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1 Volume 16, Number 5 January 3, 2007 Page 2 Newsroom Page 3 League Standings Page 5 The Coach s Seat Page 6 Player of the Month Page 6 Coach of the Month Page 6 Game of the Month News Wire 1/3/07 Winona St. runs streak to 33. Page 1. St. Rose s Beaury takes leave of absence. Page 2. Keith Dickson sits in the Coach s Seat. See page 5. MSU s Margenthaler Wins 100th Career Game MANKATO, Minn. Minnesota State head men s basketball coach Matt Margenthaler earned his 100th career victory on Dec. 30 as the Mavericks downed Saint Mary s, in the Taylor Center. Margenthaler becomes the sixth coach to earn 100 victories while roaming the sidelines in MSU. Saint Anselm s Dickson Reaches 400 Career Wins Manchester, N.H. Saint Anselm head coach Keith Dickson picked up his 400th career win on Dec. 30 with a win over Franklin Pierce in Northeast-10 men's basketball action at Stoutenburgh Gym. The Hawks led by as many as 14 points in the second half before holding off a furious rally by the Ravens. Dickson becomes just the 20th active coach in Division II with 400 career victories. Ironically, Dickson also picked up his first career win, as well as his 300th career win, over Franklin Pierce at Stoutenburgh Gym. (See page 5 for a profile of Keith Dickson). Gibbons Sets New Coaching Mark at Clayton State SALISBURY, N.C. The Clayton State Lakers outlasted Lenoir-Rhyne on Dec. 1 and made head coach Gordon Gibbons the first head coach in the 16 years of men s basketball at Clayton State to reach 100 career victories. Now in his sixth season, Gibbons is at Clayton State, and in his 16th season of coaching at the Division II level. The most important thing about something like that is consistency, and we ve been consistently strong since arriving in 2001, said Gibbons. Winona St. Runs Streak to 33 WINONA, Minn. No. 1- ranked Winona State University lost only four times in the season and one of those losses was to the University of Wisconsin- Parkside, but the season was different, as the Warriors came up with a nonconference on Dec. 29. The Warriors turned up both their offensive jets in the second half and took a fivepoint, 38-33, lead and outscored the Rangers for their 11th win over the season without a loss. The win also extended the Warriors winning streak to 33 games and their homecourt winning streak to 18 games. John Smith and Jonte Flowers each came up with a double-double for the Warriors, as each netted 15 points, but Smith came up with 13 rebounds to 11 for Flowers. USI 3-Point Mark Broken EVANSVILLE, Ind. University of Southern Indiana senior Geoff Van Winkle became the USI career-record holder for three-point field goals made with three longrange baskets on Dec. 30, giving him a career total of Division II Bulletin January 3,

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POST- MASTER: Send all change of address requests to: GSR Communications 6090 SW Elm Avenue Beaverton, OR 97005 Printed in USA St. Rose s Beaury Takes Medical Leave ALBANY,

2 Newsroom Editor & Publisher Gary S. Rubin Art Director Steve Fisher Business & Editorial Office GSR Communications 6090 SW Elm Avenue Beaverton, OR (503) FAX: (503) Business Hours: 8 a.m. 5 p.m. PST Send all correspondence and editorial submissions to above address. Not responsible for unreturned material. Editorial deadline is the 20th of the preceeding publishing month. Division II Bulletin is published 12 times from October to April by GSR Communications with updates between issues. Subscription price: $48 for 12 issues. Copyright 2007 by GSR Communications. POST- MASTER: Send all change of address requests to: GSR Communications 6090 SW Elm Avenue Beaverton, OR Printed in USA St. Rose s Beaury Takes Medical Leave ALBANY, N.Y. Brian Beaury, the head men s basketball coach at The College of Saint Rose, will take a medical leave of absence for the remainder of this season, the school announced on Dec. 7. Beaury has confronted a myriad of non-life threatening medical issues throughout the past four years and after discussing his on-going health concerns with his family and doctors, he has decided that it is in his best interest to step aside at this time and focus on his health for the next few months. In the announcement, Beaury emphasized that he will continue to have daily communication with his coaching staff and players regarding their practice and game preparation. Meanwhile, assistant coaches Mike Long and Mike Perno will handle the program's day-to-day operations throughout the remainder of this season. I have had some health concerns. Due to my recent stay in the hospital, I felt that it made sense to focus my energy on getting well right now. I made my mind up to do this while I was in the hospital during Thanksgiving weekend. I just needed to get input from my doctors and support from the College, and everyone is behind me 100 percent, said Beaury. St. Cloud St. to Seek New League ST. CLOUD, Minn. St. Cloud State University President Dr. Roy Saigo and Director of Athletics Dr. Morris Kurtz have announced that the university will formally seek membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) for its Division II programs. St. Cloud State s association with the North Central Conference (NCC) will end following the season. SCSU will meet with the NSIC in January and seek membership beginning with the season. The school said that it has enjoyed a competitive non-conference relationship with the NSIC and also views the Northern Sun as an organization that serves institutions with an academic and athletic philosophy similar to St. Cloud State University s mission, vision and values. St. Cloud State has been a member of the North Central Conference in men s athletics since 1981 and women s athletics since The St. Cloud State men s athletics department was a charter member of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (NIC) in The Northern Sun Conference (NSC) for women s sports was formally announced in and SCSU was a charter member of that organization. Portable Basketball Goals SCHELDE Member: ELIMINATE SLIPPERY FLOORS DAMP MOP YOUR FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES READY TO PLAY IMMEDIATELY 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 800/ Division II Bulletin January 3, 2007

Conference Standings CCAA Cal Poly Pomona 3-0 5-1 CSU-Bakersfield 2-0 3-4 CSU-San B dino 2-1 4-2 CSU-Stanislaus 2-1 6-4 Cal State-L.A. 1-1 4-3 CSU-Mont. Bay 1-1 4-3 CSU-Dom. Hills 1-1 3-3 Calif.

3 Conference Standings CCAA Cal Poly Pomona CSU-Bakersfield CSU-San B dino CSU-Stanislaus Cal State-L.A CSU-Mont. Bay CSU-Dom. Hills Calif.-San Diego Chico State Humboldt State S.F. State Sonoma State CVAC Pfeiffer Barton Queens (N.C.) Lees-McRae Mount Olive Limestone Erskine Belmont Abbey Anderson Coker St. Andrews CACC Philadelphia Dominican Holy Family Caldwell Univ. of Sciences Official Sponsor of the 2007 Division II Bulletin Coach of the Year Goldey Beacom Post Felician Nyack Bloomfield Wilmington CIAA Eastern Division Virginia Union Bowie St Virginia St Elizabeth City Shaw St. Paul s Western Division NC Central Fayetteville St JC Smith St. Augustine s Livingstone East Coast New York Tech LIU-C.W. Post Queens (N.Y.) Bridgeport Adelphi Concordia St. Thomas Aqu Dowling Mercy Molloy New Haven GLIAC North Michigan Tech Grand Valley St Northern Mich Saginaw Vly. St Ferris State Northwood Lake Superior St South Findlay Hillsdale Mercyhurst Wayne State (MI) Ashland Gannon GLVC West Drury Quincy SIU Edwardsville Southern Indiana Mo.-St. Louis Rockhurst Missouri-Rolla East Saint Joseph s Indianapolis Bellarmine Lewis Northern Ky Wis.-Parkside Ky. Wesleyan Great Northwest Seattle AK-Anchorage Western Wash AK-Fairbanks Seattle Pacific Central Wash Western Oregon N.W. Nazarene Saint Martin s Gulf South East Division Montevallo Valdosta State Ala.-Huntsville North Alabama West Florida West Alabama West Georgia West Division Christian Bros Delta State Henderson State Harding Ark.-Monticello Southern Ark Ouachita Baptist Arkansas Tech Heartland St. Edward s Incarnate Word St. Mary s Lincoln Dallas Baptist OK Panhandle St MT St.-Billings TX A&M Int l 5-3 Newman 5-7 TX-Perm. Basin 2-6 Lone Star North SW Okla. State SE Okla. State Cameron Central Okla TX A&M-Comm East Central Northeastern St South Tarleton State TX A&M-K ville Abilene Christian Eastern N.M West TX A&M Angelo State Midwestern State MIAA Central Missouri Emporia State N.W. Missouri St Truman State Washburn Fort Hays State Missouri Western Pittsburg State S.W. Baptist Mo. Southern Division II Bulletin January 3, 2007

4 Conference Standings North Central Minnesota State St. Cloud State Augustana Minn.-Duluth Neb.-Omaha South Dakota North Dakota Northeast-10 Bentley Saint Rose St. Michael s Stonehill Saint Anselm Franklin Pierce Bryant Assumption American Int l LeMoyne Pace Mass.-Lowell So. Conn. St Merrimack Southern N.H Northern Sun S.W. Minn. St Winona State Concordia-SP Wayne St. (Neb.) MN St.-M head Northern State Upper Iowa Mary Bemidji State Minn.-Crookston Pacific West BYU-Hawaii Notre Dame-CA Grand Canyon Chaminade Hawaii Pacific Hawaii-Hilo Peach Belt North USC Upstate Lander USC Aiken North Georgia Francis Marion UNC Pembroke South Clayton State GC&SU Armstrong Atl Augusta State Columbus State Ga. Southwestern Pennsylvania Eastern Division Millersville Kutztown Bloomsburg East Stroudsburg West Chester Mansfield Cheyney Western Division California (Pa.) Edinboro Clarion Indiana (Pa.) Shippensburg Slippery Rock Lock Haven Rocky Mountain East Metropolitan St Neb.-Kearney UC-Colo. Spgs Colorado Mines Regis Colo. Christian Chadron State West Mesa State Western State Fort Lewis Colo. St.-Pueblo Adams State Western N.M N.M. Highlands South Atlantic Wingate Presbyterian Tusculum Lenoir-Rhyne Carson-Newman Lincoln Mem Newberry Mars Hill Catawba SIAC Benedict Paine Albany State Tuskegee Stillman Miles LeMoyne-Owen Morehouse Kentucky State Lane Fort Valley State Clark Atlanta Sunshine State Eckerd Nova S.E Tampa Lynn Barry Rollins Saint Leo Florida Tech Florida Southern West Virginia Shepherd West Liberty St Concord Davis & Elkins West Virginia St Ald.-Broaddus Wheeling Jesuit Bluefield State Charleston Salem Int l Ohio Valley W.Va. Wesleyan Fairmont State Glenville State Pitt.-Johnstown 8-2 Seton Hill 3-5 Independents Central St. (Ohio) 8-2 Chowan 4-6 Claflin 4-5 Columbia Union 0-10 District of Columbia 7-3 Dixie State 9-6 Flagler 4-6 Florida Gulf Coast 8-5 North Greenville 3-6 Oakland City 7-3 Palm Beach Atlantic 2-10 NABC Top 25 Dec. 19, Winona State Clayton State Cen. Missouri Bentley So. Indiana Minn. State Va. Union Findlay Tarleton State Montevallo Pfeiffer NW Missouri Seattle Grand Valley SE Oklahoma Wingate Metro State Emporia St BYU-Hawaii Quincy Barton CP Pomona Bloomsburg CS-San B D Rollins 5-3 Others receiving votes: St. Cloud State (Minn.) 11, Christian Brothers (Tenn.) 9, Philadelphia (Pa.) 6, Hillsdale (Mich.) 5, Drury (Mo.) 3, Seattle Pacific (Wash.) 3, Armstrong Atlantic State (Ga.) 2, Millersville (Pa.) 2, Saint Rose (N.Y.) 2, Southwestern Oklahoma State 2, Delta State (Miss.) 1, Eckerd (Fla.) 1, Georgia College & State 1, Mercyhurst (Pa.) 1, West Virginia State 1. Happy New Year! Have a Great 2007! Division II Bulletin 4 Division II Bulletin January 3, 2007

5 The Coach s Seat Courtside With... DIIB: Why did you want to become a college basketball coach? Dickson: It s funny, but I never really thought about being a college basketball coach when I was in school. I was a Business major and honestly thought that would end up being my career path. After graduating from UNH, I had an opportunity to get my graduate degree at Biscayne College in Florida and work with Coach Ken Stibler as a graduate assistant. I guess I got the coaching bug and realized that this was something that I really wanted to do. DIIB: What do you like best about being a Division II basketball coach? Dickson: I love coaching in Division II. We are coaching full scholarship basketball players that are totally committed to the game and their individual improvement. We are all very competitive and work extremely hard to put a quality basketball team on the floor, year in and year out. That being said, we really are coaching kids that have their priorities straight and have little or no illusions about making the jump directly to the NBA. Most of them understand that getting their degree and being prepared for life after college is really the most important thing if you can win some games and create a successful environment along the way, all the better. DIIB: How would you describe the NE-10 as a basketball conference? Dickson: I have been involved in the Northeast-10 Conference since its inception and have watched it grow into a league that can now compete on a national level. The last two seasons have seen teams from our conference both advance past the first round Bryant (after a 6 th place finish in our league) lost in the finals to Virginia Union in 2005 and Stonehill lost in the semifinal round to eventual champion Winona State in But I really think the overall strength of our league is in the balance that we have from top to bottom. All of our coaches are full time and most of them do an outstanding job preparing their teams you know that they are going to try and take away your strengths and make you play to your weaknesses. We really must always be ready to play and there is no such thing as a gimme game in our league. The overall grind of the season Keith Dickson St. Anselm College can wear you out sometimes but it is an extremely challenging conference on a nightly basis for both our players and our coaches. DIIB: What is your coaching philosophy offensively and defensively? Dickson: Well, I ve been the head coach at Saint Anselm for 20 years and we really have not wavered one bit over all that time in our overall philosophy. We are basically playing the same way we have always played, just with different players. Offensively we run a structured fast break system and run that into five man motion. We want to move the ball in the air from side to side and break the defense down with ball movement and quality screening action. I want them to play offense free and easy, unselfishly and aggressively. Ideally we want to build a balanced attack that includes using the three point line, post play and getting to the foul line. Defensively we have really evolved into a switching man to man team. We have built our defense on simple components communication on our hand offs, quality ball pressure, and good help and rotations. We do not want to give up any easy baskets and demand that we play defense with a great sense of discipline. DIIB: What is the most memorable win of your coaching career? Loss? Dickson: I d have to say that beating Adelphi in the regional finals in 2000 was probably the most memorable victory of my career. It advanced us to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history and gave us such a great basketball experience. We have probably had better teams at Saint Anselm during my career, but that team finally got us a regional championship I will never forget that moment. All losses are memorable. It seems like the older you get the harder it gets to lose I thought 5 Division II Bulletin January 3, 2007

6 The Coach s Seat things were supposed to get easier but that really doesn t seem to be the case. DIIB: What is the biggest challenge you face as a college basketball coach? Dickson: I think it s trying to put a quality team on the court, year after year, and building a competitive program that will stand up over the test of time. It seems like it gets harder and harder each year to accomplish those goals and there is always someone or something in your way I guess that s the beauty of college basketball. DIIB: If you could change one rule in college basketball, what would it be? Dickson: This one is easy. I would give each player another foul as the game heads into overtime (one extra foul for each 10 minutes of overtime). I ve seen too many overtime games decided by players that ordinarily wouldn t be in the game. If you have already fouled out in regulation then you cannot come back in the game but everyone else gets another foul. This would keep the best players on the court and lets them decide the game. DIIB: When was the last time you read a coaching book or attended a coaching seminar? Did you learn something? Dickson: I am a very big reader and am always on the lookout for something that will teach me something or inspire me in some way they don t necessarily have to be about sports, but about leadership or performance. I live in New England and have a great deal of respect for what Bill Belichick has done with the Patriots his book The Education of a Coach was extremely enlightening and informative. I watch a lot of basketball on television, both college and the NBA, and try to pick up little things that way. We all have our own way of doing things but you can always learn something from watching someone else whether it is an UOB or SOB concept or something they are doing with their entry sets. DIIB: Do you have a coaching mentor who helped you with your career? Who? How did they help? Dickson: My high school basketball coach, Bob Fisher, probably had the most influence on my overall passion for the game. He instilled in me a solid work ethic, an intense competitiveness and an overall desire to be successful that I have never forgotten. I was very fortunate to have been around him at such a young and impressionable age he really is a great high school coach. Want to be part of the Coach s Seat feature? Send an to gsr@teleport.com. Player of the Month December 2006 DeMario Grier, Preiffer, Sr. Pfeiffer senior DeMario Grier is the Division II Bulletin Player of the Month for December. Grier averaged 29.6 points a game in three games for the Falcons, including a 36-point outing in a win over Glenville St. For the season he is averaging 26.4 ppg for unbeaten Pfeiffer. Coach of the Month December 2006 Gordon Gibbons, Clayton State Clayton State head coach Gordon Gibbons is the Division II Bulletin Coach of the Month for December. Gibbons has his team at 10-0 for the first time in the program s history, and pulled out close wins over West Georgia, Lenoir-Rhyne and Catawba during the month. He also became the first basketball coach in the program s history to reach 100 wins. Game of the Month December 2006 Grand Valley St. vs. Montevallo Dec. 29, 2006 LAKELAND, Fla. - Senior forward Mike Hall stepped to the free throw line with 0.7 seconds left on the clock and connected on a free throw to give No. 14-rated Grand Valley State a win over No. 10-ranked Montevallo in the the Florida Southern Holiday Classic. Junior center Callistus Eziukwu saw his first action of the season after missing the first 10 games of the regular season after suffering an injury and was thrust into a pressure situation as he was awarded two free throws with 1:11 to play. Eziukwu missed the first but knocked down the second to give the Lakers a one point lead. Montevallo s Shon Caston was able to draw a foul on Eziukwu on the next possession and had a chance to give the Falcons the lead. Caston missed the first free throw and was able to connect on the second to tie the game at 58 with 12 seconds to play. Senior Kyle Carhart dribbled the ball down the floor and found Hall in the post who went up with a shot and was fouled on the play giving the senior a chance to give GVSU the lead with 0.7 seconds to play. Hall missed the first free throw, but was given a second chance to claim the victory. His second attemptrattledhome to give GVSU a lead. Montevallo was unable to get a shot of f as the horn sounded. 6 Division II Bulletin January 3, 2007

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