Post by 1803 on Jan 17, 2005 9:59:51 GMT -5
Can we just take a second to talk about Memphis.
They are a team that has been decent over the years, a few of those old Larry Finch teams had great talent. I remember watching them play UMass when both were in the Top 5 in the mid 90's.
But this is not a team that has ever won the championship, and they have been inconsistent at best. The thing they do better than most is sign high profile guys, a la Dajuan Wagner, and get verbals from guys who everyone knows will skip college a la Amare Stoudemire.
They hired a big name, sleazeball coach, John Calipari, and now they are a, "big time" program. The reality is that even with Wagner they didn't make the tourney. So now I turn on ESPNEWS last night and find out that Sean Banks is ineligible. Is this really newsworthy? Does this really affect the college basketball landscape? This is a team from a glorified mid major that has already lost 8 games. They are not a story.
They are a team that has been decent over the years, a few of those old Larry Finch teams had great talent. I remember watching them play UMass when both were in the Top 5 in the mid 90's.
But this is not a team that has ever won the championship, and they have been inconsistent at best. The thing they do better than most is sign high profile guys, a la Dajuan Wagner, and get verbals from guys who everyone knows will skip college a la Amare Stoudemire.
They hired a big name, sleazeball coach, John Calipari, and now they are a, "big time" program. The reality is that even with Wagner they didn't make the tourney. So now I turn on ESPNEWS last night and find out that Sean Banks is ineligible. Is this really newsworthy? Does this really affect the college basketball landscape? This is a team from a glorified mid major that has already lost 8 games. They are not a story.
