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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Coach Penny Hardaway’s team will open the 2024-25 season with an SEC foe.

After finding herself in a rut during the 2023 season, Zoe Adebayo tapped into her childhood “Big Z” persona to improve her game at the plate.

Vieira-Tuck, a 6-foot-4 combo guard, spent this past season playing for S.L. Benfica of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol, a Portuguese professional basketball league.

The former Tigers center and Memphis native shared his thoughts on the end of his college career, his future plans and more in an Instagram post Wednesday afternoon.

Jones, an All-AAC first-team selection and AP honorable mention All-American last season, has officially shut the door on his time with the Tigers.

Andy Borman is the ninth assistant coach in Hardaway’s tenure at Memphis to leave or be fired.

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Last month, a source told The Daily Memphian that Memphis basketball legend and Lane College coach Andre Turner had agreed to join Penny Hardaway’s staff.

Bill Walton hit 21 of 22 shots to defeat Memphis State in the 1973 national championship game. But he never became a villain in this city. There was too much mutual respect.

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