Jesus Christ...FINALLY

In what I consider to be possibly the greatest upset victory in history, #2 Tennessee defeated #1 Memphis today. "And why," you ask, "is this the greatest upset in history?" Because it knocks the fucking University of Memphis out of the top spot.

The sad part about this is that they got beat by the #2 team, which means they'll just switch places on Monday. Which is a shame, since Memphis doesn't even deserve to be in the Top 25.

Yeah, you heard me: Memphis doesn't deserve to be a ranked team. They play in an absolute joke of a conference. When Louisville, Cincinnati, Marquette, DePaul, and South Florida all left for the Big East three years ago, every other team that had any basketball ability also moved out. A whole conference worth of filler moved in, and, suddenly, Memphis was the best team in a really bad conference.

Did you happen to notice that, before three years ago, Memphis was never ranked? (The same could be said of Marquette, but they actually moved into a good conference, probably the toughest conference in basketball. They really do deserve their rank.) Last year, Memphis ran the table in its conference games. Is that really a surprise when you're playing SMU, Rice, and East Carolina twice a season? Same deal this year, except that they just happened to be undefeated when they went into their conference games. Hence, the #1 rank, because...hey, undefeated team.

I'll admit that Memphis' non-conference schedule (the Tennessee game included) was tough. Their athletic director must be insane, because no one makes a non-conference schedule that tough. But, I guess when you know that you aren't going to have any challenge whatsoever in your conference games, you need to make it at least look like you're trying to be competitive. In fact, their RPI rank is a miraculous #2, solely because of their non-conference games.

But, still...

Do sports writers not have access to Memphis' schedule? Do they just look at their record and go, "Wow: undefeated. That gets my vote!" Are all sports writers located in Memphis, and this is how they root for the home team?

Maybe we'll get lucky, and everyone will go, "Hey, look what happens when Memphis plays a tough team. They lose!" and (not) vote them right out of the Top 25.

I doubt it, but one can always hope.