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2003-04 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary

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Record: 160-151, .514 W-L% (12th of 32) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: -2.66 (17th of 32) ▪ SOS: -1.75 (18th of 32)

Regular Season Champion: Arkansas-Little Rock (East) and Louisiana-Lafayette (West)
Tournament Champion: Louisiana-Lafayette

NCAA Tournament: 1 (Louisiana-Lafayette)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 0

Standings

Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games
Conference Overall PTS/G SRS
Rk East W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS Notes
1 Arkansas-Little Rock R 9 5 .643 17 12 .586 69.9 66.9 -1.0 -4.0
2 Western Kentucky  8 6 .571 15 13 .536 74.4 72.7 1.6 -0.1
3 Middle Tennessee  8 6 .571 17 12 .586 68.7 67.6 -0.7 -1.7
4 Arkansas State  7 7 .500 17 11 .607 72.8 70.0 -1.6 -4.4
5 Florida International  1 13 .071 5 22 .185 54.3 68.0 -15.3 -1.5 *Overall W-L adjusted to 0-22
Rk West W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS Notes
1 Louisiana-Lafayette* RT 12 3 .800 20 9 .690 75.4 69.6 6.2 0.4 *Overall W-L adjusted to 6-8
2 New Orleans  9 6 .600 17 14 .548 69.5 71.3 -2.4 -0.5
3 North Texas  8 7 .533 13 15 .464 71.7 75.0 -6.2 -2.9
4 South Alabama  6 9 .400 12 16 .429 65.5 68.7 -4.4 -1.2
5 Denver  6 9 .400 14 13 .519 69.6 70.3 -2.4 -1.7
5 New Mexico State  6 9 .400 13 14 .481 64.7 66.4 -3.3 -1.6

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Louisiana-Lafayette lost (61-52) versus North Carolina State (Phoenix Regional)

Conference Leaders

Minimum Stat Requirements ▪ Stats include all games played
Games
1. Bo McCalebb-UNO 31
  Kentrell Martin-UNO 31
  Ben Elias-UNO 31
  Johnell Smith-UNO 31
  Kyle Buggs-UNO 31
  A.J. Meredith-UNO 31
7. Josh Jacobs-ARLR 29
  Bryan Smithson-MIDTN 29
  Brad Boyd-LALAF 29
  Darius Eason-ARLR 29
  Jamal Holden-ARLR 29
  Brian Hamilton-LALAF 29
  Nathaniel Parker-UNO 29
  Laurie Bridges-LALAF 29
  Brandon Freeman-ARLR 29
  Zack Wright-ARLR 29
  Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 29
  Chris Cameron-LALAF 29
  Zack Graber-ARLR 29
  Marcus Robinson-MIDTN 29
  Antoine Landry-LALAF 29
Field Goals
1. Nigel Dixon-WKY 179
2. Dewarick Spencer-ARST 174
3. J.J. Montgomery-ARST 157
4. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 151
5. Mike Wells-WKY 148
6. James Moore-NMST 144
7. Bo McCalebb-UNO 143
8. Johnell Smith-UNO 140
9. Anthony Winchester-WKY 133
10. Antoine Landry-LALAF 131
  Erik Benzel-DEN 131
Field Goal Attempts
1. Johnell Smith-UNO 384
2. J.J. Montgomery-ARST 375
3. Dewarick Spencer-ARST 364
4. Mike Wells-WKY 352
5. Bo McCalebb-UNO 324
6. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 317
7. Anthony Winchester-WKY 316
8. Erik Benzel-DEN 306
  Chris Young-SAL 306
  Brandon Freeman-ARLR 306
Field Goal Percentage
1. Nigel Dixon-WKY .678
2. James Moore-NMST .535
3. Dewarick Spencer-ARST .478
4. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN .476
5. Mike Wells-WKY .420
6. J.J. Montgomery-ARST .419
3-Point Field Goals
1. Erik Benzel-DEN 97
2. Brad Boyd-LALAF 93
3. Chris Young-SAL 89
4. Dewarick Spencer-ARST 86
5. Antoine Landry-LALAF 79
6. Kyle Buggs-UNO 71
7. Mike Wells-WKY 68
8. Brandon Freeman-ARLR 63
9. Mike Dean-MIDTN 62
10. Anthony Winchester-WKY 58
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Brad Boyd-LALAF 263
2. Chris Young-SAL 236
3. Erik Benzel-DEN 230
4. Dewarick Spencer-ARST 188
5. Mike Wells-WKY 183
6. Kyle Buggs-UNO 180
  Antoine Landry-LALAF 180
8. Tevoris Thompson-ARST 166
9. Brandon Freeman-ARLR 165
10. Anthony Winchester-WKY 158
3-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Dewarick Spencer-ARST .457
2. Antoine Landry-LALAF .439
3. Mike Dean-MIDTN .437
4. Erik Benzel-DEN .422
5. Chris Young-SAL .377
6. Brad Boyd-LALAF .354
Free Throws
1. J.J. Montgomery-ARST 172
2. James Moore-NMST 128
3. Leonard Hopkins-NTX 113
4. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 106
  Bo McCalebb-UNO 106
6. Dewarick Spencer-ARST 99
7. Jamal Holden-ARLR 95
8. Brian Hamilton-LALAF 87
  Michael Cuffee-MIDTN 87
  Nigel Dixon-WKY 87
Free Throw Attempts
1. J.J. Montgomery-ARST 223
2. Nigel Dixon-WKY 201
3. Bo McCalebb-UNO 175
4. James Moore-NMST 153
5. Brian Hamilton-LALAF 139
6. Leonard Hopkins-NTX 138
7. Jamal Holden-ARLR 134
8. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 130
9. Brett Starkey-DEN 127
10. Dewarick Spencer-ARST 124
Free Throw Percentage
1. Anthony Winchester-WKY .878
2. Tevoris Thompson-ARST .857
3. James Moore-NMST .837
4. Brandon Freeman-ARLR .826
5. Leonard Hopkins-NTX .819
6. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN .815
7. Zack Wright-ARLR .808
8. Carvell McAlister-DEN .807
9. Dewarick Spencer-ARST .798
10. Mike Wells-WKY .772
Total Rebounds
1. Nigel Dixon-WKY 287
2. Kim Adams-ARST 273
3. Brian Hamilton-LALAF 200
4. Shawnson Johnson-NTX 194
5. Brett Starkey-DEN 193
6. Zeljko Zupic-DEN 192
7. James Moore-NMST 178
8. Richard Hardman-ARLR 177
9. Laurie Bridges-LALAF 174
10. Kelsey Crooks-NMST 167
Assists
1. Rodney Billups-DEN 134
2. Zack Graber-ARLR 118
3. Antonio Haynes-WKY 117
4. Bryan Smithson-MIDTN 113
5. Brad Boyd-LALAF 104
6. Johnell Smith-UNO 93
7. Laurie Bridges-LALAF 89
8. A.J. Meredith-UNO 84
9. Dwayne Mitchell-LALAF 83
10. Shane Spencer-SAL 77
Steals
1. Brian Hamilton-LALAF 58
2. Carlos Morban-FLINT 53
3. James Moore-NMST 50
  Rodney Billups-DEN 50
5. Dwayne Mitchell-LALAF 45
  Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 45
7. Bo McCalebb-UNO 42
  Laurie Bridges-LALAF 42
9. Mike Wells-WKY 41
10. Orien Greene-LALAF 40
  Dewarick Spencer-ARST 40
  Zack Graber-ARLR 40
Blocks
1. Shawnson Johnson-NTX 69
2. James Moore-NMST 55
3. Nathaniel Parker-UNO 44
4. Byron Burnett-FLINT 34
5. Darius Eason-ARLR 31
  Kim Adams-ARST 31
7. Yemi Nicholson-DEN 30
8. Alex Weekes-MIDTN 25
9. Mike Wells-WKY 22
  Zeljko Zupic-DEN 22
Points
1. Dewarick Spencer-ARST 533
2. J.J. Montgomery-ARST 501
3. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 464
4. Nigel Dixon-WKY 445
5. Mike Wells-WKY 442
6. James Moore-NMST 416
7. Bo McCalebb-UNO 406
8. Anthony Winchester-WKY 396
9. Leonard Hopkins-NTX 391
  Brandon Freeman-ARLR 391
Points Per Game
1. Dewarick Spencer-ARST 19.0
2. J.J. Montgomery-ARST 17.9
3. Mike Dean-MIDTN 16.2
4. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 16.0
5. Nigel Dixon-WKY 15.9
6. Mike Wells-WKY 15.8
7. James Moore-NMST 15.4
8. Erik Benzel-DEN 14.4
9. Anthony Winchester-WKY 14.1
10. Leonard Hopkins-NTX 14.0
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. Nigel Dixon-WKY 10.2
2. Kim Adams-ARST 9.8
3. Shawnson Johnson-NTX 8.4
4. Brett Starkey-DEN 7.1
5. Zeljko Zupic-DEN 7.1
6. Brian Hamilton-LALAF 6.9
7. James Moore-NMST 6.6
8. Richard Hardman-ARLR 6.3
9. Kelsey Crooks-NMST 6.2
10. Victor Brown-UNO 6.1
Assists Per Game
1. Rodney Billups-DEN 5.0
2. Antonio Haynes-WKY 4.2
3. Zack Graber-ARLR 4.1
4. Bryan Smithson-MIDTN 3.9
5. Brad Boyd-LALAF 3.6
6. Dwayne Mitchell-LALAF 3.2
7. Laurie Bridges-LALAF 3.1
8. Johnell Smith-UNO 3.0
9. Kelsey Crooks-NMST 2.8
10. Shane Spencer-SAL 2.8
Steals Per Game
1. Carlos Morban-FLINT 2.4
2. Brian Hamilton-LALAF 2.0
3. James Moore-NMST 1.9
  Rodney Billups-DEN 1.9
5. Dwayne Mitchell-LALAF 1.7
6. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 1.6
7. Mike Wells-WKY 1.5
8. Laurie Bridges-LALAF 1.4
9. Dewarick Spencer-ARST 1.4
10. Zack Graber-ARLR 1.4
Blocks Per Game
1. Shawnson Johnson-NTX 3.0
2. James Moore-NMST 2.0
3. Nathaniel Parker-UNO 1.5
4. Byron Burnett-FLINT 1.3
5. Yemi Nicholson-DEN 1.2
6. Kim Adams-ARST 1.1
7. Darius Eason-ARLR 1.1
8. Alex Weekes-MIDTN 0.9
9. Zeljko Zupic-DEN 0.8
10. Mike Wells-WKY 0.8
Effective Field Goal Percentage
1. Nigel Dixon-WKY .678
2. Dewarick Spencer-ARST .596
3. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN .565
4. James Moore-NMST .535
5. Mike Wells-WKY .517
6. J.J. Montgomery-ARST .439
True Shooting Percentage
1. Dewarick Spencer-ARST .630
2. Brian Hamilton-LALAF .624
3. Nigel Dixon-WKY .619
4. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN .613
5. James Moore-NMST .609
6. Michael DeGrate-NTX .608
7. Antoine Landry-LALAF .604
8. Erik Benzel-DEN .599
9. Kyle Buggs-UNO .568
10. Michael Cuffee-MIDTN .566
Offensive Win Shares
1. Dewarick Spencer-ARST 3.9
2. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 3.3
3. James Moore-NMST 3.0
4. Nigel Dixon-WKY 3.0
5. Erik Benzel-DEN 2.5
6. Antoine Landry-LALAF 2.4
7. Brian Hamilton-LALAF 2.3
8. Mike Wells-WKY 1.9
9. Brandon Freeman-ARLR 1.9
10. Mike Dean-MIDTN 1.9
Defensive Win Shares
1. James Moore-NMST 2.6
2. Kim Adams-ARST 2.2
3. Brian Hamilton-LALAF 2.1
4. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 2.0
5. Mike Wells-WKY 1.9
6. Richard Hardman-ARLR 1.9
7. Shawnson Johnson-NTX 1.9
8. Nathaniel Parker-UNO 1.8
9. Darius Eason-ARLR 1.8
10. Laurie Bridges-LALAF 1.7
Win Shares
1. James Moore-NMST 5.6
2. Dewarick Spencer-ARST 5.4
3. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 5.3
4. Nigel Dixon-WKY 4.4
5. Brian Hamilton-LALAF 4.4
6. Kim Adams-ARST 4.0
7. Mike Wells-WKY 3.9
8. Richard Hardman-ARLR 3.5
9. Erik Benzel-DEN 3.4
10. Shawnson Johnson-NTX 3.1