The Memphis breakdown
Since the Final Four features three of the best programs of all time, BB is going to give you his historical breakdown of each team ... and, well, Memphis might not be up there with UCLA, Kansas and UNC, but the Tigers still have a solid history.
All-time staring five: 
Penny Hardaway … re-invented the point guard position with 22.8 points, 8.5 rebounds and 6.4 assists a game his junior season before bolting to the NBA.
Derrick Rose … he might only stick around for a year, but the explosive point guard was the missing piece ... Read more
As a service to his loyal readers, Bracket Boy is breaking down the Final Four teams. Today: the Memphis Tigers.
The lights were dimmed in the secret lab yesterday, but our resident expert was wearing dark sunglasses anyway. He had a guitar on his lap and pain in his heart, and the way he was howling into a microphone, he sounded less like our usual BB and more like B.B. King.
Yes, loyal readers, it is true.
Bracket Boy had the Blues.
“My bracket is busted baby … oh, and Memphis is to blame.”
“Yeeeeah, my bracket is busted ...
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When that final desperate heave from Davidson clanked left of the basket, our resident expert stared at his obliterated bracket, looked at all the No. 1 seeds that had advanced to the Final Four, and sighed.
“Chalk,” Bracket Boy said. “I hate chalk!”
Yes, for the first time since the field expanded to 64 teams, the all the top seeds have advanced to the national semifinals. If you like the spunky underdog, you’re not going to like this:
Memphis. UCLA. North Carolina. Kansas.
Rock Chalk, San Antonio.
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