Memphis no longer nationally ranked
The Tigers were ranked No. 23 and were the top Group of Five team in last week’s Coaches Poll, before suffering a 56-44 loss at Navy.
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The Tigers were ranked No. 23 and were the top Group of Five team in last week’s Coaches Poll, before suffering a 56-44 loss at Navy.
The Tigers played with only 10 players for over an hour.
Okojie, a 6-foot-3 point guard, underwent shoulder surgery in June.
A long-awaited addition to Memphis basketball’s staff has finally come to fruition.
Memphis’ men’s and women’s teams will also take part in another double-header when they participate in the inaugural Hoops for St. Jude Tip Off Classic Oct. 15 at FedExForum.
American Athletic Conference commissioner Tim Pernetti and Arkansas athletic director Hunter Yurachek react to a possible move by the Memphis Tigers to the rebuilding Pac-12.Related content:
Razorbacks athletic director Hunter Yurachek hadn’t previously been aware that renovations to Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium would still be continuing during the Memphis-Arkansas game.
Lawson, who won a TSSAA Class AAA title at Hamilton in 2015, returns to the basketball program as head coach.
Hardaway spoke to reporters Thursday at the National Civil Rights Museum during a cocktail reception for Saturday’s annual Penny Hardaway Memphis District Golf Classic.
The Tigers’ men’s and women’s basketball teams will face two of the toughest teams in the country in a doubleheader that will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Bouna Kebe, a 6-foot-10 big man, averaged 11.2 points and 7.1 rebounds per game last season as a sophomore for NJCAA Gillette (Wyoming) College.
The loss was the first in the regular season in over a year for the Tigers. Memphis’ last loss in the regular season was on Aug. 27, 2023, at Alabama.
Scott said Hardaway would absolutely, unequivocally be back “based on every piece of information I have right now, today.” Tomorrow, the information could be different. Memphis AD: Hardaway will ‘absolutely, unequivocally' stay Tigers' coachRelated content:
“You’ll hear it from everybody, but Clarence just was a great guy, soft-spoken, good person — just always had a great spirit about him,” said Murry Bartow, son of then-Tigers coach Gene Bartow.
In a Q&A with national college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, Hardaway said, “I don’t need the money. I came back to the school to teach young men and to try and help my city out and my school out and it’s like I’ve been under some microscope that’s unbelievable.”
Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway announced Wednesday that four coaches would not return, just two months before the Tigers open their 2024-25 season against Missouri at FedExForum on Nov. 4.
Smith suffered what appeared to be a lower-body injury near the end of the first quarter of last week’s 40-0 win against North Alabama.
The 6-foot-1 point guard who played for Memphis last season explained his retirement decision via Instagram.
Scott said Memphis has not gotten an update from the NCAA regarding the case stemming from Malcolm Dandridge’s eligibility status, whose findings Scott confirmed the Tigers self-reported to the NCAA.
Ed Scott will speak publicly after Tigers basketball coach Penny Hardaway announced he’d parted ways with members of his staff and an anonymous letter alleged Memphis violated NCAA rules.
Tigers coach Penny Hardaway’s staff is getting a major shake-up just weeks before the start of the 2024-25 season.
Memphis Tigers athletic director Ed Scott was asked about the coaching staff changes and said, “I have no comment on that.” Multiple Memphis basketball staff members no longer with programRelated content:
The University of Memphis confirms that an anonymous letter was sent to the NCAA alleging widespread rules violations in its men’s basketball program. Here’s everyone who has worked for Penny Hardaway — and what happened to them Penny Hardaway announces major changes to Memphis coaching staffRelated content:
Dollars are flowing in since Ed Scott’s late-June hiring and his late-July arrival as the Memphis Tigers’ new athletic director.
“Penny Hardaway has fired Rick Stansbury and three other staffers just weeks before a new season begins. The continuing chaos is not ideal.”