Buckley: Moussa Cisse and the Tigers were called soft. How dare you?
Memphis center Moussa Cisse (32) dunks the ball during the first half of the Tigers’ win over Ole Miss on Saturday. (George Walker IV/AP)
Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
When Moussa Cisse heard the word, he took offense.
Soft?
How dare anyone say Cisse is ‘soft’?
That’s what first went through the 6-foot-11 Guinea native’s head when, one week ago, the Mississippi State Bulldogs supposedly said the Memphis Tigers were soft before they walked out of FedExForum with a win that made coach Penny Hardaway’s team look bad.
Cisse looked for a place to take out his frustration, and that turned out to be Ole Miss. The Rebels ever paid for what Mississippi State supposedly said to Memphis.
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