If you don't read the AOLFanhouse.com blogs, you should. They're great, cover all sports, and have some humor thrown in for good measure. Anyway, the article linked through the title concerns why no one is talking about Ole Miss as a bubble team. They have a good point. All year, SEC fans have heard how awesome the East is and how embarrassing the West is. Then the tourney rolls around, and...LSU knocks out UT, Arkansas knocks out South Carolina and Vandy, Mississippi State knocks out UK, and Alabama knocks out....nobody, they actually do suck, but that is beside the point.
The Final Four in the SEC features 3 SEC West teams (the Mississippi's and Arkansas) and only 1 SEC East team (Florida, who will probably win). Despite this, every website only has 4 SEC teams in the Big Dance. I'm sorry, but the SEC deserves more teams then that. I am openly rooting for one of the SEC West teams to win so as to secure at least one more bid.
And enough cannot be said about the job Andy Kennedy has done at Ole Miss. You may remember that this was a job that other coaches, such as John Pelphrey, turned down due to a perceived lack of commitment or facilities from the school. This was supposedly a dead-end job, but Kennedy, as proven during his one year at Cincinnati, is a good coach. Speaking of which, UC got screwed last year by the selection committee, and if Ole Miss makes the final and doesn't get a bid, it is time to start asking whether or not someone in Indianapolis has it in for Andy Kennedy.
BTW, when people talk about potential new coaches for UK, why never Andy Kennedy? I bet UK could pay him more than Ole Miss, he is a proven recruiter, and runs a fast paced offense (famously saying that this year at Ole Miss will be the slowest they every play). A lot of people think Billy D. would leave Florida, so why not try Kennedy as well. Just a thought.
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