Andre Riddick
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 1, 1973 |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Bishop Loughlin Memorial (Brooklyn, New York) |
| College | Kentucky (1991–1995) |
| NBA draft | 1995: undrafted |
| Playing career | 1995–2013 |
| Position | Center |
| Career history | |
| 1995–1996 | Blue Winds |
| 1996–1999 | Tera Mars / Mars |
| 1999 | Trotamundos de Carabobo |
| 1999 | Metropolitanos de Mauricio Baez |
| 1999–2000 | JDA Dijon Basket |
| 2000 | Trotamundos de Carabobo |
| 2000–2001 | JDA Dijon Basket |
| 2001 | Trotamundos de Carabobo |
| 2001–2002 | Paris Basket Racing |
| 2002–2013 | Spirou Charleroi |
| Career highlights | |
| |
| Stats at NBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Stats at Basketball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Stats at Basketball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Andre Riddick (born February 1, 1973) is a retired American professional basketball player.[1] He is the ULEB Cup's All-Time Leader for rebounds (383), steals (116) and blocks (122) and also has the highest ULEB Cup percentage of blocks (2 blocks per game). He played for the University of Kentucky from 1991 to 1995.[2]
Tenure at Kentucky
[edit | edit source]Nicknamed "The Rejector",[3] Andre Riddick held the single season block record at 83 for Kentucky together with Melvin Turpin until it was broken by Anthony Davis in 2012,[4] and he held the Kentucky single game block record of 9 together with Sam Bowie until it was broken by Nerlens Noel in 2013.[5] A notoriously bad free throw shooter, the standard Riddick set has been invoked more than once when a Kentucky player had a bad night at the line.[6][7] Riddick often performed a shuffle after he dunked the basketball.[8]
Riddick and his Kentucky teammates made the NCAA Final Four in 1993.[9] During Kentucky's 1995 NCAA tournament Elite Eight game against North Carolina, Riddick angrily confronted Rasheed Wallace after Wallace hit him with his elbow, resulting in a technical foul issued to Walter McCarty, a call hotly disputed by former Kentucky coach Rick Pitino.[10]
Professional career
[edit | edit source]During his professional career, Riddick spent eleven years at Spirou Charleroi, claiming six Belgian championships (2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) and two Belgian cup titles (2003, 2009).[11] In 2003-04, he earned Most Valuable Player distinction in the Belgian league. In the Belgian league as well as in the ULEB Cup, Riddick became the all-time leader in blocked shots.[12]
Riddick also played professionally in Japan, Taiwan, Venezuela and France. In 1999, he won the Venezuelan championship with the Trotamundos de Carabobo.[1]
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]Riddick continued to coach in the Cincinnati area with the private coaching service CoachUp.[13] In 2015, he was named assistant coach at the University of Cincinnati Clermont.[14]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).[dead YouTube link]
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ www.coachup.com/coaches/andrer-4
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
 | This biographical article relating to a United States basketball player, coach, or other figure born in the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1973 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Japan
- American expatriate basketball people in the Dominican Republic
- American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela
- Centers (basketball)
- JDA Dijon Basket players
- Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Paris Racing Basket players
- Spirou Charleroi players
- Basketball players from Brooklyn
- Trotamundos de Carabobo players
- American men's basketball players
- Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School alumni
- Taipei Fubon Braves players
- American expatriate basketball people in Taiwan
- Chinese Basketball Alliance imports
- Metropolitanos de Mauricio Báez players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1970s birth stubs