Tag: Basketball
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Memphis picks up a massive 78-71 win over Baylor on Saturday

Coming off back-to-back wins for the first time this season, the Memphis Tigers would welcome the Baylor Bears to the FedExForum for a massive non-conference opportunity on Saturday afternoon. Needing NCAA Tournament-caliber style wins, the Memphis Tigers came into the game against Baylor looking to improve on the 3-4 record by placing the bad losses…
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Miami comes into Oxford and takes down Ole Miss 75-66

Ole Miss continued the nonconference slate with an SEC/ACC Challenge game against the Hurricanes of Miami inside the friendly confines of the John and Sandy Black Pavilion. Tuesday night was the first chance for Ole Miss to come together as one united front after the events of the prior weekend, where they saw former Head…
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Mississippi State falls in OT 87-81 to SMU

Mississippi State continued its 2025-2026 journey on Friday night as it welcomed the Mustangs of SMU to the Hump for an NCAA Tournament-caliber non-conference matchup. Mississippi State, fresh off an overtime thriller, 81-78, over New Orleans on Monday night, came into the matchup with SMU looking to earn a quality win while building an identity…
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Mississippi State opens the 2025 Hall Of Fame Classic with a 98-77 loss to Kansas State

Mississippi State would take the show on the road to Kansas City to take on the 4-0 Kansas State Wildcats in game two of the 2025 Hall of Fame Classic. A win for either team would give them a date with Nebraska in the Hall of Fame Classic Championship game, while the loser would face…
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Memphis comes up just short 80-71 of an upset of #1 Purdue

A few steps away from the crystal clear water of the Bahamas, Coach Penny Hardaway would take his Memphis Tigers up against the top-ranked Purdue Boilermakers in game one of the Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship. A mini tournament, per se, that would guarantee Memphis two games against a guaranteed NCAA Tournament team, with the…
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Thoughts and takeaways from the first preseason game for the Tigers

Monday night was a bit of a celebration inside the FedEx Forum as the return of John Calipari took place, as Coach Penny Hardaway and the Memphis Tigers welcomed the Arkansas Razorbacks to the 901 for the first of two preseason games before opening the 2025-2026 season against San Francisco on November 8th. A renewal…
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Breaking down the 2025-2026 Memphis basketball roster

Coach Penny Hardaway enters his 8th season as the Head Coach at Memphis as the preseason favorites to win the American Conference for yet another year, and has a roster filled with preseason All-American Conference selections, and is on the cusp of taking the Memphis Basketball program back to the second or third weekend of…
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It Just Means More

For the first time in college basketball history, the Southeastern Conference has had fourteen out of sixteen members selected to compete in the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. South Carolina and LSU are the only two left out. As a conference, the SEC has two one-seeds and about four to five programs with a legitimate…
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Ole Miss suffers a tough 62-57 loss to Auburn to end the SEC Tournament for the Rebels

Fresh off an instant classic against the Arkansas Razorbacks in the second round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament, Ole Miss would quickly shift the focus to the Auburn Tigers on Friday, looking to shock the world with an upset over one of the best teams in the country. Per Coach Chris Beard, Ole Miss came…
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Missouri defeats Mississippi State 85-73 to end the SEC Tournament ride for the Bulldogs

On a picture-perfect night in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, the Mississippi State Bulldogs took to Bridgestone Arena for round two of the Southeastern Conference Tournament against the Missouri Tigers. A win over Missouri on Thursday night would give the Bulldogs a second win in the 2025 Southeastern Conference and a date with the Florida Gators in…
