MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Another stretch of the American Athletic Conference season, another challenge for the University of Memphis men's basketball team.
Early in the season, the Tigers dealt with the loss of 7-foot-1 center James Wiseman, considered the nation's No. 1 recruit last year and a preseason All-American. His career lasted only three games before an NCAA suspension eventually led Wiseman to forgo the remainder of the season, even through he could have returned in mid-January.
There was the loss of 6-foot-5 freshman guard Lester Quinones in late November to a broken hand that sidelined him for slightly more than a month.