Calkins: No reason (yet!) to have Memphis in the Top 25
Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway, seen here in January, was frustrated that the Tigers weren’t ranked in the top 5 at the beginning of last season. This year, few are arguing for the Tigers need to rank higher. Yet. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)

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.
You can’t blame Associated Press voters for leaving the Tigers out of the preseason poll. The program has a recent history of underachieving. This is the year to flip that around.