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The Memphis Tigers saw their three-game winning streak come to an end Saturday afternoon, dropping a 99-73 decision at No. 11 Louisville inside the KFC Yum! Center.
The momentum built from the Memphis basketball team’s three-game winning streak came to a screeching halt Dec. 13 at Louisville.
The Dec. 13 game didn’t live up to the past glory that goes back to long before today’s Tigers and Cardinals were born. The two teams have met 91 times in a series that started in 1949.
The Memphis Tigers and Louisville Cardinals meet Saturday at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky, with tip-off set for 3:30 p.m. ET.
No. 11 Louisville (9-1, 0-0 ACC) goes 3-0 against their primary rivals - Kentucky, Cincinnati and Memphis - in a single season for the first time since the 2012-13 season, and the seventh time in program history. UofL beat both UK and UC last month, winning 96-88 over the Wildcats and 74-64 against the Bearcats.
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The Tigers announced the hiring of Southern Miss coach Charles Huff on Dec. 8, choosing him as the replacement for Ryan Silverfield. The search lasted about six days after Silverfield left for Arkansas on Nov. 30.
The University of Memphis officially introduced Charles Huff as the new head football coach for the Tigers on Wednesday. Huff said he believed some of the best football players
New Tigers football coach Charles Huff has Nick Saban, James Franklin in his corner.
Charles Huff embraced it during his introduction as Memphis football coach. AD Ed Scott did, too. "It's time to win a championship," Huff said.
Ryan Conwell paced Louisville basketball, which displayed its roster depth in a convincing win vs. rival Memphis on Saturday at the KFC Yum! Center.