Calkins: The Tigers should be headed to glory. Instead, they’re headed home.
Dejected University of Memphis fans react after the Tigers lost to Florida Atlantic University in the NCAA Tournament game on Friday, March 17, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. (Mark Weber/The 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.
The Memphis Tigers had it all in their grasp. The win, the celebration, maybe even a trip to the Sweet 16. Instead, they lost to Florida Atlantic Friday. And now they are headed home.
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