After a long season with a heavyweight non–conference schedule, the Memphis Tigers took home the AAC Regular season Championship and some individual AAC hardware and honors.
PJ Haggerty won the AAC Player of the year award. The Tulsa transfer and former AAC freshman of the year averaged 21.5 points a game. He is 5th overall in the AAC in scoring, 9th in assists averaging nearly 4 a game, and 3rd in the conference in steals getting 2 a game.
Haggerty was Coach Penny Hardaway’s first transfer of the 24-25 season. Penny said he would love to have Haggerty back for another run with Memphis.
Haggerty becomes the second Memphis Tiger to win AAC Player of the Year the first being Precious Achiuwa in 2020.
Dain Dainja earned the AAC Newcomer of the Year. Dainja averaged 15 points and 7 rebounds this season. Dainja was the Tigers leader in the post alongside Nicholas Jourdain and Moussa Cisse.
Dainja, Haggerty, and Tyrese Hunter made the first team all AAC team. No other Tigers earned a spot on an all-conference team.
Dainja and Hunter also made the AAC Newcomer team adding more accolades to the team.
Penny Hardaway took home the AAC Coach of the Year of 24-25. He led this team to 6 quad one wins, a 26-5(16-2 AAC) record and an AAC regular season title. After a disastrous 23-24 season where his team declined another NIT invitation, he had a comeback season as the Tigers are the number one seed in the AAC tournament and a lock in the NCAA tournament.
The Tigers now head to Fort Worth for the AAC tournament, starting on Friday where they will face the winner of South Florida and Wichita State.
