
2011 Field
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Texas Longhorns – Head Coach: Rick Barnes (Big 12 Conference)
Has appeared in each of the last 13 NCAA Tournaments – tied for the fourth-longest streak in the country…Texas, ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press poll, posted a 28-8 record in 2010-11 with the 28 wins being the third most in school history...the Longhorns have won 20 or more games each of the last 12 seasons...junior guard J’Covan Brown (10.4 ppg) leads a team that welcomes a Top 10 recruiting class in 2011…head coach Rick Barnes has won over 500 games during his career…Texas won the inaugural Legends Classic in 2007.
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Vanderbilt Commodores – Head Coach: Kevin Stallngs (Southeastern Conference)
Has posted 20-win seasons six of the last eight years, including going 23-11 in 2010-11…the Commodores have gone to the NCAA Tournament four of the last five seasons…ended the season ranked No. 25 by the Associated Press…Vandy returns 11 of 13 players from last year’s team, including all five starters…among the key returning players are junior guard John Jenkins (19.5 ppg), a SEC first-team selection, and senior center Festus Ezeli (13.0 ppg, 6.3 rpg), a second-team all-league choice…head coach Kevin Stallings has led the Commodores to unparalleled heights in his 12 years in Nashville.
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NC State Wolfpack – Head Coach: Mark Gottfried (Atlantic Coast Conference)
Enters the 2011-12 season under the direction of new head coach Mark Gottfried, who previously coached at Murray State and Alabama, leading the Crimson Tide to the Elite Eight in 2004…the Wolfpack return 10 players from last season, including sophomore forward CJ Leslie (11.0 ppg, 7.2 rpg), a member of the ACC all-freshman team, and junior forward Scott Wood (9.7 ppg), who has more three-pointers (135) after his sophomore season than any player in school history after two seasons.
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Oregon State Beavers – Head Coach: Craig Robinson (Pacific-12 Conference)
Has won 43 games over the last three seasons – the most over any three-year span in nearly 20 years…the Beavers won the 2009 College Basketball Invitational in head coach Craig Robinson’s first season at OSU…11 players return for the 2011-12 season, including four starters…leading the way is junior guard Jared Cunningham, a second-team All-Pac-10 selection who led OSU scoring (14.2 ppg) a year ago…sophomore Ahmad Starks (7.8 ppg) joins Cunningham in the Beavers’ backcourt.
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Boston University Terriers – Head Coach: Joe Jones (America East Conference)
In his first season with the Terriers, former Boston College associate head coach Joe Jones will look to build upon last year’s 21-win campaign that resulted in an America East Conference championship and NCAA Tournament bid…the Terriers return 10 players, led by senior guard Darryl Partin, BU’s second leading scorer at 14.3 points per game and a first-team all-league selection, and senior forward Patrick Hazel, who led the Terriers with a 5.8 rebounding average and 64 blocked shots to earn a spot on the AE all-defensive team.
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Bucknell Bison – Head Coach: Dave Paulsen (Patriot League)
Bucknell posted a 25-9 record last year in earning the Patriot League title and a trip to the NCAA Tournament…the Bison return four starters, led by Mike Muscala, the Patriot League Player of the Year who averaged a team-best 14.9 points per game…Brian Cohen (7.0 ppg), who repeated as the PL Defensive Player of the Year, also returns for the 2011-12 season…Dave Paulsen was named PL Coach of the Year last season.
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Cleveland State Vikings – Head Coach: Gary Waters (Horizon League)
The Vikings won a share of their first-ever Horizon League title in going 27-9 and earning a spot in the NIT…four starters return in 2011-12, led by senior guard Trevon Harmon and his 13.2 ppg average…classmate Jeremy Montgomery (11.6 ppg) joins Harmon to form a vastly experienced back court…head coach Gary Waters has guided Cleveland State to three 20-win seasons over the last four years.
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Hofstra Pride – Head Coach: Mo Cassara (Colonial Athletic Association)
Head coach Mo Cassara will turn to senior guard Mike Moore, who has over 1,000 career points after averaging 14.9 ppg a year ago, to lead them in the post-Charles Jenkins era…also back this season is junior forward David Imes, who paced the Pride in rebounding at 6.8 rpg while also tallying 7.6 ppg…last year, Hofstra went 21-12 in earning its second straight berth in the CBI.
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Morehead State Eagles – Head Coach: Donnie Tyndall (Ohio Valley Conference)
Donnie Tyndall guided the Eagles to one of the best seasons in school history, going 25-10, winning the Ohio Valley Conference title, and advancing to the third round of the NCAA Tournament with an upset of fourth-seeded Louisville…this season two starters and eight other players are back, led by senior guards Terrance Hill, who averaged 10.7 ppg, and Ty Proffitt, who added 7.9 ppg and 61 assists.
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Princeton Tigers – Head Coach: Mitch Henderson (Ivy League)
Mitch Henderson returns to his alma mater as head coach after 11 years as an assistant at Northwestern...Princeton returns four starters from last year's 25-7 Ivy League championship team, including junior forward Ian Hummer, who averaged 13.8 points and 6.8 rebounds a game en route to second-team all-league honors...also returning is senior Douglas Davis (11.9 ppg, team-high 38 steals), whose last second basket in the Ivy playoff game against Harvard sent the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament.
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Rhode Island Rams – Head Coach: Jim Baron (Atlantic 10 Conference)
Jim Baron, a four-time Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year, is in his 11th season at URI…last season the Rams went 20-14, giving them 90 wins over the last four years – the most over any four-year span in school history...junior forward Nikola Malesevic is the Rams’ leading returning scorer at 10.3 ppg…senior forward Orion Outerbridge netted 6.8 ppg in helping lead URI to the second round of the 2011 CBI.
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West Alabama Tigers – Head Coach: Mike Newell (Gulf South Conference)
Mike Newell is in his first season as coach of the Tigers after nine years of success at Arkansas-Monticello…junior forward Ryan Fitch is UWA’s lone returning starter, having posted averages of 10.5 points and 6.3 rebounds a game last season.
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