AAC commissioner working on basketball strength of schedule
Tim Pernetti said he did not think the AAC was ready to expand from an 18- to a 20-game conference schedule and suggested it’s better for member schools to first focus on upgrading their nonconference schedules instead. (Tim Buckley/The Daily Memphian file)
The Memphis Tigers put together one of the toughest nonconference schedules of the 2024-25 college-basketball season.
That and some key wins along the way are a big reason Memphis was rewarded with a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament that concludes with Final Four play Saturday and Monday nights in San Antonio.
The Tigers bowed out of the tournament early, losing their opening game to Colorado State in Seattle.
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Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
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