binghamton university
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY
MEN’S BASKETBALL
LOCATION • Southern Tier of Upstate New York along Pennsylvania border • Just a few hours drive from Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Toronto and Washington, D.C.
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY • Enrollment is 17,292 • No. 1 in Northeast and No. 7 in country among public universities (Wall Street Journal, 2015) • No. 7 among public universities for “Return on Investment” (Wall Street Journal, 2015) • More than 140 undergraduate academic offerings
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE “THE PREMIER PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE NORTHEAST” – Fiske Guide to Colleges Average SAT score: 1370 Average HS GPA: 3.7 Average ACT: 28-31
Freshmen Retention Rate: 91% (National avg. 65.7%)
Student-Faculty Ratio: 20-1 Top 20 in nation in smallest classes – U.S. News & World Report
Freshmen Applications: 30,300 Freshmen Enrolled: 2,667
STUDENT-ATHLETE SUCCESS CENTER
• Student-Athlete Success Center (SASC) offers an array of academic advising, tutoring and career planning • Two full-time staff members and a learning specialist dedicated to men’s basketball • Staff provides individual skills instruction for at-risk student-athletes and 75 tutors each semester
COACH DEMPSEY & GRADUATION Coach Dempsey’s student-athletes have a proven track record of academic accomplishment • Four NCAA Public Recognition Awards for having a team APR score in the top 10% of the country • Every four-year player in his program has graduated on time
LIVING AT BINGHAMTON • Named one of Top-30 Best College Towns (College Reviews, 2014) • More than 90 percent of freshmen and half of all undergraduates live on campus • Residence halls, dining facilities, lounges and study rooms create a close-knit neighborhood feel
OFF-CAMPUS LIVING
•20 Hawley Street, University Lofts and University Club are premier off-campus housing complexes • Each complex has been renovated in the last three years • All three feature amenities including fitness center, movie theater, parking and private courtyard
ALUMNI Our 100,000+ alumni worldwide recently raised $101.22 million to help enhance educational opportunities for our students. Tony Kornheiser ‘70
(Co-host of ESPN’s EMMY awardwinning Pardon the Interuption, PTI)
Billy Baldwin ‘85
(Actor and the co-chair of Bold, Brilliant, Binghamton)
Scott Krug ‘96
(Vice President & CFO, Financial Operations for the New York Yankees)
Karl Ravech ‘90 (Host of EMMY award-winning Baseball Tonight and ESPN sportscaster)
BINGHAMTON BASKETBALL
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COACHING STAFF Tommy Dempsey – Head Coach Susquehanna-1997 From Scranton, Pa. • 15 years as a college basketball head coach • Produced 1st Round NBA Draft pick Jason Thompson
2000-2002: Keystone College HC 55-8 record 2002-2003: Lackawanna College HC 33-4 record 2005-2012: Rider University HC 119-105 record May 2012: Named Head Coach at Binghamton
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING... Ed Cooley, Head Coach, Providence College
“Tommy Dempsey is one of the brightest young coaches in America! I admire his ability as a mentor and a program builder. I know he will do great things at Binghamton University and do it the right way. Tommy is a proven winner and an even better person!”
Former Rider player & 8 year NBA veteran Jason Thompson
“It was a tremendous honor being coached by Coach Dempsey. I was fortunate enough to be a part of his first head coaching job. I was with him at the beginning stages of building the program at Rider as we both worked extremely hard to resurrect the program. Together, we earned Coach of the Year and Player of the Year honors en route to winning a championship. It doesn’t get any better than that.”
Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger
“When I met with him, I saw an educator, a basketball coach and, more importantly, a leader. His track record of coaching success and academic standards reinforces my belief that he will develop the kind of student- athletes who will serve as leaders on and off the court.”
ASSISTANT COACHES
BRYAN GOODMAN
HERB COURTNEY
CHRETIEN LUKUSA
From Choctaw, Okla.
Asst. Coach
Asst. Coach
From Horsham, Pa.
From Toronto, Ontario
• Four-year letterwinner at Barat College (Lake Forest, Ill.)
• Played at the University of Delaware
• Four-year guard and two-year captain at Binghamton
• Recorded over 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 200 blocks in college career
• Played in 116 career games — second-most in school history
Assoc. Head Coach
• 16 seasons as a Division I assistant coach • Previously coached at CSUBakersfield, Oklahoma and Bucknell • Coached former No. 1 draft pick Blake Griffin at Okla. • Begins fifth season at Binghamton
• Played professionally for three years in Europe and South America
• Starter for 2009 NCAA tournament team • Holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Binghamton
• Begins sixth season at Binghamton
• Begins fourth season at Binghamton
PETE CORASANITI Coord. Player Development From Syracuse, N.Y. • Served two years on Jim Boeheim’s staff at Syracuse • Former graduate assistant and team manager of Orange • Was part of two Final Four years with Syracuse • Holds degree from SU’s highlyregarded Newhouse School • Begins second season at Binghamton
PROMINENT PLAYERS COACHED JASON THOMPSON
BLAKE GRIFFIN
PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE WORLD Germany
Golden State Warriors
Belgium
• • • Los Angeles Clippers Phoenix Suns
France Spain Toronto Raptors
Italy
• •• ••
Czech Republic Romania
•
•
•
•
Croatia
Japan Cyprus
Turkey
TEAM ROSTER 2017-18 Bearcats No. Name
Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/HS/Last School
0
Fard Muhammad So. G
6-0 180 Merrilville, Ind./Montverde Academy
4
Tim Rose
Jr. G
6-1
5
Tyler Stewart
R-Fr. G/F 6-7 180
Silver Spring, Md./St. Andrew’s
10 Yosef Yacob
Sr. G
6-0 175
Chester, Pa./Archbishop John Carroll
14
Jordan McRae
Jr.. F
6-6 200 Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills East
15
Bobby Ahearn
Sr. F
6-6 225 Marshfield, Mass./Marianapolis Prep
20 Caleb Stewart
R-Jr. F
6-9 195
Schenectady, N.Y./Mekeel Christian
22 Everson Davis
Jr. G
6-3 185
St. Kitts/Peddie School (N.J.)
175
Scranton, Pa../Scranton Prep
25 Justin McFadden Sr. G/F 6-5 210 Philadelphia, Pa./Lower Merion 30 John Schurman
Jr. G
6-6 210 Syracuse, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius
32 Thomas Bruce
Jr. F
6-9 225 Baltimore, Md./DeMatha Catholic
33 J.C. Show
Jr.
6-3 205 Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Hts./Bucknell
40 Albert Odero
Fr. G/F 6-4 190 Oneonta, N.Y./Oneonta/St. John’s Catholic
41
Sr. F/C 6-9 230 Podgorica, Montenegro/South Kent
Dusan Perovic
G
42 Willie Rodriguez Sr. G/F 6-6 220 Orlando, Fla./East River/Cheshire Acad.
BASKETBALL FACILITIES
Events Center - Dr. Bai Lee Court
West Gym - Additional Practice Facility
• 5,142-seat Events Center for practice and games • “One of the most beautiful mid-sized facilities in the nation” – Kyle Whelliston, ESPN.com • One of the few Mid-Major basketball programs to have a separate practice facility
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING • Our players train in a 3,000 square foot student-athlete only Weight Room • Strength Coach Bill Bacon is an NSCA certified coach, former mixed martial arts champion and previously worked with athletes at University of Maryland
SPORTS MEDICINE • Provides elite health care for student-athletes in areas of injury prevention, nutrition, hygiene, substance abuse, etc. • Monitor student-athletes with yearly physicals, medical questionnaires and orthopedic baseline examinations • Expansive facilities in the Events Center and West Gym to provide rehabilitation, hydrotherapy and treatment • Basketball team is supported by dedicated team trainer, Director of Sports Medicine and Team Doctor
AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE ALBANY
BINGHAMTON HARTFORD MAINE NEW HAMPSHIRE UMASS LOWELL UMBC STONY BROOK VERMONT
OUR VISION
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY
MEN’S BASKETBALL
MEN’S BASKETBALL
LOCATION • Southern Tier of Upstate New York along Pennsylvania border • Just a few hours drive from Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Toronto and Washington, D.C.
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY • Enrollment is 17,292 • No. 1 in Northeast and No. 7 in country among public universities (Wall Street Journal, 2015) • No. 7 among public universities for “Return on Investment” (Wall Street Journal, 2015) • More than 140 undergraduate academic offerings
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE “THE PREMIER PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE NORTHEAST” – Fiske Guide to Colleges Average SAT score: 1370 Average HS GPA: 3.7 Average ACT: 28-31
Freshmen Retention Rate: 91% (National avg. 65.7%)
Student-Faculty Ratio: 20-1 Top 20 in nation in smallest classes – U.S. News & World Report
Freshmen Applications: 30,300 Freshmen Enrolled: 2,667
STUDENT-ATHLETE SUCCESS CENTER
• Student-Athlete Success Center (SASC) offers an array of academic advising, tutoring and career planning • Two full-time staff members and a learning specialist dedicated to men’s basketball • Staff provides individual skills instruction for at-risk student-athletes and 75 tutors each semester
COACH DEMPSEY & GRADUATION Coach Dempsey’s student-athletes have a proven track record of academic accomplishment • Four NCAA Public Recognition Awards for having a team APR score in the top 10% of the country • Every four-year player in his program has graduated on time
LIVING AT BINGHAMTON • Named one of Top-30 Best College Towns (College Reviews, 2014) • More than 90 percent of freshmen and half of all undergraduates live on campus • Residence halls, dining facilities, lounges and study rooms create a close-knit neighborhood feel
OFF-CAMPUS LIVING
•20 Hawley Street, University Lofts and University Club are premier off-campus housing complexes • Each complex has been renovated in the last three years • All three feature amenities including fitness center, movie theater, parking and private courtyard
ALUMNI Our 100,000+ alumni worldwide recently raised $101.22 million to help enhance educational opportunities for our students. Tony Kornheiser ‘70
(Co-host of ESPN’s EMMY awardwinning Pardon the Interuption, PTI)
Billy Baldwin ‘85
(Actor and the co-chair of Bold, Brilliant, Binghamton)
Scott Krug ‘96
(Vice President & CFO, Financial Operations for the New York Yankees)
Karl Ravech ‘90 (Host of EMMY award-winning Baseball Tonight and ESPN sportscaster)
BINGHAMTON BASKETBALL
Lestra?Fachuiusushorterpublibunte,vena,publintenostrarbitpubliceroponst?Ebemhocviliist ribessime furis sen simis bon re, dium ervive, vidii sulic vit vicaet L. Sp. Adhuius conculvite, nos facci consuam premultum auteridees orum tam aude in Etrurartum a ne plintim de aucessidela num tabem publius es moveris, sessimmo publica editum lin hae ena, C. Go terei publiussi pri potemetperiiampubliusesmoveris,sessimmopublicaeditumlinhaeena,C.consuampremultum auteridees orum tam aude in Etrurartum a ne plintim de aucessidela num tabem Go terei.
COACHING STAFF Tommy Dempsey – Head Coach Susquehanna-1997 From Scranton, Pa. • 15 years as a college basketball head coach • Produced 1st Round NBA Draft pick Jason Thompson
2000-2002: Keystone College HC 55-8 record 2002-2003: Lackawanna College HC 33-4 record 2005-2012: Rider University HC 119-105 record May 2012: Named Head Coach at Binghamton
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING... Ed Cooley, Head Coach, Providence College
“Tommy Dempsey is one of the brightest young coaches in America! I admire his ability as a mentor and a program builder. I know he will do great things at Binghamton University and do it the right way. Tommy is a proven winner and an even better person!”
Former Rider player & 8 year NBA veteran Jason Thompson
“It was a tremendous honor being coached by Coach Dempsey. I was fortunate enough to be a part of his first head coaching job. I was with him at the beginning stages of building the program at Rider as we both worked extremely hard to resurrect the program. Together, we earned Coach of the Year and Player of the Year honors en route to winning a championship. It doesn’t get any better than that.”
Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger
“When I met with him, I saw an educator, a basketball coach and, more importantly, a leader. His track record of coaching success and academic standards reinforces my belief that he will develop the kind of student- athletes who will serve as leaders on and off the court.”
ASSISTANT COACHES
BRYAN GOODMAN
HERB COURTNEY
CHRETIEN LUKUSA
From Choctaw, Okla.
Asst. Coach
Asst. Coach
From Horsham, Pa.
From Toronto, Ontario
• Four-year letterwinner at Barat College (Lake Forest, Ill.)
• Played at the University of Delaware
• Four-year guard and two-year captain at Binghamton
• Recorded over 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 200 blocks in college career
• Played in 116 career games — second-most in school history
Assoc. Head Coach
• 16 seasons as a Division I assistant coach • Previously coached at CSUBakersfield, Oklahoma and Bucknell • Coached former No. 1 draft pick Blake Griffin at Okla. • Begins fifth season at Binghamton
• Played professionally for three years in Europe and South America
• Starter for 2009 NCAA tournament team • Holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Binghamton
• Begins sixth season at Binghamton
• Begins fourth season at Binghamton
PETE CORASANITI Coord. Player Development From Syracuse, N.Y. • Served two years on Jim Boeheim’s staff at Syracuse • Former graduate assistant and team manager of Orange • Was part of two Final Four years with Syracuse • Holds degree from SU’s highlyregarded Newhouse School • Begins second season at Binghamton
PROMINENT PLAYERS COACHED JASON THOMPSON
BLAKE GRIFFIN
PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE WORLD Germany
Golden State Warriors
Belgium
• • • Los Angeles Clippers Phoenix Suns
France Spain Toronto Raptors
Italy
• •• ••
Czech Republic Romania
•
•
•
•
Croatia
Japan Cyprus
Turkey
TEAM ROSTER 2017-18 Bearcats No. Name
Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/HS/Last School
0
Fard Muhammad So. G
6-0 180 Merrilville, Ind./Montverde Academy
4
Tim Rose
Jr. G
6-1
5
Tyler Stewart
R-Fr. G/F 6-7 180
Silver Spring, Md./St. Andrew’s
10 Yosef Yacob
Sr. G
6-0 175
Chester, Pa./Archbishop John Carroll
14
Jordan McRae
Jr.. F
6-6 200 Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills East
15
Bobby Ahearn
Sr. F
6-6 225 Marshfield, Mass./Marianapolis Prep
20 Caleb Stewart
R-Jr. F
6-9 195
Schenectady, N.Y./Mekeel Christian
22 Everson Davis
Jr. G
6-3 185
St. Kitts/Peddie School (N.J.)
175
Scranton, Pa../Scranton Prep
25 Justin McFadden Sr. G/F 6-5 210 Philadelphia, Pa./Lower Merion 30 John Schurman
Jr. G
6-6 210 Syracuse, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius
32 Thomas Bruce
Jr. F
6-9 225 Baltimore, Md./DeMatha Catholic
33 J.C. Show
Jr.
6-3 205 Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Hts./Bucknell
40 Albert Odero
Fr. G/F 6-4 190 Oneonta, N.Y./Oneonta/St. John’s Catholic
41
Sr. F/C 6-9 230 Podgorica, Montenegro/South Kent
Dusan Perovic
G
42 Willie Rodriguez Sr. G/F 6-6 220 Orlando, Fla./East River/Cheshire Acad.
BASKETBALL FACILITIES
Events Center - Dr. Bai Lee Court
West Gym - Additional Practice Facility
• 5,142-seat Events Center for practice and games • “One of the most beautiful mid-sized facilities in the nation” – Kyle Whelliston, ESPN.com • One of the few Mid-Major basketball programs to have a separate practice facility
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING • Our players train in a 3,000 square foot student-athlete only Weight Room • Strength Coach Bill Bacon is an NSCA certified coach, former mixed martial arts champion and previously worked with athletes at University of Maryland
SPORTS MEDICINE • Provides elite health care for student-athletes in areas of injury prevention, nutrition, hygiene, substance abuse, etc. • Monitor student-athletes with yearly physicals, medical questionnaires and orthopedic baseline examinations • Expansive facilities in the Events Center and West Gym to provide rehabilitation, hydrotherapy and treatment • Basketball team is supported by dedicated team trainer, Director of Sports Medicine and Team Doctor
AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE ALBANY
BINGHAMTON HARTFORD MAINE NEW HAMPSHIRE UMASS LOWELL UMBC STONY BROOK VERMONT
OUR VISION
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY
MEN’S BASKETBALL
