PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference and the University of Memphis women's basketball team announced its 16-game American Athletic Conference schedule Thursday afternoon. In its seventh year in the league, the Tigers open the conference season at Houston on Jan. 5. The match-up against the Cougars will be televised on ESPNU.
This is the fourth season The American has had a 16-game conference schedule after the league's head coaches voted for the change at the 2015 American Athletic Conference spring meetings. The move allows for more flexibility in the non-conference portion of the schedule.
The Tigers have home and away meetings against UCF, UConn, ECU, Tulane and SMU, home-only games against Cincinnati (Jan.