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Well, Memphis will get back one player from last year's National Championship runner-up squad ... and lose another one.

Robert Dozier will take his name out of the NBA Draft and return to school. The junior will be the top returning scorer on the team (he trailed Derrick Rose and Chris Douglas-Roberts last season) and should be a guy that John Calapari will lean on next season.

He joins Antonio Anderson as Tigers who declared for the draft but returned to school.

On the flip side, reserve guard Doneal Mack will leave Memphis and transfer. The Charlotte, NC native hinted that Clemson, LSU and Wake Forest are the schools he's looking at heading to.

Mack was fifth on the team in scoring last year (6.9 ppg), but played just 12 minutes in the Tigers' last four NCAA Tournament games (from the Sweet 16 on) and scored no points. During the season, Mack only saw extended amounts of playing time in blowout victories.

Peyton Manning gets box seats for Super Bowls (when he isn't playing in them). He can pretty much go wherever he pleases. Well, except for Saturday night's Tennessee-Memphis basketball game. Yes, so far he is shut out. I'm sure he could pull some strings, eh?

Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl picked up the phone and called Memphis coach John Calipari.

"He was begging me for tickets," Calipari said Tuesday. "And I told him no."

Calipari said Pearl was asking for Tennessee alum and Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, among others.

Calapari was joking, and Memphis athletic director R.C. Johnson hooked it up. According to ESPN.com, they were pulling Bruce Pearl along because ... uh ... well ...

Memphis athletic director R.C. Johnson granted the request, Calipari said, but he just wanted to make Pearl sweat.

You wanted to see him sweat? He's the sweatiest coach west of College Park, Maryland.