The Tigers used a 12-3 run over the last three minutes of the fourth quarter to force overtime against 15th-ranked Tennessee, but fell 84-74 Monday in Knoxville.

Tigers barely miss the Associated Press Top 25 poll after opening season with wins over Jackson State and Missouri.

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Less than two weeks after returning from yet another knee injury, Jahvon Quinerly orchestrated a second-half comeback in the visiting Tigers’ win Friday at Missouri.

Memphis fans saw their Tigers make a statement that, finally, this year is going to be different. 

NCAA box score for Friday’s men’s basketball game between the Memphis Tigers and Missouri Tigers played in Columbia, Missouri.

The visiting Tigers trailed by as many as 14 in the first half before flipping a switch.

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Box score: Memphis 70, Missouri 55

Madison Griggs and Raven Sims combine for 34 points in a dominant performance.

The Tigers’ matchup Friday with Mizzou marks the first of several tough tests they’ll face in the upcoming weeks.

Tigers were out-rebounded in season-opening win over Jackson State; coach Penny Hardaway felt they took “some plays off.”

Host Greg Gaston and Tigers football beat reporter Frank Bonner speculate on quarterback Seth Henigan’s injury status. In the second half of this episode, basketball beat writer Parth Upadhyaya and Gaston break down Memphis’ season-opening win over Jackson State.

The Memphis Tigers have loads of talent. They showed it again as they opened their season with a 94-77 win over Jackson State. Now all the Tigers have to do is mold that talent into an elite team. By Friday, would be best.

NCAA men’s basketball box score for the Monday, Nov. 6 game between the Memphis Tigers and Jackson State Tigers played at FedExForum in Memphis.

Foul issues doom the Memphis women’s basketball team in Alex Simmons’ debut as coach of the Tigers.

The new-look Tigers begin their 2023-24 season with what is expected to be one of the easier matchups in their 13-game non-conference slate.

The Tigers have aspirations of being an AP Top 25 team for much of the regular season and making a deep NCAA Tournament run. They’ve got plenty of talent, but can they do it?

Even as they start over with their third coach in four years, the Tigers are excited for what the 2023-24 season holds with first-year coach Alex Simmons on the sideline.

The Memphis coach says the Tigers would need time to build chemistry with Williams if he returned. But the forward would increase the team’s chances for a national championship.

 To Memphis basketball head coach Penny Hardaway, the Tigers' sloppy performance is an example of what not to do during his three-game suspension.