• Head Coach
• Seasons: 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05
• Birthdate: March 18, 1954

The bulk of content about Lappas can be found here: http://umasshoops.com/roster/steve_lappas.htm

• Introduced on 3/26/2001, becoming the 19th head coach in program history. Was a five-year deal. Others who interviewed for the job were Fran McCaffery, Jim Larrañaga, and Jim Baron.

• 2004-05 season: Winning overall and conference record, beat #7 UConn, bad call loss at Dayton, Rashaun Freeman made A-10 First Team, but schedule was stacked with home games, home attendance averaged 3,943, and team got bounced in the first round of the A-10 Tournament.
• 2003-04 season:
• 2002-03 season:
• 2001-02 season:

• 13-16 (.448) overall record
• 6-10 (.375) in the A-10, 4th place finish in the East (6 teams)

Player summaries:

• Shannon Crooks - Did well in his senior season, filling some of the scoring void left by Monty Mack, averaged 14.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 4.0 apg in 35.1 mpg.
• Anthony Anderson - Named the A-10 Rookie of the Year. Immediate impact with 10.0 ppg, 3.4 rpg, .388 from 3.
• Kit Rhymer - Numbers went down a bit from the year before, in the same amount of minutes. Led the team on the glass at 6.0 rpg, and 47 blocks.
• Micah Brand - Got more minutes and upped his numbers to 9.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg.
• Raheim Lamb - Decent start for the first-year player with 5.7 ppg and 3.4 rpg.
• Eric Williams - Capable backup to Rhymer and Brand in the post, finishing up his career.
• Kyle Wilson - Freshman did freshman things, with 3.9 ppg. Struggled a bit with .306 from the floor, .235 from three.
• Willie Jenkins - Struggled to break through, with just 3.0 points and 2.2 rebounds in 11.5 minutes per game.

Newcomers:
Brennan Martin and Kyle Wilson signed in April and were eligible to play in the Fall.
Marcus Cox transferred in but had to sit out a year.

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