Rumors and Rants gives us hilarious photography from C-USA and a Seek-N-Find puzzle, too. While we’re on the topic, is anyone actually surprised by the fact that Memphis was the team involved in this melee? I know Miami is considered “Thug U,” but there’s got to be a similar moniker for these clowns. Even Pat Forde realizes Calipari is running a halfway house, listing all of the brushes with the law these fine young citizens have had. (Minutes 19 through 25 for those of you who don’t want to read the whole article.) I get all warm and fuzzy inside when I remember that the Longhorns are the last team to beat these punks in FedEx Forum, although Tennessee could steal that distinction this weekend. Another day, another article about Kelvin Sampson being a cheater. Forde now claims that IU will suspend and then fire my BFF Kelvin, which really doesn’t seem to be the appropriate punishment. I’m thinking something along the lines of sharks with laser beams attached to their heads. March Madness All Season takes some time to talk about the sudden love-fest for Texas as a 1-seed. While the Horns certainly have a great profile to-date, I agree completely with his analysis of the road ahead, and would like to point out that if Kirk Bohls makes an argument, it’s usually safe to take the opposing viewpoint. Many of the pundits are saying that the winner of a hypothetical Big 12 tournament title game between Kansas and Texas could claim a 1-seed, but the committee has made it painfully clear in past years that they don’t pay any attention to what the Big 12 is doing on Sunday. And, as Peter Bean at Burnt Orange Nation reminded us yesterday, the Houston regional is infinitely more important than a 1-seed. Texas is still a 2-seed according to Stewart Mandell at SI.com, although he’s still got them slated to play Belmont. We here at LRT love the Bruins, as we wrote a feature on their head coach which will be running during Championship Week. So, here’s to hoping that the committee isn’t as cruel as old Stewie and Texas can draw the champs of the Ivy or NEC on Selection Sunday. |
2 Responses to “Wednesday Fast Break”
on 20 Feb 2008 at 9:43 am # caradoc
Infinitely more important? You mean the quality of the opponent counts for nothing?
on 20 Feb 2008 at 2:16 pm # Ryan
I’m going to speak for PB here, as I feel that he and I are on the same wavelength regarding this debate. This season there is a significant drop-off in talent after the top few teams, which means that in theory the difference between playing a 3 seed or a 4 seed on the second Thursday or Friday is not going to be a huge deal.
To use Lunardi’s current Bracketology, we are talking about Xavier/Purdue/Georgetown/UConn (3-seeds) versus Notre Dame/Louisville/Kansas State/Wisconsin (4 seeds). None of these teams stand out to me as incredibly more talented than the others, with the exception of Louisville. (But I also strongly feel that the Cards will play themselves up at least one seed line before the season is out, as their current full-strength roster is absolutely sick.) At this point, what’s more important? Playing Notre Dame instead of Purdue, or playing in Houston instead of Detroit?