The University of Rochester men’s basketball team took advantage of a hot first half and clutch shooting from the free throw line late in the game to defeat Tufts University 67-61 in the final round of the Chuck Resler Tournament. [read more]

Three Yellowjackets scored in double figures as the University of Rochester men’s basketball team defeated visiting Green Mountain College 68-59 in the opening round of the Chuck Resler Tournament.[read more]

One of the largest teams in school history - 19 in all- will open the 2009-10 basketball season on Friday night at 8 in the Chuck Resler Tournament.[read more]

Mike Chmielowiec, the senior guard on the men’s basketball team, was honored for his overall contributions with the presentation of the Louis Alexander Award from the Department of Athletics and Recreation.[read more]

Senior Mike Chmielowiec capped off his basketball career by earning Second Team All-America honors from D3hoops.com.[read more]

Senior Mike Chmielowiec has been named First Team All-East Region by D3hoops.com in voting conducted in early March.[read more]

Chmielowiec's scoring average of 21.3 is seventh-best in school history.

Senior forward Mike Chmielowiec (Batavia, NY/Batavia) was named First Team All-UAA. Senior guard Max Kaplan (Chicago, IL/St. Ignatius) was accorded honorable mention All-UAA status as was freshman center Nate Novosel (Lexington, KY/Lexington). Additionally, Novosel was named the UAA Men’s Basketball Rookie of the Year.

This is Chmielowiec’s third straight year with All-UAA honors, his first on the First Team. He was accorded honorable mention status as a sophomore and junior. He is the 13th Rochester men’s player to be named First Team All-UAA in basketball.

It is the first All-UAA honor for both Kaplan and Novosel.

Chmielowiec had a breakout season as a scorer. He led the UAA in scoring, averaging 21.3 ppg. He hit .463 from the floor (163 of 342), .403 outside the arc (56 of 139), and .793 from the line (107 of 135). He added 4.5 rpg., 29 assists, and 21 steals. He topped the 30-point mark four times. In his penultimate game, he scored 32 points as Rochester upended second-ranked Washington University in St. Louis, 70-69. On February 6, he scored a career high 36 points and topped the 1,000-point career mark. He became the 24th Rochester men’s player to reach the elite total. Chmielowiec finished his career with 1,154 points (13th all-time) and 144 three-point field goals (eighth all-time).

In his first full year as a starter, Kaplan led the Yellowjackets in assists (168 – 6.7 per game) and steals (50). He scored 4.6 ppg., hitting .388 from the floor (33 of 85), .424 outside the arc (.25 of 59), and .686 from the line (24 of 35). His total of 374 assists places him seventh all-time.

Novosel finished third on the team in scoring average (10.6 ppg.) and second in rebounding (5.9 rpg.). He topped the club in field goal percentage (.590, 95 of 161) and hit .804 from the line (74 of 92). Novosel had two double-doubles. He set his point high of 18 in the second game of the season – an 81-72 loss to Ithaca. He achieved his rebound high of 14 against the University of Chicago on February 20.

He is the third Rochester men’s player to earn UAA Rookie of the Year honors. Andy Larkin was honored in 2000-01 and Seth Hauben was recognized in 2001-02.

Rochester closed the gap to five points late in the second half, but visiting Carnegie Mellon held on for a 59-50 victory at the Palestra.[read more]

Mike Chmielowiec scored 32 points to lead Rochester to a 70-69 victory over second-ranked Washington University at the WU Field House.[read more]

Chicago hit nine three-pointers and won for the fifth time in the last seven games with a 74-54 win over the Yellowjackets.[read more]

Mike Chmnielowiec scored 18 and Colin Cubit added 13, but Brandeis had five with 12 or more and defeated Rochester, 80-63, at the Palestra Sunday.[read more]

NYU was red-hot from the floor Friday night and outscored Rochester, 86-72, in a UAA game at the Palestra.[read more]

Five members of Rochester’s men’s basketball team have made the 2008-2009 University Athletic Association (UAA) Winter Sport All-Academic Team.[read more]

Three players scored 13 or more - two had double-doubles - as the Yellowjackets defeated Case at the Palestra.[read more]

Mike Chmielowiec scored a career high 36 points to lead the University of Rochester to a 73-65 victory over Emory University at the Louis Alexander Palestra.[read more]

Emory University used a 57-point second half to rally for an 83-74 victory over Rochester in men's basketball at the Woodruff PE Center.[read more]

Bill Serle and Mike Chmielowiec combined for 10 points down the stretch as the University of Rochester rallied to defeat Case Western Reserve, 78-75.[read more]

Five men scored in a 17-2 run to start the second half as the men's basketball team rallied past the University of Chicago, 70-60.[read more]

Visiting Washington University used a 14-0 run midway through the first half to take control in a 73-42 victory over the University of Rochester.[read more]

Freshman Billy Serle and junior Colin Cubit combined for 41 points to spark Rochester to an 81-63 victory over SUNY Geneseo in the third place game of the JPMorgan Chase Scholarship Tournament. [read more]

Rochester will play for third place in the JPMorgan Chase Scholarship Tournament after dropping a 71-66 decision to St. John Fisher College in the semifinals at RIT.[read more]

The University of Rochester defeated Keuka College, 65-54, in the opening round of the JPMorgan Chase Scholarship Basketball Tournament in the opening round Wednesday night.[read more]

Mike Chmielowiec and Mike Labanowski combined for 53 points, including 10 three-pointers, to lead the University of Rochester to a 79-68 victory over New York University at the Coles Sports Center.[read more]

Rochester's men's and women's basketball teams are seeded number one for the JPMorgan Chase Scholarship Basketball Tournament which begins this week.[read more]

Mike Chmielowiec matched his career hig of 25 points to lead the men's basketball team to a 73-69 victory over Brandeis.[read more]

Rochester sank five free throws in the final 11 seconds to hold off surging Clarkson and earned a 71-67 men's basketball victory over the Golden Knights.[read more]