After a tumultuous 2023-24 season that ended in disaster, the University of Memphis basketball coach took a different approach this offseason. Now, he says he and the Tigers are better for it.
Lauren Ashman was hired as executive associate athletic director and senior woman administrator in January 2020 by former athletic director Laird Veatch. She was promoted to the deputy athletic director role in 2023.
Even though Memphis coach Penny Hardaway again loaded up on talent this offseason, the Tigers aren’t getting too much love in the AAC this preseason.
Coach Alex Simmons’ team got little attention in the American Athletic Conference’s preseason coaches’ poll. Memphis also didn’t have a single player land on the preseason All-AAC first or second team.
Parth Upadhyaya and John Martin discuss Memphis’ AAC schedule, Derrick Rose’s legacy with the Tigers and more.
Hurricane Milton raises questions about this weekend’s game for Memphis football. Why isn’t there more buzz surrounding the Hoops for St. Jude Tip Off Classic, which features Memphis men’s basketball vs. North Carolina?
South Carolina Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley is bringing her team to town for the Hoops for St. Jude Tip Off Classic.
Here’s a closer look at the watered-down AAC and the Tigers’ place in it.
Nicholas Jourdain is the Tigers’ only returning scholarship player. The pep in his step at the Blue and Gray Showcase is a tip that staying in Memphis means more than most may know.
The men’s and women’s Memphis Tigers teams played scrimmages at the Showcase, which were the highlights of the Tigers’ 2024-25 season tipoff event.
The Tigers’ two-hour practice session — with NBA scouts courtside — consisted of drill work and run-throughs of various offensive sets and concluded with a five-on-five, full-court scrimmage.
What’s wrong with Memphis football’s offense? How ready is the Tigers basketball team to open its 2024-25 season? That and more is discussed on this edition of The Daily Memphian’s Tigers Podcast.
The format remains the same. Each team in the 13-team AAC will still play 18 conference games.
Two of the new-look basketball players discuss Coach Penny Hardaway’s offseason coaching staff changes, the team’s identity and their excitement for the season.
Now seems like a good time to underscore the importance of basketball for Memphis in the future of any realignment discussions — and to emphasize that the current situation for Tigers basketball is unsustainable. Memphis women’s basketball’s 2024-25 revised AAC schedule releasedRelated content:
With no indication the ACC or Big 12 intends to extend a membership offer anytime soon, where does that leave a Memphis Tigers program wanting to play bigger and better opponents? A streak ended, but Seth Henigan just wants to clean up the Tigers’ offenseRelated content:
The Tigers’ first-year athletic director was persuasive explaining why Memphis turned down the Pac-12, not just saying it was bad but explaining why in no uncertain terms. Memphis AD Ed Scott shines light on Tigers' decision to stay in AACRelated content:
Fans have waited for their turn to celebrate a move to a Power Conference for years. The new-look Pac-12 no longer qualifies for that distinction, but some believed it would be better than the AAC.
“It really came down to what our future looks like,” Ed Scott said. “... The financials were not there.”
Memphis basketball teams will have a new tipoff event — the Blue and Gray Showcase Friday, Oct. 4, at 6 p.m. inside Elma Roane Fieldhouse.Related content:
The Tigers open conference play Jan. 2 at Florida Atlantic.
The Tigers’ road for all of the 2024-25 women’s basketball season is now set.
Quinones last played with the Golden State Warriors after going undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft.
Penny Hardaway updated the injury status of Baraka Okojie, shared thoughts on new assistant coaches Mike Davis and Nolan Smith, and commented on the Tigers’ 13-game non-conference schedule.
Was it prudent for Memphis to say no to the Pac-12? Possibly. Was it deflating? Unquestionably.