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The sidewalk outside the FedEx Forum is lined with balls from different sports, including sports that aren’t ever played at the Forum.
Excuse me while I go a little bit fangirl for a minute. In order to interview Chuck Roberts, the PA announcer for the University of Memphis men’s basketball home games, I got to go down to the floor level at the FedEx Forum.
To get there, you go down a really steep driveway into the basement [...]
Check another thing off the scavenger hunt list!
Pouncer the Tiger, the University of Memphis mascot, came up to section 209 at the FedEx Forum during Memphis’s game against Southeastern Missouri State University.
Thank you to the nice guy who snapped the picture for me!
(By the way, the Tigers trounced SEMU, 87 – 57.)
From the very top of the FedEx Forum
My mom surprised me with an extra ticket to the men’s game against Jackson State at the FexEx Forum. And though my seat was way, way up (section 217, row K), I could still see everything just fine.
I was really excited to see the brand new Tigers in action under head coach Josh Pastner. This is definitely a different team. Pierre Henderson-Niles got skinny, Preston Laird got a scholarship, and free throws made it into the basket.
Tipoff is at 7 p.m., and I’m not sure if the game is going to be televised. If you’re going to miss the game, there will be plenty of other opportunities to see the new Tigers in action (like the grudge match game between Memphis and Kansas that will be aired on ESPN on Nov. 17).