3/23/14 Memphis Men's Basketball Game Notes - NCAA Third Round

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athletics communications contact/info: Lamar Chance

Cell: 901-734-9949

Office: 901-678-2349

gm #34: MEMPHIS (24-9) vs. VIRGINIA (29-6) SUNday, M A R . 2 3 • 7:40 P m (c t ) • P N C A R E NA • R A LE IG H, N.C.

By The Numbers... • Josh Pastner (player/Arizona) and Tony Bennett (staff member/Wisconsin) were on opposing sidelines in the 2000 NCAA tourney; Wisconsin won 66-59

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• For second season in a row, Memphis has three players with 100 or more assists; both seasons Joe Jackson, Geron Johnson, Chris Crawford each have had 100 or more assists

100x3 x2

• Tigers’ winning pct. vs. first-time foes since 2000-01 (30-2 record); Josh Pastner is 9-0 vs. first-time opponents; Virginia is a first-time foe for Tigers

93.8 77.4/ 55.4

• Memphis scoring offense vs. Virginia scoring defense; Tigers have nation’s No. 33 offense, Cavaliers have nation’s No. 1 defense

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• Memphis made 2 Academic Final Fours released this week on InsideHigherEd.com and FoxSports.com; both took NCAA Tournament brackets and recorded outcomes based on APRs

SETTING THE SCENE • Memphis (24-9, 12-6 The American) continues play in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Mar. 23 against Virginia (29-6, 16-2 ACC). • TNT is televising Sunday’s 7:40 p.m. (CT) NCAA Tournament third-round contest from PNC Arena. The Memphis-Virginia game can be viewed via the web at www.ncaa.com/marchmadness. • The Tigers enter Sunday’s NCAA Tournament third-round match-up having won five of their last eight games. In that stretch, Memphis posted wins over Rutgers, Temple, No. 7/4 Louisville, No. 18/18 SMU and George Washington (NCAA Tournament second round) and dropped decisions to Houston, No. 15/15 Cincinnati and No. 21/21 Connecticut. • The Tigers dropped to the Also Receiving Votes category (No. 26/26) of both national polls that were released Mar. 17. It is the first time in 2013-14 that Memphis was unranked in the Associated Press (AP) poll. Memphis had appeared in all 19 previous AP polls. Virginia is ranked No. 3 in the AP poll and No. 4 in the coaches poll. • The Tigers are 4-1 in neutral games and 9-6 in contests played away from FedExForum (road/ neutral) this season. • Virginia is 6-0 in neutral games and 13-4 in encounters played away from John Paul Jones Arena (road/neutral).

Memphis Starters

P r o b a b l e S ta r t e r s / T o p R e s e r v e s v s . V I R G I N I A ( b a s e d o n p r e v i o u s g a m e s ta r t e r s )

VIRGINIA Starters

No. Name 2 Shaq Goodwin 4 Austin Nichols 1 Joe Jackson 3 Chris Crawford 55 Geron Johnson

5 Nick King 11 Michael Dixon Jr. 12 David Pellom No. Name 25 Akil Mitchell 10 Mike Tobey 12 Joe Harris 15 Malcolm Brogdon 23 London Perrantes

1 Justin Anderson 13 Anthony Gill 32 Darion Atkins

Pos F F G G G F G F Pos F C G G G G F F

Yr Ht/Wt So. 6-9/242 Fr. 6-8/212 Sr. 6-1/174 Sr. 6-4/222 Sr. 6-3/203 — Reserves — Fr. 6-7/220 Sr. 6-1/200 Gr. 6-7/224 Yr Ht/Wt Sr. 6-8/235 So. 6-11/253 Sr. 6-6/225 r-So. 6-5/217 Fr. 6-2/189 — Reserves — So. 6-6/227 r-So. 6-8/230 Jr. 6-8/234

PPG RPG 11.6 6.5 9.1 4.3 14.3 4.6apg 8.9 4.0 8.8 4.9

Hometown Atlanta, Ga. Collierville, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn. Dayton, Ohio

4.8 3.3 12.0 2.4apg 4.3 2.9

Memphis, Tenn. Kansas City, Mo. Wilmington, N.C.

PPG RPG 6.9 7.1 6.3 3.8 11.7 2.9 12.7 5.5 5.4 3.8apg

Hometown Charlotte, N.C. Monroe, N.Y. Chelan, Wash. Norcross, Ga. Los Angeles, Calif.

7.9 8.6 3.1

Montross, Va. High Point, N.C. Clinton, Md.

3.2 4.0 2.2

Email: Lchance1@memphis.edu

Tigers On TV/Radio/Web Television: TNT (Kevin Harlan, play-by-play; Len Elmore/Reggie Miller, analysts; Rachel Nichols, sideline reporter)/Memphis Comcast channel 26 Radio: WREC 600 AM (Dave Woloshin, playby-play; Matt Dillon, color analyst; Forrest Goodman, studio host) Web: www.ncaa.com/march-madness

Schedule-Results (24-9, 12-6 American) November

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AUSTIN PEAY (SportSouth)................ 95-69, W at #7/9 Oklahoma State% (ESPN)........ 80-101, L NICHOLLS (SportSouth)..................... 98-59, W vs. Siena# (ESPN2)............................... 87-60, W vs. LSU# (ESPN2)................................. 76-69, W

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#5/8 Oklahoma State# (ESPN2)........... 73-68, W NORTHWESTERN STATE (ESPN3)........ 96-76, W UALR (ESPN3).................................... 73-59, W vs. #16/17 Florida& (ESPN)................... 75-77, L SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (SportSouth).77-65, W JACKSON STATE (ESPNU)................... 75-61, W at USF* (ESPN2).................................. 88-73, W

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CINCINNATI* (ESPN2)..........................53-69, L at #12/8 Louisville* (ESPN)................. 73-67, W at Temple* (ESPN2)............................. 79-69, W CONNECTICUT* (ESPN)........................73-83, L LEMOYNE-OWEN (SportSouth)........ 101-78, W HOUSTON* (ESPNews)...................... 82-59, W USF* (CBS SN)................................... 80-58, W at UCF* (ESPN2).................................. 69-59, W

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at SMU* (CBS SN).................................. 72-87, L RUTGERS* (CBS SN)......................... 101-69, W #23/20 GONZAGA (ESPN Gameday).. 60-54, W UCF* (ESPNU)................................... 76-70, W at #24/RV Connecticut* (ESPN)...... (ot) 81-86, L at Rutgers* (CBS SN)........................... 64-59, W TEMPLE* (ESPNU)...................... (ot) 82-79, W at Houston* (CBS SN)............................ 68-77, L

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#7/4 LOUISVILLE* (CBS Sports).......... 72-66, W #15/15 Cincinnati* (ESPN).................... 84-97, L #18/18 SMU* (ESPN2)....................... 67-58, W American Athletic Conference Tournament (FedExForum/Memphis, Tenn.) #21/21 CONNECTICUT* (ESPNU).........53-72, L NCAA Tournament Second/Third Rounds (PNC Arena/Raleigh, N.C.) vs. George Washington....................... 71-66, W vs. Virginia.............................................7:40 pm

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Home games in bold CAPS * American Game % Old Spice Classic Opening Game (Stillwater, Okla.) # Old Spice Classic (Orlando, Fla.) & Jimmy V Classic (New York, N.Y.)


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