Tiger Basketball

The “most complete win of the season” – according to U of M head coach Penny Hardaway – was the Tigers’ 40-point dismantling of Tulane on Saturday. And, he said, “It is the most impressive considering what was at stake....
FORT WORTH, Texas – It's post-season time and Memphis Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway, who often has said he knows “how hard it is to win a basketball game” any time, is even more sure “how much harder it...
The regular season is done for the American Athletic Conference, which lays claim to the nation’s No. 1-ranked Houston Cougars and a team of Memphis Tigers that almost delivered a historic program victory to a sold-out FedExForum crowd on...
When pursuing a dream in the game of basketball moments come when the end is nearer than the beginning and the reality of the journey causes the dreamer to reflect. Such was the case for the Tigers’ Kendric Davis...
Maybe it was the early start on Super Bowl Sunday, but five and a half minutes into the Tigers' game against Temple only 18 points had been scored and Memphis was up two. A low-scoring slugfest seemed to be...
With 27 seconds left in regulation, Memphis guard Emani Jefferson surveyed the floor, looking for a way to help the Tigers end a 43-43 struggle with UCF. She found an opening and when her layup didn’t go in, the...
The basketball-accented lives of a college coach and one of his star players intersected anew when the University of Memphis saluted their legacies at the FedExForum on Saturday afternoon. To say the names Larry Finch and Lorenzen Wright is to...
A one-point defeat in overtime drives the mind to find two points. And while there were some glaring stat-sheet places to look in the Tigers’ 90-89 loss to Tulane in OT, Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway thinks one main...
The winners of five straight, the Memphis Tigers now have plenty of time to rest, with their next American Athletic Conference game not coming until the weekend when they host the Tulane Green Wave at FedExForum on Saturday (Feb....
Heading into the midway point of their American Athletic Conference schedule, the University of Memphis Tigers are in one of the better positions they have been in since hometown hero Penny Hardaway stepped into the head coaching spot. The Tigers...