University of Richmond Athletics
Richmond Picked To Finish Third In A-10 Race
10/31/2002 | Men's Basketball
| Coach Jerry Wainwright speaks with reporters at A-10 media day in Philadelphia |
| Listen to junior Mike Skrocki, a preseason second-team selection, at A-10 media day in Philadelphia |
Oct. 31, 2002
PHILADELPHIA - The University of Richmond was selected to finish third in the West division in a poll of Atlantic 10's head coaches and media released at today's Media Day. Xavier and Temple were tabbed as the teams to beat in the A-10 men's basketball race.
Senior guard Reggie Brown (Flushing, N.Y.) and junior forward Mike Skrocki (Howell, N.J.) were named to the league's preseason second-team.
Brown led the Spiders in scoring last year, averaging 14.4 points a game (13th in the league). Skrocki, a third-team Atlantic 10 selection a season ago, averaged 12.9 points and 3.6 rebounds a contest. He tallied over 16 points a game in conference play alone.
Selected to the preseason All-Defensive team were junior Tony Dobbins (Mitchellville, Md.) and senior Johnathan Collins (Norfolk, Va.).
A member of last season's All-Defensive team, Dobbins was ranked third in the conference in steals (70). Collins finished third in the A-10 last season in blocks (77), a Richmond single season record.
First-year coach Jerry Wainwright takes over a program that returns four starters in 2002-03. Richmond, which competed in its first season in the A-10 last year, finished 22-14 (2nd in the West) and advanced to the quarterfinals of the National Invitation Tournament.
A complete list of the preseason All-Conference teams and predicted order of finish follow.
2002-03 ATLANTIC 10 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS (as selected by coaches and media)
FIRST-TEAM Cl. Pos. Ht. PPG RPG AST STL BLK Marques Green, SBU Jr. G 5-7 15.4 3.2 179 102 0 Chris Monroe, GW Sr. G 6-3 21.1 6.1 66 32 12 Jameer Nelson, SJU Jr. G 6-0 14.4 4.8 188 40 1 Romain Sato, XU Jr. G/F 6-5 16.1 6.6 58 30 21 David West, XU Sr. F 6-9 18.3 9.8 50 38 80
SECOND-TEAM Reggie Brown, UR Sr. G 6-4 14.4 3.2 87 45 4 Lionel Chalmers, XU Sr. G 6-0 12.0 3.4 134 47 3 Brooks Hall, UD Sr. F/G 6-6 13.2 5.0 80 30 11 David Hawkins, TU Jr. G 6-4 15.1 5.8 63 41 4 Mike Skrocki, UR Jr. F 6-6 12.9 3.6 78 30 8
THIRD-TEAM Anthony Anderson, UM Jr. G 5-11 10.0 3.4 100 31 2 Mike Cleaves, LAS So. G 5-10 11.7 4.0 79 33 5 Ramod Marshall, UD Jr. G 6-2 13.3 3.4 96 19 3 Keith Waleskowski, UD Jr. F/C 6-9 9.7 8.0 44 21 15 Alex Wesby, TU Sr. F 6-6 11.3 5.9 35 55 17
ROOKIE TEAM John Blackgrove, FOR Fr. G 6-2 28.6 6.0* Keith Butler, TU Fr. C 6-11 24.0 16.0* Mike Lasme, UM Fr. G 6-2 25.0 5.0 Jermaine Thomas, LAS Fr. G 6-2 25.0 7.1# Omar Williams, GW Fr. F 6-9 22.0 9.0
DEFENSIVE TEAM Johnathan Collins, UR Sr. F/C 6-9 5.3 4.2 23 21 77 Tony Dobbins, UR Jr. G/F 6-4 9.9 5.5 37 70 10 Marques Green, SBU Jr. G 5-7 15.4 3.2 179 102 0 Romain Sato, XU Jr. G/F 6-5 16.1 6.6 58 30 21 David West, XU Sr. F 6-9 18.3 9.8 50 38 80*2000-01 statistics #assists per game
2002-03 ATLANTIC 10 PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH (as selected by coaches and media)
EAST WEST 1. Temple (27) 1. Xavier (32) 2. St. Bonaventure (3) 2. Dayton (1) 3. Massachusetts (2) 3. Richmond (1) 4. Saint Joseph's (2) 4. La Salle 5. Rhode Island 5. George Washington 6. Fordham 6. Duquesne
First place votes in parenthesis
