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As we head into the opening stages of the 2024-25 college basketball season, Memphis basketball has lost one of its key players to the transfer portal. Forward Tyreek Smith will look for his fifth college after transferring from Texas Tech to Oklahoma State to SMU to Memphis, per Pete Nakos of On3 Sports. Smith posted […]

Memphis basketball head coach Penny Hardaway spent decades developing a penchant for doing things a certain way — his way. If a player or coach was not with the program, they would soon no longer be with The Program. Hardaway took the hard way through college, forged a unique brand in the NBA, and then […]

The Memphis basketball program is looking to take its 2023-24 showing to the next level in the fall of 2024. The Tigers reeled in stout transfer portal contributors during the offseason. Former Orlando Magic star and Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway will do all he can to get the most out of his team. However, […]

NIL is a major part of college sports today. Without it, a program can fall behind, and with a strong foundation, a program can pull away from others. Just a few years ago, players weren’t receiving NIL money. Now, everything has changed. Memphis basketball head coach Penny Hardaway is very familiar with NIL, and he […]

The NBA combine provided clarity on each prospect’s draft stock. Many liked what they heard from their agents and NBA executives and decided to stay in the draft. Others, like Kansas State’s Arthur Kaluma, decided to return to school but enter the transfer portal. Many programs should be interested in the three-year college veteran. Kaluma […]

The Arkansas basketball team lost their head coach after the conclusion of this past season as Eric Musselman left the Razorbacks to be the next head coach of USC basketball. In today’s era of college basketball, a coaching change means that there is going to be some transfer portal departures. One Arkansas player that entered […]

In this era of the transfer portal frenzy, adding quality veteran players has become key to winning college basketball games. Defending two-time national champions UConn boasted a pair of transfers — Cam Spencer from Rutgers and Tristan Newton from Eastern Carolina — as their top two scorers this past season. Meanwhile, Kansas had two players […]

The Memphis Tigers stay hot after defeating the UAB Blazers at home on Sunday, 106-87. After the game, Memphis basketball head coach Penny Hardaway sent a heartfelt message to the fans, who have been showing unwavering support to his team all season long (via Parth Upadhyaya of The Daily Memphian). Penny Hardaway just grabbed a […]

The Memphis basketball team will be without Malcolm Dandridge indefinitely as the senior is having some issues with his eligibility. It is unclear whether or not Dandridge is having academic issues, but he will miss some time for the Tigers until the situation gets resolved. It is also unclear how long that will take. Memphis […]

The Charlotte 49ers take on the Memphis Tigers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Charlotte Memphis prediction and pick. Find how to watch Charlotte Memphis. The Memphis Tigers were a projected top-three seed in the 2024 NCAA Tournament in early January. They had defeated Texas A&M, Virginia, Arkansas, Michigan and Clemson in […]

The Memphis Tigers take on the SMU Mustangs. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Memphis SMU prediction and pick. Find how to watch Memphis SMU. The Memphis Tigers have had a disastrous four-week sequence. All the good work they did in November and December has been undone in January and February. A […]

The Tulane Green Wave take on the Memphis Tigers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Tulane Memphis prediction and pick. Find how to watch Tulane Memphis. The Memphis Tigers were thriving earlier this season. They defeated Texas A&M, Virginia, Arkansas, Michigan and Clemson. It appeared that their resume would be loaded with […]

The Memphis basketball team started off the season scorching hot, but the back half of January was not good for the Tigers. Not too long ago, Memphis was 15-2 on the season overall and 4-0 in AAC conference play. The Tigers got all the way up to #10 in the rankings, but now, they are […]

The Rice Owls take on the Memphis Tigers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Rice Memphis prediction and pick. Find how to watch Rice Memphis. The Memphis Tigers were rolling along in the 2023-2024 college basketball season. They were projected at one point to be as high as a No. 3 seed […]

Memphis basketball has fallen on hard times in the American Athletic Conference, dropping their third-straight game on Sunday to the UAB Blazers. However, it is more the manner in which Penny Hardaway and his Tigers are losing that is causing concern throughout the fandom and some frustration on the team. Senior center/forward Malcolm Dandridge, who […]

The Memphis Tigers take on the UAB Blazers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Memphis UAB prediction and pick. Find how to watch Memphis UAB. The Memphis Tigers have had an amazing run this season if you consider a few details of their journey. They were 9-1 in their first 10 games […]

The college basketball season is more than halfway complete and a little over a month from now, conference tournaments will be beginning. Bracketologists are constructing NCAA Tournament brackets that are similar to the ones we will see in March and murmurs are beginning to grow about which teams are built to win in March Madness. […]

Monday marks Week 12 of the college basketball season, and it brings the newest edition of the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll. Three weeks of conference play are complete, and we are finally getting a sense of which teams are legitimate contenders and which squads coasted through their easy non-conference slate. The big news […]

Memphis basketball is going through some turbulence. The Tigers lost to Tulane on Sunday, 81-79. It was the first time Tulane defeated an Associated Press Top-25 team since 1999, per the school. It was the second straight loss for no. 10 Memphis. Tulane got a huge effort from Sion James, who scored 22 points for […]

It’s a matchup of two teams looking to avenge losses in their previous games when the Memphis Tigers visit the Tulane Green Wave. The Tigers made quick work of the Green Wave in their AAC semifinal game last season, taking a 94-54 victory. It is time to continue our men’s college basketball odds series with […]

There was a point in Memphis’ game on Thursday night where the Tigers had been leading by double-digits for 17 consecutive minutes of game action, with their biggest lead ballooning to twenty early in the 2nd half. Memphis came into the game on a ten-game winning streak and had climbed to #10 in the most […]

Penny Hardaway as a player was known as one of the most prolific scorers back in the 90s. Earning four All-Star selections during his days with the Orlando Magic, the 6-foot-7 guard was praised by many. However, now as the head coach for Memphis basketball, Hardaway is currently being put on blast. The number 10 […]

Penny Hardaway and his Memphis basketball Tigers made some improbable history on Thursday night. Though, it is the kind that will have fans trying hard to keep their dinner down. After completely collapsing at home versus South Florida, Memphis becomes the first AP top-10 team in 14 years to lose after leading by 20 or […]

South Florida looks to pull a top-ten upset as they face Memphis. It is time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a South Florida-Memphis prediction, pick, and how to watch. South Florida enters the game at 9-5 on the year, but they are 2-1 in conference play. They opened conference play with a win […]

The Memphis Tigers take on the Wichita State Shockers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Memphis Wichita State prediction and pick. Find how to watch Memphis Wichita State. The Memphis Tigers have had a knack for owning the moment in this college basketball season. They have not been a dominant team, but […]

Mikey Williams’ auspicious career at Memphis is over before it even started. The #19 recruit in the class of 2023 is transferring from the program before ever seeing the floor for the Tigers. Williams was arrested in April 2023 in connection to a shooting from the previous month and faced five charges of assault with […]

Mikey Williams and JJ Taylor are entering the transfer portal, Eric Bossi of 247Sports reports. The Memphis basketball freshmen are looking for a change-of-scenery, and it will be interesting to see where Williams ends up after previously dealing with off-the-court league issues. Williams previously pleaded guilty to a gun charge that could lead to six […]

We’ve got primetime College Hoops on ESPN and we’re ready to bring you our prediction and pick for this ranked matchup between two surging teams in the American Conference. The SMU Mustangs (10-4, 1-0 AAC) will visit the No. 15 Memphis Tigers (12-2, 1-0 AAC) as both teams ride winning streaks. Check out our College Basketball odds series for […]

It was not a fairly good night for the Memphis basketball program. They nearly got the third loss of their campaign by allowing PJ Haggerty’s scoring outburst to lead Tulsa. The other unfortunate event was Penny Hardaway having to help Caleb Mills head into the locker room. There still was not much information about what […]

Memphis basketball senior guard Caleb Mills suffered a non-contact left knee injury and was carried off the floor late in the first half Thursday at Tulsa. With just over two minutes to go before halftime, Mills broke toward the bucket with the ball at full speed. As he neared the hoop he went airborne and […]

The Virginia Cavaliers take on the Memphis Tigers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Virginia Memphis prediction and pick. Find how to watch Virginia Memphis. This is one of the better games on the Tuesday night slate in men’s college basketball. Virginia has been one of the ACC’s best programs over the […]

Memphis basketball got a big pick up after former Kansas State forward Nae’Qwan Tomlin committed to the Tigers on Tuesday, per the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Tomlin had been dismissed from the Kansas State program following an arrest in October. Tomlin is a mid-season transfer that is expected to be eligible this season for Memphis, due […]

Nearly six months, Memphis basketball signee/high school basketball star Mikey Williams made headlines for all of the wrong reasons. Williams, a four-star prospect according to both Rivals and 247 Sports, was arrested on April 13, 2023 on five charges of assault with a deadly weapon. The arrest was related to an incident outside of Williams’ […]

Golden State Warriors superstar point guard Stephen Curry just got new company in an extremely exclusive NCAA basketball statistical club, per OptaSTATS. “Over the last 25 years, two Division I players have had 35+ points and 5+ steals in a road or neutral-site victory over an AP Top 25 team. One was Stephen Curry in […]

Memphis basketball head coach loved what he saw from David Jones on Thursday. Jones had a career-high 36 points and five steals to help Memphis basketball beat No. 20 Arkansas 84-79 in a semifinal game at the Battle 4 Atlantis. After the game, Hardaway had high praise for Jones, according to Part Upadhyaya of The […]

The Memphis basketball program has faced plenty of adversity in recent times. The Tigers have not gone far in the college basketball postseason for quite a while. More importantly, Memphis secured one of the nation’s top recruits, but unfortunately, the program could just as easily lose him. Class of 2023 recruit Mikey Williams has been […]

After pleading ‘not guilty’ to his felony charges, Mikey Williams has been undergoing a lot of legal trouble. He committed to play for Penny Hardaway in the Memphis basketball system. But, things have not been going well for his NCAA college basketball career. Will he play against Jackson State in their upcoming matchup? A lot […]

The Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team were looking toward a strong incoming transfer portal group to help them this upcoming season. Last season they finished with an overall record of 26-9 and 13-5 in American Athletic Conference play. They ended up winning the AAC championship by knocking off Houston in the title game. In the […]

The Memphis basketball team has been waiting to see what happens with Mikey Williams after the gun charges he has been facing. Williams pleaded not guilty, but the hearing was set for September. However, the hearing has been postponed once again and will take place on October 10, per Mark Ziegler of the San Diego […]