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Jersey Number 45
Brian Watkins
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 229
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Nashville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Overton
ON WATKINS: Will be counted on as a valuable member of the Terps' frontcourt with 59 games of collegiate playing experience ... has displayed flashes of his tremendous ability and looks to contend for increased playing time in his final season ... a two-year varsity letterwinner who is in his final season of eligibility, his third at Maryland, after playing his freshman season at Notre Dame ... transferred to Maryland to begin the 1995 fall semester and sat out the 1995-96 season under NCAA transfer guidelines ... helped lead the United States to a third-place finish at the 19th William Jones Cup International Tournament during the summer of 1996 as he was second on the team with a 5.1 rebounds per game average ... scored 74 points for a 7.4 points per game scoring average ... shot an incredible 90 percent from the free-throw line (9-10) during the 10-game tournament.
As a Redshirt Junior: Played in nine games and averaged 2.1 points and 1.7 rebounds ... scored a season-high eight points in a season-high 14 minutes played against Florida International as the Terps won in Cole Field House on Nov. 25 ... his personal bests of three field goals made, two free throws made, and six rebounds came against the Panthers ... played 1 1 minutes as Maryland defeated Mt. St. Mary's on Nov. 22 and scored five points and grabbed four rebounds ... tied his career high with two assists against MSM ... averaged 6.5 points and five rebounds in the back-to-back victories over MSM and FIU ... tied his ACC career high with two points against Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium on Jan. 29 and against NC State in Cole Field House on Feb. 1 1 ... was a perfect one-for-one from the field against Duke in Durham ... blocked one shot against UNC-Asheville and UNC- Wilmington in back-to-back games on Dec. 22 and 27.
As a Redshirt Sophomore: Played well in his first season at Maryland as he averaged a career high 2.8 points and a career-high 2.2 rebounds per game ... played in a career-high tying 25 games and established career highs in every statistical category ... established career-high statistics in points scored (70), rebounds (54), field goals made (24) and free-throws made (22) ... also credited with career-highs in the categories of field goal percentage (44.5 percent), defensive rebounds (41) and minutes played ( 191 ) ... scored 44 total points in his first seven Maryland games as compared to 38 during his entire first collegiate season at Notre Dame ... took him only 1 10 minutes of playing time in seven games to surpass his scoring total of his freshman season ... grabbed 47 total rebounds in his first 14 Maryland games as compared to 46 during his entire first collegiate season total ... had more rebounds in his first 156 minutes than he did during his entire season. of 159 minutes as a freshman ... displayed his promise to the Terp faithful as he scored his single-game career high of 1 1 points and grabbed eight rebounds in his Maryland debut against Howard on opening night ... also played his career high of 21 minutes in his first game as a Terp ... career-high tying four field goals against Howard ... followed his debut performance with a seven-point, four-rebound outing against Towson State and a seven-point, career-high nine-rebound performance against Chicago State ... averaged 7.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 17.5 minutes during the first four games of the season ... scored nine points and had four rebounds in 13 minutes of play against Lafayette ... averaged 3.3 points and 2.0 rebounds as he helped Maryland to the championship game of the Rainbow Classic where he played in all three games during the tournament ... scored six points in 10 minutes of play against Hawaii in the Rainbow Classic ... played in 12 of Maryland's 16 regular season ACC games ... ACC career-high two points against Georgia Tech, at Clemson and at Duke ... scored an ACC career-high two rebounds in six conference games including the Terps' historic 22-point come-from-behind victory at North Carolina.
As a Freshman (At University of Notre Dame): Averaged 1.5 points and 1.8 rebounds while playing in 25 games at Notre Dame during the 1994-95 season ... scored a season high of eight points against Loyola of Chicago on Feb. 28, 1995 and chipped in seven against Xavier on Jan. 21, 1995 ... grabbed a season-high five rebounds against Cornell, Lehigh and Xavier ... season-high 16 minutes played against Oregon in the second round of the Far West Classic ... double figures in minutes played against seven different teams ... he shot 38.3 percent from the field and blocked eight shots ... blocked a career-high two shots against Oregon State, Lehigh and Loyola (Chicago) ... career-high two steals against Xavier ... showed consistent improvement during the season as his playing time increased by nearly a minute per game over the second half of the season ... scored 26 of his 38 total points in the second half of the season ... career-high four field goals came against Loyola (Chicago) in the season finale ... Notre Dame finished with a 15-12 overall record as the basketball team competed in its last year as an independent ... the Fighting Irish defeated Indiana in overtime on Nov. 29, 1994 and Boston College on January 29, 1995, with Watkins on the floor during both victories.
At Overton: A first team all-state selection in Class AAA and nominated as Tennessee's Mr. Basketball ... averaged 17 points, 11 rebounds and five blocked shots as a senior in leading Overton to a 31-4 record and the state championship game ... led Overton to a 28-6 record his junior season and 29 wins his sophomore season ... scored a school record 1,447 points and grabbed a school record 964 rebounds ... also holds the school record with a career 59.0 field goal percentage ... team captain his junior and senior seasons ... named the Most Valuable Player of the Tennessee against Georgia All-Star game following his senior season in leading Tennessee to the victory with 28 points, 12 rebounds and three blocked shots ... was a starter on the Tennessee Travelers AAU team which finished fifth in the national tournament during the summer of 1993 ... ranked among the top 100 high school players during his senior season in Bob Gibbons' Ail-Star Sports Report and was ranked among the top 60 players at the Nike Camp in the summer before his senior season.
Personal: Born Jan. 9, 1976 ... his full name is Brian Vincent Watkins ... chose No. 45 as his uniform number because that is the number his dad wore when he was a player ... his dad played for Tennessee State and was a draft choice of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association ... excelled in tennis before a junior high school growth spurt pushed him toward basketball ... major is criminal justice.
As a Redshirt Junior: Played in nine games and averaged 2.1 points and 1.7 rebounds ... scored a season-high eight points in a season-high 14 minutes played against Florida International as the Terps won in Cole Field House on Nov. 25 ... his personal bests of three field goals made, two free throws made, and six rebounds came against the Panthers ... played 1 1 minutes as Maryland defeated Mt. St. Mary's on Nov. 22 and scored five points and grabbed four rebounds ... tied his career high with two assists against MSM ... averaged 6.5 points and five rebounds in the back-to-back victories over MSM and FIU ... tied his ACC career high with two points against Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium on Jan. 29 and against NC State in Cole Field House on Feb. 1 1 ... was a perfect one-for-one from the field against Duke in Durham ... blocked one shot against UNC-Asheville and UNC- Wilmington in back-to-back games on Dec. 22 and 27.
As a Redshirt Sophomore: Played well in his first season at Maryland as he averaged a career high 2.8 points and a career-high 2.2 rebounds per game ... played in a career-high tying 25 games and established career highs in every statistical category ... established career-high statistics in points scored (70), rebounds (54), field goals made (24) and free-throws made (22) ... also credited with career-highs in the categories of field goal percentage (44.5 percent), defensive rebounds (41) and minutes played ( 191 ) ... scored 44 total points in his first seven Maryland games as compared to 38 during his entire first collegiate season at Notre Dame ... took him only 1 10 minutes of playing time in seven games to surpass his scoring total of his freshman season ... grabbed 47 total rebounds in his first 14 Maryland games as compared to 46 during his entire first collegiate season total ... had more rebounds in his first 156 minutes than he did during his entire season. of 159 minutes as a freshman ... displayed his promise to the Terp faithful as he scored his single-game career high of 1 1 points and grabbed eight rebounds in his Maryland debut against Howard on opening night ... also played his career high of 21 minutes in his first game as a Terp ... career-high tying four field goals against Howard ... followed his debut performance with a seven-point, four-rebound outing against Towson State and a seven-point, career-high nine-rebound performance against Chicago State ... averaged 7.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 17.5 minutes during the first four games of the season ... scored nine points and had four rebounds in 13 minutes of play against Lafayette ... averaged 3.3 points and 2.0 rebounds as he helped Maryland to the championship game of the Rainbow Classic where he played in all three games during the tournament ... scored six points in 10 minutes of play against Hawaii in the Rainbow Classic ... played in 12 of Maryland's 16 regular season ACC games ... ACC career-high two points against Georgia Tech, at Clemson and at Duke ... scored an ACC career-high two rebounds in six conference games including the Terps' historic 22-point come-from-behind victory at North Carolina.
As a Freshman (At University of Notre Dame): Averaged 1.5 points and 1.8 rebounds while playing in 25 games at Notre Dame during the 1994-95 season ... scored a season high of eight points against Loyola of Chicago on Feb. 28, 1995 and chipped in seven against Xavier on Jan. 21, 1995 ... grabbed a season-high five rebounds against Cornell, Lehigh and Xavier ... season-high 16 minutes played against Oregon in the second round of the Far West Classic ... double figures in minutes played against seven different teams ... he shot 38.3 percent from the field and blocked eight shots ... blocked a career-high two shots against Oregon State, Lehigh and Loyola (Chicago) ... career-high two steals against Xavier ... showed consistent improvement during the season as his playing time increased by nearly a minute per game over the second half of the season ... scored 26 of his 38 total points in the second half of the season ... career-high four field goals came against Loyola (Chicago) in the season finale ... Notre Dame finished with a 15-12 overall record as the basketball team competed in its last year as an independent ... the Fighting Irish defeated Indiana in overtime on Nov. 29, 1994 and Boston College on January 29, 1995, with Watkins on the floor during both victories.
At Overton: A first team all-state selection in Class AAA and nominated as Tennessee's Mr. Basketball ... averaged 17 points, 11 rebounds and five blocked shots as a senior in leading Overton to a 31-4 record and the state championship game ... led Overton to a 28-6 record his junior season and 29 wins his sophomore season ... scored a school record 1,447 points and grabbed a school record 964 rebounds ... also holds the school record with a career 59.0 field goal percentage ... team captain his junior and senior seasons ... named the Most Valuable Player of the Tennessee against Georgia All-Star game following his senior season in leading Tennessee to the victory with 28 points, 12 rebounds and three blocked shots ... was a starter on the Tennessee Travelers AAU team which finished fifth in the national tournament during the summer of 1993 ... ranked among the top 100 high school players during his senior season in Bob Gibbons' Ail-Star Sports Report and was ranked among the top 60 players at the Nike Camp in the summer before his senior season.
Personal: Born Jan. 9, 1976 ... his full name is Brian Vincent Watkins ... chose No. 45 as his uniform number because that is the number his dad wore when he was a player ... his dad played for Tennessee State and was a draft choice of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association ... excelled in tennis before a junior high school growth spurt pushed him toward basketball ... major is criminal justice.
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