Buckley: Tigers lose to Arkansas State. Time to panic? Not yet. Not by a stretch.
University of Memphis teammates Nicholas Jourdain (left) and Tyrese Hunter (right) apply pressure to Arkansas State guard Cody Head (middle) on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
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.
Don’t panic. It’s going to be alright.
Arkansas State coach Bryan Hodgson didn’t phrase it exactly that way, but he seemed to suggest as much when addressing — and assessing — the No. 16 Memphis Tigers basketball team after the Red Wolves rolled to an 85-72 upset win on Sunday at FedExForum.
“We just beat a very, very good basketball team that — I’ll be honest with you — I thought was under-ranked after what they did in Maui and who they’ve been up to this point,” Hodgson said.
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