Tigers ‘projecting a $1.2 million deficit’ in men’s basketball, says Memphis AD
“Every single sport that we budget for, with the exception of men’s basketball, met or exceeded (financial) expectations,” University of Memphis athletic director Ed Scott. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Among six programs for which the Tigers budgeted revenue generated from ticket sales and parking, only men’s basketball has fallen short.
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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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