Tigers Basketball Insider: Tyler Harris will be extra motivated against Memphis
An AAC record will be within reach for Harris when South Florida and his former team meet again Wednesday.
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An AAC record will be within reach for Harris when South Florida and his former team meet again Wednesday.
While Penny Hardaway knows the boost the return of Malcolm Dandridge and Alex Lomax could give Memphis, he’s also cautious about the impact it could have on the team’s chemistry.
During his weekly radio Show on Monday, the Houston coach discussed his Cougars’ home loss to Temple on Sunday. He then unpromptedly spoke about Penny Hardaway and Memphis.
Memphis will have to try to gut out at least one or two more wins while missing Lomax, Dandridge and Hardaway, but there is a silver lining to the Tigers’ current predicament.
Memphis’ clash with UCF is one of only five remaining opportunities for the Tigers to grab Quadrant 1 and 2 wins.
The Tigers coach touched on the size of his team’s rotation twice on Monday — one time suggesting that he feels his group was better when he played fewer players during a large chunk of the non-conference slate.
Through 13 non-conference games, one could easily point to work on the boards as the Tigers’ most costly deficiency.
As Memphis gets set to soon head into AAC play, there’s a good chance we’ll see more of a few Tigers who’d previously been buried deep in the team’s rotation.
The Chicago native — who averaged 17.8 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game last season at UIC — will be thrown into a rotation that seems to have hit its stride.
What Memphis coach Penny Hardaway said first during his radio show Monday was telling.
The Tigers traveled to Orlando over Thanksgiving weekend to compete as one of eight teams in the ESPN Events Invitational. These early-season multi-team events — better known as MTEs — are valuable for many reasons.
Tigers basketball beat writer Parth Upadhyaya is a fan of Memphis’ new court but wants to know your thoughts.
Coach Penny Hardaway likes the two-point-guard lineup of Kendric Davis and Alex Lomax.
Penny Hardaway and the Tigers don’t believe in scheduling cupcake non-conference opponents.
Memphis’ two exhibition games confirmed the obvious: Kendric Davis and DeAndre Williams are clearly the Tigers’ two best players. But who’s next?
While the Kendric Davis and Alex Lomax partnership appears to have a long way to go before a Nov. 7 season-opener at Vanderbilt, Davis doesn’t have a doubt in his mind they’ll iron out the kinks.
After becoming the first commit in head coach Penny Hardaway’s 2023 class, it’s safe to say Ryan Forrest is no longer a secret or hidden gem.
At one point earlier this summer, a source said, “It’s on him if he wants to come back.”
Quinones scored 19 points and grabbed five rebounds in the Warriors loss to the Lakers on Monday.
”The Emoni thing, I haven’t been approached by it. He’s in the portal, and everybody’s putting everything out there, but I haven’t spoken to anyone from his camp,” Penny Hardaway said.
One name that’s generating smoke is a former coach at both Mitchell and Whitehaven high schools.
Even if Emmanuel Akot joins the program, the Tigers will need at least one more key difference maker that could potentially start. The options are getting thinner and thinner by the day.
For both this year and the future of the program, Lawson’s progress with his development will be a major storyline to watch.
With the deadline to withdraw from the NBA draft tomorrow, June 1, Quinones’ decision could be more difficult than anticipated.
It continues to be a much quieter offseason than Memphis basketball fans are used to. But maybe that isn’t such a bad thing.