Tyree Jordan starts career at Tennesee-Martin

[Vikingbeliever2594]

Coach Tyree Jordan has joined the school he once played for, but now as a coach. Jordan will be taking over a team that had only 8 wins the past year. Today at a news conference Jordan confirmed and talked about the head coaching job at tennesee-martin. He said " I have come back to the school that i once loved, not to play to coach." When asked what are the goals for this season, he replied " This year we are going to go out on the court and try to compete and win some basketball games, nothing more we can do." Then he closed the news conference off and posted the roster and schedule for this year.

ROSTER:

(Starters)

PG #2 Sherma Krager 62 ovr. JR
SG #34 Freddy Barnett 65 ovr. JR
SF #24 Darmetries Thibodeux 60 ovr. FR
PF #3 Jeffery Shakur 67 ovr. SR
C #21 Rengald Huthchinson 62 ovr. Jr

(Bench)

PF #0 Leandro Swikker 61 ovr. JR
PF #25 Jeremee Cottrill 57 ovr. FR
PG #10 Asminus Forney 60 ovr. FR
SG #1 Demarcus Thompson 58 ovr. FR
SG #10 Mack Osborn 56 ovr. SO

(Redshirt)

SG #4 W. Gilbert 62 ovr. FR

Scheldule 2007-2008

(Nov.)
(non-conference)
2k college hoops classin 1st round #3 MEMPHIS
at MISSISSIPPI ST.
at ARIZONA ST.
(Dec.
at SAINT PETERS
(conference)
1st home game-JASONVILLE
at MOREHEAD ST.
(nonconference)
at UNLV
at VANDERBILT
(conference play)
(Jan.)
vs. AUSTIN PEAY
vs. SAMFORD
at TENNESSEE ST.
at E. ILLINOIS
vs. MOREHEAD ST.
at AUSTIN PEAY
vs. MURRAY ST.
at SAMFORD
at JACKSONVILLE ST.
vs. E. KENTUCKY
vs. TENNESSEE TECH
(Feb.
at SE MISSOURI
vs TENNESSEE ST.
vs. E. ILLINOIS
at TENNESSEE TECH
vs. SE MISSOURI
at E. KENTUCKY
at MURRAY ST.

Coach Jordan comments on the schedule "Very tough non conference games and all non-conference games are on the road." "I'm kinda dissapointed there isn't very many home games to let these fans see us, but we will move on, and with these tough games we will figure what type of team we are

Coach Jordan's philosphy is a: fast tempo team, with tight pressure, and pushing the break and crashing the boards.

Nxt comment after game with memphis

[Vikingbeliever2594]

should be a fun year

[Vikingbeliever2594]

In a neutral site game between memphis and tennesee-martin,more memphis fans obviously, starts off the first first round action of the 2k college hoops classis, and memphis and heavly favored. At the beginning mempis jumped out to a 7-0 lead and jordan called time. Then his team went on a 9-0 run taking the lead. But from then on it was all memphis in the 1st half going into intermission with a 31-18 lead. In the first minute of the 2nd half memphis went on a 10-3, making the score 41-21 lead and T-martin called TO. From that point on, in the next 5 and a half minutes memphis didn't score and had 6 turnovers. They went 0-9 in that span. On the other hand T-martin made 4 3s and a three point play, which was part of their 21-0 run. Coach Jordan said it was amazing how his team played during that stretch. the score then 42-41, mephis took 43-42 and t-martin got their own basket.Then derrick rose of memphis hit a three with 23 secs to take a 46-45 lead. Krager of t martin then pushed the ball up found an open Barnett who drived made a lay up and got foulded giving martin a 48-46 lead. Chris Douglas Roberts tried to make a three as time expired but didn't com close. Coach Callipari of memphis said:" It's unbelievable how bad we played in that game, but give martin credit, every time rose of roberts touch the ball they doubled them and caused a lot of turnovers"

Jordan said he couldn't imagined a better way to start the year

Final score= 48-46

T-Martin leading players

Krager- 9pts. 2-3 3pt, 2 assist and steals
Barnett- 14 pts. 6-10 fg 3 steals
Thibodeaux- 9 pts. 3 3's

MEMPHIS

rose- 14 pts. 5-6fg
roberts- 10 pts. 10 reb. 5-9 fg

Key stat:
Turnovers:
MEMPHIS=17
MARTIN= 9

nxt up richmond in tourney

[Vikingbeliever2594]

The game started 8-0 and things never got better for martin, the closest they were in the second half was 15. Coach Jordan says we just have to fix our mistakes and moveon

Score 66-47

Martin 1-1

Richmond 2-0

Key players
Martin:
Barnett-14 pts., only person above 7pts., was 4-10 from 3's

Richmond:
#11 11 pts.
#44 sf 10 pts.

Streal- 1L

[blue_apocalypse]

Whoa 48-46...extremely low scoring. Shocked to see you beat memphis then lose badly against Richmond. :confused:

[Vikingbeliever2594]

I kno i couldnt believe it beat a great team then lose to a so so team. Then i lost to mississippi st.

[Vikingbeliever2594]

"It was amazing how they shot the ball" Coach jordan said afterwards refering to miss. state's 10-16 from beyond the ark perfomance. "They shot better outside the 3pt line than inside it." Martin never seemed they had shot at this game losing 37-25 at half. The closest they cam in the 2nd half was62-69 with 30 seconds left after a 3. The final score of
the game ended up being 71-62. The Skyhawks now ride a 2 game losing streak heading into arizona st. in the next game.

Final Score-71-62

Key Players

Skyhawks-

Krager- 21pts. 3-7 3pt 9-17 fg 4 ast. 5 stl. (Player of the game)
Thibodeaux- 16 pts. 3 reb. 7-10 fg
Shakur- 6 pts. 4 reb. 4 stl.

Bulldogs-

#22 SG- 25 pts. 9-16 fg
#2 SF- 14 pts. 4-5 3pt
#44 PG- 12 pts. 3 reb. 5 ast. 1 stl and block 6-8 fg

Skyhawks- 1-2 (0-0) Streak= L2, Nxt game @ ARIZONA ST.

[Vikingbeliever2594]

I'm sorry i put arizona st. on the schedule, but it was arkansas state. "We went in their shot well passed nicely, and played smothering defense and forced turnovers." Coach Jordan said of his teams 86-44 win against Arkansas St. Ark. St. coach told a few reporters that this skyhawks team will be scary team around conference time. The Bench was the key factor in this game scoring 63 points.Arkansas ST. suffered 26 turnovers and had only 12 assist. Whil Martin had 5 turnovers and 17 assist.

Key Players:

Tennessee-Martin:

(Top 3 scorers of the game and all of bench)
Arninius Forney- 26 pts. 4 stls. 4-6 3pt fg
Demarcus Thompson- 14 pts. 3 reb. and assist. 4-8 3pt fg
Mack Osborn- 13 pts. 4 assist and stls. 6-10 fg

Arkansas St.

#2 SG- 21 pts. 4 reb.
#40 C- 5 pts. 7 reb. 1 stl and blk

Key Stat: Turnovers

Martin: 5 Arkansas St: 26

Tennesee-Martin= 2-2 (0-0) Streak- W1 Nxt game: @ SAINT PETSRS

im going to post stats for the first 5 games once i get done with one more game tomarrow g2g to nite, tired

[Jordai]

How dare you beat my Tigers. WTF? Tennessee-Martin?

[Vikingbeliever2594]

i dont know how it happened, it was just crazy. No way should i have beat them.

[Deuce2223]

How dare you beat my Tigers. WTF? Tennessee-Martin?

Actually I beat them the other night with Western Illinois. They were running a half court trap and my PG was really quick so I was able to blow by them and get an easy layup all night. After awhile it actually got quite old. Wish the computer was better about switching out of a press when getting beat on it so much.

[Deuce2223]

How long of halfs are you playing and what level? Your scores seem pretty low for running a up-temp offense??

[Vikingbeliever2594]

i actually changed it to more of a defensive game plan, and im playing on 11 minute halves and All conference. Gettin ready to bump it to 13 minutes.

[Vikingbeliever2594]

At St. Peters (5-1) home court, they did not play well shooting 38% from the field while Marin shot 48%. Martin never trailded the first half and had a 30-21 lead going into break. The second half was all martin though as they scored 40 pts. The final score ended up being 70-49. The main story was the turnovers saint peters couged up 28 turnovers. The main reason was every time they had ball, Martin pressed. Also everytime the Guards had the ball or the big men down low TM would double, which caused a lot of turnovers. Fast break points were 29-11 in Martin Favr. Coach Jordan said this was probably their 2nd best game giving the pea***** their first loss

Key players:

Tennesee-Martin:

Barnett- 20 pts. 8-12 fg 5 stl.
Hutchinson- 6 pts. 3-4 fg 4 reb. 4 stl.
BENCH- 27 pts. 12-17 fg. 7 reb. 7ast. stls.

SAINT PETERS:

#5 SG- 13 pts.
#31 SF- 10 pts.
#34 C- 10 pts. 10 reb.

Key Stat:

Turnovers: Tennesee-Martin 13; Saint Peters 28

Tennesee Martin= 3-2 (0-0) Streak- W2 Nxt- Vs. Jacksonville St.