2016–17 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team

2016–17 Memphis Tigers men's basketball

Conference	American Athletic Conference
2016–17 record	( The American)
Head coach	Tubby Smith (1st year)
Assistant coach	Pooh Williamson
Assistant coach	Joe Esposito
Assistant coach	Saul Smith
Home arena	FedExForum

2016–17 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Connecticut	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
East Carolina	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Houston	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Memphis	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
SMU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
South Florida	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Temple	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Tulane	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Tulsa	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UCF	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
† AAC Tournament Champions

Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team represents the University of Memphis in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, the 96th season of Tiger basketball and the first under head coach Tubby Smith. The Tigers play their home games at the FedExForum. The 2016–17 season is the fourth season the Tigers have participated in the American Athletic Conference.

Previous season

The 2015–16 Memphis Tigers finished the season with an overall record of 19–15 and 8–10 in AAC play to finish in a tie for fifth place in conference. The Tigers lost in the championship game of the AAC Tournament to UConn. The Tigers did not participate in the 2016 NCAA tournament or NIT, marking the second time in 15 years that the Tigers had missed the post-season entirely. Josh Pastner left Memphis to take the head coaching job at Georgia Tech in April 2016, and Tubby Smith took over as head coach a few days later.

Off-season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
Burrell, TrahsonTrahson Burrell	F	79 !6' 7"	187	4 !Senior	Albany, NY	Graduated
Goodwin, ShaqShaq Goodwin	F	81 !6' 9"	229	4 !Senior	Atlanta, GA	Graduated
Johnson, KedrenKedren Johnson	G	76 !6' 4"	210	4 !Senior	Lewisburg, TN	Graduated
Tarrant, RickyRicky Tarrant	G	74 !6' 2"	184	4 !Senior	Pleasant Grove, AL	Graduated
Woodson, AveryAvery Woodson	G	74 !6' 2"	189	3 !Junior	Waynesboro, MS	Transfer to Butler
Broddie, RandallRandall Broddie	G	75 !6' 3"	170	1 !Freshman	Oxon Hill, MD	Transfer

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School	Years Remaining	Date Eligible
,			!		!

Recruiting

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jimario Rivers F	Memphis, TN	Southwest TN CC	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Oct 8, 2015
Jimario Rivers F	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Personnel

The Tigers hired coach Tubby Smith to replace Josh Pastner in April 2016. Smith faced his first controversy as Tiger head coach early on. Keelon Lawson, father of Tiger players KJ and Dedric Lawson, had served for two years as an assistant for Pastner, but Smith did not initially want to retain Lawson in that role. This caused Lawson to reenter his son Dedric in the 2016 draft and hint that KJ would be transferring. However, on April 25, 2016, The Commercial Appeal reported that Lawson would be retained on the basketball staff as director of player personnel. Lawson claimed he never intended to indicate that his sons would be leaving the program upon the announcement of his reassignment. Dedric, however, remained entered in the draft and planned to attend a draft combine.

Roster

2016–17 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
3.5 !F	1	Lawson, DedricDedric Lawson	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	2.0 !So	Memphis, Tennessee
1.5 !G	5	Crawford, MarkelMarkel Crawford	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Memphis, Tennessee
1.5 !G	10	Martin, JeremiahJeremiah Martin	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	2.0 !So	Memphis, Tennessee
1.5 !G	12	Randall, CraigCraig Randall	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	2.0 !So	Phoenix, Arizona
2.5 !G/F	14	Lawson, K. J.K. J. Lawson	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	2.0 !So	Memphis, Tennessee
3.5 !F	30	Marshall, NickNick Marshall	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	2.0 !So	Lexington, Tennessee
1.5 !G	23	Craft, SamSam Craft (W)	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Memphis, Tennessee
2.5 !G/F	42	McDowell, JakeJake McDowell (W)	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Memphis, Tennessee

Head coach

Assistant coach(es)

TBD
Keelon Lawson (Union University)
TBD

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 11/6/2015

References

Memphis Tigers men's basketball

Venues	Various locations (1920–1929) Memorial Fieldhouse (1929–1966) Mid-South Coliseum (1966–1991) Pyramid Arena (1991–2004) FedExForum (2004–present)

Rivalries	Louisville

Culture & lore	Pouncer Newby's TOM (mascot) "Go Tigers Go" Mighty Sound of the South

People	Head coaches All-Americans NBA players Retired jerseys

Seasons	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1942–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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