The Tigers recently made an effort to ‘grow closer.’ It’s already paying off.
University of Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway celebrates with fans after beating Tulane University on Sunday, Feb. 11. Ahead of the team’s win, Hardaway had the Tigers watch compiled clips of where they struggled. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
An effort to build chemistry off the court has already begun to pay dividends for Memphis as it attempts to turnaround a season that had begun to slip away.
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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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