2007-08 Men's Basketball Roster

Kevin Coble
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 190
- Position:
- F
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Scottsdale, Ariz.
- High School:
- Scottsdale Christian Academy
2009-10: Missed the season due to injury.
2008-09: Consensus second-team All-Big Ten selection ... NABC Second-Team All-District selection ... Ranked fourth with 15.7 points and fifth with 1.67 steals per game and an .825 free throw percentage in league play ... Scored a game-high 18 points in a victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/19) ... Enjoyed a solid all-around performance in a win over Florida State (12/3), notching 15 points, eight rebounds and a career-high-tying seven assists ... Tallied 16 of a season-high 25 points in the first half of a win over DePaul (12/6) ... Tallied 22 points and eight rebounds in a win over UMKC (12/15) ... Recorded team highs of 15 points and six rebounds at Stanford (12/20) ... Notched 20 points in a victory over No. 18 Minnesota (1/18), including a perfect 9-for-9 effort from the free throw line ... Scored a season-high 31 points, including 19 in the first half, to go along with four steals in an upset win at No. 7 Michigan State (1/21) ... Named Big Ten co-Player of the Week Jan. 26, the first such honor of his career, for his efforts at Michigan State and Michigan ... Posted game-high 26 points on 10-of-15 shooting, including tying a season high with four 3-pointers, in a win over Ohio State (2/18) ... Notched 16 points and eight rebounds in a win at No. 19 Purdue (3/4).
2007-08: Honorable mention All-Big Ten pick of both the media and coaches ... Missed first nine games of the season while taking a leave from the program to be with his mother who was battling cancer ... Led team in scoring and rebounding average for the second consecutive season ... Ranked fifth in the Big Ten in scoring in conference games (15.2 ppg) ... Tied a Welsh-Ryan Arena record, set a career high and set a Big Ten season high with 37 points on 12-of-16 shooting against No. 15 Indiana (2/23) ... Grabbed career-high five steals vs. Ohio State (2/13) ... Posted 29 points in a win over UT-Pan American (1/30) ... Recorded career highs of 14 rebounds and seven assists to go along with 19 points at Chicago State (1/16) ... Tallied 34 points on 14-of-18 shooting vs. Michigan (1/12) ... Scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds in first start of the season at Minnesota (1/9) ... First player since Evan Eschmeyer (1998-99) to post multiple games with 29 or more points in the same season ... One of 14 national finalists for the V Foundation Comeback Award.
2006-07: Started 28 of 29 games in which he played ... Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team after becoming the first freshman in school history to lead the team in both scoring (13.4 ppg) and rebounding (5.2 rpg) ... Among conference newcomers, ranked third in scoring (13.4), second in rebounding (5.2), third in FG_percentage (.494), third in 3FG_percentage (.388) and fourth in FT percentage (.795) ... Had five games with 20 or more points ... Scored a season-high 25 points and went 9-of-10 from the FT line in an overtime win over Western Michigan (12/9) ... Scored 17 of 24 points in the second half at No. 2 Wisconsin (2/3) ... Had 24 points in the home loss to Purdue (2/24) ... Recorded season highs with six assists and four steals in the win over Loyola (Md.) (12/27) ... Became the first Wildcat since Jitim Young in 2003 to record back-to-back double-doubles, recording 16 points and 10 boards against Penn State (2/10) and 14 points and 11 rebounds at Iowa (2/15) ... Notched 18 points, including four 3-pointers, and eight boards in the win over Texas Pan-American (2/21) ... Averaged 20.3 ppg at the San Juan Shootout and was named to the all-tournament team ... Made all five 3-point attempts in the blowout win over Utah (12/21) ... Scored the winning basket with a putback with 3.2 seconds remaining in the win over North Florida (11/25).
High School: Scored 2,346 career points and averaged 26.9 ppg during senior season, both school records ... Averaged 12.1 rebounds during senior season and grabbed 1,201 over career ... Shot 87.8 percent (137-156) from the free throw line senior season ... Scored 44 points in one game and had 22 rebounds in another ... Shot 58.9 percent from the field over career ... Nike All-America selection in 2005 and a Nike "Top 100" player in 2004 ... Led the Eagles to a 64-3 record and back-to-back state titles in 2003-04 and 2004-05 ... Named to the Arizona State All-Tournament team three straight years ... A three-time Arizona Republic and Tribune all-state selection ... Also a three-time Arizona Republic Small-School Player of the Year ... Four-time team MVP ... A four-time all-region selection ... As a junior, averaged 19.9 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.1 blocks and 1.5 assists per game ... Was listed as a small forward to watch following the Nike All-American Camp in Indianapolis ... Also a standout golfer, helped team to state runner-up finish in 2003 ... National Honor Society member ... Honor student with a 4.0 grade-point-average.
Personal:Born Kevin Randolph Coble in Greensboro, N.C. ... Son of Randy and Carlys Coble ... Was heavily involved throughout the community, volunteering at several charitable organizations and functions such as the Hurricane Katrina and Rita relief project for the Salvation Army ... Also considered Arizona State, New Mexico, Stanford, Yale and Notre Dame ... Major is political science.
Coble's Career Stats
Total 3-Point ReboundsYear GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg2006-07 29-28 901/31.1 156-316 .494 45-116 .388 31-39 .795 25-127 152 5.2 49-0 46 41 21 46 388/13.42007-08 21-19 734/35.0 130-270 .481 35-90 .389 39-48 .813 20-94 114 5.4 46-0 37 32 9 27 334/15.9TOTAL 50-47 1635/32.7 286-586 .488 80-206 .388 70-87 .805 45-221 266 5.3 95-0 83 73 30 73 722/14.4