I posted this morning that this could be an interesting day, and it has been.
Billy Gillispie was on the SEC teleconference this morning, featuring the seven coaches that are in participating in post-season play. Billy G. called UNLV “a very difficult matchup,” and that he has no idea what sort of atmosphere there would be at Memorial Coliseum. “I’ll just look forward to it when the time comes at 9:30,” he said.
A lot of the discussion was about the SEC receiving only three bids, and the top-seeded conference team, LSU, getting just an 8th seed.
“When I saw Tennessee come up as a No. 9, I was shocked by that,” said Auburn coach Jeff Lebo, who added that when the seeds started showing up he knew his Tigers had little chance of making the field.
“The obvious perception was that our league was down,” said Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl. “And going by the committee seedings, the reality is that the league was down.”
Pearl said he thought it was a real shame that Auburn did not make the field.
“I think the teams are a lot better than what they’ve gotten,” said Gillispie. “We got three times this year, and I think next year it’ll be back to where it has been, maybe even more.”
Gillispie and UK players are to meet with the media at 5 p.m. to preview the UNLV game.
