THE WEEK AHEAD
American teams will have opportunities to pick up ranked wins this week. Temple will travel to No. 23 Ole Miss on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET, while SMU will host No. 5 Colorado at Moody Coliseum on Saturday at 9 p.m. ET. Memphis will be playing in the Bahamas and will take on (RV) Arizona on Saturday with a possibility of playing No. 23 Ole Miss on Sunday.
HOME COOKING
Through one week of games, teams in The American have shown a strong home court advantage, going a combined 20-2 in games played on their home floor. The 20 home wins in is the 6th most among all conferences and just one win behind the Big Ten and Big 12.
GRIGGS CLOSING IN ON MEMPHIS THREE POINT RECORD
After hitting another four three-pointers in the overtime loss to Tennessee, 5th Year Memphis guard Madison Griggs is just six three-pointers away from breaking the all-time three-point record at Memphis for men and women, set by Rodney Carney in 2006. She has 282 in her career, which is 4th all-time in The American for women’s basketball.
MUSTANGS CALLING THEIR SHOTS
The SMU Mustangs have proven to be a lethal team through the first week of the season. They rank second in the NCAA in three-point field goal percentage (.519), fourth in field goal percentage (.542).
DEFENSIVE STALWARTS
American Athletic Conference teams have been a force on defense early on, leading all conferences with 355 steals on the season. East Carolina leads the conference and the nation in steals per game (26.0), while Temple (13.0) and North Texas (12.7) are both ranked in the Top 50 in the nation .
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13
15/12 Tennessee 84, Memphis 74 (OT)
Florida Atlantic 84, North Florida 75 (OT)
UAB 81, Western Carolina 56
South Florida 83, Grambling State 57
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14
SMU vs Nicholls (ESPN+)______________________ 12 p.m.
East Carolina at VCU (ESPN+)__________________ 6 p.m.
Charlotte vs UNC Asheville (ESPN+)_____________ 6:30 p.m.
Tulane vs Prairie View (ESPN+)_________________ 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15
Wichita State at Belmont (ESPN+)______________ 7:30 p.m.
Temple at 23/25 Ole Miss (SEC+)_________________ 7:30 p.m.
UTSA at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (ESPN+)_____ 8 p.m.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16
South Florida at Alabama (ESPN+)______________ 7 p.m.
North Texas at Stephen F. Austin (ESPN+)_______ 7:30 p.m.
Rice vs Georgia Tech (ESPN+)__________________ 8 p.m.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17
Charlotte vs Gardner-Webb (ESPN+)____________ 6:30 p.m.
Florida Atlantic vs Chicago State (ESPN+)_______ 8 p.m.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18
Memphis vs RV/RV Arizona (FloHoops)____________ 2:30 p.m.
UTSA at UT Arlington (ESPN+)__________________ 3 p.m.
Tulsa at Oral Roberts_________________________ 8 p.m.
SMU vs 5/7 Colorado (ESPN+)___________________ 9 p.m.
UAB vs Eastern Kentucky_____________________ 9:15 p.m.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19
Temple at Villanova (FloHoops)________________ 2 p.m.
Tulane at Mercer (ESPN+)_____________________ 2 p.m.
South Florida vs North Florida (ESPN+)__________ 2:30 p.m.
North Texas at Southern Illinois (ESPN+)________ 3 p.m.
Rice vs Saint Mary’s (ESPN+)___________________ 3 p.m.
Memphis vs 23/25 Ole Miss/Howard (FloHoops)___ TBD
UAB vs Utah/Alaska Anchorage________________ TBD
All times Eastern and subject to change
