2011-12 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON MEN’S BASKETBALLCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON HEAD COACH BOBBY CREMINSBobby Cremins, a veteran <strong>of</strong> 30 seasons as a collegebasketball head coach and the winningest coach inGeorgia Tech history, is in his sixth season as headcoach at the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Charleston</strong>. Cremins wasnamed coach <strong>of</strong> the Cougars on July 3, 2006 andcurrently ranks among the top 15 active NCAA DivisionI coaches in career victories (577).There is not a coach in the country who combinesexperience, development and caring as much asCremins. He has mentored 24 <strong>player</strong>s who have gone on to the NBA, hascoached in an NCAA Final Four and has twice been named National Coach <strong>of</strong>the Year by the media and his peers.The Bronx, N.Y. native, who coached six seasons at Appalachian State(1976-81, 100-70) and 19 at Georgia Tech (1982-2000, 354-237), sports a577-370 (.609) overall career record and is in his 31st season as a DivisionI head coach. He led Appalachian State to one NCAA Tournament berth andGeorgia Tech to nine.Cremins has led the Cougars to four 20-win campaigns in the last five yearsincluding last season’s memorable run to the NIT Quarterfinals and a 26-11overall record. C<strong>of</strong>C would claim its first Southern Conference regular-seasonchampionship title as well as boast the program’s first NBA Draft pick and All-American since 1997 in all-time leading scorer and great Andrew Goudelock.In 2009-10, C<strong>of</strong>C reached the quarterfinals <strong>of</strong> the <strong>College</strong> BasketballInvitational, posted a 22-11 overall record and stunned No. 9-ranked NorthCarolina in an 82-79 overtime-thriller on Jan. 4, 2010 at TD Arena. A year prior,the Cougars enjoyed another successful season at 27-9 overall and a 15-5SoCon mark in 2008-09. C<strong>of</strong>C posted a 3-1 record in the SoCon Tournamentfalling in the title game.Cremins earned his 500th career win in the Cougars’ 73-58 victory overCoastal Carolina on Dec. 17, 2008. The season also included a pair <strong>of</strong> winsover Davidson and an overtime upset <strong>of</strong> Cremins’ alma mater South Carolina,82-80. Jermaine Johnson, Tony White, Jr. and Goudelock all surpassed the1,000-point plateau for their careers. Goudelock was a unanimous All-SoConfirst team selection, while Johnson earned third team honors from the league’smedia.Cremins led <strong>Charleston</strong> to a 22-11 record in his inaugural season in 2006-07. C<strong>of</strong>C, which won 13 <strong>of</strong> 18 league games, finished second in the SouthernConference Tournament. The Cougars won 20 games for the first time since2003-04 and for the 21st time in program history.Cremins is the 21st head coach in <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Charleston</strong> men’s basketballhistory. In 2003, Georgia Tech <strong>of</strong>ficially named the basketball court atAlexander Memorial Coliseum “Cremins Court.”Cremins became Georgia Tech’s all-time winningest coach during the1995-96 season. He was inducted into the Atlanta Sports Hall <strong>of</strong> Fame on June9, 2006 and the Georgia Tech Sports Hall <strong>of</strong> Fame on October 6, 2006.Cremins thrust the Yellow Jackets into the national basketball picture witha long line <strong>of</strong> great <strong>player</strong>s, beginning with Mark Price and John Salley andcontinued with Duane Ferrell, Tom Hammonds, Dennis Scott, Brian Oliver,Kenny Anderson, Stephon Marbury and Matt Harpring.Cremins guided Tech to 14 winning seasons and 14 postseason berths inhis 19 years. He led the Yellow Jackets to three ACC tournament titles, two ACCregular-season titles and a Final Four appearance in 1989-90.After graduating from South Carolina in 1970 with a bachelor’s degreein marketing, Cremins played pr<strong>of</strong>essional basketball in Ecuador beforebeginning his collegiate coaching career at Point Park <strong>College</strong> in Pittsburgh,Pa., in 1972. He returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach in 1973.After a two-year stint at USC, Cremins, born on July 4, 1947, was chosento build the Appalachian State program-becoming the youngest Division Ihead coach in the NCAA at the age <strong>of</strong> 27. After a first year mark <strong>of</strong> 13-14, theMountaineers posted a five-year record <strong>of</strong> 87-56, a 60-percent winning mark,while capturing three SoCon titles. His 1978-79 team registered a 23-6 markand an NCAA bid while his 1980-81 squad was 20-9.Cremins received his master’s degree in guidance and counseling in 1972,also from South Carolina. He was a three-year starter at point guard underlegendary coach Frank McGuire, leading the Gamecocks to some <strong>of</strong> their mostsuccessful seasons and a 61-17 record. Cremins was inducted into the NewYork City Basketball Hall <strong>of</strong> Fame on September 20, 2007.He and his wife, Carolyn, have three children: Liz, Suzie, and Bobby, III, anda daughter-in-law, Jennifer.GAME PREVIEWThe <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Charleston</strong> men’s basketball team (10-3, 2-0) will start the New Year <strong>of</strong>f with atwo-game Southern Conference road swing in the upstate which begins at two-time defendingleague tournament champion W<strong>of</strong>ford (8-6, 1-1) on Thursday, Jan. 5, at Benjamin JohnsonArena in Spartanburg, S.C. The Cougars and Terriers, who both tied as South Division regularseasonchampions a year ago with a 14-4 record, will tip-<strong>of</strong>f at 8 p.m. (ET) and the game willbe televised live on the <strong>Charleston</strong> Sports Network and carried on ESPN3. There is no lovelost between the two schools as W<strong>of</strong>ford earned the league’s automatic bid to the Big Dancelast March after defeating C<strong>of</strong>C (67-77) in the SoCon title game. The Cougars are looking tobounce back from a 84-76 setback to 2011 NCAA Tournament participant George Mason onDec. 30, the team’s second loss in their last three-game stretch which included the likes <strong>of</strong> thenNo. 4-ranked Louisville (L, 62-69)on Dec. 20 and Coastal Carolina (W, 77-70) on Dec. 22. Theycurrently rank No. 23 nationally in three-point field goals per game (8.5 avg) having made aleague-best 306 in 2010-11. C<strong>of</strong>C is the only league team to sport 10-or-more wins on theseason posting one <strong>of</strong> their best non-conference marks in the Bobby Cremins Era (8-3) and willculminate its weekend on the road at Furman on Saturday, Jan. 7, in Greenville, S.C.SCOUTING WOFFORDW<strong>of</strong>ford is one <strong>of</strong> three SoCon schools, next to C<strong>of</strong>C (Clemson and Tennessee) and Davidson(Kansas), to capture a marquee win over a major-conference opponent in non-conferenceplay with its recent 56-52 road win at Wake Forest on Jan. 2. It snapped a two-game skidfor the Terriers who previously suffered losses to High Point (79-87) on Dec. 21 and SouthCarolina (45-57) on Dec. 28 during the holiday break. W<strong>of</strong>ford currently leads the leaguein scoring defense holding opponents to 62.1 points per game and assist-to-turnover ratio(1.11). The Terriers return only one starter from last year’s NCAA Tournament squad which fellto BYU (49-53) in the second round, but welcome seven newcomers to the fold.LET’S GET IT STARTEDTwo <strong>of</strong> the most experienced <strong>player</strong>s in the Southern Conference will go head-to-head inC<strong>of</strong>C’s Antwaine Wiggins and W<strong>of</strong>ford’s Brad Loesing. Both super seniors lead the league incareer games started with 115 and 111 respectively. Wiggins currently leads the SoCon inscoring averaging 18.2 points per game, while Loesing is eighth (13.4 ppg). Of the 13 gameshe has started in this season, Wiggins has turned in six 20-point outings including a 20-pointperformance in the team’s league opener against The Citadel on Dec. 1. He currently ranksNo. 51 among NCAA Division I scoring leaders as <strong>of</strong> Jan. 1.WATCH MYTV CHARLESTONMyTV <strong>Charleston</strong> can be viewed locally on Channel 36 for DirecTV, Dish Network and AT&TU-verse subscribers as well as Channel 13 for Comcast, Knology and Time Warner cablesubscribers in the <strong>Charleston</strong>, South Carolina, television market. MyTV <strong>Charleston</strong> alsoreaches as far as the Orangeburg, Walterboro and Georgetown areas.WATCH ESPN3ESPN3 is ESPN’s live multi-screen sports network, a 24/7 destination that delivers thousands<strong>of</strong> global sports events annually and accessible online via WatchESPN.com. It is currentlyavailable to approximately 70 million homes at no additional cost to fans who receive theirhigh-speed Internet connection or video subscription from an affiliated service provider. Thenetwork is also available at no cost to approximately 21 million U.S. college students andU.S.-based military personnel via computers connected to on-campus educational networksand on-base military networks. It is also accessible through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold levelmembers and on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app through an affiliatedprovider.AN INSIDE LOOK AT COFC HOOPSGet an inside look at the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Charleston</strong> men’s basketball program by following theCougars throughout the 2011-12 season via our blog at: www.C<strong>of</strong>CBasketball.com.
2011-12 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON MEN’S BASKETBALLINSIDE THE SERIESW<strong>of</strong>ford leads 74-53 in the all-time series with <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Charleston</strong>, but the Cougars own acommanding 22-6 mark since joining the Southern Conference in 1998. C<strong>of</strong>C has won eightout <strong>of</strong> the last nine meetings between the two South Division rivals. Two <strong>of</strong> the Terriers’ threewins in the Bobby Cremins Era have been won at home in Spartanburg, S.C.COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON QUICK FACTSGENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: <strong>Charleston</strong>, S.C.Founded: 1770Enrollment: 10,475Nickname: CougarsColors: Maroon and WhiteAffiliation: NCAA Division IConference: Southern ConferenceHome Court (Capacity):TD Arena/John Kresse Court (5,100)President: Dr. P. George Benson (Bucknell ‘68)Director <strong>of</strong> <strong>Athletics</strong>: Joe Hull (North Carolina State ‘78)Associate AD/SWA: Laura Lageman (Buffalo ‘82)Faculty <strong>Athletics</strong> Representative: Dr. Vince Benigni (IUP ‘83)Ticket Office Phone: (843) 953-2632TD ArenaBASKETBALL HISTORYSeasons <strong>of</strong> Basketball: 102nd Season (21st as NCAA Division I)Overall All-Time Record (Since 1898): 1,125-920 (.550)Overall NCAA Division I Record (Since 1991): 460-163 (.738)All-Time Home Court Record: 385-51 (.883)Record in TD Arena (Since 2008): 43-7 (.860)NCAA Appearances/Last: Four/1999NIT Appearances/Last: Four/2011Last Postseason Opponent (Year, Result):NIT Quarterfinals, Wichita State (2011, L, 75-82)COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Bobby Cremins (South Carolina ’70) – Sixth SeasonC<strong>of</strong>C Record: 123-63 (Six Years)Career Record: 577-370 (31 Years)Basketball Office Phone: (843) 953-5556Associate Head Coach:Mark Byington (UNC Wilmington ’98) – Sixth SeasonAssistant Coach: Fred Dupree (Canisius ’98) – Sixth SeasonAssistant Coach: Andrew Wilson (Florida State ’06) – Sixth SeasonDirector <strong>of</strong> Basketball Operations:Jonathan Cremins (Valdosta State ’07) – 2nd SeasonTEAM INFORMATION2010-11 Overall Record: 26-11SoCon Record (Division Finish): 14-4 (T1st South)2011 Postseason Play: NIT Quarterfinals (Lost to Wichita State on 3/23/11)Last Time AP and Coaches Top 25 Rankings:March 8, 1999 (No. 16) / April 1, 1997 (No. 21)Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3Letterwinners R/L: 9/5Newcomers: 4LAST 10 GAMES IN THE SERIESL, 67-77 at Chattanooga, Tenn. on 3/7/11 (-10)W, 79-54 at <strong>Charleston</strong>, S.C. on 2/3/11 (+25)W, 77-73 at Spartanburg, S.C. on 1/8/11 (-4)L, 68-74 at Spartanburg, S.C. on 2/25/10 (-6)W, 70-68 at <strong>Charleston</strong>, S.C. on 1/22/10 (+2)W, 86-84 at <strong>Charleston</strong>, S.C. on 2/26/09 (+2)W, 65-63 at Spartanburg, S.C. on 1/15/09 (+2)L, 66-67 at Spartanburg, S.C. on 1/28/08 (-1)W, 70-60 at <strong>Charleston</strong>, S.C. on 1/17/08 (+10)W, 71-58 at Spartanburg, S.C. on 2/17/07 (+13)FROM THREEThe Cougars love the three-ball. They knocked down a season-high 12 three-pointersagainst UMass on Nov. 26, Chattanooga on Dec. 3 and at Louisville on Dec. 20. SeniorAntwaine Wiggins currently ranks ninth all-time in the C<strong>of</strong>C record books with 141 careertreys, while Andrew Lawrence is just outside <strong>of</strong> the top 10 with 117. This year, Wiggins (27)and Lawrence (29) are joined in the three-point marksmenship department by redshirtjunior Matt Sundberg (21), freshman Anthony Stitt (20) and sophomore Jordan Scott (14).COFC ALL-TIME TOP 10 CAREER THREE-POINTERS MADE LIST1. Andrew Goudelock (2007-11) – 3962. Marion Busby (1992-96) – 2203. Tony White, Jr. (2006-10) – 2194. Tony Mitchell (2001-05) - 2165. Troy Wheless (1999-03) – 2086. Dontaye Draper (2003-07) – 2077. Jeff Bolton (1998-02) – 1668. Thomas Mobley (2001-04) – 1589. Antwaine Wiggins (2007-Present) – 14110. Stacy Harris (1994-98) – 138ON THE OFFENSEAfter leading the SoCon in scoring <strong>of</strong>fense the last two seasons, C<strong>of</strong>C remains in the hunt forthe scoring title again averaging 74.2 points per game which is second only to South Divisionfavorite Davidson (76.2 ppg). Last season, the Cougars outputted 76.2 points per game andtheir 2,173 points marked the seventh-highest single-season total in league history. Theyscored a season-high 87 points against North Division favorite Chattanooga on Dec. 3.SOCON YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS IN SCORING OFFENSE2011-12: <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Charleston</strong> (2nd, 74.2 ppg)2010-11: <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Charleston</strong> (1st, 76.2 ppg)2009-10: <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Charleston</strong> (1st, 75.0 ppg)COUGARS IN THE RPIThe Cougars are currently rated No. 57 in the first edition <strong>of</strong> the NCAA RPI report releasedon Jan. 2. They boast the nation’s No. 96 toughest schedule having played two teams ratedinside the RPI Top 75 in Louisville (No. 13) and UMass (No. 75). W<strong>of</strong>ford is rated No. 238 andFurman No. 226.
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