Bracketville's Dave Ommen has Memphis in his latest bracket as a 5-seed against McNeese State in Denver. Meanwhile, On3's James Fletcher III has the Tigers slotted as a 6-seed versus facing either North Carolina or BYU in Providence.
Memphis basketball recovered from its road loss to Temple, but it didn't lock down Charlotte the way it could have.
Penny Hardaway admits he has made concessions this season. To get more out of stars PJ Haggerty, Tyrese Hunter and Colby Rogers, the Memphis basketball coach has scaled back the amount of time he deploys the full-throttle defensive pressure that he ...
Penny Hardaway knows he sounds like a broken record, repeatedly vowing that his Memphis basketball team will soon stop committing so many turnovers.
So, he started pushing buttons. Hardaway dialed up the defensive pressure, but Temple was ready for it. He went with a four-guard lineup next, but all that did was dig a deeper rebounding hole. He tried to account for it with more shooters on the floor, but they weren’t hitting.
Memphis is trending upward as it focuses on taking control of the American Athletic Conference race. The No. 19 Tigers (16-4, 6-1 AAC) have won three straight and seven of
PJ Haggerty and the Memphis Tigers extended their winning streak to three games on Sunday, crushing the UAB Blazers 100-77 at FedExForum.
The four-time NBA All-Star is complimentary of Aaron Fearne’s program after it prevented the nationally ranked Tigers from pulling away late.
CBS Sports bracketologist Jerry Palm updated his bracket on Monday. Palm dropped the Tigers from a 3-seed in his previous projection to a 6-seed in the Midwest. Palm has Memphis facing a First Four winner in Denver on the opening weekend. Palm projects 3-seed Kansas and an 14-seed Utah Valley as potential second-round opponents.
UAB faces Memphis. Our college basketball odds series has our UAB Memphis prediction, odds and pick for Sunday.
Phil Clark died Sunday at 68. The Memphis area baseball coach retired in 2013 as the state's winningest coach.
In fact, Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway was first tempted to reinsert the gifted big man back into the starting lineup before the Tigers’ win over Ole Miss on Dec. 28. But he second ...