Archive for the 'basketball' Category

Count By Numbers

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Lady Vol Alexis Hornbuckle (yes, that’s really her name) couldn’t hit a shot all night. Not for the first 39 minutes and 59.3 seconds of the game.
But in the final countdown, with 0.7 seconds left on the game clock, she tipped a missed shot back in to score her only two points when it [...]

Cut Down The Net Then Pillow Fight

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Self -discovery can be a good thing or a bad thing.
Good, because you might learn something about yourself. Bad, because you might learn something about yourself.
I’m going through a little bit of self-discovery right now. Believe it or not, I have BrettCajun to thank for it.
Because Tennessee (my team) and LSU (his [...]

One For Three

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Three and out.
That’s a term usually reserved for football.  In this case it applies to basketball.
After Saturday’s win over Memphis, Tennessee’s men’s basketball team was ranked #1 for the first time ever…and for three days.  After last night’s three-point loss to Vanderbilt, their brief time at the top came to the end.
Three days.  Three points.
I [...]

Xtra LARGETONY

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Either the world got a little smaller or I grew a little bigger. Well, the blog grew a little bigger, anyway.
Yesterday I had a big spike. (Again, the blog I mean. It’s not that unusual for me personally to have a big spike.) I checked to see where all the extra [...]

Blue Memphis

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Peyton Manning was there. So was Priscilla Presley. And Justin Timberlake.
Peyton was orange. Priscilla and JT were blue.
So was most of Memphis. Especially their basketball team.
Saturday night was one of the biggest games in college basketball: #1 University of Memphis vs. #2 University of Tennessee, and in-state rivals to boot. [...]