Memphis Roar

Just over the Mississippi River in Lepanto, AR, East Poinsett County High School combo guard Ky Madden says he has definitely been in touch with Josh Pastner and the Memphis staff.

“I’m hearing more from Memphis,” Madden said.

Memphis’ recruitment of Madden is nothing new. The highly athletic guard has starred for his East Poinsett squad for three years now and was a standout for the Arkansas Wings’ AAU team this past summer. Prior to Josh Pastner becoming the head coach at Memphis, John Calipari recruited Madden to Memphis heavily.

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WE ARE ONLY TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM THE McDONALD’S ALL-AMERICAN GAME! We have now updated the All-American Sponsorship Page to include a breakdown of expected expenses and a tiered sponsorship package breakdown for any businesses out there interested in becoming a sponsor for this event.

Heading into the spring, Memphis Roar has planned to travel to the McDonald’s All-American game in Columbus, OH and the Jordan Brand All-American game in New York, NY. With anywhere between two to five student athletes representing the University of Memphis in these two games, this is a great opportunity for our site and our viewers.

If you own a business and would like to know more about sponsoring our coverage, please click on our All-American Game Sponsorship page. 

As suggested by one of our readers, we will open up the opportunity to make individual, private donations. We are so thankful for the fact that we have viewers that are willing to help. So, thank you. To donate or to learn more about donating, go to the All-American Game Sponsorship page and scroll down to the Individual Donations section.

With the regular season now closed, the 2009-2010 Memphis Tigers look to the post-season. With hopes of making into the NCAA Tournament field of 64, the Tigers (23-8,  13-3 C-USA) have the opportunity to play their way in by winning the Conference USA Tournament or possibly by winning two games. The 2010 tournament is set to begin in Tulsa at the BOK Center on Wednesday, March 10th going through Saturday, March 13th.

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Check out the following clip from today where ESPN’s Andy Katz breaks down the current Bubble Watch, including the Tigers.

“Josh has done a phenominal job replacing John Calipari,” said Katz. “What’s been great about Memphis so far is they had an opportunity this past week. What did they do?”

Watch the video for the rest. References to Memphis begin around the 2:30 minute mark.

Just to quickly remind anyone that may have missed the previous announcement, we have moved our forums (message boards) over to http://memphisroar.com/forum. Please update any bookmark or favorite you may have to the old link, http://messageboard.memphisroar.com. If you do happen to go to the old location, you should be redirected. If you have any problems, feel free to let us know.

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The Memphis Roar Staff

Doneal Mack walked to center court, dropped to his knees, kissed the Tiger logo, and brought tears to the eyes of Tiger Nation. For Doneal Mack and Willie Kemp, the Tigers’ 75-53 routing of Tulsa in the Forum on Saturday was a fairy-tale ending to a memorable senior day.

“It was a spur of the moment thing,” Doneal Mack said of kissing the M in the center of the floor. “I felt like that was my way of saying thank you to the whole city, the program, the fans, everyone that was there for me the last four years.”

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