For most people in the world, Sunday is New Year’s Eve. For Cincinnati Bearcats fans, it is a very different holiday — it’s the first American Athletic Conference game of the season. The last thing the Bearcats will do in 2017 is play the Memphis Tigers at BB&T Arena and kick off their quest to win the AAC.
Who are the Memphis Tigers?
If you’re like me, you still think of Memphis as one of the best teams in the AAC. That has a lot more to do with the Tigers’ incredible run from 2000 to 2014 than their recent work.