UC BASKETBALL: graduation notes and facts:
-27 players who have completed their eligibility during Bob Huggins coaching tenure have graduated.....
-UC had a graduation rate of 100-percent in the 2002 NCAA Division 1 grad rates (three of three).
-During the 2001-02 academic year, UC men's basketball won the CUSA Sports Academic Award for the league's best GPA.
-Leonard Stokes not only earned his degree, he earned it before taking the court for his senior season in 2002-03.
-Jason Maxiell was the only 2005 NBA first round draft choice who had received his degree
-The UC basketball team, by NCAA standards, graduates its players at a rate higher than the University as a whole
***Bearcat Graduates under Bob Huggins
Steve Sanders, '90
Benjamin Ward, '92
Michael Reicheneker, '92
Andre Tate, '92
Keith Starks, '92
Anthony Buford, '92
Jeff Scott, '93
Erik Martin, '93
Keith Gregor, '96
Terry Nelson, 98
Terrance Davis, '98
Jackson Julson, '99
Keith Legree, '99
Levertis Robinson, '97
Rodrick Monroe, '97
Ryan Fletcher, '00
Donald Little, '02
Rodney Crawford, '02
Leonard Stokes, '02
Jimmy Hubbard, '03
Derek Hollman, '03
Rod Flowers, '03
Taron Barker, '03
Field Williams, '04
John Meeker, '05
Jason Maxiell, '05
Nick Williams, '05
Huggins players drafted by the NBA prior to graduation....
Corrie Blount (#25 draft pick-Chicago)
Nick Van Exel (NBA All Star, #37 pick-Lakers)
Dontonio Wingfield (#37 pick-Seattle)
Art Long (Sacremento)
Danny Fortson (1997 First Team All American- #10 pick Milwaukee)
Rueben Patterson (#31 pick-Lakers)
Melvin Levett (#54 pick Detroit)
Kenyon Martin (2000 National Player of the Year, NBA All Star, #1 draft pick-New Jersey)
Dermarr Johnson (#6 pick-Atlanta)
Pete Mickael (#58 pick Dallas)
Kenny Satterfield (#54 pick Dallas)
Steve Logan (2002 First Team All American- #27 pick LA Clippers )
Tony Bobbitt (LA Lakers)
...*Cincinnati grad Jason Maxiell was the #25 pick for Detroit this year.