The Tigers football coach applauds Laird Veatch’s plea to big-money donors for help with the Name, Image and Likeness program.

Starting Tuesday night at the FedExForum against the red-hot, high-scoring Sacramento Kings, the Grizzlies are beginning a stretch in which they’ll likely be without Morant/Bane but have Brooks/Jackson. 

Can they flip the script, and win with defense now? 

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Memphis is bowl-eligible and prognosticators are all over the board on where and which opponent the Tigers might play.

In 2020, Kennedy Chandler was a high school player shocked by his friendship with Ja Morant. Now he is tasked helping to replace the Grizzlies star as he recovers from an ankle injury.

Embarrassed by what happened in a loss to Saint Louis, Memphis took it out on VCU.

Star point guard Kendric Davis scored 26 in Memphis win over VCU and looked good doing it.

Dillon Brooks kept the Grizzlies in the game for three quarters, but Brooklyn pulled away in the fourth quarter. 

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Box score: Nets 127, Grizzlies 115

Kendric Davis was brilliant in his home debut. He scored 26 points, collected seven assists and looked exactly like the player Memphis needs him to be. 

Scores from the Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022 game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center.

The Memphis women’s soccer team’s historic season ended in a penalty kick shootout, 3-2, to Arkansas, Sunday, Nov. 20, in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

NCAA men’s basketball box score for the Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022 game between the University of Memphis and Virginia Commonwealth University at FedExForum in Memphis.

Things started off slow for Memphis against VCU. Then Kendric Davis happened.

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Box score: Memphis 62, VCU 47

Kendric Davis finally arrives for the Memphis Tigers

Hooker has been one of the best quarterbacks in the country and a leading Heisman Trophy contender as the Volunteers (9-2) became a surprise entry into the College Football Playoff race.

Memphis is two games away from an 8-5 record, but losing the final two games would give the team its first losing season since 2013.

“On Danton Barto’s day, the final scoreboard blazed with his number.” It was a fine way to retire the jersey of the all-time great Memphis linebacker, who died in 2021 at age 50.

Veterans contribute to big victory over North Alabama in their last season game together at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.

NCAA college football box score for the Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, game between the Memphis Tigers and the North Alabama Lions played at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis.

Memphis scored a season-high in the 59-0 win over North Alabama. The Tigers had 38 points by halftime.

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Box score: Memphis 59, North Alabama 0

Tiger Nation has waited nearly two weeks since the 2022-23 college basketball season began for the chance to see the team in person at FedExForum.

The Grizzlies star point guard left the win over Oklahoma City late in the game and did not return after tweaking his ankle.

Jackson’s “double triple” in the game — three 3-pointers and three blocks — remains an unusual feat, just not so much for him. He did it six times last season alone, in a year where he shot poorly. 

Panthers grind out a victory to set up a semifinal home game against Hendersonville Beech. Covington and MASE also advance.

Memphis’ performance featured encouraging and discouraging aspects and everything in the middle. Here’s what we loved, liked and hated about the Tigers’ loss to the Billikens.

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Memphis awaits imaging on star point guard Ja Morant’s ankle. He was injured while positioning himself to get a rebound in Friday’s win over Oklahoma City. 

The superstar guard appeared to turn his ankle while positioning himself for a rebound in the fourth quarter. 

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Box score: Grizzlies 121, Thunder 110