Overachieving Tigers close game on 9-2 run; Briarcrest advances to the Division 2-AA semifinals, and Maggie Graham becomes Memphis’ first four-time state wrestling champion.

Former basketball star Omar Sneed, former football offensive lineman Wade Smith and four other former players were officially inducted into the University of Memphis M Club Hall of Fame. 

The Memphis Grizzlies defeat the Denver Nuggets at FedExForum with 18,302 in attendance.

There’s a chance Sunday’s game between the Tigers and Bearcats will be the final time the historic rivals face each other as members of the same conference.

Tigers shrug off a cold first half to advance to Monday’s Region 8-4A semifinals.

The redshirt freshman sank a 3-pointer that gave the Tigers a five-point lead late in their 83-78 win over Wichita State.

Memphis will open its fifth year in the USL with a March 11 home match at AutoZone Park against Loudoun United.

The Daily Memphian Sports Department has earned a Top 10 Digital showing. Geoff Calkins, Drew Hill and Tim Buckley have been honored with individual awards.

We’re showing all the originality of a bad band covering somebody else’s song, and not even a Memphis song at that.

Gene Bartow’s Tigers showcased a model of Black achievement and interracial harmony. If they make another NCAA Tournament run, we will again hear about how Memphians unite around basketball.

The Memphis Tigers are battered, weary — and now they’re missing a key player who broke his hand punching a door. So how do they keep winning games? By any means necessary. On a Memphis team that richly deserves a trip to the NCAAs. 

Memphis led every minute from the 10:38 mark of the first quarter until it slipped away in the final 39 seconds.

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The University of Memphis Tigers defeated the Wichita State Shockers at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas.

Memphis got bucket after bucket out of the gate but didn’t finish off pesky Wichita State until the final few minutes.

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Box score: Memphis 83, Wichita State 78

Jackson Ransom of MUS and Madison Hughes of Center Hill were voted players of the week for Week 13.

Memphis’ leading scorer has been out with an ankle injury.

The Tigers’ third-leading scorer was injured in an off-court incident.

In this bonus edition of the Daily Memphian Grizzlies Podcast, Chris Herrington welcomes back recurring guest Keith Parish, host of the Grits and Grinds and Fastbreak Breakfast podcasts.

The Grizzlies are 5-7 in nationally televised games this season. Seven of their next 10 games will be played on TNT or ESPN.

The season opens April 15 with the Showboats playing host to the Philadelphia Stars.

Overall, Hardaway — the favorite son of Memphis and program legend — is doing a solid job as the coach at Memphis.

Memphis, which is No. 40 in the NET rankings and No. 37 in KenPom, can’t afford to slip up to Wichita State if it hopes to stay on the right side of the NCAA Tournament bubble.

Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins said Steven Adams has not started 5-on-5 play while he recovers from a knee injury he sustained on Jan. 22. Adams is not expected to play Thursday in Philadelphia. 

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