A win over the Mustangs would keep the Tigers’ American Athletic Conference Championship hopes alive.

On Monday, Nov. 13, the NCAA announced coach Richard Mulrooney’s men had received an at-large bid into the field of 64 and will open tournament play this weekend.

Tigers barely miss the Associated Press Top 25 poll after opening season with wins over Jackson State and Missouri.

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If you had been told, just after the Grizzlies were eliminated from the playoffs last spring, that the team would be starting Jacob Gilyard and Bismack Biyombo nine games into the following season, you might have guessed the season was going very poorly.

“It’s probably the most important thing to me in this world,” Smart said of his foundation. “That’s who I am. Having the experiences that I did allows me to fully appreciate the moments when we give back and what it really means.”

Did Upadhyaya rank Memphis after its dominant road win over Missouri?

Standouts from Covington, Fairley, Germantown and Houston are up for consideration this week. 

“That felt real good,” said Marcus Smart after the Grizzlies grabbed their second win of the season.

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Box score: Grizzlies 105, Clippers 101

Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins fined by NBA for blasting officials

Here is the box score for the game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the L.A. Clippers at Crypto.com Arena in California.

This is the second time Taylor Jenkins has been fined for comments on the officiating in his career. 

Record crowd watches as early goals from Mya Jones and Momo Nakao send Tigers into a second-round game against Notre Dame at 3 p.m. Friday. ESPN+ will broadcast the game.

Whatever you’ve thought about this team, or the schedule, or the coaching, all the Tigers (8-2) have done is figure out how to win almost every week.

Hypothetical talks at the start of the year surrounding what could be for the program have inched closer and closer to reality each week.

Memphis (8-2, 5-1 AAC) stays alive in the race toward a conference championship game appearance after surviving a scare against the 49ers.

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Box score: Memphis 44, Charlotte 38 (OT)

Less than two weeks after returning from yet another knee injury, Jahvon Quinerly orchestrated a second-half comeback in the visiting Tigers’ win Friday at Missouri.

B.J. Blake and Cordero Walker each score twice for the Red Devils, who will host Houston in a Class 6A quarterfinal next week.

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Memphis fans saw their Tigers make a statement that, finally, this year is going to be different. 

The visiting Tigers trailed by as many as 14 in the first half before flipping a switch.

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Box score: Memphis 70, Missouri 55

Memphis-area scores from Friday, Nov. 10 TSSAA and MHSAA football games and next week’s pairings.

NBA box score for Friday’s game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Utah Jazz played at FedExForum in Memphis.

The Tigers defense could get a break while facing a 49ers team that is averaging just 16.8 points per game. 

Madison Griggs and Raven Sims combine for 34 points in a dominant performance.

The Tigers’ matchup Friday with Mizzou marks the first of several tough tests they’ll face in the upcoming weeks.