BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE

BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE STAFF

CommissionerKYLE B. KALLANDER

Associate CommissionerMarketing

JAMES COMPANION, JR.

Associate CommissionerCompliance

DAWN TURNER

Assistant CommissionerPublic RelationsMARK SIMPSON

Director of MarketingCHAD COOK

Coordinator of New MediaMARK BRYANT

Assistant Director of Public RelationsNIC BOWMAN

Office ManagerNANCY PERKINS

Coordinator of Women’sBasketball OfficialsCHARLENE CURTIS

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Since its founding in 1983, the Big South Con-ference has matured into a competitive leader incollege athletics, actively pursuing excellence onthe field of play and in the classroom. The league’sgrowing presence as an NCAA Division I athleticsconference is evident by athletics accomplish-ments on the national stage, innovative marketingand media partnerships, increased television pack-ages, and quality athletic competition while inten-tionally fostering the academic, personal, social,athletics and leadership development of each stu-dent-athlete. This has evolved into the confer-ence’s mission of “Developing Leaders throughAthletics.”

The Big South Conference was formed on Au-gust 21, 1983, when Charleston Southern (thenBaptist College) Athletic Director Howard Bagwelland Augusta President George Christenberrybegan recruiting members into the Big South, re-ceiving initial commitments from Augusta,Charleston Southern, Campbell, Coastal Carolinaand Winthrop.

One month later, Dr. Edward M. Singleton wasselected as the league’s first commissioner andcontinued to solicit new members. His efforts ledto the additions of Armstrong State, Radford andUNC Asheville, giving the Big South more than therequired six members to constitute an official con-ference. The Big South’s first year of competitionwas in the fall of 1984, and in September 1986,the Big South Conference was granted full-fledgedNCAA Division I status.

During its infancy and prior to securing auto-matic bids to NCAA Championships, the Big Southmade early strides in earning at-large berths inseveral national postseason events, including vol-leyball, women’s basketball and women’s golf.

In 1989, George F. “Buddy” Sasser replaced theretiring Dr. Singleton as commissioner, and in1990, the league received its first automatic bid –receiving an automatic qualifier to the NCAABaseball Championship. Under Sasser’s seven

years of leadership, the conference implementedits public relations and compliance programs, andintroduced its first-ever men’s basketball televisionpackage, featuring the Big South competingamong some of the finest teams in the nation.

In August 1996, Kyle B. Kallander replacedSasser as the league’s third commissioner, and inhis 13 years at the helm of the Big South, Kallan-der has been instrumental in aggressively promot-ing the conference to new levels. The conferencehas enjoyed record levels in marketing revenueduring the past several years, he has brought tele-vision coverage to Big South women’s basketball,baseball and softball for the first time in confer-ence history, as well as increased national televi-sion exposure to the league as a whole throughaggressive and unique television packages.

Under Kallander’s leadership, the Big South de-veloped and initiated its first long-range strategicplan, re-affirming the league’s vision as a distinc-tive athletic conference committed to the qualityof institutional life through athletic competition.He also spearheaded the efforts to add football asa championship sport, which came to fruition in2002, and has solidified conference membershipwith the additions of High Point, Gardner-Webband Presbyterian, and in 2011-12, the return ofcharter member Campbell University.

Kallander’s long range vision has also includedtechnological advancements, as the conference in-troduced its first live event video streaming in2005 and has since expanded its video offerings tomore than 600 events annually through a partner-ship with the member institutions, as well as thecreation of several online and social media plat-forms.

In the last 15 years alone, the Big South Confer-ence has experienced monumental growth andsuccess in nearly every sport. During this time, theconference has had two individual national cham-pions, more than 200 All-Americans, has reachedthe “Sweet 16” in men’s soccer, women’s basket-

ball and baseball, has received national Top 25rankings in men’s soccer, men’s basketball,women’s basketball, baseball, men’s outdoor track& field, and men’s golf, had an individual selectedto play in the NCAA Singles Championship fourtimes in addition to the first men’s tennis doublesat-large selection, had the No. 1 ranked men’sgolfer in the country, has had the nation’s topscoring men’s basketball team three-consecutiveyears as well as the national men’s basketballscoring leader twice, received an at-large playoffberth in the Football Championship Subdivision in2006, and had an institution finish fifth in theNCAA Men’s Golf Championships – the confer-ence’s highest-ever team finish in an NCAA event.

In 2006-07 alone, the Big South was the onlyconference nationwide to have an at-large partici-pant in the football playoffs (Coastal Carolina), ateam in the second round of the NCAA Men’s Bas-ketball Tournament (Winthrop) and a No. 1 seed inthe NCAA Baseball Regionals (Coastal Carolina).In fact, Coastal Carolina’s baseball program hasbeen a No. 1 seed three out of the last five years,while its FCS playoff berth in 2006 came in justthe fifth-year of the Big South’s football existence.

The conference’s tagline, “Developing Leadersthrough Athletics” was unveiled in 2008-09 inconjunction with the conference’s 25th Anniver-sary. The league also honored its heritage with theTop 25 “Best of the Best” moments in league his-tory from 1983-2008, with Liberty University’s 10-year women’s basketball championship run from1996-2007 being crowned the No. 1 moment inthe Big South’s first 25 years.

The conference’s on-field accomplishmentshave been duplicated in the classroom. Annually,more than 40 percent of conference student-ath-letes are named to the Big South’s PresidentialHonor Roll for maintaining a cumulative 3.0grade-point average, and the league has had morethan 95 Academic All-Americans in its quarter-cen-tury of existence.

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ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM | PAST CHAMPIONS

FIRST TEAMMegan Frazee .........................................LibertyAshley Fann ...............................................WinthropTaleia Moton................................................RadfordJurica Hargraves.......................................High PointAna Baker ..........................................UNC Asheville

SECOND TEAMPam Tolbert ........................................Charleston So.Mackenzie Maier......................................High PointMargaret Roundtree ..........................Gardner-WebbSydnei Moss ...................................Coastal CarolinaLaura Povilonyte ................................Gardner-Webb

ALL- FRESHMAN TEAMShamia Brown..........................................High PointAli Schwagmeyer ...............................Charleston So.Linda Aughbums.................................UNC AshevilleKiki Rutledge .....................................Charleston So.Kylee Beecher .........................................Liberty

2008-09 BIG SOUTH ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

Player of the Year: MEGAN FRAZEE, LIBERTY

Freshman of the Year: Shamia Brown, High Point

Defensive Player of the Year:Johnette Walker, Radford

Scholar-Athlete of the Year:MEGAN FRAZEE, LIBERTY

Coach of the Year: CAREY GREEN, LIBERTY

YEAR SEASON TOURNAMENT2008-09 .............LIBERTY...................... LIBERTY2007-08 .............LIBERTY.......................LIBERTY2006-07 ...............HIGH POINT ........UNC ASHEVILLE2005-06 .............LIBERTY.......................LIBERTY2004-05 .............LIBERTY.......................LIBERTY2003-04 .............LIBERTY ......................LIBERTY2002-03 .............LIBERTY ....................LIBERTY 2001-02 .............LIBERTY ......................LIBERTY

YEAR SEASON TOURNAMENT2000-01 .............LIBERTY.......................LIBERTY1999-2000 .........LIBERTY.......................LIBERTY1998-99 .............LIBERTY.......................LIBERTY1997-98 .............LIBERTY.......................LIBERTY1996-97 ..............UNC GREENSBORO ........LIBERTY1995-96 ...............UNC GREENSBORO.......RADFORD1994-95 ...............UNC GREENSBORO.......RADFORD1993-94 ...............UNC GREENSBORO.......RADFORD

YEAR SEASON TOURNAMENT1992-93 ...............UNC GREENSBORO.......RADFORD1991-92 ...............RADFORD.....................RADFORD1990-91 ...............CAMPBELL ...................RADFORD1989-90 ...............RADFORD.....................RADFORD1988-89 ...............RADFORD ...................CAMPBELL1987-88 ...............RADFORD.....................RADFORD1986-87 ...............RADFORD.....................RADFORD1985-86 ...............RADFORD.....................RADFORD

BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONS

BIG SOUTH OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALW L PCT. W L PCT.

Liberty ^ @........................15.............1 ..............938 .........................24.................9.................727 ....................10-2 ....................9-4 .........................5-3High Point .............................10 ..............6 ...............625............................15 .................16 .................484 ......................12-3 .....................3-12...........................0-1Radford ..................................9 ...............7 ...............563............................10 .................18 .................357 .......................7-4 ......................3-11.............................0-Winthrop ................................9 ...............7 ...............563............................16 .................16 .................500 .......................9-6 .......................5-7..............................2-Coastal Carolina .....................8 ...............8 ...............500............................16 .................14 .................533 .......................9-5 .......................6-8............................1-1Gardner-Webb # .....................7 ...............9 ...............438............................17 .................15 .................531 ......................11-2 .....................4-11...........................2-2UNC Asheville.........................7 ...............9 ...............438............................10 .................20 .................333 .......................8-8 ......................2-11...........................0-1Charleston So. ........................6 ..............10 ..............375............................12 .................18 .................400 .......................8-7 .......................3-9............................1-2Presbyterian ...........................1 ..............15 ..............063.............................4 ..................25 .................138 ......................4-11 .....................0-14...........................0-0

^ - Big South Tournament Winner# - Big South Tournament Runner-up@ - Big South Regular- Season Champion

2008-09 BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS

Megan Frazeewas the first women’s basketball player to be voted both Big South

Player of the Year and Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year since

the 2000-01 season.SeniorsThe Lady Flames’ seven seniors pose with the 2008-09 Big South

regular-season champion trophy.

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2008-09 BIG SOUTH STATISTICS

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSSCORING G PTS. AVG.Megan Frazee, LU 25 496 19.8Pam Colbert, CSU 30 469 15.6Taleia Moton, RU 27 401 14.9Jurica Hargraves, HPU 31 419 13.5Ashley Fann, WU 32 425 13.3

REBOUNDING G REB. AVG.Megan Frazee, LU 25 247 9.9Ashely Fann, WU 32 269 8.4Kymesha Alston, RU 24 199 8.3Avery Warley, LU 33 256 7.8Sydnei Moss, CCU 30 209 7.0

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS G NO. AVG.Kymesha Alston, RU 24 82 3.42Ashley Fann, WU 32 107 3.34Megan Frazee, LU 25 77 3.08Jessica Monroe, UNCA 30 92 3.07Shamia Brown, HPU 31 94 3.03

DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS G NO. AVG.Megan Frazee, LU 25 170 6.80Sydnei Moss, CCU 30 166 5.53Avery Warley, LU 33 171 5.18Ashley Fann, WU 32 162 5.06Kymesha Alston, RU 24 117 4.88

ASSISTS G ASST. AVG.Frances Fields, HPU 30 147 4.90Dominique Hudson, GWU 32 152 4.75Kiki Rutledge, CSU 30 135 4.50Ana Baker, UNCA 27 120 4.44Yvonne van Daalen, WU32 126 3.94

STEALS G STL. AVG.Johnette Walker, RU 28 81 2.89Ana Baker, UNCA 27 71 2.63Amanda Stull, CCU 29 66 2.28Pam Tolbert, CSU 30 68 2.27Frances Fields, HPU 30 64 2.13

BLOCKED SHOTS G BLK. AVG.Mackenzie Maier, HPU 31 84 2.71Katie White, CCU 27 47 1.74Avery Warley, LU 33 47 1.42LaTroya Pope, GWU 31 40 1.29Lindsey Montgomery, UNCA 30 36 1.20

FIELD GOAL % G FG-FGA FG%Avery Warley, LU 33 112-179 .626Megan Frazee, LU 25 185-355 .521Shamia Brown, HPU 31 145-299 .485Margaret Roundtree, GWU 31 158-326 .485Ashley Haugtvedt, WU 32 97-201 .483

THREE -POINT FG % G 3FG-FGA 3FG%Megan Frazee, LU 25 27-62 .435Mackenzie Maier, HPU 31 39-91 .429Kelsey Wasmer, CSU 30 76-191 .398Courtney Epps, GWU 32 34-89 .382Laura Povilonyte, GWU 28 46-123 .374

THREE-POINT FG MADE G 3FG AVG. Kelsey Wasmer, CSU 30 76 2.53Amanda Mills, PC 28 68 2.43Tiffany Rodd, WU 27 65 2.41Pam Tolbert, CSU 30 72 2.40Jurica Hargrave, HPU 31 63 2.03

FREE THROW % G FT-FTA FT%Jurica Hargraves, HPU 31 66-78 .846Pam Tolbert, CSU 30 61-76 .803Johnette Walker, RU 28 107-134 .799Amanda Stull, CCU 29 108-136 .794Megan Frazee, LU 25 99-125 .792

Assist/Turnover Ratio G Asst. Avg. TO Avg.RatioKiki Rutledge, CSU 30 135 4.5 94 3.1 1.44Ana Baker, UNCA 27 120 4.4 85 3.1 1.41Yvonne van Daalen, WU 32 126 3.9 95 3.0 1.33Pam Tolbert, CSU 30 111 3.7 86 2.9 1.29Dominique Hudson, GWU 32 152 4.8 121 3.8 1.26

TEAM LEADERS SCORING OFFENSE G PTS. AVG.Charleston Southern 30 2074 69.1High Point 31 2035 65.5GWU 32 2036 63.6Liberty 33 2068 62.7UNCA 30 1791 59.7Coastal Carolina 30 1748 58.3Radford 28 1596 57.0Winthrop 32 1773 55.4Presbyterian 29 1284 44.3

SCORING DEFENSE G PTS. AVG.Liberty 33 1735 52.6Winthrop 32 1807 56.5Coastal Carolina 30 1756 58.5Presbyterian 29 1792 61.8Gardner-Webb 32 2014 62.9Radford 28 1774 63.4High Point 31 1972 63.6UNC Asheville 30 2014 67.1Charleston Southern 30 2148 71.6

SCORING MARGIN PF PA MARGINLiberty 62.7 52.6 +10.1High Point 65.6 63.6 +2.0Gardner-Webb 63.6 62.9 +0.7Coastal Carolina 58.3 58.5 -0.3Winthrop 55.4 56.5 -1.1Charleston Southern 69.1 71.6 -2.5Radford 57.0 63.4 -6.4UNC Asheville 59.7 67.1 -7.4Presbyterian 44.3 61.8 -17.5

FIELD GOAL % FG FGA FG%Liberty 779 1710 .456Gardner-Webb 750 1837 .408High Point 762 1905 .400Charleston Southern 774 1951 .397Winthrop 647 1691 .383UNC Asheville 678 1834 .370Coastal Carolina 621 1693 .367Presbyterian 463 1294 .358Radford 565 1587 .356

FIELD GOAL % DEFENSE FG FGA FG%Liberty 616 1785 .345Winthrop 632 1690 .374High Point 722 1914 .377Gardner-Webb 729 1885 .387Coastal Carolina 633 1607 .394UNC Asheville 744 1779 .418Radford 646 1523 .424Presbyterian 680 1581 .430Charleston Southern 803 1784 .450

3-POINT FG % FG FGA 3FG%Liberty 115 337 .341Charleston Southern 260 781 .333Gardner-Webb 147 449 .327Coastal Carolina 124 389 .319High Point 134 422 .318Winthrop 153 484 .316Presbyterian 127 426 .298UNC Asheville 127 448 .283Radford 113 444 .255

3-POINT FG % DEFENSE FG FGA 3FG%High Point 156 558 .280Liberty 175 609 .287Gardner-Webb 156 507 .308Winthrop 156 498 .313Coastal Carolina 138 431 .320Radford 113 345 .328Presbyterian 129 393 .328UNC Asheville 136 413 .329Charleston Southern 150 419 .358

3-POINT FG MADE G 3FG AVG.Charleston Southern 30 260 8.67Winthrop 32 153 4.78Gardner-Webb 32 147 4.59Presbyterian 29 127 4.38High Point 31 134 4.32UNC Asheville 30 127 4.23Coastal Carolina 30 124 4.13Radford 28 113 4.04Liberty 33 115 3.48

FREE THROW % FT FTA FT%Liberty 395 576 .686Coastal Carolina 382 561 .681Winthrop 326 480 .679Gardner-Webb 389 585 .665High Point 377 569 .663Presbyterian 231 351 .658Charleston Southern 266 406 .655Radford 353 546 .647UNC Asheville 308 525 .587

REBOUNDING OFFENSE G REB. AVG.Liberty 33 1357 41.1UNC Asheville 30 1219 40.6High Point 31 1254 40.5Gardner-Webb 32 1232 38.5Charleston Southern 30 1132 37.7Winthrop 32 1190 37.2Coastal Carolina 30 1076 35.9Radford 28 974 34.8Presbyterian 29 791 27.3

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2008-09 BIG SOUTH STATISTICS | PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

REBOUNDING DEFENSE G REB. AVG.Liberty 33 938 28.4Winthrop 32 1120 35.0Presbyterian 29 1079 37.2Gardner-Webb 32 1236 38.6Coastal Carolina 30 1179 39.3UNC Asheville 30 1215 40.5Radford 28 1137 40.6Charleston Southern 30 1224 40.8High Point 31 1323 42.7

REBOUNDING MARGIN RF RA MARGINLiberty 41.1 28.4 +12.7Winthrop 37.2 35.0 +2.2UNC Asheville 40.6 40.5 +0.1Gardner-Webb 38.5 38.6 -0.1High Point 40.5 42.7 -2.2Charleston Southern 37.7 40.8 -3.1Coastal Carolina 35.9 39.3 -3.4Radford 34.8 40.6 -5.8Presbyterian 27.3 37.2 -9.9

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS G NO. AVG.UNC Asheville 30 498 16.6High Point 31 457 14.7Radford 28 407 14.5Charleston Southern 30 432 14.4Liberty 33 451 13.7Gardner-Webb 32 407 12.7Winthrop 32 394 12.3Coastal Carolina 30 366 12.2Presbyterian 29 204 7.0

DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS G NO. AVG.Liberty 33 906 27.5Gardner-Webb 32 825 25.8High Point 31 797 25.7Winthrop 32 796 24.9UNC Asheville 30 721 24.0Coastal Carolina 30 710 23.7Charleston Southern 30 700 23.3Radford 28 567 20.3Presbyterian 29 587 20.2

ASSISTS G ASST. AVG.Charleston Southern 30 436 14.5Gardner-Webb 32 443 13.8High Point 31 429 13.8Liberty 33 434 13.2Winthrop 32 413 12.9UNC Asheville 30 359 12.0Coastal Carolina 30 352 11.7Radford 28 286 10.2Presbyterian 29 247 8.5

STEALS G STL. AVG.Radford 28 282 10.1High Point 31 303 9.8Charleston Southern 30 284 9.5UNC Asheville 30 271 9.0Coastal Carolina 30 258 8.6Liberty 33 260 7.9Gardner-Webb 32 249 7.8Winthrop 32 229 7.2Presbyterian 29 168 5.8

BLOCKED SHOTS G BLK. AVG.High Point 31 165 5.3Gardner-Webb 32 117 3.7Liberty 33 104 3.2Coastal Carolina 30 94 3.1UNC Asheville 30 72 2.4Radford 28 61 2.2Winthrop 32 68 2.1Charleston Southern 30 53 1.8Presbyterian 29 29 1.0

TURNOVER MARGIN AVG AVG MAR.Coastal Carolina 14.8 17.8 +3.0High Point 16.7 18.8 +2.1Radford 18.0 19.8 +1.8Charleston Southern 18.2 19.4 +1.2Gardner-Webb 17.5 16.8 -0.8UNC Asheville 18.6 17.5 -1.1Winthrop 18.6 16.7 -1.9Liberty 20.2 16.7 -3.5Presbyterian 21.1 15.7 -5.5

ASST./TO RATIO ASST AVG. TO AVG. RATIOHigh Point 13.8 16.7 0.83Charleston Southern 14.5 18.2 0.80Coastal Carolina 11.7 14.8 0.79Gardner-Webb 13.8 17.5 0.79Winthrop 12.9 18.6 0.69Liberty 13.2 20.2 0.65UNC Asheville 12.0 18.6 0.64Radford 10.2 18.0 0.57Presbyterian 8.5 21.1 0.40

2008-09 BIG SOUTH PLAYERS OF THE WEEKNov. 17............................Megan Frazee, LibertyNov. 24 ....................Amanda Stull, Coastal CarolinaDec. 1 .......................Jessica Monroe, UNC AshevilleDec. 8 ...............Lindsey Montgomery, UNC AshevilleDec. 15.........................Mackenzie Maier, High PointDec. 23 ..........................Pam Tolbert, Charleston So.Jan. 5...............................Megan Frazee, LibertyJan. 12 ...........................Pam Tolbert, Charleston So.Jan. 19 ..........................Jurica Hargraves, High PointJan. 26.............................Megan Frazee, LibertyFeb. 2.........................Rachel Hammond, LibertyFeb. 9 ...................................Tiffany Rodd, WinthropFeb. 16 ............................Megan Frazee, LibertyFeb. 23 ............................Megan Frazee, LibertyMarch 2...........................Megan Frazee, LibertyMarch 9.................................Ashley Fann, Winthrop

2008-09 BIG SOUTH FRESHMEN OF THE WEEKNov. 17 ............................Shamia Brown, High PointNov. 24 ..................Ali Schwagmeyer, Charleston So.Dec. 1 ....................Ali Schwagmeyer, Charleston So.Dec. 8 ..............................Shamia Brown, High PointDec. 15 ............................Kylee Beecher, LibertyDec. 23 ........................Kiki Rutledge, Charleston So.Jan. 5...............................Shamia Brown, High PointJan. 12 .................Lindsey Thompson, UNC AshevilleJan. 19.............................Shamia Brown, High PointJan. 26 .......................Teonika Webb, Gardner-WebbFeb. 2.....................Ali Schwagmeyer, Charleston So.Feb. 9 ....................Linda Aughburns, UNC AshevilleFeb. 16.............................Shamia Brown, High PointFeb. 23...................Ali Schwagmeyer, Charleston So.March 2 ...........................Shamia Brown, High PointMarch 9 .......................Kiki Rutledge, Charleston So.

Avery Warley

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COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, NOV. 13Southern Virginia at Coastal Carolina, 5 p.m.High Point vs. Navy (Elon Tournament), 5 p.m.Winston-Salem State at Liberty, 7 p.m. Winthrop at Georgia Tech (Preseason WNIT),

7:30 p.m.Houston at Gardner-Webb, 8 p.m. Limestone at Charleston Southern, 8 p.m.

SATURDAY, NOV. 14Presbyterian at Colgate, Noon Newbery at UNC Asheville, 4:30 p.m.High Point vs. Youngstown State

(Elon Tournament), 7 p.m.

SUNDAY, NOV. 15Radford at William & Mary, 2 p.m.

MONDAY, NOV. 16Winston-Salem State at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.Presbyterian at Syracuse, 7 p.m.Coastal Carolina at Campbell, 7 p.m.

TUESDAY, NOV. 17UNC Asheville at South Carolina State, 5:30 p.m.UNC Greensboro at Liberty, 7 p.m. Coker at Winthrop, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18Coastal Carolina at North Carolina, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, NOV. 19Limestone at Gardner-Webb, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, NOV. 20Liberty vs. Tulane (Navy Classic), 4:45 p.m.Presbyterian at Morehead State

(Morehead State Tournament), 7 p.m. Texas-San Antonio at Charleston Southern

(Lowcountry Women’s Classic), 7:30 p.m.Winthrop vs. TBA (Preseason WNIT)

SATURDAY, NOV. 21Presbyterian vs. Winston-Salem State

(Morehead State Tournament), 1:30 p.m.Lees-McRae at UNC Asheville, 2 p.m. UNC Greensboro at High Point, 4 p.m.Mercer at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.Mount St. Mary’s at Radford, 7 p.m.Liberty vs. Loyola (Md.)/Navy (Navy Classic),

4:45/7 p.m.

SUNDAY, NOV. 22Presbyterian vs. Lipscomb (Morehead State

Tournament), 1 p.m. Gardner-Webb at North Carolina Central, 3 p.m.Winthrop vs. TBA (Preseason WNIT), TBA

TUESDAY, NOV. 24Campbell at UNC Asheville, 7 p.m.Bluefield at Charleston Southern, 7 p.mAppalachian State at Gardner-Webb, 7 p.mCoastal Carolina at Alaska-Anchorage (Great

Alaska Shootout), 10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25Presbyterian at North Carolina, 1 p.m.High Point at Wake Forest, 3 p.m.Virginia Tech at Radford, 7 p.mCoastal Carolina vs. Cincinnati/Western Carolina

(Great Alaska Shootout), 6:30/9 p.m.

FRIDAY, NOV. 27Winthrop vs. Utah Valley State (Montana State

Tournament), 8:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, NOV. 28Gardner-Webb vs. Morehead State

(Lancer Weekend Classic), NoonUNC Asheville at USC Upstate, 2 p.m.Liberty at Lafayette, 2 p.m.South Carolina State at Charleston Southern,

2 p.m.Winthrop vs. Montana State/Southern Utah

(Montana State Tournaent), 8:30/11:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, NOV. 29Gardner-Webb vs. Texas Pan-American

(Longwood Tournament), NoonCharleston Southern at North Carolina 12:30 p.m.Presbyterian at Wake Forest, 2 p.m.Coker at Coastal Carolina, 2 p.m.Howard at Radford, 3 p.m.

TUESDAY, DEC. 1Charleston Southern at UNC Greensboro, 7 p.m.James Madison at Liberty, 7 p.m.Wofford at Gardner-Webb, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2UNC Asheville at Western Carolina, 5 p.m.Presbyterian at Charlotte, 5:30 p.m.College of Charleston at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m.High Point at South Carolina, 7 p.m.Radford at West Virginia, TBA

SATURDAY, DEC. 5UNC Asheville at Charlotte, 2 p.m.Glenville State at Liberty, 4 p.m.Southern Virginia at Radford, 3 p.mUSC Aiken at Winthrop, 4 p.m.East Carolina at Gardner-Webb, 4:30 p.m.Georgia State at Presbyterian, 5 p.m.Coastal Carolina at Savannah State, 7 p.m.

SUNDAY, DEC. 6High Point at American, 2 p.m.Charleston Southern at Clemson, 4 p.m.

TUESDAY, DEC. 8Radford at North Carolina, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9Campbell at High Point, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, DEC. 11Southern Wesleyan at UNC Asheville, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, DEC. 12Augusta State at Winthrop, 5:30 p.mUNC Wilmington at High Point, 7 p.m.Radford at VCU, TBA

SUNDAY, DEC. 13Converse at Coastal Carolina, 2 p.m.Gardner-Webb at North Carolina, 3 p.m.

MONDAY, DEC. 14South Carolina State at Presbyterian, 11:30 a.m.

TUESDAY, DEC. 15Coastal Carolina at UNC Wilmington, NoonLiberty at Auburn, 7 p.m.VCU at Winthrop (Fort Mill, S.C.), 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16Georgia Southern at UNC Asheville, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, DEC. 18Bethune-Cookman at Charleston Southern, 7 p.m.Davidson at Radford, 7 p.m.Converse at Gardner-Webb, 7 p.m.Longwood at High Point, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, DEC. 19Winthrop at N.C. State, 5 p.m.

SUNDAY, DEC. 20Savannah State at Coastal Carolina

(Myrtle Beach Civic Center), 5 p.m.

MONDAY, DEC. 21Presbyterian at Alabama, 11:30 a.m.Elon at UNC Asheville, 2:30 p.m.High Point vs. William & Mary

(Florida Tournament), 4:30 p.m.Winthrop at Campbell, 7 p.m.Gardner-Webb at Purdue, 7 p.m.Radford at Richmond, 7 p.m.

TUESDAY, DEC. 22Savannah State at Charleston Southern, 5 p.m.High Point vs. TBA (Florida Tournament), TBA

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 23Radford at Hampton, 5:30 p.m.

MONDAY, DEC. 28Liberty vs. Cornell (Marriott Cavalier Classic),

4:30 p.m.Mercer at High Point, 7 p.m.

TUESDAY, DEC. 29UNC Asheville vs. Western Michigan

(JMU Tournament), 5 p.m.Charleston Southern at College of Charleston,

7 p.m.Elon at Coastal Carolina, 5 p.m.Liberty vs. Samford/Virginia (Marriott Cavalier

Classic), 4:30/7 p.m.

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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30Presbyterian at USC Upstate, 3 p.m.Mercer at Winthrop, 7 p.m.Longwood at Gardner-Webb, 7 p.m.UNC Asheville vs. Lafayette/James Madison (JMU

Tournament), 5/7 p.m.

THURSDAY, DEC. 31Radford at Marshall, TBA

SATURDAY, JAN. 2Coastal Carolina at UNC Asheville, 2 p.m. *Liberty at Gardner-Webb, 3 p.m. *Charleston Southern at High Point, 4 p.m. *Presbyterian at Winthrop, 4 p.m. *

MONDAY, JAN. 4Coastal Carolina at High Point, 4 p.m. *Charleston Southern at UNC Asheville, 7 p.m. *Radford at Gardner-Webb, 7 p.m. *

TUESDAY, JAN. 5North Carolina A&T at Liberty, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, JAN. 9High Point at Radford, 3 p.m. *Charleston Southern at Coastal Carolina, 4 p.m. *UNC Asheville at Gardner-Webb, 4:30 p.m. *Winthrop at Liberty, 7 p.m. *

MONDAY, JAN. 11UNC Asheville at Presbyterian, 7 p.m. *Winthrop at Radford, 7 p.m.*High Point at Gardner-Webb 7 p.m.*

TUESDAY, JAN. 12Longwood at Liberty, 7 p.m.Charleston Southern at Savannah State, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, JAN. 16UNC Asheville at Radford, 3 p.m.*Presbyterian at Liberty, 4 p.m. *Winthrop at High Point, 4 p.m. *Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, 5 p.m. *

MONDAY, JAN. 18UNC Asheville at Liberty, 7 p.m. *Wingate at Charsleston Southern, 7 p.m. *Presbyterian at Radford, 7 p.m. *Winthrop at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m. *

FRIDAY, JAN. 22North Carolina Central at UNC Asheville, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, JAN. 23Radford at Coastal Carolina, 2 p.m. *Gardner-Webb at Winthrop, 4 p.m. *High Point at Presbyterian, 5 p.m. *Liberty at Charleston Southern, 5 p.m. *

MONDAY, JAN. 25High Point at UNC Asheville, 7 p.m. *Radford at Charleston Southern, 7 p.m. * Gardner-Webb at Presbyterian, 7 p.m. *Liberty at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m. *

TUESDAY, JAN. 26Winthrop at Longwood, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, JAN. 30UNC Asheville at Winthrop, 1:30 p.m. *Liberty at High Point, 4 p.m. *Coastal Carolina at Gardner-Webb, 4:30 p.m. *Charleston Southern at Presbyterian, 5 p.m. *

MONDAY, FEB. 1Coastal Carolina at Presbyterian, 7 p.m. *Liberty at Radford, 7 p.m. *Charleston Southern at Winthrop 7 p.m. *

THURSDAY, FEB. 4North Carolina Central at Liberty, 5 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEB. 6High Point at Coastal Carolina, 2 p.m. *Gardner-Webb at Radford, 3 p.m. *Winthrop at Presbyterian, 5 p.m. * UNC Asheville at Charleston Southern, 5 p.m. *

MONDAY, FEB. 8UNC Asheville at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m. *High Point at Charleston Southern, 7 p.m. *Gardner-Webb at Liberty, 7 p.m. *

TUESDAY, FEB. 9Allen at Presbyterian, 7 p.m.North Carolina Central at Winthrop, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEB. 13Presbyterian at UNC Asheville, 2 p.m. *Radford at Winthrop, 4 p.m. *Gardner-Webb at High Point, 4 p.m. *Coastal Carolina at Charleston Southern, 5 p.m. *

MONDAY, FEB. 15Gardner-Webb at UNC Asheville, 7 p.m. *Liberty at Winthrop, 7 p.m. *Radford at High Point, 7 p.m. *

TUESDAY, FEB. 16North Carolina Central at Presbyterian, 5 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEB. 20Presbyterian at Gardner-Webb, 3 p.m. *Charleston Southern at Radford, 3 p.m. *Coastal Carolina at Liberty, 4 p.m. *UNC Asheville at High Point, 4 p.m. *

MONDAY, FEB. 22Winthrop at Gardner-Webb, 7 p.m. *Charleston Southern at Liberty, 7 p.m. *Presbyterian at High Point, 7 p.m. *Coastal Carolina at Radford, 7 p.m. *

SATURDAY, FEB. 27Liberty at UNC Asheville, 2 p.m. *Charleston Southern at Gardner-Webb, 3 p.m. *High Point at Winthrop, 4 p.m. *Radford at Presbyterian, 5 p.m. *

MONDAY, MAR. 1Coastal Carolina at Winthrop, 7 p.m. *Radford at UNC Asheville, 7 p.m. *Liberty at Presbyterian, 7 p.m. *

FRIDAY, MAR. 5Gardner-Webb at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m. *Winthrop at UNC Asheville, 7 p.m. *Presbyterian at Charleston Southern, 7 p.m. *Radford at Liberty, 7 p.m. *

MONDAY, MAR. 8Winthrop at Charleston Southern, 7 p.m. *High Point at Liberty, 7 p.m. *Presbyterian at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m. *

FRIDAY, MARCH 12Big South Conference Women’s Basketball

ChampionshipMillis Center, High Point, N.C.Quarterfinals – Noon, 2 p.m., 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, MARCH 13Big South Conference Women’s Basketball

ChampionshipMillis Center, High Point, N.C.Semifinals – 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.

SUNDAY, MARCH 14Big South Conference Women’s Basketball

ChampionshipMillis Center, High Point, N.C.Championship game – 2 p.m.

* - Big South Conference gameLiberty games in boldAll times are EST and are subject to change

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2010 BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP

The entire 2010 Advance Auto Parts Big SouthWomen’s Basketball Championship will be con-tested at the Millis Athletic Center on the campusof High Point University. It will be the secondstraight year High Point has hosted the Big SouthWomen’s Basketball Championship. UNC Ashevillehosted the single-site tournament at the JusticeCenter in both 2007 and 2008.

This year’s championship will begin with fourquarterfinal contests on March 12. The quarterfinalwinners will head to the semifinals, to be playedMarch 14. The women’s championship game willbe played on March 15. The game will determinethe recipient of the Big South’s automatic bid tothe 2010 NCAA Division I Women’s BasketballChampionship.

The 2010 Big South men’s basketball championwill be crowned the week prior to the women’stournament. Unlike the women’s championship,the men’s event features an emphasis on home-court advantage. Six out of seven Big South Men’sBasketball Championship contests a season ago

were played on home courts. Radford attractedmore than 7,000 total fans to the Dedmon Centerfor the Highlanders’ semifinal and championshiptilts.

The 2010 Advance Auto Parts Big South Men’sBasketball Championship will begin March 2, withfour simultaneous quarterfinal matchups at thehigher seeded teams’ arenas. Winners will advanceto the semifinal round on March 4, which will beplayed at the site of the Big South regular-seasonchampion.

The highest remaining seed will earn the rightto host the Big South Championship title game, at4 p.m. on March 6, LIVE on ESPN2 as part ofChampionship Week. The winner will emerge withthe conference’s automatic bid to the 2010 NCAATournament.

The format for the Big South Championship hasevolved over the years. From 2004 through 2006,the No. 1 seed in both the men’s and women’schampionships had the ability to play all three ofits tournament games on its home floor. The Lib-

erty women’s basketball team took advantage ofthis stipulation, capturing Big South titles No. 8, 9and 10 at the Vines Center.

Previously, the Big South men’s and women’sbasketball championships have been played intheir entirety at a single location. The RoanokeCivic Center hosted the 2001 and 2002 champi-onships, the 1999 and 2000 tournaments wereheld at the Asheville Civic Center and the VinesCenter was the site of the 1997 and 1998 confer-ence men’s and women’s tournaments.

The 1997 and 1998 tournaments at the VinesCenter produced some of the highest-attendedcontests in Big South Conference history. Over7,000 fans attended the 1997 men’s tournamenteach day, including 8,343 spectators for the semi-final round. Meanwhile, 4,921 fans saw the semifi-nals of the 1998 women’s championship and5,041 came the next day for the championshipgame.

BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT COMPOSITE RECORDSTeam Record Pct. Tourneys Finals TitlesLiberty 36-6 .857 18 12 12Radford 32-14 .697 23 12 9Gardner-Webb 2-1 .667 1 1 0High Point 8-10 .444 10 2 0Coastal Carolina 13-23 .361 23 3 0Winthrop 11-23 .324 23 1 0UNC Asheville 9-22 .290 23 3 1Charleston Southern 9-23 .281 23 0 0

(Current Big South members only included)

March 13, 14 & 15, 2009(at Millis Center, HighPoint, N.C.) FIRST ROUND#1 Liberty 74, #8

Charleston Southern 64#4 Winthrop 67, # 5 Coastal

Carolina, 48#6 Gardner-Webb 61, #3

Radford 50#2 High Point 72, #7 UNC

Asheville 67

SEMIFINALS#1 Liberty 61, # 4 Winthrop

42#6 Gardner-Webb 78, #2 High

Point 76

CHAMPIONSHIP#1 Liberty 51, #6 Gardner-

Webb 50

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMMegan Frazee, LibertyMoriah Frazee, LibertyDominique Hudson, Gardner-

WebbMargaret Roundtree, Gardner-

WebbMackenzie Maier, High Point

Tournament MVP: Megan Frazee, Liberty

2009 BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

BIG SOUTH POSTSEASON APPEARANCESYEAR TEAM (SEED) TOURNAMENT OPPONENT (SEED) RESULT2009 Liberty(14) NCAA First Round - at LSU Louisville (3) L, 42-62

Winthrop NIT First Round – at Georgetown Georgetown L, 45-732008 Liberty (12) NCAA First Round – at Old Dominion Old Dominion (5) L, 62-82

Radford NIT First Round - at James Madison James Madison L, 58-802007 UNC Asheville (14) NCAA First Round – at Texas LSU (3) L, 39-77

High Point NIT First Round – at Charlotte Charlotte L, 45-722006 Liberty (13) NCAA First Round - at DePaul DePaul (4) L, 43-682005 Liberty (13) NCAA First Round - at Maryland Penn State (4) W, 78-70

NCAA Second Round – at Maryland DePaul (5) W, 88-79NCAA Third Round - at Chattanooga LSU (1) L, 48-90

2004 Liberty (14) NCAA First Round - at Temple Georgia (3) L, 53-782003 Liberty (13) NCAA First Round - at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt (4) L, 44-542002 Liberty (13) NCAA First Round - at South Carolina South Carolina (4) L, 61-692001 Liberty (15) NCAA First Round - at Georgia Georgia (2) L, 48-772000 Liberty (14) NCAA First Round - at LSU LSU (3) L, 54-771999 Liberty (14) NCAA First Round - at Georgia Georgia (3) L, 52-731998 Liberty (16) NCAA First Round - at Tennessee Tennessee (1) L, 58-1021997 Liberty (16) NCAA First Round - at Old Dominion Old Dominion (1) L, 52-1021996 Radford (16) NCAA First Round - at Tennessee Tennessee (1) L, 56-971995 Radford (11) NCAA First Round - at Virginia Florida (6) L, 49-891994 Radford (16) NCAA First Round - at Purdue Purdue (1) L, 56-1031988 Radford NIT First Round DePaul W, 91-83

NIT Second Round Richmond W, 70-67 (OT)NIT Third Round San Diego State L, 92-99 (2OT)

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BIG SOUTH QUICK FACTS & MAP

BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE7233 Pineville-Matthews Road, Suite 100Charlotte, NC 28226Phone: (704) 341-7990Fax: (704) 341-7991www.BigSouthSports.com

Founded –1983

President – Dr. Nido R. Qubein, High Point

Vice President – Penelope W. Kyle, Radford

Secretary – Dr. Anne Ponder, UNC Asheville

Commissioner – Kyle B. Kallander

Associate Commissioner - Marketing –James F. Companion, Jr.

Associate Commissioner - Compliance –Dawn Turner

Assistant Commissioner - Public Relations –Mark Simpson

Director of Marketing – Chad Cook

Coordinator of New Media – Mark Bryant

Office Manager – Nancy Perkins

Assistant Director of Public Relations –Nic Bowman

Marketing Assistant – Janette Lavery

Coordinator of Football Officials –Doug Rhoads

Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials –Joe Forte

Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officials –Charlene Curtis

Coordinator of Baseball Umpires –Tony Thompson

Coordinator of Volleyball Officials –Daniel Leake

Full-Time Member Institutions (10): CharlestonSouthern, Coastal Carolina, Gardner-Webb, HighPoint, Liberty, Presbyterian, Radford, UNCAsheville, Virginia Military Institute, Winthrop.

Associate Members: Stony Brook (football),Bucknell (women’s golf), College of the Holy Cross(women’s golf).

Future Members: Campbell University (2011-12)

Geographical Breakdown (three states): NorthCarolina (3) – Gardner-Webb, High Point, UNCAsheville; South Carolina (4) – Charleston South-ern, Coastal Carolina, Presbyterian, Winthrop; Vir-ginia (3) – Liberty, Radford, Virginia MilitaryInstitute.

Championship Sports (18): Baseball, Men’s Bas-ketball, Women’s Basketball, Men’s Cross Country,Women’s Cross Country, Football, Men’s Golf,Women’s Golf, Men’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Soft-ball, Men’s Tennis, Women’s Tennis, Men’s Indoorand Outdoor Track & Field, Women’s Indoor andOutdoor Track & Field and Volleyball.

Council of Chief Executive Officers: Dr. Jairy C.Hunter, Jr., Charleston Southern; Dr. David De-Cenzo, Coastal Carolina; Dr. Frank Bonner, Gard-ner-Webb; Dr. Nido Qubein, High Point; Dr. RonaldS. Godwin, Liberty; Dr. John V. Griffith, Presbyte-rian, Penelope W. Kyle, Radford; Dr. Anne Ponder,UNC Asheville; General J.H. Binford Peay III, VMI;Dr. Anthony J. DiGiorgio, Winthrop.

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