Category: AAC

Army set to join AAC as a football only member in 2024

Army joins Navy as football-only members of the AAC starting in 2024.

The American Athletic Conference (AAC) has found a replacement for the departing SMU Mustangs starting in 2024. The Army Black Knights will be joining the conference as football-only members beginning next season.

This will end a 19-year run as an Independent. The Black Knights were last part of a conference with Conference USA from 1998 to 2004. Army already holds a victory over a future conference foe this season. They defeated UTSA on Sept. 15, 37-29.

Army Rice
Charlotte South Florida
East Carolina Temple
Florida Atlantic Tulane
Memphis Tulsa
Navy UAb
North Texas UTSA

Army is currently 2-5 with four straight losses to Syracuse, Boston College, Troy, and LSU.

According to the report from The Athletic, the annual Army-Navy game will remain a nonconference matchup played after the AAC title game. Since Navy is part of the AAC, if they were the top two teams in the conference, they would play in back-to-back weeks per ESPN’s Heather Dinich.

NCAA suspends Penny Hardaway for three games following NCAA violations.

Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway has been suspended the first three games of the Tigers’ 2023-2024 season.

When the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team starts their 2023-2024 season next November, it will be without head coach Penny Hardaway for the program’s first three games.

The NCAA announced on Wednesday that Hardaway has been suspended for the first three games of the season due to NCAA violations. According to a report released by the NCAA, Hardaway made two in-person home visits with a prospective prospect prior to the time it was permissible to do so including one visit that was posted online by the family of the recruit which was brought to the attention of the NCAA. After a self-investigation, Memphis self-reported the violation.

“The suspension shall be served during the first three games of the regular season in the 2023-24 academic year,” the report says. “During the period of suspension, the head coach is prohibited from performing all coaching and recruiting activities and may not have any contact with members of his men’s basketball staff, student-athletes or prospective student-athletes.”

This past season, Memphis went 26-9 including 13-5 in American Athletic Conference play while earning a second-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament after missing each tournament from 2015 through 2021. The program will be entering its sixth season under Penny Hardaway next fall. Through his first five seasons with the program, he has collected a 111-52 record, winning 20+ games in each season.

First Round: South Florida beats Marquette in an overtime buzzer beater

With 31.2 seconds left in overtime, South Florida’s senior guard Elena Tsineke scored a jumper to win the game.

With 31.2 seconds left in overtime, South Florida’s senior guard Elena Tsineke scored a jumper to win the game. South Florida defeated Marquette, 67-65, to start Round 1 of the 2023 March Madness Women’s D1 NCAA tournament.

Marquette almost came back to win the game with four seconds left on the clock, but Mackenzie Hare’s three-pointer circled out of the basket. It was a nail biting way to end the game.

The Bulls trailed Marquette for the first 38 minutes of the game but had four players scoring double-digits. Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu led her team with 22 points and 16 rebounds.

South Florida will face the defending National Champions in the second round of the tournament when they take on Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Gamecocks. The game will take place in Columbia, South Carolina on March 19th at a time yet to be announced.