…will be on Oct. 17, a week from Friday at FedExForum. More details forthcoming. A couple things.

- There WILL be a tribute to last year’s Final Four team that fans won’t want to miss. And it will be more than just raising a banner

- It WILL be a huge recruiting night for the Tigers. Possible/probable visitors include John Wall, Dominic Cheek and Derrick Favors.

Here’s where Athlon predicts Memphis’ non-conference opponents will finish in their respective leagues:

Fairfield — 2nd in MAAC

UMass — 5th in A-10

Chattanooga — 1st in Southern

Seton Hall or Southern Cal (Puerto Rico semis) — 13th in Big East/3rd in Pac 10

Xavier, Virginia Tech or Missouri (Puerto Rico finals/consolation) — 1st in A-10/6th in ACC/7th in Big 12

Marist — 10th in MAAC

Georgetown — 6th in Big East

Arkansas-Little Rock — 1st in Sun Belt West

Syracuse — 7th in Big East

Drexel — 11th in CAA

Cincinnati — 11th in Big East

Northeastern — 3rd in CAA

Lamar — 2nd in Southland

Tennessee — 1st in SEC East

Gonzaga - 1st in WCC