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More from this season’s Insider:
The team has gone through intense practices, intent on shedding whatever it was that held it down at the Crossover Classic.
The Tigers rebound after two tough losses, and Ahmad Rand makes his debut.
On the day Memphis announced a five-year contract extension for Penny Hardaway, the Tigers looked utterly inept in losing to Tulsa.
There are signs the new scheme could breed confidence and consistency with time.
The Tigers have had plenty of practice. They can only hope Sunday’s game against Tulsa actually happens.
More confidence. New offensive wrinkles. As Moussa Cisse put it: “We played how we were supposed to play.”
The Tigers lost Alex Lomax to injury and got the shaft from the American Athletic Conference, but they rose to the occasion Sunday and won at Cincinnati for the first time since Derrick Rose led the team.
With USF taken care of, all eyes and efforts now turn to the season’s toughest task.
The American Athletic Conference moved the Tigers’ last home game of the season to Houston. It’s a transparent screw job.
What is in front of the Tigers is an agonizing wait to see what the NCAA selection committee has in store.
Memphis won the NIT title Sunday, overwhelming Mississippi State. If it wasn’t the tournament the Tigers had hoped for, it was the triumphant ending they deserved.
The Memphis Tigers could be a dangerous team next season if their most important players return. But will they? In the age of the transfer portal, all bets are off.
The University of Memphis Tigers, the NIT champion, will be in the NIT Season Tip-Off in November.
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