RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS
pion 60.1 percent of the time, picking the correct winner 20 times over the past 33 years. Over the past 12 years, the preseason poll has correctly picked the winner six times. Last season the poll tabbed Austin Peay to win the regular season championship, although Murray State won the title. Year 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Predicted Champion Austin Peay Tennessee Tech Murray State Austin Peay Murray State Murray State Samford Austin Peay Murray State Morehead State/Murray State Murray State Austin Peay Belmont/Murray State
Following are a look at the top statistical returners this season based on their production during the 2011-12 season. The list also includes Belmont players who did not compete in the OVC last year. (Current year of eligibility indicated in parenthesis)
Actual Champion Tennessee Tech Tennessee Tech Austin Peay/Morehead State Austin Peay Tennessee Tech Murray State Austin Peay Austin Peay UT Martin Murray State Murray State Murray State ?
Westwood One to Broadcast OVC Championship Game: For the fourth consecutive season, the 2013 Men’s Basketball Championship game will be broadcast by the Westwood One radio network, the largest provider of audio content in America. Westwood One is one of the nation’s largest providers of network radio programming and one of the largest domestic providers of traffic information in the U.S. Westwood One serves more than 5,000 radio and 170 TV stations in the U.S. Westwood One provides over 150 news, sports, music, talk and entertainment programs, features and live events to numerous media partners. Westwood One is home of the most prestigious sports broadcasts on radio. Westwood One’s lineup includes regular season NFL football, the Playoffs and the Super Bowl; NCAA Football and Basketball including the Final Four; College World Series; Frozen Four; the Olympics; the Masters and more. Through its Metro Traffic division, Westwood One provides traffic reporting and local news, sports and weather to approximately 2,300 radio and TV stations. Westwood One also provides digital and other cross-platform delivery of its network and Metro content. Replay Systems for OVC Basketball Venues Enter Year Four: On Dec. 21, 2007, the Ohio Valley Conference mandated the use of courtside replay systems at all OVC basketball venues. The systems were put into place in January 2008 and have been used since. The systems are used in situations that are outlined by NCAA rules.
Scoring Isaiah Canaan, MUR (Sr.) Robert Covington, TSU (Sr.) Jud Dillard, TTU (Sr.) Mike Liabo, UTM (Jr.) Mark Yelovich, SIUE (Sr.)
Games 33 33 33 30 26
Pts. 626 589 572 457 393
Avg. 19.0 17.8 17.3 15.2 15.1
Rebounding Jud Dillard, TTU (Sr.) Robert Covington, TSU (Sr.) Tyler Stone, SEMO (Jr.) Mark Yelovich, SIUE (Sr.) Jerome Jones, SIUE (Sr.)
Games 33 33 31 26 27
Rebs. 282 260 227 162 160
Avg. 8.5 7.9 7.3 6.2 5.9
Assists Kerron Johnson, BEL (Sr.) Isaiah Canaan, MUR (Sr.) Patrick Miller, TSU (Jr.) Brian Williams, JSU (Jr.) Lucas Nutt, SEMO (Jr.)
Games 34 33 33 33 31
Asst. 177 120 118 103 96
Avg. 5.2 3.6 3.6 3.1 3.1
Steals Robert Covington, TSU (Sr.) Mike DiNunno, EKU (Sr.) Patrick Miller, TSU (Jr.) Kerron Johnson, BEL (Sr.) D’Mitri Riggs, EKU (Sr.)
Games 33 32 33 34 30
Steals 51 49 50 48 41
Avg. 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4
Field Goal Percentage Eric Stutz, EKU (So.) Blake Jenkins, BEL (Jr.) Tyler Stone, SEMO (Jr.) Robert Covington, TSU (Sr.) Kellen Thornton, TSU (Sr.)
Games 32 33 31 33 32
FG-A 98-178 74-138 193-364 212-403 115-219
Pct. .551 .536 .530 .526 .525
3-Point FG Percentage Kris Davis, SIUE (So.) Isaiah Canaan, MUR (Sr.) Robert Covington, TSU (Sr.) Ian Clark, BEL (Sr.) Marland Smith, SEMO (Sr.)
Games 27 33 33 34 31
FG-A 58-97 98-215 65-145 92-227 63-158
Pct. .598 .456 .448 .405 .399
ALL-TIME COACHING VICTORIES Austin Peay head coach Dave Loos became the winningest coach in OVC history during the 2009-10 season. Loos passed the all-time mark previously held by Cal Luther (319). Below is a list of where the 12 current head coaches rank in OVC history. The overall record listed includes only seasons the coaches were a member of the OVC. In total, 98 coaches have led programs while a member of the OVC from 1948 to the present.
Isaiah Canaan was named the OVC Preseason Player of the Year after earning OVC Player of the Year honors at the end of last season. In 2011-12 Canaan earned All-American honors from seven different outlets including the Wooden Team (one of 10 total players), The Sporting News (first-team), CBSSports. com (first-team), Associated Press (second-team), USBWA (second-team), NABC (third-team) and Lute Olson Team. He helped Murray State to a 31-2 record, Top 10 national ranking and a NCAA Tournament victory over Colorado State during the season.
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Coach Years Dave Loos (APSU) 1990-present Cal Luther (MUR/UTM) 1958-74, ’92-99 E.A. Diddle (WKU) 1948-64 Lake Kelly (APSU) 1971-77, ’85-90 Madison Brooks (ETSU) 1957-73 Paul McBrayer (EKU) 1948-62 Bob Laughlin (MOR) 1953-65 Jimmy Earle (MTSU) 1969-79 Mike Sutton (TTU) 2002-11 John Oldham (WKU) 1964-71 Jeff Neubauer (EKU) 2005-present James Green (JSU) 2008-present Dickey Nutt (SEMO) 2009-present Steve Prohm (MUR) 2011-present Jason James (UTM) 2009-present Steve Payne (TTU) 2011-present Lennox Forrester (SIUE) 2011-present Rick Byrd, BEL 2012-present Jay Spoonhour (EIU) 2012-present Travis Williams (TSU) 2012-present Sean Woods (MOR) 2012-present
Record 363-310 (.539) 319-283 (.530) 296-143 (.674) 189-122 (.608) 186-199 (.483) 181-133 (.576) 166-120 (.580) 164-103 (.614) 149-130 (.534) 146-41 (.781) 118-102 (.536) 42-79 (.347) 32-61 (.344) 31-2 (.939) 20-73 (.215) 19-14 (.576) 10-17 (.370) 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000)
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