2011
Tigers On TV/Radio/Web
Tuesday, Dec. 6 • 8 pm CT BankUnited Center • Coral Gables, Fla.
By The Numbers...
2006
• Former Tiger Earl Barron was a member of the 2006 Miami Heat NBA title team.
71.9
• Pct. of assists on made baskets by Tigers in Saturday’s win over Austin Peay; Memphis 3-0 in games with at least 50 pct assists on made baskets
15 F-4
• Tigers hit 15 treys in last game; tied for second-most for a single game in school history • Between the two staffs, six coaches have participated in an NCAA Final Four.
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 (4-2) travels to Coral Gables, Fla., on Tuesday, Dec. 6 to face Miami, Fla. (5-2) in a non-conference showdown. The game, to be televised on ESPN2, is slated for an 8 p.m. (CT) start. • The Tigers are ranked No. 22 in the Associated Press (AP) and No. 21 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches polls, which were released Nov. 28. Miami is unranked. • After competing in the 2011 EA Sports Maui Invitational on the Island (1-2 record), the Tigers returned to the mainland with consecutive victories over Jackson State (70-45) Nov. 28 and Austin Peay (91-60) Dec. 3. • Memphis returns all five starters and 10 letterwinners from last year’s squad. • The Hurricanes opened the year with fourstraight wins over Tennessee Tech, Rutgers, North Florida and Florida Gulf Coast. • Miami returns four starters and 10 letterwinners from last year’s team that posted a 21-15 overall record and advanced to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) quarterfinals.
Schedule-Results (4-2, 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)...................................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 (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 . M i a m i (based on previous game starters) Memphis Starters
#22/21 Memphis (4-2) vs. Miami, Fla. (5-2)
No. 11 32 1 3 5 2 10 35
Miami Starters
Game #7
Television: ESPN2/Comcast digital channel 24 (Mark Jones, play-by-play; Len Elmore, color analyst) Radio: WREC 600 AM (Dave Woloshin, play-by-play; Matt Dillon, color analyst; Forrest Goodman, studio host) Web: ESPN3.com
2012
Memphis Tigers Basketball
No. 4 10 0 1 3 21 25 35
Name Wesley Witherspoon Stan Simpson Joe Jackson Chris Crawford Will Barton
Pos F/G F G G G
Antonio Barton Tarik Black Adonis Thomas
G F G/F
Name Trey McKinney Jones Raphael Akpejiori Shane Larkin Durand Scott Malcolm Grant
Pos F F G G G
Erik Swoope Garrius Adams Kenny Kadji
F G F/C
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 9.0 4.7 4.2 3.0 13.2 3.0apg 6.8 3.2apg 18.2 7.0
Hometown Atlanta, Ga. Chicago, Ill. Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn. Baltimore, Md.
7.2 7.8 11.2
Baltimore, Md. Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn.
Yr Ht/Wt r-Jr. 6-5/216 So. 6-10/230 Fr. 5-11/160 Jr. 6-5/202 Sr. 6-1/188 — Reserves — So. 6-6/230 Jr. 6-6/200 r-So. 6-11/251
PPG RPG 8.6 5.4 3.3 2.7 8.5 2.7apg 13.0 3.7apg 17.1 3.0 6.4 6.5 5.6
2.2 2.8 2.7
3.7 4.7 4.7
Hometown Milwaukee, Wis. Lagos, Nigeria Cincinnati, Ohio New York, N.Y. Brooklyn, N.Y. Lake Elsinore, Calif. Apex, N.C. Douala, Cameroon