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UMBC Men's Basketball Post-Season Notes: Retrievers Are Nation's Best in Assist-to-Turnover Ratio

4/15/2008

The men’s basketball program was honored by the Maryland state legislature on Wednesday, March 26. Director of Athletics Dr. Charles Brown, Head Coach Randy Monroe and student-athletes Brian Hodges, Cavell Johnson, Darryl Proctor and Jay Greene visited the Maryland Senate chamber and received a standing ovation in the House of Delegates.

Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Frankie Allen has resigned and accepted the head coaching position at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Allen spent two seasons on the bench at UMBC. The position at UMES will be Allen’s fourth as a head coach. He served at Virginia Tech (1987-91), Tennessee State (1991-2000) and Howard (2000-05) before coming to UMBC in the fall of 2006.

UMBC finished the season ranked No. 24 in the Mid-Major poll .It is the first time the Retrievers have been in the top 25 at season’s end. The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit League, Sun Belt, West Coast.
 

Head Coach Randy Monroe was named America East Coach of the Year and junior forward Darryl Proctor was named the league’s Most Valuable Player by collegeinsider.com. Monroe was also one of ten finalists across the nation for the Hugh Durham Award, which went to Drake’s Keno Davis. 

The final NCAA Division I men’s basketball statistics were released and UMBC finished as the top team in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.57). It is the first time in school history that the Retrievers have led the nation in any statistical category. The Retrievers nearly won a pair of categories, finishing second to Texas in turnovers. UMBC averaged 9.6 per game, while the Longhorns were at 9.4. Other top 40 finishes by UMBC were in three-point field goal percentage (28^th, 38.9%), fouls (33^rd, 16.3 per game) and winning percentage (39^th, 72.7%).

Individually, junior guard Jay Greene completed the year as the lone player in the nation to be ranked in the top five in both assists (fourth, 7.2 per game) and assist-to-turnover ratio (second, 3.47). Greene’s 14-assist effort at Maine in late February was tied for the sixth-highest figure in the country this season.

Amazingly, Proctor finished in the top 100 players in three different categories. He was 53^rd in rebounds (8.4), 87^th in steals (1.82) and 93^rd in field goal percentage (50.0%). Senior Cavell Johnson tied for 31^st in blocked shots per game (2.26).

Senior guard Ray Barbosa tied for seventh in the country by virtue of his 15-of-15 effort from the free throw line vs. Vermont in the America East semifinals.