Why Hardaway’s admiration of Sampson is more motivation
“We’ve become really close,” Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway (above) said of Houston coach Kelvin Sampson (not pictured). “He’s always been the standard for me and how his teams play.” (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Hardaway doesn’t want to just beat Houston; he wants the Tigers to be more like the Cougars.
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Johnson is a Memphis native who graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in 2016. He's traveled the country covering teams like Syracuse, the Buffalo Bills and the Memphis Grizzlies. He's excited about the opportunity to cover the Tigers and all things in the city of Memphis.
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