Last season coach Penny Hardaway and the Memphis Tigers took a step backward. They missed the NCAA Tournament after making it the previous two seasons. Now, the Tigers are back where they belong.

Memphis opened as an underdog to No. 12 Colorado State. Coach Penny Hardaway said that's just more motivation for the Tigers. "We obviously try to use it as motivation," he said. "But you have to ...

"Penny (Hardaway) had one of the toughest non-conference schedules, this program had one of the toughest non-conference schedules in America." Memphis will face No. 12 seed Colorado at 1 p.m. CT ...