Coach Cal Countdown: Michigan State, Texas wins were big ones before Memphis’ really big one
Memphis coach John Calipari talks with Memphis guard Derrick Rose (23) in the first half of the NCAA South Regional basketball final on Sunday, March 30, 2008, in Houston. (David J. Phillip/AP file, photo illustration by Kelsey Bowen/The Daily Memphian)
Before you can win the really big one, you have to win the big one.
And John Calipari’s Tigers won two pretty big ones in a giddy 48-hour span at Houston’s Reliant Stadium as part of their run in 2008 to the NCAA championship game.
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John Varlas
John Varlas is a lifelong Memphian who has covered high school sports in various capacities for over 20 years.
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