Memphis Tigers
October 15, 2008 by Ryan Pravato
Filed under Basketball
Don’t overlook the Tigers.
Shawn Taggert is Tyson Chandler with offensive skills. Tyreke Evans is, well, a 6′6 point guard who will be in the NBA in 2009. Robert Dozier is rock solid. Did I mention that Evans has a 7′3 wingspan?
And of course do include Pierre Henderson-Niles, who lost about 50 pounds during the summer. So from now on, Pierre, people are going to expect Robert “Tractor” Traylor types of things from you on the court—you know, like when Traylor was in college.
The 104 victories in three years tied an NCAA record, and if Memphis reaches 30 wins this season, seniors Robert Dozier and Antonio Anderson will become the winningest players in NCAA history.
Getting to 30 won’t be easy. With Derek Rose, Chris Douglas-Roberts and Joey Dorsey in the NBA, Memphis lost 50% of its scoring, 45% of rebounding, 44% of assists and blocked shots and 41% of steals.
“Other than that, we’re good. We have everybody else coming back,” Calipari says, laughing.
