What to watch in Memphis’ NCAA Tournament 1st-round game vs. Colorado State
University of Memphis guard PJ Haggerty (4) celebrates hitting a huge late-game three pointer during a March 7, 2025, game against South Florida. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Penny Hardaway called it human nature.
As the country doubts Memphis’ ability to make noise in March Madness, the Tigers’ coach would be lying if he said the skeptics haven’t only further motivated his team.
When the No. 5 seed Tigers (29-5) tip off against No. 12 seed Colorado State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday (1 p.m. CT, TBS) in Seattle, they’ll do so as 1.5-point underdogs.
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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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