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The Citadel
The Citadel
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Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa Jr.President
Les RobinsonDirector of Athletics
Dr. William SharbroughFaculty Athletics Rep.
Kelly SimpsonSenior Woman Admin.
Noelle OrrMen’s Basketball SID
Location: ....................................... Charleston, S.C. 29409Founded: ...................................................................... 1872Enrollment: .................................................................. 1,900 Nickname: ............................................. Bulldogs, CadetsColors: ......................................... Citadel Blue and WhitePresident: ................................. Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa, Jr.Athletics Director: ....................................... Les RobinsonHome Court (Capacity): McAlister Field House (6,000)Press Row Phone: ...................................... (843) 953-2138
Basketball Facts2006-07 Record: ............................................................. 7-23 Conference Record (Place): ................... 4-14 (6th, South) Home: ............................................................................... 5-9 Away: ............................................................................. 2-13 Neutral: ............................................................................ 0-1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ..................................... 3/5Starters Returning/Lost: ................................................ 2/3
Media RelationsDirector: ............................................................ Noelle OrrE-mail: ........................................... [email protected]: .......................................................... (843) 953-5353Basketball Contact: .......................................... Noelle OrrE-mail: ........................................... [email protected]: .......................................................... (843) 953-5353Fax: .............................................................. (843) 953-5058Web-site: ..................................... www.citadelsports.com
Charleston Post and Courier (843-937-5586)Jeff Hartsell ([email protected])
The State (803-771-8470)Pat Obley ([email protected])
Associated Press (803-799-5510)Pete Iacobelli ([email protected])
WCSC-TV (843-402-5753)Craig Birnbach ([email protected])
WCIV-TV (843-881-4444)Josh Morton ([email protected])
WCBD-TV (843-884-2288)Brendan Clark ([email protected])
WQSC-AM (843-763-6631)Robby Robinson ([email protected])
South Carolina Network (800-922-2700)Phil Kornblut ([email protected])
Quick Facts Primary Media
McAlister Field HouseArena: McAlister Field HouseCapacity: 6,000Season Opened: 1939-40First Game: The Citadel vs. Wofford (Wofford won 45-39), 1939First Citadel Win: The Citadel 36, William & Mary 35 (1939-40)All-Time McAlister Field House Record: 429-323 (.570)Largest Crowd: 6,000 vs. Duke in 1990-91; 6,000 vs. South Carolina in 1996-97; 6,000 vs. College of Charles-ton in 1998-99Largest Average Attendance: 2,697 in 1993-94 (37,757 in 14 games)
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Senior forward/center Demetrius Nelson
Date. Opponent TimeNov. 9 DANIEL WEBSTER 7:00Nov. 12 at South Carolina 7:30Nov. 15 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 7:00Nov. 20 at Pennsylvania 8:00Nov. 24 WEBBER INTERNATIONAL 2:00Nov. 26 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 7:00Dec. 1 at Chattanooga* 7:00Dec. 13 at Davidson* 7:00Dec. 15 ATLANTA CHRISTIAN 2:00Dec. 20 vs. Washington State 10:30 (at Cougar Hardwood Classic, Seattle, Wash.)Dec. 31 CORNELL 4:00Jan. 3 ELON* 7:00Jan. 5 APPALACHIAN STATE* 2:00Jan. 7 at UNC Greensboro* 7:00Jan. 12 GEORGIA SOUTHERN* 2:00Jan. 14 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON* 7:00Jan. 19 WOFFORD* 2:00Jan. 24 DAVIDSON* 7:00Jan. 26 UNC GREENSBORO* 2:00Jan. 31 at Furman* 7:00Feb. 4 at College of Charleston* 7:00Feb. 9 at Appalachian State* 3:30Feb. 11 at Elon* 7:30Feb. 14 WESTERN CAROLINA* 7:00Feb. 16 CHATTANOOGA* 2:00Feb. 20 at Georgia Southern* 7:30Feb. 23 at Western Carolina* 3:00Feb. 28 FURMAN* 7:00March 1 at Wofford* 7:00March 7-10 at Southern Conference Tournament (at North Charleston, S.C.)
2007-08 Schedule
2007-08 Bulldogs RosterNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown/Last School1 Tyrell McDowell G/F 6-5 185 Fr. Miami, Fla./Christopher Columbus2 Monte Simmons G 6-0 170 Fr. Ft. Wayne, Ind./ South Side 4 John Reynolds G 5-11 170 Fr. Purvis, Miss/Oak Grove5 Walter Howard F 6-6 205 R-Fr. Inverness, Fla./Citrus10 Alex Harris G/F 6-0 165 Fr. Columbia, S.C./Lexington 12 Jonathan Brick G 6-0 185 Jr. Baltimore, Md./IMG Academy11 Neven Zeravica F 6-9 185 Fr. Osijek, Croatia/Massanutten14 Dino Dogan F/C 7-0 215 Fr. Osijek, Croatia/Massanutten15 Zach Urbanus G 6-2 170 Fr. Austin, Texas/Sam Bowie20 Jon Brown G/F 6-4 175 Fr. Savannah, Ga./ Johnson22 Cameron Wells G 6-1 195 Fr. Houston, Texas/ Bellaire24 Austin Dahn F 6-4 195 Fr. Columbus, Ohio/ Fork Union25 Trey Swinton G 6-1 175 So. Mount Pleasant, S.C./Wando 30 Phillip Pandak G/F 6-6 195 Fr. Richmond, Va./Fork Union33 Daniel Eykyn G/F 6-4 215 Fr. Charleston, S.C./Bishop England44 Demetrius Nelson F 6-8 250 Sr. Johns Island, S.C./Johns Island45 Matt Clark F 6-8 205 Fr. Evans, Ga./ Evans
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2006-07 Results (7-23, 4-14)Date Opponent Result Score Leading Scorer Leading RebounderNov. 10 OHIO VALLEY W 79-58 20, Donny McLendon 14, J’Mel EverhartNov. 12 at Michigan State L 41-73 9, Demetrius Nelson 8, J’Mel EverhartNov. 13 at Iowa L 53-75 15, Vytautas Valiulis 12, J’Mel EverhartNov. 16 at Charleston Southern L 63-72 16, Kevin Hammack 5, J’Mel EverhartNov. 19 at Notre Dame L 50-74 16, Donny McLendon 5, Demetrius Nelson 5, Kevin HammackNov. 21 at Southern California L 58-74 17, Kevin Hammack 4, Donny McLendonNov. 24 ASBURY W 81-60 23, Demetrius Nelson 6, Kevin Hammack 6, J’Mel Everhart 6, Demetrius NelsonNov. 27 SOUTH CAROLINA L 59-74 17, Donny McLendon 14, J’Mel EverhartDec. 2 ARMY L 55-63 20, Johnny McLendon 12, Demetrius NelsonDec. 4 APPALACHIAN STATE L 52-56 13, J’Mel Everhart 6, J’Mel EverhartDec. 18 at Western Carolina L 63-82 19, Kevin Hammack 5, Bryan StreeterDec. 20 at West Virginia L 36-63 10, Donny McLendon 7, Johnny McLendon 10, Kevin HammackDec. 30 ATLANTA CHRISTIAN W 113-59 21, Donny McLendon 8, Bryan StreeterJan. 3 at Elon W 53-50 11, Kevin Hammack 6, Kevin HammackJan. 6 at Wofford W 74-71 26, Johnny McLendon 6, Joseph Thompson 6, Bryan StreeterJan. 9 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON L 62-74 16, Demetrius Nelson 6, Bryan StreeterJan. 13 GEORGIA SOUTHERN W (OT) 74-69 32, Kevin Hammack 5, Kevin HammackJan. 16 at Davidson L 54-79 16, Donny McLendon 5, Donny McLendonJan. 20 UNC GREENSBORO L 44-47 13, Demetrius Nelson 7, Donny McLendonJan. 22 at Furman L 59-63 19, Donny McLendon 8, Kevin HammackJan. 27 at Appalachian State L 54-95 11, Donny McLendon 6, Kevin HammackFeb. 3 WESTERN CAROLINA L 68-78 20, Donny McLendon 5, Donny McLendon 5, Demetrius Nelson 5, Kevin HammackFeb. 5 ELON W (OT) 52-49 17, J’Mel Everhart 12, J’Mel EverhartFeb. 10 at Chattanooga L 43-73 19, Kevin Hammack 10, J’Mel EverhartFeb. 12 WOFFORD L 49-61 29, Kevin Hammack 14, J’Mel EverhartFeb. 17 FURMAN L 51-69 13, Demetrius Nelson 6, J’Mel EverhartFeb. 19 at Georgia Southern L 62-81 18, Kevin Hammack 5, J’Mel EverhartFeb. 22 at College of Charleston L 40-50 19, Demetrius Nelson 9, J’Mel EverhartFeb. 24 DAVIDSON L 70-87 14, Kevin Hammack 3, Chris Diasparra 14, J’Mel Everhart 3, J’Mel Everhart 3, Demetrius NelsonFeb. 28 vs. Georgia Southern (SC) L 46-62 13, J’Mel Everhart 6, J’Mel Everhart
2006-07 StatisticsOverall StatisticsPlayer GP-GS Min.-Avg. FGM-FGA Pct. 3FGM-FGA Pct. FTM-FTA Pct. R-Off. R-Def. Rebs. Avg. PF FO A TO Blk. Stl. Points Avg.Kevin Hammack 30-30 1,018-33.9 129-315 .410 43-138 .312 89-126 .706 20 87 107 3.6 79 2 99 93 10 57 390 13.0Donny McLendon 30-28 798-26.6 122-336 .363 72-205 .351 41-61 .672 22 75 97 3.2 69 1 18 37 0 27 357 11.9Demetrius Nelson 30-10 631-21.0 107-211 .507 0-3 .000 56-86 .651 54 65 119 4.0 68 2 11 61 6 13 270 9.0J’Mel Everhart 27-26 836 -31.0 88-166 .530 5-24 .208 42-69 .609 72 104 176 6.5 50 1 42 67 7 26 223 8.3Vytautas Valiulis 30-2 615-20.5 45-132 .341 20-78 .256 23-38 .605 7 47 54 1.8 60 2 44 37 0 27 133 4.4Bryan Streeter 30-19 533-17.8 50-100 .500 1-8 .125 13-33 .394 42 51 93 3.1 49 1 9 22 2 9 114 3.8Joseph Thompson 26-3 248-9.5 28-68 .412 9-27 .333 15-18 .833 7 23 30 1.2 28 0 14 21 2 7 80 3.1Chris Diasparra 30-13 593-19.8 28-104 .269 17-55 .309 11-16 .688 12 38 50 1.7 38 0 30 38 1 12 84 2.8Jonathan Brick 30-19 662-22.1 28-82 .341 13-36 .361 3-12 .250 13 34 47 1.6 63 1 70 45 0 25 72 2.4Trey Swinton 12-0 22-1.8 5-7 .714 2-2 1.000 2-4 .500 1 4 5 0.4 1 0 2 1 1 1 14 1.2Walter Howard 6-0 30-5.0 3-10 .300 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 6 6 1.0 3 0 3 1 2 0 7 1.2Mark Schiavoni 10-0 49-4.9 3-12 .250 3-11 .273 1-4 .250 4 4 8 0.8 7 1 4 0 0 2 10 1.0Travis Smith 5-0 16-3.2 1-5 .200 1-5 .200 1-2 .500 2 1 3 0.6 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 0.8Team 56 52 108 3.6 15Total 30 6,051 637-1,548 .411 187-595 .314 297-469 .633 312 591 903 30.1 517 11 346 441 31 206 1,758 58.6Opponents 30 6,051 725-1,506 .481 244-624 .391 347-514 .675 278 702 980 32.7 524 - 436 431 97 206 2,041 68.0
Conference StatisticsPlayer GP-GS Min.-Avg. FGM-FGA Pct. 3FGM-FGA Pct. FTM-FTA Pct. R-Off. R-Def. Rebs. Avg. PF FO A TO Blk. Stl. Points Avg.Kevin Hammack 18-18 653 -36.3 82-195 .421 29-86 .337 71-93 .763 13 59 72 4.0 49 1 62 63 6 25 264 14.7Donny McLendon 18-17 511-28.4 67-209 .321 41-126 .325 23-30 .767 10 46 56 3.1 41 1 11 23 0 15 198 11.0Demetrius Nelson 18-1 368-20.4 72-119 .605 0-1 .000 33-53 .623 23 32 55 3.1 41 1 4 37 2 7 177 9.8J’Mel Everhart 16-15 501-31.3 49-85 .576 3-7 .429 24-41 .585 38 56 94 5.9 30 1 22 42 6 18 125 7.8Bryan Streeter 18-16 361-20.1 36-63 .571 1-6 .167 10-28 .357 27 32 59 3.3 39 1 5 14 1 6 83 4.6Vytautas Valiulis 18-1 344-19.1 21-66 .318 8-39 .205 11-19 .579 5 29 34 1.9 30 0 22 21 0 15 61 3.4Joseph Thompson 16-3 157-9.8 15-40 .375 6-18 .333 10-12 .833 4 17 21 1.3 17 0 6 15 0 5 46 2.9Chris Diasparra 18-2 308-17.1 13-50 .260 7-24 .292 1-3 .333 6 19 25 1.4 21 0 14 18 1 5 34 1.9Jonathan Brick 18-17 437-24.3 12-48 .250 5-21 .238 3-9 .333 8 24 32 1.8 43 0 44 28 0 14 32 1.8Trey Swinton 7-0 8-1.1 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1 1 2 0.3 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 0.6Walter Howard 1-0 1-1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Mark Schiavoni 2-0 2-1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Travis Smith 0-0 0+-0.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Team 37 31 68 3.8 7Total 18 3,651 369-879 .420 100-328 .305 186-290 .641 172 346 518 28.8 312 5 191 268 16 111 1,024 56.9Opponents 18 3,651 438-904 .485 158-390 .405 200-307 .651 177 397 574 31.9 323 3 267 242 55 128 1,234 68.6
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BulldogsEd ConroyHead Coach
Hometown: Davenport, IowaBirth date: February 17, 1967Education: B.S., The Citadel, 1989
COACHINGAssistant, North Carolina State, 1990-93Assistant, VMI, 1993-94Assistant, Furman, 1994-97Head Coach, Frances Marion, 1997-00Basketball Operations Director, Tulsa, 2000-01Basketball Operations Director, Tennessee, 2001-03Assistant, Tennessee, 2003-05Assistant, Coastal Carolina, 2005-06Head coach, The Citadel, 2006-present PERSONAL DATAFull name is Edward Conroy. A native of Davenport, Iowa. He and his wife, Ginny, have three children: Riley, Hunt and Hannah.
EDUCATIONGraduated from The Citadel in 1989 with a degree in business administration.
PLAYING EXPERIENCEPlayed basketball at The Citadel under current athletic director Les Robin-son from 1985-89. Team captain as a senior. Held the rank of Lt. Colonel in the Corps of Cadets, the highest rank achieved by a basketball player in the modern era at The Citadel.
AT THE CITADELConroy was named head coach at The Citadel on April 7, 2006. He is the 27th head coach in school history. His team posted a 7-23 record in his first season at the helm with a 4-14 mark in Southern Conference play.
PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCEBegan his career as an assistant under Les Robinson at North Carolina State. Spent a year at VMI and three seasons at Furman before serving as head coach at Frances Marion from 1997-00. Worked as director of basketball operations at Tulsa (2000-01) and Tennessee (2001-03) under coach Buzz Peterson before serving as an assistant for the Volunteers for two season. Spent a year at Coastal Carolina before returning to his alma mater.
CONROY’S YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDYear School Record SoCon1997-98 Frances Marion 16-121998-99 Frances Marion 16-121999-00 Frances Marion 9-172006-07 The Citadel 7-23 4-14Frances Marion Total 41-41The Citadel Total 7-23 4-14Career Total 48-64 4-14
COACHING STAFFAssistant Coach: Doug Novak (Tennessee, 1990)Assistant Coach: Andy Fox (Cornell College, 2004)Assistant Coach: Ron Ginyard (Georgetown, 2006)
All-Time The Citadel CoachesCoach Seasons Years W L Pct.J.G. Briggs 1912-13 1 2 3 .400Hans Kangeter 1913-16 3 15 5 .750Harry O’Brien 1916-18 2 6 2 .750C.F. Myers 1918-25 7 51 26 .662Locke Brown 1925-26 1 10 6 .625Benny Blatt 1926-30 4 51 22 .699Johnny Douglas 1930-33 3 18 31 .367Charlie Willard 1933-35 2 14 16 .450Rock Norman 1935-40 5 45 31 .592Ben Parker 1940-41 2 10 17 .370Ben Clemons 1941-42, ’43-’44 2 4 17 .190Bo Sherman 1942-43 1 8 6 .571Ernest Wehman 1944-45 1 16 7 .696Eugene Clark 1945-46 1 7 11 .389Whitey Piro 1946-47 1 5 11 .313Bernard O’Neil 1947-52 5 28 72 .280Leo Zack 1952-54 2 5 32 .135Jim Browning 1954-55 1 1 21 .045Hank Witt 1955-56 1 2 19 .095Norm Sloan 1956-60 4 57 38 .600Mel Thompson 1960-67 7 67 96 .411Dick Campbell 1967-71 4 45 54 .455George Hill 1971-74 3 33 42 .440Les Robinson 1974-85 11 132 162 .411Randy Nesbit 1985-92 7 75 121 .383Pat Dennis 1992-06 14 158 232 .407Ed Conroy 2006-07 1 7 23 .233
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The Citadel Year-By-YearYear Overall SoCon Place Coach1900-01 0 1 C.S. McCall1901-12 No team1912-13 2 3 J.G. Briggs1913-14 6 1 Hans Kangeter1914-15 5 2 Hans Kangeter1915-16 4 2 Hans Kangeter1916-17 6 1 Harry O’Brien1917-18 0 1 Harry O’Brien1918-19 9 0 C.F. Myers1919-20 11 0 C.F. Myers1920-21 9 6 C.F. Myers1921-22 6 5 C.F. Myers1922-23 5 5 C.F. Myers1923-24 2 8 C.F. Myers1924-25 11 2 C.F. Myers1925-26 10 6 Locke Brown1926-27 17 2 Benny Blatt1927-28 13 5 Benny Blatt1928-29 12 4 Benny Blatt1929-30 9 11 Benny Blatt1930-31 6 9 Johnny Douglas1931-32 8 11 Johnny Douglas1932-33 4 11 Johnny Douglas1933-34 8 7 Charlie Willard1934-35 6 9 Charlie Willard1935-36 7 5 Rock Norman1936-37 7 12 Rock Norman1937-38 13 5 Rock Norman1938-39 14 5 Rock Norman1939-40 8 9 Rock Norman/Ben Parker1940-41 6 12 Ben Parker1941-42 2 14 Ben Clemons1942-43 8 6 Bo Sherman1943-44 2 3 Ben Clemons1944-45 16 7 Ernest Wehman1945-46 7 11 Eugene Clark1946-47 5 11 Whitey Piro1947-48 8 9 Bernard O’Neil1948-49 1 17 Bernard O’Neil1949-50 4 16 Bernard O’Neil1950-51 7 10 Bernard O’Neil1951-52 8 20 Bernard O’Neil1952-53 4 14 Leo Zack1953-54 1 18 1 7 10th Leo Zack1954-55 1 21 0 10 10th Jim Browning1955-56 2 19 0 10 10th Hank Witt1956-57 11 14 5 9 7th Norm Sloan1957-58 16 11 9 6 4th Norm Sloan1958-59 15 5 7 4 3rd Norm Sloan1959-60 15 8 8 4 4th Norm Sloan1960-61 17 8 10 3 3rd Mel Thompson1961-62 8 15 4 8 7th Mel Thompson1962-63 3 20 2 10 9th Mel Thompson1963-64 11 10 4 8 8th Mel Thompson1964-65 13 11 8 5 3rd Mel Thompson
Year Overall SoCon Place Coach1965-66 7 16 4 9 8th Mel Thompson1966-67 8 16 6 7 5th Mel Thompson1967-68 11 14 6 5 3rd Dick Campbell1968-69 13 12 5 8 6th Dick Campbell1969-70 8 16 4 8 6th Dick Campbell1970-71 13 12 6 5 4th Dick Campbell1971-72 12 13 5 6 5th George Hill1972-73 11 15 6 7 4th George Hill1973-74 10 14 4 9 6th George Hill1974-75 5 15 2 11 7th Les Robinson1975-76 10 17 6 7 6th Les Robinson1976-77 8 19 2 9 7th Les Robinson1977-78 8 19 2 11 8th Les Robinson1978-79 20 7 10 4 3rd Les Robinson1979-80 14 13 6 10 6th, tie Les Robinson1980-81 9 17 2 14 9th Les Robinson1981-82 14 14 7 9 6th, tie Les Robinson1982-83 12 16 7 9 6th Les Robinson1983-84 14 14 8 8 5th Les Robinson1984-85 18 11 11 5 3rd Les Robinson1985-86 10 18 5 11 7th, tie Randy Nesbit1986-87 13 15 6 10 5th Randy Nesbit1987-88 8 20 5 11 8th Randy Nesbit1988-89 16 12 7 7 4th, tie Randy Nesbit1989-90 12 16 5 9 6th, tie Randy Nesbit1990-91 6 22 1 13 8th Randy Nesbit1991-92 10 18 3 11 6th, tie Randy Nesbit1992-93 10 17 8 10 6th, tie Pat Dennis1993-94 11 16 6 12 8th, tie Pat Dennis1994-95 11 16 6 8 3rd, tie, South Pat Dennis1995-96 10 16 5 9 4th, South Pat Dennis1996-97 13 14 6 8 3rd, South Pat Dennis1997-98 15 13 6 8 2nd, tie, South Pat Dennis1998-99 9 18 3 13 6th, South Pat Dennis1999-00 9 20 5 10 5th, South Pat Dennis2000-01 16 12 9 7 2nd, South Pat Dennis2001-02 17 12 8 8 4th, South Pat Dennis2002-03 8 20 3 13 6th, South Pat Dennis2003-04 6 22 2 14 6th, South Pat Dennis2004-05 12 16 4 12 6th, South Pat Dennis2005-06 10 21 1 14 6th, South Pat Dennis2006-07 7 23 4 14 6th, South Ed ConroyOverall 867 1,044 319 582
