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2004
Guardians Classic Tournament Preview
Princeton,
NJ (November 11, 2004) – The 2004 Guardians
Classic, an exempt college basketball tournament, is set to tip
off next Monday and Tuesday at Missouri, Creighton and Ohio State.
The event features twelve teams from twelve different conferences
and ten states across the country. The following chart provides
some basic information on each program:
| School
(Location) |
Head
Coach |
Conference |
03-04
Record |
Players
To Watch |
Missouri
(Columbia, MO) |
Quin
Snyder |
Big
12 |
16-14 |
Linas
Kleiza (F, 6-8/245, Jr. - 8.5rpg)
Jason Conley (G, 6-5/212, Sr. - 7.6ppg, 3.4rpg, 1.7apg) |
Brown
(Providence, RI) |
Glen
Miller |
Ivy |
14-13 |
Jason
Forte (G, 6-1/155, Sr. - 21.4ppg, 5.79apg)
Luke Roscoe (G, 6-7/225, Jr. - 8.1ppg, 43 steals) |
Houston
(Houston, TX) |
Tom
Penders |
Conference
USA |
9-18 |
Andre
Owens (G, 6-4/199, Sr. - 16ppg, 1.6stls)
Lanny Smith (G, 6-3/185, So. - 3.2apg, 8.4ppg) |
Sam
Houston State
(Huntsville, TX) |
Bob
Marlin |
Southland |
13-15 |
Eddy
Fobbs (C, 6-11/239, Sr. - medical red shirt last season)
Joe Thompson (G, 6-4/202, Sr. - 15.3ppg, 5.4rpg, 4.0apg) |
Creighton
(Omaha, NE) |
Dana
Altman |
Missouri
Valley |
20-9 |
Tyler
McKinney (G, 6-1/185, Sr. - 4.3ppg, 3.9apg)
Nate Funk (G, 6-3/195, Jr. - 11.1ppg, 2.7apg) |
Alcorn
State
(Alcorn State, MS) |
Samuel
West |
SWAC |
11-18 |
DeAndre
Jones (G, 6-4/205, Jr. - 7.9ppg, 39.3 3pt%)
Alleo Frazier (G, 5-6/165, So. - redshirt last season) |
Iona
(New Rochelle, NY) |
Jeff
Ruland |
Metro
Atlantic |
11-18 |
Greg
Jenkins (C, 6-9/245, Sr. - 12.1ppg, 7.3rpg, 2.2bpg)
Rickey Soliver (G, 6-3/170, Jr. - 11.3ppg) |
Northern
Arizona
(Flagstaff, AZ) |
Mike
Adras |
Big
Sky |
15-14 |
Kelly
Golob (G, 6-5/197, Jr. - 13.4ppg, 42.5 3pt%)
Kyle Feuerbach (G, 6-1/197, Sr. - 3.9apg) |
Ohio
State
(Columbus, OH) |
Thad
Matta |
Big
Ten |
14-16 |
Tony
Stockman (G, 6-1/180, Sr. - 13.6ppg)
Terence Dials (C, 6-9/255, Jr. - 10.4ppg, 6.6rpg) |
Towson
(Towson, MD) |
Pat
Kennedy |
America
East |
8-21 |
Lawrence
Hamm (F, 6-6/204, Jr. - 10.0ppg, 5.3rpg)
Tony Dixon (C, 6-10/214, Sr. - 2.0bpg) |
Robert
Morris
(Moon Township, PA) |
Mark
Schmidt |
Northeast |
14-15 |
Chaz
McCrommon (F, 6-6/200, Sr. - 17.0ppg, 5.3rpg)
Maurice Carter (G, 6-0/185, Sr. - 14.9ppg, 3.2apg) |
Morgan
State
(Baltimore, MD) |
Butch
Beard |
Mid-Eastern |
11-16 |
Aaron
Andrews (F, 6-5/215, Sr. - 11.0ppg, 61.7 FG%)
Christopher Grant (G, 6-4/190, Jr. - 10.3ppg, 3.1apg) |
Did
you know?
•
Last season Brown's Jason Forte became the first player in Ivy League
history to lead the league in both scoring and assists.
• Tom Penders returns to the bench after a three year break
from coaching. Coach Penders, known for his success in rapidly rebuilding
teams into winning programs, has spent time at Texas, Rhode Island
and George Washington. While at Rhode Island Coach Penders defeated
Missouri in the first round of the NCAA tournament in 1988.
• Creighton's Tyler McKinney missed the final 18 games due
to a viral eye infections. The Bluejays were 10-0 with McKinney
and 10-9 without him.
• Jeff Ruland was an All-American at Iona in 1980.
• Thad Matta won the regular season and conference tournament
champoinship in the same year twice. He did it in 2000-01 at Butler
and 2001-02 at Xavier, both seasons he was named conference coach
of the year.
• In his 25th season as a head coach, Pat Kennedy has compiled
416 wins and is tied for 19th with Rick Pitino of Louisville for
the most wins for an active head coach in Division I.
The Guardians
Classic was created to promote the NABC's Guardians of the Game
program, which emphasizes four core values: advocacy, leadership,
service, and education. The 2004 Guardians Classic is produced by
the Gazelle Group. For more information about the Guardians Classic,
visit www.guardiansclassic.com
or contact Matt Borrello at (609) 921-1300 or mborrello@gazellegroup.com.
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