Ahead of Wichita State game, Tigers have ‘laundry list’ of improvements
Memphis Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway gestures to his team during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against North Texas on Jan. 5 in Memphis. (Nikki Boertman/AP file)
Penny Hardaway wants his team to be angry — and stay that way.
The Tigers coach believes there have been times in recent weeks where his players have lost their edge, like in the group’s four-point home win against East Carolina earlier this month or in its seven-point road loss to Temple last week.
And Hardaway knows if the No. 24 Tigers (14-4, 4-1 AAC) want to obtain their goals of winning the American Athletic Conference’s regular-season title and making a run in the NCAA Tournament, that simply can’t happen.
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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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