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Is this 2023-24 Tigers team the worst product coach Penny Hardaway has put on the court in his six seasons?
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Is this 2023-24 Tigers team the worst product coach Penny Hardaway has put on the court in his six seasons?
Houston, Longwood, Nebraska, Texas A&M, Clemson, New Mexico, Baylor and Colgate are the eight teams that will play Friday in NCAA Tournament first-round games at FedExForum.Related story:
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“I decided to make a business decision for myself,” Pierre told The Daily Memphian. “I need to choose the right situation for me. So it was kinda really like a no-brainer for me.”
Host Greg Gaston, Parth Upadhyaya and Tim Buckley break down the Memphis Tigers’ chances at this week’s American Athletic Conference Tournament.
The Tigers already beat the Shockers twice in the regular season and are 10-1 against the conference foe under coach Penny Hardaway.
Two Memphis players have been honored by the American Athletic Conference as part of the league’s end-of-season awards.
Even with the Tigers’ up and down play through the AAC play, Vegas likes their odds to win the league’s tournament title this week in Fort Worth, Texas.
Starting with a game against either No. 12 seed Wichita State or No. 13 seed Rice on Thursday, the No. 5 seed Tigers will need to win four games in four days to be crowned the AAC champion and punch its ticket to March Madness.
Tigers coach Penny Hardaway responded to critics when speaking with reporters Monday night following his weekly radio show at Brookhaven Pub & Grill. Hardaway confident Tigers can find consistency, win AAC Tournament title Tigers beat writer Parth Upadhyaya’s newest AP Top 25 ballotRelated stories:
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Coach Penny Hardaway’s team has a single bye in the tournament and will open play against the winner of Wednesday’s first-round matchup between No. 12 seed Wichita State and No. 13 seed Rice.
Despite 27 points from Nae’Qwan Tomlin, the Tigers lost to the Owls.
The stakes have never been higher this season for the Tigers than they will be Saturday in Boca Raton.
“Everybody’s just playing like each game’s our last,” Memphis’ Nae’Qwan Tomlin said. “Like if we lose, then this might be the end of our season.” Will David Jones return to Tigers? Penny Hardaway says there’s a chanceRelated story:
“I’ll say 60/40, 70/30 us,” Hardaway said of the Tigers’ odds of getting Jones back in a Tigers uniform for the 2024-25 season.
Seth Bell, a 22-year-old native Memphian, even got David Jones himself to join in on the fun.
Memphis’ David Jones and Jahvon Quinerly expected to be subbed out in the second half versus UAB. Penny Hardaway “ignored them.”
Parth Upadhyaya, Tim Buckley and Greg Gaston discuss a Memphis Tigers team, led by David Jones, that is back in the NCAA Tourney conversation after winning four in a row.
Who are some teams that climbed into Upadhyaya’s Top 25 less than two weeks before Selection Sunday?
Memphis point guard Jahvon Quinerly kicked off a 46-9 run that saw the Tigers turn a 22-point deficit into a 19-point win Sunday against UAB. Tigers beat writer Parth Upadhyaya’s newest AP Top 25 ballotRelated story:
After trailing by 22 points in the first half, the Tigers used a 46-9 run to roar back and eventually blow out the Blazers. Related content:
Memphis will face UAB at FedExForum. The Blazers beat the Tigers in late January. “It’s personal,” Nicholas Jourdain said.
Greg Gaston, Parth Upadhyaya and Tim Buckley discuss what might tip things in Memphis’ favor as it tries to secure a return trip to the NCAA Tournament on The Daily Memphis Tigers Podcast with Greg Gaston.
Jourdain, a 6-foot-9 forward who transferred to Memphis from Temple last offseason, has averaged 6.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.0 blocks through 28 games this season.