Men's Basketball

University of Memphis

- Memphis, TN - 38152
Team Office: Tel: (901) 678-2346 Fax: (901) 678-4134
Team website: gotigersgo.collegesports.com/

Founded in 1912 as teacher training college, the University of Memphis is now a comprehensive urban university offering over 50 BA, 40 Master's, and 21 doctoral programs. Majors offered include Criminal Justice, Banking, Drama, International Business, Journalism, Nursing, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Physical Education Teaching and Coaching. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Memphis in the 4th tier among national institutions.

The campus is located in a suburban, residential section of Memphis (pop. 1M).

School website
www.memphis.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

20,000

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. ACT 25/75: 19-24

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$11,000
Out-of-State: ~$22,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Multi-interdisciplinary - Education

Misc. Information

Head coach John Calipari completed his 8th season at Memphis in 2007-08. Calipari joined the Tigers in 2000-01 after working the previous season as an assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers and 2+ seasons as the head coach of the New Jersey Nets. Inheriting a team with losing records in the previous two seasons, Calipari wasted no time turning the program around, picking up 21 wins in 2001, making the NIT, and breaking the attendance record. In his second season he won 27 games - the most since 1985 - and won the NIT championship. During his short tenure, the Tigers have won 20+ games every year. Prior to the NBA, Calipari coached eight years at UMASS, reviving a dormant program that had suffered through 10 consecutive losing seasons, and making it into a perrenial contender. Calipari was the starting point guard at Clarion State and got his first coaching assignment at Kansas under Ted Owens. In 2007-08, the Tigers went 38-2 and advanced to the NCAA championship game before falling to Kansas.

Team Name	Tigers
Colors	Blue and Gray
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	1349-806 (.625)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	38-2	33-4	33-4	93-39 (.704)
Conference	16-0	16-0	13-1	47-17 (.734)
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	6, 1, 2, 3, 3
Post Appear.	Finals	Elite 8	Elite 8	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	#2	#5	#4	0x

Coaches

Head Coach	John Calipari
	Birthday: 1959-02-10
Started at Memphis	2000-01
Contract Expires	2010
Record as Head Coach	412-136 (.751)
Record at Memphis	219-65 (.771)
Coaching Awards	Naismith COTY (96), Atlantic 10 COTY 3x

Asst. Coaches	Derek Kellogg, Chuck Martin, John Robic

Recruiting Coordinator

Derek Kellogg, (901) 678-2346, TBP

Conference and Schedule

Memphis plays in Conference USA (www.conferenceusa.com), a relatively new conference that was formed in 1995 and was realigned in 2005. C-USA was generally considered to be among the best mid-major (non-BCS) conferences before its realignment. The conference is comprised of 12 schools from 9 southern states. Memphis will play a 14 game league schedule, playing each team once with home-and-home series versus three different opponents. League games are often played on Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The farthest conference game is at UTEP some 1,100 miles from Memphis. The season concludes with the Conference USA tourney which takes includes all 12 teams with the top four receiving first round byes. The tourney winner is an automatic qualifier.

Conference Opponents

Tulane, Houston, Rice, Southern Methodist, Tulsa, Texas-El Paso, Southern Mississippi, Alabama-Birmingham, East Carolina, Marshall, and Central Florida.

Facilities

Fed Ex Forum
Capacity: 18,400. Avg Attendance: 10,000

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Memphis was ranked #12 in offense, averaging 80 ppg. In 2006-07, they were ranked 14th at 78.9 ppg.