It’s Memphis Tigers vs Wichita State in an AAC tournament showdown. We run down who has the edge and predict the winner.

The No. 1 seed Memphis Tigers (26-5) will play Friday at noon in an AAC Tournament quarterfinal matchup at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

Lunardi predicts Memphis will face 8-seed West Virginia in Lexington as part of the South Regional, which runs through Atlanta. If that plays out and the Tigers win, Lunardi projects they would face the winner of the Auburn-Southern/Bucknell game.

The Memphis basketball team's first 2025 AAC tournament game is Friday. Our experts predict how far Penny Hardaway's team can go in the bracket.

Parth Upadhyaya and John Martin discuss what Memphis needs to do this week at the AAC Tournament to steer clear of the NCAA Tournament’s dreaded No. 8-No. 9 seed first-round matchup.

Penny Hardaway and his No. 16 Memphis basketball team still have business to take care of this season. But which Tigers could be back next season?

But the curse found a way to hurt Memphis anyway, as Penny Hardaway's team − which will go into the AAC tournament as the No. 1 seed − drops to No. 17 in this week's coaches poll, released Monday. It's the 11th consecutive week the Tigers have appeared in the coaches' rankings.