RMU’s Accomplishments From 2007 to 2012 ... TEAM / INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS (9) Most Overall Victories: 91 Gary Wallace (2007-11) (broken three times) Most NEC Victories: 58 Gary Wallace (2007-11) (broken three times) Best Overall Winning Percentage: .682 (90-42) Dallas Green, Jimmy Langhurst, Mezie Nwigwe (2006-10) Best NEC Winning Percentage: .806 (58-14) Gary Wallace (2007-11) (broken twice) DID YOU KNOW? Over the course of the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons, Robert Morris posted 15 straight road victories against Northeast Conference opponents, a school and league record MULTIPLE-YEAR RECORDS (8) Robert Morris owns school records for victories over the span of two, three, four and five years ... Two Years: Three Years: Four Years: Five Years:
50 from 2007 to 2009 73 from 2007 to 2010 # 90 from 2006 to 2010 (since broken) 91 from 2007 to 2011 & 2008 to 2012 (current) # 105 from 2005 to 2010 (since broken) 108 from 2006 to 2011 (since broken) 117 from 2007 to 2012 #
DID YOU KNOW? In 2008-09, former guards Jeremy Chappell (2005-09) and Jimmy Langhurst (2006-10) combined for 150 three-pointers, the most by an RMU tandem in single-season school history MAJOR AWARDS Mike Rice - 2008 NEC Jim Phelan Coach of the Year Mike Rice - 2009 NEC Jim Phelan Coach of the Year Tony Lee - 2008 NEC Player of the Year Jeremy Chappell - 2009 NEC Player of the Year Bateko Francisco - 2009 NEC Defensive Player of the Year Mezie Nwigwe - 2010 NEC Defensive Player of the Year Karon Abraham - 2010 NEC Rookie of the Year Jeremy Chappell - 2009 NEC Tournament MVP Karon Abraham - 2010 NEC Tournament MVP DID YOU KNOW? Robert Morris is the only program in Northeast Conference history to have two different players named NEC Player of the Year, NEC Defensive Player of the Year and NEC Rookie of the Year in a five-year span. Former guard Tony Lee (2004-08) was named the 2008 NEC Player of the Year, and he was followed the next year by former guard Jeremy Chappell (2005-09), who garnered the honor in 2009. Chappell was also named the 2006 NEC Rookie of the Year, with guard Karon Abraham taking home the same honor in 2010. Meanwhile, former guards Bateko Francisco (2007-09) and Mezie Nwigwe (2006-10) were named the NEC Defensive Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons, with Francisco earning the award in 2009 and Nwigwe 2010. * tied school record # Northeast Conference record; $ NEC Tournament record
ALL-NORTHEAST CONFERENCE HONORS ... Since the 2007-08 campaign, a total of five Colonials have earned AllNEC accolades seven times. In addition, a pair of players from RMU have been named to the All-NEC Rookie Team, while seven have earned spots on the All-NEC Tournament Team. A look at RMU’s selections ... ALL-NEC FIRST TEAM Name Tony Lee Jeremy Chappell Velton Jones
Year 2007-08 2008-09 2011-12
ALL-NEC SECOND TEAM Name Jeremy Chappell A.J. Jackson Rob Robinson Rob Robinson
Year 2007-08 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
ALL-NEC ROOKIE TEAM Name Karon Abraham Lucky Jones
Year 2009-10 2011-12
ALL-NEC TOURNAMENT TEAM Name Year Jeremy Chappell 2009 Rob Robinson 2009 Karon Abraham 2010 Dallas Green 2010 Velton Jones 2011 Russell Johnson 2011 Velton Jones 2012 Coron Williams 2012 DID YOU KNOW? Former guard Jeremy Chappell (2005-09) became the only player in Northeast Conference history to compile career totals of at least 1,500 points, 500 rebounds, 250 assists, 250 steals and 200 three-pointers THE GREATEST COMEBACK ... Robert Morris put together its greatest comeback in school history in garnering a 74-72 win over Youngstown State (11/25/08) at the Charles L. Sewall Center. The Penguins held a 57-34 lead with 16:07 to play, but the Colonials closed the game on a 40-15 run to garner the victory. It marks the largest deficit on record that RMU has ever come back from in its 36-year Division I history. Former guard Bateko Francisco (200709) hit a jumper with 2.7 seconds to play that helped lift the Colonials to the win over the Penguins. DID YOU KNOW? RMU held 11 consecutive opponents under 70 points from Dec. 1, 2011 to Jan. 7, 2012, a school record. The old mark of eight straight games was established during the 2008-09 campaign WE’RE STREAKING Robert Morris has posted seven consecutive winning seasons, the longest streak in school history. Since the beginning of the 2005-06 campaign, the Colonials own an overall record of 149-81 (.648), including a mark of 90-36 (.714) in the Northeast Conference.
NCAA Tournament: 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2009, 2010 • NIT: 2008 • CIT: 2012