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Following his April arrest, high school basketball star and Memphis commit Mikey Williams is losing his sponsorship deal with a sports technology company called Lace Clips. The four-star recruit from California quickly rose in prominence over the last year, amassing multiple partnerships and a strong social media following. However, his brand took a massive hit […]

Head Coach Penny Hardaway and the Memphis Tigers program received news on Thursday that top basketball commitment Mikey Williams pleaded not guilty to multiple charges regarding a shooting at his home during a hearing on Thursday in San Diego, according to a report from Yahoo news. Williams, a 6-foot-3 guard, was arrested last week. Police […]

Mikey Williams, the 18 year-old high school basketball phenom and Memphis commit, was arrested on gun charges Thursday afternoon and faces five felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon. He was released from San Diego County Jail on $50,000 bond just after midnight on early Friday morning, but is due back in court on […]

A toss-up of an eight-nine matchup will be in the works as the Florida Atlantic Owls will battle it out in the first round versus the Memphis Tigers in Columbus, Ohio. Join us for our March Madness odds series where our FAU-Memphis prediction and pick will be revealed. One of the more intriguing teams entering tournament […]

Throughout the history of March Madness, we’ve seen plenty of the best basketball teams in the amateur ranks. And while some of those teams have gone on to win the coveted NCAA championship, there are a handful of great college basketball teams who have failed to win it all. With that in mind, let’s take […]

Penny Hardaway, along with Memphis basketball, left Sunday as a champion. The Memphis Tigers earned a 75-65 victory over the Houston Cougars in the American Athletic Conference basketball tournament, knocking off the top-rated team in the nation by the Associated Press to take the first AAC championship tournament win in school history. Senior guard Kendric […]

The Memphis Tigers take on the Houston Cougars. Check out our AAC Championship odds series for our Memphis Houston prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Memphis Houston. The Houston Cougars are closing in on the AAC double. They already won the AAC regular season championship. Now they will play for the conference tournament […]

The Tulane Green Wave take on the Memphis Tigers. Check out our AAC Tournament odds series for our Tulane Memphis prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Tulane Memphis. The Tulane Green Wave will try to create bubble havoc on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas — not because they want to add to anxiety […]

The UCF Knights take on the Memphis Tigers. Check out our AAC Tournament odds series for our UCF Memphis prediction and pick. Find out how to watch UCF Memphis. The UCF Knights are one of the teams which will cause some anxiety for bubble teams this weekend. UCF is a team which cannot get an […]

Who’s ready for some American Athletic Conference action this week? Without further ado, we have finally reached the point of the college basketball season where our conference tournament play will be at the forefront as the AAC Conference and its members will battle it out and come tip with a spot to the big dance […]

Houston basketball, we have a buzzer-beater. JAMAL SHEAD MAJOR ONIONS pic.twitter.com/dJafk05zbw — The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) March 5, 2023 Capping off one of the best regular seasons in program history, senior guard Jamal Shead drained a contested buzzer-beater as the top-ranked University of Houston basketball team held off the surging Memphis Tigers. At 26-2 […]

The Memphis Tigers take on the SMU Mustangs. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Memphis SMU prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Memphis SMU. The Memphis Tigers are closing in on an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament. They know that most of the other teams on the bubble are […]

A premier American Athletic conference showdown is on tap for this Thursday evening as the Memphis Tigers take on the Wichita State Shockers. Join us for our Our college basketball odds series where our Memphis-Wichita State prediction and pick will be revealed. Entering play with a 20-7 overall record and all eyes fixated upon a possible […]

The Memphis Tigers take on the Houston Cougars. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Memphis Houston prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Memphis Houston. The Houston Cougars are closing in on the AAC title. More than that, the Cougars are trying to chase down a No. 1 seed in the […]

The UCF Knights (15-9) visit the Memphis Tigers (19-6) on Thursday night. Action tips off at 8:00 p.m. ET. Below we continue our College Basketball odds series with a UCF-Memphis prediction, pick, and how to watch. UCF has won two straight following a five-game skid and sits at 6-6 and in sixth place in the AAC. […]

American Athletic Conference basketball continues on ESPN 2 with a matchup against two teams on their separate paths for the remainder of the season. The Memphis Tigers (16-5) will take on the Tulsa Golden Hurricane (5-14).Check out our college basketball odds series for our Memphis-Tulsa prediction and pick. The Memphis Tigers are having a solid season […]

The SMU Mustangs will travel to take on the Memphis Tigers in a Thursday night American Athletic Conference college basketball matchup at the FedEx Forum. With that said, check out our college basketball odds series which has our SMU-Memphis prediction and pick. SMU has struggled mightily this season, with a 7-13 record, going 2-5 in conference […]

The Memphis Tigers take on the Alabama Crimson Tide. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Memphis Alabama prediction and pick. The Memphis Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide are both coming off very impressive wins this past Saturday. Memphis handled Auburn, 82-73, in a neutral-court game played in Atlanta. Memphis hit 50 percent […]

The Auburn Tigers take on the Memphis Tigers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Auburn Memphis prediction and pick. The Memphis Tigers had a sluggish regular season one year ago. They looked like an NIT team and not an NCAA Tournament team in the middle of January, but then they beat the […]

Golden State Warriors center James Wiseman was in the center of much controversy back in late 2019 when he was deemed ineligible by the NCAA to play for the Memphis Tigers after head coach Penny Hardaway was found guilty of paying Wiseman’s family $11,500 back in 2017 to incentive them to move from Nashville to […]

Former Memphis basketball recruit and current Eastern Michigan basketball player Emoni Bates was arrested Sunday night for carrying a concealed weapon. Emoni Bates’ arrest came at a routine traffic stop in Washtenaw County, Michigan when he failed to stop at an intersection. According to WXYZ Channel 7, authorities found a firearm in the car during […]

Bronny James, LeBron James’ eldest son, has been in and out of the news for months now. LeBron has made it known that he would like to one day play with his son in the NBA. In order for that to happen, Bronny has to get there first. He is entering his senior year of […]

Emoni Bates was supposed to be one of the next big things in basketball. He was a former No. 1 prospect in high school and ultimately reclassified in order to go to Memphis early, but things didn’t go as planned and he wound up transferring after one season. Bates’ next destination? Eastern Michigan. Bates made […]

The Los Angeles Lakers officially announced Darvin Ham as their new head coach last week. With Ham officially on board, it’s time to fill out a coaching staff. Memphis Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway said Monday that Rasheed Wallace is expected to leave him and join Ham in Hollywood. I asked Penny Hardaway this morning […]

With the NCAA Basketball season over, the focus for many in the world of college basketball will shift to the 2022 NBA Draft, where some of the nation’s finest prospects will enter the draft to begin their professional careers. One such prospect is Memphis Tigers star center Jalen Duren, who announced his intention to enter […]

Coach Penny Hardaway’s squad at Memphis is set to sustain a significant loss ahead of the 2022-23 college basketball season. On Saturday, star forward Emoni Bates announced his decision to enter the transfer portal, just one year after joining the program as one of the nation’s most coveted five-star recruits. Bates announced his decision to […]

Golden State Warriors center James Wiseman played just three games for Penny Hardaway and the Memphis Tigers because of eligibility issues, and the program is now facing major violations stemming from the investigation into his situation. However, it appears the investigation extends well beyond just Wiseman. According to The Commercial Appeal, Memphis is facing at […]

The top-seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs were on the ropes at halftime of their second-round matchup against the Memphis Tigers on Saturday, trailing 41-31 at the break. That’s when star Drew Timme delivered a passionate message to his team, which helped spark a massive second half to earn an 82-78 win and a spot in the Sweet […]

What a thrilling couple of days of first-round madness! Between the massive upsets and down-to-the-wire endings, the second round of the NCAA Tournament should not disappoint. In this round of 32 matchup in the West Region, overall number one seed Gonzaga will square off with eighth-seeded Memphis on Saturday night in Portland. It’s time to […]

Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway is not known to be a very loud guy. Even during his playing years in the NBA, he was always a silent worker. He was so reserved, Nike had to create the popular Lil’ Penny character in Hardaway’s commercials to complement his personality. So it was quite surprising that Hardaway […]

After a hot start that saw them win five games in a row, Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers have hit a rough patch. They are now on a three-game losing skid following a 67-63 road loss to the Ole Miss Rebels last Saturday. Hardaway could not contain his emotions when he spoke about the state of […]

No team in college basketball has made a splash this offseason quite like the Memphis Tigers. Penny Hardaway has not only added the country’s premier young talent to the Tigers roster, but coaching staff additions should also pay significant dividends. In a span of just three weeks, Penny landed a pair of reclassified 2022 five-star […]

Five star megaprospect Emoni Bates, who has been often compared to Kevin Durant for his three-level scoring, has officially committed to the University of Memphis. Bates narrowed down his choices to Oregon, Memphis, Michigan State and the NBA G League with the Ignite team. However, it seems he chose to forego the pro route–which many […]

Rasheed Wallace had a very successful NBA career that was highlighted by four all-star appearances and winning an NBA title with the Detroit Pistons. He’ll now be joining Penny Hardaway’s staff at Memphis as an assistant coach. 16-year NBA veteran Rasheed Wallace – a 2004 champion and four-time All-Star – has agreed to a deal […]

Penny Hardaway’s name popped up recently as he was reported as a candidate to be the next head coach of the Orlando Magic.  Although that’s no longer the case after he took his name out of the list, he still has a reason to be happy about after the Memphis Tigers secured the commitment of […]

Not everybody deserves a participation ribbon in the NCAA. In a field of 68 college basketball teams, the line between No.’s 65, 66, 67 and 68 is sometimes tough to draw between No.’s 69, 70, 71 and 72. And at some point, the voice of Jean-Luc Picard—captain of the Star Trek: Enterprise—resonates deep in the […]

The March Madness tournament hasn’t begun yet, but that doesn’t mean there is a shortage of insane moments happening in college basketball. During a hard-fought matchup between the Memphis Tigers and the Houston Cougars, Houston nailed a near half-court buzzer-beater to cap off a crazy game. THIS IS MAAAAAAAAAAARRRRCH!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/M1fJ9bnYf4 — CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March […]

Four-time NBA All-Star Penny Hardaway now serves as the head coach of the University of Memphis Men’s Basketball team. In his second season on the job, Hardaway produced the best recruiting class in the country – besting Kentucky, Duke, Oregon, Villanova and others. However, with multiple big-name high-schoolers opting to bypass college and instead play […]

The Golden State Warriors will have a big decision to make whenever the 2019-20 season comes to a close, choosing whether to keep or trade their first-round selection on the 2020 NBA Draft. According to Ric Bucher of Bleacher Report, the Warriors have former Memphis Tigers big man James Wiseman atop their draft board. Bucher […]