There are 1484 article(s) tagged Penny Hardaway:

• October 2018

  • Memphis Tigers announce Madness schedule

    The Memphis Tigers released the schedule for Thursday night’s long-anticipated Memphis Madness event at FedExForum, the christening of coach Penny Hardaway’s inaugural season.

    By Jonah Jordan October 04, 2018

  • Calkins: When Penny Hardaway is introduced, all you’ll hear is joy

    It will be the Memphis sports moment of the year. It will be a moment that summons the past and embraces the future and celebrates the return of a favorite son.

    By Geoff Calkins October 03, 2018

  • Hardaway wants an active, selfish Kyvon Davenport

    Forward Kyvon Davenport was never better than in the Memphis Tigers’ first-round 79-77 victory over USF in the American Athletic Conference Tournament last March. Career-high 29 points, nine rebounds, 10-for-13 from the floor, 4-for-7 from 3-point range.

    By Don Wade October 03, 2018

  • Calkins: The complete, colorful history of Memphis Madness

    Derrick Rose brought down the house with a preposterous dunk. Rapper Rick Ross canceled on his first Madness visit but made it for the next. Gary Parrish won a chicken-wing eating contest, Larry Finch returned (after he was fired) to coach an alumni game and D.J. Stephens paid tribute to one of the greatest Memphis players ever by wearing his jersey for a dunk contest. All these things happened at Memphis Madness, which is what John Calipari renamed it sometime along the way. So here’s the complete and colorful history of the event, drawn from my notes, columns, memories and newspaper archives. 

    By Geoff Calkins October 03, 2018

  • New season, same truth: Jeremiah Martin vital to Tigers

    The peak and the valley arrived on a Thursday night in late February at FedExForum.

    By Don Wade October 01, 2018

• September 2018

  • Boyce, Jayden Hardaway involved in practice despite probable redshirt seasons with Tigers

    When shooting guard Ryan Boyce asked out of his signed National Letter of Intent to UAB he was 100 percent sure he was making the right move by decommitting from the Blazers.

    By Jonah Jordan September 28, 2018

  • Tigers optimistic of chances to reach NCAA tournament in Hardaway’s first year

    Memphis point guard Jeremiah Martin stepped onto the floor over the summer and immediately knew the talent Penny Hardaway put together plus what was returning would be better than the Tigers projected No. 8 finish in the American Athletic Conference. 

    By Jonah Jordan September 27, 2018

  • Memphis Tigers host DJ Jeffries on ‘extravagant’ visit

    Four-star forward DJ Jeffries and his family stepped on the University of Memphis campus last weekend with a sense of familiarity with the coaching staff and program.

    By Jonah Jordan September 25, 2018

  • American Athletic Conference announces Memphis Tigers slate

    The American Athletic Conference announced the Memphis conference basketball schedule Wednesday with the Tigers opening against Gregg Marshall and the Wichita State on Jan. 3 in the first conference game of Penny Hardaway’s coaching career. 

    By Jonah Jordan September 20, 2018