There are 83 article(s) tagged NCAA Tournament:

• March 2021

  • Grizzlies Insider: Grizzlies-style NCAA Tournament guide

    No, the Memphis Tigers won’t be in the NCAA tournament. But we can root for some of the Grizzlies players’ alma maters at the Big Dance.

    By Drew Hill March 15, 2021

  • Calkins: For Memphis and the NCAA Tournament, it’s been a seven-year glitch

    Memphis will be sitting out the NCAA Tournament yet again this year. Here’s a reason for hope (and some reasons to despair).

    By Geoff Calkins March 14, 2021

  • AAC’s Mike Aresco: Tigers an NCAA Tournament-worthy team

    The commissioner argued for the Tigers’ inclusion despite the AAC’s decision not to reschedule their regular-season games against Houston and Wichita State. 

    By Danielle Lerner March 14, 2021

  • Calkins: If heart mattered — and free throws didn’t — this team would be headed to the NCAA Tournament

    If passion and effort were all that mattered, the Memphis Tigers would be headed to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in seven years. But foul shots matter, too. 

    By Geoff Calkins March 13, 2021

• February 2021

  • Calkins: Penny Hardaway and the Memphis Tigers now have a chance to save their year

    It has been a difficult season for the Tigers, but now that they’re back from a COVID pause, they have a chance to make things right. 

    By Geoff Calkins February 24, 2021

  • Calkins: Alex Lomax deserves to lead Memphis back to the NCAA Tournament

    Alex Lomax said it would be a “dream come true” to lead Memphis back to the NCAA tournament. Against ECU, he kept that dream alive through sheer force of will.

    By Geoff Calkins February 08, 2021

• August 2020

  • Sports Notebook: The heart of the college football matter, and a possible hoops bracketology

    Some doctors have sounded the alarm about the effects after recovering from COVID-19; it's not too early to consider alternate NCAA basketball tournament formats; and Christian Brothers University has shut down some fall sports until Jan. 1

    By Don Wade August 16, 2020

• May 2020

  • Wade: Remembering Mom and a game otherwise better forgotten

    When your late mother was a passionate Kansas Jayhawks basketball fan, and you watched the title game vs. Memphis with her, you look at April 7, 2008, through a different lens. 

    By Don Wade May 11, 2020

• March 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 11: Rhodes, UT suspend in-person classes

    • TSSAA addresses COVID-19 concerns
    • Impact of flight reductions on Memphis unclear
    • Dow enters bear market on Wednesday

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020

  • Calkins: There was a Selection Sunday show! (Brought to you by Owen, a 9-year-old boy with autism)

    Owen Dowdle, 9, is a boy on the autism spectrum whose whole life revolves around sports. He couldn't bear the absence of a Selection Sunday show — so he broadcast one himself. 

    By Geoff Calkins March 15, 2020

  • State basketball tournaments canceled for coronavirus

    State basketball tournaments are latest cancellations with COVID-19. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 13, 2020

  • Mast: Tigers’ NCAA chances depend on deep run in AAC Tourney

    The American Athletic Conference tournament begins Thursday and the hope of Memphis going to the NCAA Tourney rides on a deep run.

    By Shelby Mast March 09, 2020

  • Memphis dominates Wichita State to set up critical game at Houston

    Memphis put together its most impressive performance of the season in a dominant win over Wichita State. 

    By Drew Hill March 05, 2020

  • Bracketology: Tigers remain outside NCAA Tourney projections

    Thanks to that win over Tulane in New Orleans, the Tigers' hopes stay alive for now. 

    By Shelby Mast March 02, 2020

• February 2020

  • Tigers avoid disaster in win at Tulane

    Memphis basketball outscored Tulane 14-7 in overtime to survive turnover struggles.

    By Drew Hill February 29, 2020

  • ‘The pressure is here': Tigers desperate to win out after loss to SMU

    Penny Hardaway said he can't hide the pressure from his young team any longer. The way he sees it, the Tigers need to win out. 

    By Drew Hill February 26, 2020

  • Slowing SMU key for Tigers in pivotal AAC matchup

    Memphis heads to Texas to play SMU on Tuesday, the next trial in the Tigers efforts to build a winning streak. The key will be closing out the game.

    By Drew Hill February 24, 2020

  • Mast: Tigers close but not quite in NCAA Tourney Talk

    The win over Houston gave Memphis a much-needed win in the Tigers pursuit for their first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2014.

    By Shelby Mast February 24, 2020

  • Calkins: For Memphis basketball, a long-awaited (and much-deserved) day of joy

    After a season of tumult, the Memphis Tigers defeated Houston Saturday. You should have seen the smiles.

    By Geoff Calkins February 22, 2020

  • Memphis basketball notebook: Hardaway discusses transfer rules, Houston

    Houston poses the biggest challenge to Penny Hardaway and the Tigers in months and at a time where Memphis needs a big win to enhance its NCAA Tournament resume

    By Drew Hill February 21, 2020

  • Two-loss week shoves Tigers further from NCAA Tourney

    Memphis continues to fall away from the NCAA Tournament consideration after a two-loss week in the American Athletic Conference. The Tigers need help if they are to make the tournament.

    By Shelby Mast February 18, 2020

  • Memphis basketball searching for confidence during time of uncertainty

    But Tigers “are locked and loaded ready to go fight at Cincinnati,” Hardaway says.

    By Drew Hill February 11, 2020

  • South Florida loss leaves Tigers outside NCAA Tourney bracket

    South Florida loss at home leaves Tigers in an uphill battle if they hope to make the NCAA Tournament, according to our latest bracketology expert.

    By Shelby Mast February 11, 2020

  • Memphis basketball notebook: ‘It’s tough, but it’s not impossible’

    With eight games to play, Penny Hardaway is fighting to keep the Tigers together while injuries are tearing them apart. 

    By Drew Hill February 09, 2020

  • Calkins: Memphis basketball season is in tatters — but, please, save the hot takes

    Memphis suffered a crushing loss to South Florida Saturday. But it's not some big secret why this season has gone bad.

    By Geoff Calkins February 09, 2020