After winning four games in his first season with Memphis – all of which were Conference USA wins – Justin Fuente’s Tigers seemingly took a step back by finishing 3-9 (1-7) in the program’s first year as a member of the American Athletic Conference.
But that would be unfair to both he and his players, because although the record didn’t show it, they took a significant step forward.
You see, in 2012, Memphis was beaten by an average of 18.9 points in its eight losses, compared to 12.6 in 2013 (including the two-game collapse to in the season where it lost to Temple and Connecticut by a combined 55 points).
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