Well, after the little slip versus the Kentucky Wildcats, Bruce and the Barbarians are back at No 4 in the land in both the AP and ESPN/USA Today polls.

More importantly, at present ESPN's Joe Lunardi projects the BasketVols to be a No 1 seed in the West Region -- which means that they would open the NCAA tournament in Birmingham versus Lamar before progressing toward Phoenix. I'm going to show my ignorance -- where exactly is Lamar, or is Lunardi predicting that the Vols will play former Tennessee blowhard Lamar Alexander (Although I guess he is still a blowhard ... I hope he wears his plaid shirt!!!)?

Thus one game looming in the not-so-distant future becomes all the more important: the contest against the Memphis Tigers on 23 February in Memphis. If the Vols can beat the (currently) No 1 Tigers, then it seems difficult to imagine a poll where the BasketVols are not the No 1 team in the country. That is especially true considering that Tarhead U and Dook both have to play one another a second time, and one of them has to lose.

Of course, for that to even matter, the Vols must remain focused and tend to the task of continuing to win against the rest of their SEC opponents -- next target the Arkansas Razorbacks on Wednesday, 13 February at 8:00 at the Tommy Bowl. The Vols still have a lot of basketball to play before the get to Memphis, but if they take care of business, they could be sitting in an awfully good position come tournament time.

In the meantime, I'm just going to enjoy the No 4 ranking, thus, I thought this little flashback to my childhood was appropriate. Hope you approve...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XVvA8_fe9o[/youtube]

Go Vols, Beat the Piggies!!!

-- Go Figure …

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