MILWAUKEE BASKETBALL 2003-04 Horizon League Regular Season Champions 2004-05 Horizon League Regular Season Champions 2005-06 Horizon League Regular Season Champions SUCCESS MILWAUKEE BASKETBALL Horizon League Standings (Since 2001-02) W L Milwaukee 63 17 Butler 52 28 UIC 48 32 Detroit 47 33 Wright State 39 41 Loyola 38 42 UW-Green Bay 37 43 Cleveland State 20 60 Youngstown State 16 64 UWM has experienced unprecedented success in Horizon League play in recent years. The Panthers have won the last three Horizon League regular season titles and, over the past five seasons, have won 11 more regular season league contests than any other team in the league. In the last four years alone, UWM has posted a 52-12 league mark. UWM has also made its mark on the postseason Horizon League awards list, with Dylan Page (top right) winning Horizon League Player of the Year honors in 2004 and Ed McCants (bottom right) win- ning the award in 2005. In all, 11 UWM players have been named to the All-Horizon League teams in the past five seasons, including three players named to the squads this past season. The Panthers have carried that success over to the postseason, winning the league tournament three times and claiming four postseason victories, in- cluding three NCAA Tournament wins. Clay Tucker (2003), Joah Tucker (2005) and Adrian Tigert (2006) have all earned Horizon League Tournament MVP honors. SUCCESS MILWAUKEE BASKETBALL Horizon League Tourney Champs 2003 • 2005 2006 SUCCESS MILWAUKEE BASKETBALL Record League Title Game Attendance In Milwaukee 2003 - 10,115 2004 - 10,254 2005 - 10,783 2006 - 10.021 Along with setting attendance records during the Horizon League Tournament, the Panthers have reset their own school attendance records in each of the last four seasons. Plus, fans hit the road with the Panthers, heading to Cleveland for the NCAA Tournament in 2005 (below left) and to Jacksonville for the tourney in 2006 (below right). FAN SUPPORT MILWAUKEE BASKETBALL More than 3,000 UWM students have attended each of the last four Horizon League title games at the U.S. Cellular Arena STUDENT SUPPORT MILWAUKEE BASKETBALL The men’s basketball coach at UWM is no stranger to Milwaukee basketball ... or to success. Rob Jeter was introduced as the 20th head coach in the his- tory of the University on April 12, 2005, and then quickly made his mark by leading the Panthers to their third- straight Horizon League regular-season title and into the second round of the NCAA Tournament. This is actually Jeter’s sec- ond stint in Milwaukee. He spent two years as an assis- tant to Bo Ryan at UWM, laying the foundation for the success the program has enjoyed. He then went with Ryan to Wisconsin, win- ning back-to-back regular season Big Ten titles for the first time in school history while earning trips to the Sweet 16 (2003) and Elite Eight (2005). Jeter started his collegiate career with Ryan as both a player and coach at UW-Plat- teville. When his time in southwest Wisconsin was done, Jeter had won three national championships - one as a player (above right) and two as a coach - and six league titles in eight seasons. If you like winning numbers, then Rob Jeter is your man. In his four years as a player at Platteville, his teams went 102-16. In his 11 years as an assistant coach, his teams posted a 245-85 record, good for a .743 winning percentage. In league play, his teams recorded a 126-46 record. Then, as a head coach, Jeter posted 22 wins - a school record for a first-year head coach and one of the three best marks among first-year head coaches across the country. ROB JETER MILWAUKEE BASKETBALL UWM’s National TV Appearances 2002-03 ESPN2 - Feb. 22 vs. Southern Illinois ESPN - March 11 vs. Butler CBS - March 20 vs. Notre Dame 2003-04 Fox Sports Net - Dec. 7 vs. NC State ESPN - Feb. 21 vs. Manhattan ESPN - March 9 vs. UIC 2004-05 ESPN2 - Feb. 5 vs. UIC ESPN2 - Feb. 19 vs. Hawai’i ESPN - March 8 vs. Detroit CBS - March 17 vs. Alabama UWM has made 18 national television appearances over the last four seasons, including six last season. Th e Panthers also receive CBS - March 19 vs. Boston College extensive coverage in the Milwaukee-area media and have a local television contract with CBS-58 and WMLW-TV. CBS - March 24 vs. Illinois 2005-06 ESPN2 - Jan. 14 vs. UW-Green Bay ESPN2 - Feb. 18 vs. Missouri State ESPNU - March 4 vs. Loyola ESPN - March 7 vs. Butler CBS - March 16 vs. Oklahoma CBS - March 18 vs. Florida EXPOSURE MILWAUKEE BASKETBALL The city of Milwaukee provides tremendous op- portunities for student-athletes at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, both for entertainment and post-graduate employment possibilities. Downtown Milwaukee continues to grow, with condominiums and other construction projects un- derway throughout the area. The vibrant downtown, which is busy nearly every night of the year, includes a beautiful River Walk (top left) and endless choices for dining, entertainment and nightlife. The city especially comes alive during the summer months and is known as the City of Festivals. Riv- erSplash!, Bastille Days, Festa Italiana, German Fest and Irish Fest are just some of the summer activities along Milwaukee’s lakefront. Plus, Summerfest is the world’s largest music festival according to the Guiness Book of World Records. The 11-day festival features a variety of music from national headline acts to up-and-comers on 12 different stages. Sports is also a big part of the landscape in Milwau- kee. The Brewers play at beautiful Miller Park (bot- tom left), which hosted the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2002. And, the Bradley Center in downtown Milwaukee is home to the NBA’s Mil- waukee Bucks. The Milwaukee-area also hosts an annual PGA event and nearby Kohler has recently played host to the PGA Championship. The city also provides a great place to start a career after graduation, with many of the city’s biggest com- panies run by other UWM grads. The University’s students regularly take internship opportunities in the city and suburbs, with many of those positions turning into full-time jobs after graduation. The city of Milwaukee has about 600,000 residents, with more than one million people living in the metro area. The city is also easily accessible to much of the midwest, with Chicago just 90 minutes away and Minneapolis approximately 4 1/2 hours away. A GREAT CITY MILWAUKEE BASKETBALL The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is a highly-regarded urban institution located in a beatutiful neighborhood just off the shores of Lake Michigan The campus provides the best of both worlds, with its location in a quiet residential neighborhood standing only minutes from the bustling east side and vibrant downtown Milwaukee Some of the spots on campus include Spaights Plaza (middle right) and the Golda Meir Library (lower right) A GREAT SCHOOL MILWAUKEE BASKETBALL In recent years, a number of Panthers have turned their collegiate basketball experience at UWM into an opportunity to play professionally. Dylan Page spent two seasons in Greece before moving to Spain for this upcoming season. He’ll be joined in Spain by Adrian Tigert. Tigert is actually one of five members of the 2006 senior class (pictured at lower right with head coach Rob Jeter) to be pursuing professional basketball op- portunities. Chris Hill, Joah Tucker, Boo Davis and Jason McCoy have all secured a chance to continue to play after both Tucker and Davis played in NBA Summer League contests this past year. The list of Panthers who have given professional basketball a shot has grown quite long in recent years. Clay Tucker (top right) played for a year in Sweden before returning to the U.S. to play in the ABA, USBL and NBDL. Justin Letten- berger and Jose Winston have also added their name to the list of recent Panthers playing professionally, with both play- ing last season for the Dachau Spurs in Germany. The tradition of Panther players continu- ing their careers professionally has been present for some time. Among some of the most well-known Panthers to continue their basketball careers are Von McDade, who was picked in the second round of the NBA Draft in 1991 and then played in the Continental Basketball Association; Shannon Smith, who played in Europe and was on the summer roster of the Indiana Pacers following his UWM career; and Ray Krzoska, who played for Sheboygan in the NBL, a predessor of the NBA. OPPORTUNITY MILWAUKEE BASKETBALL Being a part of the basketball program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee means the chance for once-in-a-lifetime experiences, both on and off the court. In August of 2003, the UWM men’s basketball team traveled to Europe, visiting the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France. Along with playing six games, the players enjoyed a great deal of sightseeing and experienced plenty of European culture. Plans are already underway for another trip overseas by the Panthers. The team visited Amsterdam, Brussels, Antwerp, Cologne and Paris, including sights like the famous Louvre (right). In all, the trip to Europe covered 12 days for the Panthers. They left from Chicago and flew to Amsterdam, enjoying that city for a day after little sleep. The team headed on to Brussels, where it stayed for three days before heading to Germany. In Cologne, the Panthers stayed for three more days before a lengthy trip to Paris, where the journey concluded.