Game #6 • Memphis vs. UT Martin • Page 4 MEMPHIS REPRESENTIN’ • The city of Memphis will be well represented in Thursday’s contest between the Tigers and Skyhawks. • The squads combine to have 10 players from Memphis area on the two rosters. • UT Martin has three players — Bobby Jones (Trezevant High School), Corderio Maclin (Ridgeway High School) and DeMarc Richardson (Briarcrest Christian School) — that call the Memphis area home. Jones and Maclin are from Memphis, while Richardson calls Eads, a Memphis suburb, home. • On the Tigers’ side, seven players hail from the Memphis area. Tarik Black, Chris Crawford, Trey Draper, Ferrakohn Hall, Joe Jackson and Adonis Thomas all are from the Bluff City. Freshman Anthony Cole is from Arlington, a suburb of Memphis. FRIENDS NOW FOES ON THURSDAY • Thursday’s game has former high school teammates that now will be foes at the college level. • Tigers junior Tarik Black and Skyhawks senior Corderio Maclin were teammates at Ridgeway High School in 2008-09. That season, Black and Maclin helped lead the Roadrunners to a 34-3 overall record and the state championship. • Memphis freshman Anthony Cole and UT Martin freshman DeMarc Richardson were teammates at Briarcrest Christian School for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons. Cole and Richardson helped lead the Saints to two sub-state titles and back-to-back state tournament appearances.
TIGERS LOVE THOSE LONG HOMESTANDS • The Tigers open a seven-game homestand Thursday when they host UT Martin at FedExForum. In the seven-game home stretch, Memphis also hosts Ohio Dec. 5, Austin Peay Dec. 8, No. 5/6 Louisville Dec. 15, Lipscomb Dec. 20, Oral Roberts Dec. 28 and Loyola, Md., Dec. 30. • This seven-game homestand is the longest since 2008-09 when the Tigers also played sevenstraight home games in December and early January. Memphis posted a 6-1 record in that homestand, with the lone loss coming to No. 11 Syracuse. • To find a longer homestand in Tigers history, one has to go all the way back to the 1979-80 campaign when the Tigers played nine-straight at home from Dec. 1, 1979-Jan. 3, 1980. Memphis went 7-2 in that homestand. • The following are the longest Memphis homestands since 1974-75 and the Tigers’ record during those homestands: Longest Homestands Since 1974-75 Year No. of Games Record 1979-80 9 7-2 1975-76 9 9-0 1974-75 8 7-1 2012-13 7 — 2008-09 7 6-1 1995-96 7 7-0 2005-06 6 5-1 PASTNER, JAMES AMONG THE NCAA COACHING YOUNG GUNS • Thursday’s Memphis-UT Martin contest features two of the youngest head coach at the
NCAA Division I level in the Tigers Josh Pastner and Skyhawks Jason James. • Both coaches took over their respective programs in 2009-10. • Pastner is the NCAA Division I’s 11th-youngest head coach, while James is the 10th-youngest (see list on page 5). • The two head coaches both were born in 1977, and their birthdates are separared by 14 days (Pastner, Sept. 26; James, Oct. 10). TIGERS VERSUS NCAA DIVISION I IN-STATE FOES • Memphis has an all-time 128-75 record (.631 winning percentage) against current in-state NCAA Division I basketball programs (12 total including Memphis). • The Tigers are playing three in-state NCAA Division I opponents this year in UT Martin Nov. 29, Austin Peay Dec. 8 and Tennessee Jan. 4. • Under head coach Josh Pastner, Memphis has a 10-2 record (.833 winning percentage) against in-state NCAA Division I foes. Pastner has coached against seven of the other 11 in-state NCAA Division I basketball schools. • The following shows the Tigers’ all-time record against the in-state NCAA Division I opponents: Opponent Record Austin Peay .......17-4 Belmont ..............2-0 Chattanooga .......9-2 East Tenn. St.......4-3 Lipscomb............6-1 Middle Tenn. ....27-14
FedExForum
The Home of The Tigers The 2012-13 season marks the ninth 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 2012-13 home contests in the 18,400seat arena, which served as the host site for the 2012 Conference USA Tournaments (men/women). FedExForum also hosted 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: 147-17 (.896 winning percentage)
Opponent Record Tennessee .......... 10-14 UT Martin .......... 13-5 Tenn. State .......... 8-0 Tenn. Tech......... 27-24 Vanderbilt............ 5-8