(03-16-2014 07:59 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  You guys play the founder of the country. If you win, you play the school Thomas Jefferson started.

The bracket of champions must be refreshed from time to time with the sweat of Tigers and tyrants

(03-16-2014 06:44 PM)lenetzach Wrote:  Our guys had better not come out thinking its already in the bag.

Pretty sure thats not gonna happen what they need to do is keep the pedal to the metal

The A-10 is a tough league. VCU, St. Louis, GW, St. Joseph's, UMass. GW's RPI at 29 is better than Memphis's 34. The game will be good and the results can go eiter way. Depends on which Memphis team shows up.

(03-16-2014 09:57 PM)eastcoastDave Wrote:  The A-10 is a tough league. VCU, St. Louis, GW, St. Joseph's, UMass. GW's RPI at 29 is better than Memphis's 34. The game will be good and the results can go eiter way. Depends on which Memphis team shows up.

We've played and beaten a whole lot of teams better than any of those guys. Doesn't mean an auto-W, but of all the teams we could have been paired with out of the gate, I would have taken any of those A10 teams.

Wow. Some thin skin round these parts.

(03-16-2014 05:38 PM)fsquid Wrote:  We should be able to take one guy. He was great in the revolution, but he can't handle 4 guards.

LOL. GW has some pretty good guards. It looks like a good matchup. That being said, we'd rather play you guys than any other 8 seed. Y'all probably feel the same about us.

Hate being a 8/9, but love the UVA as a number 1. And really like the game being in Raleigh. We were afraid we'd get Duke in Raleigh in the second round.

If the GW that held McDermott to 7 points or blew out VCU shows up, it will be a game. If the GW that lost to LaSalle shows up, y'all will have an easy game of it.

Yea, our fanboard is pretty old school.

(03-16-2014 05:39 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Already forgot about that saint named Louis, I see

You knew someone would think something like this was original.

The old back in 1975 we were overlooked nonsense.

Has ZERO to do with Friday's game. Memphis is good, GW is good- team that plays better wins. Who is UAB possibly overlooking?

Have not looked at their players- but at their results...they are pretty good based on those.

Solid Non conference wins over:
@ Manhattan
Creighton in LA
Maryland in I believe a neutral game for nearby schools
Georgia

In conference they beat solid teams in:
VCU
St. Josephs
UMass

Their 8 season losses:
Marquette 92 in LA
@ KState 51
@ LaSalle 98
@ Dayton 43
@ VCU 13
UMass 22
@ St. Louis 27
VCU A10 tourney

This will be a tough game.

(03-16-2014 05:39 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Already forgot about that saint named Louis, I see

8 players average 10 minutes or more.

Creek is their leading scorer 14.3
Armwood leading rebounder 8.5
They outrebouned opponents by about 4 per game.
Creek and Mikik are their big 3 point shooters- especially Creek who averages more then 2.5 made per game. Team shoots 37% from three. Memphis 34%.
They have 453 assists and 133 blocks for the year.
Memphis had 556 assists and 152 blocks for the year for comparison- although that is not a surprise since we are one of the national leaders in assists per game.

Of course not in the last game when the team shot 26%.

One game ever with them:
11-25-94 Lost 60-69 in NYC- Memphis went to Sweet 16 that season.

GW tourney history: 10 tourneys, 4-10 record, one Sweet 16 in 1993

When did Yinka Dare play there?



2007 11 – East Region First Round #6 Vanderbilt L 77–44

2006 8 – Atlanta Regional First Round #9 UNC-Wilmington W 88–85 (OT)
Second Round #1 Duke L 74–61

2005 12 – Albuquerque Regional First Round #5 Georgia Tech L 80–68

1999 11 – South Region First Round #6 Indiana L 108–88

1998 9 – South Region First Round #8 Oklahoma State L 74–59

1996 11 – West Region First Round #6 Iowa L 81–79

1994 10 – East Region First Round #7 UAB W 51–46
Second Round #2 Connecticut L 75–63

1993 12 – West Region First Round #5 New Mexico W 82–68
Second Round #13 Southern W 90–80
Sweet 16 #1 Michigan L 72–64

1961 East Region First Round Princeton L 84–67

1954 East Region First Round North Carolina State L 75–73

1-3 vs. Top 25

Underdog teams tend to show up "big" in the Dance regardless of what their fans think.

(03-16-2014 08:16 PM)Friend Scott Wrote:  Spoiler alert


























GW coach drops a deuce in a towel pregame and proceeds to outcoach the most overrated coach in Memphis history.














Fire away

Rick Majerus--I think is what you meant. Didn't he do that ?

We can analyze this to death. We're gonna kick their ass. After the humiliation Thursday I have a feeling we're going to go insane on these guys. A bunch of nobodies. After that we kick Virgina's ass too. Virgina was not a typo.

(03-17-2014 01:18 AM)Chi-TownTiger Wrote:  We can analyze this to death. We're gonna kick their ass. After the humiliation Thursday I have a feeling we're going to go insane on these guys. A bunch of nobodies. After that we kick Virgina's ass too. Virgina was not a typo.

Love your optimism but if we are lucky to get past GW, Virgina is going to kick our ass.

(03-16-2014 08:51 PM)John44932 Wrote:  CJP unveils his secret weapon - the "5 guard lineup." Hellooo 2nd weekend!

This is the best idea I've heard so far on here. Now is the time to try something new and really surprise the opponent so they won't know what hit em!

(03-17-2014 12:03 AM)Mimi Wrote:  One game ever with them:
11-25-94 Lost 60-69 in NYC- Memphis went to Sweet 16 that season.

GW tourney history: 10 tourneys, 4-10 record, one Sweet 16 in 1993

When did Yinka Dare play there?



2007 11 – East Region First Round #6 Vanderbilt L 77–44

2006 8 – Atlanta Regional First Round #9 UNC-Wilmington W 88–85 (OT)
Second Round #1 Duke L 74–61

2005 12 – Albuquerque Regional First Round #5 Georgia Tech L 80–68

1999 11 – South Region First Round #6 Indiana L 108–88

1998 9 – South Region First Round #8 Oklahoma State L 74–59

1996 11 – West Region First Round #6 Iowa L 81–79

1994 10 – East Region First Round #7 UAB W 51–46
Second Round #2 Connecticut L 75–63

1993 12 – West Region First Round #5 New Mexico W 82–68
Second Round #13 Southern W 90–80
Sweet 16 #1 Michigan L 72–64

1961 East Region First Round Princeton L 84–67

1954 East Region First Round North Carolina State L 75–73

Yinka dare was in 94. I know this as a UAB fan

(03-16-2014 06:39 PM)tigerlands Wrote:  how long of a drive is Raleigh NC?

My friend Google says 11 hours, 8 min. If I drive...about 9.5 hours

(03-17-2014 06:42 AM)HiTiger Wrote:  

(03-16-2014 08:51 PM)John44932 Wrote:  CJP unveils his secret weapon - the "5 guard lineup." Hellooo 2nd weekend!

This is the best idea I've heard so far on here. Now is the time to try something new and really surprise the opponent so they won't know what hit em!

Like he did with the Louisville re-match. Damien Wilson got over 6 minutes in that game I believe. I'm 99.9% certain the Louisville staff didn't spend more than 30 seconds analyzing Wilson when forming their game plan. Pastner really frustrated Pitino in that game with some of the matchups he was putting on the court.

Our very own 310 lb. Euro stepping finger rolling Dwayne Wade would be good to try too to confuse them.