2007 Conference USA Basketball Tournament Semifinals Preview

Memphis looks to earn higher seed in NAA Tournament with win

Date: Friday, March 10, 2007

Television Coverage: CBS

C-USA Tourney Championship Preview Notes

The 2007 Conference USA Basketball Tournament is about to come to a close to conclude a season of exciting basketball in Conference USA. A few game notes to think about:

Memphis' Fed Ex Forum is the host to the 2007 Conference USA Men's Basketball Championship which began Wednesday.

• Memphis looks to win their 32nd consecutive game at FedEx Forum in Memphis, the site of thr 2007 C-USA Basketball Tournament
• The 32 straight wins matches BYU's streak for the most consecutive wins in the nation
• This will be the first C-USA title game for Houston
• 12 of Houston's 18 wins came at home this season
• All 5 Houston starters played 31+ minutes on Friday led by Rob McKiver and Oliver Lafayette who both played all 40 minutes against Rice
• Four Cougars average double-digit scoring per game led by junior guard Rob McKiver with 19.6 ppg
• Two Tigers average double-digit scoring led by sophomore guard Chris Douglas-Roberts with 15.3 ppg

Previous match-ups
Memphis won both match-ups of these two teams in 2007 winning @ Houston 79-69 on January 11th and 77-64 in Memphis on February 25th.

How they got here
#1 seed Memphis defeated #8 Marshall in the Quarterfinals 92-71 and handled #4 Tulane 71-49 in the C-USA Tournament Semifinals. #3 Houston defeated #6 Southern Miss 62-59 in the Quarterfinals and #7 Rice 77-62.