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GoBSU.com
Pre-Game Report
(11/09/2006)
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Northern
Colorado |
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Ball
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11, 2006 - 1:00PM |
| Worthen
Arena |
| Muncie,
Indiana |
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The
Schools - A Quick Comparison |
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Ball
State University |
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University
of Northern Colorado
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| Muncie,
Indiana |
Location |
Greeley,
Colorado |
| 17,728 |
Enrollment |
12,300 |
| 1918 |
Founded |
1889 |
| Dr.
Jo Ann Gora |
President |
Dr.
Kay Norton |
| Tom
Collins |
Athletics
Director |
Jay
Hinrichs |
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The
Basketball Programs - A Quick Comparison |
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State Cardinals |
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Northern
Colorado Bears |
| 10-18
(6-12 MAC) |
2005
Record |
5-24 |
| 0-0 |
2006
Record |
1-0 |
| Ronny
Thompson - Georgetown '92 |
Head
Coach |
Tad
Boyle - Kansas '85 |
| 0-0
(First Season) |
Head
Coaching Record |
1-0
(First Season) |
| 1050-917 |
All
Time Record |
950-1019 |
| 163-46 |
Record
in Worthen Arena |
0-0 |
| 302-240 |
Record
Against MAC Teams |
0-1 |
| 7 |
NCAA
Tournaments |
0 |
| Sweet
16 - 1990 |
Farthest
Advance |
NA |
| 2000 |
Last
NCAA Tournament |
NA |
| Mid-American
(West) |
Conference |
Big
Sky (sort of) |
| Worthen
Arena |
Arena |
Butler-Hancock
Sports Pavilion |
| 11,500 |
Arena
Capacity |
2,941 |
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The
Series |
| First
Meeting |
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Northern
Colorado scored a 75-68
exhibition victory over Colorado Mines
on November 1st.
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Northern
Colorado will compete in Division 1 as a
member of the Big Sky Conference for the
first time in the 2006-2007 season
although they will not be eligible for the
conference championship or a birth in the
NCAA Tournament.
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Northern
Colorado is riding a 17 game road losing
streak. Their last road victory was at
Longwood on February 4, 2005.
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Included
in the road losing streak is a 63-71 loss
at IPFW which is the most recent game
Northern Colorado has played against a
team from the state of Indiana. Other
Indiana teams they have played are
Anderson 1957 (1-0), Butler 1977 (0-1),
DePauw 1978 (0-1), Valparaiso 1978 and
1979 (2-0), and Purdue 1978 (0-1)
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Northern
Colorado is 1-2 against teams who are
currently in the MAC but the only MAC team
they ever played was Eastern Michigan who
they lost to in the 2003-04 season. The
other MAC team they have played was Akron
who they played in 1950 and 1954 before
Akron was in the MAC.
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Northern
Colorado has played numerous interesting
teams in the past including the Chihuahua
State Shaking Dogs, Piggly Wiggly,
Continental Airlines, Lockheed Aircraft,
Old Mexico, Coors Brewery, Phillips 66,
Universal Pictures, the Fort Collins VFW,
the Colorado Springs YMCA, and the
American Beauty School who they did manage
to beat. They were not so lucky against
many of the others including Piggly Wiggly
who whipped them 6 out of 7 times.
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Northern
Colorado has boosted it's schedule
significantly in the past few years
playing many big name opponents. Northern
Colorado's 2006-2007 schedule features
games against Purdue, Colorado and
Colorado State, Oregon State, Arizona
State, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan,
and Air Force.
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Northern
Colorado Players |
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PROBABLE
STARTERS |
| #21
Dwayne Birden
- 6' 5" 200 lb Senior Guard from
Jacksonville, Colorado. 21 points, 8 rebounds,
and 2 blocks 32 minutes of action during UNC's
season opening victory Colorado Mines. |
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Terry Anderson -
5' 11" 170 Guard/Forward from Wyomissing,
Pennsylvania. 14 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds
and 3 steals in 26 minutes of action against
Colorado Mines. |
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Kirk Archibeque (ARCH-ah-beck) -
6'
9" 250 lb Junior Center from Cortez,
Colorado. 9 points, 12 rebounds, and 1 steal 20
minutes of action against Colorado Mines. Also
had 4 turnovers. |
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Jefferson Mason
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6' 5" 170 lb. Freshman Guard/Forward.
1 turnover in 18 minutes of action against
Colorado Mines. |
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Devon Beitzel
(BITE-zull) - 6' 7" 313 lb Senior Offensive Lineman
from Lapeer, Michigan. 3 points, 1 rebound, 2
turnovers in 15 minutes of action against
Colorado Mines. |
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Bench |
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Chris Kaba (KAH-BA) - 6' 0" 170 lb
Freshman Forward from Gary, Indiana. 8 points
and 3 rebounds 19 minutes of action against
Colorado Mines. The only UNC player who played
that did not have at least 1 turnover. |
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Neal Kingman -
6' 6" 195 lb Freshman Forward from Greeley,
Colorado. 6 points, 3 turnovers in 10 minutes of
action against Colorado Mines.. |
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Cory Lowe (Kor-E) -
6' 9" 270 lb Senior from Kentfield,
California. 2 points, 3 rebounds, and 2
turnovers in 7 minutes of action against
Colorado Mines. |
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Will Figures -
5' 8" 150 lb Freshman Guard from
Centennial, Colorado. 3 points, 3 rebounds, 3
turnovers in 18 minutes of action against
Colorado Mines. |
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Darren
Moore
- 6' 2" 170 lb Freshman Guard from Chino
Hills, California. Did not score or have a
rebound but did have 3 fouls and a turnover in
15 minutes of action against Colorado Mines. |
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Tommie Clark - 6' 3" 175 lb Freshman
Guard/Forward from Detroit, Michigan. 4 points
and 3 turnovers against Colorado Mines. |
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Bench
Players Who Have Not Seen Action Yet This Season |
| #3
Sean Taibi
(TY-bee) - 6' 3" 210 lb Junior Guard
from Pueblo, Colorado. Started 27 of 29 games in
the 2005-2006 season. Northern Colorado's
leading scorer in 2005-2006 averaging 15 points
per game and 43.5% from three point range. |
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Matt Kline - 5' 11" 170 lb Senior Guard
from Denver, Colorado. Started 21 of 29 games in
the 2005-2006 season. Averaged 6.3 points per
game. |
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Thanasi Panagiotakopoulos (Th-NAH-see PA-na-YO-toe-CO-POE-los)
- 5' 10" Junior Guard from Phoenix,
Arizona. Started 3 games in the 2005-2006
season. Averaged 3.5 points per game. |
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