Naval Academy Athletics

"The Greatest Service Academy Basketball Team"
Chapter 1 / November 15 – Preseason Thoughts, First Games
Chapter 2 / November 16 – Navy Takes to the Road for Games in the Northeast, Far East and Southeast
Chapter 3 / November 17 – CAA Play Begins
Chapter 4 / November 18 – Mids Start to Roll After Loss
Chapter 5 / November 19 – Star Game Cliffhanger, Redemption vs. Spiders, CAA Tournament Champions
Chapter 6 / November 20 – March Madness, Epilogue
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Video published March, 2021, with recent interviews and highlights from the season.

Alphabetical Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School
32	Bailey, Nate	Fr.	F	6-6	191	South Weymouth, Mass.	Weymouth South
34	Brennan, Rich	Fr.	G	6-0	165	Pittsburgh, Pa.	Chartiers Valley
51	Butler, Vernon	Sr.	F	6-7	245	Beltsville, Md.	High Point
4	Fenton, Neal	Fr.	G	6-0	160	Latrobe, Pa.	Greater Latrobe
22	Gregory, Brian	Fr.	G	5-9	150	Mount Prospect, Ill.	Hersey
15	Jones, Bobby	Fr.	G	6-2	160	Temple Hills, Md.	St. John's
40	Liebert, Carl	Jr.	F	6-6	205	Floyds Knobs, Ind.	Floyd Central
30	Manhertz, Carey	Jr.	F	6-7	185	Bronx, N.Y.	Mount St. Michael Academy
14	Prather, Craig	Fr.	F	6-5	190	Bronx, N.Y.	The Dalton School
44	Rees, Cliff	So.	G	6-4	180	Ellicott City, Md.	Mount Hebron
50	Robinson, David	Jr.	C	6-11	230	Woodbridge, Va.	Osbourn Park
24	Turner, Derric	Fr.	F	6-6	195	Burke, Va.	Lake Braddock
20	Wells, Tony	Sr.	F	6-7	220	Wheaton, Md.	Good Counsel
5	Whitaker, Kylor	Sr.	G	6-6	195	Lebanon, Ore.	Lebanon
10	Wojcik, Doug	Jr.	G	6-1	181	Wheeling, W.Va.	Central Catholic

Coaching Staff
Head Coach – Paul Evans (Sixth Season)
Assistant Coach – Pete Herrmann (Sixth Season)
Assistant Coach – John Fitzpatrick (Sixth Season)
Assistant Coach – Dave Laton (Fifth Season)
Support Staff
Athletic Training – Red Romo, Val Eshleman
Managers – Dan Bates, Ian Cassidy, Chris Cook
Officer Representative – Captain Al Konetznu, USN
Sports Information – Tom Bates, Rick Chryst

Season Results

Date	Result (Click for Box Score)	Navy W-L (All / CAA)	Site	Attendance	Note
November 22	St. John's 66, Navy 58	0-1	Hartford, Conn.	5,336	Big Apple Preseason NIT
November 26	Navy 84, Westminster 54	1-1	Annapolis, Md.	2,050
December 2	Navy 105, Case Western 55	2-1	Annapolis, Md.	1,075
December 4	Navy 103, Penn State 50	3-1	Annapolis, Md.	4,226
December 6	Navy 73, Ohio 62	4-1	Syracuse, N.Y.	23,764	Carrier Classic
December 7	Syracuse 89, Navy 67	4-2	Syracuse, N.Y.	25,432	Carrier Classic
December 21	Navy 70, Air Force 53	5-2	Osaka, Japan	13,185	Suntory Ball
December 23	Navy 93, Army 63	6-2	Tokyo, Japan	12,732	Suntory Ball
December 27	Navy 67, DePaul 64	7-2	Atlanta, Ga.	14,010	Cotton States Classic
December 28	Georgia Tech 82, Navy 64	7-3	Atlanta, Ga.	15,768	Cotton States Classic
January 4	Navy 76, UNCW 61	8-3 / 1-0	Wilmington, N.C.	5,530	CAA
January 6	Navy 67, East Carolina 62	9-3 / 2-0	Greenville, N.C.	3,500	CAA
January 9	Navy 85, James Madison 54	10-3 / 3-0	Annapolis, Md.	3,735	CAA
January 11	Navy 88, George Mason 74	11-3 / 4-0	Annapolis, Md.	4,557	CAA
January 15	Navy 71, Lafayette 56	12-3	Annapolis, Md.	3,131
January 18	Navy 97, American 68	13-3 / 5-0	Arlington, Va.	2,275	CAA
January 20	Navy 108, Delaware 63	14-3	Newark, Del.	2,559
January 23	Richmond 67, Navy 61	14-4 / 5-1	Richmond, Va.	9,673	CAA
January 25	Navy 76, William & Mary 68	15-4 / 6-1	Williamsburg, Va.	4,521	CAA
February 1	Navy 95, UNCW 68	16-4 / 7-1	Annapolis, Md.	3,985	CAA
February 3	Navy 71, East Carolina 56	17-4 / 8-1	Annapolis, Md.	2,565	CAA
February 6	Navy 81, George Mason 68	18-4 / 9-1	Fairfax, Va.	5,222	CAA
February 8	Navy 63, James Madison 51	19-4 / 10-1	Harrisonburg, Va.	6,100	CAA
February 12	Navy 78, Fairfield 53	20-4	East Rutherford, N.J.	5,118
February 15	Navy 74, American 53	21-4 / 11-1	Annapolis, Md.	4,135	CAA
February 17	Navy 66, William & Mary 51	22-4 / 12-1	Annapolis, Md.	3,185	CAA
February 23	Navy 55, Army 52 (OT)	23-4	West Point, N.Y.	3,517	Star Game
February 25	Navy 85, Richmond 72	24-4 / 13-1	Annapolis, Md.	6,315	CAA
March 1	Navy 81, James Madison 67	25-4	Annapolis, Md.	2,033	CAA Tournament - Quarterfinal
March 3	Navy 62, UNCW 60	26-4	Fairfax, Va.	4,439	CAA Tournament - Semifinal
March 4	Navy 72, George Mason 61	27-4	Fairfax, Va.	6,218	CAA Tournament - Final
March 14	Navy 87, Tulsa 68	28-4	Syracuse, N.Y.	19,004	NCAA Tournament - First Round
March 16	Navy 97, Syracuse 85	29-4	Syracuse, N.Y.	21,713	NCAA Tournament - Second Round
March 21	Navy 71, Cleveland State 70	30-4	East Rutherford, N.J.	19,454	NCAA Tournament - Regional Semifinal / Sweet 16
March 23	Duke 71, Navy 50	30-5	East Rutherford, N.J.	19,454	NCAA Tournament - Regional Final / Elite 8

Season Statistics (Complete Statistics)

Player	GP-S	Min. / MPG	FG-A	Pct.	FT-A	Pct.	Reb. / RPG	A	T	B	S	Pts. / PPG
David Robinson	35-35	1184 / 33.83	294-484	.607	208-331	.628	455 / 13.00	24	86	207	59	796 / 22.74
Vernon Butler	34-32	1095 / 32.21	201-355	.566	155-226	.686	250 / 7.35	47	91	12	27	557 / 16.38
Kylor Whitaker	35-35	1045 / 29.86	205-379	.541	45-56	.804	66 / 1.89	160	55	0	30	455 / 13.00
Doug Wojcik	35-35	1105 / 31.57	74-160	.463	38-50	.760	76 / 2.17	251	87	0	45	186 / 5.31
Cliff Rees	35-0	494 / 14.11	62-128	.448	53-61	.869	35 / 1.00	50	29	0	15	177 / 5.06
Carl Liebert	35-16	554 / 15.83	70-148	.473	31-57	.544	125 / 3.57	32	29	3	19	171 / 4.89
Nate Bailey	34-11	569 / 16.74	54-157	.367	37-58	.637	103 / 3.03	30	46	0	17	145 / 4.27
Derric Turner	32-9	406 / 12.69	34-62	.548	12-43	.279	87 / 2.72	12	21	5	5	80 / 2.50
Tony Wells	23-2	91 / 3.96	15-29	.517	10-24	.417	23 / 1.00	2	10	1	2	40 / 1.74
Carey Manhertz	19-0	78 / 4.11	10-17	.588	12-19	.632	27 / 1.42	1	5	3	4	32 / 1.68
Bobby Jones	19-0	73 / 3.84	8-28	.286	5-13	.385	2 / 0.11	14	5	0	5	21 / 1.11
Neal Fenton	28-0	259 / 9.25	10-37	.270	6-9	.667	25 / 0.89	35	16	0	14	26 / 0.93
Craig Prather	13-0	52 / 4.00	4-7	.571	3-6	.500	9 / 0.69	1	16	2	1	11 / 0.85
Brian Gregory	7-0	18 / 2.57	2-4	.500	0-1	.000	1 / 0.14	5	4	0	0	4 / 0.57
Rich Brennan	3-0	3 / 1.00	0-0	.000	0-0	.000	0 / 0.00	0	0	0	0	0 / 0.00
Greg Cozad	1-0	1 / 1.00	0-1	.000	0-0	.000	1 / 1.00	0	0	0	0	0 / 0.00
Navy	35		1043-1996	.523	615-954	.645	1390 / 39.71	664	493	233	243	2701 / 77.17
Opponents	35		932-2215	.421	353-526	.671	1189 / 33.97	481	451	92	245	2217 / 63.34