The 24th-ranked Memphis Tigers, coached by NBA legend Penny Hardaway, blew out American Athletic Conference foe UAB 100-77 on Sunday.

Penny Hardaway knows he sounds like a broken record, repeatedly vowing that his Memphis basketball team will soon stop committing so many turnovers.

Memphis is trending upward as it focuses on taking control of the American Athletic Conference race. The No. 19 Tigers (16-4, 6-1 AAC) have won three straight and seven of

The four-time NBA All-Star is complimentary of Aaron Fearne’s program after it prevented the nationally ranked Tigers from pulling away late.

Hardaway has a long-held, deep-seated belief that Memphis does not get the same benefit of the doubt that many other programs around the country do. The Tigers still have one of the more decorated March Madness resumès in the nation, with five Quad 1 wins, a 9-3 record in Quads 1 and 2, and just one loss outside the first two quadrants.

Coach Penny Hardaway knows the Memphis Tigers can’t lose their edge as they get set to take on Wichita State at home Thursday.

For Memphis coach Penny Hardaway, Sunday's 77-68 win at Charlotte was more like it. Chagrined that his team was clobbered 49-25 on the boards on Jan. 16 in an 88-81

The Tigers will play Sunday afternoon at last-place Charlotte in an American Athletic ... this," Memphis coach Penny Hardaway said. "... I'm not going to panic." Memphis (13-4, 3-1) became the last team in the AAC to suffer a conference defeat this season.

Penny Hardaway sees it, even if there are those ... like leading scorer and All-American candidate PJ Haggerty, for one. “I think we just gotta figure out how to close games better,” he ...

The Tigers will play Sunday afternoon at last-place Charlotte in an American Athletic Conference game ... bounce back from this," Memphis coach Penny Hardaway said. "... I'm not going to panic."

Penny Hardaway sees it, even if there are those ... Leading scorer and All-American candidate PJ Haggerty for one. “I think we just gotta figure out how to close games better,” said Haggerty.

Bracketville's Dave Ommen has Memphis in his latest bracket as a 5-seed against McNeese State in Denver. Meanwhile, On3's James Fletcher III has the Tigers slotted as a 6-seed versus facing either North Carolina or BYU in Providence.