Terry Tippett won games and influenced lives in equal measure
Tippett did a lot of winning. Six state championships and 902 games to be exact. Basketball was important — but not as important as the people who played it.
Topic: High School Basketball
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November 2024
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August 2024
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Martin: The Memphis high school basketball scene as we know it is gone. And it’s not coming back.
There’s a new, somber reality for the Memphis basketball sports scene: The best high school players are leaving.
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May 2024
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Matt Bakke stepping down after 25 years at MUS
The veteran coach shunned the spotlight but played a vital role in the school’s athletic department.
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April 2024
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New FACS coach Shelvie Rose embraces high expectations
The state champion in 2023 at Overton is betting on himself at his destination job.
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FACS coach Dee Wilkes leaving for new challenge at St. George’s
Dee Wilkes won D2-A state titles in 2022 and this past season at FACS. Now he has a new job.
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March 2024
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Cordova’s K.J. Tenner named Class 4A Mr. Basketball
Cooper Haynes of Briarcrest and Hillcrest’s Jordan Allen finish as runners-up in their respective divisions.
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February 2024
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Tuesday prep report: Bartlett outlasts Cordova in round three
R’Chaun King led the Panthers to claim the District 15-AAAA title and a No. 1 region seed in a battle of the state’s top-ranked teams in Class 4A.
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Monday prep report: Hard-nosed Bartlett toughs out district title win over Collierville
A key fourth-quarter stretch gives the Panthers a No. 1 seed for the region tournament.
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FACS wins region; basketball roundup
Crusaders win boys region title while Douglass High and Hillcrest High win boys district championships.
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Standouts from MHEA, Millington win fan vote for player of the week
The voters have spoken, and they have chosen Caleb Thomas and Bailey Boone as The Daily Memphian’s high school basketball players of the week.
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Tuesday prep report: Cordova holds off Bartlett in 1-2 showdown
The Wolves, ranked second in the state Class 4A poll, make their free throws late to defeat top-ranked Panthers.
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Emerging talents have FACS looking good in Division 2-A
State’s third-ranked team isn’t particularly deep. But now that everyone is back, watch out.
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January 2024
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As region play gets set to tip off, MUS Owls are flying high
Senior leadership, defense has MUS off to its best start in 26 years.
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December 2023
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Standouts from Lakeland and St. Agnes win player of the week vote
The voters have spoken, and they have chosen Connor Jones and Taylor Reeb as The Daily Memphian’s boys and girls high school basketball players of the week.
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July 2023
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Former Tiger Willie Kemp brings international resume to Whitehaven
In the summer before his first season in charge at Whitehaven High, former Memphis point guard Willie Kemp will coach the Beale Street Boys in The Basketball Tournament.
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January 2023
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Friday prep report: Owls remain unbeaten in region with victory over rival CBHS
Reid Chauhan’s 14 points leads the Owls, who have won six of their last seven.
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December 2022
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Balanced Lausanne spreads the wealth while piling up victories
Veteran coach Marvis Davis compares this year’s team favorably to the 2020 squad that won the Division 2-A state championship.
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Prep basketball: Former Mitchell standout looks to bring back winning ways
Former player Jarvis Jones passing along Tiger tradition to the next generation.
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Friday prep report: Germantown holds off Whitehaven
Anthony Medlock scores 26 points as Red Devils bounce back from a Thursday loss to Bartlett.
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November 2022
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New year, new look for defending state champion CBHS
Graduation took a huge chunk out of Bubba Luckett’s champion basketball team. But he believes the 2022-2023 crew is up for the challenge.
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When Ron Huery came to your gym, you just had to be there
Memphis high school basketball legend, who died last week at the age of 55, made memories to last a lifetime.
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Former Whitehaven and Arkansas basketball standout Ron Huery dies
The McDonald’s All-American helped Razorbacks reach the Final Four in 1990.
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September 2022
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East must vacate Wiseman-era basketball title, TSSAA rules
Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association rules that money paid by then-coach Penny Hardaway to star player James Wiseman rendered him ineligble.
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August 2022
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Prep notes: Former MUS standout Givens gearing up for next level
The class of 2024 standout is joining a loaded roster at Montverde Academy in Florida.
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June 2022
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Jaye Nash passes without ego — and the offers are rolling in
Unselfish game has drawn attention from some of college basketball’s big hitters.
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