2000-01 record: 21-15; 10-6 in C-USA (2nd in National) Final Ranking: NR Postseason: Beat Detroit 86-71 in third-place game of NIT after losing to Tulsa 72-64 in semifinals. RETURNING LEADERS Points: Wise 15.3 ppg | Rebounds: Wise 10.1 rpg | Assists: Trask 2.4 apg | FG %: Barron 54.1% | 3pt %: McFadgon 35.8% | FT %: McFadgon 77.5% 00-01 Stats: Memphis | C-USA

		Saturday, Nov. 3 Memphis has all the weapons to make the Sweet 16 this year.They've got everything -- size, depth, quickness, as well as a good mix of new players and upperclassman. It's up to coach John Calipari to blend it all together. Many think this club had the best recruiting class in the country last year. It is good. And freshman Dajuan Wagner may end up leading this club. The Tigers have good wing players, good inside players and can go 12 deep. They have everything they could possibly want. This is a very good basketball team.

Outlook
How geeked are Memphians about these Tigers? In the year the NBA has come to town, the university has sold out 17,500 season tickets in The Pyramid.

They're coming to see glam coach John Calipari, double-double man Kelly Wise, blossoming 7-footer Earl Barron, hometown swingman Scooter McFadgon, junior-college All-American Chris Massie ... and perhaps to get a look at the kid from Camden, N.J., too.

Dajuan Wagner arrives as the No. 1 recruit in America and as the most heralded Memphis recruit since Penny Hardaway. The freshman guard with a man's body and Iverson's crossover (not to mention his array of tattoos) may not be in town long, but it should be quite a show while he is.

Calipari said Wagner has scored 50 in a couple of scrimmages, even labeling it "an unselfish 50." Fifty any way for a freshman says something.

What we like: Memphis is huge, athletic and deep. Wagner and McFadgon will take care of the perimeter game, while Wise, Barron and Massie present the front line from hell for the rest of the league. The Tigers have plenty of ways to beat you.

What we don't like: How do dues-paying veterans like Wise and Barron accept watching Wagner get up to 20 shots a game? And who is the primary ball-handler? This team is talented enough to get by with a care-taker point guard who simply directs traffic and distributes, but we're not sure who fits that bill.

The bottom line: Combine all that talent with a winning coach and it should be more than enough to win Conference USA, push for a top-10 ranking and make the Tigers' deepest NCAA Tournament run since losing in overtime to defending national champion Arkansas in the 1995 tournament.

Key Players Returning
Player	Yr.	Pos.	Ht./Wt.	Comment
Kelly Wise	Sr.	F	6-10/217	PTS: 15.3 | REB: 10.1 | AST: 1.9
Scooter McFadgon	So.	G	6-5/190	PTS: 9.3 | REB: 3.3 | AST: 1.3
Courtney Trask	Jr.	G	6-3/177	PTS: 5.2 | REB: 2.8 | AST: 2.4

Key Losses
Player	Pos.	Ht./Wt.	Comment
Marcus Moody	G	6-5/185	PTS: 10.1 | REB: 2.1 | AST: 2.0
Shannon Forman	F	6-5/219	PTS: 9.8 | REB: 4.4 | AST: 2.1

Memphis Signings
Player	Pos.	Ht.	High School/College
Duane Erwin	F	6-9	Huntsville, Ala./Lee H.S.
Chris Massie	F	6-8	Arcola, Texas/Oxnard (Calif.) JC
Anthony Rice	F G	6-4	Atlanta, Ga./North Clayton H.S.
Dajuan Wagner	G	6-3	Camden, N.J./Camden H.S.