U of Memphis is over-rated / crappy conference :^/

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So, which over-rated team is your fav' ?

The "selection committee" by a landslide. I am normally at their throat by now but wow, all the 1,2,3 seeds in the sweet 16 and 2 of the 4's. I wish I had just followed the seeds when I filled out my bracket. I wouldn't be already out of the money.

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OK, I went to grad school at Mizzou. The history of Mizzou coming to floor in March only to exit after the first dance is quite embarrasing over the decades. So this year was a great year for Mizzou. Had Memphis been as good as their seeding, then 1) Mizzou would never have gotten ahead by 24 at one point; and 2) Memphis would have come back and won.

U Conn will beat Mizzou. The only question is whether Mizzou will come to play, so there is only @ a 10-point spread like the Memphis game, or if Mizzou will lose their heads like they did in the middle of the 2nd half and get trounced by U Conn by @ 30.

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Poor Memphus. Dreams of a national championship are long gone. Now so is the coach. Has the city now lost all hope? Memphus, hopeless. Where have I heard that before?

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I was ribbing you a bit, but seriously I think he will go. I think he'll be sorry he went, just like most everyone since Adolph Rupp, but he'll go. KU has a way of making impossible not to go. Just like Alabama on the football side, they'll do whatever it takes to get the next legend. And like Alabama, maybe worse, the natives get restless very quickly.

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If I were a betting man, gave it up after a particularly bad night at the poker table 40 years ago, I'd bet you an overhaul that Claipari doesn't last the 8 years of his reported deal at KU. In fact if he misses the sweet 16 two succesive years he'll be in deep trouble. No final 4 in 4 years will send him down the road. All the way to the bank.

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Joe, You are being far too benevolent to the folks in Lexington. As reported on ESPN early this morning, "The Kentucky faithful expect a sweet 16 every year and a final four every 3 or 4 years. A national title every 5 years or so is also part of the deal". Supposedly this was quoted from some high up alumni. The 2 UK guys I know are absolutely on another planet when it comes to expectations. Not at all real world. I wish Calipari would dump 'em, I really do. I understand that Memphis has matched the UK offer. And now for the rest of the story.........They also said that UK's plan B might be a UK alum, UofA's John Pelfrey. I would hate to see him leave Arkansas, but the truth is he stepped into a maloderous pile when he took the job, and he has made no bones about his desire to eventually get back to UK. He played for Pitino, has Pitino's support, which carries a lot of weight in Lexington. So I'm really torn between my desire for Calipari to stay at Memphis, throwing a bit of salt in UK's wound, and wanting him to take the UK job so they don't offer it to Pelfrey.