Buckley: Are the Memphis Tigers NIT-bound? Let the wondering begin.
Are Memphis coach Penny Hardaway’s Tigers NIT-bound? Hardaway directs his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, in Wichita, Kan. (Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
Things are looking bleak for Coach Penny Hardaway’s club after three straight losses including Sunday’s to UAB in Birmingham.
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