Ja Morant is on the way out. Penny Hardaway is teetering. It’s the worst basketball season in the city’s history, featuring the fall of two Memphis icons.

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Tied with Temple for eighth place in the American Conference with three regular-season games left, Memphis looks to take care of business against 11th-place East Carolina.

Five straight losses have put the Tigers in a hole, but a win Sunday at East Carolina would boost Memphis’ confidence and increase its chances of making it to Birmingham. 

Memphis and Texas have agreed to a home-and-home series beginning with the 2026-27 basketball season.

Despite point guard Dug McDaniel’s season-high 29 points, the Tigers lose at home to the Shockers, 88-82. Wichita State scored the final 7 points of the game.

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Box score: Wichita State 88, Memphis 82

Here is the box score for the basketball game played between Memphis and Wichita State on Feb. 26, 2026.

In 2025, a settlement allowed athletic departments to begin distributing up to $20.5 million of revenue to their athletes.

The Tigers must win the remaining three regular season games for a chance to play in the conference tournament.

The Tigers will look to avenge last month’s 15-point road loss to Wichita State in a rematch with the Shockers.

Memphis Tigers guard Sincere Parker’s legal saga has come to an end.

“I’m fully invested in this thing — that’s why I’m here,” said Hardaway, who’s posted a 174-83 overall record.

The loss to UAB leaves the Tigers tied for seventh in the American, but Hardaway is not worried about his team’s future or his own; he is focused on the next game.

Memphis fell behind by 16 at halftime and cut the deficit to 3 points with 7:05 left in the game, but UAB held off the Tigers to win in Memphis for the first time since 1999.

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Box score: UAB 78, Memphis 67

Here is the NCAA men’s basketball box score for the Feb. 22, 2026, game at FedExForum between the UAB Blazers and the Memphis Tigers.

The Blazers look to remain undefeated on the road in American Conference play when they visit the Tigers on Sunday.

Tigers coach feels every bit of the agony of defeat as the losses pile on in an eighth season that has damaged a lot of the goodwill he earned just a year ago.

This wasn’t a fiery coach fighting back against an establishment that he felt was out to get him — this was a coach who was hurting.

The Tigers continue to struggle on the road, losing their third consecutive game away from FedExForum.

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Box score: South Florida 87, Memphis 66

Here is the box score for the basketball game Memphis and South Florida played Feb. 19, 2026.

A game that had quickly turned into a nightmare for Memphis on the road Thursday night against South Florida somehow got even worse.

Hardaway announces roster changes a day before the Tigers’ game against South Florida.

The Tigers will play the first of this season’s two regular-season matchups against the South Florida Bulls in Tampa, Florida.

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Clearly frustrated after the final buzzer, Penny Hardaway criticized how Utah State closed against his Tigers.