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Don’t look now but Memphis is for Real

Posted by Trips Right on February 11th, 2009 under Basketball

Coach Cal moves Tyreke Evans to the point and the Memphis Tigers are blasting folks. They went to Gonzaga Saturday and face raped the fighting John Stocktons. Tonight, they hold a pretty solid Tulsa squad to 39 points.

Keep in mind that Memphis returns five big contributors from the Championship runner up club including Taggart, Dozier, Mack, and Anderson. Throw in dynamic point guard Tyreke Evans and you have a solid nucleus that can do damage in the tourney.

If they go in as a 4 seed or worse, they’ll be a tremendous value pick in your Calcuttas and confidence pools. They can defend inside and out, and have creators off the dribble that thrive in a tournament setting. I’m cashing in my IBM stock and buying World Wide Wes (WWW).

Neck tats, holla.


Gangsta Hoopa.

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5 Responses

  1. DaveLapham said:

    February 11th, 2009 at 8:59 pm

    I think face raping has ran its course and no longer has a place in college sports.
    Henceforth, raping of the face or otherwise, shall be left up to professionals: Kobe, James Lofton, Hollywood Henderson, Mike Tyson….

  2. Vasherized said:

    February 11th, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    Nova and Memphis are starting to look like Final Four teams while some of the top contenders (that’s you, Wake ) are starting to fade early.

    Texas won’t get that far but if we finish out strong in conference and get a decent draw I could envision a run into the sweet 16 and beyond … just as easy as a 2nd round loss by double digits.

    It’s pretty obvious why Barnes threw everything he had at landing Evans all the while knowing the chips were stacked against him with the WWW connection to Memphis.

    The good news is Jordan Hamilton and Avery Bradley can make a similar impact for the Horns next year.

  3. Woodrow Call said:

    February 12th, 2009 at 5:42 am

    Yeah, Coach Cal has the Tigers playing some pretty vicious D right now. The inside game is suspect, however. Dorsey wasn’t much of a scorer, but he was an inside force, and they haven’t found a replacement for CDR. Tyreke is tough but he’s not Rose.

    I frankly still don’t see how they lost to Kansas. Freak event.

    But yeah, they can go far in the tourney. Some are saying they can win it. Hellish defense took Arkansas to a title, although that was a better outside shooting team than Memphis.

  4. hiphopopotamus said:

    February 12th, 2009 at 7:30 am

    “I frankly still don’t see how they lost to Kansas. Freak event.”

    Blasphemy!

  5. Nordberg said:

    February 12th, 2009 at 8:09 am

    “I frankly still don’t see how they lost to Kansas.”

    Free throws.

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