Army

Official Name:

United States Military Academy

Nickname:

Black Knights, Cadets

Mailing Address:

639 Howard Road
West Point, NY 10996-9906

Website:

www.goarmysports.com

Telephone:

(845) 938-6871

Fax:

(845) 446-2556

Enrollment:

4,000

Arena:

Christl Arena
Capacity: 5,043
Year Opened: 1985

School Colors:

Black, Gold and Gray

Conference:

Patriot League (since 1991)
Former Member of Metro Atlantic Athletic (1982-90)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances:

NCAA Tournament Appearances: None

NIT Appearances:

(8) 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, and 1978
13-10 record (.565)
Finished 3rd in 1964, 3rd in 1965, 4th in 1966, 4th in 1969 and 3rd in 1970

All-Time Winningest Coach:

Leo Novak (13 years from 1927-39, 126-61 record, .674)

All-Time Scoring Leader:

Kevin Houston (2,325 points from 1984-87)

All-Time Rebounding Leader:

Gary Winton (1,168 from 1975-78)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record:

Kevin Houston (53 points as senior vs. Fordham in overtime on 2/28/87 in MAAC Tournament quarterfinals)

All-American Selections:

(3) G-F Dale Hall (1945), G Kevin Houston (1987), F Mike Silliman (1966).

NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans:

(2) Dale Hall (1944 and 1945)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score

Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Kevin Houston* (53 vs. Fordham in OT of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals at Meadowlands Arena)
February 28, 1987 (senior/32.9 ppg)
*MAAC Tournament record.

	1	2	OT	Total
Army	33	51	14	98
Fordham	38	46	10	94

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Name	FG	3PT	FT	PTS
Steptoe	2-3	0-0	1-2	5
Yeager	1-4	0-1	2-2	4
King	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Houston	14-37	0-0	19-22	53
Blackwell	4-4	0-0	2-2	11
Boeschenstein	0-0	0-0	4-4	4
Clouse	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Mattson	3-3	0-0	1-3	7
McGuinness	0-0	0-0	0-1	0
Rothert	1-2	0-0	0-1	2
Whipp	2-3	0-0	6-6	12
Totals	27-59	9-23	35-43	98
Percentages	.458	.391	.814

Fordham

Name	FG	3PT	FT	PTS
Franco	5-9	1-3	1-2	12
Paterno	5-7	0-0	2-2	12
Williams	4-5	0-0	7-10	15
Pedro	3-8	0-1	2-3	8
Taylor	1-2	0-0	0-0	2
Bantum	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Jones	3-5	0-1	2-2	8
McClendon	0-1	0-0	3-4	3
Parotta	9-15	0-0	4-7	22
Robinson	5-8	0-0	2-4	12
Totals	35-60	1-5	23-34	94
Percentages	.583	.200	.676

Coaching Chronology:

Coach	Seasons	Years	Record	W-L %	Best Season(s)	Record
Joseph Stilwell	7	1903-11, 1914	49-17	.742	1910	14-1
Harry Fisher	4	1907, 1922-23, 25	55-10	.846	1923	17-0
Harry Higley	2	1912-13	19-6	.760	1913	11-2
Jacob Devers	2	1915-16	16-9	.640	1915	11-2
Arthur Conrad	1	1917	3-8	.375	1917	3-8
Ivens Jones	2	1918-19	11-9	.550	1918	8-4
Joseph O'Shea	2	1920-21	30-7	.811	1920	12-2
John Van Vliet	1	1924	16-2	.889	1924	16-2
Ernest Blood	1	1926	11-6	.647	1926	11-6
Leo Novak	13	1927-39	126-61	.674	1939	13-2
Valentine Lentz	4	1940-43	31-31	.500	1940	11-4
Edward Kelleher	2	1944-45	29-1	.967	1944	15-0
Stuart Holcomb	2	1946-47	18-13	.581	1946	9-6
John Mauer	4	1948-51	33-35	.485	1950, 1951	9-8
Elmer Ripley	2	1952-53	19-17	.528	1953	11-8
Bob Vanatta	1	1954	15-7	.682	1954	15-7
Orvis Sigler	4	1955-58	39-47	.454	1958	13-12
George Hunter	5	1959-63	63-48	.568	1961	17-7
Taylor "Tates" Locke	2	1964-65	40-15	.727	1964	19-7
Bob Knight	6	1966-71	102-50	.671	1968	20-5
Dan Dougherty	4	1972-75	31-66	.320	1972, 1973	11-13
Mike Krzyzewski	5	1976-80	73-59	.553	1977	20-8
Pete Gaudet	2	1981-82	12-41	.226	1981	7-19
Les Wothke	8	1983-90	92-135	.405	1985	16-13
Tom Miller	3	1991-93	13-61	.176	1991	6-22
Mike Connors	1	1993	1-7	.143	1993	1-7
Dino Gaudio	4	1994-97	36-72	.333	1995	12-16
Pat Harris	5	1998-2002	42-96	.304	2002	12-16
Jim Crews	7	2003-09	59-140	.296	2007	15-16
Zach Spiker	2	2010, 1911	25-34	.424	2010	14-15

All-Time W-L Record: 1,119-1,118 (.500) from 1903 through 2011.
NOTES: Army (NY) was self-coached in 1904-05 and 1905-06
Miller compiled a 3-15 record in 1992-93 when he was replaced by Connors on an interim basis.

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