LINKS: Postseason Guide | Bracket | Notes | Indiana | Kentucky | Stony Brook
 
MEDIA AVAILABILITY
LINKS: Access links for video, audio and live stats on the men's basketball schedule page on GoMocs.com.
TV/VIDEO: CBS: Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill & Tracy Wolfson.
RADIO: The Mocs Sports Network flagship station is 96.1 the Legend FM in Chattanooga. Jim Reynolds is in his 36th year as the play-by-play "Voice of the Mocs".
 
The game is also broadcast on Westwood One with Brandon Gaudin and Mike Montgomery on the call. Satellite radio: Sirius 93 and XM 203. MSN's broadcast is on iHeart Radio, while Westwood One is on the TuneIn app.
 
SOCIAL MEDIA
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NEXT UP
The winner of the Mocs-Hoosiers meets the winner of Kentucky-Stony Brook on Saturday.
 
CHATTANOOGA WATCH PARTY
Watch parties for both the men's and women's basketball NCAA Tournament games this week are at Jefferson's Restaurant, home of "Chat with the Mocs". All fans are invited. Chattanooga is one of just 24 programs in the country to have both its men's and women's programs in the NCAA Tournament. Come join the Mocs Club at 618 Georgia Avenue, across from the courthouse, in downtown Chattanooga.  Food and drink specials are available throughout each party. The men's game is St. Patrick's Day so get there early to enjoy the games.
 
STARTING FIVE
- School-record 29 wins eclipsing previous mark in the 1977 NCAA DII National Title (27-5) and 1982 SoCon Champs (27-4) near NCAA Sweet 16 runs.
- 3-10 (.231) all-time in the NCAA Tournament. Last dance was 2009 in Philadelphia.
- No. 12 seed is best since 1993. UTC has been seeded 9-16 in its 11 NCAA appearances.
- Since 2001, the Southern Conference has sent just four schools to the NCAA Championship: Chattanooga (2005, 2009, 2016), ETSU (2002, 2003), Davidson (2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013) and Wofford (2010, 2011, 2014, 2015). UNCG in 2001 is the last time.
- 14-1 in games decided by nine points or less (7-0 when five or less).
 
OPENING TIPS
- There are just two matchups of regular season conference champions, and they're both in Des Moines: Chattanooga vs. Indiana and Stony Brook vs. Kentucky. The UTC/IU game is the only battle of OUTRIGHT champs.
- First SoCon school to capture the men's and women's tournament titles in the same year.
- The last time one school won or shared BOTH the SoCon men's and women's regular season crown? Chattanooga in 1992. Happened seven times now, five for the Mocs (1985, 1986, 1991, 1992 & 2016).
- 29 wins ties for second in the nation with Michigan St., Little Rock and Villanova behind Kansas (30-4).
- .853 winning percentage is third-best in school history behind 1982 (.870, 27-4) and 1983 (.866, 26-4). It's tied for third-best nationally with the Spartans and Villanova.
- Won 16 of 18, 24 of 27 and 26 of last 30.
- 42-10 (.808) in league play since start of the 2013-14 slate. That's four games ahead of Wofford (38-14) for best mark over that span.
- 20 blocks in the postseason (6.7 bpg). Lead the SoCon in blocks at 4.8 blocks per contest ranking 39th in the country.
- Also paced the league in scoring margin (+9.2) and 3pt percentage defense (32.4%).
- Limited Samford (0-14), Western Carolina (3-17) and ETSU (9-26) to just 21.1 percent (12-57) shooting from 3pt range during SoCon Tournament.
- Matt McCall's 29-5 start is the best in school history. Mack McCarthy (1985-86) and Jeff Lebo (2002-03) are second at 21-9.
 
SERIES INFORMATION/SCOUTING REPORT
- 0-2 against the Hoosiers with both meetings coming in Bloomington.
- IU enter 25-7, regular season champions of the Big 10 Conference.
- Tom Crean was 2016 Big Ten Coach of the Year, while Max Bielfeldt was 6th Man of the Year.
- All Big Ten Honorees: Yogi Ferrell (1st), Thomas Bryant (3rd) and Troy Williams (3rd). Bryant (All-Freshman) and Ferrell (All-Defensive) on other lists.
- Ferrell led a quartet of double digit scorers at 17.0 ppg. James Blackmon, Jr. (15.8), Williams (13.1) and Bryant (11.6) join him.
- Williams (5.9) and Bryant (5.8) lead on the boards.
- Bryant led the Big Ten in FG percentage (68.6%).
- IU ranks among the nation's top 15 in FG percentage (3rd, 50.1%), scoring margin (10, 13.4), scoring offense (11, 82.3) and 3pt made per game (12, 9.9).
 
HEAD COACH MATT MCCALL
- Head Coach Matt McCall is 29-5 in his first season as a head coach. He comes to Chattanooga from Florida where he was an assistant to Billy Donovan over the last four years. He is 5-0 on a neutral floor.
- 2016 Southern Conference Coach of the Year.
- First Mocs ball coach to start his tenure 29-5 or better. Next best? 21-9 by Mack McCarthy (1985-86) and Jeff Lebo (2002-03).
- McCall is a 2004 graduate of Florida. He spent 10 seasons with Billy Donovan working as a student manager (2003-06), director of basketball ops (2006-08) and assistant coach (2011-15). He spent three seasons as an assistant to Mike Jarvis at Florida Atlantic (2008-11) culminating with a school-best 21-11 mark in 2010-11.
- McCall's staff includes a former head coach, Reggie Witherspoon (Buffalo, 1999-2013), fellow former FAU assistant Peter Gash and Jesse Bopp, a former prep school head coach that most recently served as director of basketball ops for Shaka Smart at VCU. Former Gator SEC Legend Eddie Shannon is the director of basketball ops, while Jacob Kurtz is video coordinator after completing his playing career in 2015 at UF. Jordan Clark returns as graduate manager.
 
WINNING TRENDS       
- 25-0 when leading or tied at the half.
- 26-0 when leading or tied at the five minute mark.
- 9-0 when the score is within five (lead or trail) with five minutes to play.
- 29-1 when leading at some point in the second half. Outlier is at ULM. Down nine early in the second half, UTC came back to take a one-point lead as late as 11:20, but did not hold off the Warhawks.
- 24-0 when scoring 70 or more points.
- 23-3 when shooting more FTs than opponent. One of 10 programs to make more FTs than the opposition attempted on the season.
- 21-0 when out-rebounding opposition.
 
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ABOUT CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL
- The Mocs are by far the most successful program in the Southern Conference since joining the league in 1977-78. The team has won 28 titles with 10 regular season, 10 tournament and eight division.
- 15 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1961 (DII), 1973 (DII), 1975 (DII), 1976 (DII Runner-up), 1977 (DII National Champs), 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 (Sweet 16), 2005, 2009
- 10 SoCon Tournament Crowns: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2009
- 10 SoCon Regular Season Championships: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
- 8 Division Titles: 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011
- The 1997 team went to the NCAA Sweet 16 with wins over Georgia and Illinois.
- 5 SoCon Players of the Year: Willie White (1981-82), Keith Nelson (1991-92), Tim Brooks (1992-93), Chad Copeland (1993-94) and Johnny Taylor (1996-97).
- 2 SoCon Defensive Player of the Year: Z. Mason (2014), Justin Tuoyo (2015).
- 3 SoCon Coaches of the Year: Murray Arnold (1982, '83), Mack McCarthy (1986, '92, '93) and Will Wade (2014).
- 9 NBA Draft Picks: Walter "Moose" McGary (1973 & '74), William Gordon (1977), Wayne Golden (1977), Russ Schoene (1982), Nick Morken (1982), Willie White (1984), Gerald Wilkins (1985, 13 seasons) and Johnny Taylor (1997 1st Round).