Cecil Brown's Legacy

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Press Release

April 6, 2011

Earlier today, Citadel Athletic Director Les Robinson announced that Cecil Brown would succeed Pat Dennis as head coach of the Citadel men's basketball team. Brown, who recently ended his 4-year tenure as a player for Coach William Bailey at Morehead State after graduating, said that he chose coaching in Charleston over a try-out offer from close friend and former teammate Vitor Hipsher with the Melbourne Tigers of the NBL. "The oppurtunity to continue playing professional basketball was tempting, but it would pain me more to leave the states. Besides, all of the time spent being Coach Bailey's back-up point guard is starting to pay off," Coach Brown explained with a smile. Brown, who is easily the youngest basketball coach in Bulldog history at the age of 25, inherits a senior-laden team lacking in size. During his time backing up the point at Morehead State, Coach Brown averaged 1.0 ppg, 1.5 apg, and 3.1 spg.


The 2011 Citadel Bulldogs Roster:
Point Guards
#22 Ralfeal Farmer 6'1" Sr. Baltimore, Maryland 66 overall
#1 Bernie Greer 6'1" So. North Miami, Florida 56 overall
#20 Dominique Hooks 5'9" Fr. Richmond, Virginia 54 overall
Shooting Guards
#2 DeShean Olson 6' Sr. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 64 overall
#4 Adam Pritchard 6'3" Jr. Roswell, Georgia 55 overall
#30 Devin Dudley 6'3" walk-on Jr. Racine, Wisconsin 52 overall
#15 Vandrell Wyatt 6'2" So. Hollywood, Florida 49 overall
Shooting Forward
#3 Phillip Foster 6'6" Sr. Garland, Texas 67 overall
#21 Jerel Harris 6'6" Fr. High Point, North Carolina 57 overall
#5 Owen Franklin 6'6" Fr. Amarillo, Texas 55 overall
#31 Jeffery Messy 6'6" Sr. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 54 overall
Big Man
#55 DeAngelo Baldwin 6'8" Jr. Memphis, Tennessee 63 overall

Projected Starting Five:
C - D. Baldwin
PF - J. Harris
SF - P. Foster
SG - D. Olson
PG - R. Farmer

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2011-12 Citadel Bulldogs Schedule

11/12 vs. Coastal Carolina
11/13 @ Iowa
11/16 vs. Charleston Southern
11/19 @ Notre Dame
11/21 @ USC
11/27 vs. South Carolina
12/4 vs. Appalachian State
12/9 vs. South Carolina State
12/18 @ West Carolina
12/20 @ UNC-Asheville
1/3 @ Elon
1/6 @ Wofford
1/8 vs. College of Charleston
1/13 vs. Georgia Southern
1/16 @ Davidson
1/20 vs. UNC-Greensboro
1/22 @ Furman
1/27 @ Appalachian State
2/3 vs. West Carolina
2/5 vs. Elon
2/10 @ Chattanooga
2/12 vs. Wofford
2/17 vs. Furman
2/19 @ Georgia Southern
2/21 @ College of Charleston
2/23 vs. Davidson

*red denotes conference game

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10/23 – Season Kick-off Scrimmage
McAlister Fieldhouse, Charleston. South Carolina


Position Starters Second Stringers
PG R. Farmer B. Greer
SG D. Olson A. Pritchard
SF P. Foster O. Franklin
PF J. Harris D. Dudley
C D. Baldwin J. Messy
bench D. Hooks V. Wyatt


For those who attended Coach Brown’s unofficial coaching debut at McAlister Fieldhouse, they missed an entertaining contest put on annually between the Bulldog starters and second stringers. The Fieldhouse was rocking from the beginning as the first points of the game were supplied by an impressive alley-oop from Ralfeal Farmer to DeShean Olson. Although this game was lopsided, there is room for concern as the game was played haphazardly by both sides as there was an abundance of breakaway points off of turnovers. At halftime, the starters were showing no mercy to their teammates with a score of 44-10. This game’s trend would hold true for the second half as well, as the starters finished with a 76-35 win.


“I’m going to definitely address the sloppy play and turnovers tomorrow in practice,” explained Coach Brown, “But I’m happy that we were able to put on a show for those that showed up.”

Stats
Starters-
D. Olson- 23 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 assists on 9/16 shooting
D. Baldwin- 16 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal on 6/6 shooting
D. Hooks- 14 points, 4 assists, 5 steals, 4 turnovers on 6/12 shooting
R. Farmer- 13 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 steals on 6/11 shooting
J. Harris- 6 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block on 3/5 shooting
P. Foster- 4 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, 1 steal on 2/6 shooting

Second Stringers-
A. Pritchard- 8 points, 2 rebounds on 3/22 shooting
J. Messy- 8 points, 7 rebounds on 2/5 shooting
B. Greer- 6 points, 6 assists, 2 steals on 2/4 shooting
O. Franklin- 6 points, 6 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block on 2/5 shooting
V. Wyatt- 4 points, 2 assists on 2/7 shooting
D. Dudley- 3 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal on 1/5 shooting

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Good luck with the Citadel. I'll be following your progress...Make sure you check my legacy out.

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Good luck with the Citadel. I'll be following your progress...Make sure you check my legacy out.

thanks will do.