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Wednesday night hoops
BBall Lee
Posted: Wed, February 15th, 2012, 10:56 AM • Permalink
Sure, there are a lot of things you could be doing with your Wednesday night. Plus it's not exactly going to be warm outside. Yet this basketball team really deserves a nice crowd tonight for a huge game against Arkansas. And these kids are everything I want in my college sports teams. They try for 40 minutes. And now that they believe a little bit in what they're doing, effort plus confidence breeds success. I've seen this formula before. This team reminds me of some early Temple teams under John Chaney. Like Cuonzo Martin, Chaney was hired at Temple to very little fanfare in the early 80's. He inherited an extremly pedestrian team and instilled a toughness in his first couple of teams that made them the hardest working guys in show biz. And that's exactly what I'm seeing here from the Vols. Nobody wants to play a team that gives it this much effort night in and night out. Are the Vols there? Have they arrived? Of course not. But they're scaring teams with that effort, physical play and will. Florida (on their home floor no less) wanted none of that on Saturday. Shocking. Until I watched Florida @ Bama last night. Then it dawned on me. Bama doesn't want any of this UT team either. Soft, Soft. Soft. And this UT team is anything but soft. And believe me, I saw it at Temple. Martin and staff will get tough minded teams and build this thing around them. Basketball is a weird game where chemistry, effort and belief can carry you a long way.


Bottom line. These kids deserve your time tonight. Win, lose or draw, they deserve your time. They've done their part. Tonight, we need to show up at TBA and do ours!


I love this Davis kid at Kentucky for the same reason it's fun to watch UT play. The guy takes zero plays off. And he told his high school coach as much before taking the court at UK. Cool article here. Link




Basketball Lee, presented by Campbell Cunningham Laser Center, is a on fire from three point land in his latest addition to TonyBasilio.com.

'Team of the Week-Kentucky

John Calipari cheats. He cheated at UMass, Memphis and now at Kentucky. He has players funneled to him from agents, street agents, AAU coaches, shoe companies and runners. Everybody knows this. Saying that, John Calipari is the best coach at getting his players to buy in and play hard. This Kentucky team is on a mission. They distroyed Florida at home and won at Vandy on Saturday. The Kats have won 17 straight since their loss at Indiana in December. Coach Cal is a heck of a coach and would get more credit for his work if he wasn’t tainted. UK is the odds on favorite to cut down the nets the first of April.

Mid-Major of the Week-Wichita State
Greg Marshall has a team. The Shockers went into Creighton on Saturday night and blasted the Bluejays by 20+. Joe Ragland scored 24 to lead 4 Shockers in double figures. Wichita leads the valley at 13-2 and 22-4 overall. Look for Marshall’s crew to make a run at a 4 to 5 seed come March. This is a sweet 16 team that could really make a run.

Random Notes:
Why does UCLA suck? Because Mike Moser is at UNLV. The UCLA transfer is a top 10 player and is leading the Rebels to their best record in long time. UNLV beat San Diego State on Saturday by 2 to reclaim the top spot in the Mountain West.

North Carolina needs a heart. By blowing the Duke game on Wednesday night, Carolina’s defensive weakness showed through. UNC needs to get a lot better in a hurry on the defensive end of the floor.

Baylor is undefeated in the Big 12 if you don’t count games against Kansas and Missouri. The Bears are 0-4 against those 2 and 9-0 against everyone else.

Drexel might be the most surprising team in the country. Bruiser Flint’s Dragons are on top of the Colonial at 14-2 and 22-5 overall. Drexel has won 20 of their last 21 and 14 overall. Can the Dragons be this years Colonial darlings? Think 2011 VCU and George Mason from a couple of years back.

This weekend is one of my favorites of the season. The 2012 edition of “Bracket Buster” features some great games. I’m looking forward to Long Beach State’s visit to Creighton late Saturday night. Casper Ware vs. Doug McDermott is going to be big time.


On The Rise

1.Gonzaga: The Bulldogs won their rematch with St. Mary’s last week and remain a game behind the Gael’s in the WCC standing. Freshman Kevin Panos is a stud and is settling into the point guard role nicely. With veterans Elias Harris and Robert Sacre, Gonzaga is poised to make a big run this year.

2. Michigan State: What a huge win for the Spartans on Saturday at Ohio State. Sparty ended the Buckeyes 39 game home winning streak and have Wisconsin and Ohio State at home the close out the year. Typical Tom Izzo team: tough, well coached and won’t beat themselves.

3. Duke: The Blue Devils won a big game at Chapel Hill last week and took controll of the ACC race. Austin Rivers is a killer and Duke 3 balled the Tar Heels to death. I don’t think the Devil’s have the inside game to be a final 4 team, but they do have good guards which will go a long way.

Vol Ball
Tennessee is back in the race. What a statement win for the Vols in Gainesville. Tennessee beat the Gators in every way possible on Saturday. Coupled with home wins over South Carolina and Georgia, Tennessee has it’s first 3 game win streak and a shot at a 6-2, 7-1 second half. What has changed for the Vols in the last couple of weeks? Guard play. Trae Golden is playing his best basketball while Skyler and Jordan McRae are knocking down shots. This has opened up the inside for Maymon, Hall and Stokes. It’s an exciting time right now for the basketball Vols and what is out in front of them. If this team continues to improve, there is no telling where we will be come March. I would love to see Tennessee extend it’s NCAA run to 7 straight years. The Arkansas game tonight might be the biggest of the year. The Hogs are winless on the road and Tennessee needs to extend their losing streak.

The End
Murray State suffered their first loss of the season last Thursday at home to Tennessee State after being up by as many as 13 at one point. The Racers ripped off 23 straight wins to start the season and rose to the #9 team in the country. Isaiah Canaan is a terrific point guard, All-American caliber, but I don’t see the Races going far in the NCAA. When stacking them up against other mid-majors, 3 or 4 teams look better than Murray. Witchia State has to be the top mid-major with the west coast teams, Gonzaga and St. Mary’s right behind. Murry gets it’s shot Saturday when St. Mary’s visits. This will be a good test that the Racers need to pass at home.

From the paint

B-Ball Lee'


Here are five redshirt freshmen to watch in 2012. Link



It's been a season UT swimmers will never forget. Now they're trying to make it count. The John Trembley story will be told. And when it is, you're going to call it a human tragedy. That said, his charges are left to carry on. Interesting read here. Link




Peyton Manning has become a political tool for the Colts. That's a shame. He deserves better. Link



With the new coaching era at UT comes more presentable uniforms. Thank goodness. Link

Lin Sanity reigns. Link


Allen Iverson blew $154 million he earned during his playing career. How do you do that? Link



Flags in NJ will fly at half staff for Whitney Houston's funeral. Link


Was Whitney killed by an occult conspiracy? These people are out there. And they believe stuff like this. I'm including this for comedy purposes. Read and see if you get sucked in like I did. Such convincing drivel. Link


I will say this about Houston. She couldn't sing like she once did and she's worth much more to the music business dead than alive. That's just fact. Now, the rest of that non-sense is insane.



TB

Caitlin Clark
Posted: Fri, Mar 1st, 2:21 PM
We can now officially congratulate Caitlin Clark on breaking the record for the most points scored in women’s basketball!

Caitlin Clark is the biggest superstar in college basketball (men’s or women’s). That’s not just me being a fan, Caitlin Clark is HER! Caitlin scored 49 points on February 15th to pass Kelsey Plum’s NCAA record for the most career points in women’s college basketball..... [more]
It's a Love Story
Posted: Wed, Feb 14th, 11:23 AM
Jared (the redneck from Roanoke, VA) thought the Taylor Swift coverage would end with the Super Bowl, but this love story isn’t going anywhere. In a game that was four hours and 18 minutes (that’s a total of 15,480 seconds). Swift only appeared for around 55 seconds! 55 SECONDS from the moment the game kicked off to the overtime touchdown.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3ONwhRyugP/.... [more]
Missouri Game Preview
Posted: Thu, Nov 9th, 12:56 PM
by Josh
The Vols did what they were expected to do against UConn. There's not really much to say about that game. The game this Saturday in Columbia, Missouri will decide whether or not this season is a failure in my opinion. If they Vols lose, they are staring at 8-4 and probably the Gator Bowl. Maybe Reliaquest..... [more]
Connecticut Game Preview
Posted: Thu, Nov 2nd, 6:19 PM
by Josh
The Vols are coming back to Neyland Stadium and I am returning after a discretionary bye week. I'll be honest with you. This year it seems like I've been writing the same preview over and over because the formula to win has been the same pretty much every SEC game. I didn't want to sound like a broken record so I needed a bit of a break from that.

I'll start with some general observations..... [more]

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