Tigers Basketball Insider: FanDuel deems Memphis second favorite to win AAC Tournament
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.
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March 2024
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Hardaway explains why he limited subs in game against UAB
Memphis’ David Jones and Jahvon Quinerly expected to be subbed out in the second half versus UAB. Penny Hardaway “ignored them.”
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February 2024
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Penny Hardaway says court storms getting ‘a little too violent’
Tigers coach Penny Hardaway weighs in on one of the hottest topics in college basketball.
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Hardaway defends deep rotation, says people are ‘up in arms’
Penny Hardaway says he’s forced to go far down his bench during games while “trying to figure out who wants it the most.”
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Tigers Basketball Insider: How will Memphis fare in its toughest four-game stretch of AAC play?
Advanced analytics websites KenPom and Bart Torvik don’t have much confidence in the Tigers going better than 2-2 in their next four games.
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Numbers illustrate Memphis’ success with shorter rotation
Penny Hardaway knows what he has to do with the Tigers’ rotation. Will he do it?
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January 2024
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Dandridge speaks to the heart of Tigers’ issues
Memphis big man Malcolm Dandridge addresses what he considers to be the root of the struggling team’s problems.
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Jeff Goodman believes Memphis will miss the NCAA Tournament. Here’s why.
Jeff Goodman, a national college basketball analyst for Stadium, has a hot take about Memphis basketball. Again.
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Jaykwon Walton’s persistence is starting to pay off
The 6-foot-7 wing has caught fire since the start of AAC play, shooting 63.2% from 3 in Memphis’ four conference games.
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Avoiding slow starts a point of ‘emphasis’ for Memphis
“Coming out so flat, these teams are getting up 10, 15 on us early on. I think that just needs to be a (point of) emphasis on the way we start games and us being the physical team first,” said Memphis point guard Jahvon Quinerly.
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Quantifying Memphis’ extreme highs and lows
College basketball analytics website Bart Torvik shows just how up and down the Tigers have been so far this season.
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December 2023
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Tigers Basketball Insider: David Jones for national POY? KenPom thinks there’s a chance.
Advanced analytics show that the Tigers’ star wing is currently in the top 10 of Player of the Year standings.
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Tigers Basketball Insider: DeAndre Williams still impacts the Tigers — even at a distance
Williams was denied the opportunity to join the 2023-24 Tigers. His influence, however, is as strong as it’s ever been.
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November 2023
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Tigers Basketball Insider: AAC’s hits make Tigers’ success in non-conference even more crucial
Memphis will face at least five teams that are currently ranked in the top 50 of KenPom through its next nine games.
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Hardaway will face tough rotation decisions upon return
Once Penny Hardaway returns from his suspension, he’ll have a choice: Pick up where acting head coach Rick Stansbury left off, or employ a by-committee approach he’s leaned on often.
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Which Tigers were most effective against Jackson State?
Memphis switched up its starting five on Monday night. But what are the five best players to throw out there?
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Lester Quinones scores first points of his 2023-24 NBA season
The former Memphis Tigers guard and current two-way player for the Golden State Warriors scored five points in less than five minutes against New Orleans on Monday night.
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October 2023
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Why some basketball pundits think Memphis has Final Four potential
Despite Memphis not cracking the AP Top 25 preseason poll, some college basketball pundits have gone as far as to call the Tigers a dark horse Final Four contender.
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Why a UNC football player’s big game allows Memphis fans to dream
After an eligibility battle with the NCAA, UNC football’s Tez Walker was cleared to play earlier this month. During a game on Saturday, he made a statement. Could Memphis' DeAndre Williams soon do the same?
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Tigers Basketball Insider: How Hardaway plans to balance transfers vs. high schoolers in recruiting
“I think for us, moving forward, it’s always gonna be portal heavy,” Hardaway said. “(But) I think that you still have to get your young guys, for sure, because you wanna be able to have a base of guys growing together.”
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Are there enough minutes to go around for Memphis?
With at least 10 or 11 players capable of contributing for the Tigers this season, who will be the odd man — or men — out in the team’s rotation?
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September 2023
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Another Hardaway versus Calipari recruiting battle is heating up
Could Billy Richmond III become Penny Hardaway’s latest big win over John Calipari? We’ll just have to wait and see.
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Memphis’ roster is set — well, almost
While many things are falling into place for the Tigers, the group still waits for key answers just seven weeks from the start of the 2023-24 season.
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Tigers Basketball Insider: September a crucial recruiting month for Memphis
The month of September has a chance to make the Memphis Tigers well-equipped for the future, while also strengthening the connection between the city’s team and the city itself.
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August 2023
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Tigers Basketball Insider: What numbers say about the impact of Malcolm Dandridge’s return
Malcolm Dandridge could elevate a Memphis team already poised for a big season. The numbers say as much.
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