Memphis Undefeated Against Houston

John Calipari; Memphis Coach doesn't finish comparable his contingent should not be concerned approximately their winning streak and that he's firm his company testament be defeated before the typical season finish. The Tigers obtain a dewy diversion this future Wednesday against Houston basically the two top gang in the Convention USA.

Currently Memphis has a inscribe of 23-0 and a conference of 9-0. This is the beyond compare embarkation in the narration of the academy and is the unmarried remaining undefeated organization in the nation. Memphis extremely grasps the nation"s capital habitation court winning streak with 46 consecutives games. The Tigers hog won 42 general season games in a row and 32 straight games in Conference USA. On the contrary Coach Calipari is not using those records to inspire his team.

"My location to them is the onliest configuration we can act with these streaks that we're on is add to them, owing to they are records," "They're records within our university. They're records within our league. There are no else streaks that we can break. We broke them all. So first off it's, OK, let's move back to dodge at getting better.'" Calipari said.

The pastime on Wednesday will be merriment character four at house for the Tigers. The Tigers haven"t absent on their court thanks to 2006 against Texas. Whether they killing this sport and the consequent against Tennessee on Feb. 23, they could mature the anterior side to enter the NCAA tournament undefeated on account of UNLV in 1990-91.

"If we were to lose, I'd be shocked," said Chris Douglas-Roberts, who leads the gang with 16.7 points per game.

Nevertheless, Coach Calipari is undeniable that his line-up will be defeated during conference plays before the season finishes. "Every club we play, they accomplish shots they normally don't make, they play faster and and athletic and added aggressive than anybody we play, and it's a challenge. ... That's why I'm saying that we're going to lose a couple of cooperative games. That's what happens."

The Tigers defeated Central Florida on Saturday 85-64. Derrick Rose had a team-high 15 points with 11 3-pointers. Joey Dorsey; on the other hand; had 12 points and 13 rebounds and Robert Dozier returned after a suspension and had 11 points.

"We're raising the stakes as we push forward," Calipari said. "Central Florida's a fine team, however when we fabricate 3s we alter to a half-cooked crew to beat."

Memphis has won the extreme six meetings between the teams because a 66-53 loss at Houston on Feb. 5th, 2005. Both teams are expecting a lot, for one side Memphis is trying to stop unbeaten and on the other Houston is trying to strengthen their chances to distance the NCAA tournament.

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