There’s been a little bit of buzz already among Tigers fans about Sports Illustrated’s college hoops preview edition, which does not include Memphis in the NCAA Tournament field.

SI’s Luke Winn, who wrote the preview capsules, e-mailed me last night and said it was an honest mistake, though a regrettable one. He explains and apologizes on his blog:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_blogs/basketball/ncaa/2006/11/memphis-gaffe.html

The Tigers’ recruiting momentum just keeps on rolling.

Markieff and Marcus Morris, identical twins from Philadelphia, signed with Memphis on Wednesday morning. They are both right around 6-9 and play the wing-forward positions.

Though they signed, they are probably headed for prep school next year and enrollment at Memphis in 2008-09.
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