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.

With a 6-1 start in the AAC and his team poised to earn its best tournament seed since John Calipari, Penny Hardaway is finally changing the hearts and minds of some of the same national media that once doubted him.

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

In fact, Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway was first tempted to reinsert the gifted big man back into the starting lineup before the Tigers’ win over Ole Miss on Dec. 28. But he second-guessed himself and opted to stick with the status quo until further notice.

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.

So, he started pushing buttons. Hardaway dialed up the defensive pressure, but Temple was ready for it. He went with a four-guard lineup next, but all that did was dig a deeper rebounding hole. He tried to account for it with more shooters on the floor, but they weren’t hitting.

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

In fact, Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway was first ... Sunday for one of the biggest conference games of the season, it was time. And Dainja made Hardaway’s decision to flip him and ...

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 ...

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.