Selection Sunday: Tigers miss out on NCAA Tournament
But Memphis gets No. 1 seed in NIT
Memphis guard Landers Nolley II (3) reacts after making a three point basket as Moussa Cisse (32) watches during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Houston, Sunday, March 7, 2021, in Houston. (Eric Christian Smith/AP)
Memphis is just the third team in the past 15 years to finish top three in KenPom.com’s adjusted defensive efficiency metric and not make the NCAA Tournament. Instead, Memphis will participate in the NIT as a No. 1 seed
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Danielle Lerner covers Tigers basketball for the Daily Memphian. She previously covered college hoops at The Athletic and the Louisville Courier-Journal, where she also wrote about professional soccer, horse racing, college football and, occasionally, tacos.