USD Men's Basketball 2006-2007

THE NEWCOMERS: The USO coaching staff has brought in another outstanding re– crniting class with five newcomers. The class is led by guards De' Jon Jackson (Fresno, CA) and Brandon Dowdy (Redlands, CA), and forwards Dani el Fleming (Murrietta, CA) and Joshua Miller (Chino Hills, CA). Jackson, a 6-2, 195 lb. guard, led Clovis West High School to the Boys Division l Southern Section championship. A finalist for California's Mr. Basketball award, he averaged 18.9 points and led his team to a runner-up finish in the state championship game. Dowdy, a 6-4, 200 lb . guard, prepped at Redlands East HS where he averaged r.t-"1111■ 19.7 points and helped his team advance to the CIF semi-finals. He made an area-best 94 three-pointers, including two games where he made 7 treys. Fleming, a 6-8, 215 lb. forward , comes to USD from Citrus College. Last year he earned Ist team All-Western States honors while leading the conference in field goal percentage (62%). Miller, a strong 6-8, 230 lb. forward-center, averaged 18 points and IO rebounds at Ayala High School last season. Walk-on Patrick Lacey (Sacramento, CA), a 6-6, 215 lb. forward, rounds out the roster. ALOOKATTHE SCHEDULE: The Toreros will begin the 2006-07 season with a road game at Stephen F. Austin on Nov. 11th. This will be the first of seven road games in the team's opening ten games of the season. After host– ing UC San Diego and Point Loma, the Toreros will hit the road for games against Loyola-Chicago, Texas San Antonio, San Diego State and Central Michigan. Following a Dec. 5th home contest with CS Bakersfield, USD will head to the bay area to participate in the Golden Bear Clas–

sic at Cal. The Toreros will face Eastern Michigan in the opener, and then either host Cal or Chicago State on Dec. 9th. Mid-December will see the Toreros back at the JCP to host Campbell, Furman and UC Santa Barbara, followed by a post– Christmas road trip to Fresno State on Dec. 30th. West Coast Conference action begins with three straight away

games against San Francisco, Pepperdine and LMU, but the Toreros will close out their WCC slate with four of five games in the Jenny Craig Pavilion. During this stretch, USO will host LMU (Feb. 10), Pepperdine (Feb. 12), Portland (Feb. 24) and Gonzaga (Feb. 26). The WCC Tourna– ment will be hosted by the University of Portland over March 2-5. The Toreros will appear in three ESPN telecasts during league play, and also have nine home contests televised locally by Channel 4 San Diego.

West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll Top Five Returning Players

1. Gonzaga - 62 (6) 2. Loyola Marymount - 51 (1) 3. San Francisco - 50 4. Saint Mary's - 40 (1)

Darren Cooper (Portland) Matthew Knight (LMU) Derek Raivio (Gonzaga) Armondo Surratt (USF) Alan Wiggins (USF) Brandon Worthy (LMU)

5. SAN DIEGO - 33 6. Santa Clara - 27 7. Pepperdine - 16 8. Portland - 9 (1st Place Votes)

(Voted by WCC coaches)