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From Seth Davis's column on the Sports Illustrated site:

Finally, one of the, er, interesting byproducts of my appearing on television is that it provides me with another outlet through which to provoke my many loyal Hoop Thinkers. And boy, did I get a barrage of hate mail from people in Memphis after I said on CBS two weekends ago that I thought the Tigers, who were then ranked fifth in both polls and have since moved up to fourth, were "overrated."

Memphis native Jay Adkins' email was unusual from the rest in that it was: a) somewhat civil; and b) grammatically correct. After listing all the teams Memphis has beaten on the road, Jay concluded by writing, "Thanks for saying that, though. You gave our team bulletin board material. I look forward to you commenting on them in the NCAA championship game in April."

Well, Jay, stranger things have happened than Memphis playing in the championship game. Still, I stand by what I said. To declare that Memphis is not overrated right now would be akin to saying that I think the Tigers are going to make the Final Four. While this is clearly John Calipari's most talented team at the school, and while this squad doesn't seem to have the chemistry and character problems of his other Tigers teams, I simply can't foresee a team that counts five freshmen and three sophomores among its top nine players playing in the championship game.

But as Dennis Miller likes to say, That's just my opinion, I could be wrong. And if I am, I'm sure Jay Adkins and his many neighbors will make sure I eat my words.

Ladies and gentelmen...that's my wedding photographer he's talking about writing in. I can't wait until March and Jay's proven right. Go Tigers!