Aug. 30, 2007

IRVING, Texas - Tiger Nation filled in a portion of its 2007-08 basketball schedule a little over month ago with the release of the University of Memphis' non-league slate. Now, the remainder of the fans' weekly planners can be booked as the Conference USA office announced the league schedules Thursday.

Only the C-USA dates are available, as game times and television will be released later. Two C-USA games versus UTEP Feb. 2 and UAB Mar. 8 are doubleheaders with the Grizzlies.

The Tigers tip off defense of their 2006-07 C-USA regular season title at FedExForum Jan. 9 versus East Carolina. In addition to the C-USA home opener, Memphis hosts seven other league contests and has a four-game homestand from Feb. 2-13. Included in that four-game home stretch are visits from UTEP Feb. 2, SMU Feb. 6, UCF Feb. 9 and Houston Feb. 13. The Feb. 2 UTEP contest is the first regular-season homecoming for former Tiger staff members Tony Barbee and Milt Wagner.

The Tigers' other three home C-USA dates are Jan. 19 versus Southern Miss, Feb. 27 versus Tulsa and Mar. 8 versus UAB. The contest against the Blazers is the regular season finale.

Memphis opens its conference road schedule at Marshall Jan. 12 followed by a second-straight road game at Rice Jan. 16. The Tigers have two additional two-game road trips with a back-to-back at UAB (Feb. 16) and Tulane (Feb. 20) in February and another in March at Southern Miss (Mar. 1) and SMU (Mar. 5).

The Tigers' other two league road games are at Tulsa Jan. 23 and at Houston Jan. 30.

The 2008 Conference USA Tournament is slated for Mar. 12-15 at FedExForum.

In another schedule note, the Austin Peay contest has been confirmed for Nov. 27 at FedExForum. An earlier release had the date as either Nov. 27 or 28.

The following is the complete 2007-08 Memphis hoops schedule:

Nov. 5-6	2K College Hoops Classic		FedExForum

		Benefitting Coaches vs. Cancer

Nov. 12	Christian Brothers (Exhibition)	FedExForum

Nov. 15-16	2K College Hoops Classic		New York, N.Y.

		Benefitting Coaches vs. Cancer

Nov. 20	Arkansas State				FedExForum

Nov. 27	Austin Peay				FedExForum

Dec. 4		vs. Southern Cal (Jimmy V Classic)	New York, N.Y.

Dec. 15	vs. Middle Tennessee			Nashville, Tenn.

Dec. 19	at Cincinnati				Cincinnati, Ohio

Dec. 22	Georgetown				FedExForum

Dec. 29	Arizona				FedExForum

Jan. 3		Siena					FedExForum

Jan. 5		Pepperdine				FedExForum

Jan. 9		East Carolina				FedExForum

Jan. 12		at Marshall				Huntington, W. Va.

Jan. 16		at Rice					Houston, Texas

Jan. 19		Southern Miss				FedExForum

Jan. 23		at Tulsa				Tulsa, Okla.

Jan. 26		Gonzaga				FedExForum

Jan. 30		at Houston				Houston, Texas

Feb. 2		UTEP					FedExForum

Feb. 6		SMU					FedExForum

Feb. 9		UCF					FedExForum

Feb. 13	Houston				FedExForum

Feb. 16	at UAB				Birmingham, Ala.

Feb. 20	at Tulane				New Orleans, La.

Feb. 23	Tennessee (ESPN Gameday)		FedExForum

Feb. 27	Tulsa					FedExForum

Mar. 1		at Southern Miss			Hattiesburg, Miss.

Mar. 5		at SMU				Dallas, Texas

Mar. 8		UAB					FedExForum

Mar. 12-15	Conference USA Tournament		FedExForum