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“If you get in there, buy a ticket and cheer for them, then you have an opportunity to have an opinion,” the Tigers assistant coach said. “If you don’t, you don’t have an opportunity to have one.”
Rick Stansbury hands over a 3-0 Memphis basketball team to Penny Hardaway, who comes off NCAA suspension as the Tigers head to the Bahamas. “I tried my best not to mess it up for three games,” Stansbury joked.
Yes, it was a 17-point win. But the context of it surely matters.
Memphis’ matchup versus Alabama State on Friday will be the Tigers’ final time playing at FedExForum for more than three weeks.
The Tigers’ matchup Friday with Mizzou marks the first of several tough tests they’ll face in the upcoming weeks.
Tigers were out-rebounded in season-opening win over Jackson State; coach Penny Hardaway felt they took “some plays off.”
After scoring in bunches against SWAC opponent Jackson State and in two exhibitions versus D-II schools, Memphis will have to prove it can do the same in its first real test of the season Friday against Missouri.
The Memphis Tigers have loads of talent. They showed it again as they opened their season with a 94-77 win over Jackson State. Now all the Tigers have to do is mold that talent into an elite team. By Friday, would be best.
The new-look Tigers begin their 2023-24 season with what is expected to be one of the easier matchups in their 13-game non-conference slate.
Stansbury has 21 years of head coaching experience with an overall record of 432-255.
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