Anybody else catch this article in the Tulsa World detailing a postgame rant by coach Doug Wojcik about fan apathy at Tulsa games? According to the article, the actual crowd for a game against Mississippi Valley State was about 2,500, and Wojcik was ticked off. I don’t blame him. Tulsa should be a better program than that. Though I wouldn’t pretend to know what a good crowd should be for Tulsa, there has to be more interest in that town.

I’m sure the fans are telling Wojcik that they’d come if the team was better, and that’s understandable. Wojcik is building the program back up from nothing, and he’s doing a good job. But Tulsa isn’t an NCAA Tournament team this season, and they’re probably not going to be an NCAA Tournament team next season. So if that’s the standard, then maybe Conference USA should reconsider the ridiculous decision to bring the league tournament to Tulsa in 2009. The local interest right now just isn’t there. It’s going to be an absolute embarrassment to the conference if it happens.

And no, UTEP fans, the league tournament doesn’t belong in El Paso. (Believe me, I’m reading your e-mails). For now, keep it in Memphis. It’s the only solution that makes sense.

I guess everyone looks at the new year as a way to make some self-improvements and set goals for the upcoming year. But I wonder if folks actually follow through with them. See I’ve never been one to make resolutions because I figure I’ll end up breaking them as the year goes along. So I make resolutions for other people. And most of them have to do with the Tigers so here goes. Ok, I guess I can’t expect changes out of other so I’ll add my at the end.
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Perhaps those 1980s throwback shorts the Los Angeles Lakers wore in the first half of Sunday night’s game against the Boston Celtics were a tad bit too tight for forward Lamar Odom. How else can you explain why with just a couple of minutes left in the game, a blowout win by the Celtics, Odom decided to tackle Ray Allen. It was a nice hit, though, if he were playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

On Tuesday, the NBA suspended Odom for one game, meaning he will sit out Friday night’s game against Philadelphia. He will also be $120,441 lighter in the pocket come payday.

“I don’t know what Odom was thinking,” said Allen. “I got the rebound and he tackled me. I know this is Sunday, but this is the wrong field.”

Odom was apparantly upset over a no-call when he had his shot blocked by Kevin Garnett. So he went full steam ahead at Allen. Odom said he was going for the ball.

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