NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 FACT BOOK ® 2020-21 MEDIA GUIDE 1 2 NORTHERN KENTUCKYADIDAS.COM UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK FACTS INTRODUCTION HISTORY & RECORDS Table of Contents ..............................................................................3 Year-By-Year Results Summary .........................................................22 Quick Facts ........................................................................................4 Year-By-Year Results....................................................................23-39 All-Time Records vs. Opponents ................................................40-41 All-Time Results vs. Opponents .................................................41-42 SCHEDULE Postseason ..................................................................................43-45 NCAA Tournament Records ............................................................46 2020-21 Schedule ..............................................................................5 All-Time Letterwinners ................................................................47-48 Single-Game Records ......................................................................49 SCHEDULE Season-By-Season Leaders ........................................................50-52 ROSTER Single-Season Records - Team ...................................................53-55 Single-Season Records - Individual ............................................56-58 2020-21 Northern Kentucky Roster ...................................................6 Career Records ...........................................................................59-62 Last Time That ............................................................................63-64 Award Winners ...........................................................................65-66 COACHING STAFF Head Coach Darrin Horn ...................................................................7 OTHER Assistant Coaches ...........................................................................8-9 Support Staff....................................................................................10 Radio/TV Roster ...............................................................................67 ROSTER RESULTS 2019-20 Final Statistics ....................................................................11 2019-20 Results ...............................................................................12 2019-20 Box Scores ....................................................................13-20 2019-20 Individual and Team Highs ................................................21 COACHES PLAYERS RESULTS HISTORY/RECORDS ADIDAS.COM 2020-21 MEDIA GUIDE 3 2020-21 QUICK FACTS ABOUT NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL INFORMATION Location ..............................................................Highland Heights, Ky. 2019-20 Overall Record .........................................23-9 Founded ....................................................................................... 1968 2019-20 Horizon League Record ...................13-5 (2nd) Enrollment ................................................................................. 16,212 2019-20 Horizon League Champ. .......2-0 (Champions) School .................................................... Northern Kentucky University 2019-20 Postseason ........................Qualified for NCAA QUICK FACTS City/Zip ....................................................Highland Heights, Ky. 41099 Home Record ..........................................................11-4 Nickname ................................................................................... Norse Road Record ............................................................10-5 Colors ............................................................... Black, Gold and White Neutral .......................................................................2-0 Facility (Cap.; Yr. Built) .................................BB&T Arena (8,427; 2008) Longest 2019-20 Winning Streak ................................. 5 Affiliation .................................................................... NCAA Division I Players Returning/Lost ..............................................7/7 Conference ..................................................................Horizon League Starters Returning/Lost ............................................2/4 ! President ....................................................................Dr. Ashish Vaidya Newcomers .................................................................. 7 Athletic Director ................................................................. Ken Bothof Graduates ..................................................................... 0 Athletic Website .................................................... www.nkunorse.com Seniors .......................................................................... 1 SCHEDULE Athletic Department Phone .......................................... (859) 572-6639 Juniors .......................................................................... 7 Mailing Address ....................................... Northern Kentucky Athletics Sophomores ................................................................. 0 ....................................................................................133 BB&T Arena Freshmen ...................................................................... 6 .....................................................................................500 Nunn Drive First Season of the Program ..............................1971-72 .................................................................Highland Heights, KY 41099 All-Time Record ............................ 848-576 (49 seasons) All-Time Horizon Leag. Reg. Season Titles................... 2 All-Time Horizon League Tourney Appearances .......... 5 COACHING STAFF All-Time Horizon League Tourney Record .................8-2 All-Time Horizon League Tourney Titles . 3 (‘17, ‘19, ‘20) Head Coach ..................................................Darrin Horn (2nd Season) ! Due to injuries, NKU had six players start at least 20 ROSTER Alma Mater ...................................................... Western Kentucky (‘95) games (and at least 70 percent of their games played) NKU Record .............................................................23-9 (One Season) Horizon League Record ...........................................13-5 (One Season) Career Record .................................................... 194-120 (10 Seasons) TOP RETURNING PLAYERS Assistant Coach ................................................Eric Haut (2nd Season) Name Yr. GP-GS PPG RPG APG Assistant Coach ...........................................David Harris (2nd Season) Trevon Faulkner* Jr. 32-32 11.9 4.1 1.8 Assistant Coach ................................ Simon McCormack (2nd Season) Bryson Langdon* Jr. 31-22 7.6 2.1 3.3 Video Coordinator .......................................... Joey Kizel (2nd Season) Adrian Nelson Jr. 29-3 4.6 6.3 0.8 Dir. of Basketball Operations ............................ Matt Rea (2nd Season) Paul Djoko R-Jr. 28-0 1.6 1.3 0.6 COACHES Graduate Assistant .......................................... Jay Slone (2nd Season) *Denotes 2019-20 starter Graduate Assistant ......................................... Isiah Price (2nd Season) NEWCOMERS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Name Yr. Hometown/Last School Assistant AD for Communication .............. Bryan McEldowney David Böhm Fr. Prague, Czech Republic/Montverde Acad. (Fla.) Email .................................................. [email protected] Darius Harding Jr. Elizabethtown, Ky./Motlow St. Office Phone .....................................................(859) 572-5470 Carlos Hines R-Jr. Chicago, Ill./Northern Arizona Cell Phone ........................................................(937) 478-5027 Trey Robinson Fr. Hamilton, Ohio/Hamilton PLAYERS Fax ....................................................................(859) 572-7956 Marques Warrick Fr. Lexington, Ky./Henry Clay Best Time to Reach Coach ...........Contact Bryan McEldowney Jake Evans^ Fr. Louisville, Ky./Male Noah Hupmann^ Fr. Union, Ky./Covington Catholic Director of Digital Media ................................... Teresa Turner ^ Walk-on Athletic Communications GA ..........................Robby Johnson KEY PLAYERS LOST HORIZON LEAGUE Name Yr. GP-GS PPG RPG APG Commissioner ......................................... Jonathan B. LeCrone Dantez Walton* Sr. 21-20 16.1 7.3 1.9 RESULTS Deputy Commissioner .......................................Julie Roe Lach Tyler Sharpe* Sr. 32-32 15.1 2.6 2.2 Ast. Comm’r. Competition/Branding/Sponsorship . Cam Fuller Jalen Tate* R-Jr. 22-20 13.9 5.4 3.6 Director of Communications .................................... Dan Gliot Silas Adheke* R-Jr. 32-28 3.6 4.7 0.3 Ast. Director of Broadcasting & Comm. ..............Rachel White * Denotes 2019-20 Starter Website .............................................. www.horizonleague.org Faceboo ........................................................ /HorizonLeague Twitter ............................................................. @horizonleague SOCIAL MEDIA NKU Norse Men’s Basketball Facebook: /nkunorse Facebook: /nkunorsembb Twitter: @NKUNorse Twitter: @NKUNorseMBB Instagram: @NKUNorse Instagram: @NKUNorseMBB HISTORY/RECORDS ® 4 NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21