Tiger Basketball

Penny Hardaway had been to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital before but never as the high-profile coach of the University of Memphis men's basketball team. That he did on Thursday.   Hardaway -- Penny to many -- started his visit by...
By STEVE MEGARGEE, AP Sports Writer Former Memphis All-American Penny Hardaway is heading back to his alma mater —as its men's basketball coach. Memphis will announce Hardaway as its next coach on Tuesday, said a person familiar with the situation. The person...
James "Big Ticket" Wiseman -- the nation's No. 1. college recruit and University of Memphis signee -- had plenty to smile about over the weekend via a parade honoring the standout East High School basketball star. The parade kicked off...
NEW YORK – No team had ever won the post-season NIT tournament and doubled up by winning the ensuing NIT Tip-Off Classic. Memphis had a shot at that history but could not get it done. The Iowa State Cyclones (6-0)...
The Memphis Tigers Men's Basketball is in preparations to make a summer trip to the Bahamas. And Head Coach Penny Hardaway allowed media in to take a first look at what the Tigers will look like this fall. Fun fact...
The most anticipated preseason basketball games in a very long time occurred on an island more than 1,600 miles away. Some of that anticipation was tempered when fans learned that top recruits James Wiseman wouldn't play because of injury and...
A statue of legendary former coach and star guard Larry Finch on the campus of the University of Memphis, his alma mater? Absolutely a no-brainer; should have happened a long time ago, right? “The timing wasn’t right,” said Elliot Perry,...
D.J. Jeffries could have gone to any school in the area. Many coaches kindly asked him to come play for their high school basketball team. But Jeffries was not having any of that.  He wanted to go to Olive...
By Aaron Dodson, The Undefeated Michael Jordan had a nickname for Anfernee Hardaway — and it wasn’t Penny. “He called me ‘Kid,’ ” said Hardaway, at 47 the head coach of the University of Memphis men’s basketball team. It’s been 25...
Down on a mat that was 35-points deep in the second half, Penny Hardaway’s University of Memphis Tigers decided to “fight to the end” of the championship game in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas on Saturday. That...