MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Four Memphis Tigers earned 2021-22 American Athletic Conference Preseason All-Conference honors from the league's head coaches, and the Tigers were picked to finish second in the preseason coaches poll. In all, 40 percent of the league's two preseason teams are Tigers.
In the preseason coaches poll, the Tigers picked up three first-place votes and had 92 total points, just behind 2021 Final Four participant Houston's eight first-place votes and 98 total points.
Memphis redshirt-junior Landers Nolley II and freshman Jalen Duren were voted to the Preseason All-Conference First Team, and Duren was also selected as the Preseason Rookie of the Year.