Memphis’ PJ Haggerty enters transfer portal, will test NBA Draft waters
PJ Haggerty, now in the NCAA transfer portal, averaged 21.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.8 steals per game this past season for the Memphis Tigers.
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PJ Haggerty, now in the NCAA transfer portal, averaged 21.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.8 steals per game this past season for the Memphis Tigers.
Zachary Davis — a 6-foot-7 defensive-minded wing — averaged 8.2 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals in 26.4 minutes per game as a junior for the Gamecocks in 2024-25.
Eight former Tigers, all of whom played for coach Penny Hardaway, logged minutes on NBA teams in the regular season.
Thedford, a 6-foot-4 combo guard, averaged 12.4 points and 3.8 rebounds per game while shooting 36.6% from 3-point range for the Hilltoppers as a freshman this past season.
Memphis basketball is putting some cushioning on what many expect to be another grueling nonconference schedule in the 2025-26 season.
The younger Hardaway is a former four-star recruit in the 2023 class who began his college career at Memphis as a true freshman in the 2023-24 season before transferring to Saint Mary’s ahead of this past season.
During the University of Memphis’ Power of Girls in Sports Clinic, coach Brooks Monaghan said the event showed that investing in women’s college athletics is still important.
The success Tigers coach Penny Hardaway had in 2024-25 helped change the trajectory of the Memphis’ program one year after a disappointing season.
The Runnin’ Rebels hired former Tigers coach Josh Pastner on March 25, and his new UNLV team has a visit to Memphis scheduled in the season to come.
An On3 report states that the point guard market in this offseason’s transfer portal ranges from $500,000 to $2.5 million.
This marks the second time in the past three seasons that Memphis has been ranked in a final Associated Press Top 25 poll and the 18th time in program history.
Parth Upadhyaya and John Martin grade the Tigers’ 2024-25 season.
Berry, a 6-foot-4 native of Cleveland, Tennessee, averaged 10.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.3 steals as a redshirt sophomore this past season for Temple.
Yates, a 6-foot-5 forward who was named Tennessee Class 3A Mr. Basketball in 2023, averaged 1.2 points and 0.8 rebounds in 3.6 minutes per game for the Tigers this past season.
With transfer portal recruits visiting, the fact Penny Hardaway is still admired by today’s NBA stars can only help the Tigers coach.
Although the department has historically covered the sales-tax cost for spectators, it is making this change ahead of the July 1 implementation of new NCAA rules allowing schools to share athletic department revenue with its athletes.
Defined largely by triumph, but tainted too, the 1984-85 Memphis State Tigers basketball team was perfectly imperfect, a fun bunch that had faults but also had a blast.
Carter, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard, averaged 5.4 points and 1.5 rebounds per game while shooting 39.3% from 3-point range for the Tigers this season. Memphis basketball transfer tracker: Who Tigers are eyeing in the portal An up-to-date look at Tigers basketball’s 2025-26 roster rebuildRelated content:
Williams originally committed to Memphis in November 2022, but he never played for the Tigers following an April 2023 arrest in connection to a shooting that occurred outside his San Diego-area home in March 2023.
Okojie, a 6-foot-1 defensive-minded point guard, averaged 1.5 points, 1.2 assists and 1.2 rebounds per game through 31 games this past season for the Tigers.
The 6-foot-2 combo guard averaged 0.4 points and 0.3 rebounds in 3.1 minutes per game through the 16 games he appeared in.
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Penny Hardaway may have an opportunity to add some 901 flavor to his 2025-26 roster through the NCAA transfer portal.
Pastner led Memphis to four NCAA Tournament appearances in seven seasons. Pastner and Memphis will now reunite when the Tigers and the Runnin’ Rebels meet at FedExForum next season.
“We talk about it all the time (like), ‘Man, ‘I’m from Memphis,’” Andre Turner said. “So wherever I would go, you’ll (see me say it) with my chest out.”