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Tonight's long-awaited showdown between No. 1-ranked Memphis and No. 2 Tennessee at FedExForum isn't just being billed as a matchup between the nation's top two college basketball teams. It's also being sold as a collision between two outfits playing a similarly relentless up-tempo style.

If that's true -- and it is, at least to a point -- then something or someone will have to give. Memphis senior point guard Andre Allen says it won't be the Tigers.

"One team is gonna have to slow down," Allen predicted, "and I know it's not gonna be us."

Tennessee assistant Steve Forbes struck a similarly defiant note when describing his team's commitment to speed.

Tigers, Vols share fast, intense styles : Tigers : Commercial Appeal