Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
2023-24 men's basketball season tips off Monday
11/5/2023 10:30:00 AM | Men's Basketball
CUSA Preseason No. 1 Blue Raiders host defending Horizon League champion Northern Kentucky
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee men's basketball starts its season Monday night with a home game against Northern Kentucky. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. - or 30 minutes after the conclusion of the women's basketball game tipping off at 5:00, whichever is later - at the Murphy Center.
The Blue Raiders enter the season as preseason favorites in the Conference USA coaches poll, coming off a 19-14 2022-23 performance. Nick McDevitt's squad brings back nine players from the 2022-23 roster with six newcomers.
Monday's game will be streamed on ESPN+. WGNS, Classic Hits 93.3 and 95.1 FM will carry the radio broadcast, along with GoBlueRaiders.com and the Varsity Network App.
Game 1: Middle Tennessee (0-0, 0-0 CUSA) vs. Northern Kentucky (0-0, 0-0 Horizon)
» Monday, November 6 - 7:30 p.m.
» Murphy Center
» Murfreesboro, Tenn.
All-Time Against Northern Kentucky
» Monday's game is the first meeting between the two teams.
Blue Raider Notes
» The Blue Raiders tied with Liberty for the top spot in the CUSA Preseason Poll.
» MTSU over its last 31 home games has limited opponents to 59.6 points per game in regulation, having gone 29-2 in that stretch. Since the start of the 2021-22 season, the Blue Raiders allow 60.7 regulation ppg in neutral site games and 75.8 on the road.
» Camryn Weston and Elias King were selected to the Preseason All-CUSA team.
» The Blue Raiders added six newcomers to the roster to replace its six departing players. The average newcomer is 1.7 inches taller than the player he is replacing (6'8.0" vs. 6'6.3").
» Weston is 322 points away from becoming the 36th Blue Raider to score 1,000 career points, a mark he has eclipsed in each of his first two seasons at MTSU. If he reaches that milestone this year, he would be the 18th player to do so in three years or less.
» MTSU's next non-conference win will be the 700th such victory in program history.
» Monday's game will be 971 days after the last college basketball game Jalen Jordan played. He is expected to play against NKU after missing the past two seasons due to injury.
» At 1,344 active square feet, the Murphy Center's new scoreboards are the largest in Conference USA.
» Iowa transfer Josh Ogundele is MTSU's first European-born men's basketball player since Iiro Tenngren in 2001-02.
Scouting the Norse
» NKU won the Horizon League tournament title and reached the 2023 NCAA Tournament and is the top team in the conference's preseason poll.
» Marques Warrick (First Team) and Sam Vinson (Second Team) are Preseason All-Horizon selections.
» Warrick was the Norse's leading scorer last season at 18.8 points per game.
» Darrin Horn will look to replace his leaders in rebounds, assists and blocked shots from '22-23.
Follow the Blue Raiders
Follow Middle Tennessee Men's Basketball on social media on Facebook //MTMensBasketball, Twitter (@MT_MBB) and Instagram (@mt_mbb).
The Blue Raiders enter the season as preseason favorites in the Conference USA coaches poll, coming off a 19-14 2022-23 performance. Nick McDevitt's squad brings back nine players from the 2022-23 roster with six newcomers.
Monday's game will be streamed on ESPN+. WGNS, Classic Hits 93.3 and 95.1 FM will carry the radio broadcast, along with GoBlueRaiders.com and the Varsity Network App.
Game 1: Middle Tennessee (0-0, 0-0 CUSA) vs. Northern Kentucky (0-0, 0-0 Horizon)
» Monday, November 6 - 7:30 p.m.
» Murphy Center
» Murfreesboro, Tenn.
All-Time Against Northern Kentucky
» Monday's game is the first meeting between the two teams.
Blue Raider Notes
» The Blue Raiders tied with Liberty for the top spot in the CUSA Preseason Poll.
» MTSU over its last 31 home games has limited opponents to 59.6 points per game in regulation, having gone 29-2 in that stretch. Since the start of the 2021-22 season, the Blue Raiders allow 60.7 regulation ppg in neutral site games and 75.8 on the road.
» Camryn Weston and Elias King were selected to the Preseason All-CUSA team.
» The Blue Raiders added six newcomers to the roster to replace its six departing players. The average newcomer is 1.7 inches taller than the player he is replacing (6'8.0" vs. 6'6.3").
» Weston is 322 points away from becoming the 36th Blue Raider to score 1,000 career points, a mark he has eclipsed in each of his first two seasons at MTSU. If he reaches that milestone this year, he would be the 18th player to do so in three years or less.
» MTSU's next non-conference win will be the 700th such victory in program history.
» Monday's game will be 971 days after the last college basketball game Jalen Jordan played. He is expected to play against NKU after missing the past two seasons due to injury.
» At 1,344 active square feet, the Murphy Center's new scoreboards are the largest in Conference USA.
» Iowa transfer Josh Ogundele is MTSU's first European-born men's basketball player since Iiro Tenngren in 2001-02.
Scouting the Norse
» NKU won the Horizon League tournament title and reached the 2023 NCAA Tournament and is the top team in the conference's preseason poll.
» Marques Warrick (First Team) and Sam Vinson (Second Team) are Preseason All-Horizon selections.
» Warrick was the Norse's leading scorer last season at 18.8 points per game.
» Darrin Horn will look to replace his leaders in rebounds, assists and blocked shots from '22-23.
Follow the Blue Raiders
Follow Middle Tennessee Men's Basketball on social media on Facebook //MTMensBasketball, Twitter (@MT_MBB) and Instagram (@mt_mbb).
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