Short Stay For Tennessee

A day after being tabbed numero uno in both the AP and USA Today college basketball polls, Tennessee lost to #14 Vanderbilt 72-69 on Tuesday night. Tennessee came in after the big win over previous #1 Memphis. Tennessee looked flat, and completely out of sync. Tonight I realized what a awful gym Vanderbilt has. The fans are too far away from the court and the benches are on the baselines instead of the sideline. This is absolutely absurd, the coaches are unable to communicate with the players when they are on the opposite side of the court and is just not logical. Who designed this gym and what were they thinking? The fans are 25 yards from the court! VANDY PLEASE GET A NEW GYM !

RA

#3 UNC Rolls, #4 Duke and #24 Kansas State Stumble

• North Carolina entered tonights game 24-2 and began its 5th straight game without star point guard Ty Lawson. With Lawson still out with a high ankle sprain, Hansbrough put the Heels on his back and carried them to a 84-70 win. The three time All American finished with 32 points and 12 boards. Ellington added 21 points as the Heels move to 25-2 and 10-2 in the ACC. Next up for UNC is Wake Forest on Sunday in Chapel Hill.
• Duke, coming off a loss to Wake, took on Miami Fl. Duke entered the game 22-2 and ranked 4th in the country. But Miami wasn't impressed, they jumped out to a big lead in the second half and held off a late run by Duke to gain a 96-95 victory over coach k and his dukies. The Hurricane victory was the first against Duke in 45 years! YES 45! Big win for the Canes ! Props to James Dews , a sophomore guard for UM, a former teammate of mine.
• Freshman phenoms Michael Beasley and Bill Walker, led Kansas State against an average at best Nebraska team. Beasley maybe underestimated Nebraska just a tad, before the game he said that he "might just go for 50 tonight" well..... lets say he didn't quite get there, his team barely did for that matter. Beasley was only able to muster 17 points. Walker with only 12. Nebraska edged out K-State 71-64. Beasley was able to tie former Syracuse forward Carmelo Anthony for the most double doubles by a freshman.
• #1 Memphis stayed unbeaten as they got a 97-71 victory over Tulane
• #2 Tennessee beat Auburn 89-70. Setting up a 1 vs 2 matchup Sat. night.
• #8 Butler beat Illinois-Chicago
• #10 Wisconsin took care of Illinois
• #17 Michigan State waxed Penn State. Props to Raymar Morgan
  
• Rounding out the top 25, #24 Marquettte beat St Johns