Franklin is set to make his Memphis Tigers debut Tuesday night when the team faces Alabama.

The University of Memphis men’s basketball team just barely missed the cut in the AP Top 25 poll after beating then-top-15 Auburn on Saturday.

During their current five-game winning streak, the Grizzlies have positioned themselves as a top 10 team in the NBA in both offensive efficiency and defensive efficiency.

Multiple members of coach Ryan Silverfield’s 2022 team have entered the NCAA transfer portal and there are plenty of pickups too. Here’s a tracker.

Standouts from CBHS, ECS, Germantown, Hillcrest and Lausanne are up for consideration this week. 

Standouts from Briarcrest, Fayette Academy, Houston, Hutchison, Millington Central and Westwood are up for consideration this week. 

The Tigers’ athletic director shared some revealing things about the outlook for Memphis athletics. Here’s what every fan should know. 

Santi Aldama is trying to teach Steven Adams to speak Spanish. They are both fans of Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny. 

Three-star offensive lineman Darion Reed and former East Tennessee State University linebacker Chandler Martin announced their commitments on Sunday. 

It was in June when Memphis’ head coach first looked around the Tigers’ Laurie-Walton Family Basketball Center and saw the makings of a team he believed could compete with any in the country.

The Grizzlies star said he hopes his collaboration with Mauna-Kea is just the beginning of his clothing design journey. 

Memphis Tigers point guard Kendric Davis got a text from Ja Morant and Desmond Bane before Saturday’s game telling him to “go be that killer you are.” Davis didn’t have to be told twice, evidently. He scored 27 points as Memphis knocked off unbeaten Auburn.

Box score for the NCAA men’s basketball game between the Memphis Tigers and Auburn Tigers played Saturday, Dec. 10, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

In Memphis’ win Saturday in the Holiday Hoopsgiving event in Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, Davis was a man with all the answers. 

Isaiah Tate threw for two touchdowns and ran for one more. Misan Sisk of MASE, Germantown’s Milton Grant, Walker Hawkins of St. George’s, Bartlett’s Hayden Edge and Clarence Livingston of Fairley also helped the Red Team establish domination early. 

Memphis Grizzlies power forward who led the NBA in blocks last season is averaging 4.0 per game at home this season and that’s a crazy number.

Anthony Medlock scores 26 points as Red Devils bounce back from a Thursday loss to Bartlett.

Ja Morant insisted that he is not worried about teammate Desmond Bane’s toe injury after Friday’s win over the Pistons. 

NBA box score for the Memphis Grizzlies game against the Detroit Pistons played on Friday, Dec. 9, at FedExForum in Memphis.

Jaren Jackson Jr. led the team with 20 points and four blocks in the Grizzlies’ victory over the Detroit Pistons. 

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Box score: Grizzlies 114, Pistons 103

Johnsley Barbas, who originally committed to Memphis in June, announced through Twitter that he’s going to Houston. 

“Having Coach Brown as part of our program over the last year-and-a-half was very impactful on our student-athletes and me as a coach,” head coach Penny Hardaway said in a statement.

The contest with Auburn offers Memphis a chance to grab its first signature, NCAA Tournament-resume-boosting victory of the season.

Jack Pender, from CBHS, captured 58 percent of the vote for his performance in a victory over FACS on Dec. 2. Aaliyah Converse, from St. George’s, scored 40 points in the win against St. Agnes on Nov. 28.