{"id":25590,"date":"2022-02-21T07:23:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T13:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=25590"},"modified":"2022-02-21T07:23:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T13:23:21","slug":"monday-update-176","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/21\/monday-update-176\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update"},"content":{"rendered":"

SMU handed the Memphis Tigers a devastating road loss yesterday, 73-57. The Tigers were competitive until a little of the way into the second half, when it was tied 41-41 – then the bottom absolutely fell out for Memphis. They looked like the “ugly Memphis” team (TV announcer’s description) that lost to Georgia.<\/p>\n

If there’s a bit of good news, the DM reports<\/a> that Joe Lunardi still has Memphis in the field of 68 in his latest Bracketology projection. Memphis is on the Last Four In line. Let’s take a look at the remainder of the season:<\/p>\n

Thursday, February 24 vs. Temple (15-9, 8-5), 6 PM, ESPN2<\/li>\n

Sunday, February 27 vs. Wichita State (13-11, 4-8), 1:30 PM, ESPN2<\/li>\n

Thursday, March 3 at South Florida (7-19, 2-12), 8 PM, ESPNU<\/li>\n

Sunday, March 6 vs. 14 Houston (22-4, 11-2), 11 AM, ESPN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

I turned off the NBA All-Star Game at halftime last night. It wasn’t a game, it was a performance. Players just stood around as the other team dunked and shot uncontested threes. It made me realize how much as a Grizzlies fan I’ve been conditioned to appreciate great defense. For those of you who missed Ja’s dunks, here they are:<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\nTeam LeBron won 163-160. The Golden State Warriors’ Steph Curry was the MVP with 50 points, 48 of which were threes.<\/p>\nAction News 5 has a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2022\/02\/21\/grizzlies-fans-cheer-ja-morant-local-watch-parties\/\">All-Star watch party<\/a> that happened in WynnBET Sports Bar inside FedExForum.<\/p>\nThere’s a <a href=\"https:\/\/us.fidanto.com\/jobs\/job-opening\/healthcare-support-workers-all-other\/massage-therapist-downtown-memphis-hotel-spa-1005301611\">massage therapist<\/a> position open at the Gould’s at Big Cypress Lodge, the hotel inside Bass Pro at the Pyramid.<\/p>\nABC 24 interviewed some South Main business owners on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/money\/business\/where-local-restaurants-stand-after-covid-impacts\/522-73745b96-f8b9-45fd-aa7c-5548ee22abfe\">where restaurants stand after COVID<\/a>. The owners stressed that Congress must replenish the Restaurant Relief Fund (RRF).<\/p>\nWhat’s going on in Ukraine right now?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Russia still hasn’t invaded yet<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/us-intel-shows-russian-military-officials-order-proceed-invasion-ukrai-rcna17002\">President Biden has agreed “in principle” to a summit with Putin if Russia does not invade Ukraine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/02\/21\/us-says-russia-expected-to-invade-ukraine-very-soon.html\">U.S. intelligence suggests that Russia has a list of Ukrainians to target after the invasion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8n0gwnvfxic\">U.S. intelligence also suggests Russia may target other cities besides Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in an invasion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nI hope you don’t need to go to a bank or the post office today, because it’s Presidents’ Day.<\/p>\nToilet paper maker Charmin is said to have a big announcement ready to drop tomorrow, 2\/22\/22, Day of the Deuces. They’ll share the news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/charmin\/\">their Instagram account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.memphisweather.net\/forecast.shtml\">The MemphisWeather.net forecast<\/a> for today is warm and windy with a chance of scattered showers, mainly afternoon and evening, high 66, low 62. It’s gonna be a wet week and tomorrow night it will turn cold again.<\/p>\nThe Trumpster is expected to launch a new social network, Truth Social, this week. You’ve heard the saying, the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire? I have a feeling there will be a similar saying about Truth Social.<\/p>\nI stayed home, wrote, and read yesterday during the hours when there was no basketball on. Currently reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ogilvy-Advertising-David-ebook\/dp\/B00EMXBZKA\/\">Ogilvy on Advertising<\/a>, a classic in its field. The book was published in the mid-1980s, before the dawn of Internet advertising, but the psychology taught in the book is timeless. I’m about halfway through and enjoying it so far.<\/p>\nLater today I’ll get out for a while. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/storage.ko-fi.com\/cdn\/widget\/Widget_2.js'><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>kofiwidget2.init('Tip Jar', '#29abe0', 'B0B57GDFG');kofiwidget2.draw();<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SMU handed the Memphis Tigers a devastating road loss yesterday, 73-57. The Tigers were competitive until a little of the way into the second half, when it was tied 41-41 – then the bottom absolutely fell out for Memphis. They looked like the “ugly Memphis” team (TV announcer’s description) that lost to Georgia. 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