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TTT Answer

Frank Murtaugh — Thu, 23 May 2013 08:00:49 -0500

Seven former Tigers have played in the NBA's conference finals (or league semifinals, if you prefer). And by "played" I mean saw game action.…

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Tiger Trivia Tuesday

Frank Murtaugh — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:00:00 -0500

Seven former Tigers have played in the NBA's conference finals (or league semifinals, if you prefer). And by "played" I mean saw game action.…
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TTT Answer

Frank Murtaugh — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:00:12 -0500

The Tiger football team has retired the jerseys of six former players (the most recent last season). Three of those players were teammates for one season.…
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Tiger Trivia Tuesday

Frank Murtaugh — Tue, 14 May 2013 08:00:35 -0500

The Tiger football team has retired the jerseys of six former players (the most recent last season). Three of those players were teammates for one season.…
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TTT Answer

Frank Murtaugh — Thu, 09 May 2013 08:00:00 -0500

Rising senior Chris Crawford will enter the 2013-14 season with 926 career points. Barring injury, he should join classmate Joe Jackson (a fellow native Memphian) in the Tigers' 1,000-point club.…
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Tiger Trivia Tuesday

Frank Murtaugh — Tue, 07 May 2013 08:00:03 -0500

Rising senior Chris Crawford will enter the 2013-14 season with 926 career points. Barring injury, he should join classmate Joe Jackson (a fellow native Memphian) in the Tigers' 1,000-point club.…
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TTT Answer

Frank Murtaugh — Thu, 02 May 2013 08:00:36 -0500

The 2012 Tiger football team finished its season with three straight wins. It was only the third such finish for the U of M since 1976.…
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Tiger Trivia Tuesday

Frank Murtaugh — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:00:47 -0500

TTT is back! Check in every Tuesday for a test of your Memphis Tiger wisdom.…
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Tarik Black Leaving University of Memphis

Frank Murtaugh — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:56:00 -0500

In some respects, Tarik Black’s three years at the University of Memphis unfolded as an inversion of your typical college life. Arriving in 2010 as a top-50 recruit and hometown favorite from Ridgeway High School, Black was supposed to fill a two-year void at the center position, one created with the departure of Joey Dorsey after the 2007-08 Final Four run.…
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Josh Pastner Gets Contract Extension

Frank Murtaugh — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:11:00 -0500

Even by modern standards, this was a story that shot out of the gate . . . whether or not it ever had legs.…
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Memphis Tigers Season Recap

Frank Murtaugh — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:00:00 -0500

The 2012-13 Memphis Tigers won 31 games they were supposed to win. Cream-puff conference and soft nonconference schedule.…
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NCAA Tournament: Michigan State 70, Tigers 48

Frank Murtaugh — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:24:00 -0500

The Tiger season came to a close Saturday afternoon in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Memphis falling to 9th-ranked Michigan State in the third round of the NCAA tournament. The U of M finishes the season with a record of 31-5, while the Spartans (27-8) advance to the Sweet 16 for the 11th time under coach Tom Izzo.…
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NCAA Tournament: Tigers 54, Saint Mary's 52

Frank Murtaugh — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:31:00 -0500

Consider the first monkey of Josh Pastner's young coaching career safely removed from his back. With a narrow escape this afternoon in Auburn Hills, Michigan, the Memphis coach earned the first NCAA tournament win of his career.…
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Dancin' Days are Here for Memphis Tigers

Frank Murtaugh — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:55:00 -0500

The NCAA basketball tournament is a cruel event. No other sport requires a team play so many games to qualify, then delivers a series of pass/fail tests to earn a championship.…
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Tigers 86, UAB 71

Frank Murtaugh — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:58:00 -0600

Not since 2003 — when they played in The Pyramid — had the Memphis Tigers' drawn as large a crowd (of players) for Senior Day as they did in today's regular-season finale at FedExForum. The pregame ceremony stirred 18,289 Tiger fans as it always does, and three of those seniors — Charles Holt, Stan Simpson, and Ferrakohn Hall — received a farewell ovation unlike any they'll ever experience again.…
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2013 Tiger Football Schedule

Frank Murtaugh — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:32:00 -0600

September 7 — Duke (3:30)
September 14 — at Middle Tennessee (TBD)
September 21 — Arkansas State (3:30)
October 5 — UCF (3:30)
October 12 — at Houston (TBD)
October 19 — SMU (3:30)
October 30 — Cincinnati (TBD)
November 9 — UT-Martin (3:30)
November 16 — at USF (TBD)
November 23 — at Louisville (TBD)
November 30 — Temple (3:30)
December 7 — at UConn (TBD)

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Tigers 56, UTEP 54

Frank Murtaugh — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:40:00 -0600

When Memphis fans reflect on the Tigers' pending exit from Conference USA, the team fans may most rejoice in leaving behind: the UTEP Miners. Whether in the cozy quarters of FedExForum or at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, UTEP has been the splinter lodged quasi-permanently between the toes of the Tiger basketball program over the last four years.…
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Six Thoughts on Tiger Hoops

Frank Murtaugh — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:00:34 -0600

As the regular season's final week unfolds, a few thoughts to ponder:

• Last Tuesday’s loss at Xavier may have proven, once and for all, that Conference USA is college basketball’s kiddie pool. The league champion — 13-0 against its conference brethren — travels to face a foe sixth in the Atlantic 10, minus its point guard . . .…
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Tigers 76, UCF 67

Frank Murtaugh — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:15:34 -0600

The Tigers played the first six minutes of today's game at UCF with a lingering hangover from their deflating loss at Xavier last Tuesday. Boosted by the energy of Senior Day, the Knights stormed out to a 14-4 lead as Memphis missed 10 of its first 11 shots.…
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Xavier 64, Tigers 62

Frank Murtaugh — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:23:14 -0600

Goodbye Top 20.

The newly crowned Conference USA champions traveled to Xavier for a rare February nonconference game and lost to a team currently sixth in the Atlantic 10 standings.…
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The Memphis Tigers' Fine Fifteen (Revisited)

Frank Murtaugh — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:00:22 -0600

I love rankings. And the more subjective the better.…
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