Roman Cleary

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Today’s the day! Come support our own Wayne’o at Grind City Brewing! His art will be on display from 1-5 today celebrating Memphis, basketball, and the people that make the city great! Great brews on tap, beautiful views, and basketball on the TV’s all afternoon! See y’all there!

Recently dismissed Memphis strength coach Todd Forcier.

ARE YOU SERIOUS DAINJA🙃😱

NEWS: Memphis basketball’s turnstile attendance at FedExForum took an embarrassing nosedive this season. The Tigers drew an average of 3,756 fans at 2025-26 home games, down from 6,569 in 2024-25. My story for @BluffCity_Media: substacktools.com/sharex/AcVUcYjE

NO. WAY. 😱 WE'RE GOING TO OVERTIME!!! #MarchMadness

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Join @SluggaSports, @Kenny_BCM & @RoAClear live in 30 minutes on a special "2025-26 Season Recap" episode of Tigers Live! We have a lot to discuss and can't wait to hear from ya'll! youtube.com/live/3uOdkUNJE… #gotigersgo #memphisbasketball #pennyhardaway

Huntington (NAIA) F/C Kaden Johnson (@Kaden_Johnson24) has received interest from the following programs, he tells TPR: Memphis Oral Roberts SEMO Youngstown St. Missouri St. Evansville Georgia Southern South Alabama UTEP App. St. Cleveland St. Ohio Bowling Green Kent St. Buffalo Eastern Michigan Pacific Valpo

After seeing the Penny Hardaway and Dr. Ed Scott press conference yesterday, I’ve got many thoughts on it all, the decision to bring Penny back, and the plan moving forward. I’m gonna speak from the heart too. Join me, @RoAClear, and @Kenny_BCM on Tigers Live tonight at 7pm!

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The announcement that Penny Hardaway is returning cements him as the centerpiece of Memphis basketball. But he comes back with expectations and resources that make his success mandatory, not optional. @RoAClear & @s_shoemaker52 discuss. Full clip link: youtu.be/pB0ljlK7dTA

NEW: A Memphis professor is creating an AI program to simplify the transfer portal for Penny Hardaway. “Part of our goal is to take the portal and be able to cull it down to what Penny’s looking for,” Memphis AD Ed Scott said. Story for @BluffCity_Media: substacktools.com/sharex/0NT2-G95

@_briggs___ Best and hardest are two completely different things. They don’t play into one another. He meant and used both adjectives quite literally. So, again, I don’t understand how him saying it was also his hardest job changes the context of him saying it was his best.

@RoAClear That’s fine. I did watch the whole clip (+more). Clearly most understand what he meant. Hardest / best meaning challenging and required a lot out of him. And you still misquoted him on this app, even if you didn’t in the article.

I’ll do you one better. Here’s the clip. Let’s see if it was really “taken out of context.”

@_briggs___ If you watch the whole clip, he stumbles when he initially says hardest and goes out of his way to add the best part. He obviously meant what he said. Full quote in my story from earlier today, FWIW, though it really doesn’t change the context: substacktools.com/sharex/EcS7njdN

@RoAClear Yeah he’s correct. You didn’t post a direct quote. He said “hardest” before and after he said best. Pretty clear.

Tune in now. Lots to discuss, obviously.

NEW: Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway delivered a raw, emotional, impassioned monologue that last approximately five minutes Wednesday. “I really will die for this,” he said. Read nearly everything he said in my story for @BluffCity_Media: substacktools.com/sharex/Volgs4lQ

Must-watch.

Penny says current Tigers who are eligible to return next season have until Friday to make their decisions.

Ed Scott: "It's the definition of insanity. If Penny keeps doing what he's doing, it's gonna be the same result." Says Memphis will look more like a "professional organization" moving forward.