‘I don’t think you can label him': Tigers’ new recruit plays both sides of the ball
Carl Cherenfant’s high school coach Cilk McSweeney said he asked Penny Hardaway “some tough questions” regarding the program’s NCAA violations case. According to McSweeney, Hardaway spoke candidly of the situation. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Parth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
Carl Cherefant, the 6-foot-5 basketball prospect from Florida, can contribute on the wing but feels playing point guard is his path to the pros.
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