Memphis’ David Jones won’t enter transfer portal ahead of deadline
If Jones also withdraws from the draft, it’ll all but guarantee his return to Memphis for the 2024-25 season in what will be his fifth and final season of eligibility.
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If Jones also withdraws from the draft, it’ll all but guarantee his return to Memphis for the 2024-25 season in what will be his fifth and final season of eligibility.
Turner, once a 5-foot-11 point guard nicknamed “The Little General” during his playing days at then-Memphis State, was most recently coach at Division II Lane College.
Spring is in the air, and things are busy over at the University of Memphis. Penny Hardaway still has some pieces to add, and the Tigers need a new athletic director.
Jayden Quaintance, a five-star center in the 2024 class, visited the Sun Devils on Friday and Saturday, after Memphis postponed his visit with the Tigers.
“Yes, I’m coming back — 100%,” Nicholas Jourdain said on an episode of The Penny Hardaway Show recorded April 12 but aired Sunday.
“I think that we can finally get Cal to play us over at Arkansas,” Penny Hardaway said Sunday on The Penny Hardaway Show. “Because the Arkansas fans want the game.” Memphis’ Jourdain again confirms return to Tigers: ‘I’m coming back — 100%'Related story:
“Coach Penny (Hardaway) keeps in contact with my dad a lot,” Johnson said. “He’s been in my position before, made it to the league and was a great player.”
A source confirmed to The Daily Memphian on Thursday afternoon that Memphis postponed the visit for the 6-foot-9 big man from North Carolina’s Word of God Christian Academy.
Thirty-eight teams featuring some of the country’s top high school basketball prospects will compete this weekend as the annual Nike Elite Youth Basketball League comes to Liberty Park’s Memphis Sports & Events Center.
Billy Richmond III, a 2024 five-star prospect, initially committed to Kentucky in December after announcing a list of four finalists in October that included the Memphis Tigers, Alabama and LSU.
Okojie, a 6-foot-3 native of Ontario, Canada, averaged 8.1 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game while shooting 46.8% from the floor for George Mason last season.
Hunter, a 6-foot Racine, Wisconsin, native, averaged 11.1 points, 4.1 assists and 2.9 rebounds per game while shooting 34.3% from 3-point range this past season for the Longhorns.
Seth Henigan and David Jones are among the subjects of discussion as The Daily Memphian Tigers Podcast with Greg Gaston wraps up following Saturday’s spring football game and Jones’ NBA Draft entry.
A look at players going into and coming out of the NCAA transfer portal for the Memphis Tigers basketball program prior to the 2024-25 season.
Cooper, the Tigers’ 6-foot-1 walk-on point guard and Memphis native, faces a difficult decision this offseason.
A five-year, $25 million NIL commitment from FedEx to the University of Memphis could help make the Tigers more competitive and better position the program for where it wants to go.
If David Jones returns to the Memphis Tigers, he could be one of only two scholarship returnees and four returnees overall.
The Memphis-based American multinational conglomerate is investing $5 million per year for the next five years in University of Memphis student-athletes “who will be promoting FedEx initiatives,” according to a press release.
Tim Buckley, Parth Upadhyaya and host Greg Gaston discuss FedEx’s groundbreaking NIL commitment to the University of Memphis and Tigers’ basketball scheduling and transfer portal news.
Kendric Davis averaged 18 points, 7.8 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game this past season for the Santa Cruz Warriors.
The Tigers and Rebels have met in four of the past five seasons, with each team winning its two home games in that stretch.
The front end of the series will be played at Memphis’ FedExForum in 2024-25, with a return game in Starkville, Mississippi, expected to be played during the 2025-26 season. Related story:
Penny Hardaway has added two former AAC players in this portal transfer period and he has two more AAC players that may choose Memphis.Related story:
The front end of a two-game series with the Runnin’ Rebels will be played in Las Vegas, with a return game at FedExForum expected to be played in the 2025-26 season.
“I know who Penny is as a player, and I had conversations with him and got a feel for him as a person,” Rogers told The Daily Memphian on Sunday.