USD Men's Basketball 2008-2009

Sitting (l-r): Adm. Asst. Drew Moser, Asst. Walter Roese, Associate Head Coach Bill Carr, Head Coach Bill Grier, Asst. Kyle Bankhead, Director ofOperations Booker T. Harris. Standing (l-r) : Trumaine Johnson, Danny Brown, Rob Jones, Patrick Lacey, Chris Lewis, Josh Miller, Nathan Lozeau, Gyno Pomare, Daniel Fleming, Clinton Houston, Ray Murdock, De'Jon Jackson, Devin Ginty, Brandon Johnson.

2007-08 NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAM

First-year head coach Bill Grier and his staff guided the Toreros to an overall mark of 22-14, and 3rd placed showing in the competitive West Coast Conference with its 11 -3 record. Hosting the WCC Tournament at the Jenny Craig Pavilion, the Toreros strung together three straight wins over Pepperdine, Saint Mary's and No. 20 Gonzaga to earn the league's au– tomatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. In first round action, De'Jon Jackson's 18 foot jumper in overtime sealed USD's 70- 69 victory over No. 15 UCONN. The win was the program's first ever in post-sea– son play. In second round action USD dropped a hard-fought 72-63 decision to Western Kentucky. Additional high– lights included knocking off Kentucky in historic Rupp Arena, and beating No. 21 Saint Mary's in conference play. Brandon Johnson was the WCC Tournament MVP, and was joined on the All -Tournament team by Gyno Pomare and De'Jon Jack– son. Pomare and Johnson were also First Team AII-WCC.

De'Jon Jackson

Coach Bill Grier