New Tigers feel they have what’s needed for bounce-back season
A handful of players from the University of Memphis’ new-look basketball roster spoke with reporters during a meet-and-greet event at the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind.
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A handful of players from the University of Memphis’ new-look basketball roster spoke with reporters during a meet-and-greet event at the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind.
The Memphis Tigers will face the UConn Huskies, an old AAC foe and two-time defending NCAA champion.
The new stadium is another way to memorialize Eliza Fletcher, who was abducted and killed during her morning run two years ago.
A thief stole multiple pairs of Nike shoes from Coach Penny Hardaway.
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New Memphis Tigers AD Ed Scott fills two key leadership positions on his staff.
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The university is in the process of finalizing a two-year extension of its FedExForum lease agreement with the Grizzlies, new Tigers athletic director Ed Scott confirmed.
Memphis and Ohio have met just once previously.
Memphis’ 2024-25 non-conference slate is the most challenging schedule the Tigers have faced in the Penny Hardaway era.
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Memphis Tigers athletic director Ed Scott was asked about the coaching staff changes and said, “I have no comment on that.” Multiple Memphis basketball staff members no longer with programRelated content:
Tigers coach Penny Hardaway’s staff is getting a major shake-up just weeks before the start of the 2024-25 season.
Ed Scott will speak publicly after Tigers basketball coach Penny Hardaway announced he’d parted ways with members of his staff and an anonymous letter alleged Memphis violated NCAA rules.
Scott said Memphis has not gotten an update from the NCAA regarding the case stemming from Malcolm Dandridge’s eligibility status, whose findings Scott confirmed the Tigers self-reported to the NCAA.
The 6-foot-1 point guard who played for Memphis last season explained his retirement decision via Instagram.
Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway announced Wednesday that four coaches would not return, just two months before the Tigers open their 2024-25 season against Missouri at FedExForum on Nov. 4.
In a Q&A with national college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, Hardaway said, “I don’t need the money. I came back to the school to teach young men and to try and help my city out and my school out and it’s like I’ve been under some microscope that’s unbelievable.”
“You’ll hear it from everybody, but Clarence just was a great guy, soft-spoken, good person — just always had a great spirit about him,” said Murry Bartow, son of then-Tigers coach Gene Bartow.
Bouna Kebe, a 6-foot-10 big man, averaged 11.2 points and 7.1 rebounds per game last season as a sophomore for NJCAA Gillette (Wyoming) College.
The Tigers’ men’s and women’s basketball teams will face two of the toughest teams in the country in a doubleheader that will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Hardaway spoke to reporters Thursday at the National Civil Rights Museum during a cocktail reception for Saturday’s annual Penny Hardaway Memphis District Golf Classic.
Here’s what to know heading into Saturday’s kickoff at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.