2017-18 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GAME St. Louis, Missouri SEC Network 32 Approx. 2:30 p.m. CT - Thursday, March 8 Tiger Radio Network Scottrade Center (19,260) sec.statbroadcast.com (20-11, 10-8) VS. GEORGIA OR VANDERBILT | FIFTH-SEEDED TIGERS BEGIN POSTSEASON AT SEC TOURNAMENT IN ST. LOUIS FULL MEDIA INFORMATION STORY LINES SEC NETWORK Mizzou Men’s Basketball (20-11, 10-8) fi nished off its remarkable run through the 2017-18 regular PBP: Joe Tessitore season in a tie for fourth-place in the Southeastern Conference standings, setting the Tigers up as ANALYST: Sean Farnham the No. 5 seed for the 2018 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament at St. Louis’ Scottrade Center from REPORTER: Laura Rutledge Wednesday, March 7 - Sunday, March 11. PRODUCER: Scott Matthews Mizzou has a fi rst-round bye and will face No. 12 Georgia (16-14, 7-11) or No. 13 Vanderbilt (12-19, 6-12) in second round action on Thursday, March 8, at approximately 2:30 p.m. CT on the SEC Network. TIGER RADIO NETWORK Head coach Cuonzo Martin’s squad handed defeats to both the Bulldogs and Commodores during the PBP: Mike Kelly 2018 SEC schedule. Mizzou won at home over Georgia (Jan. 10) by a score of 68-56, with the 12-point ANALYST: Chris Gervino margin of victory being the Black & Gold’s biggest win in league action. The Tigers were victorious in ENGINEER: Matt Winegardner Nashville more recently, winning 74-66 at Vanderbilt (Feb. 27). TWITTER: @MizzouHoops Mizzou got to 20 wins with its Senior Night win over Arkansas (March 3). Senior forward Jordan LIVE VIDEO: WatchESPN.com Barnett recorded his fi fth double-double (19 points, 11 rebounds) of the season and sixth of his career. Mizzou’s 74-66 win at Vanderbilt (Feb. 27) was the Tigers’ fi fth true road win of the season -- the 2017-18 RESULTS (20-11, 10-8) program’s most since winning seven away games during the 2011-12 campaign. An All-SEC First-Team selection, graduate senior guard Kassius Robertson began his career at the DATE MIZ OPP OPPONENT TV TIME-CT only school to offer him a D-I scholarship, Canisius, of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). N 10 F RV / RV - / - Iowa State SECN W, 74-59 Canisius has an enrollment of 3,171, while Mizzou’s enrollment is nearly 10 times larger (30,870). N 13 M RV / RV - / - Wagner ESPN2 W, 99-55 N 16 R RV / RV - / - at Utah PAC12N L, 59-77 Robertson is the nation’s highest scoring (16.5) graduate transfer at the high major level (as of March N 20 M NV / RV - / - Emporia State SECN+ W, 67-62 3). Overall, Robertson ranks fourth in the country (Div. I) in scoring among all graduate transfers. N 23 R NV / RV - / - vs. Long Beach St. # ESPN2 W, 95-58 Mizzou (20-11) is the third-most improved team in the country, record-wise. North Carolina A&T is N 24 F NV / RV - / - vs. St. John’s # ESPNews W, 90-82 at 19-13 after going 3-29 last season, while UC Santa Barbara is 22-8 after a 6-22 mark in 2016-17. N 26 U NV / RV 23 / 20 vs. West Virginia # ESPN2 L, 79-83 N 30 R NV / RV - / - at UCF $ ESPN2 W, 62-59 MATCHUP #5 MIZZOU (20-11, 9-8 SEC) _______ RPI: 33 SOS: 35 #12 GEORGIA (16-14, 7-11 SEC) ______RPI: 81 SOS: 45 D 5 T NV / RV - / - Miami (Ohio) SECN W, 70-51 Head Coach __________Cuonzo Martin (10th season) Head Coach ______________Mark Fox (14th season) D 9 S NV / RV - / - Green Bay SECN W, 100-77 Career Record __________________ 206-132 (.609) Career Record __________________ 284-175 (.619) D 16 S NV / RV - / - North Florida SECN W, 85-51 Mizzou Record _______________20-11 (1st season) Georgia Record ____________ 161-132 (9th season) D 19 T NV / RV NV / RV Stephen F. Austin ESPNU W, 82-81 All-Time vs. Georgia _____________________ 5-6 D 23 S NV / RV - / - vs. Illinois % ESPN2 L, 64-70 All-Time vs. Vanderbilt ___________________ 5-6 #13 VANDERBILT (12-19, 6-12 SEC) ___RPI: 117 SOS: 3 J 3 W NV / RV - / - at South Carolina * ESPN2 W, 79-68 Category __________________ Overall ___Conf. Head Coach _____________Bryce Drew (7th season) J 6 S NV / RV NV / RV Florida * CBS L, 75-77 Points/Game ___________________ 73.7 ____ 69.9 Career Record __________________ 155-84 (.6541) J 10 W - / - RV / NV Georgia * ESPN2 W, 68-56 Points Allowed/Game _____________ 68.3 ____ 69.6 Vanderbilt Record ____________31-35 (2nd season) J 13 S - / - - / - at Arkansas * ESPN2 L, 63-65 Field Goal Shooting ______________ .458 ____ .437 J 17 W - / - 21 / 21 Tennessee * SECN W, 59-55 Field Goal Defense _______________ .408 ____ .418 J 20 S - / - - / - at Texas A&M * ESPN2 L, 49-60 3-Point Shooting _________________ .387 ____ .392 Coach Martin Record vs. Georgia ___________ 3-3 3-Point Defense _________________ .325 ____ .330 Coach Martin Record vs. Vanderbilt _________ 5-2 J 24 W - / - 19 / 19 Auburn * SECN L, 71-93 Free Throw Shooting ______________ .737 ____ .743 J 27 S - / - - / - at Mississippi St. * SECN L, 62-74 Rebounds/Game _________________ 36.9 ____ 34.8 J 31 W - / - RV / RV at Alabama * ESPN2 W, 69-60 Opponent Rebounds/Game _________ 32.3 ____ 33.6 Assists/Game __________________ 13.7 ____12.2 F 3 S - / - 21 / 22 Kentucky * CBS W, 69-60 Turnovers/Game _________________ 14.4 ____ 13.6 F 6 T - / - - / - at Ole Miss * SECN W, 75-69 Steals/Game ____________________ 5.2 _____ 4.6 F 10 S - / - - / - Mississippi St. * ESPN2 W, 89-85 OT Blocks/Game ____________________ 4.3 _____ 3.8 F 13 T RV / NV 21 / RV Texas A&M * ESPNU W, 62-58 F 17 S RV / NV - / - at LSU * ESPN2 L, 63-64 PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS * F 20 T RV / NV - / - Ole Miss * ESPN2 L, 87-90 OT F 24 S RV / NV RV / RV at Kentucky * ESPN L, 66-87 # POS TIGERS ^ YR PPG RPG APG MPG # POS TBD ^ YR PPG RPG APG MPG F 27 T - / - - / - at Vanderbilt * ESPN2 W, 74-66 21 F Jordan Barnett Sr. 14.1 6.0 1.1 34.0 23 F Jeremiah Tilmon Fr. 6.9 3.3 0.4 19.1 M 3 S - / - RV / RV Arkansas * ESPN2 W, 77-67 24 F Kevin Puryear Jr. 8.8 4.4 0.9 25.5 M 8 NV / RV - / - SEC Tournament TBD TBD 3 G Kassius Robertson Gr. 16.5 2.9 2.4 35.8 15 G Jordan Geist Jr. 7.5 3.9 2.9 25.6 * Prognostication provided by Mizzou Strategic Communications * Most recent lineup from TBD vs. TBD (Feb. 27) ^ 2017-18 overall statistics ^ 2017-18 overall statistics 2 A new era in Mizzou Men’s Basketball PRONUNCIATIONS began March 20, 2017, as Cuonzo MARTIN YEAR-BY-YEAR Martin was introduced as the 19th Pro-nun-SEE-A-shun GUIDE head coach to lead the storied Tigers YEAR TEAM OVERALL CONF. Cuonzo Martin _______________________KHAN-zo program. Martin, who spent the 2008-09 Missouri State 11-20 3-15 Kevin Puryear ________________________PER-year past three seasons as head coach 2009-10 Missouri State 24-12 8-10 at the University of California, has 2010-11 Missouri State 26-9 15-3 Jordan Geist __________________________GUYst averaged 20.6 wins in 10 seasons as Missouri State Totals 61-41 26-28 Reed Nikko _________________________ NICK-oh a head coach with seven postseason (.598) (.481) Kassius Robertson ___________________ CASH-us appearances over the last eight years 2011-12 Tennessee 19-15 10-6 to his credit. 2012-13 Tennessee 20-13 11-7 QUICK FACTS 2013-14 Tennessee 24-13 11-7 Martin, who was born in St. Louis Tennessee Totals 63-41 32-20 and moved to East St. Louis, Ill., as Location _______________________ Columbia, Mo. (.606) (.615) a young child, owns a 10-year head 2014-15 California 18-15 7-11 Founded ______________________________ 1839 CUONZO MARTIN coaching record of 206-132 (.609), 2015-16 California 23-11 12-6 Enrollment ____________________________ 30,870 which includes his stellar fi rst-season 2016-17 California 21-13 10-8 Nickname _____________________________Tigers at Mizzou. Martin became the second California Totals 62-39 28-24 Colors ______________________ Old Gold and Black fi rst-year head coach in program history to lead the Tigers to a 20-win season, which is his seventh in 10 seasons as a head coach. (.614) (.538) Arena (Capacity) _____________ Mizzou Arena (15,061) 2017-18 Missouri 20-11 10-8 Conference ______________________ Southeastern Martin’s Golden Bears went 23-11 in 2015-16 and tied for third in the Pac-12 en route to the Career Totals 206-132 96-80 Starters Returning / Lost ____________________ 5/3 program’s highest NCAA Tournament seed in school history (No. 4). A consensus top 10 recruiting (.609) (.545) Lettermen Returning / Lost __________________ 8/4 class, which included top-fi ve overall prospects Ivan Rabb and Jaylen Brown, helped the Bears fashion the best single-season record in school history at Haas Pavilion (18-0) and end the year MARTIN QUICK HITS MIZZOU BASKETBALL with a 19-game homecourt win streak. All-told, the Golden Bears won a school-record 27-straight home games which spanned the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons. Martin closed his Cal tenure with POSTION NAME (YEAR AT MIZZOU) Born _______________________Sept.