The Memphis Tiger women’s basketball team opened up the Las Vegas Invitational Friday, facing off with St. John’s University. While the Tigers staged a late-game comeback, Memphis was unable to hold on as they faced the 61-57 loss.
Four players scored in double figures and Memphis forced a season-high in turnovers as the Tigers bounced back with a 73-61 victory over Nebraska Friday evening in the ESPN Events Invitational.
With a big Thanksgiving tournament coming up in Orlando, the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team is still digesting its feast of a home-opening victory against Virginia Commonwealth.
The Tigers, a collection of 5th-year seniors and upper-class transfers, stormed into Memorial Gym in Nashville and proceeded to sink the Commodores in their own sweltering arena, with 76-67 in the final Monday night.
Two teams from the 901 got their college basketball seasons underway at FedExForum on Sunday afternoon, as Memphis defeated Division II Christian Brothers 69-60.
For the first time since it was ruled that the Memphis men’s basketball program would not face a postseason ban as a result of their recruitment of James Wiseman, Head Coach Penny Hardaway discussed the ruling that can only be viewed as a major win for the program.
Emoni Bates, a former basketball prodigy who transferred to Eastern Michigan from Memphis, was charged with two felonies Monday after police found a gun in a car during a traffic stop.
Keyonte Johnson tells the basketball website “On3″ he’s only considering Memphis, Kansas State, Nebraska and Western Kentucky as his next hoop destination.
Akot will be the fourth transfer addition to the Memphis roster, joining forward Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu and guards Kendric Davis and Elijah McCadden.
With the NBA Draft slated to begin in a little more than two weeks, NBA teams are ramping up their workouts for players who they’ll spend their highly coveted picks on.
Now that Memphis Tigers Head Coach Penny Hardaway knows who’s staying in the NBA Draft, and who’s coming back, he’s got more time to concentrate on roster building for the next season
Monday was the first day back at class for University of Memphis students since the news broke of the school’s men’s basketball program being charged with several allegations by the NCAA’s Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP).
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