NEW YORK - Much to our glee, Radio Ronnie the Ranter is back in the house tonight and has re-assumed his position in our eardrums, er, one row behind us. He seems to be doing a pre-game show, previewing not only the UConn-Memphis game, but also looking ahead to next week's NIT Season Tip-off semis and finals.

. . . The building has filled up a bit and the lower bowl's purple seats are about 65 percent filled. The middle and upper bowls turquoise seats are about 40 percent filled. Needless to say, attendance for the two nights has been weak at best, a direct result of Kentucky not making the final four.

This will be a mostly pro-UConn crowd, but Memphis has travelled extremely well and fills an entire section behind the Tigers bench.

. . . Should be a good one and we're going to go with a pre-game prediction of a Memphis win where the Tigers pull away late for a double-digit victory.