Refs didnt seem to help K much in the last game of the season or their last game in the ACC tournament.

Good. all the experts picked us to beat Houston a 3rd time too.

Let's look at this logically

Boise State is 27-7
losses include St Louis #64, UC Irvine #128 and CSU Northridge #331
Wins include Temple #117, Ole Miss #105, Tulsa #173, Wash St #55, Wyoming #58 and San Diego St #22

Memphis is 21-10
losses include Tulane #99, Ole Miss #105, ECU #185 and Georgia #220
Wins includeSMU #54, Alabama #25, Va Tech #23 and Houston (2) #4

Scoring Offense Memphis #63 75 ppg, BSU #232 68 ppg
Scoring Defense Memphis #153 68 ppg, BSU #13 61 ppg

Turnovers Memphis #346 16 to pg, BSU #121 12 to pg
Rebounds Memphis #32 38 reb pg, BSU #191 34 to pg
Blocks Memphis #9 5.7 blk pg, BSU #126 3.5 blk pg
FG% Memphis #36 47%, BSU #128 44%
3ptFG/game Memphis #278 6.3 3pt pg, BSU #171 7.4 3pt pg
3pt% Memphis #61 36%, BSU #116 35%
Free Throw % Memphis #264 69%, BSU #339 64%
Free Throws made Memphis #43 15.2 pg, BSU #117 12.3 pg
Assists Memphis #21 16 apg, BSU #283 11 apg

It is very hard to understand why this game won't be a blow out looking at the above information, so lets look at the players, shall we?

Quinones 6'5" 27 minutes per games, 10.1 pts, 3.5 rebs, 1.4 assists, 38.5% 3s
Lomax 6'0" 27 minutes per game, 6 pts, 3 rebs, 4 assists
Nolley 6'7" 26 minutes per game, 9.9 pts, 3.8 rebs, 2.9 assists 33% 3
Duren 6'11" 25 minutes per game, 12.2 pts, 8.1 rebs, 1.3 assists, 2.19 blks
Williams 6'9" 24 minutes per game, 10.9 pts, 5.8 rebs, 1.8 assists
Harris 5'9" 19 minutes per game, 8.9 pts, 40% 3, 88% free throws

They have
Shaver 6'2" 33.2 minutes per game, 13.6 pts, 3.8 rebs, 2.2 assists
Akot 6'8" 31.8 minutes per game, 10.7 pts, 3.2 rebs, 2.9 assists, 40% 3
Kigab 6'7" 31.4 minutes per game, 14.7 pts, 5.8 rebs, 2.4 assists
Doutrive 6'5" 28.3 minutes per game, 9.1 pts, 4.6 rebs, 1.7 assists
Degenhart 6'7" 27.9 minutes per game, 9.9 pts, 3.9 rebs, 41% 3
Armus 6'10" 26.4 minutes per game, 7.2 pts, 7.9 rebs

There is just no way we blow this!

Now, Friday morning, I'm not doing this with Gonzaga, that would be ugly.

(03-15-2022 08:11 AM)ballhog Wrote:  

(03-15-2022 07:42 AM)bluecrew Wrote:  I mean, we’ve been hard to trust all season. I can easily see Boise beating us. I can also see us beating Gonzaga. Who really knows about this team?

Hard to trust all season? Someone hasn't watched us play since December.

(03-15-2022 12:01 PM)passat25 Wrote:  They probably picking us apart because of the early losses.. Losing to Georgia for example was horrendous.. They ended up with one of worst records in the NCAA.. Getting blown out by Houston in the AAC Championship bring a lot of doubters, too.

I think that SMU game took alot out of the team.

(03-15-2022 07:42 AM)bluecrew Wrote:  I mean, we’ve been hard to trust all season. I can easily see Boise beating us. I can also see us beating Gonzaga. Who really knows about this team?

Yes, we have been super hard to trust the two times we've lost in the last two months.

(03-15-2022 08:45 AM)bluecrew Wrote:  

(03-15-2022 08:11 AM)ballhog Wrote:  

(03-15-2022 07:42 AM)bluecrew Wrote:  I mean, we’ve been hard to trust all season. I can easily see Boise beating us. I can also see us beating Gonzaga. Who really knows about this team?

Hard to trust all season? Someone hasn't watched us play since December.

I don’t think I’ve missed a play much less a game…. Can you honestly predict which team will show up? I certainly can not.

Very true. We are honestly only reliable 88% of the time the last two months, when Williams plays. Anything under 100% is honestly unpredictable.

(03-15-2022 12:12 PM)TiminMem23 Wrote:  

(03-15-2022 11:36 AM)Tiger_Lurch Wrote:  TN, Baylor and Kansas avg 15.4% TO per possession and we avg 19.4%. Avg possessions in CBB is 70. That's 2 or 3 more TOs per game...very few games will that decide the game unless it's at a critical point end of game which is not when we usually turn it over. IMO that is not a critical stat that decides our wins/losses

BTW...Boise St. averaged 19.1% during their conf tourney which was stiffer competition. I would expect the same or more against us.

I just disagree. Just browse through the rankings of where teams
stack up on TOs per game and tell me there isn’t a connection between the the teams who are all seeded high and not turning the ball over.

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-me...eam/217/p5

Check out Arizona

(03-15-2022 01:56 PM)cmt Wrote:  Let's look at this logically

Boise State is 27-7
losses include St Louis #64, UC Irvine #128 and CSU Northridge #331
Wins include Temple #117, Ole Miss #105, Tulsa #173, Wash St #55, Wyoming #58 and San Diego St #22

Memphis is 21-10
losses include Tulane #99, Ole Miss #105, ECU #185 and Georgia #220
Wins includeSMU #54, Alabama #25, Va Tech #23 and Houston (2) #4

Scoring Offense Memphis #63 75 ppg, BSU #232 68 ppg
Scoring Defense Memphis #153 68 ppg, BSU #13 61 ppg

Turnovers Memphis #346 16 to pg, BSU #121 12 to pg
Rebounds Memphis #32 38 reb pg, BSU #191 34 to pg
Blocks Memphis #9 5.7 blk pg, BSU #126 3.5 blk pg
FG% Memphis #36 47%, BSU #128 44%
3ptFG/game Memphis #278 6.3 3pt pg, BSU #171 7.4 3pt pg
3pt% Memphis #61 36%, BSU #116 35%
Free Throw % Memphis #264 69%, BSU #339 64%
Free Throws made Memphis #43 15.2 pg, BSU #117 12.3 pg
Assists Memphis #21 16 apg, BSU #283 11 apg

It is very hard to understand why this game won't be a blow out looking at the above information, so lets look at the players, shall we?

Quinones 6'5" 27 minutes per games, 10.1 pts, 3.5 rebs, 1.4 assists, 38.5% 3s
Lomax 6'0" 27 minutes per game, 6 pts, 3 rebs, 4 assists
Nolley 6'7" 26 minutes per game, 9.9 pts, 3.8 rebs, 2.9 assists 33% 3
Duren 6'11" 25 minutes per game, 12.2 pts, 8.1 rebs, 1.3 assists, 2.19 blks
Williams 6'9" 24 minutes per game, 10.9 pts, 5.8 rebs, 1.8 assists
Harris 5'9" 19 minutes per game, 8.9 pts, 40% 3, 88% free throws

They have
Shaver 6'2" 33.2 minutes per game, 13.6 pts, 3.8 rebs, 2.2 assists
Akot 6'8" 31.8 minutes per game, 10.7 pts, 3.2 rebs, 2.9 assists, 40% 3
Kigab 6'7" 31.4 minutes per game, 14.7 pts, 5.8 rebs, 2.4 assists
Doutrive 6'5" 28.3 minutes per game, 9.1 pts, 4.6 rebs, 1.7 assists
Degenhart 6'7" 27.9 minutes per game, 9.9 pts, 3.9 rebs, 41% 3
Armus 6'10" 26.4 minutes per game, 7.2 pts, 7.9 rebs

There is just no way we blow this!

Now, Friday morning, I'm not doing this with Gonzaga, that would be ugly.

Use efficiency numbers not totals to get a clearer picture. Boise plays super slow and we play super fast. They aren’t near #13 defense and we aren’t near 153 defense just for example.

Concerned they will try to post up our guards. They have 2 guards over 6'8". They have good size in other positions.

We need Lester to play the GEE-tar.