Beale Street Boys look to put Memphis ‘on the map’ in The Basketball Tournament
Memphis' Willie Kemp, left, drives around Tulsa's Brett McDade during a college basketball game against Tulsa in Tulsa, Ok. on Feb. 14, 2007. Kemp will coach the Beale Street Boys team during The Basketball Tournament. (David Crenshaw/AP Photo file)
The Beale Street Boys team will become the first to represent Memphis in the The Basketball Tournament since 2019.
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Memphis Tigers Memphis Tigers Basketball Willie Kemp Stevie Matthews The Basketball TournamentParth Upadhyaya
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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