Marist Red Foxes men's basketball

Marist Red Foxes

2023–24 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team

University

Marist College

First season

1961–62

All-time record

528–678 (.438) Division I

Athletic director

Tim Murray

Head coach

John Dunne (6th season)

Conference

MAAC

Location

Poughkeepsie, New York, United States

Arena

McCann Arena
(Capacity: 3,200)

Nickname

Red Foxes

Colors

Red and white^[1]

Uniforms

Home

Away

NCAA tournament appearances

1986, 1987

Conference tournament champions

NEC: 1986, 1987

Conference regular season champions

2002, 2007
NEC: 1985, 1987

For information on all Marist College sports, see Marist Red Foxes

The Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The Red Foxes have qualified for the NCAA tournament twice (1986, 1987), losing in the first round in both instances. Prior to joining the MAAC in 1997, Marist was a charter member of the ECAC Metro Conference in 1981; which became the Northeast Conference in 1988.

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History

The Marist men's basketball team's first varsity season was 1961–62 at the NCAA Division III level. For 20 years Marist would play at this level. Their most successful season during this time was the 1970–71 season under head coach Ron Petro, in which they went 21–7. The Marist Athletic Department including the men's basketball program transitioned up to the Division I level before the 1981–82 season. In response to the competitive landscape the program encountered in Division I for basketball recruits Marist became one of the first college programs to recruit players from overseas. This strategy worked and Marist was able to attract very talented international players to Poughkeepsie. This led to unprecedented on the court success and national recognition for the school. The most successful Marist men's basketball teams played in the mid-1980s and were composed mostly of players from Europe and Canada. They were led by future first-round selection and NBA All-Star Rik Smits, who was originally from the Netherlands. Also on those teams was Rudy Bourgarel and Alain Forestier from France, Peter Krasovec from Hungary, Curtis Celestine from Canada and Serbian player Miroslav Pecarski.^[2] At the time, Pecarski was considered by some to be Europe's top 17-year-old player, but he was injured in the preseason, creating an opportunity for Smits.^[3]

During the 1984–85 season, Marist hosted eventual national champion Villanova, losing 57–51. That same year Marist would earn its first ECAC Metro Conference regular season championship. That team was coached by Matthew Furjanic Jr., whose staff also included Jim Todd, who would go on to become head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers.

In 1986 and 1987 Marist won the ECAC Metro Conference tournament and advanced to play in the NCAA tournament. In the 1986 NCAA Tournament, Marist lost 68–53 against a Georgia Tech team which would send four members of its starting lineup to the NBA. The 1987 team was Dave Magarity’s first year as head coach of the Red Foxes. The team won 20 games for the first time in its Division I history and lost to University of Pittsburgh in the NCAA first round. Magarity’s staff included Jeff Bower, formerly the general manager and head coach of the NBA’s New Orleans Hornets.

After graduating, Rik Smits was drafted #2 overall in the first round of the 1988 NBA draft, and become the first Marist player to play in the NBA. He would go on to have a long and successful career with the Indiana Pacers.^[4]

Marist lost in the first round of the 1996 NIT to Rhode Island.^[5] The 1995–96 team was led by 6'11" center Alan Tomidy, a native of Le Roy, New York and first team all New York Metropolitan, NEC and Haggerty Award Finalist, who averaged 18.8 pts and 11.3 rebounds per game. Other players of note were shooting forward Kareem Hill (13.7 pts and 8.7 rbs/game) and guard Danny Basile (15 pts/game), who combined for 55 points in that NIT loss. ^[6]

Since joining the MAAC in 1997, Marist has not won a conference tournament title nor qualified for an NCAA berth, although they won the MAAC regular season title twice (shared 2002, outright 2007).^[7] Not coincidentally, each of those teams possessed outstanding guard play; Sean Kennedy in 2002^[8] and Jared Jordan in 2007.^[9]

The 2006–07 season featured point guard Jared Jordan, 7' center James Smith and shooting guard Will Whittington. Jordan led the nation in assists for the second straight year while Whittington, a three-point shooting specialist, contributed 17.6 pts/game.^[10] Whittington finished his Marist career with 362 three-pointers, and Jordan finished his career with 813 assists, both still program records.

In March, 2007, the men's basketball team defeated Oklahoma State in the first round of the NIT 67–64.^[11]

On June 28, 2007, Jared Jordan became the second Marist College basketball player to be selected in the NBA draft, as the 45th overall pick, 15th pick in the second round by the Los Angeles Clippers.^[12]

Two Marist players have won the Haggerty Award, Izett Buchanan in 1994^[13] and Jared Jordan in 2007.^[14] The award is given annually to the Metropolitan area's top men's Division I basketball player.

Head coaches

On April 10, 2013, Jeff Bower was named the tenth Head Coach in Marist's Division I history replacing Chuck Martin who was fired on March 14.^[15]^[16]

One June 2, 2014, after leading Marist to a 12–19 record in one season, Bower resigned his position to become General Manager of the Detroit Pistons of the NBA.^[17] On June 17, 2014, Mike Maker was hired as the eleventh head coach.^[18] Maker was previously the head coach at Division III Williams College where over six seasons he led the Ephs to a 147–32 (.821) record and three Division III Final Fours, twice getting to the title game.^[19] However, Maker was fired on March 5, 2018, after winning 28 games over four seasons.^[20]

On April 3, 2018, John Dunne was hired as the 12th coach of Marist, being hired from MAAC rival Saint Peter's.^[21]

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Red Foxes have appeared in two NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 0–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1986	First Round	Georgia Tech	L 53–68
1987	First Round	Pittsburgh	L 68–93

NIT results

The Red Foxes have appeared in two National Invitation Tournaments. Their combined record is 1–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1996	First Round	Rhode Island	L 77–82
2007	First Round Second Round	Oklahoma State NC State	W 67–64 L 66–69

NAIA tournament results

The Red Foxes have appeared in the NAIA Tournament once. Their combined record is 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1973	First round	Xavier (La.)	L 65–81

Year-by-year results

Overall total reflects only Division I seasons

Season	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
George Sturba (1961–1962)
1961–62	6–7
George Sturba (1 yr)	6–7 (.462)
Tom Wade (1962–1964)
1962–63	14–9
1963–64	4–15
Tom Wade (2 yrs)	18–24 (.429)
Paul Arnold (1964–1966)
1964–65	6–17
1965–66	6–17
Paul Arnold (2 yrs)	12–34 (.261)
Ron Petro (1966–1984)
1966–67	9–16
1967–68	11–13	4–2		CAAC Champions
1968–69	17–10	7–1		CAAC Champions
1969–70	15–9	4–2
1970–71	21^[22]–7	7–1		CAAC Champions
1971–72	16–9	8–2
1972–73	15–12	6–4		NAIA first round
1973–74	9–16	3–5
1974–75	16–10	6–4
1975–76	15–10	9–3
1976–77	7–15	5–8
1977–78	7–19
Big Apple Conference
1978–79	8–16	4–6		First Division II season
1979–80	9–17	4–6
1980–81	12–15	9–3
ECAC Metro North
1981–82	12–14	6–9	5th	First Division I season
1982–83	14–15	7–7	4th
1983–84	14–15	8–8	5th
Ron Petro (18 yrs)	226–238 (.487)	97–71 (.577)
Ron Petro (DI 3 yrs)	40–44 (.476)	21–24 (.467)
Matthew Furjanic Jr. (1984–1986)
1984–85	17–12	11–3	1st
1985–86	19–12	11–5	2nd	NCAA round of 64
Matt Furjanic (2 yrs)	36–24 (.600)	22–8 (.733)
Dave Magarity (1986–2004)
1986–87	20–10	15–1	1st	NCAA round of 64
1987–88	18–9	13–3	T-1st
Northeast Conference
1988–89	13–15	9–7	4th
1989–90	17–11	10–6	T-3rd
1990–91	6–22	4–12	T-7th
1991–92	10–20	6–10	7th
1992–93	14–16	10–8	T-3rd
1993–94	14–13	10–8	T-5th
1994–95	17–11	12–6	T-2nd
1995–96	22–7	14–4	T-2nd	NIT 1st Round
1996–97	6–22	4–14	9th
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
1997–98	11–17	7–11	T-7th
1998–99	16–12	8–10	6th
1999–00	14–14	10–8	T-4th
2000–01	17–13	11–7	T-4th
2001–02	19–9	13–5	T-1st
2002–03	13–16	8–10	6th
2003–04	6–22	4–14	9th
Dave Magarity (18 yrs)	253–259 (.494)	168–144 (.538)
Matt Brady (2004–2008)
2004–05	11–17	8–10	T-7th
2005–06	19–10	12–6	3rd
2006–07	25–9	14–4	1st	NIT 2nd Round
2007–08	18–14	11–7	T-5th
Matt Brady (4 yrs)	73–50 (.593)	45–27 (.625)
Chuck Martin (2008–2013)
2008–09	10–23	4–14	T-9th
2009–10	1–29	1–17	10th
2010–11	6–27	3–15	T-9th
2011–12	14–18	7–11	8th
2012–13	10–21	6–12	8th
Chuck Martin (5 yrs)	41–118 (.258)	21–69 (.233)
Jeff Bower (2013–2014)
2013–14	12–19	9–11	T-6th
Jeff Bower (1 yr)	12–19 (.387)	9–11 (.450)
Mike Maker (2014–2018)
2014–15	7–25	5–15	T-10th
2015–16	7–23	4–16	11th
2016–17	8–24	5–15	T-10th
2017–18	6–25	4–14	T-10th
Mike Maker (4 yrs)	28–97 (.224)	18–60 (.231)
John Dunne (2018–present)
2018–19	12–19	7–11	8th
2019–20	7–23	6–14	11th
2020–21	12–9	10–8	T-3rd
2021–22	14–16	9–11	T-5th
2022-23	13-20	6-14	11th
John Dunne (4 yrs)	45–67 (.402)	33–44 (.429)
Total:		528–678 (.438)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Career Records

Active players in italics. * Updated through the 2021–22 season

Scoring leaders
Player	Pts
Chavaughn Lewis	2,119
Steve Smith	2,077
Rik Smits	1,945
Khallid Hart	1,879
Brian Parker	1,822
Izett Buchanan	1,593
Will Whittington	1,586
Danny Basile	1,555
Jared Jordan	1,538
Alan Tomidy	1,508

Rebound leaders
Player	Reb
Ted Taylor	923
Alan Tomidy	838
Adam Kemp	825
Rik Smits	811
Miroslav Pecarski	655
Ryan Stilphen	654
Chavaughn Lewis	636
Kareem Hill	627
Izett Buchanan	613
Brian Parker	606

Assist leaders
Player	Ast
Jared Jordan	813
Drafton Davis	804
Sean Kennedy	670
Bruce Johnson	658
Dexter Dunbar	455
Brian Parker	386
Bobby Joe Hatton	365
Danny Basile	341
Joey O'Connor	326
Chavaughn Lewis	308

Block leaders
Player	Blk
Rik Smits	345
Alan Tomidy	267
Adam Kemp	225
Tom Kenney	139
John Donovan	116
Kareem Hill	94
Jordan Jones	94
Miroslav Pecarski	78
Matt Tullis	77
Tomasz Cielebak	76

Steal leaders
Player	Stl
Drafton Davis	301
Bruce Johnson	299
Chavaughn Lewis	243
Sean Kennedy	212
Dexter Dunbar	182
Jared Jordan	160
Rick Smith	145
Joey O'Connor	140
Khallid Hart	138
Izett Buchanan	137

Three-point leaders
Player	3PM
Will Whittington	362
Ryan Funk	264
Danny Basile	239
Steve Paterno	224
Khallid Hart	215
Andy Lake	211
Devin Price	174
Nick Eppehimer	172
Brandon Ellerbee	163
Jared Jordan	154

Free throw percentage leaders
Player	M-A-%
Steve Eggink	172–194 .887
Danny Basile	298–342 .871
Bo Larragan	183–212 .863
David Bennett	179–209 .856
Nick Eppehimer	222–266 .835
Tom Meekins	95–114 .833
Andy Lake	188–228 .825
Khallid Hart	496–607 .817
Ryan Schneider	146–180 .811
Jay Bowie	163–201 .811

Free throws made leaders
Player	FTM
Chavaughn Lewis	543
Brian Parker	500
Khallid Hart	496
Alan Tomidy	446
Izett Buchanan	390
Rik Smits	383
Devin Price	300
Danny Basile	298
Jared Jordan	294
Bobby Joe Hatton	286

Retired numbers

Marist Red Foxes retired numbers
No.	Player	Pos.	Tenure	Ref.
3	Drafton Davis	G	1984–88	^[23]
12	Steve Smith	G	1979–83	^[23]
45	Rik Smits	C	1984–88	^[23]

Conference Player-of-Year winners

1983: Steve Smith (NEC)
1987: Rik Smits (NEC)
1988: Rik Smits (NEC)
1994: Izett Buchanan (NEC)
2007: Jared Jordan (MAAC)

Red Foxes currently in professional basketball

Chavaughn Lewis (born 1993), for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Notable former players

References

^ Marist Branding Manual & Style Guide (PDF). Retrieved April 16, 2016.
^ WEST REGIONAL; At Marist, 7 Feet is not tall enough NY Times, Michael Jensen Jr, Published: March 13, 1987
^ Rik Smits: All-Star Athlete By Dan Pietrafesa '88
^ "Rik Smits Basketball database". databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-15. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
^ "Manhattan and Marist Lose". NY Times. 1996-03-14.
^ "Marist Players Aiming To Forge Own Identity". NY Times. 1996-02-23.
^ "Marist Outlasts Siena to Clinch MAAC Title". NY Times. 2007-02-25.
^ "Marist's Kennedy Named CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major College MVP". MAAC Sports. 2002-03-11.
^ "Marist point guard Jordan making most of success". Sports Illustrated. 2007-02-24.
^ "Will Whittington Profile". realgm.com. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
^ "Oklahoma State falls to Marist". OKState.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
^ "Jared Jordan Info". Clippers TopBuzz. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
^ "NEC Record Book" (PDF). Northeastconference.org. 2009-11-02.
^ "Brady, Jordan Take Top Honors From Met Writers". Hudson Valley Press. 2007-04-11. Archived from the original on 2013-06-15.
^ "Marist reaches deal to hire Jeff Bower". Yahoo Sports. 2013-04-10.
^ "Marist pulls plug on Chuck Martin". Poughkeepsie Journal. 2013-03-14.
^ "Jeff Bower resigns as Marist men's basketball coach". Poughkeepsie Journal. 2014-06-02.
^ "New Marist basketball coach Mike Maker confident". Poughkeepsie Journal. 2014-06-17.
^ "Mike Maker to coach Marist". ESPN. 2014-06-17.
^ Martelli, A.J. "Marist fires Mike Maker; search for men's basketball coach begins". Poughkeepsie Journal. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
^ "Marist Hires John Dunne As Head Men's Basketball Coach". MAAC Sports. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
^ "The Student Newspaper of Marist College Archive · the Circle: Vol. 8 No. 7 - March 11, 1971 · Marist Archives and Special Collections Exhibits and Collections".
^ ^a ^b ^c B/R Home Court Advantage: Marist's McCann Center by TRAVIS MILLER at Bleachreport.com, 4 Feb 2009

External links

Official website

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Academics and campus	Hudson River Valley Institute Lorenzo de' Medici School Col. Oliver Hazard Payne Estate Marist Poll
People	Notable alumni
Athletics and activities	Marist Red Foxes Teams: Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Men's soccer Baseball Softball Facilities: Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field McCann Arena James J. McCann Baseball Field Conferences: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Pioneer Football League

v t e Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball
Teams	Canisius Golden Griffins Fairfield Stags Iona Gaels Manhattan Jaspers Marist Red Foxes Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Niagara Purple Eagles Quinnipiac Bobcats Rider Broncs Saint Peter's Peacocks Siena Saints
Tournament & awards	MAAC men's basketball tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year Rookie of the Year
Seasons	1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23

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