Same starting 5 from ECU game:
Taplin
Henderson
Korita
Igbanu
Etou
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Taplin
Henderson
Korita
Igbanu
Etou
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Tulane Game Thread
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We need a new coach BAD, if we don't fire Haith at then end of the year, then we just don't care and our content with being Mediocre
Just called Igbanu for a foul where he literally was just boxing out the tulane player. Garbage.
Yeah Bruce went all time nuts on that. College basketball has a lot of issues, but if I were king, the first thing I would do is find new refs.
Even the ESPN3 commentators, who I think are Tulane local guys (they know much more about Tulane), were in disbelief they called it on Igbanu.
I don’t care what some of you morans say, Curran Scott is good at basketball, hooray!
If we keep up this defense and limit turnovers we win by a bunch. Let’s see what happens, Dunleavy will make some good adjustments
I really like the matchup zone we’re playing now. A hot team, SMU, will burn us at some point but this is better D than we’ve seen previously.
Rebounding and defense superb. Need to make the easy ones. Scott good for this game.
Our perimeter defense is light years beyond what it was early in the season. Moved away from only interior defense, thank god.
Never seen a Tulsa team so awful at converting fast breaks
7:48 left TULSA up 51-44.
Scott and Igbanu both playing really well. Team defense has been stellar, lots of talking and weakside of the zone isn’t staying collapsed on drives like earlier in the year.
Scott and Igbanu both playing really well. Team defense has been stellar, lots of talking and weakside of the zone isn’t staying collapsed on drives like earlier in the year.
Tulane is not a bad team, we shouldn’t be undermining a good road win by claiming the opponent is bad.
Reynolds is a nice player, as is Frazier. Our defense did a good job containing them. Overall, our defense has vastly improved. That matchup zone has been effective. Saw Jefferies was suited up on the bench. Heard on the ESPN3 broadcast vs. ECU that he may be back Wednesday vs. UCONN.
Tulane is not a bad team. They will beat some upper division AAC teams at Tulane. Our defense confused the heck out of them.
I kept reading how Tulane was going to dominate us and it was going to be a sure loss. That was BS. Maybe Tulane isn’t ‘bad’, just not as inflated as some of you kept saying.
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Time will tell, they did beat a Temple team, that should be pretty dang good. I do think some posters took that win too much to heart. I thought we’d win by 10+ today and was wrong.
Some of you guys are skip bayless/Stephan A level dumb.
Can’t people just be happy with a solid road win? 2-0 start to conference is fine with me and I just don’t have the energy to find something to ***** about today. Cheers!
Not sure who Tulane is yet. They’ve been blown out in their games against P5s, and feasted on a ton of crap teams. Best win is their last game at Temple (always a good win).
We are really good when we shoot well, and even better when we defend like we did today and grind one out when the shots are not falling. As teams look to limit Etou, Igbanu is going to get more and more touches and looks and will need to keep playing like he did today. That will free things up for everyone else.
I didn’t get to watch most of the game but I did like Haith’s offense and defense subs at the end bringing Wheeler in on defense and Scott in on offense.
One issue: with about 1:30 left, Taplin drove the ball into the lane with a little under 10 on the shot clock and he should have pulled up from about 8 feet for the little runner and instead kicked it out to (Korita I think) who missed the open 3. Taplin needs to have the confidence to take that runner in those pressure situations.
We are really good when we shoot well, and even better when we defend like we did today and grind one out when the shots are not falling. As teams look to limit Etou, Igbanu is going to get more and more touches and looks and will need to keep playing like he did today. That will free things up for everyone else.
I didn’t get to watch most of the game but I did like Haith’s offense and defense subs at the end bringing Wheeler in on defense and Scott in on offense.
One issue: with about 1:30 left, Taplin drove the ball into the lane with a little under 10 on the shot clock and he should have pulled up from about 8 feet for the little runner and instead kicked it out to (Korita I think) who missed the open 3. Taplin needs to have the confidence to take that runner in those pressure situations.
A tribute to Wheeler, who had a crazy game. Love his rebounding and defense. Please don’t touch the ball on offense.