MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Tigers fans, you got this on Saturday. And, it's not like you haven't done it before.
On Saturday, the University of Memphis plays a football-men's basketball doubleheader. So, after the 11 a.m. (CT) football contest versus ECU at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, fans can make the 15-minute drive to FedExForum for the 5 p.m. (CT) men's basketball game against Northern Kentucky.
The last time the Tigers played a football-men's basketball doubleheader was in November of 2003. In fact, Memphis played football-men's basketball doubleheaders on consecutive Saturday. On Nov. 22, 2003, the Tigers swept the doubleheader with a football victory over Cincinnati and a basketball win over Fordham.