If the Tulane Green Wave wants to win the American Athletic Conference tournament, you have to beat the best team in the league to reach the final.

The Green Wave (19-13) will receive another shot on the Memphis Tigers (27-5) on Friday at 2 p.m. in the AAC semi-final in the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Tulane has a considerable amount of motivation, and not only because a victory would bring them a step closer to the NCAA tournament.

Tulane would love a little revenge. Until January, the Green Wave organized the NOW no. 16 tigers who defeated them 68-56.

The green wave had its shot. They only returned three points in the first half, 29-26. Memphis retired in the second half and avoided a surprise with 19 points from Dain Dainja.

The tigers probably go to the NCAA tournament, regardless of what is happening this weekend. The Green Wave now has no other street for March Madness than annoying the tigers and winning the championship game on Sunday, which would secure the automatic berth of the AAC.

Tulane and the NCAA tournament are basically alien to this time. The last NCAA tournament game of the Green Wave in 1995 when they were a No. 9 seed and won a game in the first round before dropping the Sweet 16.

Your head coach Ron Hunter as a NCAA tournament experience from Neuerer Vintage, who led to back-to-back NCAA tournament offers in 2018 and 2019.

In the defeat of the FAU 83-76 in the quarter-finals, the Green Wave received a great game from Asher Woods, which scored 20 points. He led five Tulane players in double -digit figures together with Gregg Glenn III and Kaleb Banks with 17 points each together with 15 points from Rowan Brumbaugh and 10 points from Mari Jordan.

When Tulane competed with Memphis in January, only banks and Brumbaugh were in two figures. The Green Wave duo will need the type of help you have received against the FAU to win over the tigers.

(in the Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, Texas)

First round: Wednesday

Game 1: No. 13 Charlotte 64, No. 12 Rice 61

Second round: Thursday

Game 2: No. 8 Wichita State 73, No. 9 USF 68

Game 3: No. 5 FAU 64, No. 13 Charlotte 59

Game 4: No. 10 Tulsa 75, No. 7 Tempel 71

Game 5: No. 6 East Carolina 70, No. 11 UTSA 65

Quarter -finals | Friday

Game 6: No. 1 Memphis 83, No. 8 Wichita State 80

Game 7: No. 4 Tulane 83, No. 5 FAU 76

Game 8: No. 2 North Texas 77, No. 10 Tulsa 59

Game 9: No. 3 UAB 94, No. 6 East Carolina 77

Semi -finals | Saturday

Game 10: No. 1 Menphis against No. 4 Tulane | 14 CT | ESPN2 and ESPN+

Game 11: No. 2 Nordtexas against No. 3 UAB | 16 PM CT | ESPN2 and ESPN+

Finale | Sunday

Game 12: game 10 winners against game 11 winners | 2:15 p.m. CT | ESPN and ESPN+