Recent content by humdinger

Barton is same player he has always been. Only difference is he's getting more minutes so his weaknesses get exposed more. On a good team he's a role player, not a starter. Memphis wasn't a good team the year he started and played a lot.

If Pastner missed the NCAA Tournament the next two years he'd be on the hot seat going into 2015-16. But he's been three years in a row and improved every season. The idea Pastner is under pressure is wishful thinking from Vol fans. Sorry.

Not accurate at all. Pastner just got a 5 year deal near $3 million per. He is the Memphis coach for a long time, unless a blueblood comes open. Of course, for him to get that type of job he will need to be in a Final Four

Two very different types of "headaches." Regardless of what may have happened off the court, players at Mizzou swear by him. Kim English said he's the best teammate he's ever had. He gets it done on the defensive end and doesn't care about starting. If anything Dixon will be good for Memphis'...

I'm not sure Barton is really an upgrade defensively over Golden. He was Memphis' weakest perimeter defender by a pretty big margin. Don't put too much stock in the number of steals because Memphis plays a defensive system that emphasizes forcing turnovers; Tennessee's system is exactly the...

Not sure why so many refuse to give Memphis credit for being a good offensive team. What happened wasn't a fluky shooting performance. The Tigers have scored in the 70s and 80s quite a bit this year even though Adonis Thomas and Chris Crawford were in a slump. They scored pretty easily...

Memphis would have been safely, safely in even with a first-round loss in the tournament. Not even in question due to RPI and being the regular season champ. The C-USA regular season champ has never been left out and Memphis was clear by 2 games. Southern Miss was safely in and lost 2nd round...

If you think that, fine, but trying to minimize Memphis' history and accomplishments doesn't make Tennessee's any better. If you guys get to a Final Four, enjoy it because it's very hard and doesn't happen often. I would bet on Memphis getting there again before Tennessee's first trip, but we'll...

Count the numbers however you want, the original point dealt with the perception of players that both schools are recruiting. And the perception of recruits, whether you agree or not, is that Memphis has had more success on a national level. Recruits don't care about vacated wins, they can...

Go get an official NCAA record book, open it up to the page showing the bracket for the 2008 NCAA Tournament and tell me if Memphis is listed there in the Final Four or not. I'll save you the trouble. They are. You can't say "numbers don't lie" and then use an exact situation where...

If you want to say "numbers don't lie" then you have to count the numbers that actually happened in real life. So that's 24 NCAA appearances to 19 That's 3 Final Four apperances to 0 That's 6 Elite Eight apperances to 1 That's 11 Sweet Sixteen apperances to 6

Memphis has been a better program than Tennessee, and it's impossible to argue otherwise, but that has nothing to do with the Nichols situation or Memphis' recruiting class. If you're going to beat Memphis on their home turf for a player, you need an edge. Pearl's success and style of play...

Man, a lot of wishful thinking in this thread. The only coaches on a cooler seat than JP are Calipari, Izzo, Self, Pitino, Boeheim, K, Roy and Donovan. Last Saturday, they smacked around Alabama in a closed scrimmage. It was an 18-point game late and the final was 12 or 13. They will be...

Huge shocker, I thought he was a Vol. Everyone thought he was a Vol. Cuonzo getting his first big Memphis heartbreak.

He coached the pants off Cuonzo in Maui. The one in Memphis was just a beatdown.