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

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

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.

Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway admits he has made concessions this season, particularly with his defensive strategy.

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

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.

Memphis basketball beat Wichita State on Wednesday to get another ugly win. Does it matter that the Tigers have struggled if they keep winning?

It was apparent something needed to change after Memphis tallied 20 turnovers — tying the season-high it set in a 13-point home loss to Arkansas State in early December — versus Wichita State on Thursday.

FOX Sports' John Fanta offers up his 2025 NCAA Tournament national title contenders and separates them into four tiers.

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

Phil Clark died Sunday at 68. The Memphis area baseball coach retired in 2013 as the state's winningest coach.

Across those teams, and others that made noise in the playoffs, the Memphis area had several talented seniors who can now continue their athletic careers in college when they sign to play football at the next level on national signing day in two weeks. National Signing Day for Division I football is on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.