Team announces slate of games while coaching announcement still to come
Sep 3, 2024 – They are still without a coach, but the Memphis Hustle are moving forward with an announcement of a schedule today. Instead of a Showcase Cup as in past years, the NBA G League Hustle will instead play in the league’s Tip-Off Tournament, followed by a 34-game regular season.
The Hustle will open the Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg, Texas, against the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
The NBA G League season will begin with the Tip-Off Tournament schedule from Nov. 8 – Dec. 16, featuring seven home games and seven road games against teams in a regional pod. The teams with the best win percentage in each of the four regional pods, as well as the four teams with the next best win percentage across the league, will go on to play for the Tip-Off Tournament Championship in a single-elimination tournament at the NBA G League Winter Showcase from Dec. 19-22. The remaining NBA G League teams who do not qualify to compete for the Tip-Off Tournament Championship will each play an additional two games at the Winter Showcase outside of the tournament format.
The Hustle home opener in the Tip-Off Tournament at Landers Center is Monday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m. against the Mexico City Capitanes.
Following the Tip-Off Tournament, all teams’ win-loss records will reset, and the Hustle will start a 34-game regular season slate featuring 17 home games at Landers Center and 17 road games before culminating with the 2025 NBA G League Playoffs. The Hustle will tip-off the regular season on a four-game road trip starting against the San Diego Clippers on Friday, Dec. 27.
For the first time in franchise history, the Memphis Hustle will host two Education Day Games on Wednesday, Nov. 20, against the Osceola Magic and Wednesday, Feb. 12, vs. the Mexico City Capitanes. Each Education Day Game, thousands of students in the Mid-South pack Landers Center for a game in which the students receive a unique experience.
The Hustle will host a season-long five-game home stand beginning on Friday, Jan. 31, against Raptors 905 and culminating on Wednesday, Feb. 12, vs. the Mexico City Capitanes. The 2024-25 schedule features a total of six back-to-backs (including the Tip-Off Tournament) and a season-long five-game road trip from Jan. 18-29.
Memphis will continue to play in the 15-team Western Conference, which now includes the Valley Suns. Of its 34 regular season games, the Hustle will play 28 games against Western Conference foes and six games against the Eastern Conference. The Hustle’s inter-conference schedule sees them host the Maine Celtics and Raptors 905, with away games against the Delaware Blue Coats and Long Island Nets.
HUSTLE YET TO ANNOUNCE NEW COACH: With the season growing closer, team officials have yet announce who is replacing Jason March as the Hustle’s new coach. March was promoted during the off-season to an assistant with the parent Memphis Grizzlies, but no announcement has come about who will fill the head coaching shoes with the NBA G League. The team’s open tryouts are set for Sept. 21 at the Memphis Sports and Events Center. The NBA G League, training camp and final roster selection would follow prior to the start of the season.
