Penny Hardaway says the Tigers are under-ranked. Is he right?

Update: 2025-01-01

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Penny Hardaway's Memphis basketball team is No. 21 in this week's Associated Press Top 25 and 25th in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll.

The Tigers are 10-3, and have more Quad 1 and Quad 2 wins (eight) than any other team in the nation. They've beaten UConn, Michigan State, Clemson, Ole Miss, Missouri, San Francisco and others.

Does Hardaway have a gripe?

Beat writers Jason Munz and Jonah Dylan weigh in on that on this week's Tiger Basketball Podcast. In addition, Munz and Dylan offer their takeaways from the last week, discuss the addition of Dante Harris, preview AAC play and wonder what the Tigers will have to do to keep drawing large crowds.

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