Memphis Game Thread

[cmullinsTU]

Pumped for this one. Gold* mentioned this elsewhere, but when (I'm really confident today) we win we likely hand Tubby the last loss of his coaching career.

 

[bluegold70]

Nuke Mempuss and Cubby and the cat they rode in on!!!!!!!

 

[nevadanatural]

Glad you got your nukin’ machine gun back. I’m going to have to miss the game live so one of y’all will need to be the voice of reason with the occasional complaint about turnovers and missed free throws. Tourney games are always exciting when there’s something at stake and this one has plenty of that. 20+ win season, potential NIT spot, potential shot at the dance all on the line today.

 

[TU_BLA]

I believe Zelton is doing the Cincinnati/SMU game...I consider that a big break for us

 

[Clong83a]

From the secret city on the hill:

GOLDEN!

 

[Gmoney4WW]

HURRICANE!

 

[Weatherdemon]

Cincy wins vs SMU 61-51

 

[cmullinsTU]

Game tips at 1:17pm, 14 minutes!!!

 

[TulsaFan01]

Oh no Joiner down and in some serious pain...

 

[Weatherdemon]

That's not good.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Shit

 

[I.I.]

Scott going to have to play more minutes. Tap looks tentative so far.

 

[t-townpod]

This is the Scott we were hoping for

 

[t-townpod]

We need Etou to get going

 

[t-townpod]

Not liking the flow so far.

 

[I.I.]

Is Etou playing? Haven’t seen him.

 

[Tulsafanzz]

Henderson not a PG

 

[Original TULSAFAN]

Just a really bad matchup.. always is.

 

[t-townpod]

Are we shooting 20%?

 

[Original TULSAFAN]

Just let the kids play...

 

[Original TULSAFAN]

Memphis' athleticism is ridiculous.

 

[t-townpod]

Big problems. Need to start hitting some shots

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Apparently we don't need Steed to get bad calls.

 

[TU_BLA]

Seeing Joiner with the ice bag on his knee, the way his knee was bent from the side by the Memphis player falling, screams torn ACL to me. This sucks

 

[TU_BLA]

This start is remarkably similar to 2 years ago....that didn't end so well

 

[Original TULSAFAN]

We cannot score.
It is so hard to win BB games when you shoot like utter crap.

Memphis has our number...

 

[I.I.]

The offense other than Scott is on vacation.

 

[Tulsafanzz]

We need to put Jeffries back in.

 

[TU_BLA]

But the defense is still pretty good. But no one wants to take a shot from outside...and everyone is afraid to drive the ball because the ref under the basket is whistle happy for offensive fouls.

 

[TulsaFan01]

5-20 from the field.. 0-7 from 3.. Damn

 

[I.I.]

Tubby coaching for his job.

 

[hotterthanyourhusbandTU]

The ole "Memphis tourney game"...nice.

We look awful...hopefully, it turns around.

 

[cmullinsTU]

It's too early to panic. Memphis isn't playing that well either.

But without a backup PG and Taplin being injured we are going to have a hard time scoring.

Also, doesn't help that Igbanu and Jeffries have 2 fouls each and will sit the rest of the half.

 

[GoldenCaneKC]

We're playing pretty terribly so far, but the silver lining is it's still a close game. Only down three. If we can put some sort of offensive rhythm together and keep our defensive intensity, hopefully we can pull away a little bit...

 

[t-townpod]

Haith needs to play Igbanu and Joiner and hope for the best

 

[t-townpod]

Game is quickly getting out of hand. Suspect the only way we win is to get the outside shot to fall. They are too long and arthritic for us to keep driving into the lane.

 

[GoldenCaneKC]

Haith needs to play Igbanu and Joiner and hope for the best

You mean Igbanu and Jefferies? Seems like Joiner is done for the day, at least.

 

[t-townpod]

You mean Igbanu and Jefferies? Seems like Joiner is done for the day, at least.

Thanks that is what I meant
When we are bad we are really bad

 

[TulsaFan01]

Picked a bad day to shoot 0% from 3 when it’s almost halftime..

 

[cmullinsTU]

Haith PLEASE play Henderson and Taplin together. Put Scott or Wheeler to spell Taplin for small stretches. We need some shots to fall, Henderson is the only player (that doesn't also have 2 fouls) that will take shots.

Taplin is clearly off and Etou doesn't seem to care.