Bio

Veteran guard looking to step into scoring role for the Bulldogs this season ... Extremely quick around the perimeter with good court vision and ball handling skills ... Good range from beyond the arc and one of the team's top defensive guard ... Northeast-10 Rookie of the Year and New England Freshman of the Year in 2004 ... Candidate for All-Conference honors as a senior this season.

2005-06:  Started 30 of 31 games as a junior last season ... Averaged 11.9 points per game and posted one of the team's best free throw percentages at 86.1 percent ... Scored a career-best 29 points vs. Bridgeport in November including a career-best tying six 3-point field goals on 6 of 10 shooting from behind the arc ... Scored 22 points plus added a season high of five steals vs. Assmption ... Dished out a career-best eight assists vs. Pace ...Knocked down at least one 3-pointer in all but two games.

2004-05: Averaged 8.8 ppg and 1.6 assists per game as a sophomore ... Played in 28 games, missing part of the first half of the year due to a broken cheek bone ... Returned to lineup Dec. 29 and helped kickstart the Bulldogs in their run to the NCAA postseason ... Reached double figures eleven times throughout the year including stretch of scoring 18, 17, 18 in three consecutive games against Saint Rose, Pace, and Southern Connecticut ... Had 14 points and four three's in conference quarterfinal loss to Saint Anselm ... Had 12 points in national quarterfinals against Mount Olive ... Earned Chevrolet Player of the Game recognition by CBS Sports with 24 points in national final against Virginia Union ... Made 6 of 10 three-point field goals in the final and had three assists and three rebounds ... On the season, Burns shot 84.3 percent from the free throw line (43-for-51) and 31.5 percent from beyond the arc (47 for 149 three's) ... Was 17 for 19 from the free throw line in six NCAA tournament games.

2003-04: Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Year ... New England Division II Rookie of the Year ... NE-10 All-Freshman Team ... Averaged 8.0 ppg and ranked among the league leaders for three-point field goal percentage - finishing third at 46.9 percent (45 of 96) ... Played in all 33 games, averaging 21.9 minutes per game ... 12 points and six assists in NCAA regional semifinal vs. NYIT ... 12 points and five steals vs. Le Moyne.

2002-03 (Providence): Member of the Providence College basketball team as a redshirt freshman.

Personal: Christopher M. Burns, born July 7, 1984. Son of Susan Marchesano and Jim Burns ... Has three brothers, Tim Burns, and Matt and JT Marchesano ... Played for four seasons at Merrimack High School, leading team to a 15-3 record and a top finish in the state Class L division in 2002 ... Averaged 19 points, seven rebounds, and eight assists per game in 2002 ... team captain as a senior ... Named the 2002 New Hampshire State Player of the Year and 2002 New Hampshire Mr. Basketball ... Scored a career-high 36 points versus Trinity High School of Manchester ... Registered a career-best 22 assists against Londonderry in 2002 ... Graduated from Merrimack with a 3.7 cumulative grade point average and was on the honor roll for all four years ... Received the Presidential Scholastic Achievement Award as a senior.