St. Francis Terriers men's basketball

St. Francis Terriers
2011–12 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team

University St. Francis College
Conference NEC
I Division
Location Brooklyn, NY
Head coach Glenn Braica (2nd year)
Arena Pope Physical Education Center
(Capacity: 2,000)
Nickname Terriers
Colors Blue and Red

             

Uniforms
Home
Away
Alternate
Conference regular season champions
MTNY: 1954, 1956
METC: 1967
NEC: 2001, 2004

The St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represents St. Francis College, which is located in Brooklyn Heights, New York. The St. Francis College’s men's basketball program was founded in 1896 and is the oldest collegiate program in New York City.[1] The program had players on the court only 5 years after Dr. James Naismith invented the game in 1891. The College's first game came in 1901 against Brown University. The Boys from Brooklyn, as they were referred to, finished the 1901 season with a 13-1 mark.

The team is Division I and participates in the Northeast Conference. The Terrier home games are played at the Pope Physical Education Center on Peter Aquilone Court.[2] The Terriers also host some home games at Madison Square Garden.[3] The current head coach is Glenn Braica.[4]

The Terriers have an overall record of 1110-1145, 49.2 W-L%, over a 92 year span from the 1920-1921 to the 2010-2011 season.[5] Also in that time, they won 5 regular season championships and had 3 NIT bids. The Terriers best finish was the 1955-1956 season under Daniel Lynch posting a 21-4 record that ranked them at 13th nationally in the AP polls.[5][6] That same year the Terriers reached the NIT semi-finals.[7][6] Throughout their history the Terriers have played as NCAA Division I independents, in the Metropolitan New York Conference (1946–1963), in the Metropolitan Collegiate Conference (1966–1968) and since 1981 in the NEC.[5] In that time span, the Terriers have had 17 different head coaches, the best of which was Daniel Lynch who holds the St. Francis College record for most wins. Lynch guided St. Francis to five consecutive 20-win seasons; going 105-32 from 1951–56. Additionally he led the Terriers to 3 NIT appearances, and 3 Conference Regular Season Championships. Lynch coached great players like Al Innis and Jim Luisi.

The fiercest rival of the Terriers are the Long Island University Blackbirds, they have competed since 1928. Both the Men's and Women's Terrier teams play in the Battle of Brooklyn tournament against the Blackbirds, which has been played annually since 1975-76.[6] The Terriers also compete against Wagner College Seahawks, and it is referred to as Battle of the Verrazano due to St. Francis College in Brooklyn being separated from Wagner College in Staten Island by the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The Battle of the Verrazano dates back to the 1973-1974 season.[8]

After joining the NEC the Terriers recovered some momentum during Ron Ganulin's tenure as head coach, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Terriers were one of the better teams in the NEC. From 1998 through 2004, St. Francis posted a 78-36 conference record. The 1998-99 team had their first 20 win season in 43 years and the 2003 team participated in the preseason NIT for the first time in school history, losing to the University of Massachusetts in the first round. At the time Ganulin's assistant was Glenn Braica, whom is the current head coach as of 2010. Braica was most recently an assistant under Norm Roberts at St. John's University.[9]

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History

The St. Francis College’s men's basketball program was founded in 1896 and is the oldest collegiate program in New York City.[1] The program had players on the court only 5 years after Dr. James Naismith invented the game in 1891. The College's first game came in 1901 against Brown University. The Boys from Brooklyn, as they were referred to, finished the 1901 season with a 13-1 mark. St. Francis was a popular team during New York City's Basketball glory days of the 1940s and 50s. The 1942 squad averaged 59 points per game and in 1949 the Terriers became the first team in the New York City area to have its game televised. The Terriers defeated Seton Hall in its inaugural telecast on WPIX.[10]

Seasons

Regular Season Champions Conference Champions NIT Tournament berth NCAA Tournament berth
Season Head coach[11][6] Season results[11][6] Tournament results[11][6]
Overall Conference Conference NIT NCAA
Wins Losses Conf Wins Losses Finish
1901–02 Unknown 13 1 Unknown
1902–20 Incomplete Records
1920–21 Brother Phillip 14 3 Ind
1921–22 Frank Brennan 15 7 Ind
1922–23 21 8 Ind
1923–24 18 9 Ind
1924–25 9 8 Ind
1925–26 1 6 Ind
1926–27 Nip Lynch 2 12 Ind
1927–28 9 8 Ind
1928–29 Edward Keating 9 8 Ind
1929–30 6 12 Ind
1930–31 George Hinchcliffe 17 16 Ind
1931–32 9 13 Ind
1932–33 Rody Cooney[12] 12 9 Ind
1933–34 13 11 MTNY 3 8 6th
1934–35 12 12 Ind
1935-36 15 8 MTNY 4 6 6th
1936-37 13 8 MTNY 1 5 7th
1937-38 14 8 MTNY 2 4 T-5th
1938-39 15 7 MTNY 15 7 4th
1939-40 13 5 Ind
1940-41 9 9 Ind
1941-42 Joseph Brennan 16 2 Ind
1942-43 13 7 MTNY 1 5 7th
1943-44 10 6 Ind
1944-45 9 9 Ind
1945-46 12 6 MTNY 3 2 4th
1946-47 14 7 MTNY 2 3 5th
1947-48 16 9 MTNY 2 3 6th
1948-49 Daniel Lynch 20 13 MTNY 2 2 5th
1949-50 6 18 MTNY 0 4 7th
1950-51 19 11 MTNY 2 5 6th
1951-52 20 8 MTNY 4 2 2nd
1952-53 20 7 MTNY 2 3 4th
1953-54 23 5 MTNY 5 0 1st NIT Quarterfinals
1954-55 21 8 MTNY 2 3 4th
1955-56 21 4 MTNY 4 0 1st NIT Semifinals
1956-57 12 14 MTNY 1 2 6th
1957-58 14 9 MTNY 2 1 3rd
1958-59 5 18 MTNY 0 3 7th
1959-60 13 8 MTNY 2 1 3rd
1960-61 10 10 MTNY 2 1 T-2nd
1961-62 8 15 MTNY 2 3 4th
1962-63 16 7 MTNY 4 2 3rd NIT first round
1963-64 10 16 Ind
1964-65 11 9 Ind
1965-66 5 17 METC 0 9 10th
1966-67 15 8 METC 7 2 T-1st
1967-68 7 16 METC 0 8 9th
1968-69 7 16 Ind
1969-70 Lester Yellin 9 12 Ind
1970-71 8 17 Ind
1971-72 12 14 Ind
1972-73 8 16 Ind
1973-74 Jack Prenderville 11 13 Ind
1974-75 7 19 Ind
1975-76 Lucio Rossini 13 13 Ind
1976-77 12 14 Ind
1977-78 16 9 Ind
1978-79 14 12 Ind
1979-80 Gene Roberti 11 15 Ind
1980-81 10 16 Ind
1981-82 10 17 NEC North 8 7 T-3rd Quarterfinal
1982-83 10 18 NEC North 7 7 T-3rd Quarterfinal
1983-84 2 26 NEC 1 15 9th Quarterfinal
1984-85 Bob Valvano 7 21 NEC 3 11 8th Quarterfinal
1985-86 9 19 NEC 4 12 8th Quarterfinal
1986-87 11 16 NEC 5 11 T-7th
1987-88 11 18 NEC 5 11 7th Semifinal
1988-89 Rich Zvosec 14 16 NEC 5 11 9th
1989-90 9 18 NEC 4 12 8th
1990-91 15 14 NEC 8 8 5th Semifinal
1991-92 Ron Ganulin 15 14 NEC 8 8 4th Semifinal
1992-93 9 18 NEC 8 10 T-5th Quarterfinal
1993-94 1 26 NEC 1 17 10th Quarterfinal
1994-95 9 18 NEC 5 13 9th Quarterfinal
1995-96 9 18 NEC 3 15 9th Quarterfinal
1996-97 13 15 NEC 7 11 T-7th Semifinal
1997-98 15 12 NEC 10 6 T-3rd Quarterfinal
1998-99 20 8 NEC 16 4 2nd Semifinal
1999-00 18 12 NEC 12 6 T-4th Semifinal
2000-01 18 11 NEC 16 14 1st Semifinal
2001-02 18 11 NEC 13 7 5th Semifinal
2002-03 14 16 NEC 9 9 T-6th Final[13] Pre-Season NIT first round
2003-04 15 13 NEC 12 6 T-1st Quarterfinal[14]
2004-05 13 15 NEC 9 9 7th Quarterfinal[15]
2005-06 Brian Nash 10 17 NEC 7 11 T-8th
2006-07 9 22 NEC 7 11 T-6th Quarterfinal[16]
2007-08 7 22 NEC 4 14 T-8th
2008-09 10 20 NEC 7 11 8th Quarterfinal[17]
2009-10 11 18 NEC 8 10 T-8th
2010-11 Glenn Braica 15 15 NEC 10 8 5th Quarterfinal[18]
2011-12 4 9 NEC 1 1 T-7th

Coaching history

Overall Conference
Name Years Won-Lost Pct. Won-Lost Pct. Note
Brother Phillip 1920-21 14-3 82.4%
Frank Brennan 1921-26 (5yr) 64-38 62.7%
Nip Lynch 1926-28 (2yr) 11-20 35.5%
Edward Keating 1928-30 (2yr) 15-20 42.9%
George Hinchcliffe 1930-32 (2yr) 26-29 47.3%
Rody Cooney 1932-41 (9yr) 116-77 60.1%
Joseph Brennan 1941-48 (7yr) 90-46 66.2% Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame and Terrier coach with highest winning percentage
Daniel Lynch[19] 1948-69 (21yr) 283-237 54.4% 3x Regular Season Conference Champion and All-Time Terrier Wins leader
Lester Yellin 1969-73 (4yr) 37-59 38.5%
Jack Prenderville 1973-75 (2yr) 18-32 36.0%
Lucio Rossini 1975-79 (4yr) 55-48 53.4%
Gene Roberti 1979-84 (5yr) 58-124 31.9%
Bob Valvano[20] 1984-88 (4yr) 38-74 33.9% 17-45 27.4%
Rich Zvosec 1988-91 (3yr) 38-48 44.1% 17-31 35.4%
Ron Ganulin[21] 1991-05 (14yr) 187-207 47.5% 129-125 50.8% 2x Regular Season Conference Champion[22][23] and 2x NEC Coach of the Year[24]
Brian Nash 2005-2010 (5yr) 47-99 32.2% 33-58 36.3%
Glenn Braica 2010-Present (2yr) 19-24 44.2% 11-9 55.0%

Rivalry

Beginning in the 1975-1976 season, an annual Battle of Brooklyn game was dedicated to tribute William Lai and Daniel Lynch, former athletic directors at Long Island University and St. Francis College, respectively.[6] The Battle of Brooklyn has been a tradition between the basketball programs for 36 years. Each year the most valuable player of the game is given the Lai-Lynch Trophy in memory of the two ADs. St. Francis now has a Battle record of 16-20 against LIU.

Terrier records

St. Francis College Records
Game[6] Season[6] Career[6]
Points 45 John Conforti vs Wagner (January 10, 1970) 680 Ray Minlend (1998-99) 1,643 Ricky Cadell (2007-11)
Points Per Game 24.3 Ray Minlend (1998-99) 21.3 Dennis McDermott
Rebounds 37 Al Inniss vs Lafayette (March 17, 1956) 311 Jerome Williams (1974-75) 1,018 Jerome Williams (1972-76)
Assists 16 Jim Paguaga vs York College (February 7, 1986) 233 Jim Paguaga (1974-75) 534 Greg Nunn (1997-01)

Accolades

NEC Men's Basketball

Year NEC Player of the Year[24] NEC Defensive Player of the Year[24] NEC Coach of the Year[24] First Team All-NEC[24] Second Team ALL-NEC[24] NEC Rookie of the Year[24]
1998 Ron Ganulin Roque Osorio, John Thomas Richy Dominguez
1999 Ray Minlend Ray Minlend Angel Santana
2000 Steven Howard, Angel Santana
2001 Greg Nunn Richy Dominguez, Steven Howard
2002 Jason Morgan
2003 Clifford Strong
2004 Ron Ganulin Mike Wilson
2005 Tory Cavalieri Allan Sheppard
2006
2007 Robert Hines
2008 Ricky Cadell
2009 Ricky Cadell
2010 Akeem Bennett
2010 Akeem Bennett Akeem Bennett, Ricky Cadell

Terriers in the NBA

Terriers in the NBA D-League

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