University of Memphis Athletics
Saturday, November 14
Memphis, Tenn.
7 pm CT
University of Memphis
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Southern Miss
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Men's Basketball Opens 2015-16 at Home Against Golden Eagles
Nov 13, 2015 | Men's Basketball
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The 2015-16 Memphis Tiger men's basketball team opens its season on Saturday evening, when the team hosts the Southern Miss Golden Eagles for the 89th meeting between the two programs.
SCOUTING THE TIGERS
The 2015-16 Memphis Tigers have a strong blend of experienced veterans and athletic newcomers, and will look to contend for an American Athletic Conference title.
Back for the Tigers is three-year starter Shaq Goodwin, who averaged 9.6 points and 7.1 rebounds last season, including a 23-rebound effort at home against the Temple Owls. Also back is senior Trahson Burrell, who put in 9.1 points to go with 5.2 boards per contest. Sharp-shooter Avery Woodson also returns after converting on 37 percent of his three-point tries and averaging 7.9 points a season earlier.
Kedren Johnson and Markel Crawford each started at least 17 games a season ago, averaging 6.7 and 5.9 points per game, respectively, Johnson adding a team-best 74 assists and Crawford 70 rebounds and 32 steals.
New to the squad but not to college basketball is senior transfer Ricky Tarrant Jr., who has scored over 1,200 career points between stints at Tulane and Alabama, missing the second half of last season with the Crimson Tide with foot surgery.
Coming in fresh from high school to this season's squad is McDonald's All-American game participant Dedric Lawson, who along with his brother K.J. comprise the top end of the recruiting class ranked 12th in the country by 247sports.com. The Lawson brothers were the No. 2 and No. 3 rated prospects in Tennessee last year, and are joined by the No. 4 prospect in 6-11 forward Nick Marshall and No. 11 guard Jeremiah Martin. Three of the four Tennessee natives helped lead their respective schools to state titles a season earlier.
Craig Randall comes to Memphis after being rated the No. 1 prospect in the state of Arizona in 2014-15, while Randall Broddie was tabbed by Scout.com as the No. 7 shooting guard in the country after his junior season. Broddie and Dedric Lawson each reclassified up for this season, skipping their senior years of high school to become collegiate freshmen.
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES
Southern Miss, under the tutelage of second year coach Doc Sadler, returns six players from a team that went 9-20 last season, and will be facing the second year of a two-year postseason ban after the transgressions of former head coach Donnie Tyndall.
Back for the team is senior forward Norville Carey, who averaged 10.8 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. Also back are Keljin Blevins, Michael O'Donnell, and Kevin Holland, who started 13, 2, and 11 games, respectively a season ago. Blevins averaged 1.8 points and 1.8 rebounds, as O'Donnell averaged 1.8 points and 0.9 rebounds. Holland nished fourth on the team with 48 assists while scoring 40 points.
Among the newcomers to the team include guard Khari Price who averaged just over six points for the University of Dayton in 2013-14, and Michael Ramey, who led NJCAA in three-point percentage, hitting 59.3 percent of his long-range tries.
MEMPHIS AND SOUTHERN MISS TO HONOR DONOR ON SATURDAY
On Saturday, November 14, both the University of Memphis and the University of Southern Mississippi basketball programs will honor Gene D. Carlisle, a prominent businessman and friend of Tiger Athletics, who passed away on May 29, 2015.
The two programs, which have a long tradition of strong competition against each other - and have played 88 times prior to this season - will play their 2015-16 season openers against each other while wearing a black circular patch, emblazoned with GC on it.
Carlisle was a passionate Tiger Basketball and Tiger Athletics Supporter and fan. He was a major contributor to the University of Memphis Law School Capital Campaign to move downtown, and was a member of the highest an- nual giving level within the Tiger Scholarship Fund.
He was also a member of the University of Memphis Presidents Society, Society of the Shield, and the Centennial Circle.
Carlisle owned and operated nearly 100 Wendy's restaurants throughout the South East, including in Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and North Car- olina. While as President and CEO, he oversaw more than 3,500 employees and managed more than $135 million in sales annually.
By 1982, he founded Carlisle Corporation, which became the parent holding company for its subsidiaries Carlisle Properties, Carlisle Hotels, Inc., Carlisle Media, Wenstar and Wendelta, Inc.
The owner and creator of Carlisle Properties, he managed and developed apartments and of ce buildings throughout the South East for more than 30 years. In the late seventies, he was selected as the developer for the Beale Street Historic District in Memphis, one of the city's most prominent projects of the time.
A graduate of the University of Southern Miss, he was on the Board of Directors for the Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau, and also on the Board of Directors for the Memphis Film and Tape Commission. In 2006 he was enshrined in the Wendy's Hall of Fame, and in 2005 became a member of the Memphis Society of Entrepreneurs. In 2004 he was given both the Wendy's Founders Award and the nationally recognized Ernst & Young Entre- preneur of the Year.
He is survived by his wife, Karen, who is a graduate of the University of Memphis; daughter, Courtney Bolton (John) of Los Angeles; sons, Chance Carlisle (Jessica) and Chase Carlisle (Elizabeth), both of Memphis; his four grandchildren, Carlisle and Savannah Rye Bolton, Charlotte Carlisle, Miles Carlisle and his future granddaughter, Tully Carlisle.
BABY TIGERS
Memphis brought in eight freshman for the 2015-16 season; however, it is not just a high number, but a quality group, that was ranked as the No. 12 recruiting class by 247sports.com, and is the only American Athletic Conference team ranked inside of the top 30 overall (UConn at No. 31).
FINISHING STRONG
A season ago, then-junior Shaq Goodwin closed the season on a tear, averaging 12.5 points and 9.3 rebounds over the nal 12 games of the season. During that span, he recorded seven double-digit scoring performances and a pair of double-doubles. During that span he raised his scoring average from 7.8 to 9.6, and his rebounding average from 5.7 to 7.1. Included in that stretch was a 23-rebound performance - an American Athletic Confer- ence single-game record - against Temple on February 7.
YOUNG AND HUNGRY
Not only does the roster for the 2015-16 season include eight freshman and 10 total newcomers, it also features a head coach that is one of just 37 head coaches in NCAA Division I basketball to be younger than 40 years of age (Josh Pastner does not turn 40 until September of next year). Of that group of 37 coaches, he has the second-most wins, behind only Shaka Smart of Texas. Below are the top ve winningest NCAA Division I coaches under 40 years of age. Of the top five coaches, two (Smart and White) are in their first year with the current schools.
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SCOUTING THE TIGERS
The 2015-16 Memphis Tigers have a strong blend of experienced veterans and athletic newcomers, and will look to contend for an American Athletic Conference title.
Back for the Tigers is three-year starter Shaq Goodwin, who averaged 9.6 points and 7.1 rebounds last season, including a 23-rebound effort at home against the Temple Owls. Also back is senior Trahson Burrell, who put in 9.1 points to go with 5.2 boards per contest. Sharp-shooter Avery Woodson also returns after converting on 37 percent of his three-point tries and averaging 7.9 points a season earlier.
Kedren Johnson and Markel Crawford each started at least 17 games a season ago, averaging 6.7 and 5.9 points per game, respectively, Johnson adding a team-best 74 assists and Crawford 70 rebounds and 32 steals.
New to the squad but not to college basketball is senior transfer Ricky Tarrant Jr., who has scored over 1,200 career points between stints at Tulane and Alabama, missing the second half of last season with the Crimson Tide with foot surgery.
Coming in fresh from high school to this season's squad is McDonald's All-American game participant Dedric Lawson, who along with his brother K.J. comprise the top end of the recruiting class ranked 12th in the country by 247sports.com. The Lawson brothers were the No. 2 and No. 3 rated prospects in Tennessee last year, and are joined by the No. 4 prospect in 6-11 forward Nick Marshall and No. 11 guard Jeremiah Martin. Three of the four Tennessee natives helped lead their respective schools to state titles a season earlier.
Craig Randall comes to Memphis after being rated the No. 1 prospect in the state of Arizona in 2014-15, while Randall Broddie was tabbed by Scout.com as the No. 7 shooting guard in the country after his junior season. Broddie and Dedric Lawson each reclassified up for this season, skipping their senior years of high school to become collegiate freshmen.
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES
Southern Miss, under the tutelage of second year coach Doc Sadler, returns six players from a team that went 9-20 last season, and will be facing the second year of a two-year postseason ban after the transgressions of former head coach Donnie Tyndall.
Back for the team is senior forward Norville Carey, who averaged 10.8 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. Also back are Keljin Blevins, Michael O'Donnell, and Kevin Holland, who started 13, 2, and 11 games, respectively a season ago. Blevins averaged 1.8 points and 1.8 rebounds, as O'Donnell averaged 1.8 points and 0.9 rebounds. Holland nished fourth on the team with 48 assists while scoring 40 points.
Among the newcomers to the team include guard Khari Price who averaged just over six points for the University of Dayton in 2013-14, and Michael Ramey, who led NJCAA in three-point percentage, hitting 59.3 percent of his long-range tries.
MEMPHIS AND SOUTHERN MISS TO HONOR DONOR ON SATURDAY
On Saturday, November 14, both the University of Memphis and the University of Southern Mississippi basketball programs will honor Gene D. Carlisle, a prominent businessman and friend of Tiger Athletics, who passed away on May 29, 2015.
The two programs, which have a long tradition of strong competition against each other - and have played 88 times prior to this season - will play their 2015-16 season openers against each other while wearing a black circular patch, emblazoned with GC on it.
Carlisle was a passionate Tiger Basketball and Tiger Athletics Supporter and fan. He was a major contributor to the University of Memphis Law School Capital Campaign to move downtown, and was a member of the highest an- nual giving level within the Tiger Scholarship Fund.
He was also a member of the University of Memphis Presidents Society, Society of the Shield, and the Centennial Circle.
Carlisle owned and operated nearly 100 Wendy's restaurants throughout the South East, including in Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and North Car- olina. While as President and CEO, he oversaw more than 3,500 employees and managed more than $135 million in sales annually.
By 1982, he founded Carlisle Corporation, which became the parent holding company for its subsidiaries Carlisle Properties, Carlisle Hotels, Inc., Carlisle Media, Wenstar and Wendelta, Inc.
The owner and creator of Carlisle Properties, he managed and developed apartments and of ce buildings throughout the South East for more than 30 years. In the late seventies, he was selected as the developer for the Beale Street Historic District in Memphis, one of the city's most prominent projects of the time.
A graduate of the University of Southern Miss, he was on the Board of Directors for the Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau, and also on the Board of Directors for the Memphis Film and Tape Commission. In 2006 he was enshrined in the Wendy's Hall of Fame, and in 2005 became a member of the Memphis Society of Entrepreneurs. In 2004 he was given both the Wendy's Founders Award and the nationally recognized Ernst & Young Entre- preneur of the Year.
He is survived by his wife, Karen, who is a graduate of the University of Memphis; daughter, Courtney Bolton (John) of Los Angeles; sons, Chance Carlisle (Jessica) and Chase Carlisle (Elizabeth), both of Memphis; his four grandchildren, Carlisle and Savannah Rye Bolton, Charlotte Carlisle, Miles Carlisle and his future granddaughter, Tully Carlisle.
BABY TIGERS
Memphis brought in eight freshman for the 2015-16 season; however, it is not just a high number, but a quality group, that was ranked as the No. 12 recruiting class by 247sports.com, and is the only American Athletic Conference team ranked inside of the top 30 overall (UConn at No. 31).
FINISHING STRONG
A season ago, then-junior Shaq Goodwin closed the season on a tear, averaging 12.5 points and 9.3 rebounds over the nal 12 games of the season. During that span, he recorded seven double-digit scoring performances and a pair of double-doubles. During that span he raised his scoring average from 7.8 to 9.6, and his rebounding average from 5.7 to 7.1. Included in that stretch was a 23-rebound performance - an American Athletic Confer- ence single-game record - against Temple on February 7.
YOUNG AND HUNGRY
Not only does the roster for the 2015-16 season include eight freshman and 10 total newcomers, it also features a head coach that is one of just 37 head coaches in NCAA Division I basketball to be younger than 40 years of age (Josh Pastner does not turn 40 until September of next year). Of that group of 37 coaches, he has the second-most wins, behind only Shaka Smart of Texas. Below are the top ve winningest NCAA Division I coaches under 40 years of age. Of the top five coaches, two (Smart and White) are in their first year with the current schools.
| Rk. | Coach | School | Record |
| 1. | Shaka Smart | Texas | 163-56 |
| 2. | Josh Pastner | Memphis | 148-58 |
| 3. | Kevin Willard | Seton Hall | 127-129 |
| 4. | Andrew Toole | Robert Morris | 110-66 |
| 5. | Michael White | Florida | 101-40 |
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