Where Are They Now? Below is a list of some former U of R basketball players and their current job titles:

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2 Where Are They Now? Many former Spiders returned to the Robins Center for a special celebration last spring, tradition never graduates. Below is a list of some former U of R basketball players and their current job titles: Bob Ukrop 69 President of Ukrops Supermarkets Ukee Washington 80 Newscaster for Channel 10, Philadelphia, PA Mike Perry 81 Head Basketball Coach at Georgia State University Brian Sheahan 81 Partner with Gebhardt & Smith law firm (Baltimore) John Schweitz 82 Head Coach at Francis Marion Bill Dooley 83 Head Coach at Delaware Valley State Andy Heher 83 Colorado State Public Defender Bill Flye 84 President of Professional Control Resources (Charlotte) John Davis 86 Capital One Project Manager Greg Beckwith 86 adidas national apparel Johnny Newman 86 Retired 17-year NBA veteran (currently with NJ Nets) Lee Goss 87 Marketing Analyst for American Airlines (Ft. Worth) Benjy Taylor 89 Head Coach at North Central College, Naperville, IL Mike Winiecki 89 Asst. Coach for the Spiders Eric English 89 Lieutenant 4th Precinct Police Ken Atkinson 90 Playing professionally in Spain Scott Stapleton 90 Head Coach Lowell High School (Mass.) Curtis Blair 92 ACC Official 110 WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Jim Shields 92 Playing professionally in Germany Jim Springer 93 Vice President of Industrial Nut Corp. (Sandusky, OH) Chris Fleming 93 Head Coach in Germany Kenny Wood 93 adidas representative Gerald Jarmon 94 Playing professionally in Australia Gene Burroughs 94 Asst. Coach at Marist University Mike Hodges 94 Owner of Restaurant and Clothing Co. Derrick Wall 95 Pharmaceutical Sales () Kass Weaver 95 Playing professionally in The Netherlands Rick Edwards 97 Officer, Police Department Charles Jefferson 97 VP-Sales, Apex Systems, Inc. (Dallas, TX) Eric Poole 98 Playing professionally in Switzerland Jarod Stevenson 98 Playing professionally in Germany Daryl Oliver 98 Asst. Women s Coach at University of Virginia Carlos Cueto 98 Head Coach at a N.Y. High School Jonathan Baker 99 Pharmaceutical Sales () Rick Houston 01 Representative for First Market Bank Scott Kauffman 01 Representative for BB&T Bank, Securities Division Kinte Smith 01 Playing professionally in Germany Greg Stevenson 01 Playing professionally in France Scott Ungerer 02 Playing professionally in The Netherlands Jeff Myers 03 Works in for Virginia Asset Management

3 UR Tradition Editor s Note: The following story of University of basketball is a brief look at a very proud past. While space allows for the recognition of only a few players, hundreds of student-athletes have contributed to the building of the program. The memories they made will never be forgotten The Making Of A Legend The year is 1913, and Frank Dobson takes the helm of the first-ever basketball squad. It would have been impossible for him to envision the magnificent growth which was to come. A young coach named Mac Pitt follows Dobson. In only his second year, his team finishes 20-0, the first and only time a team has gone undeafted. Year after year, Mac Pitt produces winning teams, but, more importantly, he touches countless lives. In the history of athletics, his legend still lives. Many Stars Take Center Stage The unenviable task of following that legend comes to Lester Hooker, and he proves most capable of such an undertaking. With Hooker at the helm, the Spiders post backto-back 20-win seasons, a mark that would stand for 34 years. Under his leadership, such talents as Warren Mills and Walter Lysaght thrill growing numbers of Spider fans and the squad is driven to the forefront of college hoops. In the early 1960s, coach Lewis Mills has a star named Johnny Moates who quickly becomes recognized as one of the best of his time, and in the early 1970s, fans marvel at the abilities of forward Aron Stewart, the 1973 Southern Conference Player of the Year. There s No Place Like Home And these fans are soon thrilled by the opening of the Robins Center on December 2, Through the generosity and philanthropy of the E. Claiborne Robins family and because of the vision of E. Claiborne Robins, Jr., the face of basketball changes forever. Basketball Will Never Be The Same It s not long before the Spiders new home is filled with excitement. Bob McCurdy dazzles opponents and fans alike with his uncanny shooting ability on his way to becoming the nation s leading scorer (32.9 ppg) in The dazzle and daring of McCurdy is followed by the yeoman-like work of an over-achiever named Kevin Eastman... the graceful play of a big man named Jeff Butler... and the bruising power of a young er named Michael Perry. The 1980s have begun, and what a decade awaits 1982 The First Game, The First Giant Killed The first game of his first season as head coach of the Spiders, Dick Tarrant leads his team to an upset win over nationally-ranked Wake Forest at the Robins Center. A giant has been killed and, though no one realizes it, it is a sign of things to come. A visit to the NIT, the Spiders first appearance ever in postseason play, comes at year s end, and posts an record the best for a squad in 25 years. Daryl Oliver UR TRADITION 111

4 1984 Cinderella Moves To A 20-win season is capped by the Spiders first visit to the NCAA Tournament. The first round was supposed to be a warm-up for the Charles Barkley-led Auburn Tigers, but, when the game ends, another giant is dead and the Spiders are to blame Crossing Paths With A Legend For the first time in 31 years, boasts back-to-back 20-win seasons. For their reward, they face the Indiana Hoosiers for the second consecutive year in postseason play. Bobby Knight rules, but there will be other battles, other days Starting Things off Right The Spiders began the season with an 8-0 mark. In impressive style, defeated some of the biggest names in college basketball. In November of 1985, defeats Rick Pitino s Providence Friars. The following season, the same Friars team would advance to the Final Four. Four days after their win at Providence, the Spiders easily beat ACC-foe Wake Forest, Next up, a memorable win over the Stanford Cardinal in their own tournament. The Spiders capped off the 8-0 start with a win over intra-state rival Virginia in the finals of the Times-Dispatch Tournament. Back To The Show Senior John Newman becomes the all-time leading scorer in basketball history and the Spiders, led by Newman, John Davis and Greg Beckwith, make their fourth postseason appearance in five years. The site of the NCAA Tournament action is the Carrier Dome, the home of the Syracuse Orangemen. Little does anyone know then but the Orangemen will be a huge part of s basketball future Sweet 16: An Incredible Journey With John Newman now in the NBA, a Kenny Atkinson-led Spiders team travels to Georgia Tech and hands the 10th-ranked Yellow Jackets their first home loss to a non- ACC foe in 40 games. For some teams, this may have been enough excitement for one season, but not for the Spiders. The journey once again leads to the NCAA Tournament. Standing in the Spiders path, incredibly enough, is Indiana... the defending national champion. In an upset which catches the imagination of the country, the Spiders knock the crown off the Hoosiers and, while one magnificent tradition is defeated, another program gains new life. Georgia Tech is the next to fall, and a giant-killer has become a giant. David has become Goliath. The Spiders are in the Sweet 16. And the school from is on the lips of basketball fans and pundits across the nation The Spiders Play For Clinching their second consecutive CAA regular-season title, Tarrant s Spiders receive their sixth postseason bid in eight years. The Robins Center is the site for two NIT contests which draw record-breaking crowds and put the hometown of the Spiders in the national TV spotlight. A year earlier, Temple ended the Spiders magical Sweet 16 trip, but this time the Owls go home the loser They Will Return Yet another 20-win season ends with a conference championship and a fourth trip to the NCAA Tournament, where Ken Atkinson and Scott Stapleton bid farewell State Champions 112 UR TRADITION

5 The Spiders match up with Duke, the East Region s third seed, and a young squad gains tremendous experience and vows to return The Mother of All Upsets In what The Washington Post calls one of the greatest upsets in college basketball history, turns the NCAA Tournament upside down, becoming the first 15th seed to drop a No. 2 seed in NCAA Tournament play. On the Spiders biggest evening ever in March, madness reigned, and the Terry Connolly-led Spiders upend No. 7-ranked Syracuse, 73-69, before a national television audience. The footsteps from are heard throughout America The Beat Goes On In Dick Tarrant s 11th season, his team wins more than 20 contests for the fifth consecutive year, making one of only 11 teams in the nation to accomplish Mike Perry such a feat during this period. Senior Curtis Blair leads the way. And also for the fifth consecutive year, the Spiders compete in postseason tournament play Giant-Killers Again In his first season as head coach at, John Beilein leads the Spiders to a remarkable 23-8 season and a first-round upset of South Carolina in the NCAA Tournament. In the process the Spiders become the first team to record wins in the tournament as No. 12, No. 13, No. 14 and No. 15 seed. Southeastern Conference power South Carolina is the latest giant to fall as the No. 14-seed Spiders upend No. 3-seed South Carolina, It marks the fourth time in six tries reaches the second round improving its NCAA record to a remarkable 6-6. The Spiders capture their fifth conference championship as Jarod Stevenson earns conference player-of-the-year honors leading the league in scoring with more than 19 points per game. The Spiders finish the season with 23 wins, the second most in school history, and make their 10th postseason appearance since A Long Road Playing its first season in the Atlantic 10, basketball set a program record for games played (36) and won more post-season games (3) than any other season. After finishing 11-5 in league play, the Spiders became only the second team in A-10 history to advance NCAA TOURNAMENT 1984 RICHMOND 89, Rider 65 (East Regional, Preliminary Round) #12 RICHMOND 72 #5 Auburn 71 (East Regional, First Round) #4 Indiana 75, #12 RICHMOND 67 (East Regional, Second Round) 1986 #6 St. Joseph s 60 #11 RICHMOND 59 (East Regional, First Round) 1988 #13 RICHMOND 72 #4 Indiana 69 (East Regional, First Round) #13 RICHMOND 59, #5 Georgia Tech 55 (East Regional, Second Round) #1 Temple 69 #13 RICHMOND 47 (East Regional, Sweet Sixteen ) 1990 #3 Duke 81, #14 RICHMOND 46 (East Regional, First Round) 1991 #15 RICHMOND 73, #2 Syracuse 69 (East Regional, First Round) #10 Temple 77, #15 RICHMOND 64 (East Regional, Second Round) 1998 #14 RICHMOND 62, #3 South Carolina 61 (East Regional, First Round) #11 Washington 81 #14 RICHMOND 66 (East Regional, Second Round) NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT 1982 Maryland 66, RICHMOND 50 (, Va.) 1985 RICHMOND 59, Fordham 57 (, Va.) Indiana 75, RICHMOND 53 (Bloomington, Ind.) 1989 RICHMOND 70, Temple 56 (, Va.) Alabama-Birmingham 64, RICHMOND 61 (, Va.) 1992 Florida 66, RICHMOND 52 (Gainesville, Fla.) 2001 RICHMOND 79, West Virginia 56 (, Va.) Dayton 71, RICHMOND 56 (Dayton, Ohio) 2002 RICHMOND 74, Wagner 67 OT (, Va.) RICHMOND 63, Montana St. 48 (, Va.) RICHMOND 67, Minnesota 66 (Minneapolis, Minn.) Syracuse 62, RICHMOND 46 (, Va.) 2003 Providence 67, RICHMOND 49 (, Va.) to the tournament s championship game in its first attempt. The Spiders defeated Wagner, Montana State and Minnesota, on the road, before returning home and falling to Syracuse before a soldout Robins Center crowd. UR TRADITION 113

6 UR Post-Season Maryland 66 Spiders 50 Adrian Branch poured in 21 points and Pete Holbert added 10 off the bench to help Maryland spoil s first-ever postseason appearance by defeating the Spiders The Terps went to the free-throw line twice as often as the Spiders, converting 22 charity tosses to just eight for. John Schweitz led with 16 points and six rebounds. Bill Flye and Kelvin Johnson each chipped in with 10 for the Spiders, who ended their first season under Dick Tarrant at Maryland Fothergill, Mark* Branch, Adrian* Pittman, Charles* Jackson, Reggie* Morley, Dutch* Driesell, Chuck Rivers, Steve Adkins, Jeff Holbert, Pete Veal, Herman Baldwin, Taylor Team 0 TOTALS Schweitz, John* Flye, Bill* Pehl, Jeff* Johnson, Kelvin* Bethea, Tom* Fells, Larry Tarrant, Dennis Polnitz, Terry Dooley, Bill Hersey, David DiServio, Pat Heher, Andy TOTALS Maryland Attendance: 9,373 (Sellout) Spiders 89 Rider NIT 1984 NCAA March 12, Va. March 13, 1984 NCAA Opening Philadelphia, Pa. John Newman led three Spiders in double figures with 25 and John Davis ripped down 10 rebounds to lead to an rout of Rider at Philadelphia s historic Palestra. led at the half by holding Rider to just 39.1 percent shooting. For the game, Rider connected on only 38 percent of its shots, while the Spiders found the bottom of the net 60 percent of the time. Kelvin Johnson finished with 22 points and Bill Flye added 19 points for the Spiders. Newman, John* Davis, John* Flye, Bill* Beckwith, Greg* Johnson, Kelvin* Hardin, Tim Goss, Lee Runk, Joe Fells, Larry Tucker, Robert Simmons, Bryan Johnson, Marty Phillips, David TOTALS Rider Lamar, Derrick* Bolger, Jim* Thomas, Kevin* Lee, Fred* Burke, Ray* Bennof, Mike Grant, David Nicholson, Jerome Morales, Gino Carter, Kim Hammer, Craig Rice, Darren Kovac, Ron TOTALS Rider Spiders 72 Auburn 71 In the first of what would become a tradition of postseason upsets,, behind the 26 points of John Newman and the 12 rebounds of John Davis, shocked Auburn to advance in the NCAATournament. Picked to finish fifth in the ECAC South, the Spiders continued their improbable march despite 23 points and 17 rebounds by future NBAstar Charles Barkley. The Tigers entered the contest ranked 19th in the nation. Bill Flye added 19 points and Kelvin Johnson scored 16 for. Newman, John* Davis, John* Flye, Bill* Beckwith, Greg* Johnson, Kelvin* Hardin, Tim Goss, Lee Runk, Joe TOTALS Auburn Turner, Greg* Person, Chuck* Barkley, Charles* White, Gerald* Ford, Frank* Daniels, Paul Strickland, Vern Holland, Carey Team 1 TOTALS Auburn Attendance: 11,666 Indiana 75 Spiders 67 s run ended in a game many thought the Spiders could have won, a loss to Indiana. With the loss, ended its season at Trailing by as many as 10 points in the first half, the Spiders sliced the lead to just two at intermission, Three times in the second half they held two-point leads, and they trailed by just four, 61-57, with three minutes remaining in regulation. But would get no closer, as IU scored its last 14 points from the foul line. Freshman Steve Alford led the Hoosiers with 22 points, including shooting 10-for-10 from the free-throw line. Kelvin Johnson led all scorers with 27 points and John Newman added 20 for the Spiders. Indiana Simmons, Marty* Meier, Todd* Blab, Uwe* Alford, Steve* Robinson, Stew* Giomi, Mike Dakich, Dan Franz, Chuck Witte, Courtney Thomas, Daryl TOTALS Newman, John* Davis, John* Flye, Bill* Beckwith, Greg* Johnson, Kelvin* Hardin, Tim Fells, Larry Goss, Lee Runk, Joe Tucker, Robert Johnson, Marty Simmons, Bryan Team 1 TOTALS Indiana Attendance: 11, NCAA 1984 NCAA March 15, Charlotte, N.C. March 17, 1984 NCAA Second Charlotte, N.C. 114 POST-SEASON BOX SCORES

7 Spiders 59 Fordham 57 Led by a 35-point outburst by John Newman, survived a scare in the Robins Center, hanging on for a victory over Fordham. The Spiders shot just 46 percent from the field, but connected on 19 of 22 free throws to seal the victory. Kelvin Johnson (12) was the only player besides Newman who scored in double figures. Tony McIntosh led Fordham with 18 points. Newman, John* Davis, John* Woolfolk, Peter* Beckwith, Greg* Johnson, Kelvin* Fells, Larry Hardin, Tim Kratzer, Steve TOTALS Fordham Samuels, Steve* McCormick, Don* Williams, Frank* McIntosh, Tony* Hobbie, Jerry* Allen, Jim Robinson, James Jones, George TOTALS Fordham Attendance: 5,250 Indiana 75 Spiders 53 For the second time in as many seasons, Indiana ended s season in a postseason tournament. This time, the Hoosiers used a balanced scoring attack and a stifling defense to thwart any hopes of another tourney upset, routing the Spiders in Indiana. Seven-foot center Uwe Blab led all players with 17 points, three blocked shots and 13 rebounds. Kelvin Johnson led with 15 points and John Newman added 13. Indiana Eyl, Steve* Dakich, Dan* Blab, Uwe* Alford, Steve* Robinson, Stew* Thomas, Daryl Smith, Kreigh Brooks, Delray Hillman, Joe Meier, Todd Sloan Brian Pelkowski, Magnus Simmons, Marty Morgan, Winston Team 7 TOTALS Newman, John* Davis, John* Woolfolk, Peter* Johnson, Kelvin* Beckwith, Greg* Kratzer, Steve Goss, Lee Hardin, Tom Fells, Larry Runk, Joe Johnson, Marty Team 8 TOTALS Indiana Attendance: 11,323 Saint Joe s 60 Spiders NIT 1985 NIT 1986 NCAA March 15, Va. March 19, 1985 NIT Second Bloomington, Ind. March 14, Syracuse, N.Y. Saint Joseph s rallied from two points down at halftime to squeak out a one-point victory over. John Newman s 25 points and Greg Beckwith s 12 assists weren t enough to stop the Hawks. The Spiders were stymied by poor shooting (42 percent) and foul troubles, as Saint Joseph s converted more than three times as many free throws as did. Rodney Rice netted 14 points and Peter Woolfolk added 10 for the Spiders. Maurice Martin led the Hawks with 21 points in the game played in the Carrier Dome on the campus of Syracuse University. Little did anyone know, but Syracuse would play a huge part in history just five years later. Saint Joseph s Mullee, Greg* Slattery, Dave* Blake, Rodney* Martin, Maurice* Arnold, Geoff* Williams, Wayne Flint, James Leahy, Brian TOTALS Newman, John* Woolfolk, Peter* Kratzer, Steve* Beckwith, Greg* Rice, Rodney* Winiecki, Mike Runk, Joe English, Eric Team 5 TOTALS Saint Joseph s Spiders 72 Indiana 69 avenged two previous postseason losses to Indiana by holding the Hoosiers scoreless for the last 2:40, and knocking the defending NCAAchampions out of the tournament with a shocker. Rodney Rice nailed a jumper with less than a minute to play to put ahead to stay. Rice finished with 21 points, which paced the Spiders. Peter Woolfolk finished with 16, Ken Atkinson with 14 and Steve Kratzer poured in 12 and had 12 rebounds. The Spiders never trailed by more than six points in becoming only the second team to oust a defending champion in the first round. Arkansas beating Louisville in 1981 was the other. Keith Smart led Indiana with 23 points. Stapleton, Scott* Woolfolk, Peter* Kratzer, Steve* Atkinson, Ken* Rice, Rodney* Winiecki, Mike English, Eric Taylor, Benjy Dudek, Hank Team 10 TOTALS Indiana Edwards, Jay* Eyl, Steve* Garrett, Dean* Jones, Lyndon* Smart, Keith* Jadlow, Todd Hillman, Joe Team 6 TOTALS Indiana Attendance: 15,608 Spiders 59 Georgia Tech NCAA 1988 NCAA March 18, Hartford, Conn. March 20, 1988 NCAA Second Hartford, Conn. For the third time in two years, Georgia Tech was the victim of a Spider upset bite. But on this occasion, UR was rewarded with its first-ever berth in the Sweet 16. Led by Peter Woolfolk s 27 points and nine rebounds, the Spiders knocked off the Yellow Jackets Woolfolk, in perhaps his best game ever, went 11 of 21 from the floor. Scott Stapleton was s next-leading scorer with eight points. Dennis Scott and Brian Oliver both future NBA players led Tech with 15 points apiece. As a team, though, the Jackets couldn t solve the UR pressure defense, as their 5-of-22 performance from behind the three-point arc would attest. Stapleton, Scott* Woolfolk, Peter* Kratzer, Steve* Atkinson, Ken* Rice, Rodney* Winiecki, Mike English, Eric Taylor, Benjy POST-SEASON BOX SCORES 115

8 Team 6 TOTALS Georgia Tech Scott, Dennis* Ferrell, Duane* Hammonds, Tom* Neal, Craig* Oliver, Brian Munlyn, James Sherrod, Anthony Team 5 TOTALS Georgia Tech Attendance: 15,608 Temple 69 Spiders 47 Facing the top-ranked team in the nation, proved to be overmatched in a drubbing at the hands of Temple. Despite the loss, the Spiders ended the season with a school record for victories, 26, against only seven defeats. Freshman phenom Mark Macon led the way for the Owls with a game-high 24 points. Mike Vreeswyck added 19 and Tim Perry hauled in 13 rebounds. Ken Atkinson led with 15 points, all of which came on three-point shots. Atkinson was 5 of 7 from behind the arc. Temple Vreeswyk, Mike* Perry, Tim* Rivas, Ramon* Macon, Mark* Evans, Howard* Brantley, Derrick Causwell, Duane Johnson, Shawn TOTALS Stapleton, Scott* Woolfolk, Peter* Kratzer, Steve* Atkinson, Ken* Rice, Rodney* Winiecki, Mike English, Eric Taylor, Benjy Floyd, Steve Team 6 TOTALS Temple Attendance: 19,591 Spiders 70 Temple NCAA 1989 NIT March 24, 1988 NCAA Sweet East Rutherford, N.J. March 15, Va. For the second consecutive postseason game, squared off against Temple, only this time on the Spiders home court. Only this time, Mark Macon was held in check. Only this time, Ken Atkinson exploded. Only this time, won. Behind Atkinson s 6-of-9 three-point shooting (24 total points), the Spiders avenged the previous loss with Temple with a win. Eric English poured in 16 and freshman Curtis Blair added nine. Temple shot just 33 percent from the field, with Macon having a particularly tough night. He connected on just five of 18 shots, but still led the Owls with 13 points. Stapleton, Scott* Shields, Jim* Winiecki, Mike* Atkinson, Ken* English, Eric* Taylor, Benjy Blair, Curtis Webb, Paul Bryant, Joe Jon TOTALS Temple Pollard, Ernest* Vreeswyk, Mike* Causwell, Duane* Macon, Mark* Kilgore, Mik* Harden, Michael Randolph, Shoun Dowdell, Jerome TOTALS Temple Attendance: 7,911 UAB 64 Spiders 61 Despite 21 points from Mike Winiecki and 14 points from Scott Stapleton, s second-half rally fell short in a loss to Alabama-Birmingham. The Spiders ended their season with a mark. was down at the half, but rallied in the second stanza to narrow the gap. But behind Reginald Tusner s 24 points and Andy Kennedy s 15, the Blazers held on for the three-point win. Alabama-Birmingham Tusner, Reginald* Howard, Dylan* Ogg, Alan* Bearden, Barry* Kramer, Jack* Kennedy, Andy Smith, J.J Lewis, Tony Rembert, Larry Team 5 TOTALS Stapleton, Scott* Shields, Jim* Winiecki, Mike* Atkinson, Ken* English, Eric* Taylor, Benjy Blair, Curtis Webb, Paul Bryant, Joe Jon TOTALS UAB Attendance: 9,423 Duke 81 Spiders 46 Alaa Abdelnaby proved too big and Phil Henderson too quick as Duke routed en route to an appearance in the Final Four., which ended its season at 22-10, was never really in contention. Besieged by turnovers and untimely poor shooting, the Spiders suffered their worst postseason loss in school history. The numbers tell it all: Ken Atkinson, 5 for 14; Scott Stapleton, 5 for 13; Curtis Blair, 3 for 13. It would not be s year in the NCAAs, but the Spiders were destined to return to better days in postseason play. Duke Brickey, Robert* Koubek, Greg* Laettner,Christian* Henderson, Phil* Hurley, Bobby* Hill, Thomas Abdelnaby, Alaa McCaffrey, Billy Davis, Brian Palmer, Crawford Buckley, Clay Cook, Joe Team 6 TOTALS Stapleton, Scott* Wood, Kenny* Connolly, Terry* Atkinson, Ken* Blair, Curtis* Springer, Jim Bryant, Joe Jon Shields, Jim Weathers, Tim Muldowney, Brian McDonald, Juddy Johnson, Eric TOTALS Duke Technical Fouls: Duke NIT 1990 NCAA March 20, 1989 NIT Second Va. March 16, Atlanta, Ga. 116 POST-SEASON BOX SCORES

9 Spiders 73 Syracuse 69 In one of the greatest upsets in the history of the NCAA Tournament, became the first No. 15 seed to knock off a No. 2, stunning seventh-ranked Syracuse The Spiders never trailed. was in control throughout, clicking on all offensive cylinders and confusing the Orangemen with the match-up zone. Curtis Blair led a balanced attack with 18 points and the man CBS called Super Sub Terry Connolly scored 14. Connolly added team-highs of seven rebounds and one blocked shot. He also dished out five assists. With the Spiders up by one with 21 seconds remaining, freshman guard Eugene Burroughs stepped to the freethrow line and calmly drained two shots to seal the victory for. Billy Owens led all scorers with 22 points. Shields, Jim* Wood, Kenny* Weathers, Tim* Jarmon, Gerald* Blair, Curtis* Springer, Jim Connolly, Terry Burroughs, Eugene Fleming, Chris TOTALS Syracuse Johnson, Dave* Owens, Billy* Ellis, LeRon* Autry, Adrian* Edwards, Michael* McRae, Conrad Hopkins, Mike McCorkle, Scott TOTALS Syracuse Attendance: 13,386 (sellout) Temple 77 Spiders NCAA 1991 NCAA March 14, College Park, Md. March 16, 1991 NCAA Second College Park, Md. Once again, Temple prevented from advancing in the NCAA Tournament, this time stopping the Spiders by a score. Mark Macon atoned for his poor performance in the 1989 NIT with 20 points. The game may have turned out differently if Kenny Wood had remained in the game. Midway through the second half, and with the Spiders charging, Wood was poked in the eye by an Owl and could not return to action. never recovered and lost by 13. Chris Fleming led all scorers with 25 points, including hitting 7 of 10 three-point attempts. Terry Connolly closed out his college career with 12 points and Curtis Blair added 10. ended its season at 22-10, despite starting out 5-6. Temple Kilgore, Mik* Strickland, Mark* Hodge, Donald* Carstarphen, Vic* Macon, Mark* Harden, Michael Spears, James TOTALS Weathers, Tim* Wood, Kenny* Shields, Jim* Jarmon, Gerald* Blair, Curtis* Burroughs, Eugene Connolly, Terry Springer, Jim Fleming, Chris TOTALS Temple Attendance: 13,386(sellout) Florida 66 Spiders 52 Stacey Poole poured in 16 points and shot a dismal 29 percent from the field, as the Spiders dropped a decision to the Florida Gators. grabbed 15 offensive boards, but the put-backs just weren t falling. Curtis Blair led the team in scoring with 15 points, but on 4-of-12 shooting. Kenny Wood had even a tougher time, connecting on just 3 of 13 shots. The loss ended s year at Florida Poole, Stacey* Grimsley, Hosie* DeClercq, Andrew* Brown, Craig* Cross, Dan* Hogan, Brian Dyrkolbotn, Svein Stewart, Scott Kuisma, Martti Turner, Tim Ulmer, Jeremy Edwards, Terry TOTALS Hodges, Michael* Wood, Kenny* Shields, Jim* Blair, Curtis* Jarmon, Gerald* Springer, Jim Weathers, Tim Fleming, Chris Burroughs, Eugene TOTALS Florida Attendance: 6,877 Spiders 62 S. Carolina 61 Jarod Stevenson scored 24 points, including a pair of free throws down the stretch, as 14th seeded handed third seed South Carolina its second straight first-round loss in the NCAATournament, 62-61, in the East Region at Washington D.C. The Spiders held the Gamecocks scoreless for the final 76 seconds to secure the victory. After a drive by South Carolina s B.J. McKie and subsequent tap-in attempt were off the mark at the buzzer, the Spiders gathered at midcourt to celebrate yet another upset. s Marseilles Brown had five three-pointers in the first half to offset 16 points by McKie, who made six of his first seven shots. The Spiders led by five at halftime and by as much as nine points in the second half. committed just six turnovers in the game. South Carolina MIN FG-A 3PT-A FT-A R PF A B S TP Gallman, William* Grant, Antonio* Stack, Ryan* McKie, BJ* Watson, Melvin* Davis, Herbert Lee Johnson, Bud Nix, Recus Williams, LeRon TOTALS MIN FG-A 3PT-A FT-A R PF A B S TP Stevenson, Jarod* Patrick, Nick* Poole, Eric* Brown, Marseilles* Baker, Jonathan* Cueto, Carlos Oliver, Daryl Houston, Rick Hensel, David TOTALS South Carolina Attendance: 19, NIT 1998 NCAA March 19, Gainesville, Fla. March 12, Washington D.C. POST-SEASON BOX SCORES 117

10 Washington 81 Spiders 66 Washington s 7-foot center, Todd MacCulloch, scored a game-high 31 points, grabbed 18 rebounds and keyed a 2- to-1 rebounding edge that led the Huskies to an win the second round of the East Regional at the MCI Center. Jarod Stevenson led the Spiders with 21 points but managed just 39.7 percent shooting from the field. closed the gap to early in the second half but Washington scored on 14 of its first 16 possessions of the half and opened a lead with 9:56 in the game. s Eric Poole and Jonathan Baker each added 10 points for the Spiders. Washington s Deon Luton nailed five three-pointers in the game and finished with 18 points. Washington MIN FG-A 3PT-A FT-A R PF A B S TP Luton, Deon* Green, Thalo* MacCulloch, Todd* Wooten, Jan* Watts, Donald* Moritz, Andrew Dickau, Dan Thompson, Chris Verschueren, David Femerling, Patrick Johnson, Michael Brown, Bryan Walcott, Chris TOTALS MIN FG-A 3PT-A FT-A R PF A B S TP Stevenson, Jarod* Patrick, Nick* Poole, Eric* Brown, Marseilles* Baker, Jonathan* Cueto, Carlos Oliver, Daryl Phillips, Tyler Kauffman, Scott Houston, Rick Hensel, David TOTALS Washington Attendance: 19,320 Spiders 79 West Virginia NCAA 2001 NIT March 14, 1998 NCAA Second Washington D.C. March 16, Va. After a 17-day layoff without seeing competition, the Spiders showed no signs of weariness in their win over West Virginia in the first round of the NIT. Senior Kinte Smith led the charge, scoring a season-high 24 points, pulling down eight rebounds and dishing out five assists. He scored 16 of his 24 in the first half including nailing 3-of-3 from behind the arc. Greg Stevenson added 18 points and eight rebounds in the 23-point victory, s eleventh win in its past 12 outings. Center Eric Zwayer scored 12 points while guard Scott Ungerer added 11 points. West Virginia Yeager* Bowman* Moss* Lyles* Armstead* Seldon Ayodele Berry Hewitt Oliver Totals Smith* Stevenson* Zwayer* Ungerer* Myers* Brown Lay Faulconer Phillips Kauffman Skrocki Collins Houston Totals West Virginia Dayton 71 Spiders 56 The Spiders were outscored in the second half, as they fell in the second round of the NIT to future Atlantic 10 foe Dayton, Flyers guard Tony Stanley broke the game open with 14 second-half points, including a steal and breakaway dunk with 6:05 left in the contest. Dayton tore away from a tie with just over seven minutes remaining, outscoring 21-6 the rest of the way. The Spiders were led by Greg Stevenson s 21 points. Dayton Green* Hall* Waleskowski* Stanley* Morris* Marshall Kohls Gilchrist Holland Team Totals Smith* Stevenson* Zwayer* Ungerer* Myers Brown Lay Faulconer Phillips Kauffman Skrocki Collins Houston Team 1 2 Totals Dayton Spiders 74 Wagner 67 OT It took 45 minutes but the University of advanced to the first round of the National Invitation Tournament with a overtime opening-round win against the pesky Wagner Seahawks in the Robins Center. Junior Johnathan Collins recorded a double-double (13 points, 11 rebounds) and three other starters scored in double figures to lead the Spiders. A Tony Dobbins high-flying tip-in with just 38 seconds remaining sent the game into overtime Wagner regained the lead one final time at the 1:51 mark (67-66), but the Spiders answered with two Mike Skrocki free throws to take a lead they wouldn t relinquish. Wagner Wilkerson* Hall* Wyatte* Pritchard* Klauder* Dye Kabore Jackson Carroll Totals Skrocki* Collins* Ungerer* Myers* Brown* Dobbins Morton O Malley Totals Wagner Technical Fouls: none Attendance: 3, NIT 2002 NIT March 19, 2001 NIT Second Dayton, Ohio March 13, 2002 NIT Opening Va. 118 POST-SEASON BOX SCORES

11 Spiders 63 Montana St. 48 Junior guard Reggie Brown scored 21 points to lead to a first round NIT victory over Montana State at the Robins Center. The Bobcats took their last lead at on a layup by Damir Latovic with 9:42 remaining in the first half. The Spiders would score the next 12 points as a Jeff Myers triple, the second of two consecutive for the junior guard, with 4:22 gave UR a lead. The Spiders held their visitors without a basket for nearly six minutes in the first half., who scored 22 points in the paint, got 10 points inside from junior center Johnathan Collins. Fellow classmate Jeff Myers finished with 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting from behind the arc. The Spiders shot 53.7 percent in the contest. Montana State Latovic* Rich* Reynolds* Erickson* Clark* Conway Plummer Faaborg Team 5 2 Totals Skrocki* Collins* Ungerer* Myers* Brown* Dobbins Faulconer O Malley Team 1 Totals Montana State Minnesota Technical Fouls: none Attendance: 4,384 Spiders 67 Minnesota NIT 2002 NIT March 16, Va. March 18, 2002 NIT Second Minneapolis, Minn. Led by sophomore Mike Skrocki s career-high 28 points, advanced to the NIT s Third Round with a win against Minnesota in Williams Arena. Skrocki hit 9-of-15 shots, including 5-of-8 from three-point range, to account for his career high. Junior Reggie Brown and sophomore Tony Dobbins also scored in double figures, both pouring in 10. Consecutive layps by Rick Rickert and Dusty Rychart brought the Golden Gophers within three, 60-57, with 1:24 to play in the contest. The hero of the night for the Spiders, Skrocki, calmly nailed two free throws with 52 seconds to play and open a five-point lead, Minnesota responded with a bucket to close the gap to brought the ball back down the court where Jeff Myers was fouled. He, too, converted his free throws to put the Spiders back on top with 22 seconds to play. After a Kevin Burleson layup, the Spiders Reggie Brown stepped to the line and made two free throws to extend the lead to Rychart responded with a three-pointer with 9.2 seconds to play and cut the advantage to After being fouled immediately, Skrocki stepped to the line needing to make one to increase the lead to three points. He made his second shot and then Minnesota s Kerwin Fleming curiously drove the length of the court and layed it in with just 1.2 seconds to play that cut the lead to one, inbounded the ball the length of the court and the final buzzer sounded. Ungerer* Skrocki* Collins* Myers* Brown* Dobbins Faulconer O Malley Team 5 Totals Minnesota Bennett* Rychart* Rickert* Burleson* Fleming* Robinson Hargrow Esselink Holman Bauer Team 5 Totals Minnesota Technical Fouls: none Attendance: 4,955 Syracuse 62 Spiders 46 Playing its seventh game in 14 days, the Spiders came up short against nemesis Syracuse in the NIT quarterfinals, in front of a sold-out Robins Center crowd. struggled from behind the arc, shooting 6-of-30. Trailing by 10 at the half, the Spiders opened the second half on an 11-4 run, getting 3-pointers from Reggie Brown and Mike Skrocki to pull within three , but Syracuse went inside to stretch the lead and put the game away. Brown led with 14 points while Skrocki added 12. It was the third meeting between the two teams. In the team s first meeting in 1991, became the first No. 15 seed to beat a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Syracuse Shumbert* Duany* Forth* Thues* Williams* Warrick Pace Celuck Totals Ungerer* Skrocki* Collins* Myers* Brown* Dobbins Lay Faulconer O Malley Totals Syracuse Technical Fouls: bench Attendance: 9,171 Providence 67 Spiders 49 Hosting a Big East team for the third consecutive year in the Robins Center, the Spiders shot only 29 percent and fell to Providence by 18 points. Jamaal Scott led the Spiders with 17 points, but could not overcome only eight points in the first 12:50 of the game. All five Friar starters scored in double figures. PROVIDENCE Gomes* Sanders* Douthit* McGrath* Kabba* Hayletts Laksa Kotti Traugott Team 1 Totals RICHMOND Scott* Skrocki Collins* Dobbins* Myers* Mayes Holloman O Malley Bucknor Steenberge Zwayer Team 0 Totals Providence Attendance: 3, NIT 2003 NIT March 20, 2002 NIT Va. March 19, 2003 NIT Va. POST-SEASON BOX SCORES 119