The upbringing: Two 1984-85 Tigers came so far from so little
Andre Turner (left) and William Bedford (right) were both part of the 1984-85 Tigers team. (From left to right: LK/AP file; Bob Jordan/AP file)
Andre Turner felt a knot in his stomach the moment he saw the ambulance outside his childhood home.
It was early February 1985, and the then-junior guard had grabbed a ride from Memphis State’s campus to visit his parents and siblings who stayed about 20 minutes away.
Turner walked through the front door and, in a panic, asked his mother what had happened.
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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.
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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