Memphis

Official Name: 
University of Memphis
Nickname: 
Tigers
Mailing Address: 

203 Athletic Office Building
570 Normal Street
Memphis, TN 38152

Website: 
www.gotigersgo.com
Telephone: 
(901) 678-2337
Fax: 
(901) 678-4134
Enrollment: 
20,330
Arena: 

The Pyramid
Capacity: 20,142
Year Opened: 1991

School Colors: 
Blue and Gray
Conference: 

Conference USA (since 1996)
Former Member of Missouri Valley (1968-73), Metro (1976-91) and Great Midwest (1992-95)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(6) 1982, 1985, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(22) 1955, 1956, 1962, 1973, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009
32-22 record (.593)
Reached Final Four in 1973 (2nd), 1985 (T3rd) and 2008 (2nd)

NIT Appearances: 

(17) 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, and 2010
20-16 record (.556)
Finished 2nd in 1957, 3rd in 2001, 1st in 2002 and T3rd in 2005

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(2) 1951 and 1952
3-2 record (.600)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

John Calipari (nine years from 2001-09, 252-69 record, .785)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Keith Lee (2,408 points from 1982-85)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Keith Lee (1,336 from 1982-85)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Larry Finch (48 points as senior vs. St. Joseph's, Ind., on 1/20/73)

All-American Selections: 

(14) C William Bedford (1986), G Chris Douglas-Roberts (2008), G Larry Finch (1973), G-F Anfernee Hardaway (1993), F Larry Kenon (1973), C Keith Lee (1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985), G Dexter Reed (1977), G Derrick Rose (2008), F Win Wilfong (1957), C Lorenzen Wright (1996), F Rodney Carney (2006)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 

(4) Keith Lee (1983 and 1985), Anfernee Hardaway (1993), Chris Douglas-Roberts (2008)

NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

(4) Larry Finch (1973), Keith Lee (1984), Lorenzen Wright (1996), Rodney Carney (2006)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Larry Finch (48 vs. St. Joseph's, Ind.)
January 20, 1973 (senior/24 ppg)

1

2

Total

Memphis State

58

54

112

St. Joseph's, Ind.

43

49

92

Memphis State

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Kenon

13-19

1-4

27

Westfall

1-6

0-0

2

Robinson

6-18

2-3

14

Finch

17-27

14-17

48

Laurie

0-1

0-0

0

Cook

0-5

2-2

2

Buford

4-4

3-5

11

Andrews

1-1

0-0

2

McKinney

1-2

0-0

2

Jones

1-2

0-0

2

Liss

0-0

0-0

0

Tetslaff

1-2

0-0

2

Trosper

0-0

0-0

0

Tunstall

0-1

0-0

0

Totals

45-88

22-31

112

Percentages

.511

.710

St. Joseph's, Ind.

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Wiggs

2-6

0-0

4

Huneryager

4-12

3-6

11

Thordsen

7-14

12-12

26

Muterspaw

9-15

2-2

20

Santana

4-14

3-4

11

Hogan

3-6

0-0

6

Mitchell

0-0

0-0

0

Vonderhaar

7-13

0-1

14

Rockwell

0-0

0-0

0

Caulkins

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

36-80

20-25

92

Percentages

.450

.800
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Frederick Grantham

1

1921

22-7-1

.750

1921

22-7-1

W.H. DePriest

1

1922

1-7

.125

1922

1-7

Lester Barnard

2

1923-24

10-13

.435

1923

6-4

Zach Curlin

23

1925-48

173-184

.485

1931

14-2

McCoy Tarry

3

1949-51

40-27

.597

1951

17-8

Gene Lambert

5

1952-56

87-45

.659

1955

17-5

Bob Vanatta

6

1957-62

109-34

.762

1961

20-3

Dean Ehlers

4

1963-66

53-47

.530

1963

19-7

Henry W. "Moe" Iba

4

1967-70

37-65

.362

1967

17-9

Gene Bartow

4

1971-74

82-32

.719

1973

24-6

Wayne Yates

5

1975-79

93-49

.655

1975

20-7

Dana Kirk

7

1980-86

158-58

.731

1985

31-4

Larry Finch

11

1987-97

220-130

.629

1987

26-8

George "Tic" Price

2

1998-99

30-27

.526

1998

17-12

Johnny Jones

1

2000

15-16

.484

2000

15-16

John Calipari

9

2001-09

252-69

.810

2008

38-2

Josh Pastner

2

2010, 1911

49-20

.719

2011

25-10
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,418-825 (.632) from 1921 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Memphis moved up to major-college status in 1955
  • The Tigers vacated a total of 14 NCAA Tournament games in 1982 (1-1 record), 1983 (1-1), 1984 (2-1), 1985 (4-1) and 1986 (1-1)
  • Jones was named interim coach one week before the start of the 1999-2000 season
  • The school did not field a team in 1943-44 during World War II.