Love it, Like it or Hate it: Reviewing Memphis’ heartbreaking OT loss to No. 13 Vanderbilt
Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway talks during a timeout against the Vanderbilt Commodores during the first half at FedExForum on Dec. 17. (Wes Hale/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Penny Hardaway is in unfamiliar territory.
The Memphis Tigers basketball coach has never been in this position before, and he didn’t expect to be here this season, either.
After the Tigers (4-6) took a 77-70 overtime loss to No. 13 Vanderbilt on Wednesday night at FedExForum, they dropped to two games below .500. It’s the first time the program has had a losing record this late into December of any season since then-first-year coach John Calipari started 4-8 in 2000-01. Hardaway in particular has finished at least one game above .500 through nonconference play in each of his first seven seasons as coach.
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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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