Memphis (1/5/25)

[emmitt01]

This is what I call a “growth game.”  
 

This is the kind of game Hodge can use the film from to show the team the razor thin margin between winning and losing against the best teams in our league.  If we are who we hope we are, our team walks away from this knowing we CAN beat anyone come conference tourney time, we just have to execute.  

Edited yesterday at 02:07 AM by emmitt01

[meangreenfaninno]

Extremely proud of the effort of our team today.  We are very close to being the best team in the conference and Memphis knows it!

[untcampbell]

"You guys actually outplayed us. Well disciplined team. Ran the clock down and executed. Good coaching," per Memphis diehard

 

GMG

[greenminer]

We can beat this team.  Tonight just wasn't our night.

[Green Lantern]

1 hour ago, Censored by Laurie said:

plus let's not forget a Haggerty prayer from 30' going in. we're likely not into the foul game in the last minute or so without that bucket

That junk shot was so deflating. 

[greenminer]

 

[greenminer]

Wright and Jossell going 0-fer from the field, Haggerty's made moon-ball from near-logo.  You just won't see these things in round 2.  Not away from Memphis, either.

[GMG_Dallas]

It's hard to beat a good team twice. If we see them again, it'll be in the conference tourney and they'll have to do just that to get past us.

[Tommy Gadberry]

 

[Green Lantern]

4 hours ago, Tommy Gadberry said:

 

This is what we need to be building towards. Our close losses in OOC play with McNeese and Utah State probably sunk any small “at large” hope we had anyway since the entire AAC is down. Just get battle hardened and dialed in for Ft Worth.

Edited 20 hours ago by Green Lantern

[MrAlien]

Will Memphis run the table in conference play and go undefeated?  They have to play Wichita and UAB twice, those are probably their hardest remaining regular season games.    If they do that they they are probably looking at a 5 seed in the Tournament. 

 

 

 

[UNTLifer]

17 hours ago, BleedingGreen said:

Keep grinding!! 3s will fall soon.

Or not.

[UNTLifer]

17 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

Massie has such an ugly shot. I'd rather B Lo be taking threes.

I am at the point I would rather have Mason getting his minutes.

[UNTLifer]

Great game where I believe the better team lost.  My hot takes:

Haggerty shooting 11-14 from the floor including that desperation 3 won't happen again.

Newell's two missed FT's late, Walker's late missed layup on the fast break and Wright and Jossell's struggles kept us from winning.  I think Memphis, with their athleticism, is a team that Wright will struggle against, but Jossell not hitting some open three's that are uncharacteristic of him.

Lorient's missed dunk where they reversed, rightly so, the goal tending call hurt as well.  Have to finish at the rim.

Massie is just too out of control.  As mentioned above, I would rather see his minutes go to Mason or Cotton if he isn't going to improve.

Would love to see Walker stop passing up some open threes early in a possession.  He has the shot.

Memphis is very beatable.

Their fans are garbage.

[Andrew]

1 hour ago, MrAlien said:

Will Memphis run the table in conference play and go undefeated?  They have to play Wichita and UAB twice, those are probably their hardest remaining regular season games.    If they do that they they are probably looking at a 5 seed in the Tournament. 

 

 

 

I hope so because that’s the only way we could possibly be a two big league if they lose in the conference tournament. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

16 hours ago, Censored by Laurie said:

plus let's not forget a Haggerty prayer from 30' going in. we're likely not into the foul game in the last minute or so without that bucket

This was so frustrating because the guys defended that possession so well.   
Definitely the difference in the game.   It was a dagger that could've caused the guys to fold, but they didn't.

As you, and many others have pointed out, Wright & Jossell both going O-fer again is definitely not going to happen.   On the flipside, I doubt we'll see Moulaye's performance again either.
I thought Floyd played well.

[Censored by Laurie]

30 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

This was so frustrating because the guys defended that possession so well.   
Definitely the difference in the game.   It was a dagger that could've caused the guys to fold, but they didn't.

As you, and many others have pointed out, Wright & Jossell both going O-fer again is definitely not going to happen.   On the flipside, I doubt we'll see Moulaye's performance again either.
I thought Floyd played well.

oh totally...we may not have a true lead on this team, but we have balance and dude's step up for each other.

we've already had six different game top scorers (Wright, Jossell, Lorient, Walker, Floyd, Massie). we had five all of last season (Robert Allen only did it once, so basically 4).

[greenminer]

2 hours ago, Andrew said:

I hope so because that’s the only way we could possibly be a two big league if they lose in the conference tournament. 

Memphis will get a bid no matter what.  If anyone besides Memphis wins the auto-bid, it doesn't really matter if Memphis ran the table or not.

[cousin oliver]

 

[greenminer]

Okay, so we've talked about all these things that happened to allow Memphis to get the W.

If you're watching this game through Tiger goggles, what happened to allow North Texas to keep it close, and is there anything that Memphis can look forward to happening in Round 2 that will afford the Tigers a lot more breathing room?

Bringing this up, because I saw a thread on X where Tiger fans said this game was never in doubt or out of their control.  Trying to understand what they see.

[BleedGreen4]

5 hours ago, Green Lantern said:

This is what we need to be building towards. Our close losses on OOC play with McNeese and Utah State probably sunk any small “at large” hope we had anyway since the entire AAC is down. Just get battle hardened and dialed in for Ft Worth.

UAB is god awful.  

[greenminer]

I think UAB has looked very strong.

[Censored by Laurie]

1 hour ago, BleedGreen4 said:

UAB is god awful.  

I guess we're just letting anyone post now.

smdh

[greenminer]

I mean, they have a history of collapsing in 2H, Kennedy acknowledged that, but I don't think that means they are a terrible team.

[Green Lantern]

3 hours ago, BleedGreen4 said:

UAB is god awful.  

I sure hope not otherwise we’ve got massive problems given how we played them at home last week.