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Memphis Basketball Devastated by Loss of Calipari

 

Published 4/1/2009 by Leroy Watson at Bleacher Report - College Basketball

The University of Memphis has lost 810 basketball games in the school’s history, dating to the 1920-'21 season when the program began. In 1973, Memphis lost to UCLA, 87-66, in the National Championship game, falling victim to the single most amazing individual performance in title game history, when Bill Walton famously went off for 44 points on 21-of-22 shooting. A year ago, Memphis lost to Kansas, 75-68 in overtime, to fall short of a national title, yet again. There were several Elite 8 and Sweet 16 losses in between, and Missouri just ended Memphis’ 2008-’09 season. Ladies and gentlemen, never has the Memphis Tiger basketball program suffered a loss like this one. Never. Ever. Not even close. John Calipari’s leaving the University of Memphis to become the head coach of the iconic Kentucky Wildcats will simply devastate the Tiger’s program. Oh, sure, right now only Calipari is leaving. That, we could deal with. In and of itself, the loss is not the end of the ... (link)

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