What to watch when Memphis faces UAB
University of Memphis coach Penny Hardaway coaches his team from the sideline during a game at FedExForum. The Tigers will face UAB Sunday. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Penny Hardaway said earlier this week that he has to believe. It’s his job, after all, he explained.
The Memphis Tigers coach is right.
Despite riding a three-game losing streak and Memphis sitting two games below .500 in late February, Hardaway must maintain confidence — even if it’s based on blind faith alone — that an improbable turnaround for his team is coming.
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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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