Memphis basketball’s game against UNLV in Las Vegas set
Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway during action against SMU on Thursday, January 26, 2023. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Memphis and UNLV have met five times previously but haven’t faced each other since the Tigers fell to the Runnin’ Rebels 66-62 in the first round of the 1997 National Invitation Tournament.
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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.
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