What to watch when Memphis takes on Temple
Memphis Tigers forward Aaron Bradshaw (11) drives with the ball during the game against the North Texas Mean Green at FedExForum on Dec. 31, 2025. (Wes Hale/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
A little more than 24 hours after his Memphis basketball team took one of its most disappointing losses of the season, Penny Hardaway walked onto the makeshift stage at Brookhaven Pub & Grill as many clad in blue and gray applauded.
A sizable number of fans showed up Monday night to support the coach during his weekly Penny Hardaway Radio Show just a day removed from a 89-78 wire-to-wire loss to Florida Atlantic that dropped the Tigers (7-8, 2-1 American Conference) below .500 yet again.
“(That) was a really bad game all around from a hustle standpoint,” Hardaway said to the crowd. “I appreciate you guys showing up tonight, but that was just totally unacceptable yesterday.”
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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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