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After Memphis’ dismal 2025-26 season, Simon Majok planned to return to the Tigers with the hope of making next season different. “Unfortunately,” he’ll now search for a new team. Memphis basketball transfer portal tracker: A look at the Tigers’ 2026-27 roster rebuildRelated content:
To keep track of which players stay and go — and which from the portal wind up at Memphis — here’s a breakdown of the Tigers’ latest roster rebuild.
Davis — a first-team All-American Conference selection in his lone season at Memphis in 2022-23 — finished with 35 points and 14 assists in the title-clinching game en route to being named NBL26 Championship Series MVP.
Givens is a native Memphian who averaged 9.4 points, 2.3 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game for the Tigers in 2025-26.
Penny Hardaway announced that he has added Tony Madlock as associate head coach and Sean Mock and Trevor DeLoach as assistant coaches for the 2026-27 season, according to a news release Monday.
Madlock was previously an assistant coach on Hardaway’s staff with the Tigers from 2018-21.
The Redbirds open the 2026 season on the road against the Gwinnett Stripers before returning to AutoZone Park for their home opener against the Norfolk Tides.
Julius Thedford, who averaged 8.4 points and a team-high five rebounds in 2025-26, is staying with Memphis. But the Tigers have more work to do.
Receiver Cortez Braham Jr. and running back Greg Desrosiers Jr. were among several Tigers who participated in the Memphis football program’s Pro Day.
“I don’t make any excuses for what’s happened, for what I’ve failed at,” Tigers basketball coach Penny Hardaway said after finishing 13-19 this past season. “But I know I can come back from failure.”Related content:
Eight Memphis players from this past season have until Friday to let Penny Hardaway know if they’d like to return to the Tigers in 2026-27.
Scott says he saw “some progression” when evaluating Hardaway’s eight seasons so far with the Tigers.
Penny Hardaway could make his job easier by returning some of the eight players from this season who have eligibility remaining for 2026-27 and beyond. But how many should Memphis bring back after a season the coach called a failure?
As much as Hardaway has enjoyed calling many of the shots himself throughout his tenure as it pertains to building rosters and staffs, he suggested Wednesday that having someone else oversee those operations could be beneficial.
The Tigers came out flat in front of a quiet crowd of no more than 500 in Birmingham, Alabama. Penny Hardaway admits he could use help to ‘build everything'Related content:
The Tigers will open against a power conference opponent to start next season.
The Tigers begin American Conference tournament play against the No. 9-seeded Green Wave.
Memphis failed to land a player on the American’s all-conference first, second or third teams — or on the 10-player All-Newcomer Team.
With six nonconference matchups now set, Memphis is still left with seven spots to fill in its 13-game 2026-27 non-American Conference schedule.
Headed to Birmingham, Memphis looks to make possible what seems improbable: five straight wins and an NCAA Tournament berth.
Quante Berry made two free throws with 2.3 seconds left in overtime to give Memphis a 96-95 comeback win over Tulane and send the Tigers to the upcoming American Conference Tournament in Birmingham, Alabama.Related content:
A win against the Green Wave would snap the Tigers’ seven-game losing streak and guarantee them a spot in the 10-team American Conference Tournament.
With nine American teams having already clinched a berth to the conference tournament, Memphis is fighting for a final spot in Birmingham.
Memphis falls to 12-18 overall and 7-10 in the American Conference. Point guard Dug McDaniel led the Tigers with 25 points. Zach Davis added 17.
A Senior Day matchup against league-leader South Florida marks Memphis’ final home game of the 2025-26 season.