What to watch in Memphis’ game against No. 1 Purdue in the Bahamas
Memphis Tigers Head Coach Penny Hardaway reacts against the UNLV Rebels during the first half at FedExForum on Nov 16, 2025. (Wes Hale/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Penny Hardaway has done this before.
The Memphis coach has led his team to improbable upsets against top-10 teams a few times throughout his seven-plus seasons on the sideline for his alma mater.
Remember the Tigers’ 92-78 win over then-No. 6 Alabama on Dec. 14, 2021, at FedExForum? How about their 75-65 win over then-No. 1 Houston — the program’s first-ever victory versus the nation’s top-ranked team — in the 2023 American Athletic Conference Tournament title game on March 12, 2023? Or their 99-97 overtime win over then-No. 2 UConn in last season’s Maui Invitational on Nov. 25, 2024?
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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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