Memphis basketball recovered from its road loss to Temple, but it didn't lock down Charlotte the way it could have.

Penny Hardaway admits he has made concessions this season. To get more out of stars PJ Haggerty, Tyrese Hunter and Colby Rogers, the Memphis basketball coach has scaled back the amount of time he deploys the full-throttle defensive pressure that he ...

So, he started pushing buttons. Hardaway dialed up the defensive pressure, but Temple was ready for it. He went with a four-guard lineup next, but all that did was dig a deeper rebounding hole. He tried to account for it with more shooters on the floor, but they weren’t hitting.

The Blazers (12-7, 5-1) and the No. 24 Tigers (15-4, 5-1) will meet Sunday afternoon in Memphis to determine which team will stay atop the American Athletic Conference standings. North Texas also sports a 5-1 record.

The four-time NBA All-Star is complimentary of Aaron Fearne’s program after it prevented the nationally ranked Tigers from pulling away late.

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a UAB-Memphis prediction and pick. Find out how to watch UAB-Memphis. The Memphis Tigers are heading to the NCAA Tournament. They will get in.

In the span of 8 years, Moussa Cisse has lived in two countries, played at three schools and had to deal with the loss of his mom while chasing a basketball career.

Entering Week 8 of the TSSAA basketball season, here is The Commerical Appeal's rankings of the top girls high school basketball teams in the Memphis area: 1. Collierville (16-3, 3-0 in District 15-4A): The Lady Dragons improved to 3-0 in district play with a 60-7 domination of Germantown.

CBS Sports bracketologist Jerry Palm updated his bracket on Monday. Palm dropped the Tigers from a 3-seed in his previous projection to a 6-seed in the Midwest. Palm has Memphis facing a First Four winner in Denver on the opening weekend. Palm projects 3-seed Kansas and an 14-seed Utah Valley as potential second-round opponents.

Charlotte 49ers’ losing streak is up to seven games. The 49ers (7-12, 0-6 AAC) trailed No. 18 Memphis by 19 with under four minutes to play in a 77-68 loss at Halton Arena but f

Penny Hardaway sees it, even if there are those who don’t. The Memphis basketball coach can see his team getting better. The 17 th-ranked Tigers (14-4, 4-1 AAC) are not a finished product ...

For Memphis coach Penny Hardaway, Sunday's 77-68 win at Charlotte was more like it. Chagrined that his team was clobbered 49-25 on the boards on Jan. 16 in an 88-81