Memphis legend Lorenzen Wright’s jersey retirement date set
The University of Memphis will retire Lorenzen Wright’s (right) jersey at halftime of the Tulane game on Saturday. Wright has the ball stripped away by Arkansas’ Clint McDaniel (12) during the NCAA Midwest Regionals at Kansas City, Mo., March 24, 1995. (Joe Ledford/AP Photo)
Wright’s No. 55 jersey will hang in the FedExForum rafters next to the jerseys of nine other Tigers greats.
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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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