Coach Penny Hardaway knows the Memphis Tigers can’t lose their edge as they get set to take on Wichita State at home Thursday.
The four-time NBA All-Star is complimentary of Aaron Fearne’s program after it prevented the nationally ranked Tigers from pulling away late.
For Memphis coach Penny Hardaway, Sunday's 77-68 win at Charlotte was more like it. Chagrined that his team was clobbered 49-25 on the boards on Jan. 16 in an 88-81
Hardaway has a long-held, deep-seated belief that Memphis does not get the same benefit of the doubt that many other programs around the country do. The Tigers still have one of the more decorated March Madness resumès in the nation, with five Quad 1 wins, a 9-3 record in Quads 1 and 2, and just one loss outside the first two quadrants.
A win in which Memphis simply scraped by versus an ECU squad ranked No. 203 in the NCAA’s NET rankings and No. 165 in KenPom won’t move the needle when it comes to advanced analytics.
No. 18 Memphis wants to get back on track, and fixing defensive snags is bound to be one way to do it. The Tigers will play Sunday afternoon at last-place
The rebuilt Pac-12 has eight members signed up for the 2026-27 athletics season: Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Gonzaga, Oregon State, San Diego Sta
Three games into American Athletic Conference play ... That is tied with Alabama for the most in the country. Penny Hardaway's team will have to contend with Owls star guard Jamal Mashburn ...
Penny Hardaway sees it, even if there are those ... like leading scorer and All-American candidate PJ Haggerty, for one. “I think we just gotta figure out how to close games better,” he ...
WSU was tormented following a 61-52 loss, its seventh straight on the road at Memphis, because 20 turnovers by the Tigers had opened the door wide open for the Shockers to secure their first ranked road win since 2018 and the team squandered such a rare opportunity with a season-high 22 turnovers of their own.
Memphis basketball beat Wichita State on Wednesday to get another ugly win. Does it matter that the Tigers have struggled if they keep winning?
Penny Hardaway knows he sounds like a broken record, repeatedly vowing that his Memphis basketball team will soon stop committing so many turnovers.