COMING DOWN THE STRETCH
UAB, Memphis and North Texas have all earned double byes into the quarterfinals of the 2025 American Men’s Basketball Championship. Memphis leads the Blazers and the Mean Green by one game in the race for the regular-season championship and No. 1 seed with three games remaining.
FROM DOWNTOWN
Memphis is 10th in Division I in 3-point percentage at 39.0 percent, led by Tyrese Hunter, who is 41.1 percent from behind the arc.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINE
UAB’s Yaxel Lendeborg is third in Division I with 19 double-doubles on the season and has broken The American record for career double-doubles with 38. Dedric Lawson of Memphis (2015-17) had the previous record of 36.
He is one of two players in Division I (Duke’s Cooper Flagg) that leads his team in points (17.6), rebounds (10.9), assists (4.3), steals (1.6) and blocks (1.8).
POURING IN THE POINTS
Temple’s Jamal Mashburn Jr is second in Division I in scoring with 22.0 points per contest, Memphis’ PJ Haggerty is sixth with 21.3 points per game.
UTSA’s Primo Spears became the sixth player in conference history to score 40 points in a game, dropping 40 against Tulsa on January 7.
SCHEDULE/RESULTS
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22
Rice 71, Tulsa 50
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23
North Texas 64, South Florida 57
Wichita State 78, Tulane 67
UAB 80, Temple 64
East Carolina 96, UTSA 89
Memphis 84, Florida Atlantic 65
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26
Temple 73, South Florida 71
Tulane 78, Charlotte 64
Memphis 84, Rice 72
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27
North Texas 71, Florida Atlantic 61
UAB 80, Wichita State 72
SATURDAY, MARCH 1
Tulane at Tulsa (ESPNU)……………………………………. 2 p.m.
SUNDAY, MARCH 2
Florida Atlantic at South Florida (ESPN2)…… Noon
Charlotte at East Carolina (ESPNU)………………. Noon
Memphis at UAB (ESPN)……………………………………. 4 p.m.
Rice at UTSA (ESPN+)………………………………………….. 6 p.m.
MONDAY, MARCH 3
Wichita State at North Texas (ESPN2)……….. 9 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 4
Memphis at UTSA (ESPN+)………………………………… 7 p.m.
Temple at Tulsa (ESPN+)……………………………………. 8 p.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 6
Florida Atlantic at UAB (ESPN2)……………………… 7 p.m.
Tulane at East Carolina (ESPN+)…………………….. 7 p.m.
Wichita State at Rice (ESPN+)………………………… 8 p.m.
Charlotte at North Texas (ESPN2)………………… 9 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 7
South Florida at Memphis (ESPN2)………………. 9 p.m.
All times ET and subject to change
