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Elliot Williams scored 19 points, Will Coleman finished with 16, and Memphis won its first game since John Calipari left, beating Jackson State 82-53 Friday night to give coach Josh Pastner a winning debut.

Elliot Williams was living his dream. Williams, a former five-star prospect, had jumped on the chance to play for his dream program and moved into Duke 's starting lineup late in his freshman season.

Before the 2007-2008 college basketball season, I came up with a mathematical formula to create my very own preseason Top 25.A As it turned out, the top three teams in my rankings made the Final Four.A My number four team, Louisville, did not, but my number five team, North Carolina, did.

The University of Memphis basketball team once again found itself behind late in the first half and entered the locker room down by one at halftime to cross-town Christian Brothers University on Monday night at the FedExForum.

Williams has shown he has an incredible work ethic, both on the court for the Tigers and in class at the U of M. CBU at Memphis When, where: 7 p.m. today, FedExForum TV, radio: No TV, WREC-AM , WKBQ-FM Challenges bring out the best in him.

USC added another offensive lineman to its class last week, and also dropped one.

The University of Memphis basketball program used to have the luxury of overwhelming talent and stunning depth, meaning slow starts rarely caused much concern.

Willie Kemp battles LeMoyne-Owen teammates Jeremy Anderson and Maurice Mickens for a loose ball during the first half of their exhibition.

Josh Pastner has spent his entire life preparing to be a head coach, but now that the big day is finally here, he's figuring out just how much he's got left to figure out.

HATTIESBURG - John Calipari will no longer be courtside when Memphis begins its Conference USA schedule this season, but the coaching legend leaves quite a legacy in a 61-game winning streak against league foes.

Tigers Elliot Williams and Doneal Mack spoke with Fox13 today about their upcoming season.

Today, we continue our conference countdown. We're working backward, from our No.

JB: The Tiger basketball team will take a step back from where they were last year.

I decided to leave Terrico White off the "point guards and combo guards" list and include him on the "shooting guards and wings" list.

There were 217 teams in college basketball last season that shot 3-pointers better than the University of Memphis.

Roburt Sallie says the Tigers "demand excellence here, and some guys don't understand that." "I thought we got better," Pastner said.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Four freshmen swingmen -- Drew Barham, Tyler Foster, D.J, Stephens and Malik Thomas -- are being counted on to replenish the depth lost by four departing starters.

At the College Basketball Roundtable each week, we ask each member of the coverage staff for his opinion about a current topic in the sport.

When it came time to announce where he would play college basketball, Sheffield guard Chris Crawford took a long look at the three hats in front of him Thursday before picking up the bright orange cap representing the University of Tennessee.

In May, a little more than a month after he took over as Memphis' head coach, Josh Pastner took a call from the legendary John Wooden , who wanted to impart some wisdom to his friend Lute Olson 's former player and assistant.