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]

Dick Rice '65 (l.) and Mike Chmielowiec (r.).

The award is named for the man who coached basketball and baseball at Rochester, winning nearly 400 games. He served as Chairman of the Department of Physical Education and Director of Athletics. He was inducted into the Athletics & Recreation Hall of Fame in 1992 as part of the inaugural class. The Palestra was dedicated in his name on December 6, 1968.

Chmielowiec’s award was presented by Dick Rice ’65, who played football and baseball at the University and ran track as an undergraduate. Rice won the Alexander Award in 1965.

For the 2008-09 season, Chmielowiec averaged 21.3 points per game, hitting 46.3% of his shots from the floor, 40.3% of his shots outside the three-point line. He averaged 23.6 ppg. in the University Athletic Association and won the UAA scoring title. He broke the 30-point plateau four times, including 32 at national champion Washington University. On February 1, he topped the 1,000 point career mark in a 73-65 victory over Emory. He finished his career with 1,154 points (13th all-time) and 144 three-point field goals (eighth all-time).

Following the season, Chmielowiec was named First Team All-UAA, First Team All-East Region by both the National Association of Basketball Coaches and D3hoops.com. He was named First Team All-Upstate New York by the Eastern College Athletic Conference and a Second Team All-American by D3hoops.com.

Chmielowiec was graduated from the University on May 17 with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. He is a native of Batavia, N.Y. and an alumnus of Batavia High School.

The Alexander Award is presented to the male member of the senior class who has made an outstanding contribution to the life of the College through his significant achievements in athletics and general student activities; and whose character and leadership qualities have been a wholesome influence on his fellow students. It was presented for the first time in 1956.

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]

Two seniors and one freshman received All-University Athletic Association honors in men’s basketball after balloting of the association’s head coaches.[read more]

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]