NCAA D2 National Championships Bracket 2009  Findlay wins NCAA D2 Championship 2009 (Photo: Findlay)  NCAA D2 All-Star Game 2009
#1 Oilers Win National Title In Dramatic Fashion - Mar 29, 2009 (by Eurobasket) Box Score The University of Findlay mens basketball team, ranked first in the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) poll, made history on Saturday, March 28 by finishing 36-0 after a 56-53 last second victory over Cal Poly Pomona in the NCAA Division II National Championship. The win in Springfield, Massachusetts at the MassMutual Center marked the first time a NCAA Division II national champion had won 36 games and lost zero. Tied after regulation, the Oilers headed into overtime for the third time in the past four games and got off to a good start when senior forward Morgan Lewis (6'4''-F-87) connected on a jumper in the lane. Leading 44-42, Larry Gordon (6'5''-F) tied the game for Pomona but senior forward Josh Bostic (6'5''-F-87) answered with a lay-up of his own before picking up his fifth foul of the game. After a few lead changes, Pomona jumped out to a 51-48 lead with 2:01 remaining when Gordon scored four straight points. The Oilers were not out of it however as junior guard Marcus Parker (5'9''-G-87) weaved his way into the paint and scored to make the score 51-50 with 1:33 left. Trailing by one, Parker again converted in the lane while being fouled but missed the ensuing free throw to put Findlay up 53-51 with only 24 seconds showing on the clock. Up by two, Gordon splashed a jumper with 13 ticks remaining to tie the game but the Oilers raced the other way and got a good luck from Parker who missed. Roberts then collected the offensive rebound and time was called with just over two seconds remaining in the game. Tied at 53-53, the Oilers ran an inbounds play for senior guard Tyler Evans (6'2''-G-86) who dribbled to the left, took a step back and drained a three pointer at the buzzer to give Findlay a thrilling win and their first national title. The shot by Evans will no doubt be remembered for years to come and it was his only make of the game. As a team, the Oilers really struggled to score offensively as they hit on only 34.5 percent (20-of-58) of their field goal attempts. Findlay also struggled from the three point line, hitting only 22.7 percent (5-of-22) of their shots, but pounded the offensive glass for 14 boards to get extra chances. Bostic led the way with 13 points and six rebounds as he was named the MVP of the tournament. Lewis, who also earned a spot on the all-tournament team, added 12 points and six boards while senior center Lee Roberts (6'7''-F/C-87) chipped in nine points, eight rebounds and three steals. Parker and sophomore guard Nathan Hyde (6'3''-G-88) each scored eight points while Evans, the hero of the day, scored four. Pomona was led by Gordons 17 points and nine rebounds while Tobias Jahn (6'9''-F-86) scored 14 to go along with eight boards. The Oilers will now return home on Sunday as the 2009 NCAA Division II Mens Basketball National Champions. Courtesy of Findlay ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Teams (College Division)
Player of the Year Jimmy Bartolotta (6'4''-G-86) of Massachusetts Institute of Tech. 1st Team Jimmy Bartolotta of Mass. Inst. Of Tech. Ben Falkenberg (5'11''-G) of Mt.Vernon Nazarene Scott Morton (6'6''-G) of Geneseo State Kent Raymond (6'3''-G) of Wheaton College (IL) Jesse Wagstaff (6'8''-F-86) of Metropolitan State College 2nd Team Kyle Goldcamp (6'10''-F) of Gannon Kyle Holliday (6'3''-F) of Ohio Wesleyan Bryce Pendleton of Southern Virginia Brian Small of Suffolk Matt Sosna of Widener 3rd Team Chris Bach (6'8''-F) of East Stroudsburg Mark Carson (6'6''-F-87) of RIT Mark Gillingham of Illinois College Aaron Hill (6'1''-G) of Rockhurst Cameron Smith (6'5''-F-87) of Washington (Mo) ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Teams (College Division) Academic All-District I 1st Team Jimmy Bartolotta (6'4''-G-86) of MASS. INST. OF TECH. Jeff Bostic (6'5''-C/F) of ITHACA Brock Bradford of HUSSON Mark Carson (6'6''-F-87) of ROCHESTER INST. OF TECH. Scott Morton (6'6''-G) of GENESEO STATE Brian Small of SUFFOLK Academic All-District I 2nd Team Michael Chmielowiec (6'3''-F/G) of ROCHESTER A.J. Rudowitz (6'6''-F-88) of STONEHILL Aaron Smith (6'6''-F) of MIDDLEBURY Kevin Snyder (6'3''-G) of WILLIAMS Academic All-District II 1st Team Chris Bach (6'8''-F) of EAST STROUDSBURG Matt Drakeley (5'10''-G) of WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON Kyle Goldcamp (6'10''-F) of GANNON Joel Patch of SUSQUEHANNA Matt Sosna of WIDENER Academic All-District II 2nd Team Dan Capkin (6'2''-G) of GETTYSBURG Ryan Einwag (6'5''-F-87) of CARNEGIE MELLON Todd Green of WASHINGTON (MD.) Petre Petkovski (6'7''-F-88) of BETHANY Mike Yocum (6'8''-F-87) of PHILADELPHIA Academic All-District III Team Patrick Fox (6'3''-G of QUEENS (N.C.) John Kresse of EMORY A.B. Lehmann (6'0''-G) of METHODIST Bryce Pendleton of SOUTHERN VIRGINIA Tony Blake (6'0''-G) of MARS HILL Academic All-District IV 1st Team Eric Duerr of CASE WESTERN RESERVE Ben Falkenberg (5'11''-G) of MOUNT VERNON NAZARENE Kyle Holliday (6'3''-F) of OHIO WESLEYAN David McFarland (6'1''-G-86) of NORTHERN KENTUCKY Jesse Reimink (6'4''-F) of HOPE Academic All-District IV 2nd Team Brett Asher (-F) of ADRIAN Casey Brown (6'5''-C/F-85) of CAPITAL Danny Noll (6'5''-F) of CENTRE Joey Verax of TRANSYLVANIA Bryan Yelvington of KENYON Academic All-District V 1st Team Mike Dowden of ST. NORBERT Mark Gillingham of ILLINOIS COLLEGE Wes Ladwig (6'2''-G) of CARROLL Tim Madson (6'1''-G) of BETHEL (MN) Kent Raymond (6'3''-G) of WHEATON (IL) Academic All-District V 2nd Team Kevin Andrews (6'4''-G/F) of SW MINNESOTA STATE Steve Djurickovic (6'3''-G-88) of CARTHAGE Tristian Gregory of EARLHAM Matt Pelton (6'2''-G) of AUGUSTANA (IL) Andy Wiele (6'8''-C) of WHEATON (IL) Academic All-District VI 1st Team Garrett Bell (6'7''-F) of INCARNATE WORD Taylor Land (6'0''-G) of ST.EDWARDS (TX) Ernest Lowery (6'1''-F) of TEXAS-DALLAS Chad Songy (5'9''-G) of MILLSAPS Eric Spencer (6'5''-G) of DELTA STATE Academic All-District VI 2nd Team Braxton Adamson (6'0''-G) of DALLAS BAPTIST Charles Houston (6'2''-F) of TRINITY (TX) Taylor Mullenax (6'7''-F) of ST.EDWARDS (TX) Kelechi Okoroha (6'4''-F-86) of XAVIER (LA) Jason Taylor (6'7''-C) of OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN Academic All-District VII 1st Team Chris Handke of CORNELL (IA) Aaron Hill (6'1''-G) of ROCKHURST Nick Kovacevich (6'5''-G-85) of SOUTHWEST BAPTIST Cameron Smith (6'5''-F-87) of WASHINGTON (MO) Jesse Wagstaff (6'8''-F-86) of METROPOLITAN STATE Academic All-District VII 2nd Team Hunter Henry (6'9''-F-86) of NW MISSOURI STATE Tyler Nading (6'7''-F-87) of WASHINGTON (MO) Brian Metz (6'8''-F/C-88) of WAYNE STATE (NE) Ryan Turk of WEBSTER (MO) Jason Warncke of WESTMINSTER (MO) Academic All-District VIII 1st Team Lucas Alves (6'9''-F/C) of BRIGHAM YOUNG-HAWAII Corey Costantino of WILLAMETTE Ryan Matsuoka of CALIFORNIA-SANTA CRUZ Tyson Papenfuss (6'5''-F) of LEWIS & CLARK (OR) Calin Schell (6'7''-F) of WESTERN WASHINGTON Academic All-District VIII 2nd Team Colin Koach (6'0''-G) of PUGET SOUND Nate Montgomery (6'8''-C) of WHITWORTH Matt Ochs (6'5''-F/C) of CONCORDIA (OR) Austen Powers (6'8''-F-87) of SEATTLE Casey Reed (6'5''-F) of SEATTLE PACIFIC Drew Schroeder (6'1''-G) of LINFIELD NABC Division II All-District Teams 2008-09 - Mar 28, 2009 (by Eurobasket) Atlantic District 1st Team Ted Scott (6'2''-G) of West Virginia State Joe Jones (6'3''-G) of Edinboro Stan Hall (6'3''-G) of Alderson Broaddus Thad McFadden (6'2''-G-87) of Fairmont State Dave Ben (6'4''-G) of Kutztown Denell Stephens (6'3''-G-86) of Slippery Rock 2nd Team Anthony Hilliard (6'4''-G/F-86) of Elizabeth City Ryan Scott (6'3''-G-86) of Johnson C. Smith Kyle Goldcamp (6'10''-F) of Gannon Stephen Dennis (6'5''-G) of Kutztown Marcus Tullis (6'6''-F) of Pitt-Johnstown Coach of the Year: John Reilly of Gannon Midwest District 1st Team Josh Bostic (6'5''-F-87) of Findlay Brandon Dagans (6'1''-G) of Lewis Lavontay Fenderson (6'4''-F-85) of UW-Parkside Aaron Hill (6'1''-G) of Rockhurst Tim Vanoudheusden (6'4''-G) of Lake Superior State Chartrael Hall (6'2''-G) of Bellarmine 2nd Team Kale Richardson (6'8''-F-87) of Ashland Justin Keenan (6'6''-F/C) of Ferris State Tony Gugino (6'9''-C) of Hillsdale Pete Trammell (6'5''-G/F) of Grand Valley State Dustin Maguire (6'5''-G-87) of Northern Kentucky Coach of the Year: Ron Niekamp of Findlay Central District 1st Team Kevin Ratzsch (6'7''-F) of Northern State Ross Demasi (6'8''-F) of Southwest Minnesota State Travis Nelson (6'11''-C-87) of Minnesota State-Mankato John Vaudreuil (6'8''-C) of Minnesota-Duluth Jesse Wagstaff (6'8''-F-86) of Metro State David Johnson (6'2''-G) of Winona State 2nd Team Ben Fischer (6'1''-G) of Winona State Drake Beranek (6'4''-F) of Nebraska Kearny Kirk Archibeque (6'9''-C-84) of Fort Lewis College Brian Sykora (6'7''-F) of Minnesota Duluth Taylor Witt (6'2''-G-88) of St. Cloud State Coach of the Year: Greg Stemen of Southwest Minnesota State East District 1st Team Darren Duncan (5'10''-G-88) of Merrimack Jason Westrol (6'3''-G-88) of Bentley Laurence Ekperigin (6'7''-F) of Lemoyne Lew Finnegan (6'4''-G-85) of Bentley Jonathan Schmidt (6'0''-G) of C.W. Post Teairez Stennis (6'5''-G/F) of Bridgeport 2nd Team Omari Knox (6'2''-G) of Bloomfield A.J. Rudowitz (6'6''-F-88) of Stonehill Nick Carter (6'2''-G) of C.W. Post Cassius Chaney (6'6''-F) of New Haven Malcolm Ingram (6'4''-F-87) of Philadelphia Coach of the Year: Greg Herenda of Massachusetts - Lowell South District 1st Team Nick Kohs (6'8''-C-87) of Christian Brothers Tyrone Curnell (6'7''-F) of Valdosta State Thomas Fraise (6'6''-C-82) of North Alabama Nick Wolf (6'6''-G-88) of Rollins Chris Hall (6'2''-G-88) of Lynn Kenny Johnson (5'11''-G-86) of North Alabama 2nd Team Rob Eldridge (6'2''-G-87) of Florida Southern Rashad Callaway (5'10''-G-89) of Tampa Rion Rayfield (6'1''-G-87) of Florida Southern Thiago Cordeiro (6'10''-C-85) of Arkansas Tech Tim Coenraad (6'7''-G/F-85) of Nova Southeastern Coach of the Year: Mike Nienaber of Christian Brothers Southeast District 1st Team Garret Siler (7'0''-C-86) of Augusta State Chris Commons (6'8''-F) of USC-Aiken Kendrick Easley (6'1''-G) of Mount Olive Ben Madgen (6'4''-G-85) of Augusta State Kyle Moore (6'3''-G-87) of Tusculum College Shaun Keaton (6'3''-G) of Georgia College & State 2nd Team Brandon Wright (6'2''-G) of Erskine College L.J. Dunn (6'3''-F) of Barton College Elliott McDowell (6'4''-G/F) of Lenoir-Rhyne College Jonathan Whitson (6'7''-F/C) of Brevard College Antonio Houston (6'3''-G) of Catawba College Coach of the Year: Dip Metress of Augusta State South Central Dictrict 1st Team Matt Rogers (6'11''-C-87) of Southwest Baptist Nolan Richardson (6'2''-G) of Midwestern State Lance Harper (6'6''-F-86) of Central Oklahoma Sanijay Watts (6'4''-F) of Central Missouri Michael Jenkins (6'3''-G-86) of Nebraska-Omaha Lionel Brown (5'10''-G-84) of Angelo State 2nd Team D'Ante Harrison (6'3''-G-87) of Southwest Baptist Hunter Henry (6'9''-F-86) of Northwest Missouri State Kenneth White (6'2''-G-85) of Southwest Oklahoma State Alex Moosmann (6'0''-G) of Central Missouri Nick Morey (6'6''-F) of St. Marys Coach of the Year: Jeff Guiot of Southwest Baptist University West District 1st Team Larry Gordon (6'5''-F) of Cal Poly-Pomona Lucas Alves (6'9''-F/C) of BYU-Hawaii Brandon Brown (6'7''-F) of Cal State-San Bernardino Michael Hernandez (6'2''-G-85) of Cal State-Dominguez Hills Ira Graham (6'2''-G) of Western Washington Jake Linton (5'11''-G) of St. Martins 2nd Team Jerrell Smith (6'9''-F-85) of Cal State-Dominguez Hills Devin Montgomery (6'0''-G) of Cal State-San Bernardino Zac Tiedeman (6'1''-G) of Humboldt State University Matt Penoncello (6'5''-G) of Central Washington Kenny Barker (6'3''-G-86) of Alaska Anchorage Jay Demaestri (6'6''-F-84) of Hawaii-Hilo Coach of the Year: Greg Kamansky of Cal Poly - Pomona West Rolls East In NABC All-Star Game - Mar 28, 2009 (by Eurobasket) Nolan Richardson (6'2''-G) needed just 15 minutes to pour in 22 points and lead the West All Stars to a 138-117 win over the East All Stars Friday, March 27 in the National Association of Basketball Coaches' Division II All-Star Game at the Basketball Hall of Fame. Richardson was named Most Outstanding Player after pouring in six 3-pointers while pulling in five rebounds, dishing out a pair of assists and collecting four steals off of the bench. The West All Stars rolled out to a 70-52 halftime lead then cruised to the win. Western Washington's Ira Graham (6'2''-G, college: W.Washington) scored 21 points, South Carolina-Aikens' Chris Commons dropped in 20 more while Saint Martin's Jake Linton (5'11''-G) (19 points), Central Oklahoma's Lance Harper (6'6''-F-86) (15 points) and Wisconsin-Parkside's Lavontay Fenderson (6'4''-F-85) (12 points) all scored in double figures for the West All Stars. Richardson was the lone West reserve to score in double digits. The East All Stars were paced by Elizabeth City State's Anthony Hilliard (6'4''-G/F-86) who finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds. Hilliard was named the East's Most Outstanding Player after notching the double-double. Courtesy of D2Basketball |
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