Sun Belt Conference Tourney schedule and bracket
Middle Tennessee enters the Sun Belt Conference Tournament on a 16-game winning streak and as the favorite to win. But they call it March Madness for a reason.
MIDDLE TENN. ST. BLUE RAIDERS
Last Game
| Final - 3.19.2013 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's, Calif. Gaels | 29 | 38 | 67 |
| Middle Tenn. St. Blue Raiders | 20 | 34 | 54 |
Stories
Previewing the 2013 Sun Belt Tournament
Middle Tennessee enters as the heavy favorites to cut down the nets. An upset could send waves throughout college basketball come Selection Sunday.
Badger Bracketology: We're a Sexy Upset Victim!
As it would take something extreme for the Badgers to get knocked out of the tournament, it's not hubristic to look ahead to see where the Badgers will land when the tournament rolls around.
Tweety Time: Knight Helps MTSU Knock Off Ole Miss
Middle Tennessee provided a rude welcome for the Rebels as they allowed an SEC squad onto their home court and then used a team effort to send them home as losers.
Lady Vols vs. MTSU
The first game of a season-defining seven game series is upon the Lady Vols.
Florida pulls away for 66-45 win over MTSU
Florida pulled away from Middle Tennessee State late in the second half for a 66-45 win. The game was played in the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
Florida visits Middle Tennessee
Tenth-ranked Florida will travel to play Middle Tennessee on Sunday in a battle between two undefeated teams.
Minnesota defeats Middle Tennessee to reach NIT semis
Rodney Williams and Andre Hollins scored 24 a piece to get Minnesota an NIT quarterfinal victory over Middle Tennessee
Golden Nugz 03.21.12
Big Gopher basketball game tonight. It is fun that this team is playing well at the right time of the year and I fear there is some real optimism for next season. I do not believe that it is...
Gophers Rout Miami in the Second Round of the NIT
The Gopher's season continues with another NIT win on the road after dominating Miami 78-60.
MTSU 71 Tennessee 64 - Flatline
Tennessee's season comes to an end as the Vols fail to score in the final seven minutes against MTSU.
Tennessee vs MTSU Preview
It's an in-state war as the NIT resumes tonight in Knoxville, as a good MTSU team faces a UT squad that desperately needs Jeronne Maymon to play.
Schedule
2012 Schedule
| November | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama St. Hornets | Friday, November 09 2012 | win 97 - 53 | coverage |
| @ Savannah St. Tigers | Tuesday, November 13 2012 | win 58 - 55 | coverage |
| @ Florida Gators | Sunday, November 18 2012 | loss 45 - 66 | coverage |
| @ Central Florida Knights | Tuesday, November 20 2012 | win 75 - 61 | coverage |
| Texas Southern Tigers | Saturday, November 24 2012 | win 79 - 52 | coverage |
| @ Louisiana Ragin Cajuns | Thursday, November 29 2012 | win 72 - 58 | coverage |
| December | |||
| @ Akron Zips | Sunday, December 02 2012 | loss 77 - 82 | coverage |
| UAB Blazers | Wednesday, December 05 2012 | win 84 - 64 | coverage |
| Mississippi Rebels | Saturday, December 08 2012 | win 65 - 62 | coverage |
| @ Belmont Bruins | Thursday, December 13 2012 | loss 49 - 64 | coverage |
| Tennessee St. Tigers | Tuesday, December 18 2012 | win 77 - 48 | coverage |
| @ Vanderbilt Commodores | Friday, December 21 2012 | win 56 - 52 | coverage |
| Fla. International Golden Panthers | Saturday, December 29 2012 | win 69 - 52 | coverage |
| North Texas Mean Green | Monday, December 31 2012 | win 75 - 57 | coverage |
| January | |||
| @ Arkansas St. Red Wolves | Thursday, January 03 2013 | loss 60 - 66 | coverage |
| @ South Alabama Jaguars | Saturday, January 05 2013 | win 60 - 56 | coverage |
| Florida Atlantic Owls | Thursday, January 10 2013 | win 62 - 52 | coverage |
| @ ULM Warhawks | Saturday, January 12 2013 | win 66 - 57 | coverage |
| Ark.-Little Rock Trojans | Thursday, January 17 2013 | win 82 - 50 | coverage |
| Louisiana Ragin Cajuns | Saturday, January 19 2013 | win 82 - 60 | coverage |
| @ North Texas Mean Green | Thursday, January 24 2013 | win 72 - 64 | coverage |
| Western Kentucky Hilltoppers | Saturday, January 26 2013 | win 72 - 53 | coverage |
| @ Fla. International Golden Panthers | Thursday, January 31 2013 | win 66 - 64 | coverage |
| February | |||
| @ Florida Atlantic Owls | Saturday, February 02 2013 | win 73 - 56 | coverage |
| Arkansas St. Red Wolves | Thursday, February 07 2013 | win 73 - 60 | coverage |
| Troy Trojans | Saturday, February 09 2013 | win 93 - 41 | coverage |
| @ Ark.-Little Rock Trojans | Saturday, February 16 2013 | win 66 - 61 | coverage |
| South Alabama Jaguars | Thursday, February 21 2013 | win 85 - 50 | coverage |
| ULM Warhawks | Saturday, February 23 2013 | win 87 - 46 | coverage |
| @ Troy Trojans | Thursday, February 28 2013 | win 66 - 56 | coverage |
| March | |||
| @ Western Kentucky Hilltoppers | Saturday, March 02 2013 | win 70 - 62 | coverage |
| Louisiana Ragin Cajuns | Saturday, March 09 2013 | win 81 - 66 | coverage |
| Fla. International Golden Panthers | Sunday, March 10 2013 | loss 57 - 61 | coverage |
| St. Mary's, Calif. Gaels | Tuesday, March 19 2013 | loss 54 - 67 | coverage |
Roster
Middle Tenn. St. Blue Raiders Basketball Roster
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Cintron | 15 | GUARD | 198 | 6-0 | senior | |
| Gavin Gibson | 32 | GUARD | 200 | 6-4 | freshman | |
| Zane Gibson | 0 | GUARD | 183 | 6-2 | junior | |
| Neiko Hunter | 1 | FORWARD | 221 | 6-7 | junior | |
| Kerry Hammonds II | 24 | GUARD,FORWARD | 210 | 6-5 | junior | |
| Blake Johnson | 11 | GUARD | 160 | 5-10 | freshman | |
| Shawn Jones | 12 | FORWARD | 236 | 6-8 | junior | |
| Jason Jones Jr | 22 | FORWARD,GUARD | 202 | 6-6 | senior | |
| James Gallman Jr | 3 | GUARD | 194 | 5-11 | senior | |
| Bruce Massey Jr | 13 | GUARD | 197 | 6-3 | senior | |
| Marcos Knight | 14 | GUARD | 216 | 6-2 | senior | |
| Trantell Knight | 5 | GUARD | 190 | 6-1 | junior | |
| Finoy Perkins | 4 | FORWARD | 200 | 6-4 | junior | |
| Jaqawn Raymond | 10 | GUARD | 197 | 6-4 | sophomore | |
| Jacquez Rozier | 42 | FORWARD | 227 | 6-7 | sophomore | |
| JT Sulton | 30 | FORWARD | 223 | 6-8 | senior | |
| Torin Walker | 21 | CENTER | 240 | 6-11 | junior |
Stats
Middle Tenn. St. Blue Raiders Stats
| FG | 3PT | FT | Rebounds | Misc | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | M | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Ast | TO | Stl | Blk | PF | PPG | |
| Marcos Knight | 34 | 26.4 | 4.6 | 10.2 | 44.7 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 31.6 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 69.2 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 12.6 |
| Raymond Cintron | 33 | 21.5 | 2.7 | 6.2 | 43.9 | 2.2 | 4.9 | 43.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 81.6 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 8.5 |
| Shawn Jones | 34 | 21.1 | 3.4 | 6.7 | 49.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 63.5 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 8.5 |
| Neiko Hunter | 34 | 18.5 | 2.9 | 5.6 | 51.6 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 32.4 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 72.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 7.7 |
| Bruce Massey Jr | 34 | 23.4 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 42.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 22.2 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 69.0 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 6.6 |
| Kerry Hammonds II | 34 | 21.7 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 46.1 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 40.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 72.0 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 6.3 |
| JT Sulton | 34 | 19.9 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 46.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 71.6 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 6.2 |
| Trantell Knight | 34 | 16.5 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 56.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 34.6 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 52.5 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 4.7 |
| James Gallman Jr | 32 | 13.4 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 39.4 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 41.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 85.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.1 |
| Jason Jones Jr | 30 | 9.7 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 57.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 25.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 70.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| Torin Walker | 28 | 6.9 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 47.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 76.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.4 |
| Jacquez Rozier | 12 | 8.8 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 72.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| Gavin Gibson | 12 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 14.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 16.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Finoy Perkins | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Zane Gibson | 16 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 14.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
