LUNARDI IS A NO TALENT ASS CLOWN TEAM OF THE WEEK

Congratulations, Missouri State, you are the first “Lunardi is A No Talent Ass Clown” Team of the Week! Feel free to put the honor in your notes section for the game against Evansville this weekend.

We feel for you here. The computers love you, you won at Northern Iowa last weekend, you stand just outside the national polls and you have a winning record on the road. Yet, for some reason, Mr. Lunardi shows you no love (although the 2-5 record against top 50 might have something to do with it).

However, on this day of love, we are here to spread a little your direction. If you poor saps replaced Missouri in the Big 12 (a decision we would be all for, by the way) there would be no question as to whether or not Lunardi finds you tournament worthy. Instead, he places teams like Colorado ahead of you, which we find to be sad and equally pathetic.

At any rate, no worries, keep taking care of business and you will be sure to find your way into the field of 65.

OTHER TEAMS LUNARDI IS WAY OFF BASE WITH
VANDERBILT
The Commodores most likely need to get to .500 in the SEC to warrant a bid, but they have three quality wins (at Georgetown, Kentucky, at Kentucky) and their last three losses (at Alabama, Georgia, at Tennessee) were by a
combined 11 points, with one (Alabama) in overtime. They still have Florida, Tennessee and LSU at home as well as winnable road games against Georgia and South Carolina. There is no doubt Vanderbilt can play their way in or out of the tournament over the next three weeks.

SOUTH CAROLINA
With four of its remaining six games at home to finish the regular season, and the two road games against teams outside the top 100, the Gamecocks are in position to make a run. USC has a respectable RPI of 52, which should climb into the 40’s assuming wins in five or six of the remaining games.

AND THE TEAM LUNARDI IS CONSIDERING, YET NOBODY ELSE SHOULD BE
STANFORD
The Cardinal missed a golden opportunity last week with close losses at California and Gonzaga. Their RPI rating of 76 is going to be tough to move playing in the relatively weak Pac-10. Combine that with their lack of top 50 wins (1) and bad losses (4), and the Cardinal will be making reservations for New York soon (that is if they can even win enough games to get there).