What to watch as Memphis faces Rice in first American Conference road game
Memphis, which is No. 73 in KenPom and No. 104 in the NCAA’s NET rankings, is on a two-game winning streak but has yet to win a game away from home. (Wes Hale/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Penny Hardaway will take wins however his Memphis basketball team can get them.
The coach said as much after the Tigers (6-7) opened American Conference play by beating North Texas 57-48 at FedExForum on Wednesday in a New Year’s Eve matchup that was far from pretty.
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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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