MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis will be playing Sunday for more than a regular-season-ending victory for outgoing seniors Jimario Rivers and Alex Moffatt.
If the Tigers can get past East Carolina at 2 p.m. in an American Athletic Conference game at FedExForum, they'll secure the No. 5 seed in next week's American Athletic Conference Championship in Orlando.
Getting past ECU (10-18, 4-13 American) may be a challenge. The Tigers (18-12, 9-8 American) dropped an overtime decision to the Pirates Feb. 3 in Greenville, N.C., and, unlike the road game, Memphis will be without point guard Jeremiah Martin, the league's leading scorer.