Memphis transfer Damaria Franklin’s family, close friends to protest at UIC basketball game
Memphis Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway told reporters Thursday that he and the program hadn’t yet received a response from the NCAA on Damaria Franklin’s mental health waiver. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Johnnie Franklin is confident his son Damaria Franklin will be eligible for Memphis by the Nov. 20 home opener. But he wants to make his voice heard in the meantime.
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Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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