Former Tigers star PJ Haggerty explains why he left Memphis for Kansas State
Memphis Tigers guard PJ Haggerty (4) walks off the court after losing an NCAA tournament first-round game against Colorado State University in Seattle on March 21. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daly Memphian file)
For the first time since announcing in May that he’d transfer to Kansas State, former Memphis Tigers star PJ Haggerty opened up about the decision.
The 6-foot-3 combo guard joined college basketball insider Andy Katz on an episode of his “The Sideline with Andy Katz” podcast that was released Tuesday on YouTube.
Haggerty averaged 21.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.8 steals per game last season for Memphis. He was named the 2024-25 American Conference Player of the Year and a consensus second-team All-American while leading the Tigers to a 29-6 record, conference regular-season and tournament titles and a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
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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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