2022-2023 Northern Colorado Bears

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2022-2023 Northern Colorado Bears Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
22 Riley Abercrombie Jr F 6-9 220 - Wollongong Australia Clear Lake High School
11 Zach Bloch So G 6-2 180 - Lawrence (KS) United States Colorado Academy
12 Connor Creech Jr G 6-6 200 - Hastings (NE) United States Hastings High School
32 Theo Hughes Jr C 7-0 260 Jul 9, 2001 Brentwood England Barking Abbey
2 Matt Johnson II Sr G 6-2 190 Apr 6, 1999 Aurora (CO) United States Rangeview High School
21 Bryce Kennedy Jr FC 6-7 200 - Allen (TX) United States Allen High School
5 Dalton Knecht Sr F 6-6 204 Apr 19, 2001 Thornton (CO) United States Prairie View High School
1 Daylen Kountz Sr PG 6-4 190 Feb 26, 2000 Denver (CO) United States East High School
10 Jamel Melvin Jr SF 6-11 210 - McLean (VA) United States The Potomac School
4 Dawson Mohr Fr G 6-3 185 - Scottsbluff (NE) United States IMG Academy
25 Jalen Page Jr G 6-5 215 - Boulder (CO) United States Fairview High School
15 Juju Ramirez Fr F 6-9 220 - Lawrence (KS) United States N/A
3 Langston Reynolds Fr SF 6-4 195 - Denver (CO) United States N/A
30 Caleb Shaw Fr F 6-5 195 - Chandler (AZ) United States N/A
14 Brock Wisne Fr F 6-9 230 - Thornton (CO) United States N/A

Recent Northern Colorado Bears History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 19-14 (12-6) 2nd (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2022-2023 12-20 (6-12) 8th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2021-2022 22-16 (13-7) 3rd (Big Sky) Runner Up CBI 3rd Rnd
2020-2021 11-11 (6-8) 7th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 22-9 (15-5) 2nd (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 21-11 (15-5) 2nd (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2017-2018 26-12 (11-7) 5th (Big Sky) 3rd Rnd CIT Champion
2016-2017 11-18 (7-11) 8th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2015-2016 10-21 (7-11) 9th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 15-15 (10-8) 5th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2013-2014 18-14 (11-9) 5th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2012-2013 13-18 (10-10) 4th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2011-2012 9-19 (5-11) 7th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2010-2011 21-11 (13-3) 1st (Big Sky) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2009-2010 25-8 (12-4) 2nd (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd CIT 2nd Rnd
2008-2009 14-18 (8-8) 5th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 13-16 (6-10) 7th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2006-2007 4-24 (2-14) 9th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2005-2006 2-22 N/A (MWC) N/A N/A
2004-2005 4-19 12th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2003-2004 0-7 12th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2002-2003 N/A N/A (Big Sky) N/A N/A

2022-2023 Northern Colorado Bears Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Dalton Knecht USBWA All-District Team (VIII)
Dalton Knecht NABC All-District (6) Second Team
Dalton Knecht All-Big Sky Second Team
Daylen Kountz All-Big Sky Honorable Mention

2022-2023 Northern Colorado Bears Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Kountz M. Johnson II D. Knecht R. Abercrombie T. Hughes
Rotation   C. Creech C. Shaw B. Wisne  
Rotation     L. Reynolds B. Kennedy  
Lim PT   D. Mohr J. Melvin J. Ramirez  
Lim PT   J. Page      

2022-2023 Northern Colorado Bears Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Dalton Knecht 32 35.3 20.2 7.2 1.8 0.8 0.6 2.1
Daylen Kountz 32 34.0 17.2 3.0 2.9 0.8 0.1 2.5
Matt Johnson II 32 34.2 12.2 2.8 3.3 0.9 0.0 2.1
Riley Abercrombie 26 24.7 8.2 4.2 0.9 0.2 0.4 0.8
Caleb Shaw 32 17.1 5.2 2.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 1.1
Brock Wisne 31 17.0 5.2 3.6 0.4 0.7 0.1 0.7
Theo Hughes 32 16.1 2.9 4.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 1.0
Jamel Melvin 11 6.2 1.9 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.3
Langston Reynolds 25 10.5 1.7 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.9
Connor Creech 28 11.8 1.6 1.8 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.4
Bryce Kennedy 9 11.8 1.6 1.9 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.9
Dawson Mohr 3 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jalen Page 4 2.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Juju Ramirez 14 8.3 0.6 1.7 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.4

2022-2023 Northern Colorado Bears Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Steve Smiley Head Coach 2020-2021 Associate Head Coach (Northern Colorado, 2016 to 2020)
Dorian Green Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Graduate Manager (Nebraska, 2017 to 2019)
Cory Fehringer Assistant Coach 2020-2021 Head Coach (Western Nebraska CC, 2019 to 2020)
Houston Reed Assistant Coach 2020-2021 Head Coach (Chadron State, 2016 to 2020)
Darren Dunn Athletic Director 2013-2014 N/A
Tyler Hill Director of Sports Performance 2021-2022 N/A
Brett Cloepfil Director of Basketball Operations 2022-2023 Director of Player Development (Northern Colorado, 2020 to 2022)
Colin Gause Director of Player Development 2022-2023 Assistant Coach (Western Nebraska CC, 2021 to 2022)
Maddie Biehl Athletic Trainer 2018-2019 N/A