Dain Dainja and where Memphis basketball's 2025-26 season went wrong

It's March 5, 2026, and Dain Dainja is in Memphis. He's sitting in a hotel across the street from FedExForum, talking about his future, about his past, about his present. They're all here, in Memphis, one way or the other. Dainja plays for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA G League. Later this evening, he'll play against the Memphis Hustle, 20 miles from here in Southaven. Meanwhile, Memphis basketball will play USF. It's senior night, a chance for fans to remember a senior class during a season they'd all like to forget. In another reality, Dainja could be one of those seniors. After he helped lead Memphis to a 29-6 record and a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament in 2025, he filed an...