Game #35/NCAA 2nd Rd: • Memphis vs. MTSU/SMC • Page 9 ONE OF THREE • With their 86-71 win over UAB Mar. 9, the Tigers finished the Conference USA regular season with a perfect 16-0 league mark. • Memphis is only the third team at the NCAA Division I level to complete the 2012-13 regular season undefeated in league play and the following shows that: Team Norfolk State Gonzaga Memphis
Conference Record MEAC 16-0 West Coast 16-0 Conference USA 16-0
PERFECTION TIMES FOUR ACHIEVED • For the fourth time in the last seven seasons, Memphis completed the Conference USA regular season with an unblemished mark. • Memphis finished the C-USA campaign with a 16-0 league record. • The 2012-13 Tigers tied four other teams in CUSA history with a perfect 16-0 league regular season. • The other four teams to do so are the 2008-09, 2007-08 and 2006-07 Memphis teams and the 1999-2000 Cincinnati squad. TIGERS SECURE OUTRIGHT RECORD SIXTH C-USA TITLE • With its 76-67 win over UCF Mar. 2, Memphis claimed its sixth outright Conference USA regular season championship. • The six outright regular season titles are a Conference USA record. • Overall, the Tigers have eight C-USA regular season crowns, which ties them with Cincinnati for the most league regular season titles. • The following breaks down Memphis’ and Cincinnati’s C-USA regular season crowns: Memphis C-USA Titles 2005-06 Outright 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2011-12 2012-13 1995-96 Shared 2003-04
Cincinnati 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2001-02 1995-96 2000-01 2003-04
PASTNER HAS WIN NO. 100 • With the Tigers’ 76-67 win at UCF Mar. 2, head coach Josh Pastner recorded the 100th victory of his career. • Pastner’s record stands at 105-33. • Pastner is the sixth head coach in Tigers basketball history to record 100 career wins. The other five Memphis head coaches are Larry Finch (220 wins), John Calipari (214), Zach Curlin (173), Dana Kirk (158) and Bob Vanatta (109).
PASTNER SECOND-QUICKEST TO 100 WINS • With the Tigers’ 76-67 win over UCF Mar. 2, Josh Pastner reached 100 wins the secondquickest of any head coach in Tigers hoops history, and the following shows that: Head Coach/Years Bob Vanatta/1957-62 Josh Pastner/2010-present John Calipari/2001-09 Dana Kirk/1980-86 Larry Finch/1987-97 Zach Curlin/1924-48
Game # for 100th Win 129 (100-29) 133 (100-33) 145 (100-45) 148 (100-48) 155 (100-55) 189 (100-89)
TIGERS SENIORS EARN WIN NO. 100 • With the Tigers’ 76-67 win over UCF Mar. 2, four-year seniors Charles Holt and D.J. Stephens won their 100th game wearing the Blue and Gray (seniors Ferrakohn Hall and Stan Simpson are two-year seniors for the Tigers). • The Tigers’ current four-year senior class has a record of 105-33 (.761 winning percentage). • The following lists the top-five winningest fouryear senior classes in school history: Four-Year Class Wins 2005-06 to 2008-09.......................................... 137* 2006-07 to 2009-10........................................... 127 2004-05 to 2007-08........................................... 126 1983-84 to 1986-87........................................... 111 2002-03; 2004-05 to 2006-07........................... 111 . 2009-10 to present............................................. 105 *NCAA record
SEVEN IN A ROW • Winning 100 games in a four-year playing career is becoming common in Tigers hoops. • When this season’s four-year seniors won their 100th game Mar. 2, it marked the seventh-consecutive, four-year senior class to reach the 100win milestone. (Note: The 2010-11 team did not have a four-year senior; Will Coleman was a two-year senior after transferring from Miami Dade College) • The following shows the Tigers’ seven-straight, four-year senior classes that won 100 games: 2009-10 to 2012-13........................................... 105 2008-09 to 2011-12........................................... 108 2006-07 to 2009-10........................................... 127 2005-06 to 2008-09.......................................... 137* 2004-05 to 2007-08........................................... 126 2002-03; 2004-05 to 2006-07........................... 111 2002-03 to 2005-06........................................... 100
Tigers’ In-Season Honors Conference USA Player of the Week Geron Johnson — Feb. 11 Joe Jackson — Jan. 7 Conference USA Freshman of the Week Shaq Goodwin — Jan. 14, Dec. 10 Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA) Player of the Week Geron Johnson — Feb. 12 Joe Jackson — Jan. 9, Dec. 19
Tigers’ Postseason Honors All-Conference USA Joe Jackson (first team) Geron Johnson (third team) D.J. Stephens (third team) Adonis Thomas (third team) Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year D.J. Stephens Conference USA All-Defensive Team D.J. Stephens Conference USA Sixth Man of the Year Chris Crawford Conference USA All-Freshman Team Shaq Goodwin USBWA All-District IV Team Joe Jackson Conference USA Player of the Year Joe Jackson Conference USA Coach of the Year Josh Pastner Conference USA Tournament MVP Chris Crawford Conference USA All-Tournament Team Chris Crawford D.J. Stephens Adonis Thomas • Kansas (387 wins) and Duke (385 wins) are the other two programs with 350 or more victories since 2000-01.
*NCAA record
TIGERS THIRD TO WIN NO. 350 IN 21ST CENTURY • With its win over Houston Feb. 20, Memphis became the third program at the NCAA Division I level to win 350 games in the 21st century. The Tigers now have 358 victories since 200001.
MOST WINS FIRST FOUR YEARS • Of course, head coach Josh Pastner will pass on credit to the current players, former players, current assistant coaches, former head coaches and, yes, even Tiger Nation. • But, the fact is Pastner is the winningest head coach in Tigers hoops history for the first four years.
Tigers Basketball • 8-Time C-USA Champion