Most bracket projections had Memphis as an 8 seed. It seemed the very best they could hope for was a 7.<\/p>\n
Instead, the committee rewarded the Tigers\u2019 fine body of non-conference work with a 5.<\/p>\n
Bracket<\/a><\/p>\n They play the Colorado State Rams, a 12 seed, in the first round. (West Regional, Seattle, 1 PM Friday, TBS) If they win that game, the likely second-round opponent is 4 Maryland.<\/p>\n 29-5, AAC regular-season and tournament champions. I guess the \u201cPenny can\u2019t coach\u201d crowd can STFU now.<\/p>\n Hey Jahvon, Jay\u2019kwon, Jahlon, and the rest of the 2023-24 Tigers: See what can happen when you stop playing me-ball and start listening to coach?<\/p>\n In other college basketball news, congratulations to the SEC tournament winners the Florida Gators. I never tire of watching the Gators beat that Tennessee Vol ass.<\/p>\n On to the news\u2026<\/p>\n Memphis Made Brewing Co. celebrates 10 years of its amber ale Fireside with Fireside Fest<\/a> this Saturday in the taproom. $5 Fireside pints, live music by Walt Phelan Band, Smoke and Toast food truck, new Fireside merch.<\/p>\n The Grizzlies are on the road at Sacramento tonight. 9:00 tip. TV: FanDuel Sports<\/p>\n The MLB season opens in Tokyo tomorrow. Stream the Dodgers vs. Cubs<\/a> at 5 AM Central. Yes, I said AM.<\/p>\n Music & dance performance A Taste of Ireland<\/a> comes to the Cannon Center Wednesday.<\/p>\n South Point Grocery’s patio music series kicks off Saturday<\/a> with Jesse Wilcox. Noon-2 PM.<\/p>\n Judy Collins<\/a> comes to the Halloran Centre Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n Not Downtown, but I’ll mention it anyway: There will be a paella pop-up<\/a> on Broad Avenue Saturday. I know there are some paella fans who read this blog.<\/p>\n Back tomorrow.<\/p>\n This blog is free to read, but I gratefully accept tips:\u00a0<\/em> Most bracket projections had Memphis as an 8 seed. It seemed the very best they could hope for was a 7. Instead, the committee rewarded the Tigers\u2019 fine body of non-conference work with a 5. Bracket They play the Colorado State Rams, a 12 seed, in the first round. (West Regional, Seattle, 1 PM Friday, … Continue reading “The NCAA tournament committee put some RESPECT on the Memphis Tigers.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28480"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28480"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28482,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28480\/revisions\/28482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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