This has been the Memphis Tigers greatest season with their 78-63 NCAA national semifinal win over the UCLA Bruins. The Tigers will play the Kansas Jayhawks tomorrow for the national championship with a tip-off time of 8:21 p.m.
The nation was waiting for one final UCLA run, it never came. Memphis' losses to UCLA in the 1973 championship game and the 2006 Elite game are gone now. This will be a huge game for the City of Memphis. Memphis Tigers' coach, John Calipari stated, "The city of Memphis is in the Bible Belt, a Godly place, a charitable place. But we've got a lot of poverty. We've got a lot going on. This, in Memphis, will mean more."