Final Four Memories: The Tigers experienced March Madness before it was a thing
Fifty years ago on March 15, 1973, the 1972-73 Memphis State basketball team played South Carolina in its first game of the 1973 NCAA Tournament. Two days later the Tigers defeated Kansas State to reach the Final Four for the first time in program history. (The University of Memphis athletics/Daily Memphian)
Larry Finch, Larry Kenon helped Memphis State beat South Carolina and Kansas State to make it to St. Louis in the 1972-73 NCAA Tournament.
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Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
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