Catlanta, Day 3

For all of my adoring fans expecting an update from day 2, I must apologize. I feel like i needed at least 48 hours to recover from the Cats heartbreaking loss to the Mississippi St wiener dogs. As I write this I am watching the NCAA selection show, so you can bet that this will be a major topic of conversation in this post. That being said, here are my thoughts as of right now.

1)As I am typing this the Cats received an 8 seed in the west region. This marks the second consecutive year that a) we received a seed of 8 in the NCAA and b) we had to play on the first day of the SEC tournament. Simply said, this is not acceptable. At UK, the minimum expectations should be a yearly trip to AT LEAST the SEC tournament final with UK winning at least 3 out of 5 tournaments. Also, the minimum acceptable finish in the NCAA in ANY single year should be the sweet 16. Obviously Coach Smith has not lived up to these standards in the last couple of years, and this is the major cause of dissension amongst planet blue right now.

2)Perhaps the biggest tragedy in the whole NCAA tournament draw is the fact that UL is the #6 seed and playing in Lexington for the first 2 rounds. Obviously I am completely biased when it comes to this subject because I hope UL loses every game they play from now until eternity, but the NCAA established the "pod" system several years ago to benefit the #1-4 seeds from each region. So if our beloved Tards make it past Stanford (which they obviously won't because the ghost of Adolph Rupp will not allow it) they would play Texas A & M (the #3 seed) a mere 78 miles from their campus. This might be one of the most ludicrous things I have ever heard. So Texas A & M is rewarded by receiving a #3 seed by having to play a game within the shadows of their campus. This rivals the tragedy seen when a #3 Miss St. team had to play Texas in Dallas ( a game which Miss St was defeated).

3)Despite the fact that the brain trust of Layne Sleighbaugh and Whitey endorse the firing of Tubby Smith, I am to this point just yet. Wait til after the season. Randolph Morris is showing flashes of putting us on his back and could STILL lead to a big run in the NCAAs. This will however require Smooth and Bobby Perry to actually show up the day of the game (something that did not happen against Miss St)

4)Sam Bright is still the biggest wuss on the face of the earth

5)The last time the Cats lost to Miss St in the NCAAs, we went on to cut down the nets for #6. Here's to history repeating itself for #8.