Memphis' DeeDee and ECU's Devin Hagemann talk before every game. That might change on Saturday, when they'll face each other for the first time.

State Rep. Mark White said there were multiple bills in the works in response to Feagins' firing to change state oversight of the school district.

BOTTOM LINE: Corey Washington and Wichita State visit PJ Haggerty and No. 24 Memphis on Thursday. The Tigers are 6-2 in home games. Memphis is 2-0 in games decided by 3 points or fewer. The Shockers have gone 1-4 against AAC opponents. Wichita State is 5-5 in games decided by at least 10 points.

Bracketville's Dave Ommen has Memphis in his latest bracket as a 5-seed against McNeese State in Denver. Meanwhile, On3's James Fletcher III has the Tigers slotted as a 6-seed versus facing either North Carolina or BYU in Providence.

CBS Sports bracketologist Jerry Palm updated his bracket on Monday. Palm dropped the Tigers from a 3-seed in his previous projection to a 6-seed in the Midwest. Palm has Memphis facing a First Four winner in Denver on the opening weekend. Palm projects 3-seed Kansas and an 14-seed Utah Valley as potential second-round opponents.

Texas Tech made its Top 25 season debut at No. 22 after beating Cincinnati and Oklahoma State to run its Big 12 winning streak to four games. Vanderbilt entered the poll at No. 24 for the first time since Dec. 7, 2015, as the women's team also cracked the poll this week for the first time since 2014.

Campbell at Stony Brook, 1 p.m. Elon at Drexel, 1 p.m. Loyola Chicago at Rhode Island, 1 p.m. NC A&T at Hofstra, 1 p.m. Navy at Army, 1 p.m. Rutgers at Penn St., 1 p.m.

Memphis is trending upward as it focuses on taking control of the American Athletic Conference race. The No. 19 Tigers (16-4, 6-1 AAC) have won three straight and seven of

The comments came as the state legislature is discussing expansive school choice voucher legislation in a special session.

OpenTable has shared its list of most romantic restaurants. Here are the four Memphis restaurants that made the list.

Auburn basketball saw perhaps its flatest offensive performance yet against No. 6 Tennessee on Saturday. But, like they have before, the Tigers held on long enough to win. Here's how it happened.

The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. approved a lease and tax-incentive transfer for the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Downtown Memphis.