FORT WORTH, Texas — It was time for Memphis basketball's coronation atop the AAC, and there was only one man to do it. Minutes after the Tigers beat UAB to win the AAC title, the entire team crowded around Tyrese Hunter as he slotted Memphis' name onto the board and completed the tournament bracket.

Memphis guard Tyrese Hunter has been ruled out of Sunday's American Athletic Conference tournament title game versus UAB with a left foot injury, coach Penny Hardaway announced.Baraka Okojie will make his first start with the Tigers in place of Hunter,

Hunter exited the Tigers’ AAC Tournament semifinal game Saturday early in the second half with a left foot injury and was examined by the team’s medical staff in the locker room