Dr. Holly Hills Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 They look tall. And long. A little rangy. But also lanky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Memphis played in a way that sucked the wind out of NC Cent. They beat them soundly in blocks and forced 26 TOs on NC, with good scoring after the TOs. They were supposed to win by 28.6 pts and won by 39 points. The Vegas line was 54.2 to 82.8. The actual final score was 51 to 90. Memphis won by 10 points over the Vegas line. If anything the odds makers underestimated Memphis for this game. Obviously a team with 26 TOs is not going to do well in a game. Memphis had 13 blocks vs NC C 4. The other significant stats of this game shows that NC C had a very low % of FG made (26.2% vs 50.0% for Memphis, 3pt 12.0% vs 36.8% for Memphis). I think that Memphis defense just destroyed NC C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryB Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 6 minutes ago, Old guy said: Memphis played in a way that sucked the wind out of NC Cent. They beat them soundly in blocks and forced 23 TOs on NC, with good scoring after the TOs. They were supposed to win by 28.6 pts and won by 39 points. The Vegas line was 54.2 to 82.8. The actual final score was 51 to 90. Memphis won by 10 points over the Vegas line. If anything the odds makers underestimated Memphis for this game. Obviously a team with 23 TOs is not going to do well in a game. Memphis had 13 blocks vs NC C 4. The other significant stats of this game shows that NC C had a very low % of FG made (26.2% vs 50.0% for Memphis, 3pt 12.0% vs 36.8% for Memphis). I think that Memphis defense just destroyed NC C. In their 2 games Memphis has turned the ball over 36 times. We have a good chance if they can't protect the ball better than that against us. SLU_Lax, BilliesBy40, BuiltFordBills and 2 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 11 minutes ago, HenryB said: In their 2 games Memphis has turned the ball over 36 times. We have a good chance if they can't protect the ball better than that against us. They have also blocked 24 shots and have 22 steals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinert310 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I’m not going to quote all of the last 3 of the above posts, but they’re all good posts and lead into the way I feel about the Memphis game. We need to defend, and we need to defend without fouling. Memphis is extremely athletic and talented, but they’re also young. I think we could be able to turn them over. I also think we might be able to frustrate them since we will be BY FAR the best defense they’ve seen. We also have to take care of the ball. I’m not just talking about Yuri, who I trust immensely. We can’t have sloppy passes by anybody. We’ve gotta be strong with the ball. If we can accomplish those 2 things, I genuinely believe we will be in this game until the very end. We’ve obviously gotta make shots, but if our offense keeps humming (the cutting, the ball movement) like it has been the past 3 games, we’re going to get clean looks. We just can’t have empty possessions that lead to easy buckets for Memphis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Littlebill said: If it gets to a point where Traore is playing any stretches, we’re in trouble. You can be happy with where he is and also think that he’s not ready to guard guys like Duren. I hope I’m wrong but we will Duran won’t play 40. There may be times when we have traore in with their backups in. I think this is where we are ok. It’s not always our backups vs their best Bills By 40 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I just checked the official box score for Memphis vs NC C. It is here https://gotigersgo.com/documents/2021/11/13/2_Box_Score_Memphis_90_North_Carolina_Central_51_111321.pdf Memphis had 19 TOs, NC C 26 (not 23 as per my prior post), 2 of their players fouled out DeAndre Williams, and Josh Minott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills By 40 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Agreed that Traore is better suited against their backups but I don't mind him for short stretches with the sole instruction to draw fouls. We can afford that and our best chance is obviously getting Duran and Bates off the floor for any significant amount of time so ML, FO, and the gang can get their points in the paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoCoBillsFan Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 I’m okay with whatever the result is tomorrow considering that Memphis is a top 10 team. I just want to see Nesbitt put somebody on a poster as revenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Memphis up to #11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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