67+33 2015-16 MIDDLE TENNESSEE MEN’S BASKETBALL Eric Beovich, Primary Contact • Cell: (850) 723-8134 • Office: (615) 904-8115 • E-mail:
[email protected] www.GoBlueRaiders.com • Twitter: @MTAthletics / @MT_MBB • Facebook: Facebook.com/BlueRaiderAthletics AP: NR, COACHES: NR AP: 2, COACHES: 2 MIDDLE TENNESSEE VS MICHIGAN STATE BLUE RAIDERS, 24-9, 13-5 C-USA SPARTANS, 25-9, 13-5 C-USA March 18 • St. Louis, Mo. / Scottrade Center (19,150) • WGNS (1450/100.5/101.9), WPRT (97.5/102.5), WMOT (89.5) • TV: CBS 1975 • 1977 • 1982 • 1985 • 8 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 1987 • 1989 • 2013 • 2016 2015-16 SCHEDULE/RESULTS OVERALL: 24-9 / C-USA: 13-5 Blue Raider History HOME: 11-3 / AWAY: 8-5 / NEUTRAL: 5-1 ncaa tournament appearances NOVEMBER 12 FAULKNER UNIVERSITY (EXH.) W, 84-63 } Middle Tennessee will be making its eighth NCAA Tournament appear- 17 AT MURRAY STATE L, 65-76 ance when it takes on No. 2 seeded Michigan State in St. Louis. Perhaps 21 AT TENNESSEE STATE W, 69-66 the biggest win in the history of Blue Raider men’s basketball history 26 AT ALASKA ANCHORAGE^ W, 75-72 came in the 1982 NCAA Tournament, when Middle Tennessee knocked 27 UNC ASHEVILLE^ W, 63-61 off the No. 15 ranked Kentucky Wildcats 50-44. MT is 2-7 all-time in the 28 TOLEDO^ W, 78-70 DECEMBER big dance with their other win coming against Florida State in 1989. 2 VCU L, 56-62 5 SOUTH ALABAMA W, 68-55 Postseason veterans 12 AUBURN % Wot, 88-81 } Middle Tennessee is no stranger to the postseason, having appeared in 17 BELMONT W, 83-62 postseason tournaments in five of the last seven years.