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The 1972-73 Memphis State Tigers. Front row: David Kimmel, Ed DeSchepper, Bill Cook, Ed Wilson, Ed Young (asst. coach), John Tunstall, John Washington, Clarence Jones and Ted Turnipseed. Back row: Bill Grogan, Gene Bartow (head coach), Doug McKinney, Jim Liss, Jerry Teltzlaff, Ken Andrews, Wes Westfall, Larry Kenon, Wayne Yates (asst. coach), Charles Duvall, Ronnie Robinson, Billy Buford, Larry Trosper, Shannon Kennedy, Larry Finch, Bill Laurie, LeRoy Hunt (asst. coach) and Norman McCoy.
Tiger Hoops at 100: A Century of Memphis Basketball
Tyler Harris Sophomore guard
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EGINNING IN MARCH
2020, the University of Memphis will partner with the Memphis Pink Palace Museum to create an exhibition commemorating men's and women's Tiger basketball. Tiger Hoops at 100 will feature objects from the University’s own collections, as well as the collection at the Memphis Pink Palace Museum. Objects from several private collections also will be on display. “I was 10 when we played UCLA for the championship in 1973,” recalls Memphis Pink Palace programs administrator Warren Perry (BA ’92, MA ’00). “I remember watching both the national semifinal against Providence and the final against the Bruins. I don’t remember ever wanting to go to college anywhere else. Memphis was always the only school on my list, and part of that reasoning was the impact that 1973 game had on me. Tiger basketball is a centerpiece tradition with tens of thousands of families in our community.”
The exhibition will feature discussion of the glory moments, but it will also address the controversies. “No season goes by in which all the schools survive the NCAA’s scrutiny,” Perry notes, “and our school has a couple of asterisks attached to our records which we feel compelled to address in the show. We want a comprehensive historical exhibition which reflects the greatness of our teams but which also addresses some of the low points in our history.” Tiger Hoops will showcase objects and images from all the decades spanning both men’s and women’s basketball. The staff of the Pink Palace is reaching deep into the community looking for objects with hopes that basketball treasures from private collections will emerge over the search. The exhibition is tentatively scheduled to run from March 7¬June 7, 2020. Anyone interested in loaning an item to the exhibit may contact Perry at warren.perry@memphistn.gov.