Why didn’t Memphis land AAC tournament?
Memphis players and coaching staff celebrate after winning the championship of the American Athletic Conference tournament against UAB, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)
When the American Athletic Conference and its athletic directors announced new locations for the league’s men’s and women’s conference basketball tournaments last month, Memphians may have hoped to see the men’s tournament return to Bluff City for the first time since 2019.
The conference, however, announced that the athletic directors chose Birmingham, Alabama, and Tampa, Florida, to host both tournaments for the next three years.
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Frank Bonner II
Frank Bonner is the Memphis Tigers football beat writer. He is originally from Indiana but arrived in Memphis after spending two years in Tulsa, covering Oklahoma State football and basketball. He covered high school sports in Columbus, Indiana for two years before getting his Master’s degree in Sports Journalism at IUPUI. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.
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