University of Memphis Athletics
Memphis MEMory Madness Bracket Reveal & Voting Information
Mar 23, 2020 | General
MEMPHIS – The University of Memphis athletics department's MEMory Madness, presented by Eye Specialty Group, debuts on Monday, March 23 with a reveal of the 68-moment bracket and voting in the First Four.
MEMory Madness pits the top 68 moments in Memphis Athletics history in a NCAA basketball tournament style bracket. The winners of each matchup will be determined via social media fan vote from polls across the official Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts of Memphis Athletics.
Voting commences on Monday afternoon with the First Four matchups:
WTEN: Anki Wind and Alyssa Hibberd's 1st NCAA doubles appearance in program history in 2015
vs.
POM: 14 National Championships
WSOC: Lizzy Simonin Senior CLASS Award win in 2011
vs.
CHEER: Back-to-back national championships (2019, 2020)
WTEN: Courtney Collins NCAA Championship singles appearance in 2013
vs.
RIFLE: Moving back to campus and grand opening of Fogelman Rifle Range
T/F: Ed Hammond's double national championship season in 1973; 100-yard dash and 440-yard relay
vs.
RIFLE: Placing fourth at national championship in 2014
How To Vote
Twitter: Daily polls from @TigersAthletics
Instagram: Daily polls in @memphisathletics Instagram stories
Facebook: Daily polls on Memphis Tigers Facebook page
Voting Schedule
Monday 3/23 – Bracket reveal (1 PM) and First Four voting (3 PM-9 PM)
Tuesday 3/24 – 1st Round – Liberty Bowl (9 AM-9 PM)
Weds 3/25 – 1st Round – Pyramid (9 AM-9 PM)
Thurs 3/26 – 1st Round – Mid-South Coliseum (9 AM-9 PM)
Friday 3/27 – 1st Round – Crump Stadium (9 AM-9 PM)
Monday 3/30 – 2nd Round – Liberty Bowl (9 AM-9 PM)
Tuesday 3/31 – 2nd Round – Pyramid (9 AM-9 PM)
Weds 4/1 – 2nd Round – Mid-South Coliseum (9 AM-9 PM)
Thurs 4/2 – 2nd Round – Crump Stadium (9 AM-9 PM)
Monday 4/6 – Sweet 16 (9 AM-9 PM)
Tuesday 4/7 – Elite 8 (9 AM-9 PM)
Wednesday – 4/8 – Final 4 (9 AM-9 PM)
Thursday – 4/9 – Championship (9 AM-9 PM)
The Field
1. Memphis State's 1973 NCAA Tournament run to championship game
2. Memphis' 2007-08 season w/run to NCAA Championship game
3. Memphis State's 1985 NCAA Tournament run to Final Four
4. Larry Finch/Ronnie Robinson signing with Memphis State
5. Penny Hardaway signing with Memphis State
6. 2019 ESPN GameDay, sellout of Liberty Bowl, #23 Memphis 54-48 win over #14 SMU; Antonio Gibson scoring a touchdown 3 different ways with an AAC record 386 all-purpose yards in 54-48 victory in 2019
7. 2019 AAC Champions for football, Championship Game - #16 Memphis 29, #21 Cincinnati 24
8. 0-0 tie vs. No. 3 Ole Miss at Crump Stadium in 1963
9. 2019 Cotton Bowl, school's first New Year's Six bowl appearance
10. 1996 Memphis football win over Tennessee and Peyton Manning
11. Penny Hardaway hiring in 2018
12. Beth Tidmore's national championship in rifle in 2005
13. Beating Alabama in football in Memphis in 1987
14. Winning at Florida in football in 1988, 17-11
15. Football defeating Auburn in back-to-back seasons, 1975 at #7 Auburn, 31-20, and 1976 in Memphis, 28-27
16. 1957 NIT Championship Game (Win Wilfong named MVP despite loss)
17. No. 1 Memphis vs. No. 2 Tennessee in men's basketball in 2008
18. 2003 New Orleans Bowl win over North Texas 27-17, 1st bowl game since 1971
19. Women's basketball defeating #1 Louisiana Tech in 1984, 72-69
20. Clarissa Larisey's hat trick at Mississippi State in 2 ½ minutes in win
(Sept. 8, 2019; Memphis led 1-0 with three minutes left in the match. Larisey's three goals at 87:01, 88:12 and 89:32 marks sealed the win)
21. Memphis women's basketball 1st NCAA Tournament win vs. Ole Miss on March 12, 1982. Tigers won 72-70.
22. Penny Hardaway's consecutive triple-doubles – the first and second triple-doubles in Memphis history
23. 2014 Miami Beach Bowl 2ot win over BYU, 55-48 (Jake Elliott kick to go to 2ot, TD pass to Roderick Proctor)
24. Terry Pressgrove's home run in B9 vs. Florida State to win 1978 Metro Conference Tournament, advancing to the NCAA Regional in Auburn, Ala.
25. Luke Vaughn's NCAA Discus Championship on June 8, 2018
26. Men's tennis wins 5 straight Metro Conference Championships from 1973-78
27. Men's soccer wins Great Midwest Conference title in 1993
28. Hillman Robbins winning the 1955 NCAA Championship and U.S. Amateur in the same season
29. Men's soccer wins 2004 Conference USA title
30. Women's soccer first conference title in 2007 (Conference USA; won both regular season and conference tournament)
31. Women's soccer ranked No. 3 in the nation in 2011
32. Volleyball wins 1994 Great Midwest championship and NCAA Tournament appearance
33. Jeremiah Martin's 30.6 ppg month in 2019
34. 2007 men's C-USA outdoor track and field championship
35. Hunter Goodman's three grand slam weekend in 2020
36. Brittany Carter's sets UofM school scoring record with 49-point game vs. Sacramento State in 2009
37. Chad Zurcher leading the nation in hitting (.443) in 2011
38. Tamika Whitmore's 45-point game in the WNIT Quarterfinal win against Arkansas State on Mar. 17, 1999
39. Baseball manager Stan Bronson's Guinness Book of World Records presentation on May 5, 2007
40. 1994 NCAA at-large bid and two wins in the Stillwater Regional
41. Men's tennis NCAA Championship Sweet 16 appearance in 2013 year
42. Softball's 2011 NCAA Tournament victory; Memphis defeated Chattanooga in its first-ever (only only) NCAA Tournament appearance in 2011
43. Joe Salisbury and Dave O'Hare National Indoor Championship in 2014
44. Men's soccer's two top 10 wins at No. 3 SMU and at No. 10 Xavier in 2019
45. Softball's 1st top 10 win in history in 5-3 win over No. 10 Texas Tech in 2019
46. DeAngelo Williams' last game, vs. Akron (238 yards, 3 rushing TDs, adds to NCAA all-purpose yards record (7,573).
47. Paxton Lynch's 7 touchdowns in the first half vs. SMU in 63-0 win in year 2015
48. Ryan Peniston and Andrew Watson NCAA All-America season in 2018, NCAA Championship doubles semifinals
49. Tony Pollard's kickoff return touchdown (95 yards) vs. Temple in 2016 – first one in 20 years, 34-27 win
50. Chardae Greenlee finalist for NCAA National Woman of the Year in 2017
51. Lindsay Crowdus named AAC co-Player of the Year and USA Softball top 10 finalist in 2017
52. Mark Bowlan's perfect game vs. Louisville on May 3, 1987; Jonathan Bowlan's 18 strikeout win at USF on April 28, 2018.
53. Jenna Kubesch's perfect game in year one of the program vs. Grambling State in 2006
54. Colin Hume running first sub 4 minute in Memphis history, placed in several NCAA Regionals
55. Doug Granger made the Today Show setting a NCAA RBI (9) and hit (7) record in a 39-3 win over Delta State on April 17, 1978.
56. Men's golf back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids, nationals in 2012 and regionals in 2011
57. Volleyball's first NCAA Tournament team in year 1994
58. Women's golf's Michaela Fletcher advancing to the NCAA Championship as a freshman in 2015.
59. Women's basketball's 5-overtime, 100-97 win vs. Temple on ADN in 2016.
60. Kalara McFadyen's triple-double 10 rebounds, 12 assists, 10 steals and vs. Charlotte on Feb. 3, 2002.
61. Women's tennis' Anki Wind and Alyssa Hibberd's 1st NCAA doubles appearance in program history in year 2015.
62. Women's soccer Lizzy Simonin Senior CLASS Award win in 2011.
63. Women's tennis' Courtney Collins NCAA Championship singles appearance in year 2013.
64. Rifle team placing fourth at national championship in 2014.
65. Rifle moving back to campus/grand opening of Fogelman Rifle Range.
66. Back-to-back national championships for Memphis cheer (2019, 2020).
67. Pom's 14 national championships.
68. Men's track Ed Hammond's double national championship season in 1973; 100-yard dash and 440-yard relay.
