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Coach: Tom Palombo (217-118 overall, 117-53 in six seasons at Guilford)

Home court: Ragan-Brown Field House (2,500), Greensboro

2008-09: 26-6 overall, 14-2 ODAC (finished third in NCAA Division III tournament)

Projected starters: G Rhett Bonner, 6-1, Sr. (16.5 ppg, 3.3 apg); G Clay Henson, 6-2, Sr. (18.8 ppg, 4.1 rpg); G T.C. Anderson, 6-0, Jr. (3.5 ppg, 1.3 apg); F Martin Stephenson, 6-4, Jr. (4.2 ppg, 3.4 rpg); C Tyler Sanborn, 6-11, Sr. (15.4 ppg, 12.9 rpg).

Also returning: G Gabriel Lowder, 6-1, So. (4.9 ppg, 1.9 rpg); F Eric High, 6-4, So. (1.1 ppg, 2.2 rpg); F Brad Monroe, 6-4, So. (0.7 ppg, 1.9 rpg); C Justin Stafford, 6-9, So. (0.4 ppg, 0.7 rpg); F Will Cloyd, 6-7, So. (1.4 ppg, 0.8 rpg); G Jake Engebretsen, 6-0, Jr. (1.5 ppg, 0.3 apg); F Matt Cooney, 6-5, Sr. (1.0 ppg, 0.3 rpg); F Richard Jackson, 6-5, So. (0.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg).

Newcomers: G David Dean, 5-10, G, Fr. (Sandy Spring Friends School, Silver Spring, Md.); G Josh Pittman, 6-1, Fr. (Trinity HS); G Travis Tracy, 6-1, Fr. (Jacksonville, Fla., HS); G Jordan Fields, 5-11, Fr. (Asheville HS); G Justin Bradley, 5-9, Fr. (Ravenscroft School, Raleigh); C Josh Best, 6-9, Fr. (North Johnston HS, Kenly); G Mickey Gilberti, 6-2, Fr. (Ridge HS, Basking Ridge, N.J.).

Projection: Guilford has talent, size, experience and depth and should make another run deep in the NCAA Division III tournament. A return to the Final Four in Salem, Va., is a distinct possibility.

Projected record: 21-4 overall, 14-2 ODAC.

SCHEDULE

November: 17, Methodist, W 91-72; Today, vs. Greensboro (Greensboro Coliseum), 8; 24, Averett, 7:30.

December: 2, at N.C. Wesleyan, 7; 5, at Virginia Wesleyan, 2; 9, at Hampden-Sydney, 7; 16, Maryville, 7; 19, vs. Rust (Lon Varnell Classic, Sewanee, Tenn.), 4; 20, vs. Huntingdon (Lon Varnell Classic, Sewanee, Tenn.), 2; 29, vs. Ohio Wesleyan (Marietta, Ohio, Shrine tournament), 3; 30, vs. Marietta or Grove City (Marietta, Ohio, Shrine tournament), 5:30.

January: 6, at Lynchburg, 7; 9, Randolph, 3; 13, at Emory & Henry, 7; 16, Virginia Wesleyan, 2; 18, Roanoke, 7; 20, Bridgewater, 7; 27, at Roanoke, 7; 30, at Randolph-Macon, 4.

February: 3, Hampden-Sydney, 7; 6, at Washington & Lee, 3; 10, Eastern Mennonite, 7; 13, Lynchburg, 3; 17, Emory & Henry, 7; 21, at Randolph, 2.

Tickets: $5 general admission, $4 non-Guilford College students (w/ID), free for Guilford College students, faculty and staff and children younger than 12

Webcasts: www.guilford.edu/athletics/webcasts.html