Bad blood between Penny Hardaway and UT’s Rick Barnes? Memphis coach sets the record straight.
Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway said he and Tennessee Volunteers coach Rick Barnes are on good terms. (Wes Hale, Paul Sancya/The Daily Memphian, AP files)
Bad blood? What bad blood?
There is none lingering between Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway and Tennessee Volunteers coach Rick Barnes, Hardaway suggested when a question was asked about the two programs perhaps playing a home-and-home series in the future and the phrase “bad blood” was folded into the query.
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Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
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