Buckley: There’s lots of blame to go around. Quinerly takes responsibility
Just when it looks like all hope is lost, there’s reason to believe in rainbows.
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Just when it looks like all hope is lost, there’s reason to believe in rainbows.
Do the Tigers have any chance of making the Big Dance? Check out what the experts are saying.Related stories:
Plenty has changed since Memphis was knocking off nationally ranked opponents left and right, giving Parth Upadhyaya, Tim Buckley and host Greg Gaston lots to bat around.
The Tigers are hoping to snap a four-game skid and keep their slim NCAA Tournament hopes alive with a win over the Shockers.
A loss to Rice on Wednesday marked the fourth straight defeat for coach Penny Hardaway and Memphis. The Tigers’ season goals are quickly slipping away. Will they fight or quit?Related story:
“For the guys that want to quit because they think we’re not gonna make it, they can quit — if that happens,” coach Penny Hardaway said. “I just want guys to fight, man.”
Two Tigers will make their first starts of the season against Rice.
Memphis has run out the same starting five for 10 consecutive games. But with a three-game losing streak threatening the team’s NCAA Tournament chances, coach Penny Hardaway says that could change.
Jones leads the Tigers — and the AAC — with 21.8 points per game to go with 7.0 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.6 assists per game.
Duren, an All-Rookie Second Team selection last season, is averaging 14.1 points and a team-high 11.9 rebounds through 31 games for the Detroit Pistons in his second year in the NBA.
Memphis big man Malcolm Dandridge addresses what he considers to be the root of the struggling team’s problems.
Things are looking bleak for Coach Penny Hardaway’s club after three straight losses including Sunday’s to UAB in Birmingham. ‘No more excuses': Hardaway suggests starting lineup change for Tigers Memphis drops out of AP Top 25 poll following third straight loss Tigers beat writer Parth Upadhyaya’s newest AP Top 25 ballotRelated stories:
Memphis dropped its third straight game for the first time under coach Penny Hardaway since the 2021-22 season. ‘Selfishness’ costs Tigers again against UAB. It could cost them their season.Related stories:
Tigers are on the outside looking in of the national rankings for the first time in more than a month. Tigers beat writer Parth Upadhyaya’s newest AP Top 25 ballot Related story
“If your (main) goal is not for the team that’s on the front of your chest to win the game, then you’re thinking about yourself,” Tigers center Malcolm Dandridge said.
Here is the box score for the Sunday game between the Memphis Tigers and UAB Blazers.
After a week off, the Tigers are in search of a bounce-back performance when they face UAB on Sunday.
Tigers basketball beat writer Parth Upadhyaya and columnist John Martin weigh in on everything from Memphis’ problems and potential solutions to the team’s margin for error moving forward and its NCAA Tournament outlook.
“What made it a rivalry,” said Daryl Braden, a former Memphis high school star recruited in the 1970s by Gene Bartow and Larry Finch to Alabama-Birmingham, “was homeboys playing against each other. ...” They’ll clash again Sunday for the 51st time.
Jayden Hardaway, Penny Hardaway’s eldest son, played a career-high 28 minutes against Tulane on Sunday. Over halfway into Tigers' season, Hardaway has to ‘start all over'Related story:
Ahead of Memphis’ game against UAB on Sunday, the Tigers have started from square one.
“Everything that we earned, we just gave it away,” coach Penny Hardaway said after the No. 10 Tigers’ loss to Tulane. “And now, again, you’ve gotta fight through adversity.”
Under pressure, the No 10 Tigers faltered in an 81-79 loss to Tulane in New Orleans on Sunday afternoon to drop their second consecutive game.Related story:
A Green Wave fan pushed Memphis star David Jones during a court storm after Tulane’s 81-79 win over the Tigers on Sunday, Jan. 21, in New Orleans.
Jeff Goodman, a national college basketball analyst for Stadium, has a hot take about Memphis basketball. Again.