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Last season, after the Green Bay Packers showed Brett Favre the door, the future NFL Hall of Famer wanted to play for the Minnesota Vikings. But the Packers refused and later traded him to the New York Jets where he started strong but faded while battling injuries. It now appears that the Brett Favre rumors are heating up once again, but this season he can go wherever he wants should he choose to come out of retirement once again. Rumors across the Internet and discussed on Mike & Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio & ESPN 2 have Favre reportedly looking at a comeback with the Minnesota Vikings. Revenge is stated as a major motivator in these rumors, but I think we could all see the love of the game each time Brett smiled over tha past decade and a half. So will Brett Favre end up as the QB for the Minnesota Vikings in 2009? I guess we have to sit back and wait, but one this is for sure, if it happens fans can look to Pro Football Fans for Brett Favre Minnesota Vikings jerseys & apparel.
No. 2 Memphis (33-3) vs. No. 3 Missouri (30-6)
Time/Day/TV: 9:37 EDT/Thursday/CBS
Memphis Road to the Sweet 16: Defeated No. 15 Cal-State Northridge, 81-70; Defeated No. 10 Maryland, 89-70
Missouri Road to the Sweet 16: Defeated No. 14 Cornell, 78-59; Defeated No. 6 Marquette, 83-79
Memphis Moment of Truth: Trailing in the closing minutes to Cal-State Northridge, the Tigers rallied to win. They really didn’t feel comfortable until the final minute.
Memphis Leading Scorers: Tyreke Evans 16.6, Robert Dozier 12.7, Shawn Taggart 10.5
Missouri Moment of Truth: Kim English’s 2 free throws with 5.5 seconds to play broke a tie with Marquette.
Missouri Leading Scorers: DeMarre Carroll 16.7, Leo Lyons 14.6
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Key Matchup: Evans vs. Missouri’s full-court press. Ever since Evans moved to the point, Memphis hasn’t lost (27-0). He must stay disciplined against Missouri’s smothering defense that likes to create a lot of turnovers and points. If he can break it consistently, Memphis has the low post game with Dozier and Taggart to win.
Who Wins and Why: Memphis. Speaking of defense, this might be coach John Calipari’s best defensive team. Their hands are active. They harass. And they can make it hard for teams to move the basketball. Missouri will experience what Maryland couldn’t solve.
The 2009 Conference USA Tournament is almost over as the seeding has held true throughout and the #1 seed Memphis Tigers will take on the #2 seed Tulsa Golden Hurricane in the C-USA Tournament Championship Game today. Memphis, the heavy favorite, looks to win their 4th consecutive Conference USA Basketball Tournament Championship while Tulsa looks to stun the college basketball world and punch their ticket into the Big Dance. Tulsa is 24-9 on the season after finishing with Conference USA’s second-best record at 12-4 and is ranked #67 in the RPI. Meanwhile a win for Memphis could net them a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament as they are 30-3 after a perfect 16-0 C-USA mark and rank #8 in the RPI.
With the winner guaranteed a spot in the 2009 NCAA Tournament, fans can buy NCAA Tournament tickets online through DFN Sports and partner sites.
March is here and with March comes the college basketball madness, but first we have the conference tournaments. The two weeks leading up to the 2009 NCAA Tournament are sure to be just as thrilling as teams play for their postseason lives, and the Conference USA Tournament is no different. The 2009 C-USA Basketball Tournament will be no different than in recent years; it will again be held on Memphis’ home floor, the FedEx Forum, and the Tigers will yet again be the #1 seed and heavy favorites. It appears that UAB and Tulsa will battle for the #2 seed but Houston is just a game back of both. The seeding 4-9 is all up for grabs but it appears that the #10 & 11 seeds will go to Rice & Southern Miss with SMU getting the #12 seed and facing a 20-loss season.
It was another great season in 2008 for Conference USA and at the end of the season, 6 C-USA football teams will participate in postseason bowl games. Headlined by East Carolina, a 27-24 winner over Tulsa in the Conference USA Football Championship Game, with 6 team playing in bowl games C-USA has more bowl participants than the Pac-10 with 5. Let’s take a look at each bowl match-up for Conference USA:
The recent Brett Favre trade from the Green Bay Packers to the New York Jets last week was made to help the Jets make it back to the NFL playoffs, but even if the Jets do not win a game, the move will be well worth it. After announcing the deal, JetsShop.com received so much traffic that the server brough back a message of “Sorry, the shop is inaccessible temporarily, Please try again later.” So not only was the trade one that could get the Jets back into the playoffs, but the increase in sales of New York Jets apparel including the Brett Favre #4 NY Jets jersey, will certainly make financial sense for the Jets. So whether you choose to select Brett Favre for your 2008 fantasy football teams of not, know that the former Southern Miss QB will be making sure the rich get richer in New York in 2008.
It’s no secret that in Conference USA basketball, it’s Memphis and everybody else. Only Houston, UTEP and UAB have really given the Tigers much competition, but don’t count out UCF in 2008-2009 as both the Cougars and Knights look to compete for the C-USA title. The 2008-2009 UCF Knights basketball preview is now live along with the 2008-2009 Houston Cougars basketball preview over at College Sports Fans as they preview the majority of the Division I college basketball programs. Check out the 2008-2009 college basketball preview today to see how your team looks for the upcoming college basketball season!
It’s been a long, tough road for SMU fans. For years they have suffered after their “death penalty,” but fans of Southern Methodist University once again have hope. 2006 gave fans reasons to believe as the Mustangs finished the year 6-6 and 4-4 in C-USA play. But 2007 was a step in the wrong direction as SMU went just 1-11 and 0-8 in Conference USA. While many of 2007’s losses were close ones, this step back meant changes were needed, and the Mustangs proceeded to bring in possibly the most highly-coveted head coach in the college game in June Jones from Hawaii. Coming off a 12-1 season @ Hawaii where he lead the Warriors to a Sugar Bowl berth, Jones received quite an offer to come to SMU and brings hopes of better days with him.
In CUSA Fans’ SMU Correspondent Rick Atkinson’s 2008 SMU football preview, he shows why SMU fans across the nation are excited once again about SMU football. We encourage you to check it out and let us know how you feel by leaving a comment.
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CUSA Fans and College Sports Fans have partnered to provide fans with 2008 college football previews for the 12 Conference USA football schools, and 10 of the 12 C-USA team previews have been completed and are live @ CUSA-fans.com. We told you about 6 of the C-USA team previews earlier this month, and 4 more Conference USA previews have been added which we have listed below. Now, only SMU & East Carolina’s previews remain and these will be added once our SMU & ECU team correspondents complete these previews.
With the help of the DFN Sports writing staff, CUSA Fans is pleased to announce the release of their 2008 Conference USA football previews. As CUSA-fans.com now enters their 4th year of coverage of Conference USA football, they work to provide fans with top-notch C-USA sports information, season and game previews, recaps, player profiles and much more. The following are the 6 C-USA football team previews released to date by CUSA-fans.com:
More 2008 C-USA football previews will be coming soon, so check them out online at CUSA-fans.com!
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