I liked and still like Pearl. I am also a a Barnes fan, especially when his teams play with great intensity which makes me more of a fan of them also.
It was easy to appreciate people like Wayne Chism, Ron Slay, CJ Watson, and Chris Lofton, and Dane Bradshaw, even though they had different personalities. You could obviously tell that they were very competitive people.
I’m not going to pull for anybody but Tennessee because I’ve been a fan since the mid-70s when I was a kid, graduated from the University, and still live in Knoxville.
Given what I saw last night, I hope we are ready to compete this week because we will be playing a good team. They are obviously good since they’re in the tournament, but they are going to be competitive. I do not see this as being an easy game.
Someone wrote, I believe earlier in this thread, about some time we’re on because of the opponent. I sure hope that we do not think we’ve got some fairly easy nine seed to handle and move on.