Calkins: U of M keeping NCAA hopes alive
Tigers overcome turnovers, injury and a plague of locusts (hey, it felt like it)
University of Memphis forward Lance Thomas (15) celebrates after blocking a shot attempt by the Huskies' Christian Vital (1) during the Tigers' game on Feb. 1, 2020, against Connecticut at FedExForum in Memphis. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
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.
DJ Jeffries is going to miss 4-6 weeks with a knee injury. But Memphis can still make the NCAA Tournament if they do this one thing.
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