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As we near the truly busy season, i.e., the transfer portal window opening, here are just a few things I’m hearing at the local and national level in college basketball.
Penny Hardaway announced that he has added Tony Madlock as associate head coach and Sean Mock and Trevor DeLoach as assistant coaches for the 2026-27 season, according to a news release Monday.
Madlock was previously an assistant coach on Hardaway’s staff with the Tigers from 2018-21.
The son of coach Penny Hardaway becomes the first member of the 2025-26 team with eligibility remaining to announce his intention to depart the program.
The Memphis Tigers have three future men’s basketball games scheduled against Virginia Commonwealth, according to a report in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Now that the decision has been made to bring Penny Hardaway back, everyone in Memphis hopes he’ll be successful — and that his ninth year will be the charm. The task before him is immense.
Julius Thedford, who averaged 8.4 points and a team-high five rebounds in 2025-26, is staying with Memphis. But the Tigers have more work to do.
“I don’t make any excuses for what’s happened, for what I’ve failed at,” Tigers basketball coach Penny Hardaway said after finishing 13-19 this past season. “But I know I can come back from failure.”Related content:
Eight Memphis players from this past season have until Friday to let Penny Hardaway know if they’d like to return to the Tigers in 2026-27.
Two days after deciding to retain coach Penny Hardaway, Memphis athletic director Ed Scott and Hardaway himself address dwindling basketball attendance.
Scott says he saw “some progression” when evaluating Hardaway’s eight seasons so far with the Tigers.
The Memphis Tigers have decided to retain head basketball coach Penny Hardaway, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed Monday morning.
Some losses seem much more painful than others. Coach Penny Hardaway discusses the ones that hurt the worst.
Penny Hardaway could make his job easier by returning some of the eight players from this season who have eligibility remaining for 2026-27 and beyond. But how many should Memphis bring back after a season the coach called a failure?
Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway plans to meet with athletic director Ed Scott following an early exit from the American Conference Tournament.
As much as Hardaway has enjoyed calling many of the shots himself throughout his tenure as it pertains to building rosters and staffs, he suggested Wednesday that having someone else oversee those operations could be beneficial.
The Tigers came out flat in front of a quiet crowd of no more than 500 in Birmingham, Alabama. Penny Hardaway admits he could use help to ‘build everything'Related content:
Box score for the NCAA American Conference Tournament game between the Memphis Tigers and the Tulane Green Wave at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama, on Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
The Tigers will open against a power conference opponent to start next season.
The Tigers begin American Conference tournament play against the No. 9-seeded Green Wave.
Memphis failed to land a player on the American’s all-conference first, second or third teams — or on the 10-player All-Newcomer Team.
With six nonconference matchups now set, Memphis is still left with seven spots to fill in its 13-game 2026-27 non-American Conference schedule.
“It’s March, and Penny Hardaway and the Tigers have a chip and a chair.” Bracket set for American Conference Tournament American Conference Tournament berth A tumultuous regular season complete, Tigers excited to enter ‘new season’Related content:
Memphis escapes in OT against Tulane to clinch
Headed to Birmingham, Memphis looks to make possible what seems improbable: five straight wins and an NCAA Tournament berth.
Quante Berry made two free throws with 2.3 seconds left in overtime to give Memphis a 96-95 comeback win over Tulane and send the Tigers to the upcoming American Conference Tournament in Birmingham, Alabama.Related content: