FAYETTEVILLE — Like his predecessor, new Memphis coach Penny Hardaway says he would like to renew a basketball series with Arkansas.
Speaking on Sports Talk with Bo Mattingly on Wednesday, Hardaway said he would like to renew games with regional programs, which were ended during the Memphis tenures of former head coaches John Calipari and Josh Pastner.
“I want to play all of the teams we used to play back in the day to get the rivalries going again,” said Hardaway, a two-year letterman at Memphis from 1991-93. “I would love to play Arkansas.”
Tubby Smith, who was fired by Memphis earlier this month, and Arkansas coach Mike Anderson acknowledged last May they had conversations about renewing the series.