Former Tiger to help host 1-on-1 tournament to find best hooper in 901
Willie Kemp is the founder of TIG Basketball. Kemp yells to his Whitehaven players in the second half of a Class 4A semifinal game against Oak Ridge at the TSSAA boys’ state basketball tournament Friday, March 21, 2025, in Murfreesboro. (Mark Humphrey/Special for The Daily Memphian file)
When Michael Beasley beat Lance Stephenson in a high-profile 1-on-1 basketball game between the two former NBA players in June, it got some in Memphis thinking.
Who’s the best 1-on-1 hooper in the 901?
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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.
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