Temple (3/9/25)

[NTXDJ]

Wow.  Atin Wright missed two free throws in a row.  He must be feeling the time change and Eastern time zone effects. 

[UNTLifer]

Newell is maddening. Please don’t let him see the court again today. 

[UNTLifer]

Another horrible call. Just ridiculous. 

[CMJ]

 

Temple 59 ---------- NT 54

 

2:18 to go

 

So close....

[UNTLifer]

We can do this. 

[TheColonyEagle]

Absolutely out on temple but they won’t reverse it 

[UNTLifer]

UAB loses, Tulsa beats WSU and FAU rips ECU. 

[TheColonyEagle]

Absolutely out on temple but they won’t reverse it 

[CMJ]

 

Temple 66 ---------- NT 61

 

Final

[BigChiefGMG]

Would have loved a look from 3 off an Atin decoy knew they would smother him. Glad we fought back though. Good humble before the tourney 

[NT91]

No

[NT91]

NIT

[Big Z]

Tourney Time 

[UNTLifer]

Horrible loss. No excuse for losing to them. Hangover from the Charlotte game.

I don’t like how we are currently playing. Struggle to beat the worst team in the league the other day and now this. 

No disrespect intended, but Temple is not good. 

The AAC should never hire this crew of officials ever again. 

[Green P1]

Well that sucked… how soon until the team enters the portal now?

[BleedingGreen]

Chuck Daly 1992.

😜

[RBTX]

Hate the loss but we weren't getting to the NCAA Tournament even with a win today, have to win the Conference Tournament. Hopefully take this as motivation towards the tournament.

[greenminer]

37 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Wanting to avoid someone is fearing them. Prove me wrong. 

It’s a tactical discussion. Atin may be brave, but Hodge isn’t going to park him at the 5 to face 6’10” centers all game. That doesn’t make Hodge or Atin afraid

similarly, we can look at matchups across the league, notice team trends and streaks, and have preferences for how we want the tournament to play out.

[UNTLifer]

1 minute ago, greenminer said:

It’s a tactical discussion. Atin may be brave, but Hodge isn’t going to park him at the 5 to face 6’10” centers all game. That doesn’t make Hodge or Atin afraid

Ridiculous analogy

[greenminer]

Just now, UNTLifer said:

Ridiculous analogy

Kinda is, but I don’t feel like I have to explain this.  But here we are

”we fear nobody” is what you need in the locker room and on the staff. Fans can look at the AAC and have preferences for who we want to play.

[Censored by Laurie]

Another kick to my basketball nuts in 2025. 
 

Eh. Imma hope that taking an L heading to Ft. Worth is a re-focusing motivator. 
 

We have two dudes who can consistently score the ball…Temple was not gonna let Atin get a sniff in the first half, then B-Lo got in foul trouble in the second (that was as tight an officiated game that I recall seeing this season). Unless someone else careers, we lose if those two dudes don’t cook. 

[Aquila_Viridis]

Taking a foot off the gas for an inconsequential road game at this point is not the worst thing. UAB did the same. If it helps to win some conference tournament games, great.

[NorthTexasWeLove]

Best investment Ross will ever make is to get an offensive mind on his coaching staff. Give him some of his own salary if the money isn't right for X hire. It would pay him.huge dividends in the future. 

Bad loss. 

 

#BasketballSchool 

[Censored by Laurie]

In person observations:

1. Phili sports fans go to Temple games. Oof…so many stereotypical Northeast asshats in attendance 

2. Atin Wright’s smile is even cuter in person. Wish we had multiple years with him. 

[greenminer]

4 minutes ago, Aquila_Viridis said:

Taking a foot off the gas for an inconsequential road game at this point is not the worst thing. UAB did the same. If it helps to win some conference tournament games, great.

Between UAB and the Shockers, one lost by 10 and the other by 20. I don’t think we were the ones that took the foot off the gas.

I think we just played poorly and Temple got what they needed in the end to get the win.