John Flippen 41 Class: Sophomore Hometown: Evant, Texas High School: Evant HS Height / Weight: 7-2 / 290 Position: Center Birthdate: 01/10/1980 Experience: 1L

Big man slated to take over the post position in 2000-2001… Third-year sophomore praised by coaches for offseason improvement, particularly on agility… Showed impressive shot-blocking ability in latter stages of freshman season, including a Big 12 Tournament-record eight swats in victory over Nebraska… Attended Pete Newell’s Big Man camp in Hawai’i during offseason.

1999-2000 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 28 games as backup center… Totaled 35 blocks, despite averaging just 12.0 minutes per game… 35 blocks ranked 10th on Baylor’s single-season list… Registered an impressive 18 blocks in the season’s final seven games, all against Big 12 teams… Set a Big 12 Tournament single-game record with eight blocks in upset victory over Nebraska in Kansas City… Averaged 2.3 points and 2.7 rebounds while shooting 49 percent from the field in 1999-2000… Also totaled 10 steals and shot 52.2 percent from the 3-point line for the season… Came on strong at Jacksonville, shooting 5-for-5 from the field for a season-high 11 points... Scored six points and grabbed five rebounds in 22 minutes in close loss to Missouri… Played a season-high 26 minutes against Oklahoma, scoring six points with four boards.

1998-99 (Freshman): Sat out true freshman season as a redshirt.

HIGH SCHOOL: Averaged 24 points, 16 rebounds and 9.9 blocks for Evant High School in Evant, Texas, as a senior... Evant reached the third round of the playoffs and lost to a team which advanced on to the state tournament in Austin... Earned all-state, all-region and all-area... Played in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches all-star game in Houston... As a junior, averaged 14 points, 10 boards and nine blocks... Selected 1997 district co-MVP, Central Texas’ “Best Blocker” in 1997 and among Who’s Who in Sports in 1997... Made two all-tournament teams, played at the invitation-only Mid-America Basketball Academy in Kansas City, Mo., in the BCI national championship tournament in Colorado Springs and on Bill Linton’s AAU summer league team... Named one of the top juniors by Mike Kunstadt in Texas Hoops... One of the top players at the Nike Invitational Shootout in 1997... District’s newcomer of the year in 1996... Also played football for Evant three years and golf two years.

PERSONAL: Aunt and uncle both played basketball at Ranger Junior College in Ranger, Texas… Born 1-11-80 in Austin, Texas… Son of Jimmy and Johnafaye Flippen… Majoring in environmental studies and anthropology.

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