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Oakland Golden Grizzlies 
2010–11 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team
University Oakland University Conference The Summit League Location Rochester, MI Head coach Greg Kampe (27th year) Arena Athletics Center O'Rena
(Capacity: 4,005)Nickname Golden Grizzlies Colors Black and Gold Uniforms 
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AwayNCAA Tournament appearances 2005 • 2010 • 2011 Conference tournament champions 2005 • 2010 • 2011 Conference regular season champions 2000 • 2010 • 2011 The Oakland Golden Grizzlies are the men's basketball team that represent Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, USA. The school's team competes in The Summit League and plays their home games at the Athletics Center O'Rena. The Golden Grizzlies are coached by Greg Kampe. Oakland last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2011.
OU men's basketball games are broadcast on WDFN (1130 AM). The voice of the Golden Grizzlies is Mario Impemba, who is also the Emmy Award winning television play-by-play announcer for the Detroit Tigers. Impemba is joined by color analysts Neal Ruhl for road games, and Tom Negoshian for home games.
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NCAA Tournament results
The Golden Grizzlies have appeared in three NCAA Tournaments. Their overall record is 1–3.
Year Seed Opening round First round Second round 2005 16 def. Alabama A&M 79–69 Lost to North Carolina 96–68 – 2010 14 – Lost to Pittsburgh 89–66 – 2011 13 – – Lost to Texas 85–81 CIT results
The Golden Grizzlies have appeared in one CollegeInsider.com Tournament. Their overall record is 1–1.
Year First Round Second Round 2009 def. Kent State 80–74 Lost to Bradley 76–75 All-time win-loss record
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason Dick Robinson (1967–1968) 1967–68 Robinson 6–15 Dick Robinson: 6–15 Gene Bolden (1968–1976) 1968–69 Bolden 11–10 1969–70 Bolden 9–14 1970–71 Bolden 14–12 1971–72 Bolden 14–12 1972–73 Bolden 15–11 1973–74 Bolden 17–11 1974–75 Bolden 4–22 2–9 1975–76 Bolden 5–22 3–13 Gene Bolden: 89–114 5–22 Jim Mitchell (1976–1979) 1976–77 Mitchell 9–19 5–11 1977–78 Mitchell 6–22 3–11 1978–79 Mitchell, Frederick 12–15 5–9 Jim Mitchell: 27–56 13–31 Lee Frederick (1979–1984) 1979–80 Frederick 13–14 3–11 1980–81 Frederick 8–19 3–13 1981–82 Frederick 18–9 8–8 1982–83 Frederick 11–16 4–12 1983–84 Frederick 13–14 7–9 Lee Frederick: 63–72 25–53 Greg Kampe (1984–present) 1984–85 Kampe 13–15 5–11 T-7th 1985–86 Kampe 13–15 5–11 8th 1986–87 Kampe 20–8 10–6 4th 1987–88 Kampe 19–9 11–5 3rd 1988–89 Kampe 20–8 10–6 3rd 1989–90 Kampe 19–9 10–6 4th 1990–91 Kampe 16–13 10–6 3rd 1991–92 Kampe 16–13 8–8 T-4th 1992–93 Kampe 15–11 9–7 T-3rd 1993–94 Kampe 21–10 11–7 4th NCAA Regional Semi-Final 1994–95 Kampe 20–9 12–6 2nd NCAA First Round 1995–96 Kampe 21–8 13–5 T-1st NCAA First Round 1996–97 Kampe 24–7 14–3 1st (South) NCAA Regional Final 1997–98 Kampe 15–12 1998–99 Kampe 12–15 1999–00 Kampe 13–17 11–5 1st 2000–01 Kampe 12–16 8–8 5th 2001–02 Kampe 17–13 10–4 T-2nd 2002–03 Kampe 17–11 10–4 T-2nd 2003–04 Kampe 13–17 6–10 T-7th 2004–05 Kampe 13–19 7–9 T-5th NCAA First Round 2005–06 Kampe 11–18 6–10 7th 2006–07 Kampe 19–14 10–4 2nd 2007–08 Kampe 17–14 11–7 3rd 2008–09 Kampe 23–13 13–5 3rd CIT quarterfinals 2009–10 Kampe 26–9 17–1 1st NCAA first round 2010–11 Kampe 25–10 17–1 1st NCAA second round Greg Kampe: 470–333 254–155 Total: 655–590 National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion
Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion Conference Division ChampionRecords
Through 2010–11 season
Career leaders
Points
Rank Points Player Years 1 2,408 Carvin Melson 1969–73 2 2,314 Mike Helms 2000–04 3 2,210 Eric Taylor 1988–92 4 1,903 Keith Benson 2007–11 5 1,852 Tom Eller 1990–94 Rebounds
Rank Rebounds Player Years 1 1,204 Carvin Melson 1969–73 2 1,103 Keith Benson 2007–11 3 924 Kevin Williams 1972–76 4 866 Ronald Brown 1969–73 5 849 Derick Nelson 2005–10 Assists
Rank Assists Player Years 1 905 Brian Gregory 1987–90 2 819 Johnathon Jones 2006–10 3 514 Mychal Covington 1998–02 4 507 Kevin Kovach 1993–97 5 386 Ty McGregor 1990–94 Field goal percentage (3 made per game)
Rank Field goal pct Player Years 1 62.4% (698–1118) Dan Champagne 1997–02 2 59.4% (508–855) Jason Burkholder 1992–96 3 59.3% (304–513) Dan Buza 1993–97 4 57.9% (294–508) Matt McClellan 1995–97 5 55.8% (684–1226) Keith Benson 2007–11 Free throw percentage (2 made per game)
Rank Free throw pct Player Years 1 85.9% (165–192) Tom Marrowelli 1994–96 2 84.2% (410–487) Jason Rozycki 1998–02 3 83.4% (383–459) John Henderson 1986–89 4 81.7% (394–482) Johnathon Jones 2006–10 5 81.6% (360–441) Brian Gregory 1988–90 Three point field goal percentage (1.5 per game)
Rank 3-Pt field goal pct Player Years 1 41.6% (102–245) Kris Matuszewski 1995–97 2 40.6% (89–219) Mike Riley 1996–98 3 40.4% (348–861) Eric Kangas 2005–09 4 40.2% (208–517) Eric Taylor 1988–92 5 40.0% (237–592) Matt Stuck 1992–96 Blocks
Rank Blocks Player Years 1 371 Keith Benson 2007–11 2 101 Rawle Marshall 2003–05 3 79 Lee Fitzpatrick 1989–92 4 61 Chris Howze 1983–86 5 60 Jason Burkholder 1993–96 Steals
Rank Steals Player Years 1 233 Eric Taylor 1988–92 2 198 Johnathon Jones 2006–10 2 198 Rawle Marshall 2002–05 4 163 Mike Helms 2000–04 5 161 Brian Gregory 1987–90 Games played
Rank Games Player Years 1 137 Will Hudson 2007–11 2 135 Keith Benson 2007–11 2 135 Johnathon Jones 2006–10 4 130 Derick Nelson 2005–10 5 125 Patrick McCloskey 2004–08 Single-season leaders
Points
Rank Points Player Year 1 752 Mike Helms 2002–03 2 740 Scott Bittinger 1987–88 3 708 Carvin Melson 1971–72 4 695 Mike Helms 2003–04 5 693 Carvin Melson 1972–73 Rebounds
Rank Rebounds Player Year 1 367 Keith Benson 2009–10 2 354 Keith Benson 2010–11 3 340 Kevin Williams 1975–76 4 326 Carvin Melson 1971–72 5 307 Matt McClellan 1996–97 Assists
Rank Assists Player Year 1 374 Brian Gregory 1987–88 2 300 Brian Gregory 1988–89 3 290 Johnathon Jones 2008–09 4 231 Brian Gregory 1989–90 5 224 Johnathon Jones 2009–10 Field goal percentage (3 made per game)
Rank Field goal pct Player Year 1 66.6% (191–287) Dan Champagne 1997–98 2 66.3% (116–175) Dan Buza 1995–96 3 66.2% (176–266) Jason Burkholder 1994–95 4 65.0% (139–214) Dan Champagne 2000–01 5 64.5% (160–248) Will Hudson 2010–11 Free throw percentage (2 made per game)
Rank Free throw pct Player Year 1 92.6% (87–94) Larry Wright 2009–10 2 89.2% (107–120) Brad Buddenborg 1999–00 3 88.3% (83–94) Erik Kangas 2008–09 4 87.5% (49–56) Mike Clancy 1969–70 5 87.2% (82–94) Tom Marowelli 1994–95 Three point field goal percentage (1.5 made per game)
Rank 3-Pt field goal pct Player Year 1 50.5% (46–91) Kris Matuszewski 1995–96 2 47.5% (48–101) John Henderson 1988–89 3 44.4% (55–124) Eric Taylor 1989–90 4 44.3% (94–212) Travis Bader 2010–11 5 43.6% (51–117) Mike Riley 1996–97 Blocks
Rank Blocks Player Year 1 127 Keith Benson 2010–11 2 117 Keith Benson 2009–10 3 87 Keith Benson 2008–09 4 41 Rawle Marshall 2002–03 4 41 Dennis Kann 1992–93 Steals
Rank Steals Player Year 1 80 Rawle Marshall 2002–03 2 73 Eric Taylor 1991–92 3 72 Antoine Williams 1981–82 4 65 Johnathon Jones 2009–10 4 65 Eric Taylor 1989–90 External links
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Championships & awards The Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament • Player of the Year
Oakland University Athletics Athletics Center O'Rena • Golden Grizzlies • Men's basketball (2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11) • The Summit League
Campus History People Beckie Francis • Greg Kampe • Abdi Kusow • Richard Stamps
Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball head coaches Dick Robinson (1967–1968) • Gene Boldon (1968–1976) • Jim Mitchell (1976–1979) • Lee Frederick (1979–1984) • Greg Kampe (1984– )
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