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Here's something the younger fans among us might not quite remember: On Saturday, when the Memphis Tigers travel to the Yum! Center to play Rick Pitino's Louisville Cardinals, a long-standing and very heated college hoops rivalry -- one that was as ...

In 2004, the thought of Darius Washington's one day playing on the U.S. national team wouldn't have surprised anyone. Five years, two missed free throws and one questionable decision later, the can't-miss prospect isn't playing for the national team he once envisioned.

Joey Dorsey's mouth got him in trouble against Greg Oden in March, but the Memphis senior won't stop talking. And college basketball is better because of that, writes Andy Katz.

When Memphis lost Chris Douglas-Roberts to an ankle injury against Nevada, the rest of the Tigers took it upon themselves to tough out a second-round win, writes Andy Katz.

Coach John Calipari knows that whenever Memphis loses, it will be blamed on the perceived weakness of Conference USA. He's just happy for the opportunity to prove the critics wrong.

Chris Lofton scored a career-high 34 points as Tennessee built a big lead in the first half and stunned Memphis (No. 17 ESPN/USA Today, No. 16 AP) 76-58 Wednesday.

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2006-07 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

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Andy Katz continues his Summer Sizzling 50 with 10 teams that are Final Four dark horses.

A day after winning the top pick in the draft lottery, the Toronto Raptors dispatched coach Sam Mitchell and senior adviser Wayne Embry to Italy to scout forward Andrea Bargnani.

Arron Afflalo scored 15 points and shut down Memphis leading scorer Rodney Carney, helping UCLA defeat Tigers 50-45 Saturday and earn a trip to Indianapolis for its first Final Four appearance since the school's 1995 NCAA championship.

Rodney Carney contributed on both ends of the floor Thursday, scoring 23 points and leading a stingy defense that gave Memphis an 80-64 victory and put the Tigers in the regional final for the first time since 1992.

Memphis' backup point guard, Andre Allen, is making a name for himself -- much like his namesake did two decades ago.

Conference USA player of the year Rodney Carney had 19 points and Andre Allen matched his season high with 11 -- all in a late first-half spurt that put Memphis ahead to stay -- and the Tigers beat Oral Roberts 94-78 Friday.

The first weekend of the NCAA Tournament is supposed to be a cakewalk for No. 1 seeds. Not so for Memphis this year. And that's just fine with the Tigers, writes Pat Forde.

Shawne Williams scored 13 of his 18 points in the first half as the fifth-ranked Tigers led from start to finish and rolled to a 57-46 victory over Alabama-Birmingham for their first C-USA tournament title.

Rodney Carney scored 18 points, and Darius Washington added 15 to help No. 5 Memphis beat Tulane 75-56 in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA tournament Thursday night.