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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 […]

Coming out of high school, James Wiseman was the top prospect in the ESPN 100 for the class of 2019. After committing to play at the University of Memphis, the 7-foot-1 center was expected to be in contention to be the No. 1 pick in the upcoming draft. While things haven’t exactly gone Wiseman’s way, […]

Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris, reacting to the James Wiseman news, is drawing inspiration from the political climate to take shots for the Sixers — and we don’t mean jumpers. One day after President Donald Trump was impeached by the United States House of Representatives, Harris said that “someone needs to impeach the NCAA” in […]

Memphis Tigers freshman center James Wiseman has put himself in the NBA Draft radar as one of the potential high-lottery picks, landing in most mock drafts as a top-three option for 2020. However, the recent 12-game ban issued by the NCAA, who claimed the 18-year-old received improper benefits to come to the school, could force […]

Memphis Tigers star center and likely top five NBA Draft pick James Wiseman has officially been ruled ineligible to play by the university. He has been ruled ineligible for 12 games and has to pay back the $11,500 (to a charity of his choice) that coach Penny Hardaway gave to his parents for relocation purposes. […]

The NCAA decide to announce its decision regarding the status of Memphis Tigers freshman James Wiseman on Wednesday. And what a decision it was, as the governing body of college sports not only suspended the young man for a dozen games, but fined him. We’ll get more into that in about a second. One second […]

The NCAA announced Wednesday that University of Memphis center James Wiseman will be suspended for 12 games and have to pay $11,500 to a charity of his choice. Wiseman is widely considered the best big man in the country. He has long been a candidate to be selected with the first overall pick in the […]

Bill Russell, 44 years after being inducted, finally accepted his Hall of Fame ring. His reason for not embracing the honor was Russell’s feeling that he was undeserving of being the first black player to receive the honor. In a private ceremony w/my wife & close friends A.Mourning @AnnMeyers @billwalton & others I accepted my […]

Dawson Garcia, a five-star forward prospect out of the 2020 college basketball recruiting class, is down to just four schools. He’s considered one of the very best players in his recruiting class. News of the five-star senior Dawson Garcia out of Minnesota narrowing his choices to schools down to four broke on the mean streets […]

A full week into the 2019-20 college basketball season and the only thing proven to be true is that preseason polls are worthless. With less than a handful of games played by each team, we’ve already witnessed major movement in the AP Poll. If only someone warned us of such a thing… It’s The Morning […]