Rivals.com reported late yesterday that 4-star guard Nolan Dennis from Richland Hills, TX has committed to the University of Memphis. Dennis, 6-5 and 180 pounds, chose Memphis over Baylor, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina, Texas, Texas A&M and UCLA.
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Memphis PG Derrick Rose missed a media session Sunday after falling ill. According to teammate Chris Douglas-Roberts, the culprit was gummy bears: "He eats Gummy Bears and Starburst for breakfast, and Twizzlers and Honey Buns for dinner. That's why his stomach hurts. We tell Derrick the whole year,   more...

The Memphis Tigers will be losing freshman PG Derrick Rose to the NBA, after he stated he would "test the waters" of the NBA. It is also being widely reported that Rose will hire an agent, making it impossible to return to the Tigers and the NCAA next season. Coach John Calipari can't be happy, bt   more...
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The Fox News affiliate in Memphis as of Wednesday night is reporting representatives from the Big East Conference have been in discussions with officials from the University of Memphis about the possibility of joining the Big East.
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Memphis Tigers recruit Tyreke Evans has not been playing in the LeBron James Skills Academy. He hurt his ankle at the Paul Pierce Camp and is on the mend.According to ESPN's Andy Katz, Doneal Mack, who transferred from Memphis to the University of New Orleans last week, is on his way back to   more...
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Unlike the other Final Four teams, Memphis is singled out for having a squad of pros masquerading as college students. But is that a fair perception?
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MoonDogSports.com contributing writer Ken tells us the verdict is in and Rivals.com ranked the Memphis Tigers four-man recruiting class No. 5 in the country behind UCLA, Kansas, Wake Forest and Louisville. Here's a look at this year's class.
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The NBA draft went off as predicted, Derrick Rose No. 1, Michael Beasley No. 2, O.J. Mayo No. 3 and so on. Next comes the dozens of experts trying to determine the winners and losers and who will make the biggest impact etc. But if you look a little deeper at who was drafted late, you might find   more...
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Congratulations to Mario Chalmers and the Kansas Jayhawks for sticking around long enough so that Memphis could tank some free throws and blow the game. I'm not sure what to say about former Kansas coach Roy Williams, who was ousted in the Final Four but still managed to show up and support his   more...
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They made history. First time all four #1 teams have been in the Final Four. I've pretty much watched all of them play at least a few games this year. There are gonna be a lot of good matchups. Me being from the South, with Memphis right down the street from me, I'm going with Memphis to win it   more...

Sometime on or around April 16, All-Delco guard Tyreke Evans from American Christian Academy will wait for the ESPN cameras to hum to life, clear his throat, pluck an officially licensed baseball cap from a backpack and announce where he will play college basketball.Whatever happens then —- or so   more...
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If you are close to being a seven footer who has designs of defending the rim, you might want to do more than just stand there with your hands up when Chris Douglas-Roberts is flying at you. Just ask Kevin Love.
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Player matchups:Derrick Rose vs. Mario Chalmers-Derrick Rose rarely turns over the ball and makes challenging plays look easy. While Mario Chalmers is the player I feel will be the one to take the crucial if Kansas is in a tight one, Derrick Rose's strength and athleticism will be too much.   more...

The results of the 1st annual Yardbarker tournament pick'em league were changed due to the 3 pointer hit by Mario Chalmers with 2 seconds left in regulation. Going into the day, The leaders of the group were Dewey and hiphop. The only problem was they had UNC winning it all so they were   more...

The offense that Derrick Rose of the Memphis Tigers ran this year: Dribble Drive Motion OffenseMy Basketball Coaching Blog:www.mensbasketballhoopscoop.blogspot.comCoach Peterman's E-Book Store:http://mensbasketballhoopscoopstore.blogspot.com/Coaches,I have put together a E-book that contains all   more...
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