2000-2001: Averaged 4.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.05 blocks ... Tied for seventh among all NBA rookies in rebounding and fourth in blocked shots ... Finished 40th in the NBA in blocks ... At Dallas on 3/24, scored 11 points (4-8 FG), grabbed four rebounds in 14 minutes - the most points scored since 11/25 vs. Cleveland ... Scored a season-high 16 points, while grabbing eight rebounds and blocking three shots in 22 minutes at Toronto on 11/20 ... Grabbed a season-best 10 rebounds twice ... Had 22 multi-block games (season-high is six, vs. Atlanta 4/16) ... Scored 10-plus points 11 times on the year ... Led the Hornets in rebounding in five games (Hornets are 5-0 in those games) ... Finished the year shooting 39 of 71 (.549) in the last 18 games ... Missed seven games due to a sore left foot ... Best stretch of the season came in November when he averaged 6.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.4 blocks on 33-63 (.524) from the field in 14.9 minutes. COLLEGE: Finished college career as Kentucky's all-time leader in career blocked shots (268), ranked fifth all-time in Southeastern Conference ... Recorded 37 blocks in NCAA Tournament career, tying Alonzo Mourning for third all-time ... Became 47th member of Kentucky 1,000-point club, finishing his career as the school's 42nd all-time leading scorer ... Became first Kentucky player and third SEC player to ever be named SEC Player of the Week three times in one season as a senior ... Originally applied for early entry into the 1999 NBA Draft but withdrew his name from consideration prior to the draft ... As a senior, named First Team All-SEC by both media and coaches ... Topped team in games started (33), rebounding (9.1 rpg, which also led the SEC), field goal percentage (.500) and blocks (54) and finished second in scoring (13.2 ppg) ... Tallied an SEC-leading 15 double-doubles ... As a junior, led team in blocked shots (66) and finished fourth in rebounding (4.4 rpg) and fifth in scoring (7.0 ppg) ... Averaged 8.3 ppg, 5.1 rpg and 2.1 bpg in postseason ... As a sophomore, started 12 games on NCAA Championship team ... Shot 71.4 percent from the field and 80.0 percent from the line during NCAA tourney ... Averaged 3.0 bpg during tournament ... As a freshman, started 22 games, including five of six postseason games, for NCAA Runner-Up ... Named to SEC's All-Freshman team ... Led conference in blocks (79)
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