NCAA Div. I Men's Basketball Smackdown

Auburn beat LSU! :clap:On the other hand, the bad news is that LSU was the only SEC team in the top 25. :(

Gators beat KY! :clap:Hope this helps the Gators, even though they're obviously not the team they were two years ago. Did Billy D slack on recruiting? Calathes is great. Tyus the freshman looks promising. But the Gators should have been able to recruit replacements for Noah :wub:, Horford, and Brewer.:(

So I guess there won't be any March Madness for you?

So I guess there won't be any March Madness for you?

Some predictions after today's win over KY say we'll be in, dependent upon how the Gators do in the SEC tourney. Can Calathes carry the entire team? Probably not.:(

Edit: UTenn just got beaten by Bama. CBS says the Gators will go to the big dance. Of course, they'll probably play a highly-seeded team and get beaten first round. Better than NIT.

Big game coming up -- Duke 🙂clap🙂 versus UNC (even though hubby has an MBA from UNC -- Duke saved his life). Big D just got back from Duke on Friday (great report -- doesn't need to go back for any more checkups there) and bought new sweatshirts.

How 'bout those NDSU Bison? First year eligible in DI tourny, won Summit League title.

Not expecting a miracle, but Ben Woodside is something else and it's all good for ND!!!

Tennessee just clinched the SEC East with a 86-70 victory over South Carolina in Columbia. Yippee! :clap: They have really been clicking the last several games and are playing great ball right now. We have one game left at home against Bama. Go Vols!

OOOPS! spoke too soon...

Tourny time in Dixie! Yippee! Watch those University of Memphis b'ballers again this year. Most of us didn't expect them to make it into the top 10 much less 4 or 5 at this time of year, but Calipari bought, er, recruited and coached and forged them into another great college basketball team. We believe they'll sweep the C-USA tournament, then make it as a 2nd seed somewhere hostile (we don't get any respect, ever), and make it into the Elite 8. After that, only the gods know. Gooooooo TIGERS!,

OOOPS! spoke too soon...

Well, you have to admit that the 5'9" Brock for Bama got lucky on that 3 pointer to win the game, he literally threw up a hail mary from nearly half court, that was nothing more than a luck shot. But we get our chance at them again tomorrow night. And Bruce Pearl was at the Bama Vandy game tonight making notes. He will have our game plan figured out very quickly. He already knows what we need to do. Bama won't get by with all of those slam dunks tomorrow night against the Vols like they did against Vandy, they didn't last Sunday. Besides, the Vols are better than Vandy.

Kitty congrats on MU making it farther in the Big 12 Championship Tournament, BUT remember last year Kansas Basketball - One Game at a Time

Georgia Tech slightly lost to FSU at The Dome today.:bang:

Gators beat the pigs last night.:clap:They play the plainsmen tonight.

Tourny time in Dixie! Yippee! Watch those University of Memphis b'ballers again this year. Most of us didn't expect them to make it into the top 10 much less 4 or 5 at this time of year, but Calipari bought, er, recruited and coached and forged them into another great college basketball team. We believe they'll sweep the C-USA tournament, then make it as a 2nd seed somewhere hostile (we don't get any respect, ever), and make it into the Elite 8. After that, only the gods know. Gooooooo TIGERS!,

I guess they will win the tournament when the other teams in C-USA are high school level teams. Everyone knows the C-USA is the weakest conference in both football and basketball. And they especially will win the tournament when it is always played in the FEDEX forum. Kind of unfair to all the other teams. Look at the SEC tournament, it is being played in a neutral site, all the teams have a fair chance.

I could say more but I won't. Because it would be all negative about the Tigers. But I will say this, they make themselves look good because they schedule most of their games against unranked teams, most of the games. That is why their strength of schedule is not good. They may have played 3 or 4 ranked teams this season.

Geaux tigers!!!

Vols 86, Bama 62. 😀 Now we face Auburn tomorrow as Auburn took down Florida 61-58. Of course, we got beaten by Auburn earlier in the year, I thought badly but the score was 78-77 Auburn, not at all what I thought the score was, so now is the time to redeem ourselves.

Auburn plays some good ball, but Florida played good ball tonight also, just came up a little short. Go Vols.

Aw Come on, Lady....

Let's get a lighter touch here about college basketball. First, loudmouth Pearl and his thug minions in KnoxPatch have a good schedule, play hard basketball and all, but they are also heavily paid to play for that goofy Pearl (in my opinion), and like most other Div. 1 b'ball teams (and other athletic top tier programs) it's lll about the MONEY, honey, and although you may like to believe that the Vom's, er, Vols are the cats meow, they aren't the meow as much as the cat's hairball as evidenced by their many losses this season including the one to the TIGERS of Memphis. Alo we ever hear from the Patch are mewlings and excuses and then some bombastic put down of their state rivals in Memphis. Sho, we are underfunded in football and relatively unattractive as well, but we still field a great b'ball team, have a super coach, and lots of support and love to go with it all. So say some mo for the folks in the upper tiers. Let's hear it for whatever brings you to slice n dice the TIGERS because when the shoutin's over, the Vols will be watching on the sidelines while the TIGERS will be headed up the ladder. And so what about the FedEx Forum? It's not like we demand the C-USA tourny be played there and it's not like we designed the conference to be weak sisters. Stuff happens like that, Momma say. So come on with it....wear those goofy white shoes, dye your hair orange and put on those orange outfits ya'll love, then gimme some love down heah in the Southern corner of the state. Next?

I have to agree with InletBchOwnr on this one Lady D! Bruce Pearl is the Steve Spurrier of college basketball. Hes a freak...he apparently spends alot of time in the tanning bed, he wears a horribly offensive orange sport coat and he looks like an oompahloompah! Get your facts straight D. Here is a link to the RPI which is all about strength of schedule. At the begining of the season the Vols were one spot ahead of the Tigers...but now that its March, and thats were it really counts its no contest.
WarrenNolan.com - 2008-2009 College Basketball - Ratings Percentage Index (RPI)

Check yousef before you wreck yousef Lady D!!! Know the facts....but yall do have Pat Head Summit !!!

Unfortunately thanks to getting beaten by Auburn last night, this will be a pretty boring March for Gator fans. :(

Guess I'll get into pro golf now that Tiger is back?:idontno:

How many days until football starts?

I have to agree with InletBchOwnr on this one Lady D! Bruce Pearl is the Steve Spurrier of college basketball. Hes a freak...he apparently spends alot of time in the tanning bed, he wears a horribly offensive orange sport coat and he looks like an oompahloompah! Get your facts straight D. Here is a link to the RPI which is all about strength of schedule. At the begining of the season the Vols were one spot ahead of the Tigers...but now that its March, and thats were it really counts its no contest.
WarrenNolan.com - 2008-2009 College Basketball - Ratings Percentage Index (RPI)

Check yousef before you wreck yousef Lady D!!! Know the facts....but yall do have Pat Head Summit !!!

:roll:

Damn! FSU beat UNC, one of hubby's alma maters.:bang:

OMC! MSU beat LSU, the only SEC team in the top 25! And #1 UNC lost. What a crazy tournament season! Mizzou is winning, so I'm sure Miss Kitty is happy.

Speaking of Mizzou, as I've mentioned before, hubby's best friend is called "Mizzou" because his dad was the famous John (Hi) Simmons of Missouri. They were both on the Tulane basketball team. Mizzou was best man at our wedding. Hubby and Mizzou are playing in a golf tournament in Charlotte next month. Good times! Missouri is having a hard time with Baylor right now. 😱

Let's get a lighter touch here about college basketball. First, loudmouth Pearl and his thug minions in KnoxPatch have a good schedule, play hard basketball and all, but they are also heavily paid to play for that goofy Pearl (in my opinion), and like most other Div. 1 b'ball teams (and other athletic top tier programs) it's lll about the MONEY, honey, and although you may like to believe that the Vom's, er, Vols are the cats meow, they aren't the meow as much as the cat's hairball as evidenced by their many losses this season including the one to the TIGERS of Memphis. Alo we ever hear from the Patch are mewlings and excuses and then some bombastic put down of their state rivals in Memphis. Sho, we are underfunded in football and relatively unattractive as well, but we still field a great b'ball team, have a super coach, and lots of support and love to go with it all. So say some mo for the folks in the upper tiers. Let's hear it for whatever brings you to slice n dice the TIGERS because when the shoutin's over, the Vols will be watching on the sidelines while the TIGERS will be headed up the ladder. And so what about the FedEx Forum? It's not like we demand the C-USA tourny be played there and it's not like we designed the conference to be weak sisters. Stuff happens like that, Momma say. So come on with it....wear those goofy white shoes, dye your hair orange and put on those orange outfits ya'll love, then gimme some love down heah in the Southern corner of the state. Next?

I have to agree with InletBchOwnr on this one Lady D! Bruce Pearl is the Steve Spurrier of college basketball. Hes a freak...he apparently spends alot of time in the tanning bed, he wears a horribly offensive orange sport coat and he looks like an oompahloompah! Get your facts straight D. Here is a link to the RPI which is all about strength of schedule. At the begining of the season the Vols were one spot ahead of the Tigers...but now that its March, and thats were it really counts its no contest.
WarrenNolan.com - 2008-2009 College Basketball - Ratings Percentage Index (RPI)

Check yousef before you wreck yousef Lady D!!! Know the facts....but yall do have Pat Head Summit !!!

Inlet BchOwner, what is up with the blue shoes with the RTL on them? That stands for ready to lose right??? When the tigers lose in the NCAA tournament what will Memphis do with those shoes, sell them to pay for the Toom of Doom Pyramid??? :lol: Not a thing wrong with the Vols orange, the best color ever. The Tigers are nothing more than street ball players. 😀

And Mayor McCheese, Pearl is not a freak, not like Calipari is. And the orange sport coat is lovely. Worn by the famous coach Ray Mears. It has been worn by every coach since Mears during certain games. And I have my facts straight, I know more about college hoops than you think.

Vols strength of schedule rank is #2, the Memphis Tigers strength of schedule rank is #48. I give the Tigers two rounds, if lucky. Memphis was wanting to be in a stronger conference, no other conference wants them, and why is that??? Because they will make their conference weaker.

Doesn't bother me much that the Vols lost by 2 points to Memphis this year, remember the loss to us last year and the whipping Memphis took the year before that in Knoxville, 18 pts. Our team is playing good ball right now and will be playing for the SEC title tomorrow. I expect us to win. We already took out Mississippi State earlier this year. Anyway, I could say a good deal more but won't stoop to that level. Enough said.

The Tiger basketball program has nothing to do with the Pyramid..once again you are misinformed! Umm last I checked ya boyz Wayne Chism and Bobby Maze(is that his real name or his rap persona?) had some street cred as well Lady! So the Tigers are street players cause they play a scrappy, uptempo frantic end to end style? Works for me sister ...and apparently its that same "street ball" that got them to the National Championship game right? Ray Mears...the name means absolutely nothing to me. Just another Vol legend I suppose you all worship up on Rocky Top. Who are you kidding Lady..that orange sportcoat is hideous. Kinda matches his orange skin though so its only fitting. Wow..looks like the Tigers will begiven a #1 seed tomorrow. Bet you will be on pins and needles during the selection show to hear about your Vols huh? Might be a good change of pace to hear about the Vols in another light rather than it being about Lane Kiffin making thinly veiled racist comments about other SEC schools. You know you all have a real good thing going up there on Rocky Top. Id be ashamed...oh and GO STATE!!!