Memphis Post Game Thread

[Hunt for 7]

Oh I'm a blamin' the refs.

So is Hurley that’s good enough for me. I am officially blaming the officials…..this board right now is keeping me from losing it like my 16 yr old son did on that over the back call.

 

[HuskyHawk]

It obviously needs to change. I'm a big supporter of Mahaney because I know he's better than what he's shown but when he's on the court with some of these lineups it makes us look fairly unathletic. We play faster with Diarra on the court but I want Hass to remain our disruptor off the bench and Samson clearly needs to join him coming off the bench for the speed lineup. The problem is Mahaney's best role is off the bench as well but as a scorer/shooter.

I'm not sure what the fix is but I want Liam, Solo, and Jaylin on the court together with their length and athleticism. Ross too but he's still raw. Nowell needs a fairly long look at point guard or we need to go more positionless I think. Liam and Jaylin both can handle and pass. Can we do things without a traditional point guard for long stretches?

If we play our best 5 players there’s no PG. if we play our best 6 players there’s still no PG. That would be less of a problem if Ball was a better facilitator. Against this press I don’t think it works. It may be a lineup we can play situationally though.

 

[TheHorde]

Solo clearly fouled the Memphis player's elbow with his head

And they even reviewed it and still didn’t change it lmao. Solo was stationary and is entitled to his space he was straight up. You can’t flail your elbows into opponents jaws. Well, apparently you could today.

 

[Deepster]

Would Coach K have gotten a T there in that situation in 1993? Would John Wooden have in 1968? I doubt it highly on both counts. And I recall K mouthing some pretty bad stuff in 2004 in the Final Four.

Jim Calhoun would have and did get them. A lot.

 

[upstater]

Not an excuse for Samson, but I would like to know what his guy said to him, it was clearly a reaction to something he said to him in his ear while they were walking back after being tangled.

He tried to trip Samson.

 

[Bomber36]

Mostly because Val and the NCAA office are incompetent.

My point exactly.

 

[Greg]

This would make a lot more sense if it wasn’t November. These are the tougher games earlier on. But I’m also not capping our season as a “second weekend team” based on a November loss, so reasonable minds can differ.

You guys will be alright. Probably not three peat alright but team is good enough it could happen if things break right. Has not happened since The Wooden era so it would be nuts if it does happen.

 

[NickDanger]

The whistle favored Memphis the entire game, which happens. Then the officials decided to pick a side.

Total screw job. UConn showed tons of fight.

“The whistle favored Memphis the entire game…”
Every losing team’s fans always think the refs had it in for them

 

[TheHorde]

Jim Calhoun would have and did get them. A lot.

And therein lies the problem. Hurley is correct to demand that he and his program be treated the same as Duke was. No more no less. People can hate on him and also say he hurt the team. Both have some merit. But if one thinks that crew didn’t suck they’re blinder than…well, that crew.

 

[Bomber36]

Will be interesting to look back on this in a few months, but immediately after the Memphis game here is my ‘optimal’ lineup:

• Diarra
• Ball
• McNeeley
• Karaban
• Reed

+Stewart as 6th man (maybe? Had a breakout game today)

Hindsight will correct me, but from my couch today (Nov 25) this seems like the best mix. Thoughts?

I like this.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

So there’s a ton of blame to Hurley for the tech and I’m not absolving him. But…if that behavior is unacceptable then call it when he did it early and often all game. Why wait until there’s 40 seconds left to decide it’s over the line?

It compounds, refs usually give a little leeway.

 

[Skiblets]

Remember last January when the refs took a ton of shiite for the 62 free throws in the Pee Cee game. Today's refs be like 'hold my beer, we going for 64'

 

[Orc]

seems like he was as wrong about Mahaney as he was right about Reed. his only transfer miss to date but it's a crucial one. Mahaney is playing like UConns worst starting PG since sterling gibbs

Its starting to look like hes our nick timberlake. Someone expected to be an impact player but turns out to be huge miss. Hope Im wrong.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

And they even reviewed it and still didn’t change it lmao. Solo was stationary and is entitled to his space he was straight up. You can’t flail your elbows into opponents jaws. Well, apparently you could today.

The craziest part about that call is that the young guy who I’m assuming is the one Hurley didn’t know blew his whistle on the contact between Solo’s face and the elbow. No hands, no body, nothing else.

 

[temery]

I don't get the "I tripped" comment.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I like this.

May be in the minority after that huge shot, but I still need to see a lot more from Solo. Against good comp he reverts back to catch and shoot only. He has little depth to his game.

 

[SubbaBub]

Got nothing from Johnson, nothing from Mahaney, nothing from Diarra until the very end and OT and Hurley ignoring time and score to put on a show.

We are going to need someone to step up at PG and Reed has to start if only to limit Johnson's fouls.

Our best 5 is Reed, AK, McNeeley, Ball and Stewart. Other guys have yet to show they can defend and run the offense.

The ball spent way too much time in the hands of Diarra and Mahaney. They are nowhere near enough of a threat to score in the half court.

 

[nashusky109]

Oh I'm a blamin' the refs.

If the refs don't make some of the bad calls they made all game would the outcome have been different.... I 100% think so. So yeah blame the team on the short comings, blame hurley on the tech all you want, but don't discount the bad calls and the situation it put the players in every time throughout the whole game. All of it can be true at the same time. Refs have as much blame on the loss as Hurley does with coaching and his behavior.

This is not to say that everything that was exposed wasn't true and the refs weren't the reason we lost the game. But they absolutely contributed so to say stop blaming refs who have direct outcomes on games is to discount how poorly officiated the game was on both sides.

 

[xclamations]

Temu coaches on here

 

[upstater]

“The whistle favored Memphis the entire game…”
Every losing team’s fans always think the refs had it in for them

How many games do you watch with this amount of fouls?

40+ free throws for one team?

 

[TheHorde]

May be in the minority after that huge shot, but I still need to see a lot more from Solo. Against good comp he reverts back to catch and shoot only. He has little depth to his game.

I’d like to see more driving to the basket. He’s going to have a quickness and athletic advantage over most 2 guards where he can finish, get to the line, or create for others.

 

[Bomber36]

Temu coaches on here

Best comment of the night…even if I’m included.

 

[upstater]

I agree that Mahaney still needs time to adjust, but he was physically overmatched in this game. I don't know if it has anything to do with his aggression level. He doesn't have Tristen's size and he was being targeted for drives on every possession. I'm not entirely sure how, but he really needs to figure it out on the defensive end, otherwise he's going to be unplayable in certain matchups.

The lack of aggression comes when he has space at the top of the 3 point line and he refuses to drive and shoot, drive and kick. This is what he used to excel at. Right now instead he stalls the ball and dribbles looking for the offensive play to develop. This is unfamiliarity

 

[Huskyforlife]

You’ve gotta play so well that unbalanced reffing doesn’t cost you the win, we didn’t do that.

Johnson is so bad, I’m convinced Singare can’t be worse, just by default. Not that it matters. We’re fortunate that Reed is awesome.

Trying to turn Mahaney into a full time point might cost us this season. Go out and get an established point guard at the P5 level, why are we experimenting instead?

Dan has built up enough good will that I can forgive his mistake. I’d send Samson back to Storrs early for his.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Sucky part about losing first round is we might not get to face any ranked teams via Auburn, ISU, or UNC on the consolation side of the bracket to redeem ourselves in Maui. We need the boost for metrics.