· Despite competing with the 10th least-experienced roster among 343 NCAA Division I programs, Campbell University enjoyed its most successful men's basketball season in more than a dozen years. The Fighting Camels (14-16, 11-9) tied a school record for most Atlantic Sun Conference regular season victories, matching the 11 wins collected by the 1996 club, and recorded the program's first winning record in league play since the 2000 squad finished 10-8.

· Under the direction of sixth-year head coach Robbie Laing, CU also posted its most regular season wins (14) since 1996 (16) and secured its highest seed in the league tourney (fifth) since that '96 squad was seeded number two.

· Campbell had the most-improved league record among A-Sun members. CU's 11 conference wins in 2008-09 were six more than last year's club managed.

· The Camels closed the regular season on a four-game win streak that included victories at regular-season champion Jacksonville (89-83 on Feb. 16) and against regular season runner-up East Tennessee State (68-62 on Feb. 23). Campbell's triumph was its first over the Bucs since ETSU joined the league in 2005-06.

· Campbell's 4-game win streak was the program's longest since CU won 5-straight games in January 2000.

· Coach Laing's Camels set or tied 14 school team and individual records in '08-09, including largest margin of victory against a Division I opponent, Atlantic Sun foe and road game win in a 87-44 decision Jan. 31 at Kennesaw State.

· The Camels won more games in the last four seasons (48) than the program amassed in any 4-year span since 1996-99.

· The Camels compiled winning records in back-to-back months for the first time in the Coach Robbie Laing era. A 6-4 record in January followed by a 5-3 mark in February stands as the team's best in consecutive months since January (6-4) and February (4-3) 2000.

· Campbell secured a double-digit victory total with its Feb. 2 win at Mercer, marking the fourth-straight year under Coach Robbie Laing that the Camels have recorded double-figure triumphs. The last time Campbell had four-straight seasons with at least 10 wins was 1987-90.

· Campbell finished its A-Sun road schedule with a 4-6 mark, doubling the number of league wins away from home from 2007-08, when the Camels went 2-6 in the league.

· With wins Jan. 31 at Kennesaw State (87-44) and Feb. 2 at Mercer (92-73), CU secured its first 2-game A-Sun road trip sweep since Feb. 22-24, 2001 at Florida Atlantic and Central Florida.

· By winning 6 of 10 games in January, the Camels secured their first winning record over a month since Nov. 2006 (3-2). The feat also marked the Camels' first winning January record since the 2000 club went 6-4.

· Prior to its 3-game winning stretch in January, the last time the Camels won 3-straight A-Sun games was Feb. 17-24, 2001 when CU defeated Jacksonville at home, then both Florida Atlantic and Central Florida on the road to close out the regular season. CU also won 3-straight league contests, Jan. 28-Feb. 2. Prior to its February stretch, CU's last 4-game A-Sun win streak was Jan. 4-13, 2000 against Georgia State, Stetson, Jacksonville and Florida Atlantic.

· Campbell set a new school record for home attendance in its first season in the John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center / Gilbert Craig Gore Arena. Campbell averaged an all-time high 1619 spectators, 5th-best in the Atlantic Sun Conference.

· CU drew more than 2000 fans to home games on four occasions in 2008-09, including the largest crowd to ever witness at Campbell basketball contest in Buies Creek (2563) for the regular season opener Nov. 15 against Chowan.

· Guard Lorne Merthie was named the Atlantic Sun Conference Freshman of the Year. The Sanford, Fla., native and Winter Springs High School grad was the only unanimous selection on the all-freshman team. The lone freshman in the A-Sun this year to start each of his team's games. Merthie ranked 2nd among A-Sun leaders in 3-point field goal percentage (.400), 8th in steals (1.6) and free throw percentage (.786). He led all A-Sun freshmen in free throw percentage, steals and 3-point field goal percentage, while ranking 2nd in scoring (9.5) and 3-pointers made per game (1.7) and 3rd in assists (2.43). Merthie's honor marked the first time since 1993 that a Camel has been named Freshman of the Year. Joe Spinks (1991), Scott Neely (1992) and Dan Pogue (1993) were each named Big South Conference Rookie of the Year. He is also the seventh Camel to gain A-Sun All-Freshman team recognition, joining a list that includes 3-time all-conference performer Jonathan Rodriguez (2007).

· Junior forward Jonathan Rodriguez was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Conference second team, marking the third-straight year he was been chosen to the all-league unit. He also was selected first-team all-district by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). The product of Bayamon, Puerto Rico ranked among the A-Sun top-10 leaders in scoring (15.6), rebounding (8.3), field goal percentage (.474) and free throw percentage (.790). He stands 4th among active NCAA Division I juniors in career points scored (1631) and second in rebounding average (9.1) and double-doubles (39). Rodriguez is the first Camel to earn all-conference recognition three times since Joe Spinks gained Big South all-league honors all four years from 1991-94. With 1631 career points, Rodriguez has moved into 18th place on the Atlantic Sun Conference all-time scoring list and sixth on Campbell's career scoring charts.

· Sophomore guard Junard Hartley ranked second among Atlantic Sun Conference leaders in assists per game (4.33) and assist-turnover ratio (1.83). His 12 assist performance vs. Mercer (Jan. 3) was the top single game total in the league in 2008-09.

· Junior forward Kyle Vejraska tied a school record with seven blocked shots in the win over East Tennessee State. He ranked seventh among league leaders with 27 blocks during the regular season.