Memphis Tigers Basketball
Buckley: Tim Duncan helped Penny Hardaway, Ed Scott glue broken Tigers together
“The Tigers were broken after that ugly finish to the 2023-24 season. Credit Duncan for quietly helping glue it all back together.”
Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
There are 363 articles by Tim Buckley :
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March 2025
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Memphis Tigers BasketballBuckley: Memphis remains in the AAC. Still waiting for a good deal?
A bit after the 2024 football season opened, the Tigers’ chance to exit the AAC arose. But AD Ed Scott said it was “a bad deal.” So the Tigers, who decided to stay in the AAC, continue to hold out.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballThe epilogue: Tragedy, trials, tribulations followed Memphis State’s magical 1984-85 run
Defined largely by triumph, but tainted too, the 1984-85 Memphis State Tigers basketball team was perfectly imperfect, a fun bunch that had faults but also had a blast.
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April 2025
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Memphis Tigers BasketballMemphis makes case for hosting AAC basketball tournament
Armed with a somewhat unique bid, Memphis could learn soon if it will again host the American Athletic Conference’s men’s basketball tournament. Memphis Tourism’s Kevin Kane helped make the city’s case.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballAAC commissioner working on basketball strength of schedule
The American Athletic Conference has been talking with other leagues about potential nonconference scheduling agreements.
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Memphis GrizzliesJa Morant fined by NBA for gesture
The NBA on Friday fined Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant after the superstar mimicked firing a gun on two occasions against the Miami Heat.
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SportsShowboats in a hole after falling to Houston
Even after a mid-game quarterback change, the UFL’s Memphis Showboats dropped to an 0-3 with their 18-17 loss to the Houston Roughnecks.
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May 2025
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers sign strong-shooting small college transfer forward Matthews
Mason Matthews’ signing is the 11th announced by coach Penny Hardaway and the Tigers this offseason.
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SportsBuckley: In 1975, LeMoyne-Owen won it all. Too few in Memphis remember.
Fifty years ago, a team of Magicians now largely forgotten won the only college basketball national championship Memphis has ever known.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers to play Purdue in Bahamas, Boilermakers coach says
It appears coach Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers will again get a shot at beating one of the nation’s top teams before beginning American Athletic Conference play.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Calipari’s Razorbacks working to schedule exhibition game in Memphis
The Memphis Tigers and Arkansas Razorbacks are working on scheduling an exhibition basketball game at FedExForum that would benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers guard Dante Harris enters transfer portal
The entry of Memphis guard Dante Harris into the NCAA transfer portal does not come as a surprise, after LSU transfer Curtis Givens III agreed to join the coach Penny Hardaway’s program.
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SportsBuckley: The night Redbirds manager Ben Johnson answered a special call
Germantown High graduate Ben Johnson had family in mind on a big night for the Memphis Redbirds.
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