2018 MBB MEDIA GUIDE NUMBER 2.Indd
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Mizzou Year-By-Year Results _______________ 66-81 Mizzou Arena Records ____________________ 82-83 GENERAL INFORMATION Individual Records _______________________ 84-85 Roster ___________________________________ 2 Team Records __________________________ 86-87 University Leadership _______________________3-4 Opponent Records/Double-Doubles _____________ 88 30-Point Games ___________________________ 89 MIZZOU BASKETBALL 2017-18 Individual Game Records __________________ 90-91 Jordan Barnett ___________________________5-6 Individual Season Records _________________ 92-95 Brett Rau ________________________________ 7 Individual Career Records __________________96-98 Kassius Robertson ________________________8-10 Freshmen Records ______________________ 99-100 Jordan Geist ___________________________ 11-12 Sophomore Records ____________________ 101-102 Terrence Phillips ________________________ 13-15 Junior Records ________________________ 103-104 Kevin Puryear __________________________ 16-18 Senior Records _______________________ 105-106 Ronnie Suggs ___________________________19-20 Team Single-Game Records ______________ 107-108 Cullen VanLeer _________________________ 21-23 Team Single-Season Records ________________ 109 Adam Wolf ______________________________ 24 1,000-Point Scorers ____________________ 110-114 Reed Nikko ____________________________ 25-26 Annual Leaders _______________________ 115-118 Mitchell Smith ___________________________ 27 All-Conference __________________________ 119 Blake Harris ______________________________ 28 All-Century Team _________________________ 120 Jontay Porter _____________________________ 28 Tigers in the NBA Draft ____________________ 121 Michael Porter, Jr, _________________________ 29 Letterwinners _________________________ 122-23 C.J. Roberts ______________________________ 29 Letterwinners by Number _________________ 124-25 Jeremiah Tilmon __________________________ 30 All-Time Coaching Records __________________ 126 MEET THE STAFF MIZZOU MEDIA / OPPONENTS ________________ Cuonzo Martin __________________________ 34-35 Mizzou vs. Opponent Records ______________ 127-28 Cornell Mann ____________________________ 36 Conference Series Results _______________ 130-131 Chris Hollender ___________________________ 36 Non-Conference Series Results ____________ 132-156 Michael Porter, Sr. _________________________ 37 Mizzou vs. Conference Breakdown _________ 158-159 Nicodemus Christopher _____________________ 38 Tiger Radio Network ______________________ 160 Marco Harris _____________________________ 38 Mizzou Media Guidelines ___________________ 161 Paul Rorvig ______________________________ 39 Mizzou Strategic Communications _____________ 162 Marcus Green ____________________________ 39 Radio / TV Roster ________________________ 163 John Poettgen ____________________________ 40 Schedule ______________________________ 164 Administration & Support Staff ________________ 41 2016-17SEASON IN REVIEW __________________ CREDITS Statistics _____________________________ 42-43 The 2017-18 Mizzou Basketball records book was edited and Box Scores ____________________________ 44-51 designed by Assistant Director of Strategic Communications, Patrick Crawford. Assistance was provided by Andrew MIZZOU HISTORY AND RECORDS Melroe, Chad Moller, Nick Joos, Shawn Davis, Kate Lakin, Mizzou Season Records ___________________ 52-54 R.J. Layton and Zev Senesca of the Mizzou Athletics Strategic Winning Streaks ________________________ 55-56 Communications offi ce. Season Summaries ______________________ 57-58 Postseason History ______________________ 59-60 Photographs are courtesy of Mizzou Athletics staff Postseason Records ______________________61-62 photographers and designers, as well as L.G. Patterson. Mizzou in the National Rankings _______________ 63 Cover art courtesy of Mizzou Athletics graphic design team, Tigers on NatioNational TV _____________________64-65 consisting of Ali Fisher, Jacob Reeves and Tony Huynh. #TT O T HEF INISHL INE 1 2017-18 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. Exp. Hometown / Previous School 0 C.J. Roberts 6-0 180 G Fr. HS Irving, Texas / Richland HS 1 Terrence Phillips 5-11 185 G Jr. 2L Orange County, Calif. / Oak Hill Academy (Va.) 2 Ronnie Suggs 6-6 190 G Jr. TR Washington, Mo. / Vermont Academy (Vt.) / Bradley 3 Kassius Robertson 6-3 180 G Gr. TR Toronto, Ontario / Thornlea Secondary School / Canisius 5 Mitchell Smith 6-10 215 F So. 1L Van Buren, Ark. / Van Buren HS 10 Brett Rau 6-4 175 G Sr. SQ Burlington, Ill. / Burlington Central HS / Elgin C.C. (Ill.) 11 Jontay Porter 6-11 240 F Fr. HS Columbia, Mo. / Nathan Hale HS (Wash.) 13 Michael Porter, Jr. 6-10 215 F Fr. HS Columbia, Mo. / Nathan Hale HS (Wash.) 14 Reed Nikko 6-10 250 F So. 1L Maple Grove, Minn. / Maple Grove HS 15 Jordan Geist 6-2 180 G Jr. 1L Fort Wayne, Ind. / Homestead HS / Ranger C.C. (Texas) 21 Jordan Barnett 6-7 215 F Sr. 1L St. Louis, Mo. / Christian Brothers College HS / Texas 23 Jeremiah Tilmon 6-10 252 F Fr. HS East St. Louis, Ill. / East St. Louis HS 24 Kevin Puryear 6-7 238 F Jr. 2L Blue Springs, Mo. / Blue Springs South HS 32 Adam Wolf 6-7 219 F Jr. SQ Beaver Dam, Wis. / Beaver Dam HS 33 Cullen VanLeer 6-4 208 G Jr. 2L Pacifi c, Mo. / Pacifi c HS 55 Blake Harris 6-3 195 G Fr. HS Chapel Hill, N.C. / Word of God Christian Academy 2017-18 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. Exp. Hometown / Previous School 21 Jordan Barnett 6-7 215 F Sr. 1L St. Louis, Mo. / Christian Brothers College HS / Texas 15 Jordan Geist 6-2 180 G Jr. 1L Fort Wayne, Ind. / Homestead HS / Ranger C.C. (Texas) 55 Blake Harris 6-3 195 G Fr. HS Chapel Hill, N.C. / Word of God Christian Academy 14 Reed Nikko 6-10 250 F So. 1L Maple Grove, Minn. / Maple Grove HS 1 Terrence Phillips 5-11 185 G Jr. 2L Orange County, Calif. / Oak Hill Academy (Va.) 11 Jontay Porter 6-11 240 F Fr. HS Columbia, Mo. / Nathan Hale HS (Wash.) 13 Michael Porter, Jr. 6-10 215 F Fr. HS Columbia, Mo. / Nathan Hale HS (Wash.) 24 Kevin Puryear 6-7 238 F Jr. 2L Blue Springs, Mo. / Blue Springs South HS 10 Brett Rau 6-4 175 G Sr. SQ Burlington, Ill. / Burlington Central HS / Elgin C.C. (Ill.) 0 C.J. Roberts 6-0 180 G Fr. HS Irving, Texas / Richland HS 3 Kassius Robertson 6-3 180 G Gr. TR Toronto, Ontario / Thornlea Secondary School / Canisius 5 Mitchell Smith 6-10 215 F So. 1L Van Buren, Ark. / Van Buren HS 2 Ronnie Suggs 6-6 190 G Jr. TR Washington, Mo. / Vermont Academy (Vt.) / Bradley 23 Jeremiah Tilmon 6-10 252 F Fr. HS East St. Louis, Ill. / East St. Louis HS 33 Cullen VanLeer 6-4 208 G Jr. 2L Pacifi c, Mo. / Pacifi c HS 32 Adam Wolf 6-7 219 F Jr. SQ Beaver Dam, Wis. / Beaver Dam HS MIZZOU COACHING STAFF Coach Position Year Alma Mater, Year Cuonzo Martin Head Coach First Purdue, 2000 Chris Hollender Assistant Coach First Evansville, 1998 Cornell Mann Assistant Coach First Akron, 1995 Michael Porter, Sr. Assistant Coach First New Orleans, 1989 Nicodemus Christopher Director of Athletic Performance First Baylor, 2007 Marco Harris Director of Player Development First Southwestern Oklahoma State, 1994 Paul Rorvig Director of Basketball Operations Fourth Central Missouri, 2005, ‘07 Marcus Green Asst. Dir. of Basketball Operations First Purdue, 2009 John Poettgen Assistant to the Head Coach Ninth Missouri, 2012, ‘14 Pro - nun - SEE - A -shun Guide Name Pronunciation Jordan Geist GUY-st Reed Nikko NICK-oh Jontay Porter JOHN-tay Kevin Puryear PER-year Kassius Robertson Kash-us 2017-18 BASKETBALL 2 UUNIVERSITYNIVERSITY LLEADERSHIPEADERSHIP DR. MUN Y. CHOI DR. ALEXANDER N. CARTWRIGHT PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI First Year | Illinois, ‘87 First Year | Iowa, ‘89 Following a near year-long national search, the University Dr. Alexander N. Cartwright has served as Provost and Executive of Missouri Board of Curators announced the appointment Vice Chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY) since of Dr. Mun Y. Choi, as the 24th president in the history of September 2014. As Provost, Dr. Cartwright supports the Chancellor and Board of Trustees in carrying out their oversight responsibilities of the 64-campus the University of Missouri System on November 2, 2016. The former provost system. He drives academic policy and oversees a broad portfolio including: access and and executive vice president of the University of Connecticut (UConn), Dr. inclusion; academic program planning and assessment; enrollment management; student Choi succeeded Interim President Michael Middleton on March 1, 2017. success; global affairs; information technology; and, SUNY’s broad research enterprise. Dr. Choi’s 24-year career in higher education includes his previous posi- Dr. Cartwright has refocused SUNY’s academic agenda around the overarching areas of: student success and completion; diversity, equity and inclusion; and, through research tion as provost and executive vice president at UConn, one of the nation’s growth in emerging areas, increasing SUNY’s impact on state and global challenges. top 20 public universities in the latest U.S. News rankings. At UConn, he oversaw a budget of $700 million while working with 1,500 full-time faculty, Dr. Cartwright introduced and saw adopted a sweeping diversity, equity and inclusion 31,000 students and 2,000 staff across 12 schools and colleges including policy which applies to all campuses and SUNY’s System Administration. A native of Schools of Medicine, Dental Medicine and Law. Under his leadership, the Bahamas, Dr. Cartwright believes in inclusive excellence wherein an institution