From SportingNews.com: One miraculous shot stuck a dagger in Memphis’ dream season last year. The Tigers looked destined for an NCAA championship before Kansas’ Mario Chalmers busted a 3-pointer to send the national title game to overtime.
To spare Memphis fans, that’s as much detail as is needed. But one agonizing loss will not swallow the Tigers’ hopes for a national championship this season.
Coach John Calipari lost four players from last year’s 38-2 squad–three of them drafted by NBA teams–but replaced the cupboard with one of the nation’s top recruiting classes.
“I’m excited about the team that we have coming back,” Calipari says. “We have size and we have length. Obviously we’re going to be missing three tremendous players (Joey Dorsey, Chris Douglas-Roberts and No. 1 overall NBA pick Derrick Rose).
“We are losing a lot. That puts the responsibility on the players coming back to have great summers. We’ve talked about it and we are thinking of different ways to do things.”
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