Standouts from Fairley, Houston, Munford, MUS, Northpoint and Southwind are up for consideration this week.

The Tigers are 6-0 all-time against Mississippi Valley State, with this matchup being the sixth of seven played in Memphis. 

“This certainly isn’t the most anticipated season of the Penny Hardaway era. But it’s the most pivotal. What lies ahead for Hardaway and the Memphis Tigers? It all begins tonight.”

Neither Memphis nor Missouri is the same team as it was when the two met one season ago.

Here’s how The Daily Memphian envisions the Tigers’ 2024-25 season playing out.

It took Casi Spear 40-plus hours to knit her Grizzlies jersey, but she’s prepared to do it all over again for Jaren Jackson Jr. 

“As far as Penny Hardaway, I can honestly say this: I couldn’t be prouder of his willingness to try to adapt and understand what he does well and where we can help him,” Ed Scott said.

The Tigers have clinched the outright American Athletic Conference regular-season championship and have the date for a semifinal tournament match they will host.

One play in Philadelphia encapsulated everything the Grizzlies hope to do this season.

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Box score: Grizzlies 124; 76ers 107

Jaren Jackson Jr. scores 27 points in Grizzlies’ win over 76ers

Tight end Miles Kitselman caught six passes for 97 yards and a touchdown for the Volunteers as they kept their College Football playoff hopes alive. The Wildcats lost their fourth straight game. 

Jaren Jackson Jr. led Memphis to a victory in Philadelphia on Saturday night. Jay Huff added 20 points, and Ja Morant had 18. The Grizzlies have won two straight road games to improve to 4-3.

NBA box score for the Memphis Grizzlies basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Memphis Tigers football team isn’t mathematically eliminated from conference championship contention, but a 44-36 loss to UTSA makes it highly unlikely. 

Quarterback Michael Van Buren Jr. scored three total touchdowns and led the Bulldogs back from an early deficit in a win over the Massachusetts Minutemen.

Whatever hopes anybody was still clinging to of the Tigers reaching the American Athletic Conference title game have now been all but dashed. The most anticipated football season in program history is likely to end with an appearance in a mediocre bowl game.

Another postseason heartbreaker ends Memphis 901 FC’s 2024 campaign.

Jaxson Dart set Ole Miss records for yards passing and touchdown throws in a single game, leapfrogging Matt Corral and Eli Manning, in the 19th-ranked Rebels' dominating win against Arkansas on Saturday.

Here is the box score for the Memphis football game against UTSA played Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.

Memphis, the American Athletic Conference preseason favorite, traveled to the Alamodome and fell to UTSA in San Antonio.

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Box score: UTSA 44, Memphis 36

Memphis moves to 7-6-3 (4-1-2) and will host the semifinals and final of the AAC Tournament.

The road to the BlueCross Bowl begins for area teams.

Cougars come alive in the second half to secure the victory at Crump Stadium.

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Houston’s Ladeadrick James and the Mustang defense shine in victory over arch-rival Collierville.

There are a few key factors that will determine the type of season the Tigers have in what is a crucial campaign for the program.

The league also tweaked an existing rule to give it more leeway in punishing coaches and programs for violations.