southern California; Kemmy Burgess, UAA; Jamaal Tatum, Southern Illinois; Caleb Green, Oral Roberts; Tarence Kinsey, South Carolina; Dominic James, Marquette; Ken Tutt, Oral Roberts; Jerel McNeal, Marquette; Tre’ Kelley, South Carolina; Renaldo Balkman, South Carolina

2006Nov. 22: Loyola Marymount 69, UAA 58Pacific 71, Missouri-Kansas City 70 Nov. 23: Hawaii 80, Hofstra 79California 72, Marshall 70

Nov. 24: UAA 77, Missouri-Kansas City 70Hofstra 73, Marshall 70Loyola Marymount 88, Pacific 85 (2ot)California 72, Hawaii 56Nov. 25: Missouri-Kansas City 79, Marshall 75 (7th/8th)Hofstra 75, UAA 65 (4th/6th)Hawaii 71, Pacific 60 (3rd/5th)California 78, Loyola Marymount 70 (1st/2nd)

Most Outstanding PlayerRyan Anderson, CaliforniaAll-Tournament Team: Antoine Agudio, Hofstra; Carl Arts, UAA; Anthony Brown, Pacific; Quinton Day, UMKC; DeVon Hardin, California; Matthew Knight, Loyola Marymount; Matt Lojeski, Hawaii; Loren Stokes, Hofstra; Ayinde Ubaka, California; Brandon Worthy, Loyola Marymount

5Former UAA star Kemmy Burgess scored 28 points in his team’s 65-60 loss to South Carolina in 2005. In his two Shootout appearances, Burgess helped UAA to wins over Texas State, Canisius and Southern Illinois.


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5Utah’s Andrew Bogut lost to Jamaal Williams and Washington in 2004 but went on to earn sev-eral national player-of-the-year honors.

Alabama 2-1 (2004)Alabama-Birmingham 7-5 (1984, 87, 92, 97)alaska anchorage 28-59 (all)Arizona 6-3 (1985, 87, 94)Arizona State 1-2 (1996)Arkansas 4-2 (1980, 83)Auburn 0-3 (1989)Bradley 2-1 (1979)Brigham Young 2-1 (1994)Butler (First appearance)California 4-2 (1988, 2006)UC Irvine 1-2 (1990)Canisius 1-2 (2003)Cincinnati 3-0 (1998)Clemson 1-2 (1982)Coastal Carolina 0-3 (1991)Colgate 1-2 (1980)College of Charleston 5-1 (1996, 2002)Connecticut 4-2 (1989, 95)Dayton 0-3 (1992)DePaul 2-1 (2000)Duke 7-2 (1995, 98, 2003)Duquesne 0-3 (1987)Eastern Michigan 1-2 (1991)eastern washington 0-3 (2005)Florida 3-3 (1982, 88)Florida State 2-4 (1989, 2000)Fordham 2-1 (1983)Fresno State 1-2 (1998)Furman 1-2 (2004)Georgetown 2-4 (1980, 81)Georgia 1-2 (1999)Georgia Tech 2-1 (1999)gonzaga 2-1 (2001)Grambling State 0-3 (1999)Hawaii 4-5 (1989, 93, 2006)High Point 0-3 (2004)Hofstra 2-1 (2006)Idaho 1-2 (1991)Idaho State 1-2 (1984)Illinois 6-3 (1982, 84, 92)Indiana 4-5 (1978, 95, 2001)Iona 4-5 (1979, 81, 88)

Iowa 5-1 (1986, 95)Iowa State 2-1 (1998)Jackson State 0-3 (1994)Kansas 7-2 (1984, 88, 99)Kansas State 2-1 (1989)Kentucky 8-1 (1979, 88, 96)Lamar 2-4 (1978, 79)Liberty 1-2 (2003)Long Beach State 2-1 (1979)Louisiana State 2-1 (1980)Louisville 8-7 (1978, 82, 86, 94, 99)Loyola Marymount 3-3 (2002, 06)Maine 0-3 (1996)Marquette 8-1 (1981, 2001, 05)Marshall 0-3 (2006)Maryland 2-1 (1984)Massachusetts 5-1 (1991, 97)McNeese State 1-2 (1981)Miami (Fla.) 1-2 (1987)Michigan 2-1 (1987)Michigan State 4-2 (1989, 2002)Minnesota 4-2 (1994, 2004)Missouri 5-4 (1980, 85, 2000)Missouri-Kansas City 1-2 (2006)Monmouth 1-2 (2005)Montana 0-3 (2002)Nevada 0-3 (1990)New Mexico 1-2 (1983)New Mexico State 3-0 (1992)New Orleans 2-1 (1991)Nicholls State 0-3 (1980)North Carolina 9-0 (1980, 85, 97)UNC Greensboro 1-2 (1996)North Carolina State 9-3 (1978, 83, 86, 93)Northeastern 2-1 (1986)Notre Dame 1-2 (1998)Ohio 2-1 (1995)Ohio State 3-3 (1981, 2000)Oklahoma 4-2 (1983, 2004)Oklahoma State 3-3 (1994, 2002)Old Dominion 1-2 (1995)Oral Roberts 2-1 (2005)Oregon 2-4 (1984, 92)

Oregon State 3-3 (1991, 2001)Pacific 2-7 (1979, 2003, 06)Penn State 0-3 (1978)Pepperdine 2-1 (1978)Portland 2-1 (1993)Purdue 10-2 (1985, 93, 97, 2003)Rhode Island 0-3 (2000)Saint Mary’s 2-1 (1998)Santa Clara 2-4 (1983, 91)Seton Hall 6-3 (1988, 97, 2003)Siena 2-1 (1990)South Carolina 4-2 (1990, 2005)Southern California 2-4 (1983, 2005)Southern Illinois 1-2 (2005)Southern Utah 0-3 (1998)Southwestern Louisiana 4-2 (1981, 97)Stanford 2-1 (1996)Syracuse 7-2 (1987, 96, 2000)Tennessee 2-4 (1984, 2001)Tennessee-Chattanooga 1-2 (1992)Texas 2-4 (1986, 2001)Texas A&M 5-7 (1978, 79, 82, 89)Texas Christian 0-3 (1995)Texas-San Antonio 0-3 (1985)Texas State 1-5 (1987, 2003)texas tech 1-2 (1990)UCLA 5-1 (1990, 97)UNLV 2-1 (1985)Utah 3-3 (1988, 2004)Utah State 1-2 (1986)Valparaiso 2-1 (2000)Vanderbilt 4-2 (1982, 92)Villanova 6-3 (1985, 94, 2002)Virginia 2-1 (1990)virginia tech (First appearance)Wake Forest 2-1 (1993)Washington 7-5 (1982, 86, 99, 2004)Washington State 1-2 (1981)Weber State 2-1 (1993)western Kentucky (First appearance)Wisconsin-Green Bay 1-2 (1993)Wyoming 2-1 (2002)Xavier 2-1 (1999)

1978-79 (3)LamarLouisvillePepperdine

1979-80 (5)BradleyIonaLamarKentuckyTexas A&M

1980-81 (5)ArkansasGeorgetownLouisiana StateMissouriNorth Carolina

1981-82 (5)Alaska AnchorageGeorgetownMarquetteOhio StateSouthwestern Louisiana

1982-83 (2)IllinoisLouisville

1983-84 (2)ArkansasOklahoma

1984-85 (4)Alabama-BirminghamIllinoisKansasMaryland

1985-86 (7)Alaska Anchorage ArizonaMissouriNorth CarolinaPurdueUNLVVillanova

1986-87 (4)Alaska AnchorageIowaNorth Carolina StateNortheastern

1987-88 (4)Alaska AnchorageArizonaMichiganSyracuse

1988-89 (2)FloridaSeton Hall

1989-90 (4)Alaska Anchorage ConnecticutKansas StateMichigan State

1990-91 (5)Alaska AnchorageSienaSouth CarolinaUCLAVirginia

1991-92 (1)Massachusetts

1992-93 (5)Alaska AnchorageNew Mexico StateTennessee-ChattanoogaVanderbiltIllinois

SHOOTOUT TEAMS THAT QUALIFIED THAT YEAR FOR NCAA POSTSEASON TOURNAMENT1993-94 (5)Alaska AnchorageHawaiiPurdueWake ForestWisconsin-Green Bay

1994-95 (6)Oklahoma StateBrigham YoungMinnesotaVillanovaLouisvilleArizona

1995-96 (5)Alaska AnchorageIowaDukeIndianaConnecticut

1996-97 (5)Alaska AnchorageCollege of CharlestonKentuckyStanfordSyracuse

1997-98 (4)MassachusettsPurdueNorth CarolinaUCLA

1998-99 (2)CincinnatiDuke

1999-00 (2)KansasLouisville

2000-01 (3)MissouriOhio StateSyracuse

2001-02 (4)GonzagaIndianaMarquetteTexas

2002-03 (2)Michigan StateOklahoma State

2003-04 (5)Alaska AnchorageDukeLibertyPacificSeton Hall

2004-05 (5)AlabamaMinnesotaOklahomaUtahWashington

2005-06 (5)Alaska AnchorageMarquetteMonmouthOral RobertsSouthern Illinois

2006-07 (1)Alaska Anchorage


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SHOOTOUT TRIVIA QUIZ

16) Arizona scored 70 points in the sec-ond half of a 1987 win over Duquesne, and UCLA tallied 69 points in the first half of its 1990 win over UC Irvine

17) Mike Ferrara. The Colgate guard set the record for points in a game with 37 against Nicholls State in 1980 and held the mark until Purdue’s Glenn Robinson scored 41 against Portland in 1993.

18) Don (Oregon) & Dan (Minnesota) Monson; Eddie (Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State) & Scott (Oral Roberts) Sutton

19) Drake’s Lorri Bauman (No. 3 – 3,115 pts), Tennessee’s Chamique Holdsclaw (No. 4 – 3,025), and Southern Cal’s Cheryl Miller (No. 5 – 3,018)

20) Purdue, 10 wins in four appearances

21) Duke’s Trajan Langdon. The former East High star came north in 1995 but was forced to sit out that year with a knee injury. Langdon was an all-tourna-ment selection when he returned to play for the Blue Devils’ runner-up team in 1998.

Shootout Trivia Answers … continued from page 17

5aBove: Trajan Langdon (the answer to question #21) enjoyed this light moment dur-ing Duke’s win over Notre Dame in 1998.

3leFt: Laura Ingham (#8), like Langdon a former player-of-the-year at East High, rocket-ed past UAA and Indiana to earn MOP honors and a Shootout title for her Nevada Wolf Pack.

6BottoM: New Mexico State guard Sam Crawford (#14) played larger than his 5-8 stat-ure in 1992, propelling the Aggies to the title with 22.7 points and 7.7 assists per game.

1) James Worthy (L.A. Lakers, 1988; 1980 Shootout); Joe Dumars (Pistons, 1989; 1981 Shootout); Tim Duncan (Spurs, 1999, 2003, 2005; 1993 Shootout); and Dwyane Wade (Heat, 2006; 2001 Shootout)

2) Total points: Peter Bullock (213, 2000-03); Avg. points: Jason Kaiser (26.7 ppg, 1993 & 1994)

3) Steve Kerr of Arizona, 1985 & 1987

4) C) 17 – Joe B. Hall, Jud Heathcote, Denny Crum, Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Jim Valvano, John Thompson, Sr., Rollie Massimino, Jerry Tarkanian, Jim Harrick, Rick Pitino, Lute Olson, Jim Calhoun, Tom Izzo (pictured, pg. 17), Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Boeheim, Roy Williams

5) Hawaii, 1993-94

6) Zero. The Seawolves’ seven victories came by an average of 2.7 points, with the largest margin being 72-65 over UC Riverside in last year’s championship game.

7) C) 6 – Sonja Hogg, Marianne Stanley, Jody Conradt, Pat Summit, Leon Barmore and Tara VanDerveer (pictured, pg. 17)

8) Laura Ingham, Nevada, 2002

9) Mike Olliver, Lamar, 1978 & 1979 – 129 points (21.5 ppg)

10) Chris Hamey of UAA. As a true fresh-man in 1996, Hamey was injured in the Seawolves’ opening-round Shootout win over Maine and went on to redshirt that season. The Juneau native played in 103 games over the next four years, includ-ing 12 more in the Shootout.

11) Pat Kennedy – Iona, 1981; Florida State, 1989; DePaul, 2000; Montana, 2002

12) Tennessee, 1997-98

13) Kansas – 1999

14) Sam Crawford (5’8”) of New Mexico State, 1992

15) Peter Bullock vs Wyoming, 2002 & Jesse Jackson vs Iowa, 1986

When it comes to success stories, the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout is just the beginning for the University of Alaska Anchorage athletic department. In their rela-tively short history – dating back to 1977 – Seawolf teams and individual athletes have established a great tradition of success. UAA sponsors 11 NCAA sports, with men’s ice hockey and women’s gymnas-tics competing at the Division I level. The Seawolves’ other squads – men’s and wom-en’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s track & field, women’s volleyball, and men’s and women’s outdoor track & field – all compete under the Division II banner. The Seawolf hockey team plays in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, wide-ly considered the sport’s premier conference, having produced 36 NCAA champions in the last 55 years. While the Seawolves are now in their 15th WCHA campaign, they previously enjoyed great success as an independent, making three straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 1990 through 1992. The hockey team’s signature event is the Nye Frontier Classic, a four-team tournament held every October. Last season UAA cap-tured the Classic title and wrested the Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup away from arch-rival Alaska Fairbanks with a 3-0-1 record in the bitterly fought series. The gymnastics program has made giant strides the past few seasons after moving to Division I and joining the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in 2003. Over the last four seasons, the Seawolves have broken 23 school records as the team’s talent level has risen consistently. UAA returns a strong core in 2008, including 2006 MPSF Gymnast of the Year and local product Jessica Portlock. Coach Michael Friess leads the Seawolf men’s and women’s cross country run-ning teams into action each fall, with both squads annually challenging for NCAA berths. This season, UAA’s men and women finished third and fourth, respectively, at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships as sophomore transfer Peter Doner and junior Elizabeth Chepkosgei each raced to all-conference finishes. The Seawolf men were ranked in the Div. II top 25 poll for much of the season, and junior David Kiplagat earned an individual NCAA berth with his fourth-place finish at the Nov. 3 West Regional Championships in Boise. UAA’s volleyball team, led by third-year coach Michelle Earl, draws some of the best crowds in NCAA Division II at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex. The program has enjoyed seven 20-win seasons and a pair conference titles and NCAA berths. While UAA’s skiing program is techni-cally Division II, teams from all three NCAA

divisions compete on a level playing field at the sport’s national meet. And the Seawolves are consistently tops among non-Division I programs, placing in the overall top 10 at the NCAA Championships for the 22 of the past 23 seasons. At the 2007 NCAA Ski Championships, UAA produced three All-America finishes with senior Kasandra Rice of Anchorage earning her second career honor, along with fresh-man Andy Liebner and sophomore Raphael Wunderle on the nordic trails. UAA has also twice hosted the NCAA Ski Championships (1987 and 2002) at their world-class venues – Mount Alyeska (Alpine) and Kincaid Park (Nordic). The men’s and women’s basketball teams are among the most prominent of the UAA sports teams, if for no other reasons

than the national television exposure of the Shootout. But the Seawolves have proven they can play, too. The women’s team has advanced to the NCAA Tournament seven times, while the men posted 18 consecutive winning seasons from 1983-84 to 2000-01. The Seawolf men have produced eight All-Americans, and in 1988 they were the NCAA Division II run-ner-up. UAA has beaten some of the coun-try’s most prominent Division I schools over the years, including Michigan, Wake Forest, Missouri, New Mexico and Texas. While all these athletic accomplishments are quite impressive, Seawolf student-athletes have done something even more important. Over the last 14 years, the Seawolf teams have earned a composite grade point average over 3.0 11 times.

Seawolves capture success across sporting spectrum

s5UPPer leFt: Senior Merit Waldrop helped the Seawolves to a sweep of arch-rival Alaska Fairbanks in the first two games of the 2007-08 Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup series.

5UPPer right: Sophomore Peter Doner of Palmer earned GNAC Newcomer of the Year honors by finishing 7th at the 2007 league championship meet.

3leFt: Austrian Stefanie Klocker has earned back-to-back trips to the NCAA Ski Championships and registered four top-5 fin-ishes last winter.


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SEAWOLF ATHLETICS

Dr. steve CoBBDirector of Athletics

T he 2007-08 season is Steve Cobb’s eighth as the athletic director at the University

of Alaska Anchorage. Dr. Cobb became the school’s sixth AD when his hiring was announced Aug. 22, 2000. In his first seven years at UAA, Dr. Cobb has made a mark on of the Seawolf program with several major projects and continued success in the field of competition. In 2006-07, seven of UAA’s 11 sports qualified teams or individu-als for NCAA Championships play, including a 15th place finish for the Seawolf men’s cross country team at nationals, and NCAA berths in both men’s and women’s basketball. Under his leadership, a planning phase began this year (2007) for the construction of a new on-campus sports facility at UAA, while simultaneously overseeing the installation of a brand new gymna-sium floor and the construction of a new All-American/Academic All-American honors wall at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex. Two years ago, Dr. Cobb helped establish the Seawolf Legacy Fund to provide a permanent endowment fund that will ensure full funding for future athletic scholarships at UAA. During 2007-08, Seawolf Legacy will surpass the $1 million mark. In 2001, Dr. Cobb was the driving force behind the establishment of the Seawolf Hall of Fame. He has also been instrumental in negoti-ating naming-rights agreements for the Wells Fargo Sports Complex, Nye Frontier Classic hockey and Extended Stay Deluxe Invitational volleyball tournaments. The Alabama native has also overseen the creation of the Hockey Classic Wall of Champions above the Seawolves’ practice rink, as well as men’s and women’s Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout champi-ons displays in the gymnasium. A former football coach, Dr. Cobb served as the athletic director at Georgia Southwestern State University before coming to UAA. In five years at Georgia Southwestern, Dr. Cobb raised the Hurricanes to become one of the most successful NAIA programs in the nation. Under Dr. Cobb’s leadership, Georgia Southwestern began plan-ning and received funds to build the Student Success Center, a $22 million facility that now houses the school’s basketball teams and athletic offices. From 1992-95, Dr. Cobb was an assistant athletic director at Iowa Wesleyan College, where he served as the football team’s defen-sive coordinator and special teams coach. He also had stints as an assistant football coach at East Texas State University (1990-92) and Sul Ross State University (1988-90). A 1981 graduate of the University of Montevallo, Dr. Cobb also holds a Doctorate of Education degree from East Texas State as well as a Master of Business Administration degree from St. Ambrose University and a Master of Education degree from Sul Ross State.

Dr. Cobb and his wife Sandra reside in East Anchorage.

Fran UlMerChancellor

The University of Alaska Anchorage assumes new leadership in 2007 with Fran Ulmer

taking over as the institution’s chancellor in May. Prior to her appointment as chancellor, Ulmer served as the Director of UAA’s Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER). A former lieutenant governor and state leg-islator, Ulmer brings 30 years of experience of public policy in Alaska. Previously, she was a fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Policy at ISER. In the early 1980s, Ulmer was the mayor of Juneau, then a member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1986-94). In 1994, Ulmer became the first female lieutenant governor of Alaska. In that year, she was also appointed to the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission by President Bill Clinton and served on that international board for 11 years, including as chairperson, with representatives from Japan, Russia, Korea, Canada and the United States. Ulmer has participated in numerous panels, task forces, commis-sions and forums as a speaker, moderator and panelist to address the intersection of science, economics, politics and policy. She currently serves on the board of trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association, the Advisory Board of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and the Alaska Nature Conservancy Board. Ulmer earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and economics, and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin.

Wishing the Seawolves continued success on the field of play and in the classroom


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UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE ADMINISTRATION

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athletiC DireCtorDr. Steve CobbassoCiate aDsDede Allen, Tim McDiffett, Jane Pallister, Kevin SilversPorts inForMationNate Sagan - SIDTad Dunham - Asst. SIDsPorts MeDiCineChris Volk Head Athletic TrainerKevin Lechtenberg Assistant Athletic TrainerBUsiness oFFiCeRoxanne Swallows Fiscal ManagerCarol Bannock Administrative Assistant Robin Calvert Travel CoordinatorDiana Campbell Fiscal TechnicianMary Beth Wooden Ticket ManagerreCreational sPortsTony Houston, Kristin Warren, Julie Foster, Alan Piccard, Robin Inman, Muzette Nelson, Bryan Leiser

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BasKetBall (Men) Head Coach: Rusty Osborne Associate Head Coach: Shane RinnerAssistant: Bryan Weakley BasKetBall (women) Head Coach: Tim Moser Assistant: Rebecca Alvidrez Graduate Assistant: Angela LessardCross CoUntrY (Men & women)Head Coach: Michael Friess Assistant: T.J. GarlatzgYMnastiCs Head Coach:Paul Stoklos Assistant: Tami MonettehoCKeYHead Coach: Dave Shyiak Associate Head Coach: Campbell BlairAssistant: Damon WhittensKiing Head Coach: Trond FlagstadAssistants: Sparky Anderson, Mandy Kaempf Graduate Assistant: Vivian RenfrotraCK & FielD (Men & women) Head Coach: Michael Friess Assistants: T.J. Garlatz, Rafael Echavarria, Vivian EchavarriavolleYBall Head Coach: Michelle Earl Assistant: Nicky Rose Graduate Assistant: Sue Hovland

UAA ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF

50/50 RaffleWatch for the Goldand you may win

the Green!

Benton Bay Athletic Lions, dressed in gold and carrying fish bowls, will be circulating among you during the game selling tickets for the 50/50 Raffle.

Buy a chance and you could win one-half (50%) of the total proceeds from the ticket sales at each contest. In addition, you will become a part of a major source of revenue support for UAA athletic activities.

The 50/50 Raffle is simple and easy to play. One raffle ticket will cost just one dollar, five dollars will buy six tickets and you can purchase 13 chances to win for just 10 dollars! The winning ticket will be announced to the crowd during the final minutes of the game.

Join the thousands of Seawolf fans who support UAA Athletics. Play the Benton Bay Athletic Lions 50/50 Raffle each game. You could take home the Gold!

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This is UAA!ACADEMICS The University of Alaska Anchorage is the state’s largest, most comprehensive university, serving more than 20,000 students through four primary campuses and numerous other sites in southcentral Alaska and the Aleutian chain. Academic units located on the Anchorage campus include the College of Arts and Sciences; College of Technical and Community Education; College of Health Education and Social Welfare; College of Business and Public Policy, and the School of Engineering. Organized research units at UAA comple-ment the academic programs and reflect the special character of the University’s mission in Alaska. Research units include the Alaska Center for International Business, the American Russian Center, the Environment and Natural Resources Institute, the Center of Alcohol and Addiction Studies, the center for Economic Education, the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, the Center for Human Development, the Institute of Social and Economic Research and the Justice Center. UAA operates on a semester system. Fifteen semester credits are a normal class load and a minimum of 120 credits are required to com-plete a bachelor’s degree. The attractive, wooded campus is an urban oasis with residential wildlife populations of moose, waterfowl and birds.

ATHLETICS Nicknamed the Seawolves, UAA’s athletic teams compete as members of NCAA Division I in hockey and gymnastics and NCAA Division II in all other sports, including basketball, vol-leyball, skiing, track & field, and cross country. UAA annually hosts the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout men’s and women’s basketball tournament – recognized as one of the top in-season tournaments in the nation – as well as the Nye Frontier Classic hockey tournament. Over the last three decades, the University of Alaska Anchorage has become a perennial national contender in many of its sports. A total of 116 Seawolves have earned All-America hon-ors since 1984 and UAA has produced several individual national champions. UAA athletes have enjoyed unprecedent-ed success in the classroom. The entire UAA Athletic Department has compiled a cumulative GPA of 3.0+ in 10 of the last 13 years. Through the years, UAA has produced several Academic All-Americans.

ANCHORAGEter (lows of 20 degrees). Low humidity also contributes to Anchorage’s com-fortable climate. The residents of the city share the Anchorage bowl with more than 1,000 Moose, which are often seen on UAA’s campus throughout the year. In addi-tion, black bears, grizzly bears, foxes, wolves, lynx, wolverines, Dall sheep and bald eagles all make their homes here. Salmon fishing is more than a past-time to Anchorage residents. Red and King Salmon can be caught from the many rivers and creeks that run through the city.

and basketball courts and six scenic golf courses in the area. Chugach State Park is located 15 minutes from downtown Anchorage. With 495,000 acres, Chugach is the third largest state park in the United States and offers a variety of year-round rec-reation, including hiking, mountain biking, camping, cross country skiing and wildlife viewing. Due to the warming effects of the Pacific Ocean currents and protec-tion from the Chugach Mountains, Anchorage is located in Alaska’s so-called banana belt. Anchorage’s climate resembles that of San Francisco in the summer (highs of 75 degrees) and a Rocky Mountain ski resort in the win-

ALASKAAlaska is the largest state in the union - one-fifth the size of the

contiguous 48 states and more than twice the size of the second larg-est state, Texas. Although Minnesota is called the Land of Lakes, boasting more than 10,000 lakes, Alaska has more than three million lakes. Alaska has 39 different mountain ranges, three of which can be seen from Anchorage. Alaska is home to Mt. McKinley, the highest peak in North America (20,320 feet). Mt. McKinley, located in the heart of Denali National Park and Preserve, is over 200 miles north of Anchorage and can be seen from the city on clear days. Denali National Park is over six million acres and features great wild-life viewing and colorful wilderness expanses.

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About 270,000 people call Anchor-age home. The city’s boundary is

nearly the same size as the state of Delaware. On a global scale, Anchorage is located as far north as Helsinki, Finland and as far west as Honolulu, Hawaii. Anchorage is Alaska’s largest city, an international air crossroads and the business center of the state. More than 230 flights arrive daily at Anchorage International Airport. Anchorage is a recreational para-dise, boasting more than 14,000 acres of parkland and nearly 300 miles of paved and wilderness biking, skiing and hiking trails. In addition, the city sports many lakes, softball, base-ball and soccer fields, outdoor tennis

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