Memphis Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway saw enough during the exhibition game against Lane to start putting the puzzle pieces together.

The Tigers basketball team has played two exhibition games to prepare for the season opener on Nov. 7 at Vanderbilt. John Martin breaks down what he observed from the exhibition games.

In head coach Penny Hardaway and Co.’s final exhibition game Sunday afternoon against Lane College at FedExForum, the Tigers were again pushed for much of the opening half.

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The Memphis Tigers get one more test run before the regular season begins next week. At 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 30, Memphis takes on D-II Lane College in its second exhibition game of the season.

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Hardaway wants to see a higher effort level in the coming Sunday exhibition game against Lane College at FedExForum.

Carl Cherefant, the 6-foot-5 basketball prospect from Florida, can contribute on the wing but feels playing point guard is his path to the pros.

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In the new age of college basketball, odds are stacked against the Tigers’ latest commitment, Carl Cherenfant, turning into a real contributor at Memphis.

Memphis will honor its 1972-73 basketball team, which was runner-up in the 1973 NCAA Tournament, and is promoting the game with a three-game ticket package that includes a special bobblehead set.

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While the Kendric Davis and Alex Lomax partnership appears to have a long way to go before a Nov. 7 season-opener at Vanderbilt, Davis doesn’t have a doubt in his mind they’ll iron out the kinks.

Memphis coach Penny Hardaway cared more about how lackadaisical his group looked for most of an exhibition win Sunday against Christian Brothers than he did the Tigers’ dismal 3-point shooting.

The Tigers shot just 2 of 19 from deep against Christian Brothers Sunday. That’s the bad news. The good news? They have Kendric Davis. And that may be enough. 

Head coach Penny Hardaway’s squad went 2-19 from deep. And, while Kendric Davis finished with 22 points, no other Tiger ended the evening with more than 12.

Carl Cherenfant — a 6-foot-5 four-star small wing — announced his commitment to the Tigers on Sunday, Oct. 23, at Florida’s Calvary Christian Academy. 

Bronny James and Ashton Hardaway, sons of NBA star LeBron James and University of Memphis coach Penny Hardaway, respectively, laid it all on the court at the Mid-South Basketball Classic. 

Some key things to watch for Sunday when the University of Memphis plays CBU at FedExForum in an exhibition basketball game.

Barron scored over 1,000 points in his career at Memphis and won an NBA title with the Miami Heat.

Four-star guard Bronny James, son of NBA legend LeBron James, and three-star forward Ashton Hardaway, son of Tigers coach Penny Hardaway, will take the floor at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at Collierville High School.

“I hope it’s resolved (before the season starts),” Hardaway said of Franklin’s eligibility status. “The language on a lot of these so-called run-off waivers is just not what it really is. If you really care about a kid and it didn’t work out at your spot, that’s still a kid.”

In this year’s preseason KenPom ratings, Memphis came in at No. 34 nationally and No. 2 in the AAC.

Shortly after Marvin White took over as Memphis Rebounders president in August 2021, Penny Hardaway told him he didn’t “feel the support” from Tigers boosters. Now, though, following $25,000 raised for the Tigers men’s basketball team, those days are long gone.

The Tigers are not ranked, but AAC favorite Houston is No. 3.

Neither wet roads nor hail early in the day were going to keep Memphis fan Broderick Culp from driving up from Byhalia to attend a Tigers basketball block party.