Buckley: Cisse went down. Hardaway had a flashback. It wasn’t pretty.
Memphis center Moussa Cisse (32) gets an uncontested dunk against UAB during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Jan. 26. (Nikki Boertman/AP file)
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.
With Moussa Cisse sprawled on the FedExForum floor Wednesday night, Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway feared the worst.
Yet play continued on the other end. And after a Tigers turnover, it headed back in the direction where the Memphis big man remained down for the count.
Play probably should have been stopped right away.
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