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Memphis Post Game Thread

Forgot to post this:
Last February my son said I couldn't cut my goatee until they lost… so one good thing came from this.

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pj said:
All this is true, but I'm sure they have backup plans. They have two quality PGs behind him in Diarra and Nowell, and Hurley has talked about Ross possibly being able to play point. Mahaney's difficulties are baffling, but he has time to learn how to fit in better and fill a role. I don't see him as a backup shooting guard, that may be his personal strength but the team doesn't get better with him pushing Ball/Stewart/McNeeley/Ross to the bench. He has to succeed as a PG or he doesn't have a role.

He's not the only one who has to grow, other guys on the team do too. Solo Ball's every shot was a 3 pointer, and had 0 rebounds, 1 assist, and 5 fouls. Ross had 0 points and 0 rebounds. Between the two of them they played 39 minutes. The whole guard group has to get better.
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I’m not convinced Nowell won’t have a much bigger role playing 12-15 minutes a game at some point this season.
 
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CardiacAndre7 said:
We need 1 guy that can go get his own. We don’t really have that right now. Nowell has attacked the rim nearly as much as most the perimeter guys and he has played a fraction of the minutes. That’s why I wanted Meleek or Acaden. I think Braylon and Adams will be great, but they aren’t really guys that will break down their guy off the dribble. Tristen and Cam were so crafty and Steph was so explosive. We need that guy bad on this team.
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It often seems like coaches who used to be PGs think they can teach anybody how to be a PG, and so they try to recruit scorers/combo guards and teach them to be PGs, and it doesn't always work.

But, there's time for Hurley to bring this crop of guards up to speed.
 
uchusky32 said:
The pressure erupted today. SJ and Dan succumb to it. The rotation is not set. Dan tried to force it. He has told us he is trying to force it. Xant force it. Mahaney didnt look ready. We are not a quick as last year. Slow footed in manu positions on D. Need someone who can go to the hole and finish.
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Amen! Our guards were passive until late in regulation, that is why we didn't shoot may foul shots. Memphis pushed inside the whole game.
 
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Hunt for 7 said:
I bet you could look at every Duke box score for thirty years and not find one game were they had that large of a difference in free throw attempts…..I might do the research just to take my mind off this game.
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Imagine the Kansas City Chiefs getting officiating that bad. Nah wouldn’t happen.
 
TheHorde said:
Imagine the Kansas City Chiefs getting officiating that bad. Nah wouldn’t happen.
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Yup I was thinking that as well. We just have never been that team.
 
Hunt for 7 said:
Yup I was thinking that as well. We just have never been that team.
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And that’s why I have less of an issue with Danny doing what he did to demand respect for his team. It sounds like the first bench tech was weak .
 
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The ref's bad calls did cost us the game, to say otherwise is total BS.
Reed and Diarra should start. Johnson looks like he is playing on ice with frozen hands.
Mahaney has not been good of defense and he doesn't seem to be able to get by anyone with the dribble.
Stewart stepped up and will only get better.
One loss does not kill our year.
 
storrsroars said:
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Final question to Dan Hurley was why didn't Stewart play more in 2nd half

at 8:15 He said he looked "out of rhythm" and "skittish" (twice) in 2nd half

I didn't see that

Also, I dont think anyone mentioned him playing 2-3 in OT. I'm assuming it was to protect Samson and foul trouble in general. It was interesting though
 
Hunt for 7 said:
I bet you could look at every Duke box score for thirty years and not find one game were they had that large of a difference in free throw attempts…..I might do the research just to take my mind off this game.
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Even in this game: Wake Forest 86-73 Duke (Feb 17, 2008) Box Score - ESPN where duke's entire starting lineup fouled out, the number was only 25-38.

TBF, we were not disciplined on our 3pt closeouts....but that's a pretty big cope.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
The best fix appears to be insert Hass, instruct him he doesn’t need to be the energizer he is off the bench and tone it down a bit, and have Aiden spell Solo and play off ball.
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Could be but I don't see Hurley doing it, he loves Hass off the bench. It's just a weird situation because the best roles are Hass being Mister energy off the bench and Aidan's best role is coming in at shooting guard and filling it up.

We're probably just going to have to deal with the point guard position not being ideal this season.
 
The refs did not affect and determine Memphis playing lights out on offense. They made the shots. All credit to Memphis.

The refs do affect and determine how teams play defense. Apparently, UConn fouled and did not defend. Memphis defended and did not foul.
 
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superjohn said:
Is Liam going to be our vocal leader?

He looked a lot like Cam out there ripping into Samson telling him to be accountable and urging guys on in the huddle.
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Yes it looked like that. He definitely had that assassin look to him late in the game. He is not going to shy away from big moments.
 
lonsharkin51 said:
The quality won't be too bad. We'll get Colorado or MSU, which is a wash, basically, and then we could get either Auburn or ISU, another wash.

My fear is that this is another 2006, where we have a massively talented team with one unfixable Achilles heel. In 06, it was Marcus being the only ball handler. This year, unless Nowell can be the fix, we're going to have trouble with our perimeter D, and that's just how it's going to be. We're not big enough to guard big guards, and we're not quick enough to guard quick guards. We may be able to overcome this if Mahaney's offense balances out his D, but that's not happening yet.

Start Hassan, Solo, Stewart, AK and Reed tomorrow. Love McNeeley, but show Jaylin how much you appreciate the effort.
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They didn’t do much of that after the first half. Not sure why Stewie didn’t play more 2nd half and OT, puzzling.
 
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With one starter returning this year and the rest contributors, some at times last year, losing 2 lotteries and a clutch vet of all clutch vet guards, I hate the loss but they'll be right in it all year. Samson Johnson will be great with the 1-2 punch of Reed, never thought Johnson would be the starter I think he was getting the benefit, but they got Reed for a reason. Hurley is who he is, time to make a point and back your kids is now. Long season and they'll take some lumps but great show today vs. a really good team.
 
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