USD Men's Basketball 2000-2001

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2000-2001 San Diego Men's Basketball Yearbook

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TOREROS Host Portland State & Wisconsin-Milwaukee I THE GAMES: Beginning with Portland State on Dec. 13th, the Toreros have just two home dates scheduled over their next eight contests. After three straight road games to end the month of December, USD will be back Jan. 2nd to host Wisconsin-Milwaukee. USD's 6-1 start prior to Portland State is its best since the 1993-94 campaign. the play of guard Al Faux (13 points; 11 in 2nd half), tied up the game at 48-all with 3:11 to go. From there it was the Matt Delzell show, and USD went to its bread-and-butter (rebounding and defense) to hold off the much improved Aztecs (4-3) under second-year coach Steve Fisher. Despite having an off-night in shooting, the Toreros outrebounded tl1e Aztecs 50-30.

USD WINS TORERO TIP-OFF: The Toreros came away with an 82-71 victory over the Pac-10 Oregon State Bea– vers (4-2) in the ToreroTip-off. Sophomore guard Roy Morris scored 10 points in each of the two periods to finish with a personal-best 20 points as the Toreros ran their JCP record to 2-0 on the young sea– son. Once again it was a true team effort on the Toreros end with senior center Tyler Field tossing in 15 points and grabbing agame– high 9 boards; senior forward Cameron Rigby tallying 12 points and 8 rebounds; and junior guard Andre Law chipping in with 10 points. For the game the Toreros shot 59.6 percent from tl1e floor (28x47), 71.4 percent from beyond the three-point arc (5x7), and 67.7 percent from tl1e charity stripe (21 x3 l ). Once again the Toreros controlled the boards, edging out the Beavers 31-27; and a key stat for USD was that they dished out a total of 20 assists while turning the ball over just 14 times. In the second halfUSD extended its lead to as many as 15 points on three different occasions, the last at 56-41 witll 11 :07 to go on a Morris layup, but the OSU Beavers would cut into the lead and narrow the gap to 7 points at 76-69 with :48 seconds left on a Deaundra Trumer trey. USD would close out the grune outscoring the Beavers 6-2 as Rigby would score all six at tl1e FT line. SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS: The Portland State Vikings (1-5) were handed a 66-65 loss by WCC member Uni– versity of Portland this past Saturday .. . against Portland, PSU was paced by Charles Madison offthe bench who finished with 20 points, including 6-of-11 shooting from beyond the 3-point line ... the Vi– kings losses were toWashington State (55-83), Oregon (66-84), Wash– ington (63-94), and Boise State (66-81) --tl1ey snapped their4-grune losing streak with a 61-56 win over Nevada on Dec. 3rd ... 3rd-year coach Joel Sobotka returns just 1 start.er and 3 letterwinners from last year's 15-14 club ... Madison leads the terun with his 12.8 ppg aver– age. The Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers were off to a 5-3 start heading into their Dec. 11th game with Wisconsin ... they had a 3- grune winning streak snapped at Illinois on Dec. 6tl1 (44-85) ... follow– ing their game with the Badgers, the Pantl1ers were going to be off until hosting the Toreros on Dec. 23rd ... following that, they had post-Christmas games with Mt. Senario and Colorado before head– ing to San Diego to take on tl1e Toreros on January 2nd ... tluough 8 games, UW-M was being paced by Clay Tucker (17.3 ppg), Chad Angeli (13.5 ppg) and Dan Weisse (10.8 ppg) ... 2nd-year coach Bo Ryan returns 4 starters and 8 lettennen from last year's 15-14 terun. USD TO HOST WCC TOURNAMENT: The 2001 West Coast Conference Chrunpionships, scheduled to take place March 1-5, will set up shop at USD's newly constructed Jenny Craig Pavilion. The spectacular venue, which has a seating capacity of 5,100, will host both the women's and men's games - a total of 14 games in five days with the men's championship game concluding the event on March 5th with its ESPN national telecast at 9:07 pm.

COACH HOLLAND: USD head coach Brad Holland (UCLA, 1979) is in his seventh year at the helm of the USD men's program. This past season he guided the Toreros to a 20-9 mark and 3rd place finish in the WCC (10-4). For his eITorts, Holland was named the WCC Coach of the Year for the second straight season. Heading into the Portland State game, Holland's USD career mark was 100-74; including two seasons at Cal State Fullerton, his overall coaching record was 123-105. His 100th career victory came against Holy Names, a 93-51 victory; and his I00th USD win came last Satur– day at SDSU. Holland, who played four years ofbasketball at UCLA (1976-79), was the 14th player taken in the first round of the 1979 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. He was a memberofthe 1980 NBA L.A. Lakers championship team. Holland and his wife Leslie reside in Carlsbad -- they have three children, twins Kristin and Lisa (first year freslunen at USD), and a son, Kyle. SERIES RECORD: This is the 4th meeting between USD and Portland State - the Toreros hold a 2-1 lead ... the Vikings won the last meeting, a 78-70 win in '98. USD's Dec. 23rd game at WI– Milwaukee was the first meeting between these two schools. wee COACHES PRE-SEASON POLL: The Pepperdine Waves edged out the San Diego Toreros by two points in the WCC pre-season coaches poll (First Place Votes). Here are the results: #1- Pepperdine, 46 points (4); #2- San Diego, 44 points (4); #3- Gonzaga, 38 points; #4- San Francisco, 34 points; #5- Santa Clara, 27 points; #6- Portland, 17 points; tie-#7- Loyola Marymount & Saint Mary's, 11 points. USD WINS CITY CHAMPIONSHIP: TheUSD Toreros won their fifth straight game and improved their record to 6- 1with their 55-52 victory over San Diego State before 8,186 fans at SDSU's Cox Arena. The 6-1 start is coach Brad Holland's best start at USD in 7 years, and the school's best start since the 1993-94 season. Besides wi1ming his third straight game over SDSU, the win was Holland's 100th-career USD victory. USD has now closed the series gap to 17-15 with the Toreros having won ten of the last twelve meetings. Sophomore forward Matt Delzell (Dallas, TX) was the team hero against the Aztecs as his three-pointer with 2:58 to go in the game broke a 48-all tie with 2:58 to go in the game, and his two free throws with :09 seconds left gave the Toreros its final 55-52 cushion. Delzell finished the game with 10 points in 16 minutes of action. The host SDSU Aztecs jumped out to a 10-2 lead to start the game in the first five minutes, but USD chipped away and closed to within two points at halftime, 27-29. The Toreros started the second halfwith a layup by Tom Lippold, a three by Dana White, and an– other layup by Andre Laws in the first two minutes to take a 34-30 lead. USD would extend its lead to as many as 7 points (44-37) with 9:17 to go in the game, but the Aztecs wouldn't go away and behind

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PORTLAND STATE

DEC. 13 AT USO

Basketball SID : Mi ke Lund SID O/H Phone: (503 ) 725-5602/203-6923 SID Fax/Press Row: 725-5610/232-0147 Last Season's Record: 15-14 Series Record : 2- 1 USO Last Meeti ng: 78-70 PSU (11-23-98) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 3/9

Location: Port land, O regon N ick name: Vikings Colors: Green & Wh ite

Enrol lment: 15,000 Conference: Big Sky

President: Daniel Bernsti ne Ath leti c D irector: Jim Sterk Coach: Joel Sobotka Alma Mater & Yea r: Arizona Sta te, '93 Record at PSU: 32-25/2 Years Ass istants: Brian Loyd, Matt Steffe, Mike W illard

Starters Ret./Lost: 1/4 PLAYERS TO WATCH : • Anthony Lackey

12.3 ppg 3.8 ppg 3.4 ppg

6-5 JR F 6-2 SO G 6-7 SR F

• Kevi n Briggs • Luke Dean

2000-2001 Portland State Vikings Men's Basketball Roster Name Pos. Ht Wt Yr. ~ Hometown (Schools) Jerrohn Jordan F 6-8 220 JR 1R ¼lencia, CA (¼lencia/L.A. ¼Hey JC) Charles Madison G 6-1 170 JR 1R Los Angeles, CA (Fairfax/C. of the Canyons) Dony Wilcher G 5-10 190 SR 1R Los Angeles, CA (Fremont/USF) LukeDean F 6-7 225 SR lV Cave Junction, OR (Illinois ¼lley/Chemeketa CC) Kevin Briggs G 6-2 180 so lV Portland, OR (Clackamas/Naval Prep) Jamaal Thomas F 6-8 180 JR 1R SanAntonio, TX (East Central/Lamar CC) FelixLang G 6-3 180 JR 1R Los Angeles, CA (Hamilton/LA Valley JC) Jelani Williams G 6-3 185 FR RS Pittsburg, CA (Pittsburg) Heath Bailey C 6-10 220 FR HS Beaverton, OR (Beaverton) Anthony Lackey F 6-5 220 JR 'N Napa, CA (Vintage) Seamus Boxley F 6-7 210 FR HS Mountlake Terrace, WA (Mountlake Terrace) Jabbar Washington G 6-3 .185 JR 1R Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis North/Cal Poly) Steven Hamilton C 6-11 245 FR RS Upland, CA (Upland)

No. 2 3 5 13

20 21 23 24 33 40 42 44 50

Head Coach: Assistants:

Joel Sobotka (3rd year)

Brian Loyd, Matt Steffe,Mike Willard

DEC. 23 at Milwaukee, WI; JAN . 2 at USO

WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE

Basketball SID : Kevi n O'Connor SID O ffice Phone: (4 14) 229-5674 SID Fax II/Press Row: 229-6759/229-6276 Last Season's Record : 15-14 Seri es Record : 0-0 Last M eeti ng: Fi rst Meeti ng Lettermen Ret./Lost: 8/2

Location: Mi lwa ukee, Wi sconsin N ickname: Panthers Colors: Black & Gold Enrollment: 22,964 Conference: M idwestern Collegiate President: Dr. Nancy Zimpher Athletic D irector: Buel Haidet Coach: Bo Ryan Alma Mater & Year: Wilkes, '69 Record at UWM: 15-14/1 Year Assistants: Rob Jeter, Greg Gard, Saul Phil lips

UNI V ERSIT Y OF W ISCO NSIN IVIILWAUKEE ~ BASKETBALL

Starters Ret./Lost: 4/1 PLAYERS TO WATCH : • Chad Angel

6-9 SR C 16.7 ppg

• Clay Tucker • Ronnie Jones

6-3 SO

F 13.6 ppg

5-9 SO G

9.3 ppg

2000-2001 Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers Men's Basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht Wt Yr. Hometown (Schools) 4 Ka.lombo Kadima G 6-2 .185 so Milwaukee, WI (King) 5 Ronnie Jones G 5-9 .165 so Las Vegas, NV (Las Vegas) 14 Dan Weisse G 5-.11 175 so Oshkosh, WI (West) 24 Jason Frederick G 6-4 185 so Waukesha, WI (North) 30 Clay Tucker F 6-3 .195 so Lima, OH (Perry) 32 Reggie Wheeler F 6-5 210 SR New Albany, IN (New Albany) 33 Justin Lettenberger F 6-5 .190 so Manitowoc, WI (Lincoln) 34 Kevin Schifferer F 6-7 220 FR Marengo, IL (Marengo Community) 42 Chad Angeli C 6-9 240 SR Wausau, WI (West) 43 James Wright F 6-6 205 FR Mi.lwaukee,WI (Vincent/Winchendon Prep) 44 Dylan Page F 6-8 225 FR Amherst, WI (Amherst) 50 Mike Sowder C 6-9 260 SR Crawfordsville, IN (Danville Area CC)

Head Coach: Assistants:

Bo Ryan (2nd Season)

Rob Jeter, Greg Gard, Saul Phillips

TORERO ROSTER

Ro_,, Morris. Andre LaH'S. Ass/. Sam Scholl. Ass!. David Fi::dale. Head Coach Brad Holland, Ass/. Tern • Boesel. Ass/. S!e i•e Flin!, Dana While. Mall Del::e/1. Jam es Borrego. Tom Lippold. Jake Bal/is, Nick Greene. fr/er Field, Kevin Hanson . Ryan Hegan,·. Ca111emn Rigbr. Jason Blai1: Seo/I Boardman. Sa111 Adamo. 2000-2001 SAN DIEGO MEN' S BASKETBALL ROSTER

Sitting 1-r:

Standing 1-r:

YR SR so so SR so JR JR JR so SR SR

EXP HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL)

WT 175 18 I 190 185 240 190 215 190 225 250 230 240 250 255 2 15

HT 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-7 6-5 6-6 6-4 6-7 6-9 6-7 6-8

POS

NAME

NO

3V IV 2V IV 3V IV 2V IV TR IV IV TR 2V HS IV

Phoenix , AZ (Westview HS)

Dana White Roy Moni s Andre Laws Matt De lzell

G G G

4

Chu la Vista, CA (Bonita Vista HS) Anchorage, AK (East HS) Dallas, TX (Da ll as Jesuit HS) Melbourne, Austra lia (Brad ley) Beaverton, OR (Beaverton HS) Huntington Beach, CA (Mater Dei HS) Phoenix, AZ (Southwest Texas State) Sebastopol, CA (UC San Diego) Phoenix , AZ (Mesa CC - AZ) Houston , TX (Univ. of Houston) Huntington Beach, CA (Ocean View HS) Houston , TX (Co lorado State)

IO

12 14 15

G/F

F

Cameron Rigby Scott Boardman Tom Lippold Sam Adamo Jason Blair* Ty ler Field Nick Greene Jake Sallis* Kevin Hanson Ryan Hegarty James Borrego

G/F

21 24 25 34 40 42 43 53 54 55

F

G F C F F C C

JR JR

6- 10 6- 10

Scottsdale, AZ (Saguaro HS) Albuquerque, NM (Santa Clara)

FR SR

6-5

F

Brad Ho ll and (7th Season; UCLA, 1979)

Head Coach:

Terry Boese l (3rd Year; Oregon State, 1986); David Fizdale (3rd Year; USO, 1996); Steve Fl int ( Ist Year; UCSD, 1984)

Assistant Coach es :

Sam Scho ll ( Ist Year) John & Pau l Brewer

Student Ass istant: Team Managers:

* Denotes playe rs that will sit out the 2000-200 I season

HEAD COACH BRAD HOLLAND

BRAD HOLLAND 7th year Two-time WCC Coach ofthe Year The 2000-200 I season will be Brad Holland's seventh at the helm of the USD basketball program. This past season he guided the Toreros to a 20-9 overall mark and I0-4 WCC finish . The 20 wins and IO WCC victories were the schoo l's most since the 1987 season. For his efforts, Holland was named the WCC Coach of the Year by his peers for the second straight season. Two seasons ago he guided the Toreros to a 18-9 mark and 2nd place finish in the West Coast Conference (9-5). With 12 letterwinners back for the upcoming 2000-200 I season, USD will field a strong club as they play in their new state-of-the-art 5, I00-seat Jenny Craig Pavilion. This past season the Toreros won seven of their final ten games to finish strong

again, a trait of Holland coached teams. The season was highlighted by WCC wins at Gonzaga (82- 70), and at home over WCC champion Pepperdine (73-62). The Toreros finished 11-2 at home, and were 9-7 on the road, including an excellent 5-2 WCC road mark. Highlights from the 1998-99 squad two years ago included the team's victory over Texas in the Torero Tip-Off, and the team's upset over then No. 25-ranked Gonzaga (75 -59). In 1997-98 Holland gu ided USD to a 14-14 overall record and a third stra ight semifinal appearance in the West Coast Conference Tournament. The Toreros won five of their final eight contests and earned sol id victories over WCC champion Gonzaga, and two wins over WCC runner-up Pepperdine. Holland owns a six-year mark of 94-73 at USD -- including his two-year stint at Cal State Fullerton, hi s career coaching record sits at I 17-104. He has strung together five straight seasons at USD with .500 or better records . Four seasons ago he directed the Toreros to a 17- 11 record; the 17 wi ns at the time were a personal-best for Holland in six years as a collegiate head coach. The Toreros advanced to th e semifinals of the WCC Tournament after defeating Gonzaga in the opener. They finished the season on a strong note, winning seven of their fina l nine. Included in the team's 17 victories were so lid nonconference wins against San Jose State, Cal State Fullerton, UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine. Although they came up short, the Toreros played Kansas to seven points in Lawrence (72-79) and Stanford to two (70-72) at the San Diego Sports Arena. The 1995-96 cl•1b, hit with a variety of injuries throughout the year, finished strong and ended the year at 14-14. In his first year at USD, Brad guided the Toreros to an 11-16 overall record and a fifth place finish in the West Coast Conference. The season was high lighted early-on when the Toreros downed visiting Notre Dame, 90-76, on December 3rd before 6,522 fans at the San Diego Sports Arena. Prior to USD Holland won rave reviews for the manner in which he revitalized the Cal State Fullerton men's basketball program. During the 1992-93 season, his first as a head coach, theTitans finished 15-12 and posted the school's first winning record in four years wh il e going I0-8 in the Big West Conference. Along the way they beat every team in the conference except New Mexico State, capp ing the year with an exciting one-point home victory over nationall y ranked UNLY. His 1993-94 team, which lost three players to season– ending injuries prior to the start of the season, finished 8-19 overall and eighth in Big West play. They did have some memorable victories -- they won at Nevada and UC Santa Barbara's Thunderdome; they won for the third year in a row at UC Irvine; and they knocked off UNLV with a 84-75 victory at the Thomas and Mack Center. Prior to his appointment at Cal State Ful lerton, Holl and was an assistant coach on Jim Harrick's staff at UCLA from August, 1988 to March, 1992. He helped the Bruins return to national prominence while compiling a 93 -35 record that took them to fo ur NCAA tournaments. Success as a head coach is merely the latest positive mark Holland has made on Southern California basketball. He was a

basketball and footba ll star at Crescenta Valley High School. He was a four-year basketball letterman at UCLA and played with the Los Angeles Lakers and two other National Basket– ball Association teams before retiring in 1982 due to a knee injury. He entered private business and also was a broadcaster for Prime Ticket from 1985 to 1988. Holland was the last player recrui ted by Coach John Wooden and became a part of four Pac- IO championship teams at UCLA from 1976 to 1979, two under Coach Gene Bartow and two under Coach Gary Cunningham. The Bruins went I02- 17 during Hollands's playing career and he was honorable men– tion All-America and second-team Academic All-America as a senior. That year he averaged 17.5 points and 4.8 ass ists and had a .598 field goal percentage, the best ever by a Bruin guard. He graduated in 1979 from UCLA with a B.A.degree in Soci– ology. The Lakers drafted Holland in 1979, the 14th player taken in the first round, and went on to win the 1980 NBA championship. The rookie guard scored eight points in the de– cisive sixth game at Philadelphia. He finished his playing ca– reer in 1981-82 with Washington and Milwaukee. Holland and his wife, Leslie, reside in Carlsbad, Cali– forn ia. They have three children - twin daughters Kristin and Lisa, both first year freshmen at USD, and son, Kyle.

The Holland Family (left to right): Brad, Kyle, Lisa, Kristin & Leslie

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ASSISTANT COACHES

TERRY BOESEL 3rd year Terry Boesel begins his third year as assistant men's basketball coach at the Uni – versity of San Diego. The 38-year-o ld Boesel came to USO from the Univers ity of La Verne where he was head coach for three seasons ( 1995 -1 998) . In his fina l year at La

Verne, Terry directed his squad to an 18- 7 overall mark and third place finish ( I0- 4) in the Southern California Intercolle– giate Ath letic Conference. His squad was also ranked in the NCAA Division III West Region the last five weeks of the season. Prior to La Verne, Terry was top as– sistant basketball coach at Chapman Uni– versity for three seasons ( 1992-95); was an administrative assistant for UCLA bas– ketbal I for one season ( 1991-92); and was

assistant at Amherst College for one season ( I990-91 ).

A 1986 graduate of Oregon State University, Terry earned his B.S. degree in Excercise Physiology. He was a two-year performer on the OSU football team as a defensive back. He went on to earn his Master of Science degree in Sport Management in 1991 from the University of Massachusetts. Terry and his wife, Joan, reside in Yorba Linda with their two children, Brit– tany (7) and Mackenzie (2).

DAVID FIZDALE

3rd year

David Fizdale returns to coach Brad Holland's staff for the third straight season. After graduating from USO in I996, he worked for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association as the assistant video coordinator. Prior to that position, the 26-

year-old Fizdal e was a student assistant for the first half of the 1996-97 Torero season while he completed his degree in Communications. During the summer he is in charge of the USO Boys Summer Basketball Camps. No stranger to USO basketball, Fizdale was a four-year player for the Toreros between 1992-96. A two-year captain and team Most Valuable Player his senior year, Fizdale was selected First

Team All-West Coast Conference after leading the West Coast Conference in assists at 7.0 per contest. He set a new USO single season record for ass ists with 195 and also set a new USO career mark with 465. In addition to bei ng the team MVP, he was also a two-time recipient of the Bugell i Leadership Award, and was selected the San Diego Hall of Champions Amateur Star of the Month (February, 1996) . He finished his USO career with 73 starts in 93 games and sco red 745 points (8.0 points per game average) .

ASSISTANT COACHES

STEVE FLINT 1st year Steve Flint begins hi s first year as assistant men 's basketbal l coach at the Univer– sity of San Diego . The 39-year-old Flint comes to USO from Valparaiso University where he was an assistant coach the past five seasons. At Va lparaiso, Flint was the pri–

mary coach for post players and was in– strumental in VU's last six championship seasons in the Mid-Continent Confer– ence and five straight NCAA Tourna– ment appearances. Invo lved with the Crusade rs' re– cruiting, Flint helped assembl e the team that became the C indere ll a sto ry of the 1999 NCAA Tournament, advanc ing to the Sweet Sixteen Prior to Valparaiso, Flint ga ined ex–

tensive experience as a coach and player. He served as the general manager of the Co lumbus (Ohio) Basketball Club from February -August, 1995. While in Co lumbus, Flint was also the co-director of the Krider Basketball Camp and the Adidas Summer Shootout. A native ofHayfork, California in the northern part of the state, Fli nt was head coach of basketbal l and football at Hayfork HS from 1991-93. A 1984 draft choice of the Portland Trai lbl azers, Flint played for Jerry Tarkani an at UN LV from 1980-82 before earni ng a degree in Political Science from UC San Di ego in 1984. SAM SCHOLL Schol l, USD's lone sen ior on last year's 20-9 team, played guard for the Toreros the past two seasons. Prior to USO he played two seasons at Tacoma Community Co l– lege in Tacoma, Washington . From Gig Harbor, Washington, Sam is currently completing his undergraduate degree in Sociology at the Univers ity of San Diego. Bes ides assisting the coaching staff with day-to-day operations, Scholl helped run the USO boys basketbal l camps this past summer. USD TORERO SUPPORT STAFF 1st year Sam Scholl begins hi s first season on the USO coaching staff as a student assis– tant coach .

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1999-2000 SEASON IN REVIEW

Toreros Notch 20 Wins Brad Holland Named WCC Coach of the Year The USO Toreros finished the season strong, winning five straight to enter the West Coast Conference Tournament at 19-8 as the tourney's No. 3 seed. San Diego held off Portland in the first round, 56-52, for their 20th win of the season, but lost to eventual WCC Tournament champion Gonzaga, 80-70, in the semifinals. Sixth– year coach Brad Holland earned his second straight WCC coach of the Year honor. "I have a lot ofrespect for the WCC coaches," said Holland. "I'm humbled and very proud. I share this honor with my staff and players." Season highlights included wins over every WCC school , including an 82- 70 victory at Gonzaga, which ended the Zags 20-game home winning streak, and a

73 -62 home victory over WCC regular-season champ Pepperdine. Of the Toreros' nine losses, eight were to teams that finished with 19 or more victories, including two top-20 programs - a

,, Tll • 1, is team . . winning 20 games is an outstanding h . ,, ac ievement Brad Holland

seven-point loss at Oklahoma (61 -68) and a I0-point loss at Texas (66-76). The Toreros fought through difficulties late in the season to play some of their best basketball. Coach Holland's father, Ray, passed away in mid-February after a long illness, and senior starting point guard Dana White missed the final five regular– season games with a deep thigh bruise. "First and foremost , this team winning 20 games is an outstanding achievement," said Holland. "We overcame some adversity late in the season and bonded to become a better team. I am so proud of this group ." Sophomore guard Andre Laws, the team's MVP, and sophomore forward Tom Lippold both earned Honorable Mention All-West Coast Conference honors . Laws led

the team in scori ng at 12.9 ppg, and Lippold came on strong over the second half of the season and averaged 11.1 ppg. A couple ofToreros finished atop WCC statistical departments - junior center Tyler Field led the WCC in field goa l percentage (.606), while junior forward Cameron Rigby finished first in free throw percentage for the second straight year (.838). The 20 wins by the Toreros was just the program's second time reaching that goal since turning Division I in 1979- 80. USO also hit double digit wins in the WCC, finishing I0-4, and were 5-2 in WCC road games. With great team chemistry, the Toreros finished first in the WCC in team defense (62.6 ppg) and rebounding (39.1 rpg). Some top individual performances were turned in by Dana White (24 points vs. Oklahoma), Cameron Rigby (21 points/I I rebounds vs. CS Ful lerton), Andre Laws (28 points at LMU), Tyler Field ( 19 points/ IO rebounds at Gonzaga), and Tom Lippold (21 points vs. Pepperdine). TORERO HONORS wee HONOREES 1999-00 Final West Coast Conference Basketball Standings

Brad Holland - Coach of the Year; 2nd Time Andre Laws - Honorable Mention All-WCC Tom Lippold - Honorable Mention All -WCC USO TEAM AWARDS Andre Laws - Most Valuable Player Cameron Rigby - Zable Athletic Excellence Award Cameron Rigby - Zable Athletic Excellence Award Sam Adamo - Bully's East Most Improved Player Tom Lippold - Bully's East Most Improved Player Matt Delzell - Best Defensive Player Cameron Rigby - Miller Lite Student Athlete of Year Matt Delzell - Miller Lite Student Athlete of Year James Borrego - Bugelli Leadership Award

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School

Overall 25-9 26-9 20-9 19-12 19-9 10-18

Pepperdine# $ Gonzaga+ $

12-2 11-3 10-4

San Diego Santa Clara

9-5 7-7

San Francisco

4-10 3-11

Portland

Saint Mary's

8-19 2-25

Loyola Ma.rymount 0-14 # WCC Regular Season Champion;

+ Won WCC Tournament; $ NCAA Tourn. Bid

1999-2000 RESULTS

FINAL 1999-2000 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO BASKETBALL STATISTICS Overall Record: 20-9 wee Record: 10-4, 3rd place Home: 11-2· ' Away: 7-5; Neutral: 2-2 / -JPOINT-/ OFF DEF TOT

/ -TOTAL-/

PLAYER A. Laws

FG/ FGA 120/299

GI GS 29/21

PCT .401 .373

FG/ FGA

PCT .350 .3 42

FT/ FTA 85/113

PCT

PTS 375 174

AVG 12.9 12.4

REB

REB

REB AVG PF/ D AST TO

BLK

STL MIN

50/143

.752 .764

26 14

3.4 3.4

73 34

31/0 15/0

99 48

70 35

52 25

5 2

33 18

831 396

wee

53/142

14/9

26/76

42/55

29/29 14/14

C. Rigby

91/1 99

.457 .342

21/5 9

.356 .259

.838 .843

83/99 43/51

286 104

120

9.9 7.4

174 6.0

54 20

37 17

43 20

85/5 40/2

15

15

709 316

wee

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1999-2000 RESULTS RETURNING PLAYERS 1999-2000 GAME BY GAME RESULTS POINTS/REBOUNDS/ASSISTS Opponent W-L, Score Adamo Boardman BQrrego Delzell Field Greene at UC Irv ine W, 75-62 DNP 0/0/0 0/1/0 6/0/1 10/9/0 DNP at CS Fullerton W, 81 -77 DNP DNP DNP 20/1/1 11/5/2 0/0/0 at Oklahoma L, 61-68 DNP DNP DNP 0/2/0 12/8/0 2/3/0 vs. SW Texas State L, 65-72 DNP DNP DNP 5/5/1 11 /11/1 0/3/0 HOLY NAMES W, 93-51 DNP 2/2/3 2/1/0 3/1/4 5/10/3 9/5/ 1 SAN DIEGO STATE W, 73-45 DNP 2/0/0 1/1/0 7/7/2 1/4/0 2/6/0 at Texas L, 66-76 DNP 0/0/0 DNP 6/1/ 1 7/8/0 4/4/0 DARTMOUTH W, 98-82 DNP DNP DNP 8/2/2 17/5/0 6/4/1 EASTERN WASHINGTON W, 62-59 DNP DNP DNP 2/3/3 4/8/1 2/2/0 vs. Ida ho Sta te W, 64-61 DNP DNP DNP 4/2/ 1 9/8/0 5/11 /0 at Utah State L, 65-68 ot DNP DNP DNP 5/1/ 1 13/10/1 0/0/2 LEHI GH W, 67-61 1/0/0 DNP DNP 13/4/2 14/8/1 4/8/0 CS FULLERTON W, 78-72 3/2/3 DNP DNP 11 /2/1 11/10/1 4/7/0 at Loyola Marymount W, 82-38 6/5/0 DNP 2/3/0 3/1/2 0/5/1 5/8/0 at Pepperdine L, 68-76 10/1/0 DNP DNP 2/0/0 9/7/0 7/8/0 PORTLAND W, 83-56 6/2/1 DNP 0/2/0 3/2/3 6/3/0 9/5/1 GONZAGA L, 79-84 ot 712/0 DNP DNP 8/3/2 6/11/0 11 /6/1 SAINT MARY'S W, 73-46 4/2/0 DNP 3/2/0 5/3/1 2/8/1 5/10/ 1 at Sa int Mary 's W, 69-52 6/1/1 DNP DNP 8/1 / 1 3/5/0 15/5/0 at Santa Cla ra L, 45-5 3 3/5/1 DNP DNP 0/0/0 4/8/0 5/4/0 at San Francisco W, 70-64 4/0/2 DNP DNP 6/1/ 1 9/7/0 0/4/0 SAN FRANCISCO L, 48-54 0/0/0 DNP DNP 10/1/2 3/7/2 4/3/0 SANTA CLARA W, 63-59 012 /0 DNP DNP 11 /3/6 6/4/3 4/7/0 at Gonzaga w, 82- 70 10/0/1 DNP DNP 3/3/1 19/ 10/2 0/3/1 at Portland W, 65-62 10/2/1 DNP DNP 0/2/0 6/7/0 0/1/0 PEPPERDINE W, 73 -62 19/1/0 DNP DNP 2/0/0 9/5/1 11 /9/ 1 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT W, 75-5 3 4/1 /1 3/0/0 010/0 3/1/2 12/9/0 7/4/ 1 Portland (WCC 1st Rd) W, 56-52 0/3/1 DNP DNP 8/2/2 0/2/2 11 /6/0 Gonzaga (@ Semi ) L, 70-80 11 /1/1 DNP DNP 8/2/5 7/4/0 4/7/0

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W-L, Score W, 75 -62 W, 81- 77 L, 61-68 L, 65-72 W, 93 -51 W, 73 -45 L, 66-76 W, 98-82 W, 62-59 W, 64-61 L, 65-68 ot W, 67-61 W, 78-72 W, 82-38 L, 68-76 W, 83-56 L, 79-84 ot W, 73 -46 W, 69-52

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Rigby 8/9/2 18/9/2 13/7/1 14/6/0 15/9/2 3/3/1 21/5/2 10/6/0 21/9/1 6/7/1 5/6/0 4/3/1 6/1/1 6/7/2 0/2/1 10/7/0 10/3/2 13/11/0 6/8/1 2/2/1 21/11 /3

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WCC Championships I986-87 ( I3-1 wee, 24-6) 1983-84 (9-3 wee, 18-1 0) WCC Coach of the Year Brad Holland, 1999-2000 Brad Holland, 1998-99

Matt Delzell, 1999-00 Sean Flannery, 1996-97 Cameron Rigby, '98-99, '99-00

Keith Colvin, 1990-91 Craig Cottrell , 1988-89 Mike Haupt, 1987-88

Bugelli Leadership Award James Borrego, 1999-00 Ryan Williams, 1998-99 Lamont Smith, 1998-99 Brock Jacobsen, 1998-99 Mike Courtney, 1996-97, 1997-98 David Fizdale, 1994-95, 1995-96 Neal Meyer, 1992-93 , 1993-94 Michael Brown, 1991-92 Wayman Strickland, 1990-91 Anthony Thomas, 1989-90

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Hank Egan, 1986-87 Hank Egan, 1985-86 Jim Brovelli, 1983-84

WCC Player of the Year Scott Thompson, 1986-87 wee Freshman of the Year Brock Jacobsen, 1995-96 Gylan Dottin, 1988-89 John Sayers, 1987-88 Scott Thompson, 1983-84 First Team AII-WCC Brooks Barnhard, 1994 Brian Bruso, 1997 Gylan Dottin, I993 David Fizdale, 1996 Doug Harris, 1993 , 1995 John Jerome, 1990 Nils Madden, 1987 Brian Miles, 1998 Pete Murphy, 1986 Anthony Reuss, 1984, 1985 Scott Thompson, 1985, '86, '87 Mike Whitmarsh, 1983 , 1984 Ryan Williams, 1999 Kelvin Woods, 1991 , 1992 CoSIDA/GTE Academic All-America David Heppell, 1982 WCC All-Tournament Team Doug Harris, 1994 Brooks Barnhard, 1994 Kelvin Woods, 1991 Scott Thompson, 1987 WCC All-Academic Team Brian Bruso, 93-94, 94-95, 95-96, 96-97 Keith Colvin, 1990-91 WCC Male Sc1' :; tar Athlete of the Year Steve Krallman, 1987

Kelvin Means, 1988-89 Mike Haupt, 1987-88 Eric Musselman, 1986-87 Mario Coronado, 1985-86 Chris Carr, 1984-85

Zable Athletic Excellence Award Cameron Rigby, 1999-00

Tyler Field, 1999-00 Brock Jacobsen, 98-99 Ryan Williams, 1997-98 Brock Jacobsen , 1996-97

Rocco Raffo, 1995-96 Doug Harris, 1994-95 Brooks Barnhard, 1993-94 Geoff Probst, 1991-92, '92-93 Michael Brown, 1990-91 Pat Holbert, 1989-90 Danny Means, 1987-88, 88-89 Nils Madden, 1986-87 Paul Leonard, 1986-87 Scott Thompson, 1985-86 Anthony Reuss , 1984-85

Most Valuable Player Andre Laws, 1999-00 Ryan Williams, 1998-99 Brian Miles, 1996-97, 97-98 Brian Bruso, 1996-97 David Fizdale, 1995-96 Doug Harris, 1994-95 Brooks Barnhard, 1993-94 Joe Temple, 1993-94 Gylan Dottin, 1992-93 Kelvin Woods, 1990-91, '91-92 John Jerome, 1989-90 Danny Means, 1987-88, 88-89 Scott Thompson, 1985-86, 86-87

Bully's East Most Improved Player Tom Lippold, 1999-00 Sam Adamo, 1999-00 Dana White, 1998-99 Jeff Knoll , 1996-97, 97-98

Andre Speech, 1995-96 Ryan Williams, 1994-95

Anthony Reuss, 1984-85 Mike Whitmarsh, 1983-84

Best Defensive Player Matt Delzell, 1999-00 Lamont Smith, 1998-99 Noah Obasohan, 1997-98 Lamont Smith, 1996-97

Miller Lite Student Athlete of the Year Cameron Rigby, 97-98, 98-99, 99-00 Matt Delzell, 1999-00 Brian Bruso, 93-94, 94-95, 95-96, 96-97 Sean Flannery, 1996-97 Val Hill , 1992-93 Kelvin Woods, 1989-90, 91-92

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