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.

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.

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.

The Memphis basketball team seems to be in a bit of a holding pattern in terms of its March Madness outlook. Despite losing at Temple and beating Charlotte on the road, the 22nd-ranked Tigers (14-4, 4-1 AAC) are still in reasonably good shape as far as NCAA Tournament bracketology projections go.

The latest misfortune in the Mavericks' injury-riddled season occurred Thursday night when the All-Star reserves were announced by TNT. Kyrie Irving, who had the best chance of qualifying for the Western Conference team, was not selected as part of the 14 reserves.

Sure, the win at Kansas is really the only marquee victory Houston has so far this season, but a 13-game winning streak with 11 double-digit wins over that stretch earns Kelvin Sampson's team a place in the top tier of the sport.

A DCSO deputy initiated a stop on a car identified as stolen through the National Criminal Information Center (NCIC) on Thursday, Jan. 23.

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.

ESPN+, 5:30 p.m. College Basketball Men’s Samford at Furman — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m. Charleston Southern at South Carolina Upstate — WYCW/ESPN+, 6 p.m. Colgate at Army — ESPN+, 6 p.m. Old Dominion at Appalachian State — ESPN+,

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.