What to watch when Memphis faces UAB on the road
Memphis Tigers Head Coach Penny Hardaway and guard Dug McDaniel (1) talk during a time out during the game against the Tulane Green Wave at FedExForum on Feb. 1, 2026. (Wes Hale/Special to The Daily Memphian)
The Memphis Tigers must stabilize themselves — and quickly.
A 78-76 loss to Tulane on Sunday at FedExForum — one of the worst home losses of coach Penny Hardaway’s seven-plus-season tenure — marked Memphis’ third defeat in its past four games and dropped it into a three-way tie for sixth place in the American Conference.
If the Tigers (10-11, 5-4 American) are going to avoid a complete free fall, they’ll need to find a way to beat UAB on Thursday (8 p.m., ESPN2) at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.
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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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