Andre Riddick

Andre Riddick
Personal information
Born February 1, 1973
Brooklyn, New York
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
Pro career 1995–2013
Position Center
Career history
1995–1996 Blue Winds (Japan)
1998–1999 Mars (Taiwan)
1999 Trotamundos de Carabobo (Venezuela)
1999 Metropolitanos de Mauricio Baez (Dominican Republic)
1999–2000 JDA Dijon Basket (France)
2000 Trotamundos de Carabobo (Venezuela)
2000–2001 JDA Dijon Basket (France)
2001 Trotamundos de Carabobo (Venezuela)
2001–2002 Paris Basket Racing (France)
2002–2013 Spirou Charleroi (Belgium)

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 1991-1995.[2]

Tenure at Kentucky

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Andre Riddick Basketball Player Profile, stats, biography, career - EUROBASKET". www.eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
  2. ↑ "Ex-Cat Andre Riddick is Still Dunking in Belgium". www.allkyhoops.com. 2010-04-22. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
  3. ↑ "Update: The Anthony Davis Block Party". www.allkyhoops.com. 2010-04-22. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
  4. ↑ "Kentucky Leaders in Blocked Shots by Season". http://www.bigbluehistory.net. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
  5. ↑ "UK basketball notes: Ole Miss player says Nerlens Noel as good as Anthony Davis". http://www.kentucky.com. 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
  6. ↑ "Mohammed haunted by missed free throws". Kentucky New Era. 1997-06-19. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
  7. ↑ "UK vs Bama - Stuff I saw". UK Sports Info. 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
  8. ↑ "Kentucky Basketball Senior Day 1995 -- Andre Riddick". www.youtube.com. 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
  9. ↑ "Andre Riddick". O.A.S.I.S. Inc. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
  10. ↑ "Rasheed Wallace and Andre Riddick fight". www.youtube.com. 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2013-01-31.