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1997-98 America East Conference Season Summary

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Record: 141-142, .498 W-L% (14th of 30) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: -5.13 (18th of 30) ▪ SOS: -4.25 (19th of 30)

Regular Season Champion: Boston University and Delaware
Tournament Champion: Delaware

NCAA Tournament: 1 (Delaware)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 0

Standings

Conference Overall PTS/G SRS
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS
1 Delaware* RT 12 6 .667 20 10 .667 72.2 70.7 -1.9 -3.4
2 Boston University R 12 6 .667 19 11 .633 70.0 67.5 0.0 -2.5
3 Vermont  11 7 .611 16 11 .593 73.7 69.5 -2.7 -6.8
4 Hartford  11 7 .611 15 12 .556 78.7 78.6 -4.6 -4.7
5 Hofstra  11 7 .611 19 12 .613 73.8 71.1 -1.8 -4.5
6 Drexel  10 8 .556 13 15 .464 66.8 67.6 -3.8 -2.9
7 Northeastern  9 9 .500 14 14 .500 67.5 68.8 -6.6 -5.3
8 New Hampshire  6 12 .333 10 17 .370 65.1 70.8 -10.3 -4.5
9 Towson  4 14 .222 8 20 .286 63.7 66.0 -6.0 -3.7
10 Maine  4 14 .222 7 20 .259 69.0 78.6 -13.6 -4.1

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Delaware lost (95-56) versus Purdue (Midwest Regional)

Conference Leaders

Minimum Stat Requirements ▪ Stats include all games played
Games
1. Duane Posey-HOF 31
  Roberto Gittens-HOF 31
  Norm Richardson-HOF 31
  Speedy Claxton-HOF 31
  Mike Renfro-HOF 31
6. Billy Beal-BU 30
  Darryl Presley-DE 30
  John Bennett-DE 30
  Keith Davis-DE 30
  Mike Costello-BU 30
  Tyrone Perry-DE 30
  Kestutis Marciulionis-DE 30
  Walter Brown-BU 30
  Anthony Davis-HOF 30
Field Goals
1. Joe Linderman-DREXEL 200
2. Justin Bailey-HART 183
3. Speedy Claxton-HOF 182
4. Mike Pegues-DE 180
5. Allen Ledbetter-ME 179
6. Ralph Biggs-TOW 171
7. Fred Meeks-ME 168
8. Erik Nelson-VT 164
9. Marcus Wills-ME 154
10. Walter Brown-BU 153
Field Goal Attempts
1. Marcus Wills-ME 399
2. Joe Linderman-DREXEL 382
3. Fred Meeks-ME 377
4. Speedy Claxton-HOF 375
5. Justin Bailey-HART 364
6. Ty Mack-NEAST 356
7. Mike Derocckis-DREXEL 352
  Mike Pegues-DE 352
9. Billy Beal-BU 325
10. Ralph Biggs-TOW 323
Field Goal Percentage
1. Allen Ledbetter-ME .591
2. Erik Nelson-VT .573
3. Darryl Presley-DE .541
4. Ralph Biggs-TOW .529
5. Walter Brown-BU .528
6. Joe Linderman-DREXEL .524
7. Mike Pegues-DE .511
8. Justin Bailey-HART .503
9. Speedy Claxton-HOF .485
10. Fred Meeks-ME .446
3-Point Field Goals
1. Mike Derocckis-DREXEL 77
2. Billy Beal-BU 67
3. Fred Meeks-ME 65
4. Andy Cavo-NH 64
5. Tyrone Perry-DE 61
6. Tony Orciari-VT 59
7. Mike Costello-BU 57
  Kestutis Marciulionis-DE 57
9. Keith Bike-HART 56
10. Anthony Davis-HOF 51
  Carmen Maciariello-NH 51
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Mike Derocckis-DREXEL 205
2. Billy Beal-BU 180
3. Kestutis Marciulionis-DE 173
4. Anthony Davis-HOF 153
5. Keith Bike-HART 152
  Fred Meeks-ME 152
7. Tyrone Perry-DE 149
8. Tony Orciari-VT 148
9. Mike Costello-BU 146
10. Andy Cavo-NH 142
3-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Andy Cavo-NH .451
2. Fred Meeks-ME .428
3. Mike Derocckis-DREXEL .376
Free Throws
1. Ty Mack-NEAST 141
2. Ralph Biggs-TOW 140
  Justin Bailey-HART 140
4. Speedy Claxton-HOF 138
5. Walter Brown-BU 132
6. Mike Pegues-DE 125
7. Joe Linderman-DREXEL 116
8. Erik Nelson-VT 108
9. Anthony Bethune-HART 105
10. Marcus Wills-ME 99
Free Throw Attempts
1. Walter Brown-BU 207
2. Ralph Biggs-TOW 195
3. Speedy Claxton-HOF 189
4. Joe Linderman-DREXEL 183
5. Ty Mack-NEAST 181
6. Erik Nelson-VT 174
7. Joey Beard-BU 171
  Mike Pegues-DE 171
9. Justin Bailey-HART 167
10. Roberto Gittens-HOF 152
Free Throw Percentage
1. Justin Bailey-HART .838
2. Mike Derocckis-DREXEL .798
3. Billy Beal-BU .789
4. Darryl Presley-DE .785
5. Ty Mack-NEAST .779
6. Tony Orciari-VT .778
7. Darrick Jackson-HART .763
8. Duane Posey-HOF .754
9. Carlos Bradberry-NH .735
10. Mike Pegues-DE .731
Total Rebounds
1. Allen Ledbetter-ME 294
2. Walter Brown-BU 268
3. Joey Beard-BU 251
4. Erik Nelson-VT 247
5. Joe Linderman-DREXEL 237
6. Darryl Presley-DE 231
7. Duane Posey-HOF 202
8. Mike Pegues-DE 197
9. Colin Haynes-ME 195
10. Keith Davis-DE 192
Assists
1. Speedy Claxton-HOF 224
2. Dade Faison-ME 145
3. Levar Folk-BU 131
4. Keith Davis-DE 126
5. Greg Gaffney-DREXEL 119
6. Harold Miller-NEAST 111
7. Keith Bike-HART 110
8. David Roach-VT 109
  Carlos Bradberry-NH 109
10. Tyrone Perry-DE 90
  B.J. Fearrington-BU 90
Steals
1. Speedy Claxton-HOF 67
2. Justin Bailey-HART 59
3. Tyrone Perry-DE 54
4. Keith Bike-HART 52
5. Marlin Wise-TOW 49
6. Levar Folk-BU 46
  Erik Nelson-VT 46
8. Dade Faison-ME 45
9. Keith Davis-DE 43
10. Allen Ledbetter-ME 42
  Darrick Jackson-HART 42
Blocks
1. Erik Nelson-VT 76
2. Roberto Gittens-HOF 61
3. John Bennett-DE 37
4. Walter Brown-BU 32
5. Chris Eames-HART 25
6. Darryl Presley-DE 23
7. Joey Beard-BU 22
8. Allen Ledbetter-ME 21
  Chris Hibbs-NH 21
10. Anthony Bethune-HART 19
  Joe Brown-HOF 19
Points
1. Justin Bailey-HART 542
2. Ralph Biggs-TOW 516
  Joe Linderman-DREXEL 516
4. Speedy Claxton-HOF 504
5. Mike Pegues-DE 486
6. Ty Mack-NEAST 468
7. Fred Meeks-ME 467
8. Marcus Wills-ME 453
9. Walter Brown-BU 441
10. Erik Nelson-VT 437
Points Per Game
1. Justin Bailey-HART 20.1
2. Fred Meeks-ME 19.5
3. Joe Linderman-DREXEL 18.4
  Ralph Biggs-TOW 18.4
5. Marcus Wills-ME 17.4
6. Ty Mack-NEAST 17.3
7. Mike Pegues-DE 16.8
8. Speedy Claxton-HOF 16.3
9. Erik Nelson-VT 16.2
10. Allen Ledbetter-ME 16.1
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. Allen Ledbetter-ME 10.9
2. Erik Nelson-VT 9.1
3. Joey Beard-BU 9.0
4. Walter Brown-BU 8.9
5. Joe Linderman-DREXEL 8.5
6. Darryl Presley-DE 7.7
7. Colin Haynes-ME 7.2
8. Mike Pegues-DE 6.8
9. Ryan Howse-HART 6.7
10. Matt Acres-NH 6.6
Assists Per Game
1. Speedy Claxton-HOF 7.2
2. Levar Folk-BU 5.5
3. Dade Faison-ME 5.4
4. Greg Gaffney-DREXEL 4.2
5. Keith Davis-DE 4.2
6. Keith Bike-HART 4.1
7. Carlos Bradberry-NH 4.0
  David Roach-VT 4.0
9. Harold Miller-NEAST 4.0
10. Justin Bailey-HART 3.2
Steals Per Game
1. Justin Bailey-HART 2.2
2. Speedy Claxton-HOF 2.2
3. Keith Bike-HART 1.9
4. Levar Folk-BU 1.9
5. Marlin Wise-TOW 1.8
6. Tyrone Perry-DE 1.8
7. Erik Nelson-VT 1.7
8. Dade Faison-ME 1.7
9. Darrick Jackson-HART 1.6
  Allen Ledbetter-ME 1.6
Blocks Per Game
1. Erik Nelson-VT 2.8
2. Roberto Gittens-HOF 2.0
3. John Bennett-DE 1.2
4. Walter Brown-BU 1.1
5. Chris Eames-HART 0.9
6. Joey Beard-BU 0.8
7. Allen Ledbetter-ME 0.8
  Chris Hibbs-NH 0.8
9. Darryl Presley-DE 0.8
10. Joe Brown-HOF 0.7
Effective Field Goal Percentage
1. Allen Ledbetter-ME .591
2. Ralph Biggs-TOW .582
3. Erik Nelson-VT .575
4. Justin Bailey-HART .552
5. Darryl Presley-DE .541
6. Walter Brown-BU .533
7. Fred Meeks-ME .532
8. Joe Linderman-DREXEL .524
9. Mike Pegues-DE .513
10. Speedy Claxton-HOF .488
True Shooting Percentage
1. Ralph Biggs-TOW .621
2. Justin Bailey-HART .611
3. Erik Nelson-VT .593
4. Tony Orciari-VT .591
5. Allen Ledbetter-ME .588
6. Darryl Presley-DE .585
7. Walter Brown-BU .568
8. Harold Miller-NEAST .567
9. Ryan Howse-HART .561
10. Mike Pegues-DE .561
Offensive Win Shares
1. Ralph Biggs-TOW 4.1
2. Justin Bailey-HART 3.4
3. Erik Nelson-VT 2.7
4. Allen Ledbetter-ME 2.5
5. Joe Linderman-DREXEL 2.4
6. Tony Orciari-VT 2.4
7. Mike Pegues-DE 2.4
8. Walter Brown-BU 2.4
9. Speedy Claxton-HOF 2.3
10. Darryl Presley-DE 2.2
Defensive Win Shares
1. Erik Nelson-VT 3.6
2. Roberto Gittens-HOF 2.6
3. Walter Brown-BU 2.3
4. Speedy Claxton-HOF 2.2
5. Joe Linderman-DREXEL 2.1
6. Joey Beard-BU 2.1
7. Duane Posey-HOF 1.6
8. Craig Peper-VT 1.6
9. Darryl Presley-DE 1.5
10. Mike Pegues-DE 1.4
Win Shares
1. Erik Nelson-VT 6.3
2. Walter Brown-BU 4.7
3. Ralph Biggs-TOW 4.6
4. Joe Linderman-DREXEL 4.5
5. Speedy Claxton-HOF 4.5
6. Justin Bailey-HART 4.0
7. Roberto Gittens-HOF 4.0
8. Allen Ledbetter-ME 3.8
9. Mike Pegues-DE 3.8
10. Darryl Presley-DE 3.7