Game Summary (Memphis - 11/22)

#26
#26
MemphisCanes said:
I hope the way Maymon treated our bigs today makes them take a long, hard look in the mirror when they put their uniforms on tomorrow. Maymon was the hammer today, they were the nail.
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Your guys played well, Canes. Maymon was a monster today. I just wish that Golden had shown up, and I think we get the W. Should be a great rematch at FedEx.
 
#29
#29
LawVol13 said:
Yes. The first play drawn up had Maymon open for a layup. Trae Golden chose to burn another timeout rather than throw it. There are only so many plays that can be drawn up for an under the goal situation. Memphis will switch every screen; deny every pass. It would be an incredibly difficult inbounds no matter what was called. I about tossed the tv out the window because Golden missed Maymon on the first out of bounds play.
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Maymon flashed and there was definitely a window to get the ball in to. It closed FAST, though
 
#30
#30
SGMVols said:
If Pearl had coached this game, we would have lost by 30 and he'd be making excuse after excuse to defend him. **** him.
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You make excuse after excuse to defend Kiffin. What's the diff. At least Pearl loved this school and wanted to be apart of it.
 
#33
#33
As frustrating as that loss is, I'm incredibly impressed with the way this team fought back. A little more talent (Someone that can consistently shoot a three), and we're in great shape. Go Vols!
 
#34
#34
lylsmorr said:
Maymon flashed and there was definitely a window to get the ball in to. It closed FAST, though
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He had to throw it when Maymon broke open, agreed. But, that's as good of a look as you can possibly get and Golden doesn't even see it. Just another example of a bad play by him today.
 
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#35
#35
Trae Golden played like a young kid who has started four games at the point. He looked like he was just trying to make something happen. These last two games were his first real challenges, and I have full confidence that he'll grow and improve as the season progresses.

I never realized that Maymon had this in him. There's a spot for him in the NBA if he consistently plays with the heart, toughness and hustle that he displayed tonight. Lately there has been a market for undersized PF's who can provide energy off the bench. This year's Jeronne Maymon would fit right into that Craig Smith, Carl Landry, Glen Davis role that a lot of teams use now. Of course, this is easy to say after a career night, but suffice to say that he turned a lot of heads with his play in Maui - the announcers were drooling over him.
 
#36
#36
LawVol13 said:
Yes. The first play drawn up had Maymon open for a layup. Trae Golden chose to burn another timeout rather than throw it. There are only so many plays that can be drawn up for an under the goal situation. Memphis will switch every screen; deny every pass. It would be an incredibly difficult inbounds no matter what was called. I about tossed the tv out the window because Golden missed Maymon on the first out of bounds play.
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Saw that to...Maymon was open for a half second, but it was there.
 
#38
#38
Atzar said:
Trae Golden played like a young kid who has started four games at the point. He looked like he was just trying to make something happen. These last two games were his first real challenges, and I have full confidence that he'll grow and improve as the season progresses.

I never realized that Maymon had this in him. There's a spot for him in the NBA if he consistently plays with the heart, toughness and hustle that he displayed tonight. Lately there has been a market for undersized PF's who can provide energy off the bench. This year's Jeronne Maymon would fit right into that Craig Smith, Carl Landry, Glen Davis role that a lot of teams use now. Of course, this is easy to say after a career night, but suffice to say that he turned a lot of heads with his play in Maui - the announcers were drooling over him.
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Absolutely. One game doesn't take away from the fact that Trae Golden is a really good player. He just put too much pressure on himself today to perform, and he played really bad. Happens to all players.
 
#40
#40
LawVol13 said:
There were two plays to Maymon that led to buckets. He called a timeout and got Maymon another easy look out of a pick and roll. Maymon missed the shot. I'm not sure I saw what you saw.
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Golden from 25
Golden dribbling 30 ft out, tied, with 5 seconds left on another one
Maymon out of range jumper from 17 ft on the baseline
Maymon turnover instead of jumper from same spot

Those are 4 I remember that were in the last 10 minutes.

Proud of the team and coaches though. They fought. Not being able to get a decent shot or to the line to win the game on 2 or 3 occasions is on the coach and pg.
 
#42
#42
It would have been nice to get some offensive support from McBee, but he was being his old self on defense. Fortunately, he continues to show signs of improvement.
 
#43
#43
What we've learned, gentlemen, is that this team is going to be a fun team to watch and a team that deserves our full support.
 
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#44
#44
My goodness, 50% of Maymon's 32 points were FTs. I knew he wasn't as bad as most thought he was before this season started, but wow, hard for anyone to turn their nose up at that.
 
#45
#45
LawVol13 said:
I didn't forget anything. I don't believe in making up fiction. The overtimes were handled fine by Coach Martin.
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Not totally accurate. You wouldn't give anyone else the same pass. We need work in this area without question. Again well coached game, hard working team but the timeouts and plays/screens off of timeouts need work imo. Looked like a chinese fire drill at times.

Regarding Maymon --- this continues to not be a shock to me from watching him in his limited minutes last year.
As I have contended for some time, great feet and quickness for a big, let the team in rebounds per minute last year -- just didn't get to play.

How good would our team have been last year had he been playing instead of Steven Pearl at the 4?
 
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#47
#47
We had multiple possessions in the 1st OT to take control of the game. I think Memphis was choking. They knew they were supposed to win and I figured if we got it close then they would tighten up. They seemed to in the 1st OT and we had our chance to go for the throat, but had multiple bad possessions with a bad 3 or Golden throwing up a wild shot and then we gave them a second life and they took it.
 
#48
#48
Fullfillmer said:
Not totally accurate. You wouldn't give anyone else the same pass. We need work in this area without question. Again well coached game, hard working team but the timeouts and plays/screens off of timeouts need work imo. Looked like a chinese fire drill at times.

Regarding Maymon --- this continues to not be a shock to me from watching him in his limited minutes last year.
As I have contended for some time, great feet and quickness for a big, let the team in rebounds per minute last year -- just didn't get to play.

How good would our team have been last year had he been playing instead of Steven Pearl at the 4?
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On the inbounds plays, he gave the guys a lot of option plays. He can't go out there and set a good screen every time, make every inbounds pass, etc. He wasn't the one pulling up for contested shots with 25 left on the shot clock.
 
#49
#49
Fullfillmer said:
Not totally accurate. You wouldn't give anyone else the same pass.
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If you're insinuating that I wouldn't give Pearl the same pass, you're wrong. Last year in late game situations, our closest shot was from about 35 feet. If Pearl had gotten us the same exact shots as we got today, I'd defend them as good plays.
 
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