Tigers Basketball Insider: Hardaway says ‘disrespect is real’ as Memphis doubted against Colorado State
Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway shows off the bracelet super-fan Maci Barrett made for him. (Courtesy Julie Barrett)
The Tigers have shocked the college basketball world before. Fueled by a mission to prove the doubters wrong — and perhaps more importantly, prove themselves right — they’ll try to do it again.
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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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