Murray State University Athletics
Season Tip-Off - Racers In Music City For OVC Basketball Media Day
10/22/2013 8:10:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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The Murray State Racers were selected as co-favorite in the Ohio Valley Conference West Division during the league's media day at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, Tenn.
The yearly poll among the OVC's head men's basketball coaches and sports information directors served as a tip-off to the 2013-14 season.
The Racers shared the top spot in the OVC West with Southeast Missouri. The Racers received 11 first-place votes, while the Redhawks picked up 13 as each team had a total of 117 points. Coaches and SID's were not allowed to vote for their own team and voting awarded six points for a first-place vote down to one point for a sixth-place vote. The rest of the OVC East included Austin Peay, UT Martin, Eastern Illinois and SIUE.
Eastern Kentucky was the favorite in the OVC East ahead of Belmont, Morehead State, Jacksonville State, Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech.
Head Coach Steve Prohm's third edition of Racer Basketball is a drastic change without all-stars Isaiah Canaan and Ed Daniel. The Racers' roster features just one senior, Dexter Fields and five players that have never suited up in a Murray State uniform. The Racers have seven underclassmen led by sophomore Jeffery Moss who appeared in 30 games as a freshman. Junior college transfers Jonathan Fairell and Jarvis Williams bolster the roster as well as Clemson transfer T.J. Sapp who becomes eligible to play in December. Others expected to make an impact are sophomores C.J. Ford, Terron Gilmore, Zay Henderson and Tyler Rambo and freshman Cameron Payne. Justin Seymour is a transfer guard from Utah and is sitting out the season and will have three seasons to play starting in 2014-15. Unfortunately for the Racers, sophomore guard Zay Jackson suffered a knee injury in practice and will miss the season while he has surgery and recovers.
The Racers were 21-10 last season and recorded their fourth straight 20-win season which ties the school record that was set between 1996-00 under coaches Mark Gottfried and Tevester Anderson. MSU was again in the mix for the OVC's spot in the NCAA Tournament. The Racers just missed their 16th trip to the Big Dance when they lost to Belmont in overtime at the OVC Tournament championship game.
MSU enters the season with 26 consecutive winning seasons which ranks them fourth in the nation. The Racers are tied with Connecticut and rank behind only Syracuse (43), Kansas (30) and Arizona (29).
The Racers will be tested with a tough schedule that sees them face six squads that were ranked last season in the top-100 of the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI). MSU will be mixing it up with eight teams that saw post-season play last season including five that played in the NCAA Tournament. MSU gets their season going (Nov. 2) when they host an exhibition game at the CFSB Center against Freed-Hardeman. The regular season opener for the Racers is Nov. 8 at Valparaiso, with the home opener against Bethel (Nov. 12). The season culminates at the OVC Tournament (March 5-8) at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn.
For the second season, the OVC will use a two-division format. The OVC Tournament will begin with first round games (March 5) when the No. 5 seed takes on No. 8 and No. 6 plays No. 7. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds meet the winners in the second round (March 6). Waiting with byes to the semifinals on March 7 is the top two seeds. The championship game set for March 8.
Prohm begins his third season with the Racers and ranks high among accomplishments for any coach in NCAA D-I through their first two seasons. He's the fastest MSU coach to 50 victories, joins Tevester Anderson as the only MSU coaches to win at least 20 games in their first two seasons. Prohm ranks 11th all-time among his NCAA D-I peers in making it to 50 wins in only 59 games. Additionally, he's eighth all-time with 52 wins in his first two seasons as head coach.
The Racers are 52-12 (.825) in the last two seasons under Prohm. MSU is 75-21 (.781) in the last three seasons and 106-26 (.791) in the last four
seasons.
Murray State enters their 16th season of basketball at the CFSB Center and hope to keep it as one of the toughest places to play for visiting teams. MSU is 182-32 (.850) all-time and 26-5 (.838) in the Prohm era. More than 160,000 fans have watched the Racers in the CFSB Center in the last two seasons combined.
The Murray State Racers were selected as co-favorite in the Ohio Valley Conference West Division during the league's media day at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, Tenn.
The yearly poll among the OVC's head men's basketball coaches and sports information directors served as a tip-off to the 2013-14 season.
The Racers shared the top spot in the OVC West with Southeast Missouri. The Racers received 11 first-place votes, while the Redhawks picked up 13 as each team had a total of 117 points. Coaches and SID's were not allowed to vote for their own team and voting awarded six points for a first-place vote down to one point for a sixth-place vote. The rest of the OVC East included Austin Peay, UT Martin, Eastern Illinois and SIUE.
Eastern Kentucky was the favorite in the OVC East ahead of Belmont, Morehead State, Jacksonville State, Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech.
Head Coach Steve Prohm's third edition of Racer Basketball is a drastic change without all-stars Isaiah Canaan and Ed Daniel. The Racers' roster features just one senior, Dexter Fields and five players that have never suited up in a Murray State uniform. The Racers have seven underclassmen led by sophomore Jeffery Moss who appeared in 30 games as a freshman. Junior college transfers Jonathan Fairell and Jarvis Williams bolster the roster as well as Clemson transfer T.J. Sapp who becomes eligible to play in December. Others expected to make an impact are sophomores C.J. Ford, Terron Gilmore, Zay Henderson and Tyler Rambo and freshman Cameron Payne. Justin Seymour is a transfer guard from Utah and is sitting out the season and will have three seasons to play starting in 2014-15. Unfortunately for the Racers, sophomore guard Zay Jackson suffered a knee injury in practice and will miss the season while he has surgery and recovers.
The Racers were 21-10 last season and recorded their fourth straight 20-win season which ties the school record that was set between 1996-00 under coaches Mark Gottfried and Tevester Anderson. MSU was again in the mix for the OVC's spot in the NCAA Tournament. The Racers just missed their 16th trip to the Big Dance when they lost to Belmont in overtime at the OVC Tournament championship game.
MSU enters the season with 26 consecutive winning seasons which ranks them fourth in the nation. The Racers are tied with Connecticut and rank behind only Syracuse (43), Kansas (30) and Arizona (29).
The Racers will be tested with a tough schedule that sees them face six squads that were ranked last season in the top-100 of the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI). MSU will be mixing it up with eight teams that saw post-season play last season including five that played in the NCAA Tournament. MSU gets their season going (Nov. 2) when they host an exhibition game at the CFSB Center against Freed-Hardeman. The regular season opener for the Racers is Nov. 8 at Valparaiso, with the home opener against Bethel (Nov. 12). The season culminates at the OVC Tournament (March 5-8) at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn.
For the second season, the OVC will use a two-division format. The OVC Tournament will begin with first round games (March 5) when the No. 5 seed takes on No. 8 and No. 6 plays No. 7. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds meet the winners in the second round (March 6). Waiting with byes to the semifinals on March 7 is the top two seeds. The championship game set for March 8.
Prohm begins his third season with the Racers and ranks high among accomplishments for any coach in NCAA D-I through their first two seasons. He's the fastest MSU coach to 50 victories, joins Tevester Anderson as the only MSU coaches to win at least 20 games in their first two seasons. Prohm ranks 11th all-time among his NCAA D-I peers in making it to 50 wins in only 59 games. Additionally, he's eighth all-time with 52 wins in his first two seasons as head coach.
The Racers are 52-12 (.825) in the last two seasons under Prohm. MSU is 75-21 (.781) in the last three seasons and 106-26 (.791) in the last four
seasons.
Murray State enters their 16th season of basketball at the CFSB Center and hope to keep it as one of the toughest places to play for visiting teams. MSU is 182-32 (.850) all-time and 26-5 (.838) in the Prohm era. More than 160,000 fans have watched the Racers in the CFSB Center in the last two seasons combined.
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