Desmond Bane made the game-winning free throws to help his team advance, but Team Isiah lost in the final of the Rising Stars Challenge. 

There’s much at stake for both teams, in the AAC race as well as the NCAA Tournament picture, when the University of Memphis faces Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

Graham Smith, along with promising young forward Derek Dodson and versatile midfielder Jeremy Kelly heading to the Bluff City.

Listen to Tigers beat writers Steven Johnson and Frank Bonner II break down the Tigers’ six-game winning streak and where the latest NFL draft projections have a few Memphis players landing.

The Tigers became the first major Division I program to offer the one-armed basketball player whose full name is Hansel Enmanuel Donato Domínguez.

But right now, Bane’s focus is on two things: fun, and winning the NBA All-Star 3-point contest Saturday night.

ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi is bullish on how far Memphis basketball can rise in NCAA Tournament seeding.

Inside the barbershop and at the basketball games, the people of Dalzell, S.C., laugh about just how similar Ja Morant and his father are.

Trojans take away Fayette Academy’s offensive rebounding in semifinal victory.

Douglass forward Tyler Johnson and Houston forward Anna Lee Avery as this week’s Daily Memphian basketball players of the week. The boys voting was the closest of the season.

The University of Memphis will kick off the football season Sept. 3 against Mississippi State. North Texas and North Alabama are the only teams it is playing this year that were not on last year’s schedule. 

The series will both examine “the ruthless intersection of sports, music and street culture” in Memphis.

The Grizzlies are ready to bring Memphis to Cleveland. 

Senior standout Chandler Jackson leads the way in a pair of region victories as CBHS remains undefeated.

Tipton-Rosemark players end the regular season at the head of the class.

“Everybody who knows me knows that I’m always going to mention where I’m from with everything that I do, because everything that I do is for the place that I’m from.”

Feb. 16, 2022: The Portland Trail Blazers defeat the Memphis Grizzlies at FedExForum.

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Ja Morant had 44 points and Desmond Bane scored 30 in the last game before the All-Star break. 

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He’s the latest Tiger to secure an NIL partnership.

Coach Ben Pirmann likes the 24-year-old’s USL Championship experience and attacking flair.

Johnson’s return to the staff is paying off in a big way for the Tigers’ defense.

Defending champion Aidan Bowers wants to control “the whole match, not giving them any room to breathe” as the Division 2 state tournament gets underway Friday in Nashville.

“I told his dad he was going to be the best player in the state because of his I.Q., but I didn’t know he was going to be one of the best players in the world,” said Bryan Brown. 

The Tigers are becoming a mentally tough team sharing the ball at a high level.