Calkins: Critical year for Memphis basketball gets off to a smashing start
Memphis Tigers Josh Minott (20) and Malcolm Dandridge (23) try to stop Wichita State Shocker Dexter Dennis (0) from scoring on Jan. 1, 2022, in Wichita, Kansas. (Travis Heying/Wichita Eagle)
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 Tigers smashed Wichita State Saturday. It was the best way possible to begin what could be one of the most important years in Memphis basketball history.
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