Memphis Post Game Thread

[jibsey]

Hurley is focusing on effort from the presser and players not defending drives 1 on 1. But to me it was more inability to be able to defend them. They were better guards than ours. Now Hurley will never admit that but it happens.

 

[huskyharry]

That one hurts. So many things to pick apart but unfortunately Dan Hurley lost us that game by making it a 2 possession game with 40 seconds left

The good:

1. Amazing first half from Tarris and Stewart, it was really fun to watch them bring us back
2. Solo Ball INSANE shot to sent it to OT
3. Liam had a rough game but two huge shots to help us come back late in the game

The (consolidated) bad:

1. Memphis switched 1-5 and for most of the game, nobody except Tarris punished them. You need somebody that can punish bad switches in the starting 5
2. Memphis absolutely dogged us on defense. We got Aidan to be the scorer when the sets break down, and he wasn’t able to today. We need that from him moving forward
3. Samson Johnson has to give us SOMETHING. ANYTHING

Tyrese Hunter was unbelievable tonight, fantastic game from him. Not the result we wanted but we still get 1 more game in Hawaii. Let’s come home with a W. Let’s go Huskies!

Two more games

 

[NJHusky]

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.

Who handles the ball in that lineup?

 

[NJHusky]

The reality is that many teams RIGHT NOW are pretty much equal to us, especially after losing NBAer's Cam, Clingan and Castle and our All American Newton. We are still under construction with freshman, new starters with our All American Karaban.

Memphis was ready and we seemed rusty and out of synch. Typical of new players learning to play with each other facing a talented D1 team. I did not see failure, just uncertainty and executional mistakes (both fixable).

Just saying, this is not our February Team. I just hope fans didn't miss the preview late in the game. Championship DNA was still on display tonight.

The entire Memphis team are transfers. They looked ok

 

[Gurleyman]

Mahaney needs a grace period, folks. It took Tristen almost a full season to really get comfortable - he looked like a whiff in February and then was able to turn the corner. Cam was in a great situation being able to function off the ball and be a second facilitator. That would probably be a better role for Mahaney to start out with, being able to run off the ball and be a triple threat. But Newton isn’t here, and Diarra and Mahaney is a small backcourt that would involve taking Solo or Liam off the floor. We’ve won with small backcourts a lot before (Kemba-Bazz, Bazz-Boat, Taliek-Ben, Ricky-Khalid) but one of the two was always a go to scorer.

So with our current personnel, Aidan is running a complicated offense with players who aren’t used to playing with each other. And he’s trying to do it with frankly much worse screeners than Tristen and Cam had. Sanogo and Clingan were A+ screeners. Big wide guys who knew how to use their bodies and give Newton space and get the defense scrambling (and be lob targets). Reed may get there as a screener, but it’ll take him some time too.

Maybe AK needs to be put in more passing situations until Mahaney settles in, but we’ll need a confident Mahaney to get where we need to go.

 

[bendm]

So this is a quad 1 loss then right? Neutral court loss to a team with that rating.

Memphis is 29 in Kenpom right now but Quads are based on NET

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Pouty face was on all day. Dude, you got more talent on the bench than other top 25 teams have, period. Coach 'em. Seeing him on the sidelines thought I accidentally taped a game from early '21. "You're only mad at the pouty face and tech cause we lost". No. We lost because the pouty face and the tech. That's incredibly dumb. Fixed it for you.

This place must do crazy numbers after a loss - some of these names are never around.

 

[Excalibur]

I don’t understand that cylinder rule they called Samson Johnson on it when he had his elbow up but didn’t give it to Solo when he took one to the chops! McNeeley 4th foul was not over the back. I think Hurley wanted to light a fire under this team and maybe was coaching for later in the season. I don’t like Mahanney or Samson on either side of the ball.

They mis-applied the cylinder rule. Swinging an elbow makes the cylinder irrelevant. If you pivot, then you're fine.

Apparently they called Ball for hitting him before the elbow contact. It shouldn't matter.

 

[navery12]

The reality is 2-1 in Maui is a successful trip, and that's very much on the table still. Beat Colorado and there's a likely top 5 matchup waiting on Wednesday

 

[Leebo]

It's a shame we don't get to relish the regulation comeback, because it would have been an all-time early showcase event story.

 

[superjohn]

Who handles the ball in that lineup?

Do you not think Ball, McNeeley, and Jaylin can bring the ball up the court?

We're not really getting any halfcourt penetration from Mahaney and Diarra.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

The reality is 2-1 in Maui is a successful trip, and that's very much on the table still. Beat Colorado and there's a likely top 5 matchup waiting on Wednesday

We need to play a bunch of levels better to beat one of those top 5 matchups.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Mahaney and Johnson have no business starting. Diarra was utterly atrocious for the first 20 of his 29 minutes played tonight. The defense by the guards was awful especially Mahaney. Hurley shouldve put Ross on Hunter.

 

[superjohn]

Mahaney and Johnson have no business starting. Diarra was utterly atrocious for the first 20 of his 29 minutes played tonight. The defense by the guards was awful especially Mahaney. Hurley shouldve put Ross on Hunter.

Ross couldn't guard dribble penetration either.

 

[UCTitleTown]

It's a shame we don't get to relish the regulation comeback, because it would have been an all-time early showcase event story.

That Samson Johnson foul and review delay completely killed our momentum. I really think we'd have won without that. Memphis was flustered. That and the Dan Hurley technical spoiled a great comeback, one of the best in my life as a Huskies fan. A real shame.

 

[controlfade]

AK may have to play the point forward role while Mahaney learns the system. His defense or lack of is more disturbing.

 

[AntG168]

This team was always gonna have a different journey than last years. We aren’t head and shoulders above the pack this year. There’s going to be losses. Let’s just keep getting better. And we’ll be there in the end. Enjoy the journey.

 

[NJHusky]

Do you not think Ball, McNeeley, and Jaylin can bring the ball up the court?

We're not really getting any halfcourt penetration from Mahaney and Diarra.

Not against any pressure.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

don't blame the refs.

I didn't say it.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Ross couldn't guard dribble penetration either.

Yup. But he was still better than Mahaney.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Best news that came out of this is Zanetto looked like an absolute idiot

 

[Horatio]

Not good.

Just tape. Like a sprain.

 

[TheChamps990411]

McNeeley drove to the hoop a bunch early in the game and had a defender riding him the whole way and they didn’t call jack. Memphis defenders had hands on players all game long and should have been called for a lot more fouls, given how tight they called it on UConn. All that said I give credit to Memphis on winning this game. Hunter shot 7-10 from three and was pretty amazing today.

Hunter is a kid whos been around for a while and when you have open threes because the defender cant keep up you should hit 7/10. Mahaney was awful and overall the defense was bad.

 

[navery12]

We need to play a bunch of levels better to beat one of those top 5 matchups.

We do, but I also expect that to happen if we get there. Result was bad but I thought there was a lot to like today and some encouraging signs for going forward

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

You do stuff like this and wonder why you get hit with a tech when it matters.

This is childish.