Weekend rewind

National coming out party for LSU's Tyrus Thomas. Too bad the first ten minutes of the game where not shown in most markets because the previous game took longer than expected. How about national exposure for LSU? They have Glen "Big Baby" Davis and highly touted Tasmin Mitchell, and senior Darren Mitchell! Get LSU some PT baby! Some for LSU please!

CBS acknolwedged their purchase of CSTV during the half time show on Saturday. Hopefully they will get clever and show the alternate games on CSTV (when CBS has regional instead of national games on the weekend), as well as reruns for those who missed them. With CBS's resources CSTV can accelerate its grown and programming.

Beat on the Cats! This is the new slogan for Kentucky opponents. I am sure the die-hard KY fans will increase their whining now that Tubby Smith has had his two worse defeats (by margin of victory) in the last few weeks. Can Randolph Morris save the day? Granted Kentucky fans expect/demand a Final Four appearance every year which is almost impossible, but is Tubby on the hot seat?

Are the Pitt Panthers for real this time? Just because they have been beating up on cupcakes once again, it doesn't necessarily mean they are a middle of the road team with an inflated record. I have seen them play twice, and they exceeded my expectations. A number of players have made significant progress (Aaron Gray, L. Kendall, Krauser under control), some of the wings have filled up (flashbacks of Julius Page and Jarron Brown), and the freshmen are delivering. Granted Sam Young is a freshman only in name as he was stowed away @ prep school, but he could be the next big player at Pitt.

Air Georgia returns to Michigan, and they almost lose to a Purdue team that has nothing to lose - apart from the games they play ;-)