Memphis pulls off upset over No. 2 UConn to open Maui Invitational
Memphis guard Colby Rogers, right, celebrates a 99-97 win in overtime as UConn guard Hassan Diarra, left, lies on the ground at the Maui Invitational Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Coach Penny Hardaway’s team made one of the biggest early statements of the college basketball season in their win over the two-time defending NCAA champion Huskies.
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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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