Hobbled but hungry: Shorthanded Memphis wins AAC Tournament title over UAB
The No. 1 seed Tigers (29-5) completed their quest to bring a second trophy back to the city of Memphis by beating No. 3 seed UAB, 84-72, in the AAC Tournament title game Sunday, March 16 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. (Tim Buckley/The Daily Memphian)
Despite having just nine scholarship players available, the Tigers captured the AAC Tournament title. PJ Haggerty and Dain Dainja combined for 45 points to lead Memphis.
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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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