The Hunt: No. 46, Memphis

The Hunt for the Most Interesting Team in the World is the Dagger's 2009-10 countdown preview series. Check out the overriding principles here.Last year's record: 33-4 (16-0 Conference USA)2009-2010's toughest games: at Kansas (neutral site: Scottrade Center in St. Louis), vs Tennessee, vs GonzagaPrimary attraction: Memphis, like new coach Josh Pastner, is talented but unproven. How far can talent take a Calipari-less Tigers squad in 2009-10?Three items of undeniable interest: 1. Forget everything you knew about the Memphis Tigers. Rough going for Memphis this offseason, huh? First, 30-win-season machine John Calipari is lured away by the high-profile of Kentucky. Then Calipari snatches up all his recruits and takes them with him. Then it's revealed that former Tiger Derrick Rose quite possibly committed SAT-related fraud, and because Rose never responded to the NCAA's ongoing investigation, Memphis bore the brunt of the punishment: The school was forced to vacat...