Memphis lands top 2023 prospects, 5-star Mikey Williams and 4-star JJ Taylor
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Memphis Tigers Basketball 2023 3-star foward David Tubek commits to Memphis
The Glendale, Arizona, native is a senior at Arizona’s Dream City Christian School.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Once fellow NBA stars, Hardaway and Stackhouse set to face off as coaches for first time
Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway and Vanderbilt Jerry Stackhouse both were college All-Americans and NBA stars who now lead major college basketball programs.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Penny Hardaway says Tigers are ‘going about our business quietly’
The Memphis coach won’t disclose the starting lineup for the season opener at Vanderbilt, but does offer updates on availability of Kendric Davis, Damaria Franklin.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis basketball will retire Lorenzen Wright’s jersey
The jersey retirement will take place during a ceremony at FedExForum at a future game to be determined by the program and the late Wright’s family.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballUIC won’t budge on Damaria Franklin, so Tigers will appeal to NCAA
For the 6-foot-3 transfer guard Tigers coach Penny Hardaway calls “pretty special,” the most direct route to eligibility would be for University of Illinois-Chicago head coach Luke Yaklich to sign a “no participation opportunity” form. But UIC and Yaklich refuse to sign.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers Basketball Insider: Who could be Memphis’ X factor this season?
Memphis’ two exhibition games confirmed the obvious: Kendric Davis and DeAndre Williams are clearly the Tigers’ two best players. But who’s next?
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Memphis Tigers BasketballLove It, Like It or Hate It: Reviewing Memphis’ exhibition win over Lane College
Memphis Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway saw enough during the exhibition game against Lane to start putting the puzzle pieces together.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Strong second half in win over Lane College a ‘familiar’ sight for Hardaway
In head coach Penny Hardaway and Co.’s final exhibition game Sunday afternoon against Lane College at FedExForum, the Tigers were again pushed for much of the opening half.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball What to look for in Memphis’ exhibition game against Lane College
The Memphis Tigers get one more test run before the regular season begins next week. At 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 30, Memphis takes on D-II Lane College in its second exhibition game of the season.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Penny Hardaway wants Tigers to be ‘tougher’ against Lane
Hardaway wants to see a higher effort level in the coming Sunday exhibition game against Lane College at FedExForum.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball‘I don’t think you can label him': Tigers’ new recruit plays both sides of the ball
Carl Cherefant, the 6-foot-5 basketball prospect from Florida, can contribute on the wing but feels playing point guard is his path to the pros.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Kendric Davis, DeAndre Williams named to college basketball award watch lists
Memphis Tigers point guard and the power forward are considered to be among the top 20 at their respective positions heading into the 2022-23 season.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers Basketball Insider: Early returns of Davis, Lomax pairing leave questions
While the Kendric Davis and Alex Lomax partnership appears to have a long way to go before a Nov. 7 season-opener at Vanderbilt, Davis doesn’t have a doubt in his mind they’ll iron out the kinks.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballLove It, Like It or Hate It: What our Tigers beat writer saw at CBU game
Memphis coach Penny Hardaway cared more about how lackadaisical his group looked for most of an exhibition win Sunday against Christian Brothers than he did the Tigers’ dismal 3-point shooting.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball ‘We overlooked them:’ Gut check for Memphis in ugly exhibition win over CBU
Head coach Penny Hardaway’s squad went 2-19 from deep. And, while Kendric Davis finished with 22 points, no other Tiger ended the evening with more than 12.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis lands commitment from 2023 4-star wing Carl Cherenfant
Carl Cherenfant — a 6-foot-5 four-star small wing — announced his commitment to the Tigers on Sunday, Oct. 23, at Florida’s Calvary Christian Academy.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball What to look for in Memphis’ exhibition game against CBU
Some key things to watch for Sunday when the University of Memphis plays CBU at FedExForum in an exhibition basketball game.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Bronny James, Ashton Hardaway offer hopeful Memphis fans a glimpse of future
Bronny James and Ashton Hardaway, sons of NBA star LeBron James and University of Memphis coach Penny Hardaway, respectively, laid it all on the court at the Mid-South Basketball Classic.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Hardaway speaks on Damaria Franklin’s status; possible starting 5
“I hope it’s resolved (before the season starts),” Hardaway said of Franklin’s eligibility status. “The language on a lot of these so-called run-off waivers is just not what it really is. If you really care about a kid and it didn’t work out at your spot, that’s still a kid.”
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Three Memphis recruiting targets to take floor Saturday in Mid-South Basketball Classic
Four-star guard Bronny James, son of NBA legend LeBron James, and three-star forward Ashton Hardaway, son of Tigers coach Penny Hardaway, will take the floor at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at Collierville High School.
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Sports Elliot Perry, 26 more Memphis Sports Hall of Fame inductees pay homage to Bluff City
“This city has given more to me than I’ve given to it,” said the Memphis native and 1987 Treadwell High alum. “I’m just honored to be here amongst all the other honorees.”
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DeAngelo Williams speaks on the ‘gift’ and ‘curse’ of building a winning Memphis program
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Memphis Tigers Basketball How good does KenPom believe this year’s Memphis team is?
In this year’s preseason KenPom ratings, Memphis came in at No. 34 nationally and No. 2 in the AAC.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers Basketball Insider: Memphis Rebounders’ support of Tigers at all-time high
Shortly after Marvin White took over as Memphis Rebounders president in August 2021, Penny Hardaway told him he didn’t “feel the support” from Tigers boosters. Now, though, following $25,000 raised for the Tigers men’s basketball team, those days are long gone.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis unranked in preseason AP Top 25 poll
The Tigers are not ranked, but AAC favorite Houston is No. 3.
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