Our Tiger Bloggers will give us their thoughts throughout the University of Memphis’ run through the NCAA Tournament

From Mike Parham, Memphis:

I think expecations are sky-high now. Our obvious two weaknesses were at point guard and depth at big man. With Derrick Rose coming, point guard will become a strength. Sean Taggert (I might have his name wrong- the transfer from Iowa State) will give us some depth at the post.

Another bright spot is that it looks like we won’t have to go through our traditional third season of “is Calipari leaving” this year. The only worry I had was a rumor that Joey was going to go pro. If the rumor were true, maybe the silver lining of the loss is that Joey was humbled and will decide to stay.

The only real downer is the realization that our real season only lasts for three games during the tournament. The Conference USA regular season and tournament is a complete waste. Unless some of the teams can at least rise to the level of Mike Anderson-era UAB teams, I’m all for getting out of the conference and going independent. Let’s see what happens next year.