It’s Memphis Tigers vs Wichita State in an AAC tournament showdown. We run down who has the edge and predict the winner.

The No. 1 seed Memphis Tigers (26-5) will play Friday at noon in an AAC Tournament quarterfinal matchup at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

Memphis' PJ Haggerty was named the AAC player of the year, when Penny Hardaway was tabbed as the top coach in a vote by his peers. The league also recognized the late Amir Abdur-Rahim as an honorary coach of the year.

Parth Upadhyaya and John Martin discuss what Memphis needs to do this week at the AAC Tournament to steer clear of the NCAA Tournament’s dreaded No. 8-No. 9 seed first-round matchup.

On its surface, the Memphis basketball team's 75-70 win over UTSA may not mean much from a March Madness standpoint.

But the curse found a way to hurt Memphis anyway, as Penny Hardaway's team − which will go into the AAC tournament as the No. 1 seed − drops to No. 17 in this week's coaches poll, released Monday. It's the 11th consecutive week the Tigers have appeared in the coaches' rankings.