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.

The back-to-back defending champs have their first loss of the year just five games into the season. Penny Hardaway and unranked Memphis knocked off No.