In Tigers vs. Blazers in the NCAA Tournament in 1985, there were sometimes nine players from Memphis on the floor at once.

At Kansas, the focus was Vincent Askew, a shooting guard who had transferred from Memphis State (now Memphis U.) Askew came to Lawrence in the summer of 1986 with the intention of transferring ...

The first of those players did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, wing alum Vincent Askew. After ending his college career at Memphis, Askew was picked up with the 39th overall selection of the ...