An up-to-date look at Tiger basketball’s 2025-26 roster rebuild
Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway talks to the media at a press conference at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle on March 20. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
In this era of college basketball, it’s practically inevitable: Memphis basketball’s roster will look almost entirely brand new next season.
When Memphis’ NCAA Tournament first-round loss to Colorado State on Friday ended a campaign that saw the program win 29 games, win AAC regular-season and AAC Tournament titles and punch a No. 5 seed to the Big Dance, attention shifted to the 2025-26 season.
How many players can the Tigers retain from their most successful season since 2012-13? Which players will seek new homes in the transfer portal? Who will join Coach Penny Hardaway’s program?
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Parth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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