foil as an antenna . More than 350 miles away , I managed to pick up the then-Memphis State games through the crackle and static of the radio . Memphis basketball was my only way to remain connected to my youth and the city that I loved . That was 1985 , the last time Memphis made the Final Four . Is your team in the Final Four ? Send your iReport celebratory photos Back then , Memphis was led by a phenom named Keith Lee . He was best known for a sweet baseline jumper as soft as the nylon nets he swished . He was also known for his giant Afro . He was listed as 6 feet 10 inches . The joke was if you included his wild hairdo , he was 7-4 . When my parents were away at work , sometimes I 'd sneak into my mom 's cabinet , steal her mousse and then put it in my hair . Then this white kid would go out back and shoot hoops for hours , hair sticking straight out like I stuck my finger in a socket . It was the only way I could
Editor 's note : CNN.com 's Wayne Drash writes about his maniacal love for University of Memphis basketball . Memphis , North Carolina , UCLA and Kansas play in the Final Four this weekend . Drash says the Memphis team can help heal the city 's old wounds . CNN.com 's Wayne Drash , left , says he 's been hooked on University of Memphis basketball since he was a kid . ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- My love for University of Memphis basketball is completely irrational . I never went to school there and have no affiliation with the university . But I bleed Tiger blue . My dad used to take my brothers and me to Memphis games as a kid , and I 've been hooked ever since . We once bought tickets from a scalper for six bucks apiece against arch-rival the University of Louisville in the 1980s . My dad complained we paid too much . But then we moved in seventh grade . I became an even bigger fan after we left the city . I 'd huddle over my AM radio , hooked up with a coat hanger wrapped in aluminum