Tag: University of Memphis

Penny Hardaway found not to have violated NCAA rules

Staff

Via Mark Schlabach and Jeff Borxello of ESPN An Independent Accountability Resolution Process hearing panel concluded that Memphis Tigers basketball coach Penny Hardaway didn’t violate NCAA rules when he provided benefits to three prospective student-athletes because of his long-standing philanthropy in Memphis, according to a decision released on Tuesday. The IARP panel ruled that Memphis failed to monitor the education and activities of an athletics booster, provided impermissible extra benefits, conducted impermissible recruiting activities with prospective student-athletes and failed to cooperate with the investigative process by delaying the production of requested documents.…

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University of Memphis Basketball facing fines and probation over James Wiseman recruiting

Brandon King

The NCAA placed the University of Memphis men’s basketball program for three years and levied a $5,000 fine for Level II and III recruiting violations. The ruling came about following allegations that back in 2017 then-East High School head coach Penny Hardaway paid James Wiseman and his family when he was still in high school. The NCAA considered him a booster because he had donated to his alma mater. Hardaway did not become Memphis coach until tne following year, 2018. Wiseman ended up attending the University of Memphis , where…

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Penny Hardaway remaining at Memphis

Brandon King

From Joseph Zucker of B/R: Anfernee Hardaway will be remaining at Memphis and will not take the Orlando Magic’s vacant head-coaching position, according to multiple reports. Hardaway would have represented a connection to the Magic’s golden era. Orlando reached the 1995 NBA Finals and appeared to be a budding dynasty until Shaquille O’Neal left for the Los Angeles Lakers ahead of the 1996-97 season. Following a lengthy playing career, the 49-year-old went into coaching and climbed up the ladder to return to his alma mater, Memphis, in 2018. The Tigers have gone…

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Positive COVID-19 cases postpones Memphis/UCF bball game

Brandon King

Tuesday the American Athletic Conference (AAC) announced the game between Memphis and Central Florida due to positive COVID-19 cases. The conference released this brief statement: The American Athletic Conference has announced that the men’s basketball game between Memphis and UCF scheduled for Jan. 5 has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 cases and the ensuing contract tracing of student-athletes at UCF.  Rescheduling information has yet to be determined

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