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Men's Basketball

Live Audio Royals' Basketball

Alumni Game
Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009
Long Center (12:00 noon)



2 NCAA Championships (1976, 1983)
4 NCAA Final Four Appearances
(1976, 1977, 1983, 1988)
21 NCAA Tournament Appearances








The University of Scranton joined the 
Landmark Conference in the fall of 2007. Conference members include:

The Catholic University of America
(Washington, DC)

Drew University
(Madison, N.J.)

Goucher College
(Baltimore, Md.)

Juniata College
(Huntingdon, Pa.)

Moravian College
(Bethlehem, Pa.)

Susquehanna University
(Selinsgrove, Pa.)

United States Merchant Marine Academy
(Kings Point, N.Y.)





 


Head Coach Carl Danzig has led the Royals to two Freedom Conference (2003, 2006) and one Landmark Conference championship (2008), three NCAA tournament appearances (2003, 2006, 2008), and three 20-or-more win seasons
in seven years


 











































Coaching Staff
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Schedule & Results

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Historical Information
100-Point Games/Largest Margins 
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All-Americans
All-Conference Selections
All-Time Results
All-Time Roster
Landmark Conference
Post-Season Tournament Results
Records
Royals vs. All Opponents
Year-by-Year Stat Leaders
Year-by-Year Results
Year-by-Year Team Statistics

Roster
2008-2009 Media Guide
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Quick Facts


















Current Players'
Game-by-Game Statistics

Current Players'
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Head Coach - Carl Danzig

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Carl Danzig has developed quite a niche as head coach of The University of Scranton men’s basketball program.

Since taking over in 2001, he has led the Royals to a 120-69 record (.635).   Danzig’s most noteworthy accomplishment, however, came in 2003, when he led the Royals to a Freedom Conference championship and a ‘Sweet 16’ appearance in the NCAA Division III tournament to cap off a 24-win season, Scranton’s most since 1993.  He built that championship team around a solid defense that limited opponents to less than 42 percent shooting from the field, which led the Freedom Conference.  In 2004-2005, he led the Royals to a 14-game turnaround from the previous year, as Scranton went 20-7, qualified as the number three seed in the Freedom Conference post-season tournament and advanced to semifinals of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Southern Region tournament.  In 2006, despite losing a number of players to injuries, he led Scranton to the Freedom Conference championship, its 20th NCAA tournament appearance, and a 21-7 overall record.  In 2007, the Royals went 19-7, including a 10-4 mark in their final season as a member of the Freedom Conference of the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation.  The Royals continued their success under Danzig this past year by winning the first-ever championship of the Landmark Conference and earning a Pool B bid to the 2008 NCAA Division III championships.

His ascension to his first head coaching position followed a similar path that many in his profession have taken.

He got his start as a graduate assistant with the men's basketball program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he earned a Master of Arts degree in education before landing as an assistant at Bucknell University, an NCAA Division I institution.  During his 11-year tenure, the Bison posted an overall record of 180-135 (.571) under head coaches Charlie Woollum and Pat Flannery, including seven winning seasons and 20-or-more wins in 1992 (21) and 1993 (23).  Bucknell also advanced to the Patriot League championship game four times during Danzig's tenure, losing to Fordham, 70-65, in 1992; Holy Cross, 98-73, in 1993; Navy, 76-75, in 1997; and Lafayette, 67-63, in 1999.  His major duties were recruiting, scheduling, scouting and film exchange.  He also assisted in the coordination of the Bison summer camp program, community service projects, alumni activities and fund-raising efforts.

While an undergraduate at Baker University in Kansas, he was a two-year captain on the men's basketball team and finished his career as the second all-time leading scorer in Wildcat history with 1,732 points.  A three-time all-Heart of America Conference selection and a first team all-district pick his senior year, he led the team in scoring and rebounding three times.  He was also a four-year letterman on the men's golf team.  He is a 1987 graduate of Baker with a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education.
   
Carl, a native of Overland Park, Kansas, and his wife, Lynette, a certified public accountant, are the parents of three sons:  Ross, Ethan and Jackson.  The family resides in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania.

Coaching Highlights
NCAA Tournament Appearances (3)
2003 (Sweet 16), 2006, 2008
ECAC Tournament Appearances (1)
2005 (Semifinalists)
Freedom Conference Coach of the Year (1)
2006 (co-recipient)
Freedom Conference Championships (1)
2003, 2006
Freedom Conference Post-Season Tournament Appearances (5)
2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
Landmark Conference Championships (1)
2008
Landmark Conference Post-Season Tournament Appearances (1)
2008
Winning Seasons

2003 (24-6), 2005 (20-7), 2006 (21-7), 2007 (19-8), 2008 (19-9)
Freedom Conference Player of the Year Selections
Derek Elphick (2003)
Freedom Conference Rookie of the Year Selections
Brian O’Donnell (2002)
All-Freedom Conference Selections
Randy Arnold (2006, 2007)
Tom Bicknell (2006, 2007)
Darren Cannon (2005)
Derek Elphick (2002, 2003)
Dan Loftus (2002, 2003)
Brian O’Donnell (2003, 2004, 2005)
All-Landmark Conference Selections
Randy Arnold (2008)
Zach Ashworth (2008)
Tom Bicknell (2008)

Biographical Information
Full Name:
  Carl Geoffrey Danzig
Date of Birth:  April 10, 1965
Native of:  Overland Park, Kansas
Marital Status:  Married
Wife's Name:  Lynette
Children:  Ross, Ethan and Jackson
Education:  Bachelor of Science degree in physical education, Baker University (1987)
Master of Arts degree in education, University of Missouri-Kansas City (1989)

Assistant Coach - Mike Bartoletti
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Mike Bartoletti finished up his seventh season as a member of the Royal coaching staff.  He came to the University in 2001 after a highly successful career as head women’s basketball coach at nearby Lackawanna College, where he led the Lady Falcons to an overall record of 163-40 (.803) during a seven-year span, which included a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 19 Division II title (1995) and a seventh-place national finish (1995).  He was also named Region 19 Coach of the Year in 1995 and Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) District II Coach of the Year in 2000.

His Lady Falcons won 20-or-more games in a season all seven years, including a 22-6 mark and a semifinal berth in the Division II Region 19 tournament this past year.  In addition, he coached the Falcons' baseball team to a five-year record of 110-84-2 (.567) after serving as an assistant for three seasons.

A 1981 graduate of Riverside High School, Bartoletti played baseball at Lackawanna before matriculating at Robert Morris College in Corapolis, Pennsylvania, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration with a concentration in sports management.  In addition to serving an internship with the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Bartoletti coached girls basketball at Old Forge High School for three seasons, winning a Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) District II title and qualifying for the state playoffs the other two years.

Mike and his wife, Marylynn, currently reside in Old Forge, Pennsylvania.  He will also begin his sixth season as head coach of the Royals' baseball program in 2008.
2008-2009 Schedule & Results (6-3 Overall/0-1 Landmark Conference)

Day

Date

Opponent

Directions

Box
Summary

Time

Sat.
Nov. 15
vs. Hood, W, 90-59 Box Summary
Sun. Nov. 16 at Lycoming, W, 70-59 Box Summary
Wed.

Nov. 19
at Cabrini, L, 64-81

Box Summary
SAT.

NOV. 22 RAMAPO, W, 73-49

Box Summary
Tue.

Nov. 25
at Misericordia, L, 71-75


Box Summary
TUE.
DEC. 2
MESSIAH, W, 70-63

Box Summary
Thu.

Dec. 4

at Penn State-Hazleton
(Postponed, unplayable court conditions


Sat.
Dec. 6
*at Moravian, L, 71-78
Box Summary
SAT.
DEC. 13
ALBRIGHT,  W, 91-74

Box Summary
TUE.
DEC. 16 ELIZABETHTOWN, W, 83-68

Box Summary
SAT.


JAN. 3


RADISSON INVITATIONAL
SHENANDOAH vs.  RICHARD STOCKTON
PLATTSBURG ST.  vs. Royals
Directions 4/6 PM
SUN.

JAN. 4

3rd-Place
Championship
Directions

2 PM
4 PM
FRI.
JAN. 9
*SUSQUEHANNA
Directions 7:30 PM
SAT.
JAN. 10
*JUNIATA (WALL OF FAME DAY)
Directions 4:00 PM
Wed. Jan. 14 at Penn State-Hazleton Directions 7:30 pm
Fri.
Jan. 16
*at Goucher
Directions 7:30 pm
Sat.
Jan. 17
*at Catholic
Directions 4:00 pm
SAT.
JAN. 24
*USMMA
Directions 7:30 PM
SUN.
JAN. 25
*DREW
Directions 4:00 PM
Fri.
Jan. 30
*at Juniata
Directions 7:30 pm
Sat.
Jan. 31
*at Susquehanna
Directions 4:00 pm
Sat.
Feb. 7
*at Drew
Directions 7:30 pm
Sun.
Feb. 8
*at USMMA
Directions 4:00 pm
SAT.
FEB. 14 *CATHOLIC
Directions 7:30 PM
SUN.
FEB. 15 *GOUCHER
Directions 4:00 PM
SAT.
FEB. 21 *MORAVIAN
Directions 7:30 PM
Wed. Feb. 25 Landmark Conference Tournament (Semifinals) TBA
Sat.
Feb. 28
Landmark Conference Tournament (Championship) TBA

*Landmark Conference Games
HOME GAMES IN CAPS
Directions to the John J. Long, S.J., Center
Direction to The University of Scranton


2008-2009 Roster
 MS Word

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School
10 Dan Hilferty G 6-1 165 Fr. Ardmore, Pa./Episcopal Academy
11 Kevin Roe G 5-9 155 Jr. Havertown, Pa./Monsignor Bonner
12 Dan O'Connell G 6-0 170 Jr. Somers, N.Y./Kennedy Catholic
14 Eli Londo F 6-5 190 Sr. Hamlin, Pa./North Pocono
20 Matt Swaback F 6-8 190 Fr. Kingston, Pa./Wyoming Seminary
21 RJ Wallace G 6-2 180 So. Apollo, Pa./Greensburg Central Catholic
22 Ryan FitzPatrick G 6-4 185 Sr. Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga
25 Zach Ashworth G 6-2 175 So. Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West
30 Luke Hawk G 6-4 195 So. Audubon, Pa./Methacton
31 Andrew Wynne F 6-8 220 So. Fairport, N.Y./McQuaid Jesuit
34 Paul Biagioli F 6-6 200 Sr. Waverly, Pa./Abington Heights
35 Ivan Bogovich F 6-6 215 So. Glen Rock, N.J./Glen Rock
40 Nick Jaskula C 6-8 215 Fr. Jenkintown, Pa./Jenkintown
41 Brendan Fuller F 6-7 215 Sr. Alexandria, Va./Bishop Ireton
44 Paul Hawk F 6-8 215 Sr. Audubon, Pa./Methacton
50 Anthony Carlino C/F 6-8 215 So. Stratford, Conn./St. Joseph


Quick Facts

Founded: 1888
Location: Scranton, Pa.  18510
Affiliation: Society of Jesus
President: Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J.
Enrollment: 3,600 Undergraduates
Nickname: Royals
Colors: Purple and White
E-mail Address:  athletics@scranton.edu
Mailing Address:  209 Long Center, The University of Scranton, Scranton, Pa.  18510
Athletic Affiliations: NCAA III, ECAC, Landmark Conference
Conference:  Landmark
Conference Members:  The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC), Drew University (Madison, N.J.), Goucher College (Baltimore, Md.), Juniata College (Huntingdon, Pa.), Moravian College (Bethlehem, Pa.), Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, Pa.), United States Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, N.Y.)
Athletic Director: Toby Lovecchio (The University of Scranton '85)
Phone:  570-941-7440
Head Coach: Carl Danzig (Baker '87, 7th year, 101-60 entering 2007-2008 season)
E-mail Address:  danzigc2@scranton.edu
Phone:  570-941-7478
Assistants: Mike Bartoletti (Robert Morris '85, 7th year),  Canio Cianci (Scranton '68, 17th year, fourth under Danzig), Randy Arnold (1st year)
Sports Information Director:  Kevin F. Southard: 570-941-7571 /570-941-4223 (Fax)