What to watch in Memphis’ road game against UAB
Memphis guard PJ Haggerty (4) drives with the ball defended by Rice forward Andrew Akuchie (13) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 26 at FedExForum. (Nikki Boertman/AP)
When looking ahead following Memphis’ 12-point win over Rice on Wednesday, Tigers coach Penny Hardaway compared his team’s upcoming American Athletic Conference game to a brawl of sorts.
That’s what Hardaway expects when the No. 18 Tigers (23-5, 13-2 AAC) take on regional rival UAB on Sunday (3 p.m., ESPN) at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.
“It’s gonna be a bare-knuckle fight when you go into UAB,” said Hardaway, whose Tigers beat the Blazers by 23 points in the two teams’ first meeting Jan. 26 in Memphis.
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Parth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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