2015-16 American Preseason Player of the Year Nic Moore, SMU
2015-16 Preseason Coaches Poll (First-place votes in parenthesis) 1. SMU (8) 98 2. UConn (2) 87 3. Cincinnati (1) 84 4. Tulsa 76 5. Memphis 59 6. Temple 54 7. Houston 48 8. East Carolina 31 9. UCF 30 10. USF 20 11. Tulane 11
Preseason All-Conference First Team Octavius Ellis, Sr., F, Cincinnati Daniel Hamilton, So., G/F, UConn *Markus Kennedy, R-Sr., F, SMU *Nic Moore, R-Sr., G, SMU James Woodard, Sr., G, Tulsa Preseason All-Conference Second Team Troy Caupain, Jr., G, Cincinnati Amida Brimah, Jr., C, UConn Sterling Gibbs, GS, G, UConn Shaq Goodwin, Sr., F, Memphis Shaquille Harrison, Sr., G, Tulsa [*] denotes unanimous selection
Preseason Player of the Year: Nic Moore, SMU Preseason Rookie of the Year: Jalen Adams, UConn
THE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Table Of Contents American Athletic Conference ...............................................2-3 Commissioner Mike Aresco ....................................................4-5
15 Park Row West • Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Switchboard - 401.244-3278 • Communications - 401.453.0660 www.TheAmerican.org
Conference Staff .......................................................................6-9 Conference Headquarters........................................................ 10 American Digital Network ........................................................ 11 Officiating .................................................................................... 12 American Athletic Conference Notebook ........................13-14 The American On Television ...............................................15-16 2015-16 Composite Schedule ..............................................17-21 American Athletic Conference Championship ................22-23 2016 NCAA Championship ........................................................ 24 The Teams UCF Knights............................................................................25-28 School Quick Facts............................................................. 25 Schedule & Notes .............................................................. 26 Statistics, Roster & Newcomers...................................... 27 2014-15 Results & Head Coach ........................................ 28 Cincinnati Bearcats ..............................................................29-32 UConn Huskies ......................................................................33-36 East Carolina Pirates ............................................................37-40 Houston Cougars ..................................................................41-44 Memphis Tigers .....................................................................45-48 USF Bulls ................................................................................49-52 SMU Mustangs .....................................................................53-56 Temple Owls...........................................................................57-60 Tulane Green Wave ..............................................................61-64 Tulsa Hurricane .....................................................................65-68 American Athletic Conference Almanac 2014-15 In Review .................................................................70-81 All-Conference Honors/Annual Awards ......................... 71 National Polls ...................................................................... 72 Against The Conferences.................................................. 73 Weekly Award Winners..................................................... 74 Individual Statistics .......................................................75-77 Team Statistics ...............................................................78-79 Individual Game Highs ....................................................... 80
American Athletic Conference Staff Commissioner ...........................................................................................................Michael L. Aresco Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration) ................................................Donna DeMarco Senior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting & Digital Content) ............Thomas R. Odjakjian Chief Financial Officer ...................................................................................................... Stacy Martin Associate Commissioner (Football) ..........................................................................Scott A. Draper Associate Commissioner (Governance & Compliance) ..........................................Ellen M. Ferris Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball) ..............................................Barbara M. Jacobs Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball).............................................................. Dan Leibovitz Associate Commissioner (Sport Administration & Championships) ...............James A. Siedliski Assistant Commissioner (Digital Media) ............................................................... Mark A. Hodgkin Assistant Commissioner (Communications) ..............................................................Chuck Sullivan Assistant Commissioner (Sport Administration & Championships) ....... Robert A. Weygand, Jr. Senior Director of Compliance ....................................................................................Andrea Dahley Director of Sport Administration & Championships ............................................Patrick B. Colbert Director of Football Administration .........................................................................Michael A. Costa Director of Business Affairs ........................................................................................Karen M. Giblin Director of Communications ........................................................................Chevonne M. Mansfield Assistant Director for Branding and Sport Administration ...................Catherine W. Carmignani Assistant Director of Broadcast Scheduling .......................................................Michael A. Coyne Assistant to the Commissioner ...............................................................................Lisa S. Zanecchia Digital Communications Coordinator ..........................................................................Jamie L. Corun Multimedia Coordinator and Reporter .......................................................................... Hali Oughton Executive Assistant for Administration ..................................................................... Lois A. DeBlois Administrative Assistant for Officiating .................................................................. Wanda L. Factor Receptionist ..........................................................................................................Kathy M. Kirkpatrick Administrative Fellow ..........................................................................................................Kauri Black Digital Network Assistant .................................................................................................Alex Cluxton Compliance Assistant....................................................................................................... Kevin Gomer Communications Assistant .........................................................................................Kristina Ritacco Communications Assistant ........................................................................................... Gary Robinson Coordinator of Football Officiating .............................................................................. Terry McAulay Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officiating ..................................................................Curtis Shaw Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officiating .................................................Debbie Williamson
Team Game Highs ............................................................... 81 Individual Records ................................................................82-84 Team Records ........................................................................85-86 Annual Leaders .......................................................................... 87 Miscellaneous Records ............................................................ 88 All-Time Coaching Records...................................................... 89 NCAA Championship Teams ...............................................90-91 Postseason History.................................................................... 92 NBA Players ............................................................................... 93 American Athletic Conference Media Services .................. 94
Credits Editors: Chevonne Mansfield, Kristina Ritacco Editorial Assistance: Chuck Sullivan, Gary Robinson Printing: Charles Guillette - Colonial Lithograph, Inc. Attleboro, Mass. Photography: Ben Solomon, Associated Press and member school communications offices. Cover photo by Ben Solomon. Special Thanks: The American Athletic Conference would like to thank the athletics communications departments of its member schools for their valuable assistance and cooperation in producing this publication.
Media Relations Directory .....................................................IBC
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 1
THE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE In the course of its first two seasons, the American Athletic Conference has taken a place at the forefront of intercollegiate athletics, earning a collection of national team and individual championships and football postseason wins that place The American among the elite Division I conferences. The American consists of 12 prestigious institutions: the University of Central Florida, the University of Cincinnati, East Carolina University, the University of Connecticut, the University of Houston, the University of Memphis, the U.S. Naval Academy (in football only), the University of South Florida, Southern Methodist University, Temple University, Tulane University and the University of Tulsa. Under the leadership of commissioner Mike Aresco, the American Athletic Conference has written an impressive list of accomplishments, both in and out of the competitive arena. The league has produced three NCAA championship teams – UConn men’s basketball in 2014 and UConn women’s basketball in 2014 and 2015 – and two individuals who have won NCAA titles, most recently SMU’s Bryson Dechambeau, who was the 2015 national champion in men’s golf. Additionally, American Athletic Conference teams have advanced to the College World Series, the semifinal and final rounds of the NIT and the match play round of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship. Half of the conference’s baseball-playing members reached the NCAA Championship in 2015, while The American had the best men’s basketball postseason record of any conference in 2014, when conference teams were a combined 13-4. Teams from The American have registered top-10 national rankings in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, men’s soccer and men’s golf. The American is quickly making its mark in professional sports as well, beginning with the selection of UCF quarterback Blake Bortles by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the No. 3 pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.
More recently, a number of American Athletic Conference athletes have been selected in the first round of the professional entry drafts in football, basketball, baseball and soccer. UConn’s Cyle Larin was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 Major League Soccer SuperDraft as he was chosen by Orlando City SC. UCF’s Romario Williams was taken by the Montreal Impact at No. 3, giving The American two of the top three picks in the draft. UConn’s Sergio Campbell went at No. 19 to the Columbus Crew as the third pick from the conference in the first round. In the 2015 NFL Draft, UCF’s Breshad Perriman and UConn’s Byron Jones were selected consecutively in the first round – Perriman to the Baltimore Ravens at No. 26 overall and Jones to the Dallas Cowboys at No. 27. It was the second straight year in which The American had at least two first-round selections. UConn’s Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis was selected by the Seattle Storm with the No. 3 pick in the 2015 WNBA Draft, while UConn’s Kiah Stokes went 11th overall to the New York Liberty. Cincinnati outfielder Ian Happ, the 2015 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, was chosen by the Chicago Cubs with the No. 9 overall pick in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft. In football, two American Athletic Conference football teams were ranked in the top 15 of the final 2013 Associated Press poll, while Memphis finished the season in the top 25 of the 2014 polls as Tigers tied UCF and Cincinnati for the conference title. Six of the 12 teams that compete in The American in 2015 played in bowl games to cap the 2014 season as Memphis, Houston and Navy earned postseason victories. Teams in The American have enjoyed almost unprecedented success since the conference’s formation. Memphis finished with 10 wins in football for the first time since 1938. SMU advanced to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship for the first time since 1993. UCF and Houston have both achieved top-10 rankings in baseball in the past two years. USF finished the 2014-15 season at No. 8 in the final men’s golf national ranking.The UConn women’s basketball team won its NCAA-record ninth and 10th national championships as a member of The American. The American Athletic Conference holds media rights partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports which give the conference outstanding national exposure on
2014-15 American Athletic Conference Champions Sport ..............................................................Regular-Season .......................................Postseason Women’s Cross Country ............................................................................................................Tulsa Men’s Cross Country ..................................................................................................................Tulsa Women’s Soccer ........................................UCF ......................................................................UConn Men’s Soccer ..............................................UConn ...................................................................Tulsa Football .........................................................UCF, Cincinnati, Memphis Women’s Volleyball ....................................UCF Men’s Swimming & Diving ..........................................................................................East Carolina Women’s Swimming & Diving ...................................................................................................SMU Men’s Indoor Track & Field .................................................................................................Houston Women’s Indoor Track & Field...............................................................................................UConn Men’s Basketball ........................................SMU .......................................................................SMU Women’s Basketball ..................................UConn .................................................................UConn Men’s Tennis ................................................................................................................................. USF Women’s Tennis .........................................................................................................................Tulsa Women’s Golf ................................................................................................................................ UCF Men’s Golf ...................................................................................................................................... USF Men’s Outdoor Track & Field..................................................................................................UConn Women’s Outdoor Track & Field ...............................................................................................SMU Softball ..........................................................UCF .......................................................................... UCF Women’s Rowing .......................................................................................................................... UCF Baseball ........................................................Houston ..................................................East Carolina
2 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
the two industry leaders in sports television. The football portion of the contract calls for nearly 90 percent of conference-controlled games on national broadcast or national cable platforms. The first American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which will be played Dec. 5, 2015, will be carried on either ABC or ESPN on Championship Saturday. In men’s basketball, the television deal calls for all conference-controlled games to be televised, with more than 63 percent slotted for national broadcast or national cable – a minimum of 107 games. The entire postseason tournament will be televised, including the championship game, which will be on ABC or ESPN. Sixty percent of the American’s women’s basketball games will be carried on national cable, regional sports networks or ESPN3, while the conference has a multi-year agreement with CBS Sports Network for coverage of select baseball games. American Athletic Conference teams have access to the pinnacle of college football’s postseason structure. An American representative would be chosen for the College Football Playoff semifinals if it is among the top four teams in the CFP selection committee’s final ranking. Otherwise, the league would place its champion in either the Vizio Fiesta Bowl or the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl if it is ranked higher than the champions of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. Additionally, The American holds primary or secondary partnerships with 12 bowls for the current six-year cycle, ensuring multiple annual matchups against the nation’s top conferences and providing desirable postseason destinations to member institutions and their fans. The American Athletic Conference administers to its membership from a state-of-the-art office located in Providence, R.I. The location of the conference headquarters – just steps from the city’s Amtrak station and 10 minute from T.F. Green Airport – gives the conference easy access to its memberschools. The conference headquarters is equipped with a complete video production studio, serving as the home of the American Digital Network, and small- and large-scale meeting rooms to accommodate the many coaches’ and administrators’ meetings held on-site each year.
National Honors NCAA Team Championships (3) UConn Men’s Basketball - 2014 UConn Women’s Basketball - 2014, 2015 NCAA Individual Championships (3) Joao DeLucca, Louisville Men’s Swimming & Diving 100-yard freestyle - 2014 200-yard freestyle - 2014 Bryson DeChambeau SMU Men’s Golf- 2015 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships (2) Sam Bombaugh, Louisville Indoor Track & Field - 2014 Emily Juhl, Louisville Women’s Volleyball - 2014
#AMERICANRISING
THE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Championship Schedule Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Oct. 31, 2015 Overton’s Lake Kristi Grimesland, N.C.
Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field Feb. 28-29, 2016 Birmingham Crossplex Birmingham, Ala.
Men’s Golf May 1-3, 2016 Black Diamond Ranch, The Quarry Course Lecanto, Fla.
Women’s Soccer Quarterfinals, Semifinals & Final Nov. 3-8, 2015 Westcott Field Dallas, Texas
Women’s Basketball March 4-7, 2016 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Conn.
Softball May 12-14, 2016 Tulsa Softball Complex Tulsa, Okla.
Men’s Soccer Quarterfinals: Nov. 7, 2015 (campus sites)
Men’s Basketball March 10-13, 2016 Amway Center Orlando, Fla.
Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field May 12-15, 2016 UCF Soccer & Track Complex Orlando, Fla.
Semifinals & Final Nov. 13-15, 2015 Corbett Soccer Stadium Tampa, Fla.
Women’s Tennis April 20-23, 2016 Memphis University School/The Racquet Club of Memphis Memphis, Tenn.
Women’s Rowing May 15, 2016 Sacramento State Aquatic Center Sacramento, Calif.
Football Dec. 5, 2015 (campus site)
Men’s Tennis April 21-24, 2016 Memphis University School/The Racquet Club of Memphis Memphis, Tenn.
Baseball May 24-29, 2016 Bright House Field Clearwater, Fla.
Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Feb. 17-20, 2016 Campus Recreation & Wellness Center (CRWC) Natatorium Houston, Texas
Women’s Golf April 17-19, 2016 Hammock Beach Golf & Spa Resort Palm Coast, Fla.
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 3
CONFERENCE STAFF Mike Aresco Commissioner Mike Aresco has established himself as one of the foremost figures in intercollegiate sports as commissioner of the American Athletic Conference. Aresco, who was named to his current position Aug. 14, 2012, has overseen a strategic reinvention of the conference, which has quickly become one of the premier conferences in the nation. The American’s first year produced a remarkable string of accomplishments as UCF won the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and UConn won NCAA titles in both men’s and women’s basketball. American Athletic Conference teams had the best postseason winning percentage of any conference in men’s basketball, as the league sent four teams to the NCAA tournament and saw SMU advance to the championship game of the NIT. The American was the only conference to have a Bowl Championship Series win and teams in the Men’s Final Four, the Women’s Final Four and the College World Series in 201314. Teams from the conference finished in the national top 10 in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s soccer, baseball and men’s golf. The American features 11 members in the 2014-15 academic year: UCF, Cincinnati, UConn, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, USF, SMU, Temple, Tulane and Tulsa. Navy joins in 2015-16 as a football-playing member. Among the mile-
stones reached in Aresco’s tenure have been the launch of a football championship game for the first time in 2015 and the league’s staging of its own postseason bowl game. Aresco’s first months were marked by his successful efforts to ensure the conference’s place within the College Football Playoff – the new system that will determine the national champion, beginning in 2014. Aresco was instrumental in securing the arrangement that will put the American Athletic Conference champion in a New Year’s Day system bowl if it is the highest-ranked team among the champions of five conferences. Aresco has played an active role in the formation of the College Football Playoff, serving on the College Football Playoff Management Committee and helping to select the 13 members of the CFP Selection Committee. Aresco also serves on the College Football Playoff Television and Site Selection committees. In the wake of the changes created by college sports realignment, Aresco moved quickly to solidify the conference, leading negotiations that resulted in the most favorable financial terms for the conference’s football schools, after the withdrawal of the non-football-playing schools, as well as the 2013-14 launch of the renamed and rebranded conference. He simultaneously led the negotiations that resulted in television contracts with ESPN and CBS Sports, which have given the conference
4 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
unprecedented national exposure and branding with the two industry leaders in sports television. Aresco then quickly and successfully organized the process whereby the conference was renamed the American Athletic Conference – a name that was immediately accepted nationally – and he also oversaw the process that resulted in the conference’s popular graphic identity. He has also successfully worked with the conference schools to arrive at an equitable distribution of existing revenue for the current and new conference institutions, bringing about a period of cohesiveness that is unprecedented in the league’s history. He has restructured the conference office staff to maximize efficiency and better serve the needs of the membership. Among his other significant accomplishments on behalf of the American Athletic Conference were the spearheading of expansion efforts, which resulted in the addition of East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa as of July 1, 2014, and Navy as a football member in 2015; launching The American Digital Network; successful negotiations for the conference’s men’s and women’s basketball championships; and the launching of a brand marketing campaign. Additionally, Aresco brokered a multi-year
CONFERENCE STAFF marketing rights agreement with IMG College, the industry leader in collegiate sports marketing, and oversaw the development of The American’s new football bowl lineup, which features numerous annual matchups against the nation’s other top conferences. Included in that lineup is the Miami Beach Bowl – a bowl game that will be owned and operated by the American Athletic Conference in a first-of-itskind venture. In basketball, Aresco has secured the conference’s participation in The Men’s Basketball Officiating Consortium, L.L.C., partnering with the Big 12 Conference, Conference USA, the Ohio Valley Conference and the Southland Conference to ensure that the highest-quality game officials are assigned to American Athletic Conference contests. Aresco is a member of the Conference Commissioners Association enforcement working group and women’s basketball working group. He serves on the management committee of the College Football Playoff and the board of managers for both the College Football Officiating, LLC, and Men’s College Basketball, LLC. Aresco has been a leader in the NCAA governance redesign efforts and a spokesman in various forums for the integrity of the collegiate model. Aresco came to the conference from CBS Sports where he was Executive Vice President, Programming. He was responsible for all college sports programming for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network. Aresco oversaw the acquisition and management of CBS Sports
college properties, including the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, regular-season college basketball and football, conference basketball championship games, football bowl games and other programming. His responsibilities included game selection and scheduling, dayto-day operations, contract negotiations, identification of future acquisitions, development of programming strategies and coordination of new media and marketing initiatives. Aresco played an integral role in the landmark deal that created the CBS Sports-Turner Broadcasting partnership, which resulted in the acquisition of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship rights through 2024. He managed the complex 14-year agreement that provides expanded national broadcast and cable coverage of the NCAA basketball championship. Aresco also was instrumental in the CBS Television Network’s groundbreaking bundled-rights agreement with the NCAA, which granted CBS exclusive rights to the NCAA tournament from 2003 through 2010. The 2010 NCAA Championship won a Sports Emmy in the Outstanding Playoff Coverage category. Aresco also played a key role in negotiating NCAA marketing agreements and in creating a partnership with IMG and the NCAA to assist in acquiring new NCAA corporate sponsors. He also was a significant contributor in the development of new media platforms for the NCAA Championship, including the highly successful March Madness On Demand. In 2008, Aresco negotiated a historic 15-year agreement with the Southeastern Conference to televise the league’s football and basketball
games. The agreement also provided multiple new media rights for CBS, CBS Sports Network and CBS Interactive. He forged numerous basketball agreements with major conferences and negotiated 10-year extensions of the Army-Navy and Notre Dame-Navy football rivalries. Aresco was the creator and executive producer of The Tony Barnhart Show and Courtside with Seth Davis, both of which aired on the CBS Sports Network. In 2004, he was appointed by the late NCAA President Myles Brand to the Basketball Partnership, a select panel whose mission was to explore ways to improve and promote college basketball. He is a charter member of the steering committee of the Columbia University/ New York City Chapter of the National Football Foundation and serves on the board of the National Sports Marketing Network. Aresco joined CBS Sports from ESPN where he was responsible for overseeing the acquisition, scheduling and development of long-term strategies for all ESPN college sports properties. Earlier in his tenure at ESPN, he was responsible for programming a wide variety of sports properties, including College Football Association, Big 10, and Pac-10 college football, NCAA events, including early rounds of the NCAA basketball tournament, the College World Series and various professional sports events, including thoroughbred racing, Top Rank Boxing, CFL football, Australian Rules Football, rodeo and yachting. He was the architect of ESPN’s signature Thursday night college football series and helped develop ESPN’s Bowl Week. He joined ESPN in 1984 as Counsel and was named Assistant General Counsel in 1988 before moving to the programming department. Aresco is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, history), The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts (M.A., international relations), where he held a John Moors Cabot Scholarship, and the University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D.). He practiced law privately in Hartford, Conn., for several years. Aresco is a regular speaker and expert panelist at national symposiums and seminars on the topics of college athletics and sports television. He was awarded the 2013 Distinguished Graduate Award by the UConn School of Law Alumni Association. Aresco and his wife, Sharon, have two adult sons: Matthew, an Emmy-nominated television producer who lives in Connecticut with his wife, Elizabeth; and Brett, an actor who lives in New York City.
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 5
CONFERENCE STAFF Donna DeMarco Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration)
Tom Odjakjian Senior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting & Digital Content)
Donna DeMarco has been part of the conference staff since 1988 and has been Senior Associate Commissioner for Administration since 2009. DeMarco serves as The American’s chief operating officer, overseeing the organizational aspects of the conference, including management of the conference staff. As the conference’s primary administrator, she ensures that direct lines of communication exist between the conference office and the 12 member institutions. Additionally, DeMarco assists with overall administration and management of conference matters pertaining to service, governance and facilitation. DeMarco has further oversight of the fiscal, legal and business affairs of The American and is the conference’s liaison with institutional personnel in those areas. She supervises the approval of the conference’s annual operating budget, ensures appropriate legal contract review and manages the league’s human resource operation. Before taking on her current role, DeMarco had been Associate Commissioner for Women’s Basketball from 2006-09, during which time she was the primary administrator for one of the conference’s most successful and high-profile sports. DeMarco was the conference’s Associate Commissioner for Sport Administration from 1996-2006, overseeing all operational and governance matters for 23 conference sports. She began her career as an administrative assistant for Public Relations & Championships in 1988 before being promoted to Director of Championship Operations and subsequently Assistant Commissioner for Championships. DeMarco completed a term on the NCAA Division I Administration Cabinet — which is responsible for addressing governance issues, the Divsion I membership process and all committee selections — in July of 2015. She was a member of the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Committee from 1999-2003 and served as the committee chair from 2000-03. DeMarco is a 1987 graduate of the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism.
Tom Odjakjian, who serves as the Senior Associate Commissioner for Broadcasting and Digital Content, is a longtime veteran of the conference’s senior staff, having joined the office from ESPN in 1995 as Associate Commissioner. Odjakjian has oversight of all external conference content, including its digital content, and is The American’s primary liaison with the league’s television partners, managing those relationships on a daily basis. Odjakjian has been the conference’s primary point person for a number of significant television agreements, including The American’s current partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports that have given member institutions unprecedented exposure. Under the conference’s current agreement, all conference-controlled football and men’s basketball games will be televised, with nearly 90 percent of the football games and more than 90 percent of the men’s basketball games available on either national broadcast or national cable platforms. Odjakjian also has direct involvement in the assembly of The American’s annual schedules in football and men’s and women’s basketball, in order to fulfill the network’s contractual obligations and maximize exposure for the conference while balancing institutional schedules. Odjakjian served in various executive roles at ESPN from 1981-94, including as the director of college sports. He was responsible for negotiation, acquisition, scheduling and budget supervision for the network’s collegiate sports programming. Odjakjian was the architect behind the creation of ESPN’s basketball Championship Week and football Bowl Week and had a hand in the network’s NFL, NBA, NHL and Olympic sports programming. Prior to joining ESPN, Odjakjian also served as Associate Commissioner of the Eastern College Athletic Conference and Assistant Sports Information Director at Princeton University. While at ESPN, in 1994, he was named as The Most Influential Person in College Sports by College Sports Magazine and was tabbed as one of the four most influential people in college basketball by Sporting News in 1990. Odjakjian is a 1976 graduate of Lafayette with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business. He played football and baseball as an undergraduate and was the recipient of George Wharton Pepper Prize, Lafayette’s most prestigious honor.
Dan Leibovitz Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball) Dan Leibovitz joined the American Athletic Conference staff as Associate Commissioner for Men’s Basketball in May of 2014. Leibovitz is The American’s primary men’s basketball administrator and contact for all basketball initiatives and programs, including scheduling, officiating, operations and NCAA basketball relationships. As the commissioner’s liaison to the conference’s 11 men’s basketball programs, he works closely with coaches and administrators from each of The American’s institutions. He also supervises the annual men’s basketball championship. Leibovitz most recently served as Assistant Coach for Player Development for the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets. His extensive college coaching resume includes serving as an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania from 2010-12 and head coach at the University of Hartford from 2006-2010, where he was the fourth-youngest coach in Division I when he was hired. At Hartford, he led the Hawks to the school’s best single-season win total and the team’s only appearance in the America East Championship Game. Leibovitz began his coaching career at Temple University, where he worked from 1996-2006 under Naismith Hall of Fame head coach John Chaney. During Leibovitz’s time with the Owls, Temple made five NCAA tournament appearances and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight twice. Leibovitz earned a bachelor of arts degree from Penn in 1996 and earned a master’s degree in sport and recreation administration from Temple in 1998.
6 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
CONFERENCE STAFF Stacy Martin Chief Financial Officer
Scott Draper Associate Commissioner (Football)
Stacy Martin joined the American Athletic Conference as Chief Financial Officer in May of 2015. Before joining The American, Martin had been Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director for Finance and Administration at the University of Memphis since 2012 Before joining the staff at Memphis, Martin served as Assistant Athletic Director for Business at Kansas State. She served for eight years at her alma mater, San Jose State University, as Senior Associate Athletic Director and COO. She is a recent Past-President and fiveyear Executive Committee member of the Collegiate Athletic Business Management Association, has partnered with the NCAA on the development of a Global Business Travel Association workshop for athletic business officers, and was the tournament manager of the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball South Regional. Martin holds an undergraduate degree, cum laude, in business administration, with a concentration in corporate financial management, and an MBA in finance, both from San Jose State University. Additionally, she serves as a member of the Global Business Travel Association Sports Committee and has participated in the Sports Management Institute’s Executive Education Program
Scott Draper joined the American Athletic Conference staff in April 2014 as Associate Commissioner for Football. Draper is the conference’s primary football administrator and contact for all football initiatives and programs, including scheduling, officiating, operations and bowl relationships. As the conference’s liaison with administrators and coaches from each member institution, Draper works with the commissioner on football budgets and special projects and also provides oversight of the Miami Beach Bowl, and The American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which begins in 2015. Draper joins The American after most recently serving as Associate Director of Athletics and Director of Development for Athletics at Albion College, a position he held since 2011. Prior to that, he was the Assistant Athletic Director for Football Operations at the University of Michigan, where he was a key staff member of teams that won four Big Ten Football championships, four Rose Bowls, played in 12 bowl games and won the 1997 National Championship. In his role, he supervised football sport administration, strength and conditioning, equipment operations, and athletic training operations. He also served as sport administrator and liaison to admissions, academic services, compliance and eligibility, and dining and housing. Previously, he was a Football Offensive Graduate Assistant (1995-97) and Assistant Video Coordinator (1992-95) at the University of Michigan. Draper holds a bachelor’s degree in general studies from Eastern Michigan University (1994). He earned a master’s degree in business administration from Madonna University in 2012.
Ellen Ferris Associate Commissioner (Governance and Compliance)
Barbara Jacobs Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball)
Ellen Ferris joined the American Athletic Conference staff in October of 2013 as Associate Commissioner for Governance and Compliance. Ferris’ responsibilities include coordination and administration of the conference’s day-to-day compliance services with member institutions, including interpretative support and rules education. Before joining the conference staff, Ferris served as Associate Vice President for Athletic Compliance at the University of Southern California. She also served four years at the NCAA and was the Assistant Commissioner for Compliance Services at the Big Sky Conference for three years. Ferris sits on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Athletic Compliance and has been a member of the NAAC Reasonable Standards Committee, the NCAA Division I Legislative Review and Interpretations Committee, the Division I Management Council and the Division I Men’s Tennis Committee Ferris holds an undergraduate degree in education from Texas State University-San Marcos and a master’s degree in sport management from the United States Sports Academy. She holds a juris doctor degree from Southern Methodist University.
Barbara Jacobs, who has worked with the conference since 1995, was promoted to her current position of Associate Commissioner for Women’s Basketball in July of 2014. Jacobs oversees all aspects of The American’s women’s basketball operations, including television, scheduling, branding and messaging, and management of the conference championship. Jacobs was the Secretary/Rules Editor for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Rules Committee from 1998-2006 and was the tournament manager for the 2004 NCAA East Regional. She was named Vice President of the CCA Coordinators of Officials from 1997-99 and was President from 1999-2001. Jacobs was head coach at Syracuse from 1978-93, helping the Orange to the 1985 Big East title. She was named Big East Coach of the Year in 1988. Jacobs was the head coach at Hartwick prior to leading the Syracuse program. During her eight-year tenure at Hartwick, she was also the head field hockey coach, head men’s tennis coach, coordinator of women’s athletics and a tenured professor of physical education. Jacobs was inducted into the Syracuse Orange Plus Hall of Fame in 1990 and to the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. Jacobs holds a bachelor’s degree in physical education from the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse and a master’s degree in education from SUNY Cortland.
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 7
CONFERENCE STAFF James Siedliski Associate Commissioner (Sport Administration & Championships)
Chevonne Mansfield Director of Communications
James Siedliski was promoted to his current position of Associate Commissioner for Sport Administration & Championships in 2006. Siedliski oversees management and operations of the conference’s 18 Olympic sport programs, including scheduling, officiating, policy-making and oversight of postseason championships. He additionally serves as tournament manager for The American’s annual men’s basketball championship and is the conference’s liaison with member institutions with all matters pertaining to Olympic sport administration. In addition to his duties with the conference, Siedliski was a member of the NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Committee for three years, and chaired the committee in 2013. Siedliski came to the conference in 1998 as Director of Sport Administration and was promoted to Assistant Commissioner for Sport Administration in 2000 before assuming his current role on the conference’s senior staff. Before joining the conference, Siedliski had been Executive Director of the New Jersey Association of USA Track & Field. Siedliski is a 1989 graduate of Rutgers University.
Chevonne Mansfield has served as Director of Communications at the American Athletic Conference since December 2013. Mansfield is involved with all aspects of the communications and media relations initiatives for the conference’s 21 sports, with an emphasis on men’s basketball and men’s soccer. She previously worked with women’s basketball as the primary media contact before transitioning to men’s hoops. She serves as the media coordinator for the American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship and is responsible for developing and implementing season-long communication plans in concert with the conference’s overall strategic branding efforts. Mansfield came to The American after serving as Assistant Director of Media Relations at the Southeastern Conference since 2011. She had been the SEC’s primary media relations contact for volleyball, swimming and diving, gymnastics and softball and assisted with the administration and operations for a number of conference championships. She has contributed to the editorial direction of the SEC Digital Network as well as the conference’s social and new media platforms. Mansfield served as Assistant Director of Communications at the Southwestern Athletic Conference from 2010-11 and was Assistant Sports Information Director at Howard University from 2007-10. Mansfield serves on the board of directors of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and the Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM). She was the recipient of the 2011 CoSIDA Rising Star Award as one of the top young communications professionals in the nation. She served as a facilitator at the 2013 NCAA Leadership Forum in Providence, where she provided leadership training and development to student-athletes from across the Northeast. Mansfield is a 2004 graduate of St. John’s University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in communication arts. She added a master’s degree from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2007 while serving as a graduate assistant for sports information and external affairs.
Chuck Sullivan Assistant Commissioner (Communications)
Mark Hodgkin Assistant Commissioner (Digital Media)
Robert Weygand Jr. Assistant Commissioner (Sport Administration & Championships)
Chuck Sullivan joined the conference as Director of Communications in August 2007 and was promoted to Assistant Commissioner in 2014. Sullivan manages the day-to-day communications operations for The American’s 21 Division I sports and serves as the primary external relations contact for football. Sullivan has served on the media coordination staff for the College Football Playoff, the BCS National Championship and the NCAA Final Four. Before coming to the conference, Sullivan served as Director of Athletic Communications at Harvard from 2003-07, where he managed the communications efforts for the nation’s largest intercollegiate athletics program. He also served as Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications at Bryant from 1999-2003. He was the Sports Information Director at UMass Boston from 1995-99. Sullivan is a 1993 graduate of Boston University.
Mark Hodgkin joined the conference staff in 2009 as Director of Internet Services. He was named Senior Director of Digital Media in 2013 and was promoted to Assistant Commissioner in 2014. Hodgkin is responsible for the conference’s digital media efforts, including the official website, social media platforms and online marketing as well as management of The American Digital Network. Hodgkin came to the conference from Boston College, where he served as an Athletic Marketing and Media Relations Assistant. He also previously served as Director of Marketing at Bryant University. Hodgkin is a 2006 graduate of the University of Texas. He added a master’s degree from Bryant in 2008. Hodgkin is active with the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators, the Sports Video Group, and the Collegiate Athletics Internet/Digital Association.
Robert Weygand joined the conference staff in 2004 and serves as Assistant Commissioner of Sport Administration and Championships. Weygand serves as one of the primary administrators and contacts for several American Athletic Conference sports and is the lead office liaison for communication with member schools’ administrators, coaching staffs and game officials. He provides on-site management of select conference championships, oversees regular-season scheduling and is the conference’s liaison with the members’ sports medicine group. Weygand served as Director of Sport Administration since 2007 after spending three years as Assistant Director of Sport Administration. Weygand is a 2002 graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a degree in sports medicine. He earned a master’s degree in education from Springfield College in 2004.
8 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
CONFERENCE STAFF Patrick Colbert
Michael Costa
Director of Sport Administration & D Championships
Director of Football Administration
Joined Conference Staff: 2012
Joined Conference Staff: 2010
Karen Giblin
Catherine Carmignani
Michael Coyne
Director of Business Affairs
Assistant Director of Branding & A Sport Administration
Assistant Director of Broadcast Scheduling
Joined Conference Staff: 2012
Joined Conference Staff: 2006
Andrea Dahly Senior Director of Compliance Joined Conference Staff: 2014
Joined Conference Staff: 2014
Lisa Zanecchia
Jamie Corun
Hali Oughton
Assistant to the Commissioner
Digital Communications Coordinator
Multimedia Coordinator and Reporter
Joined Conference Staff: 2012
Joined Conference Staff: 2014
Joined Conference Staff: 1982
Lois DeBlois Executive Assistant for Administration
Wanda Factor
Kathy Kirkpatrick
Administrative Assistant
Receptionist
Joined Conference Staff: 1999
Joined Conference Staff: 1990
Joined Conference Staff: 1991
Kauri Black
Alex Cluxton
Gary Robinson
Administrative Fellow
Digital Network Assistant
Communications Assistant
Joined Conference Staff: 2015
Joined Conference Staff: 2015
Joined Conference Staff: 2015
Kristina Ritacco
Kevin Gomer
Terry McAulay
Communications Assistant
Compliance Assistant
Coordinator of Football Officiating
Joined Conference Staff: 2015
Joined Conference Staff: 2015 Joined Conference Staff: 2008
Debbie Williamson Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officiating Joined Conference Staff: 2013
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 9
CONFERENCE HEADQUARTERS American Athletic Conference Headquarters The American Athletic Conference administers to its membership from a state-of-the-art office located in Providence, Rhode Island. The location of the conference headquarters — situated just steps from the city’s Amtrak station and 10 minutes from T.F. Green Airport — gives the conference easy access to its member schools and a direct connection to all of the major cities in the Northeast. The conference has been in its current location since 2010. The office is equipped with a complete video production studio, and small- and large-scale meeting rooms to easily accommodate the many coaches’ and administrators’ meetings held on-site each year.
10 • 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
THE AMERICAN DIGITAL NETWORK The most in-depth coverage of the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference season can be found on The American Digital Network, the over the-top streaming video platform of The American and its 12 member institutions.
coverage of 25 regular-season women’s basketball games as well as select regular-season contests in soccer, volleyball, softball and baseball.
The American has extended its partnership with L2 Productions to provide video production services for more than 65 events annually on The American Digital Network through the 2018-19 academic year.
The ADN will have full wraparound coverage of The American’s postseason championships in football and men’s and women’s basketball.
The American and L2 Productions have collaborated on live video production of regular-season and championship events for the past two years. The American Digital Network produced 65 live events in 2014-15 and plans to showcase at least 80 for the 2015-16 season. All events are carried by professional-grade, multiple-camera productions which include accomplished play-by-play announcers and expert analysts.
In addition to its coverage of regular-season and championship events,
As a result of the partnership, The American Digital Network will provide complete live video coverage of The American’s postseason championships in cross country, swimming and diving, indoor track and field,outdoor track and field, and rowing.
All of The American Digital Network productions are available on desktop, tablet, mobile and Roku devices at no charge. The ADN will include DVR functionality and immediate access to archived replays beginning in the 2015-16 season.
The American Digital Network is the home for ondemand previews and game highlights as well as “The Rise,” a weekly look at the conference that includes scores, highlights and feature stories.
The ADN will also provide coverage of any games of the conference’s women’s soccer, men’s soccer, softball and baseball championships that are not carried by one of the conference’s television partners. Additionally, The American Digital Network will provide
w w w. t h e a m e r i c a n . o r g / d n 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 11
OFFICIATING Curtis Shaw
THE MEN’S BASKETBALL OFFICIATING CONSORTIUM The American Athletic Conference has been part of The Men’s Basketball Officiating Consortium, L.L.C. since the 2013-14 season.
Coordinator Men’s Basketball Officiating Consortium Joined Conference Staff: 2013
The consortium also includes the Big 12 Conference, Conference USA, the Ohio Valley Conference and the Southland Conference. The consortium is responsible for the recruiting, training, assigning and evaluating of men’s basketball officials for each conference within the consortium. The Men’s Basketball Officiating Consortium is currently coordinated by Curtis Shaw, who officiated more than 1,500 games in his career, including seven NCAA Final Four assignments.
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS Ray Acosta Orlando, Fla.
Tom Eades Gallatin, Tenn.
Bryan Kersey Carrollton, Va.
Clyde Owens Raleigh, N.C.
Alfred Smith Louisville, Ky.
Patrick Adams Mobile, Ala.
Duke Edsall Roanoke, Va.
Keith Kimble Arlington, Texas
Steven Perry Exton, Pa.
Bert Smith Florence, Ky.
Jeffrey Anderson Henrietta, N.Y.
Kevin Fehr Birmingham, Ala.
Kipp Kissinger Ashland, Neb.
Antinio Petty Ooltewah, Tenn.
Bret Smith Winchester, Tenn.
Clarence Armstrong New Castle, Del.
John Gaffney Westwood, Mass.
J.W. Lucas Oak Ridge, N.C.
Rusty Phillips Memphis, Tenn.
Scott Smith Chapel Hill, N.C.
Roger Ayers, Jr. Roanoke, Va.
Tim Gattis Fayetteville, Tenn.
James Luckie Charlotte, N.C.
Gerry Pollard Moscow Mills, Mo.
Larry Spaulding Amarillo, Texas
Isaac Barnett Springfield, Va.
Darron George Allen, Texas
Hal Lusk Clinton, Miss.
Jeff Pon Windermere, Fla.
John St. Clair Cordova, Tenn.
Chris Beaver Cincinnati, Ohio
Jacyn Goble Miami, Fla.
Toby Martinez Wichita, Kan.
Olandis Poole Yorktown, Va.
Zelton Steed Charlotte, N.C.
James Breeding Louisville, Ky.
Tony Greene Atlanta, Ga.
Kevin Mathis Ashland City, Tenn.
Justin Porterfield Leesburg, Va.
Michael Stephens Cranston, R.I.
Jose Carrion West Hartford, Conn.
Ron Groover Newnan, Ga.
Gary Maxwell Cookeville, Tenn.
Matt Potter Beaver Falls, Pa.
Jonathan Sterling Atlanta, Ga.
Sean Casey Hernando, Miss.
Brent Hampton Cynthiana, Ky.
Christopher Merlo Miami, Fla.
Justin Qualls Big Stone Gap, Va.
Mike Stuart Maryville, Tenn.
Lee Cassell Wesley Chapel, Fla.
John Hampton Lexington, Ky.
Nick Meyer Lansing, Mich.
Rick Randall Klin, Miss.
Raymond Styons Greenville, N.C.
Jeff Clark Cheltenham, Pa.
Jeb Hartness Chattanooga, Tenn.
Jeremy Mosier Taylors, S.C.
Kyle Regetz Powhatan, Va.
Trey Styons Greenville, N.C.
Bill Covington, Jr. High Point, N.C.
Tony Henderson Atlanta, Ga.
Andy Nagy Sylvania, Ohio
Mike Roberts Atlanta, Ga.
Ted Valentine Charleston, S.C.
Rick Crawford Orlando, Fla.
John Higgins Omaha, Neb.
Ray Natili Davidson, N.C.
Mark Schnur Charlotte, N.C.
Andrew Walton Germantown, Tenn.
Don Daily Atkins, Ark.
Kyle Ingram Richmond, Ind.
Tim Nestor Bermuda Run, N.C.
Kelly Self Hugo, Okla.
Brooks Wells Grand Island, Neb.
J.B. DeRosa Canton, Ohio
Bill Jacobson Tinley Park, IL
Josue Nieves Clermont, Fla.
Tommy Short Indianapolis, Ind.
Archibald Whaley Conyers, Ga.
Joe DeRosa North Canton, Ohio
Paul Janssen Orange City, Iowa
Brian O’Connell Middletown, N.J.
Doug Shows Rome, Ga.
Mark Whitehead Denham Springs, La.
A.J. Desai Fort Mill, S.C.
Byron Jarrett Little Rock, Ark.
Tom O’Neill Tinley Park, Ill.
Doug Sirmons Virginia Beach, Va.
Gerald Williams Highland Village, Texas
Rodrick Dixon Richmond, Texas
Les Jones Chesapeake, Va.
Terry Oglesby Maryville, Mo.
Kerry Sitton Tyler, Texas
Brent Dugas Denham Springs, La.
Peter Juzenas Wauwatosa, Wis.
Steve Olson Smyrna, Ga.
Aaron Smith Philadelphia, Pa.
12 • 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK Five Alive The American Athletic Conference had five teams that reached the 2015 postseason. SMU and Cincinnati were chosen for the NCAA Championship, while Temple, Tulsa and UConn were selected for the NIT. When It Counts American Athletic Conference teams were a combined 13-4 in postseason play in 201314, turning in a .765 winning percentage that was the best of any conference. The American was 5-5 in the 2015 postseason. American History In its brief history, the American Athletic Conference has a combined 10-5 NCAA tournament record and an 8-4 record in the NIT. Fixtures Cincinnati has made five consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Strangers Last season, SMU made its first NCAA tournament appearance since 1993. Turnaround Temple won 17 more games in the 2014-15 season than it did in 2013-14. The Owls were 9-22 in 2013-14 and finished the past season with a 26-11 record. The 17-win improvement was the best of any Division I team. Pedigree The 11 teams in the American Athletic Conference have made a combined 22 NCAA Final Four appearances and won six national championships. In addition to UConn’s four titles since 1999, Cincinnati won NCAA championships in 1961 and 1962. Team Final Fours Cincinnati 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1992 UConn 1999, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2014 Houston 1967, 1968, 1982, 1983, 1984 Memphis 1973, 1985, 2008 SMU 1956 Temple 1956, 1958 The Sum Of Its Parts The 11 American Athletic Conference members have made a combined 67 appearances in the NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen. UConn has made 17 appearances, followed by Cincinnati (13), Memphis (11), Houston (10), Temple (7), SMU (6) and Tulsa (3).
Share The Madness Including the 2014-15 season, the 11 American Athletic Conference teams have a combined 175 NCAA tournament appearances between them. UConn has a league-leading 32, followed by Temple (31), Cincinnati (29), Memphis (26), Houston (19), Tulsa (15), SMU (12), UCF (4), USF (3), Tulane (3) and East Carolina (2).
Worked Out Well Before Prior to 2014-15, SMU head coach Larry Brown last coached in the NCAA Championship in 1988, when he led Kansas to the national title. Brown is one of two American Athletic Conference head coaches who have won NCAA titles, along with UConn’s Kevin Ollie.
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 13
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK Rick Pitino of Louisville, Bill Self of Kansas, Tubby Smith of Texas Tech and Roy Williams of North Carolina. Pinch Hit Home Run Cincinnati associate head coach Larry Davis led the Bearcats to a 16-9 record in the absence of head coach Mick Cronin in 2014-15 due to health reasons. Consolation Prizes The three American Athletic Conference teams that reached the NIT last season have won a combined five NIT titles. UConn won in 1988, Temple won in 1938 and 1969 and Tulsa won in 1981 and 2001. This Goes To 11 Cincinnati is one of 11 schools that has made the NCAA tournament in each of the last five seasons. The others are Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Louisville, Michigan State, North Carolina, Ohio State, San Diego State, Virginia Commonwealth and Wisconsin. Great Starts Tulsa finished with a 23-11 record in the 2014-15 season under first-year coach Frank Haith. The 23 wins are the most by a first-year Tulsa coach since the Golden Hurricane was 26-6 in 2001-02, John Phillips’ first season. The Right Time Including conference tournaments, UConn coach Kevin Ollie has an 11-3 career record in the postseason.
Milestones Temple coach Fran Dunphy, who was named the 2014-15 American’s Coach of the Year, entered the postseason with exactly 500 career head coaching victories. Dunphy has 503 career wins heading into the 201516 season.
By The Dozen SMU’s Larry Brown and UConn’s Kevin Ollie are among the 12 active Division I coaches who have won an NCAA title. The others are Jim Boeheim of Syracuse, John Calipari of Kentucky, Billy Donovan of Florida, Steve Fisher of San Diego State, Tom Izzo of Michigan State, Mike Krzyzewski of Duke,
14 • 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
THE AMERICAN ON TELEVISION For the third straight year, at least 90 league games will be nationally televised. Ninety-one of the 99 conference games (92-percent) will be carried on national television. Fifteen conference games will be carried either on ESPN or ESPN2, many as part of ESPN’s Thursday Night Showcase series. Twenty-six more will be seen on ESPNU, with 24 scheduled for ESPNEWS. CBS Sports will televise one conference game – SMU at Cincinnati on March 6 – while CBS Sports Network will carry 25. Conference play begins Tuesday, Dec. 29 with three American Athletic Conference games. Two of the three holiday matinees – Temple at Cincinnati and SMU at Tulsa – will air live on ESPN2 at 3 p.m. ET and 5 p.m. ET, respectively. The SMU-Tulsa tilt is a rematch of last year’s regular-season finale. The two teams entered the last day of the 2015 schedule tied for the league’s regular-season crown. Included in the national non-conference TV slate are matchups during ESPN’s College Hoops TipOff Marathon (Oklahoma at Memphis, Nov. 17) and a contest between Villanova and Temple during ESPN’s Rivalry Week on Feb. 17. Two conference tilts – SMU at UConn (Feb. 18) and UConn at Cincinnati (Feb. 20) – will also air during ESPN’s Rivalry Week. The league will have five appearances on CBS, including three non-conference matchups. The American plays three top-10 teams from the final USA Today Coaches Poll with the Owls playing two of the three opponents in Wisconsin (Dec. 5, CBS) and Villanova. USF takes on 2015 Final Four opponent Kentucky during the Basketball Hall of Fame Classic on Nov. 27 (ESPN), while UConn and Maryland face off at Madison Square Garden in the Jimmy V Classic on Dec. 8 on ESPN. Other nationally televised non-conference games include SMU hosting Gonzaga on Feb. 13 (ESPN2), Cincinnati squaring off with Butler and Iowa State on Dec. 2 (CBSSN) and Dec. 22 (ESPN2), respectively, and UConn traveling to Texas for a matchup with the Longhorns on Dec. 29 (ESPN2). The Huskies will host a pair of non-conference opponents on CBS in Ohio State (Dec. 12) and Georgetown (Jan. 23). The 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship will take place March 10-13 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla. Similar to last year, ESPN networks will provide live coverage of every game of the tournament, including the March 12 semifinals on ESPN2 and the March 13 final on ESPN.
Tuesday, Nov. 17 Okahoma at Memphis ..................................................... 5 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 5 Temple at Wisconsin ................................................ 12:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 27 USF vs. Kentucky (Miami, Fla.)....................................... 5 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 12 Ohio State at UConn ......................................................... Noon
Tuesday, Dec. 8 UConn vs. Maryland (New York, N.Y.) ........................... 9 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 23 Georgetown at UConn ...................................................... Noon Sunday, March 6 SMU at Cincinnati * .......................................................... Noon
or Thursday, Nov. 19 SMU at Stanford........................................................ 11:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27 Memphis vs. Ohio State (Miami, Fla.) ...................... 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8 Michigan at SMU ............................................................. 9 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 20 Temple vs. Butler/Missouri St. (San Juan, P.R.) ............. TBD Sunday, Nov. 22 Temple vs. TBD (San Juan, P.R.) ....................................... TBD
Wednesday, Dec. 16 Tulane at North Carolina ................................................. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22 Iowa State at Cincinnati.................................................. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29 Temple at Cincinnati * ..................................................... 3 p.m. SMU at Tulsa *.................................................................. 5 p.m. UConn at Texas................................................................. 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9 Memphis at UConn * ....................................................... 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4 UConn at Memphis * ....................................................... 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13 Tulsa at UConn *............................................................... 8 p.m. Gonzaga at SMU .............................................................ESPN2 Saturday, Feb. 20 UConn at Cincinnati * ......................................................... TBD
Thursday, Nov. 19 Temple vs. Minnesota (San Juan, P.R.)......................... 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 North Carolina State at USF ........................................... 4 p.m. LSU at Houston ................................................................. 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15 Norfolk State at Cincinnati ............................................. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23 Central Connecticut State at UConn ...................... 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29 Tulane at Memphis* ........................................................ 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30 Houston at USF * .............................................................. 2 p.m.
or
Saturday, Jan. 2 Tulsa at Cincinnati *......................................................... 4 p.m. Memphis at South Carolina ............................................ 6 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 7 Cincinnati at SMU * ......................................................... 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 5 Tulane at Houston * ......................................................... 9 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 14 UConn at Tulsa *............................................................... 7 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 10 Cincinnati at USF * ............................................................ Noon UCF at SMU * .................................................................... 4 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 21 Memphis at Cincinnati * ................................................. 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 13 Houston at Cincinnati * ................................................... 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 28 Cincinnati at UConn * ...................................................... 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 Cincinnati at Memphis* ................................................... Noon Thursday, Feb. 11 UConn at Temple * ........................................................... 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18 SMU at UConn * ............................................................ 7/8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25 SMU at Memphis * .......................................................... 7 p.m. Thursday, March 3 UConn at SMU * ............................................................... 9 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 16 Cincinnati at Temple * ...................................................... Noon Tuesday, Jan. 19 Houston at SMU* ............................................................. 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 SMU at Temple * .............................................................. 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24 Tulane at Cincinnati * ....................................................... Noon Saturday, Jan. 30 Tulane at Tulsa * ............................................................... 6 p.m. Memphis at SMU * .......................................................... 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4 Tulsa at Temple * .............................................................. 7 p.m.
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 15
THE AMERICAN ON TELEVISION
Saturday, Feb. 6 Temple at UCF * ................................................................. Noon
Sunday, Nov. 22 Yale at SMU.................................................................. 4:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 13 Temple vs. North Carolina (Annapolis, Md.) ................ 7 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 7 Houston at Tulsa *............................................................ 3 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 23 UT Arlington at Memphis ........................................... 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 23 UT Arlington at Memphis ........................................... 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 10 Memphis at Houston * .................................................... 7 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 18 Ole Miss at Memphis....................................................... 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 1 Louisiana Tech at Memphis ........................................... 9 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 13 East Carolina at Cincinnati * .......................................... 4 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 2 Houston at Temple * ......................................................... Noon USF at SMU * ................................................................. 4/8 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 17 UCF at Memphis * ............................................................ 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 5 East Carolina at Tulsa * ................................................... 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 20 Memphis at USF * .......................................................... 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 6 USF at UCF *...................................................................... 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 24 Houston at UCF * .............................................................. 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 9 East Carolina at Temple * ............................................... 9 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27 Cincinnati at East Carolina * ........................................... Noon
Tuesday, Jan. 12 Tulane at USF * ................................................................. 7 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 28 Tulsa at Memphis * .......................................................... 4 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 13 SMU at East Carolina * .............................................. 6:15 p.m.
Wednesday, March 2 East Carolina at USF * ..................................................... 9 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 16 East Carolina at UCF * ................................................ 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 3 Memphis at Temple * ...................................................... 7 p.m. Sunday, March 6 UCF at UConn * ................................................................. 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 19 Tulsa at East Carolina * ................................................... 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 UCF at USF *................................................................. 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27 Tulsa at Houston *............................................................ 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30 Houston at East Carolina * .............................................. Noon Thursday, Feb. 4 UCF at Tulane * ................................................................. 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9 Cincinnati at UCF * ........................................................... 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10 Tulane at East Carolina * ........................................... 6:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13 UCF at Houston * .............................................................. 3 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 2 Butler at Cincinnati .......................................................... 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5 Georgia Tech at Tulane ................................................... 5 p.m. SEMO at Memphis ........................................................... 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 Saint Joseph’s at Temple ................................................ 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19 Cincinnati at VCU ............................................................. 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2 UConn at Tulane * ............................................................... TBA Tuesday, Jan. 5 Temple at UConn * ........................................................... 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13 Temple at Memphis * ...................................................... 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16 USF at Memphis * ............................................................. Noon Sunday, Jan. 17 UConn at Houston * ......................................................... 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19 Tulane at UConn * ............................................................ 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 Temple vs. La Salle ............................................................. TBD Saturday, Jan. 23 USF at Houston * .............................................................. 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24 East Carolina at Memphis *............................................ 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26 Memphis at UCF * ............................................................... TBA Sunday, Jan. 31 Temple at USF * ................................................................... TBA UConn at UCF * .................................................................... TBA Monday, Feb. 1 SMU at Houston * ............................................................ 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 17 Houston at Tulane * .................................................... 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 4 USF at Cincinnati * ........................................................... 8 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 21 East Carolina at SMU * ................................................... 2 p.m. Temple at Houston * ........................................................ 7 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 7 East Carolina at UConn * ................................................. Noon SMU at USF * ................................................................... 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 23 Temple at Tulsa * .............................................................. 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 10 Tulsa at SMU *.................................................................. 9 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 24 East Carolina at Tulane * ................................................ 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27 UCF at Temple * ................................................................. Noon Wednesday, March 2 Tulane at UCF * ................................................................. 7 p.m. Saturday, March 5 USF at Tulsa * ................................................................... 5 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 13 Memphis at Tulane * .......................................................... TBA Sunday, Feb. 14 USF at Temple * ................................................................... TBA Thursday, Feb. 18 Cincinnati at Tulsa *......................................................... 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21 Tulsa at UCF * ................................................................... 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25 UConn at USF * .................................................................... TBA Sunday, Feb. 28 Houston at UConn * ............................................................ TBA Tulane at SMU * .................................................................. TBA Thursday, March 3 Cincinnati at Houston * ...................................................... TBA Sunday, March 6 Memphis at East Carolina *............................................ 4 p.m.
16 • 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
2015-16 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE Date/Game Friday, Nov. 13 Western Carolina at Cincinnati Temple vs. North Carolina Maine at UConn Grambling at East Carolina Troy at USF Alabama A&M at Tulane
Time (ET)
TV
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9 p.m.
ESPN3 CBSSN SNY/ESPN3 ESPN3 ESPN3 ESPN3
Saturday, Nov. 14 UCF at Davidson Southern Miss at Memphis Sam Houston State at SMU Central Arkansas at Tulsa
7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.
ESPN3 ESPN3 ESPN3
Sunday, Nov. 15 Robert Morris at Cincinnati
2 p.m.
FS-Ohio/ESPN3
Monday, Nov. 16 Charlotte at East Carolina NJIT at USF Drake at Tulane
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m.
ESPN3 ESPN3 ESPN3
Tuesday, Nov. 17 Oklahoma at Memphis New Hampshire at UConn Wichita State at Tulsa
5 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m.
ESPN SNY/ESPN3 Cox/ESPN3
Wednesday, Nov. 18 UC Irvine at UCF Prairie View A&M at Houston Cincinnati at Bowling Green
7 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m.
ESPN3 ESPN3
Thursday, Nov. 19 Temple vs. Minnesota George Washington at USF Grambling at Memphis Tulane at Southern SMU at Stanford
11:30 a.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 11:30 p.m.
ESPNU ESPN3 ESPN3
Friday, Nov. 20 Temple vs. Butler/Missouri State Tulsa vs. Ohio East Carolina at California
TBD 1 p.m. 11 p.m.
ESPN2/ESPNU Pac-12 Network
Saturday, Nov. 21 Furman at UConn UNC Greensboro at UCF Boston U vs. USF Florida A&M at Houston
TBD 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m.
SNY/ESPN3 ESPN3 ESPN3 ESPN3
Sunday, Nov. 22 Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Cincinnati Yale at SMU Appalachian State at Tulane Tulsa vs. Indiana State/Norfolk State Temple vs. TBD
1 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. TBD TBD
FS-Ohio/ESPN3 ESPNEWS ESPN3 TBD ESPN2/ESPNU
Monday, Nov. 23 UT Arlington at Memphis East Carolina at San Diego State Tulsa vs. TBD
8:30 p.m. 10 p.m. TBD
ESPNEWS ESPN3
Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational Las Vegas Invitational Paradise Jam
Tuesday, Nov. 24 Southeastern Louisiana at Cincinnati Albany at USF
7 p.m. 7 p.m.
FS-Ohio/ESPN3 ESPN3
Barclays Center Classic Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational
Wednesday, Nov. 25 UConn vs. Michigan
9:30 p.m.
AXS
Battle 4 Atlantis
Thursday, Nov. 26 East Carolina vs. Arkansas-Little Rock Tulane vs. Mercer UConn vs. Syracuse/Charlotte
2 p.m. 7 p.m. TBD
Friday, Nov. 27 USF vs. Kentucky East Carolina vs. Stetson/Bethune-Cookman Cincinnati vs. Nebraska Memphis vs. Ohio State UConn vs. TBD
5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. TBD
17 • 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Notes Veterans Classic at the Naval Academy
Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational
ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon
Bill Frack Challenge Puerto Rico Tipoff Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational
ESPN2 Puerto Rico Tipoff Paradise Jam Las Vegas Invitational
Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational
Barclays Center Classic Music City Challenge Paradise Jam Puerto Rico Tipoff
Las Vegas Invitational Music City Challenge Battle 4 Atlantis ESPN ESPN2
Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational Las Vegas Invitational Barclays Center Classic Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational Battle 4 Atlantis
2015-16 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE Date/Game Saturday, Nov. 28 Cincinnati vs. George Wash./Tennessee UCF at Miami (Ohio) Arkansas-Little Rock at Tulsa Louisiana-Monroe at Houston Tulane vs. Stephen F. Austin
Time (ET)
TV
Noon/2:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m.
Barclays Center Classic ESPN3 ESPN3 ESPN3 Music City Challenge
Sunday, Nov. 29 Savannah State at USF Brown at SMU Delaware at Temple Tulane vs. Liberty
2 p.m. 3 p.m. 5 p.m. Noon
ESPN3 TWC/ESPN3 ESPN3
Monday, Nov. 30 Texas-Rio Grande Valley at Houston
8 p.m.
ESPN3
Tuesday, Dec. 1 Florida Atlantic at East Carolina Louisiana Tech at Memphis
7 p.m. 9 p.m.
ESPN3 CBSSN
Wednesday, Dec. 2 Butler at Cincinnati Sacred Heart at UConn Fairleigh Dickinson at Temple Murray State at Houston New Orleans at Tulane UCF at Stetson Tulsa at Oklahoma State SMU at TCU
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.
CBSSN SNY/ESPN3 ESPN3 ESPN3 ESPN3 ESPN3
Thursday, Dec. 3 USF at Delaware
7 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 4 USC Upstate at East Carolina
7 p.m.
ESPN3
Saturday, Dec. 5 Temple at Wisconsin New Hampshire at SMU USF at South Carolina Oral Roberts at Tulsa Georgia Tech at Tulane Illinois-Chicago at UCF Southeast Missouri State at Memphis
12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 4 p.m. ET 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
CBS TWC/ESPN3 SEC Network ESPN3 CBSSN ESPN3 CBSSN
Sunday, Dec. 6 Morgan State at Cincinnati
5 p.m.
ESPN3
Monday, Dec. 7 East Carolina at College of Charleston
TBD
Tuesday, Dec. 8 UMass at UCF Houston at Rhode Island Iona at Tulsa Michigan at SMU UConn vs. Maryland
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 9 p.m. 9 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 9 Temple at Penn
7 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 12 Ohio State at UConn Cincinnati at Xavier Manhattan at Memphis Florida Atlantic at UCF
Noon 5:30 p.m. 9 p.m. 7 p.m.
CBS Fox ESPN3 ESPN3
Sunday, Dec. 13 North Carolina A&T at East Carolina Tulsa at Missouri State NC State at USF Saint Joseph’s at Temple LSU at Houston
2 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 8 p.m.
ESPN3 ESPN3 ESPNU CBSSN ESPNU
Monday, Dec. 14 Prairie View A&M at Tulane
8 p.m.
ESPN3
Tuesday, Dec. 15 Norfolk State at Cincinnati Southern at Memphis
7 p.m. 8 p.m.
ESPNU ESPN3
18 • 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Notes
Music City Challenge
Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational
FSSW
ESPN3 Cox Sports ESPN3 ESPN2 ESPN
Jimmy V Classic
2015-16 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE Date/Game Wednesday, Dec. 16 UNC Wilmington at East Carolina Jacksonville at USF Tulane at North Carolina NC Central at Houston Nicholls State at SMU
Time (ET)
TV
Notes
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.
ESPN3 ESPN3 ESPN2 ESPN3 TWC/ESPN3
Global Basketball Classic Las Vegas Classic
Thursday, Dec. 17 Hampton at SMU
7 p.m.
TWC/ESPN3
Las Vegas Classic
Friday, Dec. 18 Ole Miss at Memphis
8 p.m.
ESPNEWS
Saturday, Dec. 19 UCF at Detroit Cincinnati at VCU Eastern Illinois at Houston Delaware State at Temple Tulane at Mississippi State UAB at USF Tulsa vs. Oregon State
1 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 11 p.m.
ESPN3 CBSSN ESPN3 ESPN3 SEC Network ESPN3 Pac-12 Network
Sunday, Dec. 20 East Carolina at James Madison UMass-Lowell at UConn
2 p.m. 4 p.m.
SNY/ESPN3
Monday, Dec. 21 Houston vs. Grand Canyon
8 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 22 USF at Seton Hall Bethune-Cookman at UCF Iowa State at Cincinnati South Carolina State at East Carolina Southern Miss at Tulane IUPUI at Memphis Northern Arizona at Tulsa SMU vs. Kent State Houston vs. Marshall/Wyoming
6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. TBD
FS2 ESPN3 ESPN2 ESPN3 ESPN3 ESPN3 ESPN3
Wednesday, Dec. 23 Central Connecticut State at UConn SMU vs. Penn State/Colorado
12:30 p.m. TBD
ESPNU FS1
Monday, Dec. 28 Nicholls State at Houston
2 p.m.
ESPN3
Tuesday, Dec. 29 Tulane at Memphis * Temple at Cincinnati * SMU at Tulsa * George Washington at UCF UConn at Texas
1 p.m. 3 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 9 p.m.
ESPNU ESPN2 ESPN2 ESPN3 ESPN2
Wednesday, Dec. 30 Houston at USF *
2 p.m.
ESPNU
Saturday, Jan. 2 Houston at Temple * Tulsa at Cincinnati * USF at SMU * Memphis at South Carolina UConn at Tulane * UCF at East Carolina *
Noon 4 p.m. 4/8 p.m. 6 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 6 p.m.
ESPNEWS ESPNU ESPNEWS ESPNU CBSSN ESPN3
Tuesday, Jan. 5 East Carolina at Tulsa * Temple at UConn * Nicholls State at Memphis Tulane at Houston *
7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 9 p.m.
ESPNEWS CBSSN ESPN3 ESPNU
Wednesday, Jan. 6 USF at UCF *
7 p.m.
ESPNEWS
Thursday, Jan. 7 Cincinnati at SMU *
7 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2
Saturday, Jan. 9 Memphis at UConn * East Carolina at Temple *
7 p.m. 9 p.m.
ESPN2 ESPNEWS
19 • 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Global Basketball Classic
Far West Classic Invitational
Global Basketball Classic
Las Vegas Classic Global Basketball Classic
Las Vegas Classic
2015-16 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE Date/Game Sunday, Jan. 10 Cincinnati at USF * Tulsa at Tulane * UCF at SMU *
Time (ET)
TV
Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m.
ESPNU ESPN3 ESPNU
Tuesday, Jan. 12 Tulane at USF *
7 p.m.
ESPNEWS
Wednesday, Jan. 13 SMU at East Carolina * Houston at Cincinnati * Temple at Memphis *
6:15 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m.
ESPNEWS ESPNU CBSSN
Thursday, Jan. 14 UConn at Tulsa *
7 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2
Saturday, Jan. 16 USF at Memphis * Cincinnati at Temple * East Carolina at UCF *
Noon Noon 4:30 p.m.
CBSSN ESPNU ESPNEWS
Sunday, Jan. 17 UConn at Houston * SMU at Tulane *
2 p.m. 3 p.m.
CBSSN ESPN3
Tuesday, Jan. 19 Tulane at UConn * Tulsa at East Carolina * Houston at SMU*
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 9 p.m.
CBSSN ESPNEWS ESPNU
Wednesday, Jan. 20 UCF at USF * Temple vs. La Salle
6:15 p.m. TBD
ESPNEWS CBSSN
Thursday, Jan. 21 Memphis at Cincinnati *
7 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2
Saturday, Jan. 23 Georgetown at UConn USF at Houston * SMU at Temple *
Noon 4 p.m. 8 p.m.
CBS CBSSN ESPNU
Sunday, Jan. 24 Tulane at Cincinnati * East Carolina at Memphis * UCF at Tulsa *
Noon 2 p.m. 3 p.m.
ESPNU CBSSN ESPN3
Tuesday, Jan. 26 Memphis at UCF *
7 p.m.
CBSSN
Wednesday, Jan. 27 Temple at East Carolina * Tulsa at Houston * USF at Tulane *
7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.
ESPN3 ESPNEWS ESPN3
Thursday, Jan. 28 Cincinnati at UConn *
7 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2
Saturday, Jan. 30 Houston at East Carolina * Tulane at Tulsa * Memphis at SMU *
Noon 6 p.m. 8 p.m.
ESPNEWS ESPNU ESPNU
Sunday, Jan. 31 Temple at USF * UConn at UCF *
2 p.m. 4 p.m.
CBSSN CBSSN
Monday, Feb. 1 SMU at Houston *
8 p.m.
CBSSN
Thursday, Feb. 4 Tulsa at Temple * UCF at Tulane * USF at Cincinnati * UConn at Memphis *
7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 9 p.m.
ESPNU ESPNEWS CBSSN ESPN2
Saturday, Feb. 6 Temple at UCF * Cincinnati at Memphis*
Noon Noon
ESPNU ESPN/ESPN2
Sunday, Feb. 7 East Carolina at UConn * SMU at USF * Houston at Tulsa *
Noon 2 p.m. 3 p.m.
CBSSN CBSSN ESPNU
20 • 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Schedule Note
2015-16 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE Date/Game Tuesday, Feb. 9 Cincinnati at UCF *
Time (ET)
TV
7 p.m.
ESPNEWS
Wednesday, Feb. 10 Tulane at East Carolina * Memphis at Houston * Tulsa at SMU *
6:15 p.m. 7 p.m. 9 p.m.
ESPNEWS ESPNU CBSSN
Thursday, Feb. 11 UConn at Temple *
7 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2
Saturday, Feb. 13 Memphis at Tulane * UCF at Houston * East Carolina at Cincinnati * Tulsa at UConn * Gonzaga at SMU Sunday, Feb. 14 USF at Temple *
2 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 10 p.m.
CBSSN ESPNEWS ESPNU ESPN2 ESPN2
3 p.m.
CBSSN
Tuesday, Feb. 16 USF at East Carolina *
7 p.m.
ESPN3
Wednesday, Feb. 17 UCF at Memphis * Villanova at Temple Houston at Tulane *
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 9:30 p.m.
ESPNU ESPN2 ESPNEWS
Thursday, Feb. 18 SMU at UConn * Cincinnati at Tulsa *
7 p.m. 9 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2 CBSSN
Saturday, Feb. 20 Memphis at USF * UConn at Cincinnati *
11 a.m. TBD
ESPNU ESPN/ESPN2
Sunday, Feb. 21 Tulsa at UCF * East Carolina at SMU * Temple at Houston *
2 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m.
CBSSN ESPNEWS ESPNEWS
Tuesday, Feb. 23 Temple at Tulsa *
7 p.m.
ESPNEWS
Wednesday, Feb. 24 Houston at UCF * East Carolina at Tulane *
7 p.m. 8 p.m.
ESPNU ESPNEWS
Thursday, Feb. 25 SMU at Memphis * UConn at USF *
7 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2 CBSSN
Saturday, Feb. 27 Cincinnati at East Carolina * UCF at Temple *
Noon Noon
ESPNU ESPNEWS
Sunday, Feb. 28 Houston at UConn * Tulane at SMU * Tulsa at Memphis *
1 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m.
CBSSN CBSSN ESPNU
Wednesday, March 2 Tulane at UCF * East Carolina at USF *
7 p.m. 9 p.m.
ESPNEWS ESPNU
Thursday, March 3 Memphis at Temple * Cincinnati at Houston * UConn at SMU *
7 p.m. 9 p.m. 9 p.m.
ESPNU CBSSN ESPN/ESPN2
Saturday, March 5 USF at Tulsa *
5 p.m.
ESPNEWS
Sunday, March 6 SMU at Cincinnati * UCF at UConn * Temple at Tulane * Memphis at East Carolina *
Noon 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 4 p.m.
CBS ESPNU ESPN3 CBSSN
* American Athletic Conference game
21 • 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Schedule Note
AMWAY CENTER • ORLANDO, FL. American Athletic Conference Championship Amway Center • Orlando, Fla. March 10-13, 2016 The 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship will be played in the Amway Center, located in downtown Orlando, Fla. From its signature spire and modern architecture to its public spaces and comfortable amenities, the Amway Center is an iconic destination to Central Florida and beyond. The Amway Center features a modern mix of metal and glass exterior materials and the spire serves as a beacon amid Orlando’s vibrant downtown. With an ultimate capacity of more than 20,000 seats, the arena was designed to respond to its distinct urban setting while revealing the activities occurring within. Bounded by Church Street, Hughey Avenue, South Street and Division Avenue, the Amway Center’s primary entrance faces north to Church Street, creating a natural extension of the nearby downtown entertainment core. The Orlando Magic served as the developer of the Amway Center which continues to host major national events, concerts and family shows. Opened in the fall of 2010, the facility is owned and operated by the City of Orlando on behalf of the Central Florida Community. The Amway Center was designed to reflect the character of the community, meet the goals of the users and build on the legacy of sports and entertainment in Orlando. The building features a sustainable, environmentally-friendly design (LEED Gold Certification) and unmatched technology featuring 1,100 digital monitors and the largest high-definition scoreboard in an NBA venue. The Amway Center was named the 2012 Sports Facility of the Year by the Sports Business Journal. Ten American Athletic Conference schools will participate in the 2016 championship. The format calls for two first-round games on the first day, followed by four quarterfinal games, two semifinals and the championship game. The ESPN Networks will provide television and digital coverage of the tournament.
22 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Championship Schedule (all times Eastern) Thursday, March 10 • First Round No. 9 seed vs. No. 8 seed 3:30 p.m. No. 10 seed vs. No. 7 seed 6 p.m.
ESPNU ESPNEWS
Friday, March 11 • Quarterfinals 9/8 winner vs. No. 1 seed Noon No. 5 seed vs. No. 4 seed 2 p.m. 10/7 winner vs. No. 2 seed 7 p.m. No. 6 seed vs.No. 3 seed 9 p.m.
ESPN2 ESPN2 ESPNU ESPNU
Saturday, March 12 • Semifinals Quarterfinal winners 3 p.m. Quarterfinal winners 5 p.m.
ESPN2 ESPN2
Sunday, March 13 • Final Semifinal winners
ESPN
3:15 p.m.
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship Bracket March 10-13, 2016 • Amway Center • Orlando, Fla. First Round Thursday March 10
Quarterfinals Friday March 11
Semifinals Saturday March 12
Final Sunday March 13
No. 9 Seed Game 1 3:30 p.m. ESPNU
No. 8 Seed
Game 3 Noon ESPN2
No. 1 Seed Game 7 3 p.m. ESPN2
No. 5 Seed Game 4 2 p.m. ESPN2
No. 4 Seed Game 9 3:15 p.m. ESPN
No. 10 Seed Game 2 6 p.m. ESPNEWS
No. 7 Seed
Game 5 7 p.m. ESPNU
No. 2 Seed Game 8 5 p.m. ESPN2
No. 6 Seed Game 6 9 p.m. ESPNU
No. 3 Seed
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 23
2016 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP First Four March 15-16 Dayton, Ohio
West Regional March 24, 26 Anaheim, Calif.
Final Four April 2, 4 Houston, Texas
First and Second Rounds March 17, 19 Providence, R.I. Des Moines, Iowa Raleigh, N.C. Denver, Colo.
South Regional March 24, 26 Louisville, Ky.
National Invitation Tournament March 29, 31 New York, N.Y.
March 18, 20 Brooklyn, N.Y. St. Louis, Mo. Oklahoma City, Okla. Spokane, Wash.
24 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Midwest Regional March 25, 27 Chicago, Ill. East Regional March 25, 27 Philadelphia, Pa.
THE TEAMS UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA Location: ...........................................................................Orlando, Fla. Enrollment: .................................................................................. 60,810 Founded: ......................................................................................... 1963 Nickname: ................................................................................Knights Colors: .........................................................................Black and Gold Website: ................................................................ UCFAthletics.com Arena: ...................................................................CFE Arena (10,000) President: ................................................................... Dr. John C. Hitt Interim Director of Athletics: ....................................Brad Stricklin Head Coach: ........................................Donnie Jones (Pikeville ’88)
MEDIA RELATIONS Associate Director of Communications: ......................... Cory Hall Office Phone: ............................................................... (407) 823-2142 Mobile: ......................................................................... (515) 419-1755 E-mail: .......................................................... chall@athletics.ucf.edu Press Row Phone: ...................................................... (407) 823-2477
KNIGHTS’ TEAM FACTS 2014-15 Record/Finish: .......................... 12-18/5-13 American (9th) All-Time Record: .......................................................... 684-570 (.545) NCAA Appearances: ......................................................................... 4 Last NCAA Appearance: ............................................................ 2005 Lettermen Returning/Lost: ............................................................. 6/3 Starters Returning/Lost: ................................................................ 3/2
UCF KNIGHTS
Dr. John C. Hitt President
Brad Stricklin Interim Director of Athletics
Donnie Jones Head Coach
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 25
UCF 2015-16 Schedule NOVEMBER 14 at Davidson ...................................................................7:30 p.m. 18 UC Irvine (ESPN3) .............................................................7 p.m. 21 UNC Greensboro (ESPN3) ...............................................7 p.m. 28 at Miami (Ohio) .............................................................1:30 p.m. DECEMBER 2 at Stetson (ESPN3) ...........................................................8 p.m. 5 Illinois-Chicago (ESPN3)..................................................7 p.m. 8 Massachusetts (ESPN3) ..................................................7 p.m. 12 Florida Atlantic (ESPN3) ..................................................7 p.m. 19 at Detroit.............................................................................1 p.m. 22 Bethune Cookman (ESPN3).............................................7 p.m. 29 George Washington (ESPN3)..........................................7 p.m. JANUARY 2 at East Carolina* (ESPN3) ...............................................6 p.m. 6 USF* (ESPNews) ...............................................................7 p.m. 10 at SMU* (ESPNU) .............................................................4 p.m. 16 East Carolina* (ESPNews) .........................................4:30 p.m. 20 at USF* (ESPNews) .....................................................6:15 p.m. 24 at Tulsa* (ESPN3) .............................................................3 p.m. 26 Memphis* (CBSSN) ..........................................................7 p.m. 31 UConn* (CBSSN)...............................................................4 p.m. FEBRUARY 4 at Tulane* (ESPNews) .....................................................8 p.m. 6 Temple* (ESPNU)...............................................................Noon 9 Cincinnati* (ESPNews) ....................................................7 p.m. 13 at Houston* (ESPNews)...................................................3 p.m. 17 at Memphis* (ESPNU)......................................................7 p.m. 21 Tulsa* (CBSSN) .................................................................2 p.m. 24 Houston* (ESPNU) ............................................................7 p.m. 27 at Temple* (ESPNews) .....................................................Noon
Adonys Henriquez
MARCH 2 Tulane* (ESPNews) ..........................................................7 p.m. 6 at UConn* (ESPNU) ..........................................................2 p.m. * American Athletic Conference game All times Eastern
@UCF_MBasketball Notebook • In 2014-15 B.J. Taylor led UCF and all freshmen in The American with 12.8 points per game, ranking 10th overall in the conference. • The Knights’ other top-scorer Adonys Henriquez finished last season with 65 3-pointers - the second most ever by a UCF freshman. • UCF has eight players from Florida, and 11 who went to high school in the Sunshine State on the 2015-16 roster. • Matt Williams, who missed last season due to injury, will return as a redshirt-junior with two years of eligibility remaining for the Knights. As a sophomore in 2013-14 Williams led UCF with 56 threes and a .384 3-point shooting percentage. • Donnie Jones signed one of the top recruiting classes in program history, inking freshmen Tacko Fall, Chad Brown and Chance McSpadden as well as junior Tanksley Efianayi this past November.
26 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
UCF 2014-15 Statistics ## 1 10 11 52 32 04 34 33 12 15 20 25 24 TM
Player TAYLOR, B.J. HENRIQUEZ, Adonys GOODWIN, Brandon BLAIR, Staphon WILSON, Kasey WALKER, Daiquan MCBRIDE, Justin DAVIS, Shaheed WILLIAMS, Matt KARELL, Dylan DAVIS, Myles HOLMES, Marshall MUMIN, Djordjije Team Total Opponents
GP 26 30 30 30 29 30 29 24 1 29 18 3 5 30 30
GS 26 30 30 17 22 2 11 6 0 5 1 0 0
Min 855 1050 1013 746 680 702 398 333 9 283 73 2 6
Avg 32.9 35.0 33.8 24.9 23.4 23.4 13.7 13.9 9.0 9.8 4.1 0.7 1.2
6150 6150
FG 107 107 108 95 78 83 72 37 0 12 5 0 0
TOTAL FGA 286 250 247 156 188 211 142 101 3 25 10 0 2
Pct .374 .428 .437 .609 .415 .393 .507 .366 .000 .480 .500 .000 .000
3FG 45 65 17 0 27 37 0 9 0 0 2 0 0
3-PTS FGA 129 165 65 1 82 96 0 28 3 0 6 0 2
Pct .349 .394 .262 .000 .329 .385 .000 .321 .000 .000 .333 .000 .000
FT 75 44 74 45 42 19 38 23 4 7 0 0 0
FTA Pct 106 .708 56 .786 122 .607 81 .556 62 .677 26 .731 52 .731 47 .489 4 1.000 20 .350 1 .000 0 .000 0 .000
704 825
1621 1809
.434 .456
202 195
577 552
.350 .353
371 306
577 494
.643 .619
REBOUNDS Off Def Tot 10 67 77 21 78 99 36 81 117 61 94 155 38 104 142 7 48 55 40 86 126 22 49 71 0 1 1 16 29 45 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 41 103 313 684 997 394 708 1102
Avg 3.0 3.3 3.9 5.2 4.9 1.8 4.3 3.0 1.0 1.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 3.4 33.2 36.7
PF 38 29 59 73 73 46 68 29 1 38 16 0 0 0 470 513
FO 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
A 65 64 127 3 30 55 3 8 0 10 4 0 0
6 -
369 453
TO 32 46 88 32 42 47 42 33 0 15 4 0 0 9 390 312
Blk 2 6 4 38 16 8 27 14 1 9 3 0 0
Stl 24 19 37 9 11 22 11 10 0 8 4 0 0
128 119
155 202
Pts 334 323 307 235 225 222 182 106 4 31 12 0 0 0 1981 2153
Avg 12.8 10.8 10.2 7.8 7.8 7.4 6.3 4.4 4.0 1.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 66.0 71.8
returning players in italics
2015-16 Roster No. 00 1 3 4 5 10 12 13 21 22 24 33 34 52
Name Pos. Class Ht. Brendan Boyle G Fr. 6-1 B.J. Taylor G So. 6-2 A.J. Davis G/F So. 6-9 Daiquan Walker G Sr. 6-2 Djordjije Mumin G So. 6-5 Adonys Henriquez G So. 6-6 Matt Williams G Jr. 6-5 Tanksley Efianayi G/F Jr. 6-6 Chad Brown F Fr. 6-9 Chance McSpadden G Fr. 6-4 Tacko Fall C Fr. 7-6 Shaheed Davis F Sr. 6-9 Justin McBride C Jr. 6-10 Staphon Blair F Sr. 6-9
2015-16 Newcomers Wt. Hometown/Last School 190 Rahway, N.J./Montverde Academy (Fla.) 200 Orlando, Fla./Boone 215 Atlanta, Ga./Buford/Tennessee 185 Philadelphia, Pa./Constitution 205 Podgorica, Montenegro/American Heritage (Fla.) 210 Orlando, Fla./Orlando Christian Prep 220 Orlando, Fla./Jones 210 Orlando, Fla./University/Daytona State 230 Deltona, Fla./Deltona 180 Winter Haven, Fla./Winter Haven 300 Dakar, Senegal/Liberty Christian Prep (Fla.) 210 Warren, Ohio/Eastern Florida State 325 Starke, Fla./Bradford 255 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Dillard
Head Coach: Donnie Jones (Pikeville ’88) Associate Head Coach: Shawn Finney (Fairmont State ’85) Assistant Coach: Darren Tillis (Paul Quinn ’96) Assistant Coach: Christian Webster (Harvard ‘13)
Brendan Boyle, G, Fr., 6-1, 190 Rahway, N.J./Montverde Academy (Fla.) • Helped lead Montverde Academy to an 28-0 campaign as a senior during the 2013-14 season. • Montverde also won the Dick’s Sporting Goods High School National Tournament twice during Boyle’s career. • Is the all-time leader in assists and wins at Montverde. • Earned the Hometown Hero Award and was named a Mary Kline Classic All-Star. Tanksley Efianayi, G/F, Jr., 6-6, 210 Orlando, Fla./Daytona State • Spent the last two seasons at Daytona State College. • Earned National Junior College Athletics Association Second Team All-America honors. • Averaged 20.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game as a sopho more. • Led Daytona State to a 21-7 regular season record and a first place finish in the Mid-Florida Conference in 2014-15. • Rated as the top junior college player in the state of Florida by 247Sports. Chad Brown, F, Fr., 6-9, 230 Deltona, Fla./Deltona • Rated as a four-star propsect by Scout.com. • Scored 14.7 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and blocked 9.4 shots per game as a senior at Deltona. • Named Third Team All-Arena selection by Orlando Sentinel. • Also earned First Team All-Area accolades from Daytona Beach News-Journal. Chance McSpadden, G, Fr., 6-4, 180 Winter Haven, Fla./Winter Haven • Led Winter Haven to the Class 6A Regional semifinals as a senior. • Scored 24.4 points and grabbed 6.0 rebounds per game during senior season. • Earned First Team All-County honors. • Averaged 28.0 points per game, shooting 80 percent from the field, in three games of the district tournament.
Shaheed Davis
Tacko Fall, C, Fr., 7-6, 300 Dakar, Senegal/Liberty Christian Prep (Fla.) • Played two seasons at Liberty Christian Prep, averaging 20 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks per game as a senior. • Rated as a four-star prospect and as high as 94th on ESPN’s list of Top 100 prospects. • Also ranked as the ninth best senior in Florida and the 15th best center in the nation. • Attended National Basketball Players Association Top 100 Camp and was named an All-Star.
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 27
UCF 2014-15 Results (12-18, 5-13 American) (Home: 10-8/Away: 2-9/Neutral: 0-1) Att
High Scorer/Rebounder
NOVEMBER 16 Stetson (ESPN3) 20 Eckerd 23 USC Upstate (ESPN3) 26 Davidson (ESPN3) 30 Bethune-Cookman (ESPN3)
W, 64-55 W, 76-59 W, 76-69 L, 69-95 W, 75-67
4,578 3,236 3,413 3,458 3,258
Taylor 14/S. Davis 13 Henriquez 21/ Henriquez 6 Taylor 25/Wilson 10 Walker 15/S. Davis 6 McBride 31/McBride 8
DECEMBER 2 Georgia Southern (ESPN3) 6 at Florida State (ESPN3) 11 at Illinois-Chicago 13 Florida Atlantic (ESPN3) 17 Detroit (ESPN3) 22 Southeastern Louisiana (ESPN3) 31 Tulsa* (ESPNU)
W, 61-59 L, 73-96 L, 60-71 L, 41-54 W, 75-70 W, 70-65 L, 54-56
3,544 5,732 2,308 6,108 3,428 3,389 3,440
McBride 14/Wilson 9 Goodwin 16/McBride, Goodwin 5 Taylor 13/ Henriquez 7 Taylor 17/S. Davis 9 Henriquez 21/ Henriquez 7 Taylor 15/Karell 8 Henriquez 17/McBride 10
L, 78-84 ot W, 79-78 L, 61-70
4,008 2,003 3,664
3 ot W, 103-100 L, 79-99 L, 60-67 L, 46-56 L, 62-86 L, 56-75
4,503 14,027 10,167 4,491 4,224 7,043
Taylor 21/McBride, Goodwin 7 Goodwin 30/Wilson 10 Henriquez, Goodwin, Taylor 11/ Henriquez, Wilson 4 Taylor 33/Blair 13 Walker 18/McBride 9 Taylor 13/McBride 10 Wilson 12/Wilson 11 Goodwin 17/Blair 7 Henriquez 22/Blair 8
L, 49-67 W, 73-62 W, 56-54 W, 69-55 ot L, 65-75 L, 60-83 L, 66-71
5,305 6,201 4,269 2,021 4,543 9,825 3,740
Blair 12/Goodwin 8 Wilson 18/Wilson 11 Goodwin, Blair 14/Wilson 6 Wilson 21/Wilson 9 Goodwin 15/Blair 9 Goodwin 12/Blair 8 Henriquez 14/Blair 8
3,417
Blair 12/Goodwin, S. Davis 7
5,431
Taylor 22/McBride 11
JANUARY 4 at Temple* (ESPNews) 6 at Houston* (ESPNews) 11 SMU* (CBSSN) 14 17 22 25 28 31
Tulane* (ESPN3) at Memphis* (ESPNews) at UConn* (CBSSN) Cincinnati* (CBSSN) Temple* (CBSSN) at SMU* (ESPNU)
FEBRUARY 7 at East Carolina* (ESPN3) 11 USF* (ESPNews) 15 Houston* (ESPN3) 19 at Tulane* (ESPNews) 22 Memphis* (CBSSN) 25 at Cincinnati* (CBSSN) 28 East Carolina* (ESPNews)
MARCH 4 at USF* (ESPNU) L, 45-74 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 12 vs. East Carolina ot L, 80-81 * American Athletic Conference game
B.J. Taylor Head Coach Donnie Jones @DonnieJonesUCF Hired at UCF — March 30, 2010 Coaching File — Marshall, head coach, 2007-10; Florida, assistant coach, 1992-96, 1996-2007; Marshall, assistant coach, 1990-92; Marshall, graduate assistant, 1988-90; Pikeville, assistant coach, 1989-90. Highlights — Led UCF to the 2012 NIT and has taken the Knights to two 20-win seasons … Turned around the program at Marshall in just three years, taking the Thundering Herd to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament in 2010 —Marshall’s first postseason appearance in 22 years … Spent 11 years as an assistant coach at Florida, where he helped the Gators to two NCAA titles (2006, 2007) and three Final Four appearances (2000, 2006, 2007). Collegiate File — Played at Pikeville College in Kentucky, where he set the school’s career assists record (513). B.A., Pikeville, Major: Business Education, 1988; Master’s degree in Sports Management from Marshall in 1992. Personal — Native of Point Pleasant, W.Va. Birthdate: July 6, 1966. Married to the former Michelle Gibson. Has three children: Madisyn, Sofie and Donald.
28 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Jones’ Record Career Record (eight years) .....................................................122-111 (.524) UCF Record (five years) .................................................................67-70 (.489) Marshall Record (three years) .....................................................55-41 (.573) NCAA Record ......................................................................................0-0 (.000) NIT Record (one appearance)..........................................................0-1 (.000) CBI Record (one appearance)..........................................................0-1 (.000) CIT Record (one appearance) ..........................................................1-1 (.500)
Year-By-Year 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Marshall Marshall Marshall UCF * UCF UCF UCF UCF
Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason 16-14 8-8/t6th 0-1 15-17 7-9/t6th 0-1 24-10 11-5/t3rd 0-1 1-1/CIT 0-12 0-10/12th 0-1 0-1/CBI 22-11 10-6/t3rd 1-1 0-1/NIT 20-11 9-7/t4th — 13-18 4-14/t8th 1-1 12-18 5-13/9th 0-1
* UCF vacated 21 wins from the 2010-11 season
THE TEAMS UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI Location: ..................................................................... Cincinnati, Ohio Enrollment: .................................................................................. 43,600 Founded: ......................................................................................... 1819 Nickname: .............................................................................Bearcats Colors: .......................................................................... Red and Black Website: .................................................................. GoBearcats.com Arena: ........................................................Fifth Third Arena (13,176) President: .................................................................Dr. Santa J. Ono Director of Athletics: .......................................................Mike Bohn Head Coach: ........................................Mick Cronin (Cincinnati ’97)
MEDIA RELATIONS Assistant AD/Sports Communications: ................ Andre Foushee Office Phone: ............................................................... (513) 556-5182 Mobile: ......................................................................... (859) 797-7871 E-mail: ...........................................................andre.foushee@uc.edu Press Row Phone: ...................................................... (513) 556-3800
BEARCATS’ TEAM FACTS 2014-15 Record/Finish: ....................... 23-11/13-5 American (t-3rd) All-Time Record: ....................................................... 1,705-986 (.634) NCAA Appearances: ....................................................................... 29 Last NCAA Appearance: ............................................................ 2015 Lettermen Returning/Lost: ............................................................. 9/2 Starters Returning/Lost: ................................................................ 5/0
CINCINNATI BEARCATS
Dr. Santa J. Ono President
Mike Bohn Director of Athletics
Mick Cronin Head Coach
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 29
CINCINNATI 2015-16 Schedule NOVEMBER 13 Western Carolina (ESPN3) ..............................................7 p.m. 15 Robert Morris (ESPN3).....................................................2 p.m. 18 at Bowling Green ..............................................................7 p.m. Barclays Center Classic 22 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (ESPN3)....................................1 p.m. 24 vs. Southeastern Louisiana (ESPN3) .............................7 p.m. 27 vs. Nebraska .................................................................6:30 p.m. 28 TBD.........................................................................................TBA DECEMBER 2 Butler (CBSSN)..................................................................7 p.m. 6 Morgan State (ESPN3) .....................................................5 p.m. Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout 12 at Xavier (Fox National) ..............................................5:30 p.m. 15 vs. Norfolk State (ESPNU) ...............................................7 p.m. 19 at VCU .................................................................................4 p.m. 22 Iowa State (ESPN2) ..........................................................7 p.m. 29 Temple* (ESPN2) ..............................................................3 p.m. JANUARY 2 Tulsa* (ESPNU) .................................................................4 p.m. 7 at SMU* (ESPN/ESPN2)...................................................7 p.m. 10 at USF* (ESPNN) ................................................................Noon 13 Houston* (ESPNU) ............................................................7 p.m. 16 at Temple* (ESPNU) ..........................................................Noon 21 Memphis* (ESPN/ESPN2) ...............................................7 p.m. 24 Tulane* (ESPNU)................................................................Noon 28 at UConn* XL (ESPN/ESPN2) ............................................7 p.m.
Shaq Thomas
FEBRUARY 4 USF* (CBSSN) ...................................................................8 p.m. 6 at Memphis* (ESPN/ESPN2) ............................................Noon 9 at UCF* (ESPNN) ...............................................................7 p.m. 13 East Carolina* (ESPNU) ...................................................4 p.m. 18 at Tulsa* (CBSSN) ............................................................9 p.m. 20 UConn* (ESPN/ESPN2) .......................................................TBA 27 at East Carolina* (ESPNU)................................................Noon MARCH 3 at Houston* (CBSSN) .......................................................9 p.m. 6 SMU* (CBS) ........................................................................Noon
@GoBearcats Notebook • The Bearcats return all five starters this season, after they did not have a single returning starter entering the 2014-15 season. • Cincinnati is one of 11 schools that has made the NCAA tournament in each of the last five seasons. • The team beat Purdue in the second round of the NCAA tournament and fell to top-seeded Kentucky in the third round. • The Bearcats led The American and ranked sixth in the nation in scoring defense (55.8 points allowed) last season. • Senior Octavius Ellis and sophomore Gary Clark led Cincinnati in rebounding in 33 of 34 games last season. • Head coach Mick Cronin returns after sitting out all but the first nine games of the 2014-15 season due to a vascular condition known as arterial dissection. He was cleared by his doctors on March 30, 2015 to fully resume all duties with no restrictions. 30 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
* American Athletic Conference game XL Game played at XL Center in Hartford, Conn. All times Eastern
CINCINNATI 2014-15 Statistics ## 02 10 21 11 25 03 15 22 01 14 00 42 45 32 TM
Player ELLIS, Octavius CAUPAIN, Troy COBB, Farad CLARK, Gary JOHNSON, Kevin THOMAS, Shaq SANDERS, Jermaine DeBERRY, Coreontae MORMAN, Deshaun GUYN, Ge’Lawn MOORE, Quadri BLISSITT Jr., Rob TOBLER, Zach STRICKLAND, Jamaree TEAM Total Opponents
GP 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 24 2 26 5 8 1 34 34
GS 34 33 9 34 24 22 12 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Min 975 1065 821 945 742 766 711 360 241 43 213 7 11 0 6900 6900
Avg 28.7 31.3 24.1 27.8 21.8 22.5 20.9 10.6 10.0 21.5 8.2 1.4 1.4 0.0
FG 122 107 99 110 74 86 55 54 28 3 21 1 1 0
TOTAL FGA 219 241 259 210 195 188 144 99 74 13 56 2 5 0
Pct .557 .444 .382 .524 .379 .457 .382 .545 .378 .231 .375 .500 .200 .000
3FG 0 31 53 0 43 6 24 0 4 1 4 1 0 0
3-PTS FGA 1 76 159 5 123 18 89 0 13 6 14 1 2 0
Pct .000 .408 .333 .000 .350 .333 .270 .000 .308 .167 .286 1.000 .000 .000
FT 93 82 38 45 29 41 22 35 26 0 11 1 1 0
FTA 135 104 48 72 44 70 39 57 40 2 15 2 5 0
Pct .689 .788 .792 .625 .659 .586 .564 .614 .650 .000 .733 .500 .200 .000
761 700
1705 1804
.446 .388
167 192
507 601
.329 .319
424 306
633 470
.670 .651
REBOUNDS Off Def Tot 93 152 245 17 105 122 18 67 85 94 152 246 6 40 46 39 66 105 32 70 102 25 47 72 10 11 21 1 3 4 6 22 28 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 42 59 101 383 795 1178 380 645 1025
Avg 7.2 3.6 2.5 7.2 1.4 3.1 3.0 2.1 0.9 2.0 1.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 3.0 34.6 30.1
PF 90 49 36 54 68 53 37 52 36 4 26 0 2 0 0 507 583
FO 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
A 44 121 49 57 45 19 29 3 17 3 6 1 0 0
6 -
394 378
TO 76 72 37 38 54 49 19 24 20 1 19 1 1 0 21 432 409
Blk 67 6 4 45 4 17 3 33 2 0 4 0 0 0
Stl 28 41 33 35 28 20 16 2 12 0 7 0 0 0
185 98
222 189
Pts 337 327 289 265 220 219 156 143 86 7 57 4 3 0 0 2113 1898
Avg 9.9 9.6 8.5 7.8 6.5 6.4 4.6 4.2 3.6 3.5 2.2 0.8 0.4 0.0 62.1 55.8
returning players in italics
2015-16 Roster
2015-16 Newcomers
No. 0 1 2 3 10 11 13 21 22 24 25 32 45
Jacob Evans III, F, Fr., 6-6, 210 Baton Rouge, La./St. Michael the Archangel • Named to the 2014-15 Louisiana Sports Writers Association’s Class 4A All-State First Team • Tabbed the 2014-15 All-Baton Rouge Area Large Schools’ Player of the Year by the New Orleans Times-Picayune • Selected a Gatorade Player of the Year nominee, McDonald’s All-American nominee and Louisiana Mr. Basketball nominee • Tallied more than 2,000 points and 1,000 rebound during high school career • Helped lead St. Michael’s the Archangel to a 29-4 overall record and its first appearance in the Louisiana Class 4A state championship semifinals as a senior, averaging 24.9 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists
Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School Quadri Moore F So. 6-8 230 Linden, N.J./Linden High School Jacob Evans III F Fr. 6-6 210 Baton Rouge, La./St. Michael the Archangel Octavius Ellis F Sr. 6-10 235 Memphis, Tenn./Trinity Valley College (Texas) Justin Jenifer G Fr. 5-10 175 Baltimore, Md./Milford Mills Academy Troy Caupain G Jr. 6-4 205 Midlothian, Va./Cosby High School Gary Clark F So. 6-7 235 Clayton, N.C./Clayton High School Tre Scott* F Fr. 6-7 220 Darien, Ga./McIntosh County Academy Farad Cobb G Sr. 6-1 175 West Palm Beach, Fla./Northwest Fla. St. College Coreontae DeBerry C Sr. 6-9 270 Holland, Mich./Hutchinson CC Shaq Thomas F Sr. 6-7 210 Paterson, N.J./NIA Prep Kevin Johnson G Jr. 6-3 185 Cincinnati, Ohio/Summit Country Day Kyle Washington F Jr. 6-9 225 Champlin, Minn/NC State Zack Tobler F Jr. 6-5 230 Fort Mitchell, Ky./Covington Catholic
Head Coach: Mick Cronin (Cincinnati ‘97) Associate Head Coach: Larry Davis (Asbury College ‘78) Assistant Coach: Darren Savino (Jersey City ‘94) Assistant Coach: Antwon Jackson (Pikeville College ‘93) * Transfer who will sit out the 2015-16 season due to NCAA rules.
Justin Jenifer, G, Fr., 5-10, 175 Baltimore, Md./Milford Mills Academy • Earned Baltimore Sun All-Metro second-team honors while averaging 17.3 points, 7.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds as a senior at Milford Mills Academy • Scored 30 or more points three times, including a 40-point effort during his final year, guiding the Millers to a 15-8 overall mark and an appearance at the regional finals • Tabbed a Gatorade Player of the Year nominee as a senior • Scored more than 1,000 points during his career Tre Scott, F, Fr., 6-7, 220 Darien, Ga./McIntosh County Academy • Named the Georgia Region 2A Player of the Year as a junior and senior … tabbed first team all-region as a freshman and sophomore • Set the school scoring mark with 1, 824 points while averaging 13.3 rebounds during his career at McIntosh County Academy in Darien, Georgia (population 1,880) • Averaged 21.6 points, 14.1 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 3.5 blocks as a senior • Tabbed a three-star prospect by ESPN, Rivals.com and Scout.com and 247 Sports.
Troy Caupain
Kyle Washington, F, Jr., 6-9, 225 Champlin, Minn/NC State • Started 18 of 34 games as a sophomore at NC State in 201415, averaging 6.8 points and 4.1 rebounds in 17.8 minute • Reached double figures in scoring in nine games, including six matchups against teams that participated in the NCAA tournament • Scored a season-high 17 points twice, at Purdue (12/2/14) and against North Carolina (1/14/15) • Ranked in the top 100 nationally by Rivals.com (93) and ESPN.com (97) • Averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds at The Hotchkiss School (Conn.) during the 2011-12 season
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 31
CINCINNATI 2014-15 Results (23-11, 13-5 American) (Home: 15-3/Away: 6-6/Neutral: 2-2) Att NOVEMBER 14 Saint Francis (Pa.) (ESPN3) 19 Morehead State (ESPN3) Emerald Coast Classic 23 Eastern Illinois (ESPN3) 25 North Carolina Central (ESPN3) 28 vs. Middle Tennessee 1 29 vs. Mississippi 1
High Scorer/Rebounder
W, 52-37 W, 69-61
7,114 6,119
Ellis 13/Ellis 8 Cobb 24/Clark 8
W, 54-49 W, 59-50 W, 69-51 L, 54-60
6,823 7,015 1,200 1,550
Caupain 17/Ellis 13 Clark 12/Ellis, Clark 8 Caupain 11/Ellis 9 Ellis 13/Clark 12
W, 78-52 2ot L, 55-56 ot W, 71-62 L, 47-68 W, 72-48 W, 76-60
6,603 15,607 9,217 9,520 6,023 16,980
Thomas 14/Clark 8 Caupain 13/Ellis 9 Cobb, Caupain 12/Ellis 9 Ellis 12/Thomas 9 Johnson 11/Clark 6 Thomas 15/Ellis 7
JANUARY 3 SMU* (ESPN2) 6 East Carolina* (ESPNU) 10 at UConn* XL (ESPN2) 15 at Memphis* (ESPN/ESPN2) 17 Temple* (ESPNU) 21 Houston* (ESPNews) 25 at UCF* (CBSSN) 29 UConn* (ESPN2)
W, 56-50 W, 69-48 L, 56-62 L, 50-63 W, 84-53 W, 67-54 W, 56-46 W, 70-58
10,013 7,516 15,564 14,916 12,071 9,815 4,491 11,092
Cobb 18/Clark 7 Ellis, Johnson 12/Clark 16 Caupain 14/Ellis 6 Caupain 14/Clark 10 Sanders 16/Clark 8 Caupain 13/Clark, Ellis 5 Johnson 13/Ellis 10 Caupain 20/Clark 10
FEBRUARY 1 at East Carolina* (CBSSN) 5 at SMU* (ESPN/ESPN2) 7 USF* (CBSSN) 10 at Temple* (CBSSN) 14 Tulane* (ESPNU) 18 Xavier (ESPN/ESPN2) 21 at Houston* (ESPNU) 25 UCF* (CBSSN) 28 at Tulane* (ESPNews)
L, 46-50 W, 62-54 W, 63-58 L, 59-75 L, 49-50 L, 57-59 W, 63-53 W, 83-60 W, 63-47
4,574 7,098 11,670 6,603 12,041 13,176 3,562 9,825 2,430
Ellis 14/Ellis 14 Sanders 15/Sanders 9 Cobb 16/Ellis 10 Cobb 13/Ellis 6 Ellis 15/Cobb 7 Clark 14/Clark 7 Thomas 18/Clark 14 Ellis 20//Ellis 8 Johnson 15/Ellis 10
5,840 12,358
Cobb 22/Ellis 13 Ellis 19/Ellis 11
9,514
Caupain 12/Clark 11
21,639 21,760
Cobb 14/Clark 12 Caupain 13/Ellis 10
DECEMBER 2 Stony Brook (FS Ohio/ESPN3) 13 at Nebraska (BTN) 17 San Diego State (ESPN2) 20 VCU (ESPNU) 23 Wagner (ESPN3) 30 at North Carolina State (ESPNU)
MARCH 4 at Tulsa * (CBSSN) W, 56-47 8 Memphis * (CBS) W, 77-65 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 13 at UConn (ESPNU) L, 54-57 NCAA Tournament 19 vs. Purdue (CBS) ot W, 66-65 21 vs. Kentucky (CBS) L, 64-51
Gary Clark
* American Athletic Conference game 1 Niceville, Fla. XL XL Center, Hartford, Conn.
Head Coach Mick Cronin @CoachCroninUC Hired at Cincinnati – March 24, 2006 Coaching File – Murray State, head coach, 2004-06; Louisville, associate head coach, 2002-03; Cincinnati, assistant coach, 1998-01; Cincinnati, video coordinator, 1997; Woodward H.S. in Cincinnati, assistant coach, 1992-96. Highlights – 2013 NCAA (second round); 2012 NCAA (third round); 2011 NCAA (third round); 2010 NIT (second round); 2007 CBI; 2006 NCAA; 2005-06 Ohio Valley Coach of the Year; 2004 NCAA; Led Murray State to a school-record 28 wins in his first season as a head coach (2003-04). Collegiate File – B.A., Cincinnati, Major: History, 1997 Personal — Native of Cincinnati, Ohio. Birthdate: 7-17-71. Father, Harold “Hep” Cronin was a highly-successful high school coach in the Cincinnati area, amassing over 400 victories.
32 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Cronin’s Record Career Record (12 years) ..........................................................254-142 (.641) Cincinnati Record (nine years) .................................................185-118 (.611) Murray State Record (three years) ............................................69-23 (.750) NCAA Record (seven appearances) ..............................................4-7 (.364) NIT Record (one appearance)..........................................................1-1 (.500) CBI Record (one appearance)..........................................................0-1 (.000)
Year-By-Year 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Murray State Murray State Murray State Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati
Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason 28-6 14-2/2nd 3-0/1st 0-1/NCAA 17-11 11-5/t2nd 0-1 24-6 17-3/1st 3-0/1st 0-1/NCAA 11-19 2-14/16th --13-18 8-10/10th 0-1 0-1/CBI 18-14 8-10/t9th 0-1 19-16 7-11/t10th 2-1 1-1/NIT 26-9 11-7/t6th 1-1 1-1/NCAA 26-11 12-6/t4th 2-1 0-1/NCAA 22-12 9-9/t9th 1-1 2-1/NCAA 27-7 15-3/t1st 1-1 0-1/NCAA 23-11 13-5/t3rd 0-1 1-1/NCAA
THE TEAMS UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT Location: .......................................................................... Storrs, Conn. Enrollment: .................................................................................. 30,525 Founded: ......................................................................................... 1881 Nickname: ............................................................................... Huskies Colors: ............................................... National Flag Blue and White Website: ............................................................. UConnHuskies.com Arenas: .................... Gampel Pavilion (10,167); XL Center (16,294) President: ................................................................Dr. Susan Herbst Director of Athletics: ............................................... Warde Manuel Head Coach: .................................................Kevin Ollie (UConn ’95)
MEDIA RELATIONS Assistant Director of Athletic Communications: .....Phil Chardis Office Phone: ............................................................... (860) 486-3531 Mobile: ......................................................................... (860) 771-3314 E-mail: ......................................................philip.chardis@uconn.edu Press Row Phone: ..........(860) 486-1888 - GP; (860) 244-0334 - XL
HUSKIES’ TEAM FACTS 2014-15 Record/Finish: ........................20-15/10-8 American (t-5th) All-Time Record: ....................................................... 1,639-910 (.643) NCAA Appearances: ....................................................................... 32 Last NCAA Appearance: .......................................2014 (Champion) Lettermen Returning/Lost: ............................................................. 8/5 Starters Returning/Lost: ................................................................ 4/1
UCONN HUSKIES
Dr. Susan Herbst President
Warde Manuel Director of Athletics
Kevin Ollie Head Coach
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 33
UCONN 2015-16 Schedule NOVEMBER 13 Maine (SNY)..................................................................7:30 p.m. 17 New Hampshire (SNY) .....................................................7 p.m. 21 Furman (SNY)........................................................................TBA Battle 4 Atlantis 25 vs. Michigan TV............................................................9:30 p.m. 26 vs. Syracuse/Charlotte TV ..................................................TBA 27 TBD TV ...................................................................................TBA DECEMBER 2 Sacred Heart XL TV ............................................................7 p.m. Jimmy V Classic 8 vs. Maryland (ESPN) ........................................................9 p.m. 12 Ohio State (CBS) ................................................................Noon 20 UMass-Lowell XL (SNY).....................................................4 p.m. 23 Central Connecticut XL (ESPN) .................................12:30 p.m. 29 at Texas (ESPN2) ..............................................................9 p.m. JANUARY 2 at Tulane* (CBSSN) .....................................................7:30 p.m. 5 Temple* XL (CBSSN) ..........................................................8 p.m. 9 Memphis* (ESPN2) ...........................................................7 p.m. 14 at Tulsa* (ESPN/ESPN2) ..................................................7 p.m. 17 at Houston* (CBSSN) .......................................................2 p.m. 19 Tulane* XL (CBSSN) ...........................................................7 p.m. 23 Georgetown XL (CBS) .........................................................Noon 28 Cincinnati* XL (ESPN/ESPN2) ..........................................7 p.m. 31 at UCF* (CBSSN) ...............................................................4 p.m.
Daniel Hamilton
FEBRUARY 4 at Memphis* (ESPN2) ......................................................9 p.m. 7 East Carolina* (CBSSN). ...................................................Noon 11 at Temple* (ESPN/ESPN2) ..............................................7 p.m. 13 Tulsa* (ESPN2) ..................................................................8 p.m. 18 SMU* XL (ESPN/ESPN2) ....................................................7 p.m. 20 at Cincinnati* (ESPN/ESPN2).............................................TBA 25 at USF* (CBSSN). .........................................................7:30 p.m. 28 Houston* (CBSSN)............................................................1 p.m. MARCH 3 at SMU* (ESPN/ESPN2)...................................................9 p.m. 6 UCF* (ESPNU)....................................................................2 p.m.
@UConnMBB Notebook • Daniel Hamilton, the 2014-15 American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year, was the only freshman in the country to reach the 300-point, 200-rebound, 100-assist plateau in 2014-15. • The Huskies fell to SMU in the final of the 2015 American Athletic Conference Championship. UConn defeated USF, Cincinnati and Tulsa to reach the final. • Last season UConn reached the NIT for the 13th time in program history, falling to Arizona State in the first round. The Huskies won the NIT in 1988. • Including conference tournaments, UConn head coach Kevin Ollie has an 11-3 career record in the postseason. • Amida Brimah, the 2014-15 American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year led the league in blocked shots, with an average of 3.5 per game.
34 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
* American Athletic Conference game XL Game played at XL Center in Hartford, Conn. All times Eastern
UCONN 2014-15 Statistics ## 11 44 05 35 21 12 10 03 01 14 24 33 23 22 TM
Player BOATRIGHT, Ryan PURVIS, Rodney HAMILTON, Daniel BRIMAH, Amida CALHOUN, Omar FACEY, Kentan CASSELL JR., Sam SAMUEL, Terrence NOLAN, Phillip LUBIN, Rakim GUEST, Dan DITIMI, Terrance AMILO, Nnamdi LENEHAN, Pat TEAM Total Opponents
GP 34 33 35 35 28 31 18 35 34 24 9 6 2 6
GS 34 24 35 35 5 22 2 8 10 0 0 0 0 0
35 35
Min 1216 947 1100 920 484 665 271 715 516 155 20 7 2 7
Avg 35.8 28.7 31.4 26.3 17.3 21.5 15.1 20.4 15.2 6.5 2.2 1.2 1.0 1.2
7025 7025
FG 182 144 139 126 54 57 21 43 23 8 2 1 0 0
TOTAL FGA 430 336 366 187 143 105 76 111 49 15 4 1 0 1
800 738
1824 1865
Pct 3FG .423 86 .429 54 .380 46 .674 0 .378 26 .543 1 .276 13 .387 0 .469 0 .533 0 .500 0 1.000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .439 .396
226 209
3-PTS FGA 209 150 134 0 76 1 49 17 0 0 1 0 0 0
Pct .411 .360 .343 .000 .342 1.000 .265 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
FT 142 42 56 67 20 21 16 40 4 7 2 0 0 0
FTA Pct 167 .850 78 .538 84 .667 103 .650 26 .769 29 .724 20 .800 52 .769 14 .286 15 .467 2 1.000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000
637 630
.355 .332
417 416
590 608
.707 .684
REBOUNDS Off Def Tot 15 124 139 10 68 78 37 230 267 69 86 155 12 32 44 60 102 162 4 20 24 22 64 86 29 34 63 13 15 28 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 60 68 128 331 847 1178 373 769 1142
Avg 4.1 2.4 7.6 4.4 1.6 5.2 1.3 2.5 1.9 1.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.3 3.7 33.7 32.6
PF 64 60 86 99 21 67 17 36 90 27 3 1 0 1 1 573 581
FO 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
A 129 40 128 7 20 12 17 55 4 2 2 0 0 0
8 -
416 376
TO 81 62 81 36 26 19 7 47 21 8 3 0 0 0 13 404 388
Blk 8 5 13 121 4 12 0 1 14 4 0 0 0 1
Stl 46 27 33 7 14 7 9 16 7 0 0 0 0 0
183 128
166 194
Pts 592 384 380 319 154 136 71 126 50 23 6 2 0 0 0 2243 2101
Avg 17.4 11.6 10.9 9.1 5.5 4.4 3.9 3.6 1.5 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 64.1 60.0
returning players in italics
2015-16 Roster No. 0 2 4 5 10 12 13 21 22 23 32 35 44
Name Phillip Nolan Jalen Adams Sterling Gibbs Daniel Hamilton Sam Cassell Jr. Kentan Facey Steven Enoch Omar Calhoun Terry Larrier* Nnamdi Amilo Shonn Miller Amida Brimah Rodney Purvis
2015-16 Newcomers Pos. F G G G/F G F F G G/F F F C G
Class Sr. Fr. Gr. So. Rs-Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Rs-Fr. Sr. Gr. Jr. Rs-Jr.
Ht. 6-10 6-2 6-2 6-7 6-4 6-9 6-10 6-5 6-8 6-3 6-7 7-0 6-4
Wt. Hometown/Last School 237 Milwaukee, Wis. /Riverside University HS 165 Roxbury, Mass. /Brewster Academy (N.H.) 185 Scotch Plains, N.J. /Seton Hall 190 Los Angeles, Calif. /St. John Bosco HS 192 Baltimore, Md. /Chipola (Fla.) College 206 Trelawny, Jamaica /Long Island (N.Y.) Lutheran 245 Norwalk, Conn. /St. Thomas More 205 Brooklyn, N.Y. /Christ The King HS 185 Bronx, N.Y. /Virginia Commonwealth 225 New Fairfield, Conn. /Avon Old Farms 210 Euclid, Ohio /Cornell 230 Accra, Ghana /Archbishop Carroll (Miami, Fla.) 205 Raleigh, N.C. /North Carolina State
Head Coach: Kevin Ollie (UConn ‘95) Associate Head Coach: Glen Miller (UConn ‘88) Assistant Coach: Karl Hobbs (UConn ‘84) Assistant Coach: Ricky Moore (UConn ‘99) * Transfer who will sit out the 2015-16 season due to NCAA rules.
Jalen Adams, Fr., G, 6-2, 165 Roxbury, Mass. /Brewster Academy (N.H.) • Ranked among the nation’s top 25 recruits by virtually every recruiting rating service • Was a First Team All-NEPSAC Class AAA selection and was named MVP of the NEPSAC Class AAA Tournament • Served as team captain and averaged 16.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game at Brewster • Named MVP of the Jordan Brand Classic Regional Game after scoring 27 points, with four rebounds, five assists, and two steals, leading his team to a 125-112 victory Steven Enoch, Fr., F, 6-10, 245 Norwalk, Conn. /St. Thomas More • Named Gatorade Connecticut Boys Basketball Player of the Year after spending the 2014-15 season as a senior at St. Thomas More (Uncasville, Conn.) under Coach Jere Quinn • Averaged 15.0 points and 11.0 rebounds as St. Thomas More posted a 29-9 record and reached the New England Prep School Athletic Council Class AAA semifinals • Ranked among the Top 75 recruits nationally by most recruiting ranking services • Picked to play in Jordan Brand Classic Regional game, scoring 15 points, grabbing nine rebounds, and blocking one shot Sterling Gibbs, Gr., G, 6-2, 185 Scotch Plains, N.J. /Seton Hall • Comes to UConn as a graduate student with one season of eligibility remaining, following two outstanding seasons at Seton Hall, where he transferred after his freshman year at the University of Texas • Voted Second Team All-Big East, Second Team NABC All District 5, Second Team All-Met Writers Team last year, as well as MVP of the 2014 Paradise Jam • Has played 91 college games, starting 49, and has scored 972 points, handed out 266 assists, and grabbed 163 rebounds • All-State high school performer at Seton Hall Prep where he holds the school’s scoring record (1,984 points). Terry Larrier, R-Fr., G/F, 6-8, 185 Bronx, N.Y. /Virginia Commonwealth • Comes to UConn as a transfer student from Virginia Commonwealth and will sit out the 2015-16 season as per NCAA transfer rules. Will have three season of eligibility remaining, starting in 2016-17 • Named to the 2014-15 Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Rookie Team • Was a top-50 recruit while attending The Phelps School (Malvern, Pa.) • One of just three players in the country invited to attend the Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and Chris Paul Academies in the summer following his senior year.
Rodney Purvis
Shonn Miller, Gr., F, 6-7, 210 Euclid, Ohio /Cornell • Comes to UConn as a graduate student with one season of eligibility remaining, following four years and three basketball seasons at Cornell University. • Voted First Team All-Ivy League as both a sophomore and a senior, the latter time unanimously. Voted the Ivy League Rookie of the Year as a freshman • Finalist for CollegeInsider.com National Defensive Player of the Year • Has played 85 college games, starting 78, and has scored 1,065 points, grabbed 608 rebounds, and recorded 126 steals. Tied a Cornell record with 18 career double-doubles
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 35
UCONN 2014-15 Results (20-15, 10-8 American) (Home: 14-6/Away: 4-7/Neutral: 2-2) Att NOVEMBER 14 Bryant (ESPN3) Puerto Rico Tip-Off 20 vs. College of Charleston (ESPNU) 1 21 vs. Dayton (ESPN2) 1
High Scorer/Rebounder
W, 70-62 W, 68-59 W, 66-53 W, 65-57
10,167
Boatright 24/Facey 11
6,723 7,436
L, 68-78 L, 54-55
8,002 10,167
Boatright 19/Boatright 6 Boatright 20/Facey, Boatright, Hamilton 5 Boatright 17/Hamilton 9 Boatright 24/Facey 8
DECEMBER 5 Yale (ESPN3) 14 Coppin State XL (ESPN3) 18 vs. Duke 2 (ESPN) 22 Columbia WB (ESPN3) 28 Central Connecticut XL (ESPN3) 31 Temple* XL (ESPN2)
L, 44-45 W, 106-85 L, 56-66 W, 80-65 W, 81-48 ot L, 53-57
9,538 8,260 16,541 9,124 13,315 13,428
Brimah 14/Hamilton 6 Brimah 40/Brimah 12 Boatright 22/Facey 9 Purvis 21/Brimah 6 Boatright 18/Facey 12 Brimah 12/Hamilton 12
JANUARY 3 at Florida (CBS) 6 at USF* (ESPN2) 10 Cincinnati* XL (ESPN2) 13 at Tulsa* (CBSSN) 17 at Stanford (ESPN2) 22 UCF * (CBSSN) 25 USF * XL (CBSSN) 29 at Cincinnati* (ESPN2)
W, 63-59 W, 58-44 W, 62-56 L, 58-66 L, 59-72 W, 67-60 W, 66-53 L, 58-70
11,041 6,128 15,564 6,092 7,104 10,167 14,105 11,092
Boatright 14/Brimah 10 Brimah 13/Brimah 8 Boatright 18/Brimah 8 Hamilton 16/Hamilton 12 Purvis 14/Purvis 5 Boatright 18/Hamilton 9 Boatright 28/Hamilton 10 Boatright 22/ Facey, Brimah, Hamilton 6
FEBRUARY 1 at Houston* (CBSSN) 4 East Carolina* (ESPNU) 7 at Tulane* (CBSSN) 12 Tulsa* XL (ESPN2) 14 at SMU* (ESPN) 19 at Memphis* (ESPN) 22 Tulane* (CBSSN) 25 at East Carolina* (ESPNU)
L, 68-70 W, 65-52 W, 62-53 W, 70-45 L, 54-62 L, 72-75 W, 67-60 W, 60-49
3,498 8,985 3,548 11,506 7,395 14,652 9,212 6,856
Boatright 31/Hamilton 14 Boatright 23/Hamilton 11 Boatright 18/Boatright 9 Boatright 23/Hamilton 11 Boatright 19, Facey 6 Hamilton 25/Hamilton 13 Brimah 19/Hamilton 9 Boatright16/Hamilton 17
15,564 10,167 10,206
Purvis 28/Hamilton 7 Hamilton 16/Hamilton 8 Boatright 25/Hamilton 6
5,431 9,514 10,114 13,365
Hamilton 20/Nolan 7 Boatright 18/Hamilton 8 Boatright 21/Hamilton 12 Purvis 29/Hamilton 10
6,045
Purvis 19/Hamilton 7
23 30
vs. West Virginia (ESPN2) 1 Texas (ESPN2)
MARCH 1 SMU* XL (CBS) W, 81-73 5 Memphis* (ESPN2) L, 53-54 7 at Temple* (ESPN2) L, 63-75 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 12 USF (ESPNews) W, 69-43 13 Cincinnati (ESPNU) W, 57-54 14 Tulsa W, 47-42 15 SMU (ESPN) L, 54-62 National Invitation Tournament 18 Arizona State L, 61-68 * American Athletic Conference game 1 Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, P.R. 2 Izod Center, East Rutherford, N.J. WB Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Conn. XL XL Center, Hartford, Conn.
Head Coach Kevin Ollie @CoachKO_UConn Hired at UConn – Sept. 13, 2012 Coaching File - UConn, assistant coach, 2010-12 Highlights - Took seventh-seeded UConn team to an NCAA championship in 2014 — his first year of postseason eligibility as a head coach. Collegiate File – Two-time team captain at UConn during his career (1991-95). Helped team to Big East regular-season crown in 1993-94 and 1994-95. Was an All-Big East Third Team selection in his senior season when the team advanced to NCAA Elite Eight. Was named to the UConn Basketball All-Century Team in 2001. Still ranks third all-time at the school in assists and first in assists in Big East games. B.A. in Communications (1995), UConn. Personal - Native of Los Angeles, Calif; attended Crenshaw High School; Birthdate Dec. 27, 1972. He and his wife Stephanie have a son, Jalen, and a daughter, Cheyenne.
36 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Amida Brimah Ollie’s Record Career Record (three years) .........................................................72-33 (.686) UConn Record (three years) .........................................................72-33 (.686) NCAA Record (one appearance) ............................................................... 6-0 NIT Record (one appearance).................................................................... 0-1
Year-By-Year 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
UConn UConn UConn
Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason 20-10 10-8/t7th — 32-8 12-6/t3rd 2-1 6-0/NCAA Champion 20-15 10-8/t5th 3-1 0-1/NIT
THE TEAMS EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Location: ......................................................................Greenville, N.C. Enrollment: .................................................................................. 26,900 Founded: ......................................................................................... 1907 Nickname: .................................................................................Pirates Colors: ....................................................................... Purple and Gold Website: ................................................................... ECUPirates.com Arena: .........................................................Minges Coliseum (8,000) Chancellor: .............................................................Dr. Steve Ballard Director of Athletics: .................................................. Jeff Compher Head Coach: .................................... Jeff Lebo (North Carolina ‘89)
MEDIA RELATIONS Associate Director of Media Relations: .....................Jody Jones Office Phone: ............................................................... (252) 737-4524 Mobile: ......................................................................... (252) 414-2019 E-mail: ................................................................... jonesjod@ecu.edu Press Row Phone: ...................................................... (252) 328-0135
PIRATES’ TEAM FACTS 2014-15 Record/Finish: ........................14-19/6-12 American (t-7th) All-Time Record: .................................................... 1,042-1,059 (.496) NCAA Appearances: ......................................................................... 2 Last NCAA Appearance: ............................................................ 1993 Lettermen Returning/Lost: ........................................................... 10/6 Starters Returning/Lost: ................................................................ 3/2
EAST CAROLINA PIRATES
Dr. Steve Ballard Chancellor
Jeff Compher Director of Athletics
Jeff Lebo Head Coach
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 37
EAST CAROLINA 2015-16 Schedule NOVEMBER 13 Grambling State (ESPN3).................................................8 p.m. 16 Charlotte (ESPN3) .............................................................7 p.m. Las Vegas Invitational 20 at California......................................................................11 p.m. 23 at San Diego State (ESPN3) ..........................................10 p.m. 26 vs. Arkansas-Little Rock1 .................................................2 p.m. 27 vs. Bethune-Cookman/Stetson1 .................................5:30 p.m. DECEMBER 1 Florida Atlantic (ESPN3) ..................................................7 p.m. 4 USC Upstate (ESPN3) .......................................................7 p.m. 7 at Charleston ........................................................................TBA 13 North Carolina A&T (ESPN3) ..........................................2 p.m. 16 UNC-Wilmington (ESPN3) ...............................................7 p.m. 20 at James Madison ............................................................2 p.m. 22 South Carolina State (ESPN3).........................................7 p.m. JANUARY 2 UCF* (ESPN3) ....................................................................6 p.m. 5 at Tulsa* (ESPNews) ........................................................7 p.m. 9 at Temple* (ESPNews) ....................................................9 p.m. 13 SMU* (ESPNews) ........................................................6:15 p.m. 16 at UCF* (ESPNews) .....................................................4:30 p.m. 19 Tulsa* (ESPNews) ............................................................7 p.m. 24 at Memphis* (CBSSN) .....................................................2 p.m. 27 Temple* (ESPN3) ..............................................................7 p.m. 30 Houston* (ESPNews) ........................................................Noon FEBRUARY 7 at UConn* (CBSSN) ...........................................................Noon 10 Tulane* (ESPNews) .....................................................6:15 p.m. 13 at Cincinnati* (ESPNU) ....................................................4 p.m. 16 USF* (ESPN3) ....................................................................7 p.m. 21 at SMU* (ESPNews).........................................................2 p.m. 24 at Tulane* (ESPNews) .....................................................8 p.m. 27 Cincinnati* (ESPNU) ..........................................................Noon
Caleb White
MARCH 2 at USF* (ESPNU) ...............................................................9 p.m. 6 Memphis* (CBSSN) ..........................................................4 p.m. * American Athletic Conference Game 1 Las Vegas Invitational in Las Vegas, Nev. All times Eastern
@ECUPirateHoops Notebook • The Pirates won six conference games during their first year in The American after winning more than five games only twice (2011, 2013) during the team’s 13 years in Conference USA. • B.J. Tyson, who led East Carolina in scoring at 12.5 points per game, was unanimously chosen to the conference’s 2014-15 all-rookie team. • East Carolina set an American Athletic Conference Championship record by making 15 3-pointers in its 2015 quarterfinal matchup against top-seeded SMU. Antonio Robinson, Terry Whisnant and Caleb White each made four 3s apiece • The Pirates added significant size to their roster with the addition of 6-foot-10 freshman Deng Riak, 6-foot-8 junior Clarence Williams and 6-foot-5 freshman Kentrell Barkley. The trio joins returning juniors Marshall Guilmette and Michel Nzege along with seniors Kanu Aja and Michael Zangari, each listed at 6-foot-8 or taller, in the frontcourt. 38 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
EAST CAROLINA 2014-15 Statistics ## 21 00 02 41 13 22 11 05 34 44 15 04 01 31 24 10
Player GP TYSON, B.J. 33 WHISNANT, Terry 33 WHITE, Caleb 33 GUILMETTE, Marshall 22 NZEGE, Michel 33 CAMPBELL, Paris 22 ROBINSON, Antonio 33 TEJADA, Lance 33 ZANGARI, Michael 31 AJA, Kanu 29 ROBBINS, Peyton 1 WILLIAMS, Prince 23 BRYANT, Grant 3 ALEXANDER, Greg 6 ARMSTRONG, Keith 12 EDOSOMWAN, Francis 4 Team Total 33 Opponents 33
GS 0 33 32 17 32 1 33 0 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Min 798 1041 1021 451 608 415 800 458 490 239 1 233 12 14 37 7
Avg 24.2 31.5 30.9 20.5 18.4 18.9 24.2 13.9 15.8 8.2 1.0 10.1 4.0 2.3 3.1 1.8
6625 6625
FG 143 131 138 50 85 37 50 42 32 26 1 12 1 1 1 0
TOTAL FGA 312 327 313 122 138 95 139 138 82 62 2 37 2 4 4 0
750 786
Pct .458 .401 .441 .410 .616 .389 .360 .304 .390 .419 .500 .324 .500 .250 .250 .000
1777 .422 1768 .445
3-PTS 3FG FGA Pct 19 63 .302 77 208 .370 67 164 .409 11 37 .297 0 0 .000 26 69 .377 11 28 .393 20 71 .282 1 11 .091 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 10 .100 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000
FT 108 68 61 26 20 8 27 30 15 8 0 11 0 1 0 0
FTA 150 89 77 38 42 11 42 55 25 18 0 13 0 3 0 0
233 199
383 405
563 598
663 636
.351 .313
Pct .720 .764 .792 .684 .476 .727 .643 .545 .600 .444 .000 .846 .000 .333 .000 .000 54 .680 .677
REBOUNDS Off Def Tot Avg 45 84 129 3.9 25 62 87 2.6 24 92 116 3.5 24 50 74 3.4 58 96 154 4.7 10 39 49 2.2 17 89 106 3.2 4 39 43 1.3 40 61 101 3.3 26 21 47 1.6 0 0 0 0.0 4 20 24 1.0 0 2 2 0.7 0 0 0 0.0 2 4 6 0.5 0 0 0 0.0 56 110 3.3 0 333 715 1048 31.8 367 785 1152 34.9
PF 55 61 65 66 61 34 59 38 68 35 0 21 0 2 5 1
FO 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
571 567
11 -
A 46 60 46 24 20 24 122 55 18 4 0 22 0 1 1 0 12 443 447
TO 51 40 50 33 36 12 52 33 19 18 0 17 3 1 2 0
Blk 3 3 5 9 12 6 4 1 15 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
379 405
64 139
Stl 26 31 15 5 16 21 55 15 10 5 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 208 196
Pts 413 407 404 137 190 108 138 134 80 60 2 36 2 3 2 0
Avg 12.5 12.3 12.2 6.2 5.8 4.9 4.2 4.1 2.6 2.1 2.0 1.6 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0
2116 64.1 2176 65.9
returning t i players l iin ititalics li
2015-16 Roster No. 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 13 15 24 21 34 41 44
Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Deng Riak C Fr. 6-10 225 Grant Bryant F So. 6-7 200 Caleb White F Jr. 6-7 205 Charles Foster G Jr. 6-0 160 Prince Williams G Sr. 6-5 200 Lance Tejada G So. 6-2 190 Clarence Williams F Jr. 6-8 195 Michel Nzege F Jr. 6-8 220 Kentrell Barkley F Fr. 6-5 205 Peyton Robbins G Sr. 6-3 210 B.J. Tyson G So. 6-3 180 Michael Zangari F Sr. 6-9 240 Marshall Guilmette F Rs-Jr. 6-11 250 Kanu Aja F Sr. 6-9 255
2015-16 Newcomers Hometown/Last School Melbourne, Australia/Victory Rock Prep [Fla.] Kennesaw, Ga./Kell HS Buckingham, Va./Virginia Episcopal School Louisville, Ky./Vincennes University Raleigh, N.C./Broughton HS Pompano Beach, Fla./Blanche Ely HS Tallahassee, Fla./Trinity Valley Community College Geneva, Switzerland/Winston-Salem State Durham, N.C./Northern Durham HS Raleigh, N.C./St. David’s School Wadesboro, N.C./Anson HS Etters, Pa./Red Land HS Kennesaw, Ga./Harrison HS Baltimore, Md./City College of San Francisco
Head Coach: Jeff Lebo (North Carolina ‘89) Assistant Coach: Mike Netti (Syracuse ‘02) Assistant Coach: Michael Perry (Richmond ‘81) Assistant Coach: Ken Potosnak (Randolph-Macon ‘90)
Kentrell Barkley, Fr., G, 6-5, 205 Durham, N.C./Northern Durham HS • Named first-team all-state by the N.C. Basketball Coaches Association (NCBCA) as a senior at Northern Durham High School in Durham • Voted 2015 District VI Player-of-the-Year by the NCBCA • Selected PAC-6 Player-of-the-Year for the second straight year in 2015, after sharing the award the previous season • Averaged 23.6 points and 11.6 rebounds during the 2014-15 season • Posted 43 career double-doubles, including 15 in each of his final two seasons Charles Foster, Jr., G, 6-0, 160 Louisville, Ky./Vincennes University • Averaged 13.3 points, 4.2 assists and 3.3 assists in 71 career games with the Trailblazers • Helped Vincennes reach the NJCAA tournament in Hutchinson, Kan. each season with an appearance in the 2014 NJCAA Final Four • Scored double figures in 29 of 34 games and made 31 starts in 2014-15 and dropped in more than 20 points in a game six times • Named to the Louisville Courier-Journal’s first-team all-state squad as a high school senior, averaged 12.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.4 steals in helping the Shamrocks win their first state title and earned All-Region VII honor Deng Riak, Fr., F, 6-9, 225 Melbourne, Australia/Victory Rock Prep [Fla.] • Attended Victory Rock Prep in Bradenton, Fla., where he averaged 12.0 points and 8.0 rebounds as a senior • Rated by ESPN.com as one of the top 12 prospects in the state of Florida.
B.J. Tyson
Clarence Williams, Jr., F, 6-8, 195 Tallahassee, Fla./Trinity Valley Community College • Played two seasons at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas • Received 2014-15 All-Region XIV North Zone honorable mention honors • Averaged 7.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game as a sophomore in 2014-15 , helping TVCC win the 2015 Region XIV North Zone Division title and advance to the second round of the NJCAA Division I Championship in Hutchinson, Kan. • Averaged 13.5 points, 8.5 points and 2.0 blocks per game as a senior at Druidhills High School in 2012-13 and helped team win the 6A region championship
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 39
EAST CAROLINA 2014-15 Results (14-19, 6-12 American) (Home: 11-5/Away: 1-11/Neutral: 2-3) Att.
High Scorer/Rebounder
NOVEMBER 14 NC Wesleyan 16 UNC Asheville (ESPN3) 20 Virginia-Lynchburg Gulf Coast Showcase 24 vs .Green Bay1 25 vs .Fresno State1 26 vs. Hawaii1 30 Central Connecticut State (ESPN3)
W, 99-81 L, 79-83 W, 92-51
5,096 4,149 3,966
Tyson 7/Nzege 12 White 24/Guilmette 6 Whisnant 16/Nzege 13
L, 49-66 W, 58-52 L, 73-75 W, 74-59
2,118 3,027 271 3,705
Whisnant 23/Zangari 5 Tyson 22/Zangari 10 Tyson 24/White 8 Nzege 18/Tyson 6
DECEMBER 3 at Florida Atlantic 7 at North Carolina (ESPNU) 13 James Madison (ESPN3) 20 at UNC Wilmington 22 Florida A&M (ESPN3) 28 UNC Greensboro (ESPN3) 31 Tulane* (ESPNews)
L, 63-72 L, 64-108 W, 70-58 L, 54-66 W, 75-57 W, 71-50 L, 59-67
1,219 18,741 4,759 4,388 4,234 4,418 4,358
White 18/Nzege 7 Whisnant 15/Nzege 5 Whisnant 24/Zangari 10 Whisnant 18/Zangari 8 White 19/Nzege 6 Whisnant 17/Nzege, Campbell 5 Campbell 14/Nzege, White, Robinson 3
JANUARY 3 at USF* (ESPN3) 6 at Cincinnati* (ESPNU) 14 Houston* (ESPNU) 17 at SMU* (CBSSN) 24 Tulsa* (ESPNews) 28 at Memphis* (CBSSN)
L, 50-58 L, 48-69 W, 66-61 L, 54-77 L, 64-66 L, 58-70
3,184 7,516 4,368 7,001 4,968 13,335
Tyson 16/Nzege 5 Tyson 13/Tyson 7 Tyson 16/Tyson 7 Whisnant 24/Nzege 10 Whisnant 22/Nzege 11 Whisnant 17/Campbell 4
FEBRUARY 1 Cincinnati* (CBSSN) 4 at UConn* (ESPNU) 7 UCF* (ESPN3) 10 Memphis* (ESPNU) 14 at Temple* (CBSSN) 18 at Tulsa* (ESPNU) 21 USF* (ESPNU) 25 UConn* (ESPNU) 28 at UCF * (ESPNews)
W, 50-46 L, 52-65 W, 67-49 W, 64-53 L, 53-66 L, 58-69 W, 73-60 L, 49-60 W, 71-66
4,574 8,985 5,305 4,519 8,121 4,263 5,073 6,856 3,740
Tyson 18/White, Tyson 5 Tyson 20/Tyson 6 White 21/White 9 Tyson 23/Robinson 6 Whisnant 13, Zangari 6 Whisnant 15/Nzege 7 White, Tyson 19/Tyson 6 Guilmette 13/Whisnant 9 White 14/White 5
4,790 2,879
White 13/White 7 Whisnant 13/Nzege 6
5,431 7,056
Tyson 19/Nzege 7 Whisnant, Robinson 18/ Robinson, Whisnant 6
MARCH 5 Temple* (ESPNU) L, 56-70 8 at Houston* (ESPNews) L, 54-72 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 12 vs. UCF W, 81-80 (OT) 13 vs. SMU L, 68-74
* American Athletic Conference game 1 Estero, Fla.
Head Coach Jeff Lebo Hired at East Carolina - March 22, 2010 Coaching File - Auburn, head coach, 2004-10; Chattanooga, head coach, 2002-04; Tennessee Tech, 1998-02; South Carolina, assistant coach, 199398; Vanderbilt, assistant coach, 199293; ETSU, assistant coach, 1990-92. Highlights - Led East Carolina to its first 20-win season at the Division I level in 2012-13, taking the Pirates to a CIT Championship. Has five 20-win seasons to his name as a head coach, including a 27-victory campaign at Tennessee Tech in 2001-02. Collegiate/Playing File - Made four Sweet 16 appearances and two Elite Eight trips under coach Dean Smith at UNC from 1985-89. Graduated from UNC in 1989. Played one year with the San Antonio Spurs in 1989-90. Personal - Native of Carlisle, Pa. Born Oct. 5, 1966. Married to the former Melissa Mills. They have two daughters, Addison and Mills, and one son, Creighton.
40 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Marshall Guilmette
Lebo’s Record Career record (17 years) ...........................................................298-236 (.558) East Carolina (five years) ..............................................................87-80 (.521) Auburn (six years) ..........................................................................96-93 (.508) Chattanooga (two years) ...............................................................40-20 (.667) Tennessee Tech (four years) ........................................................75-43 (.636) NCAA record .......................................................................................0-0 (.000) NIT record (two appearances).........................................................5-2 (.714) CIT record (three appearances) ......................................................5-2 (.714)
Year-By-Year 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Tennessee Tech Tennessee Tech Tennessee Tech Tennessee Tech Chattanooga Chattanooga Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn East Carolina East Carolina East Carolina East Carolina East Carolina
Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason 12-15 8-10/6th 0-1 16-12 11-7/5th 1-1 20-9 13-3/1st 1-1 27-7 15-1/1st 1-1 3-1/NIT 21-9 11-5/2nd 2-1 19-11 10-6/2nd 2-1 14-17 4-12/t5th-W 1-1 12-16 4-12/t5th-W 0-1 17-15 7-9/t3rd-W 0-1 14-16 4-12/6th-W 0-1 24-12 10-6/2nd-W 1-1 2-1/NIT 15-17 6-10/t4th-W 0-1 18-16 8-8/t7th 2-1 0-1/CIT 15-16 5-11/10th 1-1 23-12 9-7/t4th 0-1 5-0/CIT Champion 17-17 5-11/11th 1-1 0-1/CIT 14-19 6-12/t7th 1-1
THE TEAMS UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON Location: ......................................................................Houston, Texas Enrollment: .................................................................................. 40,750 Founded: ......................................................................................... 1927 Nickname: .............................................................................. Cougars Colors: ....................................................................Scarlet and White Website: ................................................................... UHCougars.com Arena: .........................................................Hofheinz Pavilion (8,479) Chancellor: ...............................................................Dr. Renu Khator Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics: ... Hunter Yurachek Head Coach: ....................... Kelvin Sampson (UNC Pembroke ‘78)
MEDIA RELATIONS Director of Athletics Communications: ...................... Jeff Conrad Office Phone: ............................................................... (713) 743-9410 Mobile: ......................................................................... (713) 557-3841 E-mail: .......................................................jaconrad@central.uh.edu Press Row Phone: ....................................................... (713) 743-9414
COUGARS’ TEAM FACTS 2014-15 Record/Finish: .................13-19/4-14 The American (10th) All-Time Record: ....................................................... 1,184-822 (.590) NCAA Appearances: ....................................................................... 19 Last NCAA Appearance: ............................................................ 2010 Lettermen Returning/Lost: ............................................................. 6/4 Starters Returning/Lost: ................................................................ 4/1
HOUSTON COUGARS
Dr. Renu Khator Chancellor
Hunter Yurachek VP for Athletics
Kelvin Sampson Head Coach
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 41
HOUSTON 2015-16 Schedule NOVEMBER 18 Prairie View A&M (ESPN3) ............................................8 p.m. 21 Florida A&M (ESPN3) ......................................................8 p.m. 28 ULM (ESPN3) ....................................................................8 p.m. 30 Texas Rio Grande Valley (ESPN3) .................................8 p.m. DECEMBER 2 Murray State (ESPN3) ......................................................8 p.m. 8 at Rhode Island. ................................................................7 p.m. 13 LSU (ESPNU) .....................................................................8 p.m. Global Basketball Classic First & Second Rounds 16 vs. North Carolina Central (ESPN3) ...............................8 p.m. 19 vs. Eastern Illinois (ESPN3) ............................................4 p.m. Global Basketball Classic 3rd & Championship Round 21 vs. Grand Canyon1 .............................................................8 p.m. 22 Marshall/Wyoming1 .............................................................TBA 28 Nicholls State (ESPN3) ...................................................2 p.m. 30 at USF (ESPNU) * ..............................................................2 p.m. JANUARY 2 at Temple (ESPNews) * ....................................................Noon 5 Tulane (ESPNU) * .............................................................9 p.m. 13 at Cincinnati (ESPNU) * ..................................................7 p.m. 17 UConn (CBSSN) * .............................................................2 p.m. 19 at SMU (ESPNU) * ............................................................9 p.m. 23 USF (CBSSN) * .................................................................4 p.m. 27 Tulsa (ESPNews) * ..........................................................8 p.m. 30 at East Carolina (ESPNews) * .........................................Noon
LeRon Barnes
FEBRUARY 1 SMU (CBSSN) * ...............................................................8 p.m. 7 at Tulsa (ESPNU) * TV. .....................................................3 p.m. 10 Memphis (ESPNU) * .........................................................7 p.m. 13 UCF (ESPNews) * .............................................................3 p.m. 17 at Tulane (ESPNews) * ..............................................9:30 p.m. 21 Temple (ESPNews) * .......................................................7 p.m. 24 at UCF (ESPNU) * .............................................................7 p.m. 28 at UConn (CBSSN) * .........................................................1 p.m. MARCH 3 Cincinnati (CBSSN) *........................................................9 p.m.
@UHCougarMBK Notebook • Before starting the 2015-16 season, the Cougars enjoyed a 10day trip to China in mid-August that was highlighted by two wins over the Chinese Basketball Association’s Qingdao Doublestars and a 93-83 win over the Chinese Junior National Team. • Houston’s nonconference slate features eight postseason teams and six 20-game winners, including Southeastern Conference rival LSU, with nine home games inside Hofheinz Pavilion. • Senior forward Devonta Pollard enjoyed a successful 2014-15 season in his first year with the Cougars, as he was one of only three players to rank among the American Athletic Conference’s top-16 leaders in both scoring and rebounding. • Guard LeRon Barnes returns for his senior season as the Cougars’ lone 3-year letterman. Barnes and was one of only six players in the league ranked among The American’s top-10 leaders in both offensive and defensive rebounding in 2014-15.
42 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
* American Athletic Conference game 1 Global Basketball Classic at Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nev. All times Eastern
HOUSTON 2014-15 Statistics ## 21 24 00 05 04 03 23 11 12 01 25 20 33 TM
Player STIGGERS, Jherrod POLLARD, Devonta KNOWLES, Danrad ROSE, L.J. BARNES, LeRon BAKER, Cavon WEARY, Jr., Eric WASHINGTON, JC VANBECK, Wes McLEAN, Mikhail GJIKONDI, Egi DREXLER, Adam BOWSER, Tyus TEAM Total Opponents
GP 31 32 32 19 32 27 31 27 17 15 9 11 1 32 32
GS 29 27 32 19 32 6 11 4 0 0 0 0 0
Min 1105 976 877 657 1083 431 558 457 142 149 38 26 1
Avg 35.6 30.5 27.4 34.6 33.8 16.0 18.0 16.9 8.4 9.9 4.2 2.4 1.0
6500 6500
FG 139 132 108 64 82 54 59 33 15 16 2 1 0 705 758
TOTAL FGA 384 289 267 172 199 142 182 74 36 36 9 5 0
Pct .362 .457 .404 .372 .412 .380 .324 .446 .417 .444 .222 .200 .000
1795 .393 1743 .435
3-PTS 3FG FGA Pct FT 96 280 .343 65 0 1 .000 100 37 115 .322 63 24 81 .296 34 27 83 .325 45 28 85 .329 39 32 130 .246 23 2 2 1.000 8 12 25 .480 5 0 3 .000 6 0 0 .000 2 1 4 .250 1 0 0 .000 0
FTA 85 138 100 56 63 51 32 19 6 18 4 3 0
Pct .765 .725 .630 .607 .714 .765 .719 .421 .833 .333 .500 .333 .000
259 195
575 579
.680 .667
809 579
.320 .337
391 386
REBOUNDS Off Def Tot Avg 17 96 113 3.6 84 121 205 6.4 69 111 180 5.6 11 37 48 2.5 68 138 206 6.4 9 31 40 1.5 34 76 110 3.5 36 47 83 3.1 6 15 21 1.2 17 9 26 1.7 8 4 12 1.3 4 2 6 0.5 0 0 0 0.0 40 39 79 2.5 403 726 1129 35.3 367 795 1162 36.3
PF 54 87 80 44 86 45 39 66 16 29 13 5 0 1 565 552
FO 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0
A 79 39 34 101 43 34 17 11 8 7 2 1 0
12 -
376 422
TO 89 75 43 51 40 44 28 19 15 4 4 1 0 12 425 412
Blk 10 14 42 3 22 2 12 11 0 3 2 0 0
Stl 37 39 17 17 26 18 16 11 0 2 0 1 0
121 100
184 221
Pts 439 364 316 186 236 175 173 76 47 38 6 4 0 0 2060 2097
Avg 14.2 11.4 9.9 9.8 7.4 6.5 5.6 2.8 2.8 2.5 0.7 0.4 0.0 64.4 65.5
returning players in italics
2015-16 Roster No. 0 1 2 3 4 5 12 13 21 23 24 25 33
Name Danrad Knowles Xavier Dupree Rob Gray, Jr. Ronnie Johnson LeRon Barnes L.J. Rose Wes VanBeck Bertrand Nkali Damyean Dotson Eric Weary, Jr. Devonta Pollard Galen Robinson, Jr. Kyle Meyer
2015-16 Newcomers Pos. Class Ht. F Jr. 6-10 F Jr. 6-9 G So. 6-2 G Jr. 6-0 G Sr. 6-5 G Sr. 6-3 G So. 6-2 F Jr. 6-8 G Jr. 6-5 G Sr. 6-4 F Sr. 6-8 G Fr. 6-0 C Jr. 6-10
Wt. Hometown/Last School 190 Nassau, Bahamas / HCYA 210 Houston, Texas / Paris JC 190 Forest City, N.C. / Howard JC 180 Indianapolis, Ind. / Purdue 195 Stonewall, La. / North DeSoto HS 200 Houston, Texas / Baylor 180 Houston, Texas / Westside HS 225 Bertoua, Cameroon / Lee JC 210 Houston, Texas / Oregon 210 New Orleans, La. / Howard JC 200 Porterville, Miss. / East Mississippi CC 170 Houston, Texas / Westbury Christian 225 Atlanta Ga. / Eastern Florida State College
Head Coach: Kelvin Sampson (UNC Pembroke ‘78) Assistant Coach: Alvin Brooks (Lamar ’82) Assistant Coach: Talvin Hester (Texas Wesleyan ‘03) Assistant Coach: Kellen Sampson (Oklahoma ‘06)
Damyean Dotson, G, Jr., 6-5, 210 Houston, Texas / Oregon • Made 33 starts, averaging 9.4 points per game as Oregon’s fourth-leading scorer in his 2013-14 sophomore season • Reached double figure scoring in 16 games and ranked third on the team in FGs made (116) and fourth in rebounds per game (3.2) • Starter in 69-of-70 games he’s played in during his Oregon career • Averaged 21 points and five rebounds per game as a senior at Jack Yates High School Xavier Dupree, F, Jr., 6-9, 210 Houston, Texas / Paris JC • Competed in all 30 games with 16 starts at Paris Junior College as a sophomore in 2014-15 • Finished second on the team with 5.8 rebounds per game and eight games with double-digit points, including two 20+-point efforts • Recognized as one of the top-35 players in the state by Texas Basketball and listed among the top 15 players in the city of Houston by RCS Sports as a high school player at Trent Internationale in Houston Rob Gray, Jr., G, So., 6-2, 190 Forest City, N.C. / Howard JC • Attended Howard College for two seasons; started all 27 games while leading the Hawks to a 24-8 overall record as a redshirt freshman in 2014-15 • Was a Western Junior College Athletic Association All-Conference and All-Region 5 First-Team honoree • Recorded 23 games with double-digit points and had 20+ points in 14 games, including 10 of the last 12 contests to end the season • Graduated from West Oaks Academy in Orlando after competing there during the 2012-13 season Kyle Meyer, C, Jr., 6-10, 225 Atlanta, Ga. / Eastern Florida State College • Played at Eastern Florida State College as a sophomore after completing two seasons at Iowa as a redshirt freshman • Named the Florida College System Activities Association South Conference Player of the Year and was named NJCAA All-American Honorable Mention in 2014-15 • Led the Titans to a 29-5 record and a berth in the NJCAA National Tournament; competed in 34 games, averaging 15.0 points and 8.4 rebounds per game and recorded 11 double-doubles • Four-year starter at Northview High School
Devonta Pollard
Galen Robinson, Jr., G, Fr., 6-0, 170 Houston, Texas / Westbury Christian • Led Westbury Christian to three straight Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools state championships. • Received the Guy V. Lewis Award as the city of Houston’s top high school player as a senior • Named to the All-Greater Houston First Team by the Houston Chronicle • Member of TAPPS All-State and All-District First Teams
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 43
HOUSTON 2014-15 Results (13-19, 4-14 American) (Home: 9-8/Away: 2-9/Neutral: 2-2) NOVEMBER 14 at Murray State 22 Morgan State (ESPN3) 25 at Harvard
Att
High Scorer/Rebounder
W, 77-74 W, 72-57 L, 63-84
5,056 3,058 1,423
Pollard 19/Washington 8 Pollard 19/Pollard 13 Weary Jr. 19/Barnes 7
DECEMBER 4 Texas-Pan American (ESPN3) 6 Abilene Christian (ESPN3) 16 Houston Baptist (ESPN3) Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic 17 Arkansas Pine Bluff (ESPN3) 20 South Carolina State (ESPN3) 22 vs Boise State 1 23 vs Texas Tech 1 (FS1) 28 Mississippi Valley State (ESPN3) 31 at Memphis* (ESPNU)
W, 72-58 W, 71-59 W, 83-76
1,858 2,007 2,016
Baker 18/Pollard 10 Stiggers 23/Pollard 10 Stiggers 33/Pollard 10
ot L, 56-61 L, 63-71 ot L, 73-75 W, 82-69 W, 80-53 L, 54-73
2,082 1,996 1,270 1,125 2,147 13,415
Stiggers 16/Barnes 12 Knowles 22/Knowles 11 Rose 16/Knowles 12 Stiggers 25/Weary Jr. 9 Stiggers 26/Knowles 10 Pollard 17/Barnes 10
JANUARY 4 at Tulsa* (ESPNews) 6 UCF* (ESPNews) 11 Memphis* (CBSSN) 14 at East Carolina* (ESPNU) 17 Tulane* (ESPNews) 21 at Cincinnati* (ESPNews) 24 at SMU* (CBSSN) 28 Rice (ESPN3)
L, 54-72 ot L, 78-79 L, 44-62 L, 61-66 L, 65-68 L, 54-67 L, 59-80 W, 59-48
4,171 2,003 2,697 4,368 2,547 9,815 7,094 3,465
Stiggers 17/Knowles, Stiggers 5 Stiggers 20/Knowles 8 Stiggers 13/Knowles 7 Knowles 16/Barnes, Stiggers 8 Knowles 31/Barnes, Pollard 9 Knowles 15/Rose, Stiggers 4 Stiggers 25/Barnes 6 McLean 14/Pollard, Knowles 7
W, 70-68 L, 44-57 L, 69-75 L, 54-56 L, 67-69 L, 53-63 L, 54-66
3,498 2,847 3,315 4,269 3,128 3,562 7,023
Stiggers 18/Weary Jr. 9 Knowles 10/Washington 8 Stiggers 17/Barnes 10 Pollard 14/Knowles 8 Rose 25/Pollard 10 Knowles 16/Knowles 9 Barnes 15/Barnes 11
2,816 2,041 2,879
Pollard 18/Pollard 10 Stiggers, Pollard 17/Barnes 9 Sitggers 17/Pollard 11
5,431 9,514
Stiggers 23/Barnes, Pollard 7 Pollard 14/Pollard 9
FEBRUARY 1 UConn* (CBSSN) 5 Tulsa* (ESPNews) 12 SMU* (ESPNU) 15 at UCF* (ESPN3) 17 at USF* (ESPNews) 21 Cincinnati* (ESPNU) 26 at Temple* (CBSSN)
MARCH 1 USF* (ESPN3) W, 72-55 4 at Tulane* (ESPNews) ot W, 68-63 8 East Carolina* (ESPNews) W, 72-54 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 12 vs Tulane (ESPNews) W, 66-60 13 vs Tulsa (ESPNU) L, 51-59
Danrad Knowles
* American Athletic Conference Game 1 Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.
Head Coach Kelvin Sampson Hired at Houston - April 3, 2014 Coaching File - Houston Rockets, assistant coach, 2011-14; Milwaukee Bucks, assistant coach, 2008-11; Indiana, head coach, 2006-08; Oklahoma, head coach, 1994-06; Washington State, head coach, 1987-94; Washington State, assistant coach, 1985-87; Montana Tech, head coach, 1981-85; Michigan State, assistant coach, 1980-81; Michigan State, graduate assistant, 1979-80. Highlights - Brought Oklahoma to a Final Four in 2002 and an Elite Eight in 2003. Has recorded 20 or more wins in each of his last 11 seasons as a Division I head coach. Led the Houston Rockets of the NBA for 13 games as acting head coach in 2012-13. Collegiate File - Graduated from UNC Pembroke in 1978 after playing four years of basketball and three years of baseball. Earned a master’s degree from Michigan State in 1980. Personal - Native of Laurinburg, N.C.. Born October 5, 1955. Sampson and his wife Karen have a daughter, Lauren, and a son, Kellen.
44 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Sampson’s Record Career Record (26 years) ..........................................................513-289 (.640) Houston (one year) .........................................................................13-19 (.406) Indiana (two years) ........................................................................43-15 (.741) Oklahoma (12 years)...................................................................281-107 (.724) Washington State (seven years) ..............................................103-103 (.500) Montana Tech (four years) ...........................................................73-45 (.619) NCAA Record (14 appearances) ..................................................14-12 (.538) NIT Record (two appearances) .......................................................2-2 (.500)
Year-By-Year 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2014-15
Montana Tech Montana Tech Montana Tech Montana Tech Washington State Washington State Washington State Washington State Washington State Washington State Washington State Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Indiana Indiana Houston
Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason 7-20 0-15 22-9 10-5 22-9 11-4 22-7 12-3 13-16 7-11/6th 1-1 10-19 4-14/8th 1-1 7-22 1-17/10th 0-1 16-12 8-10/6th 22-11 9-9/t5th 1-1/NIT 15-12 9-9/t5th 20-11 10-8/t4th 0-1/NCAA 23-9 9-5/3rd 1-1 0-1/NCAA 17-13 8-6/3rd 0-1 0-1/NCAA 19-11 9-7/5th 2-1 0-1/NCAA 22-11 11-5/t2nd 2-1 0-1/NCAA 22-11 11-5/t2nd 0-1 2-1/NCAA 27-7 12-4/t3rd 2-1 1-1/NCAA 26-7 12-4/t2nd 3-0 0-1/NCAA 31-5 13-3/2nd 3-0 4-1/NCAA 27-7 12-4/3rd 3-0 3-1/NCAA 20-11 8-8/7th 1-1 1-1/NIT 25-8 12-4/t1st 1-1 1-1/NCAA 20-9 11-5/3rd 0-1 0-1/NCAA 21-11 10-6/3rd 0-1 1-1/NCAA 22-4 11-2 0-1 0-1/NCAA 13-19 4-14/10th 1-1
THE TEAMS UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS Location: .....................................................................Memphis, Tenn. Enrollment: .................................................................................. 21,059 Founded: ......................................................................................... 1912 Nickname: .................................................................................. Tigers Colors: ................................................................Royal Blue and Gray Website: .................................................................. GoTigersGo.com Arena: ...............................................................FedEx Forum (18,400) President: ..............................................................Dr. M. David Rudd Director of Athletics: .....................................................Tom Bowen Head Coach: .......................................... Josh Pastner (Arizona ’98)
MEDIA RELATIONS Associate Director of Athletic Communications: ....... Bill Salyer Office Phone: ............................................................... (901) 678-4780 Mobile: ......................................................................... (260) 705-3963 E-mail: ........................................................ wbsalyer@memphis.edu Press Row Phone: ...................................................... (901) 734-9949
TIGERS’ TEAM FACTS 2014-15 Record/Finish: ........................18-14/10-8 American (t-5th) All-Time Record: ....................................................1,531-868-1 (.640) NCAA Appearances: ....................................................................... 26 Last NCAA Appearance: ............................................................ 2014 Lettermen Returning/Lost: ............................................................. 7/6 Starters Returning/Lost: ................................................................ 4/1
MEMPHIS TIGERS
Dr. M. David Rudd President
Tom Bowen Director of Athletics
Josh Pastner Head Coach
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 45
MEMPHIS 2015-16 Schedule NOVEMBER 14 Southern Miss (ESPN3) ...................................................8 p.m. 17 Oklahoma (ESPN)..............................................................5 p.m. Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational 19 Grambling State (ESPN3).................................................8 p.m. 23 UT Arlington (ESPNews).............................................8:30 p.m. Hoophall Miami Invitational 27 vs. Ohio State2 (ESPN2) ...............................................7:30 p.m. DECEMBER 1 Louisiana Tech (CBSSN) .................................................9 p.m. 5 Southeast Missouri (CBSSN)..........................................7 p.m. 12 Manhattan (ESPN3) ..........................................................8 p.m. 15 Southern (ESPN3) .............................................................8 p.m. 18 Ole Miss (ESPNews) ........................................................8 p.m. 22 IUPUI (ESPN3) ...................................................................8 p.m. 29 Tulane* (ESPNU)...............................................................1 p.m. JANUARY 2 at South Carolina (ESPNU) .................................................TBA 5 Nicholls State (ESPN3) ....................................................8 p.m. 9 at UConn* (ESPN2) ...........................................................7 p.m. 13 Temple* (CBSSN) .............................................................8 p.m. 16 USF* (CBSSN) ....................................................................Noon 21 at Cincinnati* (ESPN/ESPN2)..........................................7 p.m. 24 East Carolina* (CBSSN) ...................................................2 p.m. 26 at UCF* (CBSSN) ...............................................................7 p.m. 30 at SMU* (ESPNU) .............................................................8 p.m.
Shaq Goodwin
FEBRUARY 4 UConn* (ESPN2)................................................................9 p.m. 6 Cincinnati* (ESPN/ESPN2) ...............................................Noon 10 at Houston* (ESPNU) .......................................................7 p.m. 13 at Tulane* (CBSSN) ..........................................................2 p.m. 17 UCF* (ESPNU)....................................................................7 p.m. 20 at USF* (ESPNU) .............................................................11 a.m. 25 SMU* (ESPN/ESPN2) .......................................................7 p.m. 28 Tulsa* (ESPNU) .................................................................4 p.m. MARCH 3 at Temple* (ESPNU) .........................................................7 p.m. 6 at East Carolina* (CBSSN) ..............................................4 p.m. *
American Athletic Conference game Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational Hoophall Miami Invitational in Miami, Fla. All times Eastern
1
@UofMTigersHoops Notebook • Memphis adds eight newcomers to its 2015-16 roster, with seven freshmen as well as Alabama senior transfer, Ricky Tarrant Jr. • Shaq Goodwin ranked second in league play in field-goal shooting (61.1-percent) last season and averaged a career-high 7.1 rebounds. The senior pulled down a career-high 23 rebounds vs. Temple on Feb. 7, 2015 and set a new American Athletic Conference single game record with the mark. • The Tigers rank third nationally with 400 wins since 2000-01. • For the sixth time since the event’s inception in November of 2008, Memphis is scheduled to be a part of the annual ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon. The Tigers will host Oklahoma, a 2015-16 preseason top-10 team, on Nov. 17 on ESPN at FedExForum. Memphis has a 3-2 record in the Tip-Off Marathon. • Memphis ranked 21st nationally in home attendance last year, averaging 13,915 fans for its 18 games at FedExForum. The 201415 No. 21 ranking is the 10th-consecutive top-25 appearance for the Tigers. 46 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
2
MEMPHIS 2014-15 Statistics ## 04 02 00 20 05 15 01 23 40 03 11 12 42 TM
Player GP NICHOLS, Austin 27 GOODWIN, Shaq 31 BURRELL, Trahson 31 WOODSON, Avery 32 KING, Nick 28 JOHNSON, Kedren 27 CRAWFORD, Markel 30 IVERSON, Kuran 8 GODFREY, Calvin 31 POWELL, Pookie 27 HAWKINS, Chris 18 CUNNINGHAM, D’Marnie 20 MCDOWELL, Jake 10 Team Total 32 Opponents 32
GS 26 24 11 30 7 17 22 0 9 11 2 0 1
Min 796 803 741 872 528 634 682 94 438 416 205 217 24
Avg 29.5 25.9 23.9 27.3 18.9 23.5 22.7 11.8 14.1 15.4 11.4 10.9 2.4
6450 6450
TOTAL 3-PTS FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct 151 304 .497 2 9 .222 112 206 .544 5 18 .278 105 234 .449 20 69 .290 85 227 .374 61 162 .377 74 183 .404 6 24 .250 58 144 .403 24 68 .353 67 166 .404 25 83 .301 13 26 .500 2 5 .400 50 115 .435 0 0 .000 43 114 .377 15 52 .288 20 41 .488 2 4 .500 22 59 .373 3 10 .300 2 8 .250 1 2 .500
FT 54 70 52 23 47 41 19 9 38 16 8 8 0
FTA 89 109 81 28 74 50 26 12 60 24 14 11 0
Pct .607 .642 .642 .821 .635 .820 .731 .750 .633 .667 .571 .727 .000
802 694
385 467
578 677
.666 .690
1827 .439 1749 .397
166 164
506 540
.328 .304
REBOUNDS Off Def Tot Avg 54 111 165 6.1 80 141 221 7.1 73 87 160 5.2 8 68 76 2.4 51 83 134 4.8 8 50 58 2.1 16 54 70 2.3 6 9 15 1.9 45 66 111 3.6 4 32 36 1.3 21 27 48 2.7 3 12 15 0.8 0 4 4 0.4 40 42 82 2.6 409 786 1195 37.3 363 697 1060 33.1
PF 50 71 58 95 41 57 54 15 67 30 21 22 5 1 587 517
FO 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
A 26 49 59 36 28 74 54 8 10 72 10 33 1
10 -
460 376
TO 38 61 38 34 29 54 36 13 23 54 10 22 2 13 427 406
Blk 93 35 17 8 9 5 3 4 24 4 2 4 0
Stl 21 20 27 32 16 11 32 3 18 20 7 15 2
208 113
224 238
Pts 358 299 282 254 201 181 178 37 138 117 50 55 5 0 2155 2019
Avg 13.3 9.6 9.1 7.9 7.2 6.7 5.9 4.6 4.5 4.3 2.8 2.8 0.5 67.3 63.1
returning players in italics
2015-16 Roster No. 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 11 12 14 15 20 30 32 42
Name Trahson Burrell Dedric Lawson Shaq Goodwin Avery Woodson Dante Scott Markel Crawford Jeremiah Martin Randall Broddie Craig Randall K.J. Lawson Kedren Johnson Ricky Tarrant Jr. Nick Marshall Caleb Wallingford Jake McDowell
2015-16 Newcomers Pos. G/F F/G F G G G G G G G/F G G F G/F G/F
Class Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr.
Ht. 6-6 6-7 6-9 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-5 6-3 6-1 6-11 6-5 6-6
Wt. 170 218 250 192 212 190 174 166 173 198 220 193 252 214 196
Head Coach: Josh Pastner (Arizona ’98) Assistant Coach: Robert Kirby (Texas-Pan American ’83) Assistant Coach: Damon Stoudamire (Arizona, 2008) Assistant Coach: Keelon Lawson (Union ‘10)
Hometown/Last School Albany, N.Y./Lee College (Texas) Memphis, Tenn./Hamilton HS Atlanta, Ga./Southwest DeKalb HS Waynesboro, Miss./East Mississippi CC Smyrna, Ga./IMG Academy Memphis, Tenn./Melrose HS Memphis, Tenn./Mitchell HS Oxon Hill, Md./Potomac HS Phoenix, Ariz. / Shadow Mountain HS Memphis, Tenn./Hamilton HS Lewisburg, Tenn./Vanderbilt Pleasant Grove, Ala./Alabama Lexington, Tenn./Lexington HS Elkhorn, Neb. /McLennan CC Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers HS
Randall Broddie, G, Fr., 6-2, 166 Oxon Hill, Md./Potomac HS • Rated the No. 7 shooting guard in the nation as well as the country’s No. 45 overall player by Scout.com • Averaged 20.2 points, 4.3 assists and 2.2 rebounds in 2013-14 as he helped lead Potomac to the Maryland Class 2A state championship Dedric Lawson, F/G, Fr., 6-7, 218 Memphis, Tenn./Hamilton HS • A consensus top-30 recruit rated among the nation’s top players by ESPN.com (No. 28), 247sports.com (No. 7), Rivals.com (No. 26) and Scout.com (No. 20) • Helped lead Hamilton High School to a 27-7 record in 2013-14 K.J. Lawson, G/F, Fr., 6-5, 198 Memphis, Tenn./Hamilton HS • A consensus top-50 recruit rated among the nation’s top players by ESPN.com (No. 40), 247sports.com (No. 45), Rivals.com (No. 55) and Scout.com (No. 42) • Helped lead Hamilton High School to a 27-7 record in 2013-14 Nick Marshall, F, Fr., 6-11, 252 Lexington, Tenn./Lexington HS • After reclassification back to the class of 2015, 247sports. com rated him the nation’s No. 78 player and No. 11 center, and the No. 4 player in the state of Tennessee • Named to The Jackson Sun’s 2014-15 All-West Tennessee second team • Averaged a double-double his senior season with 15.6 ppg and 11.4 rpg, also averaged 3.1 blocks Jeremiah Martin, G, Fr., 6-1, 174 Memphis, Tenn./Mitchell HS • Compiled over 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists in his four-year career at Mitchell High School • The 2014-15 TSSAA Division I Class A Mr. Basketball Award winner, also earned 2015 TSSAA Class A Tour-nament MVP honors
Kedren Johnson
Ricky Tarrant Jr., G, Sr., 6-1, 193 Pleasant Grove, Ala./Alabama • Played the 2014-15 season at the University of Alabama where he saw action in 19 games, before being sidelined after the Jan. 27 Florida game by a plantar fascia rupture • Made 13 starts and was second on the team in scoring with 13.1 points
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 47
MEMPHIS 2014-15 Results (18-14, 10-8 American) (Home: 12-6/Away: 5-5/Neutral: 1-3) Att
High Scorer/Rebounder
NOVEMBER 18 vs Wichita State 1 (ESPN) Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational 24 Prairie View A&M (ESPN3) 28 vs Baylor 2 (FS1) 28 vs Indiana State 2 (FS1)
L, 56-71
3,250
King 16/King 7
W, 77-49 L, 47-71 W, 72-62
14,412 5,500 5,500
Goodwin 16/Burrell 9 Powell 13/Nichols 6 Goodwin 19/Goodwin 8
DECEMBER Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational 2 Stephen F. Austin (ESPNews) 6 Bradley (ESPNU) 13 Oklahoma State (ESPN2) 15 North Carolina Central (ESPN3) 17 USC Upstate (ESPN3) 20 Oral Roberts (CBSSN) 23 Western Illinois (ESPN3) 31 Houston * (ESPNU)
L, 52-64 W, 73-45 L, 55-73 W, 81-47 W, 83-73 W, 78-63 W, 78-51 W, 73-54
13,201 13,807 14,501 13,126 13,020 13,084 12,995 13,415
Nichols 16/Three with 6 Goodwin 15/Goodwin 12 Burrell, Iverson 13/Nichols 13 Burrell 15/King 9 Burrell 17/Burrell 12 Nichols 15/Nichols 9 Three with 12/King 10 Woodson 23/Nichols 11
JANUARY 3 Tulane * (ESPNU) 8 at SMU * (ESPN2) 11 at Houston * (CBSSN) 15 Cincinnati * (ESPN) 17 UCF * (ESPNews) 21 at Tulsa * (ESPNU) 24 at Tulane * SK (ESPNU) 28 East Carolina * (CBSSN) 31 at Gonzaga (ESPN2)
L, 66-74 L, 59-73 W, 62-44 W, 63-50 W, 99-79 L, 55-73 W, 57-55 W, 70-58 L, 64-82
13,914 6,807 2,697 14,916 14,027 5,303 3,109 13,335 6,000
Nichols 28/Nichols, Goodwin 9 Nichols 11/Hawkins 7 Nichols 16/Nichols 7 Nichols 17/Nichols, Godfrey 8 Goodwin, King 16/Burrell 12 Woodson 15/Woodson 8 Nichols 17/Nichols 9 Nichols 21/King 7 King 13/Burrell, Goodwin 8
W, 74-48 L, 60-61 L, 53-64 W, 75-48 W, 75-72 ot W, 75-65 L, 57-66 ot L, 72-74
13,385 14,381 4,519 3,288 14,652 4,543 14,523 15,784
Goodwin 16/Nichols, Goodwin 7 Nichols 17/Goodwin 23 King, Goodwin 13/Goodwin 12 Goodwin 18/Goodwin 9 Johnson 21/Nichols 8 Nichols 20/Goodwin 10 Goodwin 17/Nichols 8 Goodwin 17/Three with 8
FEBRUARY 4 Jacksonville State (ESPN3) 7 Temple * (ESPNews) 10 at East Carolina * (ESPNU) 14 at USF * (ESPNU) 19 UConn * (ESPN) 22 at UCF * (CBSSN) 26 SMU * (ESPN2) 28 Tulsa * (ESPNU)
MARCH 5 at UConn * (ESPN2) W, 54-53 10,167 8 at Cincinnati (CBS) L, 65-77 12,358 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 13 vs Temple (ESPN2) L, 75-80 7,056
Burrell 22/Godfrey 10 Goodwin 22/Goodwin 8 Burrell 16/Goodwin 9
* American Athletic Conference game 1 Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, S.D. 2 Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, Nev. SK Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, La. 3 PNC Arena, Raleigh, N.C.
Head Coach Josh Pastner Hired at Memphis - April 6, 2009 Coaching File - Memphis, assistant coach, 2008-09; Arizona, assistant coach, 2002-08; Arizona, video coordinator/recruiting coordinator, 2001-02. Highlights - Only head coach in Memphis history to win 100 games in his first four seasons; ranks sixth on Memphis’ career wins chart after just four years; won three Conference USA tournament titles. Collegiate File - Four-year letterwinner at Arizona; named Academic All-Pac-10 second team as a senior; Helped team to the 1997 NCAA championship; team was 42-0 in games he played; earned a bachelor’s degree in family studies from Arizona in December of 1998, after just two-and-a-half years of academic study; earned a master’s degree in teaching and teacher education from Arizona in 1999. Personal - Native of Kingwood, Texas; Birthdate: Sept. 25, 1977. Married to the former Kerri Lamas. Has a stepson, Ethan, and two daughters: Payten and Kamryn.
48 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Avery Woodson Pastner’s Record Career Record (six years) ...........................................................130-44 (.747) Memphis Record (six years) .......................................................130-44 (.747) NCAA Record (four appearances)...................................................2-4 (.333) NIT Record (one appearance)..........................................................1-1 (.500)
Year-By-Year 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis
Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason 24-10 13-3/2nd 0-1 1-1/NIT 25-10 10-6/4th 3-0 0-1/NCAA 26-9 13-3/1st 3-0 0-1/NCAA 31-5 16-0/1st 3-0 1-1/NCAA 24-10 12-6/t3rd 0-1 1-1/NCAA 18-10 10-8/t5th 0-1
THE TEAMS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA Location: .............................................................................Tampa, Fla. Enrollment: .................................................................................. 45,074 Founded: ......................................................................................... 1956 Nickname: .................................................................................... Bulls Colors: ........................................................................ Green and Gold Website: .................................................................. GoUSFBulls.com Arena: ...........................................................USF Sun Dome (10,411) President: ..............................................................Dr. Judy Genshaft Director of Athletics: ....................................................Mark Harlan Head Coach: ............................Orlando Antigua (Pittsburgh, 1995)
MEDIA RELATIONS Assistant Director of Athletic Communications: Steven Schoon Office Phone: ............................................................... (813) 974-4087 Mobile: ......................................................................... (620) 218-1693 E-mail: .................................................................... schoons@usf.edu Press Row Phone: ...................................................... (813) 974-8236
BULLS’ TEAM FACTS 2014-15 Record/Finish: .......................... 9-23/3-15 American (11th) All-Time Record: .......................................................... 596-684 (.466) NCAA Appearances: ......................................................................... 3 Last NCAA Appearance: ............................................................ 2012 Lettermen Returning/Lost: ............................................................. 7/4 Starters Returning/Lost: ................................................................ 3/2
USF BULLS
Dr. Judy Genshaft President
Mark Harlan Director of Athletics
Orlando Antigua Head Coach
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 49
USF 2015-16 Schedule NOVEMBER 13 Troy (ESPN3).................................................................8:30 p.m. Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational 1 16 NJIT (ESPN3) .....................................................................7 p.m. 19 George Washington (ESPN3)..........................................7 p.m. 21 Boston University (ESPN3) ..............................................7 p.m. 24 Albany (ESPN3)................................................................. 7 p.m. 27 vs. Kentucky1(ESPN) .........................................................5 p.m. 29 Savannah State (ESPN3) .................................................2 p.m. DECEMBER 3 at Delaware (SEC Network) ............................................7 p.m. 5 at South Carolina (SEC Network) ......................................TBA 13 NC State (ESPNU) .............................................................4 p.m. 16 Jacksonville (ESPN3) .......................................................7 p.m. 19 UAB (ESPN3) .....................................................................7 p.m. 22 at Seton Hall (FS1) .......................................................6:30 p.m. 30 Houston * (ESPNU) ...........................................................2 p.m. JANUARY 2 at SMU* (ESPNews)......................................................4/8 p.m. 6 at UCF* (ESPNews) ..........................................................7 p.m. 10 Cincinnati* (ESPNU) ..........................................................Noon 12 Tulane* (ESPNews) ..........................................................7 p.m. 16 at Memphis* (CBSSN) ......................................................Noon 20 UCF* (ESPNews) ..........................................................6:15 p.m. 23 at Houston* (CBSSN) .......................................................4 p.m. 27 at Tulane* (ESPN3) ...........................................................8 p.m. 31 Temple* (CBSSN) ................................................................TBD FEBRUARY 4 at Cincinnati* (CBSSN) ................................................... 8 p.m. 7 SMU* (CBSSN)..................................................................2 p.m. 14 at Temple* (CBSSN) ............................................................TBD 16 at East Carolina* (ESPN3) ...............................................7 p.m. 20 Memphis* (ESPNU) ........................................................11 a.m. 25 UConn* (CBSSN)..................................................................TBD
Nehemias Morillo
MARCH 2 East Carolina* (ESPNU) ...................................................9 p.m. 5 at Tulsa* (ESPNews) ........................................................5 p.m. * American Athletic Conference game 1 Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational at Miami, Fla. All times Eastern
@USFMBB Notebook • USF traveled abroad to Spain for a 10-day foreign tour from Aug. 8-18. The Bulls went 2-2 in the exhibitions with wins over CB VIC roster 1 (83-63) and CB VIC roster 2 (84-75, OT) in Barcalona. • The Bulls’ 2014-15 schedule includes nine teams with an RPI of 54 or better. • USF returns five players who started at least eight games last season. Troy Holston Jr. is not counted among those five returners as he suffered a torn ACL in July. • After three and a half seasons of Anthony Collins in the point guard position, USF will turn the reins over to sophomore transfer Roddy Peters. The 6-3 guard was a five-star recruit out of Suitland High School and played his freshman season at Maryland. • Two of this season’s most anticipated coaching matchups include Orlando Antigua against Kentucky’s John Calipari, whom Antigua assisted for six seasons and against South Carolina’s Frank Martin. Antigua and Martin are the only two Hispanic head coaches in NCAA Division I.
50 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
USF 2014-15 Statistics ## 04 01 05 25 11 35 33 20 15 00 13 TM
Player ALLEN JR., Corey PERRY, Chris MORILLO, Nehemias HOLSTON JR., Troy COLLINS, Anthony ZEIGLER, Bo GUERRERO, Ruben MERCURIUS, Dinero COUSINS, Jaleel CLAYTON, Dre BODWAY, Jake Team Total Opponents
GP 28 19 30 29 32 31 28 29 32 28 15 32 32
GS 27 18 23 11 32 16 22 3 8 0 0
Min Avg 937 33.5 496 26.1 838 27.9 671 23.1 1084 33.9 753 24.3 678 24.2 404 13.9 367 11.5 215 7.7 32 2.1 6475 6475
TOTAL FG FGA 156 351 85 173 117 278 73 219 91 206 83 164 63 133 33 84 32 68 9 37 3 7 745 736
1720 1742
Pct .444 .491 .421 .333 .442 .506 .474 .393 .471 .243 .429
3-PTS 3FG 40 0 37 39 8 0 0 8 0 3 1
FGA 114 2 116 126 29 3 0 39 0 18 1
Pct .351 .000 .319 .310 .276 .000 .000 .205 .000 .167 1.000
FT 80 36 32 44 38 32 25 23 29 5 0
FTA 101 61 43 62 56 78 49 28 67 11 0
.433 .423
136 216
448 588
.304 .367
344 501
556 735
REBOUNDS Pct Off Def .792 24 78 .590 37 98 .744 31 99 .710 19 56 .679 10 73 .410 41 97 .510 68 61 .821 16 39 .433 32 51 .455 12 31 .000 0 0 53 58 .619 343 741 .682 393 746
Tot Avg 102 3.6 135 7.1 130 4.3 75 2.6 83 2.6 138 4.5 129 4.6 55 1.9 83 2.6 43 1.5 0 0.0 111 3.5 1084 33.9 1139 35.6
PF 56 56 69 57 74 92 49 54 77 21 4 0 609 551
FO 1 2 2 2 2 8 0 1 5 0 0
A 71 12 38 19 167 16 7 21 3 7 1
24 -
362 407
TO 71 41 64 30 76 46 34 15 37 12 2 8 436 392
Blk 9 24 7 7 3 35 43 0 23 5 0
Stl 43 15 20 18 49 11 8 11 4 4 1
156 131
184 214
Pts Avg 432 15.4 206 10.8 303 10.1 229 7.9 228 7.1 198 6.4 151 5.4 97 3.3 93 2.9 26 0.9 7 0.5 0 1970 61.6 2189 68.4
returning players in italics
2015-16 Roster No. 0 1 2 3 5 10 13 14 15 21 22 25 33 35 42
Name Jahmal McMurray Chris Perry Geno Thorpe* Roddy Peters Nehemias Morillo Tre’ Bryant Jake Bodway Justin David Jaleel Cousins Tulio Da Silva* Angel Nunez Troy Holston Jr. Ruben Guerrero Bo Zeigler Luis Santos
2015-16 Newcomers Pos. Class Ht. G Fr. 6-0 F Jr. 6-8 G Jr. 6-3 G So. 6-3 G Sr. 6-5 G Jr. 5-11 G So. 6-2 G So. 6-2 C Sr. 6-11 F Fr. 6-8 F Sr. 6-8 G So. 6-4 C So. 6-11 F So. 6-6 F Fr. 6-8
Wt. Hometown/Last School 175 Topeka, Kan./Sunrise Christian Academy 242 Bartow, Fla./Bartow Senior HS 180 Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn State 192 District Heights, Md./Maryland 180 Santiago, Dominican Republic/Monroe College-N.Y. 175 Bradenton, Fla./State College of Florida 185 Bloomington, Minn./Bloomington Jefferson HS 180 Pittsburgh, Pa./Grove City College 265 Mobile, Ala./Navarro College-Texas 200 Formiga, Brazil/Arlington Country Day-Fla. 202 Washington Heights, N.Y./Gonzaga 200 Queens, N.Y./Oldsmar Christian-Fla. 225 Marbella, Spain/Sunrise Christian Academy-Kan. 202 Detroit, Mich./Community HS 245 Bronx, N.Y./Sunrise Christian Academy-Kan.
Head Coach: Orlando Antigua (Pittsburgh ‘95) Assistant Coach: Sergio Garcia (Nova Southeastern ‘87) Assistant Coach: Rod Strickland (Northeastern Illinois ‘13) Assistant Coach: Oliver Antigua (Pittsburgh ‘98) * Transfer who will sit out the 2015-16 season due to NCAA rules.
Justin David G, So., 6-2, 180 Pittsburgh, Pa./Grove City College • Walk-on who practiced but did not play for the Bulls in 201415 due to NCAA transfer rule • Played one season prior to USF at Grove City College • Played high school at Mt. Lebanon located in Pa. Pa where he averaged 14 points per game as a senior Jahmal McMurray, G, Fr., 6-0, 175 Topeka, Kan./Sunrise Christian Academy • Rated a three-star recruit by Rivals.com • Was a three-time all-state selection at Highland Park High School, including first-team all-state as a senior • Averaged 19.7 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game as a senior for Highland Park • Was the City Player of the Year for Topeka s and led Highland Park to the state championship game during his junior and senior seasons Angel Nunez, F, Sr., 6-8, 202 Washington Heights, N.Y./Gonzaga • Spent the past two seasons at Gonzaga, after he sat out the first semester during the 2013-14 season per NCAA transfer rules; averaged 2.7 points and 1.9 rebounds as a junior • Originally signed with Louisville and played for the Cardinals as a freshman, but sat out the first 10 games as a sophomore with a concussion before deciding to transfer • As a freshman at Louisville, played in 12 games and averaged 2.0 points and 0.7 rebounds per game • Attended Notre Dame Prep as a senior in high school and averaged 13.1 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game to help his team advance to the finals of the 2011 National Prep Championship Roddy Peters G, So., 6-3, 192 District Heights, Md./Maryland • Appeared in all 32 games, making 10 starts for Maryland whnere he averaged 15.1 minutes per game • Ranked second on team with 67 total assists, averaging 2.1 per game, also averaged 4.1 points/g and 1.3 rebounds/g • Attended Suitland High School in District Heights, Md. • Previously a five-star prospect, the 19th-ranked player overall and the third-ranked point guard by 247Sports.com; a four-star prospect and the 11th-ranked point guard by Scout.com; a four-star prospect, the No. 45-ranked player overall and the No. 8-ranked point guard by ESPN.com
Jaleel Cousins
Luis Santos, F, Fr., 6-8, 245 Bronx, N.Y./Sunrise Christian Academy-Kan. • Rated a four-star recruit by ESPN.com and a four-star prospect and the No. 18 power forward in the country by 247Sports.com • Competed at Sunrise Christian High School in Wichita, Kan., during the 2014-15 season • Attended St. Raymond High School (N.Y.) and averaged 11.1 points and 5.6 rebounds in 14 games during the 2012-13 season
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 51
USF 2014-15 Results (9-23, 3-15 American) (Home: 8-9/Away: 1-13/Neutral: 0-1) NOVEMBER 14 Flagler Global Sports Shootout 16 Jackson State (ESPN3) 20 at Alabama-Birmingham Global Sports Shootout 23 at North Carolina State (ESPNU) 25 Hofstra (ESPN3) 29 Jacksonville (ESPN3)
Att
High Scorer/Rebounder
W, 75-61
3,621
Perry 18/Morillo 10
W, 73-64 ot W, 73-71
3,095 2,501
Perry 21/Perry 10 Perry 18/Perry, Allen Jr. 8
L, 65-68 W, 71-70 W, 79-65
15,157 3,228 2,993
Allen Jr. 14/Morillo 7 Allen Jr. 18/Morillo 6 Allen Jr. 29/Zeigler 8
L, 71-82 L, 57-67 L, 63-68 L, 69-89
9,342 2,664 2,912 3,330
Allen Jr. 16/Perry 8 Allen Jr. 26/Perry 7 Perry 16/Perry 12 Perry 16/Perry 8
L, 62-75 W, 78-63 L, 70-79 L, 49-83
10,175 2,818 3,513 6,624
Allen Jr. 31/Perry 8 Allen Jr. 19/Perry 8 Perry 21/Perry 11 Perry 12/Perry 8
W, 58-50 L, 44-58 ot L, 51-56 L, 58-75 L, 48-73 L, 53-66 L, 52-63 ot L, 71-78
3,184 6,128 1,977 3,165 5,352 14,105 3,589 4,939
Guerrero 13/Zeigler 8 Allen Jr. 12/Perry 8 Allen Jr. 13/Guerrero 11 Morillo 15/Morillo 6 Allen Jr. 12/Guerrero, Cousins 6 Morillo 18/Allen Jr. 4 Morillo, Allen Jr. 18/Cousins 10 Allen Jr. 32/Clayton 7
L, 48-61 L, 58-63 L, 62-73 L, 48-75 W, 69-67 L, 60-73
3,249 11,670 6,201 3,288 3,128 5,073
Allen Jr. 16/Guerrero 14 Allen Jr. 18/Cousins 7 Allen Jr. 15/Collins 8 Guerrero 17/Allen Jr. 7 Holston Jr. 18/Three with 6 Allen Jr. 28/Allen Jr. 8
2,816 3,417 3,163
Holston Jr. 22/Holston Jr. 7 Zeigler 20/Holston Jr., Zeigler 10 Holston Jr. 21/Guerrero 5
5,431
Morillo 13/Guerrero 7
DECEMBER 2 at Alabama (SEC Network) 6 at Detroit (ESPN3) 15 Georgia Southern (ESPN3) 18 Seton Hall (CBSSN) MetroPCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic 20 vs Florida State1 (SportSouth) 23 Southeastern Louisiana (ESPN3) 28 Bowling Green (ESPN3) 31 at SMU* (ESPN2) JANUARY 3 East Carolina* (ESPN3) 6 UConn* (ESPN2) 11 at Tulane* (ESPN3) 17 Tulsa* (ESPNU) 22 at Temple* (ESPNews) 25 at UConn* (CBSSN) 28 SMU* (ESPNU) 31 at Tulsa* (ESPNews) FEBRUARY 4 Temple* (ESPNews) 7 at Cincinnati* (ESPNews) 11 at UCF* (ESPNews) 14 Memphis* (ESPNU) 17 Houston* (ESPNews) 21 at East Carolina* (ESPNU)
MARCH 1 at Houston* (ESPN3) L, 55-72 4 UCF* (ESPNU) W, 74-45 7 Tulane* (ESPNews) L, 63-67 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 12 vs UConn (ESPNews) L, 43-69
Ruben Guerrero
* American Athletic Conference game 1 BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla.
Head Coach Orlando Antigua @USFCoachO Hired at USF - March 31, 2014 Coaching File - Kentucky, assistant coach, 2009-14; Memphis, assistant coach, 2008-09; Pittsburgh, assistant coach, 2005-08; Pittsburgh, director of operations, 2003-05. Highlights - Made three Final Four appearances, two national championship games, and won a national title as an assistant at Kentucky. Has coached nine players picked in the top-10 of the NBA draft. Record of 266-67 as an assistant coach, including a 24-7 mark in the NCAA Championship. Collegiate/Playing File - Played four years at Pittsburgh, where he graduated in 2005 with a degree in social science. Went on to play for the Harlem Globetrotters (1995-02) before joining the Pittsburgh staff in 2003. Personal - Born Feb. 20, 1973 in the Dominican Republic. Married to his wife, Dana. They have two children: a daughter, Olivia, and a son, Orlando, Jr.
52 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Antigua’s Record Career Record (one year)................................................................9-23 (.281) USF Record (one year).....................................................................9-23 (.281) NCAA Record ......................................................................................0-0 (.000)
Year-By-Year 2014-15
USF
Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason 9-23 3-15/11th 0-1
THE TEAMS SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY S L Location: ......................................................................... Dallas, Texas EEnrollment: .................................................................................. 10,981 FFounded: ......................................................................................... 1911 Nickname: ........................................................................... Mustangs N Colors: ............................................................................ Red and Blue C Website: .............................................................SMUMustangs.com W Arena: ..........................................................Moody Coliseum (7,000) A P President: .......................................................... Dr. R. Gerald Turner Director of Athletics: ..........................................................Rick Hart D Head Coach: ...............................Larry Brown (North Carolina ’63) H
MEDIA RELATIONS M D Director of Public Relations: ................................ Herman Hudson Office Phone: ............................................................... (214) 768-1304 O M Mobile: ......................................................................... (214) 924-0358 EE-mail: ..................................................................hermanh@smu.edu Press Row Phone: ...................................................... (214) 768-7742 P
MUSTANGS’ TEAM FACTS 2014-15 Record/Finish: .............................27-7/15-3 American (1st) All-Time Record: .................................................... 1,271-1,183 (.518) NCAA Appearances: ....................................................................... 11 Last NCAA Appearance: ............................................................ 2015 Lettermen Returning/Lost: ............................................................. 7/6 Starters Returning/Lost: ................................................................ 3/2
SMU MUSTANGS
Dr. R. Gerald Turner President
Rick Hart Director of Athletics
Larry Brown Head Coach
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 53
SMU 2015-16 Schedule NOVEMBER 14 Sam Houston State (ESPN3) ...........................................8 p.m. 19 at Stanford (ESPN2)...................................................11:30 p.m. 22 Yale (ESPNews) ..........................................................4:30 p.m. 29 Brown (ESPN3) .................................................................3 p.m. DECEMBER 2 at TCU (FSSW) ..................................................................8 p.m. 5 New Hampshire (ESPN3)............................................1:30 p.m. 8 Michigan (ESPN2).............................................................9 p.m. 16 Nicholls (ESPN3) ...............................................................8 p.m. 17 Hampton (ESPN3) .............................................................7 p.m. Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic 22 vs. Kent State1 ...................................................................8 p.m. 23 vs. Colorado/Penn State1 (FS1) ........................ 9 or 11:30 p.m. 29 at Tulsa* (ESPN2) .............................................................5 p.m. JANUARY 2 USF* (ESPNews) ....................................................... 4 or 8 p.m. 7 Cincinnati* (ESPN/ESPN2) ..............................................7 p.m. 10 UCF* (ESPNU) ...................................................................4 p.m. 13 at East Carolina* (ESPNews) .....................................6:15 p.m. 17 at Tulane* (ESPN3) ...........................................................3 p.m. 19 Houston* (ESPNU) ............................................................8 p.m. 23 at Temple* (ESPNU) .........................................................8 p.m. 30 Memphis* (ESPNU) ..........................................................8 p.m. FEBRUARY 1 at Houston* (CBSSN) ......................................................8 p.m. 7 at USF* (CBSSN) ...............................................................2 p.m. 10 Tulsa* (CBSSN) .................................................................9 p.m. 13 Gonzaga (ESPN2) ............................................................10 p.m. 18 at UConn*XL (ESPN/ESPN2) .................................... 7 or 8 p.m. 21 East Carolina* (ESPNews) .............................................2 p.m. 25 at Memphis* (ESPN/ESPN2) ..........................................7 p.m. 28 Tulane* (CBSSN) .............................................................4 p.m.
Nic Moore
MARCH 3 UConn* (ESPN/ESPN2) ....................................................9 p.m. 6 at Cincinnati* (CBS)...........................................................Noon * American Athletic Conference game 1 Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic at Orleans Arena XL Game played at XL Center in Hartford, Conn. All times Eastern
@SMUBasketball Notebook • In 2015 SMU made its 11th appearance in the NCAA tournament and its first trip since 1993. • The Mustangs defeated UConn 62-54 in The American Championship to earn an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. The title marks the second time SMU has won a conference tournament (1988 Southwest Conference). It is also the second time SMU won both the regular season and tournament titles (1988 SWC). • SMU was in the national rankings for the final seven regular season polls, entering the NCAA Tournament at No. 18 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll and No. 19 in the USA Today Coaches Top 25 poll. • Nic Moore, The 2014-15 American Player of the Year, will return to SMU to finish his senior year. • Markus Kennedy was the 2015 American Athletic Conference Sixth Man of the Year, as he averaged 11.9 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.4 steals, 1.1 assists and shot 54.8 percent from the field in 2014-15. 54 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
SMU 2014-15 Statistics ## 11 05 02 04 00 01 15 20 03 21 22 24 10 TM
Player MOORE, Nic KENNEDY, Markus MOREIRA, Yanick FRAZIER, Keith MOORE, Ben MANUEL, Ryan CUNNINGHAM, Cannen MARTIN, Justin BROWN, Sterling EMELOGU, Ben WILFONG, Jonathan MUDIAY, Jean-Micheal DUNLEAVY, Kevin Team Total Opponents
GP 34 24 34 17 34 34 34 10 34 34 7 6 7 34 34
GS 34 0 34 16 30 29 5 1 17 4 0 0 0
Min Avg 1179 34.7 551 23.0 828 24.4 473 27.8 762 22.4 983 28.9 546 16.1 122 12.2 814 23.9 516 15.2 22 3.1 15 2.5 14 2.0
TOTAL FG FGA 156 371 108 197 144 262 61 136 82 187 77 152 86 157 20 40 64 122 31 112 3 6 0 5 0 3
6825 6825
832 691
1750 1815
Pct .420 .548 .550 .449 .439 .507 .548 .500 .525 .277 .500 .000 .000
3-PTS 3FG 77 0 0 23 0 4 1 4 20 16 0 0 0
FGA 185 3 0 69 0 11 7 13 45 60 2 3 2
Pct .416 .000 .000 .333 .000 .364 .143 .308 .444 .267 .000 .000 .000
FT 104 70 89 34 77 64 41 13 29 16 1 3 0
FTA 117 109 139 42 113 108 55 18 37 22 2 7 1
.475 .381
145 268
400 823
.363 .326
541 382
770 562
REBOUNDS Pct Off Def .889 8 70 .642 56 94 .640 80 139 .810 10 58 .681 66 95 .593 25 88 .745 35 85 .722 3 19 .784 51 104 .727 7 55 .500 2 1 .429 0 1 .000 0 2 45 45 .703 388 856 .680 357 659
Tot Avg 78 2.3 150 6.3 219 6.4 68 4.0 161 4.7 113 3.3 120 3.5 22 2.2 155 4.6 62 1.8 3 0.4 1 0.2 2 0.3 90 2.6 1244 36.6 1016 29.9
PF 64 53 61 26 84 78 65 9 63 45 1 1 1 0 551 642
FO 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 175 27 33 23 64 72 18 7 70 34 1 0 0
7 -
524 421
TO 87 37 60 21 55 39 38 10 31 29 2 3 2 12 426 441
Blk 1 20 40 6 30 13 21 0 8 7 0 0 0
Stl 43 33 24 14 31 19 19 4 29 20 1 0 0
146 124
237 224
Pts Avg 493 14.5 286 11.9 377 11.1 179 10.5 241 7.1 222 6.5 214 6.3 57 5.7 177 5.2 94 2.8 7 1.0 3 0.5 0 0.0 0 2350 69.1 2032 59.8
returning players in italics
2015-16 Roster No. 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 11 21 22 23 33
Name Pos. Ben Moore F Malik ‘Shake’ Milton G Sedrick Barefield G Sterling Brown G Keith Frazier G Markus Kennedy F Jarrey Foster G Nic Moore G Ben Emelogu II G Jonathan Wilfong G Jordan Tolbert F Semi Ojeleye F
2015-16 Newcomers Class Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr.
Ht. 6-8 6-5 6-2 -6 6-5 6-9 6-5 5-9 6-6 6-2 6-7 6-8
Wt. Hometown/Last School 205 Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook HS 195 Owasso, Okla./Owasso HS 190 Corona, Calif./Centennial HS 200 Maywood, Ill./Proviso East HS 190 Dallas, Texas/Kimball HS 245 Philadelphia, Pa./Villanova 200 Houston, Texas/North Shore HS 170 Winona Lake, Ind./Illinois State 205 Grand Prairie, Texas/Virginia Tech 185 Memphis, Tenn./Memphis University School 240 Fort Worth, Texas/Texas Tech 230 Ottawa, Kansas/Duke
Head Coach: Larry Brown (North Carolina ‘63) Associate Head Coach: Tim Jankovich (Kansas State ‘82) Assistant Coach: K.T. Turner (Oklahoma City ‘03) Assistant Coach: Jerry Hobbie (Fordham ‘85)
Sedrick Barefield, G, Fr., 6-2,190 Corona, Calif./Centennial HS • As a senior, he led Centennial to a 25-6 record while averaging 20.6 points, 4.2 assists, 2.2 rebounds and 1.4 steals • Named Southern Section All-Open Division, Riverside Press-Enterprise All-Area Player of the Year, Los Angeles Times All-Area, High School GameTime Boys Basketball Player of the Year, Big VIII League MVP and All-CIF third team after the 2015 season • Co-MVP of the Big League VIII after the 2014 season1 Jarrey Foster, G, Fr., 6-5, 200 Houston, Texas/North Shore HS • Missed senior season due to injury • As a junior, he led North Shore to the UIL Class 5A State Championship after averaging 12.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 1.2 steals • Named Championship Game MVP after posting 16 points and 10 rebounds Malik ‘Shake’ Milton, G, Fr., 6-5, 195 Owasso, Okla./Owasso HS • As a senior, he averaged 29.7 points and 4.4 assists to be named Oklahoma Super 5 Player of the Year • Led Owasso to a 24-4 record and to the Class 6A State Championship quarterfinals • Played for the 2015 Oklahoma Coaches Association Boys All-State Large East Team • Named the 2014 and 2015 Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year
Markus Kennedy 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 55
SMU 2014-15 Results (27-7, 15-3 American) (Home: 16-2/Away: 9-4/Neutral: 2-1)
Att
High Scorer/Rebounder
W, 93-54 L, 56-72
6,971 6,000
B. Moore 22/B. Moore 9 B. Moore 11/B. Moore, Moreira 8
L, 68-74 W, 77-68 L, 72-78
17,472 6,852 7,086
B. Moore 16/Brown 9 N. Moore 22/Brown 11 Moreira 20/Moreira 10
W, 72-59 W, 63-51
6,852 6,852
N. Moore 17/Moreira 7 N. Moore 23/B. Moore 8
W, 66-53 ot W, 80-73 W, 67-46 W, 62-51 W, 70-61 W, 83-49
6,852 6,852 6,852 12,221 6,589 6,624
N. Moore 25/Moreira 13 Frazier 20/Cunningham 10 N. Moore, Frazier 16/Frazier 10 Moreira 19/Manuel 8 N. Moore 23/B. Moore 13 B. Moore 15/Cunningham 6
JANUARY 3 at Cincinnati* (ESPN2) 8 Memphis* (ESPN2) 11 at UCF* (CBSSN) 14 at Temple* (CBSSN) 17 East Carolina* (CBSSN) 21 at Tulane* (CBSSN) 24 Houston* (CBSSN) 28 at USF* (ESPNU) 31 UCF* (ESPNU)
L, 50-56 W, 73-59 W, 70-61 W, 60-55 W, 77-54 W, 66-52 W, 80-59 W, 63-52 W, 75-46
10,013 6,807 3,664 7,695 7,001 3,115 7,094 3,589 7,043
Manuel 14/Kennedy 5 Kennedy 21/Frazier 8 N. Moore 21/Moreira 8 Kennedy 21/Kennedy 7 N. Moore 14/Brown 7 N. Moore 18/Cunningham 10 N. Moore 28/B. Moore 10 Kennedy 22/Moreira 10 Manuel 20/Kennedy 11
FEBRUARY 5 Cincinnati* (ESPN) 7 at Tulsa* (ESPNU) 12 at Houston* (ESPNU) 14 UConn* (ESPN) 19 Temple* (ESPN2) 26 at Memphis* (ESPN2)
L, 54-62 W, 68-57 W, 75-69 W, 73-55 W, 67-58 W, 66-57
7,098 7,677 3,315 7,395 6,852 14,523
Cunningham 14/Kennedy 9 N. Moore 23/Moreira 13 Kennedy 15/Moreira 9 Three with 13/Moreira 10 N. Moore 18/Kennedy 6 N. Moore 16/B. Moore 8
15,564 7,314
Kennedy 18/Kennedy 9 Kennedy 16/Cunningham 12
7,056 10,114 13,365
N. Moore 20/Three with 6 Kennedy 17/Brown 10 Kennedy 15/Brown 12
21,639
N. Moore 24/Kennedy 9
NOVEMBER Hoosiers Showcase 14 Lamar (ESPN3)1 17 at Gonzaga (ESPN2) Hoosiers Showcase 20 at Indiana (Big Ten Network)1 22 Eastern Washington (ESPN3)1 25 Arkansas (ESPNews) Hoosiers Showcase 26 Texas Southern (ESPN3)1 30 Monmouth (ESPN3) DECEMBER 5 Wyoming (ESPNews) 8 UC Santa Barbara (CBSSN) 17 Illinois-Chicago (CBSSN) 20 at Michigan (ESPN2) 29 Midwestern State (ESPN3) 31 USF* (ESPN2)
MARCH 1 at UConn* (CBS) L, 73-81 8 Tulsa* (ESPNU) W, 67-62 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 13 vs East Carolina (ESPN2) W, 74-68 14 vs Temple (ESPN2) W, 69-56 15 at UConn (ESPN) W, 62-54 NCAA Championship L, 59-60 19 vs UCLA (truTV)2
Ben Moore
* American Athletic Conference game 2 KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky.
Head Coach Larry Brown @LarryBrownSMU Hired at SMU – April 19, 2012 Coaching File – Head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats from 2008-10; head coach of the New York Knicks from 2005-06; Head coach of the Detroit Pistons from 2003-05; head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers from 1997-2003; head coach of the Indiana Pacers from 1993-97; head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers from 1992-93; head coach of the San Antonio Spurs from 1988-92; head coach at Kansas from 1983-88, winning the NCAA title in 1988; head coach of the New Jersey Nets from 1981-83; head coach of UCLA from 1979-81; head coach of the Denver Nuggets from 1974-79; head coach of the Carolina Cougars (ABA) from 1972-74; assistant coach at North Carolina from 1965-67; head coach of USA Basketball in 1985, 1987, 1999, 2000 and 2003-04; won 2004 Olympic bronze medal; Naismith Hall of Fame inductee in 2002; won the 2004 NBA title with the Detroit Pistons; won the 1988 NCAA title at Kansas and made three Final Fours (1980 at UCLA and 1986 and 1988 with Kansas); only coach to win both an NCAA and NBA title. Collegiate/Playing File – Played at North Carolina from 1959-63 and was a member of Dean Smith’s first two Tar Heel teams; led the Tar Heels in scoring in 1961-62; won an Olympic gold medal in 1964 with USA Basketball; graduated from North Carolina in 1963. Personal - Born Sept. 14, 1940; He and his wife, Shelley, have a son, L.J., and a daughter, Madison. Also has two daughters, Kristen and Alli, and six grandchildren.
56 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Brown’s Record Career Record (10 years) ............................................................246-95 (.721) SMU (three years) ..........................................................................69-34 (.670) Kansas (five years) .......................................................................135-44 (.754) UCLA (two years) ............................................................................37-16 (.698) NCAA Record (seven appearances) .............................................19-6 (.760) NIT Record (one appearance)..........................................................4-1 (.800)
Year-By-Year 1979-80 1980-81 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
UCLA UCLA Kansas Kansas Kansas Kansas Kansas SMU SMU SMU
Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason 22-10 12-6/4th 5-1/NCAA 20-7 13-5/3rd 0-1/NCAA 22-10 9-5/2nd 1-1/NCAA 26-8 11-3/2nd 1-1/NCAA 35-4 13-1/1st 4-1/NCAA 25-11 9-5/t-2nd 2-1/NCAA 27-11 9-5/3rd 6-0/NCAA Champion 15-17 5-11/11th 27-10 12-6/t3rd 0-1 4-1/NIT 27-7 15-3/1st 3-0 0-1/NCAA
THE TEAMS TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Location: ................................................................... Philadelphia, Pa. Enrollment: .................................................................................. 39,000 Founded: ......................................................................................... 1884 Nickname: .................................................................................... Owls Colors: .....................................................................Cherry and White Website: .....................................................................OwlSports.com Arena: .......................................................Liacouras Center (10,200) President: .......................................................... Dr. Neil D. Theobald Director of Athletics: ............................................. Dr. Patrick Kraft Head Coach: .......................................... Fran Dunphy (La Salle ’70)
MEDIA RELATIONS Senior Associate AD/Communications: ............. Larry Dougherty Office Phone: ............................................................... (215) 204-2588 Mobile: ......................................................................... (215) 651-1822 E-mail: ................................................. larry.dougherty@temple.edu Press Box Phone: ....................................................... (215) 204-7445
OWLS’ TEAM FACTS 2014-15 Record/Finish: ....................... 26-11/13-5 American (t-3rd) All-Time Record: .................................................... 1,849-1,028 (.643) NCAA Appearances: ....................................................................... 31 Last NCAA Appearance: ............................................................ 2013 Lettermen Returning/Lost: ........................................................... 10/4 Starters Returning/Lost: ................................................................ 2/3
TEMPLE OWLS
Dr. Neil D. Theobald President
Dr. Patrick Kraft Director of Athletics
Fran Dunphy Head Coach
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 57
TEMPLE 2015-16 Schedule NOVEMBER Veterans Classic 13 vs. North Carolina1 (CBSSN) ...........................................7 p.m. Puerto Rico Tip‐Off 19 vs. Minnesota2 (ESPNU) ............................................11:30 a.m. 20 vs. Butler/Missouri St.2 (ESPN2/ESPNU) ... 10:30 a.m./1 p.m. 22 vs. TBA2 (ESPN2/ESPNU) ....................................................TBA 29 Delaware (ESPN3) ............................................................5 p.m. DECEMBER 2 Fairleigh Dickinson (ESPN3) ...........................................7 p.m. 5 at Wisconsin (CBS)....................................................12:30 p.m. 9 at Penn3 ..............................................................................7 p.m. 13 Saint Joseph’s (Pa.)3 (CBSSN) ........................................4 p.m. 19 Delaware State (ESPN3)..................................................4 p.m. 29 at Cincinnati * (ESPN2) ....................................................3 p.m. JANUARY 2 Houston* (ESPNews) ........................................................Noon 5 at UConn*XL (CBSSN) ......................................................8 p.m. 9 East Carolina* (ESPNews) ..............................................9 p.m. 13 at Memphis* (CBSSN) .....................................................8 p.m. 16 Cincinnati* (ESPNU) ..........................................................Noon 20 vs. La Salle3 ........................................................................7 p.m. 23 SMU* (ESPNU) ..................................................................8 p.m. 27 at East Carolina * (ESPN3) ..............................................7 p.m. 31 at USF* (CBSSN) ...............................................................2 p.m. FEBRUARY 4 Tulsa* (ESPNU) .................................................................7 p.m. 6 at UCF* (ESPNU) .............................................................12 p.m. 11 UConn* (ESPN/ESPN2) ....................................................7 p.m. 14 USF* (CBSSN) ...................................................................3 p.m. 17 Villanova3 (ESPN2) ............................................................7 p.m. 21 at Houston* (ESPNews)...................................................7 p.m. 23 at Tulsa* (ESPNews) ........................................................7 p.m. 27 UCF* (ESPNews) .............................................................12 p.m.
Josh Brown @TUMBBHoops Notebook • Temple reached the semifinal round of the 2015 NIT, where the Owls fell to Miami (Fla), 60-57. • Last season Temple improved by 17 wins from the 2013-14 season, when the Owls were 9-22. It was the best turnaround by any Division I program in 2014-15. • The team will play 14 home games this season, with city rivals Villanova and Saint Joseph’s highlighting the nonconference games. Eight American Athletic Conference opponents will be showcased at the Liacouras Center with Tulane being the lone league member not to visit Philadelphia. • Head coach Fran Dunphy reached his 500th career win last year with the team’s 80-75 win over Memphis in the American Athletic Conference Championship quarterfinals. Dunphy was chosen as the American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year and has 503 career wins heading into this season. • Of the 30 total games on the schedule, all but two games are scheduled to be televised. The Owls have 21 games set to be televised by ESPN entities and six will be seen on CBS Sports Network. 58 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
MARCH 3 Memphis* (ESPNU) ..........................................................7 p.m. 6 at Tulane* (ESPN3) ...........................................................3 p.m. * American Athletic Conference game 1 Veterans Classic at US Naval Academy (Annapolis, Md.) 2 Puerto Rico Tip‐Off in San Juan, Puerto Rico 3 Game played at The Palestra in Philadelphia, Pa. XL Game played at XL Center in Hartford, Conn. All times Eastern
TEMPLE 2014-15 Statistics ## 02 25 03 15 01 00 04 34 10 23 11 50 41 13 TM
Player CUMMINGS, Will DECOSEY, Quenton MORGAN, Jesse BOND, Jaylen BROWN, Josh ENECHIONYIA, Obi DINGLE, Daniel COLEMAN, Devin WILLIAMS, Mark WATSON, Devontae ROBBINS, Mike NWAKPUDA, Chima MCDONNELL, Jimmy PENDERGAST, Nick Team Total Opponents
GP 36 37 27 35 37 34 36 27 31 37 8 7 15 12
GS 35 35 27 29 2 4 12 0 9 30 0 0 1 1
37 37
Min Avg 1224 34.0 1109 30.0 786 29.1 939 26.8 809 21.9 635 18.7 593 16.5 309 11.4 410 13.2 520 14.1 11 1.4 8 1.1 52 3.5 20 1.7 7425 7425
TOTAL FG FGA 159 396 143 379 107 307 117 263 74 186 66 147 43 133 37 105 37 114 46 100 1 3 1 1 1 9 1 6 833 803
2149 2040
3-PTS Pct 3FG .402 24 .377 51 .349 68 .445 10 .398 21 .449 12 .323 17 .352 18 .325 12 .460 0 .333 1 1.000 0 .111 1 .167 0 .388 .394
235 210
FGA 105 142 192 47 56 43 77 61 43 0 2 0 2 2
Pct .229 .359 .354 .213 .375 .279 .221 .295 .279 .000 .500 .000 .500 .000
FT 189 119 40 22 63 37 27 4 23 9 1 1 0 0
FTA 234 177 49 61 73 47 47 14 37 19 2 2 1 2
772 669
.304 .314
535 447
765 683
REBOUNDS Pct Off Def .808 33 114 .672 37 132 .816 31 60 .361 116 161 .863 19 94 .787 45 79 .574 29 65 .286 14 49 .622 27 55 .474 30 89 .500 1 2 .500 0 2 .000 4 4 .000 1 0 66 51 .699 453 957 .654 395 973
Tot Avg 147 4.1 169 4.6 91 3.4 277 7.9 113 3.1 124 3.6 94 2.6 63 2.3 82 2.6 119 3.2 3 0.4 2 0.3 8 0.5 1 0.1 117 3.2 1410 38.1 1368 37.0
PF 86 70 35 105 60 81 55 18 48 62 1 0 8 3 0 632 631
FO 0 0 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 151 81 36 32 57 14 39 19 22 1 2 0 2 1
9 -
457 420
TO 71 66 20 34 35 17 33 15 28 11 1 1 5 1 14 352 455
Blk 7 12 7 26 10 45 10 2 5 37 0 0 3 1
Stl 67 31 32 48 29 11 11 11 2 9 1 0 2 0
165 149
254 187
Pts Avg 531 14.8 456 12.3 322 11.9 266 7.6 232 6.3 181 5.3 130 3.6 96 3.6 109 3.5 101 2.7 4 0.5 3 0.4 3 0.2 2 0.2 0 2436 65.8 2263 61.2
returning players in italics
2015-16 Roster No. 0 1 3 4 10 11 15 22 23 24 25 32 34
Name Pos. Obi Enechionyia F Josh Brown G Levan Shawn Alston, Jr. G Daniel Dingle G/F Mark Williams F Trey Lowe G Jaylen Bond F Mike Robbins G Devontae Watson F/C Ernest Aflakpui C Quenton DeCosey G Ayan Nunez de Carvalho G Devin Coleman G
2015-16 Newcomers Class So. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr.
Ht. 6-9 6-3 6-4 6-7 6-8 6-6 6-8 6-4 6-11 6-10 6-5 6-5 6-2
Head Coach: Fran Dunphy (La Salle ‘70) Assistant Coach: Dwayne Killings (Hampton ‘03) Assistant Coach: Aaron McKie (Temple ‘94) Assistant Coach: Shawn Trice (Penn ‘95)
Wt. 220 185 170 235 240 165 240 185 215 235 205 190 205
Hometown/Last School Springfield, Va./St. James (Md.) School Newark, N.J./St. Anthony’s Philadelphia, Pa./The Haverford School Bronx, N.Y./St. Raymond’s Cleveland, Ohio/Montrose Christian Ewing, N.J./Ewing Philadelphia, Pa./Plymouth-Whitemarsh Wynnewood, Pa./Lower Merion Ambridge, Pa./Lincoln Park Charter Accra, Ghana/Archbishop Carroll (Pa.) Union, N.J./St. Joseph’s-Metuchen Parana, Argentina/Escuela Normal Superior Philadelphia, Pa./Friends’ Central
Ernest Aflakpui, Fr., C, 6-10, 235 Accra, Ghana/Archbishop Carroll (Pa.) • Scored 16 points in each of his first three games of his senior season at Archbishop Carroll before suffering season-ending knee injury in practice • As a junior, helped lead his team to a 23-5 record and a berth in the quarterfinals of state tournament • Second Team All-State selection as junior where he averaged 10.3 points and 8.1 rebounds • Earned First Team all-Catholic League and third team all-Delco as junior. Levan Shawn Alston, Jr., Fr., G, 6-4, 170 Philadelphia, Pa. The Haverford School • 2015 Gatorade Pennsylvania State Player of the Year • Rated 81st in the Class of 2015 by ESPN • First Team All-State as a senior, Second Team All-State as a junior • Led Haverford to a 17-11 record and the semifinals of the Pennsylvania Independent Schools tournament as a senior, averaged 19.4 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.1 steals per game • Three-time First Team All-Inter-Academic League selection Trey Lowe, Fr., G, 6-6, 165 Ewing, N.J./Ewing HS • First Team All-State selection as a senior, Second Team All-State as a junior • Colonial Valley Conference’s all-time leading scorer when he surpassed Princeton High Class of 1994 grad Bram Reynolds’ career scoring record in the first game of senior season • His 2,492 points make him the second highest-scoring boys player in Mercer County high school basketball • Averaged 24.9 points, 9.3 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 2.9 steals per game for Ewing as a senior Ayan Nunez de Carvalho, Fr., G, 6-5, 190 Parana, Argentina/Escuela Normal Superior • Averaged 10 points over seven games in the 2014 FIBA U17 World Championships held in Dubai as a member of the Argentina National Team • Graduated from Escuela Normal Superior Jose Maria Torres school.
Jaylen Bond 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 59
TEMPLE 2014-15 Results (26-11, 13-5 American) (Home: 17-2/Away: 7-5/Neutral: 2-4)
Att
High Scorer/Rebounder
W, 40-37 W, 82-75 L, 58-78 L, 50-57 W, 76-67 W, 70-56
5,655 4,237 10,135 10,046 4,292 3,852
Dingle, Williams 11/Williams 9 DeCosey, Cummings 20/Williams 10 Cummings 18/Watson 9 Cummings 21/Williams 9 Williams 24/Cummings 7 DeCosey 15/Bond 13
L, 56-58 W, 58-57 W, 76-64 L, 62-85 W, 82-62 W, 77-52 W, 66-56 ot W, 57-53
4,200 7,445 2,308 6,500 2,182 11,188 4,642 13,428
DeCosey 22/Brown 8 DeCosey 15/Williams, Bond 5 Cummings 22/Bond9 DeCosey 18/Bond 7 Morgan, DeCosey 16/DeCosey 7 Cummings 19/Bond 10 Morgan 15/Bond 18 Morgan 17/Morgan, Bond 6
JANUARY 4 UCF* (ESPNews) 7 at Tulane* (ESPNews) 10 Tulsa* (ESPNews) 14 SMU* (CBSSN) 17 at Cincinnati* (ESPNU) 22 USF* (ESPNews) 28 at UCF* (CBSSN) 31 Tulane* (CBSSN)
W, 84-78 W, 64-56 L, 56-63 L, 55-60 L, 53-84 W, 73-48 W, 86-62 W, 55-37
4,008 2,875 6,012 7,695 12,071 5,352 4,224 7,254
Bond, Cummings 21/Bond 14 DeCosey 15/Bond 11 Bond 16/Bond 14 Morgan 15/Bond 7 Morgan 15/Bond, Morgan 10 Morgan 19/Bond 7 Morgan 15/Watson 9 DeCosey 17/Bond 10
FEBRUARY 4 at USF* (ESPNews) 7 at Memphis* (ESPNews) 10 Cincinnati* (CBSSN) 14 East Carolina* (CBSSN) 19 at SMU* (ESPN2) 22 at Tulsa* (CBSSN) 26 Houston* (CBSSN)
W, 61-48 W, 61-60 W, 75-59 W, 66-53 L, 58-67 L, 39-55 W, 66-54
3,249 14,381 6,603 8,121 6,852 5,130 7,023
Cummings 19/Bond 9 Morgan 16/Watson 9 Cummings 21/DeCosey 9 Cummings 17/Bond 16 Cummings 14/Bond 11 Cummings 15/Bond 11 DeCosey 16/Bond, DeCosey 9
NOVEMBER Northwestern Mutual Coaches vs. Cancer Classic 14 American (ESPN3) 17 Louisiana Tech (ESPN3) 21 vs Duke 1 (TruTV) 22 vs UNLV 1 (TruTV) 25 Penn (ESPN3) 30 LIU Brooklyn (ESPN3) DECEMBER 3 at Saint Joseph’s (CBSSN) 6 vs La Salle 2 (ESPNews) 10 Towson (ESPN3) 14 at Villanova (FS1) 18 at Delaware 22 Kansas WF (ESPN2) 28 Delaware State (ESPN3) 31 at UConn* (ESPN2)
MARCH 5 at East Carolina* (ESPNU) W, 70-56 4,790 7 UConn* (ESPN2) W, 75-63 10,026 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 13 vs Memphis (ESPN2) W, 80-75 7,056 14 vs SMU (ESPN2) L, 56-69 10,114 National Invitation Tournament 18 Bucknell (ESPN3) W, 73-67 3,862 22 George Washington (ESPN) W, 90-77 3,404 25 Louisiana Tech (ESPN2) W, 77-59 3,906 3 31 vs Miami (Fla.) (ESPN) L, 57-60 7,185
Cummings 16/DeCosey 8 Cummings 23/DeCosey 6 Cummings 21/DeCosey 8 DeCosey 14/Three with 5 Cummings 30/Watson 8 Cummings 21/Bond 15 DeCosey 21/DeCosey 11 Enechionyia 17/Enechionyia 8
Devontae Watson
* American Athletic Conference Game 1 Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. 2 The Palestra, Philadelphia, Pa. 3 Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. WF Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
Head Coach Fran Dunphy Hired at Temple - April 10, 2006 Coaching File - Penn, head coach, 1989-06, Penn, assistant coach, 198889; La Salle, assistant coach, 1985-88 and 1979-80; American, assistant coach, 1980-84; Malvern Prep, head coach, 1977-79; Army, assistant coach, 1971-75. Highlights - Has led Temple to Atlantic-10 regular-season titles in 2010 and 2012 and tournament championships in 2008, 2009 and 2010; led Penn to 10 Ivy League championships and 310 wins, ranking second in Ivy League history; enjoyed a 48-game Ivy League winning streak from 1992-96 Collegiate File - Played for coach Tom Gola at La Salle; Earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from La Salle in 1970 and added a master’s degree in counseling and human relations from Villanova in 1979. Personal - Native of Drexel Hill, Pa.; Dunphy and his wife, Ree, have a son, J.P.
60 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Dunphy’s Record Career Record (26 years) ..........................................................503-271 (.650) Temple (nine years) ....................................................................193-108 (.641) Penn (17 years) .........................................................................310-163 (.655) NCAA Record (15 appearances) ....................................................3-15 (.167) NIT Record...........................................................................................3-1 (.750)
Year-By-Year 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Penn Penn Penn Penn Penn Penn Penn Penn Penn Penn Penn Penn Penn Penn Penn Penn Penn Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple
Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason 12-14 7-7/3rd 9-17 6-8/t3rd 16-10 9-5/2nd 22-5 14-0/1st 0-1/NCAA 25-3 14-0/1st 1-1/NCAA 22-6 14-0/1st 0-1/NCAA 17-10 12-3/t1st 12-14 8-6/4th 17-12 10-4/2nd 21-6 13-1/1st 0-1/NCAA 21-8 14-0/1st 0-1/NCAA 12-17 9-5/t2nd 25-7 12-3/t1st 0-1/NCAA 22-6 14-0/1st 0-1/NCAA 17-10 10-4/2nd 20-9 13-1/1st 0-1/NCAA 20-9 12-2/1st 0-1/NCAA 12-18 6-10/10th 0-1 21-13 11-5/t2nd 3-0/1st 0-1/NCAA 22-12 11-5/t2nd 3-0/1st 0-1/NCAA 29-6 14-2/1st 3-0/1st 0-1/NCAA 26-8 14-2/2nd 1-1 1-1/NCAA 24-8 13-3/1st 0-1 0-1/NCAA 24-10 11-5/t3rd 0-1 1-1/NCAA 9-22 4-14/9th 0-1 26-11 13-5/t3rd 1-1 3-1/NIT
THE TEAMS TULANE UNIVERSITY Location: .................................................................. New Orleans, La. Enrollment: .................................................................................. 13,462 Founded: ......................................................................................... 1834 Nickname: .......................................................................Green Wave Colors: ...................................................... Olive Green and Sky Blue Website: ......................................................TulaneGreenWave.com Arena: ........................................................Devlin Fieldhouse (3,600) President: .................................................................. Michael A. Fitts Director of Athletics: ................................................... Rick Dickson Head Coach: ....................................................................... Ed Conroy
MEDIA RELATIONS Associate Dir. of Athletic Communications: .... Rachel Perreault Office Phone: ............................................................... (504) 314-7219 Mobile: ......................................................................... (504) 495-5251 E-mail: .............................................................. rperreau@tulane.edu Press Row Phone: ...................................................... (504) 862-8122
GREEN WAVE’S TEAM FACTS 2014-15 Record/Finish: ........................15-16/6-12 American (t-7th) All-Time Record: .................................................... 1,186-1,208 (.495) NCAA Appearances: ......................................................................... 3 Last NCAA Appearance: ............................................................ 1995 Lettermen Returning/Lost: ............................................................. 4/7 Starters Returning/Lost: ................................................................ 2/4
TULANE GREEN WAVE
Dr. Michael A. Fitts President
Rick Dickson Director of Athletics
Ed Conroy Head Coach
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 61
TULANE 2015-16 Schedule NOVEMBER 13 Alabama A&M (ESPN3) ...................................................9 p.m. 16 Drake (ESPN3) ...................................................................8 p.m. 19 at Southern ........................................................................8 p.m. Music City Challenge 22 Appalachian State (ESPN3) .......................................4:30 p.m. 26 vs. Mercer1 .........................................................................7 p.m. 27 vs. Stephen F. Austin1 ..................................................8:30 p.m. 29 vs. Liberty1 ...........................................................................Noon DECEMBER 2 New Orleans (ESPN3). .....................................................8 p.m. 5 Georgia Tech (CBSSN) ....................................................5 p.m. 14 Prairie View A&M (ESPN3) .............................................8 p.m. 16 at North Carolina (ESPN2) ...............................................7 p.m. 19 at Mississippi State ..........................................................4 p.m. 22 Southern Miss (ESPN3) ...................................................7 p.m. 29 at Memphis* (ESPNU).......................................................Noon JANUARY 2 UConn* (CBSSN)..........................................................7:30 p.m. 5 at Houston* (ESPNU) .......................................................9 p.m. 10 Tulsa* (ESPN3) ..................................................................1 p.m. 12 at USF* (ESPNews) ..........................................................7 p.m. 17 SMU* (ESPN3)...................................................................2 p.m. 19 at UConn*XL (CBSSN) .......................................................7 p.m. 24 at Cincinnati * (ESPNU) ....................................................Noon 27 USF* (ESPN3) ....................................................................8 p.m. 30 at Tulsa* (ESPNU).............................................................6 p.m.
Dylan Osetkowski
@GreenWaveMBB Notebook • Six newcomers were added to the 2015-16 roster including five freshman and graduate transfer, Jernard Jarreau. Coach Conroy’s son Riley is eligible this season after redshirting in 2014-15. • Louis Dabney was named to the 2014-15 all-conference second team after he averaged a team-high 13.6 points per game. Dabney recorded 22 double figure games last season, combining for 50 in his career. • Three Green Wave players averaged double figures in scoring last season. • Tulane and North Carolina have agreed to a three-game series. The Green Wave will play at Chapel Hill during the upcoming 2015-16 season and again in 2017-18, and will host the Tar Heels in 2016-17. • This season the team will start conference play with another early trip to Memphis, where it broke a 22-game losing streak against the Tigers a year ago. 62 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
FEBRUARY 4 UCF* (ESPNews) ...............................................................8 p.m. 10 at East Carolina* (ESPNews) .....................................6:15 p.m. 13 Memphis* (CBSSN) ..........................................................2 p.m. 17 Houston * (ESPNews) .................................................9:30 p.m. 24 East Carolina* (ESPNews) ..............................................8 p.m. 28 at SMU* (CBSSN) .............................................................3 p.m. MARCH 2 at UCF* (ESPNews) ..........................................................7 p.m. 6 Temple* (ESPN3) ..............................................................2 p.m. * American Athletic Conference game 1 Game played in Nashville, Tenn. XL Game played at XL Center in Hartford, Conn. All times Eastern
TULANE 2014-15 Statistics ## 00 24 02 21 25 05 34 03 01 15 11 32 23
Player DABNEY, Louis HOOK, Jay STARK, Jonathan OSETKOWSKI, Dylan HENSON, Payton REYNOLDS, Cameron DRYE, Tre MACK, Kajon PINCKNEY, Keith SMITH, Ryan HEARLIHY, Josh ROBERTS, JR., Stan LIBERMAN, Aaron Team Total Opponents
GP 31 31 31 31 31 9 31 31 31 31 22 2 13 31 31
GS 30 31 31 4 0 0 31 1 0 27 0 0 0
Min Avg 993 32.0 928 29.9 985 31.8 687 22.2 576 18.6 119 13.2 750 24.2 439 14.2 291 9.4 320 10.3 186 8.5 6 3.0 45 3.5 6325 6325
TOTAL FG FGA 135 356 111 270 119 320 77 152 64 163 21 47 51 114 39 93 31 74 32 64 13 39 1 1 5 7 699 722
1700 1615
3-PTS Pct 3FG .379 61 .411 71 .372 30 .507 6 .393 11 .447 5 .447 2 .419 8 .419 1 .500 0 .333 4 1.000 0 .714 0 .411 .447
199 158
FGA 164 182 107 12 56 17 11 35 11 1 14 0 0
Pct .372 .390 .280 .500 .196 .294 .182 .229 .091 .000 .286 .000 .000
FT 92 53 61 34 53 0 45 15 10 9 4 0 0
FTA 118 66 84 71 79 4 80 20 21 22 12 0 2
610 477
.326 .331
376 382
579 584
REBOUNDS Pct Off Def .780 20 81 .803 32 125 .726 17 60 .479 68 81 .671 50 70 .000 8 18 .563 61 91 .750 8 64 .476 2 15 .409 24 42 .333 15 18 .000 0 1 .000 3 2 57 43 .649 365 711 .654 289 734
Tot Avg 101 3.3 157 5.1 77 2.5 149 4.8 120 3.9 26 2.9 152 4.9 72 2.3 17 0.5 66 2.1 33 1.5 1 0.5 5 0.4 100 3.2 1076 34.7 1023 33.0
PF 64 57 60 76 42 16 81 44 18 60 22 2 8 0 550 563
FO 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
A 46 27 137 26 20 11 23 22 20 2 13 0 2
8 -
349 365
TO 50 35 76 40 30 6 43 30 30 22 13 0 2 20 397 414
Blk 1 4 7 10 12 0 6 6 0 11 1 1 3
Stl 35 26 39 18 12 4 20 15 12 5 6 0 1
62 132
193 190
Pts Avg 423 13.6 346 11.2 329 10.6 194 6.3 192 6.2 47 5.2 149 4.8 101 3.3 73 2.4 73 2.4 34 1.5 2 1.0 10 0.8 0 1973 63.6 1984 64.0
returning players in italics
2015-16 Roster No. 0 2 3 4 5 10 11 13 15 21 22 23 35
Name Pos. Louis Dabney G Taron Oliver F Kajon Mack G Riley Conroy G Cameron Reynolds G Von Julien G Kain Harris G Malik Morgan G Ryan Smith C Dylan Osetkowski F Jernard Jarreau F Blake Paul F Melvin Frazier G
2015-16 Newcomers Class Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Gr. Fr. Fr.
Ht. 6-3 6-9 6-3 5-11 6-7 6-1 6-4 6-4 6-11 6-8 6-10 6-9 6-5
Wt. 210 310 185 175 215 160 210 205 250 245 235 230 200
Head Coach: Ed Conroy (Citadel ‘89) Assistant Coach: Shammond Williams (North Carolina ‘98) Assistant Coach: Anthony Wilkins (Kent State ‘13) Assistant Coach: Quannas White (Oklahoma ‘05)
Hometown/Last School New Orleans, La./Riverside Academy Oxon Hill, Md./Montrose Christian Los Angeles, Calif./Juniper Serra HS New Orleans, La./Jesuit HS Pearland, Texas/Pearland HS Reserve, La./Riverside Academy Chicago, Ill./St. Rita of Cascia River Ridge, La./LSU Wildomar, Calif./Lutheran HS San Diego, Calif./JSerra Catholic HS New Orleans, La./Washington New Orleans, La./Landry-Walker Avondale, La./L. W. Higgins
Melvin Frazier, G, Fr., 6-5, 200 Avondale, La./L. W. Higgins • Was a four-year letterwinner at L.W. Wiggins, averaged 17.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per game as a senior • Was the NOLA.com | Times-Picayune Preseason Player of the Year on the New Orleans All-Metro Boys Basketball Team for 2014-15 • Rated as the No. 4 prospect in the NOLA.com Terrific 20 and as a 4-star recruit nationally, No. 3 in the state, by ESPN.com Kain Harris, G, Fr., 6-4, 210 Chicago, Ill./St. Rita of Cascia • Averaged 16.2 points, 5.0 rebounds 4.0 assists and led the Mustangs to a 26-3 overall record during his lone year at Saint Rita of Cascia • Named to the Chicago Catholic League All-Conference Team • Was a nominee for the McDonald’s All-America Team • Helped Morgan Park to back-to-back state championships as a sophomore and junior • A three-star recruit by Rivals.com, 247 Sports.com and ESPN.com Was rated as the eighth-ranked prospect in the state of Illinois and 52nd-ranked shooting guard in the nation by 247 Sports.com. Jernard Jarreau, F, Grad., 6-10, 235 New Orleans, La./Washington • After missing the 2013-14 season with a torn ACL, bounced back to start all 21 games of his redshirt-junior season at Washington, 5.1 points and 4.7 rebounds in 24.3 minutes • Played 31 games in his first season, averaging 3.2 ppg, 2.6 rpg and 12.7 mpg Von Julien, G, Fr., 6-1, 160 Reserve, La./Riverside Academy • Finished his career averaging 13.0 points and 9.2 assists at Riverside Academy, helped lead the team to four state titles and was a threetime first-team all-state honoree • Rated a three-star prospect by ESPN.com, 247Sports.com and Rivals.com • Ranked by ESPN.com as the 51st-best point guard in the nation and No. 8 overall recruit in Louisiana in the class of 2015, while 247Sports. com rated him as the 46th-best point guard in the country and No. 4 overall prospect in the state • Was also a four-year letterwinner for football and three-year letterwinner for track & field Blake Paul, F, Fr., 6-9, 230 New Orleans, La./Landry-Walker • Earned all-district honors after helping Landry-Walker to a state championship in 2015 • Ranked as one of the top 50 big men in America by ESPN and was tabbed as the fifth-best player in Louisiana • Was ranked as the 41st best prospect in the class of 2015 by ESPN
Cameron Reynolds
Taron Oliver, F, Fr., 6-9, 310 Oxon Hill, Md./Montrose Christian • Helped his Riverdale Baptist team to a Maryland Private School state championship as a junior before spending his senior season at Montrose Christian • Ranked by ESPN as the No. 1 recruit in Washington D.C., and was given three stars by ESPN • Tabbed as a top 50 big man in America • Played AAU basketball with the prestigious Nike Team Takeover, and also participated in the Ty Lawson and Victor Olapido All-American camps the summer before his senior year.
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 63
TULANE 2014-15 Results (15-16, 6-12 American) (Home: 9-9/Away: 6-5/Neutral: 0-2) Att
High Scorer/Rebounder
L, 49-71 W, 100-61
1,922 731
Dabney 17/Drye 11 Hook 18/Hook 9
W, 89-45 W, 74-59
463 556
Reynolds 17/Reynolds 8 Stark, Drye 14/Stark 7
W, 71-61 W, 73-68
983 912
Dabney 19/Osetkowski 9 Stark 14/Osetkowski 6
W, 83-70 W, 59-54 W, 75-67 W, 56-49 L, 57-66
1,378 1,483 1,003 1,804 7,130
Drye 18/Hook 9 Hook 17/Drye 6 Henson 20/Henson 9 Dabney 22/Hook 9 Osetkowski 12/Osetkowski 9
L, 57-82 W, 67-59
4,358
Stark 15/Osetkowski 7 Stark 22/Mack 6
W, 74-66 L, 56-64 ot W, 56-51 3ot L, 100-103 W, 68-65 L, 52-66 L, 55-57 L, 55-62 L, 37-55
13,914 2,875 1,977 4,503 2,547 3,115 3,109 2,365 7,254
Stark 24/Drye, Mack 5 Hook 14/Drye 8 Dabney 25/Mack 7 Dabney 26/Hook 9 Dabney 18/Drye 9 Dabney 16/Hook, Drye 7 Hook 13/Osetkowski 8 Henson 12/Three with 5 Dabney 10/Drye, Osetkowski 7
L, 53-62 W, 50-49 L, 55-69 L, 60-67 L, 55-76 L, 47-63
3,548 12,041 2,021 9,212 4,603 2,430
Dabney 13/Henson 6 Hook 18/Hook 8 Stark 15/Drye 13 Dabney 19/Hook 8 Dabney 32/Osetkowski 7 Dabney 18/Hook 8
2,041 3,163
Dabney, Henson 15/Osetkowski 9 Hook 16/Hook 7
5,431
Henson 14/Hook 7
NOVEMBER 17 Wake Forest (ESPN3) 20 Mississippi Valley State (ESPN3) Green Wave Classic 22 Southern-New Orleans 25 Southern (ESPN3) Green Wave Classic 28 Southeastern Louisiana (ESPN3) 30 Tennessee Tech (ESPN3) DECEMBER 3 at Loyola (Ill.) 6 Mississippi State (ESPN3) 16 Savannah State (ESPN3) 19 Jackson State (ESPN3) 22 at Washington (Pac-12 Network) Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival 28 vs St. John’s 1 (FS1) 31 at East Carolina* (ESPNews) JANUARY 3 at Memphis* (ESPNU) 7 Temple* (ESPNews) 11 USF* (ESPN3) 14 at UCF* (ESPN3) 17 at Houston* (ESPNews) 21 SMU* (CBSSN) 24 Memphis* SK (ESPNU) 27 Tulsa* (ESPNews) 31 at Temple* (CBSSN) FEBRUARY 7 UConn* (CBSSN) 14 at Cincinnati* (ESPNU) 19 UCF* (ESPNews) 22 at UConn* (CBSSN) 25 at Tulsa* (ESPNews) 28 Cincinnati* (ESPNews)
MARCH 4 Houston* (ESPNews) ot L, 63-68 7 at USF* (ESPNews) W, 67-63 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 12 vs Houston (ESPNU) L, 60-66 * American Athletic Conference Game 1 Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. SK Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, La.
Head Coach Ed Conroy @GreenWaveHoops Hired at Tulane – April 7, 2010 Coaching File - The Citadel, head coach, 2006-10; Coastal Carolina, assistant coach, 2005-06; Tennessee, assistant coach, 2003-05; Tennessee, director of operations, 2001-03; Tulsa, director of operations, 2000-01; Francis Marion, head coach, 1997-00; Furman, assistant coach, 1994-97; VMI, assistant coach, 1993-94; North Carolina State, assistant coach, 1990-93 Highlights - Guided Tulane to back-toback postseason tournament appearances in 2013 and 2014; Led the 2012-13 team to its first 20-win season and first postseason tournament appearance since the 1999-00 campaign; Named Southern Conference Coach of the Year after a 2008-09 season in which he led The Citadel to a school-record 15 conference victories Collegiate File - Three-year starter at The Citadel; Seventh all-time in free-throw percentage for the Bulldogs; Served as team captain as a senior, along with holding the rank of Lt. Colonel in the Corps of Cadets, the highest rank achieved by a basketball player in the modern era at The Citadel. Personal - Born Feb. 17, 1967 in Davenport, Iowa. Married to his wife, Ginny. They have three children: a daughter, Hannah, and two sons, Riley and Hunt.
64 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Louis Dabney
Conroy’s Record Career Record (12 years) ..........................................................170-214 (.443) Tulane Record (five years) ............................................................80-81 (.497) The Citadel (four years) .................................................................49-76 (.392) Francis Marion (three years) ........................................................41-40 (.513) NCAA Record ......................................................................................0-0 (.000) CIT Record (two appearances) ........................................................1-2 (.333) CBI Record (one appearance)..........................................................0-1 (.000)
Year-By-Year 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Francis Marion Francis Marion Francis Marion The Citadel The Citadel The Citadel The Citadel Tulane Tulane Tulane Tulane Tulane
Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason 16-11 12-4 16-12 8-8 9-17 5-11 7-23 4-14/6thS 0-1 6-24 1-19/6thS 0-1 20-13 15-5/t2ndS 0-1 0-1/CIT 16-16 9-9/4thS 1-1 13-17 3-13/12th 0-1 15-16 3-13/12th 0-1 20-15 6-10/t9th 1-1 1-1/CIT 17-17 8-8/7th 1-1 0-1/CBI 15-16 6-12/t7th 0-1
THE TEAMS UNIVERSITY OF TULSA Location: .............................................................................Tulsa, Okla. Enrollment: .................................................................................... 4,597 Founded: ......................................................................................... 1894 Nickname: ..............................................................Golden Hurricane Colors: ........................................Old Gold, Royal Blue and Crimson Website: ............................................................TulsaHurricane.com Arena: .......................................................... Reynolds Center (8,355) President: ........................................................Dr. Steadman Upham Director of Athletics: ...........................................Dr. Derrick Gragg Head Coach: .................................................. Frank Haith (Elon, ‘88)
MEDIA RELATIONS Director of Athletic Communications: ..........................Eric Hollier Office Phone: ............................................................... (918) 631-2492 Mobile: ......................................................................... (225) 978-4590 E-mail: .......................................................... eric-hollier@utulsa.edu Press Row Phone: ...................................................... (918) 631-5400
GOLDEN HURRICANE’S TEAM FACTS 2014-15 Record/Finish: ......................... 23-11/14-4 American (2nd) All-Time Record: .................................................... 1,383-1,104 (.556) NCAA Appearances: ....................................................................... 15 Last NCAA Appearance: ............................................................ 2014 Lettermen Returning/Lost: ............................................................. 9/3 Starters Returning/Lost: ................................................................ 5/0
TULSA HURRICANE
Dr. Steadman Upham President
Dr. Derrick Gragg Director of Athletics
Frank Haith Head Coach
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 65
TULSA 2015-16 Schedule NOVEMBER 14 Central Arkansas (ESPN3)...............................................8 p.m. 17 Wichita State (Cox Cable/ESPN3) ..................................8 p.m. Paradise Jam 20 vs. Ohio1 ..............................................................................1 p.m. 21 Indiana State/Norfolk State1 ..............................................TBA 22 TBA1 .......................................................................................TBA 23 TBA1 .......................................................................................TBA 28 Little Rock (ESPN3) ...........................................................4 p.m. DECEMBER 2 at Oklahoma State ...........................................................8 p.m. 5 Oral Roberts (ESPN3) .......................................................4 p.m. 8 Iona (ESPN3)......................................................................8 p.m. 13 at Missouri State...............................................................1 p.m. 19 vs. Oregon State2 ............................................................11 p.m. 22 Northern Arizona (ESPN3)...............................................8 p.m. 29 SMU* (ESPN2)..............................................................4:00 p.m. JANUARY 2 at Cincinnati* (ESPNU) ....................................................4 p.m. 5 East Carolina* (ESPNews) ..............................................7 p.m. 10 at Tulane* (ESPN3) ..............................................................TBA 14 UConn* (ESPN/ESPN2) ....................................................7 p.m. 19 at East Carolina* (ESPNews) ..........................................7 p.m. 24 UCF* (ESPN3) ....................................................................3 p.m. 27 at Houston* (ESPNews).................................................. 8 p.m. 30 Tulane* (ESPNU)...............................................................6 p.m.
James Woodard
FEBRUARY 4 at Temple* (ESPNU) .........................................................7 p.m. 7 Houston* (ESPNU) ............................................................3 p.m. 10 at SMU* (CBSSN) .............................................................9 p.m. 13 at UConn* (ESPN2) ...........................................................8 p.m. 18 Cincinnati* (CBSSN).........................................................9 p.m. 21 at UCF* (CBSSN) ...............................................................2 p.m. 23 TEMPLE* (ESPNews) .......................................................7 p.m. 28 at Memphis* (ESPNU)......................................................4 p.m. MARCH 5 USF* (ESPNews) ................................................................5 p.m
@TUMBasketball Notebook • All five starters from last year’s roster will return for the Golden Hurricane this season. • Tulsa made its third consecutive and 28th overall appearance in postseason play. The Hurricane reached the second round of the 2015 NIT, in the team’s first year under coach Frank Haith. • Last season James Woodard was an all-conference first team selection, while Shaquille Harrison earned second-team honors. Woodard led the team in scoring at 14.5 points per game, while Harrison averaged 13.1 ppg. • Tulsa’s win over defending national champion UConn in January 2015 was its third victory over a reigning national champion in program history. • In the team’s first year in the conference, Tulsa finished in second place with a 14-4 record in league play and an overall record of 23-11. It marked the fourth time in program history that the Hurricane won 14 or morre conference games, and first time since 2001-02 in the WAC. 66 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
* American Athletic Conference game 1 Paradise Jam at U.S. Virgin Islands 2 Far West Classic at Portland, Ore. All times Eastern
TULSA 2014-15 Statistics ## 10 03 01 05 15 40 44 14 23 22 11 35 55
Player WOODARD, James HARRISON, Shaquille SMITH, Rashad RAY, Rashad CURTIS, Marquel WRIGHT, D’Andre SWANNEGAN, Brandon EDOGI, TK REPICHOWSKI, Stevie WOOD, Nick LITTLEJOHN, Micah DEW, Keondre EZECHINONSO, E. Team Total Opponents
GP 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 32 22 4 4 21 13 34 34
GS 34 34 34 7 27 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Avg 1174 34.5 1069 31.4 962 28.3 913 26.9 931 27.4 730 21.5 569 16.7 238 7.4 98 4.5 8 2.0 6 1.5 115 5.5 37 2.8 6850 6850
TOTAL FG FGA 158 388 163 363 115 253 71 212 92 204 81 208 44 96 21 37 5 27 1 4 1 2 5 24 1 2 758 722
1820 1835
Pct .407 .449 .455 .335 .451 .389 .458 .568 .185 .250 .500 .208 .500
3-PTS 3FG 88 13 10 40 19 13 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
FGA 238 55 39 112 66 46 0 0 24 3 1 2 0
Pct .370 .236 .256 .357 .288 .283 .000 .000 .208 .000 .000 .000 .000
FT 89 108 45 74 44 63 41 13 5 0 0 0 2
.416 .393
188 239
586 709
.321 .337
484 381
REBOUNDS FTA Pct Off Def 126 .706 18 149 171 .632 40 133 86 .523 57 146 92 .804 9 87 63 .698 32 81 89 .708 68 82 74 .554 64 72 36 .361 22 30 6 .833 0 8 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1 .000 11 21 2 1.000 1 7 53 54 746 .649 375 871 581 .656 345 832
Tot Avg 167 4.9 173 5.1 203 6.0 96 2.8 113 3.3 150 4.4 136 4.0 52 1.6 8 0.4 0 0.0 1 0.3 32 1.5 8 0.6 107 3.1 1246 36.6 1177 34.6
PF 55 83 67 59 53 115 84 29 7 0 0 12 8 1 573 659
FO 1 3 1 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 38 125 25 98 52 30 4 0 0 0 0 3 0
14 -
375 383
TO 46 81 42 40 61 51 28 11 5 1 0 10 3 10 389 439
Blk 8 20 16 1 3 12 49 7 0 0 0 0 0
Stl 30 67 17 34 20 7 19 2 1 0 0 1 0
116 119
198 179
Pts Avg 493 14.5 447 13.1 285 8.4 256 7.5 247 7.3 238 7.0 129 3.8 55 1.7 20 0.9 2 0.5 2 0.5 10 0.5 4 0.3 0 2188 64.4 2064 60.7
returning players in italics
2015-16 Roster No. 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 11 13 14 15 22 40 44 55
Name Junior Etou* Rashad Smith Corey Haith Shaquille Harrison Sterling Taplin Rashad Ray James Woodard Pat Birt Kajon Brown Tarekeyi (TK) Edogi Marquel Curtis Nick Wood D’Andre Wright Brandon Swannegan Emmanuel Ezechinonso
2015-16 Newcomers Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School F Jr. 6-7 240 Republic of Congo/Rutgers G Sr. 6-7 205 Plano, Texas/Plano HS G Jr. 5-11 175 Miami, Fla./Missouri G Sr. 6-4 189 Kansas City, Mo./Lee’s Summit West HS G Fr. 6-1 189 East Amherst, N.Y./Williamsville North HS G Sr. 5-10 172 New Orleans, La./O.P. Walker HS G Sr. 6-3 192 Arcadia, Okla./Edmond Memorial HS G Jr. 6-5 182 Plano, Texas/South Plains JC G Fr. 6-4 185 Harvey, La./Helen Cox HS F Jr. 6-8 227 Surprise, Ariz./Westwind Prep G Sr. 6-3 202 Plymouth, Minn./Williston State College (N.D.) G Sr. 6-1 168 Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall F Sr. 6-9 245 Lawton, Okla./Eisenhower HS F Sr. 6-9 209 Houston, Texas/Cy-Ridge HS C Sr. 6-11 267 Lagos, Nigeria/Covenant Christian Ministries Acad. (Ga.)
Head Coach: Frank Haith (Elon ‘88) Assistant Coach: Dennis Felton (Howard ‘85) Assistant Coach: Michael Schwartz (Texas ’99) Assistant Coach: Shea Seals (Tulsa ’97) * Will redshirt in 2015-16
Rashad Smith
Pat Birt, G, Jr., 6-5, 182 Plano, Texas/ South Plains JC • Attended Illinois-Chicago for one year before transferring to South Plains College • During his freshman season at UIC in 2013-14, averaged 19.4 minutes in 29 games with 15 starts and earned Horizon League All-Freshman honors. • Four-year letterwinner at Plano East High School, averaged 17.0 points and 7.0 rebounds as a senior earning first-team Class 5A All-State and District 10-5A MVP honors Kajon Brown, G, Fr., 6-4, 185 Harvey, La./Helen Cox HS • Averaged 14 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.0 per game as a senior • Led Helen Cox to the District 8-5A title and the third round of the state playoffs in 2015, and earned all-district honors as both a junior and a senior • Most recently, Brown averaged 8.9 points and 4.4 rebounds playing for the New Orleans Elite traveling team at tournaments in Dallas and Indianapolis during April on the Adidas Gauntlet Circuit Junior Etou, F, Jr., 6-7, 240 Republic of Congo/Rutgers • Averaged 6.4 points and 5.7 rebounds as a two-year starter at Rutgers • As a sophomore averaged 7.4 points and 6.6 rebounds in 31 games, including 17 starts in the Big Ten for the Scarlet Knights • Recorded a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds against Ohio State, and scored a career-high 20 points with five rebounds against Clemson • Played prep basketball at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, Va. Sterling Taplin, G, Fr., 6-1, 189 East Amherst, N.Y./ Williamsville North HS • Buffalo News Allen Wilson Player of the Year as a senior at Williamsville North High School after averaging 22.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 3.1 steals • Three-time first-team All-Western New York selection, and one of just five players in Western New York history to earn that honor in three consecutive years • Tallied school records with 1,877 points and 245 steals in his five-year varsity career, and set the school single-game record with 45 points in 27 minutes as a senior • Played in the Jordan Brand Classic Regional Game at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 67
TULSA 2014-15 Results (23-11, 14-4 American) (Home: 13-5/Away: 8-5/Neutral: 2-1) Att NOVEMBER MGM Grand Main Event 15 at Oral Roberts (ESPN3) 17 Louisiana-Lafayette (ESPN3) 19 Abilene Christian (ESPN3) MGM Grand Main Event 24 vs Auburn1 (ESPNU) 26 vs Oklahoma State1 (ESPN2) 29 at Wichita State (ESPN3)
W, 53-35 L, 58-73 L, 55-75
DECEMBER 3 Creighton (ESPN3) 7 at Arkansas-Little Rock 10 Southeastern Oklahoma State 13 Oklahoma (CBSSN) 17 Missouri State (ESPN3) 22 Incarnate Word (ESPN3) 31 at UCF* (ESPNU)
W, 77-64 W, 78-73 L, 66-69 L, 68-87 W, 74-70 W, 76-47 W, 56-54
L, 68-77 W, 64-53 W, 65-39
High Scorer/Rebounder
6,534 Wright 17/Smith 9 3,889 Curtis, Ray 16/Swannegan, Woodard 6 3,829 Wright 16/Wright 7 1,507 1,712 10,506
Woodard 16/Smith 8 Harrison 17/Woodard 7 Woodard 19/Smith 8
4,383 Woodard 23/Woodard 8 794 Woodard 20/Woodard, Swannegan 10 4,333 Harrison 24/Three with 7 6,885 Harrison 21/Swannegan, Smith 6 4,245 Woodard 26/Curtis 6 4,209 Harrison 24/Wright 10 3,440 Harrison 22/Smith, Wright 8
JANUARY 4 Houston* (ESPNews) 10 at Temple* (ESPNews) 13 UConn* (CBSSN) 17 at USF* (ESPNU) 21 Memphis* (ESPNU) 24 at East Carolina* (ESPNews) 27 at Tulane* (ESPNews) 31 USF* (ESPNews)
W, 72-54 W, 63-56 W, 66-58 W, 75-58 W, 73-55 W, 66-64 W, 62-55 ot W, 78-71
4,171 6,012 6,092 3,165 5,303 4,968 2,365 4,939
Woodard, Harrison 18/Smith 9 Harrison 24/Smith 9 Woodard 21/Woodard 6 Woodard 21/Smith 7 Harrison 18/Harrison 10 Woodard 17/Wright 10 Harrison 16/Curtis 8 Smith 21/Swannegan 15
FEBRUARY 5 at Houston* (ESPNews) 7 SMU* (ESPNU) 12 at UConn* (ESPN2) 18 East Carolina* (ESPNU) 22 Temple* (CBSSN) 25 Tulane* (ESPNews) 28 at Memphis* (ESPNU)
W, 57-44 L, 57-68 L, 45-70 W, 69-58 W, 55-39 W, 76-55 ot W, 74-72
2,847 7,677 11,506 4,263 5,130 4,603 15,784
Wright 13/Smith 10 Woodard 15/Smith, Harrison 8 Curis 15/Curtis 6 Woodard 19/Harrison 8 Woodard 16/Smith 13 Woodard 18/Smith 8 Harrison 23/Harrison 9
MARCH 4 Cincinnati* (CBSSN) L, 47-56 5,840 8 at SMU* (ESPNU) L, 62-67 7,314 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 13 vs. Houston (ESPNU) W, 59-51 9,514 14 at UConn (ESPNU) L, 42-47 10,114 National Invitation Tournament 17 William & Mary (ESPN3) W, 70-67 2,547 23 Murray State (ESPN) L, 62-83 3,440
Ray 15/Swannegan 6 Woodard 30/Harrison 9 Harrison 14/Harrison 9 Harrison 9/Woodard 9
Shaquille Harrison
Curtis 21/Woodard 10 Harrison 15/Harrison 9
* American Athletic Conference Game 1 MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.
Head Coach Frank Haith @FrankHaithTulsa Hired at Tulsa – April 18, 2014 Coaching File – Missouri, head coach, 2011-14; Miami (Fla.), head coach, 2004-11; Texas, associate head coach, 2003-04, assistant coach, 2001-03; Wake Forest, assistant coach, 19972001, graduate assistant, 1989-90; Texas A&M, associate head coach, 1996-97, asssistant coach, 1992-95; Penn State, assistant coach, 1995-96; UNC Wilmington, assistant coach, 1990-92; Elon, assistant coach, 1986-89. Highlights – Went 76-28, made two NCAA appearances and one NIT appearance at Missouri. Named AP National Coach of the Year in 2012 after leading Missouri to a 30-5 season. Went 129-101 and reached the postseason five times as head coach at Miami. Led Miami to the NCAA Second Round in 2008 and made four NIT appearances with the Hurricanes. Helped Texas reach the 2003 Final Four and make two other Sweet 16 appearances. Helped Wake Forest to four postseason appearances, including the 2000 NCAA tournament. Collegiate File – A 1988 graduate of Elon. Paid his own way through college and served as a student assistant with the basketball team. Personal - Born in Queens, New York, and grew up in Burlington, North Carolina. Haith and his wife, Pam, have a son, Corey (a member of Tulsa’s basketball team), and a daughter, Brianna.
68 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Haith’s Record Career Record (11 years) ..........................................................228-140 (.620) Tulsa Record (one year) ................................................................23-11 (.676) Missouri Record (three years) .....................................................76-28 (.731) Miami (Fla.) Record (seven years) ...........................................129-101 (.561) NCAA Record (three appearances) ................................................1-3 (.250) NIT Record (six appearances) .........................................................6-6 (.500)
Year-By-Year 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Miami (Fla.) Miami (Fla.) Miami (Fla.) Miami (Fla.) Miami (Fla.) Miami (Fla.) Miami (Fla.) Missouri Missouri Missouri Tulsa
Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason 16-13 7-9/t6th 0-1 0-1/NIT 18-16 7-9/t7th 1-1 2-1/NIT 12-20 4-12/12th 1-1 23-11 8-8/t5th 1-1 1-1/NCAA 19-13 7-9/t7th 0-1 1-1/NIT 20-13 4-12/12th 2-1 21-15 6-10/9th 1-1 1-1/NIT 30-5 14-4/5th 3-0/1st 0-1/NCAA 23-11 11-7/t5th 1-1 0-1/NCAA 23-12 9-9/t6th 1-1 1-1/NIT 23-11 14-4/2nd 1-1 1-1/NIT
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ALMANAC
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 69
2014-15 IN REVIEW 2014-15 STANDINGS SCHOOL W-L SMU 18/19 15-3 Tulsa 14-4 Cincinnati 13-5 Temple 13-5 Memphis 10-8 UConn 10-8 Tulane 6-12 East Carolina 6-12 UCF 5-13 Houston 4-14 USF 3-15
PCT .833 .778 .722 .722 .556 .556 .333 .333 .278 .222 .167
AMERICAN PF PA 68.9 58.6 64.1 58.6 62.7 55.2 64.1 58.7 66.1 63.3 63.2 60.3 59.4 64.7 58.1 63.6 64.5 72.9 60.7 66.3 56.7 66.6
H 8-1 7-2 8-1 7-2 5-4 7-2 1-8 5-4 3-6 3-6 3-6
A 7-2 7-2 5-4 6-3 5-4 3-6 5-4 1-8 2-7 1-8 0-9
W-L 27-7 23-11 23-11 26-11 18-14 20-15 15-16 14-19 12-18 13-19 9-23
PCT .794 .676 .676 .703 .563 .571 .484 .424 .400 .406 .281
PF 69.1 64.4 62.1 65.8 67.3 64.1 63.6 64.1 66.0 64.4 61.6
OVERALL PA H 59.8 16-2 60.7 13-5 55.8 15-3 61.2 17-2 63.1 12-6 60.0 14-6 64.0 9-9 65.9 11-5 71.8 10-8 65.5 9-8 68.4 8-9
A 9-4 8-5 6-5 7-5 5-5 4-7 6-5 1-11 2-9 2-9 1-13
N 2-1 2-1 2-3 2-4 1-3 2-2 0-2 2-3 0-1 2-2 0-1
STREAK NOTABLE Lost 1 Mustangs played in first NCAA tournament since 1993 Lost 1 Tulsa registered back-to-back 20-win seasons Lost 1 Bearcats made fifth straight NCAA appearance Lost 1 Owls’ 17-win improvement was best in Division Iy Lost 2 Tigers rank third nationally with 400 wins since 2000-01 Lost 2 Huskies reached American final in consecutive years Lost 1 Three Green Wave players averaged double figures in scoring Lost 1 Pirates made 15 3-pointers in tournament loss to SMU Lost 5 Knights’ top two scorers were freshmen Lost 1 Cougars won four of their last five games to close the season Lost 2 Bulls had just two seniors on 2014-15 roster
Final (March 17) Associated Press Top 25: 18 - SMU Final (April 8) USA Today Top 25: 19 - SMU
POSTSEASON RESULTS
CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT
Second Round • March 19 South Region • Louisville, Ky. No. 11 UCLA 60, No. 6 SMU 59 Midwest Region • Louisville, Ky. No. 8 Cincinnati 66, No. 9 Purdue 65
First Round • March 17 No. 2 Tulsa 70, No. 7 William & Mary 67
Third Round • March 20 Midwest Region • Louisville, Ky. No. 1 Kentucky 64, No. 8 Cincinnati 51
First Round • March 18 No. 5 Arizona State 68, No. 4 UConn 61 No. 1 Temple 73, No. 8 Bucknell 67 Second Round • March 22 No. 1 Temple 90, No. 5 George Washington 77
Thursday, March 12 – First Round (ESPNU/ESPNews) No. 8 East Carolina 81, No. 9 UCF 80 (OT) No. 10 Houston 66, No. 7 Tulane 60 No. 6 UConn 69, No. 11 USF 43 Friday, March 13 – Quarterfinals (ESPN2/ESPNU) No. 1 SMU 74, No. 8 East Carolina No. 4 Temple 80, No. 5 Memphis 75 No. 2 Tulsa 59, No. 10 Houston 51 No. 6 UConn 57, No. 3 Cincinnati 54
Second Round • March 23 No. 3 Murray State 83, No. 2 Tulsa 62
Saturday, March 14 – Semifinals (ESPN2) SMU 69, Temple 56 UConn 47, Tulsa 42
Quarterfinals • March 25 No. 1 Temple 77, No. 3 Louisiana Tech 59
Sunday, March 15 – Final (ESPN) SMU 62, UConn 54
Semifinals • March 31 New York, N.Y. Miami (Fla.) 60, Temple 57
70 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
2014-15 IN REVIEW Player Of The Year
Defensive Player Of The Year
Coach Of The Year
Rookie Of The Year
Nic Moore Guard • SMU
Amida Brimah Center • UConn
Fran Dunphy Temple
Daniel Hamilton Guard/Forward • UConn
Scholar-Athlete Of The Year
Sixth Man Of The Year
Most Improved Player
Sportsmanship Award
Pat Lenehan Guard • UConn
Markus Kennedy Forward • SMU
Yanick Moreira Center • SMU
Shaq Goodwin Forward • Memphis
ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS All-Conference First Team Ryan Boatright, G, UConn * Austin Nichols, F, Memphis Nic Moore, G, SMU * Will Cummings, G, Temple James Woodard, G, Tulsa
All-Conference Second Team Octavius Ellis, F, Cincinnati Markus Kennedy, F, SMU Yanick Moreira, C, SMU Louis Dabney, G, Tulane Shaquille Harrison, G, Tulsa
All-Conference Honorable Mention Troy Caupain, G, Cincinnati Amida Brimah, C, UConn Daniel Hamilton, G/F, UConn Jaylen Bond, F, Temple
All-Rookie Team Adonys Henriquez, G, UCF B.J. Taylor, G, UCF Gary Clark, F, Cincinnati Daniel Hamilton, G/F, UConn * B.J. Tyson, G, East Carolina * * unanimous selection
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 71
2014-15 IN REVIEW Associated Press Poll Final Poll (March 16) School 1. Kentucky (65) 2. Villanova 3. Wisconsin 4. Duke 5. Arizona 6. Virginia 7. Gonzaga 8. Notre Dame 9. Iowa State 10. Kansas 11. Northern Iowa 12. Maryland 13. Oklahoma 14. Wichita State 15. North Carolina 16. Baylor 17. Louisville 18. SMU 19. Utah 20. West Virginia 21. Arkansas 22. Georgetown 23. Michigan State 24. Butler 25. Virginia Commonwealth
Record 34-0 32-2 31-3 29-4 31-3 29-3 32-2 29-5 25-8 26-8 30-3 27-6 22-10 28-4 24-11 24-9 24-8 27-6 24-8 23-9 26-8 21-10 23-11 22-10 26-9
USA Today Poll Pts 1,625 1,522 1,460 1,406 1,405 1,333 1,229 1,178 1,043 995 979 935 740 737 703 680 614 485 455 398 373 177 159 142 109
Receiving votes: Oregon 91, Providence 62, Xavier 18, Davidson 16, Ohio State 12, Stephen F. Austin 12, Wyoming 6, Boise State 5, LSU 5, BYU 3, Valparaiso 3, Wofford 2, Harvard 2, Murray State 2, Dayton 1, Iowa 1, Purdue 1, Colorado State 1
Final Poll School 1. Duke (29) 2. Wisconsin 3. Kentucky (2) 4. Arizona 5. Notre Dame 6. Gonzaga 7. Michigan State 8. Virginia 9. Villanova 10. Louisville 11. Wichita State 12. North Carolina 13. Oklahoma 14. Northern Iowa 15. Utah 16. Maryland 17. Kansas 18. West Virginia 19. Iowa State 20. Arkansas 21. Baylor 22. Xavier 23. Butler 24. North Carolina State 25. Oregon
American Preseason Coaches’ Poll Record 35-4 36-4 38-1 34-4 32-6 35-3 27-12 30-4 33-3 27-9 30-5 26-12 24-11 31-4 26-9 28-7 27-9 25-10 25-9 27-9 24-10 23-14 23-11 22-14 26-10
Pts 773 739 720 659 614 608 572 525 500 474 452 403 360 350 342 331 330 286 243 143 112 106 89 88 56
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
School UConn (6) SMU (5) Memphis Cincinnati Tulsa Temple Houston USF UCF East Carolina Tulane
Pts 96 94 82 71 62 59 39 32 26 24 20
First-place votes in parentheses
Receiving votes: SMU 55, Georgetown 45, UCLA 39, Virginia Commonwealth 13, San Diego State 12, Ohio State 10, Dayton 8, Iowa 7, Providence 3, Purdue 2, Cincinnati 2, LSU 2, Murray State 1, UAB 1
WEEK-BY-WEEK IN THE NATIONAL POLLS Rankings are listed as AP/USA Today UCF
Cincinnati
Memphis
USF
SMU
Temple
Tulane
Tulsa
Preseason
-/-
rv/-
UConn East Carolina Houston 17/15
-/-
-/-
rv/rv
-/-
22/22
-/-
-/-
-/-
Nov. 17
-/-
rv/rv
17/17
-/-
-/-
rv/rv
-/-
22/23
-/-
-/-
-/-
Nov. 24
-/-
rv/-
24/22
-/-
-/-
rv/rv
-/-
-/rv
-/-
-/-
-/-
Dec. 1
-/-
-/-
rv/23
-/-
-/-
-/rv
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
Dec. 8
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
Dec. 15
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
Dec. 22
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
Dec. 29
-/-
-/-
-/rv
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
Jan. 5
-/-
rv/rv
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
rv/rv
-/-
-/-
Jan. 12
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
rv/rv
-/-
-/-
-/-
Jan. 19
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
rv/rv
-/-
-/-
-/-
Jan. 26
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
rv/rv
-/-
-/-
rv/rv
Feb. 2
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
23/23
rv/-
-/-
rv/rv
Feb. 9
-/-
rv/rv
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
25/25
rv/-
-/-
-/rv
Feb. 16
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
21/21
rv/-
-/-
-/-
Feb. 23
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
21/21
-/-
-/-
-/-
March 2
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
22/22
-/-
-/-
rv/-
March 9
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
20/21
-/-
-/-
-/-
March 16
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
18/19
-/-
-/-
-/-
Final
/-
/rv
/-
/-
/-
/-
/-
/rv
/-
/-
/-
72 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
2014-15 IN REVIEW THE AMERICAN AGAINST THE CONFERENCES Conference America East Atlantic Coast Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big 12 Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy Metro Atlantic Athletic Mid-American Mid-Eastern Athletic Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pacific-12 Patriot Southeastern Southern Southland Southwestern Athletic Summit Sun Belt West Coast Western Athletic
Record 1-0 1-8 4-1 3-3 1-4 1-0 0-1 2-2 2-6 1-0 6-1 4-2 2-2 2-2 1-0 0-1 8-1 4-2 3-3 6-0 5-1 0-4 2-0 3-4 0-0 8-1 7-1 2-1 3-1 0-2 1-0
Pct 1.000 .111 .800 .500 .200 1.000 .000 .500 .250 1.000 .857 .667 .500 .500 1.000 .000 .889 .667 .500 1.000 .833 .000 1.000 .429 — .889 .875 .667 .750 .000 1.000
Independents Non-Division I
0-0 6-1
— .857
Total: Home: Away: Neutral: Postseason:
90-55 73-20 8-19 9-16 5-5
.621 .785 .296 .360 .500
2014-15 HOME ATTENDANCE TEAM Dates Total Avg Sellouts High UCF ................................................ 18 .................... 73,559 ................. 4,087 ......................... 0 ..............................6,180 Cincinnati ..................................... 18 .................. 168,011 ................. 9,334 ......................... 1 ............................13,176 UConn ........................................... 16 .................. 175,314 ............... 10,957 ......................... 6 ............................15,564 East Carolina ............................... 16 .................... 75,138 ................. 4,696 ......................... 0 ..............................6,856 Houston ........................................ 17 .................... 44,793 ................. 2,635 ......................... 0 ..............................3,498 Memphis ...................................... 18 .................. 250,478 ............... 13,915 ......................... 0 ............................15,784 USF ................................................ 17 .................... 57,821 ................. 3,401 ......................... 0 ..............................6,128 SMU .............................................. 18 .................. 124,986 ................. 6,944 ........................ 18 .............................7,395 Temple .......................................... 19 .................. 109,620 ................. 5,769 ......................... 1 ............................11,118 Tulane ........................................... 18 .................... 33,338 ................. 1,852 ......................... 0 ..............................3,548 Tulsa.............................................. 18 .................... 85,778 ................. 4,765 ......................... 0 ..............................7,677 Total .................................. 193 ....... 1,198,836 ............6,212 .................. 26 ...................15,784
2014-15 GAMES DECIDED BY ... UCF Cincinnati UConn East Carolina Houston Memphis USF SMU Temple Tulane Tulsa Total
OT or 0-5 6-4 4-6 4-6 5-4 3-7 4-3 3-6 3-1 5-3 6-4 7-3 50-47
6-10 3-4 6-0 5-5 1-3 3-4 2-2 2-3 8-5 6-3 4-6 4-2 44-37
11-15 2-2 4-3 7-3 3-7 4-3 3-5 3-7 9-0 8-1 3-2 4-2 50-35
16+ 1-8 9-2 4-1 5-5 3-5 9-4 1-7 7-1 6-4 2-4 8-4 55-45
Total 12-18 23-11 20-15 14-19 13-19 18-14 9-23 27-7 25-11 15-16 23-11 199-164
Overtime Records – UCF (2-2), Cincinnati (2-1), UConn (0-1), East Carolina (1-0), Houston (1-3), Memphis (1-1), USF (1-2), SMU (1-0), Temple (1-0), Tulane (1-2), Tulsa (2-0).
2014-15 GAMES AGAINST TOP 25 (2-14, .125) DATE Nov. 17 Nov. 18 Nov. 21 Nov. 25 Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Dec. 7 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 17 Dec. 18 Dec. 22 Dec. 22 Dec. 28 Jan. 31 March 21
TEAM SMU (22/23) Memphis Temple SMU Tulsa UConn (24/22) East Carolina Tulsa Temple Cincinnati UConn Temple Tulane Tulane Memphis Cincinnati
OPPONENT Gonzaga Wichita State Duke Arkansas Wichita State Texas North Carolina Oklahoma Villanova San Diego State Duke Kansas Washington St. John’s Gonzaga Kentucky
RANK* 13/11 11/13 4/3 25/rv 9/10 7/9 12/12 16/15 7/7 19/17 2/2 10/10 13/13 17/19 3/3 1/1
RESULT L, 56-72 L, 56-71 L, 54-74 L, 72-78 L, 55-75 L, 54-55 L, 64-108 L, 68-87 L, 62-85 W, 79-62 (ot) L, 56-66 W, 77-52 L, 57-66 L, 57-82 L, 64-82 L, 51-64
* Rank in Associated Press poll followed by rank in ESPN/USA Today poll
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 73
2014-15 IN REVIEW AWARD WINNERS AMERICAN PLAYER OF THE WEEK Nov. 17 Devonta Pollard, F, Houston Nov. 24 Ryan Boatright, G, UConn Dec. 1 Corey Allen Jr., G, USF Dec. 8 James Woodard, G, Tulsa Dec. 15 Amida Brimah, C, UConn Dec. 22 Yanick Moreira, C, SMU Dec. 29 Jesse Morgan, G, Temple Jan. 5 Jonathan Stark, G, Tulane Jan. 12 Shaquille Harrison, G, Tulsa Jan. 19 James Woodard, G, Tulsa Jan. 26 Nic Moore, G, SMU Feb. 2 Markus Kennedy, F, SMU Feb. 9 Ryan Boatright, G, UConn Feb. 16 Will Cummings, G, Temple Feb. 23 Austin Nichols, F, Memphis March 2 Rodney Purvis, G, UConn March 9 Farad Cobb, G, Cincinnati AMERICAN ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Nov. 17 B.J. Taylor, G, UCF Nov. 24 Daniel Hamilton, G/F, UConn Dec. 1 B.J. Tyson, G, East Carolina Dec. 8 Gary Clark, F, Cincinnati Dec. 15 B.J. Tyson, G, East Carolina Dec. 22 Adonys Henriquez, G, UCF Dec. 29 B.J. Taylor, G, UCF Jan. 5 Adonys Henriquez, G, UCF Jan. 12 Adonys Henriquez, G, UCF Jan. 19 B.J. Taylor, G, UCF Jan. 26 Daniel Hamilton, G/F, UConn Feb. 2 Obi Enechinoyia, F, Temple Feb. 9 B.J. Tyson, G, East Carolina Feb. 16 B.J. Tyson, G, East Carolina Feb. 23 Daniel Hamilton, G/F, UConn March 2 Daniel Hamilton, G/F, UConn March 9 Troy Holston Jr., G, USF ACTIVE CAREER WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Player of the Week 2 — Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); Shaq Goodwin (F, Memphis); James Woodard (G, Tulsa) 1 — Farad Cobb (G, Cincinnati); Amida Brimah (C, UConn); Rodney Purvis (G, UConn); Devonta Pollard (F, Houston); Austin Nichols (F, Memphis); Corey Allen Jr. (G, USF); Markus Kennedy (F, SMU); Nic Moore (G, SMU); Yanick Moreira (C, SMU); Will Cummings (G, Temple); Jesse Morgan (G, Temple); Jonathan Stark (G, Tulane); Shaquille Harrison (G, Tulsa) Rookie of the Week 4 — Daniel Hamilton (G, UConn); B.J. Tyson (G, East Carolina)
2014-15 STATISTICAL RANKINGS Team UCF Cincinnati UConn East Carolina Houston Memphis USF SMU Temple Tulane Tulsa
Scoring 3 10 8 7 5 2 11 1 4 9 6
Team UCF Cincinnati UConn East Carolina Houston Memphis USF SMU Temple Tulane Tulsa
FT-Pct 10 6 1 4 5 7 11 2 3 8 9
3FGs 3 9 4 2 1 8 11 10 6 5 7
Blocks 7 2 3 11 8 1 4 6 5 10 9
Steals 10 4 11 5 8 1 8 2 3 6 7
Assists 5 8 6 3 7 2 9 1 4 10 11
DEFENSE FG-Pct 3FG-Pct Rebound 11 10 10 2 4 2 5 7 3 9 2 7 8 8 9 6 1 5 7 11 8 1 5 1 4 3 11 10 6 4 3 9 6 Scoring Rebound Turnover Asst/TO Margin Margin Margin Ratio 10 11 11 7 2 2 9 8 5 7 7 5 9 10 3 3 8 8 6 9 4 3 8 4 11 9 10 11 1 1 5 2 3 6 1 1 7 5 4 10 6 4 2 6
WEEKLY HONOR ROLL SELECTIONS Nov. 17
Shaheed Davis (F, UCF); Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); Octavius Ellis (F, Cincinnati); Chris Perry (F, USF); Ben Moore (F, SMU)
Nov. 24
B.J. Taylor (G, UCF); Octavius Ellis (F, Cincinnati); Devonta Pollard (F, Houston); Will Cummings (G, Temple); D’Andre Wright (F, Tulsa)
Dec. 1
Justin McBride (C, UCF); Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); Shaq Goodwin (F, Memphis); Nic Moore (G, SMU); Will Cummings (G, Temple)
Dec. 8
Shaq Thomas (F, Cincinnati); Devonta Pollard (F, Houston); Nic Moore (G, SMU); Jay Hook (G, Tulane); Quenton DeCosey (G, Temple)
Dec. 15
Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); Daniel Hamilton (G/F, UConn); Terry Whisnant (G, East Carolina); Caleb White (G, East Carolina); Keith Frazier (G, SMU)
Dec. 22
Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); Austin Nichols (F, Memphis); Nic Moore (G, SMU); Quenton DeCosey (G, Temple); Shaquille Harrison (G, Tulsa)
Dec. 29
Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); Caleb White (G, East Carolina); Jherrod Stiggers (G, Houston); Nick King (F, Memphis); Shaquille Harrison (G, Tulsa)
Jan. 5
Farad Cobb (G, Cincinnati); Austin Nichols (F, Memphis); Nic Moore (G, SMU); Jaylen Bond (F, Temple); Shaquille Harrison (G, Tulsa)
Jan. 12
Brandon Goodwin (G, UCF); Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); Nic Moore (G, SMU); Jaylen Bond (F, Temple); Louis Dabney (G, Tulane)
Jan. 19
Troy Caupain (G, Cincinnati); Danrad Knowles (F, Houston); Calvin Godfrey (F, Memphis); Markus Kennedy (F, SMU); Louis Dabney (G, Tulane)
Jan. 26
Troy Caupain (G, Cincinnati); Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); Austin Nichols (F, Memphis); Jesse Morgan (G, Temple); Shaquille Harrison (G, Tulsa)
Feb. 2
Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); L.J. Rose (G, Houston); Austin Nichols (F, Memphis); Will Cummings (G, Temple); Brandon Swannegan (F, Tulsa)
Feb. 9
Farad Cobb (G, Cincinnati); Shaq Goodwin (F, Memphis); Corey Allen Jr. (G, USF); Nic Moore (G, SMU); Will Cummings (G, Temple)
Feb. 16
Kasey Wilson (F, UCF); Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); Shaq Goodwin (F, Memphis); Markus Kennedy (F, SMU); Jay Hook (G, Tulane)
Feb. 23
Gary Clark (F, Cincinnati); Amida Brimah (C, UConn); Corey Allen Jr. (G, USF); Nic Moore (G, SMU); James Woodard (G, Tulsa)
March 2
Octavius Ellis (F, Cincinnati); Devonta Pollard (F, Houston); Quenton DeCosey (G, Temple); Louis Dabney (G, Tulane); Shaquille Harrison (G, Tulsa)
March 9
Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); Devonta Pollard (F, Houston); Markus Kennedy (F, SMU); Will Cummings (G, Temple); James Woodard (G, Tulsa)
3 — Adonys Henriquez (G, UCF); B.J. Taylor (G, UCF) 1 — Gary Clark (F, Cincinnati); Troy Holston Jr. (G, USF); Obi Enechinoyia (F, Temple)
OFFENSE FG-Pct 3FG-Pct Rebound Scoring 5 4 10 11 2 5 7 1 4 2 9 3 7 3 11 9 10 9 5 8 3 6 2 6 6 11 8 10 1 1 4 2 11 10 1 5 9 7 6 7 8 8 3 4
74 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
2014-15 IN REVIEW CONFERENCE INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SCORING Player-Team 1. BOATRIGHT, Ryan-UCONN 2. ALLEN JR., Corey-USF 3. CUMMINGS, Will-TEM 4. WOODARD, James-TLS MOORE, Nic-SMU 6. STIGGERS, Jherrod-HOU 7. DABNEY, Louis-TLN 8. NICHOLS, Austin-MEM 9. HARRISON, Shaquille-TLS 10. TAYLOR, B.J.-UCF 11. TYSON, B.J.-ECU 12. WHISNANT, Terry-ECU 13. DECOSEY, Quenton-TEM 14. WHITE, Caleb-ECU 15. PURVIS, Rodney-UCONN 16. POLLARD, Devonta-HOU 17. HOOK, Jay-TLN 18. MOREIRA, Yanick-SMU 19. HAMILTON, Daniel-UCONN 20. HENRIQUEZ, Adonys-UCF 21. STARK, Jonathan-TLN 22. GOODWIN, Brandon-UCF 23. MORILLO, Nehemias-USF 24. ELLIS, Octavius-CIN 25. KNOWLES, Danrad-HOU 26. GOODWIN, Shaq-MEM 27. CAUPAIN, Troy-CIN 28. BRIMAH, Amida-UCONN 29. BURRELL, Trahson-MEM 30. COBB, Farad-CIN
Cl SR SR SR JR JR JR JR SO JR FR FR JR JR SO SO JR SR SR FR FR SO SO JR JR SO JR SO SO JR JR
G 34 28 36 34 34 31 31 27 34 26 33 33 37 33 33 32 31 34 35 30 31 30 30 34 32 31 34 35 31 34
FG 182 156 159 158 156 139 135 151 163 107 143 131 143 138 144 132 111 144 139 107 119 108 117 122 108 112 107 126 105 99
3FG 86 40 24 88 77 96 61 2 13 45 19 77 51 67 54 0 71 0 46 65 30 17 37 0 37 5 31 0 20 53
FT 142 80 189 89 104 65 92 54 108 75 108 68 119 61 42 100 53 89 56 44 61 74 32 93 63 70 82 67 52 38
Pts 592 432 531 493 493 439 423 358 447 334 413 407 456 404 384 364 346 377 380 323 329 307 303 337 316 299 327 319 282 289
REBOUNDING Player-Team 1. BOND, Jaylen-TEM 2. HAMILTON, Daniel-UCONN 3. CLARK, Gary-CIN 4. ELLIS, Octavius-CIN 5. GOODWIN, Shaq-MEM 6. MOREIRA, Yanick-SMU 7. BARNES, LeRon-HOU 8. POLLARD, Devonta-HOU 9. NICHOLS, Austin-MEM 10. SMITH, Rashad-TLS 11. KNOWLES, Danrad-HOU 12. FACEY, Kentan-UCONN 13. BLAIR, Staphon-UCF 14. BURRELL, Trahson-MEM 15. HARRISON, Shaquille-TLS 16. HOOK, Jay-TLN 17. WOODARD, James-TLS 18. DRYE, Tre-TLN 19. WILSON, Kasey-UCF 20. OSETKOWSKI, Dylan-TLN
Cl JR FR FR JR JR SR JR JR SO JR SO SO JR JR JR SR JR SR SR FR
G 35 35 34 34 31 34 32 32 27 34 32 31 30 31 34 31 34 31 29 31
OFF 116 37 94 93 80 80 68 84 54 57 69 60 61 73 40 32 18 61 38 68
DEF 161 230 152 152 141 139 138 121 111 146 111 102 94 87 133 125 149 91 104 81
Total 277 267 246 245 221 219 206 205 165 203 180 162 155 160 173 157 167 152 142 149
Avg/G 7.9 7.6 7.2 7.2 7.1 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.1 6.0 5.6 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.8
FIELD GOAL PCT (Min. 3.0 made per game) Player-Team Cl G 1. BRIMAH, Amida-UCONN SO 35 2. BLAIR, Staphon-UCF JR 30 3. ELLIS, Octavius-CIN JR 34 4. MOREIRA, Yanick-SMU SR 34 5. GOODWIN, Shaq-MEM JR 31 6. CLARK, Gary-CIN FR 34 7. NICHOLS, Austin-MEM SO 27 8. TYSON, B.J.-ECU FR 33 9. POLLARD, Devonta-HOU JR 32 10. SMITH, Rashad-TLS JR 34
FG 126 95 122 144 112 110 151 143 132 115
FGA 187 156 219 262 206 210 304 312 289 253
Pct .674 .609 .557 .550 .544 .524 .497 .458 .457 .455
Avg/G 17.4 15.4 14.8 14.5 14.5 14.2 13.6 13.3 13.1 12.8 12.5 12.3 12.3 12.2 11.6 11.4 11.2 11.1 10.9 10.8 10.6 10.2 10.1 9.9 9.9 9.6 9.6 9.1 9.1 8.5
Gary Clark, Cincinnati
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 75
2014-15 IN REVIEW ASSISTS Player-Team 1. COLLINS, Anthony-USF 2. MOORE, Nic-SMU 3. STARK, Jonathan-TLN 4. GOODWIN, Brandon-UCF 5. CUMMINGS, Will-TEM 6. BOATRIGHT, Ryan-UCONN 7. ROBINSON, Antonio-ECU 8. HARRISON, Shaquille-TLS 9. HAMILTON, Daniel-UCONN 10. CAUPAIN, Troy-CIN
Cl JR JR SO SO SR SR SR JR FR SO
G 32 34 31 30 36 34 33 34 35 34
FREE THROW PCT (Min. 2.0 made per game) Player-Team Cl G 1. MOORE, Nic-SMU JR 34 2. BOATRIGHT, Ryan-UCONN SR 34 3. CUMMINGS, Will-TEM SR 36 4. RAY, Rashad-TLS JR 34 5. ALLEN JR., Corey-USF SR 28 6. CAUPAIN, Troy-CIN SO 34 7. DABNEY, Louis-TLN JR 31 8. STIGGERS, Jherrod-HOU JR 31 9. WHISNANT, Terry-ECU JR 33 10. POLLARD, Devonta-HOU JR 32 STEALS Player-Team 1. HARRISON, Shaquille-TLS 2. CUMMINGS, Will-TEM 3. ROBINSON, Antonio-ECU 4. ALLEN JR., Corey-USF 5. COLLINS, Anthony-USF 6. BOND, Jaylen-TEM 7. BOATRIGHT, Ryan-UCONN 8. MOORE, Nic-SMU 9. STARK, Jonathan-TLN 10. GOODWIN, Brandon-UCF
Cl JR SR SR SR JR JR SR JR SO SO
G 34 36 33 28 32 35 34 34 31 30
Assists Avg/G 167 5.2 175 5.1 137 4.4 127 4.2 151 4.2 129 3.8 122 3.7 125 3.7 128 3.7 121 3.6 FTM 104 142 189 74 80 82 92 65 68 100
FTA 117 167 234 92 101 104 118 85 89 138
Steals Avg/G 67 2.0 67 1.9 55 1.7 43 1.5 49 1.5 48 1.4 46 1.4 43 1.3 39 1.3 37 1.2
3-POINT FG PCT (Min. 1.0 made per game) Player-Team Cl 1. MOORE, Nic-SMU JR 2. BOATRIGHT, Ryan-UCONN SR 3. WHITE, Caleb-ECU SO 4. HENRIQUEZ, Adonys-UCF FR 5. HOOK, Jay-TLN SR 6. WALKER, Daiquan-UCF JR 7. WOODSON, Avery-MEM SO 8. DABNEY, Louis-TLN JR 9. WHISNANT, Terry-ECU JR 10. WOODARD, James-TLS JR
G 34 34 33 30 31 30 32 31 33 34
3FG 77 86 67 65 71 37 61 61 77 88
FGA 185 209 164 165 182 96 162 164 208 238
3-POINT FG MADE ## Player-Team 1. STIGGERS, Jherrod-HOU 2. WOODARD, James-TLS 3. BOATRIGHT, Ryan-UCONN 4. WHISNANT, Terry-ECU 5. HOOK, Jay-TLN 6. MOORE, Nic-SMU 7. HENRIQUEZ, Adonys-UCF 8. WHITE, Caleb-ECU 9. DABNEY, Louis-TLN 10. WOODSON, Avery-MEM
G 31 34 34 33 31 34 30 33 31 32
3FG 96 88 86 77 71 77 65 67 61 61
Avg/G 3.1 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.9
Cl JR JR SR JR SR JR FR SO JR SO
Pct .889 .850 .808 .804 .792 .788 .780 .765 .764 .725
76 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Adonys Henriquez, UCF
Pct .416 .411 .409 .394 .390 .385 .377 .372 .370 .370
2014-15 IN REVIEW BLOCKED SHOTS ## Player-Team 1. BRIMAH, Amida-UCONN 2. NICHOLS, Austin-MEM 3. ELLIS, Octavius-CIN 4. GUERRERO, Ruben-USF 5. SWANNEGAN, Brandon-TLS 6. CLARK, Gary-CIN ENECHIONYIA, Obi-TEM 8. KNOWLES, Danrad-HOU 9. BLAIR, Staphon-UCF 10. MOREIRA, Yanick-SMU
Cl SO SO JR JR FR FR SO JR SR
G 35 27 34 28 34 34 34 32 30 34
Blocks Avg/G 121 3.5 93 3.4 67 2.0 43 1.5 49 1.4 45 1.3 45 1.3 42 1.3 38 1.3 40 1.2
ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO (Min. 3.0 assists/game) ## Player-Team Cl G Asst 1. ROBINSON, Antonio-ECU SR 33 122 2. COLLINS, Anthony-USF JR 32 167 3. CUMMINGS, Will-TEM SR 36 151 4. MOORE, Nic-SMU JR 34 175 5. STARK, Jonathan-TLN SO 31 137 6. CAUPAIN, Troy-CIN SO 34 121 7. BOATRIGHT, Ryan-UCONN SR 34 129 8. HAMILTON, Daniel-UCONN FR 35 128 9. HARRISON, Shaquille-TLS JR 34 125 10. GOODWIN, Brandon-UCF SO 30 127 OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Player-Team 1. BOND, Jaylen-TEM 2. CLARK, Gary-CIN 3. ELLIS, Octavius-CIN 4. POLLARD, Devonta-HOU 5. GOODWIN, Shaq-MEM 6. GUERRERO, Ruben-USF 7. BURRELL, Trahson-MEM 8. MOREIRA, Yanick-SMU 9. OSETKOWSKI, Dylan-TLN 10. KNOWLES, Danrad-HOU
Cl JR FR JR JR JR
Avg 3.7 5.2 4.2 5.1 4.4 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.7 4.2
JR SR FR SO
G 35 34 34 32 31 28 31 34 31 32
No. 116 94 93 84 80 68 73 80 68 69
Avg/G 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.2
DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Player-Team 1. HAMILTON, Daniel-UCONN 2. BOND, Jaylen-TEM 3. GOODWIN, Shaq-MEM 4. CLARK, Gary-CIN ELLIS, Octavius-CIN 6. WOODARD, James-TLS 7. BARNES, LeRon-HOU 8. SMITH, Rashad-TLS 9. NICHOLS, Austin-MEM 10. MOREIRA, Yanick-SMU
Cl FR JR JR FR JR JR JR JR SO SR
G 35 35 31 34 34 34 32 34 27 34
No. 230 161 141 152 152 149 138 146 111 139
Avg/G 6.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.1
MINUTES PLAYED ## Player-Team 1. BOATRIGHT, Ryan-UCONN 2. STIGGERS, Jherrod-HOU 3. HENRIQUEZ, Adonys-UCF 4. MOORE, Nic-SMU 5. WOODARD, James-TLS 6. CUMMINGS, Will-TEM 7. COLLINS, Anthony-USF 8. BARNES, LeRon-HOU 9. GOODWIN, Brandon-UCF 10. ALLEN JR., Corey-USF
Cl SR JR FR JR JR SR JR JR SO SR
G 34 31 30 34 34 36 32 32 30 28
Turn 52 76 71 87 76 72 81 81 81 88
Avg 1.6 2.4 2.0 2.6 2.5 2.1 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.9
Ratio 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4
Devonta Pollard, Houston
Minutes Avg/G 1216 35.8 1105 35.6 1050 35.0 1179 34.7 1174 34.5 1224 34.0 1084 33.9 1083 33.8 1013 33.8 937 33.5
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 77
2014-15 IN REVIEW CONFERENCE TEAM LEADERS SCORING OFFENSE ## Team G 1. SMU 34 2. Memphis 32 3. UCF 30 4. Temple 37 5. Houston 32 6. Tulsa 34 7. East Carolina 33 8. UConn 35 9. Tulane 31 10. Cincinnati 34 11. USF 32
W-L 27-7 18-14 12-18 26-11 13-19 23-11 14-19 20-15 15-16 23-11 9-23
Pts 2350 2155 1981 2436 2060 2188 2116 2243 1973 2113 1970
SCORING DEFENSE ## Team G 1. Cincinnati 34 2. SMU 34 3. UConn 35 4. Tulsa 34 5. Temple 37 6. Memphis 32 7. Tulane 31 8. Houston 32 9. East Carolina 33 10. USF 32 11. UCF 30
Pts 1898 2032 2101 2064 2263 2019 1984 2097 2176 2189 2153
Avg/G 55.8 59.8 60.0 60.7 61.2 63.1 64.0 65.5 65.9 68.4 71.8
SCORING MARGIN ## Team 1. SMU 2. Cincinnati 3. Temple 4. Memphis 5. UConn 6. Tulsa 7. Tulane 8. Houston 9. East Carolina 10. UCF 11. USF
G 34 34 37 32 35 34 31 32 33 30 32
OFF 69.1 62.1 65.8 67.3 64.1 64.4 63.6 64.4 64.1 66.0 61.6
DEF 59.8 55.8 61.2 63.1 60.0 60.7 64.0 65.5 65.9 71.8 68.4
Margin +9.4 +6.3 +4.7 +4.2 +4.1 +3.6 -0.4 -1.2 -1.8 -5.7 -6.8
FREE THROW PCT ## Team 1. UConn 2. SMU 3. Temple 4. East Carolina 5. Houston 6. Cincinnati 7. Memphis 8. Tulane 9. Tulsa 10. UCF 11. USF
G 35 34 37 33 32 34 32 31 34 30 32
FTM 417 541 535 383 391 424 385 376 484 371 344
FTA 590 770 765 563 575 633 578 579 746 577 556
Pct .707 .703 .699 .680 .680 .670 .666 .649 .649 .643 .619
REBOUNDING OFFENSE ## Team G 1. Temple 37 2. Memphis 32 3. Tulsa 34 4. SMU 34 5. Houston 32 6. Tulane 31 7. Cincinnati 34 8. USF 32 9. UConn 35 10. UCF 30 11. East Carolina 33
Reb 1410 1195 1246 1244 1129 1076 1178 1084 1178 997 1048
Avg/G 38.1 37.3 36.6 36.6 35.3 34.7 34.6 33.9 33.7 33.2 31.8
FGA 1750 1705 1827 1824 1621 1720 1777 1820 1700 1795 2149
Pct .475 .446 .439 .439 .434 .433 .422 .416 .411 .393 .388
REBOUNDING DEFENSE ## Team G 1. SMU 34 2. Cincinnati 34 3. UConn 35 4. Tulane 31 5. Memphis 32 6. Tulsa 34 7. East Carolina 33 8. USF 32 9. Houston 32 10. UCF 30 11. Temple 37
Reb 1016 1025 1142 1023 1060 1177 1152 1139 1162 1102 1368
Avg/G 29.9 30.1 32.6 33.0 33.1 34.6 34.9 35.6 36.3 36.7 37.0
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES ## Team G FG 1. SMU 34 832 2. Cincinnati 34 761 3. Memphis 32 802 4. UConn 35 800 5. UCF 30 704 6. USF 32 745 7. East Carolina 33 750 8. Tulsa 34 758 9. Tulane 31 699 10. Houston 32 705 11. Temple 37 833
Avg/G 69.1 67.3 66.0 65.8 64.4 64.4 64.1 64.1 63.6 62.1 61.6
78 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG 1. SMU 34 691 2. Cincinnati 34 700 3. Tulsa 34 722 4. Temple 37 803 5. UConn 35 738 6. Memphis 32 694 7. USF 32 736 8. Houston 32 758 9. East Carolina 33 786 10. Tulane 31 722 11. UCF 30 825
FGA 1815 1804 1835 2040 1865 1749 1742 1743 1768 1615 1809
Pct .381 .388 .393 .394 .396 .397 .423 .435 .445 .447 .456
3-POINT FG PCT ## Team 1. SMU 2. UConn 3. East Carolina 4. UCF 5. Cincinnati 6. Memphis 7. Tulane 8. Tulsa 9. Houston 10. Temple 11. USF
FG 145 226 233 202 167 166 199 188 259 235 136
FGA 400 637 663 577 507 506 610 586 809 772 448
Pct .363 .355 .351 .350 .329 .328 .326 .321 .320 .304 .304
3-POINT FG PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG 1. Memphis 32 164 2. East Carolina 33 199 3. Temple 37 210 4. Cincinnati 34 192 5. SMU 34 268 6. Tulane 31 158 7. UConn 35 209 8. Houston 32 195 9. Tulsa 34 239 10. UCF 30 195 11. USF 32 216
FGA 540 636 669 601 823 477 630 579 709 552 588
Pct .304 .313 .314 .319 .326 .331 .332 .337 .337 .353 .367
G 34 35 33 30 34 32 31 34 32 37 32
2014-15 IN REVIEW REBOUNDING MARGIN ## Team G TEAM 1. SMU 34 1244 2. Cincinnati 34 1178 3. Memphis 32 1195 4. Tulsa 34 1246 5. Tulane 31 1076 6. Temple 37 1410 7. UConn 35 1178 8. Houston 32 1129 9. USF 32 1084 10. East Carolina 33 1048 11. UCF 30 997
Avg 36.6 34.6 37.3 36.6 34.7 38.1 33.7 35.3 33.9 31.8 33.2
OPP 1016 1025 1060 1177 1023 1368 1142 1162 1139 1152 1102
Avg 29.9 30.1 33.1 34.6 33.0 37.0 32.6 36.3 35.6 34.9 36.7
Margin +6.7 +4.5 +4.2 +2.0 +1.7 +1.1 +1.0 -1.0 -1.7 -3.2 -3.5
ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO ## Team G Asst 1. Temple 37 457 2. SMU 34 524 3. East Carolina 33 443 4. Memphis 32 460 5. UConn 35 416 6. Tulsa 34 375 7. UCF 30 369 8. Cincinnati 34 394 9. Houston 32 376 10. Tulane 31 349 11. USF 32 362
Avg 12.4 15.4 13.4 14.4 11.9 11.0 12.3 11.6 11.8 11.3 11.3
BLOCKED SHOTS ## Team 1. Memphis 2. Cincinnati 3. UConn 4. USF 5. Temple 6. SMU 7. UCF 8. Houston 9. Tulsa 10. Tulane 11. East Carolina
G 32 34 35 32 37 34 30 32 34 31 33
Blocks Avg/G 208 6.5 185 5.4 183 5.2 156 4.9 165 4.5 146 4.3 128 4.3 121 3.8 116 3.4 62 2.0 64 1.9
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Team G 1. Memphis 32 2. Houston 32 3. Temple 37 4. Tulane 31 5. SMU 34 6. Cincinnati 34 7. Tulsa 34 8. USF 32 9. UCF 30 10. East Carolina 33 11. UConn 35
No. 409 403 453 365 388 383 375 343 313 333 331
Avg/G 12.8 12.6 12.2 11.8 11.4 11.3 11.0 10.7 10.4 10.1 9.5
ASSISTS ## Team 1. SMU 2. Memphis 3. East Carolina 4. Temple 5. UCF 6. UConn 7. Houston 8. Cincinnati 9. USF 10. Tulane 11. Tulsa
G 34 32 33 37 30 35 32 34 32 31 34
Assists Avg/G 524 15.4 460 14.4 443 13.4 457 12.4 369 12.3 416 11.9 376 11.8 394 11.6 362 11.3 349 11.3 375 11.0
DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Team G 1. Temple 37 2. Tulsa 34 3. SMU 34 4. Memphis 32 5. UConn 35 6. Cincinnati 34 7. USF 32 8. Tulane 31 9. UCF 30 10. Houston 32 11. East Carolina 33
No. 957 871 856 786 847 795 741 711 684 726 715
Avg/G 25.9 25.6 25.2 24.6 24.2 23.4 23.2 22.9 22.8 22.7 21.7
STEALS ## Team 1. Memphis 2. SMU 3. Temple 4. Cincinnati 5. East Carolina 6. Tulane 7. Tulsa 8. Houston USF 32 10. UCF 11. UConn
G 32 34 37 34 33 31 34 32 184 30 35
Steals Avg/G 224 7.0 237 7.0 254 6.9 222 6.5 208 6.3 193 6.2 198 5.8 184 5.8 5.8 155 5.2 166 4.7
3-POINT FG MADE ## Team 1. Houston 2. East Carolina 3. UCF 4. UConn 5. Tulane 6. Temple 7. Tulsa 8. Memphis 9. Cincinnati 10. SMU 11. USF
3FG 259 233 202 226 199 235 188 166 167 145 136
Avg/G 8.1 7.1 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.4 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.3 4.3
TURNOVER MARGIN ## Team G 1. Temple 37 2. Tulsa 34 3. East Carolina 33 4. Tulane 31 5. SMU 34 6. Houston 32 7. UConn 35 8. Memphis 32 9. Cincinnati 34 10. USF 32 11. UCF 30
TEAM 352 389 379 397 426 425 404 427 432 436 390
Avg 9.5 11.4 11.5 12.8 12.5 13.3 11.5 13.3 12.7 13.6 13.0
OPP 455 439 405 414 441 412 388 406 409 392 312
Avg 12.3 12.9 12.3 13.4 13.0 12.9 11.1 12.7 12.0 12.3 10.4
G 32 33 30 35 31 37 34 32 34 34 32
Turn 352 426 379 427 404 389 390 432 425 397 436
Avg 9.5 12.5 11.5 13.3 11.5 11.4 13.0 12.7 13.3 12.8 13.6
Ratio 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8
Margin +2.78 +1.47 +0.79 +0.55 +0.44 -0.41 -0.46 -0.66 -0.68 -1.38 -2.60
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 79
2014-15 IN REVIEW INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Points 40 33 33
BRIMAH, Amida (UConn) vs Coppin State (12/14/14) STIGGERS, Jherrod (Houston) vs Houston Baptist (12/16/14) TAYLOR, B.J. (UCF) vs Tulane (01/14/15)
13 13 13
BRIMAH, Amida (UConn) vs Coppin State (12/14/14) NICHOLS, Austin (Memphis) vs Tulane (1/3/15) ALLEN JR., Corey (USF) at Tulsa (01/31/15)
26 22 22
BOATRIGHT, Ryan (UConn) at Houston (2/1/15) HAMILTON, Daniel (UConn) at Memphis (2/19/15) PURVIS, Rodney (UConn) vs SMU (3/15/15)
Field goals made
Field goal attempts
Field goal percentage 1.000 (13-13) 1.000 (9-9) 1.000 (9-9) 1.000 (8-8)
BRIMAH, Amida (UConn) vs Coppin State (12/14/14) MOREIRA, Yanick (SMU) vs Lamar (11/14/14) NZEGE, Michel (East Carolina) vs Central Connecticut (11/30/14) BRIMAH, Amida (UConn) vs Tulane (2/22/15)
3-Pt FG made 10 8 8
WOODARD, James (Tulsa) at SMU (03/08/15) STIGGERS, Jherrod (Houston) vs Mississippi Valley (12/28/14) MOORE, Nic (SMU) vs Houston (01/24/15)
16 15
WOODARD, James (Tulsa) at SMU (03/08/15) STIGGERS, Jherrod (Houston) vs SMU (2/12/15)
.833 (5-6) .833 (5-6)
WHITE, Caleb (East Carolina) vs USF (02/21/15) RAY, Rashad (Tulsa) vs Cincinnati (03/04/15)
3-Pt FG attempts
3-Pt percentage
Free throws made 15 14
CUMMINGS, Will (Temple) vs Towson (12/10/14) BRIMAH, Amida (UConn) vs Coppin State (12/14/14)
18 17
CUMMINGS, Will (Temple) vs Louisiana Tech (11/17/14) CUMMINGS, Will (Temple) vs Towson (12/10/14)
Free throw attempts
Free throw percentage 1.000 (11-11) 1.000 (10-10)
TYSON, B.J. (East Carolina) vs Fresno State (11/25/14) MORGAN, Jesse (Temple) at Memphis (2/7/15)
Rebounds 23 18
GOODWIN, Shaq (Memphis) vs Temple (2/7/15) BOND, Jaylen (Temple) vs Delaware State (12/28/14)
13 12 12
GOODWIN, Brandon (UCF) at Tulane (2/19/15) COLLINS, Anthony (USF) vs Hofstra (11/25/14) STARK, Jonathan (Tulane) vs Temple (1/7/15)
Assists
Steals 7 7
MOORE, Nic (SMU) vs Texas Southern (11/26/14) CUMMINGS, Will (Temple) at SMU (02/19/15)
9 8 8
MOREIRA, Yanick (SMU) vs Midwestern State (12/29/14) NICHOLS, Austin (Memphis) vs Oral Roberts (12/20/14) BRIMAH, Amida (UConn) at Tulane (2/7/15)
8 8
CUMMINGS, Will (Temple) vs Duke (11/21/14) HAMILTON, Daniel (UConn) vs West Virginia (11/23/14)
Blocked shots
Turnovers
80 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
2014-15 IN REVIEW TEAM GAME HIGHS Points 106 103
UConn vs Coppin State (12/14/14) UCF vs Tulane (01/14/15)
Margin 44 (89-45) 41 (92-51)
Tulane vs Southern-New Orleans (11/22/14) East Carolina vs Virginia-Lynchburg (11/20/14)
Field goals made 38 38
Tulane at UCF (01/14/15) Memphis vs UCF (1/17/15)
80 77
Tulane at UCF (01/14/15) Temple vs Delaware State (12/28/14)
Field goal attempts
Field goal percentage .647 (33-51) .611 (33-54)
Cincinnati vs UCF (02/25/15) SMU vs Lamar (11/14/14)
3-Pt FG made 16 16
Temple at Delaware (12/18/14) Tulane at UCF (01/14/15)
38 35 35 35 35
Houston vs Morgan State (11/22/14) Houston vs Texas-Pan American (12/04/14) Temple vs Delaware State (12/28/14) Tulane at UCF (01/14/15) East Carolina vs SMU (3/13/15)
3-Pt FG attempts
3-Pt percentage .750 (6-8) .647 (11-17)
Cincinnati vs UCF (02/25/15) UConn vs USF (3/12/15)
Free throws made 36 34
East Carolina vs NC Wesleyan (11/14/14) Temple vs Louisiana Tech (11/17/14)
49 46
Temple vs Louisiana Tech (11/17/14) East Carolina vs NC Wesleyan (11/14/14)
Free throw attempts
Free throw percentage 1.000 (9-9) 1.000 (3-3) 1.000 (3-3) 1.000 (2-2)
Houston vs Texas-Pan American (12/04/14) East Carolina at Memphis (1/28/15) UConn vs Arizona State (3/18/15) Memphis at UConn (03/05/15)
Rebounds 62 59
Houston vs Morgan State (11/22/14) East Carolina vs Virginia-Lynchburg (11/20/14)
24 23
SMU vs Houston (01/24/15) Tulane vs Mississippi Valley (11/20/14)
17 13 13 13
East Carolina vs NC Wesleyan (11/14/14) SMU vs Texas Southern (11/26/14) Memphis at Gonzaga (01/31/15) East Carolina vs Memphis (02/10/15)
15 13
Memphis vs Oral Roberts (12/20/14) SMU vs Midwestern State (12/29/14)
26 24 24
Houston vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff (12/17/14) Memphis vs Wichita State (11/18/14) USF at UAB (11/20/14)
31 30 30
Tulsa at Oral Roberts (11/15/14) USF at UAB (11/20/14) Tulane at UCF (01/14/15)
Assists
Steals
Blocked shots
Turnovers
Fouls
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 81
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS POINTS GAME 42 40 36 34 33
Russ Smith, Louisville vs. Houston, 3/14/14 Amida Brimah, UConn vs. Coppin State, 12/14/14 Russ Smith, Louisville vs. North Carolina, 11/24/13 Isaiah Sykes, UCF vs. Temple, 3/12/14 Shabazz Napier, UConn vs. Memphis, 2/15/14 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati vs. Memphis, 3/6/14 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston vs. Houston Baptist, 12/16/14 B.J. Taylor, UCF vs. Tulane, 1/14/15
SEASON 720 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 (40 games) 701 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 (34 games) 673 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 (37 games) 592 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2014-15 (34 games) 541 Dalton Pepper, Temple, 2013-14 (31 games) 531 Will Cummings, Temple, 2014-15 (36 games) 519 Montrezl Harrell, Louisville, 2013-14 (37 games) 515 Isaiah Sykes, UCF, 2013-14 (30 games) 514 Victor Rudd, USF, 2013-14 (32 games) 509 TaShawn Thomas, Houston, 2013-14 (33 games) CAREER 1,064 1,019 996 934 809 744 690 673 537 522
Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-15 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston, 2013-15 Markus Kennedy, SMU, 2013-15 Shaq Goodwin, Memphis, 2013-15 Austin Nichols, Memphis, 2013-15 Danrad Knowles, Houston, 2013-15 Kasey Wilson, UCF, 2013-15
POINTS 20.6 18.2 18.0 17.5 17.4 17.2 16.8 16.1 15.4 15.4
PER GAME, SEASON Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 (701 points, 34 games) Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 (673 points, 37 games) Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 (720 points, 40 games) Dalton Pepper, Temple, 2013-14 (541 points, 31 games) Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2014-15 (592 points, 34 games) Isaiah Sykes, UCF, 2013-14 (515 points, 30 games) Will Cummings, Temple, 2014-15 (488 points, 29 games) Victor Rudd, USF, 2013-14 (514 points, 32 games) Corey Allen Jr., USF, 2014-15 (432 points, 28 games) Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-14 (478 points, 31 games)
POINTS 15.7 14.6 14.0 13.7 12.6
PER GAME, CAREER (minimum 60 games) Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 (1,019 points, 65 games) Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 (1,064 points, 73 games) Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 (996 points, 71 games) Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-15 (934 points, 68 games) Jherrod Stiggers, Houston, 2013-15 (809 points, 64 games)
FRESHMAN POINTS PER GAME, SEASON 12.8 B.J. Taylor, UCF, 2014-15 (334 points, 26 games) 12.5 B.J. Tyson, East Carolina, 2014-15 (413 points, 33 games) 10.9 Daniel Hamilton, UConn, 2014-15 (380 points, 35 games) 10.8 Adonys Henriquez, UCF, 2014-15 (323 points, 30 games) 9.3 Austin Nichols, Memphis, 2013-14 (315 points, 34 games) 8.9 Chris Perry, USF, 2013-14 (286 points, 32 games) 7.4 John Egbunu, USF, 2013-14 (238 points, 32 games) 7.1 Danrad Knowles, Houston, 2013-14 (221 points, 31 games) 7.0 Terry Rozier, Louisville, 2013-14 (259 points, 37 games) 30-POINT GAMES, SEASON 3 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 2 Kadeem Jack, Rutgers, 2013-14 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 Corey Allen Jr., USF, 2014-15 20-POINT GAMES, SEASON 19 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 14 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2014-15 13 Dalton Pepper, Temple, 2013-14 12 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14
82 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
FIELD GOALS FIELD GOALS MADE, GAME 14 Russ Smith, Louisville vs. Houston, 3/14/14 13 Isaiah Sykes, UCF vs. Temple, 3/12/14 Amida Brimah, UConn vs. Coppin State, 12/14/14 Austin Nichols, Memphis vs. Tulane, 1/3/15 Corey Allen Jr., USF at Tulsa, 1/31/15 FIELD GOALS MADE, SEASON 225 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 223 Montrezl Harrell, Louisville, 2013-14 214 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 213 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 205 TaShawn Thomas, Houston, 2013-14 FIELD GOALS MADE, CAREER 327 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 317 Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-15 Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 315 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 290 Austin Nichols, 2013-15 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, GAME 26 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati vs. Louisville, 2/22/14 Ryan Boatright, UConn at Houston, 2/1/15 25 Will Cummings, Temple vs. UCF, 3/12/14 24 Russ Smith, Louisville vs. North Carolina, 11/24/13 Isaiah Sykes, UCF at USF, 2/15/14 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, SEASON 506 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 496 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 481 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 457 Dalton Pepper, Temple, 2013-14 431 Victor Rudd, USF, 2013-14 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, CAREER 801 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 799 Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-15 749 Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 714 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 701 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston, 2013-15 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, GAME (Minimum 8 made) 1.000 Amida Brimah, UConn vs. Coppin State, 12/14/14 (13-13) Markus Kennedy, SMU vs. Memphis, 2/1/14 (10-10) Yanick Moreira, SMU vs. Lamar, 11/14/14 (9-9) Michel Nzege, East Carolina vs. Central Connecticut, 11/30/14 (9-9) Amida Brimah, UConn vs. Tulane, 2/22/15 (8-8) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, SEASON (Minimum 4 FG/Game) .609 Montrezl Harrell, Louisville, 2013-14 (223-366) .591 TaShawn Thomas, Houston, 2013-14 (205-347) .589 Austin Nichols, Memphis, 2013-14 (139-236) .584 Shaq Goodwin, Memphis, 2013-14 (149-255) .550 Yanick Moreira, SMU, 2014-15 (144-262) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, CAREER (Minimum 120 FG) .662 Amida Brimah, UConn, 2013-15 (190-287) .586 Staphon Blair, UCF, 2013-15 (157-268) .566 Shaq Goodwin, Memphis, 2013-15 (261-461) .565 Cannen Cunningham, SMU, 2013-15 (160-283) .557 Octavius Ellis, Cincinnati, 2013-15 (122-219)
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS 3-POINT FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE, GAME 10 James Woodard, Tulsa at SMU, 3/8/15 8 Dalton Pepper, Temple vs. Cincinnati, 1/26/14 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/28/14 Nic Moore, SMU vs. Houston, 1/24/15 7 Shabazz Napier, UConn vs. Rutgers, 3/5/14 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston vs. Texas Tech, 12/23/14 Jay Hook, Tulane at UCF, 1/14/15 Ryan Boatright, UConn vs. East Carolina, 2/4/15 3-POINT 96 93 88 87 86
FIELD GOALS MADE, SEASON Jherrod Stiggers, Houston, 2014-15 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 James Woodard, Tulsa, 2014-15 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2014-15
3-POINT 176 149 130 109 88
FIELD GOALS MADE, CAREER Jherrod Stiggers, Houston, 2013-15 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-15 James Woodard, Tulsa, 2014-15
3-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, GAME 16 Russ Smith, Louisville vs. North Carolina, 11/24/13 James Woodard, Tulsa at SMU, 3/8/15 15 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston vs. SMU, 2/12/15 14 Dalton Pepper, Temple vs. Cincinnati, 1/26/14 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati vs. Louisville, 2/22/14 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 12/17/14 3-POINT 267 238 224 222 209
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, SEASON Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 James Woodard, Tulsa, 2014-15 Dalton Pepper, Temple, 2013-14 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston, 2013-14 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2014-15
3-POINT 502 350 326 315 238
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, CAREER Jherrod Stiggers, Houston, 2013-15 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-15 James Woodard, Tulsa, 2014-15
3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, GAME (Minimum 5 made) 1.000 Russ Smith, Louisville at SMU, 3/5/14 (6-6) Nic Moore, SMU vs. McNeese State, 12/2/13 (5-5) .857 Quenton DeCosey, Temple at Rutgers, 1/1/14 (6-7) .833 Niels Giffey, UConn vs. Yale, 11/11/13 (5-6) Wayne Blackshear, Louisville vs. Houston, 1/16/14 (5-6) Caleb White, East Carolina vs. USF, 2/21/15 (5-6) Rashad Ray, Tulsa vs. Cincinnati, 3/4/15 (5-6) 3-POINT .483 .436 .433 .417 .416
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, SEASON Niels Giffey, UConn, 2013-14 (120-483) Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-14 (72-165) Brandon Morris, Houston, 2013-14 (42-97) DeAndre Daniels, UConn, 2013-14 (50-120) Nic Moore, SMU, 2014-15 (77-185)
3-POINT .426 .409 .399 .394 .390
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, CAREER (Minimum 50 3FG) Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 (149-350) Caleb White, East Carolina, 2014-15 (67-164) Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 (130-326) Adonys Henriquez, UCF, 2014-15 (65-165) Jay Hook, Tulane, 2014-15 (71-182)
FREE THROWS FREE THROWS MADE, GAME 17 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati vs. Nebarska, 12/28/13 15 Will Cummings, Temple vs. Towson, 12/10/14 14 Joe Jackson, Memphis vs. Nicholls State, 11/23/13 Russ Smith, Louisville at Rutgers, 1/4/14 Amida Brimah, UConn vs. Coppin State, 12/14/14 FREE THROWS MADE, SEASON 207 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 189 Will Cummings, Temple, 2014-15 180 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 153 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 147 Joe Jackson, Memphis, 2013-14 FREE THROWS MADE, CAREER 329 Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 280 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 217 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 191 Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-15 163 Markus Kennedy, SMU, 2013-15 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED, GAME 18 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati vs. Nebraska, 12/28/13 Will Cummings, Temple vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/17/14 17 Isaiah Sykes, UCF at Rutgers, 1/15/14 Will Cummings, Temple vs. Towson, 12/10/14 16 Victor Rudd, USF vs. Memphis, 12/31/13 Russ Smith, Louisville at Rutgers, 1/4/14 Victor Rudd, USF vs. Rutgers, 3/12/14 Amida Brimah, UConn vs. Coppin State, 12/14/14 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED, SEASON 238 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 213 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 217 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 198 Isaiah Sykes, UCF, 2013-14 190 Joe Jackson, Memphis, 2013-14 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED, CAREER 412 Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 340 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 286 Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-15 267 Markus Kennedy, SMU, 2013-15 265 Shaq Goodwin, Memphis, 2013-15 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE, GAME (Minimum 10 made) 1.000 Kadeem Jack, Rutgers at USF, 2/8/14 (13-13) Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati at Louisville, 1/30/14 (11-11) Shabazz Napier, UConn at Temple, 2/20/14 (11-11) B.J. Tyson, East Carolina vs. Fresno State, 11/25/14 (11-11) Will Cummings, Temple at UCF, 1/4/14 (10-10) Luke Hancock, Louisville at Rutgers, 1/4/14 (10-10) Jesse Morgan, Temple at Memphis, 2/7/15 (10-10) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE, SEASON .895 Myles Mack, Rutgers, 2013-14 (111-124) .889 Nic Moore, SMU, 2014-15 (104-117) .870 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 (207-238) .850 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2014-15 (142-167) .845 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 (180-213) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE, CAREER .854 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 (217-254) .824 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 (280-340) .799 Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 (329-412) .787 Troy Caupain, Cincinnati, 2013-15 (140-178)
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 83
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS REBOUNDS GAME 23 18 17 16
Shaq Goodwin, Memphis vs. Temple, 2/7/15 TaShawn Thomas, Houston vs. Howard, 11/21/13 Jaylen Bond, Temple vs. Delaware State, 12/28/14 Daniel Hamilton, UConn at East Carolina, 2/25/15 Gary Clark, Cincinnati vs. East Carolina, 1/6/15 Jaylen Bond, Temple vs. East Carolina, 2/14/15
3.56
Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 (260 assists, 73 games)
FRESHMAN ASSISTS PER GAME, SEASON 3.7 Daniel Hamilton, UConn, 2014-15 (128 assists, 35 games) 2.5 B.J. Taylor, UCF, 2014-15 (65 assists, 26 games) 2.2 Troy Caupain, Cincinnati, 2013-14 (76 assists, 34 games) 2.1 Adonys Henriquez, UCF, 2014-15 (64 assists, 30 games) 1.8 Terry Rozier, Louisvile, 2013-14 (67 assists, 37 games)
SEASON 311 Montrezl Harrell, Louisville, 2013-14 (37 games) 277 Jaylen Bond, Temple, 2014-15 (35 games) 267 Daniel Hamilton, UConn, 2014-15 (35 games) 266 TaShawn Thomas, Houston, 2013-14 (33 games) 261 Markus Kennedy, SMU, 2013-14 (37 games)
10-ASSIST GAMES, SEASON 3 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 L.J. Rose, Houston, 2013-14 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 Anthony Collins, USF, 2014-15
CAREER 443 411 319 314 310
GAME 9 8
BLOCKS Shaq Goodwin, Memphis, 2013-15 Markus Kennedy, SMU, 2013-15 Kasey Wilson, UCF, 2013-15 Danrad Knowles, Houston, 2013-15 Austin Nichols, Memphis, 2013-15
7
Yanick Moreira, SMU vs. Midwestern State, 12/29/14 Austin Nichols, Memphis vs. Oral Roberts, 12/20/14 Amida Brimah, UConn at Tulane, 2/7/15 13 Times Most Recent: Amida Brimah, UConn vs. SMU, 3/15/15
REBOUNDS PER GAME, SEASON 8.6 Anthony Lee, Temple, 2013-14 (240 rebounds, 28 games) 8.4 Montrezl Harrell, Louisville, 2013-14 (311 rebounds, 37 games) 8.1 TaShawn Thomas, Houston, 2013-14 (266 rebounds, 33 games) 7.9 Jaylen Bond, Temple, 2014-15 (277 rebounds, 35 games) 7.6 Daniel Hamilton, UConn, 2014-15 (267 rebounds, 35 games)
SEASON 121 Amida Brimah, UConn, 2014-15 (35 games) 99 Justin Jackson, Cincinnati, 2013-14 (34 games) 93 Austin Nichols, Memphis, 2014-15 (93 games) 92 Amida Brimah, UConn, 2013-14 (33 games) 91 TaShawn Thomas, Houston, 2013-14 (33 games)
FRESHMAN REBOUNDS PER GAME, SEASON 7.6 Daniel Hamilton, UConn, 2014-15 (267 rebounds, 35 games) 7.2 Gary Clark, Cincinnati, 2014-15 (246 rebounds, 34 games) 6.2 John Egbunu, USF, 2013-14 (198 rebounds, 32 games) 5.3 Chris Perry, USF, 2013-14 (170 rebounds, 32 games) 4.8 Dylan Osetkowski, Tulane, 2014-15 (149 rebounds, 31 games)
CAREER 213 115 96 85 79
Amida Brimah, UConn, 2013-15 Austin Nichols, Memphis, 2013-15 Shaq Goodwin, Memphis, 2013-15 Staphon Blair, UCF, 2013-15 Danrad Knowles, Houston, 2013-15
10-REBOUND GAMES, SEASON 14 Montrezl Harrell, Louisville, 2013-14 12 Anthony Lee, Temple, 2013-14 11 Jaylen Bond, Temple, 2014-15 10 Daniel Hamilton, UConn, 2014-15 9 TaShawn Thomas, Houston, 2013-14
BLOCKS 3.5 3.4 2.9 2.8 2.3
PER GAME, SEASON Amida Brimah, UConn, 2014-15 (121 blocks, 35 games) Austin Nichols, Memphis, 2014-15 (93 blocks, 27 games) Justin Jackson, Cincinnati, 2013-14 (99 blocks, 34 games) TaShawn Thomas, Houston, 2013-14 (91 blocks, 33 games) Amida Brimah, UConn, 2013-14 (92 blocks, 40 games)
BLOCKS 2.84 2.21 1.48 1.39 1.25
PER GAME, CAREER Amida Brimah, UConn, 2013-15 (213 blocks, 75 games) Austin Nichols, Memphis, 2013-15 (135 blocks, 61 games) Shaq Goodwin, Memphis, 2013-15 (96 blocks, 65 games) Staphon Blair, UCF, 2013-15 (85 blocks, 61 games) Danrad Knowles, Houston, 2013-15 (79 blocks, 63 games)
ASSISTS GAME 13 12 11
Russ Smith, Louisville vs. UConn, 3/8/14 Brandon Goodwin, UCF at Tulane, 2/19/15 Anthony Collins, USF vs. Hofstra, 11/25/14 Jonathan Stark, Tulane vs. Temple, 1/7/15 Russ Smith, Louisville vs. Missouri-Kansas City, 12/4/13 Shabazz Napier, UConn vs. UCF, 1/11/14 Antonio Robinson, East Carolina vs. Virginia-Lynchburg, 11/20/14 Daniel Hamilton, UConn vs. Coppin State, 12/14/14
SEASON 195 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 (40 games) 181 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-14 (37 games) 175 Nic Moore, SMU, 2014-15 (34 games) 172 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 (37 games) 167 Anthony Collins, USF, 2014-15 (32 games) CAREER 356 283 260 255 214
Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 L.J. Rose, Houston, 2013-15 Anthony Collins, USF, 2013-15
STEALS GAME 7
6
Chris Crawford, Memphis vs. Jackson State, 12/28/13 Nic Moore, SMU vs. Texas Southern, 11/26/14 Will Cummings, Temple at SMU, 2/19/15 Myles Mack, Rutgers vs. Florida A&M, 11/8/13 Corey Allen Jr., USF vs. Stetson, 11/22/13 TaShawn Thomas, Houston at USF, 1/4/14 Chris Jones, Louisville at SMU, 3/5/14 Chris Jones, Louisville vs. Rutgers, 3/13/14
SEASON 74 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 (37 games) 73 Chris Jones, Louisville, 2013-14 (33 games) Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 (40 games) 67 Shaquille Harrison, Tulsa, 2014-15 (34 games) Will Cummings, Temple, 2014-15 (36 game)
ASSISTS PER GAME, SEASON 5.5 L.J. Rose, Houston, 2013-14 (154 assists, 28 games) 5.2 Anthony Collins, USF, 2014-15 (167 assists, 32 games) 5.1 Nic Moore, SMU, 2014-15 (175 assists, 34 games) 4.89 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-14 (181 assists, 37 games) 4.88 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 (195 assists, 40 games)
CAREER 110 107 97 90 72
Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 Markus Kennedy, SMU, 2013-15 Troy Caupain, Cincinnati, 2013-15
ASSISTS PER GAME, CAREER 5.43 L.J. Rose, Houston, 2013-15 (255 assists, 47 games) 5.35 Anthony Collins, USF, 2013-15 (214 assists, 40 games) 5.01 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 (356 assists, 71 games) 4.35 Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 (283 assists, 65 games)
STEALS 2.2 2.0 1.97 1.86
PER GAME, SEASON Chris Jones, Louisville, 2013-14 (73 steals, 33 games) Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 (74 steals, 37 games) Shaquille Harrison, Tulsa, 2014-15 (67 steals, 34 games) Will Cummings, Temple, 2014-15 (67 steals, 36 games)
84 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
TEAM RECORDS POINTS POINTS, GAME 116 Rutgers vs. Stillman, 11/25/13 113 Louisville vs. Louisiana, 12/7/13 106 UConn vs. Coppin State, 12/14/14 104 UCF vs. Jacksonville, 12/17/13 UCF vs. Houston, 3/7/14 COMBINED POINTS, GAME 205 Rutgers (116) vs. Stillman (89) , 11/25/13 187 Louisville (113) vs. Louisiana (74), 12/7/13 UCF (103) vs. Houston (87), 3/7/14 184 UCF (94) vs. Temple (90), 3/12/14 181 Cincinnati (97) vs. Memphis (84), 3/6/14 FEWEST POINTS, GAME 31 Rutgers vs. Louisvile, 3/13/14 37 Tulane at Temple, 1/31/15 39 Temple at Tulsa, 2/22/15 40 USF at UConn, 2/12/14 POINTS, HALF 63 Temple vs. Long Island, 12/21/13 (2nd) 60 Rutgers vs. Stillman, 11/25/13 (1st) FEWEST POINTS, HALF 14 USF vs. UConn, 2/12/14 (1st) 15 Rutgers vs. Louisville, 3/13/14 (2nd) POINTS, SEASON 2,998 Louisville, 2013-14 (37 games) 2,873 UConn, 2013-14 (40 games) 2,627 SMU, 2013-14 (37 games) 2,614 Memphis, 2013-14 (34 games) 2,436 Temple, 2014-15 (37 games) POINTS 81.0 76.9 73.9 72.7 71.8
PER GAME Louisville, 2013-14 (2,998 points, 37 games) Memphis, 2013-14 (2,614 points, 34 games) Temple, 2013-14 (2,291 points, 31 games) UCF, 2013-14 (2,253 points, 31 games) UConn, 2013-14 (2,873 points, 40 games)
POINTS ALLOWED PER GAME 55.8 Cincinnati, 2014-15 (1,898 points, 34 games) 58.4 Cincinnati, 2013-14 (1,986 points, 34 games) 59.8 SMU, 2014-15 (2,032 points, 34 games) 60.6 UConn, 2014-15 (2,059 points, 34 games) 60.9 Tulsa, 2014-15 (1,950 points, 32 games) SCORING MARGIN, GAME 61 Louisville (92) vs. Rutgers (31), 3/13/14 48 Louisville (102) vs. Rutgers (54), 2/16/14 46 UConn (101) vs. Detroit (55), 11/14/13 45 Louisville (99) vs. Cornell (54), 11/15/13 44 Tulane (89) vs. Southern-New Orleans (45), 11/22/14 SCORING MARGIN, SEASON 19.9 Louisville, 2013-14 10.0 Cincinnati, 2013-14 9.4 SMU, 2014-15 8.8 SMU, 2013-14 8.6 UConn, 2013-14
FIELD GOALS
34
FIELD GOALS MADE, GAME 41 Rutgers vs. Stillman, 12/25/13 38 Louisville vs. Louisiana, 12/7/13 UCF vs. Jacksonville, 12/17/13 Temple at Long Island, 12/21/13 Memphis vs. LeMoyne-Owen, 1/18/14 Tulane at UCF, 1/14/15 Memphis vs. UCF, 1/17/15 FIELD GOALS MADE, SEASON 1,051 Louisville, 2013-14 971 UConn, 2013-14 958 Memphis, 2013-14 937 SMU, 2013-14 833 Houston, 2013-14 Temple, 2014-15
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, SEASON 2,232 Louisville, 2013-14 2,162 UConn, 2013-14 2,149 Temple, 2014-15 2,009 Memphis, 2013-14 1,938 SMU, 2013-14
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE DEFENSE, SEASON .381 SMU, 2014-15 (691-1,815) .385 SMU, 2013-14 (762-1,977) .388 Cincinnati, 2014-15 (700-1,804) .392 UConn, 2013-14 (878-2,241) .394 Temple, 2014-15 (803-2,040)
3-POINT FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE, GAME 16 Louisville vs. Rutgers, 2/16/14 Temple at Delaware, 12/18/14 Tulane at UCF, 1/14/15 15 Temple at Long Island, 12/21/13 Louisville vs. Houston, 1/16/14 14 UConn vs. Maine, 12/6/13 UCF vs. Howard, 12/11/13 Louisville vs. UCF, 12/31/13 3-POINT 288 287 259 235 233
FIELD GOALS MADE, SEASON Louisville, 2013-14 UConn, 2013-14 Houston, 2014-15 Temple, 2014-15 East Carolina, 2014-15
3-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, GAME 38 Houston vs. Morgan State, 11/22/14 35 Houston vs. Texas-Pan American, 12/4/14 Temple vs. Delaware State, 12/28/14 Tulane at UCF, 1/14/15 East Carolina vs. SMU, 3/13/15
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, SEASON Houston, 2014-15 Louisville, 2013-14 Temple, 2014-15 UConn, 2013-14 East Carolina, 2014-15
3-POINT .750 .714 .667 .647
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, GAME Cincinnati vs. UCF, 2/25/15 (6-8) SMU vs. McNeese State, 12/2/13 (10-14) Memphis vs. Louisville, 3/1/14 (6-9) UConn vs. Yale, 11/11/13 (11-17) UConn vs. USF, 3/12/15 (11-17) SMU vs. LSU, 3/24/14 (9-14)
3-POINT .387 .379 .368 .367 .363
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, SEASON UConn, 2013-14 (287-741) SMU, 2013-14 (174-459) Louisville, 2013-14 (288-783) Houston, 2013-14 (212-578) SMU, 2014-15 (145-400)
3-POINT .286 .304 .308 .313 .314
FIELD GOAL DEFENSE, SEASON Louisville, 2013-14 (170-594) Memphis, 2014-15 (164-540) Memphis, 2013-14 (180-585) East Carolina, 2014-15 (199-636) Temple, 2014-15 (210-669)
FREE THROWS
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, GAME .667 SMU vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/24/13 (32-48) .647 Cincinnati vs. UCF, 2/25/15 (33-51) .632 Cincinnati vs. Campbell, 11/20/13 (36-57) .620 Houston vs. Alcorn State, 12/9/13 (31-50) .615 Houston at Temple, 3/1/14 (32-52) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, SEASON .483 SMU, 2013-14 (937-1,938) .477 Memphis, 2013-14 (958-2,009) .475 SMU, 2014-15 (832-1,750) .471 Louisville, 2013-14 (1051-2,232) .454 Houston, 2013-14 (833-1,833)
3-POINT 809 783 772 741 663
.643
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, GAME 85 Cincinnati vs. Chicago State, 12/23/13 80 Tulane at UCF, 1/14/15 77 Louisville vs. Missouri-Kansas City, 12/4/13 Rutgers at Houston, 1/19/14 Temple vs. UCF, 3/12/14 Temple vs. Delaware State, 12/28/14
Cincinnati vs. Chicago State, 12/23/13
FREE THROWS MADE, GAME 41 Louisville at Rutgers, 1/4/14 36 East Carolina vs. NC Wesleyan, 11/14/14 34 Temple vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/17/14 33 Louisville vs. Louisiana, 12/7/13 31 Memphis vs. Nicholls State, 11/23/13 Cincinnati vs. Rutgers, 1/11/14 FREE THROWS MADE, SEASON 644 UConn, 2013-14 608 Louisville, 2013-14 579 SMU, 2013-14 541 SMU, 2014-15 535 Temple, 2014-15 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED, GAME 50 Memphis vs. Nicholls State, 11/23/13 49 Temple vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/17/14 46 Louisville at Rutgers, 1/4/14 East Carolina vs. NC Wesleyan, 11/14/14 41 USF vs. Memphis, 12/31/13 40 USF vs. Tennessee Tech, 11/9/13 Louisville vs. Louisiana, 12/7/13 Cincinnati vs. Rutgers, 1/11/14 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED, SEASON 920 Louisville, 2013-14 849 UConn, 2013-14 848 SMU, 2013-14 828 Memphis, 2013-14 770 SMU, 2014-15 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE, GAME 1.000 UConn vs. Kentucky, 4/7/14 (10-10) Houston vs. Texas-Pan American, 12/4/14 (9-9) East Carolina at Memphis, 1/28/15 (3-3) UConn vs. Arizona State, 3/18/15 (3-3) Memphis at UConn, 3/5/15 (2-2) .955 UConn vs. Michigan State, 3/30/14 (21-22) .944 Cincinnati at Louisville, 1/30/14 (17-18) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE, SEASON .777 UConn, 2013-14 (644-829) .708 Cincinnati, 2013-14 (519-733) .708 Temple, 2013-14 (434-614) .707 UConn, 2014-15 .706 Rutgers, 2013-14 (502-711)
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 85
TEAM RECORDS REBOUNDS GAME 69 62 59 55 52
Cincinnati vs. Chicago State, 12/23/13 Houston vs. Morgan State, 11/22/14 East Carolina vs. Virginia-Lynchburg, 11/20/14 UCF vs. Bethune-Cookman, 11/17/13 UConn vs. Houston, 1/30/14 Rutgers vs. Stillman, 11/25/13
SEASON 1,410 Temple, 2014-15 1,396 UConn, 2013-14 Louisville, 2013-14 1,333 SMU, 2013-14 1,268 Memphis, 2013-14 REBOUNDS PER GAME 38.2 UCF, 2013-14 38.1 Temple, 2014-15 37.7 Louisville, 2013-14 37.3 Memphis, 2013-14 37.3 Memphis, 2014-15 REBOUND MARGIN, SEASON 6.7 SMU, 2014-15 4.8 SMU, 2013-14 4.5 Cincinnati, 2014-15 4.3 Cincinnati, 2013-14 4.2 Memphis, 2014-15
STEALS GAME 19 17 16 15
SEASON 370 Louisville, 2013-14 294 Memphis, 2013-14 282 SMU, 2013-14 281 UConn, 2013-14 268 Cincinnati, 2013-14 STEALS 10.0 8.6 7.9 7.6 7.0 7.0
24 23 Memphis vs. LeMoyne-Owen, 1/18/14 Louisville at UCF, 12/31/13 Memphis vs. Northwestern State, 12/7/13 Memphis vs. Rutgers, 2/4/14 Chicninnati at Chicago State, 12/23/13
SEASON 591 Memphis, 2013-14 568 Louisville, 2013-14 561 SMU, 2013-14 524 SMU, 2014-15 488 UConn, 2013-14 ASSISTS PER GAME 17.4 Memphis, 2013-14 15.4 Louisville, 2013-14 15.4 SMU, 2014-15 15.2 SMU, 2013-14 14.7 Houston, 2013-14
BLOCKS GAME 15 14
13 12
Memphis vs. Oral Roberts, 12/20/14 Houston vs. Lehigh, 11/17/13 UConn vs. UCF, 1/11/14 UCF vs. Temple, 3/12/14 UConn vs. Yale, 11/11/13 SMU vs. Midwestern State, 12/29/14 Houston vs. Howard, 11/21/13
SEASON 230 UConn, 2013-14 208 Memphis, 2014-15 188 Cincinnati, 2013-14 185 Cincinnati, 2014-15 182 Houston, 2013-14 BLOCKS 6.5 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.4
PER GAME Memphis, 2014-15 UConn, 2013-14 Cincinnati, 2013-14 Houston, 2013-14 Cincinnati, 2014-15
PER GAME Louisville, 2013-14 Memphis, 2013-14 Cincinnati, 2013-14 SMU, 2013-14 UConn, 2013-14 Memphis, 2014-15
TURNOVERS GAME 26
ASSISTS GAME 29 28 27 26 25
Louisville vs. Rutgers, 3/13/14 Louisville at SMU, 3/5/14 East Carolina vs. NC Wesleyan, 11/14/14 Louisville vs. Hartford, 11/19/13 Memphis vs .Austin Peay, 11/14/13 Louisville at Rutgers, 1/4/14 Memphis vs. SMU, 3/8/14
Rutgers vs. Louisville, 3/13/14 Houston vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 12/17/14 Memphis vs. Wichita State, 11/18/14 USF at UAB, 11/20/14 USF vs. Louisville, 1/22/13 SMU vs. Louisville, 3/5/14
FEWEST, GAME 1 Houston vs. UConn, 2/1/15 3 Louisville vs. Charleston, 11/9/13 Rutgers at Alabama-Birmingham, 11/11/13 UConn vs. Boston College, 11/21/13 Cincinnati vs. Memphis, 3/6/14 Memphis vs. Jacksonville State, 2/4/15 UConn vs. Cincinnati, 3/13/15
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS WINS, SEASON 32 UConn, 2013-14 31 Louisville, 2013-14 27 Cincinnati, 2013-14 SMU, 2013-14 SMU, 2014-15 24 Memphis, 2013-14 CONSECUTIVE WINS 15 Cincinnati, 12/17/13-2/6/14 12 Tulsa, 12/17/14-2/5/15 9 UConn, 11/8/13-12/6/13 Tulane, 11/20/14-12/19/14 8 SMU, 11/26/14-12/31/14 SMU, 1/8/15-1/31/15 CONFERENCE WINS, SEASON 15 Cincinnati, 2013-14 Louisville, 2013-14 SMU, 2014-15 14 Tulsa, 2014-15 13 Temple, 2014-15 Cincinnati, 2014-15 CONSECUTIVE CONFERENCE WINS 11 Cincinnati, 1/1/14-2/6/14 10 Tulsa, 12/31/14-2/5/15 8 SMU, 1/8/15-1/31/15 7 Louisville, 2/1/14-2/27/14 Temple, 1/22/15-2/14/15 LOSSES, SEASON 23 USF, 2014-15 22 Temple, 2013-14
86 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
21 20 19
Rutgers, 2013-14 USF, 2013-14 Houston, 2014-15
CONSECUTIVE LOSSES 11 USF, 1/6/15-2/14/15 9 USF, 2/8/14-3/12/14 8 Temple, 1/1/14-1/26/14 Houston, 12/31/14-1/24/15 CONFERENCE LOSSES, SEASON 15 USF, 2013-14 USF, 2014-15 14 Temple, 2013-14 UCF, 2013-14 Houston, 2014-15 13 Rutgers, 2013-14 UCF, 2014-15 CONSECUTIVE CONFERENCE LOSSES 11 USF, 1/6/15-2/14/15 9 USF, 2/8/14-12/31/14 8 Houston, 12/31/14-1/24/15 7 Temple, 1/1/14-1/26/14 6 UCF, 1/17/15-2/7/15 GAMES PLAYED, SEASON 40 UConn, 2013-14 37 Louisville, 2013-14 SMU, 2013-14 Temple, 2014-15 FOULS, GAME 32 Rutgers vs. Louisville, 1/4/14 31 Tulsa at Oral Roberts, 11/15/14 30 Memphis at USF, 12/31/13 Louisville at Rutgers, 1/4/14 USF at UAB, 11/20/14 Tulane at UCF, 1/14/15 ATTENDANCE, HOME GAME 22,782 Louisville vs. UConn, 3/8/14 ATTENDANCE, ALL GAMES 79,444 UConn vs. Florida, 4/5/14 (NCAA Final Four) AVERAGE ATTENDANCE, HOME 21,282 Louisville, 2013-14
ANNUAL LEADERS SCORING OFFENSE Year School 2013-14 Louisville 2014-15 SMU
GP 37 34
Pts. Avg. 2998 81.0 2350 69.1
Pct. .609 .674
SCORING DEFENSE Year School 2013-14 Cincinnati 2014-15 Cincinnati
GP 34 34
Pts. Avg. 1986 58.4 1898 55.8
OFF 89 116
DEF TOTAL RPG 151 240 8.6 161 277 7.9
SCORING MARGIN Year School 2013-14 Louisville 2014-15 SMU
GP 37 34
PF 81.0 69.1
A 154 167
APG 5.5 5.2
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Year School 2013-14 SMU 2014-15 SMU
GP 37 34
FGM FGA Pct. 937 1938 .483 832 1750 .475
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE DEFENSE Year School GP 2013-14 SMU 37 2014-15 SMU 34
FGM FGA Pct. 762 1977 .385 691 1815 .381
SCORING Year Player, School 2013-14 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, Sr. 2014-15 Ryan Boatright, UConn, Sr.
GP 34 34
FG 214 182
3FG 93 86
FT 180 142
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Year Player, School 2013-14 Montrezl Harrell, Louisville, So. 2014-15 Amida Brimah, UConn, So.
GP 37 35
FGM FGA 223 366 126 187
REBOUNDING Year Player, School 2013-14 Anthony Lee, Temple, Jr. 2014-15 Jaylen Bond, Temple, Jr.
GP 28 35
ASSISTS Year Player, School 2013-14 L.J. Rose, Houston, So. 2014-15 Anthony Collins, Jr.
GP 28 32
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE Year Player, School 2013-14 Myles Mack, Rutgers, Jr. 2014-15 Nic Moore, SMU, Jr.
GP 33 34
3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Year Player, School GP 2013-14 Niels Giffey, UConn, Sr. 40 2014-15 Nic Moore, SMU, Jr. 34 3-POINT FIELD GOALS PER GAME Year Player, School 2013-14 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, Sr. 2014-15 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston, Jr. BLOCKS Year Player, School 2013-14 Justin Jackson, Cincinnati, Sr. 2014-15 Amida Brimah, UConn, So. STEALS Year Player, School 2013-14 Chris Jones, Louisville, Jr. 2014-15 Shaquille Harrison, Jr.
GP 34 31
GP 34 35 GP 33 34
ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO Year Player, School GP 2013-14 L.J. Rose, Houston, So. 28 2014-15 Antonio Robinson, East Carolina, Sr. MINUTES PLAYED Year Player, School 2013-14 Dalton Pepper, Temple, Sr. 2014-15 Ryan Boatright, UConn, Sr.
GP 31 34
FTM FTA 111 124 104 117
FGM FGA 58 120 77 185
PTS PPG 701 20.6 592 17.4
Pct. .895 .889
3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Year School GP 3FGM 3FGA Pct. 2013-14 UConn 40 287 741 .387 2014-15 SMU 34 145 400 .363
Pct. .483 .416
3FG Avg. 93 2.7 96 3.1
B 99 121 S 73 67
A 154 33
BPG 2.9 3.5 SPG 2.2 2.0
TO A/TO 65 2.4 122 52
M MPG 1171 37.8 1216 35.8
PA Margin 61.1 19.9 59.8 9.4
3-POINT FIELD GOAL DEFENSE Year School 2013-14 Louisville 2014-15 Memphis
GP 3FGM 3FGA Pct. 37 170 594 .286 32 164 540 .304
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE Year School 2013-14 UConn 2014-15 UConn
GP 40 35
FTM FTA 644 829 417 590
REBOUNDING Year School 2013-14 UCF 2014-15 Temple
GP 31 37
R Avg. 1184 38.2 1410 38.1
REBOUNDING MARGIN Year School 2013-14 SMU 2014-15 SMU
GP 37 34
RPG Opp Margin 36.0 31.3 4.8 36.6 29.9 6.7
ASSISTS Year School 2013-14 Memphis 2014-15 SMU
GP 34 34
A 591 524
Avg. 17.4 15.4
BLOCKS Year School 2013-14 UConn 2014-15 Memphis
GP 40 32
B 230 208
Avg. 5.8 6.5
STEALS Year School 2013-14 Louisville 2014-15 Memphis
GP 37 32
S 370 224
Avg. 10.0 7.0
TURNOVER MARGIN Year School 2013-14 Louisville 2014-15 Temple
GP 37 37
TO Opp. Margin 10.6 17.2 6.7 9.5 12.3 2.8
ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO Year School 2013-14 Louisville 2014-15 Temple
GP 37 37
A 15.4 12.4
Pct. .777 .707
2.3
TO A/TO 10.6 1.5 9.5 1.3
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 87
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS YEAR-BY-YEAR STANDINGS 2014-15 SCHOOL W-L SMU 18/19 15-3 Tulsa 14-4 Cincinnati 13-5 Temple 13-5 Memphis 10-8 UConn 10-8 Tulane 6-12 East Carolina 6-12 UCF 5-13 Houston 4-14 USF 3-15
PCT .833 .778 .722 .722 .556 .556 .333 .333 .278 .222 .167
AMERICAN PF PA 68.9 58.6 64.1 58.6 62.7 55.2 64.1 58.7 66.1 63.3 63.2 60.3 59.4 64.7 58.1 63.6 64.5 72.9 60.7 66.3 56.7 66.6
H 8-1 7-2 8-1 7-2 5-4 7-2 1-8 5-4 3-6 3-6 3-6
A 7-2 7-2 5-4 6-3 5-4 3-6 5-4 1-8 2-7 1-8 0-9
W-L 27-7 23-11 23-11 26-11 18-14 20-15 15-16 14-19 12-18 13-19 9-23
PCT .794 .676 .676 .703 .563 .571 .484 .424 .400 .406 .281
PF 69.1 64.4 62.1 65.8 67.3 64.1 63.6 64.1 66.0 64.4 61.6
OVERALL PA H 59.8 16-2 60.7 13-5 55.8 15-3 61.2 17-2 63.1 12-6 60.0 14-6 64.0 9-9 65.9 11-5 71.8 10-8 65.5 9-8 68.4 8-9
A 9-4 8-5 6-5 7-5 5-5 4-7 6-5 1-11 2-9 2-9 1-13
N 2-1 2-1 2-3 2-4 1-3 2-2 0-2 2-3 0-1 2-2 0-1
STREAK Lost 1 Lost 1 Lost 1 Lost 1 Lost 2 Lost 2 Lost 1 Lost 1 Lost 5 Lost 1 Lost 2
H 8-1 6-2 8-1 7-2 7-2 6-3 4-5 3-6 3-6 1-8
A 7-2 8-1 4-5 5-4 5-4 2-7 1-8 1-8 1-8 2-7
W-L 27-7 31-6 27-10 32-8 24-10 17-16 12-21 9-22 13-18 12-20
PCT .794 .838 .730 .800 .706 .515 .364 .290 .419 .375
PF 68.4 81.0 71.0 71.8 76.9 71.1 71.1 73.9 72.7 65.6
OVERALL PA H 58.4 18-1 61.1 16-2 62.2 18-1 63.2 15-3 70.5 15-3 73.0 12-4 76.2 10-10 78.1 4-10 73.6 10-7 70.8 7-10
A 7-3 9-2 6-6 7-4 5-5 3-9 1-10 3-9 2-10 5-7
N 2-3 6-2 3-3 10-1 4-2 2-3 1-1 2-3 1-1 0-3
STREAK Lost 2 Lost 1 Lost 1 Won 6 Lost 1 Lost 1 Lost 1 Lost 1 Lost 1 Lost 9
Final Associated Press Top 25: 18 - SMU Final USA Today Top 25: 19, SMU NCAA (2): Cincinnati (Second Round), SMU (Second Round) NIT (1): Temple (Semifinalist)
2013-14 SCHOOL Cincinnati 15/22 Louisville 5/9 SMU -/rv UConn 18/1 Memphis rv/rv Houston Rutgers Temple UCF USF
W-L 15-3 15-3 12-6 12-6 12-6 8-10 5-13 4-14 4-14 3-15
PCT .833 .833 .667 .667 .667 .444 .278 .222 .222 .167
AMERICAN PF PA 66.7 59.7 79.6 62.3 69.4 63.5 70.7 63.4 75.8 71.4 70.1 75.7 68.6 76.3 70.0 78.3 67.8 77.3 62.7 73.5
Final Associated Press Top 25: 5 - Louisville; 15 - Cincinnati; 18 - UConn; rv - Memphis Final USA Today Top 25: 1 - UConn; 9 - Louisville; 22 - Cincinnati; rv - Memphis, SMU NCAA (4): UConn (Champion), Cincinnati (Second Round), Louisville (Regional Semifinal), Memphis (Third Round) NIT (1): SMU (Finalist)
ANNUAL MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS
COACHING RECORDS • ALL GAMES
Year 2013-14 2014-15
Team Rick Pitino, Louisville Mick Cronin, Cincinnati Larry Brown, SMU Kevin Ollie, UConn Frank Haith, Tulsa Josh Pastner, Memphis Fran Dunphy, Temple James Dickey, Houston Ed Conroy, Tulane Jeff Lebo, East Carolina Donnie Jones, UCF Stan Heath, USF Eddie Jordan, Rutgers
Regular Season Cincinnati, Louisville SMU
Tournament Louisville SMU
CHAMPIONSHIPS BY SCHOOL School Cincinnati Louisville SMU
Reg. Season 1 1 1
Tournament 0 1 1
Total 1 2 2
CHAMPIONSHIP COACHES Coach Mick Cronin Rick Pitino Larry Brown
School (Years Won) Cincinnati (2013-14 rs) Louisville (2013-14 rs, 2014 t) SMU (2014-15 rs, 2015 t)
ALL-TIME CONFERENCE STANDINGS (Regular season conference games against each other) Team GP W-L Louisville 18 15-3 Cincinnati 36 28-8 Tulsa 18 14-4 SMU 36 27-9 UConn 36 22-14 Memphis 36 22-14 Temple 36 17-19 Houston 36 12-24 East Carolina 18 6-12 Tulane 18 6-12 Rutgers 18 5-13 UCF 36 9-27 USF 36 6-30
PCT. .833 .778 .778 .750 .611 .611 .472 .333 .333 .333 .278 .250 .167
88 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
W-L 31-6 27-7 54-17 52-23 23-11 42-24 35-33 17-16 15-16 14-19 25-36 12-20 12-21
PCT. .838 .794 .761 .684 .674 .636 .515 .515 .484 .424 .410 .375 .364
YEARS 2013-14 2013-14* 2013-present 2013-present 2014-present 2013-present 2013-present 2013-14 2014-present 2014-present 2013-present 2013-14 2013-14
COACHING RECORDS • CONFERENCE GAMES Team Mick Cronin, Cincinnati Rick Pitino, Louisville Frank Haith, Tulsa Larry Brown, SMU Kevin Ollie, UConn Josh Pastner, Memphis Fran Dunphy, Temple James Dickey, Houston Jeff Lebo, East Carolina Ed Conroy, Tulane Eddie Jordan, Rutgers Stan Heath, USF Donnie Jones, UCF
GP 18 18 18 36 36 36 36 18 18 18 18 18 36
W-L 15-3 15-3 14-1 27-9 22-14 22-14 17-19 8-10 6-12 6-12 5-13 3-15 5-27
(*) did not coach in 2014-15 due to health condition
PCT. .833 .833 .778 .750 .611 .611 .472 .444 .333 .333 .278 .167 .156
YEARS 2013-14* 2013-14 2014-present 2013-present 2013-present 2013-present 2013-present 2013-14 2014-present 2014-present 2013-14 2013-14 2013-present
ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS UCF Coach Torchy Clark Chuck Machock Phil Carter Joe Dean Kirk Speraw Donnie Jones TOTALS
Career Years Won 1969-83 14 273 1983-85 2 24 1985-89 4 37 1989-93 4 37 1993-10 17 247 20104 67 45 685
Lost 89 81 73 73 233 70 619
Pct. .754 .228 .336 .336 .515 .489 .529
Career Years Won 1901-02 1 5 1902-04 2 12 1904-09 5 30 1909-10 1 3 1910-14 4 11 1914-16 2 4 1916-17 1 3 1917-18 1 2 1918-28 10 106 1928-32 4 33 1932-33 1 9 1933-37 4 47 1937-39 2 18 1939-42 3 24 1942-44 2 15 1944-46 2 16 1946-52 6 106 1952-60 8 154 1960-65 5 113 1965-72 7 125 1972-78 6 126 1978-83 5 68 1983-89 6 70 1989-05 15 399 2005-06 1 21 20069 185 114 1705
Lost 4 10 10 2 30 17 8 6 81 34 9 27 16 31 15 22 47 56 28 60 44 71 100 127 13 118 986
Pct. .556 .545 .750 .600 .268 .190 .273 .250 .567 .493 .500 .635 .529 .436 .500 .421 .693 .733 .801 .676 .741 .489 .412 .759 .618 .611 .634
Career Years Won 1901-08 8 37 1908-10 1910-13 3 7 1913-14 1914-15 1 1 1915-19 4 11 1919-21 2 14 1921-22 1 15 1922-23 1 8 1923-27 4 39 1927-31 4 35 1931-36 5 19 1935-36 1 3 1936-45 9 94 1945-46 1 15 1946-63 17 286 1963 1 11 1963-67 4 72 1967-69 2 16 1969-77 8 120 1977-86 9 139 1986-12 26 625 20123 72 112 1639
Lost 32
Pct. .536
8
.467
4 23 14 5 6 25 19 42 10 59 8 112 4 29 32 88 114 243 33 910
.200 .324 .500 .750 .571 .609 .648 .311 .231 .614 .652 .719 .733 .713 .333 .577 .549 .720 .686 .643
Cincinnati Coach Henry S. Pratt Anthony W. Chez Amos Foster C.A. Schroetter Russ Easton George Little Ion Cortright Whitelaw Morrison Boyd Chambers Frank Rice John Halliday Tay Brown Walter Van Winkle Clark Ballard Bob Ruess Ray Farnham John Wiethe George Smith Ed Jucker Tay Baker Gale Catlett Ed Badger Tony Yates Bob Huggins Andy Kennedy Mick Cronin TOTALS
East Carolina Coach C.W. Porter C.K. Beatty G.L. Mathis Bo Farley Joe Alexander Gordon Gilbert John Christienbury No Team No Coach Earl Smith Jim Johnson Howard Porter Wendell Carr Tom Quinn Dave Patton Larry Gillman Dave Odom Charlie Harrison Mike Steele Eddie Payne Joe Dooley Bill Herrion
2005-07 2007-10 2010-
2 3 5 83
14 34 87 1042
44 57 80 1059
.241 .373 .521 .496
Career Years Won 1946-56 10 135 1956-86 30 592 1986-93 7 142 1993-98 6 54 1998-00 2 19 2000-04 4 44 2004-10 6 121 2010-14 4 64 20141 13 70 1184
Lost 116 279 73 84 39 73 77 62 19 822
Pct. .537 .680 .660 .391 .327 .376 .611 .508 .406 .590
Houston Coach Alden Pasche Guy V. Lewis Pat Foster Alvin Brooks Clyde Drexler Ray McCallum Tom Penders James Dickey Kelvin Sampson TOTALS
Memphis Coach Fred Grantham W.H. DePreist Lester Barnard Zach Curlin McCoy Tarry Eugene Lambert Bob Vanatta Dean Ehlers Moe Iba Gene Bartow Wayne Yates Dana Kirk Larry Finch Tic Price Johnny Jones John Calipari Josh Pastner TOTALS
Career Years Won Lost 1920-21 1 22 7 (1 tie) 1921-22 1 1 7 1922-24 2 10 13 1924-48 23 173 184 1948-51 3 40 27 1951-56 5 87 45 1956-62 6 109 34 1962-66 4 53 47 1966-70 4 37 65 1970-74 4 83 32 1974-79 5 93 49 1979-86 7 158 58 1986-97 11 220 130 1997-99 2 30 27 1999-00 1 15 16 2000-09 9 214 67 20096 148 54 95 1631 864 (1)
Pct. .750 .125 .435 .485 .597 .659 .762 .530 .362 .722 .655 .731 .629 .526 .483 .762 .733 .654
Career Years Won 1916-17 1 12 1917-21 4 24 1921-22 1 8 1922-23 2 19 1924-38 14 140 1938-42, 1945-47 6 55 1942-44 2 18 1944-45 1 11 1947-67 20 299 1967-75 8 88 1975-80 5 61 1980-88 8 142 1988-95 7 78 1995-03 8 138 2003-03 1 2 2004-06 3 27 2006-12 7 80 20123 69 99 1271
Lost 2 36 14 26 108
Pct. .857 .400 .363 .422 .564
71 17 10 192 115 77 101 118 120 3 30 109 34 1183
.437 .514 .524 .609 .433 .442 .584 .397 .534 .400 .474 .423 .670 .518
Career Years Won 1971-74 3 33 1974-75 1 15 1975-80 5 59 1980-86 7 106 1986-96 10 127 1996-03 7 108 2003-07 4 40 2007-14 7 97 20141 9 43 596
Lost 42 10 62 69 159 100 76 130 23 684
Pct. .440 .600 .488 .606 .444 .519 .345 .427 .281 .466
SMU
UConn Coach No Coach No Teams No Coach No Team No Coach John F. Donahue M.R. Swartz J.W. Tasker Roy J. Guyer Sumner A. Dole Louis A. Alexander John J. Heldman, Jr. J.O. Christian Don White Blair Gullion Hugh S. Greer George Wigton Fred A. Shabel Burr Carlson Donald “Dee’’ Rowe Dominic P. Perno James A. Calhoun Kevin Ollie TOTALS
Ricky Stokes Mack McCarthy Jeff Lebo TOTALS
Career Years Won 1931-32 1 8 1932-34 2 12 1934-36 2 18 1936-37, 1939-40 2 24 1937-38 1 8 1938-39 1 17 1940-43 3 25 1943-44 1944-45 1 11 1945-46, 1959-63 5 69 1946-47 1 17 1947-59 12 182 1963-66 3 32 1966-74 8 102 1974-77 3 40 1977-79 2 21 1979-82 3 40 1982-87 5 51 1987-91 4 48 1991-95 4 56 1995-99 4 57 1999-05 6 70
Lost 9 17 17
Pct. .471 .413 .514
18 12 10 15
.571 .400 .630 .625
5
.688
49 10 102 40 107 42 32 40 90 68 58 52 98
.585 .630 .641 .444 .488 .488 .396 .500 .362 .414 .491 .523 .417
Coach Dale Morrison Burton Rix R.N. Blackwell H.A. Faulkner Jimmie W. St. Clair Forrest C. Baccus James Stewart Roy Dale Baccus E.O. “Doc” Hayes Bob Prewitt Sonny Allen Dave Bliss John Shumate Mike Dement Robert Lineburg Jimmy Tubbs Matt Doherty Larry Brown TOTALS
USF Coach Don Williams Bill Gibson Chip Conner Lee Rose Bobby Paschal Seth Greenberg Robert McCullum Stan Heath Orlando Antigua TOTALS
Temple Coach Charles M. Williams John T. Rogers No Team H. Shindle Wingert John B. Crescenzo Edward M. McCone Frederick Prosch, Jr. William Nicolai Elwood Geiges Francois M. D’Eliscu Samuel L. Dienes James Usilton, Sr. Ernest Messikomer Josh Cody Harry Litwack Don Casey John Chaney Fran Dunphy TOTALS
Career Years Won 1894-99 15 73 1899-00 2 14 1901 1901-05 4 20 1905-08 3 14 1908-09 1 8 1909-13 4 17 1913-17 4 31 1917-18 1 8 1919-23 4 29 1923-26 3 39 1926-39 13 205 1939-42 3 35 1942-52 10 122 1952-73 21 373 1973-82 9 151 1982-06 24 516 20069 193 121 1849
Lost 32 8
Pct. .695 .636
18 10 3 20 26 7 23 21 79 27 104 193 94 253 108 1028
.526 .583 .727 .459 .544 .533 .558 .650 .722 .565 .540 .659 .616 .671 .641 .643
Lost 5 26 3 4 3 15 12
Pct. .615 .409 .700 .667 .400 .643 .478
73 12 25 61 44 26 171 22 110 32 33 90 45
.571 .676 .359 .307 .302 .500 .602 .043 .364 .385 .582 .333 .609
145 86 84 81 1208
.561 .411 .447 .497 .495
Lost 2
Pct. .667
2 3
.600 .667
26 5 12 45 11 65
.737 .167 .571 .262 .645 .500
28 9 10 3 8 31 36 147 103 69 82 7 37 75 43 18 27 11 42 15 92 29 11 1104
.349 .571 .000 .625 .333 .262 .234 .482 .498 .629 .349 .222 .763 .586 .648 .719 .733 .702 .592 .318 .603 .567 .676 .556
Tulane Coach Silas Hickey Unknown Coaches A.A. Mason Carl Hanson T.R. Sweetland Clark Shaughnessy M.A. Moenck Claude Simons, Sr. Bernie Bierman George Rody Ray Dauber Claude Simons, Jr. Vernon Haynes Clifford Wells Ted Lenhardt Ralph Pedersen Dick Longo Charles Moir Roy Danforth Ned Fowler No Teams Perry Clark Shawn Finney Dave Dickerson Ed Conroy TOTALS
Career Years Won 1905-06 1 8 1906-11 5 18 1912-13 1 7 1913-14 1 8 1914-15 1 2 1915-18 3 27 1918-20 2 11 1920-28, 1930-31 9 97 1928-30 2 25 1931-33 2 14 1933-38 5 27 1938-42 4 19 1942-45 3 26 1945-63 18 259 1963-64 1 1 1964-71 7 63 1971-73 2 20 1973-76 3 46 1976-81 5 45 1981-85 4 70 1985-89 1989-2000 11 185 2000-05 5 60 2005-10 5 68 20115 80 105 1186
Tulsa Coach W.R. Bergen No Teams Harvey Allen Forest Rees Francis Schmidt Hal Mefford Howard Acher J.B. Miller Oliver Hodge Chet Benefiel H.B. “Tex” Ryon Jack Sterrett Mike Milligan Woody West Paul Alyea Don Shields John Garrison Clarence Iba Joe Swank Ken Hayes Jim King Bill Franey Nolan Richardson J.D. Barnett Tubby Smith Steve Robinson Bill Self Buzz Peterson John Phillips Alvin Williamson Doug Wojcik Danny Manning Frank Haith TOTALS
Career Years Won 1907-09 2 4 1909-13 1913-14 1 3 1914-15 1 6 1915-17, 1918-22 6 73 1917-18 1 1 1922-25 3 16 1925-30 5 16 1930-32 2 20 1932-39 7 65 1939-40, 1941-42 2 15 1940-41 1 12 1942-43 1 0 1943-44 1 5 1944-45 1 4 1945-47 2 11 1947-49 2 11 1949-60 11 137 1960-68 8 102 1968-75 7 117 1975-80 4 44 1980 1 2 1980-85 5 119 1985-91 6 106 1991-95 4 79 1995-97 2 46 1997-00 3 74 2000-01 1 26 2001-05 3 61 2004-05 1 7 2005-12 7 140 2012-14 2 38 20141 23 104 1383
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 89
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS UCONN
UCONN
UCONN
2014 NCAA Champion
2011 NCAA Champion
2004 NCAA Champion
Huskies Roster Player Shabazz Napier DeAndre Daniels Ryan Boatright Niels Giffey Lasan Kromah Amida Brimah Omar Calhoun Phillip Nolan Terrence Samuel Tyler Olander Kentan Facey Leon Tolksdorf Nnamdi Amilo Pat Lenehan Tor Watts
Pos. G F G G/F G/F C G F G F F F F G G
Cl. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Gr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Sr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Sr.
Rpg 5.9 6.0 3.5 3.8 2.7 3.0 1.4 2.4 0.9 1.2 1.8 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.2
Player Kemba Walker Jeremy Lamb Alex Oriakhi Shabazz Napier Roscoe Smith Jamal Coombs-McDaniel Charles Okwandu Niels Giffey Donnell Beverly Tyler Olander Enosch Wolf Benjamin Stewart Kyle Bailey
M20 M22 M28 M30 A5 A7
Cl. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr.
Ppg 23.5 11.1 9.6 7.8 6.3 5.6 2.9 2.2 1.7 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0
Rpg 5.4 4.5 8.7 2.4 5.2 2.6 2.8 1.4 1.3 1.8 0.9 0.5 0.0
Player Pos. Cl. Ppg Rpg Ben Gordon G Jr. 18.5 4.7 Emeka Okafor C Jr. 17.6 11.5 Rashad Anderson G/F So. 11.1 2.9 Denham Brown F So. 8.9 3.9 Charlie Villanueva F Fr. 8.9 5.2 Taliek Brown G Sr. 6.3 3.8 Josh Boone F Fr. 5.9 5.8 Hilton Armstrong F/C So. 2.4 2.8 Marcus White F So. 2.0 2.2 Marcus Williams G Fr. 2.9 1.3 Shamon Tooles F Sr. 0.6 1.2 Ryan Swaller F Sr. 0.4 0.3 Justin Evanovich G Sr. 0.3 0.3 Jason Baisch F Jr. 0.3 0.5 Head Coach: Jim Calhoun Assistant Coaches: George Blaney, Tom Moore, Clyde Vaughan
2003-04 Results
2010-11 Results
(32-9, 9-9 Big East)
2013-14 Results
Result W, 78-77 W, 80-62 W, 101-55 W, 77-60 W, 72-70 W, 59-58 W, 65-64 W, 95-68 L, 51-53 W, 82-70 W, 82-65 L, 71-75 L, 65-74 W, 61-56 W, 84-61 W, 83-73 L, 64-76 W, 90-66 W, 82-71 W, 80-43 L, 58-63 W, 75-55 W, 83-40 W, 86-81 (OT) W, 68-55 L, 55-64 W, 61-56 W, 51-45 W, 69-63 L, 48-81 W, 72-53 W, 58-56 L, 61-71
Date N12 N17 N22 N23 N24 N30 D3 D8 D20 D22 D27 D31 J1 J8 J11 J15 J17 J22 J25 J29 F2 F5 F10 F13 F16 F18 F24 F27 M2 M5 M8 M9 M10 M11 M12
W, 89-81 (OT) W, 77-65 W, 81-76 W, 60-54 W, 63-53 W, 60-54
M17 M19 M24 M26 A2 A4
(32-8, 12-6 American) Opponent vs. Maryland Yale Detroit Boston University vs. Boston College vs. Indiana Florida Maine Stanford at Washington Eastern Washington at Houston at SMU Harvard UCF at Memphis Louisville Temple at Rutgers Houston at Cincinnati at UCF USF Memphis at Temple SMU at USF Cincinnati Rutgers at Louisville at Memphis vs. Cincinnati vs. Louisville NCAA Championship vs. Saint Joseph’s vs. Villanova vs. Iowa State vs. Michigan State vs. Florida vs. Kentucky
Pos. G G/F F/C G F F C G/F G F C F G
Head Coach: Jim Calhoun Assistant Coaches: George Blaney, Andre LaFleur, Kevin Ollie
Head Coach: Kevin Ollie Assistant Coaches: Glen Miller, Karl Hobbs, Ricky Moore
Date N8 N11 N14 N17 N21 N22 D2 D6 D18 D22 D28 D31 J4 J8 J11 J16 J18 J21 J25 J30 F6 F9 F12 F15 F20 F23 F26 M1 M5 M8 M13 M14 M15
Huskies Roster
Huskies Roster Ppg 18.0 13.1 12.1 8.4 6.1 4.1 3.8 3.3 2.4 1.8 1.5 1.2 1.0 0.5 0.2
90 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Opponent Stony Brook Vermont vs. Wichita State vs. Michigan State vs. Kentucky New Hampshire UMBC Fairleigh Dickinson Coppin State Harvard at Pittsburgh USF at Notre Dame at Texas Rutgers at DePaul Villanova Tennessee at Marquette Louisville Syracuse at Seton Hall at St. John’s Providence Georgetown at Louisville Marquette at Cincinnati at West Virginia Notre Dame vs. DePaul vs. Georgetown vs. Pittsburgh vs. Syracuse vs. Louisville NCAA Championship vs. Bucknell vs. Cincinnati vs. San Diego State vs. Arizona vs. Kentucky vs. Butler
Result W, 79-52 W, 89-73 W, 8379 W, 70-67 W, 84-67 W, 62-55 W, 94-61 W, 78-54 W, 76-64 W, 81-52 L, 63-78 W, 66-61 (OT) L, 70-73 W, 82-81 W, 67-53 W, 82-62 W, 61-59 W, 72-61 W, 76-68 L, 78-79 (2OT) L, 58-66 W, 61-59 L, 72-89 W, 75-57 W, 78-70 L, 58-71 L, 67-74 (OT) W, 67-59 L, 56-65 L, 67-70 W, 97-71 W, 79-62 W, 76-74 W, 76-71 (OT) W, 69-66 W, 81-52 W, 69-58 W, 74-67 W, 65-63 W, 56-55 W, 53-41
(33-6, 12-4 Big East) Date N17 N19 N22 N26 N28 D1 D6 D13 D20 D28 D30 J2 J6 J11 J14 J17 J19 J24 J28 J31 F2 F7 F9 F15 F18 F21 F24 F28 M1 M7 M11 M12 M13 M18 M20 M25 M27 A3 A5
Opponent Yale Nevada Sacred Heart vs. Georgia Tech vs. Utah Lehigh Army Quinnipiac Iona Ball State Massachusetts at Rice at Rutgers Oklahoma Georgetown at North Carolina Pittsburgh Providence at Virginia Tech at Boston College Syracuse West Virginia at Notre Dame at Pittsburgh Miami Notre Dame at St. John’s at Villanova Seton Hall at Syracuse vs. Notre Dame vs. Villanova vs. Pittsburgh NCAA Championship vs. Vermont vs. DePaul vs. Vanderbilt vs. Alabama vs. Duke vs. Georgia Tech
Result W, 70-60 W, 93-79 W, 111-64 L, 61-77 W, 76-44 W, 75-55 W, 74-46 W, 88-55 W, 104-54 W, 101-63 W, 91-67 W, 92-83 W, 75-74 W, 86-59 W, 94-70 L, 83-86 W, 68-65 L, 56-66 W, 96-60 W, 63-58 W, 84-56 W, 88-58 L, 74-80 L, 68-75 W, 76-63 W, 61-50 W, 71-53 W, 75-74 (OT) W, 89-67 L, 56-67 W, 66-58 W, 84-67 W, 61-58 W, 70-53 W, 72-55 W, 73-53 W, 87-71 W, 79-78 W, 82-73
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS UCONN
CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI
1999 NCAA Champion
1961 NCAA Champion
1962 NCAA Champion
®
Pos. G/F G F G G F C G/F C/F G F/C G G F G/F C
Cl. Jr. So. Jr. So. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr.
Ppg Rpg 21.5 4.8 13.8 2.8 12.2 7.3 7.1 2.5 6.8 3.6 6.0 4.7 5.5 6.4 3.5 1.7 2.0 2.8 1.9 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3 did not play did not play did not play
1998-99 Results
M4 M5 M6 M11 M13 M18 M20 M27 M29
Pos. F C G G G F-C F-C G G G F C
Cl. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. So. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Jr.
Ppg 17.1 16.8 12.3 11.7 7.5 3.6 2.6 2.0 2.1 0.9 0.9 0.3
Rpg 10.0 12.5 9.5 2.8 3.5 3.7 2.2 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5
Head Coach: Ed Jucker Assistant Coach: Tay Baker Freshman Coach: John Powless
Player Larry Shingleton Tony Yates Larry Elasser Tom Thacker Tom Sizer Jim Calhoun Bill Abernethy Fred Dierking George Wilson Ron Ries Paul Hogue Dale Hiedotting Ron Bonham
Result W, 102-60 W, 77-57 W, 95-58 W, 111-46 W, 69-48 W, 82-68 W, 59-54 W, 70-69 W, 102-67 W, 100-76 W, 87-64 W, 91-78 W, 80-45 W, 101-70 W, 81-58 W, 70-68 (ot) W, 62-47 W, 78-71 W, 78-74 L, 42-59 W, 70-59 W, 66-50 W, 53-48 W, 77-64 L, 71-73 W, 72-65 W, 70-58 W, 57-56 W, 71-50 W, 82-63
Date D1 D3 D6 D9 D13 D16 D19 D23 D29 D31 J5 J7 J12 J14 J17 J20 J28 J31 F4 F9 F16 F18 F23 F25 M2 M4 M17 M18 M24 M25
Opponent Indiana St. Western Mich. vs. Miami (Ohio) vs. Seton Hall Loyola Marymount at Saint Louis Nebraska at Bradley vs. Dayton George Washington Houston North Texas St. at Wichita St. at Tulsa Duquesne at Drake Drake Bradley at Iowa Saint Louis Wichita St. Tulsa at Houston at North Texas St. vs. Xavier at Marshall NCAA Championships vs. Texas Tech vs. Kansas St. vs. Utah vs. Ohio State
Pos. G G G F-G G G F F-C F C C F-C F
Cl. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. S.
Ppg 3.9 8.2 0.5 11.0 2.7 1.7 0.7 4.1 9.2 0.5 16.8 3.1 14.3
Rpg 1.4 3.0 0.5 8.6 1.3 0.4 0.7 2.9 8.0 0.1 12.4 2.3 5.0
Head Coach: Ed Jucker Assistant Coach: Tay Baker Freshman Coach: John Powless
1961-62 Results
(27-3, MVC Champions)
(34-2, 16-2 Big East) Opponent Quinnipiac Richmond Hartford Wagner vs. Washington Michigan State at Massachusetts at Pittsburgh Fairfield Villanova Georgetown at Boston College at West Virginia Notre Dame Pittsburgh at Miami Seton Hall at Georgetown at St. John’s Syracuse at Stanford Boston College at Seton Hall Rutgers Miami at Providence at Syracuse BIG EAST Championship vs. Seton Hall vs. Syracuse vs.St. John’s NCAA Championship vs. UT-San Antonio vs. New Mexico vs. Iowa vs. Gonzaga vs. Ohio State vs. Duke
Player Bob Wiesenhahn Paul Hogue Tom Thacker Carl Bouldin Tony Yates Dale Hiedotting Fred Dierking Tom Sizer Jim Calhoun Larry Shingleton Mark Altenau Ron Ries
1960-61 Results
Head Coach: Jim Calhoun Associate Head Coach: Dave Leitao Assistant Coaches: Karl Hobbs, Tom Moore
Date N15 N19 N24 N27 D1 D5 D9 D12 D23 D30 J2 J6 J9 J12 J16 J20 J23 J25 J30 F1 F6 F10 F13 F16 F20 F22 F28
Bearcats Roster
Bearcats Roster
Huskies Roster Player Richard Hamilton Khalid El-Amin Kevin Freeman Albert Mouring Ricky Moore Edmund Saunders Jake Voskuhl Rashamel Jones Souleymane Wane E.J. Harrison Antric Klaiber Ed Tonella Richard Moore Ajou Ajou Deng Beau Archibald Justin Brown
®
Result W, 90-51 W, 85-54 W, 70-62 L, 76-84 W, 74-53 L, 40-57 W, 75-60 L, 53-72 W, 71-61 W, 84-61 W, 74-71OT W, 83-34 W, 80-57 W, 92-75 W, 64-53 W, 86-64 W, 80-70 W, 73-72 W, 77-60 W, 61-52 W, 67-64 W, 81-52 W, 85-80 W, 73-43 W, 89-53 W, 69-57 W, 78-55 W, 69-64 W, 82-67 W, 70-65 OT
(29-2, MVC Champions) Date D2 D5 D9 D11 D16 D18 D21 D26 D28 D30 J4 J6 J10 J16 J18 J25 J30 F1 F3 F8 F10 F12 F16 F19 F24 M1 M12 M16 M17 M23 M24
Opponent Indiana St. vs. Miami (Ohio) at Wisconsin at Drake Marshall at Wichita St. Colorado vs. St. John’s (N.Y.) vs. LaSalle vs. Wisconsin Saint Louis Tulsa at Bradley vs. Dayton at Duquesne North Texas St. Drake at Houston at North Texas St. at Saint Louis at Tulsa Geo. Washington Houston Bradley Wichita St. vs. Xavier vs. Bradley NCAA Championships vs. Creighton vs. Colorado vs. UCLA vs. Ohio State
Result W, 86-63 W, 63-30 W, 86-67 W, 60-59 W, 77-49 L, 51-52 W, 84-67 W, 97-68 W, 64-56 W, 101-71 W, 62-47 W, 72-43 L, 68-70 OT W, 80-61 W, 62-54 W, 89-61 W, 73-52 W, 60-52 W, 77-50 W, 54-48 W, 70-52 W, 83-43 W, 59-47 W, 72-57 W, 84-63 W, 61-58 W, 61-46 W, 66-46 W, 73-46 W, 72-70 W, 71-59
W, 91-66 W, 78-56 W, 78-68 W, 67-62 W, 64-58 W, 77-74
2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 91
POSTSEASON HISTORY UCF
Houston
USF
NCAA: 94, 96, 04, 05 NCAA Summary: 4 appearances, 0 wins, 4 losses Best Finish: First Round (Four Times)
NCAA:
NCAA 90, 92, 12 NCAA Summary: 3 appearances, 2 wins, 3 losses NIT 81, 83, 85, 91, 95, 00, 02, 10 NIT Summary: 7 appearances, 4 wins, 6 losses Best Finish: Round of 32 (2012)
Cincinnati NCAA:
58, 59 (FF), 60 (FF), 61 (CH), 62 (CH), 63 (FF-2nd), 66, 75, 76, 77, 92 (FF), 93 (RR), 94, 95, 96 (RR), 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 NCAA Summary: 29 appearances, 44 wins, 28 losses Best Finish: NCAA Champions (1961, 1962) NIT 51, 55 (FF-3rd), 57, 70, 74, 85, 90, 91, 06, 10 NIT Summary: 10 appearances, 8 wins, 10 losses CBI: 08 CBI Summary: 1 appearance, 0 wins, 1 loss
UConn NCAA:
51, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64 (RR), 65, 67, 76, 79, 90 (RR), 91, 92, 94, 95 (RR), 96, 98 (RR), 99 (CH), 00, 02 (RR), 03, 04 (CH), 05, 06 (RR), 08, 09 (FF), 11 (CH), 12, 14 (CH) NCAA Summary: 33 appearances, 58 wins, 29 losses Best Finish: NCAA Champions (99, 04, 11, 14) NIT: 55, 74, 75, 80, 81, 82, 88 (CH), 89, 93, 97 (FF), 01, 10, 15 NIT Summary: 13 appearances, 15 wins, 12 losses
East Carolina NCAA 72, 93 NCAA Summary: 2 appearances, 0 wins, 2 losses Best Finish: First Round (1972, 1993) CIT: 11, 13 (CH), 14 CIT Summary 3 appearances, 5 wins, 2 losses
56, 61, 65, 66, 67 (FF), 68 (FF), 70 (RR), 71 (RR), 72, 73, 78, 81, 82 (FF), 83 (FF-2nd), 84 (FF-2nd), 87, 90, 92, 10 NCAA Summary: 19 apperances, 26 wins, 24 losses Best Finish: National Runner-Up (1983, 1984) NIT: 62, 77, 87, 88, 91, 93, 98, 05, 06 NIT Summary: 9 appearances, 5 wins, 9 losses CBI: 08, 09, 13 CBI Summary: 3 appearances, 3 wins, 3 losses
Memphis NCAA :
55, 56, 62, 73 (FF-2nd), 76, 82*, 83*, 84*, 85* (FF), 86*, 88, 89, 92, 93, 95, 96, 03, 04, 06 (RR), 07 (RR), 08* (FF-2nd), 09, 11, 12, 13, 14 NCAA Summary: 26 appearances, 34 wins, 26 losses Best Finish: National Runner-Up (1973, 2008*) * - Wins in 1982-86, 2008 Vacated by NCAA NIT: 57, 60 (2nd), 61, 63, 67, 72, 74, 75, 77, 90, 91, 97, 98, 01 (3rd), 02 (CH), 05, 10 NIT Summary: 17 appearances, 20 wins, 16 losses
SMU NCAA:
55, 56 (FF), 57, 65, 66, 67 (RR), 84, 85, 88, 93, 15 NCAA Summary: 11 appearances, 10 wins, 13 losses Best Finish: Final Four (1956) NIT: 86, 00, 14 (2nd) NIT Summary: 3 appearances, 4 wins, 3 losses CIT: 11 CIT Summary: 1 appearance, 3 wins, 1 loss
(CH - Champions; FF - Final Four; RR - Regional Runner-Up)
UConn won its fourth NCAA title in 2014
92 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Temple NCAA:
44, 56 (FF), 58 (FF), 64, 67, 70, 72, 79, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88 (RR), 90, 91 (RR), 92, 93 (RR), 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 (RR), 00, 01 (RR), 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13 NCAA Summary: 31 appearances, 33 wins, 31 losses Best Finish: Final Four (1956, 1958) NIT: 38 (CH), 57, 60, 61, 62, 66, 68, 69 (CH), 78, 81, 82, 89, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 15 NIT Summary: 18 appearances, 26 wins, 16 losses
Tulane NCAA 92, 93, 95 NCAA Summary: 3 appearances, 3 wins, 3 losses Best Finish: Round of 32 (1992, 1993, 1995) NIT: 82, 83, 94, 96, 97, 00 NIT Summary: 6 appearances, 7 wins, 6 losses CIT: 13 CIT Summary: 1 appearance, 1 win, 1 loss CBI: 14 CBI Summary: 1 appearance, 0 wins, 1 loss
Tulsa NCAA
55, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 94 , 95, 96, 97, 99, 00 (RR), 02, 03, 14 NCAA Summary: 14 appearances, 11 wins, 14 losses Best Finish: Elite Eight (2000) NIT: 53, 67, 69, 81 (CH), 83, 90, 91, 01 (CH), 09, 10, 15 NIT Summary: 11 appearances, 11 wins, 9 losses CBI: 08 (CH), 13 CBI Summary: 2 appearance, 5 wins, 2 losses
NBA PLAYERS AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PLAYERS CHOSEN IN THE NBA DRAFT 2014 Round 1 2 2
Overall 24 37 47
Player Shabazz Napier DeAndre Daniels Russ Smith
Pos G F G
School UConn UConn Louisville
NBA Team Charlotte (traded to Miami) Toronto Philadelphia (traded to New Orleans)
PLAYERS FROM AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SCHOOLS IN THE NBA (as of October 2015) Player Jermaine Taylor Jason Maxiell Lance Stephenson Sean Kilpatrick Jeff Adrien Ryan Boatright Caron Butler Andre Drummond Rudy Gay Jeremy Lamb Shabazz Napier AJ Price Charlie Villanueva Kemba Walker Earl Barron Will Barton Tyreke Evans Derrick Rose Adonis Thomas Elliot Williams Shawne Williams Solomon Jones Lavoy Allen Will Cummings Khaliff Wyatt
School UCF (2005-09) Cincinnati (2001-05) Cincinnati (2009-10) Cincinnati (2011-14) UConn (2005-09) UConn (2011-15) UConn (2000-02) UConn (2011-12) UConn (2004-05) UConn (2010-12) UConn (2010-14) UConn (2005-09) UConn (2003-05) UConn (2008-11) Memphis (1999-03) Memphis (2010-12) Memphis (2008-09) Memphis (2007-08) Memphis (2011-13) Memphis (2009-10) Memphis (2005-06) USF (2004-06) Temple (2007-11) Temple (2011-15) Temple (2009-13)
Kemba Walker
Current Team Cleveland Cavaliers Orlando Magic Indiana Pacers New Orleans Pelicans Charlotte Bobcats Brooklyn Nets Sacramento Kings Detroit Pistons Sacramento Kings Charlotte Hornets Orlando Magic Phoenix Suns Dallas Mavericks Charlotte Bobcats New York Knicks Portland Trail Blazers New Orleans Pelicans Chicago Bulls Atlanta Hawks Cleveland Cavaliers Los Angeles Lakers Orlando Magic Philadelphia 76ers Houston Rockets Philadelphia 76ers
Derrick Rose 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 93
MEDIA SERVICES TheAmerican.org
Video Clips
The official website of the American Athletic Conference features up-to-date information on all facets of the league. Basketball standings, results, statistics and notes are updated as games are played. In addition, in-game scores for all basketball contests involving American Athletic Conference teams will be updated in-progress.
The American Athletic Conference offers video highlights and clips of selected press conferences through the XOS Digital XChange FTP tool. Content is available in full broadcast-quality resolution. Contact Chevonne Mansfield (cmansfield@theamerican. org) for information on how to access the highlights.
Twitter, Instagram & Facebook
Weekly Awards
Fans and media members are invited to follow the latest American Athletic Conference basketball news through social media. The American Twitter feed may be accessed @ American_MBB the official Instagram page is @American_Conf, and the conference’s official Facebook page is available at /AmericanConf.
The American names a Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week each Monday morning during the season. Winners are chosen from nominations provided by conference sports information directors. The information will be available from the conference office via release as well as on the league web site.
Annual Awards The American Athletic Conference will name all-conference teams and individual honors for the league’s Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Most Improved Player, Rookie of the Year, Sixth Man Award and Sportsmanship Award . The awards are chosen by a vote of the league’s 11 head coaches at the conclusion of the regular season and will be announced in conjunction with the conference tournament. @American_MBB
@American_Conf
/AmericanConf
Email Distribution Media members may access PDF versions of the complete daily press release, including conference and team-by-team statistics, on TheAmerican.org. Regular updates of the release will be distributed via e-mail from the conference office. To be included on the distribution list, send an e-mail request to Chevonne Mansfield at cmansfield@theamerican.org.
The American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team is comprised of players who have an overall grade-point average of 3.00 or better over the previous academic year and completed at least two semesters of academic work. Basketball honorees are announced in the summer. The American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year was established to recognize student-athletes who have achieved success in the classroom and on the field. The winner receives a scholarship which may be applied to graduate or professional studies.
American Athletic Conference Communications phone 401.453.0660 Men’s Basketball Contact Chevonne Mansfield Director of Communications email: cmansfield@theamerican.org Mobile: 401.867.1313
Chuck Sullivan Assistant Commissioner (Communications) email: csullivan@theamerican.org
Mark Hodgkin Assistant Commissioner (Digital Media) email: mhodgkin@theamerican.org
Kristina Ritacco Communications Assistant email: kritacco@theamerican.org
Jamie Corun Digital Communications Coordinator email: jcorun@theamerican.org
Gary Robinson Communications Assistant email: grobinson@theamerican.org
Hali Oughton Multimedia Coordinator & Reporter email: houghton@theamerican.org Alex Cluxton Digital Network Assistant email: acluxton@theamerican.org
94 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
American Athletic Conference Directory UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 4000 Central Florida Boulevard Building 39 Orlando, FL 32816
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, ATH 100 Tampa, FL 33620
Donnie Jones, Head Basketball Coach Office............................................... (407) 823-5805 Cory Hall, Assoc. Director of Communications Office............................................... (407) 823-2142 Mobile............................................. (515) 419-1755 e-mail............................. chall@athletics.ucf.edu
Orlando Antigua, Head Basketball Coach Office............................................... (813) 974-3252 Steven Schoon, Asst. Director, Athletic Communications Office............................................... (813) 974-4087 Mobile............................................. (620) 218-1693 e-mail....................................... schoons@usf.edu
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI 880 Richard E. Lindner Center 2751 O’Varsity Way Cincinnati, OH 45221-0021
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY 5800 Ownby Drive Dallas, TX 75275
Mick Cronin, Head Basketball Coach Office............................................... (513) 556-5847 Andre Foushee, Assistant AD, Sports Communications Office............................................... (513) 556-5182 Mobile............................................. (859) 797-7871 e-mail..............................andre.foushee@uc.edu
Larry Brown, Head Basketball Coach Office............................................... (214) 768-3501 Herman Hudson, Director of Public Relations Office............................................... (214) 768-1304 Mobile............................................. (214) 924-0358 e-mail.....................................hermanh@smu.edu
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 2095 Hillside Road, Unit 1173 Storrs, CT 06269-1173
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY 1700 North Broad Street, Fourth Floor Philadelphia, PA 19122
Kevin Ollie, Head Basketball Coach Office............................................... (860) 486-2720 Phil Chardis, Asst. Director, Athletic Communications Office............................................... (860) 486-3531 Mobile............................................. (860) 771-3314 e-mail.........................philip.chardis@uconn.edu
Fran Dunphy, Head Basketball Coach Office............................................... (215) 204-7443 Larry Dougherty, Senior Assoc. AD, Communications Office............................................... (215) 204-2588 Mobile............................................. (215) 651-1822 e-mail.................... larry.dougherty@temple.edu
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY 254 Smith-Williams Center Greenville, NC 27858
TULANE UNIVERSITY James W. Wilson Jr. Center New Orleans, LA 70118
Jeff Lebo, Head Basketball Coach Office............................................... (252) 737-4592 Jody Jones, Associate Director, Media Relations Office............................................... (252) 737-4524 Mobile............................................. (252) 414-2019 e-mail...................................... jonesjod@ecu.edu
Ed Conroy, Head Basketball Coach Office............................................... (504) 865-5505 Rachel Perreault, Assoc. Director, Athletic Communications Office............................................... (504) 314-7219 Mobile............................................. (504) 495-5251 e-mail................................. rperreau@tulane.edu
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON 3100 Cullen Boulevard Houston, TX 77204-6002 Kelvin Sampson, Head Basketball Coach Office............................................... (713) 743-9430 Jeff Conrad, Director of Athletics Communications Office............................................... (713) 743-9410 Mobile............................................. (713) 557-3841 e-mail..........................jaconrad@central.uh.edu UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS 570 Normal, AOB Room 230 Memphis, TN 38152 Josh Pastner, Head Basketball Coach Office............................................... (901) 678-2346 Bill Salyer, Assoc. Director of Athletic Communications Office............................................... (901) 678-4780 Mobile............................................. (260) 705-3963 e-mail........................... wbsalyer@memphis.edu
UNIVERSITY OF TULSA 800 South Tucker Drive Tulsa, OK 74104 Frank Haith, Head Basketball Coach Office............................................... (918) 631-3132 Eric Hollier, Assistant Media Relations Director Office............................................... (918) 631-2492 Mobile............................................. (225) 978-4590 e-mail............................. eric-hollier@utulsa.edu AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 15 Park Row West Providence, RI 02903 Chevonne Mansfield, Director of Communications Office............................................... (401) 453-0660 Mobile............................................. (401) 867-1313 e-mail.................. cmansfield@theamerican.org
@American_MBB
fb.com/AmericanConf
@American_Conf