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Memphis Tigers Dismiss Henderson-Niles

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Published Feb. 9, 2010 at 10:04 a.m.
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If you’ve been a regular at FedExForum this winter, you know some of the biggest cheers heard at Tiger games are those for buckets scored by Memphis senior Pierre Henderson-Niles. A converted layup. A made free throw. The crowd ROARS in appreciation ... The sad truth, though, is that the converted baskets were applauded because there were considered rarities by those familiar with watching Henderson-Niles play ... Larry Kuzniewski Pierre Henderson-Niles ... The big center was dismissed from

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Gonzaga 66, Memphis Tigers 58

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Published Feb. 6, 2010 at 8:36 p.m.

I took my family to this afternoon’s game, my daughters’ first in two years. (Now and then, you gotta leave the notebook and recorder at home.) Among the questions I heard today that I never do on press row: “Why are all those people reading newspapers?” (It was during the pregame introduction of the Gonzaga starting lineup.) “How many of these [foil strands] are on my pom-pom?” ... Reminded me what’s important, even on game day ... The Tigers had a chance to pull the upset today,

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Memphis Tigers vs. Gonzaga (Saturday, 3pm, FEF)

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.
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• This interregional series began during the 2005-06 season,the aim being to get two of the best programs outside the six major conferences on the same floor. A member of the West Coast Conference, Gonzaga has won at least 23 games every season since coach Mark Few took over the program for the 1999-2000 campaign. The Zags have reached the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16 four times under Few (2000, 2001, 2006, 2009) ... • Gonzaga enters Saturday’s nationally televised matinee with a record of

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Memphis Tigers vs. Montanta State (7 pm, FEF)

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Published Dec. 9, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.
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• The Tigers and Bobcats have met only once before, on December 17, 1960, when Memphis won, 77-50, in Bozeman. Led by Wayne Yates (17.5 ppg), that Tiger team went 20-2 before losing in the first round of the NIT. This will be only the third time Memphis has faced a team from the Big Sky Conference (They beat Eastern Washington in 1951.) ... • The Bobcats enter the game on a two-game winning streak, with a record of 4-3. Their wins have come over Colorado Christian, San Francisco, Northern

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Josh Pastner is So Young . . .

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Published Nov. 19, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.

The first in a series ... Five regulars for the 2009 world champion New York Yankees (counting DH Hideki Matsui) are older than Coach Pastner ...

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Tigers 82, Jackson State 53

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Published Nov. 14, 2009 at 12:37 a.m.
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There was nothing automatic about tonight's Opening Night win over the Southwestern Athletic Conference's favorite Tigers. It may have been a life-changer for rookie head coach Josh Pastner — "I'm only 799 behind Jim Boeheim," he cracked after the game — but it was no automatic win. With seven scholarship players in his rotation, and only two players you'd classify as "big men," Pastner will count the wins from his first season in the big chair like a 2008 stock broker counted his coins.

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Ten Hours Till Tip-Off

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Published Nov. 13, 2009 at 10:58 a.m.
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A few things on my mind as we close in on the start of the 89th season of Tiger basketball (tip-off at 8 pm tonight, FedExForum): ... • How will Josh Pastner manage what is essentially a two-man frontcourt? Pierre Henderson-Niles — in a new body, it should be noted — and Will Coleman are bound to get in foul trouble (and often) this season. “Going small” isn’t a bad idea when you can put Willie Kemp, Elliot Williams, Roburt Sallie, and Wesley Witherspoon on the floor together. But

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Visions of 2010

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Published Nov. 12, 2009 at 2:52 p.m.
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With Opening Night merely a day away, it’s hard not to look ahead 12 months and imagine the team Josh Pastner will likely send to the floor as a 33-year-old, second-year coach. With the signing of local stars Joe Jackson and Chris Crawford now official and the surprising addition of forward Hippolyte Tsafack — never hurts to tap Cameroon for overlooked talent — the Tigers have a recruiting class that could fill the starting lineup in 2010-11. (Brothers Will and Antonio Barton would fill

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Hear Us Roar!

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Published Nov. 12, 2009 at 2:49 p.m.

Let me be the first to welcome you to Tiger Blue, our new blog devoted to University of Memphis sports. Having just celebrated the Flyer ’s 20th anniversary — and with the spirit of former editor and sportswriter supreme Dennis Freeland alive and well — the time seems perfect for us to launch an interactive resource for Tiger Nation. The views, opinions, thoughts, and ramblings you find here should contribute to what remains this community’s most unifying chatter. Did you see the Tigers

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"Inconclusive Evidence"

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Published June 4, 2009 at 6:00 a.m.

The University of Memphis will tell the NCAA on Saturday that itcould not have known that basketball player Derrick Rose was ineligiblein the 2007-2008 season for faking an entrance exam ... "Certainly, the University of Memphis should not suffer a financialpenalty or vacation of records for the 2008 NCAA tournament as a resultof this allegation," the university says, in records it released to themedia Tuesday morning ... The meeting in Indianapolis Saturday will include U of M presidentShirley

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