It's a question you hear about more often in the NHL or NBA playoffs after teams clinch an early postseason berth or series and get several days off before the next round.
Rest versus rust?
The same query also applies for No. 21 Memphis, which by the time it takes the field Saturday morning for its American Athletic Conference game with visiting SMU will have been idle since a 41-14 rout of Tulsa on Nov. 3 in Oklahoma.
Tigers coach Mike Norvell says the schedule, which was altered early in the season when Hurricane Irma ripped through Florida and caused games to be postponed or canceled, has kept his team from establishing a week-by-week rhythm.