The Memphis-based American multinational conglomerate is investing $5 million per year for the next five years in University of Memphis student-athletes “who will be promoting FedEx initiatives,” according to a press release.
Kendric Davis averaged 18 points, 7.8 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game this past season for the Santa Cruz Warriors.
The first game of the Memphis-Ole Miss series will be played on Dec. 28, 2024, at FedExForum.
The front end of the series will be played at Memphis’ FedExForum in 2024-25, with a return game in Starkville, Mississippi, expected to be played during the 2025-26 season. Related story:
A look at players going into and coming out of the NCAA transfer portal for the Memphis Tigers basketball program prior to the 2024-25 season.
Penny Hardaway has added two former AAC players in this portal transfer period and he has two more AAC players that may choose Memphis.Related story:
The front end of a two-game series with the Runnin’ Rebels will be played in Las Vegas, with a return game at FedExForum expected to be played in the 2025-26 season.
“I know who Penny is as a player, and I had conversations with him and got a feel for him as a person,” Rogers told The Daily Memphian on Sunday.
Jaykwon Walton, a 6-foot-7 wing for the Tigers in 2023-24, has another year of eligibility remaining but plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, according to a report from CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein.
After getting two commitments last week, things are picking up for the Memphis Tigers basketball team in the NCAA transfer portal.Related story:
Parth Upadhyaya, Tim Buckley and host Greg Gaston discuss Memphis basketball’s NCAA transfer portal moves a little less than four weeks into yet another big offseason for the program.
How did Upadhyaya vote in his final AP Top 25 ballot of the season?
If history is any guide, John Calipari will arrive in Fayetteville motivated to prove his detractors wrong and to win at an elite level. Reports: Kentucky coach John Calipari talking with Arkansas about open jobRelated story:
Former Memphis Tigers coach is in negotiations to potentially leave Kentucky and take the men’s basketball coaching job at Arkansas, multiple outlets reported late Sunday.
After becoming Memphis’ first transfer portal pickup of the offseason, Haggerty is motivated to show the Tigers they couldn’t have made a better decision.Related story:
Hardaway, a four-star prospect in the 2023 class, averaged 2.3 points in 8.2 minutes per game through the 30 games he appeared in for the Tigers this past season.Related story:
Dainja, a 6-foot-9, 255-pound center, averaged 6.1 points and 3.6 rebounds in 10.8 minutes per game for the Fighting Illini last season.
PJ Haggerty’s commitment is a sensational start to what will amount to a second straight busy offseason for Hardaway.
Memphis has landed one of the top players in the transfer portal.
“If you’re wondering what Hardaway needs to get the program back on track, he could do worse than looking across campus at the football team.”
In an interview with the YouTube sports show “Marega Deportes” in the Dominican Republic, Tigers star David Jones shares what he’s thinking about whether to return to Memphis or turn pro.
Cherenfant is the third member of the Tigers’ 2023-24 team to announce his intention to transfer out of the program.
Memphis beating Clemson in December doesn’t mean that the U of M belonged in the Elite Eight. That’s not the point. It’s that Clemson’s run in the NCAA Tournament highlights the importance for Penny Hardaway of just gaining entry into the thing.
There’s plenty of Memphis flavor on a Creighton team on which Mason Miller, son of former Grizzlies sharpshooter Mike Miller, is a starter.
It may be the best story of this basketball postseason. And one of the hardest stories, too. The former Memphis women’s basketball coach went to astonishing lengths to be with her Southern Miss team through it all.