as I try to predict the top ten

Kirk's success came with a price, however, as recruiting violations led to NCAA sanctions that eventually stripped the team of accolades and cost him his job.

But like the Kirk era, Calipari's reign was tainted by NCAA penalties that forced them to vacate all of their '08 wins

It's certainly true that the end of his career was marred by scandal

Were stats from these years included in the overall results?

Your son is so good at playing basketball that the Memphis Tigers would like to offer him a full scholarship to attend our school and play for our Division 1 basketball program. We will pay for his tuition, his lodgings, his food, his books, his travel, provide free tutors, a weekly stipend, and all the Tigers sneakers and clothing he could want. We are willing to do all of this because we believe that his talent on the basketball court will help us to bring in significant revenue. We are not doing any of that because we believe in his ability or motivation as a student nor do we want him to reflect on our college as an educational institution in any way.

However, it turns out that young Derrick earned a poor score on a standardized test meant to measure the basic scholastic aptitude of potential college students. The score was so poor that he does not qualify for our school or our athletic scholarship. We'd rather maintain the integrity of a system that expects star basketball players to attend minimum classes for 1 and a 1/2 semesters and lose out on all above-mentioned revenue (or "scratch" as the kids call it). Please do not call the number on the enclosed piece of paper. Please do not ask the person who answers to take the test in your son's name.

Thank you for your time and for helping Derrick apply to our school.

Go Tigers!

PS - We'll send a car to bring your son's things to campus in August.