Tag: AAC
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#14 Memphis dominates South Florida 80-65, extending the winning streak to eight games

Riding the high of a seven-game winning streak, the 14th-ranked Memphis Tigers traveled to Tampa, Florida, for a Thursday night showdown with USF Bulls. Knowing they would walk into the snake pit on Thursday night, where every possession mattered just a bit more. Despite the record, USF is a solid basketball team notorious for giving…
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#25 Memphis takes down West Virginia 42-37 to win the 2024 Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl

On a picture-perfect Tuesday night in Frisco, Texas, the Memphis Tigers took the field against the West Virginia Mountaineers in the Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl. Memphis came into the matchup with West Virginia looking to win an 11th win for the first time under Coach Silverfield and remain undefeated in postseason play. Despite losing the…
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Memphis opens the season with a 76-67 win over Vanderbilt

It was a battle of two cities at Memorial Gymnasium on Monday night as the Vanderbilt Commodores welcomed Penny Hardaway and the Memphis Tigers to their place for a highly anticipated season opener for both programs. From the opening tip, it was all Memphis as the Tigers opened the new season with a massive win…
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LISTEN: Emily Van Buskirk joins The Mitch Davis Show

Sports writer and podcast host, Emily Van Buskirk sits down with Mitch Davis on The Mitch Davis Show to talk Pac 12, AAC, CUSA, and Sun Belt Football.
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2022-2023 American Athletic Men’s Basketball season preview

It’s that time of year when college sports fans get the triple-headed monster when football, basketball, and fall baseball hit the full throttle for all fans to enjoy. Across the American Athletic Conference, fans are through the roof with anticipation for the upcoming basketball season. In recent years, the American Athletic Conference has made great…
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AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco joins The Mitch Davis Show

Since 2014, the American Athletic Conference has been a pioneer of College Athletics beyond the typical spectrum of the SEC and Big 10. In a world of craziness, Commissioner Mike Aresco has been an anchor during the storm of College Athletics. Every time new challenges arise on the horizon, Mike Aresco has kept his conference…
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Memphis heads to Starkville, to open the 2022 season against Mississippi State

The long wait for the 2022 Memphis Football season has finally come to a close as the Tigers get ready to travel to Starkville, Mississippi, to take on Mike Leach and the Mississippi State Bulldogs. It’s been nearly 365 days until the boys from Starkville took to the playing field against the team from the…
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With the addition of the new members, the American Athletic Conference is ready for a brighter future

Thursday was a big day for the American Athletic Conference as they added six programs to the conference to replace the four that jumped ship to the Big Twelve. With those six additions to the AAC came a little backlash towards Mike Aresco, but to be honest, four out of the six have a lot…
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Not playing Conference Tournaments this season would be a great disservice to the college basketball world

Unfortenly there’s a big debate going on within the College Basketball world that canceling the conference tournaments would be a good idea because of the Covid situation with the NCAA Tournament, which is a terrible idea. Conference Championship week is to March Madness, what peanut butter is to jelly, they just go together. Taking that…
