The 6-foot-1 walk-on point guard says his departure from the Tigers wasn’t “really my choice” and last season playing for Penny Hardaway was “the worst experience I’ve experienced.”

A year after leaving Memphis for Creighton, Lawson is again looking for a new home. 

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The Memphis Tigers now are expected to interview up to 10 candidates for their vacant athletic director job, including current interim AD Jeff Crane.

The league, which consists of glorified pick-up games featuring some of the best professional, college and even high school players with 901 ties, returns for a fifth year Tuesday at Crosstown High.

Cooper, the stepson of Rodney Newsom — a former Tigers forward from 1992 to 1996 who was teammates with coach Penny Hardaway — totaled eight points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds in 50 minutes through six games last season.

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The University of Memphis has identified a pool of candidates to interview for the job of athletic director. Among the questions those candidates will be asking: What’s up with Penny Hardaway? 

Young initially committed to Vermont on April 11 after entering the NCAA transfer portal March 21 but opted to reopen his recruitment last week due to “personal matters.”

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Rich rejoined coach Penny Hardaway’s staff last July after previously spending two seasons with the program from 2019 to 2021.

Interim athletics director Jeff Crane says the stadium funding is right on schedule. 

Davis most recently spent six seasons as coach of Detroit Mercy, with stops at Indiana, UAB and Texas Southern.

Former Tigers star DeAndre Williams reunites with Penny Hardaway as he gets set to embark on a new chapter.

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The programs have faced each other 86 times, with Louisville leading the all-time series 50-36. They last met on Dec. 16, 2017, when the Cardinals beat the Tigers 81-72 in New York’s Madison Square Garden as part of the Gotham Classic.

While the fandom and media coverage of women’s basketball has grown to new heights, Memphis women’s basketball coach Alex Simmons doesn’t want to lose the momentum. 

For the Tigers, there’s still one big void to fill, and that’s the one that David Jones left when he opted to keep his name in the NBA Draft. Who could that be, and what dominoes does Penny Hardaway need to fall for it to be a reality? 

Cherenfant averaged 0.6 points and 0.9 rebounds in 4.4 minutes per game for Memphis last season.

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Former Memphis Tiger and current Golden State Warrior Lester Quinones visited Hoop City Basketball Club’s summer camp in Memphis on Thursday.

Both Tigers coaches will be both rewarded $10,000 bonuses for picking up wins in the classroom.

After Penny Hardaway put his trust in him more than a year ago, Nicholas Jourdain returned the favor this offseason. They both are confident that will pay off with a strong season for the Tigers.

In nine total games with the Beer Leopards during the 2023-24 season, Williams averaged 11.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.8 steals.

Even this deep into the offseason, there are still a handful of viable candidates available for the Tigers to replace a player the caliber of David Jones, who officially left for the 2024 NBA Draft on Wednesday.

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