Jon Rothstein likes the Memphis Tigers’ March Madness chances. Is this the year he gives coach Penny Hardaway a nickname?

When Penny Hardaway hoisted the AAC championship trophy Friday — after the confetti cannons carpeted the FedExForum court blue and white — then cut down the net and draped it around his neck ...

"I'll tell you this much, if Penny or anyone in the Memphis ... way to my heart," begins Rothstein, who adds "Blue Chips" (the 1994 film in which Hardaway portrayed the Butch McRae character ...