Please don't state your theory of an injury on a player as fact.
Memphis Game Thread
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Please don't state your theory of an injury on a player as fact.
I keep rereading this to figure out what I'm missing. They stomped us three games ago.
We beat a lot of good teams this year. No way we should be losing by 30 points to a team with 13 losses. No excuse.
TU now looking for a moral victory by keeping the loss under 30 points!!!
UConn and SMU and Cinci all have plenty of good players. We beat them each. I do not buy that Memphis is simply 20 plus points better. It goes deeper than that. It was a sloppy, heartless performance.
We're better than this. It's just a shame they had to play their worst game of the season when it counted most.
Please don't talk about how much better we will be NEXT year. I have heard that for the last 10 years EVERY year. Let's just go in with very low expectations and hope for the best.
I still see nothing to convince me we have turned any corner. Unless we are talking about that cliff we just fell off.
I still see nothing to convince me we have turned any corner. Unless we are talking about that cliff we just fell off.
We may not be better but we certainly have our best shooting class in YEARS coming in so we'll at least have more than a couple scorers when paired with Birt and maybe Taplin
We will be a much better shooting team next year. I suspect we take a major step back defensively.
Good call Gold. I'll hit you for one too... Plus I think I owe some beer from 2014's football season
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C-USA talent....... like a puzzle with some pieces not made to fit. I like Haith's 4-out, 1-in offense, fun to watch when executes properly. Looking forward to seeing some hungry newcomers who's skills were recruited to fit the offense.
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Ashamed of this team tonight. Never thought I would say that about a TU team but I'm saying it tonight. How you get embarrassed with 9 seniors by a mediocre Memphis team that you beat twice last year? No heart tonight. When Self's 2nd team got thrashed by Duke I was still proud of that team because they fought their guts out till the bitter end. These guys owe all TU fans a big time apology for the crap that was on display tonight. No excuse.
Memphis threw a wrinkle of hedging the perimeter handoff (pick-n-pop play) TU leans on to create so many open 3-point looks, and TU had no answer (ignored Swanny rolling to paint unguarded) Memphis basically drove a wedge into TU's ball movement with this simple hedge, thus eliminating TU's typical 3- point game. Credit to Pastner??? Weird to think Fred Savage might have out coached the opponent.
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I don't think the gap was talent, it was all effort. When they beat SMU, UConn, Temple, UH, and CIN they put forth greater effort.
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This was the most pathetic performance in Tulsa basketball history, given the magnitude of the game and the opponent.
Not being competitive is inexcusable. Losing this game by any margin would be bad.
The NIT turnout could be equally embarrassing.
How a team could be so ill-prepared and show so little heart is puzzling.
Not being competitive is inexcusable. Losing this game by any margin would be bad.
The NIT turnout could be equally embarrassing.
How a team could be so ill-prepared and show so little heart is puzzling.
Memphis players came from 3 top ten recruiting classes. It is no surprise they can play well. The surprise was our lack of any enthusiasm. The last three games Memphis has played like a top 20 team they should have been all year. We will be fun to watch next year. I love to see new kids with unbridled enthusiasm. Welcome Artison, Atson, Henderson, Igbanu, Korita, Magnay, and Battle.
Next years team will automatically be better by the fact the new PG's game will not be solely be about forcing the ball to the rim. I promise you, Taplin and Battle will make more than (7) 3-point shots next season! You can't win in March w/ a PG who is zero threat from 15+ ft.
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