The 4 have known nothing but 20-win
seasons since joining the Raiders.
It?s last call for four seniors, the backbone players for Wright State basketball.
?They came at different times,? WSU coach Brad Brownell said. ?Cory Cooperwood came from junior college and Ronnie Thomas and John David Gardner transferred from four-year schools. We have only one traditional four-year player in Todd Brown.
?But they helped me establish a program here.?
The four have experienced only 20-win seasons (this year?s team is 17-9 entering tonight?s final home game with Detroit, and there are three other regular-season games to go plus the Horizon League tournament and anything that might follow).
All will speak to the crowd following the game.
Cooperwood and Thomas have played the most after Brown. Gardner, who had all-league skills, finishes his career injured.
?It?s just weird,? Thomas said. ?It seems like yesterday Sean (DaShaun Wood) was (ending his WSU career).?
Wood led the Raiders to the HL championship and NCAA tournament during Thomas? sit-out year after transferring from Duquesne. Brown has experienced the most, but like most Brownell recruits, is on the quiet side.
What has he learned in four years?
?Pretty much, time management,? said Brown, who is one of the school?s top 10 scorers. ?You can?t sit in the house all day because you?ll get depressed.?
As for his playing skills, the 6-foot-5 guard downplays his achievements.
?Anybody who comes in here as a freshman will get better. That?s everybody.?
Not everybody is Todd Brown, and Brownell knows it.
?Todd overslept one time as a freshman for a walk-through,? Brownell said. ?Beyond that, I can?t remember Todd ever missing anything.?
Brownell begins each season telling his players about making deposits in his bank account.
?If you do well in school, you?re making a deposit,? Brownell said. ?If you?re involved in the community, you make a deposit. If you play well in games, and practice every day, working hard, you make deposits.
?Then, if you get in trouble, if something happens, you make a mistake, hey, if you?ve made more deposits in your bank account, I?ve got more reason to be supportive of you. You?ve done a lot more for our program.
?Todd has made a lot of deposits in his bank account. He?s been responsible and reliable and he?s been there every day.?
He makes his last home deposit tonight.
It?s last call for four seniors, the backbone players for Wright State basketball.
?They came at different times,? WSU coach Brad Brownell said. ?Cory Cooperwood came from junior college and Ronnie Thomas and John David Gardner transferred from four-year schools. We have only one traditional four-year player in Todd Brown.
?But they helped me establish a program here.?
The four have experienced only 20-win seasons (this year?s team is 17-9 entering tonight?s final home game with Detroit, and there are three other regular-season games to go plus the Horizon League tournament and anything that might follow).
All will speak to the crowd following the game.
Cooperwood and Thomas have played the most after Brown. Gardner, who had all-league skills, finishes his career injured.
?It?s just weird,? Thomas said. ?It seems like yesterday Sean (DaShaun Wood) was (ending his WSU career).?
Wood led the Raiders to the HL championship and NCAA tournament during Thomas? sit-out year after transferring from Duquesne. Brown has experienced the most, but like most Brownell recruits, is on the quiet side.
What has he learned in four years?
?Pretty much, time management,? said Brown, who is one of the school?s top 10 scorers. ?You can?t sit in the house all day because you?ll get depressed.?
As for his playing skills, the 6-foot-5 guard downplays his achievements.
?Anybody who comes in here as a freshman will get better. That?s everybody.?
Not everybody is Todd Brown, and Brownell knows it.
?Todd overslept one time as a freshman for a walk-through,? Brownell said. ?Beyond that, I can?t remember Todd ever missing anything.?
Brownell begins each season telling his players about making deposits in his bank account.
?If you do well in school, you?re making a deposit,? Brownell said. ?If you?re involved in the community, you make a deposit. If you play well in games, and practice every day, working hard, you make deposits.
?Then, if you get in trouble, if something happens, you make a mistake, hey, if you?ve made more deposits in your bank account, I?ve got more reason to be supportive of you. You?ve done a lot more for our program.
?Todd has made a lot of deposits in his bank account. He?s been responsible and reliable and he?s been there every day.?
He makes his last home deposit tonight.
