UD Top-10 Moments: No. 1 Men's Basketball Wins First IIAC Title Since 1990
Jul 28, 2016
UD Top-10 Moments: No. 1 Men’s Basketball Wins First IIAC title since 1990
DUBUQUE, Iowa – Headlined by the winningest senior class in school history and two-time Iowa Conference MVP Andre Norris, the University of Dubuque men’s basketball team won their first Iowa Conference regular season title since 1990.
The Spartans finished 7-0 at home during IIAC play en route to an 11-3 conference record that included a 15-point win over Loras in front of a record-setting Stoltz crowd of 2600+ fans.
Led by Norris, the IIAC MVP and Defensive Player of the Year, the Spartans led the IIAC in scoring defense (65.7 ppg), scoring percentage defense (39.5%), rebounding margin (+4.2), and outscored opponents by an IIAC-best 10 points a game.
Norris and the senior class won a school record 84 games along with a pair of IIAC tournament titles in 2013 and 2015 and this season’s IIAC regular season title. With the championship, Coach Sieverding and the Spartans finished Top-3 in the Iowa Conference for the seventh straight season and own a mark of 74-30 during that span, best in the league.
Stat Check
+8.8 – The Spartan offense played at their best in the friendly confines of newly renovated Stoltz, scoring 8.8 points per game higher at home (80.3) than on the road (71.3).
Rest of Top-10
No. 2 - Football undefeated during IIAC championship run
No. 3 - Andre Norris becomes Legend as UD's all-time leading scorer and two-time IIAC MVP
No. 4 - Blaine Snitker claims IIAC Defensive MVP and captains league's best defense
No. 5 - Gonzalo Hernandez named first IIAC MVP in school history
No. 6 - Klaudia Basierak cements UD legacy as only four-time All-IIAC volleyball selection
No. 7 - Cameron Shere's stellar final round leads to first career All-IIAC men's golf honor
No. 8 - Tanasha Atwater concludes record-setting 2016 with All-American track and field finish
No. 9 - Stoltz Magic comes alive thanks to record-setting renovation
No. 10 - Alec Bass sets 5 school records and becomes first All-IIAC XC runner in 15 years
Honorable Mentions
-Baseball First IIAC Tournament since 2005
-Men's Soccer Reaches First IIAC Tournament Title Game
-Women's Lacrose sets program single season wins record
-Arantxa Martinez claims women's tennis' IIAC Flight A Singles Runner-Up for second time
-Wrestling breaks duals single season wins record and brings on former Olympic gold medalist
