Andre Riddick (born February 1, 1973) is a retired American professional

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player. 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

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from 1991 to 1995.

Tenure at Kentucky

Nicknamed "The Rejector" Andre Riddick held the single season block record at 83 for Kentucky together with

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until it was broken by

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in 2012, and he held the Kentucky single game block record of 9 together with

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until it was broken by

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in 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. Riddick often performed a shuffle after he dunked the basketball. Riddick and his Kentucky teammates made the NCAA Final Four in 1993. During Kentucky's 1995 NCAA tournament Elite Eight game against North Carolina, Riddick angrily confronted

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after Wallace hit him with his elbow, resulting in a technical foul issued to

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, a call hotly disputed by former Kentucky coach

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Coaching career

Riddick continued to coach in the Cincinnati area with the private coaching service

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