THIS WEEK
The UC San Diego men's basketball team opened up the week with a 59-56 win over Chapman University Monday evening in RIMAC Arena. The Tritons will now host Cal State Bakersfield Friday evening and Cal State L.A. Saturday night to begin the CCAA schedule. Both games are slated for 7:30 p.m. starts inside RIMAC Arena.

INTERNET RADIO BROADCAST
Friday and Saturday night's UCSD men's and women's basketball games against Cal State Bakersfield and Cal State L.A. can be heard live on the internet by clicking on the Audio Broadcasts link located on the front page of the UCSD athletics website. Tom Sheridan will provide the play-by-play for both games.

UCSD vs. CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD
UCSD trails in the all-time series between these two school, having never won in any of the previous 10 meetings. The Roadrunners swept the Tritons last year, defeating them by a 73-58 margin at home and a 86-61 margin in RIMAC. Friday's game will be the first CCAA contest for both squads and only the second game of the season for CSUB.

UCSD vs. CAL STATE L.A.
For the first time in its brief CCAA hisotry, UCSD swept the season series from Cal State L.A. last year to take its all-time series record against the Golden Eagles to 4-6. The Tritons registered a 55-45 win in the Eagles' Nest in January while also posting an 83-79 overtime victory in RIMAC last February.

MONDAY NIGHT
The UC San Diego men's basketball team evened up its record at 2-2 with a narrow 59-56 victory over Chapman University Monday evening at RIMAC Arena. Sophomore Robby Peters led three UCSD players in double-digit scoring with his 14 points in helping the Tritons drop the Panthers to 2-2 on the year. Freshmen Clint Allard and Andrew Hatch each set new career-highs for UCSD with their 13 and 11 points, respectively. The Tritons went 18-for-25 from the charity stripe, including Hatch's 7-for-10 performance.

LAST WEEK
UCSD picked up its first win of the seaosn with a 62-54 win over Pomona-Pitzer. Sophomore Parker Berling poured in a career-high 31 points to go along with 11 rebounds and three blocked shots in the win last Tuesday evening. Following a short Thanksgiving break, UCSD returned to the hardwood for a Saturday night game against San Diego State. The Tritons played a close first half, as they were down by only six at intermission, but were out-manned in the second as San Diego State pulled away for an 86-51 victory. Berling led the way again for UCSD, scoring 16 points and grabbing a game-high six rebounds.

PETERS FINDS THE RANGE
After a tough opening game in which he went 2-for-8 from behind the three point line, sophomore guard Robby Peters has found his long range touch in the last three contests. Over the last three games Peters has gone 8-for-13 from behind the arc, including a 3-for-5 game at San Diego State and a 4-for-6 contest at home against Chapman.

LOOKING FOR 500
UCSD enters CCAA play needing only two wins to reach 500 program victories. The Tritons currently have an all-time record of 498-504, including the 2-2 mark this season.

NEW COACHING ERA BEGINS
First year head coach Bill Carr began his tenure at UCSD last Saturday in the season opener against San Diego. Carr steps into a tough position as the Tritons lost their top three scorers from a year ago and return no starters and a schedule that has two Division I opponents on it and only four games prior to the start of CCAA play. With his track record of success (84-23 head coaching record), however, all of the early signs in the preseason indicate that Carr will be able to get things moving in the right direction in his first year.

KEY RETURNERS
UCSD returns only three players from last year's squad that saw significant minutes on the floor. Junior Zach Zanolli is the only returning upper classmen and one of only four upper classmen on the entire roster. Zanolli averaged 2.8 points, 1.3 rbounds and one assist per game as a sophomore. Parker Berling and Robby Peters return after their rookie campaigns in 2003-04. Berling averaged 7.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game while Peters averaged 5.6 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. The three remaining are Chris Randall, who appeared in 10 games as a rookie, while Clint Allard and Drew Spaventa both redshirted last season due to injuries.

HEAD COACH BILL CARR
UC San Diego Director of Athletics Earl W. Edwards announced on Monday, May 10, 2004, that Bill Carr had been named the new head coach for the men's basketball program. The announcement concluded the process to fill the vacant position that had been open for six weeks. “We are extremely excited that Coach Carr has agreed to join the UC San Diego family,” said Edwards. “His diverse coaching background and knowledge of recruiting, especially on the west coast, made him a very logical choice. Additionally, he has a history of community involvement on the campus and in the local community wherever he has coached and that coincides well with the philosophy of this department.” UCSD is the only non-scholarship member at the NCAA Division II level and competes in the California Collegiate Athletic Association, the premier D-II conference in the country. Triton athletics made the jump to Division II prior to the start of the 2000 fall sports season. “This is a great opportunity for me at UC San Diego,” said Carr. “I am really looking forward to being a integral part of not only the campus community, but also of the greater San Diego county as well. To be a member of a growing, successful intercollegiate athletics department that has such a high caliber of student-athlete across the board is truly an honor.” Carr spent the previous two seasons as the associate head coach at Long Beach State. Prior to arriving on Long Beach State campus, he spent three seasons as the head basketball coach for Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL. Carr has spent the past 14 seasons coaching collegiate basketball and brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge. A native of Glendale, CA, Carr accumulated a career mark of 84-23 (.785) at Spring Hill, leading the Badgers to three appearances in the NAIA National Tournament. In 2000 and 2001, Spring Hill advanced to the NAIA “Elite Eight”. Spring Hill accumulated a 41-9 league mark in his three seasons and lost back-to-back games only once in 107 games. In his first season (1999-00) Carr led Spring Hill to a 29-8 mark, a Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) championship and a trip to the NAIA Tournament, where it advanced to the final eight. Carr was named the GCAC Coach of the Year that season and was a finalist for the NAIA National Coach of the Year. Spring Hill finished the season ranked 11th in the country and was one of the top-rated defensive teams in the NAIA that season. The 29 victories set a new school record as did the 16 league wins. In 2000-01, the Badgers were 29-8, finished No. 12 in the country. The 29 victories tied a school record, which he set the year before. In his final season at Spring Hill (01-02) the Badgers finished 26-7, won the GCAC title and advanced to the NAIA Tournament. The Badgers finished the regular season ranked No. 8 in the country and were the top-ranked defensive team in the nation. Prior to his time in Mobile, Carr spent nine years as an assistant coach at the University of San Francisco. He helped land 10 first team All-West Coast Conference (WCC) standouts to USF, including the 1998 and 2000 WCC Freshmen of the Year. USF advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 1998 after winning the WCC Tournament title. Carr attended Glendale College before moving on to USF where he lettered two years on the Dons basketball squad (1985-87). A shooting guard, Carr played on the “Back to Basketball” squad of 1985-86, the first season of the program's restart after a three-year hiatus. He would later graduate from USF with a degree in Accounting.

TRANSFER OF POWER
UCSD got four junior college transfers into school for the 2004-05 season. Juniors Odioh Odiye and David Retzlaff join the Tritons from West Valley College and Pierce College, respectively. Sophomores Mark Lewkowitz and Zackary Craddock come to the La Jolla campus from Cuesta College and Porterville College.

FRESH FACES
Of the six freshman, four are completely new to UC San Diego. The other two of those six are redshirt freshmen who sat out last season due to injury. The 2004-050 rookies consist of Mike Bakal, Andrew Hatch, Kyle Johnson and Joey Toboni. Of those four, only Toboni has one year of college under his belt. Toboni comes to UCSD after one year at Santa Clara University, where he did not play basketball.

RIMAC ARENA - HOME OF THE TRITONS
The Recreation, IntraMural, Athletic Complex (RIMAC) is the newest of the UCSD sports facilities. This nearly 200,000 square foot facility is located just south of the 12-acre North Campus Recreation Area Field on the northwest corner of the campus. Opened in January 1995, RIMAC is a multi-purpose facility with the most advanced forms of quality control, state-of-the-art equipment and a strong staff commitment to customer service. Every room in RIMAC is climate controlled and many of the spaces feature an abundance of natural lighting. RIMAC houses the offices of the Intercollegiate Athletics, Recreation and Sports Facilities departments. RIMAC also features a variety of recreational, educational, and meeting spaces which can accommodate a variety of activities. The RIMAC Arena is a multi-use facility capable of accommodating a wide variety of activities ranging from large spectator events including ceremonies and concerts to athletic competitions and tournaments. The 44,000 square foot floor is also capable of accommodating large floor exhibits. The Arena Floor is spring loaded employing the use of Robbins Bio-Cushion I and is curtain divisible for multi-sport use in basketball (total of five courts), volleyball, and badminton. The arena is furnished with 10 retractable glass basketball backboards, and floor plates and sleeves for volleyball and badminton. Employing the use of telescopic bleachers and floor seats, the RIMAC Arena may accommodate up to 5,000 people. RIMAC is home to the UCSD men and women's basketball teams along with the men and women's volleyball squads. Over 50 home athletic events are contested in RIMAC every year, and with entusiastic support from both the campus and surrounding communities, the Tritons truly enjoy a home court advantage. Both of the basketball and volleyball teams utilize the main court for both practice and games, while the auxiliary courts, which are located on the third floor, are used only for