Trask, Barron, and Root with Jason Smith in-studio 10/27/25

Memphis Tigers Trask, Barron, and Root with Jason Smith in-studio 10/27/25

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00:00All right, all right, it is a reunion, the pre-reunion, because we've got a fleet of

00:08former Tigers. We've got, as we said, Nathaniel Root, the beloved former walk-on there at

00:14Memphis. He's not just a former Tiger and a beloved former walk-on. He is now an author,

00:18an author. We're going to talk about his book. He's joined by an NBA champion, Earl Barron,

00:24who is also one of Root's teammates. Y'all know Earl Barron. Those guys are going to be down there

00:28tonight at FedEx Forum, as well as, special surprise, man, I was in school. You wouldn't

00:33know this. I was an older student and messed up at TSU, and I was back in school covering y'all.

00:37Courtney Trask is here. I wrote about him for the Daily Helmsman back, all of these guys.

00:41That was my time back at the Helmsman before I got to the CA. Courtney Trask joins us as well. So it is

00:47a reunion of former Tigers who are getting ready for tonight's reunion. You've got John Calipari,

00:53their former coach, coming back as the coach of Arkansas to play Memphis for the first time

00:57in FedEx Forum. We're excited about that. Root, I'm even more excited because you've been telling

01:02me this was coming for a while. I'm excited that I now have a copy, a personalized copy,

01:08an autographed copy of...