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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES APRIL 12, 2017 (END OF YEAR) Contact: Bill Potter, Senior Director of Communications & Digital Media [email protected] • 317.625.5772 • @billpotter_ 15 Park Row West • 3rd Floor • Providence, RI 02903 TheAmerican.org • @American_MBB • Facebook: fb.com/AmericanConf 2016-17 STANDINGS AMERICAN OVERALL SCHOOLAP/USA TODAY W-L PCT PF PA H A W-L PCT PF PA H A N STREAK NOTABLE SMU11/23 17-1 .944 76.0 59.2 9-0 8-1 30-5 .857 74.3 60.0 18-0 8-3 4-2 Lost 1 17-1 conference mark set American record Cincinnati18/22 16-2 .889 69.7 57.2 9-0 7-2 30-6 .833 74.3 61.3 18-0 9-3 3-3 Lost 1 Troy Caupain’s 515 career assists are program record Houston 12-6 .667 69.6 64.4 6-3 6-3 21-11 .656 73.7 64.9 12-5 6-6 3-0 Lost 2 Damyean Dotson hit at least one three-pointer in program-record 32 straight games UCF 11-7 .611 65.4 62.8 7-2 4-5 24-11 .686 67.5 61.0 15-3 7-6 2-2 Won 3 24 wins were second-most in Division I era Memphis 9-9 .500 68.4 68.7 6-3 3-6 19-13 .594 74.0 70.7 14-4 4-7 1-2 Lost 2 Dedric Lawson’s career 36 double-doubles most in American history UConn 9-9 .500 65.7 64.5 6-3 3-6 16-17 .485 67.3 66.3 10-7 4-8 2-2 Lost 1 UConn is 17-5 in tournament elimination games under Kevin Ollie Tulsa 8-10 .444 67.1 70.9 6-3 2-7 15-17 .469 67.4 70.3 10-5 3-9 2-3 Lost 1 Breaking in American-high 10 newcomers in 2016-17 Temple 7-11 .389 68.5 70.3 4-5 3-6 16-16 .500 70.9 71.2 9-7 4-8 3-1 Lost 1 Fran Dunphy’s 540 career wins ranks 23rd among active coaches East Carolina 6-12 .333 59.5 66.6 5-4 1-8 15-18 .455 63.3 65.1 12-5 1-11 2-2 Lost 1 Jeremy Sheppard led American freshmen with 3.5 assists per game Tulane 3-15 .167 70.1 79.6 2-7 1-8 6-25 .194 70.3 78.5 4-11 2-10 0-4 Lost 1 Cameron Reynolds scored 20 or more points 12 times this season USF 1-17 .056 61.7 77.5 1-8 0-9 7-23 .233 64.8 74.5 6-11 1-12 0-0 Lost 6 One of four teams in the country last season without a senior Wichita State19/21 17-1 .944 83.1 63.3 9-0 8-1 31-5 .861 81.0 62.4 16-1 10-1 5-3 Lost 1 Will join American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2017 POSTSEASON RESULTS POSTSEASON HONORS THE AMERICAN TODAY Tuesday, March 28 1ST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE • On April 7, the American Athletic Conference announced that (4) TCU 68, (4) UCF 53 Jalen Adams, UConn Wichita State University will join the league for the 2017-18 Damyean Dotson, Houston academic year. In 2017, the Shockers clinched their sixth- Wednesday, March 23 Rob Gray, Houston straight NCAA Tournament bid and advanced to the Round Dedric Lawson, Memphis (4) UCF 68, (2) Illinois 58 of 32 for a fifth consecutive year. Semi Ojeleye, SMU • Four American Athletic Conference teams reached the 2017 Monday, March 20 2ND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE (4) UCF 63, (1) Illinois State 62 postseason. Competing in its seventh straight NCAA Tourna- Sterling Brown, SMU ment, Cincinnati reached the Round of 32, while SMU bowed Troy Caupain, Cincinnati out in the first round. UCF was an NIT semifinalist, while Sunday, March 19 Shake Milton, SMU Houston was a No. 2 seed in the tournament. (3) UCLA 79, (6) Cincinnati 67 Ben Moore, SMU B.J. Taylor, UCF Kyle Washington, Cincinnati • USF introduced Brian Gregory as its head coach on March Friday, March 17 14. Gregory owns six postseason appearances, including (11) USC 66, (6) SMU 65 ALL-ROOKIE TEAM two NCAA Tournament berths. Gregory is 248-180 in stints at (6) Cincinnati 75, (11) Kansas State 61 Jarron Cumberland, Cincinnati Dayton and Georgia Tech. Vance Jackson, UConn Wednesday, March 15 K.J. Lawson, Memphis • UCF’s three NIT wins were its first in program history. The (4) UCF 79, (5) Colorado 74 Quinton Rose, Temple Knights’ 12-win improvement from 2015-16 (12-18) to 2016-17 (7) Akron 78, (2) Houston 75 Jeremy Sheppard, East Carolina (24-12) tied for the sixth-best in the nation. Sunday, March 12 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR • SMU’s Semi Ojeleye and UCF’s Tacko Fall both declared Tacko Fall, UCF Game 10: (1) #12/15 SMU 71, (2) #15/18 Cincinnati 56 for the NBA Draft but have not retained agents, making both eligible to return to their programs. Ojeleye was The American MOST IMPROVED PLAYER Player of the Year, while Fall was the conference’s Defensive Saturday, March 11 Cameron Reynolds, Tulane Player of the Year. Both have until the early-entry deadline of Game 8: (1) #12/15 SMU 70, (4) UCF 59 May 24 to decide on their futures. Game 9: (2) #15/18 Cincinnati 81, (6) UConn 71 SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR Jarron Cumberland, Cincinnati Ben Emelogu, SMU • UCF’s Matt Williams wrapped his single-season American Friday, March 10 record for three-pointers with 131 after hitting three against Game 4: (1) #12/15 SMU 81, (9) East Carolina 77 SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD TCU. Williams broke the mark of 96, set by Houston’s Jherrod Game 5: (4) UCF 84, (5) Memphis 54 Troy Caupain, Cincinnati Stiggers, on Feb. 18. Houston’s Damyean Dotson finished his Game 6: (2) 18/15 Cincinnati 80, (7) Tulsa 61 season with 108, second-most in conference history. Game 7: (6) UConn 74, (3) Houston 65 PLAYER OF THE YEAR Semi Ojeleye, SMU • With the addition of Wichita State, The American boasts Thursday, March 9 three programs that finished the season with 30 or more wins. Game 1: (9) East Carolina 80, (8) Temple 69 COACH OF THE YEAR Both SMU and Cincinnati recorded 30 victories this season. Game 2: (7) Tulsa 66, (10) Tulane 60 Tim Jankovich, SMU Game 3: (6) UConn 77, (11) USF 66 • #12/15 SMU captured its second American men’s basketball ROOKIE OF THE YEAR championship in the last three years, using a stifling defense K.J. Lawson, Memphis to defeat #15/18 Cincinnati, 71-56. SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR • In addition to being named American Player and Scholar- Semi Ojeleye, SMU Athlete of the Year, SMU’s Semi Ojeleye was named to second team Academic All-America, CoSIDA announced. ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Semi Ojeleye, SMU - Most Outstanding Player Jalen Adams, UConn • SMU’s Tim Jankovich was named a semifinalist for the Sterling Brown, SMU Naismith Coach of the Year Award. Jankovich, in his first Gary Clark, Cincinnati season as head coach, led the Mustangs to a 30-5 mark - the Jacob Evans, Cincinnati best by a head coach in his first year with a team this season. Ben Moore, SMU AMERICANBIG EAST FOOTBALL MEDIANOTEBOOK SERVICES Getting Defensive is the most of any team in college hoops -- matched just five American Athletic Conference Six of the nation’s top 35 teams in field-goal percentage de- other times in NCAA history. fense were in The American last season: Communications Contacts Team FG% Def Rank The Shockers’ string of eight consecutive 25-win seasons is UCF 36.5 1st one of Division I’s five-longest active streaks. Kansas (12), AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SMU 38.6 7th Gonzaga (10), Duke (10) and VCU (8) are also on the list. Bill Potter, Senior Director of Communications Cincinnati 38.8 9th Office ............................................... (401) 633-3128 East Carolina 39.2 10th Landry Shamet is just the fourth freshman in MVC history to Mobile ............................................. (317) 625-5772 UConn 39.3 12th be named first team all-conference, joining Creighton’s Doug e-mail [email protected] Houston 40.8 34th McDermott (2011), Wichita’s Cleo Littleton (1952), and Tulsa’s Vernon Yates (1942). UCF Additionally, Wichita State ranked 4th nationally with a 37.7 Dan Forcella, Director of Communications field-goal percentage defense in 2016-17. Shamet is only the fourth Shocker to earn an All-MVC nod as Office ............................................... (407) 823-2142 a freshman. The other three --- Littleton (a 1st-teamer in 1952), Mobile ............................................. (207) 650-6790 Looking Ahead Antoine Carr (2nd team, 1980) and Cliff Levingston (2nd team, e-mail [email protected] The American entered 2016-17 as one of the youngest 1980) --- all have their jersey numbers hanging from the rafters. conferences in the country, based upon percentage of CINCINNATI returning possession-minutes. With only 47.7 percent of Share The Madness Andre Foushee, Assistant AD/Sports Communications possession minutes back, The American ranked 31st among 32 As of July 1, 2017, the 12 American Athletic Conference teams Office ............................................... (513) 556-5182 conferences., ahead of only the SEC. Looking ahead to 2017-18, will have a combined 195 NCAA tournament appearances Mobile ............................................. (859) 797-7871 The American could return up to 60.7 percent of its minutes, between them. UConn has a league-leading 33, followed by e-mail ............................