Men's and Women's Basketball Travels To AAC Media Day

Men's and Women's Basketball Travels To AAC Media Day

Oct 23, 2016 | Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball

Tigers travel to Philadelphia to kick-off the 2016-17 season

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – As the men and women's basketball season is quickly approaching, the two teams will travel to the American Athletic Conference Media Day on October 24^th at the Philadelphia Airport Marriott.

Men's basketball head coach Tubby Smith along with sophomore forward Dedric Lawson and redshirt junior Markel Crawford will be in attendance as well as women's head coach Melissa McFerrin and senior guard Taylor Williams and junior forward Cheyenne Creighton on the women's side.

The day will serve as the unofficial open to men's and women's basketball season, and the American Digital Network will have live coverage beginning at 8 a.m. ET with Commissioner Mike Aresco's opening remarks. Coaches and student-athletes from all 22 men's and women's teams will also appear on the show throughout the day which will be hosted by Hali Oughton and Mike O'Donnell and will be streamed live and for free.

Fans and media members are invited to follow the latest American Athletic Conference basketball news through social media. Both the men's (@MemphisBasketball) and women's (@MemphisWBKB) Twitter accounts will provide live coverage of the event as well as the three American Twitter feeds (@American_Conf, @American_MBB and @American_WBB). Additionally, full media day coverage can be found at TheAmerican.org/AmericanHoops.

On Sunday night, the assembled basketball student-athletes will take part in a media training session from The Speaking Specialists, designed to assist them throughout the season.

Additionally, basketball student-athletes will be taking part in an organized service activity Monday, building bags for children in need.

The men's team will begin their season with an exhibition against Christian Brothers on Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. The women's team has an exhibition game against Lee University on Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. For more information on the men and women's basketball teams, go online to www.gotigersgo.com. Season tickets for both teams are available at www.gotigersgo.com/tix.