Re: Mermphis & the National Division

[Brian Johnson]

I can't blame Calipari a bit.  However, I don't want
to see our schedule weaken, either.


--- "richard l. kandell" <address@hidden>
wrote:
> Even the members of the National Division don't want
> to be members of the
> National Division.  Too bad there is little we can
> do about those teams.
>
> Richard K.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "SportingNews.com SportsMail"
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> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 3:07 PM
> Subject: Mike DeCourcy: Inside Dish: UConn among
> those eyeing Peterkin
>
>
> > Mike DeCourcy
> > The Sporting News
> >
> > Memphis coach John Calipari is optimistic about
> his team, though the
> Tigers lost SG Dajuan Wagner and C Chris Massie to
> early draft entry and
> wing Scooter McFadgon to transfer. Calipari believes
> the pieces are in place
> to make an NCAA Tournament run if C Earl Barron
> becomes more of a force
> inside. Calipari is less sanguine about Conference
> USA. Its National
> Division, which includes Memphis, has produced one
> NCAA Tournament team
> since 1997. On a conference call last week, he
> lobbied for format changes.
> If divisions remain the same, Calipari says teams
> should play eight games
> against the seven teams in their division and eight
> against the opposite
> division, with television partners helping to choose
> which opponents a team
> plays twice. He also discussed an East/West
> divisional split that would put
> Memphis in with Marquette, DePaul and Saint Louis. .
> . .
> >
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