Memphis Tiger head men's basketball coach Penny Hardaway has added Emmanuel Akot (G, 6-8, Boise State) to the program for the upcoming 2022-23 season.

Akot, a fifth-year player with 102 collegiate games under his belt, joins fellow fifth years Kendric Davis (G, 6-0, SMU) and Elijah McCadden (G, 6-4, Georgia Southern University), as well as redshirt-senior Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu (F, 6-10, UT-Arlington), as additions to the Memphis roster this offseason.

"Emmanuel is a tremendous addition to our team and exactly the type of player we aspire to bring into our program," Hardaway said. "He is the definition of a two-way player and the ultimate competitor who impacts winning in all facets. His skillset and shooting ability for a person of his size is rare and makes him a mismatch problem. He is not only an excellent and willing passer but can use his length and athleticism to get his shot off from all three levels of the floor, while also being able to post up smaller defenders. Defensively, he will bring incredible value with his ability to guard multiple positions and rebound at a high level. He has a winning background and helped Boise State to its winningest season in program history this past year. We are excited to introduce him to Tiger Nation."

Akot played the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons at Boise State, where he appeared in 54 games, with 39 starts, on two Bronco postseason teams. He averaged 10.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game at Boise State, and he was an All-Mountain West Conference honorable mention selection in 2022 after averaging 10.6 points per game and shooting 38.7 percent from 3-point range (55-142). The Broncos won the Mountain West regular season and tournament titles a season ago.

Prior to Boise State, the Winnipeg, Manitoba, native began his collegiate career at Arizona in 2017-18 and 2018-19. He appeared in 48 games for the Wildcats and was part of Arizona's 2018 Pac-12 Tournament championship team. After deciding to transfer from Arizona, Akot redshirted the 2019-20 season due to NCAA transfer rules.

In his 102 career games prior to Memphis, Akot is shooting 36.1 percent from behind the arc (99-274).

In high school, Akot was rated a five-star recruit and the No. 24 overall recruit in the country. He represented his home nation of Canada in the FIBA U17 World Championships in the summer of 2016, averaging 9.9 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. He averaged 17 points, seven rebounds and two assists per game as a senior at Wasatch Academy (Utah) and helped guide his team to a 21-win season and an appearance in the Dick's Sporting Goods National Tournament in New York City.

The Tigers finished the 2021-22 season with a 22-11 record and the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2014. In four seasons at the helm, Hardaway has amassed an 85-43 record, four-straight 20-win seasons and the 2021 National Invitation Tournament championship in addition to the 2022 NCAA Tournament appearance.

Hardaway's 85 wins are second-most among 14 first-time NCAA Division I head coaches hired prior to the 2018-19 season and tied for third-most among Tiger head coaches in their first four seasons. In his tenure, Hardaway has mentored three first-round NBA Draft picks and four overall, three AAC Freshmen of the Year, five all-conference selections and five all-freshman honorees.