Buckley: Time for Tigers to lose egos, play as a team. Before time runs out.
Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway instructs his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against SMU Jan. 7 in Memphis. (Nikki Boertman/AP file)
Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
It’s time for change as No. 19 Memphis tries to bounce back from a two-game skid.
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