I think I’m just going to turn off the sports networks for the week. I just heard Digger Phelps and Hubert (I hate everyone not in a “BCS conference) Davis pick Mississippi State and Pittsburgh as the sleeper teams in the South Region. That’s right Davis is picking Mississippi State to beat the Tigers in the 2nd round. Their disdain for all things “non-BCS” conference or “not appearing on ESPN” is shining through.

I also made the mistake of turning on the radio this afternoon. A local talk show co-host (I won’t say who) said that the selection committee set up the possible Memphis-Texas matchup in Houston because “Memphis didn’t play any significant road games.” Are these people just stupid or do they just play an idiot on radio? So what was the reasoning last year? Or they year before?

Haven’t we heard the “Memphis will be the first #1 to fall” before? We sure have and it was just two years ago. Just a reminder to those predicting this, the Tigers were the LAST to fall in ‘06.

Just what do the Tigers have to do to get a little respect? 99-9 over the past 3 seasons is simply amazing. If it was so easy then teams would have done it before. The basketball team’s disrespect is a lot like the way many treated DeAngelo Williams. That kid belonged in New York in the Heisman race. But since the media essentially trashed him, he didn’t get the votes. The difference is that the basketball team has the ability to stop the disrespect by winning their next six games.

I won’t be going to Little Rock. First of all my daughter’s 21st birthday is Friday so the wife is expecting me to stay home for that. Secondly, I’ve got the grandbaby trip next month so I can’t spend the money for a $250 ticket to the game and other costs associated with going to the game. Now if someone wants me to drive to LR and drive them home (so you partake in adult beverages), I’ll be more than happy to do that for a ticket to game. You wouldn’t have to pay for gas. In fact, I’d drop you off at the door then park. Then pick you back up at the door after I go get the car. Am I begging? You betcha. Another idea would be maybe the CA needs to send a blogger over there on their pennies. Ok, that was really wishful thinking.

There will be a #15 upset a #2 this year. It’s been a while since it has happened so I figure it is time for an upset of that magnitude. I kinda sorta expect quite a few upsets on Thursday. That is the day you normally see them I’ve noticed. Once they happen they wake up the higher seeds for the games on Friday.

I won’t be doing a bracket for the tournament. I’ve mentioned the betting on the Tigers issue I’ve got before. Entering a bracket constitutes betting on the Tigers for me so I won’t be doing it.