Andre Riddick

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Andre Riddick

| image =

| position = Center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 10

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|2|1}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York

| nationality = American

| high_school = Bishop Loughlin Memorial
(Brooklyn, New York)

| college = Kentucky (1991–1995)

| draft_year = 1995

| career_start = 1995

| career_end = 2013

| years1 = 1995–1996

| team1 = Blue Winds

| years2 = 1996–1999

| team2 = Tera Mars{{\}}Mars

| years3 = 1999

| team3 = Trotamundos de Carabobo

| years4 = 1999

| team4 = Metropolitanos de Mauricio Baez

| years5 = 1999–2000

| team5 = JDA Dijon Basket

| years6 = 2000

| team6 = Trotamundos de Carabobo

| years7 = 2000–2001

| team7 = JDA Dijon Basket

| years8 = 2001

| team8 = Trotamundos de Carabobo

| years9 = 2001–2002

| team9 = Paris Basket Racing

| years10 = 2002–2013

| team10 = Spirou Charleroi

| highlights =

Fourth-team Parade All-American (1991)
Belgian champion 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Belgian Cup champion 2003, 2009
Belgian League MVP 2004

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Andre Riddick (born February 1, 1973) is a retired American professional basketball player.{{cite web |title=Andre Riddick |url=http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=BEL&PlayerID=10828 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202233729/http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=BEL&PlayerID=10828 |archivedate=February 2, 2010 |accessdate=January 22, 2010 |publisher=www.eurobasket.com}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/04/ex-cat-andre-riddick-is-still-dunking.html |title=Ex-Cat Andre Riddick is Still Dunking in Belgium |publisher=www.allkyhoops.com |date=April 22, 2010 |accessdate=January 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323105949/http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/04/ex-cat-andre-riddick-is-still-dunking.html |archive-date=March 23, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

Tenure at Kentucky

Nicknamed "The Rejector",{{cite web |url=http://collegecourtside.wordpress.com/category/kentucky-wildcats/ |title=Update: The Anthony Davis Block Party |publisher=www.allkyhoops.com | date=April 22, 2010 | accessdate=January 31, 2013}} 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,{{cite web |url=http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/seasonblockedshots.html |title=Kentucky Leaders in Blocked Shots by Season |work=bigbluehistory.net | accessdate=January 31, 2013}} and he held the Kentucky single game block record of 9 together with Sam Bowie until it was broken by Nerlens Noel in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.kentucky.com/2013/01/30/2495746/uk-basketball-notes-ole-miss-player.html |title=UK basketball notes: Ole Miss player says Nerlens Noel as good as Anthony Davis |work=kentucky.com | date=January 30, 2013 | accessdate=January 31, 2013}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=266&dat=19970611&id=EvMrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=52wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1765,4059067 |title=Mohammed haunted by missed free throws |publisher=Kentucky New Era | date=June 19, 1997| accessdate=January 31, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uksportsinfo.com/2012/01/uk-vs-bama-stuff-i-saw/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216233714/http://www.uksportsinfo.com/2012/01/uk-vs-bama-stuff-i-saw/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 16, 2013 |title=UK vs Bama - Stuff I saw |publisher=UK Sports Info |date=January 21, 2012 |accessdate=January 31, 2013 }} Riddick often performed a shuffle after he dunked the basketball.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frg_Z6L0eFk |title=Kentucky Basketball Senior Day 1995 -- Andre Riddick |publisher=www.youtube.com | date=October 6, 2009 | accessdate=January 31, 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}

Riddick and his Kentucky teammates made the NCAA Final Four in 1993.{{cite web|url=http://www.oasis-inc.org/Andre_Riddick.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415132208/http://www.oasis-inc.org/Andre_Riddick.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 15, 2013 |title=Andre Riddick |publisher=O.A.S.I.S. Inc. |accessdate=January 31, 2013 }} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQECNSfpjy0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/oQECNSfpjy0 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Rasheed Wallace and Andre Riddick fight |publisher=www.youtube.com | date=March 24, 2011 | accessdate=January 31, 2013}}{{cbignore}}

Professional career

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).{{Cite web |title=Andre Riddick |url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/andre-riddick/profile/bmk/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Euroleague |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2019-09-24 |title=Andre Riddick, légende vivante du club |url=https://www.spiroubasket.be/actualite/20190924-videos-andre-riddick-legende-vivante-du-club |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Spirou Charleroi}}

Riddick also played professionally in Japan, Taiwan, Venezuela and France. In 1999, he won the Venezuelan championship with the Trotamundos de Carabobo.

Coaching career

Riddick continued to coach in the Cincinnati area with the private coaching service CoachUp.[http://www.coachup.com/coaches/andrer-4 www.coachup.com/coaches/andrer-4] In 2015, he was named assistant coach at the University of Cincinnati Clermont.{{Cite web |title=Riddick named assistant coach at UC Clermont |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/2015/08/08/riddick-named-assistant-coach-uc-clermont/31348687/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=The Enquirer |language=en-US}}