Memphis, Tenn. ? In a town commemorating the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. today, basketball and a Memphis team filled with 13 young black men are a cause for celebration.Blue, Tiger blue, is everywhere.

“We’re bringing joy,” junior guard Chris Douglas-Roberts said of the 37-1 team.

Memphis is the town where King’s death on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968, remains a vivid memory and race still a prickly topic.