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Message: [QUOTE="BFieldHusky, post: 2794016, member: 2154"] Not sure where to put this so figured this thread might be the best. Interesting article on Memphis. [I]"This Memphis thing is going to work, isn't it?" an SEC coach said to me as he stood a few feet from Hardaway and Miller while watching the Hoop City Basketball Club win the Las Vegas Summer Showcase this week. I told him the early returns suggest it will. And the reason, or at least one of the reasons, is because Hardaway and Miller took on the challenge of rebuilding Memphis already in possession of some of the most established and deepest connections to grassroots basketball programs any college coaches have ever had. In fact, the situation is literally unprecedented, and here's why: Five of the top-65 prospects in [URL='https://247sports.com/Season/2019-Basketball/CompositeRecruitRankings/?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool']247Sports' Class of 2019 composite rankings[/URL] -- namely No. 1 James Wiseman, No. 14 Trendon Watford, No. 30 Kira Lewis, No. 37 DJ Jeffries and No. 65 Chandler Lawson -- have spent this month playing for a team that was, just four months ago, named for, and formally tied to, either Hardaway or Miller.[/I] [URL="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/how-memphis-penny-hardaway-and-mike-miller-became-the-most-fascinating-duo-on-the-recruiting-trail/"]How Memphis' Penny Hardaway and Mike Miller became the most fascinating duo on the recruiting trail[/URL] [/QUOTE]