What to expect in Memphis’ AAC Tournament 2nd-round game against Wichita State
The Tigers already beat the Shockers twice in the regular season and are 10-1 against the conference foe under coach Penny Hardaway.
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The Tigers already beat the Shockers twice in the regular season and are 10-1 against the conference foe under coach Penny Hardaway.
Two Memphis players have been honored by the American Athletic Conference as part of the league’s end-of-season awards.
Even with the Tigers’ up and down play through the AAC play, Vegas likes their odds to win the league’s tournament title this week in Fort Worth, Texas.
Starting with a game against either No. 12 seed Wichita State or No. 13 seed Rice on Thursday, the No. 5 seed Tigers will need to win four games in four days to be crowned the AAC champion and punch its ticket to March Madness.
Coach Penny Hardaway’s team has a single bye in the tournament and will open play against the winner of Wednesday’s first-round matchup between No. 12 seed Wichita State and No. 13 seed Rice.
Despite 27 points from Nae’Qwan Tomlin, the Tigers lost to the Owls.
It’s pretty simple. If Memphis wants to make the NCAA Tournament, the only path is winning four games in four days in the AAC Tournament. That, of course, is something they’ve never done.
Here is the NCAA men’s basketball box score for Saturday’s game between the Memphis Tigers and Florida Atlantic Owls.
The stakes have never been higher this season for the Tigers than they will be Saturday in Boca Raton.
“Everybody’s just playing like each game’s our last,” Memphis’ Nae’Qwan Tomlin said. “Like if we lose, then this might be the end of our season.” Will David Jones return to Tigers? Penny Hardaway says there’s a chanceRelated story:
“I’ll say 60/40, 70/30 us,” Hardaway said of the Tigers’ odds of getting Jones back in a Tigers uniform for the 2024-25 season.
Seth Bell, a 22-year-old native Memphian, even got David Jones himself to join in on the fun.
Memphis’ David Jones and Jahvon Quinerly expected to be subbed out in the second half versus UAB. Penny Hardaway “ignored them.”
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Memphis point guard Jahvon Quinerly kicked off a 46-9 run that saw the Tigers turn a 22-point deficit into a 19-point win Sunday against UAB. Tigers beat writer Parth Upadhyaya’s newest AP Top 25 ballotRelated story:
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With his big sister Flor watching from the stands, David Jones and his Memphis teammates put on a show for her and all the Tiger faithful.
Here is the box score for the Memphis Tigers’ game against the UAB Blazers at FedExForum Sunday, March 3.
Memphis will face UAB at FedExForum. The Blazers beat the Tigers in late January. “It’s personal,” Nicholas Jourdain said.
Greg Gaston, Parth Upadhyaya and Tim Buckley discuss what might tip things in Memphis’ favor as it tries to secure a return trip to the NCAA Tournament on The Daily Memphis Tigers Podcast with Greg Gaston.
Jourdain, a 6-foot-9 forward who transferred to Memphis from Temple last offseason, has averaged 6.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.0 blocks through 28 games this season.
Wouldn’t it be nice if the Tigers went into conference tournament week on a winning streak continuing Thursday at East Carolina? Wouldn’t it feel like all things are possible? This season can be salvaged.
Parth Upadhyaya and John Martin discuss their level of belief in the Tigers, the team’s postseason fate and the impact of Malcolm Dandridge’s absence.
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