Calkins: Precious Achiuwa wins AAC Player of the Year
The season may have been harder than expected but Precious Achiuwa — the AAC Player of the Year — says Memphis was the ‘“right place for him.”
The season may have been harder than expected but Precious Achiuwa — the AAC Player of the Year — says Memphis was the ‘“right place for him.”
The Memphis Tigers will need four wins if they're to get the automatic bid by winning the AAC Tournament. And they've never done that.
The 100th season of Memphis Tiger basketball wasn’t the grand romp everyone expected. But the last home game was certainly sweet.
The University of Memphis took a principled stand in the James Wiseman case. Now the NCAA seems determined to make the NCAA pay.
After a season of tumult, the Memphis Tigers defeated Houston Saturday. You should have seen the smiles.
The NCAA is the bad guy in the James Wiseman story. But Wiseman is the one who chose to walk away.
For the first time in 26 years, Ginge Robinson missed a Memphis home game. Her absence — Robinson died over the weekend at the age of 84 — reminded us why Memphis basketball matters.
It's ridiculous — and ungrateful — for Memphis fans to criticize Penny Hardaway in this calamitous year.
It's crazy to say Memphis is "the biggest disappointment" of this college basketball season. But it's not at all crazy to start worrying about next year.
It was another miserable night in a miserable season for Memphis. Sometimes, that's just the way that sports goes.
The Memphis Grizzlies finished off the first part of the season by beating the Portland Trailblazers Wednesday night. If they continue to play that well after the All-Star break, they'll be in Los Angeles when the playoffs begin.
The next few months will be a test of Penny Hardaway. Not as head coach but as basketball CEO.
Zach Kleiman and the Grizzlies front office earn the benefit of the doubt.
Memphis suffered a crushing loss to South Florida Saturday. But it's not some big secret why this season has gone bad.
The Grizzlies aren't settling for a playoff run this time around. Be grateful they have bigger things in mind.
The Grizzlies signed Dillon Brooks and traded a 36-year-old player who wanted no part of Memphis for a 23-year-old player who can't get here fast enough. What a difference a year makes!
Ja Morant is a killer — on and off the court.
Dillon Brooks says he wants Andre Iguodala to be traded so he can play him "and show him what Memphis is really about."
DJ Jeffries is going to miss 4-6 weeks with a knee injury. But Memphis can still make the NCAA Tournament if they do this one thing.
After dominating the Denver Nuggets Tuesday, the Grizzlies are just one game away from .500. No, really. Don't look so surprised.
My father died the other day. Age 99. He knew just how lucky he was. We kids were lucky, too.
The New Orleans Pelicans ruined MLK Day by defeating the Memphis Grizzlies. But Jonas Valanciunas has a brilliant plan to make it right.
If you see some of the old Memphis Grizzlies in the Tennessee Titans, that's not an accident. The offensive coordinator is native Memphian Arthur Smith.
Ja Morant loves Murray State. Murray State loves Ja Morant. There is a hopeful lesson for Memphis in this, too.
Upsets are a part of basketball. Especially this year. But that doesn't seem to apply to Memphis coach Penny Hardaway, whose Tigers defeated Cincinnati Thursday, and who keeps winning all the games he's supposed to win.