2016-2017 MEDIA GUIDE 2016-17 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: 53,744 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 15-42: Rosters & Player Bios 172-173 Director of Athletics Jeremy Foley Director of Athletics: Jeremy Foley 15 Headshot 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) 17-18 KeVaughn Allen 175 Gator IMG Sports Network & NCAA Compliance Information Website: FloridaGators.com 19-20 Canyon Barry 176 Media Information Facebook: facebook.com/GatorsMBK 21 Dontay Bassett Twitter: @GatorsMBK, @MikeWhiteUF 22-24 Chris Chiozza Instagram: @gatorsmbk 25-26 John Egbunu 27 Gorjok Gak Coaching Staff Facts 28-29 Kevarrius Hayes 2016-17 Media Guide Credits Head Coach: Mike White (Ole Miss ’00) 30-32 Kasey Hill UF Record: 2nd season/21-15 The offi cial 2016-17 University of Florida Men’s Basketball 33 Eric Hester Overall Record: 6th season/122-55 media guide has been published by the University Athletic As- 34 Jalen Hudson Assistant Coaches: Dusty May (Indiana ’00), Jordan Mincy (Kent State 35-36 Justin Leon sociation, Inc. This guide has been written and edited by the ’09), Darris Nichols (West Virginia ’08) 37-38 Schuyler Rimmer UAA Communications Department. It is not for public sale or Athletic Trainer: David “Duke” Werner 39-41 Devin Robinson recruiting and is intended for media use. Strength & Conditioning Coordinator: Preston Greene 42 Keith Stone Editor, Typesetting, Design Denver Parler Director of Basketball Operations: Kyle Church Covers Kelly Streeter Video Coordinator: Jonathan Blake 43-57: 2014-15 In Review Printing Yearbook Connection Offi ce Manager: Tracy Pfaff 43 Notes & Facts Primary Photographer: Tim Casey Staff Assistant: Mike Robuck 44-52 Box Scores Academic Counselor: Tom Williams 53 Team & Individual Stats Other Photography: Jim Burgess, Nathaniel S. Butler (NBAE/ 54 Game-by-Game Stats Getty Images), David Coyle, Adler Garfi eld, Jesse D. Garrabrant Program Facts 55 Superlatives (NBAE/Getty Images), Ron Irby, Andres Leiva, Melissa Maj- Arena: Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center (10,133) 56-57 Miscellaneous Stats chrzak, Jay Metz, Rachel Mowat, NBA Photos, NCAA photos, Season: 98th Ole Miss Media & Public Relations, Madison Schultz, UF News Overall Record: 1,367-1,076 Bureau. SEC Record: 607-632 58-159: Record Book NCAA Tournaments: 17 (1989, ’94, ’95, ’99, 2000, ’01, ’02, ’03, ’04, ’05, 58-60 Single-Game Records ’06, ’07, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14) 60-61 O’Connell Center Records Final Fours: 5 (1994, 2000, ’06, ’07, ’14) 62-63 Career Records National Championships: 2 (2006, ’07) 64-65 Individual Single-Season Records NIT Appearances: 10 (1969, ’84, ’85, ’86, ’92, ’93, ’98, 2008, ’09, ‘16) 66-67 Team Single-Season Records SEC Tournament Championships: 4 (2005, ’06, ’07, ’14) 68-69 Top Games Scoring & Rebounding UAA Communications Staff SEC Championships: 7 (1989, 2000, ’01, ’07, ’11, ’13, ’14) 70 Biggest Wins & Losses Dan Apple Assistant Director (Baseball) All-Americans: 25 71 SEC Stat Champions & Winning/Losing Streaks Kelsey Bibik Assistant (M. Tennis/M. Basketball) All-SEC: 106 72-75 Year-by-Year Stat Leaders Kathy Cafazzo Associate Director (W. Basketball/W. Tennis) SEC Academic Honor Roll: 113 76-77 Year-by-Year Team & Opponent Stats Norm Carlson Assistant A.D./Historian NBA Draftees: 35 78-86 Thousand-Point Scorers Scott Carter Senior Writer 2015-16 Record: 21-15 87-100 All-Time Game-by-Game Results Tim Casey Photographer 2015-16 Conference Record: 9-9 (t-8th) 101 Year-by-Year Team Record Dustin Ciraco Program Coordinator Lettermen Returning/Lost: 8/7 102 Coaching Records Zach Dirlam Assistant (Track & Field/Cross Country) Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 103-104 In the Polls Bruce Floyd Social Media Manager 105-107 Miscellaneous Records Chris Harry Senior Writer 108 All-Time Series Records Mary Howard Associate A.D. (Soccer/Gymnastics) 109-118 All-Time Series Scores Steve McClain Associate A.D. (Football) 119 Record by Conference Denver Parler Associate Director (Men’s Basketball) 120 NCAA Tournament Results Kelly Reynolds Assistant Director (Volleyball/Lacrosse) 121 NCAA Tournament Records Lindsey Spatola Student (W. Golf) 122-136 NCAA Tournament Box Scores Turner Street Student (M. Golf) 137 SEC Tournament Results Jennifer Wagner Coordinator 138 SEC Tournament Records Layne Weitzel Assistant (M./W. Swimming & Diving) 139-140 Regular Season Tournaments 141-145 Individual Career Stats Communications Offi ce Phone 352-375-4683, ext. 6100 146-148 Usual Starting Lineups by Season Communications Fax 352-375-4809 149-151 All-Time Lettermen Press Row 352-371-0281 151 All-Time Asst. Coaches, Mgrs., Trainers, Strength, Video 152-153 All-Time Numerical Roster Communications Mailing Address: 154-159 Individual Honors P.O. Box 14485 Gainesville, FL 32604 Communications Shipping Address: Ben Hill Griffi n Stadium 121 Gale Lemerand Drive Gainesville, FL 32611 NIKE is the authentic apparel and footwear of the University of Florida Basketball Program. 1 2016-17 Florida Gators Men’s Basketball Media Guide HEAD COACH MIKE WHITE White Timeline 2015-present (2nd season) Florida Head Coach MIKE WHITE 2011-15 (4 sesasons) Louisiana Tech Head Coach 2004-11 (7 seasons) Ole Miss Head Coach Assistant Coach 2000-04 (4 seasons) Jacksonville State 2nd Season Associate Head Coach 2003-04 (1 season) Ole Miss, 2000 Assistant Coach 2000-03 (3 seasons) Dunedin, Fla. 1995-99 (4 seasons) Ole Miss Hired May 7, 2015 Student-Athlete Mike White matched a program record with 21 wins in his fi rst season home court advantage in the O’Connell Center, which is a testament to Every season under White’s watch, multiple players landed on all-con- as head coach at the University of Florida, leading the Gators to a fi ve- the fans and the Rowdy Reptiles. There’s an unbelievable commitment ference teams, including three – Raheem Appleby, Kenneth “Speedy” win improvement over the previous season. Among active SEC coaches, to excellence athletically and academically at UF, and it starts with the Smith and Alex Hamilton – in 2014-15. Smith was also named the 21 wins matches the second-most in the fi rst season on the job. leadership of Dr. Fuchs and Jeremy Foley. I look forward to returning to 2014-15 Conference USA Player of the Year the SEC where I have a lot of great memories, and I can’t wait to create The Gators returned to the postseason, reaching the quarterfi nals of In total, four players earned all-conference honors nine times over the many more alongside The Gator Nation.” the NIT, which included a road win at Ohio State, UF’s fi rst-ever road course of four seasons. In 141 games as the LA Tech head coach, 11 dif- win vs. at Big Ten program. White and the Gators also posted the White agreed in principle to a six-year deal at an average of $2 million ferent players turned in a total of 69 individual 20-point performances, team’s fi rst top-10 win in nearly fi ve years with a dominant 88-71 win per year. led by Appleby with 29 games scoring 20 or more and topping the vs. ninth-ranked West Virginia in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. 25-point mark 12 times. Appleby, a three-time all-conference selec- “Michael White is someone who came to the top of our list very quickly tion at LA Tech, concluded his career with 1,770 points scored (13.9 In White’s inaugural season on the Florida bench, Dorian Finney-Smith and he checks all of the boxes we were looking for,” Foley said. “He is average), sixth on Louisiana Tech’s all-time scoring list, just ahead of earned second-team All-SEC honors and KeVaughn Allen was named to a winner who has a high level of integrity, plays an up-tempo style of Karl Malone. the SEC All-Freshman team. Finney-Smith became the fi rst Gator since play and has the respect of his peers and the basketball community. He Al Horford in 2006-07 to tally 500 points and 300 rebounds in a season. has experience in coaching, recruiting and playing in the Southeastern Over the course of a four-year career at Louisiana Tech that coincided Allen’s 418 points were the most by a UF freshman since Bradley Beal, Conference and has a strong pedigree. He has a certain authenticity with White’s tenure, point guard Smith totaled a school-record 858 as- and his 32 points vs. Florida State were the fi fth-highest single-game with people and is not afraid of challenges.” sists and holds the nation’s best total over the past four seasons. Smith output by a freshman in Florida history. The Gators also placed fi ve was also the country’s single-season leader with 267 assists in 2014- “Coach White brings with him a distinguished career and an extraordi- players on the SEC Academic Honor Roll. 15 and rated second in the nation in 2013-14 with 278, the Bulldogs’ nary record of success,” UF President Kent Fuchs said.