There are 2 article(s) tagged Steve Mitchell:

• March 2025

  • The Memphis game: Coaches, players, even fans had Bluff City roots in MSU-UAB game

    In Tigers vs. Blazers in the NCAA Tournament in 1985, there were sometimes nine players from Memphis on the floor at once.

    By Tim Buckley March 14, 2025

• January 2024

  • Memphis-UAB rivalry: 40 years of memories

    “What made it a rivalry,” said Daryl Braden, a former Memphis high school star recruited in the 1970s by Gene Bartow and Larry Finch to Alabama-Birmingham, “was homeboys playing against each other. ...” They’ll clash again Sunday for the 51st time.

    By Tim Buckley January 27, 2024