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Hardaway ‘really impressed’ after new-look Tigers’ summer workouts

By , Daily Memphian Updated: August 07, 2025 9:22 PM CT | Published: August 06, 2025 4:50 PM CT

Penny Hardaway knows that time is right around the corner.

Hardaway, the Memphis Tigers basketball coach, will soon have to put his clubs back into his “1 Cent” golf bag and tuck that bag deep into the corner of his closet.

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Parth Upadhyaya

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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