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2015-16 GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Release | October 9, 2015
Contact: Michael Stagno, Director of Engagement | [email protected] Phone: (205) 991-9880 | Fax: (205) 437-0505 | Twitter: @GulfSouth | Facebook: The Gulf South Conference | Instagram: @gscsports
ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE TABBED GSC PRESEASON COACHES FAVORITE
Birmingham, Ala. – Alabama Huntsville was selected by the GSC coaches to once again hoist the GSC Tournament crown in 201516 as the Chargers will enter as the favorite, announced on Friday.
Claiming 95-total points (nine first-place votes and one second-place votes) was Alabama Huntsville. The Chargers will enter as the 2015-16 Preseason Coaches Selection to win it all. West Georgia, who lost leading-scorer Deonta Stocks, was picked second (78 points). Rounding out the Top 3 was Union, with 76 points. Coming in at No. 4 was Delta State, followed by West Alabama (64), Christian Brothers (52), North Alabama (41), Lee (35), Valdosta State (33), Shorter (32) and West Florida, with 26. The GSC advanced advanced four teams to the NCAA Division II South Region Tournament, UAH, UWA, UWG and, in its first season of NCAA DII eligibility, UU. The UWG Wolves were the lone GSC squad to make it to the second round, but fell to Florida Southern, 81-84. The Preseason All-GSC Team saw DSU’s Devin Schmidt as the only unanimous selection. Both UU’s Marterrace Brock and UAH’s Seab Webster received nine votes each, while Preston Herring (UAH) had seven. The list of honorees rounded out with three players receiving four votes each, DSU’s Jack Madgen and PJ Davis and UU’s Ashanti Day.
2015-16 GSC MEN’S BASKETBALL PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL SCHOOL Alabama Huntsville West Georgia Union Delta State West Alabama Christian Brothers North Alabama Lee Valdosta State Shorter West Florida
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Total 9 — — — — 1 — — — — 95 — 2 4 4 — — — — — — 78 1 4 1 2 1 — — — 1 — 76 — 3 2 3 — 1 1 — — — 73 — 1 4 1 1 1 1 — — 1 64 — — — — 4 4 2 — — — 52 — — — — 1 3 3 2 1 — 41 — — — 1 2 — — 3 3 1 35 — — — — 1 — 4 2 2 1 33 — 1 — — 1 — — 3 3 2 32 1 — — — — 1 — 1 1 6 26
NOTE: The head coaches voted on this poll. Teams received 10 points for a 1st place vote, nine for a 2nd place vote, eight for 3rd, etc. The head coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams.
WELCOME TO THE GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE The Gulf South Conference officially inducted Lee University (Tenn.) as an official member for the upcoming basketball season. Next up on the slate of incoming institutions is Mississippi College, with sights set on fall of 2016-17. MC will compete toward league schedules, however will not be eligible for the postseason or awards.
GSC COACHING CHANGES/HONORS West Florida introduced Jeff Burkhamer as its new head men’s basketball coach. He replaces Bob Stinnett, who retired. Burkhamer will serve as the fourth head coach in the last 31 years at UWF. He comes to the Argos via Lander with over 31 years of coaching experience. Christian Brothers Head Coach Mike Nienaber was inducted into the Greater Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Fame this offseason. He has spent his entire career in West Tennessee, playing at La Salle High School and coaching for 16 years at Bethel College and, currently, 16 years with CBU. GSC Men’s Basketball Preseason Release 1
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2015-16 GSC PRESEASON MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM Three seniors highlight the seven-member 2015-16 Preseason All-GSC Team, Delta State’s Jack Madgen, Alabama Huntsville’s Preston Herring and Union’s Marterrace Brock. Madgen, currently ranks fourth all-time on the DSU three-pointers list. Herring averaged 12 points-per-game and 7.7 rebounds-per-game, while Brock had 17.5 ppg and 5.7 rpg. Also making the team for DSU were Devin Schmidt and PJ Davis. Schmidt, a GSC First-Teamer from a year ago, was second in the league in scoring (21.1 ppg) and surpassed the 1,000-point plateau as a sophomore, while Davis, the only undergrad on the team, was the 2014-15 GSC Freshman of the Year. He recorded seven double-doubles. Rounding out the list of honorees were UU’s Ashanti Day and UAH’s Seab Webster. Day averaged just over 10 a game and competed in the Athletes in Action New Zealand Tour this offseason. Webster, the 2014-15 GSC Tournament Most Outstanding Player, averaged 15.1 ppg. He also dropped a season-high 33 on Union (1/10).
POS G G G F F G G
NAME PJ Davis Jack Madgen Devin Schmidt Seab Webster Preston Herring Ashanti Day Marterrace Brock
SCHOOL DSU DSU DSU UAH UAH UU UU
HT 6-6 6-5 6-4 6-6 6-8 6-6 6-4
YEAR So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr.
HOMETOWN Cleveland, Miss. Williamstown, Australia Sevierville, Tenn. Gurley, Ala. Lester, Ala. Snellville, Ga. Memphis, Tenn.
NOTE: The head coaches voted for the Preseason All-GSC Team. The head coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players and ties were NOT broken.
2015-16 GSC MEN’S BASKETBALL TOP NEWCOMERS POS G G F G/F G G F G G G G G/F G G G F G F G G G G F G
NAME Brandon Roberts Tanner Finley Adam Dieball Mitch Mays Terry Morris James Kilpatrick Rantavious Gilbert CJ Reese Jonathan McGee DeOndre Haynes Dimarrio Jackson Austin Timms Amonte Potter Phil Taylor KC Goodwin Serigne Mboup Chris Bilbo Saadiq Muhammad Simeon Davis Jahmal Lane Jelani Pruitt Austin Somerfield Shannon Fowler Iakeem Alston
SCHOOL UAH UAH CBU CBU DSU DSU LU LU MC MC UNA UNA SU SU UU UU VSU VSU UWA UWA UWF UWF UWG UWG
HT 6-1 6-4 6-8 6-7 6-1 6-3 6-8 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-7 6-0 5-10 6-0 6-8 6-2 6-7 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-7 6-8 6-2
GSC Men’s Basketball Preseason Release 2
YEAR Jr. r-Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr.
HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL Decatur, Ala./Samford Madison, Ala./Bob Jones HS Cincinnati, Ohio/Lakota East HS Cincinnati, Ohio/Lakota East HS Jackson, Miss./Copiah-Lincoln CC Memphis, Tenn./Cincinnati State JC Albany, Ga./Appalachian State Chattanooga, Tenn./Southeast Missouri Raymond, Miss./Harding Calera, Ala./Tennessee Tech Addis, La./Northeast Mississippi CC Mooreville, Miss./Itawamba CC Long Island, N.Y./Georgia Southern Brooklyn, N.Y./Florida International Memphis, Tenn./Southern Illinois Dakar, Senegal/Austin Peay State Jackson, Miss./Troy Savannah, Ga./Savannah State Atlanta, Ga./St. Peters Planfield, N.J./Western Oklahoma State Gary, Ind./Lincoln Trail CC Greenville, Mich./Owens CC Long Beach, Calif./Mt. San Antonio Baltimore, MD/Saint Bonaventure
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Contact: Michael Stagno, Director of Engagement | [email protected] Phone: (205) 991-9880 | Fax: (205) 437-0505 | Twitter: @GulfSouth | Facebook: The Gulf South Conference | Instagram: @gscsports
ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE TABBED GSC PRESEASON COACHES FAVORITE
Birmingham, Ala. – Alabama Huntsville was selected by the GSC coaches to once again hoist the GSC Tournament crown in 201516 as the Chargers will enter as the favorite, announced on Friday.
Claiming 95-total points (nine first-place votes and one second-place votes) was Alabama Huntsville. The Chargers will enter as the 2015-16 Preseason Coaches Selection to win it all. West Georgia, who lost leading-scorer Deonta Stocks, was picked second (78 points). Rounding out the Top 3 was Union, with 76 points. Coming in at No. 4 was Delta State, followed by West Alabama (64), Christian Brothers (52), North Alabama (41), Lee (35), Valdosta State (33), Shorter (32) and West Florida, with 26. The GSC advanced advanced four teams to the NCAA Division II South Region Tournament, UAH, UWA, UWG and, in its first season of NCAA DII eligibility, UU. The UWG Wolves were the lone GSC squad to make it to the second round, but fell to Florida Southern, 81-84. The Preseason All-GSC Team saw DSU’s Devin Schmidt as the only unanimous selection. Both UU’s Marterrace Brock and UAH’s Seab Webster received nine votes each, while Preston Herring (UAH) had seven. The list of honorees rounded out with three players receiving four votes each, DSU’s Jack Madgen and PJ Davis and UU’s Ashanti Day.
2015-16 GSC MEN’S BASKETBALL PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL SCHOOL Alabama Huntsville West Georgia Union Delta State West Alabama Christian Brothers North Alabama Lee Valdosta State Shorter West Florida
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Total 9 — — — — 1 — — — — 95 — 2 4 4 — — — — — — 78 1 4 1 2 1 — — — 1 — 76 — 3 2 3 — 1 1 — — — 73 — 1 4 1 1 1 1 — — 1 64 — — — — 4 4 2 — — — 52 — — — — 1 3 3 2 1 — 41 — — — 1 2 — — 3 3 1 35 — — — — 1 — 4 2 2 1 33 — 1 — — 1 — — 3 3 2 32 1 — — — — 1 — 1 1 6 26
NOTE: The head coaches voted on this poll. Teams received 10 points for a 1st place vote, nine for a 2nd place vote, eight for 3rd, etc. The head coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams.
WELCOME TO THE GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE The Gulf South Conference officially inducted Lee University (Tenn.) as an official member for the upcoming basketball season. Next up on the slate of incoming institutions is Mississippi College, with sights set on fall of 2016-17. MC will compete toward league schedules, however will not be eligible for the postseason or awards.
GSC COACHING CHANGES/HONORS West Florida introduced Jeff Burkhamer as its new head men’s basketball coach. He replaces Bob Stinnett, who retired. Burkhamer will serve as the fourth head coach in the last 31 years at UWF. He comes to the Argos via Lander with over 31 years of coaching experience. Christian Brothers Head Coach Mike Nienaber was inducted into the Greater Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Fame this offseason. He has spent his entire career in West Tennessee, playing at La Salle High School and coaching for 16 years at Bethel College and, currently, 16 years with CBU. GSC Men’s Basketball Preseason Release 1
www.gscsports.org
2015-16 GSC PRESEASON MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM Three seniors highlight the seven-member 2015-16 Preseason All-GSC Team, Delta State’s Jack Madgen, Alabama Huntsville’s Preston Herring and Union’s Marterrace Brock. Madgen, currently ranks fourth all-time on the DSU three-pointers list. Herring averaged 12 points-per-game and 7.7 rebounds-per-game, while Brock had 17.5 ppg and 5.7 rpg. Also making the team for DSU were Devin Schmidt and PJ Davis. Schmidt, a GSC First-Teamer from a year ago, was second in the league in scoring (21.1 ppg) and surpassed the 1,000-point plateau as a sophomore, while Davis, the only undergrad on the team, was the 2014-15 GSC Freshman of the Year. He recorded seven double-doubles. Rounding out the list of honorees were UU’s Ashanti Day and UAH’s Seab Webster. Day averaged just over 10 a game and competed in the Athletes in Action New Zealand Tour this offseason. Webster, the 2014-15 GSC Tournament Most Outstanding Player, averaged 15.1 ppg. He also dropped a season-high 33 on Union (1/10).
POS G G G F F G G
NAME PJ Davis Jack Madgen Devin Schmidt Seab Webster Preston Herring Ashanti Day Marterrace Brock
SCHOOL DSU DSU DSU UAH UAH UU UU
HT 6-6 6-5 6-4 6-6 6-8 6-6 6-4
YEAR So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr.
HOMETOWN Cleveland, Miss. Williamstown, Australia Sevierville, Tenn. Gurley, Ala. Lester, Ala. Snellville, Ga. Memphis, Tenn.
NOTE: The head coaches voted for the Preseason All-GSC Team. The head coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players and ties were NOT broken.
2015-16 GSC MEN’S BASKETBALL TOP NEWCOMERS POS G G F G/F G G F G G G G G/F G G G F G F G G G G F G
NAME Brandon Roberts Tanner Finley Adam Dieball Mitch Mays Terry Morris James Kilpatrick Rantavious Gilbert CJ Reese Jonathan McGee DeOndre Haynes Dimarrio Jackson Austin Timms Amonte Potter Phil Taylor KC Goodwin Serigne Mboup Chris Bilbo Saadiq Muhammad Simeon Davis Jahmal Lane Jelani Pruitt Austin Somerfield Shannon Fowler Iakeem Alston
SCHOOL UAH UAH CBU CBU DSU DSU LU LU MC MC UNA UNA SU SU UU UU VSU VSU UWA UWA UWF UWF UWG UWG
HT 6-1 6-4 6-8 6-7 6-1 6-3 6-8 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-7 6-0 5-10 6-0 6-8 6-2 6-7 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-7 6-8 6-2
GSC Men’s Basketball Preseason Release 2
YEAR Jr. r-Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr.
HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL Decatur, Ala./Samford Madison, Ala./Bob Jones HS Cincinnati, Ohio/Lakota East HS Cincinnati, Ohio/Lakota East HS Jackson, Miss./Copiah-Lincoln CC Memphis, Tenn./Cincinnati State JC Albany, Ga./Appalachian State Chattanooga, Tenn./Southeast Missouri Raymond, Miss./Harding Calera, Ala./Tennessee Tech Addis, La./Northeast Mississippi CC Mooreville, Miss./Itawamba CC Long Island, N.Y./Georgia Southern Brooklyn, N.Y./Florida International Memphis, Tenn./Southern Illinois Dakar, Senegal/Austin Peay State Jackson, Miss./Troy Savannah, Ga./Savannah State Atlanta, Ga./St. Peters Planfield, N.J./Western Oklahoma State Gary, Ind./Lincoln Trail CC Greenville, Mich./Owens CC Long Beach, Calif./Mt. San Antonio Baltimore, MD/Saint Bonaventure
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