The Rollins Tars will look to bounce back from a tough end to the 2011-12 hoops season when they return to action on November 2nd. The Tars will open the 2012-13 season with a exhibition game in Winston Salem, North Carolina where they will due battle with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
The Tars lose four of five starters from last year's squad that compiled a 16-11 record. Dave Diakite is the only returning member from the starting five of a year ago. The Tars also return Brett Chance, Trip McFall and Jeff Dirkin who have at least one year of playing experience.
Four Division I transfers head to Winter Park to play under coaches Tom Klusman, Brad Ash and Kyle Frakes. Kyle McClanahan and Adam Allen from the University of Florida, Lukas Winegarner from Radford and Mitch Woods of Appalachian State join the Rollins program.
Klusman needs just nine wins to reach 600 for his career. Brad Ash enters his 12th year while Kyle Frakes will enter his 24th season as a men's basketball assistant. Ian Scott will be this year's graduate assistant after a stellar four year playing career that included leading the Sunshine State conference in steals in 2010.
The Tars will open the season with the first meeting versus Wake since 1984. Wake was a 58-55 winner in that contest. Some other highlights of the schedule will be a conference opener at home versus Eckerd to open the conference slate on December 1st. The Tars will head to Las Vegas and play in a new venue. Rollins will join Abilene Christian, Florida Tech and Cameron at the Doolittle Center in the Las Vegas Dessert classic on December 15th and 16th. The calendar year will end with the Winter Park Rotary Tangerine Tournament. Mansfield, Flagler and Shaw will join the Tars in the 38th annual Tangerine tournament. The Tars will then play the traditional conference schedule the rest of the way.
For the first time since 2001 the Sunshine State Conference will hold the conference tournament at a neutral site. It will be held from March 6-10 at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee. For the first time since 2007 all nine members of the conference will qualify for the tournament.
March 16-19 will be the Division II South regional held at campus sites. The Division II national semifinals will be held in Louisville March 21-24. The National Championship game will be played Sunday April 7th at Phillips Arena in Atlanta. It will coincide with the NCAA Final Four in Atlanta the same weekend.
Below is the season schedule. As always you can find everything Rollins at RollinsSports.com, and you can also catch all the action on RollinsSports.TV and WPRK 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park. Jim "Shooter" Ferro, Nate Weyant, and Robert Seagull will give you the call of the games.
November
2 @ Wake Forest (Exhibition)
16 vs Warner
19 Puerto Rice Bayamon
21 vs Puerto Rico Rio Piedras
28 @Palm Beach Atlantic
December
1 vs Eckerd
7 vs Southeastern
15 vs Abeline Christian in Las Vegas
16 vs Cameron in Las Vegas
29 vs Mansfield
30 Consolation/Championship
January
5 @Tampa
9 @Florida Tech
12 vs Palm Beach Atlantic
16 vs Nova Southeastern
19 vs Lynn
23 @Barry
26 @Saint Leo
30 vs Florida Southern
February
2@Eckerd
6 vs Tampa
13 vs Florida Tech
16 @Lynn
20@Nova Southeastern
23 vs Saint Leo
27 vs Barry
March
2 @Florida Southern
6-10 Sunshine State Conference Tournament at Silver Spurs Arena (Kissimmee)
16-19 NCAA Division II South Regional
21-24 NCAA Division II Semifinals (Louisville)
April
7 NCAA Division II National Championship Game (Phillips Arena)
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