Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball

Western Michigan Broncos
University	Western Michigan University
Conference	Mid-American West Division
Location	Kalamazoo, MI
Head coach	Steve Hawkins (8th year)
Arena	University Arena (Capacity: 5,421)
Nickname	Broncos
Colors	Brown and Gold
Uniforms
Home Away
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1976
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
1976, 1998
NCAA Tournament appearances
1976, 1998, 2004
Conference tournament champions
2004
Conference regular season champions
1952, 1976, 1981, 1998, 2004

The Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school's team competes in the Mid-American Conference. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2004. The Broncos are coached by Steve Hawkins.

NCAA Tournament results

The Broncos have appeared in three NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 2–3.

Year	Seed	Result	First Round	Second Round
1976	N/A	Sweet Sixteen	def. Virginia Tech 77–67	lost to Marquette 62–57
1998	11	Second Round	def. Clemson 75–72	lost to Stanford 83–65
2004	11	First Round	lost to Vanderbilt 71–58	–

NIT results

The Broncos have appeared in three National Invitational Tournaments. Their combined record is 2–3.

Year	Result	Opening Round	First Round	Second Round
1992	First Round	–	lost to Notre Dame 63–56	–
2003	First Round	def. Illinois–Chicago 63–62	lost to Siena 68–62	–
2005	Second Round	–	def. Marquette 54–50	lost to Texas Christian 78–76

Coaching staff

• Steve Hawkins – Head coach
• Rick Carter – Assistant coach
• David Kool – Assistant coach
• Larry Farmer – Assistant coach

Broncos in the NBA

• Don Boven, 1950–1953
• Dillard Crocker, 1949–1953
• Paul Griffin, 1977–1983
• Ben Handlogten, 2004–2005
• Reggie Lacefield, 1969
• Walker Russell, 1983–1988

All-time win-loss record

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Bill Spaulding (1913–1922)
1913–14	Spaulding	4–4
1914–15	Spaulding	7–5
1915–16	Spaulding	9–7
1916–17	Spaulding	7–6
1917–18	Spaulding	8–4
1918–19	Spaulding	11–3
1919–20	Spaulding	8–3
1920–21	Spaulding	12–5
1921–22	Spaulding	11–6
Bill Spaulding:		77–43
Buck Read (1922–1949)
1922–23	Read	17–6
1923–24	Read	13–8
1924–25	Read	17–4
1925–26	Read	15–4
1926–27	Read	16–2
1927–28	Read	9–8
1928–29	Read	10–9
1929–30	Read	17–0
1930–31	Read	14–3
1931–32	Read	14–5
1932–33	Read	14–3
1933–34	Read	12–5
1934–35	Read	11–5
1935–36	Read	15–3
1936–37	Read	13–4
1937–38	Read	6–12
1938–39	Read	7–10
1939–40	Read	10–9
1940–41	Read	9–9
1941–42	Read	12–8
1942–43	Read	15–4
1943–44	Read	15–4
1944–45	Read	8–10
1945–46	Read	15–7
1946–47	Read	17–7
1947–48	Read	12–10	1–2	5th
1948–49	Read	12–10	4–6	T-3rd
Buck Read:		345–169	5–8
Bill Perigo (1949–1952)
1949–50	Perigo	12–10	6–2	T-2nd
1950–51	Perigo	13–9	4–4	T-2nd
1951–52	Perigo	16–8	9–3	T-1st
Bill Perigo:		41–27	19–9
Joe Hoy (1952–1958)
1952–53	Hoy	12–9	6–6	4th
1953–54	Hoy	10–11	4–5	5th
1954–55	Hoy	12–10	9–5	3rd
1955–56	Hoy	13–9	7–5	T-3rd
1956–57	Hoy	9–13	4–8	5th
1957–58	Hoy	5–18	1–11	7th
Joe Hoy:		61–70	31–40
Don Boven (1958–1966)
1958–59	Boven	2–20	1–11	7th
1959–60	Boven	12–11	5–7	5th
1960–61	Boven	10–14	4–8	T-5th
1961–62	Boven	13–11	6–6	T-4th
1962–63	Boven	12–12	7–5	5th
1963–64	Boven	10–14	6–6	4th
1964–65	Boven	8–16	3–9	6th
1965–66	Boven	8–14	4–8	5th
Don Boven:		75–112	36–60
Sonny Means (1966–1970)
1966–67	Means	10–14	4–8	5th
1967–68	Means	11–13	5–7	4th
1968–69	Means	11–13	6–6	T-3rd
1969–70	Means	6–16	2–8	T-5th
Sonny Means:		38–56	17–29
Eldon Miller (1970–1976)
1970–71	Miller	14–10	5–5	3rd
1971–72	Miller	10–14	5–5	4th
1972–73	Miller	8–18	2–10	7th
1973–74	Miller	13–13	5–7	6th
1974–75	Miller	16–10	8–6	5th
1975–76	Miller	25–3	15–1	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Eldon Miller:		86–68	40–34
Dick Shilts (1976–1979)
1976–77	Shilts	14–13	8–8	5th
1977–78	Shilts	7–20	4–12	T-9th
1978–79	Shilts	7–23	3–13	10th
Dick Shilts:		28–56	15–33
Les Wothke (1979–1982)
1979–80	Wothke	12–14	7–9	T-4th
1980–81	Wothke	15–13	10–6	T-1st
1981–82	Wothke	15–14	8–8	T-4th
Les Wothke:		42–41	25–23
Vernon Payne (1982–1989)
1982–83	Payne	5–23	3–15	10th
1983–84	Payne	4–22	2–16	10th
1984–85	Payne	12–16	7–11	T-7th
1985–86	Payne	12–16	7–11	T-6th
1986–87	Payne	12–16	7–9	T-5th
1987–88	Payne	12–17	7–9	T-5th
1988–89	Payne	12–16	6–10	T-6th
Vernon Payne:		69–126	39–81
Bob Donewald (1989–2000)
1989–90	Donewald	9–18	3–13	9th
1990–91	Donewald	5–22	2–14	9th
1991–92	Donewald	21–9	11–5	T-2nd	NIT first round
1992–93	Donewald	17–12	12–6	3rd
1993–94	Donewald	14–14	7–11	8th
1994–95	Donewald	14–13	9–9	7th
1995–96	Donewald	16–11	13–5	2nd
1996–97	Donewald	14–14	9–9	T-5th
1997–98	Donewald	21–8	14–4	T-1st (West)	NCAA second round
1998–99	Donewald	11–15	6–12	4th (West)
1999–00	Donewald	10–18	6–12	5th (West)
Bob Donewald:		152–154	92–100
Robert McCullum (2000–2003)
2000–01	McCullum	7–21	7–11	4th (West)
2001–02	McCullum	17–13	10–8	3rd (West)
2002–03	McCullum	20–11	10–8	3rd (West)	NIT first round
Robert McCullum:		44–45	27–27
Steve Hawkins (2003–present)
2003–04	Hawkins	26–5	15–3	1st (West)	NCAA first round
2004–05	Hawkins	20–13	11–7	T-1st (West)	NIT second round
2005–06	Hawkins	14–17	10–8	T-2nd (West)
2006–07	Hawkins	16–16	9–7	2nd (West)
2007–08	Hawkins	20–12	12–4	1st (West)
2008–09	Hawkins	10–21	7–9	T-1st (West)
2009–10	Hawkins	18–15	8–8	T-2nd (West)
2010–11	Hawkins	21–13	11–5	1st (West)	CollegeInsider.com second round
Steve Hawkins:		145–112	83–51
Total:		1202–1079
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

Records

Through March 2, 2012

Career leaders

Points Rank Points Player Years 1 2,122 David Kool 2006–10 2 1,787 Manny Newsome 1961–64 3 1,743 Booker James 1983–87 4 1,713 Joe Reitz 2004–08 5 1,688 Saddi Washington 1993–98 Rebounds Rank Rebounds Player Years 1 1,008 Paul Griffin 1972–76 2 947 Tom Cutter 1973–77 3 939 Joe Reitz 2004–08 4 864 Booker James 1983–87 5 846 Anthony Kann 2000–04 Assists Rank Assists Player Years 1 460 Mike Douglas 2008–present 2 427 Billy Stanback 1986–90 3 406 Brian Snider 2002–06 4 391 Todd Dietrich 1977–81 5 373 Jim Kurzen 1972–76 Field goal percentage (3 made per game) Rank Field goal pct Player Years 1 59.5% (459–771) Tom Cutter 1973–77 2 59.3% (176–297) Russ DesErmia 1995–97 3 56.7% (421–743) Paul Griffin 1972–76 4 54.8% (568–1036) Joe Reitz 2004–08 5 54.2% (409–755) Jasper McElroy 1980–82 Free throw percentage (2 made per game) Rank Free throw pct Player Years 1 90.5% (86–95) Kylo Jones 1997–99 2 89.0% (605–680) David Kool 2006–10 3 82.9% (247–298) Billy Stanback 1986–90 3 82.6% (266–322) Jason Black 1994–97 4 82.5% (329–399) Manny Newsome 1961–64

Three point field goal percentage (1 made per game) Rank 3-Pt field goal pct Player Years 1 50.7% (139–274) Sean Wightman 1990–93 2 47.6% (70–147) Eli Parker 1987–89 3 46.6% (165–354) Mark Brown 1987–90 4 41.3% (171–414) Darrick Brooks 1989–93 5 40.9% (128–313) Levi Rost 2003–07 Blocks Rank Blocks Player Years 1 149 Matt Van Abbema 1991–95 2 137 Mike Seberger 1978–82 3 116 Ben Handlogten 1992–96 4 104 Donald Lawson 2006–10 5 83 Steve Riikonen 1985–88 Steals Rank Steals Player Years 1 199 Robby Collum 2000–03 2 185 Booker James 1983–87 3 177 Anthony Kann 2000–04 4 173 Saddi Washington 1993–98 5 163 David Kool 2006–10 Games played Rank Games Player Years 1 128 Joe Reitz 2004–08 2 127 Demetrius Ward 2008–present 3 126 Shawntes Gary 2005–09 4 125 David Kool 2006–10 5 124 Derek Drews 2005–09

Single-season leaders

Points Rank Points Player Year (games) 1 714 David Kool 2009–10 (33) 2 654 Manny Newsome 1963–64 (20) 3 630 Kenny Cunningham 1979–80 (26) 4 626 Saddi Washington 1997–98 (29) 5 620 Gene Ford 1968–69 (24) Rebounds Rank Rebounds Player Year (games) 1 324 Edgar Blair 1957–58 (24) 2 313 Bob Bolton 1960–61 (24) 3 300 Earl Jenkins 1970–71 (24) 4 298 Tom Cutter 1975–76 (28) 5 288 Jack Smith 1955–56 (22) Assists Rank Assists Player Year (games) 1 170 Rod Brown 1999–00 (28) 2 168 Mike Douglas 2010–11 (33) 3 166 Jason Kimbrough 1997–98 (29) 3 160 Rickey Willis 2004–05 (33) 5 159 Brian Snider 2005–06 (31) Field goal percentage (3 made per game) Rank Field goal pct Player Year 1 64.5% (140–217) Tom Cutter 1975–76 2 60.5% (78–129) Russ DesErmia 1995–96 3 59.9% (154–257) Ben Handlogten 1995–96 4 59.9% (115–192) Paul Griffin 1975–76 4 59.8% (134–224) Tom Cutter 1974–75

Free throw percentage (2 made per game) Rank Free throw pct Player Year 1 93.2% (55–59) Thadus Williams 1998–99 2 91.7% (99–108) David Kool 2006–07 3 89.7% (209–233) David Kool 2009–10 4 89.4% (161–180) David Kool 2008–09 5 89.2% (58–65) Sean Wightman 1992–93 Three point field goal percentage (1 made per game) Rank 3-Pt field goal pct Player Year 1 63.2% (48–76) Sean Wightman 1991–92 2 48.8% (63–129) Sean Wightman 1992–93 3 48.2% (67–139) Mark Brown 1989–90 4 47.3% (61–129) Mark Brown 1987–88 5 47.2% (51–108) Eli Parker 1988–89 Blocks Rank Blocks Player Year (games) 1 56 Matt Van Abbema 1993–94 (28) 2 48 LaMarcus Lowe 2008–09 (28) 3 47 Donald Lawson 2009–10 (33) 3 47 Matt Van Abbema 1992–93 (29) 5 44 Matt Van Abbema 1994–95 (27) Steals Rank Steals Player Year (games) 1 83 Robby Collum 2002–03 (31) 2 72 Robby Collum 2001–02 (30) 3 63 Brian Snider 2005–06 (31) 4 60 Mike Williams 2003–04 (31) 5 59 Anthony Kann 2002–03 (30)

NCAA records

• Ben Handlogten, highest single game field goal percentage, 100% (13–13), January 22, 1996 vs. Toledo
• David Kool, fourth highest single-season free throw percentage by a freshman, 91.7% (99–108), 2006–07
• Sean Wightman, second highest single-season three point field goal percentage, 63.2% (48–76), 1991–92

See also

• Western Michigan Broncos

External links

• Basketball Reference