 He was their 6'11" center, scoring 1,805 points and grabbing 995 rebounds.He led the Wildcats (he was #1 on the team in scoring and rebounding for three consecutive seasons) to an NIT berth in 1999 with a 15-14 record.In the 1999 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, his 8th seeded wildcats nearly beat the #1 seeded Michigan State Spartans but lost a last second shot to Spartan great Mateen Cleaves.