2013 TOURNAMENT PREVIEW
HARVARD: After coming to the Shootout as an assistant with Duke in 1995, Tommy Amaker returns two decades later to lead the Crimson on their first trip to The Last Frontier. The three-time defending Ivy League champions are loaded for another run, with all but one player back from last year’s team that pulled the 2013 NCAA Tournament’s signature openingweekend upset over 3rd-seeded New Mexico. A trio of high-scoring guards – all-conference junior wing Wesley Saunders (16.2 ppg, 3.5 apg), Siyani Chambers (12.4 ppg) and Laurent Rivard (10.3 ppg, 40% 3FG) – make Harvard the unanimous pick in this year’s Ivy League preseason poll.
UPPER LEFT: Senior guard Colton Lauwers is among a bevy of three-point threats on the roster for host Alaska Anchorage. UPPER RIGHT: Junior guard Kyan Anderson leads TCU north for the first time as a member of the powerful Big 12 Conference. BELOW: Senior forward and preseason All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference selection Kylie Burns will try to lead UAA back to the title game for the second straight year.
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teams a year ago, this season’s squad will again feature board machine Jordan Rouse (8.3 rpg) alongside Brown, who is the only player in NCAA Div. I to begin this season with career totals of 1,200 points, 600 rebounds and 200 blocks. Green Bay is making its second Shootout appearance after placing sixth in the 1993 tournament.
INDIANA STATE: Picked only behind 2013 Final Four club Wichita State in the Missouri Valley Conference’s preseason poll, the Sycamores are making their first trip to Anchorage. Although best known for famous alum Larry Bird, this year’s squad is eager to write its own legend in Terre Haute, led by 4th-year coach Greg Lansing and four returning starters. ISU point guard Jake Odum was an AllMVC first-teamer last year with averages of 13.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg and 4.6 apg, while fellow senior Manny Arop, a 6-6 forward, posted 12.0 ppg and 5.1 rpg in 2012-13. PEPPERDINE: The Shootout gets back to its roots as the Waves return for the first time since the inaugural tourney in 1978, when the Malibu, Calif., school placed third. Coach and Pepperdine alum Marty Wilson has turned over half of his roster from last year’s 12-18 club, attempting to return glory to a program that boasts 13 NCAAs, 15 West Coast Conference championships and 17 NBA players in its proud history. The Waves return 6-6, 245-pound sopomore Stacy Davis (11.2 ppg, 7.3 rpg), and will get another boost on the interior with 6-9 UCLA transfer Brendan Lane.
TCU: After successful stops at Nevada, Stanford and LSU, second-year coach Trent Johnson has embraced the challenge of transitioning TCU into the powerful Big 12 Conference. Despite an 11-21 mark, last year’s squad saw some success, catching the nation’s attention with an upset of Kansas in February. Junior guard Kyan Anderson (12.0 ppg, 3.2 apg) is the Horned Frogs’ only returning double-figure scorer, however senior guard Jarvis Ray is also back and fully healthy after suffering an early January knee injury.
TULSA: College hoops legend Danny Manning played his first three games as a freshman at the 1984 Shootout, and now Tulsa’s second-year head coach brings his Tulsa program to Anchorage for the first time. The Golden Hurricane have three returning starters, led by versatile guards James Woodard (12.0 ppg, 5.8 rpg), Shaquille Harrison (6.8 ppg, 2.8 apg) and Pat Swilling Jr. (10.7 ppg), alongside a slew of six newcomers as they look to contend in a talentladen Conference-USA.
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