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2020-21 QUICK UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FACTS BASKETBALL UNIVERSITY INFORMATION ROSTER Location: Tampa, Fla. NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL.-ELIG. HOMETOWN (HS/PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Enrollment: 50,577 0 David Collins G 6-4 220 Sr./Sr. Youngstown, Ohio/First Love Christian Academy Nickname: Bulls 1 Xavier Castaneda G 6-1 195 Jr./Jr. Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young HS Colors: Green & Gold 2 Ezacuras Dawson III G 6-3 200 Sr./RJr. Miami, Fla./Oklahoma State/South Miami HS Conference: American Athletic 3 Prince Oduro F 6-8 255 Sr./RJr. Toronto, Ontario/Mississippi State/First Love Christian Academy President: Dr. Steven Currall 4 Michael Durr C 7-0 250 Jr./Jr. Atlanta, Ga./Victory Rock Prep Athletic Director: Michael Kelly 5 Rashun Williams G/F 6-6 225 Jr./Jr. Arlington, Ga./Calhoun County HS Arena: Yuengling Center 10 Alexis Yetna F 6-8 234 Sr./RJr. Paris, France/Putnam Science Academy Capacity: 10,411 11 Mark Calleja G 6-2 185 Jr./Jr. Hudson, Fla./Hudson HS Ticket Office Phone: 1-800-GoBulls 13 Justin Brown G/F 6-6 208 Sr./Sr. Atlanta, Ga./Hargrave Military Academy Website: GoUSFBulls.com 22 Madut Akec F 6-7 205 Jr./RSo. Bradenton, Fla./Victory Rock Prep Twitter: @USFMBB 23 Caleb Murphy G 6-4 185 Fr./Fr. Youngstown, Ohio/Grayson High School Instagram: @USFMBB 24 Jamir Chaplin G 6-5 196 So./So. Norcross, Ga./Meadowcreek HS Facebook: Facebook.com/USFMBB 44 Luke Anderson G/F 6-8 202 So./RFr. Lakeland, Fla./Iowa State/Lakeland HS 54 Russel Tchewa C 7-0 260 So./So. Douala, Cameroon/Texas Tech/Putnam Science Academy USF COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Brian Gregory (Oakland, 1990) Record at USF 48-53, 4th season Career Record: 296-233 (17th season) Assistant Coaches: Tom Herrion (4th season, Merrimack, 1989) ROSTER NOTES Scott Wagers (4th season, Tennessee Wesleyan, 1989) BY STATE/COUNTRY BY POSITION Larry Dixon (3rd season, Johnson C. Smith, 1996) Cameroon (1): Russel Tchewa Guard (7): Justin Brown, Mark Calleja, Xavier Castaneda, Director of Operations: Canada (1): Prince Oduro Jamir Chaplin, David Collins, John Janovsky (1st season, Pittsburgh, 2004) Florida (4): Madut Akec, Luke Anderson, Mark Calleja, Ezacuras Dawson III, Caleb Murphy Director of Player Development: Ezacuras Dawson III Forward (5): Madut Akec, Luke Anderson, Prince Oduro, Altron Jackson (1st season, USF, 2010) France (1): Alexis Yetna Alexis Yetna, Rashun Williams Video Coordinator: Georgia (4): Justin Brown, Jamir Chaplin, Michael Durr, Center (2): Michael Durr, Russel Tchewa Billy Hubly (3rd season, University of St. Francis, 2012) Rashun Williams Illinois (1): Xavier Castaneda TEAM OVERVIEW RETURNED/LOST FROM 2019-20 2019-20 Overall Record: 14-17 Ohio (2): David Collins, Caleb Murphy Total Returned Lost Ret% Lost% Home | Away | Neutral: 10-7 | 3-6 | 1-4 Points: 1943 1390 553 71.5 28.5 2019-20 American Record: 7-11 BY CLASS 2019-20 The American Finish: t-8th Seniors (2): Justin Brown, David Collins FG Made: 672 461 211 68.6 31.4 Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 Juniors (7): Mark Calleja, Xavier Castaneda, 3FG Made: 196 150 46 76.5 23.5 Newcomers: 4 Ezacuras Dawson III, Michael Durr, FT Made: 403 318 85 78.9 21.1 Prince Oduro, Rashun Williams, Alexis Yetna Rebounds: 1051 804 247 76.5 23.5 BASKETBALL HISTORY Sophomores (3): Madut Akec, Jamir Chaplin, Off. Reb: 352 275 77 78.1 21.9 First Season of Basketball: 1971-72 Russel Tchewa Overall All-Time Record: 659-808 (49 seasons) Freshmen (2): Luke Anderson, Caleb Murphy Def. Reb: 699 529 170 75.7 24.3 NCAA Appearances: 3 Assists: 316 175 141 55.4 44.6 (1989-90, 1991-92, 2011-12) Blocks: 63 50 13 79.4 20.6 NIT Appearances: 8 Steals: 234 144 90 61.5 38.5 (1980-81, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1990-91, 1994-95, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2009-10) Minutes: 6250 4698 1552 75.2 24.8 Conference Regular Season Titles: None USF COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS Conference Tournament Titles: 1 (Sun Belt, 1989-90) Jay D’Abramo - Assistant Communications Director Brian Siegrist - Associate AD/Communications Primary MBB Contact Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Office: (813) 974-4086 Cell: (813) 210-7333 Cell: (813) 293-3897 #TakeNotice Office: (813) 974-7099 GoUSFBulls.com • @USFMBB • facebook.com/USFMBB HEAD COACH BRIAN GREGORY HEAD COACH EXPERIENCE RECORD YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONF. POSTSEASON 2003-04 Dayton 24-9 12-4 NCAA First Round 2004-05 Dayton 18-11 10-6 2005-06 Dayton 14-17 6-10 2006-07 Dayton 19-12 8-8 2007-08 Dayton 23-11 8-8 NIT Quarterfinals 2008-09 Dayton 27-8 11-5 NCAA Second Round 2009-10 Dayton 25-12 8-8 NIT Champions 2010-11 Dayton 22-14 7-9 NIT First Round 2011-12 Georgia Tech 11-20 4-12 2012-13 Georgia Tech 16-15 6-12 2013-14 Georgia Tech 16-17 6-12 2014-15 Georgia Tech 12-19 3-15 2015-16 Georgia Tech 21-15 8-10 NIT Quarterfinals 2017-18 USF 10-22 3-15 2018-19 USF 24-14 8-10 CBI Champions 2019-20 USF 14-17 7-11 BORN TOTALS 16 SEASONS 296-233 115-155 Dec. 15, 1966 Mount Prospect, Ill. BIO HOMETOWN Brian Gregory was named the 10th head coach of the USF men’s basketball program on March 14, 2017 and enters his fourth season with the Bulls. Mount Prospect, Ill. Gregory, who has previously led programs at Georgia Tech (2011-16) and Dayton (2003-11) and spent nearly a decade as an assistant coach under Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo. Gregory’s resume includes nearly 300 career head coaching wins and seven postseason appearances, including the 2010 NIT championship and the 2019 CBI championship. EDUCATION Oakland University, 1990 In his first season at the helm at USF, Gregory led the Bulls to the team’s first double-digit win season since the 2013-14 season and tripled the team’s conference win total from the previous season. The Bulls ended Bachelor’s in secondary education the regular season with back-to-back victories over Memphis (3/1/18) and SMU (3/4/18), marking the first time since 2016 that the team won consecutive conference games. The 75-51 victory at Memphis was the Tigers’ worst home loss in 19 years. Michigan State University, 1992 Under Gregory’s tutelage, 11 student-athletes made the USF Athletics Honor Roll in his first full semester as head coach in fall 2017. Gregory also coached the team’s first American Athletic Conference All-Rookie Master’s in athletic administration honoree since 2016 in freshman David Collins. Collins capped off his impressive freshman campaign by being named the conference’s final Rookie of the Week and scored 30 points in the first round of the conference tournament in Orlando, becoming only the fifth Bulls freshman in history to reach the 30-point plateau. In addition to Collins’ honors, four different Bulls were named to The American Weekly Honor Roll in 2017-18, making five appearances on the list. 10TH USF HEAD COACH March 14, 2017 Gregory’s rebuilding project came full circle in his second season with the Bulls. In 2018-19, he guided USF to the best turnaround in the NCAA by leading the Bulls to a school-record 24 wins, 14 more victories than the season before en route to winning the College Basketball Invitational for the program’s first postseason tournament championship since 1990. Along the way, USF won a school-record 18 home games and finished with eight wins in The American to post its most victories in league play since joining the conference in 2013. In addition, USF turned in its best finish in the standings in league history, won three road games in league play FAMILY for the first time ever, won five postseason games in the same season for the first time in school history and had two five-game winning streaks in the same season for the first time ever. Wife: Yvette Under Gregory’s direction, the Bulls set school records for the most single-season free throws made (658), free throw attempts (1,018), three-pointers (272) and rebounds (1,483). USF also registered 306 steals to record Children: Isabella, Elyse the second-most in a season in school history. Additionally, the Bulls also set AAC single-season records for free throws made and attempted. Individually, the Bulls featured the 2019 AAC Defensive Player of the Year in guard Laquincy Rideau and the 2019 AAC Freshman of the Year in forward Alexis Yetna. Rideau became the first player in school history to win PLAYING CAREER a defensive player of the year award and Yetna was tabbed the second freshman of the year in school history and first since 1979. Rideau and Collins were both named All-Conference Third Team to become the first 1985-86 | 1 season players at USF to ever make all-conference in The American. Collins was also tabbed the CBI Most Valuable Player and Rideau was one of only three players in the NCAA with 100 assists and 100 steals. Rideau ended Navy, Guard the season with 189 assists and 101 steals to become the first player in AAC history to lead the league in both assists and steals. Collins scored 587 points and had the sixth-most single-season points in school history 1985 Elite Eight and the ninth-most in league history. Gregory helped Yetna become only the fifth player in school history with 300 rebounds in a season.