Here is the box score for Memphis’ game against UAB on Sunday, March 2.

Penny Hardaway expects “a bare-knuckle fight” when his No. 18 Tigers (23-5, 13-2 AAC) take on regional rival UAB on Sunday (3 p.m., ESPN) at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. 

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“For the first time in as long as I can remember, the key to a deep run in March for Memphis basketball might be its starting center.”

Frustration finally boiled over for guard PJ Haggerty and the Tigers. “If he gets fouled,” coach Penny Hardaway said, “we just want the call.”

Tied at 70 with 3:52 left, the Tigers ended the game on a 14-2 run to pick up their 23rd win of the season.

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Box score: Memphis 84, Rice 72

Tigers Talk: Memphis’ NCAA Tournament seed range, potential March Madness X factors

This is the box score for the NCAA basketball game between the Memphis Tigers and the Rice Owls on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, at FedExForum.

Upadhyaya and Martin discuss Memphis’ NCAA Tournament seeding possibilities, biggest areas of concerns heading into March and more.

Tigers basketball beat writer Parth Upadhyaya and college-sports columnist John Martin take a look at the final stretch of the regular season.

The No. 18 Tigers will need to sustain their momentum in Wednesday’s game against Rice as they look to head into the postseason.

Despite saying he had one more year to play, Dain Dainja’s collegiate eligibility will expire after this 2024-25 season, according to NCAA rules.

“Based on what Memphis has done against their schedule, they deserve to be in the 5-6 seed range right now, not in the 7-8 are they are pegged in current bracketology,” college basketball analytics expert Evan Miyakawa of EvanMiya.com said.

This is the ninth consecutive week the Tigers have been ranked in the AP Top 25 and the 11th week overall this season.

Dain Dainja went to Baylor wanting to be a small forward. Penny Hardaway and the Tigers had a different idea, and it’s paying big.

Dain Dainja tied his career with 22 points, 11 rebounds, four blocks and three steals in just 27 minutes as the No. 22 Tigers blew past FAU in an 84-65 victory.

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Box Score: Memphis 84, Florida Atlantic 65

Here is the box score for the Memphis Tigers’ game against Florida Atlantic at FedExForum on Sunday, Feb. 23. 2025.

While being inducted into the University of Memphis M Club Hall of Fame, Chris Douglas-Roberts told fans why No. 14 isn’t hanging in the rafters of FedExForum. 

The Tigers are looking to regain their edge following an overtime road loss to Wichita State. They play Florida Atlantic on Sunday (1 p.m., ESPN2) at FedExForum. 

He is less than thrilled with where many of the experts have the Tigers projected in the NCAA Tournament field. 

The NCAA made a change to a result on the Tigers’ schedule on Thursday, which gives coach Penny Hardaway’s team another Quadrant 1 win. 

Tigers basketball beat writer Parth Upadhyaya and college-sports columnist John Martin break down how consequential the Tigers’ overtime loss to Wichita State will end up being.

“That’s all on me, the way that I finished that game,” coach Penny Hardaway said of Memphis’ play in the final seconds of regulation during its overtime loss at Wichita State.

The Tigers fell in the AP Top 25 for the first time since the Jan. 20 edition of the poll.

On Sunday, the No. 14 Tigers didn’t control what they could control, falling in a somewhat surprising 84-79 overtime road loss to Wichita State.