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Message: [QUOTE="Drew, post: 2623360, member: 3723"] [URL="https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/college/memphis-tigers/basketball/2018/03/12/memphis-tigers-coach-tubby-smith-meet-university-administrators-tuesday/416454002/"]Memphis Tigers coach Tubby Smith to meet with university administrators on Tuesday[/URL] [I]Memphis men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith is scheduled to meet with university administrators on Tuesday, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation. Although Smith hasn’t been told what the meeting is about, one athletic department official said he is expecting to receive clarity on the [URL='https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/columnists/geoff-calkins/2018/03/11/why-memphis-may-fire-tubby-smith/414598002/']mounting speculation[/URL] about his job security at Memphis. Smith just completed his second season as head coach with the Tigers, but [URL='https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/college/memphis-tigers/basketball/2018/03/06/report-penny-hardaway-could-next-memphis-tigers-coach-targeting-larry-brown-assistant/401814002/']a report last week[/URL] stated that university officials are considering replacing him with former Memphis basketball star Penny Hardaway. University President M. David Rudd told The Commercial Appeal last Tuesday that, "We're going to evaluate the program at the end of the year."[/I] [/QUOTE]