Memphis is headed to West Region in NCAA Tournament
This trip to the Big Dance comes after Hardaway led Memphis to a bounceback season in which it has already won its most games since 2012-13.
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March 2025
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What to know: Memphis’ NCAA Tournament 1st-round foe Colorado State
Before No. 5 seed Memphis takes on No. 12 seed Colorado State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament’s West Regional in Seattle at 1 p.m. CT Friday (TBS), learn a little bit about the Rams.
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Memphis finalist to host AAC Men’s Tournament next season, says commissioner Tim Pernetti
Joining Memphis on the list of finalists for the 2026 AAC’s men’s basketball tournament are Wichita, Kansas; Birmingham, Alabama; and Tampa, Florida.
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Memphis’ Tyrese Hunter officially ruled out
Hunter exited the Tigers’ AAC Tournament semifinal game Saturday early in the second half with a left foot injury and was examined by the team’s medical staff in the locker room.
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Tigers NCAA Bracketology tracker. What seed will Memphis receive?
Memphis has victories over five teams ranked in the top 35 of the NCAA’s NET rankings: Michigan State, Missouri, Clemson, Ole Miss and UConn. But where will the Tigers be seeded when the NCAA Tournament bracket is announced March 16?
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Memphis’ path to AAC Tournament title clearer as bracket set
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What to watch in Memphis’ AAC Tournament title game vs. UAB
The No. 1 seed Tigers (28-5) will take on the No. 3 seed Blazers (22-11) for the AAC Tournament championship on Sunday (2:15 p.m., ESPN or ESPN+) at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Tigers NCAA Bracketology tracker. What seed will Memphis receive?
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Depleted Tigers are ‘ready for war’ on the path to secure AAC Tournament title
“Our team is built one through 13 to be ready to play and to be ready for war,” coach Penny Hardaway said Saturday. “So, when one guy goes down, the next guy’s gonna step up.”
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Memphis escapes upset to beat Tulane, advances to AAC Tournament title game
Memphis’ Tyrese Hunter leaves Tulane game with injury
Box score: Memphis 78, Tulane 77
Tigers NCAA Bracketology tracker. What seed will Memphis receive?
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Buckley: The Tigers may not have Tyrese Hunter. But they do have resolve.
“What the Tigers, their roster nearly entirely overhauled, really showed was the resoluteness they failed to exhibit a season ago.”
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Tigers ‘don’t know’ status of Tyrese Hunter after injury
Memphis Tigers guard Tyrese Hunter exited Saturday’s AAC Tournament early due to an injury.
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Memphis escapes upset to beat Tulane, advances to AAC Tournament title game
Memphis advances to Sunday’s AAC Tournament title game, where it will take on No. 3 seed UAB.
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The upbringing: Two 1984-85 Tigers came so far from so little
William Bedford and Andre Turner both grew up in Memphis and were two pillars on the Tigers’ 1984-85 Final Four team.
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‘No excuses’: PJ Haggerty delivers in Tigers’ win over Wichita State
Coach Penny Hardaway told PJ Haggerty, the AAC Player of the Year, that this is when big players have to step up. Haggerty responded by dropping a career-high 42 points against Wichita State in Friday’s AAC Tournament quarterfinal game.
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Haggerty’s career day propels Tigers past Wichita State
All-American guard PJ Haggerty led the way with a career-high 42 points (16-of-25 shooting), eight rebounds and four assists as Memphis used a second-half surge to pick up the victory against the Shockers (19-14).
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Buckley: DainjaMan got winged. Then he shed his cape and resumed business.
Dain Dainja was “a little banged up” in the first half of the Tigers’ AAC quarterfinal win against Wichita, but he returned for the start of the second half to help Memphis advance to Saturday’s semifinal.
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What to watch in Memphis’ AAC Tournament semifinal game vs. Tulane
The No. 1 seed Tigers will have to get past the No. 4 seed Green Wave in order to punch their ticket to Sunday’s AAC Tournament title game.
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Memphis’ Dainja returns to AAC game after injury
During a first-half media timeout in Memphis’ AAC Tournament quarterfinal matchup against Wichita State on Friday, Dain Dainja winced in pain.
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The Memphis game: Coaches, players, even fans had Bluff City roots in MSU-UAB game
In Tigers vs. Blazers in the NCAA Tournament in 1985, there were sometimes nine players from Memphis on the floor at once.
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Tigers Podcast: Before the Big Dance, Memphis must handle business at the AAC Tournament
Parth Upadhyaya and John Martin discuss what Memphis needs to do this week at the AAC Tournament to steer clear of the NCAA Tournament’s dreaded No. 8-No. 9 seed first-round matchup.
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Memphis Tigers’ AAC Tournament quarterfinal opponent determined
The No. 1 seed Tigers (26-5) will play Friday at noon (ESPN2 and ESPN+) in an AAC Tournament quarterfinal matchup at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
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What to watch in Memphis’ AAC Tournament quarterfinal game vs. Wichita State
The No. 1 seed Tigers are set to take on the No. 8 seed Wichita State Shockers in an AAC Tournament quarterfinal matchup on Friday at noon at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Memphis Tigers’ AAC Tournament quarterfinal opponent determined
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Join our interactive NCAA chat
The Daily Memphian will host a live virtual subscriber Q&A session heading into the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
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Memphis’ PJ Haggerty named second-team All-American by The Sporting News
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Memphis’ PJ Haggerty named second-team All-American by The Sporting News
Haggerty has cemented his status as one of the best players in college basketball for the 2024-25 season.
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The finish: Two jump shots lifted Memphis State in 1985. Andre Turner nailed both.
The outcome of a game that could end a 12-year drought for the Tigers hung in the balance. But to those who’d been on the journey with that team, what happened next was inevitable.
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Hill: With PJ Haggerty, Tigers fans can draw up the biggest dreams
Haggerty arrived at a critical juncture in the Penny Hardaway era, a point last April when confidence in the program was dwindling and a crescendo of criticism had reached its loudest point.
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Calkins: How an 11-year-old girl helped inspire Hardaway’s greatest season
Penny Hardaway was named American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year Tuesday. Is that because an 11-year-old girl gave him an unexpected gift? OK, maybe not. But he did just ask her for two more.
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