Memphis’ Sincere Parker makes first public comments since July arrest
“I’m a strong believer in doing your best work when all the chips are down,” University of Memphis guard Sincere Parker (23) said. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
For much of the past eight months, Sincere Parker has been a bit of a mystery to Memphis Tigers fans.
The 6-foot-3 guard transferred to Memphis in April after spending last season at McNeese, two seasons before that at Saint Louis and two prior to that at the junior college level. But in late July — more than three months before the Tigers unofficially began the 2025-26 season with a pair of preseason games — he was arrested for allegedly attacking his then-girlfriend in May.
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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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