(02-25-2018 09:47 PM)mapdude Wrote:  I disagree. I am starting to find myself a bit optimistic about this team and the talent we have. I have seen significant improvement in the "team" play when Martin is out injured. We appear to have developed the ability to hit 3's at a much better clip than earlier in the season. Now, will this continue, I can't begin to guess.

The team took the foot off the gas today with a 23 point lead and it almost came back to bite them in the butt. Inexperience contributed to the difficulties they had when UConn made their run to close the gap.

With most of the team back next year (no one transfers), they could be a decent team, but not a conference killer by any means. They could be competitive and entertaining. Only time will tell.

2 games of good 3 pt shooting is not even a trend. When decent someone guards us it will nosedive. Anyone who thinks we are a better team without Martin at the 2 is very misguided. Tubby has not given proper playing time to guys who by all appearances have proved they deserve it. Brewton at 1. Thornton at 3. Johnson looked great today because he hit his shots but his minutes had to be cut back. Rhodes is also coming on. We needed toughness and Rhodes, Thoruton and Enoh bring that. But we don’t have Martin at the two and that limits us in many areas.

UConn did not have the depth to press us. The next good team that puts their heart in it will cause major problems. Many good teams don’t press much because they are playing for seeding and postseason. It’s hard to press a 2cd round team in Tourney.

And as you say, if everyone returns (always doubtful these days) we could be a decent team and without a top 50 recruit no freshman should get a lot of PT. So we would be a possible bubble team or NIT team.

(02-26-2018 12:26 AM)DallasTiger Wrote:  

(02-25-2018 09:41 PM)TruthBomb Wrote:  We are a decade away from being relevant again. Sad state of affairs.

The program I know....has always had great years and not so great years (that are considered really good years at other schools). This year could easily be a 22+ win year (a great year at other schools....a bad year for the critics). Again, I feel we have more critics than fans. As bad a season as UCONN has had, a former national champion school had fans in the stands today....while our critics ( a school that has never won an NCAA Championship) continue to ignore a team that continues to endure, grow and prosper despite the empty seats they see at every game. This proves...the team has more character than our "fans" do. In many circles...it would be said...we don't have fans....we have bandwagon jumpers. Can this effect recruiting...probably. It's a vicious cycle we have here but, we don't have enough true fans to fix it...at least a lot of "fans" worse than UCONN's. With a five year contract and a $10 million buy out...we still have critics that had not been able to figure out that the team and the coaches will actually be at Memphis for a while. They create their own fairy tales about mystical coaches that will never appear instead to putting their butts in the seats and actually making a meaningful contribution to the team and the university.

AMEN BROTHER! We need to support the team and school no matter what. We are WAY too negative towards our players and coaches. Yes we can constructively criticize our players and coaches as well as offer our opinions, but many of us go way too far and "stay too long" and it does affect local recruiting because they see and hear all the negative talk as well as the lack of support and attendance. It kind of makes them say why would I go there and when I have a couple of bad games what will they say about me.

(02-25-2018 09:50 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  We blew a 20 point lead today?

Did we lose?

(02-26-2018 12:37 AM)Shooters Wrote:  

(02-25-2018 09:47 PM)mapdude Wrote:  I disagree. I am starting to find myself a bit optimistic about this team and the talent we have. I have seen significant improvement in the "team" play when Martin is out injured. We appear to have developed the ability to hit 3's at a much better clip than earlier in the season. Now, will this continue, I can't begin to guess.

The team took the foot off the gas today with a 23 point lead and it almost came back to bite them in the butt. Inexperience contributed to the difficulties they had when UConn made their run to close the gap.

With most of the team back next year (no one transfers), they could be a decent team, but not a conference killer by any means. They could be competitive and entertaining. Only time will tell.

2 games of good 3 pt shooting is not even a trend. When decent someone guards us it will nosedive. Anyone who thinks we are a better team without Martin at the 2 is very misguided. Tubby has not given proper playing time to guys who by all appearances have proved they deserve it. Brewton at 1. Thornton at 3. Johnson looked great today because he hit his shots but his minutes had to be cut back. Rhodes is also coming on. We needed toughness and Rhodes, Thoruton and Enoh bring that. But we don’t have Martin at the two and that limits us in many areas.

UConn did not have the depth to press us. The next good team that puts their heart in it will cause major problems. Many good teams don’t press much because they are playing for seeding and postseason. It’s hard to press a 2cd round team in Tourney.

And as you say, if everyone returns (always doubtful these days) we could be a decent team and without a top 50 recruit no freshman should get a lot of PT. So we would be a possible bubble team or NIT team.

EABOD!

You guys are forgetting that Tubby couldn't sign players elsewhere either...and couldn't close the deal early this season on players who wanted to be in Memphis

Players wonder about this too:

Will the coach give me the minutes that were promised? (His recruiting of me was suspect.)

Will the coach play the style of BB that I want?

Will he sign other good players so that my talents can excel?

Will he throw me under the bus...and say I need psychological counseling?

(02-26-2018 12:37 AM)Shooters Wrote:  

(02-25-2018 09:47 PM)mapdude Wrote:  I disagree. I am starting to find myself a bit optimistic about this team and the talent we have. I have seen significant improvement in the "team" play when Martin is out injured. We appear to have developed the ability to hit 3's at a much better clip than earlier in the season. Now, will this continue, I can't begin to guess.

The team took the foot off the gas today with a 23 point lead and it almost came back to bite them in the butt. Inexperience contributed to the difficulties they had when UConn made their run to close the gap.

With most of the team back next year (no one transfers), they could be a decent team, but not a conference killer by any means. They could be competitive and entertaining. Only time will tell.

2 games of good 3 pt shooting is not even a trend. When decent someone guards us it will nosedive. Anyone who thinks we are a better team without Martin at the 2 is very misguided. Tubby has not given proper playing time to guys who by all appearances have proved they deserve it. Brewton at 1. Thornton at 3. Johnson looked great today because he hit his shots but his minutes had to be cut back. Rhodes is also coming on. We needed toughness and Rhodes, Thoruton and Enoh bring that. But we don’t have Martin at the two and that limits us in many areas.

UConn did not have the depth to press us. The next good team that puts their heart in it will cause major problems. Many good teams don’t press much because they are playing for seeding and postseason. It’s hard to press a 2cd round team in Tourney.

And as you say, if everyone returns (always doubtful these days) we could be a decent team and without a top 50 recruit no freshman should get a lot of PT. So we would be a possible bubble team or NIT team.

Sorry, but you are a complete idiot. Everything you said was just so damn stupid. Seriously?

(02-26-2018 12:48 AM)memtiger1987 Wrote:  

(02-26-2018 12:37 AM)Shooters Wrote:  

(02-25-2018 09:47 PM)mapdude Wrote:  I disagree. I am starting to find myself a bit optimistic about this team and the talent we have. I have seen significant improvement in the "team" play when Martin is out injured. We appear to have developed the ability to hit 3's at a much better clip than earlier in the season. Now, will this continue, I can't begin to guess.

The team took the foot off the gas today with a 23 point lead and it almost came back to bite them in the butt. Inexperience contributed to the difficulties they had when UConn made their run to close the gap.

With most of the team back next year (no one transfers), they could be a decent team, but not a conference killer by any means. They could be competitive and entertaining. Only time will tell.

2 games of good 3 pt shooting is not even a trend. When decent someone guards us it will nosedive. Anyone who thinks we are a better team without Martin at the 2 is very misguided. Tubby has not given proper playing time to guys who by all appearances have proved they deserve it. Brewton at 1. Thornton at 3. Johnson looked great today because he hit his shots but his minutes had to be cut back. Rhodes is also coming on. We needed toughness and Rhodes, Thoruton and Enoh bring that. But we don’t have Martin at the two and that limits us in many areas.

UConn did not have the depth to press us. The next good team that puts their heart in it will cause major problems. Many good teams don’t press much because they are playing for seeding and postseason. It’s hard to press a 2cd round team in Tourney.

And as you say, if everyone returns (always doubtful these days) we could be a decent team and without a top 50 recruit no freshman should get a lot of PT. So we would be a possible bubble team or NIT team.

EABOD!

uh oh.

hurtful and uncalled for.

(02-26-2018 12:50 AM)snowtiger Wrote:  You guys are forgetting that Tubby couldn't sign players elsewhere either...and couldn't close the deal early this season on players who wanted to be in Memphis

Players wonder about this too:

Will the coach give me the minutes that were promised? (His recruiting of me was suspect.)

Will the coach play the style of BB that I want?

Will he sign other good players so that my talents can excel?

Will he throw me under the bus...and say I need psychological counseling?

Will he pay them?

(02-26-2018 12:52 AM)snowtiger Wrote:  

(02-26-2018 12:48 AM)memtiger1987 Wrote:  

(02-26-2018 12:37 AM)Shooters Wrote:  

(02-25-2018 09:47 PM)mapdude Wrote:  I disagree. I am starting to find myself a bit optimistic about this team and the talent we have. I have seen significant improvement in the "team" play when Martin is out injured. We appear to have developed the ability to hit 3's at a much better clip than earlier in the season. Now, will this continue, I can't begin to guess.

The team took the foot off the gas today with a 23 point lead and it almost came back to bite them in the butt. Inexperience contributed to the difficulties they had when UConn made their run to close the gap.

With most of the team back next year (no one transfers), they could be a decent team, but not a conference killer by any means. They could be competitive and entertaining. Only time will tell.

2 games of good 3 pt shooting is not even a trend. When decent someone guards us it will nosedive. Anyone who thinks we are a better team without Martin at the 2 is very misguided. Tubby has not given proper playing time to guys who by all appearances have proved they deserve it. Brewton at 1. Thornton at 3. Johnson looked great today because he hit his shots but his minutes had to be cut back. Rhodes is also coming on. We needed toughness and Rhodes, Thoruton and Enoh bring that. But we don’t have Martin at the two and that limits us in many areas.

UConn did not have the depth to press us. The next good team that puts their heart in it will cause major problems. Many good teams don’t press much because they are playing for seeding and postseason. It’s hard to press a 2cd round team in Tourney.

And as you say, if everyone returns (always doubtful these days) we could be a decent team and without a top 50 recruit no freshman should get a lot of PT. So we would be a possible bubble team or NIT team.

EABOD!

uh oh.

hurtful and uncalled for.

Oh so hurtful...

Enjoy the win...geez us

(02-26-2018 12:37 AM)Shooters Wrote:  

(02-25-2018 09:47 PM)mapdude Wrote:  I disagree. I am starting to find myself a bit optimistic about this team and the talent we have. I have seen significant improvement in the "team" play when Martin is out injured. We appear to have developed the ability to hit 3's at a much better clip than earlier in the season. Now, will this continue, I can't begin to guess.

The team took the foot off the gas today with a 23 point lead and it almost came back to bite them in the butt. Inexperience contributed to the difficulties they had when UConn made their run to close the gap.

With most of the team back next year (no one transfers), they could be a decent team, but not a conference killer by any means. They could be competitive and entertaining. Only time will tell.

2 games of good 3 pt shooting is not even a trend. When decent someone guards us it will nosedive. Anyone who thinks we are a better team without Martin at the 2 is very misguided. Tubby has not given proper playing time to guys who by all appearances have proved they deserve it. Brewton at 1. Thornton at 3. Johnson looked great today because he hit his shots but his minutes had to be cut back. Rhodes is also coming on. We needed toughness and Rhodes, Thoruton and Enoh bring that. But we don’t have Martin at the two and that limits us in many areas.

UConn did not have the depth to press us. The next good team that puts their heart in it will cause major problems. Many good teams don’t press much because they are playing for seeding and postseason. It’s hard to press a 2cd round team in Tourney.

And as you say, if everyone returns (always doubtful these days) we could be a decent team and without a top 50 recruit no freshman should get a lot of PT. So we would be a possible bubble team or NIT team.

EABOHD.... Tubby has done an incredible job with this team.... incredible!

(02-26-2018 12:56 AM)450bench Wrote:  Enjoy the win...geez us

No kidding. We were 4.5 dogs and ran away with it without our best player... what the hell is wrong with these people?

(02-26-2018 12:51 AM)memtiger1987 Wrote:  

(02-26-2018 12:37 AM)Shooters Wrote:  

(02-25-2018 09:47 PM)mapdude Wrote:  I disagree. I am starting to find myself a bit optimistic about this team and the talent we have. I have seen significant improvement in the "team" play when Martin is out injured. We appear to have developed the ability to hit 3's at a much better clip than earlier in the season. Now, will this continue, I can't begin to guess.

The team took the foot off the gas today with a 23 point lead and it almost came back to bite them in the butt. Inexperience contributed to the difficulties they had when UConn made their run to close the gap.

With most of the team back next year (no one transfers), they could be a decent team, but not a conference killer by any means. They could be competitive and entertaining. Only time will tell.

2 games of good 3 pt shooting is not even a trend. When decent someone guards us it will nosedive. Anyone who thinks we are a better team without Martin at the 2 is very misguided. Tubby has not given proper playing time to guys who by all appearances have proved they deserve it. Brewton at 1. Thornton at 3. Johnson looked great today because he hit his shots but his minutes had to be cut back. Rhodes is also coming on. We needed toughness and Rhodes, Thoruton and Enoh bring that. But we don’t have Martin at the two and that limits us in many areas.

UConn did not have the depth to press us. The next good team that puts their heart in it will cause major problems. Many good teams don’t press much because they are playing for seeding and postseason. It’s hard to press a 2cd round team in Tourney.

And as you say, if everyone returns (always doubtful these days) we could be a decent team and without a top 50 recruit no freshman should get a lot of PT. So we would be a possible bubble team or NIT team.

Sorry, but you are a complete idiot. Everything you said was just so damn stupid. Seriously?

Serenity prayer time buddy.

(02-26-2018 12:56 AM)memtiger1987 Wrote:  

(02-26-2018 12:37 AM)Shooters Wrote:  

(02-25-2018 09:47 PM)mapdude Wrote:  I disagree. I am starting to find myself a bit optimistic about this team and the talent we have. I have seen significant improvement in the "team" play when Martin is out injured. We appear to have developed the ability to hit 3's at a much better clip than earlier in the season. Now, will this continue, I can't begin to guess.

The team took the foot off the gas today with a 23 point lead and it almost came back to bite them in the butt. Inexperience contributed to the difficulties they had when UConn made their run to close the gap.

With most of the team back next year (no one transfers), they could be a decent team, but not a conference killer by any means. They could be competitive and entertaining. Only time will tell.

2 games of good 3 pt shooting is not even a trend. When decent someone guards us it will nosedive. Anyone who thinks we are a better team without Martin at the 2 is very misguided. Tubby has not given proper playing time to guys who by all appearances have proved they deserve it. Brewton at 1. Thornton at 3. Johnson looked great today because he hit his shots but his minutes had to be cut back. Rhodes is also coming on. We needed toughness and Rhodes, Thoruton and Enoh bring that. But we don’t have Martin at the two and that limits us in many areas.

UConn did not have the depth to press us. The next good team that puts their heart in it will cause major problems. Many good teams don’t press much because they are playing for seeding and postseason. It’s hard to press a 2cd round team in Tourney.

And as you say, if everyone returns (always doubtful these days) we could be a decent team and without a top 50 recruit no freshman should get a lot of PT. So we would be a possible bubble team or NIT team.

EABOHD.... Tubby has done an incredible job with this team.... incredible!

Shameful.

Will take us 10 years to get back?? Obviously, Tubby will be gone before that. We'll be back sooner than that, provided we don't make a huge mistake with the next head coach hire.

(02-26-2018 02:54 AM)Stammers Wrote:  

(02-26-2018 12:56 AM)memtiger1987 Wrote:  

(02-26-2018 12:37 AM)Shooters Wrote:  

(02-25-2018 09:47 PM)mapdude Wrote:  I disagree. I am starting to find myself a bit optimistic about this team and the talent we have. I have seen significant improvement in the "team" play when Martin is out injured. We appear to have developed the ability to hit 3's at a much better clip than earlier in the season. Now, will this continue, I can't begin to guess.

The team took the foot off the gas today with a 23 point lead and it almost came back to bite them in the butt. Inexperience contributed to the difficulties they had when UConn made their run to close the gap.

With most of the team back next year (no one transfers), they could be a decent team, but not a conference killer by any means. They could be competitive and entertaining. Only time will tell.

2 games of good 3 pt shooting is not even a trend. When decent someone guards us it will nosedive. Anyone who thinks we are a better team without Martin at the 2 is very misguided. Tubby has not given proper playing time to guys who by all appearances have proved they deserve it. Brewton at 1. Thornton at 3. Johnson looked great today because he hit his shots but his minutes had to be cut back. Rhodes is also coming on. We needed toughness and Rhodes, Thoruton and Enoh bring that. But we don’t have Martin at the two and that limits us in many areas.

UConn did not have the depth to press us. The next good team that puts their heart in it will cause major problems. Many good teams don’t press much because they are playing for seeding and postseason. It’s hard to press a 2cd round team in Tourney.

And as you say, if everyone returns (always doubtful these days) we could be a decent team and without a top 50 recruit no freshman should get a lot of PT. So we would be a possible bubble team or NIT team.

EABOHD.... Tubby has done an incredible job with this team.... incredible!

Shameful.

Not sure what you mean? Eat A Big Old Hot Dog?

(02-26-2018 12:10 AM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  F you, Herk.

Thanks for the kind words...

(02-26-2018 07:25 AM)herkermer Wrote:  

(02-26-2018 12:10 AM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  F you, Herk.

Thanks for the kind words...

Lol

Given what is going on with college BB I'm not sure anyone can say what their program will look like in 5 years.

(02-25-2018 10:01 PM)holyterror Wrote:  Dolt.

Funny. That was the first thing I thought, too. Someone needs a hug and a warm binky.