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Player cut for taking enhancement pills?

Here's a new one: former Memphis Tigers star Roburt Sallie was cut from his team in Spain, after he reportedly admitted to taking ExtenZe.

Via Lost Lettermen  |  21 hours ago

Memphis 79, UAB 45

Will Barton and Chris Crawford scored 16 points each as Memphis used a first-half 3-point barrage to build an early lead and coast to a 79-45 victory over Alabama-Birmingham on Saturday night. Antonio Barton added 10 for Memphis (18-7, 8-2 Conference USA) which remained tied with Southern Mississippi atop the conference standings. Preston Purifoy led the Blazers (10-14, 5-6) with...
Via AP on Fox  |  2 days ago

Memphis beats East Carolina 70-59

Chris Crawford scored 16 points and Wesley Witherspoon recorded a double-double to push Memphis past East Carolina 70-59 on Wednesday night. Will Barton added 15 points, while Witherspoon scored 12 and pulled down 11 boards for the Tigers (17-7, 7-2 Conference USA), who have won back-to-back games and five of six. That only loss in their recent slate of games came against Southern...
Via AP on Fox  |  5 days ago

Hot-shooting Memphis tops UAB

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Will Barton and Chris Crawford scored 16 points each as Memphis used a first-half 3-point barrage to build an early lead and coast to a 79-45 victory over Alabama-Birmingham on Saturday night. Antonio Barton added 10 for Memphis (18-7, 8-2 Conference USA) which remained tied with Southern Mississippi atop the conference standings. Preston Purifoy led the...
Via Fox Sports South  |  2 days ago

Hot-shooting Memphis tops UAB

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Will Barton and Chris Crawford scored 16 points each as Memphis used a first-half 3-point barrage to build an early lead and coast to a 79-45 victory over Alabama-Birmingham on Saturday night. Antonio Barton added 10 for Memphis (18-7, 8-2 Conference USA) which remained tied with Southern Mississippi atop the conference standings. Preston Purifoy led the...
Via Fox Sports Tennessee  |  2 days ago

Memphis 70, East Carolina 59

Chris Crawford scored 16 points and Wesley Witherspoon recorded a double-double to push Memphis past East Carolina 70-59 on Wednesday night. Will Barton added 15 points, while Witherspoon scored 12 and pulled down 11 boards for the Tigers (17-7, 7-2 Conference USA), who have won back-to-back games and five of six. That only loss in their recent slate of games came against Southern...
Via AP on Fox  |  5 days ago

Memphis takes care of East Carolina

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Chris Crawford scored 16 points and Wesley Witherspoon recorded a double-double to push Memphis past East Carolina 70-59 on Wednesday night. Will Barton added 15 points, while Witherspoon scored 12 and pulled down 11 boards for the Tigers (17-7, 7-2 Conference USA), who have won back-to-back games and five of six. That only loss in their recent slate of...
Via Fox Sports South  |  5 days ago

Memphis takes care of East Carolina

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Chris Crawford scored 16 points and Wesley Witherspoon recorded a double-double to push Memphis past East Carolina 70-59 on Wednesday night. Will Barton added 15 points, while Witherspoon scored 12 and pulled down 11 boards for the Tigers (17-7, 7-2 Conference USA), who have won back-to-back games and five of six. That only loss in their recent slate of...
Via Fox Sports Tennessee  |  5 days ago

Southern Miss seeks elusive win over Memphis

Southern Miss is playing really good basketball these days even though few have noticed. There's one quick way to change that: Beat Memphis. Southern Miss (19-3, 6-1 Conference USA) hosts Memphis (15-6, 6-1) on Wednesday night as the Golden Eagles try to snap an 18-game losing streak in the series that dates to 2004. Jonathan Mills and his teammates aren't hiding from...
Via AP on Fox  |  13 days ago

Xavier can't hold on as Memphis storms back

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Joe Jackson had 14 points and Wesley Witherspoon scored all 12 of his points in the second half as Memphis used a late rally for a 72-68 win over Xavier on Saturday. Jackson connected on all 12 of his free throws including six in the final 2:12, part of Memphis (16-7) closing the game with a 21-6 rally. Will Barton and Tarik Black finished with 13 points...
Via Fox Sports Ohio  |  9 days ago

Memphis joins Big East, now becoming the island of misfit toys

Is anyone sick of conference realignment yet? Isn't it time to just make four, 16 team super conferences and get it over with? The latest news has Memphis joining the Big East for all sports in 2013. At least we know now who will finish last in the Big East football standings.
Via College Sports University  |  4 days ago

Memphis holds off A-10 foe Xavier

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Joe Jackson had 14 points and Wesley Witherspoon scored all 12 of his points in the second half as Memphis used a late rally for a 72-68 win over Xavier on Saturday. Jackson connected on all 12 of his free throws including six in the final 2:12, part of Memphis (16-7) closing the game with a 21-6 rally. Will Barton and Tarik Black finished with 13 points...
Via Fox Sports South  |  9 days ago

Memphis holds off A-10 foe Xavier

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Joe Jackson had 14 points and Wesley Witherspoon scored all 12 of his points in the second half as Memphis used a late rally for a 72-68 win over Xavier on Saturday. Jackson connected on all 12 of his free throws including six in the final 2:12, part of Memphis (16-7) closing the game with a 21-6 rally. Will Barton and Tarik Black finished with 13 points...
Via Fox Sports Tennessee  |  9 days ago

Barton's 29 leads Memphis over Marshall

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Will Barton scored a career-high 29 points and grabbed eight rebounds Saturday night as Memphis pulled away from Marshall at the end for an 83-76 victory over the Thundering Herd. The win, the third straight for the Tigers (15-6, 6-1 Conference USA), left them tied at the top of the conference standings with Southern Mississippi, which won earlier Saturday...
Via Fox Sports Tennessee  |  16 days ago

Memphis 72, Xavier 68

Joe Jackson had 14 points and Wesley Witherspoon scored all 12 of his points in the second half as Memphis used a late rally for a 72-68 win over Xavier on Saturday. Jackson connected on all 12 of his free throws including six in the final 2:12, part of Memphis (16-7) closing the game with a 21-6 rally. Will Barton and Tarik Black finished with 13 points apiece for Memphis, but...
Via AP on Fox  |  9 days ago
MIC CHECK

PA announcer forgets who coaches Memphis

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Via StraitPinkie.com  |  December 12, 2011

Rice falls to Memphis in game marred by fight

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Chris Crawford scored 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Memphis to a 73-51 victory over Rice Wednesday night, in a game that saw multiple players ejected for fighting. Antonio Barton added 11 points and Tarik Black had 10, hitting all five of his shots before he was ejected during a skirmish under the Tigers basket with 7:21 left in the game. Memphis...
Via Fox Sports Houston  |  19 days ago

Tweet from Josh Pastner’s Sister to Recruit Could Get Memphis in Trouble

Josh Pastner’s sister, Courtney Pastner, sent a tweet to high school recruit Rodney Purvis that could get Memphis in trouble (albeit in a minor way). Purvis is one of the top shooting guard recruits in the country and he recently re-opened his recruiting after decommitting from Louisville in early May. He announced on twitter Saturday [...]
Via Larry Brown Sports  |  June 01, 2011

Rodney Purvis Has Added Memphis To His List

Purvis tweeted earlier this afternoon that he has added Memphis to his list of schools. I assume this leaves his list at 5 with Louisville, Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina State, and now Memphis all having a shot. My gut tells me Purvis will wait until the last minute to make a decision.
Via The Cardinal Connect  |  May 28, 2011

Memphis beats Rice in game marred by fight

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Chris Crawford scored 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Memphis to a 73-51 victory over Rice Wednesday night, in a game that saw multiple players ejected for fighting. Antonio Barton added 11 points and Tarik Black had 10, hitting all five of his shots before he was ejected during a skirmish under the Tigers basket with 7:21 left in the game. Memphis...
Via Fox Sports Tennessee  |  19 days ago

Memphis 60, Southern Miss. 58

Antonio Barton scored 13 points, and Will Barton had 11 points and nine rebounds to lead Memphis to a 60-58 victory over Southern Mississippi on Wednesday night. Memphis (11-5, 2-0 Conference USA) held an 11-point lead past the midway point of the second half, but had to hold on down the stretch. It wasn't until a 3-point attempt by Southern Mississippi's Cedric Jenkins...
Via AP on Fox  |  January 11, 2012

M. Basketball. UAB Falls To Memphis, 79-45

Will Barton and Chris Crawford scored 16 points each as Memphis used a first-half 3-point barrage to build an early lead and coast to a 79-45 victory over Alabama-Birmingham on Saturday night. Antonio Barton added 10 for Memphis (18-7, 8-2 Conference USA) which remained tied with Southern Mississippi atop the conference standings. Preston Purifoy led the Blazers (10-14, 5-6) with...
Via Official Site of the UAB Blazers  |  2 days ago

Tempers flare as Vols fall to rival Tigers

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Antonio Barton had 19 points and Tarik Black missed only one of his eight shots, scoring 18 points as Memphis defeated Tennessee 69-51 on Wednesday night. Will Barton added 10 points as the Tigers (9-5) used a strong inside game from Black, complemented by Antonio Barton connecting on 5 of 7 from the field, including 4 of 5 outside the arc. Barton, who did...
Via Fox Sports Tennessee  |  January 04, 2012

Barton, Black lead Memphis over Tennessee

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Antonio Barton had 19 points and Tarik Black missed only one of his eight shots, scoring 18 points as Memphis defeated Tennessee 69-51 on Wednesday night. Will Barton added 10 points as the Tigers (9-5) used a strong inside game from Black, complemented by Antonio Barton connecting on 5 of 7 from the field, including 4 of 5 outside the arc. Barton, who did...
Via Fox Sports South  |  January 04, 2012

Memphis 73, Rice 51

Chris Crawford scored 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Memphis to a 73-51 victory over Rice Wednesday night, in a game that saw multiple players ejected for fighting. Antonio Barton added 11 points and Tarik Black had 10, hitting all five of his shots before he was ejected during a skirmish under the Tigers basket with 7:21 left in the game. Memphis guard Joe Jackson...
Via AP on Fox  |  19 days ago
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