This post is to answer some of the questions you may have about men's basketball.
First of all, the team will play the following non conference games:
a home doubleheader (women play first) vs. East Carolina
home vs. Radford (return game)
at Campbell (return game)
at Southern Cal
at Univ. Hawaii Tournament (Dec. 23-26)
at Cincinnatti
at Miami
Key Players Returning
* -denotes starter
Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Pos. PPG RPG APG
Sean Booker* 6-3 190 Jr. G 16.1 3.8 1.2
Michael Hayes* 6-5 200 Sr. G/F 3.4 1.5 0.6
Greg Roberts* 6-7 205 Jr. F 5.7 4.1 1.2
Demetrius Guions 6-7 210 So. F 6.2 3.6 1.1
Jason Wills 6-6 205 So. F 5.0 3.5 0.4
Dejuan Morrison 6-1 175 So. G 2.7 1.0 0.8
Leslie Powell 5-10 175 Sr. G 1.8 1.3 1.1
Walter Booth 6-4 210 Jr. G 1.4 1.8 0.2
Trahern Chaplin 6-4 200 So. G/F 1.3 1.2 0.0
Derek Crumpton 6-2 195 Jr. G 3.6 1.1 0.0
Newcomers
True Freshmen
Name Ht. Wt. Pos. High School (Hometown)
James Porter 6-9 220 F/C Sanderson (Raleigh, N.C.)
Chris Faison 6-4 180 G Hillside (Durham, N.C.)
Junior College Players
Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Cl. Junior College (Hometown)
Austin Ewing 5-11 165 G Jr. Oxford (Atlanta, Ga.)
Returning Redshirt Freshmen
Name Ht. Wt. Pos. High School (Hometown)
Omari Williams 6-8 225 C Edgewater (Orlando, Fla.)
Chad Webster 6-9 235 C Riverside (Durham, N.C.)
Incoming Transfer (eligible in 2006-07)
Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Cl. Last School Hometown
Steven Rush 6-3 190 G Jr. UNC Asheville Greensboro, N.C.
As far as the roster, in addition to the guys we have returning and the incoming freshmen we also added Greensboro native Steven Rush, a 6-4 transfer PG from UNCA that averaged 9.7 points per game last year.
