CINCINNATI — Teams on the road in college basketball are usually hell-bent on getting out of town fast after a game. There is an impatient bustle in and around the visiting locker room as preparations are made to leave as quickly as possible.
With Memphis, not so much. It’s just one more way that Penny Hardaway operates differently.
Hardaway kept his team in the locker room for a long time Tuesday night after defeating Cincinnati 81–74. The muffled sounds coming through the door were animated and happy, as you’d expect from a team that just won its sixth straight. The Tigers took their time going over the game behind closed doors, then emerged for media engagements and to greet a few family members who had been in the stands.
