2011
Tigers On TV/Radio/Web
Wednesday, Nov. 2 • 7 pm CT FedExForum • Memphis, Tenn.
By The Numbers...
91
• The Tigers open their 91st basketball season with an exhibition vs. LeMoyne-Owen Wednesday
88.3
• Memphis returns 88.3 percent of pts scored in 2010-11; last yr., the Tigers only returned 33.7 percent of pts scored in 2009-10
11/9
• Tigers’ preseason ranking in both national polls (AP/Coaches); Memphis is ranked in preseason for 7th time in last 8 years
8
• Number of players on Tigers’ roster from city of Memphis; most players from the Bluff City since 1995-96 (9 players)
Media Relations Info Contact ......................Lamar Chance Office ..........................901-678-2349 Cell..............................901-734-9949 Home ..........................901-465-4247 Email .........lchance1@memphis.edu Mailing/Overnight Address ............ 203 Athletic Office Building 570 Normal St. Memphis, TN 38152
WHAT THE TIGERS DID A YEAR AGO • Memphis finished 2011-12 with a 25-10 overall record and a 10-6 Conference USA mark (4th place). • The Tigers won the 2011 Conference USA Tournament title with a thrilling 67-66 win over UTEP on the Miners’ homecourt. • Joe Jackson was named the C-USA Tournament MVP.
Schedule-Results (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) N ovem ber 2 11 15 21 22 23 28
LEMOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE#............................7 PM CHRISTIAN BROTHERS#! ....................................8 PM BELMONT^ (ESPN) ........................................11 AM vs. Michigan^ (ESPN2) ..................................2 pm vs. Duke/Tennessee^ (ESPN/2) ...................... TBA TBD^ (ESPN/2/U) .......................................... TBA JACKSON STATE (SPORTSOUTH).........................7 PM
3 6 11 17 19 22 29 31
AUSTIN PEAY (CSS) .................................... 7:30 PM at Miami, Fla. (ESPN2)...................................8 pm MURRAY STATE (CSS).......................................5 PM at Louisville% (CBS Sports)...........................3 pm LIPSCOMB (CSS) ...............................................6 PM at Georgetown (ESPN2)..................................6 pm ROBERT MORRIS (CSS) ....................................6 PM CHARLOTTE (CSS) ............................................8 PM
4 7 11 14 18 21 25 28
TENNESSEE (FSN)..............................................7 PM at UAB* (CBSSN) ..........................................8 pm SOUTHERN MISS* (CSS) ...................................6 PM at Houston* (CBSSN) .....................................8 pm at UCF* (CBSSN) ...........................................7 pm SMU* (SPORTSOUTH).....................................12 PM RICE* (SPORTSOUTH) ........................................7 PM MARSHALL* (CSS)............................................8 PM
1 4 8 11 15 18 22 25 28
at Southern Miss* (CBSSN) ...........................7 pm XAVIER (FSN)..................................................12 PM at East Carolina* (CSS)...................................6 pm UAB* (CSS) .....................................................7 PM at Tulane* (SportSouth) .................................. TBA UTEP* (FSN) ................................................12 PM EAST CAROLINA* (CBSSN) .............................7 PM at Marshall* (FSN) ..........................................3 pm UCF* (CSS) .....................................................8 PM
D ec em ber
J anuar y
Febr uar y
M ar c h 3 7-10
at Tulsa* (CBS Sports) .................................. 11 am Conference USA Tournament (Memphis, Tenn./FedExForum) Home games in bold SMALL CAPS *C-USA Game !doubleheader with women’s team #Exhibition ^EA Sports Maui Invitational %Basketball Hall of Fame Shootout
Probable Starters/Top Reserves vs. LeMoyne-Owen College Memphis Starters
LeMoyne-Owen College vs. Memphis
SETTING THE SCENE • Memphis hosts LeMoyne-Owen College Wednesday, Nov. 2 in the Tigers’ first exhibition contest of the 2011-12 season. • The Tigers are ranked in both preseason national polls, coming in No. 11 in the Associated Press poll and No. 9 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll. • Memphis returns all five starters and 10 letterwinners from last year’s squad. • LeMoyne Owen College enters Wednesday’s exhibition having already played a regular season game this past weekend. The Magicians defeated Rust College 87-62 Oct. 29. • The Magicians return five players from last year’s squad.
No. 2 3 4 5 10
Name Antonio Barton Chris Crawford Charles Carmouche Will Barton Tarik Black
Pos G G G G F
1 11
Joe Jackson Wesley Witherspoon
G F/G
Yr Ht/Wt So. 6-2/165 So. 6-4/205 Sr. 6-3/185 So. 6-6/175 So. 6-8/252 — Reserves — So. 6-0/175 Sr. 6-9/207
PPG* RPG* 8.2 2.5 6.6 3.3apg 7.4 3.3 12.3 4.9 9.1 5.0 9.9 9.0
3.1apg 4.3
Hometown Baltimore, Md. Memphis, Tenn. New Orleans, La. Baltimore, Md. Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn. Atlanta, Ga.
*stats are from 2010-11 season; starters and reserves are based on NCAA Tournament game vs. Arizona
LOC Starters
Exhibition #1
Television: None Radio: WREC 600 AM (Dave Woloshin, play-by-play; Matt Dillon, color analyst; Forrest Goodman, studio host) Web: Game to be streamed live on Memphis athletics web site at gotigersgo.com via All-Access (must register to view game)
2012
Memphis Tigers Basketball
No. 10 11 12 22 42 21 34
Name Brandon Hopson Deyquan Nesbitt Chris Brown Teshawn Byron Calvin Stoudemire Jean Mathieu DeAndre Gant
Pos G G F G F F F
Yr Ht Jr. 6-2 Sr. 5-11 Jr. 6-2 Sr. 6-6 Sr. 6-7 — Reserves — Fr. 6-4 Sr. 6-7
#stats are following its season opener Oct. 29
PPG# RPG# 18.0 3.0 12.0 2.0 6.0 3.0apg 23.0 3.0 10.0 4.0 8.0 2.0
3.0 3.0
Hometown Memphis, Tenn. Harlem, N.Y. Racine, Wis. Stanton Island, N.Y. Lake Wales, Fla. Fort Pierce, Fla. Detroit, Mich.
Exhibition #1 • Memphis vs. LeMoyne-Owen College • Page 2 National Polls 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
Associated Press (Preseason) North Carolina (62).....................0-0 Kentucky .....................................0-0 Ohio State (1) ..............................0-0 Connecticut (2) ...........................0-0 Syracuse ......................................0-0 Duke ............................................0-0 Vanderbilt ....................................0-0 Florida .........................................0-0 Louisville.....................................0-0 Pittsburgh ....................................0-0 Memphis ....................................0-0 Baylor .........................................0-0 Kansas.........................................0-0 Xavier ..........................................0-0 Wisconsin....................................0-0 Arizona........................................0-0 UCLA ..........................................0-0 Michigan .....................................0-0 Alabama ......................................0-0 Texas A&M .................................0-0 Cincinnati ....................................0-0 Marquette ....................................0-0 Gonzaga ......................................0-0 California ....................................0-0 Missouri ......................................0-0 ARV: #36 Belmont, #43 Miami, Fla. #46 Marshall ESPN/USA Today Coaches (Preseason) North Carolina (30).....................0-0 Kentucky (1) ...............................0-0 Ohio State ...................................0-0 Connecticut .................................0-0 Syracuse ......................................0-0 Duke ............................................0-0 Vanderbilt ....................................0-0 Louisville.....................................0-0 Memphis ....................................0-0 Florida .........................................0-0 Pittsburgh ....................................0-0 Baylor .........................................0-0 Kansas.........................................0-0 Wisconsin....................................0-0 Xavier ..........................................0-0 Arizona........................................0-0 Alabama ......................................0-0 Michigan .....................................0-0 Texas A&M .................................0-0 UCLA ..........................................0-0 Marquette ....................................0-0 Cincinnati ....................................0-0 Gonzaga ......................................0-0 California ....................................0-0 Missouri ......................................0-0 ARV: None
Memphis/LeMoyne-Owen Statistical Comparison
Memphis/LeMoyne-Owen Series Information
Statistic Record RPI Sagarin Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Scoring Margin Free Throw Percentage Field Goal Percentage Field Goal Pct. Defense 3-Point Field Goal Pct. 3-Point FG Pct. Defense Rebounding Offense Rebounding Defense Rebounding Margin Blocked Shots Assists Steals
Overall series* ....................... Memphis leads 5-0 Last exhibition meeting ..................Nov. 3, 2010 UofM 106, LOC 49 FedExForum/Memphis (last meeting boxscore on page 3) Longest UofM win streak .................................. 5 ...............................................(2004-05 to 2010-11) *all games in series are exhibitions
All-Time Results Versus LeMoyne-Owen College 2010-11 Exhibition .......... Memphis 106, LOC 49 2009-10 Exhibition ............ Memphis 98, LOC 68 2006-07 Exhibition .......... Memphis 113, LOC 63 2005-06 Exhibition .......... Memphis 104, LOC 60 2004-05 Exhibition .......... Memphis 110, LOC 46
U of M* 25-10 — — 72.1 68.3 +3.8 .680 .451 .417 .329 .330 35.6 34.8 +0.8 5.2 14.6 8.5
LOC* 10-19 — — 71.3 73.3 -2.0 .698 .434 .415 .335 .339 34.8 36.7 -1.9 4.8 10.3 7.8
* stats are from 2010-11
• With the C-USA Tournament title, Memphis earned the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament, where the No. 12 seed Tigers dropped a narrow 77-75 decision to No. 5 seed Arizona in the second round. WHAT THE MAGICIANS DID A YEAR AGO • LeMoyne-Owen College finished 2011-12 with a 10-19 overall record and a 9-15 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) mark (tied 8th place). • The Magicians lost to Paine 68-65 in their opening game of the SIAC Tournament. SCOUTING THE MAGICIANS • LeMoyne-Owen College won its 2011-12 season opener Oct. 29 with an 87-62 win over Rust College.
• Senior Teshawn Byron led four Magicians in double figures with a gamehigh 23 points. Brandon Hopson (18 points), Deyquan Nesbitt (12) and Calvin Stoudemire (10) also netted double figures. • LeMoyne-Owen finished 2011-12 with a 10-19 overall record and a 9-15 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) mark (tied 8th place). • The Magicians return five players from last year’s roster. • Junior forward Chris Brown is the team’s leading returning scorer at 8.1 ppg. • Senior forward Calvin Stoudemire is the Magicians’ top returning rebounder at 4.2 rpg.
P o l l Tra cki n g Th e Ti g e rs Following Memphis In The Polls D-12
D-19
D-26
J-2
J-23 J-30 F-6 F-13 F-20 F-27 AP Coaches PS — preseason ranking; PT — post-tournament ranking
M-5
M-12
PT
AP Coaches
PS 11 9
N-14
N-21
N-28
D-5
J-9
J-16
Tigers Record With Starters
Record Games
Starters
*Tigers opponents/possible opponents in italics
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Exhibition #1 • Memphis vs. LeMoyne-Owen College • Page 3 2011-12 Memphis Numerical Roster No.
Name
Pos
Ht
Wt
Yr
Hometown/High School/Last School
0
Ferrakohn Hall***
F
6-8
224
Jr.
1 2
Joe Jackson Antonio Barton
G G
6-1 6-2
164 170
So. So.
3 4
Chris Crawford Charles Carmouche
G G
6-4 6-3
212 183
So. Sr.
5
Will Barton
G
6-6
175
So.
Memphis, Tenn./White Station HS/ Seton Hall University Memphis, Tenn./White Station HS Baltimore, Md./Lake Clifton HS/ Notre Dame Prep Memphis, Tenn./Sheffield HS New Orleans, La./McMain HS/ University of New Orleans Baltimore, Md./Lake Clifton HS/ Brewster Academy Memphis, Tenn./Ridgeway HS Atlanta, Ga./Berkmar HS Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers HS Yaoundé, Cameroon/The Miller School (Va.) Memphis, Tenn./Mitchell HS Jackson, Tenn./Liberty Tech Killeen, Texas/Herker Heights HS Memphis, Tenn./Germantown HS Chicago, Ill./ Simeon Career Academy/ Univ. of Illinois/John A. Logan College Memphis, Tenn./Melrose HS
10 11 12 14 15 23 30 31 32
Tarik Black Wesley Witherspoon Drew Barham Hippolyte Tsafack Trey Draper Charles Holt D.J. Stephens Preston Laird Stan Simpson
F F/G G/F F G G F/G G F
6-8 6-9 6-7 6-8 5-10 5-10 6-5 6-3 6-10
243 207 195 240 175 165 187 183 232
So. Sr. Jr. r-Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr.
35
Adonis Thomas
F/G
6-6
222
Fr.
*** Eligible to play Dec. 15, 2011; mid-season transfer in 2010-11
Pronunciation Guide Drew BARHAM ...............................BAR - um TARIK Black ...................................... tar - ICK Charles CARMOUCHE ............ car - MOOCH FERRAKOHN Hall...............FAIR - uh - CON
LAST EXHIBITION MEETING (2010) Memphis 106, LeMoyne-Owen 49 Nov. 3, 2010
LOC FG-A 3P-A Stoudemire 2-8 0-0 Barbee 1-3 1-2 Wilson 0-1 0-0 McKinnie 2-7 1-2 Hopson 2-9 1-5 Nesbit 1-2 0-0 Nance 4-9 2-6 Evans 0-4 0-0 Robertson 4-7 3-4 Hampton 1-4 0-0 Gant 1-3 0-0 TEAM Totals 18-57 8-19 Memphis Coleman Witherspoon Garcia Barton, A. Carmouche Jackson Crawford Black Barham Tsafack Draper Holt Stephens TEAM Totals
FT-A RB TP A TO 1-2 3 5 1 2 0-0 1 3 0 1 0-0 5 0 0 1 2-2 2 7 1 5 0-0 2 5 1 4 0-1 1 2 3 5 0-2 1 10 0 4 0-0 3 0 3 0 0-0 1 11 1 4 2-3 2 4 0 1 0-1 1 2 0 0 1 5-11 23 49 10 27
B 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FT-A RB TP A TO 1-4 7 7 1 6 3-5 4 12 3 0 3-6 9 10 0 1 3-4 2 3 2 2 7-8 3 18 3 0 1-1 1 9 3 2 2-2 1 8 5 3 5-8 8 15 1 3 2-2 4 13 1 2 0-0 5 2 0 0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0-0 2 0 2 0 2-4 4 6 1 0 0 34-58 9-21 29-44 50 106 22 19
B 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
FG-A 3-5 4-6 3-5 0-2 4-7 4-6 2-5 5-8 5-9 1-1 1-1 0-1 2-2
3P-A 0-0 1-1 1-3 0-1 3-3 0-2 2-4 0-0 1-5 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-0
LeMoyne-Owen 26 23 Memphis 45 61 Officials: Hartzell, St. Clair, Divine
— —
49 106
S Min 0 22 0 13 2 21 0 22 2 31 0 14 0 16 2 13 0 13 0 21 0 14
2 6 200 S Min 0 16 0 15 1 18 0 22 1 22 1 19 3 21 0 16 0 20 0 11 0 3 0 3 4 14
6 10 200
Josh PASTNER ..............................PASS - ner D.J. STEPHENS .......................... STEF - fens Damon STOUDAMIRE ...STAH - uh - MIRE HIPPOLYTE TSAFACK ....HIP - po - LEET ....................................................... CHA - fack • Head coach William B. Anderson is in his third season at the helm of the LeMoyne-Owen College program. • Anderson, who also serves as the school’s athletics director, has a 23-34 overall record in his two seasons. PASTNER IN THIRD YEAR AT MEMPHIS • Josh Pastner (Arizona, 1998) is in his third season as head coach at the University of Memphis • A Kingwood, Texas, native, Pastner was hired as the program’s 17th head coach on Apr. 7, 2009. • Pastner has a record of 49-20 at Memphis in his two seasons. • Last year, Pastner guided Memphis to a 2510 overall record and a 10-6 Conference USA mark. The Tigers won the 2011 C-USA Tournament title and earned an NCAA Tournament berth. • In his first year as head coach in 2009-10, Pastner’s Tigers posted a 24-10 overall and a 13-3 C-USA mark. Memphis earned a National Invitation Tournament (NIT) berth and advanced to the second round. • Pastner served as an assistant coach for the Tigers in the 2008-09 season. • Prior to joining the Memphis basketball family, Pastner spent 12 years of his college basketball life at Arizona as a player, staff member and assistant coach. • While in Tucson, Pastner was a member of Wildcats squads that made 12-straight NCAA Tournament appearances and posted a 290-103 record (1997-2008).
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203 Athletic Office Bldg. 570 Normal St. Memphis, TN 38152 901-678-2337 901-678-4134
STAFF Jennifer Rodrigues, Asst. AD/MRD................. jmpowers@memphis.edu Lamar Chance, Asst. MRD/MBB Contact ..... lchance1@memphis.edu Tammy DeGroff, Asst. MRD/WBB Contact ... tdegroff@memphis.edu Brandon Kolditz, Asst. MRD ........................... wkolditz@memphis.edu Allison Schatell, Asst. MRD ............................ allison.schatell@memphis.edu Mark Taylor, Asst. MRD .................................. mark.taylor@memphis.edu Martha Woods, Secretary ................................. mwoods@memphis.edu Preston McClellan, Intern ................................ pmcclln@memphis.edu Bryan McEldowney, Intern .............................. b.mceldowney@memphis.edu Jennifer Rothlisberger, Intern j.rothlisberger@memphis.edu Adam K. Moussa, Student Assistant ................ akmoussa@memphis.edu
TIGERS ON THE WEB For game notes, rosters, statistics and other information on Memphis Tigers basketball, go to the University of Memphis athletics website at:
www.GoTigersGo.com
TIGERS ON THE RADIO All Memphis basketball games are broadcast on the Tigers’ network flagship station, WREC 600AM. Dave Woloshin calls the playby-play, while Matt Dillon serves as the color analyst. Dillon and Forrest Goodman (in studio) host the pre- and postgame shows. WREC 600AM also broadcasts Josh Pastner’s weekly radio show, which is held at the Lynchburg Legends Bar & Grill located in the East Memphis DoubleTree Inn. Forrest Goodman serves as host of the weekly call-in show. The first Pastner radio weekly call-in show is scheduled for Nov. 29.
JOSH PASTNER TELEVISION SHOW Head coach Josh Pastner’s weekly television coach’s show is televised every Sunday night at 10 p.m. (CT) during the season by FOX 13/WHBQ-TV in Memphis. The show begins in early December. Dave Woloshin and Matt Stark serve as the show’s co-hosts.
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Exhibition #1 • Memphis vs. LeMoyne-Owen College • Page 4 • Pastner was a player on the 1996-97 Arizona team that won the NCAA title. MEMPHIS REPRESENTIN’ • The city of Memphis will be well represented in Wednesday’s exhibition contest between the Tigers and Magicians. • The squads combine to have 10 players from Memphis area on the two rosters. • LeMoyne-Owen has two players — Brandon Hopson and Turio Tumblin — that call the Bluff City home. • On the Tigers’ side, eight players hail from the Memphis area. Drew Barham, Tarik Black, Chris Crawford, Trey Draper, Ferrakohn Hall, Joe Jackson, Preston Laird and Adonis Thomas all are from Memphis. DID YOU KNOW? • Memphis’ Josh Pastner and LeMoyne-Owen’s William Anderson were hired within two days of each other in the spring of 2009. • Memphis named Pastner its head coach on Apr. 7, 2009, while LeMoyne-Owen selected Anderson as its program’s mentor on Apr. 9, 2009. • Both Pastner and Anderson roamed the sidelines in their first games as head coaches against each other on Nov. 3, 2009. The Tigers won that exhibition encounter 98-68 at FedExForum. MEMPHIS RANKED IN PRESEASON POLLS • The Tigers find themselves in both national preseason polls this year, checking in at No. 11 in the Associated Press poll and No. 9 in the ESPN/ USA Today coaches poll. • It is the seventh time in the last eight seasons
Memphis has been ranked in the preseason. • The No. 11 Associated Press poll preseason ranking is the second-highest since the turn of century (2000-01). The only Tigers team ranked higher in the Associated Press preseason poll was the 2007-08 squad (No. 3). • In its history, Memphis has been ranked a total of 19 times in the preseason polls. and the following shows that: Year 2011-12 2010-11 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2001-02 1995-96 1992-93
Rank #11 #19 #13 #3 #13 #12 #24 #12 #12 #8
Year 1989-90 1985-86 1984-85 1983-84 1982-83 1975-76 1974-75 1973-74 1972-73
Rank #24 #14 #5 #5 #6 #19 #15 #20 #11
TIGERS PICKED TO WIN C-USA, EARN NCAA TOURNEY BID • In most preseason publications, Memphis is the favorite to win the 2011-12 Conference USA regular season crown. The Sporting News, Lindy’s, Athlon Sports and CBSSports.com all pick the Tigers to finish first in the C-USA regular season standings. • Athlon Sports picked the Tigers to advance to the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen. • CBSSports.com’s Jerry Palm picked Memphis as the No. 2 seed in the South Region of the 2012 NCAA Tournament. The Tigers would open play against the No. 15 seed Hampton in
Nashville. • Lindy’s ranked Memphis No. 13 in its preseason magazine. • Blue Ribbon College Yearbook ranked the Tigers No. 12 in its preseason poll. WILL BARTON, JACKSON NAMED TO WOODEN AWARD WATCH LIST • Will Barton and Joe Jackson both were named to the 2011-12 John R. Wooden Award preseason watch list, The Los Angeles Athletic Club Wooden Award Committee announced on Oct. 3. • The Wooden Award has been given annually to college basketball’s Player of the Year since 1976. THOMAS SELECTED TO TISDALE WATCH LIST • Adonis Thomas was named to the 2011-12 the 2011-12 Wayman Tisdale Award preseason watch list, the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) announced Oct. 20. • The Tisdale Award is given annually to college basketball’s Freshman of the Year. • Thomas was one of 12 freshmen from across the nation to be named to the Tisdale Award watch list. • In 2009, Memphis’ Tyreke Evans was selected the USBWA National Freshman of the Year. THREE TIGERS NAMED TO PRESEASON ALL-C-USA TEAMS • Three Tigers were named to the 2011-12 preseason All-Conference USA teams, as voted on by the league’s head coaches.
FedExForum
The Home of The Tigers The 2011-12 season marks the eighth for the Tigers in their home arena, FedExForum, which officially opened in September, 2004. Located just a few feet off Beale Street on historic Highway 61, FedExForum rises to extend the heart of the Memphis entertainment district. Memphis plays all of its 2011-12 home contests in the 18,400seat arena, which serves as the host for the 2012 Conference USA Tournaments (men/women). FedExForum was also the host site for the 2005-09 Conference USA Tournaments, 2009 NCAA Men’s South Regional and 2010 NCAA Women’s South Regional. At 135 feet high, FedExForum provides a new backdrop for historic Beale Street. The 805,850 square-feet arena, covering 13.8 acres, features five levels as well as state-of-the-art locker rooms and facilities for sports teams, as well as an exceptional dining and entertainment experiences for its patrons.
Capacity: 18,400 Open House: Sept. 6, 2004 First Event: Usher concert, Sept. 17, 2004 First Memphis Tiger event: Midnight Madness, Oct. 15, 2004 First Memphis exhibition game: vs. Christian Brothers, Nov. 6, 2004 (81-70, W) First Memphis regular season game: vs. Savannah State, Coaches vs. Cancer, Nov. 11, 2004 (102-40, W) Memphis record in FedExForum: 127-15 (.894 winning percentage)
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Exhibition #1 • Memphis vs. LeMoyne-Owen College • Page 5 “What A Difference A Year Makes” By The Numbers
• Will Barton was a preseason All-C-USA first team pick, while Tarik Black and Joe Jackson were selected to the All-C-USA second team. • In 2010-11, Barton was a preseason All-C-USA second team pick as a freshman.
Last year, the Tigers had one of the most inexperienced teams in college basketball, and the numbers entering the season revealed that. Well, a year later, the tune has changed with the numbers showing Memphis returning a lot of experience in 2011-12.
MORE PRESEASON HONORS FOR TIGERS • In Lindy’s hoops magazine, three Tigers were named to its All-Conference USA teams. Joe Jackson was selected to the first team, Will Barton the second team and Tarik Black the third team. • In The Sporting News college basketball preview, Will Barton and Tarik Black were named to the All-Conference USA Team. • Also in The Sporting News, Chris Crawford was selected Conference USA’s Best Passer, Tarik Black C-USA’s Best Shot Blocker, Antonio Barton the league’s Best Under Pressure, Adonis Thomas C-USA’s Top Freshman and Top NBA Prospect and head coach Josh Pastner the conference’s Best Recruiter and Best Interview. Memphis was rated the league’s Best Homecourt Advantage. • According to CBSSports.com, Memphis has four of college basketball’s 100 players on its rosters. The website lists Will Barton at No. 31, Adonis Thomas at No. 37, Tarik Black at No. 41 and Joe Jackson at No. 60. • CBSSports.com also lists Adonis Thomas as the No. 7 freshman in the nation and named him to its preseason Freshman All-America second team. • CBSSports.com lists Joe Jackson among its top-15 point guards in the nation (No. 11), Will Barton among its top-15 wing men (No. 14) and Tarik Black among its top-20 big men (No. 16). • In its C-USA preview online, CBSSports.com picked Tarik Black and Will Barton to its AllC-USA first team and Adonis Thomas and Joe Jackson to its second team. Black was named C-USA Player of the Year and Break-Through Player, while Thomas was selected the C-USA Newcomer of the Year.
2011-12 Numbers
557:
Total number of games played at
NCAA Division I level
235:
Total number of games started at
NCAA Division I level
97.9:
Percentage of assists returning
from 2010-11
95.6:
Percentage of steals returning
from 2010-11
89.0:
Percentage of minutes played re-
turning from 2010-11
88.3:
Percentage of points scored re-
turning from 2010-11
85.5:
Percentage of rebounds return-
ing from 2010-11
80.9:
Percentage of blocked shots re-
turning from 2010-11
2010-11 Numbers
254:
Total number of games played at
NCAA Division I level
91:
Total number of games started at
NCAA Division I level
65.9:
Percentage of blocked shots re-
turning from 2009-10
41.8: Percentage of rebounds returning
from 2009-10
33.7:
Percentage of points scored re-
turning from 2009-10
28.3:
Percentage of steals returning
from 2009-10
15.8:
Percentage of assists returning
WHAT WE DID THIS SUMMER • The Tigers were busy during the summer of 2011. • Joe Jackson played with USA Basketball’s U19 squad that participated in the FIBA World Championships in Latvia in late June/early July. He averaged just over 11 ppg in helping lead Team USA to a fifth-place finish at the Championships. • Will Barton participated in the Chris Paul Elite Guard Camp in early June. • Drew Barham played with an Athletes In Action squad that toured East Asia in June. • Preston Laird was one of two Memphis student-athletes to attend in the NCAA Career in Sports Forum in mid-June.
HOME SWEET HOME • The Tigers have eight players on their 2011-12 roster that call Memphis home. Drew Barham, Tarik Black, Chris Crawford, Trey Draper, Ferrakohn Hall, Joe Jackson, Preston Laird and Adonis Thomas all are from the Bluff City. • The 2011-12 Tigers have the most players from the city of Memphis on its roster since 1995-96 when there were nine players that called the Bluff City home. • Since 1981-82 (30 seasons ago), this year’s eight players from the city of Memphis are tied for the seventh-most on a Tigers roster and the following shows that: Year # of Players 1994-95 11 1993-94 10 1991-92 10 1985-86 10 1995-96 9 1984-85 9
Year # of Players 2011-12 8 1992-93 8 1990-91 8 1988-89 8 1987-88 8 1986-87 8
TIGERS’ NBA TIES • The Memphis staff has several NBA ties and the following lists those: Position at Memphis NBA Tie Jack Murphy/Asst. ...............Advance Scout Denver Nuggets (2006-09) Damon Stoudamire/Asst. ....Player 13 seasons (1995-2008) .........................................Asst. Coach Memphis Grizzlies (2009-11) Luke Walton/Asst. ...............Player Los Angeles Lakers 8 seasons (2003-11) 2 NBA titles 4 NBA Finals Eric Sebastian/Dir. of Ops...Dir. of Media Relations Denver Nuggets (1994-2009) Brad Anderson/Athletic.......Asst. Athletic Trainer Trainer Portland Trail Blazers (1997-99) Frank Matrisciano/...............Trained several NBA Life Changer players, including 2010-11 Rookie of the Year Blake Griffin
from 2009-10
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Exhibition #1 • Memphis vs. LeMoyne-Owen College • Page 6
2010-11 Statistics Overall Games
25-10 (17-2 Home • 5-6 Away • 3-2 Neutral) Player GP-GS Will Barton 35-25 Joe Jackson 35-27 Tarik Black 35-24 Wesley Witherspoon 23-11 Antonio Barton 35-12 Charles Carmouche 32-28 Will Coleman 35-15 Chris Crawford 35-19 Angel Garcia 8-0 D.J. Stephens 32-4 Drew Barham 27-10 Hippolyte Tsafack 3-0 Charles Holt 4-0 Trey Draper 3-0 Preston Laird 2-0 TEAM Total 35 Opponents 35 Score By Periods Memphis Opponents
Min-Avg 1070-30.6 765-21.9 792-22.6 526-22.9 861-24.6 791-24.7 671-19.2 920-26.3 104-13.0 358-11.2 190-7.0 16-5.3 5-1.3 4-1.3 2-1.0 707570751st 1246 1135
— Total — — 3-Point — — Rebounds — FG-A Pct FG-A Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg 167-390 .428 39-147 .265 58-83 .699 49-124 173 4.9 110-255 .431 19-61 .311 106-146 .726 27-47 74 2.1 122-231 .528 0-0 .000 74-126 .587 96-80 176 5.0 61-125 .488 14-35 .400 72-93 .774 31-67 98 4.3 94-203 .463 42-95 .442 57-84 .679 13-75 88 2.5 73-182 .401 34-87 .391 57-84 .679 18-86 104 3.3 99-157 .631 0-0 .000 48-82 .585 45-112 157 4.5 82-249 .329 44-147 .299 23-31 .742 16-91 107 3.1 13-37 .351 5-16 .313 18-21 .857 8-16 24 3.0 50-78 .641 1-2 .500 11-20 .550 37-47 84 2.6 18-61 .295 11-45 .244 7-10 .700 19-21 40 1.5 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0-1 1 0.3 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0.3 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0.0 62-57 119 3.4 891-1974 .451 210-639 .329 532-782 .680 421-825 1246 35.6 828-1988 .417 205-622 .330 531-778 .683 445-772 1217 34.8 2nd 1243 1234
OT 35 23
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Total 2524 2392
Deadball Rebounds Memphis Opponents
PF-FO 80-0 77-2 113-8 59-0 58-2 94-4 81-3 59-1 12-0 39-0 34-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 2 712-20 671-22 Off 124 113
Ast TO Blk Stl 99 89 17 54 109 115 5 35 12 47 56 27 23 41 9 25 60 45 6 25 54 42 9 40 10 38 32 11 117 74 15 55 1 6 3 2 14 15 26 16 13 13 4 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 512 535 183 297 450 520 142 259 Def 23 17
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Pts-Avg 431-12.3 345-9.9 318-9.1 208-9.0 287-8.2 237-7.4 246-7.0 231-6.6 49-6.1 112-3.5 54-2.0 3-1.0 3-0.8 0-0.0 0-0.0 2524-72.1 2392-68.3 Total 147 130
Conference USA Games 10-6 (7-1 Home • 3-5 Away)/4th place
Player GP-GS Min-Avg Will Barton 16-12 486-30.4 Tarik Black 16-13 435-27.2 Joe Jackson 16-12 301-18.8 Wesley Witherspoon 7-0 142-20.3 Antonio Barton 16-6 411-25.7 Will Coleman 16-6 292-18.3 Charles Carmouche 15-13 400-26.7 Chris Crawford 16-7 448-28.0 D.J. Stephens 16-2 188-11.8 Drew Barham 14-9 122-8.7 TEAM Total 163225Opponents 163225-
— Total — — 3-Point — FG-A Pct FG-A Pct 78-170 .459 19-65 .292 72-133 .541 0-0 .000 43-91 .473 6-20 .300 18-36 .500 1-6 .167 41-94 .436 15-44 .341 42-68 .618 0-0 .000 28-88 .318 13-40 .325 30-111 .270 10-58 .172 24-37 .649 0-0 .000 10-32 .313 6-23 .261 386-860 359-871
Score By Periods 1st 2nd Memphis 511 524 Opponents 496 553 Bold indicates players returning in 2011-12
.449 .412 OT 8 5
FT-FTA 22-36 45-68 36-58 16-24 21-32 19-31 23-34 12-15 5-9 2-4
70-256 .273 201-311 88-279 .315 248-373
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Total 1043 1054
— Rebounds — Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl .611 17-59 76 4.8 35-0 41 45 10 22 .662 51-48 99 6.2 51-3 1 24 36 12 .621 5-22 27 1.7 42-2 37 51 1 16 .667 9-17 26 3.7 15-0 2 14 2 6 .656 6-31 37 2.3 30-2 28 18 4 10 .613 16-50 66 4.1 40-2 3 18 6 5 .676 13-46 59 3.9 42-2 30 17 4 13 .800 6-37 43 2.7 28-0 55 38 9 24 .556 19-20 39 2.4 24-0 6 12 15 9 .500 13-9 22 1.6 18-0 7 7 3 3 22-31 53 3.3 14 .646 177-370 547 34.2 326-11 210 248 90 120 .665 197-348 545 34.1 279-8 195 220 60 117
Deadball Rebounds Memphis Opponents
Off 51 59
Def 11 8
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Pts-Avg 197-12.3 189-11.8 128-8.0 53-7.6 118-7.4 103-6.4 92-6.1 82-5.1 53-3.3 28-2.0 1043-65.2 1054-65.9 Total 62 67
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2010-11 Results RECORD SUMMARY
OVERALL
HOME
AWAY
25-10 10-6 15-4
17-2 7-1 10-1
5-6 3-5 2-1
All Games Conference USA Games Nonconference Games
DATE
OPPONENT
SCORE
11/12/10 11/15/10 11/17/10 11/21/10 11/23/10
&CENTENARY MIAMI, FLA. &NORTHWESTERN STATE &vs. LSU &TENNESSEE MARTIN
W, 104-40 W, 72-68 W, 94-79 W, 70-61 W, 102-80
HIGH SCORER
12/01/10 12/04/10 12/07/10 12/16/10 12/20/10 12/23/10 12/30/10 01/02/11 01/05/11 01/08/11 01/12/11 01/15/11 01/19/11 01/22/11 01/26/11 01/29/11
ARKANSAS STATE WESTERN KENTUCKY #vs. Kansas AUSTIN PEAY TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI GEORGETOWN LIPSCOMB TENNESSEE STATE at Tennessee *EAST CAROLINA *at SMU *MARSHALL *at Southern Miss *at UAB *UCF *at Marshall
(17) ANTONIO BARTON (17) JOE JACKSON (24) WESLEY WITHERSPOON (20) Wesley Witherspoon (20) WILL BARTON (20) WILL COLEMAN W, 78-71 (OT) (20) WILL BARTON W, 77-61 (15) JOE JACKSON L, 68-81 (16) Will Barton W, 70-68 (OT) (18) CHRIS CRAWFORD W, 68-63 (23) JOE JACKSON L, 69-86 (18) WILL BARTON W, 88-70 (28) WESLEY WITHERSPOON W, 91-86 (24) ANTONIO BARTON L, 84-104 (17) Will Coleman W, 61-58 (12) TARIK BLACK L, 58-64 (15) Joe Jackson W, 77-61 (19) WILL COLEMAN W, 76-75 (15) Will Barton W, 76-73 (ot) (17) Will Barton W, 77-61 (17) WILL BARTON L, 70-85 (20) Will Barton
02/02/11 02/05/11
*TULSA ^at Gonzaga
L, 65-68 W, 62-58
(16) JOE JACKSON (17) Antonio Barton
02/09/11 02/12/11 02/16/11 02/19/11 02/22/11 02/26/11 03/02/11 03/05/11 03/10/11
*at UCF *SOUTHERN MISS *UAB *at Rice *HOUSTON *at UTEP *at East Carolina *TULANE %vs. Southern Miss
W, 63-62 W, 67-61 W, 62-58 L, 52-67 W, 69-58 L, 47-74 L, 57-68 W, 66-61 W, 66-63
(15) Will Barton (17) TARIK BLACK (17) WILL BARTON (14) Antonio Barton (16) TARIK BLACK (10) Will Barton (15) Antonio Barton (24) TARIK BLACK (15) Joe Jackson
03/11/11
%vs. East Carolina
W, 76-56
(24) Joe Jackson
03/12/11 03/18/11
%at UTEP $vs. Arizona
W, 67-66 L, 75-77
(17) Joe Jackson (17) Antonio Barton
* = Conference USA Game # = Jimmy V Classic (New York, N.Y.) % = Conference USA Tournament (El Paso, Texas) HOME GAMES IN BOLD SMALL CAPS
ATTENDANCE SUMMARY Home Away Neutral Total
NETURAL 3-2 0-0 3-2
HIGH REBOUNDER
ATT.
(9) DREW BARHAM (5) WESLEY WITHERSPOON (12) WESLEY WITHERSPOON (9) Tarik Black (9) ANGEL GARCIA
17792 17873 16215 7941 15909
RECORD 1-0 2-0 3-0 4-0 5-0
(6) WILL BARTON (11) D.J. STEPHENS (7) Will Barton (7) CHARLES CARMOUCHE (9) WILL COLEMAN (7) WILL BARTON (14) WESLEY WITHERSPOON (8) WILL BARTON (9) Will Coleman (7) TARIK BLACK (6) Will Barton (11) WILL COLEMAN (8) Tarik Black (8) Will Barton (7) DREW BARHAM (5) Tarik Black (5) Charles Carmouche (10) WILL COLEMAN (7) Will Barton (7) Tarik Black (7) Will Coleman (7) Will Barton (9) TARIK BLACK (7) TARIK BLACK (7) D.J. Stephens (8) CHARLES CARMOUCHE (7) Tarik Black (8) Will Barton (11) TARIK BLACK (6) Will Barton (6) Wesley Witherspoon (5) Antonio Barton (5) Charles Carmouche (10) Tarik Black (11) Will Coleman
16342 17171 19391 16347 16187 17842 17368 15831 18664 16058 2509 15877 5864 9119 17086 7614
6-0 7-0 7-1 8-1 9-1 9-2 10-2 11-2 11-3 12-3, 1-0 12-4, 1-1 13-4, 2-1 14-4, 3-1 15-4, 4-1 16-4, 5-1 16-5, 5-2
15953 10778
16-6, 5-3 17-6
7076 18104 16818 2324 16550 11334 5856 17278 7085
18-6, 6-3 19-6, 7-3 20-6, 8-3 20-7, 8-4 21-7, 9-4 21-8, 9-5 21-9, 9-6 22-9, 10-6 23-9
9496
24-9
11769 12631
25-9 25-10
& = Global Sports Challenge (Memphis, Tenn./Tupelo, Miss.) ^ = Ronald McDonald House Classic (Spokane, Wash.) $ = NCAA Tournament West Region Second Round (Tulsa, Okla.)
GAMES 19 11 5 35
TOTALS 318,601 92,907 56,544 468,052
AVG/GAME 16,768 8,446 11,309 13,373
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