Monday, April 7, 2008

I'm not sure I've ever been so let down by a sports game. I am an huge Memphis fan and I have been since back when they lost the Conference USA championship to Louisville and as a result had to go to the NIT. I don't have another team I push for as much as Memphis and they were sooooo close to winning the first ever championship in school history. Why does it always have to come down to free throws (the Louisville game did too)? My senior year of high school I shot 72% and as a team they can't even match that. Anyway the key to this team getting back is if John Calipari comes back. Every year it seems like he flirts with some other job opportunity. But if he stays the team has a future. He almost always uses his NBA connections (he used to coach the Nets) as a selling point to bring big time recruits to a non-BCS conference school (like he did with Derrick Rose). If he leaves I'm not sure another coach can recreate that. As it stands now the team figures to lose 3 of its 5 starters, Joey Dorsey, Chris Douglas-Roberts, and Derrick Rose. If they keep the rest it will still be a decent team and will still make the NCAA Tournament next year. If they get both of the big recruits they are currently pursuing they could even be very good, the recruits are Tyreke Evans and Devin Ebanks. Until then I'll just have wait and sulk til next season.

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