At the end of last season Pierre was at 349.

As you will see, he is down to about 300 right now. It shows.

Via rivals.yahoo.com Full Court Press

Pierre could be a nice weapon for Memphis this year. He has some hop in his step.

This from Dan Wolken, Memphis Commercial Appeal

“He’s doing good,” Calipari said. “Can he sustain it? After a practice like he just had, where he looked like an animal the entire time and didn’t stop, does he go home and look in the mirror and say, ‘This makes me feel so good, I can’t wait for tomorrow.’ Or does he go back and say, ‘I can’t do this. This is crazy.’

Post from: EveryJoe

Pierre Henderson-Niles in the weight room

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.

Jeff Zillgitt, USA Today

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.

Post from: EveryJoe

Memphis Tigers