2011
Tigers On TV/Radio/Web
RV/RV Memphis (5-3) vs. #4/4 Louisville (9-0) Saturday, Dec. 17 • 3 pm CT KFC Yum! Center • Louisville, Ky.
By The Numbers...
1997
• Arizona (Josh Pastner, freshman) defeated Kentucky (Rick Pitino, head coach) for the 1997 NCAA title
123
• Number of home wins by Louisville since 2004-05; Memphis has most home wins in nation over same period of time with 130 (UofL is 4th in nation)
81.1 4-8
• Tigers’ scoring avg. in 2011-12, first in C-USA; UofL scoring defense is 52.7 ppg, first in Big East • Record of Tigers head coaches in their first game vs. Louisville.
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
SETTING THE SCENE • Memphis (5-3) takes to the road again Saturday, Dec. 17 when it travels to Louisville, Ky., to face the Cardinals (9-0) at the KFC Yum! Center in a non-conference showdown. The game, to be televised on CBS Sports, is slated for a 3 p.m. (CT) start. • The Tigers are in the Also Receiving Votes category of both national polls (No. 33, AP/No. 29, ESPN/USA Today coaches), which were released Dec. 12. Louisville is ranked No. 4 in both national polls. • Memphis enters Saturday’s game after a 76-72 home setback to Murray State Dec. 11. Prior to the loss, the Tigers had won three-straight with victories over Jackson State (70-45) Nov. 28, Austin Peay (91-60) Dec. 3 and Miami, Fla. (71-54) Dec. 6. • Memphis returns all five starters and 10 letterwinners from last year’s squad. • Among the Cardinals’ nine wins to open the 2011-12 season are home wins over Ohio University Nov. 25, Long Beach State Nov. 28 and Vanderbilt Dec. 2 and a road victory at Butler Nov. 19.
Schedule-Results (5-3, 0-0 C-USA) N ovem ber 15 21 22 23 28
BELMONT^ (ESPN) ..................................97-81, W vs. #15/15 Michigan^ (ESPN2)................ 61-73, L vs. Tennessee^ (ESPN2) .................(2ot) 99-97, W Georgetown^ (ESPN2)....................... (ot) 88-91, L JACKSON STATE (SPORTSOUTH).................70-45, W
3 6 11 17 19 22 29 31
AUSTIN PEAY (CSS) ..................................91-60, W at Miami, Fla. (ESPN2)............................71-54, W MURRAY STATE (CSS)................................ 72-76, L at #4/4 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 (FSTN)...........................................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 (SPORTSOUTH) ....................................12 PM at East Carolina* (CSS)...................................6 pm UAB* (CSS) .....................................................7 PM at Tulane* ......................................................... TBA UTEP* (SPORTSOUTH)...................................12 PM EAST CAROLINA* (CBSSN) .............................7 PM at Marshall* (SPORTSOUTH)..............................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 ^EA Sports Maui Invitational %Basketball Hall of Fame Shootout
Probable Starters/Top Reserves v s . L o u i s v i l l e (based on previous game starters) Memphis Starters
Basketball Hall of Fame Shootout
Louisville Starters
Game #9
Television: CBS Sports/Comcast digital channel 3 (Verne Lundquist, play-by-play; Clark Kellogg, color analyst) Radio: WREC 600 AM (Dave Woloshin, play-by-play; Matt Dillon, color analyst; Forrest Goodman, studio host) Web: None
2012
Memphis Tigers Basketball
No. 11 32 1 3 5
Name Wesley Witherspoon Stan Simpson Joe Jackson Chris Crawford Will Barton
Pos F/G F G G G
2 10 35
Antonio Barton Tarik Black Adonis Thomas
G F G/F
No. 24 10 3 5 14
Name Chane Behanan Gorgui Dieng Peyton Siva Chris Smith Kyle Kuric
Pos F C G G G
2 15 21
Russ Smith Tim Henderson Jared Swopshire
G G F
Yr Ht/Wt Sr. 6-9/207 Jr. 6-10/232 So. 6-0/175 So. 6-4/205 So. 6-6/175 — Reserves — So. 6-2/165 So. 6-8/243 Fr. 6-6/222
PPG RPG 7.6 5.0 4.1 2.6 13.4 3.1apg 6.6 3.9apg 20.4 7.6
Yr Ht/Wt Fr. 6-6/245 So. 6-11/235 Jr. 6-0/180 Sr. 6-2/195 Sr. 6-4/195 — Reserves — So. 6-0/160 So. 6-2/185 r-Jr. 6-8/200
PPG RPG 9.2 8.1 9.9 9.0 10.3 6.4apg 10.6 3.2 12.9 4.7
6.4 8.4 9.1
7.1 1.7 6.6
2.0 4.0 3.3
1.9apg 1.1 4.9
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