MEMPHIS – Tough week for the tigers but one that ends with a bit of good news for Penny Hardaway and company. Despite back to back AAC lossesas the number ten team in the country, Memphis remains in this week’s Top 25. The Tigers dropping nine spots to 19th in the latest AP Poll released […]
Johni Broome had a preseason prediction for anyone sleeping on Auburn’s team. “They’re going to be woken up real soon,” the Tigers’ star post player said back in October. An opening loss to No. 18 Baylor was easily overlooked but voters might have been more skeptical after the Tigers fell to Appalachian State, which is currently topping the Sun Belt Conference.
NEW ORLEANS — Memphis coach Penny Hardaway was bitterly disappointed, but hardly stunned, by the 10th-ranked Tigers’ second straight loss. Sion James had a season-high 22 points and Tulane outscored Memphis 22-13 in the final nine minutes to edge the Tigers 81-79 on Sunday. “It just seems like when it rains, it pours,” said Hardaway, […]