Frank Martin wasn’t going to let the opportunity slip by without reaching into his bag of clever one-liners.
The SEC men’s basketball coaches teleconference made its 2018 debut Monday, allowing league reporters to fire away at the likes of John Calipari, Bruce Pearl and Martin. But before questions, the coaches are always allowed the chance to make an opening statement.
Here’s what Martin delivered on the brink of South Carolina trips to Tuscaloosa and Athens: “I’m trying to figure out what I did in the SEC office to set us up to have to play at Alabama, at Georgia, the week they play each other for the national championship in football.