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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March 2025
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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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Memphis ends 2024-25 regular season with top-20 ranking in AP Top 25
This marks the most weeks in a season Memphis has been ranked in the AP Top 25 since the Tigers spent 19 in the poll in 2013-14 under former coach Josh Pastner.
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Memphis’ path to AAC Tournament title clearer as bracket set
With the AAC Tournament bracket set, the Tigers now have a clearer idea of what their quest to bring home more hardware looks like.
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‘What life is all about’: Hardaway earns redemption a year after hitting bottom
Memphis’ 84-68 win over South Florida on Friday allowed the program to claim the outright AAC regular-season title and gave Penny Hardaway the redemption he’d sought for nearly a year.
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Calkins: ‘What a difference a year makes,’ says Penny Hardaway — as he cuts down the net
After seven years, Penny Hardaway was finally able to celebrate a regular-season title at Memphis Friday night. He was finally able to cut down a net in the city he loves so much.
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It’s official: Memphis Tigers are AAC regular-season champs
After gaining a share of the regular-season championship with a win over UTSA March 4, the Tigers rode Dain Dainja and PJ Haggerty over USF Friday to claim the title outright.
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Box score: Memphis 84, South Florida 68
This is the box score for the NCAA basketball game between the Memphis Tigers and the USF Bulls on Friday, March 7, 2025, at FedExForum.
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What to watch in Memphis’ regular-season finale against South Florida
Memphis’ 75-70 road win against UTSA on Tuesday already allowed it to secure at least a share of the AAC regular-season title.
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Tigers Podcast: After AAC regular-season title, what’s next on Penny Hardaway’s redemption tour?
Tigers basketball beat writer Parth Upadhyaya and college sports columnist John Martin look at how Penny Hardaway and Tigers checked a key box off of their list of season-long goals, and what’s left to achieve.
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