Calkins: Auburn loss raises hard questions about Memphis basketball and Penny Hardaway
Coach Penny Hardaway talks to guard Boogie Ellis (5) as the Tigers face Auburn Saturday, Dec. 12 at the Holiday Hoopsgiving preseason game in Atlanta. (Courtesy Michael Wade)

Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
Hardaway called it his “hardest loss.” Memphis fans may share that sentiment. There also is a seed of concern that he might not be able to get this team to the NCAA tournament.