2017-18 FLORIDA GATORS MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS & QUICK FACTS 2-14: Coaches & Support Staff 160-176: Program Information Quick Facts 2-6 Head Coach Mike White 160-161 Gators in the Pros Location: Gainesville, Fla. 7 Assistant Coach Dusty May 162-163 Back-to-Back National Champions Founded: 1853 8 Assistant Coach Jordan Mincy 164-166 Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center Enrollment: 54,584 9 Assistant Coach Darris Nichols 167 Attendance Figures Conference: Southeastern (SEC) 10-14 Support Staff168-170 Opponent Information Nickname: Gators 171 UF President Kent Fuchs UF President: Dr. W. Kent Fuchs 15-40: Rosters & Player Bios 172-173 Athletic Director Scott Stricklin Athletic Director: Scott Stricklin 15 Head Shot Roster 173 UAA Board, IAC & Gator Boosters Board Mascots: Albert and Alberta 16 Roster Breakdown 174 University Athletic Association All-Sports Accomplishments Colors: Orange (PMS 172) and Blue (PMS 287) 17-19 KeVaughn Allen 175 Gator IMG Sports Network & NCAA Compliance Information Website: FloridaGators.com 20 Deaundrae Ballard 176 Media Information Facebook: facebook.com/GatorsMBK 21 Dontay Bassett Twitter: @GatorsMBK, @MikeWhiteUF 22-25 Chris Chiozza Instagram: @gatorsmbk 26-28 John Egbunu 2017-18 Media Guide Credits 29-30 Gorjok Gak Coaching Staff Facts The offi cial 2017-18 University of Florida Men’s Basketball Head Coach: Mike White (Ole Miss ’00) 31-33 Kevarrius Hayes media guide has been published by the University Athletic 34 Jalen Hudson UF Record: 3rd season/48-24 Association, Inc. This guide has been written and edited by the 35 Chase Johnson Overall Record: 7th season/149-64 36 Egor Koulechov UAA Communications Department. It is not for public sale or Assistant Coaches: Dusty May (Indiana ’00), Jordan Mincy (Kent State 37 Mike Okauru recruiting and is intended for media use. ’09), Darris Nichols (West Virginia ’08) 38 Isaiah Stokes Athletic Trainer: David “Duke” Werner 39-40 Keith Stone Editor, Typesetting, Design Denver Parler Strength & Conditioning Coordinator: Preston Greene Covers Kelly Streeter Director of Basketball Operations: Kyle Church Printing StorterChilds Assistant to the Head Coach: Jonathan Blake 41-55: 2016-17 In Review Primary Photographer Tim Casey 41 Notes & Facts Offi ce Manager: Tracy Pfaff Proofreading Andrew Kovar 42-50 Box Scores Staff Assistant: Mike Robuck 51 Team & Individual Stats Academic Advisor: Tom Williams Other Photography: Jim Burgess, Nathaniel S. Butler (NBAE/ 52 Game-by-Game Stats Getty Images), David Coyle, Courtney Culbreath, Forrest Gmitro, Program Facts 53 Superlatives Jesse D. Garrabrant (NBAE/Getty Images), Ron Irby, Britt Moore, 54-55 Miscellaneous Stats Arena: Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center (10,151) Jay Metz, NBA Photos, NCAA photos, Kelly Streeter, UF News Season: 99th Bureau, Michael Wade, Blake Williams. Overall Record: 1,396-1,085 56-159: Record Book SEC Record: 621-641 56-58 Single-Game Records NCAA Tournaments: 18 (1989, ’94, ’95, ’99, 2000, ’01, ’02, ’03, ’04, ’05, 58-59 O’Connell Center Records ’06, ’07, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14, ’17) 60-61 Career Records UAA Communications Staff Final Fours: 5 (1994, 2000, ’06, ’07, ’14) 62-63 Individual Single-Season Records Dan Apple Assistant Director (Baseball) National Championships: 2 (2006, ’07) 64-65 Team Single-Season Records Herb Brooks Assistant Director (Softball/Cross Country) NIT Appearances: 10 (1969, ’84, ’85, ’86, ’92, ’93, ’98, 2008, ’09, ’16) 66-67 Top Games Scoring & Rebounding Kathy Cafazzo Associate Director (W. Basketball/W. Tennis) SEC Tournament Championships: 4 (2005, ’06, ’07, ’14) 68 Biggest Wins & Losses Katie Callahan Assistant (Swimming & Diving) SEC Championships: 7 (1989, 2000, ’01, ’07, ’11, ’13, ’14) 69 SEC Stat Champions & Winning/Losing Streaks Norm Carlson Assistant A.D./Historian All-Americans: 25 70-73 Year-by-Year Stat Leaders Scott Carter Senior Writer All-SEC: 108 74-75 Year-by-Year Team & Opponent Stats Tim Casey Photographer SEC Academic Honor Roll: 115 76-84 Thousand-Point Scorers Dustin Ciraco Assistant Director (Lacrosse/Football) NBA Draftees: 35 85-98 All-Time Game-by-Game Results Zach Dirlam Assistant Director (Track & Field/Volleyball) 2016-17 Record: 27-9 99 Year-by-Year Team Record Bruce Floyd Social Media Manager 2016-17 Conference Record: 14-4 (2nd) 100 Coaching Records Chris Harry Senior Writer Lettermen Returning/Lost: 6/6 101-102 In the Polls Mary Howard Senior Associate A.D. (Soccer/Gymnastics) Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 103-105 Miscellaneous Records Andrew Kovar Assistant (Golf/M. Basketball) 106 All-Time Series Records Steve McClain Senior Associate A.D. (Football) 107-116 All-Time Series Scores Denver Parler Associate Director (Men’s Basketball) 117 Record by Conference Kelly Shipp Assistant (M. Tennis/Volleyball) 118 NCAA Tournament Results Jennifer Wagner Coordinator 119 NCAA Tournament Records 120-135 NCAA Tournament Box Scores 136 SEC Tournament Results Communications Offi ce Phone 352-375-4683, ext. 6100 137 SEC Tournament Records Communications Fax 352-375-4809 138-139 Regular Season Tournaments Press Row 352-371-0281 140-144 Individual Career Stats 145-147 Usual Starting Lineups by Season Communications Mailing Address: 148-150 All-Time Lettermen P.O. Box 14485 150 All-Time Asst. Coaches, Mgrs., Trainers, Strength, Video Gainesville, FL 32604 NIKE is the authentic apparel and footwear of the University of Florida 151-152 All-Time Numerical Roster Basketball Program. 153-159 Individual Honors Communications Shipping Address: Ben Hill Griffi n Stadium 121 Gale Lemerand Drive Gainesville, FL 32611 1 2017-18 FLORIDA GATORS MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE HEAD COACH MIKE WHITE MIKE WHITE Head Coach | 3rd Season | Ole Miss, 2000 Dunedin, Fla. | Hired May 7, 2015 Under White’s watch in 2016-17, Barry earned SEC Sixth Man of the Year honors, while KeVaughn Allen (fi rst-team) and Kasey Hill White Timeline (second-team) earned All-SEC honors. 2015-present (3rd season) Florida Head Coach While leading the Gators to a successful campaign on the fl oor, White and his staff also put together a 2017 recruiting class rated ninth in 2011-15 (4 sesasons) Louisiana Tech the nation by ESPN that includes three top-100 players. Head Coach In 2015-16, White matched a program record with 21 wins in his fi rst 2004-11 (7 seasons) Ole Miss season as head coach at the University of Florida, leading the Gators Assistant Coach to a fi ve-win improvement over the previous season. Among active 2000-04 (4 seasons) Jacksonville State SEC coaches, 21 wins matches the second-most in the fi rst season on Associate Head Coach the job. 2003-04 (1 season) The Gators returned to the postseason, reaching the quarterfi nals of Assistant Coach the NIT, which included a road win at Ohio State, UF’s fi rst-ever road 2000-03 (3 seasons) win vs. at Big Ten program. White and the Gators also posted the In two seasons at Florida, Mike White has returned the Gators to the team’s fi rst top-10 win in nearly fi ve years with a dominant 88-71 win 1995-99 (4 seasons) Ole Miss Student-Athlete national conversation, leading UF to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight, vs. ninth-ranked West Virginia in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. a 27-9 record and a second-place SEC fi nish at 14-4. White earned an In White’s inaugural season on the Florida bench, Dorian Finney-Smith array of awards, including SEC Coach of the Year and the USBWA and earned second-team All-SEC honors and KeVaughn Allen was named a strong pedigree. He has a certain authenticity with people and is not NABC District Coach of the Year. He was also a semifi nalist for Naismith to the SEC All-Freshman team. Finney-Smith became the fi rst Gator afraid of challenges.” Coach of the Year. since Al Horford in 2006-07 to tally 500 points and 300 rebounds in “Coach White brings with him a distinguished career and an In his six years as a head coach, White has now earned conference a season. Allen’s 418 points were the most by a UF freshman since extraordinary record of success,” UF President Kent Fuchs said. “I have Coach of the Year honors three times. Bradley Beal, and his 32 points vs. Florida State were the fi fth-highest no doubt he will uphold high standards on and off the court, and am single-game output by a freshman in Florida history. The Gators also White’s 48 wins through his fi rst two years rank fourth in SEC history, delighted to welcome him to the Gator Nation.” placed fi ve players on the SEC Academic Honor Roll. only surpassed by coaches at Kentucky. In posting a six-win improve- Under White’s leadership, the Bulldogs also advanced to the NIT in ment over his debut season at UF, White helped the Gators reach 27 White’s fi rst Florida recruit, junior college All-American Justin Leon, each of his fi nal three seasons in Ruston, including quarterfi nals wins for just the eighth time in school history. provided energy and toughness to the Gators’ lineup. Leon posted 14 appearances in 2014 and 2015. In all three NIT appearances, Louisiana points and nine rebounds in the win vs. LSU. White’s fi rst full signing The Gators posted perhaps the most dominant three-game stretch in Tech posted a road victory over a major-conference opponent, top- class includes early signees Eric Hester and Dontay Bassett out of Olds- program history during the 2016-17 season, downing LSU, Oklahoma pling Florida State in 2013, Georgia in 2014 and Texas A&M in 2015 mar Christian and Gorjok Gak out of Victory Rock Prep in Bradenton.