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74.1: The team's free throw percentage (496-of-669) which is on pace to be the highest in a single season since 1987-88 when the Tigers shot 76.3 percent at the line.It also marks the fifth-straight season Memphis has been represented on the first team and the eighth time in 10 seasons since joining the AAC. 1st: First-time ever the Tigers have put two players on the All-AAC first team with Kendric Davis and DeAndre Williams earning postseason nods.2013: Memphis' last conference tournament championship, which came in its last season in Conference USA the Tigers received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 in its last NCAA appearance.Radio: 98.9 THE ROAR OF MEMPHIS (Dave Woloshin, pxp Matt Dillon, analysis) Television: ESPNU (John Schriffen, pxp Perry Clark, analysis) 10 SMUĢ023 American Athletic Conference Championship Quarterfinalsĭickies Arena (14,000) Fort Worth, Texas Last season's trip was the program's first in eight seasons since 2013-14. Sunday on ESPN, and NCAA Tournament bids are awarded later Sunday evening during CBS's Selection Show starting at 5 p.m.Ī trip to the NCAA Tournament would be Memphis' second-straight after earning a #9 seed in 2022. The championship game is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. It would be the fifth-straight season in which the tournament has been played that they've reached the semifinals. With a victory Friday, Memphis would advance to the semifinals of the AAC Tournament Saturday at 4 p.m. The Tigers and SMU have played once in AAC Tournament action, a 70-63 Memphis win in the 2022 semifinals against a Kendric Davis led Mustang squad. UCF got the better of the Tigers in the 2017 AAC quarterfinals in Hartford, Conn., 84-54. Historically in tournament play, the Tigers bested UCF in the 2012 C-USA semifinals and in the AAC quarterfinals in 2019, 20. Memphis split two meetings with UCF during the regular season, with each winning on its home court, and the Tigers swept SMU in two meetings by an average of 17.0 points. The Tigers won 13 AAC games during the regular season, which tied last season as their most since joining the conference prior to the 2013-14 campaign. The 23 victories are the most in his five seasons. The Tigers have won 20-plus games for the sixth-straight season, including all five under head coach Penny Hardaway. 2 in the country, and another by one point in overtime at home to Tulane. Memphis enters postseason play winners of 11 of its last 14 games, with the stretch including two losses against AAC regular-season champion Houston while ranked No. 3 seed in each of the previous two seasons. This is the highest seed the Tigers have been since joining the AAC in 2013-14. Friday on ESPNU against the winner of the first-round matchup between No. Story Links FORT WORTH, Texas – The Memphis Tigers begin postseason play Friday night in the quarterfinals of the 2023 American Athletic Conference Championship in Fort Worth, Texas.īy virtue of earning a first-round bye, the second-seeded Tigers will play at 6 p.m.
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