Wow, 100 wins in 3 seasons. That, ladies and gentlemen, is one helluva accomplishment. I have looked in newspapers and other media sources online and didn’t see it mentioned. The fact of the matter is that the Tigers are in rarified air with those 100 wins and no one seems interested in the media.

In the did you know category, last night’s 24-point victory was the largest winning margin for the Tigers in the NCAA since the Tigers drubbed Ball State 95-63 in a first round game at Baton Rouge on March 13th, 1986. That’s right. It is the largest MOV in the Cal era. The last time the Tigers were a #1 seed in ‘06 the beat Oral Roberts by 16. Last year as a #2 seed they beat North Texas by 15. If I’m not mistaken they played in the Elite Eight BOTH of those years. As the #1 in ‘06 they gave up 78 points to Oral Roberts. I didn’t hear anything about the defense lacking that afternoon if memory serves me correct. It was also 10 points below UTA’s seasonal average. I’ll take that especially when the Tigers killed more clock in the final 10 minutes that they have all year.

Did you know that Cal is now 8-4 in the NCAA during his tenure at Memphis? That makes him 20-6 in the post-season including the NIT. Now if you want to toss in the C-USA tournaments then the Tigers under Cal are 34-11 in games after the schedule ends. Not too shabby, not too shabby at all.

I really felt badly for Belmont the other night. But you HAVE to make plays in the final seconds if you expect to win games. The inablity to make an inbounds pass is a major ingredient in the recipe for failure. Wait, what as I using food for, since it is Belmont I should have done it in a musical context. They were unable to tempo primo in the closing notes of the song which caused it to fail.

Another did you know….Did you know that of the Tigers 18 fouls last night 13 were on the big guys (Dorsey, Dozier, Taggert and Robinson). That is what hurt stopping the Mavericks down low as it took away some aggressiveness.

Congrats to Mississippi State on winning their game last night. The Bulldogs will be the Tigers next opponent so I tend to check up on them. They have six guys who average 17 minutes or more. 4 of which played more than 31 minutes a game. That is good for the Tigers especially if we simply take care of the basketball and run a bit.

Here’s to the Tigers playing both Hansbrough brothers this year. Hmm, I wonder if that has happened before? I’ll leave that question out there, has a team ever competed against brothers in the same NCAA tournament in the same year on different teams?

Dear CBS, ESPN, Fox Sports, SI, local talk show hosts, and any other media member out there, PLEASE continue to say the Tigers can’t win. Do not pick us under any circumstance. Especially you Seth Davis.

Congrats to Bob Huggins for leading his WVU team to a win over Duke today. Seeing Duke lose always makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.