I’m avoiding all temptation of saying anything about what might be.

CSTV is terrible. I don’t know where they got this Carter Blackburn fellow but he’s terrible. He seems lost during key moments of the game. Gillen does ok and I was surprised by the positive things Packer had to say Wednesday but it is difficult to overcome CB’s shortcomings. I guess he isn’t as bad as the CSS guys. At the end of the UAB game they said, “They’re looking at the replay to see if he was fouled.”

That skirmish prior to the USM game might be just what Joey Dorsey needed. He seem more focused and unflappable during the game. And they were trying to tick him off.

I think I have figured out how NCAA games are called. They either call everything down low or they let everything go. If they are doing the former then they are less likely to call hand checks, etc. If they go with the latter then expect every little reach called on the perimeter. Oh there is one other way, they just miss everything and are essentially incompetent.

Am I the only one who watches this team and never waivers in my belief they are going to win? These kids just play with such a cool demeanor that allows them to function in pressure situations. It is almost as if they switch something on and just make it happen. This is as poised a basketball team as we’ve ever seen at Memphis. Even in the loss to Tennessee they could have folded at points and never did.

The turning point of the Tulsa game Wednesday night (that was missed by the TV crew when I watched the replay) was the fact that Tulsa did not score a point for 6:52 seconds in the middle of the 1st half. It was if the Tigers said no more points for you.

I really need to learn to ignore the national media. It amazes me that they have an obvious bias. I’m not saying the Tigers are head and shoulders above everyone else. But to say that teams like UCLA, Kansas and North Carolina are far and away better than Memphis or even Tennessee is ludicrous. UCLA has lost to 16-14 Washington who is at least on par with UAB and Houston. North Carolina lost to an average Maryland team AT HOME. Kansas has lost a so-so Oklahoma State. Being the best doesn’t mean you will win them all. In fact, the best often loses games they shouldn’t. Each of the above has struggled against much lesser teams as well. The fact is that some great teams have lost games in the past 32 years. So to discount the Tigers (and as much as it pains me to say this) and Tennessee is stupid. The bias against Memphis is OBVIOUS. The #2 Tigers weren’t mentioned on Sportscenter until 20 minutes or so into the show.

Oh, and they said something else that got me going, “The SEC is the best conference in the country.” I’m sorry SEC folks that’s simply not true. 2-10 against Top 25 teams outside the SEC does not the best conference make. Tulane swept Georgia, Auburn and LSU. UAB and Houston have UK as wins. I’m not saying that C-USA is better. I’m saying that the PAC-10 and ACC are much better than the SEC.

Was Barnum and Bailey in Hattiesburg yesterday? I haven’t seen that many circus shots go in ever before.

And finally, I’m not stereotyping here but Tennessee fans have shown the butts to me and my family this week. One threatened to hit me then accused our players of being thugs. Now that’s irony. Then my daughter had “29 Hours? Really?” on her car. That got her flipped off and cussed at by a 40 something year old UT fan. I know some reasonable UT fans but I am seeing these types of UT fans more often than not.

I didn’t feel so bad about the Lady Tigers when I saw the Fordham’s women went 0-29 on the season. That is just pitiful.