How good will Memphis’ 2024-25 team be? Here’s what advanced analytics suggest
An advanced analytics website gives an indication of where Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway’s Tigers and other teams will rank this season. (Nikki Boertman/AP Photo file)
Even with only about one month left until Memphis’ first preseason exhibition game and less than two months until it’s 2024-25 season opener, it’s hard to predict what we’ll get from this season’s Tigers.
Coach Penny Hardaway has brought in 10 new scholarship players this offseason to go with lone returnee Nicholas Jourdain and will have an almost brand-new coaching staff after parting ways with four members of his staff earlier this month.
The Tigers also have one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country, and they play in a league — the American Athletic Conference — in which NCAA Tournament resume-boosting win opportunities are just about non-existent.
So, it’s easy to see why both media members and fans alike aren’t quite sure what to expect from the program in 2024-25.
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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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