Tigers Open AAC Tournament Play on Friday Evening

Friday, March 11

Orlando, Fla.

8 pm CT

University of Memphis

Tulsa

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Mar 10, 2016 | Men's Basketball

Memphis to battle Tulsa at 8 p.m. CT at Amway Center

GAME INFORMATION
Memphis (17-14, 8-10 AAC) vs. Tulsa (20-10, 12-6 AAC)
When: Friday, March 11
Tip-Off: 8 p.m. (CT)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Arena: Amway Center
TV: ESPNU
Allen Bestwick, play-by-play
Tim Welsh, analyst
Radio: Memphis Radio Network / 600 WREC
Dave Woloshin, play-by-play
Matt Dillon, analyst
Forrest Goodman, pregame/postgame host
National Radio: Sirius 157 / XM 203
Jeff Culhane, play-by-play
Todd Kalas, analyst
Live Stats: AAC Stat Broadcast
Game Notes: Memphis | Tulsa
Rosters: Memphis | Tulsa
Schedules: Memphis | Tulsa
Media Guide: Memphis | Tulsa

SETTING THE TABLE

• Shaq Goodwin and Dedric Lawson were each named to the All-American Athletic Conference teams, Goodwin being named First Team All-League, and Lawson Second Team All-League

•     Memphis head coach Josh Pastner is 9-3 all-time in postseason conference tournament games
•     Memphis senior Shaq Goodwin, with a game played on Friday, will move into a tie for 10th-most career games played in Memphis men's basketball history
•     Against East Carolina, Shaq Goodwin became just the third player in Memphis basketball history to score more than 1,400 career points, pull down 800 rebounds, and block 190 shots in a career
•     Memphis forwards Dedric Lawson and Shaq Goodwin combine to average 17.2 rebounds per game, which leads all pairs in the American Athletic Conference, and is the 10th-highest total in the NCAA this season
•     Avery Woodson's 75 made three-point baskets this season are the seventh-most in a season in school history
•     Against East Carolina, Memphis senior Shaq Goodwin climbed into 14th place in the school's career record book, passing Mike Butler with 1,415 career points
•     Not only does the Memphis duo of Shaq Goodwin and Dedric Lawson lead the AAC in rebounding, the pair is also tied for the most combined points in the AAC this season as well

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN HURRICANE

Tulsa comes into the 2016 American Athletic Conference Tournament having won four of its last five games, with the only loss during that span coming against the Tigers on February 28.

In the team's last game, an 84-74 home win against USF, Brandon Swannegan scored 21 points while James Woodard scored 18. Shaquille Harrison scored 15 points, with Pat Birt adding a dozen. Harrison dished out eight assists, while Marquel Curtis pulled down eight rebounds.
For the season, Woodard leads the squad by averaging 15.8 points per game, while Harrison (14.8) and Birt (12.6) also average in double-figures. Harrison leads the team by averaging 5.5 rebounds per game, with Woodard grabbing 5.2 per contest. Harrison has dished out 124 rebounds, 50 more than the next closest total on the team, while also leading the team with 58 steals.

ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS

Announced on Tuesday afternoon, Memphis senior Shaq Goodwin has been named to the American Athletic Conference First Team, and freshman Dedric Lawson earned a Second Team honor. The two honors mark the fourth and fifth All-American Athletic Conference honor earned by the Tigers in the three years in the league.

YR.	PLAYER	POS.	TEAM
2013-14	Shaq Goodwin	F	2nd
2013-14	Joe Jackson	G	2nd
2014-15	Austin Nichols	F	1st
2015-16	Shaq Goodwin	F	1st
2015-16	Dedric Lawson	F	2nd

Lawson also earned the program's second All-Rookie Team honor in program history.

YR.	PLAYER	POS.
2013-14	Austin Nichols	F
2015-16	Dedric Lawson	F

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Memphis freshman Dedric Lawson has etched his name in the Memphis record books, by being named the American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year - and did so unanimously. He joins a long and illustrious list of Tigers who have been named Rookie/Freshman/Newcomer of the Year.

YEAR	PLAYER	CONFERENCE
2016	Dedric Lawson	American Athletic Conf.
2014	Austin Nichols	American Athletic Conf.
2009	Tyreke Evans	Conference USA
2009	Elliot Williams	Conference USA
2008	Derrick Rose	Conference USA
2006	Shawne Williams	Conference USA
2005	Darius Washington Jr.	Conference USA
2004	Sean Banks	Conference USA
2002	Dajuan Wagner	Conference USA
1995	Lorenzen Wright	Great Midwest Conference
1992	Anfernee Hardaway	Great Midwest Conference
1988	Elliot Perry	Metro Conference
1987	Sylvester Gray	Metro Conference
1982	Keith Lee	Metro Conference
1971	Larry Finch	Missouri Valley Conference
1969	Joe Proctor	Missouri Valley Conference

ALL OR NOTHING

With Memphis head coach Josh Pastner, it has been all or nothing in the Tigers' conference tournament appearances. His first season as head coach the team went 0-1 in the 2010 Conference USA Tournament. In 2011, 2012, and 2013 the Tigers went a combined 9-0, winning back-to-back-to-back C-USA Tournament Titles. In 2014 and 2015 the Tigers fell in their tournament openers. In all, Pastner is 9-3 in conference tournaments.

PUT ME IN COACH

Memphis senior forward Shaq Goodwin, through his four years with the program, has played in at least 30 games every season, including 30 so far this season, and 131 for his career. As long as he sees action in Memphis' game against Tulsa in the AAC Tournament-opener, he will climb into the top-10 in school history in career games played.

RK	PLAYER	YEARS	GP	NEED
8.	Anthony Rice	2001-05	134	3
9.	Rodney Carney	2002-06	133	2
10.	Andre Turner	1982-86	132	1
	Baskerville Holmes	1982-86	132	1
—	Shaq Goodwin	2012-	131	—

COACHING BATTLE

This single-game in the season series marks the fifth time that Josh Pastner and Frank Haith have met as coaches; however, just the fourth time with both coaches at their current schools. Pastner holds a 1-2 record against Haith while the Golden Hurricane coach, and a 1-0 record over Haith after the Tigers topped the Miami Hurricanes 72-68 during the 2010-11 season.

HIGH-WIN COACHES

The game on Sunday features two of the American Athletic Conference's five coaches that have had a single-season win total of 30 or more during their tenures. Memphis' Josh Pastner accomplished the feat during the 2012-13 season, and is one of just two that have won 30 games at his current school (Kevin Ollie of UConn is the other). In 2011-12, Frank Haith - then head coach of the Missouri Tigers - went 30-5. The remaining two coaches also picked up their 30-win mark in the Big 12 Conference (Kelvin Sampson in 2001-02 at Oklahoma, and Larry Brown in 1985-86 at Kansas).

FREE THROW RECORDS

This season, the Memphis men's basketball program has made 591 free throws, over 100 more than its opponents, while attempting 813. The make and attempt marks are each climbing near the top five marks in 821 history for a single season. Below are the top five totals, and where this current group stands in pushing into the record book.

RK	YEAR	FT's	NEEDED
1.	1956-57	714	123
2.	2004-05	644	53
3.	1955-56	643	52
4.	2005-06	616	25
5.	2007-08	608	17
	2001-02	608	17
-	2015-16	591	—

RK	YEAR	FT ATT.	NEEDED
1.	2007-08	991	170
2.	1956-57	969	148
3.	2006-07	953	132
4.	2004-05	942	121
5.	2001-02	912	91
	2015-16	821	—

FRESHMAN SCORING

Memphis freshman Dedric Lawson will have his name mentioned many times in the upcoming game notes, but the lead-off for this set of notes comes from his prowess in the scoring column. This season he is averaging 15.4 points, which leads the 2015-16 Tigers. If he leads the team at the end of the season, he will become just the eighth freshman in school history to lead the team in scoring. He would join the group of Dexter Reed (1973-74), Keith Lee (1981-82), Lorenzen Wright (1994-95), Dajuan Wagner (2001-02), Sean Banks (2003-04), Tyreke Evans (2008-09), and Will Barton (2010-11) as freshman players who led the team in the scoring column.

RARE AIR

With his game against East Carolina, Memphis senior Shaq Goodwin became just the third player in Memphis basketball history to score 1,400 or more points, pull down 800 rebounds, and block 190 shots in a career. Goodwin, who has 1,412 points, 843 rebounds and 195 blocked shots, joins Keith Lee (2,408 points/1,336 rebounds/320 blocks) and Kelly Wise (1,487 points/1,075 rebounds/226 blocks) as the only players in Memphis basketball history to reach the trio of plateaus.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINE

Not only is Dedric Lawson's double-double total among the best in the country, and third-most by a freshman in program history, it is also tied for the 13th-highest single-season total in school history.

RK	PLAYER	YEARS	2B/2B
1.	Larry Kenon	1972-73	25
2.	Don Holcomb	1971-72	22
3.	Keith lee	1983-84	21
4.	Keith Lee	1982-83	20
	David Vaughn	1993-94	20
6.	Ronnie Robinson	1971-72	19
7.	Kelly Wise	2000-01	17
	Keith lee	1981-82	17
	Marion Hilliard	1975-76	17
10.	Chris Massie	2001-02	16
	Lorenzen Wright	1995-96	16
	Keith Lee	1984-85	16
13.	Dedric Lawson	2015-16	15
	Lorenzen Wright	1994-95	15
	Marion Hilliard	1974-75	15
	Ronnie Robinson	1972-73	15
	James Douglas	1969-70	15

NATION'S TOP CAROM COMBOS

Later in this notes package, we talk about where Dedric Lawson and Shaq Goodwin rank as a pair among the top two rebounders in the American Athletic Conference (spoiler alert - they are the top pair). The duo doesn't stop there, however, as only nine other sets of teammates in NCAA Division I combine average more rebounds than Lawson and Goodwin. Below are the top ten rebounding duos in the NCAA this season.

RK	SCHOOL	TOTAL
1.	Hofstra	19.6
Rokas Gustys (13.0), Denton Koon (6.6)
2.	Arizona	19.3
Ryan Anderson (10.2), Kaleb Tarczewski (9.1)
3.	Weber State	18.6
Joel Bolomboy (12.8), Kyndahl Hill (5.8)
4.	Gonzaga	18.1
Domantas Sabonis (11.6), Kyle Wiltjer (6.5)
5.	Evansville	17.7
Egidijus Mockevicius (14.0), Craig Victor II (3.7)
6.	Austin Peay	17.6
Chris Horton (12.1), Kenny Jones (5.5)
7.	Stony Brook	17.5
Jameel Warney (10.7), Ahmad Walker (6.8)
8.	LSU	17.4
Ben Simmons (11.9), Craig Victor (5.5)
9.	Notre Dame	17.3
Zach Auguste (10.4), Bonzie Colson (6.9)
10.	Memphis	17.2
Dedric Lawson (9.2), Shaq Goodwin (8.0)
11.	UCLA	17.0
Thomas Welsh (8.6), Tony Parker (8.4)

LONG RANGE WEAPON

With his 75 made three-pointers this season, junior guard Avery Woodson is quickly etching his name as one of the top long-range shooters in Memphis basketball history. His three-point total this season currently ranks seventh in school history, and his career makes total of 136 stands seven away from No. 10 on that list, currently occupied by Elliot Perry. His career three-point percentage of .407 stands third all-time, and his single-season percentage stands fifth in school history.

SINGLE-SEASON THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE
RK	PLAYER	YEARS	3FG	NEED
3.	Anthony Rice	2004-05	82	7
4.	Mingo Johnson	1995-96	81	6
5.	Chris Crawford	2013-14	76	1
	Rodney Carney	2004-05	76	1
7.	Avery Woodson	2015-16	75	—
8.	Anfernee Hardaway	1992-93	73

SINGLE-SEASON THREE-POINT FG PERCENTAGE
RK	PLAYER	YEARS	3FG%	FG
3.	Antonio Barton	2010-11	.442	42-95
4.	Detric Golden	1997-98	.439	47-107
5.	Avery Woodson	2015-16	.436	75-172
6.	Wesley Witherspoon	2009-10	.430	34-79
7.	Anthony Rice	2001-02	.425	48-113

CAREER THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE
RK	PLAYER	YEARS	3FG	NEED
6.	Chris Crawford	2010-15	166	30
7.	Marcus Moody	1997-01	163	27
8.	Willie Kemp	2006-10	162	26
9.	Mingo Johnson	1994-96	153	17
10.	Elliot Perry	1987-91	143	7
—	Avery Woodson	2014-pres	136

CAREER THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
RK	PLAYER	YEARS	3FG%	FG
1.	Roburt Sallie	2008-10	.438	119-272
2.	Antonio Barton	2010-13	.417	100-240
3.	Avery Woodson	2015-16	.407	136-334
4.	Harry Allen	1996-98	.394	85-216
5.	Mingo Johnson	1994-96	.381	153-402

ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST TULSA

The all-time series between the Tigers and Golden Hurricane has been one of runs in the series, as Tulsa opened the series with 11 consecutive wins; however, Memphis answered with runs of eight straight wins and nine straight wins to take a 17-12 lead in the all-time series. Tulsa swept the season series last season, the first time the Golden Hurricane has won more than one game in a row in the series since 1971.

DATE	RESULT	LOCATION
Dec. 19, 1964	Tulsa 80, Memphis 63	Tulsa, Okla.
Jan. 14, 1967	Tulsa 54, Memphis 43	Memphis, Tenn.
Dec. 20, 1967	Tulsa 64, Memphis 47	Memphis, Tenn. %
Feb. 3, 1968	Tulsa 52, Memphis 48	Tulsa, Okla. %
Jan. 18, 1969	Tulsa 70, Memphis 69	Tulsa, Okla. %
Feb. 27, 1969	Tulsa 62, Memphis 56	Memphis, Tenn. %
Dec. 11, 1969	Tulsa 82, Memphis 72	Memphis, Tenn. ^
Jan. 17, 1970	Tulsa 77, Memphis 61	Memphis, Tenn. %
Feb. 26, 1970	Tulsa 87, Memphis 78	Tulsa, Okla. %
Jan. 16, 1971	Tulsa 90, Memphis 85	Tulsa, Okla. %
Feb. 25, 1971	Tulsa 94, Memphis 91 (2ot)	Memphis, Tenn. %
Jan. 15, 1972	Memphis 99, Tulsa 72	Memphis, Tenn. %
Feb. 26, 1972	Memphis 91, Tulsa 90	Tulsa, Okla. %
Feb. 10, 1973	Memphis 91, Tulsa 87 (ot)	Tulsa, Okla. %
Jan. 26, 1974	Memphis 67, Tulsa 64	Memphis, Tenn.
Feb. 20, 1975	Memphis 88, Tulsa 80	Tulsa, Okla.
Feb. 19, 1976	Memphis 91, Tulsa 83	Memphis, Tenn.
Jan. 16, 1988	Memphis 54, Tulsa 47	Tulsa, Okla.
Jan. 25, 1989	Memphis 77, Tulsa 59	Memphis, Tenn.
Mar. 27, 2001	Tulsa 72, Memphis 64	New York, N.Y. +
Feb. 1, 2006	Memphis 84, Tulsa 61	Tulsa, Okla. ~
Feb. 25, 2006	Memphis 78, Tulsa 67	Memphis, Tenn. ~
Jan. 24, 2007	Memphis 72, Tulsa 59	Memphis, Tenn. ~
Feb. 14, 2007	Memphis 69, Tulsa 52	Tulsa, Okla. ~
Jan. 23, 2008	Memphis 56, Tulsa 41	Tulsa, Okla. ~ **
Feb. 27, 2008	Memphis 82, Tulsa 67	Memphis, Tenn. ~ **
Mar. 15, 2008	Memphis 77, Tulsa 51	Memphis, Tenn. * **
Jan. 13, 2009	Memphis 55, Tulsa 54	Tulsa, Okla. ~
Feb. 11, 2009	Memphis 63, Tulsa 37	Mmephis, Tenn. ~
Mar. 14, 2009	Memphis 64, Tulsa 39	Memphis, Tenn. *
Feb. 13, 2010	Memphis 93, Tulsa 86	Tulsa, Okla. ~
Mar. 6, 2010	Memphis 75, Tulsa 53	Memphis, Tenn. ~
Feb. 2, 2011	Tulsa 68, Memphis 65	Memphis, Tenn. ~
Mar. 3, 2012	Memphis 78, Tulsa 66	Tulsa, Okla. ~
Feb. 2, 2013	Memphis 94, Tulsa 64	Memphis, Tenn. ~
Mar. 15, 2013	Memphis 85, Tulsa 74	Tulsa, Okla. *
Jan. 21, 2015	Tulsa 73, Memphis 55	Tulsa, Okla. v
Feb. 28, 2015	Tulsa 74, Memphis 72 (ot)	Memphis, Tenn. v
Feb. 28, 2016	Memphis 92, Tulsa 82	Memphis, Tenn. v
Mar. 11, 2016		Orlando, Fla. &
% Missouri Valley Conference Game
^ Liberty Bowl Tournament
+ Owens Corning NIT
~ Conference USA Game
* Conference USA Tournament
v American Athletic Conference Game
& American Athletic Conference Tournament
** Win vacated by the NCAA

FREE THROW RECORDS

Similarly to the long range record attack from Avery Woodson, the senior duo of Shaq Goodwin and Ricky Tarrant Jr. are making a full-out assault on the school record books at the charity stripe. Goodwin's career free throw total of 390 made ranks as the seventh-most in a career in school history, and is 46 makes away from taking sole possession of sixth overall. Goodwin's 152 free throws rank 10th in a single-season in school history, while Tarrant's total of 136 stands 16 behind Goodwin for 10th overall.

RK	PLAYER	YEARS	CAREER	NEED
5.	Forest Arnold	1952-56	474	84
6.	Bill Cook	1972-76	435	45
7.	Shaq Goodwin	2012-	390	—
8.	Bobby Parks	1980-84	376
9.	Chris Douglas-Roberts	2007-08	362
	Don Holcomb	1969-72	362
	Win Wilfong	1955-57	362

RK	PLAYER	YEARS	SEASON	NEED
6.	Dajuan Wagner	2001-02	166	14 / 30
7.	Chris Douglas-Roberts	2007-08	161	9 / 25
8.	Anfernee Hardaway	1992-93	158	6 / 22
9.	Keith Lee	1984-85	156	4 / 20
10.	Shaq Goodwin	2015-16	152	— / 16
—	Ricky Tarrant Jr.	2015-16	136