Calkins: Tigers have successful season — what happens next could make it special
Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway smiles at a press conference at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle on March 20. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
SEATTLE — Penny Hardaway is walking down the hallway of the Climate Pledge Arena, but he is talking about a moment from an NCAA Tournament game two years ago.
His Memphis Tigers had a 1-point lead over Florida Atlantic in the waning moments. All they had to do was inbound the ball and hit the foul shots that would surely come.
“We had two five-year guards in the backcourt,” he said. “It was exactly what you’d want. And then ...”
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