FAU is the preseason AAC favorite, but Memphis is up for the challenge
University of Memphis center Malcolm Dandridge (middle left) blocks the shot of Florida Atlantic University guard Bryan Greenlee (middle right) during action in their NCAA tournament game on Friday, March 17, 2023 in Columbus, Ohio. The two teams are scheduled to play each other twice on national TV in less than a two-week span at the end of the upcoming regular season. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The budding rivalry between Memphis and Florida Atlantic was the talk of AAC Media Day, but the Tigers haven’t lost sight of the bigger picture.
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Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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