Memphis basketball transfer portal tracker: A look at the Tigers’ 2026-27 roster rebuild
Memphis Tigers Head Coach Penny Hardaway looks on during a time out during the first half at FedExForum on Dec. 17, 2025. (Wes Hale/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
For the first time in three years, the Memphis Tigers’ men’s basketball roster — which will again largely be built using the NCAA transfer portal — is expected to feature more than one familiar face.
In the past three offseasons combined, coach Penny Hardaway’s program had a total of three scholarship returnees — Malcolm Dandridge and Jayden Hardaway ahead of the 2023-24 season, Nicholas Jourdain prior to 2024-25 and none leading into this past 2025-26 campaign.
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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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