re: Anthony Grant showing "lots of interest in Tennessee" per Brent Hubbs

Gonzaga made their 12th straight NCAA tournament this year.

Gonzaga is an interesting question

probably to know the answer I'd have to know more about how much money they generate and what kind of basketball facilities they have

If their basketball revenue and facilities are on equal footing to a school like bama or lsu? Then IMO you should prefer Gonzaga... it is just better to be the sport people care about

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i agree a run of success for a short period of time doesnt automatically make one job better than another however in this case i would say that bama/UT were on equal footing then UT had a 6 year run of success that Bama didnt match so having to pick one i would say Tenn was better

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I agree completely with the idea that a 6 year run like UT's vs. a 5 year drought that Bama has had is momentum that clearly puts UT ahead AT THE MOMENT.

The thing I think most Alabama fans take exception to is this idea that Tennessee is clearly a better job ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL. In other words, say UT was coming into the coaching search with a 5 year NCAA tourney drought of their own. People here seem to suggest that the ceiling is higher at Tennessee than Alabama when both schools in their best times have managed to accomplish almost identical milestones. Both have an Elite 8 while Bama has 9 Sweet 16s to Tennessee's 6. Tennessee has 8 or 9 SEC regular season titles to Alabama's 7 while Alabama has more SEC tourney titles. UT's run of consecutive NCAA tourney appearances couple with Bama's 5 year drought now means both schools have been to 19 NCAA tournaments each.

I'll grant the fact that Tennessee has a larger arena that has been nicely renovated. I'm not crazy about Coleman Coliseum but it is much cleaner and spruced up since the last renovation and seats more than half the conference. Alabama is also in the process of building a brand new practice facility for basketball as well so facilities aren't quite as good as Tennessee's but they're not bad at all either.

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Bryant91092

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hey buddy serious question....do the guys still go to the rec in the offseason and play ball?? when i was there Ron and Chuck used to be there all the time and they were fun as hell to play with...Terrence Meade used to come to and he didnt have much personality but frick he would pick your pocket and you wouldnt even know what happened. sometimes i would just sit there and watch Ron shoot and he would seriously make about 29/30 of his shots....one time they heard gottfried was up there and they all freaked and ran out of the gym...Jermareo (sp) was one hilarious dude...he drove this POS car that i couldnt even probably fit in

I know they did this year before the season started, but I'd assume once our practice facility is finished being built that they'd only go over there unless they got bored and wanted to show off to the regular students.

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UT made the elite 8 last year if your talking about them...barely lost to Izzone

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I was talking about Gonzanga for the poster who was referencing them earlier.

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I was talking about Gonzanga for the poster who was referencing them earlier.

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Who was that kid with the scumstache that played for them in 09? That was the year I was thinking they went to the elite 8. Must have just been the 16.

Adam Morrison? font that that was 09 though

If Grant ever leaves Bama, it will be for a top 10 job, not UT. He has near 100% fan support after not even making the NCAA and makes 2 mil a year. UT gonna offer 3.5 or something? Bama returns a better team than UT has coming back, and Grant has a good class coming in. There is absolutely no logical reason he would take the UT job.