Starting tomorrow at 3:00pm, the Spartan Palace (White Station High School | Memphis, Tenn.) will host some of the city’s and nation’s top talent as part of the inaugural ARS Penny Hardaway Hoopfest.
As a tribute to Coach Bartow, we are bumping up this article and video of his induction into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
Since their last meeting with Georgetown, there have been tweaks and developments on the Tigers’ roster. In the Tigers’ game against Lipscomb, Coach Josh Pastner elected to shorten the rotation to only seven players logging more than 5 minutes.
The annual Atlanta vs. Memphis Roundball Challenge took place this past weekend at MUS in Memphis, Tn. This event featured Memphis-signee Shaq Goodwin, a pair of highly-ranked forwards in Austin Nichols and Nick King, and some of the best guards in the city.
On paper, Michigan's biggest weakness is its frontcourt. Last season, the Wolverines' leading rebounder (5.8 RPG) was 6'5" SG/SF Zach Novak who often had to guard power forwards larger than him due to lack of depth in the front court.
Last Tuesday, 6-foot-8 PF Shaq Goodwin (Southwest DeKalb HS | Atlanta, GA) committed to the University of Memphis via Twitter. Well, 8 days later, head coach Josh Pastner and the Tigers now have his National Letter of Intent in hand and Goodwin spoke to Chris Vernon on air to talk about his decision. Take a listen to Vernon's interview with Goodwin below:
Starting tomorrow at 3:00pm, the Spartan Palace (White Station High School | Memphis, Tenn.) will host some of the city’s and nation’s top talent as part of the inaugural ARS Penny Hardaway Hoopfest.
The Tigers will lose seniors Wesley Witherspoon and Charles Carmouche to graduation after this season and, if he continues his torrid pace, it appears likely that they will also lose sophomore wing Will Barton. So, what are the plans to fill those shoes? Here’s a new name to look out for.
Starting tomorrow at 3:00pm, the Spartan Palace (White Station High School | Memphis, Tenn.) will host some of the city’s and nation’s top talent as part of the inaugural ARS Penny Hardaway Hoopfest.
If you don’t feel like a laugh, don’t bother watching this video. After seeing this small section from Wednesday night’s Fox Sports South broadcast of the Memphis versus Tennessee game, we knew we had to put it to a drum solo. So, here it is.
In their third game of the season, Memphis (8-5) needed two overtimes to sneak past the Tennessee Volunteers (7-6) with a 99-97 win in the Maui Invitational. Will Barton led the Tigers in both points (25) and rebounds (11), something that’s become a common occurrence though 13 games. Antonio Barton had 21 points and Adonis …