# Cincinnati Stuff > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cincinnati_Stuff > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cincinnati_Stuff.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Stuff > Source revision: 1344713392 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) The **Cincinnati Stuff** were a [professional basketball](/source/Professional_basketball) team in the [International Basketball League](/source/International_Basketball_League_(1999%E2%80%932001)) (IBL) from 1999 to 2001. ## History The Cincinnati Stuff were founded in March 1999, with Doug Kirchhofer as president[1] and former [NBA](/source/NBA) MVP [Oscar Robertson](/source/Oscar_Robertson) as an advisor and part owner together with Neil Kirchhofer.[2][3] The Stuff held the 1st pick of the 1999 IBL draft,[4] which they used to select [Devin Davis](/source/Devin_Davis_(basketball,_born_1974)).[5] However, Davis never played for the franchise, and the final roster for the first season was announced in late November 1999: the first players were [Roderick Blakney](/source/Roderick_Blakney), Lenny Brown, [Allen Edwards](/source/Allen_Edwards_(basketball)), Damon Flint, Damon Frierson, Phil Hickey, [Courtney James](/source/Courtney_James), [Chris Kingsbury](/source/Chris_Kingsbury), [Soumaila Samake](/source/Soumaila_Samake), Alex Sanders, Eric Taylor and [Wayne Turner](/source/Wayne_Turner_(basketball)).[6] The head coach was [Joby Wright](/source/Joby_Wright), with Greg Herenda and Scott Spinelli as assistant coaches. In their first season, the Cincinnati Stuff finished with a record of 43–21 and won the East Division, qualifying for the playoffs, where they lost 2–0 in the conference semifinals against the [Richmond Rhythm](/source/Richmond_Rhythm). In 32 regular season games, the team had an average attendance of 3,615 (the league average was 3,072).[7] In June 2000 Joby Wright announced that he would not return to coach the Stuff for the 2000–01 season.[8] In the [2000 NBA draft](/source/2000_NBA_draft) Soumaila Samake, who averaged 9.7 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game,[9] was selected by the [New Jersey Nets](/source/New_Jersey_Nets) with the 36th pick: he is the only player drafted from the IBL to the NBA. On July 1, 2000 the franchise announced [Mike Frink](/source/Mike_Frink) (former assistant coach of the [Brazil national basketball team](/source/Brazil_national_basketball_team) during the [1992](/source/Basketball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament) and [1996 Olympics](/source/Basketball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament))[10] as the new head coach.[11] In their second season the Stuff signed [Billy Thomas](/source/Billy_Thomas_(basketball)), who they had drafted in 1999,[12] and finished the season with a 27–24 record (.529). The franchise ceased operations after the IBL folded in 2001. ## Season-by-season records Years Head coach GP W L Pct. GB Finish Playoffs 1999–00 Joby Wright 64 43 21 .672 – 1st IBL East Lost IBL Eastern Conference Semifinal 2–0 Vs Richmond Rhythm 2000–01 Mike Frink 51 27 24 .529 ## All-time roster - [Roderick Blakney](/source/Roderick_Blakney) - Lenny Brown - [Joe Courtney](/source/Joe_Courtney_(basketball)) - [Allen Edwards](/source/Allen_Edwards_(basketball)) - Damon Flint - [Tremaine Fowlkes](/source/Tremaine_Fowlkes) - Damon Frierson - [Ronnie Grandison](/source/Ronnie_Grandison) - Derrick Hayes - Phil Hickey - [Courtney James](/source/Courtney_James) - [Nate Johnson](/source/Nate_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1977)) - Jamie Kendrick - [Chris Kingsbury](/source/Chris_Kingsbury) - [Melvin Levett](/source/Melvin_Levett) - Martin Lewis - [Todd Lindeman](/source/Todd_Lindeman) - Jeff Potter - [George Reese](/source/George_Reese_(basketball)) - [Soumaila Samake](/source/Soumaila_Samake) - Alex Sanders - Nick Sheppard - Eric Taylor - [Marcus Taylor](/source/Marcus_Taylor_(basketball,_born_1976)) - [Billy Thomas](/source/Billy_Thomas_(basketball)) - [Wayne Turner](/source/Wayne_Turner_(basketball)) - [Jaquay Walls](/source/Jaquay_Walls) - Fred Williams ## Awards - All-IBL First team: [Tremaine Fowlkes](/source/Tremaine_Fowlkes) (2000), [Roderick Blakney](/source/Roderick_Blakney) (2001) - All-IBL Second team: Alex Sanders (2000) ## References 1. "City will get to see the Stuff teams are made of". *[The Cincinnati Enquirer](/source/The_Cincinnati_Enquirer)*. March 18, 1999. p. 31. 1. "Professional basketball is back with all the right STUFF". *The Cincinnati Enquirer*. November 13, 1999. p. 24. 1. Jones, Brent (November 25, 1999). ["IBL at a glance"](https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1999-11-25-9911250071-story.html). *[The Baltimore Sun](/source/The_Baltimore_Sun)*. Retrieved April 7, 2019. 1. "Can success be easy as A-B-C for new IBL?". *The Cincinnati Enquirer*. July 19, 1999. p. 40. 1. "Davis top pick by IBL's Stuff". *[Dayton Daily News](/source/Dayton_Daily_News)*. July 20, 1999. p. 9. 1. "Stuff cut XU's, sign UK's Turner". *The Cincinnati Enquirer*. November 20, 1999. p. 38. 1. "Stuff, IBL will return for sophomore season". *The Cincinnati Enquirer*. May 20, 2000. p. 14. 1. "Wright won't coach Stuff in 2nd season". *The Cincinnati Enquirer*. June 2, 2000. p. 47. 1. "New Jersey selects Stuff center Samake". *The Cincinnati Enquirer*. June 29, 2000. p. 25. 1. ["Mike Frink"](https://cubuffs.com/coaches.aspx?rc=90&path=mbball). cubuffs.com. Retrieved April 13, 2019. 1. "Frink's past has global feel". *The Cincinnati Enquirer*. July 1, 2000. p. 35. 1. "BASKETBALL IBL draftees". *The Cincinnati Enquirer*. July 21, 1999. p. 44. ## External links - [INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE HISTORY](http://www.apbr.org/ibl9900.html) on apbr.org --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Cincinnati Stuff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Stuff) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Stuff?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.