Ekpe Udoh

Ekpedeme Friday "Ekpe" Udoh is a Nigerian-American professional <a href="/facts/Basketball/M5pl4Pzo">basketball</a> coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the <a href="/facts/Atlanta_Hawks/2QX8KhMK">Atlanta Hawks</a> of the <a href="/facts/National_Basketball_Association/Vd3EUFfa">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA). He played <a href="/facts/College_basketball/RKfLFya3">college basketball</a> for the <a href="/facts/Michigan_Wolverines_men%2527s_basketball/W3S44Vnq">Michigan Wolverines</a> and the <a href="/facts/Baylor_Bears_basketball/udRcjYcb">Baylor Bears</a>. In the <a href="/facts/2010_NBA_draft/NU6CyEHA">2010 NBA draft</a>, he was selected by the <a href="/facts/Golden_State_Warriors/RdR6buBk">Golden State Warriors</a> with the sixth overall pick.
With a 7'4 1⁄2" <a href="/facts/Wingspan/xsWBF9Qa">wingspan</a>, Udoh was the <a href="/facts/Big_12_Conference/qEQ8RlT0">Big 12 Conference</a>'s leading shot blocker during the 2009–10 season. He led the conference in his only season at <a href="/facts/2009%25E2%2580%259310_Baylor_Bears_basketball_team/dtKhGpsL">Baylor (2009–10)</a>, after transferring from <a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan/6e1Ea5xh">Michigan</a> where, as a sophomore for the <a href="/facts/2007%25E2%2580%259308_Michigan_Wolverines_men%2527s_basketball_team/uLwdAvA3">2007–08 Michigan Wolverines</a>, he led the <a href="/facts/Big_Ten_Conference/0IzwKheT">Big Ten Conference</a> in blocked shots with 2.9 per game (92 blocks total) in 2007–08. A two−time <a href="/facts/All-EuroLeague_Team/dPxbm4dK">All-EuroLeague Team</a> selection, Udoh led Fenerbahçe to a <a href="/facts/EuroLeague/Y7CWaYB0">EuroLeague</a> title in <a href="/facts/2017_EuroLeague_Final_Four/8vjdenHr">2017</a>, earning the <a href="/facts/EuroLeague_Final_Four_MVP/Jh9HnPJg">EuroLeague Final Four MVP</a> award in the process.
Udoh was selected for the senior <a href="/facts/Nigeria_national_basketball_team/XT6Yjay0">Nigerian national team</a> for both the <a href="/facts/2019_FIBA_World_Cup/dS129JFf">2019 FIBA World Cup</a> and the <a href="/facts/Basketball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%25E2%2580%2593_Men%2527s_tournament/p8YYvJDF">2020 Olympic Games</a>.

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