American Athletic Conference releases league schedule

2018-19 Tigers Basketball Schedule

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis men's basketball team will open its 18-game American Athletic Conference season Thursday, Jan. 3 at FedExForum against perennial NCAA Tournament participant Wichita State and finish March 9, also at home, against Tulsa.

The AAC released the conference schedule today and Memphis, in its first season under coach Penny Hardaway, will play Wichita State and Cincinnati home-and-away, along with UCF, ECU, Temple, Tulane and Tulsa. The Tigers will play single games against Houston (Jan. 6 at Houston), SMU (Jan. 19 at home), USF (Feb. 2 at USF) and UConn (Feb. 10 at home).

All conference games are televised either by ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews and CBS Sports Network. The only game carried by ESPN3 is at ECU on Feb. 13.

CBS Sports Network will carry the Tigers' conference opener against Wichita State. CBS Sports Network will carry three other games: Jan. 24 at Temple, Jan. 27 at home vs. UCF and Feb. 10 at home vs. UConn.

Wichita State, which joined the AAC last season, played the Tigers at FedExForum in February. Memphis plays at Wichita State Feb. 23. The Shockers have appeared in seven straight NCAA tournaments.

The Tigers play defending league champion Cincinnati Feb. 7 at home and March 2 in Cincinnati. Memphis battled the Bearcats three times last season, including in the semifinals of the AAC Championships in Orlando. The Tigers led the Bearcats by 13 points at the half in the league semifinals before falling, 70-60.

UCF, coached by Johnny Dawkins, beat the Tigers twice last season. The Knights come to FedExForum Jan. 27, and the Tigers travel to Orlando Feb. 16.

Memphis played host to Houston in February and posted a 91-85 victory over the the 23^rd-ranked Cougars. Houston finished 27-8 and tied Wichita State for second in the AAC standings at 14-4.

The Memphis schedule includes six Saturday games (two at home), four Sunday games (two at home), four Thursday games (three at home), three Wednesday games (one at home) and a Tuesday game on Feb. 26 against Temple.

The Tigers will play host to the American Athletic Conference Championship for the first time since 2014 when the league tournament is held March 14-17 at FedExForum.

Memphis opens the regular season Nov. 6 at home against Tennessee Tech after playing exhibition games Oct. 25 against LeMoyne-Owen and Nov. 2 against Christian Brothers University.

Tennessee will visit Dec. 15 in a game that tips off at 11 a.m.

Memphis Madness is scheduled for Oct. 4 at FedExForum with $5 tickets available at www.GoTigersGoTix.com along with season tickets for as low as $100 each on the website or by calling 901.678.2331.

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