Tigers Podcast: Wichita State loss aftermath, NCAA Tournament seeding
Tigers basketball beat writer Parth Upadhyaya and college-sports columnist John Martin break down how consequential the Tigers’ overtime loss to Wichita State will end up being.
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February 2025
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Memphis Tigers BasketballMartin: Memphis is left out — and needs to get out
The first bracket reveal of the season is the latest wake-up call that Memphis’ number one priority should be abandoning the American Athletic Conference. Because the only thing holding back the Tigers this season is the league they play in.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers Podcast: Are Jekyll-and-Hyde Tigers a strange case?
Parth Upadhyaya and John Martin try to determine if the Tigers playing up and down to their competition will ultimately bite them.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballMartin: Memphis basketball rolls, no math degree necessary
In the midst of a season when it feels like Memphis basketball just can’t seem to please the rest of the country — despite being ranked 14th — Thursday night was a blast.
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Tigers Podcast Tigers Podcast: Halfway through AAC slate, how does Memphis look?
Parth Upadhyaya and John Martin review the Tigers’ performances through the opening half of their American Athletic Conference schedule, look ahead at the team’s remaining regular-season games and try to pinpoint a ceiling and floor for the group’s NCAA Tournament seed.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballMartin: Tigers survive another wacky AAC game. Will we?
“We’re officially halfway through AAC play; this game encapsulates the Memphis basketball viewing experience since conference play began. Rather than opportunities to build upon a resume, these conference games exist only to sabotage the Tigers’ profile.”
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January 2025
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers Podcast: After demolition of UAB, can Memphis keep its foot on the gas?
Tigers basketball beat writer Parth Upadhyaya and college sports columnist John Martin analyze Memphis’ blowout win over UAB on Sunday and look at the Tigers’ road ahead.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballMartin: The Penny Hardaway revenge tour continues, and it is glorious
It might be a new team, but you can rest assured Hardaway reminded his group that the Tigers came down to New Orleans and lost last season. You can rest assured he told his group that New Orleans is where the AAC collapse began a season ago.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballMartin: Seven years in, Penny Hardaway is winning respect
With a 6-1 start in the AAC and his team poised to earn its best tournament seed since John Calipari, Penny Hardaway is finally changing the hearts and minds of some of the same national media that once doubted him.
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Memphis' NCAA Tournament outlook after UAB win
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers Podcast: Can Memphis basketball make the most of ‘separation week'?
Tigers basketball beat writer Parth Upadhyaya and columnist John Martin discuss the importance of Memphis’ upcoming home games against Wichita State and UAB.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballMartin: Memphis wins! All is well — if it can keep it up for the next 50 days.
The challenge for the Memphis Tigers is to be this locked in every night, often against teams at the bottom of the barrel. And a loss the game before shouldn’t be a prerequisite to coming out with that kind of energy.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballMartin: Memphis lost. That’s OK. Just don’t make it a habit.
Memphis coach Penny Hardaway called the loss disheartening and discouraging. In the abstract, it’s hard to argue with him. It was a poor effort from the start.
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Tigers Podcast Tigers Podcast: Basketball’s rankings, adjustments, ECU game
With Memphis having a week off between Sunday’s home win over North Texas and its upcoming matchup with ECU on Saturday, coach Penny Hardaway said significant changes to his team’s practice structure were coming. Tigers basketball beat writer Parth Upadhyaya and columnist John Martin discuss what those are and more.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballMartin: Tigers’ conference redemption tour off to rollicking start
Exhale, Memphis. The Tigers didn’t even make you sweat in the conference opener. Final: Memphis 90, Florida Atlantic 62. The real challenge is the next 17.
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SportsMartin: Penny gets his due, more Memphis sports predictions for 2025
Welcome to the end of 2024. As it relates to the Memphis sports scene, this was a tough year. But there’s hope. Next year could be bountiful for the local teams.
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December 2024
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Tigers Podcast Tigers Podcast: Football season recap, basketball’s rough schedule
Memphis football writer Frank Bonner II, basketball writer Parth Upadhyaya and columnist John Martin discuss this year’s football season and the raised level of expectations for Memphis basketball as it prepares for its final two non-conference games.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballMartin: With win at Virginia, Hardaway keeps pushing right buttons
On Wednesday, Memphis became the only team in college basketball to earn more than five Quad 1 and Quad 2 wins. And it happened in large part due to yet another crucial Hardaway adjustment.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballMartin: Penny Hardaway is right. This Tigers team is different
Tyrese Hunter made plenty of big shots on Saturday, but it was a non-scoring play he made in the final moments that arguably sealed the game. And it’s the kind of play that may have proven Penny Hardaway right, that this team is different.
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Tigers Podcast Tigers Podcast: Frisco, basketball’s final nonconference stretch
Memphis football writer Frank Bonner, basketball writer Parth Upadhyaya and columnist John Martin talk about the perception of the Tigers’ football season and gauge the panic meter on the Tigers’ basketball season after rough performances.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballMartin: How Memphis can get back on track after loss to Arkansas State
Here are a few takeaways about the Arkansas State game and the bigger picture at Memphis after Sunday’s home loss to the Red Wolves.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballMartin: Even as Maui run falls short, these Tigers feel different
Seven games into the season, the Tigers have come together better than anyone could have imagined.
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November 2024
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Memphis Tigers BasketballMartin: As Tigers reach Maui title game, Penny Hardaway proves he belongs
Just before the season started, some national media suggested Penny Hardaway was on the hot seat. Well, if Hardaway was on the hot seat, the man has spent the week dumping a bathtub of water from the Pacific Ocean on the flame.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballMartin: Another heartbreak? Not this time, as Memphis downs UConn
No, this wasn’t an NCAA Tournament win. No, this doesn’t mean the Tigers can go directly to the Sweet 16 — or even the tournament. But this was the biggest regular-season win in a long time.
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Tigers Podcast Tigers podcast: Football to miss out, basketball wins opener
The Daily Memphian’s reporters discuss what missing the AAC championship game means for Memphis football, and break down Memphis basketball’s season-opening win over Missouri.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball ‘The portal never sleeps': Bluff City Collective and Memphis NIL deals
A Q&A with BCC Director Hunter Story sheds light on how the Memphis basketball program’s official NIL partner does business with Memphis Tigers players.
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