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Sports gambling a dicey game By Omer Yusuf

news@dailyhelmsman.com Christopher Vichathep only occasionally bets on sports but it only took one incident for a regular night to transform into an evening he never expected. Vichathep, a sophomore nutrition major at the University of Memphis, was walking to his car after a long day at work when a mysterious guy approached him and asked if he wanted to have a “couple of beers” and hangout at his house. “It turns out that the guy was someone I chilled with in high school,” Vichathep said. “(After confirming with a friend it was him) I decided to go hang out with him.” Once they arrived at the house, Vichathep heard some screaming in the garage and wanted to see what was going on. “I went in and I saw two dudes in a circle fighting each other with everyone else crowded around them,” Vichathep said. “Then the guy said, ‘For $50, you can get in the circle yourself.’” Four fights later, Vichathep ended the night with $200 in his pocket. Vichathep said that this was a rare gambling situation for him because he actually got to bet

iLLUstration By roBBie porter | staff

Approximately $98.9 million worth of bets were made on the Super Bowl last year, and an additional $60-70 billion is illegally gambled on college football every year, according to CNBC. on himself instead of someone else, making it more appealing to him. “I prefer making my money

by working hard,” Vichathep said. “But I can always make an exception.” According to a 2008 Gallup

Poll, about one in six Americans gambles on sports. Men are nearly twice as likely to gamble on sports as women,

and younger Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 are more

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Campus clinic encourages HIV testing By Joey Kachel

news@dailyhelmsman.com Since the 1980s, the AIDS pandemic has touched every state in the union. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that there are over 1.1 million people in the U.S. living with HIV and AIDS, and that one in six people are unaware they even have it. H I V, or Hu m a n Immunodeficiency Virus, is a disease that destroys certain immune system cells, called T cells. Over time, enough of

these cells are destroyed that the immune system is effectively rendered useless, leading AIDS, which stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Few places in the U.S. have been hit as hard by HIV/AIDS as the South. In 2010, the CDC released a report stating that the South accounted for 40 percent of all people living with HIV/AIDS nationwide and nearly half of the 17,774 deaths that year. Locally, a report issued by the Tennessee Department of Health in 2013 stated that 7,026 people were

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living with HIV/AIDS in Shelby County in 2012, accounting for 36 percent of all people suffering from HIV/AIDS statewide. Those suffering from AIDS are more susceptible to opportunistic infections, such as rare cancers or illnesses caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites that take advantage of a person’s weakened immune system. Though there is no cure for HIV or AIDS, with early and consistent use of antiretroviral therapy those infected with HIV may never progress to full-blown

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AIDS, and can live a nearly normal life. Without treatment, the typical lifespan of an AIDS sufferer is three years or less. To help stem the tide, Student Health Services provides free oral AIDS screenings every Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in room 338 of the University Center. Planned Parenthood of the Greater Memphis Region sponsors the screenings and provides testers. Jacqueline De Fouw is a registered nurse and health educator with Student Health Services.

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She explained just who could benefit the most from an HIV test. “Everyone should be tested” De Fouw said. “Some (people) have more risk factors, so (they) should be tested more frequently. (College students have the) same risk as the general public with the same risk factors. We do live in an area of the US that has a higher number of HIV/AIDS cases.” Since 1985, non-profit organization Friends for Life has been

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likely to gamble on sports then the 35-to-54-year-old age group. Americans aged 55 and older are the least likely to gamble on sports. Earnest Shelton, 64 and retired, has been gambling for 44 years and said he has played every type of gambling game possible. “I’ve done sports gambling, played slot machines, football pools, etc.,” Shelton said. “If you name it, I did it.” Shelton said the reason he started gambling was because of the people around him. “I got started because of the guys I ran around with,” Shelton said. “I did what I had to do to fit with the in-crowd.” He said that one of the differences between sports gambling and other types of gambling is that you could cheat more easily in other types of gambling compared to sports gambling. “The reason cheating in table gambling was easier was because I had a bad dice and a bad deck of cards in my back pocket,” Shelton said. Shelton said he could easily get away with that back in the day, but nowadays he would never try something like that. “I wouldn’t do it now because it’s simply too dangerous,” Shelton said. “People will kill over a penny nowadays.” He said if he had not started gambling, he might have been a millionaire. “I bought some big houses (along the way), and if I had just stayed out of gambling, I could’ve been a millionaire,” Shelton said. “Gambling is a fool’s game.” Jim Whelan, co-coordinator of the U of M Gambling Clinic, said that people gamble because it gives them positive feelings. “People experience posi-

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tive things from gambling, (as a result) your mood improves and you start to feel good about yourself,” Whelan said. Walter Winfree, a psychology graduate student at the U of M and therapist at the U of M Gambling Clinic, said that the strongest pull of gambling is the ability to make money. “Some of the positive pulls include making money, but it can also be for social reasons,” Winfree said. “(The casino) is a place where you can drink, interact and see concerts—it’s one big entertainment center.” Winfree said gambling exists in one big continuum. “In the continuum you first have people who don’t gamble at all,” Winfree said. “Then you have people who do recreational gambling and then it gets more into the serious types of gambling from there.” He also said sports gambling is different from other types of gambling due to the possibility of having to do some research. “It (sports gambling) is different because you may have to do research for teams you bet on, usually through a bookie,” Winfree said. “It’s less of a game in that sense. It’s not so much about skill.” Winfree said the best time to stop gambling is when you start experiencing problems directly due to gambling. “Whether it is not paying your bills or missing work and/ or school (at that point), it is probably time to change your gambling habits,” Winfree said. The U of M Gambling Clinic provides one-on-one counseling and will help people deal with all the different types of gambling problems individuals may have. “We give them extensive feedback on their problems and ask them to log in their last six months of gambling,” Winfree said. “From there, we look and find those triggers and try to

give them different options when those triggers come about.” He also said that after six to eight sessions, the therapists follow up with the problem gamblers on an annual basis. Gary Parrish, 37, a national college basketball columnist for CBSSports.com, said that he has always viewed sports gambling as just another form of entertainment. “I only gamble on college football and the NFL, and it makes my Sundays way more entertaining,” Parrish said. According to the American Gaming Association, sports fans bet a new record $98.9 million on last year’s Super Bowl and a further $60-70 billion is illegally gambled on college football every year, according to CNBC. Parrish said his argument for making sports gambling legal is based on alcohol. “Just because a few people struggle with alcohol doesn’t mean you should ban alcohol,” Parrish said. However, he also said if people think that gambling can become a reliable source of income, they are mistaken. “If you think it’s a way to make money, there are a few examples of people who do, but more times than not they don’t,” Parrish said. “If you tricked yourself into thinking you can become rich, supplant a source of income or make money (off of gambling), you are misguided.” Nevertheless, Parrish said he thinks sports gambling will someday be legal throughout the U.S. “I think one day it will be legal throughout the entire country— just look at same-sex marriage,” Parrish said. “Ten years ago it was so rare, now pretty soon in every state you’ll be able to do it. That’s how I think sports gambling will eventually become.”

Students look to alleviate the stress of school By Amber Williams

news@dailyhelmsman.com With college being a balancing act between deadlines and social life, many students find little to no time to fit much else into their busy schedules, let alone, ways to reduce stress. Michael Duke, an anthropology professor at the University of Memphis, defined stress as the way the body physically responds to a perceived challenge. “Stress, and the stress response, is both positive and necessary to a certain extent,” Duke said. “It becomes detrimental when the stress remains constant over an extended period of time.” According to Duke, among a tense posture and overall nervousness, there are a few tell-tell indicators that a person is stressed out. “Many people, though, do not display physical signs of stress no matter how stressed out they are, or else the signs are subtle,” he said. “In other words, it is not always possible to tell how stressed out another person is unless you know him (or her) well.” Duke said he spends time with his family and plays music to calm his nerves during stressful situations. Another viable stress reliever is exercise. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, exercising is one of the most beneficial methods to relieve stress. By exercising, the body releases endorphins in the brain. Endorphins are chemicals that help reduce the sensation of pain. Endorphins are also induced by

activities such as consuming alcohol and meditation. Luckily, exercising is far less dangerous than drinking, and for those with a short attention span—it is more stimulating than meditation. Although for University of Memphis Yoga Instructor, Bob Hughes, meditation doesn’t hurt. He meditates twice a day and has been doing yoga for 40 years. “Yoga really does relieve stress— its just helped with so many things,” said the 66-year-old yoga guru. He attributed yoga with alleviating the symptoms of his personal health issues including asthma and migraines. Hughes has personally been affected by including Yoga into his daily routine, but admitted he was even more pleased to hear how it has affected so many of his students. “I’ve heard so much from them (my students)—it helped with their road rage, their grades have gone up, they get along better with their spouses or main squeezes,” Hughes said. Hughes believes stress is unavoidable. For Hughes, the death of both of his parents went beyond inducing stress. His mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and he took care of her during her final days. “She was in hospice care, and I saw her, I must say yoga helped me maintain my sanity,” Hughes said. Although he does advocate bodily movement to alleviate stress, Hughes, who graduated from the U of M with a doctorate and Master’s in Counseling, also suggests talking to professionals if situations get too extreme.

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Singing to save lives By David Creech

news@dailyhelmsman.com Members of several University of Memphis fraternity and sorority chapters will take the stage to perform songs and dances at this year’s Greek Sing. Greek Sing, which will take place in the Elma Roane Field House gymnasium on Sunday is a philanthropy event in which teams of different fraternities and sororities will perform songs and dances. These teams, with one fraternity paired with one sorority, must choose a theme for their performance and then pick songs to sing that correlate with the theme. They must also choreograph and perform their own dances to go with the music. Individual teams will also design a set that correlates with their individual performance. The teams will be competing for awards in different categories such as Best Set Design or Best Overall. Points will be allotted in the different categories with additional points being awarded to the teams that raised the most money. All proceeds of the event will go to Relay for Life, a non-profit organization that benefits the American Cancer Society. Luke Enzor, co-director of the Sigma Chi and Alpha Delta Pi team and sophomore film and video major, said Greek Sing is one of the biggest philanthropy events of the year. “People like to come support their friends, brothers and sisters when they try to raise money,” Enzor said. “We are really excited to be both performing and raising money to battle cancer.” Enzor has been rehearsing with his team every weeknight for over two weeks to train his team in several different areas of performance. “The first time I ever directed a play was my senior year of high school,” Enzor said. “But I believe that gave me experience with directing people who have never dealt with live performance before.” The All Unity Board, an organization that unifies the different fraternity and sorority councils and organizes events that they participate in, organized Greek Sing. Charles Uffelman, a member of the All Unity Board, said that it took a lot of work to get Greek Sing in motion. “We started planning the event in January, which is a bit later than usual,” Uffelman said. “Now we are checking the teams’ financial statements to make sure they are under the spending cap. This week, however, we are focused on

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Members of Sigma Chi and Alpha Delta Pi rehearse their Allsing routine in the Communication and Fine Arts dance studio. selling tickets and setting up the sound and lighting.” Elizabeth Johns, an undecided freshman, explained that preparing for Greek Sing took many hours of dedicated rehearsal. “For the first two weeks, we were allowed to practice for up to 15 hours,” Johns said. “Now we have unlimited practice time leading up to the event, which may very well exceed 15 hours.” Johns urges people to know that Greek Sing is family-friendly. “Sometimes people hear the U of M Greek organizations are holding an event and might expect the worst, but Greek Sing is a family-friendly event for charity,” Johns said. Jack Dudley, a freshman business science major, believes the preparations for Greek Sing have been fun. “It’s a lot more work than I expected,” Dudley said. “We rehearse almost every night, so I have to prioritize schoolwork versus rehearsals.” Although Dudley has been more mindful of his homework, he believes the cause makes it all worthwhile. “Greek Sing is great,” Dudley said. “It all goes towards Relay for Life, which is a great cause and I’m glad I am a part of it.” Greek Sing will take place in the Elma Roane Field House gymnasium Sunday. Doors open at 4:15 p.m. and performances will start at 5 p.m. Tickets are $10, and students can buy them in the University Center All Unity Board booth or the day of the event.

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Tigers’ Ta es “My freshman year I broke my foot and ended up getting hooked on painkillers, so I destroyed my GPA. I dropped out for a couple of years, and now I’m trying to fight back.” William Park, Accounting sophomore

“I grew up in Memphis, and I went off to school in Columbia, S.C., but ended up moving back because I didn’t know the town, the people or anything there.” Christina McKinney, Dance junior

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“I’m a type one diabetic, so any time I get majorly sick it like screws up everything. It always seems to happen at the beginning of the semester.” Tesa Hall, Biochemistry sophomore

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Page 1 devoted to helping Memphians living with HIV/AIDS. They currently serve over 2,500 people, 45 percent of which are women and 488 children. Kim Daugherty is the executive director for Friends for Life. She went into detail about the best ways to prevent the spread of HIV. “In the HIV world, we talk about the ABCs of prevention,” Daugherty said.

“A” stands for abstinence— anyone who has sex is at risk for contracting HIV, so it stands to reason than not having sex is the best way to eliminate the risk. “B” stands for being faithful to one, HIV negative person, and not having multiple sexual partners. Finally, “C” is for condoms, which can reduce—but not totally eliminate—the risk of HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases, like syphilis. But Daugherty says that reality isn’t so simple. “In the real world, most

people just get down to the ‘C,’ but it’s the best thing we have,” Daugherty said. In the event that someone does contract HIV, the first step would be to secure treatment. Informing previous and current sexual partners and urging them to get tested is also a very important step. Getting counseling is also a good idea, and there are a number of services available both on campus and around Memphis. On-campus counseling can be found at the counseling center in Wilder Tower or at the

psychological counseling center in the Psychology Building. The Planned Parenthood HIV screeners at HIV screening events are also specially trained to help those who have been newly diagnosed. Around Memphis, both The Ryan White Foundation and Friends for Life provide a number of services to HIV sufferers, including counseling for those who have just found out they’re HIV positive. But it’s also important to realize that having HIV isn’t the certain death sentence it was just

30 years ago. With advances in medicine and a further developed understanding of the virus, it can now be treated as a chronic disease. And just because someone is outside the “risk group” for HIV, they still need to exercise common sense, as Daugherty explained. “HIV doesn’t care how old you are, or about the color of your skin, or how much money you have or where you went to school,” Daugherty said. “It’s a virus.”

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Retail trucks roll through Memphis By Hannah Bailey

news@dailyhelmsman.com Mobile retail trucks—similar to food trucks but with goods and services sold in lieu of cuisine—are in motion to set up shop in Memphis. Five trucks will be launching their businesses between now and May. The city of Memphis, the Mayor’s Innovation Delivery Team and Alt Consulting have combined efforts to bring a mobile retail truck industry to Memphis and help them succeed in the process. As one of the city’s economic development initiatives, MEMMobile provides education around mobile businesses, aid with regulation of the policies and procedures surrounding the retail trucks and provide incubation in the form of a forgivable loan program. “We want to use these first five trucks to understand and really test the business model,” program manager for the Mayor’s Innovation Delivery Team Abby Miller said. Last fall, the MIDT issued a request for proposal to the public for the mobile program and received 20 applications. A selection committee of local business leaders and government officials chose five awardees to receive the forgivable loan and be a part of MEMMobile. Henny Penny Mobile Boutique, Thigh High Jeans, Sache: A T-Shirt Truck, K’PreSha: A Haul of Fashion on Wheels and The Bike Smith are gearing up to start business. “Our idea was to have it be a cohort where we had enough trucks hitting the street at the same time to create a credible mass and really test the business model for a variety of businesses,” Miller said. In other cities where the mobile retailers are thriving, trucks encompass a number of different markets and services. Floral shops on wheels, for instance, have found great success. “We saw that there was a pretty healthy and robust food truck industry here but, unlike other cities, we didn’t see this mobile retail opportunity really cropping up,” Miller said. The program is a great way for entrepreneurs to start a business without having to open up a brick and mortar shop. It also provides the opportunity to set up anywhere as a retailer, which is helpful in an expansive city like Memphis, giving businesses the ability to go where customers are. Regulations for the retail trucks differ drastically from those set for the food truck industry. Food trucks have ordinances that require them to maintain a distance of 300 feet from restau-

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Cyndii Jo Hartley’s retail truck The Henny Penny Mobile Boutique held its grand opening last Saturday afternoon at Theatre Memphis. rants, unless given approval from all the restaurants within that distance. Memphis retail trucks currently have no such restrictions and regulations. “There isn’t any specific language about how close or far retail trucks can be to other retail stores,” Miller said. “We are just asking the mobile retail busi-

nesses themselves establish good relationships with other businesses and get permission to be where they are. “ Cyndii Jo Harley’s Henny Penny Mobile Boutique is the first of the five retail trucks to roll up its door and open for business. Hartley held two soft openings before having her official grand opening to the pub-

lic at Theatre Memphis Saturday from 12 to 4 p.m. So far, the Henny Penny Mobile Boutique has been a success, according to Hartley. “The only thing tripping me up is how to bag the purchases,” she said. “I’ve been fighting with tissue paper.” The Henny Penny sells ladies’ clothing and accessories under

$100 with a focus on “effortless glamour.” Part retail, part education and part engagement, the Sache: A T-shirt Truck will sell the same products featured in their store downtown as well as lease the truck out for events to do on-site screen-printing. “For a company like ours, where we have a brick and mortar but are not really ready or willing to go out and open another one yet, it’s a good growth step,” Sache co-owner John Sylvester said. The 30-foot long truck is still in the fabrication process but owners John Sylvester and Eric Evans hope to be doing business by May 1. A downtown brick and mortar clothing store that is gearing up to sell on wheels, K’PreSha: A Haul of Fashion on Wheels, sells both men’s and women’s clothing featuring mostly local designers. Owner Kimberly Taylor expects to open in two to four weeks. Thigh High Jeans, owned by Ann Smithwick and Kerry Peeples, up-cycles used jeans people donate and reconfigures them into creative wearable denim with a message. The fifth truck in the MEMMobile program is The Bike Smith, a mobile bike repair and bike accessories business owned by Jim Steffen. The truck will set up shop in bike central areas as well as make house calls for repairs. “It’s an exciting time for a city like Memphis because this could be a unique catalyst for growth, not only for consumers who want to come out and look at niche goods but also for future entrepreneurs that maybe don’t have the resources to open up a traditional storefront business,” Sylvester said.

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The University of Memphis men’s golf team has hovered near the top of nearly every tournament they have competed in this season, but they have only been able to seal the deal once until Tuesday when they took first place in the Memphis Intercollegiate at Colonial Country Club. The Tigers finished the tournament at plus-10, running away from the competition by 15 strokes. Memphis head coach Grant Robbins was thrilled to see his team pull out the win, but he said there is still room for improvement. “Obviously, you’re very happy anytime you can win a college tournament,” Robbins said. “The course dried up a bit and played tougher today, but we were able to get the win.” Senior Will Pearson, sophomore Florian Loutre and junior Cory Gaylord led the way for the Blue and

Gray. The trio of Tigers tied for third place with scores of plus-2. Haraldur Magnus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette won the individual side of the tournament, shooting a one over par. Marco Iten from Austin Peay State University shot one over par for a second-place finish. Freshmen David Long and Lars Van Meijel posted low scores for Memphis as well. Long shot eight over par for the tournament, tying for 18th. Van Meijel shot seven over to place 16th. A windy couple of days caused the scores to be higher than normal, but Mother Nature presented no problems for the experienced U of M squad. The first-place finish could be a nice momentum builder for the Memphis squad, which is preparing for the American Athletic Conference tournament. “This is the time you want to start to play better,” Robbins said. “We have the conference tournament coming up, but our ultimate goal is to make the NCAA Championship.”

Two Tigers prepare for World Cup By Austin Reynolds

sports@dailyhelmsman.com The Canada Under-20 women’s soccer team announced its roster for its training camp in preparation of the 2014 FIFA Women’s World Cup and two Memphis Tigers have been invited. Memphis junior midfielder Kylie Davis and freshman forward Valerie Sanderson will take their talents to Portland, Ore., for the training camp that concludes April 11. Memphis head coach Brooks Monaghan welcomes the opportunity for his players to play internationally. Davis and

Sanderson, both Quebec natives, played integral roles for the Tigers this season, and they hope to do the same for the Canadian National team. “It’s always an honor to have any of our players represent their country,” Monaghan said in a press release. “Anytime we have student-athletes play at this level, it is a big honor for our University and our soccer program. Obviously, both players are well-deserving of this opportunity and we wish them nothing but the best in this camp.” Davis started 18 games for the Tigers in the 2013-14 season, notching four assists. Sanderson was an offensive

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The newly formed American conference was not only a step up in competition for the football and basketball squads. Robbins believes the AAC’s golf lineup is one of the nation’s best. He hopes five or six teams from the American could make the NCAA Tournament at the season’s end. Robbins feels like the Tigers would get in the tournament if the season ended today, but he said the Tigers still have more work to do. “Most of it’s mental,” Robbins said. “Physically, we’re in good shape, but we need to continue to get better mentally.” Memphis struggled on the back nine at Colonial on Tuesday, and Robbins wants to see his team finish strong. Their next chance to improve comes Monday in West Point, Miss., where the Tigers will play in the Old Waverly Intercollegiate. Memphis only plays in two more tournaments before the critical conference tournament. Then, they plan to compete in the NCAA Regionals at the end of April.

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force in her freshman campaign, starting 21 games and scoring a team-high 17 goals while also totaling three assists. The Tigers finished 13-7-1 in their first year in the American Athletic Conference. Memphis was just 4-5-0 in conference play, but made a run in the conference tournament, taking down Houston and Louisville before being defeated by Rutgers on penalty kicks in the semifinals. The Canada Under-20 team opens World Cup play August 5 in Toronto against Ghana. Canada will also play Finland and Korea DPR in the group stage of the tournament.

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Jackson selected to senior all-star game By Austin Reynolds

sports@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis men’s basketball team may have fallen short of the Final Four, but that won’t stop senior guard Joe Jackson from playing in AT&T Stadium this weekend. Jackson is one of the 21 seniors selected to play in the Reese’s Division I College All-Star Game. The Memphis product will play for the West team coached by Johnny Dawkins of Stanford University, and Shawn Jones of Middle Tennessee State University and former conference-mate Neil Watson of the University of Southern Mississippi will join him. Memphis head coach Josh Pastner has never been shy about lavishing praise on Jackson, who was Pastner’s first big-name recruit. “Joe has won me a lot of games,” Pastner said after the Tigers beat SMU in their final home game of the year. “I’m just so proud of those guys. They’ve meant so much to the program, especially Chris (Crawford) and Joe (Jackson). Those guys have kept the program at such a high level and took a chance on us when it wasn’t cool and there were a lot of unknowns.”

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Joe Jackson is one of 21 seniors named to the Reese’s Division I College All-Star Game to be played Friday at AT&T Stadium. Mark Turgeon of the University of Maryland will coach the East team and notable players include Markel Starks of Georgetown University and

Will Sheehey of Indiana University. Jackson started 34 games for the Tigers during the 2013-14 season. He averaged a team-high 33.2 min-

utes, 14.1 points, 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals while adding 3.6 rebounds and shooting 44 percent from the field. Jackson’s season earned him

a spot on the American Athletic Conference All-Conference second team. For his career, Jackson is seventh on the Tigers’ all-time scoring list with 1,687 points and fourth in assists with 567. The Reese’s All-Star Game will be the first of many steps for Jackson as he attempts to earn a spot in the NBA. Most draft experts don’t have Jackson getting drafted, but some good showings in pro workouts could land the Memphis native on a professional roster. On the season, Memphis was able to compile a 24-10 record and a 12-6 mark in the American. The Tigers were able to take down five teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll, including a sweep of the Louisville Cardinals. Memphis received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, earning the eight-seed in the East region. The Tigers won their opening round matchup with George Washington University before being stomped by one-seeded University of Virginia 78-60 in the round of 32. The Reese’s Division I College AllStar Game will be played Friday at 4:30 p.m. CBS plans to air the game on tape-delay at 11 a.m. Saturday.

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