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Article: BEARCATS INVADE PYRAMID \ UC, MEMPHIS SHARE AN INTENSE HISTORY.(Sports)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
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- March 1, 2003
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Byline: Jason Williams Post staff reporter
Erik Martin showed up at the University of Cincinnati's practice Thursday afternoon. UC was preparing to play Memphis, the Bearcats' big rival back when Martin played at UC in the early '90s.
Martin's presence and Memphis' resurgence this season brought back memories for Bearcats head coach Bob Huggins, whose team plays the 24th-ranked Tigers at Memphis' Pyramid tonight.
"From what (Memphis coach John Calipari) tells me, they're going to have 19,000 there," Huggins said. "Kind of like it was in the old days when we played in the (Great Midwest) conference tournament there and played in the regular ...