Penny Hardaway gathered his players early Monday before they took the court against the back-to-back champs in the opening game of the Maui Invitational, and in a plain white T-shirt and blue Memphis hat,

Penny Hardaway, Memphis basketball coach and one of the Bluff City's favorite sons, only wants to make his hometown proud.

Memphis basketball head coach Penny Hardaway was highly energetic after his team's upset against the UConn Huskies at the Maui Invitational.