As widespread speculation surrounding the Pac-12's courtship of the University of Memphis stretched into a second week, Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway was feeling diplomatic Monday.

I’m loyal to where I’m at,” Hardaway said. “Obviously, the AAC is a better conference than people are giving it credit for.”

Memphis AD Ed Scott said Friday that Penny Hardaway will "unequivocally" be the Tigers' head coach when the basketball season tips off in early November.

Memphis coach Penny Hardaway announced the hiring of assistant coaches Nolan Smith and Mike Davis on Wednesday, just two weeks after parting with four staff members on the eve of his seventh season. Smith and Davis are high-profile hires and will be latest on a carousel of assistants who've worked under Hardaway since he took the Memphis job in 2018.

Penny Hardaway announced that Nolan Smith and former Detroit Mercy basketball head coach Mike Davis will be assistant coaches for Memphis

Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway has hired Nolan Smith as an assistant coach, the school announced Wednesday.

For all the turmoil has apparently thrust upon the Memphis basketball program, it doesn't seem to have negatively affected the Tigers' roster.

An arrest has been made in connection with the theft of exclusive Nike sneakers from Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway's home.

The Memphis men’s basketball program announced the hiring of Mike Davis as an assistant coach for the upcoming season. Davis joins Memphis after spending the majority of his coaching career with the Detroit Mercy men’s basketball team,

Less than a month away from matching up against North Carolina in the first of two high profile charity exhibition games, Penny Hardaway is starting to piece together his coaching staff. A staff left pretty bare when Hardaway parted ways with four staff members a couple of weeks ago.

Nolan Smith is taking his experience as a Louisville and Duke basketball assistant to Penny Hardaway's Tigers.