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2 @UCF_MBB TABLE OF CONTENTS TEAM INFORMATION UCF INFORMATION Location Orlando, Fla. Schedule 4 Founded 1963 Roster 5 Enrollment 60,810 Nickname Knights Colors Black and Gold COACHES AND STAFF Conference American Athletic Johnny Dawkins 7-8 President Dr. John C. Hitt Assistant Coaches 9-10 Director of Athletics Danny White Support Staff 11-13 Athletics Phone (407) 823-2261 Ticket Office Phone (407) 823-1000 PLAYERS CFE ARENA Tanksley Efianayi 15-16 Capacity 10,000 Year Opened 2007 B.J. Taylor 17-18 Press Row Phone (407) 823-2477 Terrell Allen 19 A.J. Davis 20-21 BASKETBALL HISTORY EDITORIAL Ceasar DeJesus 22 First Year of Basketball 1969-70 First Year in Division I 1984-85 UCF Athletics Communications Djordjije Mumin 23 First Year in AAC 2013-14 EDITOR Dayon Griffin 24 All-Time Record 696-588/749-588* Cory Hall Rokas Ulvydas 25 NCAA Tournaments/Last Four/2005 Matt Williams 26-28 *2008-09 (17-14), 2009-10 (15-17), 2010-11 (21-12) victories were ASSISTANCE vacated due to NCAA sanctions Nick Banyard 29 Andy Seeley Dan Forcella Aubrey Dawkins 30 TEAM INFORMATION Megan Herboth Brock Stephenson 31 2015-16 Record 12-18 Nate Blythe Bridgette Gale Chad Brown 32-33 AAC Record/Finish 6-12/Eighth Home Record 8-8 Bill Morrison Chance McSpadden 34-35 Road Record 4-9 Eric DeSalvo Tacko Fall 36-37 Postseason AAC First Round CONTRIBUTORS Nathan Laing 38 Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 UCF Marketing Letterwinners Returning/Lost 8/6 American Athletic Conference 2015-16 REVIEW Newcomers 8 LAYOUT AND DESIGN Results 40 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Cory Hall Statistics 41-44 Director (MBB) Dan Forcella Office Phone (407) 823-2142 COVER DESIGN Cell Phone (515) 419-1755 Carlos Phillips HISTORY Email [email protected] All-Time Roster 46-47 Mailing Address BHN Stadium PHOTOGRAPHY Simone Amaduzzi All-Time Numbers 48-49 4465 Knights Victory Way Orlando, FL 32816 Jonathan Castillo Honors & Awards 50-51 Website www.UCFKnights.com Todd Drexler Pro Basketball 52-53 Twitter @UCF_MBB Cory Hall Brad Helton Instagram UCF.MBB 1,000 Points Club 54 Romeo Guzman Snapchat UCF.Knights Individual Records 55-57 Derek Warden Facebook /UCFMensBasketball Team Records 58-59 UCF Marketing Miscellaneous Records 60 The UCF men’s basketball program is on probation until Feb. 9, 2017, for NCAA CFE Arena Records 61 violations involving the impermissible recruiting activity of outside third parties, Yearly Results 62 impermissible benefits to prospective student-athletes, an impermissible recruiting Coaching History 63 inducement, unethical conduct, failure to monitor and lack of institutional control. The penalties include: public reprimand and censure; five years of probation through Feb. Year-by-Year Results 64-70 9, 2017; a postseason ban for the 2012-13 season; limit of 11 total scholarships each year Annual Statistics 71-72 for three years; vacation of all basketball victories in which an ineligible student-athlete Annual Leaders 73-74 participated in 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11; head coach Donnie Jones was given a show cause over the next three years and will be required to complete additional rules Series Records 75-83 training for three years; one less coach permitted to recruit off-campus at any one In-Season Tournaments 84 time for two years; head and assistant men’s basketball coaches were prohibited from Conference Tournaments 85 recruiting in July 2013; reduction in the available number of recruiting person days for Postseason 86 two years; reduction in the number of paid official visits for prospects for two years. In response to the infractions, the institution has increased its compliance staff, THIS IS UCF as well as its compliance educational and monitoring efforts. A greater emphasis UCF 88-89 has been placed on educating coaches, staff and fans on the rules and regulations Dr. John C. Hitt 90 concerning representatives of athletics interests and third party representatives. UCF has instituted the use of compliance and recruiting software for all athletics programs. Danny White 91 In addition, the compliance office now shares a dual-reporting structure to the Vice American AThletic Conference 92 President and Director of Athletics and the University’s Chief Compliance and Ethics Facilities 93-94 Officer. UCF will continue its efforts to promoting a culture of compliance throughout the university and becoming a national model for athletics compliance. /UCFMensBasketball 3 4 @UCF_MBB SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME TV Mon. Nov. 14 Nicholls State CFE Arena 7 p.m. ESPN3 Thu. Nov. 17 vs. Mississippi State^ Charleston, S.C. 5 p.m. ESPN2 Fri. Nov. 18 vs. Boise State/Charleston^ Charleston, S.C. TBA ESPNU/ESPN3 Sun. Nov. 20 vs. TBA^ Charleston, S.C. TBA TBA Sat. Nov. 26 Seattle CFE Arena 7:30 p.m. ESPN3 Wed. Nov. 30 Stetson CFE Arena 7 p.m. ESPN3 Sat. Dec. 3 at Massachusetts Amherst, Mass. 1 p.m. TBA Sat. Dec. 10 Maryland Eastern Shore CFE Arena 5 p.m. ESPN3 Mon. Dec. 12 Penn CFE Arena 7 p.m. ESPN3 Thu. Dec. 15 at George Washington Washington, D.C. 7 p.m. TBA Sun. Dec. 18 Miami (Ohio) CFE Arena Noon ESPNU Wed. Dec. 21 Bethune-Cookman CFE Arena 7 p.m. ESPN3 Wed. Dec. 28 at Tulane* New Orleans, La. 8 p.m. ASN/ESPN3 Sat. Dec. 31 Temple* CFE Arena 4 p.m. ESPNU Tue. Jan. 3 East Carolina* CFE Arena 7:15 p.m. ESPNews Sun. Jan. 8 at UConn* Hartford, Conn. 5 p.m. CBSSN Sat. Jan. 14 Houston* CFE Arena 4 p.m. CBSSN Tue. Jan. 17 USF* CFE Arena 7 p.m. ESPNews Sun. Jan. 22 at Memphis* Memphis, Tenn. 4 p.m. CBSSN Wed. Jan. 25 SMU* CFE Arena 6 p.m. ESPNews Sat. Jan. 28 at Tulsa* Tulsa, Okla. 1:30 p.m. ESPNews Wed. Feb. 1 at Houston* Houston, Texas 7 p.m. ESPNU Sat. Feb. 4 Memphis* CFE Arena 5 p.m. ESPNews Wed. Feb. 8 at Cincinnati* Cincinnati, Ohio 9 p.m. ESPNU Sat. Feb. 11 UConn* CFE Arena 6 p.m. CBSSN Tue. Feb. 14 Tulsa* CFE Arena 7 p.m. ESPNews Sat. Feb. 18 at East Carolina* Greenville, N.C. 4 p.m. ESPNews Wed. Feb. 22 at Temple* Philadelphia, Pa. 7 p.m. ESPNU Sun. Feb. 26 Cincinnati* CFE Arena 3 p.m. CBSSN Thu. Mar. 2 at USF* Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. ESPNU Mar. 9-12 AAC Championship# Hartford, Conn. ^ Gildan Charleston Classic * American Athletic Conference games # XL Center All times Eastern Schedule subject to change /UCFMensBasketball 5 ROSTER NO. NAME CL. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (PREVIOUS) 0 Tanksley Efianayi Sr. G/F 6-6 210 Orlando, Fla./University (Daytona State) 1 B.J. Taylor R-So. G 6-2 200 Orlando, Fla./Boone 2 Terrell Allen So. G 6-2 180 Upper Marlboro, Md./DeMatha Catholic (Drexel) 3 A.J. Davis R-Jr. G/F 6-9 215 Atlanta, Ga./Buford (Tennessee) 4 Ceasar DeJesus Fr. G 6-3 190 Baltimore, Md./Mt. Zion Prep [Md.] 5 Djordjije Mumin Jr. G 6-5 205 Podgorica, Montenegro/American Heritage [Fla.] 10 Dayon Griffin Jr. G 6-5 200 St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg (Louisiana Tech) 11 Rokas Ulvydas So. F 6-11 235 Kaunas, Lithuania/Mt. Zion Prep [Md.] (Texas Tech) 12 Matt Williams R-Sr. G 6-5 220 Orlando, Fla./Jones 14 Nick Banyard R-Sr. F 6-8 225 Flower Mound, Texas/Marcus (Illinois State) 15 Aubrey Dawkins Jr. G/F 6-6 205 Palo Alto, Calif./New Hampton Prep [N.H.] (Michigan) 20 Brock Stephenson Fr. G 6-2 175 Miami, Fla./Dade Christian 21 Chad Brown So. F 6-9 230 Deltona, Fla./Deltona 22 Chance McSpadden So. G 6-4 180 Winter Haven, Fla./Winter Haven 24 Tacko Fall So. C 7-6 300 Dakar, Senegal/Liberty Christian Prep [Fla.] 51 Nathan Laing R-Jr. G 6-0 165 Lillington, N.C./Harnett Central (Jacksonville State) HEAD COACH Johnny Dawkins, First season ASSISTANT COACH Kevin Norris, First season ASSISTANT COACH Jamill Jones, First season ASSISTANT COACH Robbie Laing, First season DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS Jimmy Drew, First season DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Ricardo Greer, Second season VIDEO COORDINATOR Jaycob Ammerman, First season ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS Karen Del Carpio, First season DIRECTOR OF SPORTS PERFORMANCE Alex Parr, First season ATHLETIC TRAINER Jarrett Schweim, Third season EQUIPMENT MANAGER John Whitford, 14th season 6 @UCF_MBB COACHES & STAFF /UCFMensBasketball 7 JOHNNY DAWKINS HEAD COACH • FIRST SEASON Johnny Dawkins was named UCF’s seventh head men’s basket- ball coach on Mar. 23, 2016. Dawkins arrived in Orlando, after an eight-year stint at Stanford, where he led the Cardinal to five postseason appearances, including an NCAA Sweet Sixteen ap- pearance in 2014, and four 20-win seasons. Prior to his time in Palo Alto, California, Dawkins coached for 10 years under the legendary Mike Krzyzewski at his alma ma- ter Duke. He played for the Blue Devils from 1982-86, where he was named the 1986 Naismith National Player of the Year and helped lead Duke to three NCAA Tournament berths, including an NCAA National Championship Game appearance in 1986. STANFORD STINT Stanford put together four 20-win seasons in Dawkins’ tenure as head coach. He is only the second coach in Stanford his- tory with at least four 20-win seasons. Stanford’s success on the court came against some of the toughest schedules in the nation. During the 2015-16 season, the Cardinal faced the sixth- most difficult slate in the country. A nation-leading 17 of Stan- ford’s 30 games came against RPI Top 50 squads.