Penny’s Memphis Tigers PROBABLY punched their ticket to the NCAA tournament with a 76-73 win over Cincinnati. At 22-7, with wins over Nebraska, Stanford, Ole Miss, Auburn, and Texas A&M, I don’t see how the tournament committee could deny Memphis, even if the Tigers lose their two remaining games.
What are those two remaining games?
- Thursday, March 2 at SMU in Dallas. TV: ESPN2
- Sunday, March 5 vs. 2 Houston at FedExForum. The legendary 1972-73 team will be honored and it will be “Stripe the Forum” day. 11 AM. TV: CBS
Let’s speculate for a moment. Say Memphis beats SMU and Houston, wins 2 games in the AAC tournament, then loses in the tournament finals to Houston on a neutral court. They’d finish 26-8 with wins over the Power Five schools listed above. Would that be enough for a 7 seed? The advantage of a 7 seed (as opposed to an 8 or 9) is, you’re guaranteed not to see a 1 seed during the opening weekend of March Madness.
All right. Usually I have a long list in Evernote of things to post about, but not today. Let’s see what news I can scrounge up…
Local on Main will do a crawfish boil next Sunday, March 5 from 2 PM until they run out. $15 gets you a pound of crawfish plus all the fixins, and there will be $15 beer buckets too. Cornhole and Rock, Paper, Scissors. Not sure who will be boiling the crawfish (that can matter A LOT) but I will find out this week.
Today is National Kahlua Day.
Already in the upper 60s as I type this before the sun comes up. MWN predicts a high of 75 and a low of 48. Any rain will happen before 9 AM.
Bella DuBalle, a drag performer, hostess, and drag show coordinator at Atomic Rose, spoke to ABC 24 about the incredibly stupid and narrow-minded new state law concerning drag performances. Rose’s manager Charlie explained that the venue would need a strip club license to continue operating drag shows. The club is technically within the Beale entertainment district and the combination of strip club license + liquor license isn’t allowed there. “This is our lifeblood,” said DuBalle.
That’s all the news I can find. If I see Butt Slut #1, she’ll probably tell me, “YOUR BLOG SUCKED TODAY, PAUL,” as she usually does when I do a short post. I wonder if she realizes, she’s one of my top candidates for a plus-one if I win a trip on The Price Is Right Live? She should be extra nice to me for the next 33 days.
Back tomorrow with more news, if there is any.