‘I was blessed’: John Calipari reflects on Derrick Rose, coaching the Tigers
In the wake of Derrick Rose joining the Grizzlies, Kentucky’s coach looks back at his time in Memphis.
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Memphis Tigers Memphis Tigers Basketball John Calipari Derrick Rose 2008 NCAA title game Memphis GrizzliesParth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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