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Danielle Lerner covers Tigers basketball for the Daily Memphian. She previously covered college hoops at The Athletic and the Louisville Courier-Journal, where she also wrote about professional soccer, horse racing, college football and, occasionally, tacos.
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The Tigers kept their NCAA tournament hopes alive by taking care of business.Related story:
The change is a devastating blow for the Tigers, who now have lost home-court advantage for their toughest game of the season.
A source with knowledge of the situation described Lomax’s injury to The Daily Memphian as a “twisted ankle” and said he would most likely not play against the Bearcats.
Sunday’s win at Cincinnati showed that the Tigers are at their most dangerous when Malcolm Dandridge, Moussa Cisse and DeAndre Williams are in sync.
The Tigers dominated on the boards and maintained their composure in the final seconds.
Tigers fans have likely gotten used to watching ugly basketball games this season.
Defense again the name of the game, and Boogie Ellis led the Tigers with 18 points. Related stories:
With USF taken care of, all eyes and efforts now turn to the season’s toughest task.
After leaving Memphis State, Penny Hardaway dropped jaws in legendary pickup games at Fonde Recreation Center, Houston’s longtime NBA haunt.
Johns coached the women’s basketball team from 1972 to 1991 and three NCAA Tournament appearances.
Alex Lomax is questionable to play at Houston and the Tigers are still on the NCAA tournament bubble.
The Tigers, the No. 3 seed after losing to Houston on Saturday, will play March 12.
Those final 1.7 seconds were painful, but the time before that is where the lessons come from. Tramon Mark’s ‘miracle' shot doesn’t undo the fact that Memphis held its own on the road against Houston.
Boogie Ellis’ shot gave Memphis hope, but Cougars freshman Tramon Mark’s last-second 3-pointer vaporized it.
Point guard Alex Lomax is back at practice but that doesn’t mean he’ll return for the Tigers’ first AAC tournament game Friday.
The difference between the start of the season and now: Comfort with the defense, and locked in as a family.
Moussa Cisse, Boogie Ellis and Landers Nolley II earned conference recognition for their performances with the Tigers.
D.J. Jeffries, DeAndre Williams and Lester Quinones took the reins in the second half. AAC tournament: To beat Houston, Tigers have to not beat themselvesRelated stories:
In Hardaway’s words, it’s time to play smarter, loosen up and “enjoy this moment.” Related stories: AAC quarterfinals: Memphis gets past unexpectedly resilient UCF
The Tigers came charging back in the second half, but their bad habit of turning the ball over stalled them. Related article:
What is in front of the Tigers is an agonizing wait to see what the NCAA selection committee has in store.
The commissioner argued for the Tigers’ inclusion despite the AAC’s decision not to reschedule their regular-season games against Houston and Wichita State.
Back to Texas the Tigers go as the No. 1 seed, and the bracket is loaded with interesting matchup possibilities.
Memphis is just the third team in the past 15 years to finish top three in KenPom.com’s adjusted defensive efficiency metric and not make the NCAA Tournament. Instead, Memphis will participate in the NIT as a No. 1 seed
Says Achiuwa: “I’ve been looking forward to this day for a really, really long time.”