Memphis basketball adds New Orleans to 2025-26 nonconference schedule
Memphis basketball is putting some cushioning on what many expect to be another grueling nonconference schedule in the 2025-26 season.
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April 2025
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Former Memphis forward Ashton Hardaway returns to father, Tigers
The younger Hardaway is a former four-star recruit in the 2023 class who began his college career at Memphis as a true freshman in the 2023-24 season before transferring to Saint Mary’s ahead of this past season.
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A pretty penny: The money Hardaway made for the 2024-25 season
The success Tigers coach Penny Hardaway had in 2024-25 helped change the trajectory of the Memphis’ program one year after a disappointing season.
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Date reportedly set for Memphis’ matchup with Josh Pastner, UNLV
The Runnin’ Rebels hired former Tigers coach Josh Pastner on March 25, and his new UNLV team has a visit to Memphis scheduled in the season to come.
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Martin: The college basketball game is changing. Can Memphis keep up?
It’s not Penny Hardaway’s fault that the Tigers' offseason roster-building isn’t going well. The reason is simple: Everybody has money.
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Tigers Basketball Insider: How much could a PJ Haggerty return cost Memphis?
An On3 report states that the point guard market in this offseason’s transfer portal ranges from $500,000 to $2.5 million.
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Memphis ranked in final AP Top 25
This marks the second time in the past three seasons that Memphis has been ranked in a final Associated Press Top 25 poll and the 18th time in program history.
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Tigers Podcast: Reviewing a successful Memphis season, analyzing the road ahead for Penny Hardaway
Parth Upadhyaya and John Martin grade the Tigers’ 2024-25 season.
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Temple transfer guard Quante Berry commits to Memphis
Berry, a 6-foot-4 native of Cleveland, Tennessee, averaged 10.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.3 steals as a redshirt sophomore this past season for Temple.
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AAC 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 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 forward Damarien Yates enters transfer portal
Yates, a 6-foot-5 forward who was named Tennessee Class 3A Mr. Basketball in 2023, averaged 1.2 points and 0.8 rebounds in 3.6 minutes per game for the Tigers this past season.
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Hardaway’s NBA connection aids recruiting
With transfer portal recruits visiting, the fact Penny Hardaway is still admired by today’s NBA stars can only help the Tigers coach.
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Tigers to cut capacity at FedExForum — and add sales tax
Although the department has historically covered the sales-tax cost for spectators, it is making this change ahead of the July 1 implementation of new NCAA rules allowing schools to share athletic department revenue with its athletes.
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March 2025
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Martin: In this Final Four, there’s a message for Memphis
Memphis won’t get the chance to get closure in San Antonio for the 2008 title game. That doesn’t mean that there still isn’t something for Penny Hardaway and Memphis to take from the last four teams remaining.
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Memphis forward Damarien Yates enters transfer portal, per report
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The 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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Memphis guard PJ Carter enters transfer portal
Carter, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard, averaged 5.4 points and 1.5 rebounds per game while shooting 39.3% from 3-point range for the Tigers this season.
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Memphis basketball transfer tracker: Who Tigers are eyeing in the portal
An up-to-date look at Tigers basketball’s 2025-26 roster rebuild
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Martin: Here are three reasons Tigers will have better days ahead under Penny
Hardaway’s job this offseason won’t be easy, given the team’s challenges with its conference affiliation. Still, there are reasons to be optimistic about the offseason and beyond for Tiger basketball.
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A Mikey Williams and Memphis reunion ‘could be in play,’ per report
Williams originally committed to Memphis in November 2022, but he never played for the Tigers following an April 2023 arrest in connection to a shooting that occurred outside his San Diego-area home in March 2023.
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Tigers guard Baraka Okojie enters transfer portal
Okojie, a 6-foot-1 defensive-minded point guard, averaged 1.5 points, 1.2 assists and 1.2 rebounds per game through 31 games this past season for the Tigers.
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Memphis guard Jared Harris enters transfer portal
The 6-foot-2 combo guard averaged 0.4 points and 0.3 rebounds in 3.1 minutes per game through the 16 games he appeared in.
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Four questions that will define Memphis’ offseason
Can Memphis get PJ Haggerty to return? Will Penny Hardaway’s coaching staff remain intact? Here are questions Memphis must address before the start of its 2025-26 season.
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Memphis could add hometown flavor to roster via transfer portal
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Memphis could add hometown flavor to roster via transfer portal
Penny Hardaway may have an opportunity to add some 901 flavor to his 2025-26 roster through the NCAA transfer portal.
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UNLV’s expected hire of Josh Pastner sets up Memphis reunion
Pastner led Memphis to four NCAA Tournament appearances in seven seasons. Pastner and Memphis will now reunite when the Tigers and the Runnin’ Rebels meet at FedExForum next season.
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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.”
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