MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The University of Memphis Tigers' basketball season is still months away, but it has been announced that the team is getting a new addition to the roster.
Penny Hardaway has secured his third addition during the off-season with the verbal commit of sophomore of the University of Texas Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu.
The Tigers’ Jalen Duren is headed to the NBA draft, which means that there will be a vacancy in the center position for the team. Penny has found a replacement in “Kao,” a former Maverick’s rim protector.
Kao started 25 games in the Sun Belt Conference. Akobundu-Ehiogu led the conference in blocked shots and he was ranked 20th in the nation, averaging 3 per game.
The tweet below from social media national recruiting expert Joe Tipton explains further: