2008–09 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team

2008–09 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball

CIT, First Round
Conference	Mid-American Conference East Division
2008–09 record	19–15 (10–6 MAC)
Head coach	Geno Ford
Home arena	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center

	Conf				Overall
2008–09 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Bowling Green	11	–	5	.688	19	–	14	.576
Buffalo	11	–	5	.688	21	–	12	.636
Miami	10	–	6	.625	17	–	13	.567
Akron †	10	–	6	.625	23	–	13	.639
Kent State	10	–	6	.625	19	–	15	.559
Ohio	7	–	9	.438	15	–	17	.469
West
Ball State	7	–	9	.438	14	–	17	.452
Central Michigan	7	–	9	.438	12	–	19	.387
Western Michigan	7	–	9	.438	10	–	21	.323
Eastern Michigan	6	–	10	.375	8	–	24	.250
Northern Illinois	5	–	11	.313	10	–	20	.333
Toledo	5	–	11	.313	7	–	25	.219

† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2008–09 college basketball season. The team was coached by Geno Ford and played their home games in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. They are members of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 10–6 in MAC play.^[1]

Roster

2008–09 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year
3.5 !F	14	DiMaria, AntonioAntonio DiMaria	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	1.0 !Fr
1.5 !G	0	Evans, TyreeTyree Evans	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	3.0 !Jr
1.5 !G	5	Fisher, AlbertAlbert Fisher	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	4.0 !Sr
3.5 !F	33	Greene, JustinJustin Greene	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	1.0 !Fr
3.5 !F	42	Grimsley, AlexAlex Grimsley	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	1.0 !Fr
3.5 !F	30	Henery-Ala, FrankFrank Henery-Ala	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	3.0 !Jr
1.5 !G	13	Joyce, CameronCameron Joyce	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	—	1.0 !Fr
1.5 !G	22	McKee, MikeMike McKee	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	3.0 !Jr
1.5 !G	11	Mincy, JordanJordan Mincy	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	4.0 !Sr
5.0 !C	55	Parks, BrandonBrandon Parks	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	3.0 !Jr
1.5 !G	32	Sherman, RodriguezRodriguez Sherman	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	3.0 !Jr
1.5 !G	2	Singletary, ChrisChris Singletary	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	3.0 !Jr
3.5 !F	34	Sullinger, JulianJulian Sullinger	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	4.0 !Sr
3.5 !F	3	Woods, RashadRashad Woods	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	4.0 !Sr

Head coach

Geno Ford (Ohio)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: June 23, 2014

Schedule and results

Source:

Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Regular Season
11/17/2008*	N.C. Central	W 83–42	1–0	MAC Center (3,074)
11/19/2008	at Saint Louis	W 76–74 ^OT	2–0	Chaifetz Arena (6,434)
11/23/2008*	UNC Wilmington	W 83–64	3–0	MAC Center (3,252)
11/28/2008*	vs. Illinois	L 63–69 ^OT	3–1	Convention Center (1,423)
11/29/2008*	vs. Texas A&M	L 71–77	3–2	Convention Center (1,632)
12/1/2008*	at Kansas	L 60–87	3–3	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300)
12/4/2008*	Saint Mary's	L 69–75	3–4	MAC Center (4,218)
12/6/2008*	Western Carolina	L 84–89 ^OT	3–5	MAC Center (3,011)
12/15/2008*	Youngstown State	W 82–74	4–5	MAC Center (2,518)
12/18/2008*	UNC Greensboro	W 73–62	5–5	MAC Center (3,252)
12/23/2008*	at Cleveland State	L 41–67	5–6	Wolstein Center (4,051)
12/30/2008*	Shawnee State	W 93–42	6–6	MAC Center (2,418)
1/3/2009*	at Hampton	W 68–43	7–6	Hampton Convocation Center (1,365)
1/5/2009*	at Temple	L 58–73	7–7	Liacouras Center (3,508)
1/11/2009	at Ohio	L 65–71	7–8 (0–1)	Convocation Center (7,118)
1/14/2009	Bowling Green	W 72–48	8–8 (1–1)	MAC Center (2,118)
1/17/2009	Miami (OH)	L 55–66	8–9 (1–2)	MAC Center (3,086)
1/21/2009	at Buffalo	L 53–64	8–10 (1–3)	Alumni Arena (2,032)
1/24/2009	at Akron	L 53–68	8–11 (1–4)	Rhodes Arena (4,151)
1/27/2009	Eastern Michigan	W 68–46	9–11 (2–4)	MAC Center (2,447)
1/31/2009	at Western Michigan	W 65–47	10–11 (3–4)	University Arena (3,234)
2/3/2009	Toledo	W 81–53	11–11 (4–4)	MAC Center (2,031)
2/7/2009	at Ball State	W 63–56	12–11 (5–4)	John E. Worthen Arena (3,506)
2/10/2009	at Northern Illinois	W 86–83 ^2OT	13–11 (6–4)	Convocation Center (1,564)
2/14/2009	Central Michigan	W 61–57	14–11 (7–4)	MAC Center (4,172)
2/17/2009	Ohio	W 64–51	15–11 (8–4)	MAC Center (2,987)
2/21/2009*	Morehead State	W 79–76	16–11 (8–4)	MAC Center (4,413)
2/26/2009	at Bowling Green	L 66–67	18–12 (8–5)	Anderson Arena (2,045)
3/1/2009	at Miami (OH)	L 63–68	16–13 (8–6)	Millet Hall (2,226)
3/5/2009	Buffalo	W 77–71	17–13 (9–6)	MAC Center (3,194)
3/8/2009	Akron	W 67–63	18–13 (10–6)	MAC Center (5,327)
2009 MAC Tournament
3/10/2009	vs. Northern Illinois (First Round)	W 64–61	19–13 (10–6)	Quicken Loans Arena (5,637)
3/12/2009	vs. Buffalo (Second Round)	L 62–65	19–14 (10–6)	Quicken Loans Arena (3,892)
2009 CIT
3/17/2009	vs. Oakland (First Round)	L 74–80	19–15 (10–6)	Athletics Center O'rena (2,155)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

References

↑ "Kent State Golden Flashes Schedule - 2008-09". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 23, 2014.

Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball

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