Penny Hardaway’s Orlando Magic uniform auctioned for $52K
There were 26 bids placed on Penny Hardaway’s game-worn uniform and warmup set from his 1993-94 rookie season.
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There were 26 bids placed on Penny Hardaway’s game-worn uniform and warmup set from his 1993-94 rookie season.
With a little more than five months to go until the start of college basketball’s 2025-26 regular season in November, the Tigers have situations to resolve and wrinkles to iron out.
Here’s a potential University of Memphis basketball 2025-26 rotation and depth chart ahead of the Tigers’ start of summer workouts Monday.
Here’s a list of prospective transfers that Tigers coach Penny Hardaway and his staff have been in contact with, as reported by The Daily Memphian and national outlets.
In March, the American Athletic Conference commissioner mentioned Memphis as a contender for future men’s tournaments.
Old rivalries have been reignited, players have come and gone, and Memphis is headed back to the Bahamas.
Whorton’s pledge to Memphis marks the Tigers’ 13th newcomer heading into the 2025-26 season.
Guard PJ Haggerty, the 2024-25 AAC Player of the Year, is headed to Kansas State after one season at Memphis.
“When you boil it all down: Haggerty is leaving the team that he led to the NCAA Tournament as an All-American, to go to a team that didn’t make the tournament last year, and ultimately for less money than he would’ve made if he had just committed to Penny Hardaway for another season.”
Since Nike EYBL Session 2 came through Memphis on May 16-18, the Memphis Tigers have offered scholarships to at least 12 high school recruits.
The entry of Memphis guard Dante Harris into the NCAA transfer portal does not come as a surprise, after LSU transfer Curtis Givens III agreed to join the coach Penny Hardaway’s program.
Contract reveals details of a six-game series between the Tigers and Cardinals.
“Basically, he’s been gone for three years,” his father said. “He wants to come back and represent the city and get it back rocking with having Memphis kids back on the team.”
The Memphis Tigers and Arkansas Razorbacks are working on scheduling an exhibition basketball game at FedExForum that would benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
It appears coach Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers will again get a shot at beating one of the nation’s top teams before beginning American Athletic Conference play.
Givens, a former four-star point guard, is also fielding interest from Ole Miss, BYU, Villanova, Maryland, USC, Vanderbilt and others.
The shoes will be available for purchase via the SNKRS app on Friday, May 16.
Mason Matthews’ signing is the 11th announced by coach Penny Hardaway and the Tigers this offseason.
Zachary Davis, a transfer from South Carolina, believes he’s found a “home away from home” with coach Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers.
“Most of all, the six-year commitment from Louisville shows that Memphis basketball is still a brand worth playing. It’s a program worth getting on the schedule.”
Memphis and Louisville on Thursday announced a six-year scheduling agreement that will begin Dec. 13, 2025, at Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center.
The Tigers have brought in eight players via the NCAA transfer portal this offseason. Only one is a true big man.
The Tigers will be one of four teams in the 2025 Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship.
In an era in which it’s far from a given that the best local talent stays home to play for the Tigers, transfer Julius Thedford is the type of player Memphis diehards point to when making the case for the Tigers still owning the title of “The City’s Team.”
Coach Alex Simmons’ Memphis Tigers basketball team has signed four players out of the NCAA transfer portal this week.