No DJ today didn't help, but there is a lot we can learn from this game.

Seems Memphis was looking ahead to WSU.

Confident we would have won this if our second best player wasn’t a last minute scratch. Tough loss

Those uniforms USF is wearing are butt ugly.

Tigers were 11-20 from the line, and lost by 3.

(01-04-2020 03:07 PM)ShockerFever Wrote:  Seems Memphis was looking ahead to WSU.

Memphis has been flirting with bad starts all season. It finally caught up with them. Georgia shot lights out which they haven't done all season. Turnovers and free throws killed us. I hope they learn from it. They have to be more focused to start games.

Hopefully we get free throws figured out today or we may end like Memphis. It was a fun game to watch. Heading over to the Roundhouse now.

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UCONN is a joke.

chewy's legit

USF is gonna win some games again because they're already out of it. Those darn expectations and injuries.

hope uconn loses

The Tigers should have won even without DJ. It is frustrating.

Would be pretty great if UConn finishes dead last this year

I’m worried for UCONN when they play Houston. They may not make it through 40 minutes with the physical brand of basketball Kelvin Sampson teaches. They are just getting manhandled today by USF.

(01-04-2020 01:23 AM)jedclampett Wrote:  

(01-03-2020 11:28 PM)pesik Wrote:  temple can easily play their way back in...win their next 5 and temple might even be seen comfortably in...
but thats the issue and how realistic it is ... 4 of your next 5 houston, Wichita, @SMU, cincy and the 1 bad team in that stretch runs a zone..

and its hard to address the issues -when that stretch is starting in just 3days

(UCF and Tulsa) were supposed to be 2 of your easier games

At 9-4, Temple can definitely play their way into the tournament, despite this loss. They were bound to be upset in a couple of their road games in the nation's 7th-ranked BB conference.

It's a long flight home from Tulsa, and the team will have enough time to do some necessary soul searching.

Crushing losses can dent a team's morale, or make a team more determined to play better going forward. In Temple's case, such losses have often triggered a marked improvement in play. With a HC like Aaron McKie, given his work ethic and determination, the latter may be the most likely outcome. If so, the Tulsa loss could lead to a positive turning point in Temple's season.

In this regard, if throwing a "determination" switch is what is needed, it may turn out to be helpful that they'll be playing a challenging stretch of games within 4 days, rather than stewing in misery. They will, no doubt, have some intense practices over the weekend.

Yes, McKie will have to make a significant effort to teach his team to perform much more effectively against zone defenses. This is a sina qua non for a successful season. Fortunately, he spent his career at Temple mastering the intricacies of the Litwack-Chaney matchup zone defense.

In order to accomplish this, he is probably going to have to set aside significant scrimmage time playing his starters vs bench in zone offense vs. zone defense for the next few weeks. You can't learn to attack a zone in live game situations. It has to be mastered in practice scrimmages.

An added benefit to zone D scrimmaging would be that it would enable McKie to employ an effective zone defense at times, when their man to man defense isn't getting the job done (it has failed in their 4 losses). Most successful NCAA teams are capable of playing an effective zone defense.

Temple can get back on track quickly by winning 3 of the next 5 games:

vs. Houston (Tues Jan 7), vs. Tulane, vs. Wichita St., @ SMU, vs. Cincy

Winning 2 of the 3 games with UH, WSU, & UC, on their home court, would be of particular importance. These games are likely to be well attended by Philadelphia CBB fans, despite UH coming during winter break. Temple is probably more likely to play with determination - - in front of the team's core fan base - - after the stinging loss to Tulsa. The Tulane game will be tantamount to a must-win, and it's fortunate that the game @ SMU comes later in the stretch.

It's early yet, and it's likely to get more interesting.

Blowout loss to an average Tulsa team, your done. The committee will laugh at this result. NIT is the only hope and even that is very debatable.

(01-04-2020 03:26 PM)Joprior23 Wrote:  I’m worried for UCONN when they play Houston. They may not make it through 40 minutes with the physical brand of basketball Kelvin Sampson teaches. They are just getting manhandled today by USF.

If they don’t come back and win they’ll be 6-14 in the AAC so far under Hurley.

Well that one sucked. Stifling Georgia defense and we went ice cold down the stretch, even at the FT line. Could've used a healthy DJ Jeffries in this one. Hopefully Wichita handles business against Ole Miss.

Well, Memphis didn't do their job against a SEC opponent. Pulling for WSU to knock off Ole Miss.

UCONN headed toward 10 Month AAC losing streak

UConn athletics just might be the biggest waste of money in the history of D1 athletics. There should be a case study done regarding their last decade and their leadership should be banished from all sporting business. Somewhere Calhoun is smiling.