Men’s Basketball Facts/ Media Information
2011 - 2012 Brown University Men's Basketball Facts
Location: Providence, Rhode Island 02912
Founded: 1764
President: Ruth J. Simmons
Enrollment: 5,874
Nickname: Bears
Colors: Seal Brown, Cardinal Red, White
Home Court: Pizzitola Sports Center (2,800)
Director of Athletics: Michael Goldberger
Conference Affiliations: Ivy League, NCAA Division I
QUICK HOOP FACTS
Head Coach: Jesse Agel (Vermont '84)
Record at Brown: 31-57, three years
Career Record: 31-57, three years
Associate Head Coach: T.J. Sorrentine (Vermont '05)
E-Mail: thomas_sorrentine@brown.edu
Assistant Coaches: Kenyon Spears (Lamar '01)
E-Mail: kenyon_spears@brown.edu
Ryan Schneider (Marist '09)
E-Mail: ryan_schneider@brown.edu
Marques Coleman (Brown '12)
E-Mail: marques_coleman@brown.edu
Basketball Phone: (401) 863-1315
Basketball Trainer: Matt Culp
Captains: Tucker Halpern '13 and Matthew Sullivan '13
2010-2011 Record: 11-17
Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 7/4
Began Basketball: 1900-01 (106th season)
Press Row Phone: (401) 863-3208
MEDIA INFORMATION
Dir. of Sports Information: Christopher Humm (basketball contact)
Office Phone: (401) 863-1095
Home Phone: (401) 247-2392
Fax Phone: (401) 863-1436
E-Mail: Christopher_Humm@Brown.edu
Assist. Directors of Sports Info.: Jeanne Carhart and Lyndsey Maurer
Sports Information Coordinator: Michael Gambardella
Sports Info. Admin. Assistant: Amy Fairclough
Web Site: www.brownbears.com
Media Credentials
Please make all press requests at least three days in advance. Press passes can either be mailed out with one week's notice, or picked up at the Pizzitola Sports Center's Will Call window on game day. All Press requests should be directed to:
Christopher Humm
Director of Sports Information
Brown University - Pizzitola Sports Center
235 Hope Street, Room 204
Providence, Rhode Island 02912
Phone: 401-863-1095 n Fax: 401-863-1436
Bears On The Air
Brown's entire schedule is broadcast on WPRV-AM 790. Scott Cordischi will call all the action. Former Brown basketball star Russ Tyler '71 (1,133 career points) provides the color analysis. Tyler was recently named one of the Top 15 players in Brown basketball history as a member of the Brown 100th Season All-Time Team.
Post Game Interviews/Filing
At the conclusion of the game, both teams will be available for interviews outside their respective locker rooms following a 10-minute cooling off period. Game stories can be filed at courtside or in the Brown Sports Information Office (Room 204). Wireless and internet connections are available.
Audio/Video On The Internet
Brown Basketball fans can now watch a live video and audio feed WPRV-AM 790 of all home games through B2 Networks. Fans wanting to watch Brown events via B2 Networks will need a high-speed Internet connection and a current version of Windows Media Player. Games will be sold on an individual basis at $7 per game or $60 for the season. In addition, you can listen to live free audio of Brown's broadcast on WPRV-AM 790. Just go to www.brownbears.com, click on audio & visual on the left side of the page and make your choice of free live audio or pay-per-view video.
The Jesse Agel Show
The Jesse Agel Show, hosted by Scott Cordischi, will be broadcast on Wednesday evening throughout the season at area retaurants, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on WPRV-AM 790. Brown fans can also listen to the show on the internet at www.brownbears.com.
Christopher Humm - Director of Sports Information
Christopher Humm joined the Brown University athletic staff in July 1988, as Director of Sports Information and head golf coach after holding similar positions at Hofstra University for eight years. He stepped down as golf coach at the end of the 1993 season.
At Brown, Humm is responsible for the implementation of a media relations program, including the publication of media guides/interactive magazines and programs, and the daily maintenance of the Brown Athletics web site, brownbears.com, for Brown's 37 varsity athletic teams. He also ran three major fundraising golf tournaments for the Brown Athletic Department for 12 years.
In 2010, Humm worked as the moderator for all press conferences at the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball First and Second Round games played at Providence. He moderated 24 press conferences in four days, including pre-game and post-game press conferences.
In 2006, Humm was honored by the All-American Football Foundation with the Scoop Hudgins Outstanding SID Awards at its 81st Annual Banquet of Champions. He was successfully nominated two NCAA Silver Anniversary Award winners, Steve Jordan '82 and Lisa Caputo '86, and an NCAA Top VIII Award winner, Nick Hartigan '06.
In 2004, Humm was honored by the University with a Brown Appreciation Award for his work on the 125th Anniversary of Brown Football. He also won the Jay Barry '50 Service Award in 1990, and the Robert F. Hall '66 Recognition Award in 2003.
Humm was the master of ceremonies for the Brown All-Sports Banquet for six years, and the Brown Athletics Senior Banquet for two years. He has also been the master of ceremonies and moderator and panel moderator for several Black Coaches Association/Fritz Pollard Award dinners honoring the Black Coaches Association Coach of the Year.
A 1977 graduate of Hofstra University, Humm has held positions with both IBM and British Airways. As an undergraduate at Hofstra, he was editor-in-chief of Nexus, the University's yearbook, and a four-year member of the varsity golf team, the last two years as captain.
Humm also worked as Director of Media Relations for the 1987 Can-Am Pacific Games for the Physically Challenged and as the Assistant Director of Media Relations at the 1985 World Games for the Deaf in Los Angeles. He is a member of CoSIDA, and the United States Basketball Writers Association, and is a former president of the Ivy League Sports Information Directors.
A native of Baldwin, NY, Humm is active in the local community. He is a former coach for the Barrington Little League, the Barrington Youth Soccer Association and the Barrington YMCA Basketball Travel League. He and his wife, Debbie, reside in Barrington, Rhode Island, and have two sons, Robert, a 2004 Brown graduate and a 2008 Roger Williams Law School graduate, and Steven, a 2008 graduate of Providence College.
