Tigers pitch in for US military, discuss upcoming season
Two of the new-look basketball players discuss Coach Penny Hardaway’s offseason coaching staff changes, the team’s identity and their excitement for the season.
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October 2024
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Martin: Memphis basketball deserves better than the AAC
Now seems like a good time to underscore the importance of basketball for Memphis in the future of any realignment discussions — and to emphasize that the current situation for Tigers basketball is unsustainable.
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Memphis women’s basketball’s 2024-25 revised AAC schedule released
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Tigers Podcast: Talking FSU win, hoops coaching hires, Pac-12, more
The season’s second edition of the Tigers Podcast talks about the big football win in Tallahassee, what impact the hirings of Nolan Smith and Mike Davis could have on the basketball program and more.
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September 2024
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New Tigers basketball tipoff event set for Oct. 4
Memphis basketball teams will have a new tipoff event — the Blue and Gray Showcase Friday, Oct. 4, at 6 p.m. inside Elma Roane Fieldhouse.
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Derrick Rose announces retirement from basketball
Derrick Rose, a former NBA MVP and the star point guard who led the Memphis Tigers to the 2008 Final Four, is calling it a career.
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Memphis men’s basketball’s 2024-25 AAC schedule released
The Tigers open conference play Jan. 2 at Florida Atlantic.
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Former Tiger Lester Quinones signs new NBA two-way deal
Quinones last played with the Golden State Warriors after going undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft.
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‘They’re ready': Hardaway says Memphis will love these Tigers
Penny Hardaway updated the injury status of Baraka Okojie, shared thoughts on new assistant coaches Mike Davis and Nolan Smith, and commented on the Tigers’ 13-game non-conference schedule.
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Penny Hardaway ‘proud to represent the AAC’ amid Memphis to Pac 12 talks
“I’m loyal to where I’m at,” Hardaway said. “Obviously, the AAC is a better conference than people are giving it credit for.”
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Memphis’ Baraka Okojie set to return before start of season, per report
Okojie, a 6-foot-3 point guard, underwent shoulder surgery in June.
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Memphis basketball adds Nolan Smith as assistant coach
A long-awaited addition to Memphis basketball’s staff has finally come to fruition.
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Pernetti: Moving AAC Tournament back to Memphis not ‘off the table’
American Athletic Conference commissioner Tim Pernetti shared his thoughts Tuesday afternoon with members of the media on the future of the AAC Tournament for men’s and women’s basketball.
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Memphis men’s, women’s basketball announce nonconference schedules
Memphis’ men’s and women’s teams will also take part in another double-header when they participate in the inaugural Hoops for St. Jude Tip Off Classic Oct. 15 at FedExForum.
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Buckley: Memphis should NOT jump to the Pac-12
Let us count the reasons. The list is longer than the current number of Pac-12 members.
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Arkansas athletic director ‘open’ to moving 2025 Memphis game to Fayetteville
Razorbacks athletic director Hunter Yurachek hadn’t previously been aware that renovations to Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium would still be continuing during the Memphis-Arkansas game.
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How good will Memphis’ 2024-25 team be? Here’s what advanced analytics suggest
Both media members and fans alike aren’t exactly sure what to expect from the new-look Tigers this season, but advanced analytics website Bart Torvik could give us an indication of how things may shake out.
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‘A surreal feeling': Former Tiger K.J. Lawson named Hamilton High coach
Lawson, who won a TSSAA Class AAA title at Hamilton in 2015, returns to the basketball program as head coach.
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Penny Hardaway talks Hoops for St. Jude, staff challenges at reception
Hardaway spoke to reporters Thursday at the National Civil Rights Museum during a cocktail reception for Saturday’s annual Penny Hardaway Memphis District Golf Classic.
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Tigers basketball to host North Carolina, South Carolina in games benefiting St. Jude
The Tigers’ men’s and women’s basketball teams will face two of the toughest teams in the country in a doubleheader that will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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Junior college transfer Bouna Kebe commits to Memphis
Bouna Kebe, a 6-foot-10 big man, averaged 11.2 points and 7.1 rebounds per game last season as a sophomore for NJCAA Gillette (Wyoming) College.
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Calkins: Tar Heels, Gamecocks coming to Memphis. That’s the power of St. Jude.
The North Carolina men’s basketball team and the South Carolina women’s basketball team are coming to Memphis. for a nationally televised doubleheader to benefit St. Jude. And just wait until you hear what St. Jude is hoping to do next.
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Clarence Jones of the Tigers’ 1973 NCAA runner-up team dies
“You’ll hear it from everybody, but Clarence just was a great guy, soft-spoken, good person — just always had a great spirit about him,” said Murry Bartow, son of then-Tigers coach Gene Bartow.
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Amid controversy within Memphis program, Penny Hardaway responds
In a Q&A with national college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, Hardaway said, “I don’t need the money. I came back to the school to teach young men and to try and help my city out and my school out and it’s like I’ve been under some microscope that’s unbelievable.”
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Here’s everyone who has worked for Penny Hardaway — and what happened to them
Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway announced Wednesday that four coaches would not return, just two months before the Tigers open their 2024-25 season against Missouri at FedExForum on Nov. 4.
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Former Tiger Jahvon Quinerly announces retirement from basketball
The 6-foot-1 point guard who played for Memphis last season explained his retirement decision via Instagram.
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