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& # 39;Nicole Auerbach of Athletic tweeted the official NCAA seed list Sunday night and ranked Tennessee 5th. More importantly, the flights were listed at 29-4, which means the selection committee considered Saturday's game against Kentucky as the SEC.BR tournament championship>

I also chose to believe it, which means that the Flights enter the Big Dance after the biggest win in basketball history in Tennessee. A comeback for ages to beat the G League Kats in a de facto match on the road in Nashville.

I've never been as proud of basketball as Saturday afternoon. I had tears of joy to see Grant Williams, Admiral Schofield and Lamonte Turner interviewed after match by Laura Rutledge, who – although Gator – is excellent.

Laura, Sean Farnham, Aaron Torres and Gary Parrish are the four members of the national media who have believed in All-Weather Flights. I do not know about you, but these four have always been my initiators. Their confidence in Tennessee will be rewarded over the next month because you could not ask for a better draw. We have the draw necessary to go to the end.

We all wanted a seed 1, but Tennessee is not royal and the battle has always been tough. I am convinced that Jay Bilas was ready to ask the state of Florida to seize the last trio of head after fighting against Duke on Saturday for the ACC tournament title.

The flights open Friday afternoon at 2:45 pm against Colgate. I'm sure Pat Forde and Dan Wolken have been trying to figure out who could make a joke about the fastest dental hygiene in their group.

The Patriot League champions are 24-10 this season and 13-5 in the league before winning the conference tournament. They lost in Syracuse in November, 77-56, and at Penn State in December, 76-65. They shoot really well at three, ranking 13th overall with 39.1%, by barttorvik.com.

I admit that I did not know anything about Colgate until Sunday. I should spend more time with Matt Langel's team, but I'm writing this Sunday night late and if Tennessee is as good as I think, they should handle their affairs in the first round with relative relative ease.

Aside from Villanova – which is far from being as good as its title teams in 2018 and 16 – could a region be filled with other underachievers at the tournament, especially half of Tennessee?

Cincinnati and Purdue face each other early every year. To be fair, Purdue has had a bit of bad luck recently. Iowa is the most pedestrian of the pedestrian programs of university athletics. They have the same 8-4 team in football each year and Fran McCaffery has perfected the 20-win season with a first weekend outing over the past 10 years. His vocabulary is also the same as that of Kevin O'Neill, which the 6 year old could hear in the day because TBA had only a few thousand spectators at the games. (I hope the guy "Free Isaiah, Dickey has to leave!" Is still alive so that he can enjoy this race.)

It's a lot to ask the Flights to go as far as any school team, but I'm expecting Tennessee to do at least the Elite 8. This is the third time Rick Barnes has been ranked 2 seeded. The previous two times (2006 and 08 in Texas), his team had reached the Elite 8. No reason this team should not. After that, we will roll the ball and see what happens. I will try my luck and ride or die with Admiral Schofield, Grant Williams, Jordan Bone and the rest of Flights every day.

Go cut nets, Tennessee! That's about the moment.

Other thoughts of the tournament – Gonzaga certainly did not have a favorable draw. The West is probably the most difficult region. Michigan is good enough to win everything. Texas Tech is a great choice for the title. Florida State is remarkable, led by VFL and Phil Cofer, 8 years old. Buffalo and Syracuse are also potential teams for the second weekend. Duke should go to Sweet 16, but Virginia Tech or the state of Mississippi will not be a game of hope, any more than the state of Michigan or possibly LSU. The Blue Devils are the best college basketball team, but once it gets serious the second weekend, it's hard to see them win three times in four straight games. Zion Williamson is good enough to release a game when they can not do anything from outside, but they will be tested more than expected.

– As long as Ole Miss will not become a trendy fashionable choice, they will have a chance to shoot against Virginia. Kermit Davis offended Michigan, two seeded, while he was at the MTSU, and I would not be surprised if he did it to Tony Bennett this year. We have to shoot from outside to beat Virginia and that's what Ole Miss does. If the Rebel Black Bear Landsharks can shoot as they did against Tennessee, they will have a chance.

– North Carolina, Auburn and Kansas in the upper half of the Midwest? I'll have to take a shower after watching these teams play. If a person present is not dressed in the FBI's Burt Macklin, I will be very disappointed. It is never good to trust teams with three players in the tournament, but if Auburn survives the first weekend, they will be able to beat the Tar Heels, who have trouble defending the 3-point line.

– I'll be a big fan of Alilene Christian, Wofford, Seton Hall, Houston, Iowa, and everyone coming out of the FBI quad, probably from the UNC. The day Kentucky is sent home is a holiday in my world. Players like Christian Laettner and teams like the 2015 Wisconsin Badgers will always have a special place in the heart of my sport.

It's finally Mars! Let's enjoy and have fun winning championships together.

@ MattDixon3 & # 39;

A quick update on us here: If you use Android and switch to a new phone or if you are simply looking for the Tony Basilio Show app and you can not find it in the Google Play Store, you can not imagine anything if you do not do not find it. . That's because our app provider told us that it was pulling out of the app market. Therefore, we are building something else. This will surely happen after the hoop season, so use TuneIn Radio for our feed if you have not yet downloaded the Tony Basilio Show app. If the application is already downloaded, you can continue to use it.

This unexpected curve with the need for a new application led me to evoke yesterday our need here at the Tony Basilio Show for those who consume this website and the show to kindly join our fight by joining the Club T. Au Over the past two years, our spending to achieve this goal has exploded. Not to mention the fact that we provide you with absolutely all our post-match offers, as well as all the additions like "X" and our other contributors. Here is the bottom line …

I do not want to say a word before thanking all the people who have developed the T Club concept up to now. I am blessed to have people who value what we do. YOU ARE ENJOYED!

I do not want to put this blog behind a paywall but I should do it at some point. Three industry insiders have said that I am absolutely idealistic and naive not to place this content behind a kind of paywall. I want all this content to be available to everyone.

The way I see this, I could do four things at this point.

1. Quit and move to a larger market. I could very well do that tomorrow without sweating with what I've accomplished here. Imagine your experience in Tennessee without the craziness we created here. This could happen if you do not get involved. It's not dramatic here, but it's on the table especially with my kids out of the house.

2. Put these things behind a paywall and become something I never wanted to be. This would definitely help us cope with the ever-increasing fixed costs we have every year. Since our inception 14 years ago, our fixed costs have more than doubled. #faxes

3. Stop doing all these extra things and get back to normal life. This would mean that the blog, post game shows, show nights and community engagement / engagement would be reduced. I really do not want that to happen, but it's an option.

4. Convince yourself of the need to get involved. More than 30,000 different people read this blog every month. If a small part of you jumps into the battle with us by joining club T, it could help us a lot to breathe a little.

I challenge anyone to find in your Tennessee experience as many people as we have in your dysfunctional family of Basilio Radio. The need for a new application, which would generate unforeseen expenses, seemed like a good time to converse with you.

If you can not afford it but want to benefit from the information and community here, BIG! Everyone is encouraged to do what he wants, but he feels driven.

I believe we have created a unique community and I am determined to maintain it. It remains to be seen how we maintain this process and keep all the balls in the air. BTW, I do not intend to raise this constantly in order to hurt your experience or distract it. If I see the need to get involved, it's great. Otherwise, it's good too. Just understand that I can not continue at this rate.

I appreciate you listening and be there.

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PS: I also need your opinion to get a new app …. Please send your suggestions to [email protected]

Thank you

Tony