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Memphis basketball forecast: Projections for the Tigers’ 2025-26 season

By , Daily Memphian Updated: November 07, 2025 5:19 PM CT | Published: November 07, 2025 8:25 AM CT

With dress rehearsals complete, it’s finally showtime for the Memphis Tigers.

Still, who knows what to expect from coach Penny Hardaway’s team this season?

Hardaway spent the offseason that followed his most successful campaign building a brand-new team made up of players many consider to be diamonds in the rough — one featuring 13 NCAA Division I transfers, one D-II transfer and a South Sudanese freshman. 

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Parth Upadhyaya

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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