Chris Douglas-Roberts scored a career-high 33 points and No. 3 Memphis held on to beat Connecticut 81-70 in the championship game of the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic at Madison Square Garden.
The 2K Sports Classic tips off the college basketball season as 16 teams from 16 conferences compete at four sites across the country. The 2007 field included Alabama A&M, Buffalo, Central Arkansas, Connecticut, Denver, East Central, Gardner-Webb, Kentucky, Maine, Memphis, Morgan State, Ohio Valley, Oklahoma, Richmond, San Francisco, Tennessee-Martin.