In fact, Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway was first tempted to reinsert the gifted big man back into the starting lineup before the Tigers’ win over Ole Miss on Dec. 28. But he second-guessed himself and opted to stick with the status quo until further notice.

PJ Haggerty and the Memphis Tigers extended their winning streak to three games on Sunday, crushing the UAB Blazers 100-77 at FedExForum.

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

Penny Hardaway knows he sounds like a broken record, repeatedly vowing that his Memphis basketball team will soon stop committing so many turnovers.

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.

UAB has been hot for the last couple of weeks. Memphis got hot when its last game was on the line. The Blazers (12-7, 5-1) and the No. 24 Tigers

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

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.

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.

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

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 ...