Cold-shooting in the first half doomed Saints’ chances in the Division 2-AA boys basketball championship.

The Memphis guard’s college career has at times been turbulent. He decided to stay for a fifth season anyway. Now, starting with Senior Day on Sunday, it’s winding down.

Nike produced a Ja Morant shoe because he is “a real leader” for “the NBA, for basketball and for the city of Memphis.” Morant’s latest Instagram live video makes a mockery of those words. It is time for Morant to put down the gun and put down the tough-guy act. Here’s hoping he realizes that, at long last. 

Memphis big man Brandon Clarke tore an Achilles tendon in Friday night’s loss at Denver, March 3.

Ja Morant will not be on the court for the Grizzlies until at least their next home game, Thursday against the Golden State.

The Memphis Grizzlies star was shown in a nightclub on Instagram Live.

Tigers fans have admired the grit that’s allowed Kendric Davis to fight through a series of painful ankle injuries — but that’s nothing compared to the larger battle he’s had to fight to get where he is now.

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The Memphis locker room was emotional after the injury occurred Friday night in Denver. 

Dillon Brooks said the technical foul issued Friday that will lead to his one-game suspension was unfair and was because “I’m Dillon Brooks.”

The Memphis Grizzlies lost to the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena in Denver on Friday, March 3, 2023.

The Grizzlies were outscored 33-17 during the fourth quarter in a loss at the Nuggets on Friday night.

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Box score: Nuggets 113, Grizzlies 97

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Memphis point guard suffered a nasal fracture going for a steal against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday.

The nation’s top junior, Jaloni Cambridge, carries the Tigers to victory over the Saints.

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The Tigers will face the Cougars at 11 a.m. Sunday at FedExForum.

Fifty years ago, the Memphis State assistant coach was both a tactician and a friend for an NCAA Final Four team.

The Saints dominate Big Red on the defensive end in state tournament semifinal game.

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Tim Harris, the linebacker who played for Memphis from 1982-85, is joined by pro golfer Loren Roberts, an adopted Memphian, among others.

When the Cougars come to town Sunday, March 5, it will be just the second time in program history Memphis hosts the top-ranked team in the country — and the first time at FedExForum.

The best thing about Sunday’s epic matchup between the Memphis Tigers and No. 1 Houston? It was earned. 

Davis was jeered throughout the contest Thursday in his first game back at SMU since transferring to Memphis last offseason.

Former Mustang Kendric Davis led the Memphis Tigers to an 81-62 win over SMU Thursday night in University City, Texas. The victory clinched the No. 2 seed for the Tigers for next week’s AAC Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas.

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The University of Memphis Tigers played the Southern Methodist University Mustangs at Moody Coliseum in University Park, Texas, on Thursday, March 2, 2023.

Collierville senior Alex Vandenbergh and Whitehaven junior Layla Hampton are the season’s final Daily Memphian basketball players of the week.

The Memphis Grizzlies have 21 games left in this NBA regular season, and the Western Conference playoff race is so tight that intrigue could linger to the final day.

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On this bonus edition of the Grizzlies Podcast, Chris Herrington is joined by The Ringer’s Rob Mahoney.