Memphis Game Thread

[cmullinsTU]

Picked a bad day to shoot 0% from 3 when it’s almost halftime..

Cincinnati was 0 for 10 midway through the 2nd half earlier today

 

[hotterthanyourhusbandTU]

The "Etou disappearing act" is on full display.

He is needed.

 

[TulsaCane12]

Seeing the joiner injury, looks very similar to the way i tore my acl. Hoping its not but I doubt we see joiner until next season

 

[I.I.]

Tulsa’s best offense is to take it to the hole, get fouled stop the clock make free throws.

 

[astonmartin708_rivals]

Down 9 with 4 to go till half. I'm starting to be convinced that Haith is a really terrible tournament coach. Like historically bad.

 

[t-townpod]

Tap having a terrible game so far

 

[Weatherdemon]

Down 9 with 4 to go till half. I'm starting to be convinced that Haith is a really terrible tournament coach. Like historically bad.

Dude.
Just stop.

 

[Tulsa76]

Will the NIT want us if we continue to play and be out coached like this the rest of this game?

 

[Original TULSAFAN]

We look so unathletic against these guys... it's weird.

 

[t-townpod]

Tobe down 1 with that bad of a half is amazing

 

[I.I.]

Terrible half from both teams.

 

[TulsaFan01]

Down 1 at half with the way we played?? I’ll take it.

 

[Weatherdemon]

Will the NIT want us if we continue to play and be out coached like this the rest of this game?

Down 1 at half with Igbanu and Jefferies with two fouls and Joiner hurt?

 

[ctt8410]

Tubby out autobenched our autobench

 

[I.I.]

Parks is the guy we can’t cover. He needs 3 more fouls.

 

[TulsaCane95]

Ugly first half

 

[cmullinsTU]

Tap having a terrible game so far

I think Taplin just needed a bunch of us to make comments about how poorly he was playing. He went on his own 5-0 run after did so.

 

[cmullinsTU]

We are down 1 despite:

* Igbanu with 2 fouls
* Jeffries with 2 fouls
* Joiner injury (don't foresee him playing anymore this season)
* Shooting 29.6% from 2 point land
* Shooting 0-9 from behind the arc

If we just play an average 2nd half I think we win. It'll be close the entire way, I think, but we have a good shot even despite all of the above.

 

[I.I.]

The Memphis board is blasting Tubby for his two foul rule. I’m glad he sat his three best players.

 

[mcane]

relieved with the 9-0 run to end the half. TU played good defense around the basket and good pressure defense to force Memphis into turnovers. That negated the worst offensive half since the USF game in Orlando. I'm hopeful TU can pull through this and will start to feel the game in the second half.

Surely someone will get hot. Not a really good performance by anyone for TU. Memphis may face foul trouble late.

 

[I.I.]

Please. Scott over Korita coach. Wheeler doing okay too.

 

[Tulsafanzz]

Memphis shot 50% & we shot 29.6% in the first half, & we’re down 1 point.

We just need to hit a few more shots & keep up the defense & rebounds & we’ll be OK.

 

[TU_BLA]

Will the NIT want us if we continue to play and be out coached like this the rest of this game?

This has nothing to do with Haith's coaching. You can argue all you want about the 2 fouls and autobench philosophy. He's not the only one that does it. Plus I don't trust Igbanu or Jeffries not to foul in those situations. And Joiner being done means someone else (Henderson) is going to have to play the point as the back-up.

What Haith needs to do is get on them about moving off the ball. Very stagnant so far.

Good news is Memphis has 4 starters with 2 fouls each.

 

[GoldenCaneKC]

Need to drive, drive, drive, drive in the second half. We're ice cold from outside and they have 4 starters in potential foul trouble.

 

[TU_BLA]

And whoever is bagging on Etou, 6 pts 5 rebs. Not a bad half.

 

[t-townpod]

Trouble

 

[TU_BLA]

Garbage call against Taplin. Shot should have counted as it was well out of his hand before the contact.

Can't hit layups, can't hit FTs, can't hit 3's. How the hell are we still in this game?

 

[astonmartin708_rivals]

This is bad basketball. If they fire Tubby can we get him back?

 

[astonmartin708_rivals]

Terrible defense. Fouling threepoint shooters. Settling for pullup jumpers and long 2's. This is crap.

Down 8

 

[I.I.]

Taplin has zero assists.

 

[t-townpod]

15 memphis turnovers and we have 1 assist and down 8. Wow
0-11from three. We deserve to go home so far

 

[TU_BLA]

We look like we spent too much time in the hotel pool yesterday. No energy, everyone looks tires. Shots are short. It's awful. And we're the team that didn't play yesterday

 

[TulsaFan01]

How have we still not hit a single 3.. Baffling

 

[AllgoldEv]

Taplin needs to move the ball

 

[Tulsafanzz]

Taplin needs to remember he doesn’t have to go one on one every time with Jeffries, Scott & Henderson all around the 3 point line.

 

[TulsaFan01]

This game is giving me a headache

 

[astonmartin708_rivals]

Whoever wants to tell me that that we're not seeing two different levels of coaching can go jump off a cliff. Tubby has his team prepared for our offensive sets. We're not running anything we haven't run in the last 10 games. We're not prepared at all for a team that lost to USF.

USF!

UUUUUUSSSSSFFFFFFF!

 

[TU_BLA]

I'm starting to get pissed. We should be staying in the game with FTs too...but we're hitting those at the pace of 12 year olds

 

[hotterthanyourhusbandTU]

Not sure if TU could score during warmups.

Tough way to end the season, if it continues.

 

[Original TULSAFAN]

Damn it. As soon as I got optimistic... we play Memphis and "poof" --- I'm sick again.

Tulsa just does not match up well w Memphis. They have our number.