How Penny Hardaway, Memphis basketball grapple with giving away another game
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Every loss hurts. But this one — a 78-76 defeat at the hands of Tulane on Feb. 1, the 11th of a season marred by a level of erraticism seldom seen under eighth-year Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway — really stings. The anguish was right there on Julius Thedford's face (even though he tried in vain to cover it with his hands) after preseason American Conference player of the year Rowan Brumbaugh went coast-to-coast on Zach Davis with the score tied and hit a game-winning layup with six seconds left on the clock. Dug McDaniel's disbelief was plain for all to see after he...