The Tigers have now replaced two of the three assistant coaches who were not retained following the 2022 season. Memphis has already hired wide receivers coach Larry Smith in place of David Glidden.

As of Thursday morning, FiveThirtyEight gives Memphis a 31% chance to make the Finals and an 18% chance to win the championship. 

Christian Gilliland of Northpoint and Aaliyah Converse of St. George’s sit atop this week’s charts. Check out all the scoring leaders and records for the top Memphis-area boys and girls teams.

The former basketball coach molded the lives of his players while building the Gryphons’ program into a state power.

Ja Morant and the Grizzlies outwitted and outplayed the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night. 

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Box score: Grizzlies 131, Hornets 107

NBA box score for the Memphis Grizzlies game against the Charlotte Hornets played Wednesday, Jan. 4, at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

A 22-year-old got into a fight with a 17-year-old at a pickup basketball game. Why does TMZ care? Because the 22-year-old was Ja Morant. 

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However, a civil lawsuit has been filed against the star point guard. 

Finding a reliable offensive playmaker will go a long way in helping Memphis get back to the recent success that fans are hoping for. 

Houston High student Eden Johnson, 17, is behind a remarkable effort to teach emergency cardiac response that began at Houston but has already reached well beyond that school.

The Tigers coach touched on the size of his team’s rotation twice on Monday — one time suggesting that he feels his group was better when he played fewer players during a large chunk of the non-conference slate. 

The Grizzlies have two very different Defensive Player of the Year candidates in Jaren Jackson Jr. and Dillon Brooks. But the duo’s on-court synergy has given the team what might be the NBA’s best defense. 

The University of Memphis women’s basketball team will host its first American Athletic Conference home matchup of the 2022-23 season on Tuesday, Jan. 3, (7 p.m. ESPN+, 98.9 FM) when the Tigers play East Carolina at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse.

Standouts from Briarcrest, CBHS, Fayette-Ware, Houston and MUS up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 5.

Standouts from Bartlett, Houston, Memphis Business Academy, St. Agnes and Trezevant up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 5.

Memphis beat itself in several facets of the game and allowed Tulane to build momentum that it ultimately capitalized on late.

After beating Sacramento behind Steve Adams’ 23 rebounds, the Grizz have won three straight and put recent woes in the rearview mirror.

A young Memphis Grizzlies fan was thrilled to be on the receiving end of the new Ja 1.

NBA box score for the Sunday, Jan. 1 game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings played at FedExForum in Memphis.

In addition to outstanding performances from Jones and Adams, there was Ja Morant, with another 30-point game, building his 35-8-5 stat line on a heavy diet of slicing floaters and electric layups.

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Box score: Grizzlies 118, Kings 108

The Memphis Tigers got off to a horrendous start and never fully gained momentum in a 96-89 loss to the Tulane Green Wave Sunday at New Orleans’ Fogelman Arena.

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Box score: Tulane 96, Memphis 89

NCAA men’s basketball box score for the Sunday, Jan. 1 game between the Memphis Tigers and Tulane Green Wave from the Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse in New Orleans.

Greyhounds have been racing at Southland since 1956. But Saturday was the last race. The day was a celebration of the end of an era — and for many, the end of a way of life.

Southland Greyhound Park opened in 1956 and catered to locals, but with expanded gaming, a new hotel and mobile sports books, the facility is now its parent company’s most lucrative. 

It takes a village to defend Zion Williamson, and the Grizzlies again had the right mix. 

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Box score: Grizzlies 116, Pelicans 101