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His collegiate debut gave the doubters ammunition for their argument. The 5-foot-9, 150-pound guy missed all six shots he took, all from behind the 3-point line, and some stupid deep.
Mike Norvell had just returned to his office from a day of recruiting in Memphis high schools when he saw a tweet from my former colleague Mark Giannotto speculating about his future.
The departures from Memphis coach Mike Norvell’s coaching staff continued Monday afternoon as defensive coordinator Chris Ball was named the head coach at Northern Arizona.
Memphis head coach Mike Norvell indicated Monday he is not pursuing any other college coaching jobs and intends to stay at the University of Memphis.
At precisely 11:42 a.m. Saturday, the Memphis Tigers ran out of Penny Hardaway bobbleheads.
When it was over and Memphis had secured a 94-76 victory over UAB on Saturday at FedExForum, coach Penny Hardaway called it “our first blowout win” of the season.
Tyler Harris scored 24 points, Kyvon Davenport added 21 points and eight rebounds as Memphis used a strong second- half defense to defeat UAB 94-76 on Saturday afternoon.
Running back Darrell Henderson and head coach Mike Norvell planned to meet Saturday afternoon to discuss whether Henderson will forgo the Birmingham Bowl and his senior season for the NFL Draft.
Memphis (5-4) put away a scrappy UAB (6-3) squad 94-76 for their fourth home win of the season Saturday afternoon.
Memphis running back Darrell Henderson didn't practice with his team Friday as the Tigers began preparation for the Dec. 22 Birmingham Bowl.
Mike Norvell continued to pseudo-avoid questions regarding whether he is a candidate for other coaching jobs, repeating that he is pleased with his role as Tigers coach.
Three days after the best game of his young career as a Memphis Tiger, Isaiah Maurice conceded that, yes, he has had an adjustment period. Which makes him just like his teammates.
Times are good for Barry Odom – very good.
Three-star defensive end Jalil Clemons and three-star running back Rodrigues Clark will officially visit the University of Memphis this weekend, according to Starkville High coach Chris Jones.
Geoff Calkins and Jonah Jordan talk about the future of Memphis football coach Mike Norvell, the disgrace that was the AAC title game, the state of football and basketball recruiting and the progress of Penny Hardaway’s basketball team.
When offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham and wide receiver coach Desmond Lindsey sat down with quarterback Sheldon Layman the conversation didn’t focus on football.
The first 7,500 spectators entering FedExForum for Saturday afternoon's University of Memphis game will received a Penny Hardaway bobblehead – the university's latest promotion as fans return to games under the lure of the Tigers' new coach.
After eight games, after four wins and four losses, after trips to Baton Rouge, Orlando and Miami, the Memphis Tigers are the one thing you should have really wanted them to be at this point in the season.
Last season if was going to get done, then Jeremiah Martin was probably going to be the one to do it. He led Memphis in scoring with 18.9 points per game, but also in assists and steals, and as a 6-foot-3 guard was even third in rebounding percentage.
Tyler Harris and Jeremiah Martin scored 22 points each and a pesky Memphis defense forced 23 turnovers as the Tigers defeated South Dakota State 88-80 on Tuesday night.
Memphis (4-4) won their best home game of the season in an 88-80 contest over South Dakota State (7-3).
Memphis faces a Wake Forest team with some question marks on both sides of the football when they take on the Demon Deacons in the Birmingham Bowl on Dec. 22.
How, you may ask, did Penny Hardaway come to sign a wing sauce stain?
Three-star athlete Jashon Watkins made his commitment to Memphis known Monday evening.
Forty-two years ago, to the day, South Dakota State came to Memphis for a basketball game and left on the low end of a 109-76 score. If the Tigers are to win the second-ever meeting against the Jackrabbits – and Memphis is arguably a slight underdog – the final score probably will not look anything like that.
Memphis (8-5, 5-4 American Athletic Conference) will play in the Birmingham Bowl on Dec. 22 against Wake Forest of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Had it been a 30-minute game, the Memphis Tigers might have been fine. When Jeremiah Martin split two free throws with 9:09 left in the second half, Memphis still had a double-digit lead, 57-45, over No. 20 Texas Tech.
Memphis (8-5 American Athletic Conference) dropped their fourth game in two seasons to No. 9 UCF (12-0, 9-0 AAC) Saturday afternoon.
Quarterback Brady White and the Memphis offense went three-and-out, leaving punter Adam Williams to punt from the Houston 49-yard line. Williams faced a punt from his "dead zone" – a spot on the field where he may not put the ball anywhere but the end zone. He needed room so the Tigers called a shift and took a delay of game penalty.
Coaches have changed. Schemes have been tinkered with. Quarterbacks have graduated or suffered horrific injuries. But most of the personnel has remained the same in three matchups between Memphis and UCF spanning the last two seasons.
They come in all shapes and sizes. They come from near and far. Unless a yellow flag flies, you probably won’t hear their names or their numbers. But that’s understood from day one.
ORLANDO — After the traditional photos with the championship trophy, after the smiles and the shaking of hands, Memphis coach Mike Norvell quietly handed a football to UCF coach Josh Heupel — signed by the Memphis team — to give to UCF’s injured quarterback, McKenzie Milton.
The biggest news out of Penny Hardaway’s press conference on Thursday, Nov. 29, was that top recruit James Wiseman had signed his national letter of intent.
East High center James Wiseman, who announced last week he will attend the University of Memphis, has officially signed with the Tigers, Memphis coach Penny Hardaway said Thursday.
ORLANDO – Just a few days earlier, Penny Hardaway had been sitting along the baseline at the Landers Center, watching three gifted recruits light up the court.
It’s true that UCF has beaten Memphis three times since Sept. 30 of last year. And it would seem to speak to dominance.
There were at least moments of reason. Somewhere along the Penny Hardaway timeline – from rumor of his hiring to today when his first team stands 3-3 – there were small moments when people seemed to understand.
When Memphis and UCF face each other Saturday in the American Athletic Conference championship game, it will mark the first time in the last two seasons Knights star quarterback McKenzie Milton won’t appear against the Tigers.
Memphis coach Mike Norvell set aside rumors associating his name with college coaching vacancies across the country Tuesday, saying his focus is solely on the American Athletic Conference Championship against UCF.
The coaching carousel is spinning, and for the second straight year Memphis fans are watching and wondering if Mike Norvell could head elsewhere.
American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco is taking the approach that the UCF and Memphis offenses did in a 62-55 double-overtime game in last year’s league championship.
Six games into Penny Hardaway’s first season as the Memphis Tigers’ head coach, this much is clear: The heralded freshmen will thrill and they will aggravate. In the end Sunday night against Charleston, there was more frustration than joy as the Tigers fell 78-75 in the fifth-place game of the AdvoCare Invitational in Orlando.
The official stats read, “HENDERSON, D. rush for 4 yards to the MEM48, 1ST DOWN MEM.” This moment was more significant than one line on Friday's play-by-play in Memphis' 52-31 win over Houston.
Memphis (8-4, 5-3 American Athletic Conference) overcame a halftime deficit to clinch the AAC West Division over the Houston Cougars (8-4, 5-3 AAC).
Thirteen Memphis players appeared in their last game as a Tiger in Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium on Friday. Some were major contributors; others saw minimal action.
Mike Norvell had time to think about the play, time to think about exactly what to call.
After Oklahoma State handed Memphis a 20-point loss in the first round of the AdvoCare Invitational in Orlando, coach Penny Hardaway called the performance “embarrassing” and vowed to make adjustments.
Memphis 71, Canisius 63
Memphis: 52, Houston: 31
Nobody at the breakfast table knew what school Jamirah Shutes would choose for college, not even her parents. Missouri, Ole Miss and Purdue were putting pressure on the 5-foot-7 guard from Brownsville to commit. The school 45 minutes away from her and her family still had a shot, though.
ORLANDO — Penny Hardaway sat in front of the microphone in the wake of Oklahoma State’s blowout win over the Memphis Tigers in the AdvoCare Invitational and decided to really lay into the individual he thought was responsible for the listless performance.
Memphis (2-1) guard Tyler Harris stepped to the free throw line with 35 seconds to go in Saturday's game against Yale.
Penny Hardaway and his staff are attempting to top the short-notice recruiting job from the spring with their Class of 2019. Memphis has three commitments in the Class of 2019 with big targets still up on the board. Here’s who Hardaway is after and more.
The modern college football coach can put the happy shine on almost anything. Even a public sideline spat with a player over a jacket that, well, really wasn’t about a jacket at all.
Memphis defensive coordinator Chris Ball sat down to watch film of the Houston-Tulane game a week ago and wondered if he would have to abandon his game plan – a strategy developed over months.
Center James Wiseman committed Tuesday to play college basketball at the University of Memphis – among the biggest recruiting successes in the program’s history and a huge accomplishment for first-year coach Penny Hardaway.
Just before noon, James Wiseman looked into the ESPN cameras, and said “After long, thoughtful consideration, I will be attending the University of . . .”
James Wiseman, the nation’s top college basketball prospect, will announce his college decision Tuesday morning on ESPN's SportsCenter.
You know the best part?
James Wiseman, the nation’s No. 1 prospect, will announce Tuesday his decision on where he will play college basketball during an appearance on ESPN’s SportsCenter at 11 a.m. CST.
Memphis linebacker Jackson Dillon’s actions after a tackle and fumble of SMU tight end Ryan Becker during last Friday’s game in Dallas brought criticism from Mustangs coach Sonny Dykes, who called it a “pretty obvious non-football move.”
It’s got to be Memphis, right?
Memphis coach Mike Norvell stepped out of his pregame meetings last Thursday night, saw Houston beating Tulane 48-17 and knew it was paramount that his Tigers needed to defeat SMU the next day.
The ESPN “College GameDay” crew set up at UCF last Saturday for the undefeated Knights’ American Athletic Conference showdown with Cincinnati. And with UCF ranked 11th in the Associated Press Poll and the Bearcats ranked 19th, it almost felt like a little slice of an SEC Saturday.
On a mid-November Saturday night inside FedExForum, it felt like mid-March and the first round of the NCAA Tournament. For 45 minutes – through regulation and the first overtime – Memphis and Yale competed, overcame, refused to blink.
Tyler Harris stepped to the line with 2.9 seconds left needing to hit three straight free throws to tie the game and send it into overtime.
Memphis (7-4, 4-3) overcame offensive lapses to defeat SMU (5-6, 4-3) 28-18 on the road.
Tyler Harris scored 22 points, Jeremiah Martin added 20 as Memphis had to go to double overtime Saturday night before defeating Yale 109-102.
Memphis (2-1) fought off a scrappy Yale (1-1) squad 109-102 in double overtime at FedExForum Saturday night.
Head coach Penny Hardaway believes his Tigers (1-1) can’t look past a tough Yale (1-0) team this Saturday in FedExForum.
Memphis still has some hopes of representing the West Division in the American Athletic Conference Championship game after a win over SMU Friday night. The defense was the key, particularly at stopping the run.
Guard Jeremiah Martin was one of the last ones out of the locker room prior to the LSU game. He saw Karim Sameh Azab’s No. 23 jersey where the center should have been sitting.
Matthew Haron arrived in Memphis two years ago as director of football video and wanted to establish a tradition similar to one he had at previous schools.
SMU coach Sonny Dykes and his players know what’s possible. Beat Memphis Friday night and Tulsa next weekend and they will be 6-2 in the American Athletic Conference
University of Memphis basketball player Karim Sameh Azab died Thursday night, losing his battle with leukemia diagnosed earlier this year.
Facing a third-and-4 from the Tulsa 5-yard line, Memphis head coach Mike Norvell called a play dormant in his playbook since he was offensive coordinator at Arizona State.
The 2018-19 Yale basketball season started in Shanghai, China, with a cultural experience of a lifetime and a resounding 76-59 victory over the California Golden Bears.
The University of Memphis announced the signings of class of 2019 forward DJ Jeffries and center Malcolm Dandridge this afternoon.
Quarterback Brady White, much like every other Tiger, needed the bye week after the loss to Missouri to rest and recuperate. Head coach Mike Norvell knew his quarterback was “a little banged up” and needed some relief after a brutal stretch of football.
Memphis (1-1) fell 85-76 to LSU (3-0) in their first road test of the season. Here are highlights, struggles and takeaways from the game.
Memphis offensive line coach Ryan Silverfield steps into his offensive line room and is comfortable with the old and new faces he sees, no matter the situation.
Memphis (1-1) challenged No. 22 LSU (3-0) in head coach Penny Hardaway’s first road test of the season. Here are the tip-ins and turnovers from the first loss of his career.
BATON ROUGE — Memphis guard Tyler Harris is listed at 5-9. LSU forward Kavell Bigby-Williams is listed at 6-11. So there’s no reasonable way to explain what Harris did with 14:39 left in the second half.
When the young and inexperienced Memphis women’s basketball team eked out a 68-67 win over Jackson State this week, it was a learning experience.
When Penny Hardaway debuted at Memphis the first time, people wore tuxes.
Guard Jeremiah Martin and head coach Penny Hardaway settled in to watch last year’s Memphis-LSU matchup.
Not that long ago, basketball was a game with well-defined positions. The NBA has made that a thing of the past.
Memphis (6-4, 3-3 American Athletic Conference) rolled over Tulsa (2-8, 1-5 AAC) 47-21 Saturday afternoon.
You know what school hasn’t been to five straight bowl games?
Memphis’ (6-4, 3-3 American Athletic Conference) blowout of Tulsa (2-8, 1-5 AAC) was a season-best performance for the Tigers defense.
Penny Hardaway is beginning his first year as coach of the Memphis Tigers — doesn’t that still seem surreal, reading it? — and Geoff Calkins of The Daily Memphian is going to write the book.
Head coach Mike Norvell enters the final three games of the season with questions swirling around his Memphis (5-4, 2-3 American Athletic Conference) program.
Memphis coach Penny Hardaway missed out on the first of two guards announcing commitments this week when four-star Jahmius Ramsey publicly pledged himself to Texas Tech Thursday morning.
Let’s start with an honest self-assessment: The Memphis Tigers did not expect to be 5-4, did not imagine losing at Tulane and, in the wake of the way the Midshipmen’s season has veered off course, probably can’t believe they lost at Navy.
Jeremiah Martin dropped in one 3-pointer, then he dropped in another 3-pointer, then FedExForum erupted in joy.
When the University of Memphis hired the city’s favorite son last March, Penny Hardaway spoke of returning the program to the glory days and the feeling that it was like a “family reunion.”
The Penny Hardaway era got off to a successful start on Tuesday night as Memphis defeated Tennessee Tech 76-61 in the season-opener for both teams.
Memphis (1-0) overcame second half shooting struggles to down Tennessee Tech 76-61 in head coach Penny Hardaway’s first game.
Memphis center Drew Kyser led the way for running back Darrell Henderson on the first drive of the 59-41 win over East Carolina.
Penny Hardaway accepted the Memphis head coaching job knowing he had a player already on the roster who would help instill his culture.
Everything will be different when Memphis tips off against Tennessee Tech at FedExForum on Tuesday night.
Head coach Mike Norvell believes there’s no magical solution for what ails the Memphis defense. Only one thing can change the Tigers’ fortunes – hard work.
Memphis (5-4, 2-3 American Athletic Conference) fought off a scrappy East Carolina (2-6, 0-5 AAC) for a 59-41 road win Saturday afternoon.
The Memphis Tigers (5-4, 2-3 American Athletic Conference) won their first road game of the season in a back-and-forth and points-filled contest with the East Carolina Pirates (2-6, 0-5 AAC).
Now that the exhibition portion of the season is over, I offer the following thought: The Memphis Tigers could win the tournament.
No more glorified scrimmages. No more having an overwhelming talent advantage over local Division II opponents -- LeMoyne Owen College and Christian Brothers University – that are just happy to be on the FedExForum court and playing the University of Memphis.
Christian Brothers University guard Joe Laravie walked onto the floor of the FedExForum on Friday night and scanned the opposing sideline.
Memphis cruised to a 95-68 win over CBU in the final exhibition game of the season. Here are the tip-ins and turnovers from the win.
Jeremiah Martin scored 24 points, Kyvon Davenport added 16 as Memphis ended its preseason exhibition schedule with a 95-68 victory over Christian Brothers on Friday night.
Memphis (4-4, 1-3 American Athletic Conference) goes on the road to take on East Carolina (2-5, 0-4 AAC) this weekend. Linebacker coach Scott Symons answered this week's five quick questions.
Head coach Penny Hardaway voiced frustration with forward Lance Thomas’ waiver situation in Thursday’s media availability.
The helicopter navigated through the baseball lights and utility wires to touch down on the front lawn of the Billy J. Murphy Athletic Complex on Friday, Oct. 26.
November 12, 2014, inside FedExForum: CBU 74, Memphis 70 in overtime.
Three-star defensive end Wardalis Ducksworth became the second prospect to commit to the Tigers this week.
The South Alabama defense was focused on Tiger running back Darrell Henderson – among the nation’s leading rushers – as the 5-foot-9 junior headed right on a sweep, the Jaguar defense flowing that way to hinder Henderson.
Four-star guard Boogie Ellis posted on social media Tuesday afternoon that Memphis is included in the top five schools he is considering.
The Memphis Tigers were rolling over Missouri State in the first game of the 2015 season and fans had started leaving Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium early, getting a jump on the traffic.
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.
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.
He couldn’t even wait until 10 a.m.
The Memphis Tigers brought back one walk-on from last year’s roster – guard Evin Olds. He is familiar with the head coach, returnees and newcomers.
Olive Branch head coach Eric Rombaugh walked into basketball tryouts four years ago and wasn’t prepared for what was waiting for him.
Four-star forward DJ Jeffries committed to Memphis on Saturday morning confirming coach Penny Hardaway’s notion he would land more than one commitment in the early-signing period.
The man never sat down.
LeMoyne-Owen head coach Willie Anderson walked off the court after the Magicians’ 120-66 exhibition loss to Memphis hoping his team learned from their mistakes.
Freshman Alex Lomax had the ball and the Memphis Tigers had a two-on-one advantage on LeMoyne-Owen’s half of the court. Lomax stopped behind the 3-point line on the left wing and took measure of his shot. Across the way, the 19th head coach in Tigers history and the third alum, Anfernee Penny Hardaway, shouted: “No, no, no!”
The much-anticipated debut of Penny Hardaway on the Memphis sideline was a runaway success Thursday night as the Tigers easily defeated LeMoyne-Owen 120-66 in the first semi-official game of the Hardaway era.
Memphis drummed Lemoyne-Owen in head coach Penny Hardaway’s debut as the Tigers coach. Here are the tip-ins and turnovers from the win.
Three-star defensive end Cole Mashburn from Norman, Oklahoma, plans to enroll early at Memphis, joining the Tigers in January, according to multiple sources.
Memphis center Mike Parks Jr. will miss Thursday’s exhibition against LeMoyne-Owen College with a back injury, coach Penny Hardaway said Wednesday afternoon.
Let’s start with what he’ll wear. What will Penny Hardaway wear in his first game as Memphis coach?
Not so long ago, optimism about the 2018 Memphis football season was a given. The Tigers were the pick to win the American Athletic Conference West Division title. And a midseason home game vs. UCF offered the opportunity to make a statement this season while dishing out a little payback for last season.
When quarterback Brady McBride arrived at the University of Memphis, he didn’t want to be a problem or seen as a ‘needy freshman’ so he picked the first number offered to him. That happened to be the No. 4.
Memphis moved to 4-4, 1-3 in the American Athletic Conference with a 65-33 non-conference loss to Missouri (4-3, 0-3 SEC) in Columbia, Missouri on Saturday. The performance was the worst of the season for the U of M, which sits at .500. Beyond that there are injury concerns as the Tigers head into an open date before facing East Carolina.
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.
Memphis wide receivers coach Desmond Lindsey joined the Tigers after two seasons at Southern Mississippi, where he coached receivers and tight ends.
Running back Tyler Badie is a Tiger. He was probably always going to be a Tiger. It’s just that at the last moment, he changed his stripes and flipped from Memphis to Missouri.
Memphis quarterback Brady White stepped to the line in the Tigers’ win over Connecticut and quickly scanned the defense. The original play call didn’t look good so the redshirt junior checked, or called an audible, into a run play that ended in a Darrell Henderson touchdown.
If Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway was offered a chance at $125,000 to skip a year of college and go to the G-League, he would decline.
In the aftermath of the 31-30 loss to UCF last Saturday, Memphis quarterback Brady White went straight to the aggravating bottom line: “We should have won that game, no doubt.”
Memphis cornerback Jacobi Francis sat in the film room with head coach Mike Norvell to analyze the redshirt sophomore’s performance in his first career start against Tulane.
The American Athletic Conference coaches predicted Monday that the Memphis Tigers will finish fourth this season.
If Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway could look back at his career and tell himself one thing it would be to leave everything on the line against opponents.
They were in range, that’s what hurts. Or that’s one of a thousand things that hurt after a loss like that.
Memphis (4-3, 1-3 American Athletic Conference) fell to No. 10 UCF (6-0, 3-0) in Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. The 31-30 loss marks coach Mike Norvell’s first with a losing conference record.
By the end of the first quarter, Memphis running back Darrell Henderson had rushed 12 times for 115 yards and a touchdown. Whatever the team’s fate Saturday against No. 10 UCF, there was not going to be any chance that second-guessers could point to the nation’s leading rusher not getting the ball enough.
The Tigers blew a 13-point halftime lead to No. 10 UCF at home. The Knights shut Memphis out in the second half and avoided an upset in Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
Memphis (4-2, 1-2 American Athletic Conference) enters Saturday’s matchup against No. 10 UCF (5-0, 2-0) looking to prove the Knights aren’t the only ones in Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium with a high-powered offense.
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.
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.)
Just because 10th-ranked UCF is headed to town this weekend has not caused Memphis to change its focus from the normal, daily routine. Preparing for the Knights (5-0, 2-0 American Athletic Conference) involves learning from past mistakes and following a process three years in the making.
You know what is unfair to Brady White?
The University of Memphis planned – and even promoted – this Saturday’s game against No. 10 UCF as a white-out event.
UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton has the Memphis defense preparing for the extraordinary going into this Saturday’s matchup at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
Head coach Mike Norvell led his Memphis Tigers team onto the field Saturday night against the Connecticut Huskies wanting to “put the throttle down.” The Tigers did just that in their 55-14 win over the cross-division American Athletic Conference foe.
Darrell Henderson took the handoff, headed left, and what happened next was pure wizardry.
The Memphis Tigers bounced back Saturday night from an uncharacteristic performance last week against the Tulane Green Wave
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.
The Memphis Tigers basketball fan base had waited months for the moment. Since mid-March at least.
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.
Tulane held a 26-14 lead with 12 minutes left in Memphis’ loss to the Green Wave last Friday night. The Tigers defense faced a much-needed stop on third-and-9 at the Memphis 46-yard line.
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.
Quarterback Brady McBride stood in the shotgun formation, went through his pre-snap routine and received the ball from center.
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.
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.
Head coach Mike Norvell delivered a simple message in light of his team’s 40-24 loss to the Tulane Green Wave last Friday – the Tigers need to be better to get past Connecticut this Saturday.
Head coach Mike Norvell’s offense is searching for their rhythm after a 40-24 loss where the Memphis defense was on the field almost twice as much as the offense.
The peak and the valley arrived on a Thursday night in late February at FedExForum.
Head coach Mike Norvell didn’t try to hide his displeasure Monday when reliving Memphis’ performance that contributed to the Tigers first loss to Tulane since 2000.
Memphis fell to the Tulane Green Wave 40-24 Friday night in a game where the Tigers were favored by two touchdowns. Head coach Mike Norvell said the performance didn’t look like the product he has gotten used to the Tigers putting on the football field.
The Kickoff: The Memphis Tigers offense completely lacked any spark Friday night, Sept. 28, in a 40-24 loss to the Tulane Green Wave in New Orleans.
Three-star inside linebacker Ja’Len Sims committed to Memphis on Friday afternoon, Sept. 28 – the second Tigers commitment in a week.
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.
Let’s see if we have the list.
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.
The Memphis Tigers’ defensive line has shown improvement so far this season with defensive end Joseph Dorceus and defensive tackle O’Bryan Goodson leading the way. The group had an inconsistent performance in the 52-35 win over the South Alabama Jaguars last week and are looking to bounce back Friday against Tulane.
The effectiveness of run-blocking by the Memphis tight ends has played a significant role in the Tigers new-found running game, providing a more balanced offensive attack this season.
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.
With halftime adjustments by coach Mike Norvell and the Memphis Tigers staff, quarterback Brady White sat in the shotgun facing a four-man rush as the third quarter opened.
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.
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.
Three-star defensive end Cole Mashburn committed to the Memphis Tigers Saturday as part of his official visit.
The Memphis Tigers defeated the South Alabama Jaguars 52-35 Saturday night at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. Memphis’ third win of the year was a back-and-forth contest with 1,030 total yards gained and 14 total touchdowns between the teams.
The Memphis Tigers enter their Week Four matchup with South Alabama wanting to build some consistency.
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.
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.
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