Memphis to play Auburn in preseason exhibition game
University of Memphis coach Penny Hardaway tries to slow his team down during a March 3, 2024 game. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis will have a chance to measure itself against one of the better teams in the country before it even officially begins the 2025-26 season.
Coach Penny Hardaway’s Tigers are set to take on Auburn in a preseason exhibition game at State Farm Arena in Atlanta at 7:30 p.m. CT, Oct. 30, the program announced on social media Tuesday, July 29.
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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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