There are 2471 article(s) tagged Memphis Tigers:

• November 2018

  • Calkins: Memphis headed to fifth straight bowl game (unlike some schools you know)

    You know what school hasn’t been to five straight bowl games?

    By Geoff Calkins November 10, 2018

• October 2018

  • Local two-star wide receiver commits to Memphis Tigers

    Two-star wide receiver Cameron Baker from Germantown High committed to Memphis on Monday evening, the latest local player to join coach Mike Norvell's future team.

    By Jonah Jordan October 29, 2018

  • Healing Henderson facing aggressive Pirates defense

    Head coach Mike Norvell thought star running back Darrell Henderson was headed for the endzone when he burst into open space against the Missouri defense.

    By Jonah Jordan October 29, 2018

  • Calkins: DJ Jeffries bails on Kentucky for Memphis and the power of Penny wins again

    He couldn’t even wait until 10 a.m.

    By Geoff Calkins October 29, 2018

  • Calkins: Penny Hardaway’s first game is a blast

    The man never sat down.

    By Geoff Calkins October 26, 2018

  • Calkins: All eyes on Penny Hardaway as he makes exhibition debut

    Let’s start with what he’ll wear. What will Penny Hardaway wear in his first game as Memphis coach?

    By Geoff Calkins October 25, 2018

  • Missouri rolls over Memphis 65-33 in Columbia

    The Memphis Tigers suffered their second consecutive defeat and dropped to 4-4 overall, 0-3 on the road, with a 65-33 loss to the Missouri Tigers Saturday in Columbia. It’s the most points that Memphis has given up since 1947.

    By Jonah Jordan October 20, 2018

  • Calkins: Penny Hardaway’s first season won’t be defined by wins or losses

    The American Athletic Conference coaches predicted Monday that the Memphis Tigers will finish fourth this season.

    By Geoff Calkins October 15, 2018

  • Points Aplenty: UCF scoring in bunches at “warp speed”

    In 2017, UCF had the most prolific offense in the land – leading the nation with 48.2 points per game. After that undefeated season, head coach Scott Frost was off to Nebraska. Josh Heupel, who had been offensive coordinator for the high-flying Missouri attack the previous two seasons, replaced Frost.

    By Don Wade October 12, 2018

  • UCF Knights less than likable

    The UCF Knights might have become America’s latest college football darlings (see State, Boise, and the Jan. 1, 2007 overtime victory against Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.)

    By Don Wade October 10, 2018

  • Calkins: For Memphis to beat No. 10 UCF, Brady White has to be great

    You know what is unfair to Brady White?

    By Geoff Calkins October 09, 2018

  • Calkins: Penny Hardaway brought the stars out to Madness, just not who you’d think

    Resh Short drove in from Cincinnati. He hopped in his car and pointed it toward Memphis and arrived by the time the doors opened at 6 p.m.

    By Geoff Calkins October 05, 2018

  • UConn brings nation’s worst defense to Memphis

    For most of the first half, Connecticut kept last weekend’s game with undefeated Cincinnati competitive. The Huskies trailed by a touchdown late in the first half and were driving. An apparent touchdown turned out to be merely a close call when the receiver was ruled to have touched the sideline.

    By Don Wade October 04, 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

  • Norvell updates Jackson Dillon’s status and Tigers depth chart

    Memphis Tiger fans held their breath as sixth-year senior linebacker Jackson Dillon was helped off the field in the second quarter during the Tigers’ 52-35 win over the South Alabama Jaguars on Saturday.

    By Jonah Jordan September 24, 2018

  • Calkins: Nick London - rapper, basketball player, son of former Tiger Paris London - does it for St. Jude

    Paris London, the former Memphis Tiger, is standing in a crowd, holding his phone up to capture his son on video, and it’s possible he has never been happier.

    By Geoff Calkins September 24, 2018

  • Picking apart the secondary: Five quick questions with secondary coach TJ Rushing

    The Memphis Tigers enter their Week Four matchup with South Alabama wanting to build some consistency. 

    By Jonah Jordan September 21, 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

  • 10 nuggets from Mike Norvell’s Monday press conference

    Head coach Mike Novell spoke at his Monday luncheon press conference with reflections on Georgia State victory and the Tigers upcoming game against South Alabama.

    By Jonah Jordan September 17, 2018