How exquisite is the timing of the best college basketball matchup of the year betwen two teams...in an out-of conference game...inthe state of Tennessee? What even more incredible is how the four best teams in the country are located near or along Interstae 40 in the states of Tennessee and North Carolina (Memphis #1, Tennessee #2, North Carolina #3, and Duke #4)
Meanwhile, there seems to be an issue in accepting the fact that the Tigers may be the best team in the country. While the outside shooting is suspect, surprising efforts about of freshman, Derrick Rose along with junior guard, Antonio Anderson, and guard Doneal Mack. Also among the elite include leading scorer Chris Douglas-Roberts and Joe Dorsey (who's been a beast in averaging double figure rebounds).
The Tennessee Volunteers feature Chris Lofton who is averaging more than twenty-points per game over his last seven contests as their star. Jajuan Smith is earning about 14 and a half per contest, Tyler Smith, J.P. Prince and Ramar Smith are contributing nearly three betwen the thre competitors. The Volunteers have two losses to go along with 23 victories for a team that seem to dissipate in last year's NCAA tournament. The two losses came at the University of Kentucky and at the University of Texas.
Ultimately, Memphis has too much defense in spite of the game being played in Nashville...and the contest considered a Vols home game. Memphis takes out Tennessee 86-76.
The hottest team in colege basketball (with the exception of Memphis at 25-0) has been the UCONN Huskies. During this stretch of brutally difficult Big East matchups, the team has gone 10-3 in the conference including nine straight wins against Big East foes and ten in a row overall.
In that stretch the team has climbed from the depths of the unranked...all the way to the 13th ranked club in the nation and edging close to a cvete number one seed in the conference tournament. Conneticut has lost to Providence, Georgetown, and Notre Dame. But the key with this squad is the monstrous play of leading shot blocke$r Hasheem Thabeet (4.4 BPG)
He led the club to it's tenth straight victory against DePaul last night and did he come up with some sesnational stops at the other end or what!
The team has defeated five top-25 teams (at the time the squads played) including Indiana, Marquete, Louisville, Notre Dame, and Pittsburgh
God luck ranking the rest!
The Big East schedule only gets easier for the Huskes.
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The game is not being played in Nashville. It is a home game for Memphis and is being held at the FedEx forum. Go Vols!
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