r/CollegeBasketball Connecticut Huskies 19d ago

Emoni Bates has committed to University of Memphis. [Shams Charania on Twitter]

https://twitter.com/shamscharania/status/1430664463972282369?s=21
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u/TheBlueRajasSpork Memphis Tigers 19d ago

It’s Penny Hardaway, Larry Brown, and Rasheed Wallace with NBA facilities. And now with a bunch of FedEx money.

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u/gnarlysheen Memphis Tigers 19d ago

And Auto Zone. And International Paper. And Bank of Bartlett. And Wal-Mart. Sky is the limit!

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks 19d ago

Is wal-mart really a Memphis thing? Always thought that if they were to funnel money into NIL it would be at Arkansas

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u/selfrisingflour 19d ago

Bill Laurie, a former point guard at Memphis, is married to Nancy Walton, one of the Walmart fortune heiresses who also went to Memphis. Although historically they do most of their boosting for Mizzou

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u/tinduck Memphis Tigers 18d ago

Cal didn't get along with Bill. It took a guy named Brad Martin to bring him back into the fold.

Also. Mizzou took his daughters name off a building for a technicality.