Tag: Basketball
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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…
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Mississippi State DOMINATES LSU 91-62 in the opening round of the SEC Tournament, advancing to play Mizzou on Thursday

Right off the streets of Broadway, the Mississippi State Bulldogs would start their March Madness journey in the Southeastern Conference with a first-round matchup with the LSU Tigers, with the winner advancing to play Missouri on Thursday. Mississippi State opened a slight lead over the LSU Tigers in the first half, as the Bulldogs struggled…
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Won but certainly not done

It’s been seven years in the making, but Coach Penny Hardaway has led the Memphis Tigers to an outright regular season championship. They are positioned to play deep into March as a legitimate contender to reach the Final Four for the first time as a program since 2008. Something about the 2024-2025 Memphis Tigers team…
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#16 Memphis clinches the outright AAC Championship crown by dominating USF 84-68

Fresh off clinching at least a share of the regular season AAC crown, the 16th-ranked Memphis Tigers would welcome the South Florida Bulls to the FedEx Forum on Friday night to secure the outright championship before next week’s AAC Tournament in Ft. Worth. As it went in the first matchup with the Bulls, the first…
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#18 Memphis picks up a massive 88-81 road win over UAB on Sunday

On the second to last weekend of the regular season, the 18th-ranked Memphis Tigers would travel into a hornets’ nest as they took the race for the AAC Championship on the road to Birmingham, where arch-rival UAB waited in the shadows for their chance at revenge over the Tigers. Memphis took the first matchup with…
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#22 Memphis with a get right game, as the Tigers dominate FAU 84-65

Looking for a get-right game, Memphis welcomed the FAU Owls to the FedEx Forum for a Sunday afternoon matinee matchup of American Athletic Conference basketball. Five remaining games are on the schedule, including Sunday’sincluding Sunday’s one against FA. The Tigers welcomed the Owls as they looked to bounce back after a disappointing loss to the…
