Former Memphis Tigers starting cornerback plans to transfer to SEC member Mississippi State.

If David Jones returns to the Memphis Tigers, he could be one of only two scholarship returnees and four returnees overall. 

Watanabe only played in five games for Memphis during the 2023-24 season.

University of Memphis Tigers athletic director Laird Veatch suggests Memphis isn’t the only school experiencing such a flip-flop.

Tim Buckley, Parth Upadhyaya and host Greg Gaston discuss FedEx’s groundbreaking NIL commitment to the University of Memphis and Tigers’ basketball scheduling and transfer portal news.

Gregory Williams, coach of state runner-up Douglass, also recognized.

Houston coach James Thomas will also be recognized following state-championship season in 2023.

Memphis’ spring football game, which is free to attend, will be split between two evenly matched teams of blue and gray. It will include two 12-minute quarters, followed by four untimed drives.

Chris Herrington is joined by independent basketball (and more) writer Matt Hrdlicka, a frequent Daily Memphian Grizzlies podcast guest. 

Ashton Hearn turned in a stellar effort at the Houston Track Classic.

Kendric Davis averaged 18 points, 7.8 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game this past season for the Santa Cruz Warriors.

Here are The Daily Memphian postseason girls basketball awards, featuring our player of the year, coach of the year and all-metro teams.

Nighte Pickering scores once in each half to send Memphis through to the round of 32. 901 now knows its next U.S. Open Cup opponent.

The first game of the Memphis-Ole Miss series will be played on Dec. 28, 2024, at FedExForum.

The front end of the series will be played at Memphis’ FedExForum in 2024-25, with a return game in Starkville, Mississippi, expected to be played during the 2025-26 season. 

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Tigers, Rebels agree to home-and-home series in basketball

Senate Bill 2711, sponsored by state Sen. Brent Taylor, was held during the Tennessee Senate’s session Wednesday morning.

Mustangs coach Pennington also recognized following a fourth-place finish at state.

Memphis, which lost three players to the NCAA transfer portal on its opening day, hauled in most of its transfers in December. Coach Ryan Silverfield doesn’t anticipate a significant number of new additions now. 

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Memphis cornerback DeAgo Brumfield enters transfer portal

Tigers running back Ducker heads to transfer portal

Memphis running back Jay Ducker is entering the NCAA transfer portal, he posted on social media. Ducker rushed for 544 yardsfor the Tigers in 2022.

It’s finally over. The Memphis Grizzlies’ record-breaking (in a bad way) season has come to a close. Before we put this all behind us, let’s take stock of what we’ve been through.

How should Grizzlies fandom be applied to these Grizzlies-free playoffs? There’s no one way to fan, but Chris Herrington offers some playoff observations and advice here, filtering it all through Beale Street Blue glasses. 

DeAgo Brumfield, now in the NCAA transfer portal, started in 12 of the 13 games he played for the Tigers last season. 

A look at players going into and coming out of the NCAA transfer portal for the Memphis Tigers basketball program prior to the 2024-25 season.