The Coaching Staff CHARLES CHRONISTER begins his eleventh season as head coach at Bloomsburg State. Chronister has continued Bloomsburg's fine basketball tradition by leading the Huskies to winning seasons in all of his ten previous years at BSC. His teams have compiled a 169-87 won-lost record, won numerous in-season tournaments and established over 30 Bloomsburg State team and individual marks. Also, he has coached the Huskies in several post-season events and has led BSC to the NCAA Division II national tournament twice. In 1974 the Huskies captured an NCAA Regional Tournament to gain a quarterfinal berth against eventual champion Morgan State and last season the team dropped a first round decision to semi-finalist Cal-Poly. Prior to coming to Bloomsburg, he was an assistant coach under Bob Hulton at Gettysburg College for four years. He previously coached for three seasons at Hanover (PA) High School where his teams were a combined 59-9 while winning county championships and participating in the PIAA Distrist Three playoffs. He also served as freshman coach at East Stroudsburg State for one year and guided the team to a 17-2 record. He has coached two All-Americans at BSC-John Willis (1972-74) and Jerry Radocha (1973-77). A native of East Berlin, Pennsylvania, Chronister earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees in health and physical education at East Stroudsburg State College. BURT REESE enters his 14th season as an assistant coach for the Huskies. Reese coached the freshman teams for seven years compiling an 83-27 mark, but for the past six seasons has worked directly with Chronister and the varsity program. His most important duty is coordinating BSC's recruiting efforts. He also received his bachelor's and master's degrees at ESSC. Entering his 17th season is DR. MICHAEL HERBERT. "Doc" has served in numerous capacities with the team over the past 16 seasons including a three year period as freshman coach. He received his BS at the University of Maryland and his master's and doctorate at Lehigh University. Charlie Chronister (middle) watches practice assistants Herbert (left) and Reese (right). with This Season NOVEMBER Sat. 28 At Penn State 8:00 MILLERSVILLE KUTZTOWN SHIPPENSBURG EAST STROUDSBURG At IUP Christmas Tree Tournament (Maryland/Baltimore Co., W. Virginia Wesleyan , IUP, Bloomsburg) 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 JANUARY Thurs . 7 Sat. 9 Wed. 13 Mon. 18 Wed. 20 Sat. 23 Mon. 25 Wed. 27 Sat. 30 MT. ST. MARY'S At Maryland/Baltimore Co. At University of Scranton At Philadelphia Textile at Cheyney At Mansfield MONMOUTH At East Stroudsburg At Clarion 8:00 7:15 8:15 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 FEBRUARY Mon. 1 Wed. 3 Sat. 6 Sun. 7 Tues. 9 Thurs . 11 Sat. 13 Mon. 15 Wed. 17 Sat. 20 Tues. 23 Fri. 26 & Sat. 27 At Lock Haven MANSFIELD CHEYNEY SLIPPERY ROCK At LeMoyne YORK (PA) At Shippensburg At Wilkes At Kutztown At Millersville Conference Tournament (TBA) CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT (SEMI-FINALS & CHAMPIONSHIP) 8:00 8:00 8:00 2:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 7:30 8:00 DECEMBER Wed. 2 Sat. 5 Wed. 9 Sat. 12 Tues. 29 & Wed. 30 BSC "Top Twenty" 1778· Jerry Radocha 1973-77 John Willis 1467 1971-74 1362. Robert Herzig 1961-65 1339• Richard Lloyd 1958-62 1173• Al Williams 1975-78 1025• Steve Bright 1975-78 1014• William Swisher 1955-59 955• James Gustave 1954-58 Howard Johnson 1969-72 946 92r· Mike Wenrich 1979-81 925• Len Kozick 1953-57 James Platukis 1968-71 878 Robert Snyder 1967-70 859 Paul Kuhn 851 1969-72 Jon Bardsley 820 1978-81 789. Bill Tillman 1977-81 755• Rick Evans 1973-77 Jim Dulaney 1966-69 697 571• Fred Betz 1951-55 Tony DaRe 1971-74 658 • Four year Record .. Two Year Total (All other figures indicate three year totals) Senior Jon Bardsley Senior Doug Greenholt Sophomore Barry Francisco Basketball Outlook 1981 • 1982 Despite the return of ten veterans from last year's team, the Bloomsburg State College basketball squad will be hard pressed to duplicate its feats of a year ago. The Huskies posted a school record 23 wins against just seven losses enroute to winning BSC's first ever Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference crown and with it a trip io the NCAA Division II national tournament. BSC also finished the campaign ranked sixth in the NCAA Division II final poll. BSC knocked off East !'itroudsburg and Clarion before handing Indiana (PA) a 72-63 defeat in the PSAC championship game to earn a spot opposite Cal-Poly in the NCAA event. The Mustangs dumped Coach Charlie Chronister's squad on their way to a final four showing. Chronister will be entering his eleventh year at the helm and has never experienced a sub .500 season while accumulating 169 wins and 87 losses. He was named " Coach of the Year" by the PSAC coaches, NABC eastern district coaches, and the "Husky Club", a local support group. BSC will also be seeking the school's 16th straight winning campaign. All-American candidates Mike Wenrich and Jon Bardsley will lead a group of talented returnees which includes starters Ken Casey and Barry Francisco. Wenrich , a junior, led the team in scoring last season with a 15.2 average along with pulling down 7.4 rebounds per game. The 6-5, 200 lb. forward has scored 899 points and grabbed 420 rebounds in his first two seasons and, if he maintains tiis current pace, is well on his way to placing himself among BSC's career top five in both categories. He was chosen as the MVP in the PSAC post-season playoffs and as the ECAC "Player of the Week" once along with being named to the ECAC Honor Roll three times and the PSAC eastern division and NABC eastern district 2nd teams. Named as one of this year's co-captains , Bardsley is closing out an outstanding four year career at BSC. Last season while doing the bulk of the ballhandling chores he averaged 13.3 p.p.g. in addition to breaking the Huskies' seasonal and career assist marks. His 180 assists in the 1980-81 campaign is a new school mark as is his 418 a career standard in just three years. He was named to the All-Tournament first team in the Sacred Heart Classic, the PSAC eastern division first team, NABC eastern district first team, and the PSAC All-Tournament team. A 6-7, 215 lb. center, Casey missed 1& games a year ago due to a stress fracture in one foot, but returned to help the Huskies win the conference title. While playing in 12 games, he averaged 14.0 p.p.g. and 8.9 rebounds . Francisco will be entering his sophomore year after starting most of last season in a guard spot along side of Bardsley. The 6-3, 160 lb. former Wilkes-Barre G.A.R. High School performer averaged 6.8 p.p.g. and helped the BSC rebounding cause with a 3.2 average. The Huskies' other co-captain, Doug Greenholt, will return to be used as either a center behind Casey or as a forward. The 6-8, 210 lb. senior did an outstanding job in place of the injured Casey last season and averaged 6.2 p.p.g . and just under four rebounds per contest . Terry Conrad and Ron Zynel are two other veterans who should see plenty of playing time. Conrad, a 5-10 junior guard, tossed in 5.1 p.p.g. while Zynel averaged 5.7 from his forward position. The 6-7, 200 lb. junior also was credited with 2.9 rebounds a game. Other returnees who saw limited action last season are Ed Nichols and Tom Mason. Brad Weber returns to the team after a year's absence due to injury. The 6-5, 215 lb. forward will join an already tough front line. Two seasons ago he averaged 7.4 p.p.g. and 6.0 r.p .g. Also joining the front line will be 6-7 freshman Wes Wright. In 1980-81 Wright played for Coach Dick Tracy at Whitehall H. S., a PIAA state "AAA" quarterfinalist. He averaged 14.9 p.p.g. and 8.6 rebounds for the Zephyrs and was named to the East Penn Conference's first team and Honorable Mention All-State. Another freshman , Bill Plasko, impressed the coaching staff enough as a walk-on to earn a spot on the 1981-82 squad. Last season he was the captain for Coach Bob Fulton at Tamaqua H. S. The Huskies will face a tough 26 game slate that begins on November 28 at Penn State. Sixteen of the contests will be played on the opponents' floors while just ten games will be in BSC's Nelson Fieldhouse. The Team Jon Bardsley Ken Casey Terry Conrad Barry Francisco Doug Greenholt Tom Mason Ed Nichols Bill Plasko Brad Weber Mike Wenrich Wes Wright Ron Zynel No. Name Jon Bardsley•• Ken Casey• Terry Conrad* Barry Francisco Doug Greenholt • • 42 Tom Mason• 21 Ed Nichols* 43 22 Bill Plasko Brad Weber• 32 Mike Wenrich* 34 31 Wes Wright Ron Zynel* 40 • Denotes Lettermen • *Denotes Co-Captains 10 30 12 14 Pos. G C G G C F C G F F F F Class Sr. Sr. Jr. Soph. Sr. Soph. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Ht. Wt. 5-10 6-7 5-10 6-3 6-8 6-5 6-7 5-10 6-5 6-5 6-7 6-7 150 215 175 160 210 180 200 160 215 200 205 200 High School Lansdowne-Alden Nanticoke Delone-Catholic G.A.R. Delone-Catholic Neshaminy-Langhorne Bishop Neuman Tamaqua Parkland Wilson Whitehall Meyers Hometown Lansdowne Nanticoke McSherrystown Wilkes-Barre New Oxford Langhorne Williamsport Tamaqua Schnecksville West Lawn Whitehall Wilkes-Barre 1980-81 Results BSC Opp. 86 Adelphi 76 79 Millersville 68 72 Kutztown 55 74 Lock Haven 66 62 Mansfield 69 69 East Stroudsburg 67 *74 Bridgeport 73 (OT) *54 Stonehill 78 *87 New Haven 82 67 Clarion 58 80 Le Moyne 65 66 Shippensburg 64 63 Philadelphia Textile 54 71 Cheyney 64 73 Bucknell 72 77 Millersville 50 58 Kutztown 57 76 Scranton 71 65 Mansfield 63 (OT) 44 East Stroudsburg 57 78 Shippensburg 71 54 Cheyney 73 93 Wilkes 79 Mt. St. Mary's 86 73 80 University of Maryland/Bait. Co. 66 • *80 East Stroudsburg 57 • *76 Clarion 70 • *72 Indiana University of PA 63 ***43 Cal-Poly, SLO 71 • • *64 Monmouth 79 *Sacred Heart Tournament • *Conference Tournament ***NCAA Regional Tournament College Facts LOCATION: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania 17815 ENROLLMENT: 5400 Undergraduates COLORS: Maroon and Gold NICKNAME: Huskies PRESIDENT: Dr. James H. McCormick CHAIRMAN, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ATHLETICS: Dr. Jerry Medlock (Phone: 389-2613) ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: H. Cecil Turberville (Phone: 389-3225) ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Joanne McComb (Phone: 389-3912) MEMBER: NCAA (Division 11), ECAC (Division II), Pennsylvania Conference (eastern division) HOME COURT: Nelson Fieldhouse (3,500) TRAINER: Paul G. Slocum (Phone: 389-2401) DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION: Bruce "Nick" Dietterick (Phone: 389-3411) SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: James Hollister (Phone: 389-3411, Office; 784-6568, Home) PHOTOS BY: Patrick J. 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