Tigers ‘going to go down hard after I leave’ Hardaway says in interview
“I can’t lose my focus, because there are people out there that really do care about me and really care about Memphis basketball and care about the things that I do,” University of Memphis coach Penny Hardaway said in a radio conversation Thursday night. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
During an hourlong radio show, the Tigers basketball coach spoke of what would happen to the program he loves if he ever left, and also discussed his mother’s health issues and what he believes has been unfair criticism from local media.
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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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