Calkins: Now Memphis will have to make history
University of Memphis guard Lester Quinones (11) is fouled on a drive by Houston's Quentin Grimes (right) during the Tigers' game against the Cougars at the Fertitta Center in Houston on March 8, 2020. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
The Memphis Tigers will need four wins if they're to get the automatic bid by winning the AAC Tournament. And they've never done that.
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