Memphis rises in AP Top 25 after blowout win over Florida Atlantic
This is the ninth consecutive week the Tigers have been ranked in the AP Top 25 and the 11th week overall this season.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballDainja leads Tigers’ second-half surge in blowout win over FAU
Dain Dainja tied his career with 22 points, 11 rebounds, four blocks and three steals in just 27 minutes as the No. 22 Tigers blew past FAU in an 84-65 victory.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballWhat to watch in Memphis’ game against Florida Atlantic
The Tigers are looking to regain their edge following an overtime road loss to Wichita State. They play Florida Atlantic on Sunday (1 p.m., ESPN2) at FedExForum.
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Tigers Podcast 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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Memphis Tigers BasketballTigers Basketball Insider: Hardaway takes responsibility for botched finish
“That’s all on me, the way that I finished that game,” coach Penny Hardaway said of Memphis’ play in the final seconds of regulation during its overtime loss at Wichita State.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis drops in AP Top 25 after loss to Wichita State
The Tigers fell in the AP Top 25 for the first time since the Jan. 20 edition of the poll.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballMemphis’ path to top 5 NCAA Tournament seed murkier after loss
On Sunday, the No. 14 Tigers didn’t control what they could control, falling in a somewhat surprising 84-79 overtime road loss to Wichita State.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis shocked in overtime loss at Wichita State
The No. 14 Tigers (21-5, 11-2 AAC) eventually couldn’t do enough to leave the venue known as The Roundhouse with a victory and instead took an 84-79 loss to the Shockers (15-10, 5-7 AAC) to pick up their third Quadrant 3 defeat of the season.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballWhat to watch in Memphis’ road game against Wichita State
With six regular-season games remaining on their schedule, Coach Penny Hardaway wants his Tigers to keep their foot on the gas to build momentum headed into next month’s AAC Tournament and NCAA Tournament.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball‘Iron Man’ Tyrese Hunter returns to push Memphis past USF
Four days after missing the first game of his four-year college career, the Tigers point guard Tyrese Hunter finished with 15 points, six rebounds and four assists in a win over South Florida.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis cruises to comfortable road win over South Florida
Led by center Dain Dainja’s 20 points, coach Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers looked dangerous in its 80-65 victory over USF. The win was Hardaway’s 150th as coach of the Tigers.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis’ Tyrese Hunter available for game against South Florida
Tyrese Hunter had dealt with a tender right kneecap since the early portion of this season.
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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 BasketballTigers Basketball Insider: What Memphis’ hot-and-cold nature says about its NCAA Tournament chances
Memphis ranks No. 4 in opponent adjust, a metric created by college basketball analytics expert Evan Miyakawa.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballWhat to watch in Memphis’ road game against South Florida
The Tigers’ game against USF on Thursday will be their final chance to turn heads before the NCAA Tournament’s Selection Committee televises the first in-season reveal of the top 16 seeds Saturday.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers’ Tyrese Hunter status uncertain for game against South Florida
Hunter visited Memphis team orthopedist Barry Phillips on Monday afternoon after being sidelined in Sunday’s 90-82 home win against Temple.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis rises in AP Top 25 after wins over Tulsa, Temple
The Tigers are ranked in the AP Top 25 for the seventh consecutive week.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers get revenge on Temple despite Hunter’s absence
The No. 17 Tigers eventually got the revenge they desired in a 90-82 win over the Owls, even with the absence of starting point guard Tyrese Hunter, who was ruled out just 20 minutes before tipoff.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballWhat to watch in Memphis rematch with Temple
After losing to Temple in Philadelphia on Jan. 16, the No. 17 Tigers are looking for some “get-back” against the Owls on Sunday at FedExForum.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballPJ Haggerty’s performance against former team just ‘another game’ for Tigers’ star
Haggerty finished with a game-high 23 points against Tulsa, the team he played for last season before transferring to Memphis.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis catches fire late to bury Tulsa
Led by guard PJ Haggerty and center Dain Dainja, Memphis shot 56.7% from the floor and 42.9% from deep, and finished with 20 assists on its 34 made field goals to go with only eight turnovers.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballWhat to watch in Memphis’ game against Tulsa
Memphis will look to carry its momentum into the back half of its AAC schedule when it takes on Tulsa on Wednesday at FedExForum.
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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 BasketballTigers Basketball Insider: Memphis enjoying historic 3-point-shooting season
Memphis is No. 1 in the country in 3-point percentage, hitting better than 40%.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis climbs in AP Top 25 after road wins over Tulane, Rice
The Tigers move up in the AP Top 25 after a pair of road wins.
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Tigers beat writer Parth Upadhyaya’s latest AP Top 25 ballot
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