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‘Next man up’: Depleted Tigers ready to fight heading into March Madness

By , Daily Memphian Updated: March 18, 2025 7:51 PM CT | Published: March 17, 2025 1:36 PM CT

FORT WORTH, Texas — Tyrese Hunter had an arm around each of them as he propped himself up off the Dickies Arena court and onto the ladder.

Hunter carefully lifted his left foot, wrapped in a walking boot, up after his right to climb the metal rungs.

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Parth Upadhyaya

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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