Timeline of the Tigers’ epic collapse, in their own words
University of Memphis coach Penny Hardaway looks at his team in disbelief during a Jan. 31, 2024 game against Rice. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
From high hopes to lots of losing, a dissection of the University of Memphis basketball team’s downward spiral is illuminating.
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Parth 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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