Buckley: Exhaustion. Ugliness. Victory. The 10-2 Tigers experienced it all.
Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway instructs his team against Vanderbilt during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Dec. 23 at FedExForum. “This was a hard (non-conference) schedule, and … guys are just tired,” he said. (AP Photo/Nikki Boertman)
Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
It was not pretty, doggone it, but Nae’Qwan Tomlin, Penny Hardaway and the No. 23 Memphis Tigers escaped with a win over Vanderbilt two days before Christmas.
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