Penny Hardaway discusses new Tigers on Blue & Gray Cleanup Day
Hardaway has eight roster spots filled for the 2026-27 season and plans to focus on big men and point guards as the finishes constructing the team.
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April 2026
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Memphis center Aaron Bradshaw enters transfer portal
Aaron Bradshaw, a 7-foot-1 center, averaged 8.6 points and 4.2 rebounds in his one season for the Tigers, while battling an injury for much of the second half.
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Calkins: Ted Butler is about to teach his 100,000th golf lesson. And he’s not about to stop.
Ted Butler didn’t want to teach golf lessons. That was nearly 100,000 lessons ago. The math is absolutely staggering. But the man is not about to stop.
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How Penny Hardaway convinced one of the nation’s top shooters to pick Memphis
New Memphis commit Rihards Vavers spoke to The Daily Memphian about his decision and what he plans to bring to the Tigers next season.
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Transfer portal activity abounds, but Tigers still seeking to land first player
But it’s been a week since the NCAA transfer portal opened, and the Tigers, who are remaking their roster, have not yet landed anyone. But there have been some interesting developments.
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Memphis basketball lands first commitment in Rihards Vavers
Penny Hardaway has landed his first official commitment of the transfer portal season: Washington State sharpshooter Rihards Vavers.
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The transfer portal is open. Who might Penny Hardaway bring in?
Among nearly 2,000 players who have entered the transfer portal, Penny Hardaway will likely need to find 11 to assemble his make-or-break team. So who might they be?
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Memphis basketball transfer portal tracker: A look at the Tigers’ 2026-27 roster rebuild
To keep track of which players stay and go — and which from the portal wind up at Memphis — here’s a breakdown of the Tigers’ latest roster rebuild.
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Penny Hardaway hires a general manager
The Memphis Tigers basketball program has its first GM, whose duties will include roster management, recruiting, revenue-share strategies and player evaluation.
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March 2026
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Memphis Basketball’s director of scouting won’t return
Joshua Townsend is the fifth staff member to be let go by head coach Penny Hardaway.
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Martin: Memphis makes staff hires official, plus some rumblings around college basketball
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.
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Memphis coach Penny Hardaway hires Sean Mock, Trevor DeLoach as assistant coaches
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.
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Memphian Tony Madlock returning to Tigers basketball staff
Madlock was previously an assistant coach on Hardaway’s staff with the Tigers from 2018-21.
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Martin: Memphis and Penny Hardaway have a plan. Will it work?
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.
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‘A Tiger for life’: Julius Thedford will return to Memphis for 2026-27 season. What’s next for the Tigers?
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.
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Penny Hardaway says he ‘really will die’ for Tigers’ program in passionate monologue
“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.”
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Tigers could begin roster rebuild with familiar faces
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.
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Buckley: Hardaway, Tigers concerned about fans in the stands. What’s the plan to fix it?
Two days after deciding to retain coach Penny Hardaway, Memphis athletic director Ed Scott and Hardaway himself address dwindling basketball attendance.
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Memphis AD Ed Scott details why Penny Hardaway will return next season
Scott says he saw “some progression” when evaluating Hardaway’s eight seasons so far with the Tigers.
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Calkins: Penny Hardaway is back. It will take real change — from him — to bring back Memphis basketball.
“Penny Hardaway is returning as Memphis coach. How can he fix things? He can start by accepting that the disaster that was this past season wasn’t some ‘one-off.’ ”
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Tigers will bring Penny Hardaway back for ninth season
Three Memphis assistant basketball coaches not returning next season
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Tigers will bring Penny Hardaway back for ninth season
The Memphis Tigers have decided to retain head basketball coach Penny Hardaway, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed Monday morning.
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Buckley: Losing stings. Some seasons hurt more than others. Penny Hardaway knows.
Some losses seem much more painful than others. Coach Penny Hardaway discusses the ones that hurt the worst.
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Which Memphis Tigers could return for 2026-27 season? Which should?
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?
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What to watch as Memphis opens American Conference Tournament with Tulane rematch
The Tigers begin American Conference tournament play against the No. 9-seeded Green Wave.
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A tumultuous regular season complete, Tigers excited to enter ‘new season’
Headed to Birmingham, Memphis looks to make possible what seems improbable: five straight wins and an NCAA Tournament berth.
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