‘It’s everything’: Win over UAB carries special weight for Tigers
Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway reacts after a call during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against UAB, Sunday, March 2, 2025, in Birmingham, Ala. (Butch Dill/AP Photo)
“Just as a competitor, it’s everything,” Penny Hardaway said after his No. 18 Tigers beat UAB 88-81 Sunday. “You look forward to these types of games. These games are what makes players.”
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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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