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2015-16 American Preseason Player of the Year Nic Moore, SMU

2015-16 Preseason Coaches Poll Preseason All-Conference First Team (First-place votes in parenthesis) Octavius Ellis, Sr., F, Daniel Hamilton, So., G/F, UConn 1. SMU (8) 98 *Markus Kennedy, R-Sr., F, SMU 2. UConn (2) 87 *Nic Moore, R-Sr., G, SMU 3. Cincinnati (1) 84 James Woodard, Sr., G, Tulsa 4. Tulsa 76 5. Memphis 59 Preseason All-Conference Second Team 6. Temple 54 7. 48 Troy Caupain, Jr., G, Cincinnati , Jr., C, UConn 8. East Carolina 31 Sterling Gibbs, GS, G, UConn 9. UCF 30 Shaq Goodwin, Sr., F, Memphis 10. USF 20 Shaquille Harrison, Sr., G, Tulsa 11. Tulane 11 [*] 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 Conference Staff ...... 6-9 15 Park Row West • Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Conference Headquarters ...... 10 Switchboard - 401.244-3278 • Communications - 401.453.0660 www.TheAmerican.org American Digital Network ...... 11 Officiating ...... 12 American Athletic Conference Staff American Athletic Conference Notebook ...... 13-14 Commissioner ...... Michael L. Aresco The American On Television ...... 15-16 Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration) ...... Donna DeMarco 2015-16 Composite Schedule ...... 17-21 Senior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting & Digital Content) ...... Thomas R. Odjakjian American Athletic Conference Championship ...... 22-23 Chief Financial Officer ...... Stacy Martin 2016 NCAA Championship ...... 24 Associate Commissioner (Football) ...... Scott A. Draper Associate Commissioner (Governance & Compliance) ...... Ellen M. Ferris The Teams Associate Commissioner (Women’s ) ...... Barbara M. Jacobs UCF Knights ...... 25-28 Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball) ...... Dan Leibovitz School Quick Facts ...... 25 Associate Commissioner ( Administration & Championships) ...... James A. Siedliski Schedule & Notes ...... 26 Assistant Commissioner (Digital Media) ...... Mark A. Hodgkin Statistics, Roster & Newcomers...... 27 Assistant Commissioner (Communications) ...... Chuck Sullivan 2014-15 Results & ...... 28 Assistant Commissioner (Sport Administration & Championships) ...... Robert A. Weygand, Jr. ...... 29-32 Senior Director of Compliance ...... Andrea Dahley UConn Huskies ...... 33-36 Director of Sport Administration & Championships ...... Patrick B. Colbert Director of Football Administration ...... Michael A. Costa ...... 37-40 Director of Business Affairs ...... Karen M. Giblin ...... 41-44 Director of Communications ...... Chevonne M. Mansfield ...... 45-48 Assistant Director for Branding and Sport Administration ...... Catherine W. Carmignani USF Bulls ...... 49-52 Assistant Director of Broadcast Scheduling ...... Michael A. Coyne SMU Mustangs ...... 53-56 Assistant to the Commissioner ...... Lisa S. Zanecchia ...... 57-60 Digital Communications Coordinator ...... Jamie L. Corun ...... 61-64 Multimedia Coordinator and Reporter ...... Hali Oughton Tulsa Hurricane ...... 65-68 Executive Assistant for Administration ...... Lois A. DeBlois Administrative Assistant for Officiating ...... Wanda L. Factor American Athletic Conference Almanac Receptionist ...... Kathy M. Kirkpatrick 2014-15 In Review ...... 70-81 Administrative Fellow ...... Kauri Black All-Conference Honors/Annual Awards ...... 71 Digital Network Assistant ...... Alex Cluxton National Polls ...... 72 Compliance Assistant...... Kevin Gomer Against The Conferences ...... 73 Communications Assistant ...... Kristina Ritacco Weekly Award Winners ...... 74 Communications Assistant ...... Gary Robinson Individual Statistics ...... 75-77 Coordinator of Football Officiating ...... Terry McAulay Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officiating ...... Curtis Shaw Team Statistics ...... 78-79 Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officiating ...... Debbie Williamson Individual Game Highs ...... 80 Team Game Highs ...... 81 Individual Records ...... 82-84 Credits Team Records ...... 85-86 Editors: Chevonne Mansfield, Kristina Ritacco Annual Leaders ...... 87 Editorial Assistance: Chuck Sullivan, Gary Robinson Miscellaneous Records ...... 88 Printing: Charles Guillette - Colonial Lithograph, Inc. All-Time Coaching Records ...... 89 Attleboro, Mass. Photography: Ben Solomon, and member NCAA Championship Teams ...... 90-91 school communications offices. Cover photo by Postseason History ...... 92 Ben Solomon. NBA Players ...... 93 Special Thanks: The American Athletic Conference would like to American Athletic Conference Media Services ...... 94 thank the athletics communications departments of its member schools for their valuable assistance and cooperation in producing this publication. Media Relations Directory ...... IBC

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In the course of its first More recently, a number of American Athletic the two industry leaders in television. The foot- two seasons, the American Conference athletes have been selected in the first ball portion of the contract calls for nearly 90 percent Athletic Conference has round of the professional entry drafts in football, bas- of conference-controlled games on national broad- taken a place at the fore- ketball, and soccer. UConn’s Cyle Larin was cast or national cable platforms. The first American front of intercollegiate ath- the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 Athletic Conference Football Championship, which letics, earning a collection of SuperDraft as he was chosen by Orlando City SC. will be played Dec. 5, 2015, will be carried on either national team and individual UCF’s Romario Williams was taken by the Montreal ABC or ESPN on Championship Saturday. championships and football Impact at No. 3, giving The American two of the top In men’s basketball, the television deal calls for all postseason wins that place three picks in the draft. UConn’s Sergio Campbell went conference-controlled games to be televised, with The American among the at No. 19 to the as the third pick from more than 63 percent slotted for national broadcast or elite Division I conferences. the conference in the first round. national cable – a minimum of 107 games. The entire The American consists of In the 2015 NFL Draft, UCF’s Breshad Perriman and postseason tournament will be televised, including the 12 prestigious institutions: UConn’s Byron Jones were selected consecutively championship game, which will be on ABC or ESPN. the University of Central in the first round – Perriman to the Sixty percent of the American’s women’s basketball Florida, the University of at No. 26 overall and Jones to the Dallas Cowboys at games will be carried on national cable, regional Cincinnati, , the University of No. 27. It was the second straight year in which The sports networks or ESPN3, while the conference has Connecticut, the , the University American had at least two first-round selections. a multi-year agreement with CBS Sports Network for of Memphis, the U.S. Naval Academy (in football only), UConn’s Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis was selected coverage of select baseball games. the University of South Florida, Southern Methodist by the Storm with the No. 3 pick in the 2015 American Athletic Conference teams have access University, , and WNBA Draft, while UConn’s Kiah Stokes went 11th to the pinnacle of ’s postseason struc- the . overall to the . ture. An American representative would be chosen for Under the leadership of commissioner Mike Aresco, Cincinnati outfielder , the 2015 American the semifinals if it is among the American Athletic Conference has written an Athletic Conference Player of the Year, was chosen the top four teams in the CFP selection committee’s impressive list of accomplishments, both in and out of by the Cubs with the No. 9 overall pick in the final ranking. Otherwise, the league would place the competitive arena. 2015 Draft. its champion in either the Vizio or the The league has produced three NCAA champion- In football, two American Athletic Conference foot- Chick-fil-A if it is ranked higher than the ship teams – UConn men’s basketball in 2014 and ball teams were ranked in the top 15 of the final 2013 champions of Conference USA, the Mid-American UConn women’s basketball in 2014 and 2015 – and Associated Press poll, while Memphis finished the Conference, the and the two individuals who have won NCAA titles, most season in the top 25 of the 2014 polls as Tigers tied . recently SMU’s Bryson Dechambeau, who was the UCF and Cincinnati for the conference title. Six of the Additionally, The American holds primary or second- 2015 national champion in men’s . Additionally, 12 teams that compete in The American in 2015 played ary partnerships with 12 bowls for the current six-year American Athletic Conference teams have advanced in bowl games to cap the 2014 season as Memphis, cycle, ensuring multiple annual matchups against to the , the semifinal and final Houston and Navy earned postseason victories. the nation’s top conferences and providing desirable rounds of the NIT and the match play round of Teams in The American have enjoyed almost postseason destinations to member institutions and the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship. Half of the unprecedented success since the conference’s for- their fans. conference’s baseball-playing members reached the mation. Memphis finished with 10 wins in football The American Athletic Conference administers to NCAA Championship in 2015, while The American had for the first time since 1938. SMU advanced to the its membership from a state-of-the-art office located the best men’s basketball postseason record of any NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship for the first in Providence, R.I. The location of the conference conference in 2014, when conference teams were time since 1993. UCF and Houston have both achieved headquarters – just steps from the city’s Amtrak sta- a combined 13-4. Teams from The American have top-10 rankings in baseball in the past two years. USF tion and 10 minute from T.F. Green Airport – gives the registered top-10 national rankings in football, men’s finished the 2014-15 season at No. 8 in the final men’s conference easy access to its memberschools. The basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, men’s soc- golf national ranking.The UConn women’s basketball conference headquarters is equipped with a complete cer and men’s golf. team won its NCAA-record ninth and 10th national video production studio, serving as the home of the The American is quickly making its mark in profes- championships as a member of The American. American Digital Network, and small- and large-scale sional sports as well, beginning with the selection of The American Athletic Conference holds media meeting rooms to accommodate the many coaches’ UCF Blake Bortles by the Jacksonville rights partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports which and administrators’ meetings held on-site each year. Jaguars with the No. 3 pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. give the conference outstanding national exposure on 2014-15 American Athletic Conference Champions National Honors

Sport ...... Regular-Season ...... Postseason NCAA Team Championships (3) Women’s Cross Country ...... Tulsa UConn Men’s Basketball - 2014 Men’s Cross Country ...... Tulsa UConn Women’s Basketball - 2014, 2015 Women’s Soccer ...... UCF ...... UConn Men’s Soccer ...... UConn ...... Tulsa NCAA Individual Championships (3) Football ...... UCF, Cincinnati, Memphis Joao DeLucca, Women’s ...... UCF Louisville Men’s & Men’s Swimming & Diving ...... East Carolina 100-yard freestyle - 2014 Women’s Swimming & Diving ...... SMU 200-yard freestyle - 2014 Men’s Indoor Track & Field ...... Houston Women’s Indoor Track & Field ...... UConn Bryson DeChambeau Men’s Basketball ...... SMU ...... SMU SMU Men’s Golf- 2015 Women’s Basketball ...... UConn ...... UConn Men’s ...... USF NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships (2) Women’s Tennis ...... Tulsa Sam Bombaugh, Louisville Women’s Golf ...... UCF Indoor Track & Field - 2014 Men’s Golf ...... USF Men’s Outdoor Track & Field ...... UConn Emily Juhl, Louisville Women’s Outdoor Track & Field ...... SMU Women’s Volleyball - 2014 ...... UCF ...... UCF Women’s ...... UCF Baseball ...... Houston ...... East Carolina #AMERICANRISING

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2015-16 American Athletic Conference Championship Schedule

Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field Men’s Golf Oct. 31, 2015 Feb. 28-29, 2016 May 1-3, 2016 Overton’s Lake Kristi Birmingham Crossplex Black Diamond Ranch, The Quarry Course Grimesland, N.C. Birmingham, Ala. Lecanto, Fla.

Women’s Soccer Women’s Basketball Softball Quarterfinals, March 4-7, 2016 May 12-14, 2016 Semifinals & Final Mohegan Sun Arena Tulsa Softball Complex Nov. 3-8, 2015 Uncasville, Conn. Tulsa, Okla. Dallas, Men’s Basketball Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field March 10-13, 2016 May 12-15, 2016 Men’s Soccer Amway UCF Soccer & Track Complex Quarterfinals: Nov. 7, 2015 (campus sites) Orlando, Fla. Orlando, Fla.

Semifinals & Final Women’s Tennis Women’s Rowing Nov. 13-15, 2015 April 20-23, 2016 May 15, 2016 Corbett Soccer Memphis University School/The Racquet Club of Memphis Sacramento State Aquatic Center Tampa, Fla. Memphis, Tenn. Sacramento, Calif.

Football Men’s Tennis Baseball Dec. 5, 2015 (campus site) April 21-24, 2016 May 24-29, 2016 Memphis University School/The Racquet Club of Memphis Bright House Field Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Memphis, Tenn. Clearwater, Fla. Feb. 17-20, 2016 Campus Recreation & Wellness Center (CRWC) Women’s Golf Natatorium April 17-19, 2016 Houston, Texas Hammock Beach Golf & Spa Resort Palm Coast, Fla.

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Mike Aresco Commissioner Mike Aresco has established himself as one stones reached in Aresco’s tenure have been unprecedented national of the foremost figures in intercollegiate sports the launch of a football championship game for exposure and branding as commissioner of the American Athletic the first time in 2015 and the league’s staging of with the two industry Conference. its own postseason . leaders in sports tele- Aresco, who was named to his current posi- Aresco’s first months were marked by his suc- vision. Aresco then tion Aug. 14, 2012, has overseen a strategic cessful efforts to ensure the conference’s place quickly and successfully reinvention of the conference, which has quick- within the College Football Playoff – the new organized the process ly become one of the premier conferences in system that will determine the national champi- whereby the confer- the nation. on, beginning in 2014. Aresco was instrumental ence was renamed the The American’s first year produced a remark- in securing the arrangement that will put the American Athletic Conference – a name that able string of accomplishments as UCF won American Athletic Conference champion in a was immediately accepted nationally – and he the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and UConn won NCAA New Year’s Day system bowl if it is the high- also oversaw the process that resulted in the titles in both men’s and women’s basketball. est-ranked team among the champions of five conference’s popular graphic identity. American Athletic Conference teams had the conferences. He has also successfully worked with the best postseason winning percentage of any Aresco has played an active role in the for- conference schools to arrive at an equitable conference in men’s basketball, as the league mation of the College Football Playoff, serving distribution of existing revenue for the current sent four teams to the NCAA tournament and on the College Football Playoff Management and new conference institutions, bringing about saw SMU advance to the championship game Committee and helping to select the 13 mem- a period of cohesiveness that is unprecedented of the NIT. bers of the CFP Selection Committee. Aresco in the league’s history. He has restructured the The American was the only conference to also serves on the College Football Playoff conference office staff to maximize efficiency have a win and Television and Site Selection committees. and better serve the needs of the membership. teams in the Men’s Final Four, the Women’s In the wake of the changes created by college Among his other significant accomplishments Final Four and the College World Series in 2013- sports , Aresco moved quickly to on behalf of the American Athletic Conference 14. Teams from the conference finished in the solidify the conference, leading negotiations were the spearheading of expansion efforts, national top 10 in football, men’s basketball, that resulted in the most favorable financial which resulted in the addition of East Carolina, women’s basketball, men’s soccer, baseball terms for the conference’s football schools, Tulane and Tulsa as of July 1, 2014, and Navy and men’s golf. after the withdrawal of the non-football-playing as a football member in 2015; launching The The American features 11 members in the schools, as well as the 2013-14 launch of the American Digital Network; successful negotia- 2014-15 academic year: UCF, Cincinnati, UConn, renamed and rebranded conference. tions for the conference’s men’s and women’s East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, USF, SMU, He simultaneously led the negotiations that basketball championships; and the launching of Temple, Tulane and Tulsa. Navy joins in 2015-16 resulted in television contracts with ESPN and a brand marketing campaign. as a football-playing member. Among the mile- CBS Sports, which have given the conference Additionally, Aresco brokered a multi-year

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marketing rights agreement with IMG College, college properties, including the NCAA Men’s games. The agreement also provided multiple the industry leader in collegiate sports mar- Basketball Championship, regular-season col- new media rights for CBS, CBS Sports Network keting, and oversaw the development of The lege basketball and football, conference basket- and CBS Interactive. He forged numerous bas- American’s new football bowl lineup, which ball championship games, football bowl games ketball agreements with major conferences and features numerous annual matchups against and other programming. His responsibilities negotiated 10-year extensions of the Army-Navy the nation’s other top conferences. Included in included game selection and scheduling, day- and Notre Dame-Navy football rivalries. that lineup is the Miami Beach Bowl – a bowl to-day operations, contract negotiations, iden- Aresco was the creator and executive pro- game that will be owned and operated by the tification of future acquisitions, development ducer of The Tony Barnhart Show and Courtside American Athletic Conference in a first-of-its- of programming strategies and coordination of with Seth Davis, both of which aired on the CBS kind venture. new media and marketing initiatives. Sports Network. In basketball, Aresco has secured the con- Aresco played an integral role in the land- In 2004, he was appointed by the late NCAA ference’s participation in The Men’s Basketball mark deal that created the CBS Sports-Turner President Myles Brand to the Basketball Officiating Consortium, L.L.C., partnering with Broadcasting partnership, which resulted in Partnership, a select panel whose mission was the , Conference USA, the the acquisition of the NCAA Men’s Division I to explore ways to improve and promote col- Valley Conference and the Southland Basketball Championship rights through 2024. lege basketball. He is a charter member of the Conference to ensure that the highest-qual- He managed the complex 14-year agreement steering committee of the / ity game officials are assigned to American that provides expanded national broadcast and Chapter of the National Football Athletic Conference contests. cable coverage of the NCAA basketball cham- Foundation and serves on the board of the Aresco is a member of the Conference pionship. Aresco also was instrumental in the National Sports Marketing Network. Commissioners Association enforcement work- CBS Television Network’s groundbreaking bun- Aresco joined CBS Sports from ESPN where ing group and women’s basketball working dled-rights agreement with the NCAA, which he was responsible for overseeing the acquisi- group. He serves on the management com- granted CBS exclusive rights to the NCAA tion, scheduling and development of long-term mittee of the College Football Playoff and the tournament from 2003 through 2010. The 2010 strategies for all ESPN college sports prop- board of managers for both the College Football NCAA Championship won a Sports Emmy in erties. Earlier in his tenure at ESPN, he was Officiating, LLC, and Men’s , the Outstanding Playoff Coverage category. responsible for programming a wide variety of LLC. Aresco also played a key role in negotiating sports properties, including College Football Aresco has been a leader in the NCAA gov- NCAA marketing agreements and in creating Association, Big 10, and Pac-10 college foot- ernance redesign efforts and a spokesman in a partnership with IMG and the NCAA to ball, NCAA events, including early rounds of various forums for the integrity of the collegiate in acquiring new NCAA corporate sponsors. He the NCAA basketball tournament, the College model. also was a significant contributor in the devel- World Series and various professional sports Aresco came to the conference from CBS opment of new media platforms for the NCAA events, including thoroughbred racing, Top Sports where he was Executive Vice President, Championship, including the highly successful Rank Boxing, CFL football, Australian Rules Programming. He was responsible for all col- March Madness On Demand. Football, rodeo and yachting. He was the archi- lege sports programming for CBS Sports and In 2008, Aresco negotiated a historic 15-year tect of ESPN’s signature Thursday night college CBS Sports Network. Aresco oversaw the agreement with the football series and helped develop ESPN’s Bowl acquisition and management of CBS Sports to televise the league’s football and basketball 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 pan- elist at national symposiums and seminars on the topics of college athletics and sports tele- vision. 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.

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Donna DeMarco Tom Odjakjian Senior Associate Commissioner Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration) (Broadcasting & Digital Content)

Donna DeMarco has been part of the con- Tom Odjakjian, who serves as the Senior ference staff since 1988 and has been Senior Associate Commissioner for Broadcasting and Associate Commissioner for Administration since Digital Content, is a longtime veteran of the con- 2009. ference’s senior staff, having joined the office DeMarco serves as The American’s chief from ESPN in 1995 as Associate Commissioner. operating officer, overseeing the organizational Odjakjian has oversight of all external confer- aspects of the conference, including management of the conference ence content, including its digital content, and is The American’s primary staff. As the conference’s primary administrator, she ensures that direct liaison with the league’s television partners, managing those relation- lines of communication exist between the conference office and the 12 ships on a daily basis. member institutions. Odjakjian has been the conference’s primary point person for a number Additionally, DeMarco assists with overall administration and man- of significant television agreements, including The American’s current agement of conference matters pertaining to service, governance and partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports that have given member insti- facilitation. tutions unprecedented exposure. Under the conference’s current agree- DeMarco has further oversight of the fiscal, legal and business affairs ment, all conference-controlled football and men’s basketball games will of The American and is the conference’s liaison with institutional per- be televised, with nearly 90 percent of the football games and more than sonnel in those areas. She supervises the approval of the conference’s 90 percent of the men’s basketball games available on either national annual operating budget, ensures appropriate legal contract review and broadcast or national cable platforms. manages the league’s human resource operation. Odjakjian also has direct involvement in the assembly of The American’s Before taking on her current role, DeMarco had been Associate annual schedules in football and men’s and women’s basketball, in order Commissioner for Women’s Basketball from 2006-09, during which time to fulfill the network’s contractual obligations and maximize exposure for she was the primary administrator for one of the conference’s most suc- the conference while balancing institutional schedules. cessful and high-profile sports. Odjakjian served in various executive roles at ESPN from 1981-94, DeMarco was the conference’s Associate Commissioner for Sport including as the director of college sports. He was responsible for nego- Administration from 1996-2006, overseeing all operational and gover- tiation, acquisition, scheduling and budget supervision for the network’s nance matters for 23 conference sports. She began her career as an collegiate sports programming. Odjakjian was the architect behind the administrative assistant for Public Relations & Championships in 1988 creation of ESPN’s basketball Championship Week and football Bowl before being promoted to Director of Championship Operations and sub- Week and had a hand in the network’s NFL, NBA, NHL and Olympic sequently Assistant Commissioner for Championships. sports programming. DeMarco completed a term on the NCAA Division I Administration Prior to joining ESPN, Odjakjian also served as Associate Commissioner Cabinet — which is responsible for addressing governance issues, the of the Eastern College Athletic Conference and Assistant Sports Divsion I membership process and all committee selections — in July of Information Director at Princeton University. While at ESPN, in 1994, he 2015. She was a member of the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Committee was named as The Most Influential Person in College Sports by College from 1999-2003 and served as the committee chair from 2000-03. Sports Magazine and was tabbed as one of the four most influential peo- DeMarco is a 1987 graduate of the University of Connecticut with a ple in college basketball by Sporting News in 1990. bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism. 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 . His extensive college coaching resume includes serving as an assistant coach at the University of 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 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.

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Stacy Martin Scott Draper Chief Financial Officer Associate Commissioner (Football)

Stacy Martin joined the American Athletic Scott Draper joined the American Athletic Conference as Chief Financial Officer in May of Conference staff in April 2014 as Associate 2015. Commissioner for Football. Before joining The American, Martin had been Draper is the conference’s primary football Executive Senior Associate for administrator and contact for all football initia- tives and programs, including scheduling, offici- Finance and Administration at the University of ating, operations and bowl relationships. Memphis since 2012 As the conference’s liaison with administra- Before joining the staff at Memphis, Martin served as Assistant tors and coaches from each member institution, Draper works with Athletic Director for Business at State. She served for eight the commissioner on football budgets and special projects and also years at her alma mater, San Jose State University, as Senior Associate provides oversight of the Miami Beach Bowl, and The American Athletic Athletic Director and COO. She is a recent Past-President and five- Conference Football Championship, which begins in 2015. year Executive Committee member of the Collegiate Athletic Business Draper joins The American after most recently serving as Associate Management Association, has partnered with the NCAA on the devel- Director of Athletics and Director of Development for Athletics at Albion opment of a Global Business Travel Association workshop for athletic College, a position he held since 2011. Prior to that, he was the Assistant business officers, and was the tournament manager of the 2014 NCAA Athletic Director for Football Operations at the , Division I Men’s Basketball South Regional. where he was a key staff member of teams that won four Big Ten Football Martin holds an undergraduate degree, cum laude, in business admin- championships, four Rose Bowls, played in 12 bowl games and won the 1997 National Championship. In his role, he supervised football sport istration, with a concentration in corporate financial management, and administration, strength and conditioning, equipment operations, and an MBA in finance, both from San Jose State University. Additionally, athletic training operations. He also served as sport administrator and she serves as a member of the Global Business Travel Association liaison to admissions, academic services, compliance and eligibility, and Sports Committee and has participated in the Sports Management dining and housing. Institute’s Executive Education Program 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 Barbara Jacobs Associate Commissioner Associate Commissioner (Governance and Compliance) (Women’s Basketball)

Ellen Ferris joined the American Athletic Barbara Jacobs, who has worked with the con- Conference staff in October of 2013 as Associate ference since 1995, was promoted to her current Commissioner for Governance and Compliance. position of Associate Commissioner for Women’s Ferris’ responsibilities include coordination and Basketball in July of 2014. administration of the conference’s day-to-day Jacobs oversees all aspects of The American’s compliance services with member institutions, women’s basketball operations, including tele- including interpretative support and rules education. vision, scheduling, branding and messaging, and management of the Before joining the conference staff, Ferris served as Associate conference championship. Vice President for Athletic Compliance at the University of Southern Jacobs was the Secretary/Rules Editor for the NCAA Women’s . She also served four years at the NCAA and was the Assistant Basketball Rules Committee from 1998-2006 and was the tournament Commissioner for Compliance Services at the for manager for the 2004 NCAA East Regional. She was named Vice three years. President of the CCA Coordinators of Officials from 1997-99 and was Ferris sits on the Board of Directors of the National Association of President from 1999-2001. Athletic Compliance and has been a member of the NAAC Reasonable Jacobs was head coach at Syracuse from 1978-93, helping the Orange Standards Committee, the NCAA Division I Legislative Review and to the 1985 Big East title. She was named Big East Coach of the Year in Interpretations Committee, the Division I Management Council and the 1988. Division I Men’s Tennis Committee Jacobs was the head coach at Hartwick prior to leading the Syracuse Ferris holds an undergraduate degree in education from Texas State program. During her eight-year tenure at Hartwick, she was also the University-San Marcos and a master’s degree in sport management from head field hockey coach, head men’s tennis coach, coordinator of wom- the Sports Academy. She holds a juris doctor degree from en’s athletics and a tenured professor of physical education. Southern Methodist University. Jacobs was inducted into the 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.

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James Siedliski Chevonne Mansfield Associate Commissioner Director of Communications (Sport Administration & Championships) Chevonne Mansfield has served as Director of Communications at the American Athletic James Siedliski was promoted to his current Conference since December 2013. position of Associate Commissioner for Sport Mansfield is involved with all aspects of the Administration & Championships in 2006. communications and media relations initiatives for the conference’s 21 sports, with an emphasis Siedliski oversees management and operations on men’s basketball and men’s soccer. She of the conference’s 18 Olympic sport programs, previously worked with women’s basketball as including scheduling, officiating, policy-making the primary media contact before transitioning and oversight of postseason championships. He additionally serves as to men’s hoops. She serves as the media coordinator for the American tournament manager for The American’s annual men’s basketball cham- Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship and is responsible for developing and implementing season-long communication plans in pionship and is the conference’s liaison with member institutions with all concert with the conference’s overall strategic branding efforts. matters pertaining to Olympic sport administration. Mansfield came to The American after serving as Assistant Director In addition to his duties with the conference, Siedliski was a member of Media Relations at the Southeastern Conference since 2011. She had of the NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Committee for three years, and been the SEC’s primary media relations contact for volleyball, swimming chaired the committee in 2013. and diving, gymnastics and softball and assisted with the administration and operations for a number of conference championships. She has Siedliski came to the conference in 1998 as Director of Sport contributed to the editorial direction of the SEC Digital Network as well Administration and was promoted to Assistant Commissioner for Sport as the conference’s social and new media platforms. Administration in 2000 before assuming his current role on the confer- Mansfield served as Assistant Director of Communications at the ence’s senior staff. Southwestern Athletic Conference from 2010-11 and was Assistant Before joining the conference, Siedliski had been Executive Director of Sports Information Director at Howard University from 2007-10. Mansfield serves on the board of directors of the College Sports the New Jersey Association of USA Track & Field. Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and the Association for Siedliski is a 1989 graduate of Rutgers University. 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 Mark Hodgkin Robert Weygand Jr. Assistant Commissioner Assistant Commissioner Assistant Commissioner (Communications) (Digital Media) (Sport Administration & Championships)

Chuck Sullivan Mark Hodgkin joined Robert Weygand joined the confer- the conference staff joined the confer- ence as Director of in 2009 as Director of ence staff in 2004 and Communications in Internet Services. He serves as Assistant August 2007 and was was named Senior Commissioner of Sport promoted to Assistant Director of Digital Administration and Commissioner in 2014. Media in 2013 and was Championships. Sullivan manages the promoted to Assistant Weygand serves day-to-day communi- Commissioner in 2014. as one of the prima- cations operations for Hodgkin is responsi- ry administrators The American’s 21 Division I sports and serves ble for the conference’s digital media efforts, and contacts for several American Athletic as the primary external relations contact for including the official website, social media Conference sports and is the lead office liai- football. platforms and online marketing as well as son for communication with member schools’ Sullivan has served on the media coordina- management of The American Digital Network. administrators, coaching staffs and game tion staff for the College Football Playoff, the Hodgkin came to the conference from Boston officials. He provides on-site management of BCS National Championship and the NCAA College, where he served as an Athletic select conference championships, oversees Final Four. Marketing and Media Relations Assistant. He regular-season scheduling and is the con- Before coming to the conference, Sullivan also previously served as Director of Marketing ference’s liaison with the members’ sports served as Director of Athletic Communications at Bryant University. medicine group. at Harvard from 2003-07, where he managed Hodgkin is a 2006 graduate of the University Weygand served as Director of Sport the communications efforts for the nation’s of Texas. He added a master’s degree from Administration since 2007 after spending largest intercollegiate athletics program. He Bryant in 2008. three years as Assistant Director of Sport also served as Assistant Director of Athletics Hodgkin is active with the National Administration. for Communications at Bryant from 1999-2003. Association of Collegiate Marketing Weygand is a 2002 graduate of the University He was the Sports Information Director at Administrators, the Sports Video Group, of Rhode Island with a degree in sports med- UMass Boston from 1995-99. and the Collegiate Athletics Internet/Digital icine. He earned a master’s degree in educa- Sullivan is a 1993 graduate of Boston Association. tion from Springfield College in 2004. University.

8 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball CONFERENCE STAFF

Andrea Dahly Patrick Colbert Michael Costa Senior Director of Compliance DirectorD of Sport Administration & Director of Championships Football Administration Joined Conference Staff: 2014 Joined Conference Staff: 2012 Joined Conference Staff: 2010

Karen Giblin Catherine Carmignani Michael Coyne Director of Business Affairs AssistantA Director of Branding & Assistant Director Sport Administration of Broadcast Scheduling Joined Conference Staff: 2014 Joined Conference Staff: 2012 Joined Conference Staff: 2006

Lisa Zanecchia Jamie Corun Hali Oughton Assistant to the Commissioner Digital Communications Multimedia Coordinator Coordinator and Reporter Joined Conference Staff: 1982 Joined Conference Staff: 2012 Joined Conference Staff: 2014

Lois DeBlois Wanda Factor Kathy Kirkpatrick Executive Assistant Administrative Assistant Receptionist for Administration 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

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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 cur- rent location since 2010. The office is equipped with a complete video produc- tion 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 coverage of 25 regular-season women’s Conference season can be found on The American Digital basketball games as well as select regu- Network, the over the-top streaming video platform of The lar-season contests in soccer, volleyball, American and its 12 member institutions. softball and baseball.

The American has extended its partnership with L2 Produc- The ADN will have full wraparound tions to provide video production services for more than 65 coverage of The American’s postseason events annually on The American Digital Network through championships in football and men’s and the 2018-19 academic year. women’s basketball.

The American and L2 Productions have collaborated on In addition to its coverage of regular-season and champion- live video production of regular-season and championship ship events, events for the past two years. The American Digital Network produced 65 live events in 2014-15 and plans to showcase at The American Digital Network is the home for ondemand least 80 for the 2015-16 season. All events are carried by pro- previews and game highlights as well as “The Rise,” a weekly fessional-grade, multiple-camera productions which include look at the conference that includes scores, highlights and accomplished play-by-play announcers and expert analysts. feature stories.

As a result of the partnership, The American Digital Network All of The American Digital Network productions are available will provide complete live video coverage of The American’s on desktop, tablet, mobile and Roku devices at no charge. The postseason championships in cross country, swimming and ADN will include DVR functionality and immediate access to diving, indoor track and fi eld,outdoor track and fi eld, and archived replays beginning in rowing. the 2015-16 season.

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

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2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 11 OFFICIATING

THE MEN’S BASKETBALL OFFICIATING CONSORTIUM Curtis Shaw Coordinator Men’s Basketball The American Athletic Conference has been part of The Men’s Basketball Offi ciating Consortium, Officiating Consortium L.L.C. since the 2013-14 season. Joined Conference Staff: 2013 The consortium also includes the Big 12 Conference, Conference USA, the and the .

The consortium is responsible for the recruiting, training, assigning and evaluating of men’s basketball offi cials for each conference within the consortium. The Men’s Basketball Offi ciating Consortium is currently coordinated by Curtis Shaw, who offi ciated more than 1,500 games in his career, including seven NCAA Final Four assignments.

ROSTER OF OFFICIALS

Ray Acosta Tom Eades Bryan Kersey Clyde Owens Alfred Smith Orlando, Fla. Gallatin, Tenn. Carrollton, Va. Raleigh, N.C. Louisville, Ky. Patrick Adams Duke Edsall Keith Kimble Steven Perry Bert Smith Mobile, Ala. Roanoke, Va. Arlington, Texas Exton, Pa. Florence, Ky. Jeffrey Anderson Kevin Fehr Kipp Kissinger Antinio Petty Bret Smith Henrietta, N.Y. Birmingham, Ala. Ashland, Neb. Ooltewah, Tenn. Winchester, Tenn. Clarence Armstrong John Gaffney J.W. Lucas Rusty Phillips Scott Smith New Castle, Del. Westwood, Mass. Oak Ridge, N.C. Memphis, Tenn. Chapel Hill, N.C. Roger Ayers, Jr. Tim Gattis James Luckie Gerry Pollard Larry Spaulding Roanoke, Va. Fayetteville, Tenn. Charlotte, N.C. Moscow Mills, Mo. Amarillo, Texas Isaac Barnett Darron George Hal Lusk Jeff Pon John St. Clair Springfi eld, Va. Allen, Texas Clinton, Miss. Windermere, Fla. Cordova, Tenn. Chris Beaver Jacyn Goble Toby Martinez Olandis Poole Zelton Steed Cincinnati, Ohio Miami, Fla. Wichita, Kan. Yorktown, Va. Charlotte, N.C. James Breeding Tony Greene Kevin Mathis Justin Porterfi eld Michael Stephens Louisville, Ky. Atlanta, Ga. Ashland City, Tenn. Leesburg, Va. Cranston, R.I. Jose Carrion Ron Groover Gary Maxwell Matt Potter Jonathan Sterling West Hartford, Conn. Newnan, Ga. Cookeville, Tenn. Beaver Falls, Pa. Atlanta, Ga. Sean Casey Brent Hampton Christopher Merlo Justin Qualls Mike Stuart Hernando, Miss. Cynthiana, Ky. Miami, Fla. Big Stone Gap, Va. Maryville, Tenn. Lee Cassell John Hampton Nick Meyer Rick Randall Raymond Styons Wesley Chapel, Fla. Lexington, Ky. Lansing, Mich. Klin, Miss. Greenville, N.C. Jeff Clark Jeb Hartness Jeremy Mosier Kyle Regetz Trey Styons Cheltenham, Pa. Chattanooga, Tenn. Taylors, S.C. Powhatan, Va. Greenville, N.C. Bill Covington, Jr. Tony Henderson Andy Nagy Mike Roberts Ted Valentine High Point, N.C. Atlanta, Ga. Sylvania, Ohio Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, S.C. Rick Crawford John Higgins Ray Natili Mark Schnur Andrew Walton Orlando, Fla. Omaha, Neb. Davidson, N.C. Charlotte, N.C. Germantown, Tenn. Don Daily Kyle Ingram Tim Nestor Kelly Self Brooks Wells Atkins, Ark. Richmond, Ind. Bermuda Run, N.C. Hugo, Okla. Grand Island, Neb. J.B. DeRosa Bill Jacobson Josue Nieves Tommy Short Archibald Whaley Canton, Ohio Tinley Park, IL Clermont, Fla. Indianapolis, Ind. Conyers, Ga. Joe DeRosa Paul Janssen Brian O’Connell Doug Shows Mark Whitehead North Canton, Ohio Orange City, Middletown, N.J. Rome, Ga. Denham Springs, La. A.J. Desai Byron Jarrett Tom O’Neill Doug Sirmons Gerald Williams Fort Mill, S.C. Little Rock, Ark. Tinley Park, Ill. Virginia Beach, Va. Highland Village, Texas Rodrick Dixon Les Jones Terry Oglesby Kerry Sitton Richmond, Texas Chesapeake, Va. Maryville, Mo. Tyler, Texas Brent Dugas Peter Juzenas Steve Olson Aaron Smith Denham Springs, La. Wauwatosa, Wis. Smyrna, Ga. Philadelphia, Pa.

12 • 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK

Five Alive The American Athletic Conference had fi ve 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 2013- 14, 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 tour- nament record and an 8-4 record in the NIT.

Fixtures Cincinnati has made fi ve consecutive NCAA tournament appearances.

Strangers Last season, SMU made its fi rst NCAA tour- nament 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 fi nished 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 Con- ference 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 Share The Madness Worked Out Well Before Temple 1956, 1958 Including the 2014-15 season, the 11 Ameri- Prior to 2014-15, SMU head coach Larry can Athletic Conference teams have a com- Brown last coached in the NCAA Champi- The Sum Of Its Parts bined 175 NCAA tournament appearances onship in 1988, when he led Kansas to the The 11 American Athletic Conference mem- between them. UConn has a league-leading national title. Brown is one of two American bers have made a combined 67 appearances 32, followed by Temple (31), Cincinnati (29), Athletic Conference head coaches who in the NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen. Memphis (26), Houston (19), Tulsa (15), SMU have won NCAA titles, along with UConn’s UConn has made 17 appearances, followed (12), UCF (4), USF (3), Tulane (3) and East . by Cincinnati (13), Memphis (11), Houston Carolina (2). (10), Temple (7), SMU (6) and Tulsa (3).

2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 13 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK

Rick Pitino of Louisville, of Kansas, of Texas Tech and Roy Williams of .

Pinch Hit Home Run Cincinnati associate head coach led the Bearcats to a 16-9 record in the ab- sence of head coach 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 fi ve 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 fi ve seasons. The others are Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Louisville, Michigan State, North Carolina, Ohio State, San Diego State, Vir- ginia Commonwealth and Wisconsin.

Great Starts Tulsa fi nished with a 23-11 record in the 2014-15 season under first-year coach . The 23 wins are the most by a fi rst-year Tulsa coach since the Golden Hurricane was 26-6 in 2001-02, John Phillips’ fi rst season.

The Right Time Including conference tournaments, UConn coach Kevin Ollie has an 11-3 career record in the postseason.

By The Dozen Milestones SMU’s and UConn’s Kevin Ollie Temple coach , who was named are among the 12 active Division I coaches the 2014-15 American’s Coach of the Year, who have won an NCAA title. The others entered the postseason with exactly 500 are of Syracuse, John Cali- career head coaching victories. Dunphy pari of Kentucky, of Florida, has 503 career wins heading into the 2015- of San Diego State, of 16 season. Michigan State, 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 Tuesday, Nov. 17 Saturday, Dec. 5 be carried on national television. Fifteen confer- Okahoma at Memphis ...... 5 p.m. Temple at Wisconsin ...... 12:30 p.m. ence games will be carried either on ESPN or Friday, Nov. 27 Saturday, Dec. 12 ESPN2, many as part of ESPN’s Thursday Night USF vs. Kentucky (Miami, Fla.)...... 5 p.m. Ohio State at UConn ...... Noon Showcase series. Twenty-six more will be seen on ESPNU, with 24 scheduled for ESPNEWS. Tuesday, Dec. 8 Saturday, Jan. 23 CBS Sports will televise one conference game UConn vs. Maryland (New York, N.Y.) ...... 9 p.m. Georgetown at UConn ...... Noon – SMU at Cincinnati on March 6 – while CBS Sunday, March 6 Sports Network will carry 25. SMU at Cincinnati * ...... Noon

Conference play begins Tuesday, Dec. 29 with three American Athletic Conference games. or Two of the three holiday matinees – Temple at Thursday, Nov. 19 Cincinnati and SMU at Tulsa – will air live on SMU at Stanford...... 11:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 ESPN2 at 3 p.m. ET and 5 p.m. ET, respectively. Friday, Nov. 27 Temple vs. Butler/ St. (San Juan, P.R.) ...... TBD The SMU-Tulsa tilt is a rematch of last year’s Memphis vs. Ohio State (Miami, Fla.) ...... 7:30 p.m. regular-season fi nale. The two teams entered Sunday, Nov. 22 Tuesday, Dec. 8 Temple vs. TBD (San Juan, P.R.) ...... TBD the last day of the 2015 schedule tied for the Michigan at SMU ...... 9 p.m. league’s regular-season crown. Wednesday, Dec. 16 Tulane at North Carolina ...... 7 p.m. Included in the national non-conference TV slate are matchups during ESPN’s College Hoops Tip- Tuesday, Dec. 22 Off Marathon ( at Memphis, Nov. 17) Iowa State at Cincinnati...... 7 p.m. and a contest between Villanova and Temple Tuesday, Dec. 29 during ESPN’s on Feb. 17. Two con- Temple at Cincinnati * ...... 3 p.m. SMU at Tulsa * ...... 5 p.m. ference tilts – SMU at UConn (Feb. 18) and UCo- Thursday, Nov. 19 UConn at Texas ...... 9 p.m. Temple vs. Minnesota (San Juan, P.R.) ...... 11:30 a.m. nn at Cincinnati (Feb. 20) – will also air during ESPN’s Rivalry Week. The league will have fi ve Saturday, Jan. 9 Sunday, Dec. 13 Memphis at UConn * ...... 7 p.m. North Carolina State at USF ...... 4 p.m. appearances on CBS, including three non-con- LSU at Houston ...... 8 p.m. ference matchups. The American plays three Thursday, Feb. 4 top-10 teams from the fi nal USA Today Coaches UConn at Memphis * ...... 9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15 Norfolk State at Cincinnati ...... 7 p.m. Poll with the Owls playing two of the three oppo- Saturday, Feb. 13 nents in Wisconsin (Dec. 5, CBS) and Villanova. Tulsa at UConn * ...... 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23 Gonzaga at SMU ...... ESPN2 USF takes on 2015 Final Four opponent Kentucky Central Connecticut State at UConn ...... 12:30 p.m. during the Basketball Hall of Fame Classic on Saturday, Feb. 20 Tuesday, Dec. 29 UConn at Cincinnati * ...... TBD Nov. 27 (ESPN), while UConn and Maryland face Tulane at Memphis* ...... 1 p.m. off at Madison Square Garden in the Jimmy V Wednesday, Dec. 30 Classic on Dec. 8 on ESPN. Other nationally Houston at USF * ...... 2 p.m. televised non-conference games include SMU Saturday, Jan. 2 hosting Gonzaga on Feb. 13 (ESPN2), Cincinnati Tulsa at Cincinnati * ...... 4 p.m. squaring off with Butler and Iowa State on Dec. or Memphis at South Carolina ...... 6 p.m. 2 (CBSSN) and Dec. 22 (ESPN2), respectively, Thursday, Jan. 7 Tuesday, Jan. 5 and UConn traveling to Texas for a matchup with Cincinnati at SMU * ...... 7 p.m. Tulane at Houston * ...... 9 p.m. the Longhorns on Dec. 29 (ESPN2). The Huskies Sunday, Jan. 10 will host a pair of non-conference opponents Thursday, Jan. 14 Cincinnati at USF * ...... Noon on CBS in Ohio State (Dec. 12) and Georgetown UConn at Tulsa * ...... 7 p.m. UCF at SMU * ...... 4 p.m. (Jan. 23). Thursday, Jan. 21 Wednesday, Jan. 13 Memphis at Cincinnati * ...... 7 p.m. Houston at Cincinnati * ...... 7 p.m. The 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Saturday, Jan. 16 Thursday, Jan. 28 Cincinnati at Temple * ...... Noon Basketball Championship will take place March Cincinnati at UConn * ...... 7 p.m. 10-13 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla. Sim- Tuesday, Jan. 19 Saturday, Feb. 6 Houston at SMU* ...... 9 p.m. ilar to last year, ESPN networks will provide live Cincinnati at Memphis* ...... Noon coverage of every game of the tournament, in- Saturday, Jan. 23 SMU at Temple * ...... 8 p.m. cluding the March 12 semifi nals on ESPN2 and Thursday, Feb. 11 UConn at Temple * ...... 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24 the March 13 fi nal on ESPN. Tulane at Cincinnati * ...... Noon Thursday, Feb. 18 SMU at UConn * ...... 7/8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30 Tulane at Tulsa * ...... 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25 Memphis at SMU * ...... 8 p.m. SMU at Memphis * ...... 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4 Thursday, March 3 Tulsa at Temple * ...... 7 p.m. UConn at SMU * ...... 9 p.m.

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Saturday, Feb. 6 Sunday, Nov. 22 Friday, Nov. 13 Temple at UCF * ...... Noon Yale at SMU...... 4:30 p.m. Temple vs. North Carolina (Annapolis, Md.) ...... 7 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 7 Monday, Nov. 23 Monday, Nov. 23 Houston at Tulsa * ...... 3 p.m. UT Arlington at Memphis ...... 7:30 p.m. UT Arlington at Memphis ...... 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1 Wednesday, Feb. 10 Friday, Dec. 18 Tech at Memphis ...... 9 p.m. Memphis at Houston * ...... 7 p.m. Ole Miss at Memphis...... 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2 Saturday, Feb. 13 Saturday, Jan. 2 Butler at Cincinnati ...... 7 p.m. East Carolina at Cincinnati * ...... 4 p.m. Houston at Temple * ...... Noon USF at SMU * ...... 4/8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5 Wednesday, Feb. 17 Georgia Tech at Tulane ...... 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5 SEMO at Memphis ...... 7 p.m. UCF at Memphis * ...... 7 p.m. East Carolina at Tulsa * ...... 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 Saturday, Feb. 20 Wednesday, Jan. 6 Saint Joseph’s at Temple ...... 4 p.m. Memphis at USF * ...... 11 a.m. USF at UCF *...... 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19 Wednesday, Feb. 24 Saturday, Jan. 9 Cincinnati at VCU ...... 4 p.m. Houston at UCF * ...... 7 p.m. East Carolina at Temple * ...... 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2 Saturday, Feb. 27 Tuesday, Jan. 12 UConn at Tulane * ...... TBA Cincinnati at East Carolina * ...... Noon Tulane at USF * ...... 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5 Temple at UConn * ...... 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28 Wednesday, Jan. 13 Tulsa at Memphis * ...... 4 p.m. SMU at East Carolina * ...... 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13 Temple at Memphis * ...... 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 2 Saturday, Jan. 16 East Carolina at USF * ...... 9 p.m. East Carolina at UCF * ...... 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16 USF at Memphis * ...... Noon Tuesday, Jan. 19 Thursday, March 3 Tulsa at East Carolina * ...... 7 p.m. Memphis at Temple * ...... 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17 UConn at Houston * ...... 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 Sunday, March 6 UCF at USF *...... 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19 UCF at UConn * ...... 2 p.m. Tulane at UConn * ...... 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27 Tulsa at Houston * ...... 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 Temple vs. La Salle ...... TBD Saturday, Jan. 30 Houston at East Carolina * ...... Noon Saturday, Jan. 23 USF at Houston * ...... 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4 UCF at Tulane * ...... 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24 East Carolina at Memphis *...... 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9 Tuesday, Jan. 26 Cincinnati at UCF * ...... 7 p.m. Memphis at UCF * ...... TBA Wednesday, Feb. 10 Sunday, Jan. 31 Tulane at East Carolina * ...... 6:15 p.m. Temple at USF * ...... TBA UConn at UCF * ...... TBA Saturday, Feb. 13 UCF at Houston * ...... 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1 SMU at Houston * ...... 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17 Thursday, Feb. 4 Houston at Tulane * ...... 9:30 p.m. USF at Cincinnati * ...... 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21 Sunday, Feb. 7 East Carolina at SMU * ...... 2 p.m. East Carolina at UConn * ...... Noon Temple at Houston * ...... 7 p.m. SMU at USF * ...... 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 23 Wednesday, Feb. 10 Temple at Tulsa * ...... 7 p.m. Tulsa at SMU * ...... 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13 Wednesday, Feb. 24 Memphis at Tulane * ...... TBA East Carolina at Tulane * ...... 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14 Saturday, Feb. 27 USF at Temple * ...... TBA UCF at Temple * ...... Noon Thursday, Feb. 18 Wednesday, March 2 Cincinnati at Tulsa * ...... 9 p.m. Tulane at UCF * ...... 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21 Tulsa at UCF * ...... 2 p.m. Saturday, March 5 USF at Tulsa * ...... 5 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 Time (ET) TV Notes Friday, Nov. 13 Western Carolina at Cincinnati 7 p.m. ESPN3 Temple vs. North Carolina 7 p.m. CBSSN Veterans Classic at the Naval Academy Maine at UConn 7:30 p.m. SNY/ESPN3 Grambling at East Carolina 8 p.m. ESPN3 Troy at USF 8:30 p.m. ESPN3 Alabama A&M at Tulane 9 p.m. ESPN3

Saturday, Nov. 14 UCF at Davidson 7:30 p.m. Southern Miss at Memphis 8 p.m. ESPN3 Sam Houston State at SMU 8 p.m. ESPN3 Central Arkansas at Tulsa 8 p.m. ESPN3

Sunday, Nov. 15 Robert Morris at Cincinnati 2 p.m. FS-Ohio/ESPN3

Monday, Nov. 16 Charlotte at East Carolina 7 p.m. ESPN3 NJIT at USF 7 p.m. ESPN3 Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational Drake at Tulane 8 p.m. ESPN3

Tuesday, Nov. 17 Oklahoma at Memphis 5 p.m. ESPN ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon New Hampshire at UConn 7 p.m. SNY/ESPN3 Wichita State at Tulsa 8 p.m. Cox/ESPN3

Wednesday, Nov. 18 UC Irvine at UCF 7 p.m. ESPN3 Prairie View A&M at Houston 8 p.m. ESPN3 Cincinnati at Bowling Green 7 p.m. Bill Frack Challenge

Thursday, Nov. 19 Temple vs. Minnesota 11:30 a.m. ESPNU Puerto Rico Tipoff George Washington at USF 7 p.m. ESPN3 Grambling at Memphis 8 p.m. ESPN3 Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational Tulane at Southern 8 p.m. SMU at Stanford 11:30 p.m. ESPN2

Friday, Nov. 20 Temple vs. Butler/Missouri State TBD ESPN2/ESPNU Puerto Rico Tipoff Tulsa vs. Ohio 1 p.m. Paradise Jam East Carolina at California 11 p.m. Pac-12 Network Las Vegas Invitational Saturday, Nov. 21 Furman at UConn TBD SNY/ESPN3 UNC Greensboro at UCF 7 p.m. ESPN3 Boston U vs. USF 7 p.m. ESPN3 Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational Florida A&M at Houston 8 p.m. ESPN3

Sunday, Nov. 22 Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Cincinnati 1 p.m. FS-Ohio/ESPN3 Classic Yale at SMU 4:30 p.m. ESPNEWS Appalachian State at Tulane 4:30 p.m. ESPN3 Music City Challenge Tulsa vs. Indiana State/Norfolk State TBD TBD Paradise Jam Temple vs. TBD TBD ESPN2/ESPNU Puerto Rico Tipoff

Monday, Nov. 23 UT Arlington at Memphis 8:30 p.m. ESPNEWS Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational East Carolina at San Diego State 10 p.m. ESPN3 Las Vegas Invitational Tulsa vs. TBD TBD Paradise Jam

Tuesday, Nov. 24 Southeastern Louisiana at Cincinnati 7 p.m. FS-Ohio/ESPN3 Albany at USF 7 p.m. ESPN3 Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational

Wednesday, Nov. 25 UConn vs. Michigan 9:30 p.m. AXS

Thursday, Nov. 26 East Carolina vs. Arkansas-Little Rock 2 p.m. Las Vegas Invitational Tulane vs. Mercer 7 p.m. Music City Challenge UConn vs. Syracuse/Charlotte TBD Battle 4 Atlantis

Friday, Nov. 27 USF vs. Kentucky 5 p.m. ESPN Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational East Carolina vs. Stetson/Bethune-Cookman 5:30 p.m. Las Vegas Invitational Cincinnati vs. Nebraska 6:30 p.m. Barclays Center Classic Memphis vs. Ohio State 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational UConn vs. TBD TBD Battle 4 Atlantis

17 • 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball 2015-16 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

Date/Game Time (ET) TV Notes Saturday, Nov. 28 Cincinnati vs. George Wash./Tennessee Noon/2:30 p.m. Barclays Center Classic UCF at Miami (Ohio) 1:30 p.m. ESPN3 Arkansas-Little Rock at Tulsa 4 p.m. ESPN3 Louisiana-Monroe at Houston 8 p.m. ESPN3 Tulane vs. Stephen F. Austin 8:30 p.m. Music City Challenge

Sunday, Nov. 29 Savannah State at USF 2 p.m. ESPN3 Brown at SMU 3 p.m. TWC/ESPN3 Delaware at Temple 5 p.m. ESPN3 Tulane vs. Liberty Noon Music City Challenge

Monday, Nov. 30 Texas-Rio Grande Valley at Houston 8 p.m. ESPN3

Tuesday, Dec. 1 Florida Atlantic at East Carolina 7 p.m. ESPN3 Louisiana Tech at Memphis 9 p.m. CBSSN Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational

Wednesday, Dec. 2 Butler at Cincinnati 7 p.m. CBSSN Sacred Heart at UConn 7 p.m. SNY/ESPN3 Fairleigh Dickinson at Temple 7 p.m. ESPN3 Murray State at Houston 8 p.m. ESPN3 at Tulane 8 p.m. ESPN3 UCF at Stetson 8 p.m. ESPN3 Tulsa at Oklahoma State 8 p.m. SMU at TCU 8 p.m. FSSW

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 12:30 p.m. CBS New Hampshire at SMU 1:30 p.m. TWC/ESPN3 USF at South Carolina 4 p.m. ET SEC Network Oral Roberts at Tulsa 4 p.m. ESPN3 Georgia Tech at Tulane 5 p.m. CBSSN Illinois-Chicago at UCF 7 p.m. ESPN3 Southeast Missouri State at Memphis 7 p.m. 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 7 p.m. ESPN3 Houston at Rhode Island 7 p.m. Cox Sports Iona at Tulsa 8 p.m. ESPN3 Michigan at SMU 9 p.m. ESPN2 UConn vs. Maryland 9 p.m. ESPN

Wednesday, Dec. 9 Temple at Penn 7 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 12 Ohio State at UConn Noon CBS Cincinnati at Xavier 5:30 p.m. Fox Manhattan at Memphis 9 p.m. ESPN3 Florida Atlantic at UCF 7 p.m. ESPN3

Sunday, Dec. 13 North Carolina A&T at East Carolina 2 p.m. ESPN3 Tulsa at Missouri State 3 p.m. ESPN3 NC State at USF 4 p.m. ESPNU Saint Joseph’s at Temple 4 p.m. CBSSN LSU at Houston 8 p.m. ESPNU

Monday, Dec. 14 Prairie View A&M at Tulane 8 p.m. ESPN3

Tuesday, Dec. 15 Norfolk State at Cincinnati 7 p.m. ESPNU Southern at Memphis 8 p.m. ESPN3

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Date/Game Time (ET) TV Notes Wednesday, Dec. 16 UNC Wilmington at East Carolina 7 p.m. ESPN3 Jacksonville at USF 7 p.m. ESPN3 Tulane at North Carolina 7 p.m. ESPN2 NC Central at Houston 8 p.m. ESPN3 Global Basketball Classic Nicholls State at SMU 8 p.m. TWC/ESPN3

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 1 p.m. ESPN3 Cincinnati at VCU 4 p.m. CBSSN Eastern Illinois at Houston 4 p.m. ESPN3 Global Basketball Classic Delaware State at Temple 4 p.m. ESPN3 Tulane at Mississippi State 4 p.m. SEC Network UAB at USF 7 p.m. ESPN3 Tulsa vs. Oregon State 11 p.m. Pac-12 Network Far West Classic Invitational

Sunday, Dec. 20 East Carolina at James Madison 2 p.m. UMass-Lowell at UConn 4 p.m. SNY/ESPN3

Monday, Dec. 21 Houston vs. Grand Canyon 8 p.m. Global Basketball Classic

Tuesday, Dec. 22 USF at Seton Hall 6:30 p.m. FS2 Bethune-Cookman at UCF 7 p.m. ESPN3 Iowa State at Cincinnati 7 p.m. ESPN2 South Carolina State at East Carolina 7 p.m. ESPN3 Southern Miss at Tulane 7 p.m. ESPN3 IUPUI at Memphis 8 p.m. ESPN3 Northern Arizona at Tulsa 8 p.m. ESPN3 SMU vs. Kent State 8 p.m. Las Vegas Classic Houston vs. Marshall/Wyoming TBD Global Basketball Classic

Wednesday, Dec. 23 Central Connecticut State at UConn 12:30 p.m. ESPNU SMU vs. Penn State/ TBD FS1 Las Vegas Classic

Monday, Dec. 28 Nicholls State at Houston 2 p.m. ESPN3

Tuesday, Dec. 29 Tulane at Memphis * 1 p.m. ESPNU Temple at Cincinnati * 3 p.m. ESPN2 SMU at Tulsa * 5 p.m. ESPN2 George Washington at UCF 7 p.m. ESPN3 UConn at Texas 9 p.m. ESPN2

Wednesday, Dec. 30 Houston at USF * 2 p.m. ESPNU

Saturday, Jan. 2 Houston at Temple * Noon ESPNEWS Tulsa at Cincinnati * 4 p.m. ESPNU USF at SMU * 4/8 p.m. ESPNEWS Memphis at South Carolina 6 p.m. ESPNU UConn at Tulane * 7:30 p.m. CBSSN UCF at East Carolina * 6 p.m. ESPN3

Tuesday, Jan. 5 East Carolina at Tulsa * 7 p.m. ESPNEWS Temple at UConn * 8 p.m. CBSSN Nicholls State at Memphis 8 p.m. ESPN3 Tulane at Houston * 9 p.m. 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 * 7 p.m. ESPN2 East Carolina at Temple * 9 p.m. ESPNEWS

19 • 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball 2015-16 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

Date/Game Time (ET) TV Schedule Note Sunday, Jan. 10 Cincinnati at USF * Noon ESPNU Tulsa at Tulane * 2 p.m. ESPN3 UCF at SMU * 4 p.m. ESPNU

Tuesday, Jan. 12 Tulane at USF * 7 p.m. ESPNEWS

Wednesday, Jan. 13 SMU at East Carolina * 6:15 p.m. ESPNEWS Houston at Cincinnati * 7 p.m. ESPNU Temple at Memphis * 8 p.m. CBSSN

Thursday, Jan. 14 UConn at Tulsa * 7 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2

Saturday, Jan. 16 USF at Memphis * Noon CBSSN Cincinnati at Temple * Noon ESPNU East Carolina at UCF * 4:30 p.m. ESPNEWS

Sunday, Jan. 17 UConn at Houston * 2 p.m. CBSSN SMU at Tulane * 3 p.m. ESPN3

Tuesday, Jan. 19 Tulane at UConn * 7 p.m. CBSSN Tulsa at East Carolina * 7 p.m. ESPNEWS Houston at SMU* 9 p.m. ESPNU

Wednesday, Jan. 20 UCF at USF * 6:15 p.m. ESPNEWS Temple vs. La Salle TBD CBSSN

Thursday, Jan. 21 Memphis at Cincinnati * 7 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2

Saturday, Jan. 23 Georgetown at UConn Noon CBS USF at Houston * 4 p.m. CBSSN SMU at Temple * 8 p.m. ESPNU

Sunday, Jan. 24 Tulane at Cincinnati * Noon ESPNU East Carolina at Memphis * 2 p.m. CBSSN UCF at Tulsa * 3 p.m. ESPN3

Tuesday, Jan. 26 Memphis at UCF * 7 p.m. CBSSN

Wednesday, Jan. 27 Temple at East Carolina * 7 p.m. ESPN3 Tulsa at Houston * 8 p.m. ESPNEWS USF at Tulane * 8 p.m. ESPN3

Thursday, Jan. 28 Cincinnati at UConn * 7 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2

Saturday, Jan. 30 Houston at East Carolina * Noon ESPNEWS Tulane at Tulsa * 6 p.m. ESPNU Memphis at SMU * 8 p.m. ESPNU

Sunday, Jan. 31 Temple at USF * 2 p.m. CBSSN UConn at UCF * 4 p.m. CBSSN

Monday, Feb. 1 SMU at Houston * 8 p.m. CBSSN

Thursday, Feb. 4 Tulsa at Temple * 7 p.m. ESPNU UCF at Tulane * 8 p.m. ESPNEWS USF at Cincinnati * 8 p.m. CBSSN UConn at Memphis * 9 p.m. ESPN2

Saturday, Feb. 6 Temple at UCF * Noon ESPNU Cincinnati at Memphis* Noon ESPN/ESPN2

Sunday, Feb. 7 East Carolina at UConn * Noon CBSSN SMU at USF * 2 p.m. CBSSN Houston at Tulsa * 3 p.m. ESPNU

20 • 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball 2015-16 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

Date/Game Time (ET) TV Schedule Note Tuesday, Feb. 9 Cincinnati at UCF * 7 p.m. ESPNEWS

Wednesday, Feb. 10 Tulane at East Carolina * 6:15 p.m. ESPNEWS Memphis at Houston * 7 p.m. ESPNU Tulsa at SMU * 9 p.m. CBSSN

Thursday, Feb. 11 UConn at Temple * 7 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2

Saturday, Feb. 13 Memphis at Tulane * 2 p.m. CBSSN UCF at Houston * 3 p.m. ESPNEWS East Carolina at Cincinnati * 4 p.m. ESPNU Tulsa at UConn * 8 p.m. ESPN2 Gonzaga at SMU 10 p.m. ESPN2 Sunday, Feb. 14 USF at Temple * 3 p.m. CBSSN

Tuesday, Feb. 16 USF at East Carolina * 7 p.m. ESPN3

Wednesday, Feb. 17 UCF at Memphis * 7 p.m. ESPNU Villanova at Temple 7 p.m. ESPN2 Houston at Tulane * 9:30 p.m. ESPNEWS

Thursday, Feb. 18 SMU at UConn * 7 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2 Cincinnati at Tulsa * 9 p.m. CBSSN

Saturday, Feb. 20 Memphis at USF * 11 a.m. ESPNU UConn at Cincinnati * TBD ESPN/ESPN2

Sunday, Feb. 21 Tulsa at UCF * 2 p.m. CBSSN East Carolina at SMU * 2 p.m. ESPNEWS Temple at Houston * 7 p.m. ESPNEWS

Tuesday, Feb. 23 Temple at Tulsa * 7 p.m. ESPNEWS

Wednesday, Feb. 24 Houston at UCF * 7 p.m. ESPNU East Carolina at Tulane * 8 p.m. ESPNEWS

Thursday, Feb. 25 SMU at Memphis * 7 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2 UConn at USF * 7:30 p.m. CBSSN

Saturday, Feb. 27 Cincinnati at East Carolina * Noon ESPNU UCF at Temple * Noon ESPNEWS

Sunday, Feb. 28 Houston at UConn * 1 p.m. CBSSN Tulane at SMU * 3 p.m. CBSSN Tulsa at Memphis * 4 p.m. ESPNU

Wednesday, March 2 Tulane at UCF * 7 p.m. ESPNEWS East Carolina at USF * 9 p.m. ESPNU

Thursday, March 3 Memphis at Temple * 7 p.m. ESPNU Cincinnati at Houston * 9 p.m. CBSSN UConn at SMU * 9 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2

Saturday, March 5 USF at Tulsa * 5 p.m. ESPNEWS

Sunday, March 6 SMU at Cincinnati * Noon CBS UCF at UConn * 2 p.m. ESPNU Temple at Tulane * 2 p.m. ESPN3 Memphis at East Carolina * 4 p.m. CBSSN

* American Athletic Conference game

21 • 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball AMWAY CENTER • ORLANDO, FL.

American Athletic Conference Championship Amway Center • Orlando, Fla. March 10-13, 2016

The 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basket- ball 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 be- yond. 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 capacity of more than 20,000 seats, the arena was designed to respond to its distinct urban setting while revealing the activities occurring with- in. 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 served as the developer of the Championship Schedule (all times Eastern) Amway Center which continues to host major national Thursday, March 10 • First Round events, concerts and family shows. Opened in the fall No. 9 seed vs. No. 8 seed 3:30 p.m. ESPNU of 2010, the facility is owned and operated by the City of Orlando on behalf of the Central Florida Community. The No. 10 seed vs. No. 7 seed 6 p.m. ESPNEWS Amway Center was designed to refl ect the character of the community, meet the goals of the users and build on Friday, March 11 • Quarterfi nals the legacy of sports and entertainment in Orlando. The 9/8 winner vs. No. 1 seed Noon ESPN2 building features a sustainable, environmentally-friendly design (LEED Gold Certifi cation) and unmatched tech- No. 5 seed vs. No. 4 seed 2 p.m. ESPN2 nology featuring 1,100 digital monitors and the largest 10/7 winner vs. No. 2 seed 7 p.m. ESPNU high-defi nition scoreboard in an NBA venue. The Amway No. 6 seed vs.No. 3 seed 9 p.m. ESPNU Center was named the 2012 Sports Facility of the Year by the Sports Business Journal. Saturday, March 12 • Semifi nals Ten American Athletic Conference schools will partici- Quarterfi nal winners 3 p.m. ESPN2 pate in the 2016 championship. The format calls for two Quarterfi nal winners 5 p.m. ESPN2 fi rst-round games on the fi rst day, followed by four quar- terfi nal games, two semifi nals and the championship game. The ESPN Networks will provide television and Sunday, March 13 • Final digital coverage of the tournament. Semifi nal winners 3:15 p.m. ESPN

22 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship Bracket March 10-13, 2016 • Amway Center • Orlando, Fla.

First Round Quarterfi nals Semifi nals Final Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday March 10 March 11 March 12 March 13

No. 9 Seed

Game 1 3:30 p.m. ESPNU Game 3 Noon No. 8 Seed 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 Game 5 7 p.m. No. 7 Seed 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 West Regional Final Four March 15-16 March 24, 26 April 2, 4 Dayton, Ohio Anaheim, Calif. Houston, Texas

First and Second Rounds South Regional National Invitation Tournament March 17, 19 March 24, 26 March 29, 31 Providence, R.I. Louisville, Ky. New York, N.Y. Des Moines, Iowa Raleigh, N.C. Midwest Regional , Colo. March 25, 27 Chicago, Ill. March 18, 20 , N.Y. East Regional St. Louis, Mo. March 25, 27 Oklahoma City, Okla. Philadelphia, Pa. Spokane, Wash.

24 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball THE TEAMS

UUNIVERSITYNIVERSITY OOFF CENTRALCENTRAL FLORIDAFLORIDA 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)

MMEDIAEDIA RELATIONSRELATIONS Associate Director of Communications: ...... Cory Hall Office Phone: ...... (407) 823-2142 Mobile: ...... (515) 419-1755 E-mail: ...... [email protected] Press Row Phone: ...... (407) 823-2477

KKNIGHTS’NIGHTS’ TTEAMEAM FACTSFACTS 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

UUCFCF KKNIGHTSNIGHTS

Dr. John C. Hitt Brad Stricklin Donnie Jones President Interim Director of Athletics 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

MARCH 2 Tulane* (ESPNews) ...... 7 p.m. AAdonysdonys HHenriquezenriquez 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 , 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 fresh- man.

• 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 Mc- Spadden as well as junior Tanksley Efianayi this past November.

26 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball UCF

2014-15 Statistics

TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 1 TAYLOR, B.J. 26 26 855 32.9 107 286 .374 45 129 .349 75 106 .708 10 67 77 3.0 38 0 65 32 2 24 334 12.8 10 HENRIQUEZ, Adonys 30 30 1050 35.0 107 250 .428 65 165 .394 44 56 .786 21 78 99 3.3 29 0 64 46 6 19 323 10.8 11 GOODWIN, Brandon 30 30 1013 33.8 108 247 .437 17 65 .262 74 122 .607 36 81 117 3.9 59 1 127 88 4 37 307 10.2 52 BLAIR, Staphon 30 17 746 24.9 95 156 .609 0 1 .000 45 81 .556 61 94 155 5.2 73 0 3 32 38 9 235 7.8 32 WILSON, Kasey 29 22 680 23.4 78 188 .415 27 82 .329 42 62 .677 38 104 142 4.9 73 3 30 42 16 11 225 7.8 04 WALKER, Daiquan 30 2 702 23.4 83 211 .393 37 96 .385 19 26 .731 7 48 55 1.8 46 0 55 47 8 22 222 7.4 34 MCBRIDE, Justin 29 11 398 13.7 72 142 .507 0 0 .000 38 52 .731 40 86 126 4.3 68 1 3 42 27 11 182 6.3 33 DAVIS, Shaheed 24 6 333 13.9 37 101 .366 9 28 .321 23 47 .489 22 49 71 3.0 29 0 8 33 14 10 106 4.4 12 WILLIAMS, Matt 1 0 9 9.0 0 3 .000 0 3 .000 4 4 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4.0 15 KARELL, Dylan 29 5 283 9.8 12 25 .480 0 0 .000 7 20 .350 16 29 45 1.6 38 0 10 15 9 8 31 1.1 20 DAVIS, Myles 18 1 73 4.1 5 10 .500 2 6 .333 0 1 .000 0 6 6 0.3 16 1 4 4 3 4 12 0.7 25 HOLMES, Marshall 3 0 2 0.7 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 24 MUMIN, Djordjije 5 0 6 1.2 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TM Team 62 41 103 3.4 0 9 0 Total 30 6150 704 1621 .434 202 577 .350 371 577 .643 313 684 997 33.2 470 6 369 390 128 155 1981 66.0 Opponents 30 6150 825 1809 .456 195 552 .353 306 494 .619 394 708 1102 36.7 513 - 453 312 119 202 2153 71.8 returning players in italics

2015-16 Roster 2015-16 Newcomers

No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School Brendan Boyle, G, Fr., 6-1, 190 00 Brendan Boyle G Fr. 6-1 190 Rahway, N.J./Montverde Academy (Fla.) Rahway, N.J./Montverde Academy (Fla.) 1 B.J. Taylor G So. 6-2 200 Orlando, Fla./Boone • Helped lead Montverde Academy to an 28-0 campaign as a 3 A.J. Davis G/F So. 6-9 215 Atlanta, Ga./Buford/Tennessee senior during the 2013-14 season. 4 Daiquan Walker G Sr. 6-2 185 Philadelphia, Pa./Constitution • Montverde also won the Dick’s Sporting Goods High School 5 Djordjije Mumin G So. 6-5 205 Podgorica, Montenegro/American Heritage (Fla.) National Tournament twice during Boyle’s career. 10 Adonys Henriquez G So. 6-6 210 Orlando, Fla./Orlando Christian Prep • Is the all-time leader in assists and wins at Montverde. 12 Matt Williams G Jr. 6-5 220 Orlando, Fla./Jones • Earned the Hometown Hero Award and was named a Mary Kline Classic All-Star. 13 Tanksley Efi anayi G/F Jr. 6-6 210 Orlando, Fla./University/Daytona State 21 Chad Brown F Fr. 6-9 230 Deltona, Fla./Deltona Tanksley Efi anayi, G/F, Jr., 6-6, 210 22 Chance McSpadden G Fr. 6-4 180 Winter Haven, Fla./Winter Haven Orlando, Fla./Daytona State 24 Tacko Fall C Fr. 7-6 300 Dakar, Senegal/Liberty Christian Prep (Fla.) • Spent the last two seasons at Daytona State College. 33 Shaheed Davis F Sr. 6-9 210 Warren, Ohio/Eastern Florida State • Earned National Junior College Athletics Association Second 34 Justin McBride C Jr. 6-10 325 Starke, Fla./Bradford Team All-America honors. 52 Staphon Blair F Sr. 6-9 255 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Dillard • Averaged 20.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game as a sopho more. Head Coach: Donnie Jones (Pikeville ’88) • Led Daytona State to a 21-7 regular season record and a fi rst Associate Head Coach: (Fairmont State ’85) place fi nish in the Mid-Florida Conference in 2014-15. Assistant Coach: Darren Tillis (Paul Quinn ’96) • Rated as the top junior college player in the state of Florida Assistant Coach: Christian Webster (Harvard ‘13) 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 semifi nals 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 fi eld, in three games of the district tournament.

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 fi ve 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 SShaheedhaheed DDavisavis 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) W, 64-55 4,578 Taylor 14/S. Davis 13 20 Eckerd W, 76-59 3,236 Henriquez 21/ Henriquez 6 23 USC Upstate (ESPN3) W, 76-69 3,413 Taylor 25/Wilson 10 26 Davidson (ESPN3) L, 69-95 3,458 Walker 15/S. Davis 6 30 Bethune-Cookman (ESPN3) W, 75-67 3,258 McBride 31/McBride 8

DECEMBER 2 Georgia Southern (ESPN3) W, 61-59 3,544 McBride 14/Wilson 9 6 at Florida State (ESPN3) L, 73-96 5,732 Goodwin 16/McBride, Goodwin 5 11 at Illinois-Chicago L, 60-71 2,308 Taylor 13/ Henriquez 7 13 Florida Atlantic (ESPN3) L, 41-54 6,108 Taylor 17/S. Davis 9 17 Detroit (ESPN3) W, 75-70 3,428 Henriquez 21/ Henriquez 7 22 Southeastern Louisiana (ESPN3) W, 70-65 3,389 Taylor 15/Karell 8 31 Tulsa* (ESPNU) L, 54-56 3,440 Henriquez 17/McBride 10

JANUARY 4 at Temple* (ESPNews) L, 78-84 4,008 Taylor 21/McBride, Goodwin 7 6 at Houston* (ESPNews) ot W, 79-78 2,003 Goodwin 30/Wilson 10 11 SMU* (CBSSN) L, 61-70 3,664 Henriquez, Goodwin, Taylor 11/ Henriquez, Wilson 4 14 Tulane* (ESPN3) 3 ot W, 103-100 4,503 Taylor 33/Blair 13 17 at Memphis* (ESPNews) L, 79-99 14,027 Walker 18/McBride 9 22 at UConn* (CBSSN) L, 60-67 10,167 Taylor 13/McBride 10 25 Cincinnati* (CBSSN) L, 46-56 4,491 Wilson 12/Wilson 11 28 Temple* (CBSSN) L, 62-86 4,224 Goodwin 17/Blair 7 31 at SMU* (ESPNU) L, 56-75 7,043 Henriquez 22/Blair 8

FEBRUARY 7 at East Carolina* (ESPN3) L, 49-67 5,305 Blair 12/Goodwin 8 11 USF* (ESPNews) W, 73-62 6,201 Wilson 18/Wilson 11 15 Houston* (ESPN3) W, 56-54 4,269 Goodwin, Blair 14/Wilson 6 19 at Tulane* (ESPNews) W, 69-55 2,021 Wilson 21/Wilson 9 22 Memphis* (CBSSN) ot L, 65-75 4,543 Goodwin 15/Blair 9 25 at Cincinnati* (CBSSN) L, 60-83 9,825 Goodwin 12/Blair 8 28 East Carolina* (ESPNews) L, 66-71 3,740 Henriquez 14/Blair 8

MARCH 4 at USF* (ESPNU) L, 45-74 3,417 Blair 12/Goodwin, S. Davis 7 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 12 vs. East Carolina ot L, 80-81 5,431 Taylor 22/McBride 11

* American Athletic Conference game BB.J..J. TaylorTaylor

Head Coach Jones’ Record Career Record (eight years) ...... 122-111 (.524) Donnie Jones UCF Record (fi ve years) ...... 67-70 (.489) @DonnieJonesUCF Marshall Record (three years) ...... 55-41 (.573)

Hired at UCF — March 30, 2010 NCAA Record ...... 0-0 (.000) NIT Record (one appearance) ...... 0-1 (.000) Coaching File — Marshall, head coach, CBI Record (one appearance) ...... 0-1 (.000) 2007-10; Florida, assistant coach, CIT Record (one appearance) ...... 1-1 (.500) 1992-96, 1996-2007; Marshall, assistant coach, 1990-92; Marshall, graduate assistant, 1988-90; Pikeville, assistant Year-By-Year coach, 1989-90. Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason 2007-08 Marshall 16-14 8-8/t6th 0-1 Highlights — Led UCF to the 2012 2008-09 Marshall 15-17 7-9/t6th 0-1 NIT and has taken the Knights to two 2009-10 Marshall 24-10 11-5/t3rd 0-1 1-1/CIT 20-win seasons … Turned around 2010-11 UCF * 0-12 0-10/12th 0-1 0-1/CBI 2011-12 UCF 22-11 10-6/t3rd 1-1 0-1/NIT the program at Marshall in just three 2012-13 UCF 20-11 9-7/t4th — years, taking the Thundering Herd to 2013-14 UCF 13-18 4-14/t8th 1-1 the CollegeInsider.com Tournament 2014-15 UCF 12-18 5-13/9th 0-1 in 2010 —Marshall’s first postseason appearance in 22 years … Spent 11 * UCF vacated 21 wins from the 2010-11 season 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 THE TEAMS

UUNIVERSITYNIVERSITY OOFF CINCINNATICINCINNATI Location: ...... Cincinnati, Ohio Enrollment: ...... 43,600 Founded: ...... 1819 Nickname: ...... Bearcats Colors: ...... Red and Black Website: ...... GoBearcats.com Arena: ...... (13,176) President: ...... Dr. Santa J. Ono Director of Athletics: ...... Head Coach: ...... Mick Cronin (Cincinnati ’97)

MMEDIAEDIA RELATIONSRELATIONS Assistant AD/Sports Communications: ...... Andre Foushee Office Phone: ...... (513) 556-5182 Mobile: ...... (859) 797-7871 E-mail: ...... [email protected] Press Row Phone: ...... (513) 556-3800

BBEARCATS’EARCATS’ TTEAMEAM FACTSFACTS 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

CCINCINNATIINCINNATI BBEARCATSEARCATS

Dr. Santa J. Ono Mike Bohn Mick Cronin President Director of Athletics Head Coach

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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 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.

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. SShaqhaq ThomasThomas 20 UConn* (ESPN/ESPN2) ...... TBA 27 at East Carolina* (ESPNU) ...... Noon

MARCH 3 at Houston* (CBSSN) ...... 9 p.m. 6 SMU* (CBS) ...... Noon

* American Athletic Conference game @GoBearcats Notebook XL Game played at XL Center in Hartford, Conn. All times Eastern

• 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 tourna- ment in each of the last five seasons.

• The team beat Purdue in the second round of the NCAA tourna- ment 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.

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2014-15 Statistics TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 02 ELLIS, Octavius 34 34 975 28.7 122 219 .557 0 1 .000 93 135 .689 93 152 245 7.2 90 3 44 76 67 28 337 9.9 10 CAUPAIN, Troy 34 33 1065 31.3 107 241 .444 31 76 .408 82 104 .788 17 105 122 3.6 49 1 121 72 6 41 327 9.6 21 COBB, Farad 34 9 821 24.1 99 259 .382 53 159 .333 38 48 .792 18 67 85 2.5 36 0 49 37 4 33 289 8.5 11 CLARK, Gary 34 34 945 27.8 110 210 .524 0 5 .000 45 72 .625 94 152 246 7.2 54 0 57 38 45 35 265 7.8 25 JOHNSON, Kevin 34 24 742 21.8 74 195 .379 43 123 .350 29 44 .659 6 40 46 1.4 68 0 45 54 4 28 220 6.5 03 THOMAS, Shaq 34 22 766 22.5 86 188 .457 6 18 .333 41 70 .586 39 66 105 3.1 53 0 19 49 17 20 219 6.4 15 SANDERS, Jermaine 34 12 711 20.9 55 144 .382 24 89 .270 22 39 .564 32 70 102 3.0 37 0 29 19 3 16 156 4.6 22 DeBERRY, Coreontae 34 0 360 10.6 54 99 .545 0 0 .000 35 57 .614 25 47 72 2.1 52 0 3 24 33 2 143 4.2 01 MORMAN, Deshaun 24 0 241 10.0 28 74 .378 4 13 .308 26 40 .650 10 11 21 0.9 36 1 17 20 2 12 86 3.6 14 GUYN, Ge’Lawn 2 2 43 21.5 3 13 .231 1 6 .167 0 2 .000 1 3 4 2.0 4 0 3 1 0 0 7 3.5 00 MOORE, Quadri 26 0 213 8.2 21 56 .375 4 14 .286 11 15 .733 6 22 28 1.1 26 1 6 19 4 7 57 2.2 42 BLISSITT Jr., Rob 5 0 7 1.4 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0.8 45 TOBLER, Zach 8 0 11 1.4 1 5 .200 0 2 .000 1 5 .200 0 1 1 0.1 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.4 32 STRICKLAND, Jamaree 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM 42 59 101 3.0 0 21 0 Total 34 6900 761 1705 .446 167 507 .329 424 633 .670 383 795 1178 34.6 507 6 394 432 185 222 2113 62.1 Opponents 34 6900 700 1804 .388 192 601 .319 306 470 .651 380 645 1025 30.1 583 - 378 409 98 189 1898 55.8 returning players in italics

2015-16 Roster 2015-16 Newcomers

No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School III, F, Fr., 6-6, 210 0 Quadri Moore F So. 6-8 230 Linden, N.J./Linden High School Baton Rouge, La./St. Michael the Archangel 1 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 2 Octavius Ellis F Sr. 6-10 235 Memphis, Tenn./Trinity Valley College (Texas) • Tabbed the 2014-15 All-Baton Rouge Area Large Schools’ 3 Justin Jenifer G Fr. 5-10 175 Baltimore, Md./Milford Mills Academy Player of the Year by the New Orleans Times-Picayune 10 Troy Caupain G Jr. 6-4 205 Midlothian, Va./Cosby High School • Selected a Gatorade Player of the Year nominee, McDon- 11 Gary Clark F So. 6-7 235 Clayton, N.C./Clayton High School ald’s All-American nominee and Louisiana Mr. Basketball 13 Tre Scott* F Fr. 6-7 220 Darien, Ga./McIntosh County Academy nominee 21 Farad Cobb G Sr. 6-1 175 West Palm Beach, Fla./Northwest Fla. St. College • Tallied more than 2,000 points and 1,000 during high 22 Coreontae DeBerry C Sr. 6-9 270 Holland, Mich./Hutchinson CC school career 24 Shaq Thomas F Sr. 6-7 210 Paterson, N.J./NIA Prep • Helped lead St. Michael’s the Archangel to a 29-4 overall 25 Kevin Johnson G Jr. 6-3 185 Cincinnati, Ohio/Summit Country Day record and its fi rst appearance in the Louisiana Class 4A 32 Kyle Washington F Jr. 6-9 225 Champlin, Minn/NC State state championship semifi nals as a senior, averaging 24.9 45 Zack Tobler F Jr. 6-5 230 Fort Mitchell, Ky./Covington Catholic points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists

Head Coach: Mick Cronin (Cincinnati ‘97) Justin Jenifer, G, Fr., 5-10, 175 Baltimore, Md./Milford Mills Academy Associate Head Coach: Larry Davis (Asbury College ‘78) • Earned Baltimore Sun All-Metro second-team honors while Assistant Coach: Darren Savino (Jersey City ‘94) averaging 17.3 points, 7.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds as a Assistant Coach: Antwon Jackson (Pikeville College ‘93) senior at Milford Mills Academy • Scored 30 or more points three times, including a 40-point * Transfer who will sit out the 2015-16 season due to NCAA rules. effort during his fi nal year, guiding the Millers to a 15-8 overall mark and an appearance at the regional fi nals • 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 fi rst team all-region as a freshman and sophomore • Set the school scoring mark with 1, 824 points while aver- aging 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.

Kyle Washington, F, Jr., 6-9, 225 Champlin, Minn/NC State • Started 18 of 34 games as a sophomore at NC State in 2014- 15, averaging 6.8 points and 4.1 rebounds in 17.8 minute • Reached double fi gures 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 TTroyroy CCaupainaupain ESPN.com (97) • Averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds at The Hotchkiss School (Conn.) during the 2011-12 season

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2014-15 Results (23-11, 13-5 American) (Home: 15-3/Away: 6-6/Neutral: 2-2) Att High Scorer/Rebounder NOVEMBER 14 Saint Francis (Pa.) (ESPN3) W, 52-37 7,114 Ellis 13/Ellis 8 19 Morehead State (ESPN3) W, 69-61 6,119 Cobb 24/Clark 8 23 Eastern Illinois (ESPN3) W, 54-49 6,823 Caupain 17/Ellis 13 25 North Carolina Central (ESPN3) W, 59-50 7,015 Clark 12/Ellis, Clark 8 28 vs. Middle Tennessee 1 W, 69-51 1,200 Caupain 11/Ellis 9 29 vs. Mississippi 1 L, 54-60 1,550 Ellis 13/Clark 12

DECEMBER 2 Stony Brook (FS Ohio/ESPN3) W, 78-52 6,603 Thomas 14/Clark 8 13 at Nebraska (BTN) 2ot L, 55-56 15,607 Caupain 13/Ellis 9 17 San Diego State (ESPN2) ot W, 71-62 9,217 Cobb, Caupain 12/Ellis 9 20 VCU (ESPNU) L, 47-68 9,520 Ellis 12/Thomas 9 23 Wagner (ESPN3) W, 72-48 6,023 Johnson 11/Clark 6 30 at North Carolina State (ESPNU) W, 76-60 16,980 Thomas 15/Ellis 7

JANUARY 3 SMU* (ESPN2) W, 56-50 10,013 Cobb 18/Clark 7 6 East Carolina* (ESPNU) W, 69-48 7,516 Ellis, Johnson 12/Clark 16 10 at UConn* XL (ESPN2) L, 56-62 15,564 Caupain 14/Ellis 6 15 at Memphis* (ESPN/ESPN2) L, 50-63 14,916 Caupain 14/Clark 10 17 Temple* (ESPNU) W, 84-53 12,071 Sanders 16/Clark 8 21 Houston* (ESPNews) W, 67-54 9,815 Caupain 13/Clark, Ellis 5 25 at UCF* (CBSSN) W, 56-46 4,491 Johnson 13/Ellis 10 29 UConn* (ESPN2) W, 70-58 11,092 Caupain 20/Clark 10

FEBRUARY 1 at East Carolina* (CBSSN) L, 46-50 4,574 Ellis 14/Ellis 14 5 at SMU* (ESPN/ESPN2) W, 62-54 7,098 Sanders 15/Sanders 9 7 USF* (CBSSN) W, 63-58 11,670 Cobb 16/Ellis 10 10 at Temple* (CBSSN) L, 59-75 6,603 Cobb 13/Ellis 6 14 Tulane* (ESPNU) L, 49-50 12,041 Ellis 15/Cobb 7 18 Xavier (ESPN/ESPN2) L, 57-59 13,176 Clark 14/Clark 7 21 at Houston* (ESPNU) W, 63-53 3,562 Thomas 18/Clark 14 25 UCF* (CBSSN) W, 83-60 9,825 Ellis 20//Ellis 8 28 at Tulane* (ESPNews) W, 63-47 2,430 Johnson 15/Ellis 10

MARCH 4 at Tulsa * (CBSSN) W, 56-47 5,840 Cobb 22/Ellis 13 8 Memphis * (CBS) W, 77-65 12,358 Ellis 19/Ellis 11 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) GGaryary CClarklark 13 at UConn (ESPNU) L, 54-57 9,514 Caupain 12/Clark 11 NCAA Tournament 19 vs. Purdue (CBS) ot W, 66-65 21,639 Cobb 14/Clark 12 21 vs. Kentucky (CBS) L, 64-51 21,760 Caupain 13/Ellis 10

* American Athletic Conference game 1 Niceville, Fla. XL XL Center, Hartford, Conn.

Head Coach Cronin’s Record Career Record (12 years) ...... 254-142 (.641) Mick Cronin Cincinnati Record (nine years) ...... 185-118 (.611) @CoachCroninUC Murray State Record (three years) ...... 69-23 (.750)

Hired at Cincinnati – March 24, 2006 NCAA Record (seven appearances) ...... 4-7 (.364) NIT Record (one appearance) ...... 1-1 (.500) Coaching File – Murray State, head CBI Record (one appearance) ...... 0-1 (.000) coach, 2004-06; Louisville, associate head coach, 2002-03; Cincinnati, assistant coach, 1998-01; Cincinnati, Year-By-Year video coordinator, 1997; Woodward Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason H.S. in Cincinnati, assistant coach, 2003-04 Murray State 28-6 14-2/2nd 3-0/1st 0-1/NCAA 1992-96. 2004-05 Murray State 17-11 11-5/t2nd 0-1 2005-06 Murray State 24-6 17-3/1st 3-0/1st 0-1/NCAA Highlights – 2013 NCAA (second 2006-07 Cincinnati 11-19 2-14/16th --- 2007-08 Cincinnati 13-18 8-10/10th 0-1 0-1/CBI round); 2012 NCAA (third round); 2011 2008-09 Cincinnati 18-14 8-10/t9th 0-1 NCAA (third round); 2010 NIT (sec- 2009-10 Cincinnati 19-16 7-11/t10th 2-1 1-1/NIT ond round); 2007 CBI; 2006 NCAA; 2010-11 Cincinnati 26-9 11-7/t6th 1-1 1-1/NCAA 2005-06 Ohio Valley Coach of the 2011-12 Cincinnati 26-11 12-6/t4th 2-1 0-1/NCAA Year; 2004 NCAA; Led Murray State 2012-13 Cincinnati 22-12 9-9/t9th 1-1 2-1/NCAA to a school-record 28 wins in his first 2013-14 Cincinnati 27-7 15-3/t1st 1-1 0-1/NCAA season as a head coach (2003-04). 2014-15 Cincinnati 23-11 13-5/t3rd 0-1 1-1/NCAA

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, amass- ing over 400 victories.

32 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball THE TEAMS

UUNIVERSITYNIVERSITY OOFF CONNECTICUTCONNECTICUT 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: ...... Head Coach: ...... Kevin Ollie (UConn ’95)

MMEDIAEDIA RELATIONSRELATIONS Assistant Director of Athletic Communications: .....Phil Chardis Office Phone: ...... (860) 486-3531 Mobile: ...... (860) 771-3314 E-mail: ...... [email protected] Press Row Phone: ...... (860) 486-1888 - GP; (860) 244-0334 - XL

HHUSKIES’USKIES’ TEAMTEAM FACTSFACTS 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

UUCONNCONN HUSKIESHUSKIES

DDr.r. SusanSusan HerbstHerbst WWardearde ManuelManuel KKevinevin OllieOllie PPresidentresident DDirectorirector ofof AthleticsAthletics HHeadead CoachCoach

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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.

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. DDanielaniel HamiltonHamilton 28 Houston* (CBSSN) ...... 1 p.m.

MARCH 3 at SMU* (ESPN/ESPN2) ...... 9 p.m. 6 UCF* (ESPNU) ...... 2 p.m.

* American Athletic Conference game @UConnMBB Notebook XL Game played at XL Center in Hartford, Conn. All times Eastern

• 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 Ath- letic 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 Ol- lie has an 11-3 career record in the postseason.

• Amida Brimah, the 2014-15 American Athletic Conference De- fensive Player of the Year led the league in blocked shots, with an average of 3.5 per game.

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2014-15 Statistics

TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 11 BOATRIGHT, Ryan 34 34 1216 35.8 182 430 .423 86 209 .411 142 167 .850 15 124 139 4.1 64 1 129 81 8 46 592 17.4 44 PURVIS, Rodney 33 24 947 28.7 144 336 .429 54 150 .360 42 78 .538 10 68 78 2.4 60 0 40 62 5 27 384 11.6 05 HAMILTON, Daniel 35 35 1100 31.4 139 366 .380 46 134 .343 56 84 .667 37 230 267 7.6 86 0 128 81 13 33 380 10.9 35 BRIMAH, Amida 35 35 920 26.3 126 187 .674 0 0 .000 67 103 .650 69 86 155 4.4 99 5 7 36 121 7 319 9.1 21 CALHOUN, Omar 28 5 484 17.3 54 143 .378 26 76 .342 20 26 .769 12 32 44 1.6 21 0 20 26 4 14 154 5.5 12 FACEY, Kentan 31 22 665 21.5 57 105 .543 1 1 1.000 21 29 .724 60 102 162 5.2 67 0 12 19 12 7 136 4.4 10 CASSELL JR., Sam 18 2 271 15.1 21 76 .276 13 49 .265 16 20 .800 4 20 24 1.3 17 0 17 7 0 9 71 3.9 03 SAMUEL, Terrence 35 8 715 20.4 43 111 .387 0 17 .000 40 52 .769 22 64 86 2.5 36 0 55 47 1 16 126 3.6 01 NOLAN, Phillip 34 10 516 15.2 23 49 .469 0 0 .000 4 14 .286 29 34 63 1.9 90 2 4 21 14 7 50 1.5 14 LUBIN, Rakim 24 0 155 6.5 8 15 .533 0 0 .000 7 15 .467 13 15 28 1.2 27 0 2 8 4 0 23 1.0 24 GUEST, Dan 9 0 20 2.2 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 0.1 3 0 2 3 0 0 6 0.7 33 DITIMI, Terrance 6 0 7 1.2 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.3 23 AMILO, Nnamdi 2 0 2 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 22 LENEHAN, Pat 6 0 7 1.2 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM 60 68 128 3.7 1 13 0 Total 35 7025 800 1824 .439 226 637 .355 417 590 .707 331 847 1178 33.7 573 8 416 404 183 166 2243 64.1 Opponents 35 7025 738 1865 .396 209 630 .332 416 608 .684 373 769 1142 32.6 581 - 376 388 128 194 2101 60.0 returning players in italics

2015-16 Roster 2015-16 Newcomers

No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School Jalen Adams, Fr., G, 6-2, 165 0 Phillip Nolan F Sr. 6-10 237 Milwaukee, Wis. /Riverside University HS Roxbury, Mass. /Brewster Academy (N.H.) • Ranked among the nation’s top 25 recruits by virtually every recruiting 2 Jalen Adams G Fr. 6-2 165 Roxbury, Mass. /Brewster Academy (N.H.) rating service 4 Sterling Gibbs G Gr. 6-2 185 Scotch Plains, N.J. /Seton Hall • Was a First Team All-NEPSAC Class AAA selection and was named 5 Daniel Hamilton G/F So. 6-7 190 , Calif. /St. John Bosco HS MVP of the NEPSAC Class AAA Tournament 10 Sam Cassell Jr. G Rs-Jr. 6-4 192 Baltimore, Md. /Chipola (Fla.) College • Served as team captain and averaged 16.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game at Brewster 12 Kentan Facey F Jr. 6-9 206 Trelawny, Jamaica / (N.Y.) Lutheran • Named MVP of the Regional Game after scoring 13 Steven Enoch F Fr. 6-10 245 Norwalk, Conn. /St. Thomas More 27 points, with four rebounds, fi ve assists, and two steals, leading his 21 Omar Calhoun G Sr. 6-5 205 Brooklyn, N.Y. /Christ The King HS team to a 125-112 victory 22 Terry Larrier* G/F Rs-Fr. 6-8 185 Bronx, N.Y. /Virginia Commonwealth Steven Enoch, Fr., F, 6-10, 245 23 Nnamdi Amilo F Sr. 6-3 225 New Fairfi eld, Conn. /Avon Old Farms Norwalk, Conn. /St. Thomas More 32 Shonn Miller F Gr. 6-7 210 Euclid, Ohio /Cornell • Named Gatorade Connecticut Boys Basketball Player of the Year 35 Amida Brimah C Jr. 7-0 230 Accra, Ghana /Archbishop Carroll (Miami, Fla.) after spending the 2014-15 season as a senior at St. Thomas More 44 Rodney Purvis G Rs-Jr. 6-4 205 Raleigh, N.C. /North Carolina State (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 semifi nals Head Coach: Kevin Ollie (UConn ‘95) • Ranked among the Top 75 recruits nationally by most recruiting Associate Head Coach: (UConn ‘88) ranking services • Picked to play in Jordan Brand Classic Regional game, scoring 15 Assistant Coach: (UConn ‘84) points, grabbing nine rebounds, and blocking one shot Assistant Coach: (UConn ‘99) Sterling Gibbs, Gr., G, 6-2, 185 * Transfer who will sit out the 2015-16 season due to NCAA rules. 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.

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 . • Voted First Team All- 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 RRodneyodney PurvisPurvis points, grabbed 608 rebounds, and recorded 126 steals. Tied a Cornell record with 18 career double-doubles

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2014-15 Results (20-15, 10-8 American) (Home: 14-6/Away: 4-7/Neutral: 2-2) Att High Scorer/Rebounder NOVEMBER 14 Bryant (ESPN3) W, 70-62 10,167 Boatright 24/Facey 11 Puerto Rico Tip-Off W, 68-59 20 vs. College of Charleston (ESPNU) 1 W, 66-53 6,723 Boatright 19/Boatright 6 21 vs. Dayton (ESPN2) 1 W, 65-57 7,436 Boatright 20/Facey, Boatright, Hamilton 5 23 vs. (ESPN2) 1 L, 68-78 8,002 Boatright 17/Hamilton 9 30 Texas (ESPN2) L, 54-55 10,167 Boatright 24/Facey 8

DECEMBER 5 Yale (ESPN3) L, 44-45 9,538 Brimah 14/Hamilton 6 14 Coppin State XL (ESPN3) W, 106-85 8,260 Brimah 40/Brimah 12 18 vs. Duke 2 (ESPN) L, 56-66 16,541 Boatright 22/Facey 9 22 Columbia WB (ESPN3) W, 80-65 9,124 Purvis 21/Brimah 6 28 Central Connecticut XL (ESPN3) W, 81-48 13,315 Boatright 18/Facey 12 31 Temple* XL (ESPN2) ot L, 53-57 13,428 Brimah 12/Hamilton 12

JANUARY 3 at Florida (CBS) W, 63-59 11,041 Boatright 14/Brimah 10 6 at USF* (ESPN2) W, 58-44 6,128 Brimah 13/Brimah 8 10 Cincinnati* XL (ESPN2) W, 62-56 15,564 Boatright 18/Brimah 8 13 at Tulsa* (CBSSN) L, 58-66 6,092 Hamilton 16/Hamilton 12 17 at Stanford (ESPN2) L, 59-72 7,104 Purvis 14/Purvis 5 22 UCF * (CBSSN) W, 67-60 10,167 Boatright 18/Hamilton 9 25 USF * XL (CBSSN) W, 66-53 14,105 Boatright 28/Hamilton 10 29 at Cincinnati* (ESPN2) L, 58-70 11,092 Boatright 22/ Facey, Brimah, Hamilton 6 FEBRUARY 1 at Houston* (CBSSN) L, 68-70 3,498 Boatright 31/Hamilton 14 4 East Carolina* (ESPNU) W, 65-52 8,985 Boatright 23/Hamilton 11 7 at Tulane* (CBSSN) W, 62-53 3,548 Boatright 18/Boatright 9 12 Tulsa* XL (ESPN2) W, 70-45 11,506 Boatright 23/Hamilton 11 14 at SMU* (ESPN) L, 54-62 7,395 Boatright 19, Facey 6 19 at Memphis* (ESPN) L, 72-75 14,652 Hamilton 25/Hamilton 13 22 Tulane* (CBSSN) W, 67-60 9,212 Brimah 19/Hamilton 9 25 at East Carolina* (ESPNU) W, 60-49 6,856 Boatright16/Hamilton 17

MARCH 1 SMU* XL (CBS) W, 81-73 15,564 Purvis 28/Hamilton 7 5 Memphis* (ESPN2) L, 53-54 10,167 Hamilton 16/Hamilton 8 7 at Temple* (ESPN2) L, 63-75 10,206 Boatright 25/Hamilton 6 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 12 USF (ESPNews) W, 69-43 5,431 Hamilton 20/Nolan 7 13 Cincinnati (ESPNU) W, 57-54 9,514 Boatright 18/Hamilton 8 14 Tulsa W, 47-42 10,114 Boatright 21/Hamilton 12 15 SMU (ESPN) L, 54-62 13,365 Purvis 29/Hamilton 10 National Invitation Tournament 18 Arizona State L, 61-68 6,045 Purvis 19/Hamilton 7 AAmidamida BBrimahrimah * 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 Ollie’s Record Career Record (three years) ...... 72-33 (.686) Kevin Ollie UConn Record (three years) ...... 72-33 (.686) @CoachKO_UConn NCAA Record (one appearance) ...... 6-0 Hired at UConn – Sept. 13, 2012 NIT Record (one appearance) ...... 0-1 Coaching File - UConn, assistant coach, 2010-12 Year-By-Year Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason Highlights - Took seventh-seeded 2012-13 UConn 20-10 10-8/t7th — UConn team to an NCAA champi- 2013-14 UConn 32-8 12-6/t3rd 2-1 6-0/NCAA Champion onship in 2014 — his first year of 2014-15 UConn 20-15 10-8/t5th 3-1 0-1/NIT 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.

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EEASTAST CAROLINACAROLINA UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY 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: ...... Head Coach: ...... (North Carolina ‘89)

MMEDIAEDIA RELATIONSRELATIONS Associate Director of Media Relations: ...... Jody Jones Office Phone: ...... (252) 737-4524 Mobile: ...... (252) 414-2019 E-mail: ...... [email protected] Press Row Phone: ...... (252) 328-0135

PPIRATES’IRATES’ TEAMTEAM FACTSFACTS 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

EEASTAST CCAROLINAAROLINA PPIRATESIRATES

DDr.r. SteveSteve BallardBallard JJeffeff CompherCompher JJeffeff LLeboebo CChancellorhancellor DDirectorirector ofof AAthleticsthletics HHeadead CCoachoach

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

MARCH CCalebaleb WhiteWhite 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 Champion- ship record by making 15 3-pointers in its 2015 quarterfinal match- up 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 ad- dition of 6-foot-10 freshman Deng Riak, 6-foot-8 junior Clarence Williams and 6-foot-5 freshman Kentrell Barkley. The trio joins re- turning 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.

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2014-15 Statistics

TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 21 TYSON, B.J. 33 0 798 24.2 143 312 .458 19 63 .302 108 150 .720 45 84 129 3.9 55 0 46 51 3 26 413 12.5 00 WHISNANT, Terry 33 33 1041 31.5 131 327 .401 77 208 .370 68 89 .764 25 62 87 2.6 61 1 60 40 3 31 407 12.3 02 WHITE, Caleb 33 32 1021 30.9 138 313 .441 67 164 .409 61 77 .792 24 92 116 3.5 65 0 46 50 5 15 404 12.2 41 GUILMETTE, Marshall 22 17 451 20.5 50 122 .410 11 37 .297 26 38 .684 24 50 74 3.4 66 4 24 33 9 5 137 6.2 13 NZEGE, Michel 33 32 608 18.4 85 138 .616 0 0 .000 20 42 .476 58 96 154 4.7 61 2 20 36 12 16 190 5.8 22 CAMPBELL, Paris 22 1 415 18.9 37 95 .389 26 69 .377 8 11 .727 10 39 49 2.2 34 0 24 12 6 21 108 4.9 11 ROBINSON, Antonio 33 33 800 24.2 50 139 .360 11 28 .393 27 42 .643 17 89 106 3.2 59 0 122 52 4 55 138 4.2 05 TEJADA, Lance 33 0 458 13.9 42 138 .304 20 71 .282 30 55 .545 4 39 43 1.3 38 0 55 33 1 15 134 4.1 34 ZANGARI, Michael 31 15 490 15.8 32 82 .390 1 11 .091 15 25 .600 40 61 101 3.3 68 3 18 19 15 10 80 2.6 44 AJA, Kanu 29 0 239 8.2 26 62 .419 0 0 .000 8 18 .444 26 21 47 1.6 35 1 4 18 2 5 60 2.1 15 ROBBINS, Peyton 1 0 1 1.0 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.0 04 WILLIAMS, Prince 23 1 233 10.1 12 37 .324 1 10 .100 11 13 .846 4 20 24 1.0 21 0 22 17 2 8 36 1.6 01 BRYANT, Grant 3 0 12 4.0 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0.7 31 ALEXANDER, Greg 6 0 14 2.3 1 4 .250 0 2 .000 1 3 .333 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.5 24 ARMSTRONG, Keith 12 0 37 3.1 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 4 6 0.5 5 0 1 2 1 0 2 0.2 10 EDOSOMWAN, Francis 4 1 7 1.8 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 54 56 110 3.3 0 12 0 Total 33 6625 750 1777 .422 233 663 .351 383 563 .680 333 715 1048 31.8 571 11 443 379 64 208 2116 64.1 Opponents 33 6625 786 1768 .445 199 636 .313 405 598 .677 367 785 1152 34.9 567 - 447 405 139 196 2176 65.9 returningt i playersl iin ititalicsli 2015-16 Roster 2015-16 Newcomers

No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School Kentrell Barkley, Fr., G, 6-5, 205 0 Deng Riak C Fr. 6-10 225 Melbourne, Australia/Victory Rock Prep [Fla.] Durham, N.C./Northern Durham HS 1 Grant Bryant F So. 6-7 200 Kennesaw, Ga./Kell HS • Named fi rst-team all-state by the N.C. Basketball Coaches 2 Caleb White F Jr. 6-7 205 Buckingham, Va./Virginia Episcopal School 3 Charles Foster G Jr. 6-0 160 Louisville, Ky./Vincennes University Association (NCBCA) as a senior at Northern Durham High 4 Prince Williams G Sr. 6-5 200 Raleigh, N.C./Broughton HS School in Durham 5 Lance Tejada G So. 6-2 190 Pompano Beach, Fla./Blanche Ely HS • Voted 2015 District VI Player-of-the-Year by the NCBCA 10 Clarence Williams F Jr. 6-8 195 Tallahassee, Fla./Trinity Valley Community College • Selected PAC-6 Player-of-the-Year for the second straight 13 Michel Nzege F Jr. 6-8 220 Geneva, Switzerland/Winston-Salem State year in 2015, after sharing the award the previous season 15 Kentrell Barkley F Fr. 6-5 205 Durham, N.C./Northern Durham HS • Averaged 23.6 points and 11.6 rebounds during the 2014-15 24 Peyton Robbins G Sr. 6-3 210 Raleigh, N.C./St. David’s School season 21 B.J. Tyson G So. 6-3 180 Wadesboro, N.C./Anson HS • Posted 43 career double-doubles, including 15 in each of his 34 Michael Zangari F Sr. 6-9 240 Etters, Pa./Red Land HS fi nal two seasons 41 Marshall Guilmette F Rs-Jr. 6-11 250 Kennesaw, Ga./Harrison HS 44 Kanu Aja F Sr. 6-9 255 Baltimore, Md./City College of San Francisco Charles Foster, Jr., G, 6-0, 160 Louisville, Ky./Vincennes University Head Coach: Jeff Lebo (North Carolina ‘89) • Averaged 13.3 points, 4.2 assists and 3.3 assists in 71 career Assistant Coach: Mike Netti (Syracuse ‘02) games with the Trailblazers Assistant Coach: Michael Perry (Richmond ‘81) • Helped Vincennes reach the NJCAA tournament in Hutchin- Assistant Coach: Ken Potosnak (Randolph-Macon ‘90) son, Kan. each season with an appearance in the 2014 NJCAA Final Four • Scored double fi gures 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 fi rst-team all-state squad as a high school senior, averaged 12.1 points, 3.8 re- bounds, 3.4 assists and 2.4 steals in helping the Shamrocks win their fi rst 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.

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 soph- omore 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 BB.J..J. TysonTyson team win the 6A region championship

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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 W, 99-81 5,096 Tyson 7/Nzege 12 16 UNC Asheville (ESPN3) L, 79-83 4,149 White 24/Guilmette 6 20 Virginia-Lynchburg W, 92-51 3,966 Whisnant 16/Nzege 13 24 vs .Green Bay1 L, 49-66 2,118 Whisnant 23/Zangari 5 25 vs .Fresno State1 W, 58-52 3,027 Tyson 22/Zangari 10 26 vs. Hawaii1 L, 73-75 271 Tyson 24/White 8 30 Central Connecticut State (ESPN3) W, 74-59 3,705 Nzege 18/Tyson 6

DECEMBER 3 at Florida Atlantic L, 63-72 1,219 White 18/Nzege 7 7 at North Carolina (ESPNU) L, 64-108 18,741 Whisnant 15/Nzege 5 13 James Madison (ESPN3) W, 70-58 4,759 Whisnant 24/Zangari 10 20 at UNC Wilmington L, 54-66 4,388 Whisnant 18/Zangari 8 22 Florida A&M (ESPN3) W, 75-57 4,234 White 19/Nzege 6 28 UNC Greensboro (ESPN3) W, 71-50 4,418 Whisnant 17/Nzege, Campbell 5 31 Tulane* (ESPNews) L, 59-67 4,358 Campbell 14/Nzege, White, Robinson 3 JANUARY 3 at USF* (ESPN3) L, 50-58 3,184 Tyson 16/Nzege 5 6 at Cincinnati* (ESPNU) L, 48-69 7,516 Tyson 13/Tyson 7 14 Houston* (ESPNU) W, 66-61 4,368 Tyson 16/Tyson 7 17 at SMU* (CBSSN) L, 54-77 7,001 Whisnant 24/Nzege 10 24 Tulsa* (ESPNews) L, 64-66 4,968 Whisnant 22/Nzege 11 28 at Memphis* (CBSSN) L, 58-70 13,335 Whisnant 17/Campbell 4

FEBRUARY 1 Cincinnati* (CBSSN) W, 50-46 4,574 Tyson 18/White, Tyson 5 4 at UConn* (ESPNU) L, 52-65 8,985 Tyson 20/Tyson 6 7 UCF* (ESPN3) W, 67-49 5,305 White 21/White 9 10 Memphis* (ESPNU) W, 64-53 4,519 Tyson 23/Robinson 6 14 at Temple* (CBSSN) L, 53-66 8,121 Whisnant 13, Zangari 6 18 at Tulsa* (ESPNU) L, 58-69 4,263 Whisnant 15/Nzege 7 21 USF* (ESPNU) W, 73-60 5,073 White, Tyson 19/Tyson 6 25 UConn* (ESPNU) L, 49-60 6,856 Guilmette 13/Whisnant 9 28 at UCF * (ESPNews) W, 71-66 3,740 White 14/White 5

MARCH 5 Temple* (ESPNU) L, 56-70 4,790 White 13/White 7 8 at Houston* (ESPNews) L, 54-72 2,879 Whisnant 13/Nzege 6 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 12 vs. UCF W, 81-80 (OT) 5,431 Tyson 19/Nzege 7 13 vs. SMU L, 68-74 7,056 Whisnant, Robinson 18/ Robinson, Whisnant 6

* American Athletic Conference game MMarshallarshall GuilmetteGuilmette 1 Estero, Fla.

Head Coach Lebo’s Record Career record (17 years) ...... 298-236 (.558) Jeff Lebo East Carolina (fi ve years) ...... 87-80 (.521) Hired at East Carolina - March 22, Auburn (six years) ...... 96-93 (.508) 2010 Chattanooga (two years) ...... 40-20 (.667) Tennessee Tech (four years) ...... 75-43 (.636) Coaching File - Auburn, head coach, 2004-10; Chattanooga, head coach, NCAA record ...... 0-0 (.000) 2002-04; Tennessee Tech, 1998-02; NIT record (two appearances) ...... 5-2 (.714) South Carolina, assistant coach, 1993- CIT record (three appearances) ...... 5-2 (.714) 98; Vanderbilt, assistant coach, 1992- 93; ETSU, assistant coach, 1990-92. Year-By-Year Highlights - Led East Carolina to its Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason 1998-99 Tennessee Tech 12-15 8-10/6th 0-1 first 20-win season at the Division I 1999-00 Tennessee Tech 16-12 11-7/5th 1-1 level in 2012-13, taking the Pirates to 2000-01 Tennessee Tech 20-9 13-3/1st 1-1 a CIT Championship. Has five 20-win 2001-02 Tennessee Tech 27-7 15-1/1st 1-1 3-1/NIT seasons to his name as a head coach, 2002-03 Chattanooga 21-9 11-5/2nd 2-1 including a 27-victory campaign at 2003-04 Chattanooga 19-11 10-6/2nd 2-1 Tennessee Tech in 2001-02. 2004-05 Auburn 14-17 4-12/t5th-W 1-1 2005-06 Auburn 12-16 4-12/t5th-W 0-1 2006-07 Auburn 17-15 7-9/t3rd-W 0-1 Collegiate/Playing File - Made four 2007-08 Auburn 14-16 4-12/6th-W 0-1 Sweet 16 appearances and two Elite Eight trips under coach at UNC 2008-09 Auburn 24-12 10-6/2nd-W 1-1 2-1/NIT from 1985-89. Graduated from UNC in 1989. Played one year with the 2009-10 Auburn 15-17 6-10/t4th-W 0-1 Spurs in 1989-90. 2010-11 East Carolina 18-16 8-8/t7th 2-1 0-1/CIT 2011-12 East Carolina 15-16 5-11/10th 1-1 Personal - Native of Carlisle, Pa. Born Oct. 5, 1966. Married to the former Melissa 2012-13 East Carolina 23-12 9-7/t4th 0-1 5-0/CIT Champion Mills. They have two daughters, Addison and Mills, and one son, Creighton. 2013-14 East Carolina 17-17 5-11/11th 1-1 0-1/CIT 2014-15 East Carolina 14-19 6-12/t7th 1-1

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UUNIVERSITYNIVERSITY OOFF HOUSTONHOUSTON 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: ...... (UNC Pembroke ‘78)

MMEDIAEDIA RELATIONSRELATIONS Director of Athletics Communications: ...... Jeff Conrad Office Phone: ...... (713) 743-9410 Mobile: ...... (713) 557-3841 E-mail: ...... [email protected] Press Row Phone: ...... (713) 743-9414

CCOUGARS’OUGARS’ TTEAMEAM FACTSFACTS 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

HHOUSTONOUSTON COUGARSCOUGARS

Dr. Renu Khator Hunter Yurachek Kelvin Sampson Chancellor VP for Athletics 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

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. LLeRoneRon BarnesBarnes 28 at UConn (CBSSN) * ...... 1 p.m. MARCH 3 Cincinnati (CBSSN) * ...... 9 p.m.

* American Athletic Conference game 1 Global Basketball Classic at Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nev. @UHCougarMBK Notebook All times Eastern

• Before starting the 2015-16 season, the Cougars enjoyed a 10- day trip to China in mid-August that was highlighted by two wins over the Chinese Basketball Association’s Qingdao Double- stars 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 Confer- ence rival LSU, with nine home games inside Hofheinz Pavilion.

• Senior forward Devonta Pollard enjoyed a successful 2014-15 season in his fi rst 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 . Barnes and was one of only six players in the league ranked among The American’s top-10 lead- ers in both offensive and defensive rebounding in 2014-15.

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2014-15 Statistics

TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 21 STIGGERS, Jherrod 31 29 1105 35.6 139 384 .362 96 280 .343 65 85 .765 17 96 113 3.6 54 1 79 89 10 37 439 14.2 24 POLLARD, Devonta 32 27 976 30.5 132 289 .457 0 1 .000 100 138 .725 84 121 205 6.4 87 3 39 75 14 39 364 11.4 00 KNOWLES, Danrad 32 32 877 27.4 108 267 .404 37 115 .322 63 100 .630 69 111 180 5.6 80 0 34 43 42 17 316 9.9 05 ROSE, L.J. 19 19 657 34.6 64 172 .372 24 81 .296 34 56 .607 11 37 48 2.5 44 1 101 51 3 17 186 9.8 04 BARNES, LeRon 32 32 1083 33.8 82 199 .412 27 83 .325 45 63 .714 68 138 206 6.4 86 1 43 40 22 26 236 7.4 03 BAKER, Cavon 27 6 431 16.0 54 142 .380 28 85 .329 39 51 .765 9 31 40 1.5 45 1 34 44 2 18 175 6.5 23 WEARY, Jr., Eric 31 11 558 18.0 59 182 .324 32 130 .246 23 32 .719 34 76 110 3.5 39 0 17 28 12 16 173 5.6 11 WASHINGTON, JC 27 4 457 16.9 33 74 .446 2 2 1.000 8 19 .421 36 47 83 3.1 66 4 11 19 11 11 76 2.8 12 VANBECK, Wes 17 0 142 8.4 15 36 .417 12 25 .480 5 6 .833 6 15 21 1.2 16 0 8 15 0 0 47 2.8 01 McLEAN, Mikhail 15 0 149 9.9 16 36 .444 0 3 .000 6 18 .333 17 9 26 1.7 29 0 7 4 3 2 38 2.5 25 GJIKONDI, Egi 9 0 38 4.2 2 9 .222 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 8 4 12 1.3 13 1 2 4 2 0 6 0.7 20 DREXLER, Adam 11 0 26 2.4 1 5 .200 1 4 .250 1 3 .333 4 2 6 0.5 5 0 1 1 0 1 4 0.4 33 BOWSER, Tyus 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM 40 39 79 2.5 1 12 0 Total 32 6500 705 1795 .393 259 809 .320 391 575 .680 403 726 1129 35.3 565 12 376 425 121 184 2060 64.4 Opponents 32 6500 758 1743 .435 195 579 .337 386 579 .667 367 795 1162 36.3 552 - 422 412 100 221 2097 65.5 returning players in italics

2015-16 Roster 2015-16 Newcomers

No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School Damyean Dotson, G, Jr., 6-5, 210 0 Danrad Knowles F Jr. 6-10 190 Nassau, Bahamas / HCYA Houston, Texas / Oregon • Made 33 starts, averaging 9.4 points per game as Oregon’s 1 Xavier Dupree F Jr. 6-9 210 Houston, Texas / Paris JC fourth-leading scorer in his 2013-14 sophomore season 2 Rob Gray, Jr. G So. 6-2 190 Forest City, N.C. / Howard JC • Reached double fi gure scoring in 16 games and ranked third 3 Ronnie Johnson G Jr. 6-0 180 Indianapolis, Ind. / Purdue on the team in FGs made (116) and fourth in rebounds per 4 LeRon Barnes G Sr. 6-5 195 Stonewall, La. / North DeSoto HS game (3.2) 5 L.J. Rose G Sr. 6-3 200 Houston, Texas / Baylor • Starter in 69-of-70 games he’s played in during his Oregon career 12 Wes VanBeck G So. 6-2 180 Houston, Texas / Westside HS • Averaged 21 points and fi ve rebounds per game as a senior at 13 Bertrand Nkali F Jr. 6-8 225 Bertoua, Cameroon / Lee JC Jack Yates High School 21 Damyean Dotson G Jr. 6-5 210 Houston, Texas / Oregon 23 Eric Weary, Jr. G Sr. 6-4 210 New Orleans, La. / Howard JC Xavier Dupree, F, Jr., 6-9, 210 Houston, Texas / Paris JC 24 Devonta Pollard F Sr. 6-8 200 Porterville, Miss. / East Mississippi CC • Competed in all 30 games with 16 starts at Paris Junior Col- 25 Galen Robinson, Jr. G Fr. 6-0 170 Houston, Texas / Westbury Christian lege as a sophomore in 2014-15 33 Kyle Meyer C Jr. 6-10 225 Atlanta Ga. / Eastern Florida State College • 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 Head Coach: Kelvin Sampson (UNC Pembroke ‘78) of Houston by RCS Sports as a high school player at Trent Assistant Coach: (Lamar ’82) Internationale in Houston Assistant Coach: Talvin Hester (Texas Wesleyan ‘03) Rob Gray, Jr., G, So., 6-2, 190 Assistant Coach: Kellen Sampson (Oklahoma ‘06) 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-Con- ference 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 the season • Graduated from West Oaks Academy in Orlando after compet- ing 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 Na- tional 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

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 DDevontaevonta PPollardollard • 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) Att High Scorer/Rebounder NOVEMBER 14 at Murray State W, 77-74 5,056 Pollard 19/Washington 8 22 Morgan State (ESPN3) W, 72-57 3,058 Pollard 19/Pollard 13 25 at Harvard L, 63-84 1,423 Weary Jr. 19/Barnes 7

DECEMBER 4 Texas-Pan American (ESPN3) W, 72-58 1,858 Baker 18/Pollard 10 6 Abilene Christian (ESPN3) W, 71-59 2,007 Stiggers 23/Pollard 10 16 Houston Baptist (ESPN3) W, 83-76 2,016 Stiggers 33/Pollard 10 Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic 17 Arkansas Pine Bluff (ESPN3) ot L, 56-61 2,082 Stiggers 16/Barnes 12 20 South Carolina State (ESPN3) L, 63-71 1,996 Knowles 22/Knowles 11 22 vs Boise State 1 ot L, 73-75 1,270 Rose 16/Knowles 12 23 vs Texas Tech 1 (FS1) W, 82-69 1,125 Stiggers 25/Weary Jr. 9 28 Mississippi Valley State (ESPN3) W, 80-53 2,147 Stiggers 26/Knowles 10 31 at Memphis* (ESPNU) L, 54-73 13,415 Pollard 17/Barnes 10

JANUARY 4 at Tulsa* (ESPNews) L, 54-72 4,171 Stiggers 17/Knowles, Stiggers 5 6 UCF* (ESPNews) ot L, 78-79 2,003 Stiggers 20/Knowles 8 11 Memphis* (CBSSN) L, 44-62 2,697 Stiggers 13/Knowles 7 14 at East Carolina* (ESPNU) L, 61-66 4,368 Knowles 16/Barnes, Stiggers 8 17 Tulane* (ESPNews) L, 65-68 2,547 Knowles 31/Barnes, Pollard 9 21 at Cincinnati* (ESPNews) L, 54-67 9,815 Knowles 15/Rose, Stiggers 4 24 at SMU* (CBSSN) L, 59-80 7,094 Stiggers 25/Barnes 6 28 Rice (ESPN3) W, 59-48 3,465 McLean 14/Pollard, Knowles 7

FEBRUARY 1 UConn* (CBSSN) W, 70-68 3,498 Stiggers 18/Weary Jr. 9 5 Tulsa* (ESPNews) L, 44-57 2,847 Knowles 10/Washington 8 12 SMU* (ESPNU) L, 69-75 3,315 Stiggers 17/Barnes 10 15 at UCF* (ESPN3) L, 54-56 4,269 Pollard 14/Knowles 8 17 at USF* (ESPNews) L, 67-69 3,128 Rose 25/Pollard 10 21 Cincinnati* (ESPNU) L, 53-63 3,562 Knowles 16/Knowles 9 26 at Temple* (CBSSN) L, 54-66 7,023 Barnes 15/Barnes 11

MARCH 1 USF* (ESPN3) W, 72-55 2,816 Pollard 18/Pollard 10 4 at Tulane* (ESPNews) ot W, 68-63 2,041 Stiggers, Pollard 17/Barnes 9 8 East Carolina* (ESPNews) W, 72-54 2,879 Sitggers 17/Pollard 11 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 12 vs Tulane (ESPNews) W, 66-60 5,431 Stiggers 23/Barnes, Pollard 7 13 vs Tulsa (ESPNU) L, 51-59 9,514 Pollard 14/Pollard 9 DDanradanrad KKnowlesnowles * American Athletic Conference Game 1 Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.

Head Coach Sampson’s Record Career Record (26 years) ...... 513-289 (.640) Kelvin Sampson Houston (one year) ...... 13-19 (.406) Indiana (two years) ...... 43-15 (.741) Hired at Houston - April 3, 2014 Oklahoma (12 years) ...... 281-107 (.724) Washington State (seven years) ...... 103-103 (.500) Coaching File - Houston Rock- Montana Tech (four years) ...... 73-45 (.619) ets, assistant coach, 2011-14; , assistant coach, NCAA Record (14 appearances) ...... 14-12 (.538) 2008-11; Indiana, head coach, NIT Record (two appearances) ...... 2-2 (.500) 2006-08; Oklahoma, head coach, 1994-06; Washington State, head Year-By-Year Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason coach, 1987-94; Washington State, 1981-82 Montana Tech 7-20 0-15 assistant coach, 1985-87; Montana 1982-83 Montana Tech 22-9 10-5 Tech, head coach, 1981-85; Michi- 1983-84 Montana Tech 22-9 11-4 1984-85 Montana Tech 22-7 12-3 gan State, assistant coach, 1980-81; 1987-88 Washington State 13-16 7-11/6th 1-1 Michigan State, graduate assistant, 1988-89 Washington State 10-19 4-14/8th 1-1 1989-90 Washington State 7-22 1-17/10th 0-1 1979-80. 1990-91 Washington State 16-12 8-10/6th 1991-92 Washington State 22-11 9-9/t5th 1-1/NIT Highlights - Brought Oklahoma to a 1992-93 Washington State 15-12 9-9/t5th 1993-94 Washington State 20-11 10-8/t4th 0-1/NCAA Final Four in 2002 and an Elite Eight 1994-95 Oklahoma 23-9 9-5/3rd 1-1 0-1/NCAA in 2003. Has recorded 20 or more 1995-96 Oklahoma 17-13 8-6/3rd 0-1 0-1/NCAA wins in each of his last 11 seasons 1996-97 Oklahoma 19-11 9-7/5th 2-1 0-1/NCAA 1997-98 Oklahoma 22-11 11-5/t2nd 2-1 0-1/NCAA as a Division I head coach. Led the of the NBA for 13 games as 1998-99 Oklahoma 22-11 11-5/t2nd 0-1 2-1/NCAA acting head coach in 2012-13. 1999-00 Oklahoma 27-7 12-4/t3rd 2-1 1-1/NCAA 2000-01 Oklahoma 26-7 12-4/t2nd 3-0 0-1/NCAA 2001-02 Oklahoma 31-5 13-3/2nd 3-0 4-1/NCAA Collegiate File - Graduated from UNC Pembroke in 1978 after playing four years of 2002-03 Oklahoma 27-7 12-4/3rd 3-0 3-1/NCAA basketball and three years of baseball. Earned a master’s degree from Michigan 2003-04 Oklahoma 20-11 8-8/7th 1-1 1-1/NIT 2004-05 Oklahoma 25-8 12-4/t1st 1-1 1-1/NCAA State in 1980. 2005-06 Oklahoma 20-9 11-5/3rd 0-1 0-1/NCAA 2006-07 Indiana 21-11 10-6/3rd 0-1 1-1/NCAA Personal - Native of Laurinburg, N.C.. Born October 5, 1955. Sampson and his wife 2007-08 Indiana 22-4 11-2 0-1 0-1/NCAA 2014-15 Houston 13-19 4-14/10th 1-1 Karen have a daughter, Lauren, and a son, Kellen.

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UUNIVERSITYNIVERSITY OOFF MEMPHISMEMPHIS 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: ...... (Arizona ’98)

MMEDIAEDIA RELATIONSRELATIONS Associate Director of Athletic Communications: ...... Bill Salyer Office Phone: ...... (901) 678-4780 Mobile: ...... (260) 705-3963 E-mail: ...... [email protected] Press Row Phone: ...... (901) 734-9949

TTIGERS’IGERS’ TEAMTEAM FACTSFACTS 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

MMEMPHISEMPHIS TTIGERSIGERS

DDr.r. M.M. DavidDavid RuddRudd TTomom BowenBowen JJoshosh PastnerPastner PPresidentresident DDirectorirector ofof AthleticsAthletics HHeadead CoachCoach

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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.

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. SShaqhaq GoodwinGoodwin 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 1 Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational 2 Hoophall Miami Invitational in Miami, Fla. @UofMTigersHoops Notebook All times Eastern

• Memphis adds eight newcomers to its 2015-16 roster, with sev- en freshmen as well as Alabama senior transfer, Ricky Tarrant Jr.

• Shaq Goodwin ranked second in league play in field-goal shoot- ing (61.1-percent) last season and averaged a career-high 7.1 re- bounds. The senior pulled down a career-high 23 rebounds vs. Temple on Feb. 7, 2015 and set a new American Athletic Confer- ence 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 Col- lege Hoops Tip-Off Marathon. The Tigers will host Oklahoma, a 2015-16 preseason top-10 team, on Nov. 17 on ESPN at FedExFo- rum. 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 2014- 15 No. 21 ranking is the 10th-consecutive top-25 appearance for the Tigers.

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2014-15 Statistics

TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 04 NICHOLS, Austin 27 26 796 29.5 151 304 .497 2 9 .222 54 89 .607 54 111 165 6.1 50 0 26 38 93 21 358 13.3 02 GOODWIN, Shaq 31 24 803 25.9 112 206 .544 5 18 .278 70 109 .642 80 141 221 7.1 71 2 49 61 35 20 299 9.6 00 BURRELL, Trahson 31 11 741 23.9 105 234 .449 20 69 .290 52 81 .642 73 87 160 5.2 58 1 59 38 17 27 282 9.1 20 WOODSON, Avery 32 30 872 27.3 85 227 .374 61 162 .377 23 28 .821 8 68 76 2.4 95 3 36 34 8 32 254 7.9 05 KING, Nick 28 7 528 18.9 74 183 .404 6 24 .250 47 74 .635 51 83 134 4.8 41 0 28 29 9 16 201 7.2 15 JOHNSON, Kedren 27 17 634 23.5 58 144 .403 24 68 .353 41 50 .820 8 50 58 2.1 57 1 74 54 5 11 181 6.7 01 CRAWFORD, Markel 30 22 682 22.7 67 166 .404 25 83 .301 19 26 .731 16 54 70 2.3 54 0 54 36 3 32 178 5.9 23 IVERSON, Kuran 8 0 94 11.8 13 26 .500 2 5 .400 9 12 .750 6 9 15 1.9 15 1 8 13 4 3 37 4.6 40 GODFREY, Calvin 31 9 438 14.1 50 115 .435 0 0 .000 38 60 .633 45 66 111 3.6 67 2 10 23 24 18 138 4.5 03 POWELL, Pookie 27 11 416 15.4 43 114 .377 15 52 .288 16 24 .667 4 32 36 1.3 30 0 72 54 4 20 117 4.3 11 HAWKINS, Chris 18 2 205 11.4 20 41 .488 2 4 .500 8 14 .571 21 27 48 2.7 21 0 10 10 2 7 50 2.8 12 CUNNINGHAM, D’Marnie 20 0 217 10.9 22 59 .373 3 10 .300 8 11 .727 3 12 15 0.8 22 0 33 22 4 15 55 2.8 42 MCDOWELL, Jake 10 1 24 2.4 2 8 .250 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 4 4 0.4 5 0 1 2 0 2 5 0.5 TM Team 40 42 82 2.6 1 13 0 Total 32 6450 802 1827 .439 166 506 .328 385 578 .666 409 786 1195 37.3 587 10 460 427 208 224 2155 67.3 Opponents 32 6450 694 1749 .397 164 540 .304 467 677 .690 363 697 1060 33.1 517 - 376 406 113 238 2019 63.1

returning players in italics

2015-16 Roster 2015-16 Newcomers

No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School Randall Broddie, G, Fr., 6-2, 166 0 Trahson Burrell G/F Sr. 6-6 170 Albany, N.Y./Lee College (Texas) Oxon Hill, Md./Potomac HS 1 F/G Fr. 6-7 218 Memphis, Tenn./Hamilton HS • Rated the No. 7 shooting guard in the nation as well as the 2 Shaq Goodwin F Sr. 6-9 250 Atlanta, Ga./Southwest DeKalb HS country’s No. 45 overall player by Scout.com 3 Avery Woodson G Jr. 6-1 192 Waynesboro, Miss./East Mississippi CC • Averaged 20.2 points, 4.3 assists and 2.2 rebounds in 2013-14 4 Dante Scott G Fr. 6-3 212 Smyrna, Ga./IMG Academy as he helped lead Potomac to the Maryland Class 2A state 5 Markel Crawford G So. 6-4 190 Memphis, Tenn./Melrose HS championship 10 Jeremiah Martin G Fr. 6-1 174 Memphis, Tenn./Mitchell HS 11 Randall Broddie G Fr. 6-2 166 Oxon Hill, Md./Potomac HS Dedric Lawson, F/G, Fr., 6-7, 218 12 Craig Randall G Fr. 6-4 173 Phoenix, Ariz. / Shadow Mountain HS Memphis, Tenn./Hamilton HS 14 K.J. Lawson G/F Fr. 6-5 198 Memphis, Tenn./Hamilton HS • A consensus top-30 recruit rated among the nation’s top 15 Kedren Johnson G Sr. 6-3 220 Lewisburg, Tenn./Vanderbilt 20 Ricky Tarrant Jr. G Sr. 6-1 193 Pleasant Grove, Ala./Alabama players by ESPN.com (No. 28), 247sports.com (No. 7), 30 Nick Marshall F Fr. 6-11 252 Lexington, Tenn./Lexington HS Rivals.com (No. 26) and Scout.com (No. 20) 32 Caleb Wallingford G/F Sr. 6-5 214 Elkhorn, Neb. /McLennan CC • Helped lead Hamilton High School to a 27-7 record in 2013-14 42 Jake McDowell G/F Jr. 6-6 196 Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers HS K.J. Lawson, G/F, Fr., 6-5, 198 Memphis, Tenn./Hamilton HS Head Coach: Josh Pastner (Arizona ’98) • A consensus top-50 recruit rated among the nation’s top Assistant Coach: Robert Kirby (Texas-Pan American ’83) players by ESPN.com (No. 40), 247sports.com (No. 45), Assistant Coach: Damon Stoudamire (Arizona, 2008) Rivals.com (No. 55) and Scout.com (No. 42) Assistant Coach: Keelon Lawson (Union ‘10) • 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 reclassifi cation 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

Ricky Tarrant Jr., G, Sr., 6-1, 193 Pleasant Grove, Ala./Alabama • Played the 2014-15 season at the 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 KKedrenedren JJohnsonohnson 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) L, 56-71 3,250 King 16/King 7 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational 24 Prairie View A&M (ESPN3) W, 77-49 14,412 Goodwin 16/Burrell 9 28 vs Baylor 2 (FS1) L, 47-71 5,500 Powell 13/Nichols 6 28 vs Indiana State 2 (FS1) W, 72-62 5,500 Goodwin 19/Goodwin 8

DECEMBER Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational 2 Stephen F. Austin (ESPNews) L, 52-64 13,201 Nichols 16/Three with 6 6 Bradley (ESPNU) W, 73-45 13,807 Goodwin 15/Goodwin 12 13 Oklahoma State (ESPN2) L, 55-73 14,501 Burrell, Iverson 13/Nichols 13 15 North Carolina Central (ESPN3) W, 81-47 13,126 Burrell 15/King 9 17 USC Upstate (ESPN3) W, 83-73 13,020 Burrell 17/Burrell 12 20 Oral Roberts (CBSSN) W, 78-63 13,084 Nichols 15/Nichols 9 23 Western Illinois (ESPN3) W, 78-51 12,995 Three with 12/King 10 31 Houston * (ESPNU) W, 73-54 13,415 Woodson 23/Nichols 11

JANUARY 3 Tulane * (ESPNU) L, 66-74 13,914 Nichols 28/Nichols, Goodwin 9 8 at SMU * (ESPN2) L, 59-73 6,807 Nichols 11/Hawkins 7 11 at Houston * (CBSSN) W, 62-44 2,697 Nichols 16/Nichols 7 15 Cincinnati * (ESPN) W, 63-50 14,916 Nichols 17/Nichols, Godfrey 8 17 UCF * (ESPNews) W, 99-79 14,027 Goodwin, King 16/Burrell 12 21 at Tulsa * (ESPNU) L, 55-73 5,303 Woodson 15/Woodson 8 24 at Tulane * SK (ESPNU) W, 57-55 3,109 Nichols 17/Nichols 9 28 East Carolina * (CBSSN) W, 70-58 13,335 Nichols 21/King 7 31 at Gonzaga (ESPN2) L, 64-82 6,000 King 13/Burrell, Goodwin 8

FEBRUARY 4 Jacksonville State (ESPN3) W, 74-48 13,385 Goodwin 16/Nichols, Goodwin 7 7 Temple * (ESPNews) L, 60-61 14,381 Nichols 17/Goodwin 23 10 at East Carolina * (ESPNU) L, 53-64 4,519 King, Goodwin 13/Goodwin 12 14 at USF * (ESPNU) W, 75-48 3,288 Goodwin 18/Goodwin 9 19 UConn * (ESPN) W, 75-72 14,652 Johnson 21/Nichols 8 22 at UCF * (CBSSN) ot W, 75-65 4,543 Nichols 20/Goodwin 10 26 SMU * (ESPN2) L, 57-66 14,523 Goodwin 17/Nichols 8 28 Tulsa * (ESPNU) ot L, 72-74 15,784 Goodwin 17/Three with 8

MARCH 5 at UConn * (ESPN2) W, 54-53 10,167 Burrell 22/Godfrey 10 8 at Cincinnati (CBS) L, 65-77 12,358 Goodwin 22/Goodwin 8 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 13 vs Temple (ESPN2) L, 75-80 7,056 Burrell 16/Goodwin 9

* American Athletic Conference game 1 Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, S.D. AAveryvery WoodsonWoodson 2 Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, Nev. SK , New Orleans, La. 3 PNC Arena, Raleigh, N.C.

Head Coach Pastner’s Record Career Record (six years) ...... 130-44 (.747) Josh Pastner Memphis Record (six years) ...... 130-44 (.747) Hired at Memphis - April 6, 2009 NCAA Record (four appearances) ...... 2-4 (.333) Coaching File - Memphis, assistant NIT Record (one appearance) ...... 1-1 (.500) coach, 2008-09; Arizona, assistant coach, 2002-08; Arizona, video coordi- nator/recruiting coordinator, 2001-02. Year-By-Year Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason 2009-10 Memphis 24-10 13-3/2nd 0-1 1-1/NIT Highlights - Only head coach in 2010-11 Memphis 25-10 10-6/4th 3-0 0-1/NCAA Memphis history to win 100 games 2011-12 Memphis 26-9 13-3/1st 3-0 0-1/NCAA in his first four seasons; ranks sixth 2012-13 Memphis 31-5 16-0/1st 3-0 1-1/NCAA on Memphis’ career wins chart after 2013-14 Memphis 24-10 12-6/t3rd 0-1 1-1/NCAA just four years; won three Conference 2014-15 Memphis 18-10 10-8/t5th 0-1 USA tournament titles.

Collegiate File - Four-year letter- winner at Arizona; named Academic All-Pac-10 second team as a senior; Helped team to the 1997 NCAA cham- pionship; 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.

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UUNIVERSITYNIVERSITY OOFF SOUTHSOUTH FLORIDAFLORIDA 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: ...... (, 1995)

MMEDIAEDIA RELATIONSRELATIONS Assistant Director of Athletic Communications: Steven Schoon Office Phone: ...... (813) 974-4087 Mobile: ...... (620) 218-1693 E-mail: ...... [email protected] Press Row Phone: ...... (813) 974-8236

BBULLS’ULLS’ TEAMTEAM FACTSFACTS 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

UUSFSF BBULLSULLS

DDr.r. JudyJudy GenshaftGenshaft MMarkark HarlanHarlan OOrlandorlando AntiguaAntigua PPresidentresident DDirectorirector ofof AAthleticsthletics HHeadead CoachCoach

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

MARCH 2 East Carolina* (ESPNU) ...... 9 p.m. NNehemiasehemias MMorilloorillo 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 return- ers 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 trans- fer Roddy Peters. The 6-3 guard was a five-star recruit out of Suit- land High School and played his freshman season at Maryland.

• Two of this season’s most anticipated coaching matchups in- clude Orlando Antigua against Kentucky’s , 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.

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2014-15 Statistics

TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 04 ALLEN JR., Corey 28 27 937 33.5 156 351 .444 40 114 .351 80 101 .792 24 78 102 3.6 56 1 71 71 9 43 432 15.4 01 PERRY, Chris 19 18 496 26.1 85 173 .491 0 2 .000 36 61 .590 37 98 135 7.1 56 2 12 41 24 15 206 10.8 05 MORILLO, Nehemias 30 23 838 27.9 117 278 .421 37 116 .319 32 43 .744 31 99 130 4.3 69 2 38 64 7 20 303 10.1 25 HOLSTON JR., Troy 29 11 671 23.1 73 219 .333 39 126 .310 44 62 .710 19 56 75 2.6 57 2 19 30 7 18 229 7.9 11 COLLINS, Anthony 32 32 1084 33.9 91 206 .442 8 29 .276 38 56 .679 10 73 83 2.6 74 2 167 76 3 49 228 7.1 35 ZEIGLER, Bo 31 16 753 24.3 83 164 .506 0 3 .000 32 78 .410 41 97 138 4.5 92 8 16 46 35 11 198 6.4 33 GUERRERO, Ruben 28 22 678 24.2 63 133 .474 0 0 .000 25 49 .510 68 61 129 4.6 49 0 7 34 43 8 151 5.4 20 MERCURIUS, Dinero 29 3 404 13.9 33 84 .393 8 39 .205 23 28 .821 16 39 55 1.9 54 1 21 15 0 11 97 3.3 15 COUSINS, Jaleel 32 8 367 11.5 32 68 .471 0 0 .000 29 67 .433 32 51 83 2.6 77 5 3 37 23 4 93 2.9 00 CLAYTON, Dre 28 0 215 7.7 9 37 .243 3 18 .167 5 11 .455 12 31 43 1.5 21 0 7 12 5 4 26 0.9 13 BODWAY, Jake 15 0 32 2.1 3 7 .429 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 4 0 1 2 0 1 7 0.5 TM Team 53 58 111 3.5 0 8 0 Total 32 6475 745 1720 .433 136 448 .304 344 556 .619 343 741 1084 33.9 609 24 362 436 156 184 1970 61.6 Opponents 32 6475 736 1742 .423 216 588 .367 501 735 .682 393 746 1139 35.6 551 - 407 392 131 214 2189 68.4

returning players in italics

2015-16 Roster 2015-16 Newcomers

No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School Justin David G, So., 6-2, 180 0 Jahmal McMurray G Fr. 6-0 175 Topeka, Kan./Sunrise Christian Academy Pittsburgh, Pa./ 1 Chris Perry F Jr. 6-8 242 Bartow, Fla./Bartow Senior HS • Walk-on who practiced but did not play for the Bulls in 2014- 2 Geno Thorpe* G Jr. 6-3 180 Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn State 15 due to NCAA transfer rule • Played one season prior to USF at Grove City College 3 Roddy Peters G So. 6-3 192 District Heights, Md./Maryland • Played high school at Mt. Lebanon located in Pa. Pa where 5 Nehemias Morillo G Sr. 6-5 180 Santiago, Dominican Republic/Monroe College-N.Y. he averaged 14 points per game as a senior 10 Tre’ Bryant G Jr. 5-11 175 Bradenton, Fla./State College of Florida 13 Jake Bodway G So. 6-2 185 Bloomington, Minn./Bloomington Jefferson HS Jahmal McMurray, G, Fr., 6-0, 175 14 Justin David G So. 6-2 180 Pittsburgh, Pa./Grove City College Topeka, Kan./Sunrise Christian Academy 15 Jaleel Cousins C Sr. 6-11 265 Mobile, Ala./Navarro College-Texas • Rated a three-star recruit by Rivals.com 21 Tulio Da Silva* F Fr. 6-8 200 Formiga, Brazil/Arlington Country Day-Fla. • Was a three-time all-state selection at Highland Park High 22 Angel Nunez F Sr. 6-8 202 Washington Heights, N.Y./Gonzaga School, including fi rst-team all-state as a senior 25 Troy Holston Jr. G So. 6-4 200 Queens, N.Y./Oldsmar Christian-Fla. • Averaged 19.7 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals 33 Ruben Guerrero C So. 6-11 225 Marbella, Spain/Sunrise Christian Academy-Kan. per game as a senior for Highland Park 35 Bo Zeigler F So. 6-6 202 Detroit, Mich./Community HS • Was the City Player of the Year for Topeka s and led High- 42 Luis Santos F Fr. 6-8 245 Bronx, N.Y./Sunrise Christian Academy-Kan. land Park to the state championship game during his junior and senior seasons

Head Coach: Orlando Antigua (Pittsburgh ‘95) Angel Nunez, F, Sr., 6-8, 202 Assistant Coach: Sergio Garcia (Nova Southeastern ‘87) Washington Heights, N.Y./Gonzaga Assistant Coach: Rod Strickland (Northeastern Illinois ‘13) • Spent the past two seasons at Gonzaga, after he sat out the Assistant Coach: Oliver Antigua (Pittsburgh ‘98) fi rst semester during the 2013-14 season per NCAA transfer rules; averaged 2.7 points and 1.9 rebounds as a junior * Transfer who will sit out the 2015-16 season due to NCAA rules. • Originally signed with Louisville and played for the Cardinals as a freshman, but sat out the fi rst 10 games as a sopho- more with a concussion before deciding to transfer • As a freshman at Louisville, played in 12 games and aver- aged 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 fi nals 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 fi ve-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

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 JJaleelaleel CCousinsousins • Attended St. Raymond High School (N.Y.) and averaged 11.1 points and 5.6 rebounds in 14 games during the 2012-13 season

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2014-15 Results (9-23, 3-15 American) (Home: 8-9/Away: 1-13/Neutral: 0-1) Att High Scorer/Rebounder NOVEMBER 14 Flagler W, 75-61 3,621 Perry 18/Morillo 10 Global Sports Shootout 16 Jackson State (ESPN3) W, 73-64 3,095 Perry 21/Perry 10 20 at Alabama-Birmingham ot W, 73-71 2,501 Perry 18/Perry, Allen Jr. 8 Global Sports Shootout 23 at North Carolina State (ESPNU) L, 65-68 15,157 Allen Jr. 14/Morillo 7 25 Hofstra (ESPN3) W, 71-70 3,228 Allen Jr. 18/Morillo 6 29 Jacksonville (ESPN3) W, 79-65 2,993 Allen Jr. 29/Zeigler 8

DECEMBER 2 at Alabama (SEC Network) L, 71-82 9,342 Allen Jr. 16/Perry 8 6 at Detroit (ESPN3) L, 57-67 2,664 Allen Jr. 26/Perry 7 15 Georgia Southern (ESPN3) L, 63-68 2,912 Perry 16/Perry 12 18 Seton Hall (CBSSN) L, 69-89 3,330 Perry 16/Perry 8 MetroPCS Basketball Classic 20 vs Florida State1 (SportSouth) L, 62-75 10,175 Allen Jr. 31/Perry 8 23 Southeastern Louisiana (ESPN3) W, 78-63 2,818 Allen Jr. 19/Perry 8 28 Bowling Green (ESPN3) L, 70-79 3,513 Perry 21/Perry 11 31 at SMU* (ESPN2) L, 49-83 6,624 Perry 12/Perry 8

JANUARY 3 East Carolina* (ESPN3) W, 58-50 3,184 Guerrero 13/Zeigler 8 6 UConn* (ESPN2) L, 44-58 6,128 Allen Jr. 12/Perry 8 11 at Tulane* (ESPN3) ot L, 51-56 1,977 Allen Jr. 13/Guerrero 11 17 Tulsa* (ESPNU) L, 58-75 3,165 Morillo 15/Morillo 6 22 at Temple* (ESPNews) L, 48-73 5,352 Allen Jr. 12/Guerrero, Cousins 6 25 at UConn* (CBSSN) L, 53-66 14,105 Morillo 18/Allen Jr. 4 28 SMU* (ESPNU) L, 52-63 3,589 Morillo, Allen Jr. 18/Cousins 10 31 at Tulsa* (ESPNews) ot L, 71-78 4,939 Allen Jr. 32/Clayton 7

FEBRUARY 4 Temple* (ESPNews) L, 48-61 3,249 Allen Jr. 16/Guerrero 14 7 at Cincinnati* (ESPNews) L, 58-63 11,670 Allen Jr. 18/Cousins 7 11 at UCF* (ESPNews) L, 62-73 6,201 Allen Jr. 15/Collins 8 14 Memphis* (ESPNU) L, 48-75 3,288 Guerrero 17/Allen Jr. 7 17 Houston* (ESPNews) W, 69-67 3,128 Holston Jr. 18/Three with 6 21 at East Carolina* (ESPNU) L, 60-73 5,073 Allen Jr. 28/Allen Jr. 8

MARCH 1 at Houston* (ESPN3) L, 55-72 2,816 Holston Jr. 22/Holston Jr. 7 4 UCF* (ESPNU) W, 74-45 3,417 Zeigler 20/Holston Jr., Zeigler 10 7 Tulane* (ESPNews) L, 63-67 3,163 Holston Jr. 21/Guerrero 5 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 12 vs UConn (ESPNews) L, 43-69 5,431 Morillo 13/Guerrero 7 RRubenuben GGuerrerouerrero * American Athletic Conference game 1 BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla.

Head Coach Antigua’s Record Career Record (one year) ...... 9-23 (.281) Orlando Antigua USF Record (one year) ...... 9-23 (.281) @USFCoachO NCAA Record ...... 0-0 (.000) Hired at USF - March 31, 2014 Coaching File - Kentucky, assistant Year-By-Year coach, 2009-14; Memphis, assistant Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason coach, 2008-09; Pittsburgh, assistant 2014-15 USF 9-23 3-15/11th 0-1 coach, 2005-08; Pittsburgh, director of operations, 2003-05.

Highlights - Made three Final Four appearances, two national champi- onship 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 (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.

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SOUTHERNS METHODIST UNIVERSITY Location:L ...... Dallas, Texas Enrollment:E ...... 10,981 Founded:F ...... 1911 Nickname:N ...... Mustangs Colors:C ...... Red and Blue Website:W ...... SMUMustangs.com Arena:A ...... (7,000) President:P ...... Dr. R. Gerald Turner DirectorD of Athletics: ...... Rick Hart HeadH Coach: ...... Larry Brown (North Carolina ’63)

MEDIAM RELATIONS DirectorD of Public Relations: ...... Herman Hudson OfficeO Phone: ...... (214) 768-1304 Mobile:M ...... (214) 924-0358 E-mail:E ...... [email protected] PressP Row Phone: ...... (214) 768-7742

MMUSTANGS’USTANGS’ TTEAMEAM FACTSFACTS 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

SSMUMU MUSTANGSMUSTANGS

DDr.r. R.R. GeraldGerald TurnerTurner RRickick HartHart LLarryarry BrownBrown PPresidentresident DDirectorirector ofof AthleticsAthletics HHeadead CoachCoach

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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.

MARCH 3 UConn* (ESPN/ESPN2) ...... 9 p.m. NNicic MooreMoore 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 Cham- pionship to earn an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. The title marks the second time SMU has won a conference tour- nament (1988 ). 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 As- sociated 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.

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2014-15 Statistics TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 11 MOORE, Nic 34 34 1179 34.7 156 371 .420 77 185 .416 104 117 .889 8 70 78 2.3 64 0 175 87 1 43 493 14.5 05 KENNEDY, Markus 24 0 551 23.0 108 197 .548 0 3 .000 70 109 .642 56 94 150 6.3 53 1 27 37 20 33 286 11.9 02 MOREIRA, Yanick 34 34 828 24.4 144 262 .550 0 0 .000 89 139 .640 80 139 219 6.4 61 0 33 60 40 24 377 11.1 04 FRAZIER, Keith 17 16 473 27.8 61 136 .449 23 69 .333 34 42 .810 10 58 68 4.0 26 0 23 21 6 14 179 10.5 00 MOORE, Ben 34 30 762 22.4 82 187 .439 0 0 .000 77 113 .681 66 95 161 4.7 84 4 64 55 30 31 241 7.1 01 MANUEL, Ryan 34 29 983 28.9 77 152 .507 4 11 .364 64 108 .593 25 88 113 3.3 78 1 72 39 13 19 222 6.5 15 CUNNINGHAM, Cannen 34 5 546 16.1 86 157 .548 1 7 .143 41 55 .745 35 85 120 3.5 65 1 18 38 21 19 214 6.3 20 MARTIN, Justin 10 1 122 12.2 20 40 .500 4 13 .308 13 18 .722 3 19 22 2.2 9 0 7 10 0 4 57 5.7 03 BROWN, Sterling 34 17 814 23.9 64 122 .525 20 45 .444 29 37 .784 51 104 155 4.6 63 0 70 31 8 29 177 5.2 21 EMELOGU, Ben 34 4 516 15.2 31 112 .277 16 60 .267 16 22 .727 7 55 62 1.8 45 0 34 29 7 20 94 2.8 22 WILFONG, Jonathan 7 0 22 3.1 3 6 .500 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 2 1 3 0.4 1 0 1 2 0 1 7 1.0 24 MUDIAY, Jean-Micheal 6 0 15 2.5 0 5 .000 0 3 .000 3 7 .429 0 1 1 0.2 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.5 10 DUNLEAVY, Kevin 7 0 14 2.0 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 2 2 0.3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 TM Team 45 45 90 2.6 0 12 0 Total 34 6825 832 1750 .475 145 400 .363 541 770 .703 388 856 1244 36.6 551 7 524 426 146 237 2350 69.1 Opponents 34 6825 691 1815 .381 268 823 .326 382 562 .680 357 659 1016 29.9 642 - 421 441 124 224 2032 59.8 returning players in italics

2015-16 Roster 2015-16 Newcomers

No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School Sedrick Barefi eld, G, Fr., 6-2,190 0 Ben Moore F Jr. 6-8 205 Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook HS Corona, Calif./Centennial HS 1 Malik ‘Shake’ Milton G Fr. 6-5 195 Owasso, Okla./Owasso HS • As a senior, he led Centennial to a 25-6 record while aver- 2 Sedrick Barefi eld G Fr. 6-2 190 Corona, Calif./Centennial HS aging 20.6 points, 4.2 assists, 2.2 rebounds and 1.4 steals 3 Sterling Brown G Jr. -6 200 Maywood, Ill./Proviso East HS • Named Southern Section All-Open Division, Riverside 4 Keith Frazier G Jr. 6-5 190 Dallas, Texas/Kimball HS Press-Enterprise All-Area Player of the Year, Los Angeles 5 Markus Kennedy F Sr. 6-9 245 Philadelphia, Pa./Villanova Times All-Area, High School GameTime Boys Basketball 10 Jarrey Foster G Fr. 6-5 200 Houston, Texas/North Shore HS Player of the Year, Big VIII League MVP and All-CIF third 11 Nic Moore G Sr. 5-9 170 Winona Lake, Ind./Illinois State team after the 2015 season 21 Ben Emelogu II G Jr. 6-6 205 Grand Prairie, Texas/ • Co-MVP of the Big League VIII after the 2014 season1 22 Jonathan Wilfong G Jr. 6-2 185 Memphis, Tenn./Memphis University School 23 Jordan Tolbert F Sr. 6-7 240 Fort Worth, Texas/Texas Tech Jarrey Foster, G, Fr., 6-5, 200 33 Semi Ojeleye F Jr. 6-8 230 Ottawa, Kansas/Duke Houston, Texas/North Shore HS • Missed senior season due to injury Head Coach: Larry Brown (North Carolina ‘63) • As a junior, he led North Shore to the UIL Class 5A State Associate Head Coach: (Kansas State ‘82) Championship after averaging 12.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, Assistant Coach: K.T. Turner (Oklahoma City ‘03) 1.5 blocks and 1.2 steals Assistant Coach: Jerry Hobbie (Fordham ‘85) • 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 quarterfi nals • Played for the 2015 Oklahoma Coaches Association Boys All-State Large East Team • Named the 2014 and 2015 Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year

MMarkusarkus KKennedyennedy

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2014-15 Results (27-7, 15-3 American) (Home: 16-2/Away: 9-4/Neutral: 2-1) Att High Scorer/Rebounder NOVEMBER Hoosiers Showcase 14 Lamar (ESPN3)1 W, 93-54 6,971 B. Moore 22/B. Moore 9 17 at Gonzaga (ESPN2) L, 56-72 6,000 B. Moore 11/B. Moore, Moreira 8 Hoosiers Showcase 20 at Indiana ()1 L, 68-74 17,472 B. Moore 16/Brown 9 22 Eastern Washington (ESPN3)1 W, 77-68 6,852 N. Moore 22/Brown 11 25 Arkansas (ESPNews) L, 72-78 7,086 Moreira 20/Moreira 10 Hoosiers Showcase 26 Texas Southern (ESPN3)1 W, 72-59 6,852 N. Moore 17/Moreira 7 30 Monmouth (ESPN3) W, 63-51 6,852 N. Moore 23/B. Moore 8

DECEMBER 5 Wyoming (ESPNews) W, 66-53 6,852 N. Moore 25/Moreira 13 8 UC Santa Barbara (CBSSN) ot W, 80-73 6,852 Frazier 20/Cunningham 10 17 Illinois-Chicago (CBSSN) W, 67-46 6,852 N. Moore, Frazier 16/Frazier 10 20 at Michigan (ESPN2) W, 62-51 12,221 Moreira 19/Manuel 8 29 Midwestern State (ESPN3) W, 70-61 6,589 N. Moore 23/B. Moore 13 31 USF* (ESPN2) W, 83-49 6,624 B. Moore 15/Cunningham 6

JANUARY 3 at Cincinnati* (ESPN2) L, 50-56 10,013 Manuel 14/Kennedy 5 8 Memphis* (ESPN2) W, 73-59 6,807 Kennedy 21/Frazier 8 11 at UCF* (CBSSN) W, 70-61 3,664 N. Moore 21/Moreira 8 14 at Temple* (CBSSN) W, 60-55 7,695 Kennedy 21/Kennedy 7 17 East Carolina* (CBSSN) W, 77-54 7,001 N. Moore 14/Brown 7 21 at Tulane* (CBSSN) W, 66-52 3,115 N. Moore 18/Cunningham 10 24 Houston* (CBSSN) W, 80-59 7,094 N. Moore 28/B. Moore 10 28 at USF* (ESPNU) W, 63-52 3,589 Kennedy 22/Moreira 10 31 UCF* (ESPNU) W, 75-46 7,043 Manuel 20/Kennedy 11

FEBRUARY 5 Cincinnati* (ESPN) L, 54-62 7,098 Cunningham 14/Kennedy 9 7 at Tulsa* (ESPNU) W, 68-57 7,677 N. Moore 23/Moreira 13 12 at Houston* (ESPNU) W, 75-69 3,315 Kennedy 15/Moreira 9 14 UConn* (ESPN) W, 73-55 7,395 Three with 13/Moreira 10 19 Temple* (ESPN2) W, 67-58 6,852 N. Moore 18/Kennedy 6 26 at Memphis* (ESPN2) W, 66-57 14,523 N. Moore 16/B. Moore 8

MARCH 1 at UConn* (CBS) L, 73-81 15,564 Kennedy 18/Kennedy 9 8 Tulsa* (ESPNU) W, 67-62 7,314 Kennedy 16/Cunningham 12 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 13 vs East Carolina (ESPN2) W, 74-68 7,056 N. Moore 20/Three with 6 14 vs Temple (ESPN2) W, 69-56 10,114 Kennedy 17/Brown 10 15 at UConn (ESPN) W, 62-54 13,365 Kennedy 15/Brown 12 NCAA Championship 19 vs UCLA (truTV)2 L, 59-60 21,639 N. Moore 24/Kennedy 9 BBenen MMooreoore

* American Athletic Conference game 2 KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky.

Head Coach Brown’s Record Career Record (10 years) ...... 246-95 (.721) Larry Brown SMU (three years) ...... 69-34 (.670) @LarryBrownSMU Kansas (fi ve years) ...... 135-44 (.754) UCLA (two years) ...... 37-16 (.698) Hired at SMU – April 19, 2012

Coaching File – Head coach of the Char- NCAA Record (seven appearances) ...... 19-6 (.760) lotte Bobcats from 2008-10; head coach of NIT Record (one appearance) ...... 4-1 (.800) the from 2005-06; Head coach of the from 2003-05; head coach of the from Year-By-Year 1997-2003; head coach of the Indiana Pac- Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason ers from 1993-97; head coach of the Los An- 1979-80 UCLA 22-10 12-6/4th 5-1/NCAA geles Clippers from 1992-93; head coach of 1980-81 UCLA 20-7 13-5/3rd 0-1/NCAA the from 1988-92; head 1983-84 Kansas 22-10 9-5/2nd 1-1/NCAA coach at Kansas from 1983-88, winning 1984-85 Kansas 26-8 11-3/2nd 1-1/NCAA the NCAA title in 1988; head coach of the 1985-86 Kansas 35-4 13-1/1st 4-1/NCAA New Jersey Nets from 1981-83; head coach 1986-87 Kansas 25-11 9-5/t-2nd 2-1/NCAA of UCLA from 1979-81; head coach of the 1987-88 Kansas 27-11 9-5/3rd 6-0/NCAA Champion from 1974-79; head coach 2012-13 SMU 15-17 5-11/11th of the Carolina Cougars (ABA) from 1972-74; 2013-14 SMU 27-10 12-6/t3rd 0-1 4-1/NIT assistant coach at North Carolina from 2014-15 SMU 27-7 15-3/1st 3-0 0-1/NCAA 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.

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TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Location: ...... Philadelphia, Pa. Enrollment: ...... 39,000 Founded: ...... 1884 Nickname: ...... Owls Colors: ...... Cherry and White Website: ...... OwlSports.com Arena: ...... (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: ...... [email protected] 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

TTEMPLEEMPLE OOWLSWLS

DDr.r. NeilNeil D.D. TheobaldTheobald DDr.r. PatrickPatrick KraftKraft FFranran DunphyDunphy PPresidentresident DDirectorirector ooff AAthleticsthletics HHeadead CoachCoach

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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.

MARCH JJoshosh BrownBrown 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. @TUMBBHoops Notebook XL Game played at XL Center in Hartford, Conn. All times Eastern • 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 sea- son, 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 ri- vals 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.

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2014-15 Statistics

TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 02 CUMMINGS, Will 36 35 1224 34.0 159 396 .402 24 105 .229 189 234 .808 33 114 147 4.1 86 0 151 71 7 67 531 14.8 25 DECOSEY, Quenton 37 35 1109 30.0 143 379 .377 51 142 .359 119 177 .672 37 132 169 4.6 70 0 81 66 12 31 456 12.3 03 MORGAN, Jesse 27 27 786 29.1 107 307 .349 68 192 .354 40 49 .816 31 60 91 3.4 35 0 36 20 7 32 322 11.9 15 BOND, Jaylen 35 29 939 26.8 117 263 .445 10 47 .213 22 61 .361 116 161 277 7.9 105 2 32 34 26 48 266 7.6 01 BROWN, Josh 37 2 809 21.9 74 186 .398 21 56 .375 63 73 .863 19 94 113 3.1 60 3 57 35 10 29 232 6.3 00 ENECHIONYIA, Obi 34 4 635 18.7 66 147 .449 12 43 .279 37 47 .787 45 79 124 3.6 81 2 14 17 45 11 181 5.3 04 DINGLE, Daniel 36 12 593 16.5 43 133 .323 17 77 .221 27 47 .574 29 65 94 2.6 55 2 39 33 10 11 130 3.6 34 COLEMAN, Devin 27 0 309 11.4 37 105 .352 18 61 .295 4 14 .286 14 49 63 2.3 18 0 19 15 2 11 96 3.6 10 WILLIAMS, Mark 31 9 410 13.2 37 114 .325 12 43 .279 23 37 .622 27 55 82 2.6 48 0 22 28 5 2 109 3.5 23 WATSON, Devontae 37 30 520 14.1 46 100 .460 0 0 .000 9 19 .474 30 89 119 3.2 62 0 1 11 37 9 101 2.7 11 ROBBINS, Mike 8 0 11 1.4 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0.4 1 0 2 1 0 1 4 0.5 50 NWAKPUDA, Chima 7 0 8 1.1 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 2 2 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.4 41 MCDONNELL, Jimmy 15 1 52 3.5 1 9 .111 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 4 4 8 0.5 8 0 2 5 3 2 3 0.2 13 PENDERGAST, Nick 12 1 20 1.7 1 6 .167 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 1 0 1 0.1 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0.2 TM Team 66 51 117 3.2 0 14 0 Total 37 7425 833 2149 .388 235 772 .304 535 765 .699 453 957 1410 38.1 632 9 457 352 165 254 2436 65.8 Opponents 37 7425 803 2040 .394 210 669 .314 447 683 .654 395 973 1368 37.0 631 - 420 455 149 187 2263 61.2 returning players in italics

2015-16 Roster 2015-16 Newcomers

No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School Ernest Afl akpui, Fr., C, 6-10, 235 0 Obi Enechionyia F So. 6-9 220 Springfi eld, Va./St. James (Md.) School Accra, Ghana/Archbishop Carroll (Pa.) 1 Josh Brown G Jr. 6-3 185 Newark, N.J./St. Anthony’s • Scored 16 points in each of his fi rst three games of his 3 Levan Shawn Alston, Jr. G Fr. 6-4 170 Philadelphia, Pa./The Haverford School senior season at Archbishop Carroll before suffering sea- 4 Daniel Dingle G/F Jr. 6-7 235 Bronx, N.Y./St. Raymond’s son-ending knee injury in practice 10 Mark Williams F Jr. 6-8 240 Cleveland, Ohio/Montrose Christian • As a junior, helped lead his team to a 23-5 record and a berth 11 Trey Lowe G Fr. 6-6 165 Ewing, N.J./Ewing in the quarterfi nals of state tournament 15 Jaylen Bond F Sr. 6-8 240 Philadelphia, Pa./Plymouth-Whitemarsh • Second Team All-State selection as junior where he aver- 22 Mike Robbins G Jr. 6-4 185 Wynnewood, Pa./Lower Merion aged 10.3 points and 8.1 rebounds 23 Devontae Watson F/C Sr. 6-11 215 Ambridge, Pa./Lincoln Park Charter • Earned First Team all-Catholic League and third team 24 Ernest Afl akpui C Fr. 6-10 235 Accra, Ghana/Archbishop Carroll (Pa.) all-Delco as junior. 25 Quenton DeCosey G Sr. 6-5 205 Union, N.J./St. Joseph’s-Metuchen 32 Ayan Nunez de Carvalho G Fr. 6-5 190 Parana, Argentina/Escuela Normal Superior Levan Shawn Alston, Jr., Fr., G, 6-4, 170 34 Devin Coleman G Sr. 6-2 205 Philadelphia, Pa./Friends’ Central Philadelphia, Pa. The Haverford School • 2015 Gatorade Pennsylvania State Player of the Year Head Coach: Fran Dunphy (La Salle ‘70) • Rated 81st in the Class of 2015 by ESPN Assistant Coach: Dwayne Killings (Hampton ‘03) • First Team All-State as a senior, Second Team All-State as Assistant Coach: Aaron McKie (Temple ‘94) a junior Assistant Coach: Shawn Trice (Penn ‘95) • Led Haverford to a 17-11 record and the semifi nals 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 fi rst 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. JJaylenaylen BBondond

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2014-15 Results (26-11, 13-5 American) (Home: 17-2/Away: 7-5/Neutral: 2-4) Att High Scorer/Rebounder NOVEMBER Northwestern Mutual Coaches vs. Cancer Classic 14 American (ESPN3) W, 40-37 5,655 Dingle, Williams 11/Williams 9 17 Louisiana Tech (ESPN3) W, 82-75 4,237 DeCosey, Cummings 20/Williams 10 21 vs Duke 1 (TruTV) L, 58-78 10,135 Cummings 18/Watson 9 22 vs UNLV 1 (TruTV) L, 50-57 10,046 Cummings 21/Williams 9 25 Penn (ESPN3) W, 76-67 4,292 Williams 24/Cummings 7 30 LIU Brooklyn (ESPN3) W, 70-56 3,852 DeCosey 15/Bond 13

DECEMBER 3 at Saint Joseph’s (CBSSN) L, 56-58 4,200 DeCosey 22/Brown 8 6 vs La Salle 2 (ESPNews) W, 58-57 7,445 DeCosey 15/Williams, Bond 5 10 Towson (ESPN3) W, 76-64 2,308 Cummings 22/Bond9 14 at Villanova (FS1) L, 62-85 6,500 DeCosey 18/Bond 7 18 at Delaware W, 82-62 2,182 Morgan, DeCosey 16/DeCosey 7 22 Kansas WF (ESPN2) W, 77-52 11,188 Cummings 19/Bond 10 28 Delaware State (ESPN3) W, 66-56 4,642 Morgan 15/Bond 18 31 at UConn* (ESPN2) ot W, 57-53 13,428 Morgan 17/Morgan, Bond 6

JANUARY 4 UCF* (ESPNews) W, 84-78 4,008 Bond, Cummings 21/Bond 14 7 at Tulane* (ESPNews) W, 64-56 2,875 DeCosey 15/Bond 11 10 Tulsa* (ESPNews) L, 56-63 6,012 Bond 16/Bond 14 14 SMU* (CBSSN) L, 55-60 7,695 Morgan 15/Bond 7 17 at Cincinnati* (ESPNU) L, 53-84 12,071 Morgan 15/Bond, Morgan 10 22 USF* (ESPNews) W, 73-48 5,352 Morgan 19/Bond 7 28 at UCF* (CBSSN) W, 86-62 4,224 Morgan 15/Watson 9 31 Tulane* (CBSSN) W, 55-37 7,254 DeCosey 17/Bond 10

FEBRUARY 4 at USF* (ESPNews) W, 61-48 3,249 Cummings 19/Bond 9 7 at Memphis* (ESPNews) W, 61-60 14,381 Morgan 16/Watson 9 10 Cincinnati* (CBSSN) W, 75-59 6,603 Cummings 21/DeCosey 9 14 East Carolina* (CBSSN) W, 66-53 8,121 Cummings 17/Bond 16 19 at SMU* (ESPN2) L, 58-67 6,852 Cummings 14/Bond 11 22 at Tulsa* (CBSSN) L, 39-55 5,130 Cummings 15/Bond 11 26 Houston* (CBSSN) W, 66-54 7,023 DeCosey 16/Bond, DeCosey 9

MARCH 5 at East Carolina* (ESPNU) W, 70-56 4,790 Cummings 16/DeCosey 8 7 UConn* (ESPN2) W, 75-63 10,026 Cummings 23/DeCosey 6 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 13 vs Memphis (ESPN2) W, 80-75 7,056 Cummings 21/DeCosey 8 14 vs SMU (ESPN2) L, 56-69 10,114 DeCosey 14/Three with 5 National Invitation Tournament 18 Bucknell (ESPN3) W, 73-67 3,862 Cummings 30/Watson 8 22 George Washington (ESPN) W, 90-77 3,404 Cummings 21/Bond 15 25 Louisiana Tech (ESPN2) W, 77-59 3,906 DeCosey 21/DeCosey 11 31 vs Miami (Fla.) (ESPN) 3 L, 57-60 7,185 Enechionyia 17/Enechionyia 8 DDevontaeevontae WatsonWatson

* 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 Dunphy’s Record Career Record (26 years) ...... 503-271 (.650) Fran Dunphy Temple (nine years) ...... 193-108 (.641) Penn (17 years) ...... 310-163 (.655) Hired at Temple - April 10, 2006 NCAA Record (15 appearances) ...... 3-15 (.167) Coaching File - Penn, head coach, NIT Record ...... 3-1 (.750) 1989-06, Penn, assistant coach, 1988- 89; La Salle, assistant coach, 1985-88 Year-By-Year and 1979-80; American, assistant Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason coach, 1980-84; Malvern Prep, head 1989-90 Penn 12-14 7-7/3rd coach, 1977-79; Army, assistant 1990-91 Penn 9-17 6-8/t3rd coach, 1971-75. 1991-92 Penn 16-10 9-5/2nd 1992-93 Penn 22-5 14-0/1st 0-1/NCAA 1993-94 Penn 25-3 14-0/1st 1-1/NCAA Highlights - Has led Temple to Atlan- 1994-95 Penn 22-6 14-0/1st 0-1/NCAA tic-10 regular-season titles in 2010 and 1995-96 Penn 17-10 12-3/t1st 2012 and tournament championships 1996-97 Penn 12-14 8-6/4th in 2008, 2009 and 2010; led Penn to 10 1997-98 Penn 17-12 10-4/2nd 1998-99 Penn 21-6 13-1/1st 0-1/NCAA Ivy League championships and 310 1999-2000 Penn 21-8 14-0/1st 0-1/NCAA wins, ranking second in Ivy League 2000-01 Penn 12-17 9-5/t2nd history; enjoyed a 48-game Ivy League 2001-02 Penn 25-7 12-3/t1st 0-1/NCAA winning streak from 1992-96 2002-03 Penn 22-6 14-0/1st 0-1/NCAA 2003-04 Penn 17-10 10-4/2nd 2004-05 Penn 20-9 13-1/1st 0-1/NCAA Collegiate File - Played for coach at La Salle; Earned a bachelor’s de- 2005-06 Penn 20-9 12-2/1st 0-1/NCAA gree in marketing from La Salle in 1970 and added a master’s degree in counseling 2006-07 Temple 12-18 6-10/10th 0-1 and human relations from Villanova in 1979. 2007-08 Temple 21-13 11-5/t2nd 3-0/1st 0-1/NCAA 2008-09 Temple 22-12 11-5/t2nd 3-0/1st 0-1/NCAA Personal - Native of Drexel Hill, Pa.; Dunphy and his wife, Ree, have a son, J.P. 2009-10 Temple 29-6 14-2/1st 3-0/1st 0-1/NCAA 2010-11 Temple 26-8 14-2/2nd 1-1 1-1/NCAA 2011-12 Temple 24-8 13-3/1st 0-1 0-1/NCAA 2012-13 Temple 24-10 11-5/t3rd 0-1 1-1/NCAA 2013-14 Temple 9-22 4-14/9th 0-1 2014-15 Temple 26-11 13-5/t3rd 1-1 3-1/NIT

60 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball THE TEAMS

TTULANEULANE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY Location: ...... New Orleans, La. Enrollment: ...... 13,462 Founded: ...... 1834 Nickname: ...... Green Wave Colors: ...... Olive Green and Sky Blue Website: ...... TulaneGreenWave.com Arena: ...... (3,600) President: ...... Michael A. Fitts Director of Athletics: ...... Head Coach: ......

MMEDIAEDIA RELATIONSRELATIONS Associate Dir. of Athletic Communications: ....Rachel Perreault Office Phone: ...... (504) 314-7219 Mobile: ...... (504) 495-5251 E-mail: ...... [email protected] Press Row Phone: ...... (504) 862-8122

GGREENREEN WAVE’SWAVE’S TEAMTEAM FACTSFACTS 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

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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.

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.

DDylanylan OOsetkowskisetkowski 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. @GreenWaveMBB Notebook All times Eastern

• Six newcomers were added to the 2015-16 roster including five freshman and graduate transfer, Jernard Jarreau. Coach Con- roy’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. Dab- ney 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.

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2014-15 Statistics

TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 00 DABNEY, Louis 31 30 993 32.0 135 356 .379 61 164 .372 92 118 .780 20 81 101 3.3 64 1 46 50 1 35 423 13.6 24 HOOK, Jay 31 31 928 29.9 111 270 .411 71 182 .390 53 66 .803 32 125 157 5.1 57 0 27 35 4 26 346 11.2 02 STARK, Jonathan 31 31 985 31.8 119 320 .372 30 107 .280 61 84 .726 17 60 77 2.5 60 0 137 76 7 39 329 10.6 21 OSETKOWSKI, Dylan 31 4 687 22.2 77 152 .507 6 12 .500 34 71 .479 68 81 149 4.8 76 4 26 40 10 18 194 6.3 25 HENSON, Payton 31 0 576 18.6 64 163 .393 11 56 .196 53 79 .671 50 70 120 3.9 42 0 20 30 12 12 192 6.2 05 REYNOLDS, Cameron 9 0 119 13.2 21 47 .447 5 17 .294 0 4 .000 8 18 26 2.9 16 0 11 6 0 4 47 5.2 34 DRYE, Tre 31 31 750 24.2 51 114 .447 2 11 .182 45 80 .563 61 91 152 4.9 81 1 23 43 6 20 149 4.8 03 MACK, Kajon 31 1 439 14.2 39 93 .419 8 35 .229 15 20 .750 8 64 72 2.3 44 0 22 30 6 15 101 3.3 01 PINCKNEY, Keith 31 0 291 9.4 31 74 .419 1 11 .091 10 21 .476 2 15 17 0.5 18 0 20 30 0 12 73 2.4 15 SMITH, Ryan 31 27 320 10.3 32 64 .500 0 1 .000 9 22 .409 24 42 66 2.1 60 1 2 22 11 5 73 2.4 11 HEARLIHY, Josh 22 0 186 8.5 13 39 .333 4 14 .286 4 12 .333 15 18 33 1.5 22 1 13 13 1 6 34 1.5 32 ROBERTS, JR., Stan 2 0 6 3.0 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.0 23 LIBERMAN, Aaron 13 0 45 3.5 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 3 2 5 0.4 8 0 2 2 3 1 10 0.8 Team 57 43 100 3.2 0 20 0 Total 31 6325 699 1700 .411 199 610 .326 376 579 .649 365 711 1076 34.7 550 8 349 397 62 193 1973 63.6 Opponents 31 6325 722 1615 .447 158 477 .331 382 584 .654 289 734 1023 33.0 563 - 365 414 132 190 1984 64.0 returning players in italics

2015-16 Roster 2015-16 Newcomers

No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School Melvin Frazier, G, Fr., 6-5, 200 Avondale, La./L. W. Higgins 0 Louis Dabney G Sr. 6-3 210 New Orleans, La./Riverside Academy • Was a four-year letterwinner at L.W. Wiggins, averaged 17.3 points 2 Taron Oliver F Fr. 6-9 310 Oxon Hill, Md./Montrose Christian and 8.6 rebounds per game as a senior 3 Kajon Mack G Jr. 6-3 185 Los Angeles, Calif./Juniper Serra HS • Was the NOLA.com | Times-Picayune Preseason Player of the Year on the New Orleans All-Metro Boys Basketball Team for 2014-15 4 Riley Conroy G Fr. 5-11 175 New Orleans, La./Jesuit HS • Rated as the No. 4 prospect in the NOLA.com Terrifi c 20 and as a 4-star 5 Cameron Reynolds G So. 6-7 215 Pearland, Texas/Pearland HS recruit nationally, No. 3 in the state, by ESPN.com 10 Von Julien G Fr. 6-1 160 Reserve, La./Riverside Academy 11 Kain Harris G Fr. 6-4 210 Chicago, Ill./St. Rita of Cascia Kain Harris, G, Fr., 6-4, 210 Chicago, Ill./St. Rita of Cascia 13 Malik Morgan G Jr. 6-4 205 River Ridge, La./LSU • Averaged 16.2 points, 5.0 rebounds 4.0 assists and led the Mustangs 15 Ryan Smith C Jr. 6-11 250 Wildomar, Calif./Lutheran HS to a 26-3 overall record during his lone year at Saint Rita of Cascia 21 F So. 6-8 245 San Diego, Calif./JSerra Catholic HS • Named to the Chicago Catholic League All-Conference Team • Was a nominee for the McDonald’s All-America Team 22 Jernard Jarreau F Gr. 6-10 235 New Orleans, La./Washington • Helped Morgan Park to back-to-back state championships as a 23 Blake Paul F Fr. 6-9 230 New Orleans, La./Landry-Walker sophomore and junior 35 Melvin Frazier G Fr. 6-5 200 Avondale, La./L. W. Higgins • 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. Head Coach: Ed Conroy (Citadel ‘89) Assistant Coach: Shammond Williams (North Carolina ‘98) Jernard Jarreau, F, Grad., 6-10, 235 Assistant Coach: Anthony Wilkins (Kent State ‘13) New Orleans, La./Washington • After missing the 2013-14 season with a torn ACL, bounced back to Assistant Coach: Quannas White (Oklahoma ‘05) 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 fi rst 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 three- time fi rst-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 letter- winner for track & fi eld

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 fi fth-best player in Louisiana • Was ranked as the 41st best prospect in the class of 2015 by ESPN

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 CCameronameron RReynoldseynolds also participated in the Ty Lawson and Victor Olapido All-American camps the summer before his senior year.

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2014-15 Results (15-16, 6-12 American) (Home: 9-9/Away: 6-5/Neutral: 0-2) Att High Scorer/Rebounder NOVEMBER 17 Wake Forest (ESPN3) L, 49-71 1,922 Dabney 17/Drye 11 20 Mississippi Valley State (ESPN3) W, 100-61 731 Hook 18/Hook 9 Green Wave Classic 22 Southern-New Orleans W, 89-45 463 Reynolds 17/Reynolds 8 25 Southern (ESPN3) W, 74-59 556 Stark, Drye 14/Stark 7 Green Wave Classic 28 Southeastern Louisiana (ESPN3) W, 71-61 983 Dabney 19/Osetkowski 9 30 Tennessee Tech (ESPN3) W, 73-68 912 Stark 14/Osetkowski 6

DECEMBER 3 at Loyola (Ill.) W, 83-70 1,378 Drye 18/Hook 9 6 Mississippi State (ESPN3) W, 59-54 1,483 Hook 17/Drye 6 16 Savannah State (ESPN3) W, 75-67 1,003 Henson 20/Henson 9 19 Jackson State (ESPN3) W, 56-49 1,804 Dabney 22/Hook 9 22 at Washington (Pac-12 Network) L, 57-66 7,130 Osetkowski 12/Osetkowski 9 Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival 28 vs St. John’s 1 (FS1) L, 57-82 Stark 15/Osetkowski 7 31 at East Carolina* (ESPNews) W, 67-59 4,358 Stark 22/Mack 6

JANUARY 3 at Memphis* (ESPNU) W, 74-66 13,914 Stark 24/Drye, Mack 5 7 Temple* (ESPNews) L, 56-64 2,875 Hook 14/Drye 8 11 USF* (ESPN3) ot W, 56-51 1,977 Dabney 25/Mack 7 14 at UCF* (ESPN3) 3ot L, 100-103 4,503 Dabney 26/Hook 9 17 at Houston* (ESPNews) W, 68-65 2,547 Dabney 18/Drye 9 21 SMU* (CBSSN) L, 52-66 3,115 Dabney 16/Hook, Drye 7 24 Memphis* SK (ESPNU) L, 55-57 3,109 Hook 13/Osetkowski 8 27 Tulsa* (ESPNews) L, 55-62 2,365 Henson 12/Three with 5 31 at Temple* (CBSSN) L, 37-55 7,254 Dabney 10/Drye, Osetkowski 7

FEBRUARY 7 UConn* (CBSSN) L, 53-62 3,548 Dabney 13/Henson 6 14 at Cincinnati* (ESPNU) W, 50-49 12,041 Hook 18/Hook 8 19 UCF* (ESPNews) L, 55-69 2,021 Stark 15/Drye 13 22 at UConn* (CBSSN) L, 60-67 9,212 Dabney 19/Hook 8 25 at Tulsa* (ESPNews) L, 55-76 4,603 Dabney 32/Osetkowski 7 28 Cincinnati* (ESPNews) L, 47-63 2,430 Dabney 18/Hook 8

MARCH 4 Houston* (ESPNews) ot L, 63-68 2,041 Dabney, Henson 15/Osetkowski 9 7 at USF* (ESPNews) W, 67-63 3,163 Hook 16/Hook 7 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 12 vs Houston (ESPNU) L, 60-66 5,431 Henson 14/Hook 7

* American Athletic Conference Game 1 Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. LLouisouis DDabneyabney SK Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, La.

Head Coach Conroy’s Record

Ed Conroy Career Record (12 years) ...... 170-214 (.443) @GreenWaveHoops Tulane Record (fi ve years) ...... 80-81 (.497) The Citadel (four years) ...... 49-76 (.392) Hired at Tulane – April 7, 2010 Francis Marion (three years) ...... 41-40 (.513) Coaching File - The Citadel, head coach, 2006-10; Coastal Carolina, assistant coach, NCAA Record ...... 0-0 (.000) 2005-06; Tennessee, assistant coach, CIT Record (two appearances) ...... 1-2 (.333) 2003-05; Tennessee, director of operations, CBI Record (one appearance) ...... 0-1 (.000) 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 Caro- lina State, assistant coach, 1990-93 Year-By-Year Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason Highlights - Guided Tulane to back-to- 1997-98 Francis Marion 16-11 12-4 back postseason tournament appearances 1998-99 Francis Marion 16-12 8-8 in 2013 and 2014; Led the 2012-13 team to 1999-00 Francis Marion 9-17 5-11 its first 20-win season and first postseason 2006-07 The Citadel 7-23 4-14/6thS 0-1 tournament appearance since the 1999-00 2007-08 The Citadel 6-24 1-19/6thS 0-1 campaign; Named 2008-09 The Citadel 20-13 15-5/t2ndS 0-1 0-1/CIT Coach of the Year after a 2008-09 season 2009-10 The Citadel 16-16 9-9/4thS 1-1 in which he led The Citadel to a school-re- 2010-11 Tulane 13-17 3-13/12th 0-1 cord 15 conference victories 2011-12 Tulane 15-16 3-13/12th 0-1 2012-13 Tulane 20-15 6-10/t9th 1-1 1-1/CIT Collegiate File - Three-year starter at The Citadel; Seventh all-time in free-throw percentage 2013-14 Tulane 17-17 8-8/7th 1-1 0-1/CBI for the Bulldogs; Served as team captain as a senior, along with holding the rank of Lt. Colonel 2014-15 Tulane 15-16 6-12/t7th 0-1 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 THE TEAMS

UUNIVERSITYNIVERSITY OOFF TULSATULSA Location: ...... Tulsa, Okla. Enrollment: ...... 4,597 Founded: ...... 1894 Nickname: ...... Golden Hurricane Colors: ...... Old Gold, Royal Blue and Crimson Website: ...... TulsaHurricane.com Arena: ...... (8,355) President: ...... Dr. Steadman Upham Director of Athletics: ...... Dr. Derrick Gragg Head Coach: ...... Frank Haith (Elon, ‘88)

MMEDIAEDIA RELATIONSRELATIONS Director of Athletic Communications: ...... Eric Hollier Office Phone: ...... (918) 631-2492 Mobile: ...... (225) 978-4590 E-mail: ...... [email protected] Press Row Phone: ...... (918) 631-5400

GGOLDENOLDEN HURRICANE’SHURRICANE’S TEAMTEAM FACTSFACTS 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

TTULSAULSA HURRICANEHURRICANE

DDr.r. SteadmanSteadman UphamUpham DDr.r. DerrickDerrick GraggGragg FFrankrank HaithHaith PPresidentresident DDirectorirector ofof AthleticsAthletics HHeadead CoachCoach

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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.

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. JJamesames WWoodardoodard 28 at Memphis* (ESPNU) ...... 4 p.m.

MARCH 5 USF* (ESPNews) ...... 5 p.m

* American Athletic Conference game 1 Paradise Jam at U.S. Virgin Islands 2 Far West Classic at Portland, Ore. @TUMBasketball Notebook All times Eastern

• 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 Janu- ary 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 sec- ond place with a 14-4 record in league play and an overall re- cord 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.

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2014-15 Statistics

TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 10 WOODARD, James 34 34 1174 34.5 158 388 .407 88 238 .370 89 126 .706 18 149 167 4.9 55 1 38 46 8 30 493 14.5 03 HARRISON, Shaquille 34 34 1069 31.4 163 363 .449 13 55 .236 108 171 .632 40 133 173 5.1 83 3 125 81 20 67 447 13.1 01 SMITH, Rashad 34 34 962 28.3 115 253 .455 10 39 .256 45 86 .523 57 146 203 6.0 67 1 25 42 16 17 285 8.4 05 RAY, Rashad 34 7 913 26.9 71 212 .335 40 112 .357 74 92 .804 9 87 96 2.8 59 1 98 40 1 34 256 7.5 15 CURTIS, Marquel 34 27 931 27.4 92 204 .451 19 66 .288 44 63 .698 32 81 113 3.3 53 1 52 61 3 20 247 7.3 40 WRIGHT, D’Andre 34 24 730 21.5 81 208 .389 13 46 .283 63 89 .708 68 82 150 4.4 115 5 30 51 12 7 238 7.0 44 SWANNEGAN, Brandon 34 10 569 16.7 44 96 .458 0 0 .000 41 74 .554 64 72 136 4.0 84 2 4 28 49 19 129 3.8 14 EDOGI, TK 32 0 238 7.4 21 37 .568 0 0 .000 13 36 .361 22 30 52 1.6 29 0 0 11 7 2 55 1.7 23 REPICHOWSKI, Stevie 22 0 98 4.5 5 27 .185 5 24 .208 5 6 .833 0 8 8 0.4 7 0 0 5 0 1 20 0.9 22 WOOD, Nick 4 0 8 2.0 1 4 .250 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.5 11 LITTLEJOHN, Micah 4 0 6 1.5 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5 35 DEW, Keondre 21 0 115 5.5 5 24 .208 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 11 21 32 1.5 12 0 3 10 0 1 10 0.5 55 EZECHINONSO, E. 13 0 37 2.8 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 7 8 0.6 8 0 0 3 0 0 4 0.3 Team 53 54 107 3.1 1 10 0 Total 34 6850 758 1820 .416 188 586 .321 484 746 .649 375 871 1246 36.6 573 14 375 389 116 198 2188 64.4 Opponents 34 6850 722 1835 .393 239 709 .337 381 581 .656 345 832 1177 34.6 659 - 383 439 119 179 2064 60.7

returning players in italics

2015-16 Roster 2015-16 Newcomers

No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School Pat Birt, G, Jr., 6-5, 182 0 Junior Etou* F Jr. 6-7 240 Republic of Congo/Rutgers Plano, Texas/ South Plains JC 1 Rashad Smith G Sr. 6-7 205 Plano, Texas/Plano HS • Attended Illinois-Chicago for one year before transferring 2 Corey Haith G Jr. 5-11 175 Miami, Fla./Missouri to South Plains College • During his freshman season at UIC in 2013-14, averaged 3 Shaquille Harrison G Sr. 6-4 189 Kansas City, Mo./Lee’s Summit West HS 19.4 minutes in 29 games with 15 starts and earned 4 Sterling Taplin G Fr. 6-1 189 East Amherst, N.Y./Williamsville North HS All-Freshman honors. 5 Rashad Ray G Sr. 5-10 172 New Orleans, La./O.P. Walker HS • Four-year letterwinner at Plano East High School, aver- 10 James Woodard G Sr. 6-3 192 Arcadia, Okla./Edmond Memorial HS aged 17.0 points and 7.0 rebounds as a senior earning 11 Pat Birt G Jr. 6-5 182 Plano, Texas/South Plains JC fi rst-team Class 5A All-State and District 10-5A MVP 13 Kajon Brown G Fr. 6-4 185 Harvey, La./Helen Cox HS honors 14 Tarekeyi (TK) Edogi F Jr. 6-8 227 Surprise, Ariz./Westwind Prep 15 Marquel Curtis G Sr. 6-3 202 Plymouth, Minn./Williston State College (N.D.) Kajon Brown, G, Fr., 6-4, 185 22 Nick Wood G Sr. 6-1 168 Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall Harvey, La./Helen Cox HS 40 D’Andre Wright F Sr. 6-9 245 Lawton, Okla./Eisenhower HS • Averaged 14 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.0 per game as a 44 Brandon Swannegan F Sr. 6-9 209 Houston, Texas/Cy-Ridge HS senior 55 Emmanuel Ezechinonso C Sr. 6-11 267 Lagos, Nigeria/Covenant Christian Ministries Acad. (Ga.) • Led Helen Cox to the District 8-5A title and the third round of the state in 2015, and earned all-district hon- Head Coach: Frank Haith (Elon ‘88) ors as both a junior and a senior Assistant Coach: (Howard ‘85) • Most recently, Brown averaged 8.9 points and 4.4 re- bounds playing for the New Orleans Elite traveling team Assistant Coach: Michael Schwartz (Texas ’99) at tournaments in Dallas and Indianapolis during April on Assistant Coach: Shea Seals (Tulsa ’97) the Gauntlet Circuit

* Will redshirt in 2015-16 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 fi ve 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 fi rst-team All-Western New York selection, and one of just fi ve 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 fi ve-year varsity career, and set the school sin- gle-game record with 45 points in 27 minutes as a senior • Played in the Jordan Brand Classic Regional Game at the RRashadashad SSmithmith Barclays Center in Brooklyn

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2014-15 Results (23-11, 14-4 American) (Home: 13-5/Away: 8-5/Neutral: 2-1) Att High Scorer/Rebounder NOVEMBER MGM Grand Main Event 15 at Oral Roberts (ESPN3) L, 68-77 6,534 Wright 17/Smith 9 17 Louisiana-Lafayette (ESPN3) W, 64-53 3,889 Curtis, Ray 16/Swannegan, Woodard 6 19 Abilene Christian (ESPN3) W, 65-39 3,829 Wright 16/Wright 7 MGM Grand Main Event 24 vs Auburn1 (ESPNU) W, 53-35 1,507 Woodard 16/Smith 8 26 vs Oklahoma State1 (ESPN2) L, 58-73 1,712 Harrison 17/Woodard 7 29 at Wichita State (ESPN3) L, 55-75 10,506 Woodard 19/Smith 8

DECEMBER 3 Creighton (ESPN3) W, 77-64 4,383 Woodard 23/Woodard 8 7 at Arkansas-Little Rock W, 78-73 794 Woodard 20/Woodard, Swannegan 10 10 Southeastern Oklahoma State L, 66-69 4,333 Harrison 24/Three with 7 13 Oklahoma (CBSSN) L, 68-87 6,885 Harrison 21/Swannegan, Smith 6 17 Missouri State (ESPN3) W, 74-70 4,245 Woodard 26/Curtis 6 22 Incarnate Word (ESPN3) W, 76-47 4,209 Harrison 24/Wright 10 31 at UCF* (ESPNU) W, 56-54 3,440 Harrison 22/Smith, Wright 8

JANUARY 4 Houston* (ESPNews) W, 72-54 4,171 Woodard, Harrison 18/Smith 9 10 at Temple* (ESPNews) W, 63-56 6,012 Harrison 24/Smith 9 13 UConn* (CBSSN) W, 66-58 6,092 Woodard 21/Woodard 6 17 at USF* (ESPNU) W, 75-58 3,165 Woodard 21/Smith 7 21 Memphis* (ESPNU) W, 73-55 5,303 Harrison 18/Harrison 10 24 at East Carolina* (ESPNews) W, 66-64 4,968 Woodard 17/Wright 10 27 at Tulane* (ESPNews) W, 62-55 2,365 Harrison 16/Curtis 8 31 USF* (ESPNews) ot W, 78-71 4,939 Smith 21/Swannegan 15

FEBRUARY 5 at Houston* (ESPNews) W, 57-44 2,847 Wright 13/Smith 10 7 SMU* (ESPNU) L, 57-68 7,677 Woodard 15/Smith, Harrison 8 12 at UConn* (ESPN2) L, 45-70 11,506 Curis 15/Curtis 6 18 East Carolina* (ESPNU) W, 69-58 4,263 Woodard 19/Harrison 8 22 Temple* (CBSSN) W, 55-39 5,130 Woodard 16/Smith 13 25 Tulane* (ESPNews) W, 76-55 4,603 Woodard 18/Smith 8 28 at Memphis* (ESPNU) ot W, 74-72 15,784 Harrison 23/Harrison 9

MARCH 4 Cincinnati* (CBSSN) L, 47-56 5,840 Ray 15/Swannegan 6 8 at SMU* (ESPNU) L, 62-67 7,314 Woodard 30/Harrison 9 American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 13 vs. Houston (ESPNU) W, 59-51 9,514 Harrison 14/Harrison 9 14 at UConn (ESPNU) L, 42-47 10,114 Harrison 9/Woodard 9 National Invitation Tournament SShaquillehaquille HHarrisonarrison 17 William & Mary (ESPN3) W, 70-67 2,547 Curtis 21/Woodard 10 23 Murray State (ESPN) L, 62-83 3,440 Harrison 15/Harrison 9

* American Athletic Conference Game 1 MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.

Head Coach Haith’s Record Career Record (11 years) ...... 228-140 (.620) Frank Haith Tulsa Record (one year) ...... 23-11 (.676) @FrankHaithTulsa Missouri Record (three years) ...... 76-28 (.731) Miami (Fla.) Record (seven years) ...... 129-101 (.561) Hired at Tulsa – April 18, 2014

Coaching File – Missouri, head coach, NCAA Record (three appearances) ...... 1-3 (.250) 2011-14; Miami (Fla.), head coach, NIT Record (six appearances) ...... 6-6 (.500) 2004-11; Texas, associate head coach, 2003-04, assistant coach, 2001-03; Wake Forest, assistant coach, 1997- 2001, graduate assistant, 1989-90; Year-By-Year Texas A&M, associate head coach, Overall Conference Conf. Tourn. Postseason 1996-97, asssistant coach, 1992-95; 2004-05 Miami (Fla.) 16-13 7-9/t6th 0-1 0-1/NIT Penn State, assistant coach, 1995-96; 2005-06 Miami (Fla.) 18-16 7-9/t7th 1-1 2-1/NIT UNC Wilmington, assistant coach, 2006-07 Miami (Fla.) 12-20 4-12/12th 1-1 1990-92; Elon, assistant coach, 1986-89. 2007-08 Miami (Fla.) 23-11 8-8/t5th 1-1 1-1/NCAA 2008-09 Miami (Fla.) 19-13 7-9/t7th 0-1 1-1/NIT Highlights – Went 76-28, made two 2009-10 Miami (Fla.) 20-13 4-12/12th 2-1 NCAA appearances and one NIT 2010-11 Miami (Fla.) 21-15 6-10/9th 1-1 1-1/NIT appearance at Missouri. Named 2011-12 Missouri 30-5 14-4/5th 3-0/1st 0-1/NCAA AP National Coach of the Year in 2012-13 Missouri 23-11 11-7/t5th 1-1 0-1/NCAA 2012 after leading Missouri to a 30-5 2013-14 Missouri 23-12 9-9/t6th 1-1 1-1/NIT season. Went 129-101 and reached the 2014-15 Tulsa 23-11 14-4/2nd 1-1 1-1/NIT postseason five times as head coach at Miami. Led Miami to the NCAA Second Round in 2008 and made four NIT appear- ances 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.

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2014-15 STANDINGS

AMERICAN OVERALL SCHOOL W-L PCT PF PA H A W-L PCT PF PA H A N STREAK NOTABLE SMU 18/19 15-3 .833 68.9 58.6 8-1 7-2 27-7 .794 69.1 59.8 16-2 9-4 2-1 Lost 1 Mustangs played in fi rst NCAA tournament since 1993 Tulsa 14-4 .778 64.1 58.6 7-2 7-2 23-11 .676 64.4 60.7 13-5 8-5 2-1 Lost 1 Tulsa registered back-to-back 20-win seasons Cincinnati 13-5 .722 62.7 55.2 8-1 5-4 23-11 .676 62.1 55.8 15-3 6-5 2-3 Lost 1 Bearcats made fi fth straight NCAA appearance Temple 13-5 .722 64.1 58.7 7-2 6-3 26-11 .703 65.8 61.2 17-2 7-5 2-4 Lost 1 Owls’ 17-win improvement was best in Division Iy Memphis 10-8 .556 66.1 63.3 5-4 5-4 18-14 .563 67.3 63.1 12-6 5-5 1-3 Lost 2 Tigers rank third nationally with 400 wins since 2000-01 UConn 10-8 .556 63.2 60.3 7-2 3-6 20-15 .571 64.1 60.0 14-6 4-7 2-2 Lost 2 Huskies reached American fi nal in consecutive years Tulane 6-12 .333 59.4 64.7 1-8 5-4 15-16 .484 63.6 64.0 9-9 6-5 0-2 Lost 1 Three Green Wave players averaged double fi gures in scoring East Carolina 6-12 .333 58.1 63.6 5-4 1-8 14-19 .424 64.1 65.9 11-5 1-11 2-3 Lost 1 Pirates made 15 3-pointers in tournament loss to SMU UCF 5-13 .278 64.5 72.9 3-6 2-7 12-18 .400 66.0 71.8 10-8 2-9 0-1 Lost 5 Knights’ top two scorers were freshmen Houston 4-14 .222 60.7 66.3 3-6 1-8 13-19 .406 64.4 65.5 9-8 2-9 2-2 Lost 1 Cougars won four of their last fi ve games to close the season USF 3-15 .167 56.7 66.6 3-6 0-9 9-23 .281 61.6 68.4 8-9 1-13 0-1 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 Thursday, March 12 – First Round (ESPNU/ESPNews) No. 8 East Carolina 81, No. 9 UCF 80 (OT) Second Round • March 19 First Round • March 17 No. 10 Houston 66, No. 7 Tulane 60 South Region • Louisville, Ky. No. 2 Tulsa 70, No. 7 William & Mary 67 No. 6 UConn 69, No. 11 USF 43 No. 11 UCLA 60, No. 6 SMU 59 Midwest Region • Louisville, Ky. First Round • March 18 Friday, March 13 – Quarterfi nals (ESPN2/ESPNU) No. 8 Cincinnati 66, No. 9 Purdue 65 No. 5 Arizona State 68, No. 4 UConn 61 No. 1 SMU 74, No. 8 East Carolina No. 1 Temple 73, No. 8 Bucknell 67 No. 4 Temple 80, No. 5 Memphis 75 Third Round • March 20 No. 2 Tulsa 59, No. 10 Houston 51 Midwest Region • Louisville, Ky. Second Round • March 22 No. 6 UConn 57, No. 3 Cincinnati 54 No. 1 Kentucky 64, No. 8 Cincinnati 51 No. 1 Temple 90, No. 5 George Washington 77 Saturday, March 14 – Semifi nals (ESPN2) Second Round • March 23 SMU 69, Temple 56 No. 3 Murray State 83, No. 2 Tulsa 62 UConn 47, Tulsa 42

Quarterfi nals • March 25 Sunday, March 15 – Final (ESPN) No. 1 Temple 77, No. 3 Louisiana Tech 59 SMU 62, UConn 54

Semifi nals • March 31 New York, N.Y. Miami (Fla.) 60, Temple 57

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Defensive Player Of The Year Player Of The Year Coach Of The Year Rookie Of The Year

Nic Moore Amida Brimah Fran Dunphy Daniel Hamilton Guard • SMU Center • UConn Temple Guard/Forward • UConn

Scholar-Athlete Sportsmanship Of The Year Sixth Man Of The Year Most Improved Player Award

Pat Lenehan Markus Kennedy Yanick Moreira Shaq Goodwin Guard • UConn Forward • SMU Center • SMU Forward • Memphis

ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

All-Conference First Team All-Conference Second Team All-Conference Honorable Mention All-Rookie Team , G, UConn * Octavius Ellis, F, Cincinnati Troy Caupain, G, Cincinnati Adonys Henriquez, G, UCF Austin Nichols, F, Memphis Markus Kennedy, F, SMU Amida Brimah, C, UConn B.J. Taylor, G, UCF Nic Moore, G, SMU * Yanick Moreira, C, SMU Daniel Hamilton, G/F, UConn Gary Clark, F, Cincinnati Will Cummings, G, Temple Louis Dabney, G, Tulane Jaylen Bond, F, Temple Daniel Hamilton, G/F, UConn * James Woodard, G, Tulsa Shaquille Harrison, G, Tulsa B.J. Tyson, G, East Carolina *

* unanimous selection

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Associated Press Poll USA Today Poll American Preseason Coaches’ Poll Final Poll (March 16) Final Poll School Record Pts School Record Pts School Pts 1. Kentucky (65) 34-0 1,625 1. Duke (29) 35-4 773 1. UConn (6) 96 2. Villanova 32-2 1,522 2. Wisconsin 36-4 739 2. SMU (5) 94 3. Wisconsin 31-3 1,460 3. Kentucky (2) 38-1 720 3. Memphis 82 4. Duke 29-4 1,406 4. Arizona 34-4 659 4. Cincinnati 71 5. Arizona 31-3 1,405 5. Notre Dame 32-6 614 5. Tulsa 62 6. Virginia 29-3 1,333 6. Gonzaga 35-3 608 6. Temple 59 7. Gonzaga 32-2 1,229 7. Michigan State 27-12 572 7. Houston 39 8. Notre Dame 29-5 1,178 8. Virginia 30-4 525 8. USF 32 9. Iowa State 25-8 1,043 9. Villanova 33-3 500 9. UCF 26 10. Kansas 26-8 995 10. Louisville 27-9 474 10. East Carolina 24 11. Northern Iowa 30-3 979 11. Wichita State 30-5 452 11. Tulane 20 12. Maryland 27-6 935 12. North Carolina 26-12 403 13. Oklahoma 22-10 740 13. Oklahoma 24-11 360 First-place votes in parentheses 14. Wichita State 28-4 737 14. Northern Iowa 31-4 350 15. North Carolina 24-11 703 15. Utah 26-9 342 16. Baylor 24-9 680 16. Maryland 28-7 331 17. Louisville 24-8 614 17. Kansas 27-9 330 18. SMU 27-6 485 18. West Virginia 25-10 286 19. Utah 24-8 455 19. Iowa State 25-9 243 20. West Virginia 23-9 398 20. Arkansas 27-9 143 21. Arkansas 26-8 373 21. Baylor 24-10 112 22. Georgetown 21-10 177 22. Xavier 23-14 106 23. Michigan State 23-11 159 23. Butler 23-11 89 24. Butler 22-10 142 24. North Carolina State 22-14 88 25. Virginia Commonwealth 26-9 109 25. Oregon 26-10 56

Receiving votes: Oregon 91, Providence 62, Xavier Receiving votes: SMU 55, Georgetown 45, UCLA 39, 18, Davidson 16, Ohio State 12, Stephen F. Austin 12, Virginia Commonwealth 13, San Diego State 12, Ohio Wyoming 6, Boise State 5, LSU 5, BYU 3, Valparaiso 3, State 10, Dayton 8, Iowa 7, Providence 3, Purdue 2, Wofford 2, Harvard 2, Murray State 2, Dayton 1, Iowa Cincinnati 2, LSU 2, Murray State 1, UAB 1 1, Purdue 1, Colorado State 1

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THE AMERICAN 2014-15 HOME ATTENDANCE AGAINST THE CONFERENCES TEAM Dates Total Avg Sellouts High UCF ...... 18 ...... 73,559 ...... 4,087 ...... 0 ...... 6,180 Cincinnati ...... 18 ...... 168,011 ...... 9,334 ...... 1 ...... 13,176 Conference Record Pct UConn ...... 16 ...... 175,314 ...... 10,957 ...... 6 ...... 15,564 America East 1-0 1.000 East Carolina ...... 16 ...... 75,138 ...... 4,696 ...... 0 ...... 6,856 Houston ...... 17 ...... 44,793 ...... 2,635 ...... 0 ...... 3,498 Atlantic Coast 1-8 .111 Memphis ...... 18 ...... 250,478 ...... 13,915 ...... 0 ...... 15,784 Atlantic Sun 4-1 .800 USF ...... 17 ...... 57,821 ...... 3,401 ...... 0 ...... 6,128 Atlantic 10 3-3 .500 SMU ...... 18 ...... 124,986 ...... 6,944 ...... 18 ...... 7,395 Temple ...... 19 ...... 109,620 ...... 5,769 ...... 1 ...... 11,118 Big East 1-4 .200 Tulane ...... 18 ...... 33,338 ...... 1,852 ...... 0 ...... 3,548 Big Sky 1-0 1.000 Tulsa ...... 18 ...... 85,778 ...... 4,765 ...... 0 ...... 7,677 Big South 0-1 .000 Total ...... 193 ...... 1,198,836 ...... 6,212 ...... 26 ...... 15,784 Big Ten 2-2 .500 Big 12 2-6 .250 2014-15 GAMES DECIDED BY ... Big West 1-0 1.000 OT or 0-5 6-10 11-15 16+ Total Colonial 6-1 .857 UCF 6-4 3-4 2-2 1-8 12-18 Conference USA 4-2 .667 Cincinnati 4-6 6-0 4-3 9-2 23-11 Horizon 2-2 .500 UConn 4-6 5-5 7-3 4-1 20-15 East Carolina 5-4 1-3 3-7 5-5 14-19 Ivy 2-2 .500 Houston 3-7 3-4 4-3 3-5 13-19 Metro Atlantic Athletic 1-0 1.000 Memphis 4-3 2-2 3-5 9-4 18-14 Mid-American 0-1 .000 USF 3-6 2-3 3-7 1-7 9-23 SMU 3-1 8-5 9-0 7-1 27-7 Mid-Eastern Athletic 8-1 .889 Temple 5-3 6-3 8-1 6-4 25-11 Missouri Valley 4-2 .667 Tulane 6-4 4-6 3-2 2-4 15-16 Mountain West 3-3 .500 Tulsa 7-3 4-2 4-2 8-4 23-11 Total 50-47 44-37 50-35 55-45 199-164 Northeast 6-0 1.000 Ohio Valley 5-1 .833 Overtime Records – UCF (2-2), Cincinnati (2-1), UConn (0-1), East Carolina (1-0), Houston (1-3), Memphis (1-1), Pacifi c-12 0-4 .000 USF (1-2), SMU (1-0), Temple (1-0), Tulane (1-2), Tulsa (2-0). Patriot 2-0 1.000 Southeastern 3-4 .429 2014-15 GAMES AGAINST TOP 25 (2-14, .125) Southern 0-0 — DATE TEAM OPPONENT RANK* RESULT Nov. 17 SMU (22/23) Gonzaga 13/11 L, 56-72 Southland 8-1 .889 Nov. 18 Memphis Wichita State 11/13 L, 56-71 Southwestern Athletic 7-1 .875 Nov. 21 Temple Duke 4/3 L, 54-74 Summit 2-1 .667 Nov. 25 SMU Arkansas 25/rv L, 72-78 Nov. 29 Tulsa Wichita State 9/10 L, 55-75 Sun Belt 3-1 .750 Nov. 30 UConn (24/22) Texas 7/9 L, 54-55 West Coast 0-2 .000 Dec. 7 East Carolina North Carolina 12/12 L, 64-108 Western Athletic 1-0 1.000 Dec. 13 Tulsa Oklahoma 16/15 L, 68-87 Dec. 14 Temple Villanova 7/7 L, 62-85 Dec. 17 Cincinnati San Diego State 19/17 W, 79-62 (ot) Independents 0-0 — Dec. 18 UConn Duke 2/2 L, 56-66 Non-Division I 6-1 .857 Dec. 22 Temple Kansas 10/10 W, 77-52 Dec. 22 Tulane Washington 13/13 L, 57-66 Dec. 28 Tulane St. John’s 17/19 L, 57-82 Total: 90-55 .621 Jan. 31 Memphis Gonzaga 3/3 L, 64-82 Home: 73-20 .785 March 21 Cincinnati Kentucky 1/1 L, 51-64 Away: 8-19 .296 * Rank in Associated Press poll followed by rank in ESPN/USA Today poll Neutral: 9-16 .360 Postseason: 5-5 .500

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AWARD WINNERS 2014-15 STATISTICAL RANKINGS

AMERICAN PLAYER OF THE WEEK OFFENSE DEFENSE Nov. 17 Devonta Pollard, F, Houston Team Scoring FG-Pct 3FG-Pct Rebound Scoring FG-Pct 3FG-Pct Rebound UCF 3 5 4 10 11 11 10 10 Nov. 24 Ryan Boatright, G, UConn Cincinnati 10 2 5 7 1 2 4 2 Dec. 1 Corey Allen Jr., G, USF UConn 8 4 2 9 3 5 7 3 Dec. 8 James Woodard, G, Tulsa East Carolina 7 7 3 11 9 9 2 7 Dec. 15 Amida Brimah, C, UConn Houston 5 10 9 5 8 8 8 9 Dec. 22 Yanick Moreira, C, SMU Memphis 2 3 6 2 6 6 1 5 USF 11 6 11 8 10 7 11 8 Dec. 29 Jesse Morgan, G, Temple SMU 1 1 1 4 2 1 5 1 Jan. 5 Jonathan Stark, G, Tulane Temple 4 11 10 1 5 4 3 11 Jan. 12 Shaquille Harrison, G, Tulsa Tulane 9 9 7 6 7 10 6 4 Jan. 19 James Woodard, G, Tulsa Tulsa 6 8 8 3 4 3 9 6 Jan. 26 Nic Moore, G, SMU Scoring Rebound Turnover Asst/TO Feb. 2 Markus Kennedy, F, SMU Team FT-Pct 3FGs Blocks Steals Assists Margin Margin Margin Ratio Feb. 9 Ryan Boatright, G, UConn UCF 10 3 7 10 5 10 11 11 7 Feb. 16 Will Cummings, G, Temple Cincinnati 6 9 2 4 8 2 2 9 8 Feb. 23 Austin Nichols, F, Memphis UConn 1 4 3 11 6 5 7 7 5 March 2 Rodney Purvis, G, UConn East Carolina 4 2 11 5 3 9 10 3 3 Houston 5 1 8 8 7 8 8 6 9 March 9 Farad Cobb, G, Cincinnati Memphis 7 8 1 1 2 4 3 8 4 USF 11 11 4 8 9 11 9 10 11 AMERICAN ROOKIE OF THE WEEK SMU 2 10 6 2 1 1 1 5 2 Nov. 17 B.J. Taylor, G, UCF Temple 3 6 5 3 4 3 6 1 1 Nov. 24 Daniel Hamilton, G/F, UConn Tulane 8 5 10 6 10 7 5 4 10 Tulsa 9 7 9 7 11 6 4 2 6 Dec. 1 B.J. Tyson, G, East Carolina Dec. 8 Gary Clark, F, Cincinnati Dec. 15 B.J. Tyson, G, East Carolina WEEKLY HONOR ROLL SELECTIONS Dec. 22 Adonys Henriquez, G, UCF Dec. 29 B.J. Taylor, G, UCF Nov. 17 Shaheed Davis (F, UCF); Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); Octavius Ellis (F, Cincinnati); Jan. 5 Adonys Henriquez, G, UCF Chris Perry (F, USF); Ben Moore (F, SMU) Jan. 12 Adonys Henriquez, G, UCF Nov. 24 B.J. Taylor (G, UCF); Octavius Ellis (F, Cincinnati); Devonta Pollard (F, Houston); Jan. 19 B.J. Taylor, G, UCF Will Cummings (G, Temple); D’Andre Wright (F, Tulsa) Jan. 26 Daniel Hamilton, G/F, UConn Feb. 2 Obi Enechinoyia, F, Temple Dec. 1 Justin McBride (C, UCF); Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); Shaq Goodwin (F, Memphis); Feb. 9 B.J. Tyson, G, East Carolina Nic Moore (G, SMU); Will Cummings (G, Temple) Feb. 16 B.J. Tyson, G, East Carolina Dec. 8 Shaq Thomas (F, Cincinnati); Devonta Pollard (F, Houston); Nic Moore (G, SMU); Feb. 23 Daniel Hamilton, G/F, UConn Jay Hook (G, Tulane); Quenton DeCosey (G, Temple) March 2 Daniel Hamilton, G/F, UConn March 9 Troy Holston Jr., G, USF 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) ACTIVE CAREER WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Dec. 22 Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); Austin Nichols (F, Memphis); Nic Moore (G, SMU); Player of the Week Quenton DeCosey (G, Temple); Shaquille Harrison (G, Tulsa) 2 — Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); Shaq Goodwin (F, Memphis); James Woodard (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) 1 — Farad Cobb (G, Cincinnati); Amida Brimah (C, Jan. 5 Farad Cobb (G, Cincinnati); Austin Nichols (F, Memphis); Nic Moore (G, SMU); UConn); Rodney Purvis (G, UConn); Devonta Pollard Jaylen Bond (F, Temple); Shaquille Harrison (G, Tulsa) (F, Houston); Austin Nichols (F, Memphis); Corey Allen Jr. (G, USF); Markus Kennedy (F, SMU); Nic Moore (G, Jan. 12 Brandon Goodwin (G, UCF); Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); Nic Moore (G, SMU); SMU); Yanick Moreira (C, SMU); Will Cummings (G, Jaylen Bond (F, Temple); Louis Dabney (G, Tulane) Temple); Jesse Morgan (G, Temple); Jonathan Stark Jan. 19 Troy Caupain (G, Cincinnati); Danrad Knowles (F, Houston); Calvin Godfrey (F, Memphis); (G, Tulane); Shaquille Harrison (G, Tulsa) Markus Kennedy (F, SMU); Louis Dabney (G, Tulane)

Rookie of the Week Jan. 26 Troy Caupain (G, Cincinnati); Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); Austin Nichols (F, Memphis); 4 — Daniel Hamilton (G, UConn); B.J. Tyson (G, East Jesse Morgan (G, Temple); Shaquille Harrison (G, Tulsa) Carolina) Feb. 2 Ryan Boatright (G, UConn); L.J. Rose (G, Houston); Austin Nichols (F, Memphis); Will Cummings (G, Temple); Brandon Swannegan (F, Tulsa) 3 — Adonys Henriquez (G, UCF); B.J. Taylor (G, UCF) Feb. 9 Farad Cobb (G, Cincinnati); Shaq Goodwin (F, Memphis); Corey Allen Jr. (G, USF); 1 — Gary Clark (F, Cincinnati); Troy Holston Jr. (G, USF); Nic Moore (G, SMU); Will Cummings (G, Temple) Obi Enechinoyia (F, 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)

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CONFERENCE INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

SCORING Player-Team Cl G FG 3FG FT Pts Avg/G 1. BOATRIGHT, Ryan-UCONN SR 34 182 86 142 592 17.4 2. ALLEN JR., Corey-USF SR 28 156 40 80 432 15.4 3. CUMMINGS, Will-TEM SR 36 159 24 189 531 14.8 4. WOODARD, James-TLS JR 34 158 88 89 493 14.5 MOORE, Nic-SMU JR 34 156 77 104 493 14.5 6. STIGGERS, Jherrod-HOU JR 31 139 96 65 439 14.2 7. DABNEY, Louis-TLN JR 31 135 61 92 423 13.6 8. NICHOLS, Austin-MEM SO 27 151 2 54 358 13.3 9. HARRISON, Shaquille-TLS JR 34 163 13 108 447 13.1 10. TAYLOR, B.J.-UCF FR 26 107 45 75 334 12.8 11. TYSON, B.J.-ECU FR 33 143 19 108 413 12.5 12. WHISNANT, Terry-ECU JR 33 131 77 68 407 12.3 13. DECOSEY, Quenton-TEM JR 37 143 51 119 456 12.3 14. WHITE, Caleb-ECU SO 33 138 67 61 404 12.2 15. PURVIS, Rodney-UCONN SO 33 144 54 42 384 11.6 16. POLLARD, Devonta-HOU JR 32 132 0 100 364 11.4 17. HOOK, Jay-TLN SR 31 111 71 53 346 11.2 18. MOREIRA, Yanick-SMU SR 34 144 0 89 377 11.1 19. HAMILTON, Daniel-UCONN FR 35 139 46 56 380 10.9 20. HENRIQUEZ, Adonys-UCF FR 30 107 65 44 323 10.8 21. STARK, Jonathan-TLN SO 31 119 30 61 329 10.6 22. GOODWIN, Brandon-UCF SO 30 108 17 74 307 10.2 23. MORILLO, Nehemias-USF JR 30 117 37 32 303 10.1 24. ELLIS, Octavius-CIN JR 34 122 0 93 337 9.9 25. KNOWLES, Danrad-HOU SO 32 108 37 63 316 9.9 26. GOODWIN, Shaq-MEM JR 31 112 5 70 299 9.6 27. CAUPAIN, Troy-CIN SO 34 107 31 82 327 9.6 28. BRIMAH, Amida-UCONN SO 35 126 0 67 319 9.1 29. BURRELL, Trahson-MEM JR 31 105 20 52 282 9.1 30. COBB, Farad-CIN JR 34 99 53 38 289 8.5

REBOUNDING Player-Team Cl G OFF DEF Total Avg/G Gary Clark, Cincinnati 1. BOND, Jaylen-TEM JR 35 116 161 277 7.9 2. HAMILTON, Daniel-UCONN FR 35 37 230 267 7.6 3. CLARK, Gary-CIN FR 34 94 152 246 7.2 4. ELLIS, Octavius-CIN JR 34 93 152 245 7.2 5. GOODWIN, Shaq-MEM JR 31 80 141 221 7.1 6. MOREIRA, Yanick-SMU SR 34 80 139 219 6.4 7. BARNES, LeRon-HOU JR 32 68 138 206 6.4 8. POLLARD, Devonta-HOU JR 32 84 121 205 6.4 9. NICHOLS, Austin-MEM SO 27 54 111 165 6.1 10. SMITH, Rashad-TLS JR 34 57 146 203 6.0 11. KNOWLES, Danrad-HOU SO 32 69 111 180 5.6 12. FACEY, Kentan-UCONN SO 31 60 102 162 5.2 13. BLAIR, Staphon-UCF JR 30 61 94 155 5.2 14. BURRELL, Trahson-MEM JR 31 73 87 160 5.2 15. HARRISON, Shaquille-TLS JR 34 40 133 173 5.1 16. HOOK, Jay-TLN SR 31 32 125 157 5.1 17. WOODARD, James-TLS JR 34 18 149 167 4.9 18. DRYE, Tre-TLN SR 31 61 91 152 4.9 19. WILSON, Kasey-UCF SR 29 38 104 142 4.9 20. OSETKOWSKI, Dylan-TLN FR 31 68 81 149 4.8

FIELD GOAL PCT (Min. 3.0 made per game) Player-Team Cl G FG FGA Pct 1. BRIMAH, Amida-UCONN SO 35 126 187 .674 2. BLAIR, Staphon-UCF JR 30 95 156 .609 3. ELLIS, Octavius-CIN JR 34 122 219 .557 4. MOREIRA, Yanick-SMU SR 34 144 262 .550 5. GOODWIN, Shaq-MEM JR 31 112 206 .544 6. CLARK, Gary-CIN FR 34 110 210 .524 7. NICHOLS, Austin-MEM SO 27 151 304 .497 8. TYSON, B.J.-ECU FR 33 143 312 .458 9. POLLARD, Devonta-HOU JR 32 132 289 .457 10. SMITH, Rashad-TLS JR 34 115 253 .455

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ASSISTS Player-Team Cl G Assists Avg/G 1. COLLINS, Anthony-USF JR 32 167 5.2 2. MOORE, Nic-SMU JR 34 175 5.1 3. STARK, Jonathan-TLN SO 31 137 4.4 4. GOODWIN, Brandon-UCF SO 30 127 4.2 5. CUMMINGS, Will-TEM SR 36 151 4.2 6. BOATRIGHT, Ryan-UCONN SR 34 129 3.8 7. ROBINSON, Antonio-ECU SR 33 122 3.7 8. HARRISON, Shaquille-TLS JR 34 125 3.7 9. HAMILTON, Daniel-UCONN FR 35 128 3.7 10. CAUPAIN, Troy-CIN SO 34 121 3.6

FREE THROW PCT (Min. 2.0 made per game) Player-Team Cl G FTM FTA Pct 1. MOORE, Nic-SMU JR 34 104 117 .889 2. BOATRIGHT, Ryan-UCONN SR 34 142 167 .850 3. CUMMINGS, Will-TEM SR 36 189 234 .808 4. RAY, Rashad-TLS JR 34 74 92 .804 5. ALLEN JR., Corey-USF SR 28 80 101 .792 6. CAUPAIN, Troy-CIN SO 34 82 104 .788 7. DABNEY, Louis-TLN JR 31 92 118 .780 8. STIGGERS, Jherrod-HOU JR 31 65 85 .765 9. WHISNANT, Terry-ECU JR 33 68 89 .764 10. POLLARD, Devonta-HOU JR 32 100 138 .725

STEALS Player-Team Cl G Steals Avg/G 1. HARRISON, Shaquille-TLS JR 34 67 2.0 2. CUMMINGS, Will-TEM SR 36 67 1.9 3. ROBINSON, Antonio-ECU SR 33 55 1.7 4. ALLEN JR., Corey-USF SR 28 43 1.5 5. COLLINS, Anthony-USF JR 32 49 1.5 6. BOND, Jaylen-TEM JR 35 48 1.4 7. BOATRIGHT, Ryan-UCONN SR 34 46 1.4 Adonys Henriquez, UCF 8. MOORE, Nic-SMU JR 34 43 1.3 9. STARK, Jonathan-TLN SO 31 39 1.3 10. GOODWIN, Brandon-UCF SO 30 37 1.2

3-POINT FG PCT (Min. 1.0 made per game) Player-Team Cl G 3FG FGA Pct 1. MOORE, Nic-SMU JR 34 77 185 .416 2. BOATRIGHT, Ryan-UCONN SR 34 86 209 .411 3. WHITE, Caleb-ECU SO 33 67 164 .409 4. HENRIQUEZ, Adonys-UCF FR 30 65 165 .394 5. HOOK, Jay-TLN SR 31 71 182 .390 6. WALKER, Daiquan-UCF JR 30 37 96 .385 7. WOODSON, Avery-MEM SO 32 61 162 .377 8. DABNEY, Louis-TLN JR 31 61 164 .372 9. WHISNANT, Terry-ECU JR 33 77 208 .370 10. WOODARD, James-TLS JR 34 88 238 .370

3-POINT FG MADE ## Player-Team Cl G 3FG Avg/G 1. STIGGERS, Jherrod-HOU JR 31 96 3.1 2. WOODARD, James-TLS JR 34 88 2.6 3. BOATRIGHT, Ryan-UCONN SR 34 86 2.5 4. WHISNANT, Terry-ECU JR 33 77 2.3 5. HOOK, Jay-TLN SR 31 71 2.3 6. MOORE, Nic-SMU JR 34 77 2.3 7. HENRIQUEZ, Adonys-UCF FR 30 65 2.2 8. WHITE, Caleb-ECU SO 33 67 2.0 9. DABNEY, Louis-TLN JR 31 61 2.0 10. WOODSON, Avery-MEM SO 32 61 1.9

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BLOCKED SHOTS ## Player-Team Cl G Blocks Avg/G 1. BRIMAH, Amida-UCONN SO 35 121 3.5 2. NICHOLS, Austin-MEM SO 27 93 3.4 3. ELLIS, Octavius-CIN JR 34 67 2.0 4. GUERRERO, Ruben-USF 28 43 1.5 5. SWANNEGAN, Brandon-TLS JR 34 49 1.4 6. CLARK, Gary-CIN FR 34 45 1.3 ENECHIONYIA, Obi-TEM FR 34 45 1.3 8. KNOWLES, Danrad-HOU SO 32 42 1.3 9. BLAIR, Staphon-UCF JR 30 38 1.3 10. MOREIRA, Yanick-SMU SR 34 40 1.2

ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO (Min. 3.0 assists/game) ## Player-Team Cl G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio 1. ROBINSON, Antonio-ECU SR 33 122 3.7 52 1.6 2.3 2. COLLINS, Anthony-USF JR 32 167 5.2 76 2.4 2.2 3. CUMMINGS, Will-TEM SR 36 151 4.2 71 2.0 2.1 4. MOORE, Nic-SMU JR 34 175 5.1 87 2.6 2.0 5. STARK, Jonathan-TLN SO 31 137 4.4 76 2.5 1.8 6. CAUPAIN, Troy-CIN SO 34 121 3.6 72 2.1 1.7 7. BOATRIGHT, Ryan-UCONN SR 34 129 3.8 81 2.4 1.6 8. HAMILTON, Daniel-UCONN FR 35 128 3.7 81 2.3 1.6 9. HARRISON, Shaquille-TLS JR 34 125 3.7 81 2.4 1.5 10. GOODWIN, Brandon-UCF SO 30 127 4.2 88 2.9 1.4

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G 1. BOND, Jaylen-TEM JR 35 116 3.3 2. CLARK, Gary-CIN FR 34 94 2.8 3. ELLIS, Octavius-CIN JR 34 93 2.7 4. POLLARD, Devonta-HOU JR 32 84 2.6 5. GOODWIN, Shaq-MEM JR 31 80 2.6 6. GUERRERO, Ruben-USF 28 68 2.4 7. BURRELL, Trahson-MEM JR 31 73 2.4 8. MOREIRA, Yanick-SMU SR 34 80 2.4 9. OSETKOWSKI, Dylan-TLN FR 31 68 2.2 10. KNOWLES, Danrad-HOU SO 32 69 2.2 Devonta Pollard, Houston

DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G 1. HAMILTON, Daniel-UCONN FR 35 230 6.6 2. BOND, Jaylen-TEM JR 35 161 4.6 3. GOODWIN, Shaq-MEM JR 31 141 4.5 4. CLARK, Gary-CIN FR 34 152 4.5 ELLIS, Octavius-CIN JR 34 152 4.5 6. WOODARD, James-TLS JR 34 149 4.4 7. BARNES, LeRon-HOU JR 32 138 4.3 8. SMITH, Rashad-TLS JR 34 146 4.3 9. NICHOLS, Austin-MEM SO 27 111 4.1 10. MOREIRA, Yanick-SMU SR 34 139 4.1

MINUTES PLAYED ## Player-Team Cl G Minutes Avg/G 1. BOATRIGHT, Ryan-UCONN SR 34 1216 35.8 2. STIGGERS, Jherrod-HOU JR 31 1105 35.6 3. HENRIQUEZ, Adonys-UCF FR 30 1050 35.0 4. MOORE, Nic-SMU JR 34 1179 34.7 5. WOODARD, James-TLS JR 34 1174 34.5 6. CUMMINGS, Will-TEM SR 36 1224 34.0 7. COLLINS, Anthony-USF JR 32 1084 33.9 8. BARNES, LeRon-HOU JR 32 1083 33.8 9. GOODWIN, Brandon-UCF SO 30 1013 33.8 10. ALLEN JR., Corey-USF SR 28 937 33.5

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CONFERENCE TEAM LEADERS

SCORING OFFENSE PCT DEFENSE ## Team G W-L Pts Avg/G ## Team G FG FGA Pct 1. SMU 34 27-7 2350 69.1 1. SMU 34 691 1815 .381 2. Memphis 32 18-14 2155 67.3 2. Cincinnati 34 700 1804 .388 3. UCF 30 12-18 1981 66.0 3. Tulsa 34 722 1835 .393 4. Temple 37 26-11 2436 65.8 4. Temple 37 803 2040 .394 5. Houston 32 13-19 2060 64.4 5. UConn 35 738 1865 .396 6. Tulsa 34 23-11 2188 64.4 6. Memphis 32 694 1749 .397 7. East Carolina 33 14-19 2116 64.1 7. USF 32 736 1742 .423 8. UConn 35 20-15 2243 64.1 8. Houston 32 758 1743 .435 9. Tulane 31 15-16 1973 63.6 9. East Carolina 33 786 1768 .445 10. Cincinnati 34 23-11 2113 62.1 10. Tulane 31 722 1615 .447 11. USF 32 9-23 1970 61.6 11. UCF 30 825 1809 .456

SCORING DEFENSE 3-POINT FG PCT ## Team G Pts Avg/G ## Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Cincinnati 34 1898 55.8 1. SMU 34 145 400 .363 2. SMU 34 2032 59.8 2. UConn 35 226 637 .355 3. UConn 35 2101 60.0 3. East Carolina 33 233 663 .351 4. Tulsa 34 2064 60.7 4. UCF 30 202 577 .350 5. Temple 37 2263 61.2 5. Cincinnati 34 167 507 .329 6. Memphis 32 2019 63.1 6. Memphis 32 166 506 .328 7. Tulane 31 1984 64.0 7. Tulane 31 199 610 .326 8. Houston 32 2097 65.5 8. Tulsa 34 188 586 .321 9. East Carolina 33 2176 65.9 9. Houston 32 259 809 .320 10. USF 32 2189 68.4 10. Temple 37 235 772 .304 11. UCF 30 2153 71.8 11. USF 32 136 448 .304

SCORING MARGIN 3-POINT FG PCT DEFENSE ## Team G OFF DEF Margin ## Team G FG FGA Pct 1. SMU 34 69.1 59.8 +9.4 1. Memphis 32 164 540 .304 2. Cincinnati 34 62.1 55.8 +6.3 2. East Carolina 33 199 636 .313 3. Temple 37 65.8 61.2 +4.7 3. Temple 37 210 669 .314 4. Memphis 32 67.3 63.1 +4.2 4. Cincinnati 34 192 601 .319 5. UConn 35 64.1 60.0 +4.1 5. SMU 34 268 823 .326 6. Tulsa 34 64.4 60.7 +3.6 6. Tulane 31 158 477 .331 7. Tulane 31 63.6 64.0 -0.4 7. UConn 35 209 630 .332 8. Houston 32 64.4 65.5 -1.2 8. Houston 32 195 579 .337 9. East Carolina 33 64.1 65.9 -1.8 9. Tulsa 34 239 709 .337 10. UCF 30 66.0 71.8 -5.7 10. UCF 30 195 552 .353 11. USF 32 61.6 68.4 -6.8 11. USF 32 216 588 .367

FREE THROW PCT REBOUNDING OFFENSE ## Team G FTM FTA Pct ## Team G Reb Avg/G 1. UConn 35 417 590 .707 1. Temple 37 1410 38.1 2. SMU 34 541 770 .703 2. Memphis 32 1195 37.3 3. Temple 37 535 765 .699 3. Tulsa 34 1246 36.6 4. East Carolina 33 383 563 .680 4. SMU 34 1244 36.6 5. Houston 32 391 575 .680 5. Houston 32 1129 35.3 6. Cincinnati 34 424 633 .670 6. Tulane 31 1076 34.7 7. Memphis 32 385 578 .666 7. Cincinnati 34 1178 34.6 8. Tulane 31 376 579 .649 8. USF 32 1084 33.9 9. Tulsa 34 484 746 .649 9. UConn 35 1178 33.7 10. UCF 30 371 577 .643 10. UCF 30 997 33.2 11. USF 32 344 556 .619 11. East Carolina 33 1048 31.8

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES REBOUNDING DEFENSE ## Team G FG FGA Pct ## Team G Reb Avg/G 1. SMU 34 832 1750 .475 1. SMU 34 1016 29.9 2. Cincinnati 34 761 1705 .446 2. Cincinnati 34 1025 30.1 3. Memphis 32 802 1827 .439 3. UConn 35 1142 32.6 4. UConn 35 800 1824 .439 4. Tulane 31 1023 33.0 5. UCF 30 704 1621 .434 5. Memphis 32 1060 33.1 6. USF 32 745 1720 .433 6. Tulsa 34 1177 34.6 7. East Carolina 33 750 1777 .422 7. East Carolina 33 1152 34.9 8. Tulsa 34 758 1820 .416 8. USF 32 1139 35.6 9. Tulane 31 699 1700 .411 9. Houston 32 1162 36.3 10. Houston 32 705 1795 .393 10. UCF 30 1102 36.7 11. Temple 37 833 2149 .388 11. Temple 37 1368 37.0

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REBOUNDING MARGIN ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin ## Team G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio 1. SMU 34 1244 36.6 1016 29.9 +6.7 1. Temple 37 457 12.4 352 9.5 1.3 2. Cincinnati 34 1178 34.6 1025 30.1 +4.5 2. SMU 34 524 15.4 426 12.5 1.2 3. Memphis 32 1195 37.3 1060 33.1 +4.2 3. East Carolina 33 443 13.4 379 11.5 1.2 4. Tulsa 34 1246 36.6 1177 34.6 +2.0 4. Memphis 32 460 14.4 427 13.3 1.1 5. Tulane 31 1076 34.7 1023 33.0 +1.7 5. UConn 35 416 11.9 404 11.5 1.0 6. Temple 37 1410 38.1 1368 37.0 +1.1 6. Tulsa 34 375 11.0 389 11.4 1.0 7. UConn 35 1178 33.7 1142 32.6 +1.0 7. UCF 30 369 12.3 390 13.0 0.9 8. Houston 32 1129 35.3 1162 36.3 -1.0 8. Cincinnati 34 394 11.6 432 12.7 0.9 9. USF 32 1084 33.9 1139 35.6 -1.7 9. Houston 32 376 11.8 425 13.3 0.9 10. East Carolina 33 1048 31.8 1152 34.9 -3.2 10. Tulane 31 349 11.3 397 12.8 0.9 11. UCF 30 997 33.2 1102 36.7 -3.5 11. USF 32 362 11.3 436 13.6 0.8

BLOCKED SHOTS OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Team G Blocks Avg/G ## Team G No. Avg/G 1. Memphis 32 208 6.5 1. Memphis 32 409 12.8 2. Cincinnati 34 185 5.4 2. Houston 32 403 12.6 3. UConn 35 183 5.2 3. Temple 37 453 12.2 4. USF 32 156 4.9 4. Tulane 31 365 11.8 5. Temple 37 165 4.5 5. SMU 34 388 11.4 6. SMU 34 146 4.3 6. Cincinnati 34 383 11.3 7. UCF 30 128 4.3 7. Tulsa 34 375 11.0 8. Houston 32 121 3.8 8. USF 32 343 10.7 9. Tulsa 34 116 3.4 9. UCF 30 313 10.4 10. Tulane 31 62 2.0 10. East Carolina 33 333 10.1 11. East Carolina 33 64 1.9 11. UConn 35 331 9.5

ASSISTS DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Team G Assists Avg/G ## Team G No. Avg/G 1. SMU 34 524 15.4 1. Temple 37 957 25.9 2. Memphis 32 460 14.4 2. Tulsa 34 871 25.6 3. East Carolina 33 443 13.4 3. SMU 34 856 25.2 4. Temple 37 457 12.4 4. Memphis 32 786 24.6 5. UCF 30 369 12.3 5. UConn 35 847 24.2 6. UConn 35 416 11.9 6. Cincinnati 34 795 23.4 7. Houston 32 376 11.8 7. USF 32 741 23.2 8. Cincinnati 34 394 11.6 8. Tulane 31 711 22.9 9. USF 32 362 11.3 9. UCF 30 684 22.8 10. Tulane 31 349 11.3 10. Houston 32 726 22.7 11. Tulsa 34 375 11.0 11. East Carolina 33 715 21.7

STEALS 3-POINT FG MADE ## Team G Steals Avg/G ## Team G 3FG Avg/G 1. Memphis 32 224 7.0 1. Houston 32 259 8.1 2. SMU 34 237 7.0 2. East Carolina 33 233 7.1 3. Temple 37 254 6.9 3. UCF 30 202 6.7 4. Cincinnati 34 222 6.5 4. UConn 35 226 6.5 5. East Carolina 33 208 6.3 5. Tulane 31 199 6.4 6. Tulane 31 193 6.2 6. Temple 37 235 6.4 7. Tulsa 34 198 5.8 7. Tulsa 34 188 5.5 8. Houston 32 184 5.8 8. Memphis 32 166 5.2 USF 32 184 5.8 9. Cincinnati 34 167 4.9 10. UCF 30 155 5.2 10. SMU 34 145 4.3 11. UConn 35 166 4.7 11. USF 32 136 4.3

TURNOVER MARGIN ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin 1. Temple 37 352 9.5 455 12.3 +2.78 2. Tulsa 34 389 11.4 439 12.9 +1.47 3. East Carolina 33 379 11.5 405 12.3 +0.79 4. Tulane 31 397 12.8 414 13.4 +0.55 5. SMU 34 426 12.5 441 13.0 +0.44 6. Houston 32 425 13.3 412 12.9 -0.41 7. UConn 35 404 11.5 388 11.1 -0.46 8. Memphis 32 427 13.3 406 12.7 -0.66 9. Cincinnati 34 432 12.7 409 12.0 -0.68 10. USF 32 436 13.6 392 12.3 -1.38 11. UCF 30 390 13.0 312 10.4 -2.60

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INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Points 40 BRIMAH, Amida (UConn) vs Coppin State (12/14/14) 33 STIGGERS, Jherrod (Houston) vs Houston Baptist (12/16/14) 33 TAYLOR, B.J. (UCF) vs Tulane (01/14/15)

Field goals made 13 BRIMAH, Amida (UConn) vs Coppin State (12/14/14) 13 NICHOLS, Austin (Memphis) vs Tulane (1/3/15) 13 ALLEN JR., Corey (USF) at Tulsa (01/31/15)

Field goal attempts 26 BOATRIGHT, Ryan (UConn) at Houston (2/1/15) 22 HAMILTON, Daniel (UConn) at Memphis (2/19/15) 22 PURVIS, Rodney (UConn) vs SMU (3/15/15)

Field goal percentage 1.000 (13-13) BRIMAH, Amida (UConn) vs Coppin State (12/14/14) 1.000 (9-9) MOREIRA, Yanick (SMU) vs Lamar (11/14/14) 1.000 (9-9) NZEGE, Michel (East Carolina) vs Central Connecticut (11/30/14) 1.000 (8-8) BRIMAH, Amida (UConn) vs Tulane (2/22/15)

3-Pt FG made 10 WOODARD, James (Tulsa) at SMU (03/08/15) 8 STIGGERS, Jherrod (Houston) vs Mississippi Valley (12/28/14) 8 MOORE, Nic (SMU) vs Houston (01/24/15)

3-Pt FG attempts 16 WOODARD, James (Tulsa) at SMU (03/08/15) 15 STIGGERS, Jherrod (Houston) vs SMU (2/12/15)

3-Pt percentage .833 (5-6) WHITE, Caleb (East Carolina) vs USF (02/21/15) .833 (5-6) RAY, Rashad (Tulsa) vs Cincinnati (03/04/15)

Free throws made 15 CUMMINGS, Will (Temple) vs Towson (12/10/14) 14 BRIMAH, Amida (UConn) vs Coppin State (12/14/14)

Free throw attempts 18 CUMMINGS, Will (Temple) vs Louisiana Tech (11/17/14) 17 CUMMINGS, Will (Temple) vs Towson (12/10/14)

Free throw percentage 1.000 (11-11) TYSON, B.J. (East Carolina) vs Fresno State (11/25/14) 1.000 (10-10) MORGAN, Jesse (Temple) at Memphis (2/7/15)

Rebounds 23 GOODWIN, Shaq (Memphis) vs Temple (2/7/15) 18 BOND, Jaylen (Temple) vs Delaware State (12/28/14)

Assists 13 GOODWIN, Brandon (UCF) at Tulane (2/19/15) 12 COLLINS, Anthony (USF) vs Hofstra (11/25/14) 12 STARK, Jonathan (Tulane) vs Temple (1/7/15)

Steals 7 MOORE, Nic (SMU) vs Texas Southern (11/26/14) 7 CUMMINGS, Will (Temple) at SMU (02/19/15)

Blocked shots 9 MOREIRA, Yanick (SMU) vs Midwestern State (12/29/14) 8 NICHOLS, Austin (Memphis) vs Oral Roberts (12/20/14) 8 BRIMAH, Amida (UConn) at Tulane (2/7/15)

Turnovers 8 CUMMINGS, Will (Temple) vs Duke (11/21/14) 8 HAMILTON, Daniel (UConn) vs West Virginia (11/23/14)

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TEAM GAME HIGHS

Points 106 UConn vs Coppin State (12/14/14) 103 UCF vs Tulane (01/14/15) Margin 44 (89-45) Tulane vs Southern-New Orleans (11/22/14) 41 (92-51) East Carolina vs Virginia-Lynchburg (11/20/14) Field goals made 38 Tulane at UCF (01/14/15) 38 Memphis vs UCF (1/17/15) Field goal attempts 80 Tulane at UCF (01/14/15) 77 Temple vs Delaware State (12/28/14) Field goal percentage .647 (33-51) Cincinnati vs UCF (02/25/15) .611 (33-54) SMU vs Lamar (11/14/14) 3-Pt FG made 16 Temple at Delaware (12/18/14) 16 Tulane at UCF (01/14/15) 3-Pt FG attempts 38 Houston vs Morgan State (11/22/14) 35 Houston vs Texas-Pan American (12/04/14) 35 Temple vs Delaware State (12/28/14) 35 Tulane at UCF (01/14/15) 35 East Carolina vs SMU (3/13/15) 3-Pt percentage .750 (6-8) Cincinnati vs UCF (02/25/15) .647 (11-17) UConn vs USF (3/12/15) Free throws made 36 East Carolina vs NC Wesleyan (11/14/14) 34 Temple vs Louisiana Tech (11/17/14) Free throw attempts 49 Temple vs Louisiana Tech (11/17/14) 46 East Carolina vs NC Wesleyan (11/14/14) Free throw percentage 1.000 (9-9) Houston vs Texas-Pan American (12/04/14) 1.000 (3-3) East Carolina at Memphis (1/28/15) 1.000 (3-3) UConn vs Arizona State (3/18/15) 1.000 (2-2) Memphis at UConn (03/05/15) Rebounds 62 Houston vs Morgan State (11/22/14) 59 East Carolina vs Virginia-Lynchburg (11/20/14) Assists 24 SMU vs Houston (01/24/15) 23 Tulane vs Mississippi Valley (11/20/14) Steals 17 East Carolina vs NC Wesleyan (11/14/14) 13 SMU vs Texas Southern (11/26/14) 13 Memphis at Gonzaga (01/31/15) 13 East Carolina vs Memphis (02/10/15) Blocked shots 15 Memphis vs Oral Roberts (12/20/14) 13 SMU vs Midwestern State (12/29/14) Turnovers 26 Houston vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff (12/17/14) 24 Memphis vs Wichita State (11/18/14) 24 USF at UAB (11/20/14) Fouls 31 Tulsa at Oral Roberts (11/15/14) 30 USF at UAB (11/20/14) 30 Tulane at UCF (01/14/15)

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POINTS FIELD GOALS GAME FIELD GOALS MADE, GAME 42 , Louisville vs. Houston, 3/14/14 14 Russ Smith, Louisville vs. Houston, 3/14/14 40 Amida Brimah, UConn vs. Coppin State, 12/14/14 13 Isaiah Sykes, UCF vs. Temple, 3/12/14 36 Russ Smith, Louisville vs. North Carolina, 11/24/13 Amida Brimah, UConn vs. Coppin State, 12/14/14 Isaiah Sykes, UCF vs. Temple, 3/12/14 Austin Nichols, Memphis vs. Tulane, 1/3/15 34 , UConn vs. Memphis, 2/15/14 Corey Allen Jr., USF at Tulsa, 1/31/15 , Cincinnati vs. Memphis, 3/6/14 33 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston vs. Houston Baptist, 12/16/14 FIELD GOALS MADE, SEASON B.J. Taylor, UCF vs. Tulane, 1/14/15 225 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 223 Montrezl Harrell, Louisville, 2013-14 SEASON 214 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 720 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 (40 games) 213 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 701 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 (34 games) 205 TaShawn Thomas, Houston, 2013-14 673 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 (37 games) 592 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2014-15 (34 games) FIELD GOALS MADE, CAREER 541 Dalton Pepper, Temple, 2013-14 (31 games) 327 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 531 Will Cummings, Temple, 2014-15 (36 games) 317 Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-15 519 Montrezl Harrell, Louisville, 2013-14 (37 games) Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 515 Isaiah Sykes, UCF, 2013-14 (30 games) 315 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 514 Victor Rudd, USF, 2013-14 (32 games) 290 Austin Nichols, 2013-15 509 TaShawn Thomas, Houston, 2013-14 (33 games) FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, GAME CAREER 26 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati vs. Louisville, 2/22/14 1,064 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 Ryan Boatright, UConn at Houston, 2/1/15 1,019 Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 25 Will Cummings, Temple vs. UCF, 3/12/14 996 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 24 Russ Smith, Louisville vs. North Carolina, 11/24/13 934 Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-15 Isaiah Sykes, UCF at USF, 2/15/14 809 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston, 2013-15 744 Markus Kennedy, SMU, 2013-15 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, SEASON 690 Shaq Goodwin, Memphis, 2013-15 506 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 673 Austin Nichols, Memphis, 2013-15 496 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 537 Danrad Knowles, Houston, 2013-15 481 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 522 Kasey Wilson, UCF, 2013-15 457 Dalton Pepper, Temple, 2013-14 431 Victor Rudd, USF, 2013-14 POINTS PER GAME, SEASON 20.6 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 (701 points, 34 games) FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, CAREER 18.2 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 (673 points, 37 games) 801 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 18.0 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 (720 points, 40 games) 799 Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-15 17.5 Dalton Pepper, Temple, 2013-14 (541 points, 31 games) 749 Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 17.4 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2014-15 (592 points, 34 games) 714 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 17.2 Isaiah Sykes, UCF, 2013-14 (515 points, 30 games) 701 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston, 2013-15 16.8 Will Cummings, Temple, 2014-15 (488 points, 29 games) 16.1 Victor Rudd, USF, 2013-14 (514 points, 32 games) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, GAME (Minimum 8 made) 15.4 Corey Allen Jr., USF, 2014-15 (432 points, 28 games) 1.000 Amida Brimah, UConn vs. Coppin State, 12/14/14 (13-13) 15.4 Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-14 (478 points, 31 games) Markus Kennedy, SMU vs. Memphis, 2/1/14 (10-10) Yanick Moreira, SMU vs. Lamar, 11/14/14 (9-9) POINTS PER GAME, CAREER (minimum 60 games) Michel Nzege, East Carolina vs. Central Connecticut, 11/30/14 (9-9) 15.7 Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 (1,019 points, 65 games) Amida Brimah, UConn vs. Tulane, 2/22/15 (8-8) 14.6 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 (1,064 points, 73 games) 14.0 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 (996 points, 71 games) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, SEASON (Minimum 4 FG/Game) 13.7 Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-15 (934 points, 68 games) .609 Montrezl Harrell, Louisville, 2013-14 (223-366) 12.6 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston, 2013-15 (809 points, 64 games) .591 TaShawn Thomas, Houston, 2013-14 (205-347) .589 Austin Nichols, Memphis, 2013-14 (139-236) FRESHMAN POINTS PER GAME, SEASON .584 Shaq Goodwin, Memphis, 2013-14 (149-255) 12.8 B.J. Taylor, UCF, 2014-15 (334 points, 26 games) .550 Yanick Moreira, SMU, 2014-15 (144-262) 12.5 B.J. Tyson, East Carolina, 2014-15 (413 points, 33 games) 10.9 Daniel Hamilton, UConn, 2014-15 (380 points, 35 games) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, CAREER (Minimum 120 FG) 10.8 Adonys Henriquez, UCF, 2014-15 (323 points, 30 games) .662 Amida Brimah, UConn, 2013-15 (190-287) 9.3 Austin Nichols, Memphis, 2013-14 (315 points, 34 games) .586 Staphon Blair, UCF, 2013-15 (157-268) 8.9 Chris Perry, USF, 2013-14 (286 points, 32 games) .566 Shaq Goodwin, Memphis, 2013-15 (261-461) 7.4 John Egbunu, USF, 2013-14 (238 points, 32 games) .565 Cannen Cunningham, SMU, 2013-15 (160-283) 7.1 Danrad Knowles, Houston, 2013-14 (221 points, 31 games) .557 Octavius Ellis, Cincinnati, 2013-15 (122-219) 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

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3-POINT FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE, GAME FREE THROWS MADE, GAME 10 James Woodard, Tulsa at SMU, 3/8/15 17 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati vs. Nebarska, 12/28/13 8 Dalton Pepper, Temple vs. Cincinnati, 1/26/14 15 Will Cummings, Temple vs. Towson, 12/10/14 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/28/14 14 Joe Jackson, Memphis vs. Nicholls State, 11/23/13 Nic Moore, SMU vs. Houston, 1/24/15 Russ Smith, Louisville at Rutgers, 1/4/14 7 Shabazz Napier, UConn vs. Rutgers, 3/5/14 Amida Brimah, UConn vs. Coppin State, 12/14/14 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston vs. Texas Tech, 12/23/14 Jay Hook, Tulane at UCF, 1/14/15 FREE THROWS MADE, SEASON Ryan Boatright, UConn vs. East Carolina, 2/4/15 207 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 189 Will Cummings, Temple, 2014-15 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE, SEASON 180 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 96 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston, 2014-15 153 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 93 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 147 Joe Jackson, Memphis, 2013-14 88 James Woodard, Tulsa, 2014-15 87 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 FREE THROWS MADE, CAREER 86 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2014-15 329 Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 280 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE, CAREER 217 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 176 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston, 2013-15 191 Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-15 149 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 163 Markus Kennedy, SMU, 2013-15 130 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 109 Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-15 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED, GAME 88 James Woodard, Tulsa, 2014-15 18 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati vs. Nebraska, 12/28/13 Will Cummings, Temple vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/17/14 3-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, GAME 17 Isaiah Sykes, UCF at Rutgers, 1/15/14 16 Russ Smith, Louisville vs. North Carolina, 11/24/13 Will Cummings, Temple vs. Towson, 12/10/14 James Woodard, Tulsa at SMU, 3/8/15 16 Victor Rudd, USF vs. Memphis, 12/31/13 15 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston vs. SMU, 2/12/15 Russ Smith, Louisville at Rutgers, 1/4/14 14 Dalton Pepper, Temple vs. Cincinnati, 1/26/14 Victor Rudd, USF vs. Rutgers, 3/12/14 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati vs. Louisville, 2/22/14 Amida Brimah, UConn vs. Coppin State, 12/14/14 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 12/17/14 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED, SEASON 3-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, SEASON 238 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 267 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 213 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 238 James Woodard, Tulsa, 2014-15 217 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 224 Dalton Pepper, Temple, 2013-14 198 Isaiah Sykes, UCF, 2013-14 222 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston, 2013-14 190 Joe Jackson, Memphis, 2013-14 209 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2014-15 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED, CAREER 3-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, CAREER 412 Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 502 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston, 2013-15 340 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 350 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 286 Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-15 326 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 267 Markus Kennedy, SMU, 2013-15 315 Quenton DeCosey, Temple, 2013-15 265 Shaq Goodwin, Memphis, 2013-15 238 James Woodard, Tulsa, 2014-15 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE, GAME (Minimum 10 made) 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, GAME (Minimum 5 made) 1.000 Kadeem Jack, Rutgers at USF, 2/8/14 (13-13) 1.000 Russ Smith, Louisville at SMU, 3/5/14 (6-6) Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati at Louisville, 1/30/14 (11-11) Nic Moore, SMU vs. McNeese State, 12/2/13 (5-5) Shabazz Napier, UConn at Temple, 2/20/14 (11-11) .857 Quenton DeCosey, Temple at Rutgers, 1/1/14 (6-7) B.J. Tyson, East Carolina vs. Fresno State, 11/25/14 (11-11) .833 , UConn vs. Yale, 11/11/13 (5-6) Will Cummings, Temple at UCF, 1/4/14 (10-10) Wayne Blackshear, Louisville vs. Houston, 1/16/14 (5-6) Luke Hancock, Louisville at Rutgers, 1/4/14 (10-10) Caleb White, East Carolina vs. USF, 2/21/15 (5-6) Jesse Morgan, Temple at Memphis, 2/7/15 (10-10) Rashad Ray, Tulsa vs. Cincinnati, 3/4/15 (5-6) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE, SEASON 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, SEASON .895 Myles Mack, Rutgers, 2013-14 (111-124) .483 Niels Giffey, UConn, 2013-14 (120-483) .889 Nic Moore, SMU, 2014-15 (104-117) .436 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-14 (72-165) .870 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 (207-238) .433 Brandon Morris, Houston, 2013-14 (42-97) .850 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2014-15 (142-167) .417 DeAndre Daniels, UConn, 2013-14 (50-120) .845 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 2013-14 (180-213) .416 Nic Moore, SMU, 2014-15 (77-185) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE, CAREER 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, CAREER (Minimum 50 3FG) .854 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 (217-254) .426 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 (149-350) .824 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 (280-340) .409 Caleb White, East Carolina, 2014-15 (67-164) .799 Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 (329-412) .399 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 (130-326) .787 Troy Caupain, Cincinnati, 2013-15 (140-178) .394 Adonys Henriquez, UCF, 2014-15 (65-165) .390 Jay Hook, Tulane, 2014-15 (71-182)

2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 83 INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

REBOUNDS 3.56 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 (260 assists, 73 games) GAME 23 Shaq Goodwin, Memphis vs. Temple, 2/7/15 FRESHMAN ASSISTS PER GAME, SEASON 18 TaShawn Thomas, Houston vs. Howard, 11/21/13 3.7 Daniel Hamilton, UConn, 2014-15 (128 assists, 35 games) Jaylen Bond, Temple vs. Delaware State, 12/28/14 2.5 B.J. Taylor, UCF, 2014-15 (65 assists, 26 games) 17 Daniel Hamilton, UConn at East Carolina, 2/25/15 2.2 Troy Caupain, Cincinnati, 2013-14 (76 assists, 34 games) 16 Gary Clark, Cincinnati vs. East Carolina, 1/6/15 2.1 Adonys Henriquez, UCF, 2014-15 (64 assists, 30 games) Jaylen Bond, Temple vs. East Carolina, 2/14/15 1.8 Terry Rozier, Louisvile, 2013-14 (67 assists, 37 games)

SEASON 10-ASSIST GAMES, SEASON 311 Montrezl Harrell, Louisville, 2013-14 (37 games) 3 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 277 Jaylen Bond, Temple, 2014-15 (35 games) L.J. Rose, Houston, 2013-14 267 Daniel Hamilton, UConn, 2014-15 (35 games) Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 266 TaShawn Thomas, Houston, 2013-14 (33 games) Anthony Collins, USF, 2014-15 261 Markus Kennedy, SMU, 2013-14 (37 games) BLOCKS CAREER GAME 443 Shaq Goodwin, Memphis, 2013-15 9 Yanick Moreira, SMU vs. Midwestern State, 12/29/14 411 Markus Kennedy, SMU, 2013-15 8 Austin Nichols, Memphis vs. Oral Roberts, 12/20/14 319 Kasey Wilson, UCF, 2013-15 Amida Brimah, UConn at Tulane, 2/7/15 314 Danrad Knowles, Houston, 2013-15 7 13 Times 310 Austin Nichols, Memphis, 2013-15 Most Recent: Amida Brimah, UConn vs. SMU, 3/15/15

REBOUNDS PER GAME, SEASON SEASON 8.6 Anthony Lee, Temple, 2013-14 (240 rebounds, 28 games) 121 Amida Brimah, UConn, 2014-15 (35 games) 8.4 Montrezl Harrell, Louisville, 2013-14 (311 rebounds, 37 games) 99 Justin Jackson, Cincinnati, 2013-14 (34 games) 8.1 TaShawn Thomas, Houston, 2013-14 (266 rebounds, 33 games) 93 Austin Nichols, Memphis, 2014-15 (93 games) 7.9 Jaylen Bond, Temple, 2014-15 (277 rebounds, 35 games) 92 Amida Brimah, UConn, 2013-14 (33 games) 7.6 Daniel Hamilton, UConn, 2014-15 (267 rebounds, 35 games) 91 TaShawn Thomas, Houston, 2013-14 (33 games)

FRESHMAN REBOUNDS PER GAME, SEASON CAREER 7.6 Daniel Hamilton, UConn, 2014-15 (267 rebounds, 35 games) 213 Amida Brimah, UConn, 2013-15 7.2 Gary Clark, Cincinnati, 2014-15 (246 rebounds, 34 games) 115 Austin Nichols, Memphis, 2013-15 6.2 John Egbunu, USF, 2013-14 (198 rebounds, 32 games) 96 Shaq Goodwin, Memphis, 2013-15 5.3 Chris Perry, USF, 2013-14 (170 rebounds, 32 games) 85 Staphon Blair, UCF, 2013-15 4.8 Dylan Osetkowski, Tulane, 2014-15 (149 rebounds, 31 games) 79 Danrad Knowles, Houston, 2013-15

10-REBOUND GAMES, SEASON BLOCKS PER GAME, SEASON 14 Montrezl Harrell, Louisville, 2013-14 3.5 Amida Brimah, UConn, 2014-15 (121 blocks, 35 games) 12 Anthony Lee, Temple, 2013-14 3.4 Austin Nichols, Memphis, 2014-15 (93 blocks, 27 games) 11 Jaylen Bond, Temple, 2014-15 2.9 Justin Jackson, Cincinnati, 2013-14 (99 blocks, 34 games) 10 Daniel Hamilton, UConn, 2014-15 2.8 TaShawn Thomas, Houston, 2013-14 (91 blocks, 33 games) 9 TaShawn Thomas, Houston, 2013-14 2.3 Amida Brimah, UConn, 2013-14 (92 blocks, 40 games)

ASSISTS BLOCKS PER GAME, CAREER GAME 2.84 Amida Brimah, UConn, 2013-15 (213 blocks, 75 games) 13 Russ Smith, Louisville vs. UConn, 3/8/14 2.21 Austin Nichols, Memphis, 2013-15 (135 blocks, 61 games) Brandon Goodwin, UCF at Tulane, 2/19/15 1.48 Shaq Goodwin, Memphis, 2013-15 (96 blocks, 65 games) 12 Anthony Collins, USF vs. Hofstra, 11/25/14 1.39 Staphon Blair, UCF, 2013-15 (85 blocks, 61 games) Jonathan Stark, Tulane vs. Temple, 1/7/15 1.25 Danrad Knowles, Houston, 2013-15 (79 blocks, 63 games) 11 Russ Smith, Louisville vs. Missouri-Kansas City, 12/4/13 Shabazz Napier, UConn vs. UCF, 1/11/14 STEALS Antonio Robinson, East Carolina vs. Virginia-Lynchburg, 11/20/14 GAME Daniel Hamilton, UConn vs. Coppin State, 12/14/14 7 Chris Crawford, Memphis vs. Jackson State, 12/28/13 Nic Moore, SMU vs. Texas Southern, 11/26/14 SEASON Will Cummings, Temple at SMU, 2/19/15 195 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 (40 games) 6 Myles Mack, Rutgers vs. Florida A&M, 11/8/13 181 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-14 (37 games) Corey Allen Jr., USF vs. Stetson, 11/22/13 175 Nic Moore, SMU, 2014-15 (34 games) TaShawn Thomas, Houston at USF, 1/4/14 172 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 (37 games) Chris Jones, Louisville at SMU, 3/5/14 167 Anthony Collins, USF, 2014-15 (32 games) Chris Jones, Louisville vs. Rutgers, 3/13/14

CAREER SEASON 356 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 74 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 (37 games) 283 Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 73 Chris Jones, Louisville, 2013-14 (33 games) 260 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 (40 games) 255 L.J. Rose, Houston, 2013-15 67 Shaquille Harrison, Tulsa, 2014-15 (34 games) 214 Anthony Collins, USF, 2013-15 Will Cummings, Temple, 2014-15 (36 game)

ASSISTS PER GAME, SEASON CAREER 5.5 L.J. Rose, Houston, 2013-14 (154 assists, 28 games) 110 Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 5.2 Anthony Collins, USF, 2014-15 (167 assists, 32 games) 107 Ryan Boatright, UConn, 2013-15 5.1 Nic Moore, SMU, 2014-15 (175 assists, 34 games) 97 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 4.89 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-14 (181 assists, 37 games) 90 Markus Kennedy, SMU, 2013-15 4.88 Shabazz Napier, UConn, 2013-14 (195 assists, 40 games) 72 Troy Caupain, Cincinnati, 2013-15

ASSISTS PER GAME, CAREER STEALS PER GAME, SEASON 5.43 L.J. Rose, Houston, 2013-15 (255 assists, 47 games) 2.2 Chris Jones, Louisville, 2013-14 (73 steals, 33 games) 5.35 Anthony Collins, USF, 2013-15 (214 assists, 40 games) 2.0 Russ Smith, Louisville, 2013-14 (74 steals, 37 games) 5.01 Nic Moore, SMU, 2013-15 (356 assists, 71 games) 1.97 Shaquille Harrison, Tulsa, 2014-15 (67 steals, 34 games) 4.35 Will Cummings, Temple, 2013-15 (283 assists, 65 games) 1.86 Will Cummings, Temple, 2014-15 (67 steals, 36 games)

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POINTS FIELD GOALS 34 Cincinnati vs. Chicago State, 12/23/13 POINTS, GAME FIELD GOALS MADE, GAME 116 Rutgers vs. Stillman, 11/25/13 41 Rutgers vs. Stillman, 12/25/13 3-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, SEASON 113 Louisville vs. Louisiana, 12/7/13 38 Louisville vs. Louisiana, 12/7/13 809 Houston, 2014-15 106 UConn vs. Coppin State, 12/14/14 UCF vs. Jacksonville, 12/17/13 783 Louisville, 2013-14 104 UCF vs. Jacksonville, 12/17/13 Temple at Long Island, 12/21/13 772 Temple, 2014-15 UCF vs. Houston, 3/7/14 Memphis vs. LeMoyne-Owen, 1/18/14 741 UConn, 2013-14 Tulane at UCF, 1/14/15 663 East Carolina, 2014-15 COMBINED POINTS, GAME Memphis vs. UCF, 1/17/15 205 Rutgers (116) vs. Stillman (89) , 11/25/13 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, GAME 187 Louisville (113) vs. Louisiana (74), 12/7/13 FIELD GOALS MADE, SEASON .750 Cincinnati vs. UCF, 2/25/15 (6-8) UCF (103) vs. Houston (87), 3/7/14 1,051 Louisville, 2013-14 .714 SMU vs. McNeese State, 12/2/13 (10-14) 184 UCF (94) vs. Temple (90), 3/12/14 971 UConn, 2013-14 .667 Memphis vs. Louisville, 3/1/14 (6-9) 181 Cincinnati (97) vs. Memphis (84), 3/6/14 958 Memphis, 2013-14 .647 UConn vs. Yale, 11/11/13 (11-17) 937 SMU, 2013-14 UConn vs. USF, 3/12/15 (11-17) FEWEST POINTS, GAME 833 Houston, 2013-14 .643 SMU vs. LSU, 3/24/14 (9-14) 31 Rutgers vs. Louisvile, 3/13/14 Temple, 2014-15 37 Tulane at Temple, 1/31/15 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, SEASON

39 Temple at Tulsa, 2/22/15 .387 UConn, 2013-14 (287-741) FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, GAME 40 USF at UConn, 2/12/14 .379 SMU, 2013-14 (174-459) 85 Cincinnati vs. Chicago State, 12/23/13 .368 Louisville, 2013-14 (288-783) 80 Tulane at UCF, 1/14/15 POINTS, HALF .367 Houston, 2013-14 (212-578) 77 Louisville vs. Missouri-Kansas City, 12/4/13 63 Temple vs. Long Island, 12/21/13 (2nd) .363 SMU, 2014-15 (145-400) Rutgers at Houston, 1/19/14 60 Rutgers vs. Stillman, 11/25/13 (1st) Temple vs. UCF, 3/12/14 3-POINT FIELD GOAL DEFENSE, SEASON Temple vs. Delaware State, 12/28/14 FEWEST POINTS, HALF .286 Louisville, 2013-14 (170-594)

14 USF vs. UConn, 2/12/14 (1st) .304 Memphis, 2014-15 (164-540) FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, SEASON 15 Rutgers vs. Louisville, 3/13/14 (2nd) .308 Memphis, 2013-14 (180-585) 2,232 Louisville, 2013-14 .313 East Carolina, 2014-15 (199-636) 2,162 UConn, 2013-14 POINTS, SEASON .314 Temple, 2014-15 (210-669) 2,149 Temple, 2014-15 2,998 Louisville, 2013-14 (37 games) 2,009 Memphis, 2013-14 2,873 UConn, 2013-14 (40 games) 1,938 SMU, 2013-14 FREE THROWS 2,627 SMU, 2013-14 (37 games) FREE THROWS MADE, GAME

2,614 Memphis, 2013-14 (34 games) 41 Louisville at Rutgers, 1/4/14 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, GAME 2,436 Temple, 2014-15 (37 games) 36 East Carolina vs. NC Wesleyan, 11/14/14 .667 SMU vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/24/13 (32-48) 34 Temple vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/17/14 .647 Cincinnati vs. UCF, 2/25/15 (33-51) POINTS PER GAME 33 Louisville vs. Louisiana, 12/7/13 .632 Cincinnati vs. Campbell, 11/20/13 (36-57) 81.0 Louisville, 2013-14 (2,998 points, 37 games) 31 Memphis vs. Nicholls State, 11/23/13 .620 Houston vs. Alcorn State, 12/9/13 (31-50) 76.9 Memphis, 2013-14 (2,614 points, 34 games) Cincinnati vs. Rutgers, 1/11/14 .615 Houston at Temple, 3/1/14 (32-52) 73.9 Temple, 2013-14 (2,291 points, 31 games)

72.7 UCF, 2013-14 (2,253 points, 31 games) FREE THROWS MADE, SEASON FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, SEASON 71.8 UConn, 2013-14 (2,873 points, 40 games) 644 UConn, 2013-14 .483 SMU, 2013-14 (937-1,938) 608 Louisville, 2013-14 .477 Memphis, 2013-14 (958-2,009) POINTS ALLOWED PER GAME 579 SMU, 2013-14 .475 SMU, 2014-15 (832-1,750) 55.8 Cincinnati, 2014-15 (1,898 points, 34 games) 541 SMU, 2014-15 .471 Louisville, 2013-14 (1051-2,232) 58.4 Cincinnati, 2013-14 (1,986 points, 34 games) 535 Temple, 2014-15 .454 Houston, 2013-14 (833-1,833) 59.8 SMU, 2014-15 (2,032 points, 34 games)

60.6 UConn, 2014-15 (2,059 points, 34 games) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE DEFENSE, SEASON 60.9 Tulsa, 2014-15 (1,950 points, 32 games) FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED, GAME .381 SMU, 2014-15 (691-1,815) 50 Memphis vs. Nicholls State, 11/23/13 .385 SMU, 2013-14 (762-1,977) SCORING MARGIN, GAME 49 Temple vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/17/14 .388 Cincinnati, 2014-15 (700-1,804) 61 Louisville (92) vs. Rutgers (31), 3/13/14 46 Louisville at Rutgers, 1/4/14 .392 UConn, 2013-14 (878-2,241) 48 Louisville (102) vs. Rutgers (54), 2/16/14 East Carolina vs. NC Wesleyan, 11/14/14 .394 Temple, 2014-15 (803-2,040) 46 UConn (101) vs. Detroit (55), 11/14/13 41 USF vs. Memphis, 12/31/13 45 Louisville (99) vs. Cornell (54), 11/15/13 40 USF vs. Tennessee Tech, 11/9/13 44 Tulane (89) vs. Southern-New Orleans (45), 11/22/14 3-POINT FIELD GOALS Louisville vs. Louisiana, 12/7/13 Cincinnati vs. Rutgers, 1/11/14 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE, GAME

SCORING MARGIN, SEASON 16 Louisville vs. Rutgers, 2/16/14 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED, SEASON 19.9 Louisville, 2013-14 Temple at Delaware, 12/18/14 920 Louisville, 2013-14 10.0 Cincinnati, 2013-14 Tulane at UCF, 1/14/15 849 UConn, 2013-14 9.4 SMU, 2014-15 15 Temple at Long Island, 12/21/13 848 SMU, 2013-14 8.8 SMU, 2013-14 Louisville vs. Houston, 1/16/14 828 Memphis, 2013-14 8.6 UConn, 2013-14 14 UConn vs. Maine, 12/6/13 770 SMU, 2014-15 UCF vs. Howard, 12/11/13

Louisville vs. UCF, 12/31/13 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE, GAME

1.000 UConn vs. Kentucky, 4/7/14 (10-10) 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE, SEASON Houston vs. Texas-Pan American, 12/4/14 (9-9) 288 Louisville, 2013-14 East Carolina at Memphis, 1/28/15 (3-3) 287 UConn, 2013-14 UConn vs. Arizona State, 3/18/15 (3-3) 259 Houston, 2014-15 Memphis at UConn, 3/5/15 (2-2) 235 Temple, 2014-15 .955 UConn vs. Michigan State, 3/30/14 (21-22) 233 East Carolina, 2014-15 .944 Cincinnati at Louisville, 1/30/14 (17-18)

3-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, GAME FREE THROW PERCENTAGE, SEASON 38 Houston vs. Morgan State, 11/22/14 .777 UConn, 2013-14 (644-829) 35 Houston vs. Texas-Pan American, 12/4/14 .708 Cincinnati, 2013-14 (519-733) Temple vs. Delaware State, 12/28/14 .708 Temple, 2013-14 (434-614) Tulane at UCF, 1/14/15 .707 UConn, 2014-15 East Carolina vs. SMU, 3/13/15 .706 Rutgers, 2013-14 (502-711)

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REBOUNDS STEALS 21 Rutgers, 2013-14 GAME GAME 20 USF, 2013-14 69 Cincinnati vs. Chicago State, 12/23/13 19 Louisville vs. Rutgers, 3/13/14 19 Houston, 2014-15 62 Houston vs. Morgan State, 11/22/14 17 Louisville at SMU, 3/5/14 59 East Carolina vs. Virginia-Lynchburg, 11/20/14 East Carolina vs. NC Wesleyan, 11/14/14 CONSECUTIVE LOSSES 55 UCF vs. Bethune-Cookman, 11/17/13 16 Louisville vs. Hartford, 11/19/13 11 USF, 1/6/15-2/14/15 UConn vs. Houston, 1/30/14 15 Memphis vs .Austin Peay, 11/14/13 9 USF, 2/8/14-3/12/14 52 Rutgers vs. Stillman, 11/25/13 Louisville at Rutgers, 1/4/14 8 Temple, 1/1/14-1/26/14 Memphis vs. SMU, 3/8/14 Houston, 12/31/14-1/24/15 SEASON 1,410 Temple, 2014-15 SEASON CONFERENCE LOSSES, SEASON 1,396 UConn, 2013-14 370 Louisville, 2013-14 15 USF, 2013-14 Louisville, 2013-14 294 Memphis, 2013-14 USF, 2014-15 1,333 SMU, 2013-14 282 SMU, 2013-14 14 Temple, 2013-14 1,268 Memphis, 2013-14 281 UConn, 2013-14 UCF, 2013-14 268 Cincinnati, 2013-14 Houston, 2014-15 13 Rutgers, 2013-14 REBOUNDS PER GAME UCF, 2014-15 38.2 UCF, 2013-14 STEALS PER GAME 38.1 Temple, 2014-15 10.0 Louisville, 2013-14 CONSECUTIVE CONFERENCE LOSSES 37.7 Louisville, 2013-14 8.6 Memphis, 2013-14 11 USF, 1/6/15-2/14/15 37.3 Memphis, 2013-14 7.9 Cincinnati, 2013-14 9 USF, 2/8/14-12/31/14 37.3 Memphis, 2014-15 7.6 SMU, 2013-14 8 Houston, 12/31/14-1/24/15 7.0 UConn, 2013-14 7 Temple, 1/1/14-1/26/14 REBOUND MARGIN, SEASON 7.0 Memphis, 2014-15 6 UCF, 1/17/15-2/7/15 6.7 SMU, 2014-15 4.8 SMU, 2013-14 TURNOVERS GAMES PLAYED, SEASON 4.5 Cincinnati, 2014-15 GAME 40 UConn, 2013-14 4.3 Cincinnati, 2013-14 26 Rutgers vs. Louisville, 3/13/14 37 Louisville, 2013-14 4.2 Memphis, 2014-15 Houston vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 12/17/14 SMU, 2013-14 24 Memphis vs. Wichita State, 11/18/14 Temple, 2014-15 ASSISTS USF at UAB, 11/20/14 GAME 23 USF vs. Louisville, 1/22/13 FOULS, GAME 29 Memphis vs. LeMoyne-Owen, 1/18/14 SMU vs. Louisville, 3/5/14 32 Rutgers vs. Louisville, 1/4/14 28 Louisville at UCF, 12/31/13 31 Tulsa at Oral Roberts, 11/15/14 27 Memphis vs. Northwestern State, 12/7/13 FEWEST, GAME 30 Memphis at USF, 12/31/13 26 Memphis vs. Rutgers, 2/4/14 1 Houston vs. UConn, 2/1/15 Louisville at Rutgers, 1/4/14 25 Chicninnati at Chicago State, 12/23/13 3 Louisville vs. Charleston, 11/9/13 USF at UAB, 11/20/14 Rutgers at Alabama-Birmingham, 11/11/13 Tulane at UCF, 1/14/15 SEASON UConn vs. Boston College, 11/21/13 591 Memphis, 2013-14 Cincinnati vs. Memphis, 3/6/14 ATTENDANCE, HOME GAME 568 Louisville, 2013-14 Memphis vs. Jacksonville State, 2/4/15 22,782 Louisville vs. UConn, 3/8/14 561 SMU, 2013-14 UConn vs. Cincinnati, 3/13/15 524 SMU, 2014-15 ATTENDANCE, ALL GAMES 488 UConn, 2013-14 MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS 79,444 UConn vs. Florida, 4/5/14 (NCAA Final Four) WINS, SEASON AVERAGE ATTENDANCE, HOME ASSISTS PER GAME 32 UConn, 2013-14 21,282 Louisville, 2013-14 17.4 Memphis, 2013-14 31 Louisville, 2013-14 15.4 Louisville, 2013-14 27 Cincinnati, 2013-14 15.4 SMU, 2014-15 SMU, 2013-14 15.2 SMU, 2013-14 SMU, 2014-15 14.7 Houston, 2013-14 24 Memphis, 2013-14

BLOCKS CONSECUTIVE WINS GAME 15 Cincinnati, 12/17/13-2/6/14 15 Memphis vs. Oral Roberts, 12/20/14 12 Tulsa, 12/17/14-2/5/15 14 Houston vs. Lehigh, 11/17/13 9 UConn, 11/8/13-12/6/13 UConn vs. UCF, 1/11/14 Tulane, 11/20/14-12/19/14 UCF vs. Temple, 3/12/14 8 SMU, 11/26/14-12/31/14 13 UConn vs. Yale, 11/11/13 SMU, 1/8/15-1/31/15 SMU vs. Midwestern State, 12/29/14 12 Houston vs. Howard, 11/21/13 CONFERENCE WINS, SEASON 15 Cincinnati, 2013-14 SEASON Louisville, 2013-14 230 UConn, 2013-14 SMU, 2014-15 208 Memphis, 2014-15 14 Tulsa, 2014-15 188 Cincinnati, 2013-14 13 Temple, 2014-15 185 Cincinnati, 2014-15 Cincinnati, 2014-15 182 Houston, 2013-14 CONSECUTIVE CONFERENCE WINS 11 Cincinnati, 1/1/14-2/6/14 BLOCKS PER GAME 10 Tulsa, 12/31/14-2/5/15 6.5 Memphis, 2014-15 8 SMU, 1/8/15-1/31/15 5.8 UConn, 2013-14 7 Louisville, 2/1/14-2/27/14 5.5 Cincinnati, 2013-14 Temple, 1/22/15-2/14/15 5.5 Houston, 2013-14 5.4 Cincinnati, 2014-15 LOSSES, SEASON 23 USF, 2014-15 22 Temple, 2013-14

86 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball ANNUAL LEADERS

SCORING SCORING OFFENSE Year Player, School GP FG 3FG FT PTS PPG Year School GP Pts. Avg. 2013-14 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, Sr. 34 214 93 180 701 20.6 2013-14 Louisville 37 2998 81.0 2014-15 Ryan Boatright, UConn, Sr. 34 182 86 142 592 17.4 2014-15 SMU 34 2350 69.1

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE SCORING DEFENSE Year Player, School GP FGM FGA Pct. Year School GP Pts. Avg. 2013-14 Montrezl Harrell, Louisville, So. 37 223 366 .609 2013-14 Cincinnati 34 1986 58.4 2014-15 Amida Brimah, UConn, So. 35 126 187 .674 2014-15 Cincinnati 34 1898 55.8

REBOUNDING SCORING MARGIN Year Player, School GP OFF DEF TOTAL RPG Year School GP PF PA Margin 2013-14 Anthony Lee, Temple, Jr. 28 89 151 240 8.6 2013-14 Louisville 37 81.0 61.1 19.9 2014-15 Jaylen Bond, Temple, Jr. 35 116 161 277 7.9 2014-15 SMU 34 69.1 59.8 9.4

ASSISTS FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Year Player, School GP A APG Year School GP FGM FGA Pct. 2013-14 L.J. Rose, Houston, So. 28 154 5.5 2013-14 SMU 37 937 1938 .483 2014-15 Anthony Collins, Jr. 32 167 5.2 2014-15 SMU 34 832 1750 .475 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE DEFENSE FREE THROW PERCENTAGE Year School GP FGM FGA Pct. Year Player, School GP FTM FTA Pct. 2013-14 SMU 37 762 1977 .385 2013-14 Myles Mack, Rutgers, Jr. 33 111 124 .895 2014-15 SMU 34 691 1815 .381 2014-15 Nic Moore, SMU, Jr. 34 104 117 .889 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Year School GP 3FGM 3FGA Pct. Year Player, School GP FGM FGA Pct. 2013-14 UConn 40 287 741 .387 2013-14 Niels Giffey, UConn, Sr. 40 58 120 .483 2014-15 SMU 34 145 400 .363 2014-15 Nic Moore, SMU, Jr. 34 77 185 .416 3-POINT FIELD GOAL DEFENSE 3-POINT FIELD GOALS PER GAME Year School GP 3FGM 3FGA Pct. Year Player, School GP 3FG Avg. 2013-14 Louisville 37 170 594 .286 2013-14 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, Sr. 34 93 2.7 2014-15 Memphis 32 164 540 .304 2014-15 Jherrod Stiggers, Houston, Jr. 31 96 3.1 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE BLOCKS Year School GP FTM FTA Pct. Year Player, School GP B BPG 2013-14 UConn 40 644 829 .777 2013-14 Justin Jackson, Cincinnati, Sr. 34 99 2.9 2014-15 UConn 35 417 590 .707 2014-15 Amida Brimah, UConn, So. 35 121 3.5 REBOUNDING STEALS Year School GP R Avg. Year Player, School GP S SPG 2013-14 UCF 31 1184 38.2 2013-14 Chris Jones, Louisville, Jr. 33 73 2.2 2014-15 Temple 37 1410 38.1 2014-15 Shaquille Harrison, Jr. 34 67 2.0 REBOUNDING MARGIN ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO Year School GP RPG Opp Margin Year Player, School GP A TO A/TO 2013-14 SMU 37 36.0 31.3 4.8 2013-14 L.J. Rose, Houston, So. 28 154 65 2.4 2014-15 SMU 34 36.6 29.9 6.7 2014-15 Antonio Robinson, East Carolina, Sr. 33 122 52 2.3 ASSISTS MINUTES PLAYED Year School GP A Avg. Year Player, School GP M MPG 2013-14 Memphis 34 591 17.4 2013-14 Dalton Pepper, Temple, Sr. 31 1171 37.8 2014-15 SMU 34 524 15.4 2014-15 Ryan Boatright, UConn, Sr. 34 1216 35.8 BLOCKS Year School GP B Avg. 2013-14 UConn 40 230 5.8 2014-15 Memphis 32 208 6.5

STEALS Year School GP S Avg. 2013-14 Louisville 37 370 10.0 2014-15 Memphis 32 224 7.0

TURNOVER MARGIN Year School GP TO Opp. Margin 2013-14 Louisville 37 10.6 17.2 6.7 2014-15 Temple 37 9.5 12.3 2.8

ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO Year School GP A TO A/TO 2013-14 Louisville 37 15.4 10.6 1.5 2014-15 Temple 37 12.4 9.5 1.3

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YEAR-BY-YEAR STANDINGS 2014-15 AMERICAN OVERALL SCHOOL W-L PCT PF PA H A W-L PCT PF PA H A N STREAK SMU 18/19 15-3 .833 68.9 58.6 8-1 7-2 27-7 .794 69.1 59.8 16-2 9-4 2-1 Lost 1 Tulsa 14-4 .778 64.1 58.6 7-2 7-2 23-11 .676 64.4 60.7 13-5 8-5 2-1 Lost 1 Cincinnati 13-5 .722 62.7 55.2 8-1 5-4 23-11 .676 62.1 55.8 15-3 6-5 2-3 Lost 1 Temple 13-5 .722 64.1 58.7 7-2 6-3 26-11 .703 65.8 61.2 17-2 7-5 2-4 Lost 1 Memphis 10-8 .556 66.1 63.3 5-4 5-4 18-14 .563 67.3 63.1 12-6 5-5 1-3 Lost 2 UConn 10-8 .556 63.2 60.3 7-2 3-6 20-15 .571 64.1 60.0 14-6 4-7 2-2 Lost 2 Tulane 6-12 .333 59.4 64.7 1-8 5-4 15-16 .484 63.6 64.0 9-9 6-5 0-2 Lost 1 East Carolina 6-12 .333 58.1 63.6 5-4 1-8 14-19 .424 64.1 65.9 11-5 1-11 2-3 Lost 1 UCF 5-13 .278 64.5 72.9 3-6 2-7 12-18 .400 66.0 71.8 10-8 2-9 0-1 Lost 5 Houston 4-14 .222 60.7 66.3 3-6 1-8 13-19 .406 64.4 65.5 9-8 2-9 2-2 Lost 1 USF 3-15 .167 56.7 66.6 3-6 0-9 9-23 .281 61.6 68.4 8-9 1-13 0-1 Lost 2 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 (Semifi nalist)

2013-14 AMERICAN OVERALL SCHOOL W-L PCT PF PA H A W-L PCT PF PA H A N STREAK Cincinnati 15/22 15-3 .833 66.7 59.7 8-1 7-2 27-7 .794 68.4 58.4 18-1 7-3 2-3 Lost 2 Louisville 5/9 15-3 .833 79.6 62.3 6-2 8-1 31-6 .838 81.0 61.1 16-2 9-2 6-2 Lost 1 SMU -/rv 12-6 .667 69.4 63.5 8-1 4-5 27-10 .730 71.0 62.2 18-1 6-6 3-3 Lost 1 UConn 18/1 12-6 .667 70.7 63.4 7-2 5-4 32-8 .800 71.8 63.2 15-3 7-4 10-1 Won 6 Memphis rv/rv 12-6 .667 75.8 71.4 7-2 5-4 24-10 .706 76.9 70.5 15-3 5-5 4-2 Lost 1 Houston 8-10 .444 70.1 75.7 6-3 2-7 17-16 .515 71.1 73.0 12-4 3-9 2-3 Lost 1 Rutgers 5-13 .278 68.6 76.3 4-5 1-8 12-21 .364 71.1 76.2 10-10 1-10 1-1 Lost 1 Temple 4-14 .222 70.0 78.3 3-6 1-8 9-22 .290 73.9 78.1 4-10 3-9 2-3 Lost 1 UCF 4-14 .222 67.8 77.3 3-6 1-8 13-18 .419 72.7 73.6 10-7 2-10 1-1 Lost 1 USF 3-15 .167 62.7 73.5 1-8 2-7 12-20 .375 65.6 70.8 7-10 5-7 0-3 Lost 9

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 Semifi nal), Memphis (Third Round) NIT (1): SMU (Finalist)

ANNUAL MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS COACHING RECORDS • ALL GAMES Year Regular Season Tournament Team W-L PCT. YEARS 2013-14 Cincinnati, Louisville Louisville , Louisville 31-6 .838 2013-14 2014-15 SMU SMU Mick Cronin, Cincinnati 27-7 .794 2013-14* Larry Brown, SMU 54-17 .761 2013-present CHAMPIONSHIPS BY SCHOOL Kevin Ollie, UConn 52-23 .684 2013-present School Reg. Season Tournament Total Frank Haith, Tulsa 23-11 .674 2014-present Cincinnati 1 0 1 Josh Pastner, Memphis 42-24 .636 2013-present Louisville 1 1 2 Fran Dunphy, Temple 35-33 .515 2013-present SMU 1 1 2 James Dickey, Houston 17-16 .515 2013-14 Ed Conroy, Tulane 15-16 .484 2014-present CHAMPIONSHIP COACHES Jeff Lebo, East Carolina 14-19 .424 2014-present Coach School (Years Won) Donnie Jones, UCF 25-36 .410 2013-present Mick Cronin Cincinnati (2013-14 rs) , USF 12-20 .375 2013-14 Rick Pitino Louisville (2013-14 rs, 2014 t) Eddie Jordan, Rutgers 12-21 .364 2013-14 Larry Brown SMU (2014-15 rs, 2015 t) COACHING RECORDS • CONFERENCE GAMES ALL-TIME CONFERENCE STANDINGS Team GP W-L PCT. YEARS (Regular season conference games against each other) Mick Cronin, Cincinnati 18 15-3 .833 2013-14* Team GP W-L PCT. Rick Pitino, Louisville 18 15-3 .833 2013-14 Louisville 18 15-3 .833 Frank Haith, Tulsa 18 14-1 .778 2014-present Cincinnati 36 28-8 .778 Larry Brown, SMU 36 27-9 .750 2013-present Tulsa 18 14-4 .778 Kevin Ollie, UConn 36 22-14 .611 2013-present SMU 36 27-9 .750 Josh Pastner, Memphis 36 22-14 .611 2013-present UConn 36 22-14 .611 Fran Dunphy, Temple 36 17-19 .472 2013-present Memphis 36 22-14 .611 James Dickey, Houston 18 8-10 .444 2013-14 Temple 36 17-19 .472 Jeff Lebo, East Carolina 18 6-12 .333 2014-present Houston 36 12-24 .333 Ed Conroy, Tulane 18 6-12 .333 2014-present East Carolina 18 6-12 .333 Eddie Jordan, Rutgers 18 5-13 .278 2013-14 Tulane 18 6-12 .333 Stan Heath, USF 18 3-15 .167 2013-14 Rutgers 18 5-13 .278 Donnie Jones, UCF 36 5-27 .156 2013-present UCF 36 9-27 .250 USF 36 6-30 .167 (*) did not coach in 2014-15 due to health condition

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UCF 2005-07 2 14 44 .241 Temple Coach Career Years Won Lost Pct. Mack McCarthy 2007-10 3 34 57 .373 Coach Career Years Won Lost Pct. Torchy Clark 1969-83 14 273 89 .754 Jeff Lebo 2010- 5 87 80 .521 Charles M. Williams 1894-99 15 73 32 .695 Chuck Machock 1983-85 2 24 81 .228 TOTALS 83 1042 1059 .496 John T. Rogers 1899-00 2 14 8 .636 Phil Carter 1985-89 4 37 73 .336 No Team 1901 Joe Dean 1989-93 4 37 73 .336 Houston H. Shindle Wingert 1901-05 4 20 18 .526 Kirk Speraw 1993-10 17 247 233 .515 Coach Career Years Won Lost Pct. John B. Crescenzo 1905-08 3 14 10 .583 Donnie Jones 2010- 4 67 70 .489 1946-56 10 135 116 .537 Edward M. McCone 1908-09 1 8 3 .727 TOTALS 45 685 619 .529 Guy V. Lewis 1956-86 30 592 279 .680 Frederick Prosch, Jr. 1909-13 4 17 20 .459 1986-93 7 142 73 .660 William Nicolai 1913-17 4 31 26 .544 Alvin Brooks 1993-98 6 54 84 .391 Elwood Geiges 1917-18 1 8 7 .533 Cincinnati Francois M. D’Eliscu 1919-23 4 29 23 .558 Coach Career Years Won Lost Pct. 1998-00 2 19 39 .327 Ray McCallum 2000-04 4 44 73 .376 Samuel L. Dienes 1923-26 3 39 21 .650 Henry S. Pratt 1901-02 1 5 4 .556 James Usilton, Sr. 1926-39 13 205 79 .722 Anthony W. Chez 1902-04 2 12 10 .545 2004-10 6 121 77 .611 James Dickey 2010-14 4 64 62 .508 Ernest Messikomer 1939-42 3 35 27 .565 1904-09 5 30 10 .750 1942-52 10 122 104 .540 C.A. Schroetter 1909-10 1 3 2 .600 Kelvin Sampson 2014- 1 13 19 .406 TOTALS 70 1184 822 .590 1952-73 21 373 193 .659 Russ Easton 1910-14 4 11 30 .268 1973-82 9 151 94 .616 George Little 1914-16 2 4 17 .190 John Chaney 1982-06 24 516 253 .671 Ion Cortright 1916-17 1 3 8 .273 Memphis Fran Dunphy 2006- 9 193 108 .641 Whitelaw Morrison 1917-18 1 2 6 .250 Coach Career Years Won Lost Pct. TOTALS 121 1849 1028 .643 1918-28 10 106 81 .567 Fred Grantham 1920-21 1 22 7 (1 tie) .750 Frank Rice 1928-32 4 33 34 .493 W.H. DePreist 1921-22 1 1 7 .125 John Halliday 1932-33 1 9 9 .500 1922-24 2 10 13 .435 Tulane 1933-37 4 47 27 .635 Coach Career Years Won Lost Pct. 1924-48 23 173 184 .485 Walter Van Winkle 1937-39 2 18 16 .529 Silas Hickey 1905-06 1 8 5 .615 McCoy Tarry 1948-51 3 40 27 .597 Clark Ballard 1939-42 3 24 31 .436 Unknown Coaches 1906-11 5 18 26 .409 1951-56 5 87 45 .659 Bob Ruess 1942-44 2 15 15 .500 A.A. Mason 1912-13 1 7 3 .700 1956-62 6 109 34 .762 Ray Farnham 1944-46 2 16 22 .421 Carl Hanson 1913-14 1 8 4 .667 1962-66 4 53 47 .530 1946-52 6 106 47 .693 T.R. Sweetland 1914-15 1 2 3 .400 1966-70 4 37 65 .362 George Smith 1952-60 8 154 56 .733 1915-18 3 27 15 .643 1970-74 4 83 32 .722 1960-65 5 113 28 .801 M.A. Moenck 1918-20 2 11 12 .478 1974-79 5 93 49 .655 1965-72 7 125 60 .676 Claude Simons, Sr. 1920-28, 1979-86 7 158 58 .731 1972-78 6 126 44 .741 1930-31 9 97 73 .571 1986-97 11 220 130 .629 1978-83 5 68 71 .489 1928-30 2 25 12 .676 1997-99 2 30 27 .526 1983-89 6 70 100 .412 George Rody 1931-33 2 14 25 .359 Johnny Jones 1999-00 1 15 16 .483 1989-05 15 399 127 .759 Ray Dauber 1933-38 5 27 61 .307 John Calipari 2000-09 9 214 67 .762 Andy Kennedy 2005-06 1 21 13 .618 Claude Simons, Jr. 1938-42 4 19 44 .302 Josh Pastner 2009- 6 148 54 .733 Mick Cronin 2006- 9 185 118 .611 Vernon Haynes 1942-45 3 26 26 .500 TOTALS 95 1631 864 (1) .654 TOTALS 114 1705 986 .634 1945-63 18 259 171 .602 Ted Lenhardt 1963-64 1 1 22 .043 UConn SMU Ralph Pedersen 1964-71 7 63 110 .364 Coach Career Years Won Lost Pct. Dick Longo 1971-73 2 20 32 .385 Coach Career Years Won Lost Pct. 1973-76 3 46 33 .582 No Coach 1901-08 8 37 32 .536 Dale Morrison 1916-17 1 12 2 .857 Burton Rix 1917-21 4 24 36 .400 1976-81 5 45 90 .333 No Teams 1908-10 Ned Fowler 1981-85 4 70 45 .609 No Coach 1910-13 3 7 8 .467 R.N. Blackwell 1921-22 1 8 14 .363 H.A. Faulkner 1922-23 2 19 26 .422 No Teams 1985-89 No Team 1913-14 1989-2000 11 185 145 .561 No Coach 1914-15 1 1 4 .200 Jimmie W. St. Clair 1924-38 14 140 108 .564 Forrest C. Baccus 1938-42, Shawn Finney 2000-05 5 60 86 .411 John F. Donahue 1915-19 4 11 23 .324 2005-10 5 68 84 .447 M.R. Swartz 1919-21 2 14 14 .500 1945-47 6 55 71 .437 James Stewart 1942-44 2 18 17 .514 Ed Conroy 2011- 5 80 81 .497 J.W. Tasker 1921-22 1 15 5 .750 TOTALS 105 1186 1208 .495 Roy J. Guyer 1922-23 1 8 6 .571 Roy Dale Baccus 1944-45 1 11 10 .524 Sumner A. Dole 1923-27 4 39 25 .609 E.O. “Doc” Hayes 1947-67 20 299 192 .609 Louis A. Alexander 1927-31 4 35 19 .648 1967-75 8 88 115 .433 Tulsa John J. Heldman, Jr. 1931-36 5 19 42 .311 1975-80 5 61 77 .442 Coach Career Years Won Lost Pct. J.O. Christian 1935-36 1 3 10 .231 1980-88 8 142 101 .584 W.R. Bergen 1907-09 2 4 2 .667 Don White 1936-45 9 94 59 .614 1988-95 7 78 118 .397 No Teams 1909-13 1945-46 1 15 8 .652 1995-03 8 138 120 .534 Harvey Allen 1913-14 1 3 2 .600 Hugh S. Greer 1946-63 17 286 112 .719 Robert Lineburg 2003-03 1 2 3 .400 Forest Rees 1914-15 1 6 3 .667 George Wigton 1963 1 11 4 .733 2004-06 3 27 30 .474 1915-17, Fred A. Shabel 1963-67 4 72 29 .713 Matt Doherty 2006-12 7 80 109 .423 1918-22 6 73 26 .737 Burr Carlson 1967-69 2 16 32 .333 Larry Brown 2012- 3 69 34 .670 Hal Mefford 1917-18 1 1 5 .167 Donald “Dee’’ Rowe 1969-77 8 120 88 .577 TOTALS 99 1271 1183 .518 Howard Acher 1922-25 3 16 12 .571 Dominic P. Perno 1977-86 9 139 114 .549 J.B. Miller 1925-30 5 16 45 .262 James A. Calhoun 1986-12 26 625 243 .720 Oliver Hodge 1930-32 2 20 11 .645 Kevin Ollie 2012- 3 72 33 .686 USF 1932-39 7 65 65 .500 TOTALS 112 1639 910 .643 Coach Career Years Won Lost Pct. H.B. “Tex” Ryon 1939-40, Don Williams 1971-74 3 33 42 .440 1941-42 2 15 28 .349 1974-75 1 15 10 .600 1940-41 1 12 9 .571 East Carolina Chip Conner 1975-80 5 59 62 .488 Mike Milligan 1942-43 1 0 10 .000 Coach Career Years Won Lost Pct. 1980-86 7 106 69 .606 Woody West 1943-44 1 5 3 .625 C.W. Porter 1931-32 1 8 9 .471 1986-96 10 127 159 .444 Paul Alyea 1944-45 1 4 8 .333 C.K. Beatty 1932-34 2 12 17 .413 1996-03 7 108 100 .519 1945-47 2 11 31 .262 G.L. Mathis 1934-36 2 18 17 .514 Robert McCullum 2003-07 4 40 76 .345 John Garrison 1947-49 2 11 36 .234 Bo Farley 1936-37, Stan Heath 2007-14 7 97 130 .427 1949-60 11 137 147 .482 1939-40 2 24 18 .571 Orlando Antigua 2014- 1 9 23 .281 Joe Swank 1960-68 8 102 103 .498 Joe Alexander 1937-38 1 8 12 .400 TOTALS 43 596 684 .466 1968-75 7 117 69 .629 Gordon Gilbert 1938-39 1 17 10 .630 Jim King 1975-80 4 44 82 .349 John Christienbury 1940-43 3 25 15 .625 Bill Franey 1980 1 2 7 .222 No Team 1943-44 1980-85 5 119 37 .763 No Coach 1944-45 1 11 5 .688 J.D. Barnett 1985-91 6 106 75 .586 1945-46, Tubby Smith 1991-95 4 79 43 .648 1959-63 5 69 49 .585 Steve Robinson 1995-97 2 46 18 .719 1946-47 1 17 10 .630 Bill Self 1997-00 3 74 27 .733 Howard Porter 1947-59 12 182 102 .641 2000-01 1 26 11 .702 Wendell Carr 1963-66 3 32 40 .444 John Phillips 2001-05 3 61 42 .592 Tom Quinn 1966-74 8 102 107 .488 Alvin Williamson 2004-05 1 7 15 .318 Dave Patton 1974-77 3 40 42 .488 2005-12 7 140 92 .603 Larry Gillman 1977-79 2 21 32 .396 2012-14 2 38 29 .567 1979-82 3 40 40 .500 Frank Haith 2014- 1 23 11 .676 Charlie Harrison 1982-87 5 51 90 .362 TOTALS 104 1383 1104 .556 Mike Steele 1987-91 4 48 68 .414 1991-95 4 56 58 .491 1995-99 4 57 52 .523 1999-05 6 70 98 .417

2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 89 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS

UCONN UCONN UCONN 2014 2011 2004 NCAA Champion NCAA Champion NCAA Champion

Huskies Roster Huskies Roster Huskies Roster Player Pos. Cl. Ppg Rpg Player Pos. Cl. Ppg Rpg Player Pos. Cl. Ppg Rpg Shabazz Napier G Sr. 18.0 5.9 G Jr. 23.5 5.4 G Jr. 18.5 4.7 DeAndre Daniels F Jr. 13.1 6.0 G/F Fr. 11.1 4.5 C Jr. 17.6 11.5 Ryan Boatright G Jr. 12.1 3.5 F/C So. 9.6 8.7 G/F So. 11.1 2.9 Niels Giffey G/F Sr. 8.4 3.8 Shabazz Napier G Fr. 7.8 2.4 F So. 8.9 3.9 G/F Gr. 6.1 2.7 F Fr. 6.3 5.2 F Fr. 8.9 5.2 Amida Brimah C Fr. 4.1 3.0 Jamal Coombs-McDaniel F So. 5.6 2.6 G Sr. 6.3 3.8 Omar Calhoun G So. 3.8 1.4 Charles Okwandu C Sr. 2.9 2.8 F Fr. 5.9 5.8 Phillip Nolan F So. 3.3 2.4 Niels Giffey G/F Fr. 2.2 1.4 F/C So. 2.4 2.8 G Fr. 2.4 0.9 Donnell Beverly G Sr. 1.7 1.3 Marcus White F So. 2.0 2.2 Tyler Olander F Sr. 1.8 1.2 Tyler Olander F Fr. 1.5 1.8 Marcus Williams G Fr. 2.9 1.3 Kentan Facey F Fr. 1.5 1.8 Enosch Wolf C Fr. 1.0 0.9 Shamon Tooles F Sr. 0.6 1.2 Leon Tolksdorf F So. 1.2 0.8 Benjamin Stewart F Jr. 0.5 0.5 Ryan Swaller F Sr. 0.4 0.3 Nnamdi Amilo F So. 1.0 1.0 Kyle Bailey G Sr. 0.0 0.0 Justin Evanovich G Sr. 0.3 0.3 Pat Lenehan G Jr. 0.5 0.4 Jason Baisch F Jr. 0.3 0.5 Tor Watts G Sr. 0.2 0.2 Head Coach: Head Coach: Jim Calhoun Assistant Coaches: , Andre LaFleur, Kevin Ollie Assistant Coaches: George Blaney, , Clyde Vaughan Head Coach: Kevin Ollie 2003-04 Results Assistant Coaches: Glen Miller, Karl Hobbs, Ricky Moore 2010-11 Results (33-6, 12-4 Big East) 2013-14 Results (32-9, 9-9 Big East) Date Opponent Result (32-8, 12-6 American) Date Opponent Result N17 Yale W, 70-60 N12 Stony Brook W, 79-52 N19 Nevada W, 93-79 Date Opponent Result N17 Vermont W, 89-73 N8 vs. Maryland W, 78-77 N22 Sacred Heart W, 111-64 N22 vs. Wichita State W, 8379 N26 vs. Georgia Tech L, 61-77 N11 Yale W, 80-62 N23 vs. Michigan State W, 70-67 N14 Detroit W, 101-55 N28 vs. Utah W, 76-44 N24 vs. Kentucky W, 84-67 D1 Lehigh W, 75-55 N17 Boston University W, 77-60 N30 New Hampshire W, 62-55 N21 vs. Boston College W, 72-70 D6 Army W, 74-46 D3 UMBC W, 94-61 D13 Quinnipiac W, 88-55 N22 vs. Indiana W, 59-58 D8 Fairleigh Dickinson W, 78-54 D2 Florida W, 65-64 D20 Iona W, 104-54 D20 Coppin State W, 76-64 D28 Ball State W, 101-63 D6 Maine W, 95-68 D22 Harvard W, 81-52 D18 Stanford L, 51-53 D30 Massachusetts W, 91-67 D27 at Pittsburgh L, 63-78 J2 at Rice W, 92-83 D22 at Washington W, 82-70 D31 USF W, 66-61 (OT) D28 Eastern Washington W, 82-65 J6 at Rutgers W, 75-74 J1 at Notre Dame L, 70-73 J11 Oklahoma W, 86-59 D31 at Houston L, 71-75 J8 at Texas W, 82-81 J4 at SMU L, 65-74 J14 Georgetown W, 94-70 J11 Rutgers W, 67-53 J17 at North Carolina L, 83-86 J8 Harvard W, 61-56 J15 at DePaul W, 82-62 J11 UCF W, 84-61 J19 Pittsburgh W, 68-65 J17 Villanova W, 61-59 J24 Providence L, 56-66 J16 at Memphis W, 83-73 J22 Tennessee W, 72-61 J18 Louisville L, 64-76 J28 at Virginia Tech W, 96-60 J25 at Marquette W, 76-68 J31 at Boston College W, 63-58 J21 Temple W, 90-66 J29 Louisville L, 78-79 (2OT) J25 at Rutgers W, 82-71 F2 Syracuse W, 84-56 F2 Syracuse L, 58-66 F7 West Virginia W, 88-58 J30 Houston W, 80-43 F5 at Seton Hall W, 61-59 F6 at Cincinnati L, 58-63 F9 at Notre Dame L, 74-80 F10 at St. John’s L, 72-89 F15 at Pittsburgh L, 68-75 F9 at UCF W, 75-55 F13 Providence W, 75-57 F12 USF W, 83-40 F18 Miami W, 76-63 F16 Georgetown W, 78-70 F21 Notre Dame W, 61-50 F15 Memphis W, 86-81 (OT) F18 at Louisville L, 58-71 F20 at Temple W, 68-55 F24 at St. John’s W, 71-53 F24 Marquette L, 67-74 (OT) F28 at Villanova W, 75-74 (OT) F23 SMU L, 55-64 F27 at Cincinnati W, 67-59 F26 at USF W, 61-56 M1 Seton Hall W, 89-67 M2 at West Virginia L, 56-65 M7 at Syracuse L, 56-67 M1 Cincinnati W, 51-45 M5 Notre Dame L, 67-70 M5 Rutgers W, 69-63 M11 vs. Notre Dame W, 66-58 M8 vs. DePaul W, 97-71 M12 vs. Villanova W, 84-67 M8 at Louisville L, 48-81 M9 vs. Georgetown W, 79-62 M13 at Memphis W, 72-53 M13 vs. Pittsburgh W, 61-58 M10 vs. Pittsburgh W, 76-74 NCAA Championship M14 vs. Cincinnati W, 58-56 M11 vs. Syracuse W, 76-71 (OT) M15 vs. Louisville L, 61-71 M18 vs. Vermont W, 70-53 M12 vs. Louisville W, 69-66 M20 vs. DePaul W, 72-55 NCAA Championship NCAA Championship M20 vs. Saint Joseph’s W, 89-81 (OT) M25 vs. Vanderbilt W, 73-53 M17 vs. Bucknell W, 81-52 M27 vs. Alabama W, 87-71 M22 vs. Villanova W, 77-65 M19 vs. Cincinnati W, 69-58 M28 vs. Iowa State W, 81-76 A3 vs. Duke W, 79-78 M24 vs. San Diego State W, 74-67 A5 vs. Georgia Tech W, 82-73 M30 vs. Michigan State W, 60-54 M26 vs. Arizona W, 65-63 A5 vs. Florida W, 63-53 A2 vs. Kentucky W, 56-55 A7 vs. Kentucky W, 60-54 A4 vs. Butler W, 53-41

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UCONN CINCINNATI CINCINNATI 1999 1961 1962 NCAA Champion NCAA Champion NCAA Champion

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Huskies Roster Bearcats Roster Bearcats Roster Player Pos. Cl. Ppg Rpg Player Pos. Cl. Ppg Rpg Player Pos. Cl. Ppg Rpg Richard Hamilton G/F Jr. 21.5 4.8 Bob Wiesenhahn F Sr. 17.1 10.0 Larry Shingleton G Jr. 3.9 1.4 Khalid El-Amin G So. 13.8 2.8 C Jr. 16.8 12.5 Tony Yates G Jr. 8.2 3.0 Kevin Freeman F Jr. 12.2 7.3 G So. 12.3 9.5 Larry Elasser G So. 0.5 0.5 Albert Mouring G So. 7.1 2.5 G Sr. 11.7 2.8 Tom Thacker F-G Jr. 11.0 8.6 Ricky Moore G Sr. 6.8 3.6 Tony Yates G So. 7.5 3.5 Tom Sizer G Sr. 2.7 1.3 Edmund Saunders F So. 6.0 4.7 Dale Hiedotting F-C So. 3.6 3.7 Jim Calhoun G Sr. 1.7 0.4 C Jr. 5.5 6.4 Fred Dierking F-C Jr. 2.6 2.2 Bill Abernethy F So. 0.7 0.7 Rashamel Jones G/F Sr. 3.5 1.7 Tom Sizer G Jr. 2.0 1.0 Fred Dierking F-C Sr. 4.1 2.9 Souleymane Wane C/F Jr. 2.0 2.8 Jim Calhoun G Jr. 2.1 0.5 George Wilson F So. 9.2 8.0 E.J. Harrison G Sr. 1.9 0.8 Larry Shingleton G So. 0.9 0.5 Ron Ries C Sr. 0.5 0.1 Antric Klaiber F/C Sr. 0.7 1.0 Mark Altenau F So. 0.9 0.6 Paul Hogue C Sr. 16.8 12.4 Ed Tonella G Jr. 0.4 0.1 Ron Ries C Jr. 0.3 0.5 Dale Hiedotting F-C Jr. 3.1 2.3 Richard Moore G Fr. 0.2 0.3 F S. 14.3 5.0 Ajou Ajou Deng F Fr. did not play Head Coach: Ed Jucker Beau Archibald G/F Jr. did not play Assistant Coach: Tay Baker Head Coach: Ed Jucker Justin Brown C Fr. did not play Freshman Coach: John Powless Assistant Coach: Tay Baker Freshman Coach: John Powless Head Coach: Jim Calhoun 1960-61 Results Associate Head Coach: (27-3, MVC Champions) 1961-62 Results Assistant Coaches: Karl Hobbs, Tom Moore Date Opponent Result (29-2, MVC Champions) D1 Indiana St. W, 90-51 Date Opponent Result 1998-99 Results D3 Western Mich. W, 85-54 D2 Indiana St. W, 86-63 (34-2, 16-2 Big East) D6 vs. Miami (Ohio) W, 70-62 D5 vs. Miami (Ohio) W, 63-30 Date Opponent Result D9 vs. Seton Hall L, 76-84 D9 at Wisconsin W, 86-67 N15 Quinnipiac W, 102-60 D13 Loyola Marymount W, 74-53 D11 at Drake W, 60-59 N19 Richmond W, 77-57 D16 at Saint Louis L, 40-57 D16 Marshall W, 77-49 N24 Hartford W, 95-58 D19 Nebraska W, 75-60 D18 at Wichita St. L, 51-52 N27 Wagner W, 111-46 D23 at Bradley L, 53-72 D21 Colorado W, 84-67 D1 vs. Washington W, 69-48 D29 vs. Dayton W, 71-61 D26 vs. St. John’s (N.Y.) W, 97-68 D5 Michigan State W, 82-68 D31 George Washington W, 84-61 D28 vs. LaSalle W, 64-56 D9 at Massachusetts W, 59-54 J5 Houston W, 74-71OT D30 vs. Wisconsin W, 101-71 D12 at Pittsburgh W, 70-69 J7 St. W, 83-34 J4 Saint Louis W, 62-47 D23 Fairfield W, 102-67 J12 at Wichita St. W, 80-57 J6 Tulsa W, 72-43 D30 Villanova W, 100-76 J14 at Tulsa W, 92-75 J10 at Bradley L, 68-70 OT J2 Georgetown W, 87-64 J17 Duquesne W, 64-53 J16 vs. Dayton W, 80-61 J6 at Boston College W, 91-78 J20 at Drake W, 86-64 J18 at Duquesne W, 62-54 J9 at West Virginia W, 80-45 J28 Drake W, 80-70 J25 North Texas St. W, 89-61 J12 Notre Dame W, 101-70 J31 Bradley W, 73-72 J30 Drake W, 73-52 J16 Pittsburgh W, 81-58 F4 at Iowa W, 77-60 F1 at Houston W, 60-52 J20 at Miami W, 70-68 (ot) F9 Saint Louis W, 61-52 F3 at North Texas St. W, 77-50 J23 Seton Hall W, 62-47 F16 Wichita St. W, 67-64 F8 at Saint Louis W, 54-48 J25 at Georgetown W, 78-71 F18 Tulsa W, 81-52 F10 at Tulsa W, 70-52 J30 at St. John’s W, 78-74 F23 at Houston W, 85-80 F12 Geo. Washington W, 83-43 F1 Syracuse L, 42-59 F25 at North Texas St. W, 73-43 F16 Houston W, 59-47 F6 at Stanford W, 70-59 M2 vs. Xavier W, 89-53 F19 Bradley W, 72-57 F10 Boston College W, 66-50 M4 at Marshall W, 69-57 F24 Wichita St. W, 84-63 F13 at Seton Hall W, 53-48 NCAA Championships M1 vs. Xavier W, 61-58 F16 Rutgers W, 77-64 M17 vs. Texas Tech W, 78-55 M12 vs. Bradley W, 61-46 F20 Miami L, 71-73 M18 vs. Kansas St. W, 69-64 NCAA Championships F22 at Providence W, 72-65 M24 vs. Utah W, 82-67 M16 vs. Creighton W, 66-46 F28 at Syracuse W, 70-58 M25 vs. Ohio State W, 70-65 OT M17 vs. Colorado W, 73-46 BIG EAST Championship M23 vs. UCLA W, 72-70 M4 vs. Seton Hall W, 57-56 M24 vs. Ohio State W, 71-59 M5 vs. Syracuse W, 71-50 M6 vs.St. John’s W, 82-63 NCAA Championship M11 vs. UT-San Antonio W, 91-66 M13 vs. New Mexico W, 78-56 M18 vs. Iowa W, 78-68 M20 vs. Gonzaga W, 67-62 M27 vs. Ohio State W, 64-58 M29 vs. Duke W, 77-74

2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 91 POSTSEASON HISTORY

UCF Houston USF NCAA: 94, 96, 04, 05 NCAA: 56, 61, 65, 66, 67 (FF), 68 (FF), 70 (RR), NCAA 90, 92, 12 NCAA Summary: 4 appearances, 0 wins, 4 losses 71 (RR), 72, 73, 78, 81, 82 (FF), NCAA Summary: 3 appearances, 2 wins, 3 losses Best Finish: First Round (Four Times) 83 (FF-2nd), 84 (FF-2nd), 87, 90, 92, NIT 81, 83, 85, 91, 95, 00, 02, 10 10 NIT Summary: 7 appearances, 4 wins, 6 losses Cincinnati NCAA Summary: 19 apperances, 26 wins, 24 losses Best Finish: Round of 32 (2012) NCAA: 58, 59 (FF), 60 (FF), 61 (CH), 62 (CH), Best Finish: National Runner-Up (1983, 1984) 63 (FF-2nd), 66, 75, 76, 77, 92 (FF), 93 NIT: 62, 77, 87, 88, 91, 93, 98, 05, 06 Temple (RR), 94, 95, 96 (RR), 97, 98, 99, 00, NIT Summary: 9 appearances, 5 wins, 9 losses NCAA: 44, 56 (FF), 58 (FF), 64, 67, 70, 72, 79, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 CBI: 08, 09, 13 84, 85, 86, 87, 88 (RR), 90, 91 (RR), 92, NCAA Summary: 29 appearances, 44 wins, 28 losses CBI Summary: 3 appearances, 3 wins, 3 losses 93 (RR), 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 (RR), 00, Best Finish: NCAA Champions (1961, 1962) 01 (RR), 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13 NIT 51, 55 (FF-3rd), 57, 70, 74, 85, 90, 91, NCAA Summary: 31 appearances, 33 wins, 31 losses 06, 10 Memphis Best Finish: Final Four (1956, 1958) NIT Summary: 10 appearances, 8 wins, 10 losses NCAA : 55, 56, 62, 73 (FF-2nd), 76, 82*, 83*, NIT: 38 (CH), 57, 60, 61, 62, 66, 68, 69 (CH), CBI: 08 84*, 85* (FF), 86*, 88, 89, 92, 93, 78, 81, 82, 89, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 15 CBI Summary: 1 appearance, 0 wins, 1 loss 95, 96, 03, 04, 06 (RR), 07 (RR), 08* NIT Summary: 18 appearances, 26 wins, 16 losses (FF-2nd), 09, 11, 12, 13, 14 UConn NCAA Summary: 26 appearances, 34 wins, 26 losses Tulane NCAA: 51, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64 (RR), Best Finish: National Runner-Up (1973, 2008*) NCAA 92, 93, 95 65, 67, 76, 79, 90 (RR), 91, 92, 94, 95 * - Wins in 1982-86, 2008 Vacated by NCAA NCAA Summary: 3 appearances, 3 wins, 3 losses (RR), 96, 98 (RR), 99 (CH), 00, 02 (RR), NIT: 57, 60 (2nd), 61, 63, 67, 72, 74, 75, 77, Best Finish: Round of 32 (1992, 1993, 1995) 03, 04 (CH), 05, 06 (RR), 08, 09 (FF), 90, 91, 97, 98, 01 (3rd), 02 (CH), 05, 10 NIT: 82, 83, 94, 96, 97, 00 11 (CH), 12, 14 (CH) NIT Summary: 17 appearances, 20 wins, 16 losses NIT Summary: 6 appearances, 7 wins, 6 losses NCAA Summary: 33 appearances, 58 wins, 29 losses CIT: 13 Best Finish: NCAA Champions (99, 04, 11, 14) SMU CIT Summary: 1 appearance, 1 win, 1 loss NIT: 55, 74, 75, 80, 81, 82, 88 (CH), 89, 93, NCAA: 55, 56 (FF), 57, 65, 66, 67 (RR), 84, 85, CBI: 14 97 (FF), 01, 10, 15 88, 93, 15 CBI Summary: 1 appearance, 0 wins, 1 loss NIT Summary: 13 appearances, 15 wins, 12 losses NCAA Summary: 11 appearances, 10 wins, 13 losses Best Finish: Final Four (1956) Tulsa NCAA 55, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 94 , 95, East Carolina NIT: 86, 00, 14 (2nd) NIT Summary: 3 appearances, 4 wins, 3 losses 96, 97, 99, 00 (RR), 02, 03, 14 NCAA 72, 93 NCAA Summary: 14 appearances, 11 wins, 14 losses NCAA Summary: 2 appearances, 0 wins, 2 losses CIT: 11 CIT Summary: 1 appearance, 3 wins, 1 loss Best Finish: Elite Eight (2000) Best Finish: First Round (1972, 1993) NIT: 53, 67, 69, 81 (CH), 83, 90, 91, 01 (CH), CIT: 11, 13 (CH), 14 09, 10, 15 CIT Summary 3 appearances, 5 wins, 2 losses NIT Summary: 11 appearances, 11 wins, 9 losses (CH - Champions; FF - Final Four; RR - Regional Runner-Up) CBI: 08 (CH), 13 CBI Summary: 2 appearance, 5 wins, 2 losses

UConn won its fourth NCAA title in 2014

92 • 2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball NBA PLAYERS

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PLAYERS CHOSEN IN THE NBA DRAFT

2014 Round Overall Player Pos School NBA Team 1 24 Shabazz Napier G UConn Charlotte (traded to Miami) 2 37 DeAndre Daniels F UConn Toronto 2 47 Russ Smith G Louisville Philadelphia (traded to New Orleans)

PLAYERS FROM AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SCHOOLS IN THE NBA (as of October 2015)

Player School Current Team Jermaine Taylor UCF (2005-09) Cincinnati (2001-05) Orlando Magic Cincinnati (2009-10) Sean Kilpatrick Cincinnati (2011-14) UConn (2005-09) Charlotte Bobcats Ryan Boatright UConn (2011-15) Caron Butler UConn (2000-02) UConn (2011-12) Detroit Pistons UConn (2004-05) Sacramento Kings Jeremy Lamb UConn (2010-12) Charlotte Hornets Shabazz Napier UConn (2010-14) Orlando Magic AJ Price UConn (2005-09) Charlie Villanueva UConn (2003-05) Dallas Mavericks Kemba Walker UConn (2008-11) Charlotte Bobcats Earl Barron Memphis (1999-03) New York Knicks Will Barton Memphis (2010-12) Tyreke Evans Memphis (2008-09) New Orleans Pelicans Derrick Rose Memphis (2007-08) Adonis Thomas Memphis (2011-13) Elliot Williams Memphis (2009-10) Cleveland Cavaliers Memphis (2005-06) Solomon Jones USF (2004-06) Orlando Magic Temple (2007-11) Philadelphia 76ers Will Cummings Temple (2011-15) Houston Rockets Khaliff Wyatt Temple (2009-13) Philadelphia 76ers

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2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball • 93 MEDIA SERVICES

TheAmerican.org Video Clips The offi cial website of the American Athletic Conference features up-to-date infor- The American Athletic Conference offers video highlights and clips of selected press mation on all facets of the league. Basketball standings, results, statistics and notes conferences through the XOS Digital XChange FTP tool. Content is available in full are updated as games are played. In addition, in-game scores for all basketball con- broadcast-quality resolution. Contact Chevonne Mansfi eld (cmansfi eld@theamerican. tests involving American Athletic Conference teams will be updated in-progress. 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 The American names a Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week each Monday basketball news through social media. The American Twitter feed may be accessed @ morning during the season. Winners are chosen from nominations provided by American_MBB the offi cial Instagram page is @American_Conf, and the conference’s conference sports information directors. The information will be available from the conference offi ce via release as well as on the league web site. offi cial Facebook page is available at /AmericanConf. 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 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 Email Distribution year and completed at least two semesters of academic work. Basketball honorees are announced in the summer. Media members may access PDF versions of the complete daily press release, including conference and team-by-team statistics, on TheAmerican.org. Regular The American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year updates of the release will be distributed via e-mail from the conference offi ce. To was established to recognize student-athletes who have achieved success in the be included on the distribution list, send an e-mail request to Chevonne Mansfi eld classroom and on the fi eld. The winner receives a scholarship which may be applied at cmansfi [email protected]. to graduate or professional studies.

American Athletic Conference Communications phone 401.453.0660

Men’s Basketball Contact Chevonne Mansfi eld Director of Communications email: cmansfi [email protected] Mobile: 401.867.1313

Chuck Sullivan Mark Hodgkin Assistant Commissioner (Communications) Assistant Commissioner (Digital Media) email: [email protected] email: [email protected]

Kristina Ritacco Jamie Corun Communications Assistant Digital Communications Coordinator email: [email protected] email: [email protected]

Gary Robinson Hali Oughton Communications Assistant Multimedia Coordinator & Reporter email: [email protected] email: [email protected]

Alex Cluxton Digital Network Assistant email: [email protected]

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UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA 4000 Central Florida Boulevard 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, ATH 100 Building 39 Tampa, FL 33620 Orlando, FL 32816

Donnie Jones, Head Basketball Coach Orlando Antigua, Head Basketball Coach Office...... (407) 823-5805 Office...... (813) 974-3252 Cory Hall, Assoc. Director of Communications Steven Schoon, Asst. Director, Athletic Communications Office...... (407) 823-2142 Office...... (813) 974-4087 Mobile...... (515) 419-1755 Mobile...... (620) 218-1693 e-mail...... [email protected] e-mail...... [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY 880 Richard E. Lindner Center 5800 Ownby Drive 2751 O’Varsity Way Dallas, TX 75275 Cincinnati, OH 45221-0021

Mick Cronin, Head Basketball Coach Larry Brown, Head Basketball Coach Office...... (513) 556-5847 Office...... (214) 768-3501 Andre Foushee, Assistant AD, Sports Communications Herman Hudson, Director of Public Relations Office...... (513) 556-5182 Office...... (214) 768-1304 @American_MBB Mobile...... (859) 797-7871 Mobile...... (214) 924-0358 e-mail...... [email protected] e-mail...... [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY 2095 Hillside Road, Unit 1173 1700 North Broad Street, Fourth Floor Storrs, CT 06269-1173 Philadelphia, PA 19122

Kevin Ollie, Head Basketball Coach Fran Dunphy, Head Basketball Coach Office...... (860) 486-2720 Office...... (215) 204-7443 Phil Chardis, Asst. Director, Athletic Communications Larry Dougherty, Senior Assoc. AD, Communications Office...... (860) 486-3531 Office...... (215) 204-2588 fb.com/AmericanConf Mobile...... (860) 771-3314 Mobile...... (215) 651-1822 e-mail...... [email protected] e-mail...... [email protected]

EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY TULANE UNIVERSITY 254 Smith-Williams Center James W. Wilson Jr. Center Greenville, NC 27858 New Orleans, LA 70118

Jeff Lebo, Head Basketball Coach Ed Conroy, Head Basketball Coach Office...... (252) 737-4592 Office...... (504) 865-5505 Jody Jones, Associate Director, Media Relations Rachel Perreault, Assoc. Director, Athletic Office...... (252) 737-4524 Communications Mobile...... (252) 414-2019 Office...... (504) 314-7219 @American_Conf e-mail...... [email protected] Mobile...... (504) 495-5251 e-mail...... [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON 3100 Cullen Boulevard UNIVERSITY OF TULSA Houston, TX 77204-6002 800 South Tucker Drive Tulsa, OK 74104 Kelvin Sampson, Head Basketball Coach Office...... (713) 743-9430 Frank Haith, Head Basketball Coach Jeff Conrad, Director of Athletics Communications Office...... (918) 631-3132 Office...... (713) 743-9410 Eric Hollier, Assistant Media Relations Director Mobile...... (713) 557-3841 Office...... (918) 631-2492 e-mail...... [email protected] Mobile...... (225) 978-4590 e-mail...... [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS 570 Normal, AOB Room 230 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Memphis, TN 38152 15 Park Row West Providence, RI 02903 Josh Pastner, Head Basketball Coach Office...... (901) 678-2346 Chevonne Mansfield, Director of Communications Bill Salyer, Assoc. Director of Athletic Communications Office...... (401) 453-0660 Office...... (901) 678-4780 Mobile...... (401) 867-1313 Mobile...... (260) 705-3963 e-mail...... [email protected] e-mail...... [email protected]